Bộ đề luyện thi đại học môn tiếng anh (2011 - 2012)

ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Họ, tên thí sinh: .......................................................................Số báo danh: ............

ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.








Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 6: The story told by the teacher amused children in the class.
A. frightened B. jolted C. saddened D. astonished
Question 7: The clubs meet on the last Thursday of every month in a dilapidated palace.
A. neglected B. regenerated C. furnished D. renovated

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 8 to 17.
Delhi and Mumbai are the fifth and third cheapest cities of the world, out of 134 __(8)___, says a news report. This comes as a ___(9)___, naturally, to those who live in these places and have been led to ___ (10) ___ that they lead a pretty expensive life. Particularly what with the global commodity price boom pushing up material prices and all kinds of labour costs. With their considerable experience in “arranging” surveys to deliver the desired results, many a Dilliwala or Mumbaikar might be tempted to ___(11)___ the survey which came up with these results was ___(12)___ by some sponsor or the other. Such cynicism goes out of the ___(13)___ when the same news report reveals that the survey was conducted by a respectable organisation. ___(14)___ a scrutiny of the top five cities and the two Indian cities, neighbours at the bottom yields a clue.
Tokyo leads the pack, followed by Oslo, Kobe, Paris and Zurich. One cannot readily vouch for Paris, but the other four are some of the most placid peaceful cities of the world. When we come to the bottom of the ranking, giving ___(15)___ to Delhi and Mumbai are Tehran. Tunis and Karachi, the last mentioned being crowned the cheapest city of them all. Karachi gives the game away immediately, lifting all ___(16)___ over what exactly is cheap in these places jostling for space at the bottom of the list. Life liberty and human dignity are what goes ___(17)___ in these towns and what makes Delhi and Mumbai worthy contenders in the race to global cheapness. When crime goes unchecked, even after being widely reported and condemned, and criminals run rampant, life gets degraded, deformed, even extinguished. Life, in other words, gets cheap. Call it the lighter side of death. Question 8: A. participated B. sought C. designed D. surveyed
Question 9: A. reckoner B. shock C. mistake D. relief
Question 10: A. style B. pretend C. believe D. deny
Question 11: A. conclude B. protest C. conduct D. oppose
Question 12: A. rejected B. manipulated C. improved D. matched
Question 13: A. doubt
B. city
C. senses
D. door

Question 14: A. But
B. Whether
C. Would
D. As

Question 15: A. significance
B. threat
C. company
D. competing

Question 16: A. dependency
B. mystery
C. definitions
D. inhibition

Question 17: A. miss
B. unreported
C. complex
D. cheap

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 18: The abominable custom of women sacrificing themselves with the pyres of their dead husbands was abolished during the right of William Bentinck.
A. social B. sacred C. disgusting D. moral
Question 19: The suspected couple was taken away from the airport through a side entrance to the Police Station for interrogation.
A. whisked B. rushed C. guided D. no improvement
Question 20: In spite of all the provocations, he maintained utmost patience.
A. inflicted B. sustained C. restrained D. exercised
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 21: Alike other forms of energy, natural gas may be used to heat homes, cook