Hệ thống đề khảo sát chất lượng môn Tiếng Anh - 1

11. DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES
The Southwestern States of the United States suffered one of the worst droughts in their history from 1931 to 1938. The drought (41) ______ the entire country. Few food crops could be grown. Food became (42)______, and prices went up (43) ______ the nation. Hundreds of families in the Dust Bowl region had to be moved to farms in other areas with the help of the federal government. In 1944, drought brought great damage to (44)______ all Latin America. The drought moved to Australia and then to Europe, (45)______ it continued throughout the summer of 1945. From 1950 to 1954 in the 
United States, the South and Southwest suffered a (46)______ drought. Hundreds of cattle ranchers had to ship their cattle to other regions because (47)______ lands had no grass. The federal government again (48)______ an emergency drought-relief program. It offered farmers (49)______ credit and seed grains (50)______ low prices.
1. 	A. pushed	B. incurred	C. occurred	D. affected
2.	A. scarce	B. mystified	C. hidden	D. uncommon
3.	A. over	B. throughout	C. all	D. across
4.	A. near	B. totally	C. almost	D. factually
5.	A. which	B. that	C. where	D. when
6.	A. heavy	B. sharp	C. strict	D. severe
7.	A. pasture	B. culture	C. moisture	D. manure
8.	A. carried	B. conducted	C. convened	D. conformed
9.	A. emergency	B. crisis	C. tension	D. disaster
10. 	A. to	B. in	C. over	D. at
12. DRUGS
Drugs are one of the (56) ________ profession’s most valuable tools. Doctors prescribe drugs to (57) ________ or prevent many diseases. Every year, penicillin and other (58) ________ drugs save the lives of countless victims of pneumonia and other dangerous infectious diseases. Vaccines prevent attacks by such diseases as (59) ________, polio, and smallpox. The use of these and many other drugs (60) ________ helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives than would (61) ________ have been possible.
Almost all our most important drugs, however, were unknown before the 1900’s. For example, the sulfa drugs and antibiotics did not come into use (62) ________ the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Before that time, about 25 percent of all pneumonia victims in the United States died of the disease. The new drugs quickly reduced the (63) ________ rate from pneumonia to less than 5 percent. Polio vaccine was introduced in 1955. At that time, polio struck about 30,000 to 50,000 Americans each year. (64)________ 1960, the use of the vaccine has reduced the number of new polio cases to about 3,000 a year. In 1900, most Americans did not live (65) ________ the age of 47. Today, Americans live an average of more than 70 years, in great part because of the use of modern drugs.
56.	A. medical	B. medicine	C. health	D. medic
57. 	A. solve	B. settle	C. ruin	D. treat
58. 	A. germ-killing	B. helping	C. saving	D. rescuing
59. 	A. AIDS	B. measles	C. influenza	D. hiccups
60. 	A. would have	B. have	C. has	D. did
61. 	A. only	B. even	C. also	D. otherwise
62. 	A. until	B. to	C. onto	D. upon
63. 	A. end	B. ruin	C. death	D. termination
64. 	A. About	B. By	C. To	D. Prior
65. 	A. past	B. passing	C. well	D. through
Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (41) _______ of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral (42)______. When there is a language (43)______, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions (44) ______ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to (45) ______ 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 (46) ______ 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 (47) ______ approval, while shaking the head (48) ______ a negative reaction.
	Other form of nonlinguistic language can be (49) ______ 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.
	(50) ______ verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.
41.	A. usage	B. use	C. employment	D. utility
42.	A. address	B. speech	C. utterances	D. claims
43.	A. barrier	B. obstacles	C. divisions	D. separation
44.	A. point	B. signify	C. imply	D. stand
45.	A. refer	B. rotate	C. resort	D. revolve
46. 	A. progresses	B. transmits	C. remits	D. emits
47.	A. signifies	B. signs	C. registers	D. presents
48.	A. predicates	B. indicates	C. abdicates	D. implicates
49.	A. traced	B. trailed	C. found	D. explored
50.	A. While	B. As	C. Because	D. Until
The Great Pyramid of Giza, a monument of wisdom and prophecy, was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C. (41)________ its antiquity, certain (42)________ of its construction make it one of the truly great wonders of the world. The four sides of the pyramid are (43)________ almost on exactly true north, south, east and west – an incredible engineering feat. The ancient Egyptians were sun worshippers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid were (44)________ on astronomical observations.
