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Mã đề thi: 527
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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. Education is defined in this passage as a driving force of chance because _________.
A. the government of the United States wants to drive social changes in their own ways.
B. education has helped to bring about and orient most changes in the American workforce.
C. without education, no changes could have happened in American society so far.
D. any American citizen who wants to changes his driving license must be very well-educated.
02. The passage shows the percentage of jobs that require higher training in the US____ between 1950s and now.
A. has remained the same B. has changed dramatically
C. has been reversed D. has changed slightly
03. The phrase “enlightened individuals” in the first sentence most likely means “people who _____.”
A. have often been well-exposed to light
B. have acquired an adequate level of education
C. always appear brilliant-looking in public
D. bring light to anywhere they go
04. 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.
05. In order to become a good American citizen today, in the author’s point of view, any individual must ____.
A. study carefully the history of American educational and vocational systems even since their creation.
B. move actively forward in the new Information Era and international economy with a prestigious diploma.
C. understand thoroughly the combination of academic knowledge and practical skills.
D. know well all his/her rights and be ready to grasp his/her opportunity of success in life.

II. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each of the gaps in the text below by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (06)_____ of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral (07)_____. When there is a language (08)_____, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions (09)_____ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to (10)____ to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot. Body language (11)_____ ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only joking. A nod (12)____ approval, while shaking the head (13)____ a negative reaction. Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be (14)____ in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people. (15)_____ verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.
06.