Đề thi tuyển sinh cao học năm 2008 môn tiếng Anh B

BQ GIAO DUCVA DAO TAO
DAI HOC HUE
PE Tru TUTEX SINH CAO HOC NAM 2OO8
MOn thi: Ti6ng Anh B
Thdi gian ldm bdi: 120 phft
PART I: READING COMPREHENSION
1. Instructions: Fill in each blank witlt ONE suitable word or hrase taken Tom the box.
l. You should find the number ofthe book from the library
2. There are several books by C. K. Croner on this
3. Have you got any books on business methods or any similar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?
4. 'Can you tell me where the dictionaries are?"Yes, they're over there with all the other
.. . books. '
5 . When was tha t book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?
6 . How are the books in the l ib ra ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?
7. Read these sentences about ............ your teeth healthy.
8. Do the following things ... healthy teeth.
9. Avoid ... a lot of sweets.
10. It's very important ........ .... tooth decay.
I l. You can also improve your teeth if . . . . . .. healthy food.
12. Unfortunately ou cannot stop tooth decay simply by ... your teeth.
13. The New Oxford Garage is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for more salesmen.
14. One of the new salesmen has .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . me to buy a new car.
15 . Ihopeevery th ing is t rueandtha t thesa lesmanisn ' t t ry in9 to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .anyone.
2. Instructions: Give a complete answer to each of the questions given after having read each of the
four passages.
Passage 1: People began to use paper money in China, around 600 A.D. The Chinese used paper
money to buy whatever they needed. In the 1200s, Marco Polo, the famous ltalian explorer, noticed
this system of payment when he visited the East. Marco Polo explained to the people of Europe that
this was an excellent system. However, European countries did not begin to use paper money until
1600. At this time, banks printed notes that could be used instead of silver and gold. lmagine how
difficult it was for people to carry heavy bags of silver and gold everywhere. The new bank notes
were much easier to use.
1. When did the Chinese start o use paper money? ............
2. Who was Marco Polo? .. . . . . . . . . . .
3. What did Marco Polo tell Europeans?
4. When was paper money first used in Europe? ...
advertising
convinced
gathered
publ ished
stock
avoided
created
have
reference
brushed
eating
keeping
requesting
to avoid
brushing
encyclopedia
rnatter
resulted
to have
catalogue
for eating
mislead
shelf
classif ied
for having
piece
steal
5. Why did banks in Europe begin to print notes?
Passage 2: Scientists know that Antarctica is very important o the world's climate, and they are
trying lo learn why. Much of their research focuses on ozone, a form of oxygen. The ozone layer
protects living things from the dangerous rays of the sun. In the mid-1980s, scientists discovered
that the ozone layer above Antarctica was very thin. They call this the'ozone hole."
Scientists have also discovered that since 1970 the temperature of the air and the water in
Antarctica has been slowly rising. Warmer temperatures result in less sea ice during the winter
months. Scientists think that some kinds of penguins are becoming fewer in number: these Antarctic
creatures don't have enough ice to suryive. Scientists are learning that the winter sea ice is very
important to the chain of life.
l .What is ozone? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Why is the ozone layer important to our life?
3. What is the "ozone hole"?
4. When has the temperature of the air and the water in Antarctica been rising?
5. What is one result of less sea ice?
Passage 3: Puerto Rico means "rich port" in Spanish. Christopher Columbus landed there in 1493.
Fifteen years later, the Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon, settled there with people from Spain
who came to live in the New World. Native lndians had lived on the island of Puerto Rico for
hundreds of years. Tragically, many of them died in wars with the Spanish and from diseases
brought from Europe. People from other places, like Africa, also came to live in Puerto Rico. Today
Puerto Rico is an interesting mix of all these cultures. Visitors will notice the influence of Spain in the
food, music, festivals, and customs of the people. And, of course, the people in Puerto Rico speak
Spanish - but they also speak English!
l . What does Puerto fuco mean in Soanish? .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. When did Christopher Columbus arrive in Puerto Rico?
3. What happened to the native Indians?
4. Is Puerto Rico an interestine mix of different cultures?
5. What languages do the people in Puerto Rico speak?
Passage 4: Today all computers are stored-program computers; that is, they have a processing unit,
an arithmetic and logic unit, and a memory. Computers are getting smaller and smaller, computing
faster and faster. Even in a very large computer, the part that does the actual computing is about the
size of the end of a finger.
