2 đề thi thử tiếng anh 2011 ôn thi đại học doc

ðỀ THI THỬ ðẠI HỌC 2011 - 01

Môn: TIẾNG ANH

I. Grammar: Choose the best word, phrase or sentences.

1. No longer _____ here.

A. John works B. John does work C. does John work D. so John works

2. His parents could not help _____ angry when he admitted _____ the exam.

A. getting/ failing B. got/ failed C. to get/ to fail D. get/ to fail

3. Hundreds of animals are reported _____ killed in the forest fire yesterday.

A. that to be B. to be C. to have been D. that to have been

4. Her idea about _____ special class for _____ disabled at first met with opposition from their parents.

A. a/a B. a/ these C. a/ the D. the/

5. I am always nervous when taking an exam.

A. Taking an exam always makes me nervous. B. I am taking a nervous exam.

C. The exam I am taking is nervous. D. It is a nervous exam that I am taking.

6. Since the end of the 20th century, English _____ the most widely used language around the world.

A. had become B. became C. becomes D. has become

7. Expensive as they are, cars are widely used in the US.

A. Because they are expensive B. Due to they are expensive

C. They are too expensive D. Although they are expensive

8. Both televisions and computers _____ an enormous impact on our lives.

A. have B. had had C. have has D. have had

9. The teacher recommended _____ the book but I do not have enough money _____ it.

A. buy/ to buy B. bought/ buying C. buying/ to buy D. to buy/ buy

10. They suggest that beer _____ on TV should be banned.

A. advertising B. advertised C. advertise D. to advertise

II. Read the passage and then choose the best answer to each question.

Up to now, there are still many people wrongly thinking that films are made to be shown on screen for

entertainment. There are many other kinds of films that are made for other purposes. For example, educational

films are made for schools. They are about certain subjects that pupils and students are learning. Especially for

people learning foreign languages, educational films are very useful. Industrial branches need training films which

introduce new. machines and modern pieces of equipment and show how to operate and work on them.

Documentary films present factual events and record social, political and historical events. It is films that

help us widen our knowledge of countries, cultures and people around the world. Sitting on the armchair in front of

a TV set, a viewer can enjoy the beauty of nature all over the world, see many historic spots and meet a lot of

interesting people. A film, either good or bad, is the result of the collaboration of many individuals.

11. Educational films are made ........................................

A. for learning and money. B. for training manual workers.

C. for entertainment and money. D. for teaching and learning.

12. A film........................................

A. is made by actors and actresses. B. is made by the viewers.

C. is the result of the collaboration of many individuals. D. is the result of the cinema photographer.

13. Films can help us ........................................

A. make friends with people from foreign country. B. teach our children everything.

C. sit comfortably in an armchair. D. entertain and widen our knowledge.

14. All films are made ........................................

A. for entertainment. D. for entertainment, money or education

B. for education. C. for money. .

15. Industry ........................................

A. needs training films. B. needs love stories.

C. has no relation with films. D. always pays attention to every kind of films.

III. Vocabulary: Choose A, B, C or D to fill in the gap.

Music, artful arrangement of sounds ... (16) ........ time. this definition is obviously very broad, but a narrower

one would exclude ... (17) ........ much. Music is part of virtually every culture on ... (18) ........ , but it varies widely

among cultures in style and structure. Definitions of music can ... (19) ........ dramatically over a short time, as they

have across the world during the 20th ... (20) ........ .

Can music exist without ... (21) ........ ? Some philosophers argue that music should be defined as a kind of

"mental ... (22) ........ " and that the physical aspects of sound are simply by-products of this image. If you ... (23)

........ you can have a musical experience by imagining the sound of a piece of music, then you think ... (24) ........

can exist without sound. But most musical experiences involve producing or ... (25) ........ to physical characteristics

of sound such as pitch and timbre (quality comparable to texture or colour in sight).