Đề Thi Tuyển Sinh Đại Học Trường THPT Huỳnh Thúc Kháng Môn Tiếng Anh
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 1 to 10.
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way.
In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.
Until recently, the transfer of knowledge and culture has been overwhelmingly from the West to the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the West.
enty-five percent. C. A small minority of the students in the class are Hispanic. D. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 41: It is imperative ______ what to do when there is a fire. A. that he knew B. he must know about C. we knew D. that everyone know Trang 4/7 - Mã đề thi 461 Question 42: ______ broken several world records in swimming. A. It is said to have B. She is said that she has C. People say she had D. She is said to have Question 43: She had to borrow her sister’s car because hers was ______. A. out of work B. off chance C. off work D. out of order Question 44: Margaret: "Could you open the window, please?" Henry: " ______." A. Yes, I can B. Yes, with pleasure C. I feel sorry D. I am, of course Question 45: Not having written about the required topic, ______ a low mark. A. the teacher gave me B. I was given C. my presentation was given D. the teacher gave Question 46: We ______with a swim in the lake. A. gave in B. took up C. cooled off D. got out Question 47: The Internet has enabled people to ______ with each other more quickly. A. interconnect B. intervene C. interlink D. interact Question 48: “The inflation rate in Greece is five times ______ my country,” he said. A. as high as that in B. as many as that in C. as much as D. more than Question 49: All students should be ______ and literate when they leave school. A. numeric B. numerous C. numerate D. numeral Question 50: Liz: “Thanks for the nice gift you brought to us!” Jennifer: “______” A. Not at all. Don’t mention it. B. All right. Do you know how much it costs? C. Welcome! It’s very nice of you. D. Actually speaking, I myself don’t like it. Question 51: Ben: "______" Jane: "Never mind." A. Sorry for staining your carpet. Let me have it cleaned. B. Would you mind going to dinner next Sunday? C. Congratulations! How wonderful! D. Thank you for being honest with me. Question 52: ______I might, I couldn’t open the door. A. However hard B. No matter C. Try as D. As try Question 53: Martha, Julia and Mark are 17, 19 and 20 years old ______. A. independently B. respectively C. separately D. respectfully Question 54: Neil Armstrong was the first man ______ on the moon. A. to walk B. walking C. walked D. has walked Question 55: They’re staying with us ______ the time being until they can afford a house. A. at B. for C. in D. during Question 56: ______ Serbia defeated Germany surprised everyone. A. Whether B. Because C. That D. When Question 57: We have bought extra food ______ our guests stay to dinner. A. in case B. so that C. when D. if Question 58: I’ve warned you many times ______the front door unlocked. A. don’t leave B. won’t leave C. not leaving D. not to leave Question 59: Even if you are rich, you should save some money for a ______ day. A. snowy B. windy C. foggy D. rainy Question 60: Since he failed his exam, he had to ______ for it again. A. take B. pass C. sit D. make Question 61: The captain as well as all the passengers ______ very frightened by the strange noise. A. was B. were C. is D. have been Trang 5/7 - Mã đề thi 461 Question 62: Bill: “Can I get you another drink?” Jerry: “______.” A. Forget it B. No, I’ll think it over C. No, it isn’t D. Not just now Question 63: “You can go to the party tonight______ you are sober when you come home.” A. as soon as B. as far as C. as long as D. as well as Question 64: Laura had a blazing ______ with Eddie and stormed out of the house. A. gossip B. word C. row D. chat Question 65: Is it true that this country produces more oil than ______ ? A. any other countries B. any another country C. any countries else D. any country else Question 66: As the drug took ______, the boy became quieter. A. force B. effect C. action D. influence Question 67: If everyone ______, how would we control the traffic? A. could fly B. flies C. can fly D. had flown Question 68: Our industrial output______ from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year. A. has risen B. rose C. rises D. was rising Question 69: Mr. Black: “I’d like to try on these shoes, please.” Salesgirl: “______” A. That’s right, sir. B. By all means, sir. C. I’d love to. D. Why not? Question 70: ______he does sometimes annoys me very much. A. When B. Why C. What D. How 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. It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older. Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late – I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal. Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department. In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas – from being able to drive a car, perhaps – means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there. I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age of ten, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect. Trang 6/7 - Mã đề thi 461 Question 71: It is implied in paragraph 1 that ______. A. young learners are usually lazy in their class B. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning C. parents should encourage young learners to study more D. teachers should give young learners less homework Question 72: The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, ______. A. they get more impatient with their teachers B. they have a more positive attitude towards learning C. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged D. they cannot learn as well as younger learners Question 73: The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “______”. A. At the beginning B. For beginners C. First and foremost D. At the starting point Question 74: While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised ______. A. to have more time to learn B. to get on better with the tutor C. to feel learning more enjoyable D. to be able to learn more quickly Question 75: In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means ______. A. impatient because of having nothing to do B. staying alive and becoming more active C. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice D. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be Question 76: The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “______”. A. achieve your aim with hard work B. have the things you have long desired C. receive a school or college degree D. arrive at an intended place with difficulty Question 77: All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT ______. A. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people B. young people usually feel less patient than adults C. experience in doing other things can help one’s learning D. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners Question 78: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning process because adult learners ______. A. pay more attention to detail than younger learners B. are less worried about learning than younger learners C. are able to organize themselves better than younger learners D. have become more patient than younger learners Question 79: It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you ______. A. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger B. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger C. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger D. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger Question 80: What is the writer’s main purpose in the passage? A. To show how fast adult learning is. B. To explain reasons for learning. C. To encourage adult learning. D. To describe adult learning methods. ------------------------------------------- --------------- THE END ---------- Trang 7/7 - Mã đề thi 461
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