ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI
ĐẠI HỌC NGOẠI NGỮ
CỘNG HOÀ XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
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ĐỀ THI TỐT NGHIỆP ĐHTC TIẾNG ANH
Môn thi : Đọc
Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên thí sinh : ...........................................................................................................
Ngày tháng năm sinh : ............................................. Nơi sinh ………………………….
Hội đồng thi : TTGDTX Thái nguyên
Ngày thi : 17/5/2008
Nơi thi : ……………………………………
Số báo danh : ……………………. Phòng thi số : ………......................
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(Không dùng bất cứ tài liệu nào. Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm )
Question 1. Read the following passage and circle the best option for each space.
The
second
half
of
the
twentieth
century
saw
more
changes
in
technology than in previous two hundred years. Penicillin has already
been discovered and used to treat infections; there have been many
remarkable
advances
in
medicine
that
have
helped
to
increase
our
average life expectancy way beyond that of our ancestors. Incredible
innovations
such
as
television
have
changed
the
way
we
spend
our
leisure hours. Perhaps the most important breakthrough, however, has
been the microchip. Nobody could have imagined, when it was first
invented , that within a matter of years, this tiny piece of silicon
and circuitry would be found in almost every household object from the
kettle to the video recorder. And nobody could have predicted the
sudden proliferation of computers that would completely change our
lives, allowing us to access information from the other side of the
world via the Internet or send massages around the world by e-mail at
the
touch
of
a
button.
Meanwhile,
research
into
other
aspects
of
information technology is making it easier and cheaper for us to talk
to friends and relations around the world.
1. What period saw more changes in technology than in previous two
hundred years?
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A.1800-1850
B. 1850- 1900
C. 1900-1950
D. 1950-2000
2. The word “infections” in the text refers to_______ .
A. diseases
3. Thanks
ancestors.
to
B. plants
advances
in
C. people
medicine
we
A. live shorter
C. die shorter
D. animals
now___________
than
our
B. live longer
D. die longer
4. Television has changed the way we spend our _______ .
A. money
C. free time
B. weekdays
D. working time
5. Which of the following does not belong to household objects?
A. a kettle
B. an electric cooker
C. a video recorder
D. a blackboard
Question 2. Choose the option that best fits each of the blank below:
We all make mistakes. Our company is no exception, and on rare
occasions our customers have cause for (1)_________ . We pride
ourselves on our quick, efficient and courteous way (2)__________
putting things right.
Please start by having a (3)__________ with Mark, our Customer Satisfaction Officer. There’s
every (4)________ that he can resolve your (5)_________ to your complete satisfaction. If goods are
(6)________, he can arrange an immediate refund or replacement and can (7)__________ send a van to
your premises to (8)_________ and replace any bulky item.
Our Managing Director, Mr. Fergusson, is also (9)__________ by appointment and, if you are
still (10)_________ with any (11)__________ of our service, we hope you will have no hesitation in
(12)________ him and letting us know how we might (13)_________ our service in future. Our board of
directors considers customers’ suggestions when they meet each month, and most are (14)_________ .
All this means that our customers are our first (15)_________ - in fact our most important
partners in business!
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
A. complaining
A. in
A. word
A. way
A. need
A. wrong
A. just
A. collect
A. here
A. unhappy
A. respect
A. writing
A. raise
A. used
A. concern
B. complaint
B. of
B. call
B. method
B. breakdown
B. bad
B. firstly
B. take
B. present
B. cross
B. type
B. contacting
B. perform
B. adopted
B. idea
C. objection
C. by
C. conversation
C. chance
C. fault
C. faulty
C. soon
C. obtain
C. available
C. sad
C. aspect
C. speaking
C. make
C. employed
C. purpose
D. refund
D. with
D. meeting
D. intention
D. problem
D. broken
D. even
D recover
D. seen
D. annoyed
D. kind
D. consulting
D. improve
D. allowed
D. business
Question 3. Read the following text and then choose from list A-G the best phrase given below it to fill
each of the blanks. The first one has been done for you.
I wish you’d met my uncle Bill. He was a tall man – so tall that he could change the bulbs in light
sockets while hardly reaching above his head. He said that he wasn’t supposed to reach up – it was
something to do with a heart condition – and that being tall made life much easier. (1)______. Those
accessible bulbs were an easy target for that lofty, blundering head of his.
I realized from the start that his problem was not so much tallness as clumsiness. He blundered
into anything and everything and often had injuries (though not in fact burns) to prove how accidentprone he was.
A miserly man, my uncle always stuck replacement soles on his shoes as the old ones wore
through, no matter how shabby the uppers became – or how badly he injured himself in the process.
(2)_______. Well, strictly it wasn’t the sticking that did it but the razor blade adjustments that followed.
