ĐỀ thi thử ĐẠi họC– NĂM 2013 2014 MÔn thi: tiếng anh-đỀ SỐ 140

(A) Alexis de Tocqueville

(C) the progress achieved in America within about 40 years after adoption of the U.S. Constitution

(D) the impact of the book “Democracy in America”

Question 39. All of the following fields of professional interest and activity are used to describe de Tocqueville EXCEPT

(A) philosopher (B) author (C) political scientist (D) politician

(A) 1830s (B) 1831 (C) 1831-32 (D) 1835

(A) observations (B) how Americans think, feel, and act

(B) the book was so detailed and thorough after only such a comparatively short visit

(C) that the second volume should be so pessimistic in comparison with the first

(D) de Tocqueville’s powers of observation

(A) clearly identifiable (B) outstanding (C) unmatched (D) positive

(A) the English don’t like the French

(C) de Tocqueville was a slow writer

(D) de Tocqueville was primarily motivated by an interest in his own country

Question 46. The word “glimpse” in line 20 is closest in meaning to

(A) overview (B) glance (C) brief understanding (D) quick conclusion

A. It's not necessary for you to take so many warm clothes there.

B. You have taken so many warm clothes there that I don't need.

C. There's no need for you to take so many warm clothes there.

A. Losing the championship came as a terrible blow to David.

B. In spite of the narrow defeat, David won the championship.

C. As a result of his narrow defeat, David did not win the championship.

D. But for his title as the former champion, David would not have defeated his rivals.

A. If you had not kept to what was originally agreed on, everything would have been fine.

C. If you had changed our original agreement, everything would have been fine.

D. As you fulfilled the original contract, things went wrong.

Question 51. People say that Mr. Goldman gave nearly a million pounds to charity last year.

A. Mr. Goldman is said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.

B. Mr. Goldman was said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.

C. Nearly a million pounds was said to have been given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.

D. Nearly a million pounds is said to be given to charity by Mr. Goldman last year.

A. He should not have been envious of his brother’s achievement.

C. That his brother graduated with flying colors must have been appreciated by him.

D. He may not know that his brother is flying gradually up in a colorful balloon.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 53 to 62.

If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little (53)............... it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (54)............... even environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (55)............... – it’s the way society choose to use and (56)............... them.

Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural resources. We import well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (57)............... of our annual consumption is in the (58)............... of packaging, and this constitutes about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (59)............... Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast.

The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (60)............... than coal and one (61)............... of ‘recovery’ strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the (62)............... of waste plastic into a fuel.