ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG THI ĐH NĂM 2014

1. 
   Nobody died in the accident, but 20 people were ________.
   

2. 
   “Look at this advertisement, Mary, it ______ there’s 50% off everything at Yvonne’s boutique – shall we go?”
   

3. 
   I’ve been studying English for 2 years now, and I still can’t _______ it very well.
   

4. 
   Ken’s _____ is not what it used to be, he’s always forgetting where he’s put things.
   

5. 
   She _______ her children, she gives them whatever they want.
   

6. 
   The government is encouraging everyone to _____ water by not washing their cars.
   

7. 
   They were ______ about who should make the coffee.
   

8. 
   I'm not ______ them staying with us, as long as it's only for a few days.
   

9. 
   They had a(n) ______ , and never spoke to each other again,
   

10. 
    'So, we are going to Italy for our holidays, right?' - '. ______. Now, whereabouts in Italy shall we go?'
    

11. 
    The players ______ the referee's decision.
    

12. 
    You've just ______ yourself. You said the opposite a few minutes ago.
    

13. 
    We discussed it for a while and then we ______ an agreement.
    

14. 
    I think you should try to ______ with him. You can't both have everything you want.
    

15. 
    I don't ______ that. I don't think it's true at all.
    

16. 
    He wasn't at all ______. He wouldn't do anything I asked him to do.
    

17. 
    Thank you for your invitation which we are pleased to ______ " .
    

18. 
    We look forward to many more years of ______ between our two countries.
    

19. 
    She argues ______ me ______ almost everything.
    

20. 
    I agree ______ you ______ what the problem is.
    

21. 
    I've never had the slightest disagreement ______ him ______ anything.
    

22. 
    Will you two stop ______ and let me get some sleep! They're always bickering about whose turn it is to do the washing up. A. bickering B. rowing C. disputing D. disagreeing
    
23. 
    She often rows with him in public.
    

24. 
    I'll compromise with you - you can have the car this weekend if I can have it next weekend.
    

25. 
    'These tablets really are ______. My headache’s much better now.'
    

26. 
    'The only ______ way to avoid hay fever at this time of the year, if you are a sufferer, is to stay indoors.'
    

27. 
    'She was ___ in everything she did and was frequently commended for exemplary service to the organisation.'
    

28. 
    'He hasn’t made very ______ use of his time in revising for these exams: he has made no notes and his concentration spans appear to last for no longer than ten minutes.'
    

29. 
    'This engine is really ______, it can run for 30 km on only 1 litre of fuel.'
    

30. 
    'The really hot weather ______ everybody’s ability to work.'
    

31. 
    'I know my neighbours play loud music late at night, but that doesn’t ______ me. I can sleep through anything.'
    

32. 
    'The number of tourists travelling to Britain this year has not been ______ by the strength of the pound.'
    

33. 
    'The tablets which he took every four hours had no noticeable ______ on his headache.'
    

34. 
    'My words of comfort had little ______. She just went on crying and wouldn’t stop.'
    

35. 
    'Repairs could not be ______ because the machines were very old.'
    

36. 
    I ______ interested in photography when I was ten.
    

37. 
    I ______e interested in art in later life. (formal)
    

38. 
    As he ______ older, his garden got really messy.
    

39. 
    As he ______ older, he could no longer maintain his garden.
    

40. 
    It ______ colder and colder the further north we went.
    

41. 
    It ______ increasingly cold as we travelled north.
    

42. 
    I'm ______ quite hungry now, aren't you?
    

43. 
    He ______ quite angry when he discovered there was no food
    

44. 
    'I usually ______ to work by car, but I ______ to Bristol by train yesterday.'
    

45. 
    'I didn't ______ home until nearly midnight.'
    

46. 
    'Can you tell me how to ______ to Buckingham Palace?'
    

47. 
    If we behave badly in class, our teacher _______ stay late and do extra work.
    

48. 
    My daughter’s school _______ the children to wear jeans and T-shirts – not like in my day!
    

49. 
    I hate school, the teachers make us _______ so much homework every day!
    

50. 
    On Friday afternoons our teacher sometimes lets us _______ home early.
    

51. 
    When I was a boy we were made _______ correct school uniform at all times!
    

52. 
    “Excuse me sir, are we allowed _______ dictionaries into the exam?”
    

53. 
    Take that shirt off and put on a new one. You can't go out in such an old shirt.
    

54. 
    She ______ a beautiful diamond necklace with matching earrings.
    

55. 
    You'd better ______ now. Henry will be here in ten minutes.
    

56. 
    She came in covered in mud. So I bathed her and ______ her in new clothes
    

57. 
    If you think _______ (/ carefully) about it, you'll realise that I'm right.
    

58. 
    _______, you were not there at the time.
    A. exactly B. precisely C. truly D. correctly
    
59. 
    ______, you'll turn down that job in Norway.
    

C. If you precisely love me D. If you purely love me

60. 
    It came as a _______ surprise to me when she married him.
    

61. 
    If you eat chocolate before a meal, it will spoil (/ ruin) your appetite.
    A. damage B. harm C. suppress D. spoil
    
62. 
    "______ children like ice-cream." "That's quite natural."
    

63. 
    I felt as if I ______ a confidence.
    

64. 
    Nearly all of the reporters ______ the press conference had questions ______
    

65. 
    The burglar was sentenced to 20 years in ______
    

66. 
    The girl ______ me this gift is my best friend.
    

67. 
    Einstein gradually became _______ in the discussion.
    

The 1920s saw the emergency of widespread car ownership in the US. Assembly – line production made car wonderfully cheap, credit was available on the cheapest (68) ____ and the irresistible (69) ____ of the car to consumer did the rest. The result was a complete (70) ____ of American life.

The car began to break (71)____ the ancient sharp division between town and country. The movement perhaps began with the prosperous middle class, (72) ____ for a holiday from New York, who were delighted to discover the rest of their country. But the cheap car also enabled the working class to travel, for pleasure or in (73) ______ of work. Even poor country people, it (74) ______ out, could own car and when they did so, many of them used the freedom thus (75) ____ to depart - to the West or to the cities.

Even more important, perhaps, was the (76) ____ of the car on daily life. It came into (77) ____ for all sorts of short (78)____, to work or to the shop, which had previously been made by trolley bus or railway. It made a whole new pattern of living possible. Vast suburbs began to (79) ____ over the land. No longer did you have to live in comparatively cramped (80) ____ near the railroad station. Not did you have to take your annual holiday at one of the traditional, crowded resorts nearby. Instead, you could speed over the hills and far away.

68. 
    A. obligations B. terms C. guarantees D. repayments.
    
69. 
    A. appeal B. outlook C. impression D. fancy
    
70. 
    A. transfer B. variation C. revision D. transformation
    
71. 
    A. down B. off C. in D. away
    
72. 
    A. concerned B. willing C. anxious D. fond
    
73. 
    A. hunt B. search C. chase D. inquiry
    
74. 
    A. found B. turned C. brought D. set
    
75. 
    A. gained B. gathered C. reached D. benefited
    
76. 
    A. forced B. product C. impact D. trace
    
77. 
    A. advantage B. use C. worth D. function
    
78. 
    A. travels B. trips C. tours D. routes
    
79. 
    A. spread B. widen C. scatter D. broadcast
    
80. 
    A. housing B. residence C. surrounding D. settlement