Đề thi thử đại học năm 2014 môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Đề số 68

raised her hand high but she failed to attract the teacher's attention.
D. She raised her hand high with the aim of attracting the teacher's attention
Question 53: In spite of her initial reluctance to take the job, she's got on very well.
A. Reluctant as she was to take the job at first, she's got on very well.
B. Although she was reluctant to take the job at first, she's got on very well.
C. However reluctant she was to take the job at first, she's got on very well.
D. Such was her reluctance to take the job at first that she's got on very well.
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 questions from 54 to 63.
Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group organization and attitudes.
In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member. There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed. Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued.
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of pre-literature societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.
In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.
Question 54: What is the author’s main purpose in the first paragraph of the passage?
A. To urge readers to cooperate more often B. To offer a brief definition of cooperation
C. To explain how cooperation differs from competition and conflict
D. To show the importance of group organization and attitudes
Question 55: The word cherished in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______
A. defined	B. agreed on	C. prized	D. set up
Question 56: The word fuse in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______
A. explore	B. unite	C. evolve	D. react
Question 57: Which of the following statements about primary cooperation is supported by information in the passage?
A. It is usually the first stage of cooperation achieved by a group of individuals attempting to cooperate
B. It is most commonly seen among people who have not yet developed reading and writing skills
C. It is an ideal that can never be achieved	D. It was confined to prehistoric times
Question 58: According to the passage, why do people join groups that practice secondary cooperation?
A. To experience the satisfaction of cooperation	B. To associate with people who have similar backgrounds
C. To get rewards for themselves	D. To defeat a common enemy
Question 59: Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in the fourth paragraph?	A. Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades
B. Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow
C. Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party
D. A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company
Question 60: Which of the following is NOT given as a name for the third type of cooperation?
A. Tertiary cooperation B. Antagonistic cooperation C. Accommodation	 D. Latent conflict
Question 61: The word fragile in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to____.
A. involuntary	B. poorly planned	C. inefficient	D. easily broken
Question 62: As used throughout the passage, the term common is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. popular	B. vulgar	C. ordinary	D. shared
Question 63: Which of the following best describes the overall organization of the passage?
A. The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion
B. The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic
C. The author compares and contrasts two types of human relations
D. The author describes a concept by analyzing its three forms
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 64: "It can't be Mike who leaked the document, it might be Tom." said our manager.
A. Our manager suspected Tom of having leaked the document, not Mike.
B. Our manager blamed Tom for having leaked the document instead of Mike.
C. Our manager showed his uncertainty about who leaked the document: Mike or Tom.
D. Our manager made it clear that Tom was the one who leaked the document, not Mike.
Question 65: Their holiday plans fell through because there was a strike at the airport.
A. They couldn’t go on holiday as planned as a result of a strike at the airport.
B. They failed to go on the holiday like they had planned because a strike took place at the airport.
C. A strike at the airport almost put a stop to their holiday plans.
D. Disappointingly, a strike at the airport forced their holiday plans to nothing.
Question 66: He was driving so fast that he could have had an accident.
A. An accident happened, and it was caused by his very fast driving.
B. He didn't have an accident although he was driving very fast.
C. If he had been driving very fast, he would have had an accident.
D. He wasn't driving slow enough to avoid the accident.
Question 67: “Why don't you reply to the offer of the company right now?" said Anne to her husband.
A. Anne ordered her husband to accept the offer of the company right away.
B. Anne told her husband not to respond to the offer of the company.
C. Anne suggested that her husband reply to the offer of the company right away.
D. Anne asked her husband the reason why he didn’t reply to the offer of the company immediately.
Question 68: Francis ought to have made more effort to locate his brother.
A. Francis must have worked hard in order to locate his brother.
B. It is necessary for Francis to try harder if he wants to locate his brother.
C. Francis has to make the effort himself if he wishes to find his brother.
D. Francis didn't try as hard as he should have to find his brother.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 69: John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.
A. John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill. 
B. Because of his illness, John shouldn't have been here yesterday.
C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
Question 70: "Cigarette?", he said. "No, thanks.", I said.
A. He asked for a cigarette, and I immediately refused. B. He mentioned a cigarette, so I thanked him.
C. He offered me a cigarette, but I promptly declined. D. He asked if I was smoking, and I denied at once.
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 questions from 71 to 80.
Stories about how people somehow know when they are being watched have been going around for years. However, few (71)____ have been made to investigate the phenomenon scientifically. Now, with the completion of the largest ever study of the so-called staring effect, there is impressive evidence that this is a recognizable and (72)____ sixth sense. The study involved hundreds of children. For the experiments, they sat with their eyes covered and with their backs to other children, who were told to either stare at them or look away. The results consistently showed that the children who could not see were able to (73) _____ when they were being stared at. In a total of 18,000 trials (74) ____ worldwide, the children (75) __ sensed when they were being watched almost 70% of the time. The experiment was repeated with the (76) ___precaution of putting the children who were being watched outside the room, (77) ___ from the starers by the windows. This was done just in case there was some (78) ____ going on, with the children telling each other whether they were looking or not. This prevented the possibility of sounds being (79) ____ between the children. The results, though less impressive, were more or less the same. Dr. Sheldrake, the biologist who designed the study, believes that the results are (80) ___ enough to find out through further experiments precisely how the staring effect might actually come about.
Question 71: A. tries	B. attempts	C. tests	D. aims
Question 72: A. genuine	B. accepted	C. received	D. sure
Question 73: A. notice	B. find	C. reveal	D. tell
Question 74: A. worked through	B. worked over	C. carried on	D. carried out
Question 75: A. thoroughly	B. correctly	C. exactly	D. perfectly
Question 76: A. attached	B. connected	C. added	D. increased
Question 77: A. parted	B. split	C. divided	D. separated
Question 78: A. cheating	B. pretending	C. deceiving	D. lying
Question 79: A. distributed	B. transmitted	C. transported	D. delivered
Question 80: A. persuading	B. concluding	C. convincing	D. satisfying
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