Đề thi thủ Đại học đợt 2 môn Tiếng Anh - Khối D

rstood, listed and accepted by a majority of
the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such these words
and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialism, on the other
hand, is familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language
and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered acceptable for more formal
situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language. Slang, however, refers to
words and expressions understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as an
appropriate formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang maybe found in
standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in
speech than in writing. 
Colloquial speech often passes into standard speech, some slang also passes into standard
speech, but other slang expressions enjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some
cases, the majority never accepts certain slang phrases but nevertheless retains them in their
collective memories. Every generation seem to require its own set of words to describe familiar
objects and events. 
It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for
the creation of a large body of slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new
objects and situations in the society; second, a diverse population with a large number of subgroups;
third, the association among the subgroups and the majority population. 
Finally, it is worth noticing that the terms “standard”, “colloquial”, and “slang” exist only as
abstract labels for scholars who study language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language 
will be aware that they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most speakers of English will,
during appropriate situations, select and use all three types of expressions. 
1. The word “appropriate” in paragraph 2 is closest meaning to 
A. Large B. important C. old D. correct 
2. How slang defined by the author? 
A. Words and phrases that are understood by restricted groups of speakers. 
B. Words and phrases understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as formal 
usage 
C. Words and phrases understood by the majority but not found in standard dictionaries. 
D. Words and phrases accepted but the majority for formal usage. 
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the author 
A. Approves of slang and colloquial speech in appropriate situations. 
B. Approve of colloquial speech in some situations, but not slang 
C. Doesn’t approve of either slang or colloquial speech in any situation. 
D. Does not approve of colloquial usage in writing. 
4. What does the author mean by the statement in paragraph 2 : “Colloquialism, on the other 
hand, is familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language
and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered acceptable for more formal
situations”? 
A. Familiar words and phrases are found in in both speech and writing in formal setting. 
B. Familiar situations that are experienced by most people are call colloquialism. 
C. Informal language contains colloquialisms, which are not found in more formal language. 
D. Most the speakers of a language use both informal and formal speech in appropriate 
situations. 
5. The author mentions all the followings as requirements for slang expressions to be created
EXCEPT: 
A. A number of linguists C. new situations 
B. interaction among diverse groups D. a new generation 
6. Which of the following is the topic of the passage? 
A. Dictionary usage C. different types of vocabulary 
B. Standard speech D. idiomatic phrase 
7. Which of the following is true of standard usage? 
A. It can be used in formal or informal settings 
B. It is constantly changing 
C. It is only understood by the upper classes 
D. It is limited to written language. 
8. The word “them” in paragraph 3 refers to 
A. Memories B the majority C. slang phrases D. words 
9. The word “obscurity” in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by 
A. Influence B. tolerance C. qualification D. disappearance. 
10. Where in the passage does the author explain where colloquial language and slang are most
commonly used? 
A. Line 18-19 B. line 11-12 C. line 24-25 D. line 3-4 
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the
following question. 
11. I came __________ this book while I was doing _______attic. 
A. Into-with B. round-with C. into-away with D. across-up 
12. There’s nothing I like more than ___________ for a brisk walk along the seashore. 
A. Go B. out C. walk D. going 
13. I had to pay the fine, ______? 
A. Hadn’t I B. wouldn’t I C. don’t I D. didn’t I 
14. Up________ and the people cheered. 
A. Did the balloon goC. went the balloon 
B. Has the balloon gone D. had the balloon go 
15. ________ an athlete involves regular__________ 
A. To be – to train B. being – to train C. being – training D. be – train 
16. I’d love to try and make that cake. Have got a (n) ___________ for it? 
A. Ingredient B. recipe C. receipt D. prescription 
17. At first he didn’t agree, but in the end we managed to bring him ________ to our point of 
view. 
A. Up B> back C. over D. round 
18. - Let’s meet outside the theater.
- ____________ 
A. What about? C. yes, let us do it 
B. I’d like to go to that concert. D. is 6.30 all
right? 
