Đề thi thử đại học năm 2014 môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Đề số 58

c signals were installed (48) ____ year later.
In the past, traffic lights were special. In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just change silently, but would ring bells to (49) _____ the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (50) _____ by standard models which are universally adopted.
Question 41. 	A. outside	B. out	C. out of	D. outdoors
Question 42. 	A. resembled	B. looked	C. showed	D. seemed
Question 43. 	A. However	B. Therefore	C. Although	D. Despite
Question 44. 	A. New	B. Recent	C. Modern	D. Late
Question 45. 	A. by	B. with	C. through	D. in
Question 46. 	A. middle	B. heart	C. focus	D. halfway
Question 47. 	A. show	B. appear	C. happen	D. become
Question 48. 	A. a	B. in the	C. in a	D. the
Question 49. 	A. rise	B. raise	C. wake	D. get up
Question 50. 	A. reproduced	B. replaced	C. removed	D. remained
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction (from 51 to 55).
Question 51. Items of luggage whose weight exceed 50 kilograms will not be allowed on the plane
	 A	B	 C	 D
Question 52. Heathrow is a very busy airport. You always see aeroplanes landing and take off.
	 A B	 C	 D
Question 53. In this hospital they have the best staff and equipments in the whole province. It’s really high standard.
 A	 B	 C	 D
Question 54. My father used to giving me some good advice whenever I had a problem.
 A B C D
Question 55. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
	 A	 B	 C D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 56 to 65
	Some time ago, scientists began experiments to find out (56)____ it would be possible to set up a “village” under the sea. A special room was built and lowered (57) ____ the water of Port Sudan in the Red Sea. For 29 days, five men lived (58) ____ a depth of 40 feet. At a (59) ____ 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 (60) ______ many interesting scientific observations. The captain of the party, Commander Cousteau, spoke of the possibility of (61) ______ 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 (62) _____ the bottom of the sea. On four occasions, they went down to 360 feet and observed many extraordinary (63) ____ 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 (64) _____ of crabs which numbered, perhaps, hundreds of millions. They also found out that it was (65) ____ to move rapidly in the water in a special vessel known as a “diving saucer”.
Question 56. A. what	B. which	C. how	D. whether
Question 57. A. down	B. into	 	C. below	D. underneath
Question 58. A. at	B. in	C. on	D. from
Question 59. A. some	B. more	C. any	D. much
Question 60. A. exercised	B. made	C. caught	D. done
Question 61. A. cultivating	B. transplanting	C. implanting	D. growing
Question 62. A. exploring	B. enquiring	C. inquiring	D. imploring
Question 63. A. breeds	B. forms	C. castes	D. systems 
Question 64. A. pack	B. flock	C. school	D. herd
Question 65. A. able	B. hardly	C. possible	D. capable
Read the following passages and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 66 to 75.
DON’T WORRY IN SILENCE
	When we are young, sometimes the hardest thing about feelings is actually sharing them with others, though, I realise now, it is certainly worth making the effort to do so. Sharing with others helps us to share the load, as it were.
 It was not until much later, looking back over my childhood, that I realised that the first step in sharing was to identify what feelings I actually had! Making a list of them seemed to help. Was I happy or was I sad? Was it all emotion experienced only at that particular time or did I tend to feel like that all the time?
	My problem was that I had not realised that some fears are quite acceptable and even helpful at times, while others can actually get in the way of enjoying everyday things such as learning, playing with a friend or experiencing for the first time the change from Primary to Secondary level. This is when I really should have had a chat with my parents instead of holding it all inside, as they would have been able to lessen my anxiety about moving up.
	There were times when my anxiety would also be accompanied by a headache, a stomachache or dizziness. My grandmother used to tell me that there is a certain part of the brain that controls that fight or flight feeling. Not that I had any idea what she was talking about as I must have been only about knee-high at the time!
	I recall a small group of us feeling uncomfortable at the idea of meeting new teachers or moving up to the “big” school. That kind of discomfort at such an age is natural when faced with something new. Better late than never, I realised that being shy is not such a bad thing. Nobody actually sets out to be like that, it just happens naturally. I understood quite quickly that the key to shyness is just to be yourself. No matter the age, it’s healthy to get things off your chest! In fact, I quickly found that some of my friends had the same feelings and became quite happy to share their secrets. Sometimes, just inviting a shy child to join in a game a couple of times helped them to get over their feelings of shyness.
	There were other times when I felt sad about leaving Primary school, but then again, it was one of the many normal emotions or moods we have all experienced during that period of change. Unhappiness was the emotion I felt when I had to say goodbye to certain dear friends. It made me feel like crying, though even crying made me feel better as tears slowly washed away the negative emotions. When the sadness started to disappear, it felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted from my shoulders.
	I now realise at the tender age of twenty- eight that, even though, there might sometimes seem to be no reason to look on the bright side of life, for every bad there is a good. Also, having friends who think optimistically can help you get on your feet again and move forward onto a more positive path.
Question 66. What do youngsters find most difficult to do? A. to make an effort	 B. to realise that life is hard.
	C. to tell others how they feel.	D. to accept help from others.
Question 67. What was the writer’s first move towards sharing her feelings?
	A. to decide which particular feelings she had	B. to finish writing her lists of feelings
	C. to look back over the years	D. to ask people questions about her feelings
Question 68. What the writer finally realised about fears is that _________.
	A. they all get in the way	B. they can happen every day
	C. some are more helpful than others	D. it is better to hold them inside
Question 69. What does the writer mean by “knee-high”?
	A. too short	B. too young 	C. too high	D. too tall
Question 70. According to the writer, what is the best way to handle shyness?
	A. to realise that it is uncomfortable	B. to realise that age matters
	C. to understand that it is unhealthy	D. to be your usual self
Question 71. When the writer’s sadness began to disappear, she felt _______ .
	A. she had lost weight	B. she was heavier	
C. more positive about life	D. more emotional about life
Question 72. The writer realises now for the first time that _________.
	A. there is always a reason to look on the bright side 	B. she has optimistic friends
	C. you can get on your feet again yourself 	D. it’s difficult to tell good from bad
“The exact number of people who died in the cyclone that struck Bangladesh last year will probably never be known. Winds reaching 145 miles per hour hammered the country’s low-lying southeastern coast for nine hours, at one point driving a wall of water roughly 20 feet high across the area- one of the most densely populated places in the world. It was the strongest storm ever recorded in the region. The official news agency reported that 125,000 victims had been confirmed dead, but it was believed that the toll was actually much higher.”
Question 73. One can infer from the passage that one reason why so many lives were lost in the cyclone was because ____.	A. the area struck was one of the most overcrowded in the world
	B. the Bangladesh government had failed to foresee such a disaster
	C. most of the population had no decent housing	D. the people were not prepared
Question 74. We can understand from the passage that the official figures given regarding the death toll _____.
	A. were much higher than the authorities expected	B. overestimated the number of victims
	C. didn’t reflect the actual extent of the tragedy	D. included only those drowned
Question 75. The passage aims to impress on the reader _____.
	A. the extent of suffering experienced by the people in Bangladesh
	B. the magnitude of the cyclone’s destructive force
	C. the inadequacy of the relief work sent in	D. the extent of the poverty and misery in Bangladesh
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions(from 76 to 80).
Question 76. 	A. company	B. atmosphere	C. customer	D. employment
Question 77. 	A. animal	B. bacteria	C. habitat	D. pyramid
Question 78. 	A. economy	B. communicate	C. unemployment	D. particular
Question 79. 	A. reduce	B. offer	C. apply	D. persuade
Question 80. 	A. potential	B. volunteer	C. understand	D. recommend
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