Đề thi thử đại học năm 2014 môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Đề số 63

t aside to increase future productions. But if a farmer can grow more corn than his family needs to eat, he can use the surplus as seed to increase the next crop, or to feed workers who build tractors. This process of capital accumulation was aided in the American economy by our cultural heritage. Saving played an important role in the European tradition. It contributed to American’s motivation to put something aside today for the tools to buy tomorrow.
The great bulk of the accumulated wealth of America, as distinguished from what was consumed, was derived either directly or indirectly from trade. Though some manufacturing existed, its role in the accumulation of capital was negligible. A merchant class of opulent proportions was already visible in the seaboard cities, its wealth as the obvious consequence of shrewd and resourceful management of the carrying trade. Even the rich planters of tidewater Virginia and the rice coast of South Carolina finally depended for their genteel way of life upon the ships and merchants who sold their tobacco and rice in the markets of Europe. As colonial production rose and trade expanded, a business community emerged in the colonies, linking the provinces by lines of trade and identity of interest.
Question 51: With what subject is this passage mainly concerned?
A. Geography	B.     Finance	C. Economics	D.    Culture              
Question 52: The phrase "paved the way" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to____.
A. paid for                 	B. supported   	C. accumulated            D. resembled
Question 53: It can be inferred from the passage that the European ancestors of early Americans____.
A. sent many tools to America               	B. taught their skills to their offspring
C. were accustomed to saving                  	D. were good farmers
Question 54: The word "funds" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to____.
A. money         	B. resource         	C. labour       	D. capital
Question 55: According to the passage, which of the following would lead to accumulating capital?
A. Training workers who produce goods.         B. Studying the culture history of the country
C. Consuming what is produced                	D. Planting more of a crop than what is needed
Question 56: The word "it" in the third sentence of paragraph 2 refers to____.
A. growth      	B. resource         	C. labour       	D. capital
Question 57: According to the passage, capital includes all of the following EXCEPT____.
A. factories         	B. tractors         	C. money       	D. workers
Question 58: According to the passage, the emergence of a business community in the colonies was a result of____.
A. efficient saving         	B. the immigration         
C. the success of production and trade       	D. the existence of manufacturing
Question 59: The word "negligible" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to____.
A. very important         B. not very important        C. necessary to be neglected      	D. able to be neglected
Question 60: The phrase "put aside" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to____.
A. hidden         	B. saved         	C. reviewed       	D. consumed
 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question from 61 to 70.
Although they are an inexpensive supplier of vitamins, minerals, and high-quality protein, eggs also contain a high level of blood cholesterol, one of the major causes of heart diseases. One egg yolk, in fact, contains a little more than two-thirds of the suggested daily cholesterol limit. This knowledge has driven egg sales to plummet in recent years, which in turn has brought about the development of several alternatives to eating regular eggs. One alternative is to eat substitute eggs. These egg substitutes are not really eggs, but they look somewhat like eggs when they are cooked. They have the advantage of having low cholesterol rates, and they can be scrambled or used in baking. One disadvantage, however, is that they are not good for frying, poaching, or boiling. A second alternative to regular eggs is a new type of egg, sometimes called ‘designer’ eggs. These eggs are produced by hens that are fed low-flat diets consisting of ingredients such as canola oil, flax, and rice bran. In spite of their diet, however, these hens produce eggs that contain the same amount of cholesterol as regular eggs. Yet, the producers of these eggs claim that eating their eggs will not raise the blood cholesterol in humans.
Egg producers claim that their product has been portrayed unfairly. They cite scientific studies to back up their claim. And, in fact, studies on the relationship between eggs and human cholesterol levels have brought mixed result. It may be that it is not the type of eggs that is the main determinant of cholesterol but the person who is eating the eggs. Some people may be more sensitive to cholesterol derived from food than other people. In fact, there is evidence that certain dietary fats stimulate the body’s production of blood cholesterol. Consequently, while it still makes sense to limit one’s intake of eggs, even designer eggs, it seems that doing this without regulating dietary fat will probably not help reduce the blood cholesterol level.
Question 61: What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.     To introduce the idea that dietary at increases the blood cholesterol level
B.     To make people know about the relationship between eggs and cholesterol
C.    To persuade people that eggs are unhealthy and should not be eaten
D.    To convince people to eat ‘designer’ eggs and egg substitutes.             
Question 62: According to the passage, which of the following is a cause of heart diseases?
A. minerals        	B. cholesterol      	C. canola oil           	D. vitamins
Question 63: What has been the cause for changes in the sale of eggs?
A. increasing price           B. decreased production C. dietary changes in hens     D. concerns about cholesterol
Question 64: What is meant by the phrase ‘mixed result’?
A. The result are blended 	B. The result are a composite of things
C. The result are inconclusive                  	D. The result are mingled together
Question 65: According to the author, which of the following may reduce blood cholesterol?
A. reducing egg intake but not fat intake     	B. increasing egg intake and fat intake
C. decreasing egg intake and fat intake        	D. increasing egg intake but not fat intake
Question 66: Which of the following could best replace the word ‘somewhat’?
A. in fact        	B. a little      	C. indefinitely           	D. a lot
Question 67: According to the passage, one yolk contains approximately what fraction of the suggested daily limit for human consumption of cholesterol? A. 3/4        	 B. 2/3      	 C. 1/2           	 D. 1/3
Question 68: The word ‘portrayed’ could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. studied        	B. destroyed      	C. tested           	D. described
Question 69: What is the meaning of ‘back up’? A. reverse        B. advance      C. block           D. support
Question 70: According to the passage, egg substitutes cannot be used to make any of the following types of eggs EXCEPT____.? A. boiled        	B. poached      	C. scrambled           	D. fried
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 71 to 80.
The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an employee? The school teach a (71) ____ many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very few students bother (72) _____ it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate with people and to (73) _____ your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (74) _____ understand what you are driving at and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (75) ____ itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (76) ____ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one’s thoughts is one skill that the school can (77) _____ teach. The foundations for skill in expression have to (78) ____ early: an interest in and an ear (79) ___ language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations (80) ___ your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
Question 71: A. large     	B. great        	C. far         	D. lost
Question 72: 	A. learning           	B. to learn           	C. with learning            	D. learn
Question 73: 	A. interpret           	B. give out          	C. transfer                    	D. present
Question 74: 	A. both                 	B. not                  	C. as well                     	D. either
Question 75: 	A. on                    	B. for                   	C. by                           	D. in
Question 76: 	A. on most            	B. most on          	C. much on                  	D. on much
Question 77: 	A. quite                	B. hardly              	C. truly                         	D. really
Question 78: 	A. lied                   	B. laid                  	C. lain                          	D. lay
Question 79: 	A. by                     	B. in                     	C. for                           	D. of 
Question 80: 	A. during               	B. of                     	C. for                           	D. when
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