19. She is saving to buy one of _____________ 
A. Impressive square wood Italian dining tables 
B. Those impressive square Italian wood dining tables 
C. Impressive Italian dining wood square tables 
D. That square Italian wood impressive dining tables 
20. That was the happiest day _________ my life. 
A. Of 
B. in C. all D. for 
21. You’ve got to be _______ certain before you decide. 
A. Dead B. deadly C. deathly D. dearly 
22. Jack can speak two languages. One is English, __________ is Vietnamese. 
A. Another B. other C. the other D. others 
23. Could I have ____________ sugar in my tea, please? 
A. Few B. any C. little D. some 
24. Scarcely ____________ when the fight broke out. 
A. He had arrived B. had he arrived C. did he arrive D. he arrived 
25. There were ____________ few tickets sold that the concert was canceled. 
A. So B. such C. a D. very 
26. The economics of the plan ________ the investors 
A. Is worrying B. worry C. has worried D. are worrying 
27. The four men who successfully retraced Sir Ernest Shackleton’s open-boat voyage across 
________ Ocean are resting on South Georgia. 
A. A Southern B. the Southern C. Southern D. the 
28. _________she was brought up 
A. It is London where C. it was London, where 
B. It is in London, which D. it is in London that 
29. What a dangerous thing to do! You __________ have been killed. 
A. May B. might C. can D> must 
30. Ludwig van Beethoven is considered one of the greatest composers _____________. 
A. Who ever lived C. when living 
B. While he was still living D. to live 
31. - _____________ 
- No, that’s Helen’s 
A. Are your luggages these ones? C. is your luggage this one? 
B. Are these your luggages? D. is this your luggage? 
32. Jane wishes she __________ more friends 
A. Has had B. would have C. had D. has 
33. She can’t bear people ________ at her. 
A. To shout B. shouted C/ shout D. shouting 
34. Fertilizers are __________ to the fields after the crops have been planted. 
A. Added B. applied C. enriched D. used 
35. His business is growing so fast that he must take __________ more workers 
A. Over B. on C. out D. up 
36. Customer: ___________ 
Salesman: it is over there, next to the dry fruit section. 
A. How much is a kilo of tea and coffee? 
B. Can you help me? I can’t carry the tea and coffee. 
C. I’m sorry; I didn’t buy the tea and coffee. 
D. Excuse me, where is the tea and coffee? 
37. I don’t mind ________ waiting for a few minutes. 
A. To be kept B. being kept C. being D. keeping 
38. John left without a word. If only he _________ something. 
A. Says B. was saying C. said D. had said 
39. – What is the matter with your son?
- ___________ 
A. He went to London two weeks ago. 
B. He’s just graduated from university. 
C. He’s got a headache 
D. He did an experiment n a cure for the headache. 
40. Sorry, do I know you?
- ___________ 
A. Hi! Haven’t seen you for ages C. how do you do? 
B. We have met before, haven’t we D. fine, thank you! And you? 
III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet in indicate the word whose stress
pattern is different from the others’ 
41. A. involvement B. industrial C. organize D. pagoda 
42. A. avertissement B. particular C. circumstance D. environment 
43. A. introduce B. understand C. mechanizes D. volunteer 
44. A. typical B. establish C. enormous D. impression 
45. A. mushroom B. mountain C. movement D. moustache 
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that has the same meaning as the
given one. 
46. At this exact moment, I wish I had checked my answers more carefully. 
A. Ever since I failed the test, I have been regretting not checking my answer carefully. 
B. Had I checked my answer more carefully, I wouldn’t have failed the test. 
C. Right now, I am regretting the fact that I didn’t check my answer carefully enough. 
D. How I wish I had checked my answer after I had finished the test. 
47. The cheap book is better designed than the expensive one. 
A. The book which costs more doesn’t have as good d design as that which costs less. 
B. While both books are well designed, the design of one is better than that of the other. 
C. Though the first book is only slightly more expensive than the other, the latter has better
design. 
