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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2010
Môn: TIẾNG ANH; Khối D
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ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 80).


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 1 to 10.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all work to cause erosion. As the wind blows over the land, it often (1)______ small grains of sand. When these grains of sand strike against solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. In this way, (2)______ very hard rocks are worn away by the wind.
When particles of rocks or soil became loosened in any way, running water carries them down the (3)______. Some rocks and soil particles are carried into streams and then into the sea.
Land that is covered with trees, grass and other plants wears away very slowly, and so loses very (4)______ of its soil. The roots of plants help to (5)______ the rocks and soil in place. Water that falls on grasslands runs away more slowly than water that falls on bare ground. Thus, forests and grasslands (6)______ to slow down erosion.
Even where the land is (7)______ covered with plants, some erosion goes on. In the spring, the (8)______ snow turns into a large quantity of water that then runs downhill in streams. (9)______ a stream carries away some of the soil, the stream bed gets deeper and deeper. (10)______ thousands of years of such erosion, wide valleys are often formed.
Question 1: A. cleans out
Question 2: A. still
Question 3: A. borders
Question 4: A. large Question 5: A. hold Question 6: A. help
Question 7: A. strongly
Question 8: A. melted
Question 9: A. Although
Question 10: A. After
B. picks up
B. such
B. topside
B. little B. back
B. aid
B. thickly B. melting
B. Till
B. During
C. carries out
C. even
C. backside
C. few C. stay
C. assist C. thinly
C. building
C. As
C. Among
D. holds up
D. though
D. hillsides
D. much D. store
D. facilitate D. scarcely D. formed
D. Until
D. In


Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 11 to 20.
It`s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they`re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it`s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you`re older.
Over the years, I`ve done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late - I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn`t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal.


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Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brains have got rusty. But the
joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department.
In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you`re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you`re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you`ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas - from being able to drive a car, perhaps - means that if you can`t, say, build