Computers can also do all kinds of work. When someone buys something in a department
store, a clerk puts information about the sale into a computer. During the nighl the computer system
works on the information from all the sales that day. In the morning the manager can print out a
report on everything that was sold and also on eveMhing that must be reordered.
1. What parts do all computers have today? ......
2. How big is the part that does the actual computing in a very large computer?
3. What can computers do?...
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4. What does a clerk do when someone buys something in a department store? .....
5. What does the computer system do during the night?
3. Instructions: Read the turt and thittk of the word or phrase which bestfits each space,
A THREE-MINUTE SUPPLY
The body of the average adult has in storage (l)...................... food to last for several weeks. It
has enough water to last for several days. At any one time, howevcr, the body has only enough
oxygen stored in the (2)...................... to last for three or four minutes! Fortunately, it is not difficult
for us to acquire the oxygen we need. As a rule, we need only to (3) ...................... the air around us
for an adequate supply.
The amount of oxygen (4) ...................... by a person at any one time depends on his activities.
As the activities ofthe body increase, the use of oxygen also (5) Ile begins to breathe
deeper and faster to bring (6) ...................... oxygen into the lungs. More red cells are tbrown into the
bloodstream to aid in carrying the added supply of oxygen. Blood (7) the stomach and
the intestines i transferred into the blood vessels of the muscles (8) ...................... areat work. This
blood helps to transfer the added oxygen to the parts of(9) ...................... that need it. 
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If blood is taken from the stomach right after a meal, digestion of food will be hampered. It is
best, therefore, (10) ...................... to exercise strenuously right after eating.
PART II: WRITING
1. Instructions: Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce complete sentences
from the following sets of words and phrases.
Example: I/ live/ this house/ five years. --+ I have been living in this house for five years.
1. He / switch / light / he / could see / what / was doing.
2. We / often I go I library I read books.
3. Mother/ make I coffee / kitchen / now.
4. Now / she / dance / beautifully / than / used to
5. There / not / enough / fresh air / big cities.
6. People / continue / smoke / in spite of / fact/ know/ dangers... . .
7. How long / it / usually / take you / finish / homework?
B. Man / cannot read / newspaper lbecause he / lose /glasses
9. We / so tired lwe / not want / watch / film
10. They / look forward / see / their children / soon / possible
2. Instructions: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it meons the same as
tlte one printed before it, Use the cues given.
1. It isn't lrecessary to be over l8 to get married...
You don't
2.My girlfriend can't speak Russian and I can't either.
3. It is said that he is a millionaire.
4." I've seen the film three times. Alice" said John
John told ..
5. I don't really rvant to go to the cinema.
I 'd ra ther . . . . .
6. John missed the train because he got up late.
7. Jane is a more careful driver than Robert.
Robert doesn't
8. The river is too dirty for me to srvirn in....
The river is not
9. "I could carry the bags upstairs for you," he said to her.
He offered ..,.
10. Listening to records isn't as exciting as listening to live music.
Listening to live music..
3. Translation
A. Ins tructions.' Translate the follorving sentences into Vietn amese.
1. No matter what others say, I like Vietnamese films.
2. It is a six-hour drive from the suburb to the shopping center in the city.
3. They should ban some kinds of foreign products to help our domestic industry
4. We must remember that women frequently succeed brilliantly in all these fields in addition to
bearing and rearing children.
5. Before stamps were invented, people paid money to the postman for every letter that they received.
B. Instructions; Tronslate tlte following sentences into Ertglish.
l. DOi ngfi nh6n viOn d benh viQn duoc trang bi dAy dir dC OOi pnO vcri n4n dich
2. Chirng t6i c6 nhiQm v.u phii k6t thric du 6n nhy cdng s6m cdng t6t.
3. Tdi 16y ldm ti6c thdng b6o vdi chi ring nf,m nay chi khdng dugc tang lucrng.
4. Ki6u thi ndy sd ducyc t6 chric hdng ndm tai c6c co sd diro tao.
5. NOu anh mudn c6 thOm thdng tin thi dAu th6ng tdi mdi anh quay lai d0y.
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