D. Both of the books have a good design, yet the less expensive one’s a bit better. 
48. It is nearly sunset now and I still haven’t eaten anything since the breakfast. 
A. Breakfast was the last thing that I ate and the sun will be setting soon. 
B. I generally don’t eat anything since breakfast, and now it is almost sunset. 
C. There hasn’t been time to eat anything since breakfast, and now it is almost sunset. 
D. I’m getting hungry because it’s almost evening and I haven’t even eaten breakfast today. 
49. Despite the recent lack of rain lately, the farms are still doing quite well. 
A. Due to absence of any rain lately, there is beginning to be a bit of trouble on the farms 
B. The outlook for farm production is positive in spite of how little rain there has been lately. 
C. The farms are not having too much trouble, even though there has not been any rain lately. 
D. However little I may rain in general, the farms always manage to perform at a fairly high 
level. 
50. The taxi driver ignored the stop sign, so it was only natural that he crashed his vehicle. 
A. Naturally, the taxi driver nearly had an accident after he had disregarded the stop sign. 
B. Since he had no attention to the stop sign, it is not surprising that the taxi driver has an
accident. 
C. The taxi driver probably crashed his car because he was foolish enough to ignore the stop 
sign 
D. As he had completely disregarded the stop sign, the taxi driver was lucky to avoid his car. 
V. Mark the letter A, B. C or D to indicate the best way to make meaning sentences with the
words provide. 
51. My strength/ work well with a variety personalities/ persistent and punctual. 
A. My strengths include working well with a variety of personalities and I am very persistent, 
and punctual. 
B. My strengths include being able to work well with a variety of personalities, in addition to, I 
am cry persistent and punctual. 
C. My strengths include working well with a variety of personalities, and being very persistent 
and punctual. 
D. My strengths is to work with a variety of personalities, besides, I am persistent and punctual. 
52. My academic background/ BA certificate in Tourism/ I/ two years’ experience/ work as a 
tour guide. 
A. My academic background which has a BA certificate and in Tourism. Moreover, I have two 
years’ experience of working as a tour guide. 
B. My academic background that us a BA certificate in Tourism. Moreover, I have two years’ 
experience of working as a tour guide. 
C. My academic background includes a BA certificate in Tourism and I have two years’ 
experience of working as a tour guide. 
D. My academic background it is a BA certificate in Tourism as well as I have two years’ 
experience of working as a tour guide. 
53. My résumé/ enclose/ contact/me/ every afternoon/ look forward to/ be interviewed. 
A. My résumé is enclosed. Please contact me every afternoon. Therefore, I am looking forward 
to being interviewed 
B. My résumé is enclosed and contact me every afternoon. I look forward to be interviewed. 
C. My résumé which is enclosed, so please contact me every afternoon. I am looking forward to 
being interviewed. 
D. My résumé is enclosed. You can contact me every afternoon. I am looking forward to being
interviewed. 
54. I/ read/ advertisement/ your company/ today’s newspaper. 
A. I have just read the advertisement of your company in today’s newspaper. 
B. I would like to read the advertisement of your company on today newspaper. 
C. I enjoy reading the advertisement of your company in today’s newspaper. 
D. I read the advertisement which is of your company in today’s newspaper. 
55. I think/ I/ meet your requirements/ I/write/ apply for the position/ English – speaking local guide 
A. I think I must meet your requirements so that I am writing to apply for the position of 
English speaking local guide 
B. Because I think I can meet your requirements so I am writing to apply for the position of 
English speaking local guide. 
C. As I think I can meet your requirements so I am writing to apply for the position of English
speaking local guide. 
D. I think I can meet your requirements so I am writing to apply for the position of English 
speaking local guide. 
VI. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 56 to
65 
TATOOING: AN ANCIENT TRADITION 
Tattooing is an old art. In ancient Greece, people who had tattoos were regarded as members of
the _________ (56) classes. On the other hand, tattooing was _______ (57) in Europe by the early 
Christians, who thought that it was a sinful thing to ______ (58). 
It was not until the late 18
th
 century, when Captain Cook saw South Sea Islanders decorating
their bodies with tattoos, that attitudes began to change. Sailors came back from these islands with
pictures of Christ on their backs and from then on, tattooing ________ (59) in popularity. A survey 
by the French army in 1881 __________ (60) that among the 378 men ___________ (61) there 
were 1333 designs. 
