Đề thi thử đại học năm 2014 môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Đề số 24

 of acting 
	C. review one of Chaplin’s popular films 	D. discuss the disadvantages of technology 
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 
46. “Why don’t you reply to the President’s offer right now?” said Mary to her husband. 
	A. Mary ordered her husband to reply to the President’s offer right now. 
	B. Mary suggested that her husband should reply to the President’s offer without delay. 
	C. Mary told her husband why he didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. 
	D. Mary wondered why her husband didn’t reply to the President’s offer then. 
47. She said, “John, I’ll show you round my city when you’re here.” 
	A. She organized a trip round her city for John. 	B. She planned to show John round her city. 
	C. She made a trip round her city with John. 	D. She promised to show John round her city. 
48. The film didn’t come up to my expectations. 
	A. The film was as good as I expected. 	B. I expected the film to end more abruptly. 
	C. The film fell short of my expectations. 	D. I expected the film to be more boring. 
49. He talked about nothing except the weather. 
	A. His sole topic of conversation was the weather. 	B. He had nothing to say about the weather. 
	C. He said that he had no interest in the weather. 	D. He talked about everything including the weather. 
50. It doesn’t matter to them which film they go to. 
	A. Whatever films are shown, they never see. 	B. They don’t care about the cost of the films they see. 
	C. Which film they go to matters more than the cost. 	D. They don’t mind which film they go to. 
51. He survived the operation thanks to the skilful surgeon. 
A. He survived because he was a skilful surgeon. B. Though the surgeon was skilful, he couldn’t survive the operation. 
C. He wouldn’t have survived the operation without the skilful surgeon. D. There was no skilful surgeon, so he died. 
52. Peter had very little money but managed to make ends meet. 
	A. Peter could hardly live on little money. 	B. Having little money, Peter couldn’t make ends meet. 
	C. Peter found it hard to live on very little money. 	D. Peter got by on very little money. 
53. “Please don’t drive so fast, Tom,” said Lisa. 
	A. Lisa insisted on Tom’s driving on. 	B. Lisa complained about Tom’s driving too fast. 
	C. Lisa pleaded with Tom not to drive too fast. 	D. Lisa grumbled to Tom about driving slowly. 
54. James was the last to know about the change of schedule. 
	A. The last thing James knew was the change of schedule. 
	B. At last James was able to know about the change of schedule. 
	C. Among the last people informed of the change of schedule was James. 
	D. Everyone had heard about the change of schedule before James did. 
55. There’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind. 
A. It’s possible for us to persuade Jane to change her mind. B. Jane will change her mind though she doesn’t want to. 
C. It’s useless to persuade Jane to change her mind. D. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it’s pointless. 
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions 
Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision is the oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practised for at least the last two million years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of wild animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago. 
Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such as deserts and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and on fishing along the coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies. 
Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know from the observation of modern hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the food in the area has become exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practised by mankind during the Paleolithic Period. 
56. The word “domestication” in the first paragraph mostly means ______. 
	A. hatching and raising new species of wild animals in the home 
	B. adapting animals to suit a new working environment 
	C. teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home 
	D. making wild animals used to living with and working for humans 
57. According to the passage, subsistence societies depend mainly on ______. 
	A. agricultural products 	B. hunter-gatherers’ tools 	C. nature’s provision 	D. farming methods 
58. The word “marginal” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”. 
	A. forgotten 	B. suburban 	C. disadvantaged 	D. abandoned 
59. In the lower latitudes of the tropics, hunter-gatherers ______. 
	A. have better food gathering from nature 	B. can free themselves from hunting 
	C. harvest shorter seasonal crops 	D. live along the coasts and waterways for fishing 
60. According to the passage, studies of contemporary subsistence societies can provide a ______. 
	A. further understanding of prehistoric times 	B. broader vision of prehistoric natural environments 
	C. further understanding of modern subsistence societies 	D. deeper insight into the dry-land farming 
61. The word “conditions” in the second paragraph refers to ______. 
	A. the environments where it is not favorable for vegetation to grow 
	B. the situations in which hunter-gatherers hardly find anything to eat 
	C. the places where plenty of animals and fish can be found 
	D. the situations in which hunter-gatherers can grow some crops 
62. A typical feature of both modern and prehistoric hunter-gatherers is that ______. 
	A. they live in the forests for all their life 	B. they often change their living places 
	C. they don’t have a strong sense of community 	D. they don’t have a healthy and balanced diet 
63. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned? 
	A. The number of hunter-gatherers decreases where farming is convenient. 
	B. Hunting or fishing develops where there are no or short growing seasons. 
	C. Harvesting from the natural environment had existed long before farming was taken up. 
	D. The environmental differences produce no effect on subsistence societies. 
64. According to the author, most contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers share ______. 
	A. only the way of duty division 	B. some restricted daily rules 
	C. some methods of production 	D. some patterns of behavior 
65. Which of the following would serve as the best title of the passage? 
	A. Hunter-gatherers: Always on the Move 	B. Hunter-gatherers and Subsistence Societies 
	C. Evolution of Humans’ Farming Methods 	D. A Brief History of Subsistence Farming 
Read the following passage and choose the correct word for each of the blanks 
	Some time ago, scientists began experiments to find out (66)____ it would be possible to set up a “village” under the sea. A special room was built and lowered (67)____ the water of Port Sudan in the Red Sea. For 29 days, five men lived (68)____ a depth of 40 feet. At a (69)____ lower level, another two divers stayed for a week in a smaller “house”. On returning to the surface, the men said that they had experienced no difficulty in breathing and had (70)____ many interesting scientific observations. The captain of the party, Commander Cousteau, spoke of the possibility of (71)____ the seabed. He said that some permanent stations were to be set up under the sea, and some undersea farms would provide food for the growing population of the world. 
The divers in both “houses” spent most of their time (72)____ the bottom of the sea. On four occasions, they went down to 360 feet and observed many extraordinary (73)____ of the marine life, some of which had never been seen before. During their stay, Commander Cousteau and his divers reached a depth of 1,000 feet and witnessed a gathering of an immense (74)____ of crabs which numbered, perhaps, hundreds of millions. They also found out that it was (75)____ to move rapidly in the water in a special vessel known as a “diving saucer”. 
66.	 A. which 	B. what 	C. how 	D. whether 
67. 	A. underneath 	B. into 	C. down 	D. below 
68. 	A. in 	B. at 	C. on 	D. from 
69. 	A. any 	B. more 	C. much 	D. some 
70. 	A. made 	B. exercised	 C. caught 	D. done 
71. 	A. implanting 	B. transplanting 	C. growing 	D. cultivating 
72. 	A. inquiring 	B. exploring 	C. imploring 	D. enquiring 
73. 	A. systems 	B. forms 	C. breeds 	D. castes 
74. 	A. pack 	B. herd 	C. school 	D. flock 
75. 	A. able 	B. possible 	C. hardly 	D. capable 
Choose word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress 
76. 	A. buffalo 	B. dinosaur 	C. elephant 	D. mosquito 
77. 	A. relate 	B. protect 	C. compose 	D. settle 
78. 	A. significant 	B. convenient 	C. traditional 	D. fashionable 
79. 	A. agriculture 	B. dictionary 	C. supervisor 	D. catastrophe 
80. 	A. impatient 	B. initial 	C. innocent 	D. abnormal 
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