In his clumsiness, he nearly always stuck the soles slightly out of position. Once firmly glued they
couldn’t be moved but at least the protruding parts could be neatly trimmed away. (3)_______.
I can see him now in my mind’s eye! There was the sole, slightly out of position, and there was
my uncle, his fingers encrusted with firmly set glue. (4)________. Then he would blunder round his house
in search of lint and sticking plasters. Vases would topple, ornaments would get knocked off walls. He
lived alone but his frequent visitors were used to the commotion my uncle made as he hurried round his
untidy house. (5)________. Even going to answer the phone could cause calamities and a trail of damage.
(6)________. No, they were due to injured fingers, banged heads and falls down stairs.
A. I think he preferred to claim a bad heart than admit to bad eyesight or total and utter clumsiness!
B. He would set to work with his razor blade, and a minute later we’d hear his cry of pain and frustration.
C. But how could even a clumsy man suffer injuries sticking soles on his shoes?
D. And that’s where the razor blades came in, and all the consequent injuries to fingers and thumbs.
E. However, it also created problems for him.
F. The slightest haste was enough to cause an accident.
G. My uncle’s visits to hospital never resulted from that famous heart condition of his.
1 __E___
2_____
3_____
4______
5______
6_____
Question 4. Read the passage on this page. Fill in the blanks with one word from the list. Use each
word once.
Electric appliances are so (1)_______ used that you are probably familiar with many different kinds.
You (2)_______ a switch, and an electric lamp gives light. You (3)________ down on a lever and a
toaster gives heat. You plug in an electric fan, and its blades begin to move. Or you (4)________ a knob
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and a radio or television set is turned on. You know that each of those appliances is (5)________ in some
way by electrical energy. An electrical appliance (6)__________ this form of energy into another form we
want, such as radiant energy, heat, sound, or mechanical energy. Whenever we (7)_______ an electric
appliance, it must have a source of electrical energy. However, the (8)________ to produce electrical
energy such as fossil fuels are (9)_______. Therefore, we must conserve the natural resources, or
(10)_________ to save energy.
Question 5: Fill each of the blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.
Bob Geldof was born in 1953 in Dublin where he went to school. (1)_________ he was an
intelligent student, he left school with few qualifications. He had (2)________variety of jobs in
England, Spain and Canada (3)__________ eventually becoming a successful pop star.
However, he is now best known for the work he had done (4)________ help starving people
In Ethiopia. Like many other people he (5)________ shocked by television (6)_________ of
people dying of hunger there in 1984. He therefore decided that he (7)________ persuade
famous British pop (8)________ to make a record together , and (9)_________ the profits from
(10)_________ to send money and food to the people in Ethiopia.
Question 6: Complete the following conversation. What does Nam say to Ba? Mark the correct letter A
- F.
Ba: What’s the matter, Nam?
Nam: (1)………………………..
Ba:
Let me see. It’s 450.000 VND. What a huge bill!
Nam: (2)………………………..
Ba : Which meter is installed in your house?
Nam: (3)…………………………….
Ba:
I can’t guess what happened. The usual mechanical meter is still used in my house. Why
don’t you complain to the Power Department of the City about the problem?
Nam: (4)…………………………………………………………..
Ba: You can write a letter of complaint and send it to their office.
Nam: (5)…………………………………………………
A. I paid 300.000 VND last month. I don’t know why it’s higher this month.
B. Thanks for your advice. I’ll write a complaint letter right away.
C. That’s a good idea. But I’m very busy. I can’t go there to make a complaint.
D. I’ve just received my latest electricity bill. It’s surprisingly high.
E. The usual mechanical meter was replaced with an electrical one at the beginning of
this month. It is said to run more exactly and it’s more convenient for the power officials
to record monthly electricity meters.
F. The Power Department of the City will certainly help you.
THE END
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The total: 60 points: 6 = 10
Question 1: 10 points (2 points for each correct answer)
1–D 2–A 3–B 4–C 5–D
Question 2: 15 points (1 point for each correct answer)
1–B 2–B 3–A 4–C 5–D 6–C 7–D 8–A
9 – C 10 – A 11 – C 12 – B 13 – D 14 – B 15 - A
Question 3: 10 points (2 points for each correct answer)
1- E
2–C 3–D 4–B 5–F 6-G
Question 4: 10 points (1point for each correct answer)
1. widely
6. changes
2. push
7. use
3. press
8. sources
4. twist
9. limited
5. operated
10. simply
Question 5: 10 points (1point for each correct answer)
1. Though/
Although
6. reports
2. a
3. before
4. to
5. was
7. would/
should/ must
8. stars/ singers
9. use/ utilise
10. it/ this
Question 6: 5 points (1point for each correct answer)
1. D
2. A
3. E
4. C
5. B
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