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Mã đề thi: 674
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KỲ THI KSCL THI ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2012 LẦN THỨ 1
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời giao đề.
Đề thi gồm: 07 trang.
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I. Read the following text then answer the questions that follow by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
Upon the creation of the United States, one of the core concepts which the hopes for the new democracy were pinned was the ideal that its citizens would be enlightened individuals with clearly articulated rights and the opportunity for individual achievement and education. It was believed that in a free nation where the power belongs to the people, the commitment to education defines the progress of that democracy and is the catalyst for future progress. This core value has not only stood the test of time but has also grown in importance. In this new Information Era and international economy, education is an increasingly vital commodity, a precursor of potential success and a driving force of chance. It is important to recognize, however, that we approach education today differently than in the past, partly because the kinds of jobs people had didn’t require the kind of basic education and specialized training that is often required in the workforce today. In the 1950s, for instance, only 20 percent of American jobs were classified as professional, 20 percent as skilled; and 60 percent as unskilled. Today, our world has changed. The proportion of unskilled jobs has fallen to 20 percent, while jobs now account for at least 60 percent of the workforce. Even more important, almost every job today increasingly requires a combination of academic knowledge and practical skills that require learning throughout a lifetime.
01. The phrase “enlightened individuals” in the first sentence most likely means “people who _____.”
A. always appear brilliant-looking in public
B. have often been well-exposed to light
C. bring light to anywhere they go
D. have acquired an adequate level of education
02. In order to become a good American citizen today, in the author’s point of view, any individual must ____.
A. move actively forward in the new Information Era and international economy with a prestigious diploma.
B. understand thoroughly the combination of academic knowledge and practical skills.
C. know well all his/her rights and be ready to grasp his/her opportunity of success in life.
D. study carefully the history of American educational and vocational systems even since their creation.
03. Education is defined in this passage as a driving force of chance because _________.
A. education has helped to bring about and orient most changes in the American workforce.
B. any American citizen who wants to changes his driving license must be very well-educated.
C. without education, no changes could have happened in American society so far.
D. the government of the United States wants to drive social changes in their own ways.
04. The passage shows the percentage of jobs that require higher training in the US____ between 1950s and now.
A. has been reversed B. has remained the same
C. has changed dramatically D. has changed slightly
05. Which of the following titles would be best for the passage?
A. The Significant Role of Education in American Citizens’ Careers.
B. Academic Knowledge and Practical Skills in American Professions.
C. Recent Changes of Educational and Vocational Systems in America.
D. Education and Jobs in the Past and at Present in the United States.

II. 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.
06. Despite his smiling face, the second-place contestant is more sadder than the winner.
A. more sadder B. the second-place contestant C. Despite D. smiling
07. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.
A. on Halloween night B. especially C. ghosts stories D. telling and listening
08. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John.
A. law B. studying C. so does John D. at the university
09. We wish today was sunny so that we could spend the day in the country communing with nature.
A. in the country B. so that C. was D. could spend
10. The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.
A. is cooking B. is smelling C. delicious D. The food
11. The work performed by these people are not worth our paying them any longer.
A. worth our paying B. any longer C. by these people D. are
12. The children were playing last night outdoors when it began to rain very hard.
A. very hard B. were playing