Đề thi thử đại học năm 2014 môn thi: Tiếng Anh – Đề số 98

It was not until the father got home that the children had dinner.
B. It is not until the father gets home than the children had dinner.
C. It was not until when the father got home that children had had dinner.
D. It was until the father got home that the children have dinner.
Question 42: Choose the correct option. I don’t think you have been watering the plants near the gate. The soil is _____
A. as dry as a bone	B. as dry as wood	C. as dry as a tile	D. as dry as brick
Question 43: Choose the correct option that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Dr. Jones suggested that final examinations should be discontinued, an innovation I heartily support.
A. change	B. entrance	C. test	D. inner part
Question 44: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the rest.
A. mathematician 	B. representative	C. tuberculosis	D. communication
Question 45: Choose the correct option. Our seats were _____ far from the stage that we couldn't see the actors and actresses clearly. A. too	B. enough	C. very	D. so
Question 46: Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. That car isn’t beyond my means.
A. That car is cheap enough for me to buy.	B. I really do not like that car.
C. I am really interested in that car.	D. That car is too expensive for me to buy.
Question 47: Error identification. Ceramic can be harder, light, and more resistant to heat than metals.
 A B C D
Question 48: Choose the correct option. "How about going fishing this Sunday?" - "______ " 
A. Yes, I am fishing.	B. That's my pleasure.	C. Never mind.	D. That's a good idea.
Question 49: Choose the word whose underlined part is different from the rest.
A. flour	B. humour	C. rumour	D. honour
Question 50: Choose the correct option. There’s someone at the door. _____ it. 
A. I answered	B. I am going answer	C. I’ll answer	D. I’m answering 
Question 51: Choose the correct option. Give me a ring before nine tomorrow morning, __ I’ll be too busy to talk to you. 
A. otherwise	B. unless	C. therefore	D. if not
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. Famous explorer
 Captain James Cook is (52) _______ today for being one of Britain’s most famous explorers of the 18th century. Cook was (53) _______ most other explorers of the same period as he did not come from a wealthy family and had to work hard to (54) _______ his position in life. He was lucky to be (55) _______ by his father’s employer, who saw that he was a bright boy and paid for him to attend the village school. At sixteen, he started work in a shop in a fishing village, and this was a turning (56) _______ in his life. He developed an interest in the sea and eventually joined the Royal Navy in order to see more of the world.
 Cook was (57) _______ by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps, and quickly became an expert in these subjects. He was also one of the first people to realize that scurvy, an illness often suffered by sailors, could be prevented by careful (58) _______ to diet. It was during his (59) _______ to the Pacific Ocean that Cook made his historic landing in Australia and the (60) _______ discovery that New Zealand was two separate islands. He became a national hero and still (61) _______ one today.
Question 52: A. reminded	B. recommended	C. recognized	D. remembered
Question 53: A. different	B. contrary	C. distinct	D. unlike
Question 54: A. succeed	B. achieve	C. fulfil	D. manage
Question 55: A. glanced	B. viewed	C. noticed	D. remarked
Question 56: A. mark	B. moment	C. instant	D. point
Question 57: A. keen	B. enthusiastic	C. eager	D. fascinated
Question 58: A. attention	B. selection 	C. observation	D. organisation
Question 59: A. excursion	B. travel	C. tour	D. voyage
Question 60: A. leading	B. major	C. superior	D. serious
Question 61: A. remains	B. keeps	C. maintains	D. stands
Question 62: Choose the correct option. It is strongly recommended that the machines _____ every year.
A. are checked	B. be checked	C. check	D. checked
Question 63: Choose the correct option. My father didn't like coffee and ______did my mother.
A. so 	B. neither	C. none	D. either
Question 64: Choose the correct option. I felt that he lacked the _____ to pursue a difficult task to the very end. 
A. determinating	B. commitment	C. engagement 	D. obligation
Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions that follow. 