Nowadays, not everybody find tattoos acceptable. Some people think that getting one is silly
because tattoos are more or less permanent. There is also some __________ (62) about__________ 
(63) a blood disease from unsterilized needles. Even for those who do want a tattoo, the
_______________(64) of getting one is not painless, but the final result, in their eyes, is 
_____________(65) the pain. 
56. A. upper B. greater C. extreme D. high 
57. A. banned B. exported C. blamed D. finished 
58. A. Do B. be C. create D. make 
59. A. made B. won C. gained D. earned 
60. Declared B. said C. showed D. explained 
61. A. spoken B. inquired C. demanded D. questioned 
62. A. concern B. trouble C. threat D. danger 
63. A. having B. catching C. gaining D. infecting 
64. A. pace B. system C. progress D. process 
65. A. owe B. due C. worth D. deserved 
VII. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the words / phrases that need correcting to
make perfect sentences. 
66. Of the two lecturers, the first was by far the best, partly because the person who delivered it
had such a dynamic style. 
A. The best B. the first C. who D. such a 
67. Someone who ever try to pick up spilled mercury will agree that this element is hard to
handle 
A. to pick up B. someone who C. agree that D. to handle 
68. Upon reaching the destination, a number of personnel is expected to change their 
reservations and proceed to Hawaii. 
A. To change B. proceed C. reaching D. is 
69. At the Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s home in Tennessee, even his glasses have been left 
exactly where he lay them. 
A. Them B. have been left C. lay D. exactly 
70. The officials of the Board of Elections asked that each voter present their registration card
and a valid Texas driver’s license before receiving a ballot. 
A. Receiving B. their C. driver’s D. present 
VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best
answers to the questions from 71 to 80. 
1 During the 19
th
 century, women in the United States organized and participated in a large 
number of reform movements, including movements to reorganize the prison system, improve 
education, ban the sale of alcohol, and, most importantly, to free the slaves. Some women saw the
similarities in the social status of women and slaves. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy
5 Stone are feminists and abolitionists who supported the rights of both women and blacks. A
number of male abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Philips, also
supported he rights of women to speak and participate equally with men in antislavery activities.
Probably more than any other movements, abolitionism offered women previously denied entry in
politics. They became involved primarily in order to better their living conditions and the conditions
10 of others. 
When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 14
th
 and 15
th
 Amendments to the Constitution adopted
in 1868 and 1870 granted citizenship and suffrage to blacks but not to women. Discouraged but
revolved, feminists influenced more and more women to demand the right to vote. In 1869, the
Wyoming Territory had yielded to demands by feminists, but the eastern stares resisted more 
15 stubbornly than before. A women suffrage bill had been presented to every Congress since 1878
but it continually failed to pass until 1920, when 19
th
 Amendment granted women the right to vote. 
71. The word “suffrage” in line 12 could be best replaced by 
A. Pain C. freedom from bondage 
B. Citizenship D. the right to vote 
72. What had occurred shortly after the Civil war? 
A. The Wyoming Territory was admitted to the Union. 
B. A women’s suffrage bill was introduced in 
Congress. 
C. Black people were granted the right to vote. 
D. The eastern states resisted the end of the war. 
73. The word “it” in line 16 refers to 
A. Congress B. vote 
C. 19
th
 Amendment D. bill 
74. What does the 19th Amendment guarantee? 
A. Citizenship for women. C. voting right for women 
B. Voting right for blacks D. citizenship for blacks 
75. With what topic is the passage primarily concerned? 
A. The 14th and 15th Amendment C. women’s suffrage 
B. Abolitionists D. the Wyoming territory 
76. The word “ban” in line 3 most nearly meaning to 
A. Limit B. encourage C. prohibit D. publish 
77. The word “primarily” in line 9 is closest meaning to? 
A. Finally B. above all C. somewhat D. always 
78. The word “supported” in line 5 could be best replaced by? 
A. Promoted B. disregarded C. contested D. acknow-
ledged 
79. According to the passage, why did women become active in politics? 
A. To amend the Declaration of Independent. 
B. To be elected to public office 
C. To improve the conditions of life that existed at the time 
D. To support Elizabeth Cady Stanton for president. 
80. When were women allowed to vote throughout the United States? 
A. After 1866 B. after1878 C. after 1920 D. after 1870