	 What geologists call the Basin and Range Province in the United States roughly coincides in its northern portions with the geographic province known as the Great Basin. The Great Basin is hemmed in on the west by the Sierra Nevada and on the east Line by the Rocky Mountains; it has no outlet to the sea. The prevailing winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada. At the higher altitudes it cools and the moisture it carries is precipitated as rain or snow on the western slopes of the mountains. That which reaches the Basin is air wrung dry of moisture. What little water falls there as rain or snow, mostly in the winter months, evaporates on the broad, flat desert floors. It is, therefore, an environment in which organisms battle for survival. Along the rare watercourses, cottonwoods and willows eke out a sparse existence. In the upland ranges, pines and junipers struggle to hold their own.
 But the Great Basin has not always been so arid. Many of its dry, closed depressions were once filled with water. Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley were once a string of interconnected lakes. The two largest of the ancient lakes of the Great Basin were Lake Lahontan and Lake Bonneville. The Great Salt Lake is all that remains of the latter, and Pyramid Lake is one of the last briny remnants of the former.
 There seem to have been several periods within the last tens of thousands of years when water accumulated in these basins. The rise and fall of the lakes were undoubtedly linked to the advances and retreats of the great ice sheets that covered much of the northern part of the North American continent during those times. Climatic changes during the Ice Ages sometimes brought cooler, wetter weather to mid-latitude deserts worldwide, including those of the Great Basin. The broken valleys of the Great Basin provided ready receptacles for this moisture.
Question 65: What is the geographical relationship between the Basin and Range Province and the Great Basin?
A. The Great Basin is in the northern part of the Basin and Range Province.
B. The Great Basin is larger than the Basin and Range Province
C. The Great Basin is west of the Basin and Range Province.
D. The Great Basin is mountainous ; the Basin and Range Province is flat desert.
Question 66: According to the passage, what does the Great Basin lack?
A. Dry air 	B. Access to the ocean 	C. Winds from the west 	D. Snow
Question 67: The word "prevailing" in line 3 is closest in meaning to ____
A. most dangerous	B. Occasional	C. most frequent	D. Gentle
Question 68: It can be inferred that the climate in the Great Basin is dry because ____
A. precipitation falls in the nearby mountains 	B. the winds are not strong enough to carry moisture
C. the altitude prevents precipitation 	D. the weather patterns are so turbulent
Question 69: The word "it" in line 3 refers to_____.
A. the Great Basin	B. west	C. air	D. Pacific Ocean
Question 70: Why does the author mention cottonwoods and willows in line 7?
A. To assert that there are more living organisms in the Great Basin than there used to be
B. To give examples of trees that are able to survive in a difficult environment
C. To demonstrate that certain trees require a lit of water 
D. To show the beauty of the landscape of the Great Basin
Question 71: Why does the author mention Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley in the second paragraph?
A. To explain what the Great Basin is like today	B. To explain their geographical formation
C. To give examples of depressions that once contained water
D. To compare the characteristics of the valleys with the characteristics of the lakes
Question 72: The words "the former" in line 10 refer to ____
 A. Lake Lahontan B. Lake Bonneville 	C. the Great Salt Lake D. Pyramid Lake
Question 73: The word "accumulated" in line 11 is closest in meaning to ______
A. collected 	B. evaporated 	C. dried 	D. flooded
Question 74: According to the passage, the Ice Ages often brought about _____
A. desert formation 	B. broken valleys 	C. wetter weather 	D. warmer climates
Question 75: Choose the correct option. Peter always tells _________truth. He never tells _________lies.
A. the- the	B. a- Æ	C. the -Æ	D. Æ - Æ
Question 76: Error identification. Having been informed of the change of the meeting, Henry missed it. 
 A B C D
Question 77: Choose the best sentence that can be made from the words given. Never/ history/ humanity/ there/ be/more people/ live/ world. A. Never in the history of humanity there were more people living in the world.
B. Never in the history of humanity there have been more people to live in the world.
C. Never in the history of humanity have there been more people living in the world.
D. Never in the history of humanity has there been more people to live in the world.
Question 78: Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one. It’s possible that she didn’t hear what I said. A. She may not hear what I said	 	B. She might not hear what I said
C. She may not have heard what I said. 	D. She might have not heard what I said.
Question 79: Choose the correct option. They could find no ___ of the missing car despite an extensive search.
A. remain 	B. clue 	C. trace 	D. indication
Question 80: Choose the correct option. "What are you doing?" - “_____”
 A. You don't enter at all. B. Look after your own affairs. C. It’s none of your business. D. It doesn't touch you
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