Explorations and detailed examinations on the base of the structure (45)________ many intersecting lines. Further scientific (46)________ indicates that these (47)________ a type of time line of events – past, present, and future. Many of the events have been interpreted and found to (48)________ with known facts of the past. Others are prophesied for future generations and are presently under (49)________.
Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or (50)________ built by a race far superior to any known today?
41. 	A. Though	B. In spite	C. By	D. Despite
42. 	A. tenets	B. relics	C. aspects	D. properties
43. 	A. lined	B. aligned	C. assigned	D. fathomed
44. 	A. set	B. based	C. fitted	D. founded
45. 	A. reveal	B. testify	C. impose	D. reset
46. 	A. volume	B. trial	C. study	D. text
47. 	A. front	B. represent	C. repose	D. forward
48. 	A. tangle	B. consort	C. resort	D. coincide
49. 	A. inspection B. introduction C. recommendation	D. investigation
50. 	A. that	B. which	C. such	D. one
Most ghost stories are (41)________ in mysterious, old houses or castles. The ghosts themselves whose (42)________ wander the earth at night, are usually the victims of some horrible crimes. This is not always the case as the following story (43)________.
	When my friend, Paul, was a schoolboy, he often used to chat to Mr. Scott, an elderly gentlemen living on his own. Mr. Scott was a keen gardener. He would always be looking after his lawn or his flowers and Paul was (44)________ the habit of saying a few words to him over the fence.
One summer’s evening, as Paul was on his way home from school, he saw, as (45)________, Mr. Scott in his garden. The old man was busily weeding his flowerbeds. When he saw Paul, he invited him into the garden with a (46)________ of his hand. Slowly, they strolled all around, admiring the various flowers. Then, to Paul’s surprise, Mr. Scott bent down and picked a (47)________ of his finest dahlias. ‘Here boy,’ he said. ‘Give these to your mother.’
No sooner had he arrived home than he (48)________ the flowers to his mother. He then told her that they were with Mr. Scott’s compliments. His mother’s face went red with anger. ‘You wicked boy!’ she shouted. ‘How (49)________you say such a thing! I (50)________ into his daughter in the supermarket this morning. She told me that the poor old chap had passed away in his sleep last Friday.’
41.	A. set	B. put	C. fixed	D. programmed
42.	A. bodies	B. minds	C. spirits	D. phantoms
43.	A. points	B. indicates	C. states	D. shows
A. on	B. in	C. within	D. with
A. frequent	B. common	C. often	D. usual
46. 	A. rise	B. spread	C. wave	D. shake
47.	A. carton	B. bunch	C. roll	D. packet
48.	A. submitted	B. turned	C. presented	D. demonstrated
49.	A. should	B. dare	C. would	D. wrong
A. bumped	B. struck	C. rushed	D. knocked 
(41)________ of the garbage we produce every day is a major problem in cities around the world. In the United States, over 160 million tons of garbage are produced every year. Ten percent is recycled, ten percent is burned, and the rest is put in landfills. But finding (42)________ for new landfills is becoming more difficult.
A city that has solved this problem in an unusual way is Machida, in Tokyo, Japan. They have developed a totally new (43)________ to garbage disposal. The (44)________ to the operation is public cooperation. Families must divide their garbage into six categories:
Garbage that can be easily burned (that is, combustible garbage), such as kitchen and garden trash.
Noncombustible garbage, such as small electrical appliances, plastic tools and plastic toys.
Products that are poisonous or that (45)________ pollution, such as batteries and fluorescent lights.
Bottles and glass containers that can be recycled.
Metal containers that can be recycled.
Large item, such as furniture and bicycles.
The items in categories 1 to 5 are collected (46)________ different days. (Large items are collected upon request). Then the garbage is taken to a center that looks like a clean new office building or hospital. Inside the center, special equipment is used to sort and (47)________ the garbage. Almost everything can be reused: garden or kitchen trash becomes fertilizer; combustible garbage is burned to (48)________ electricity; metal containers and bottles are recycled; and old furniture, clothing, and other useful items are cleaned, repaired, and resold cheaply or given away. The work provides (49)________ for handicapped persons and gives them a (50)________ to learn new skills.
Nowadays, officials from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage disposal problems.
41. A. Disposing B. Dealing C. Contriving	D. Ridding
A. land	B. soil	C. earth	D. position
A. method	B. process	C. technique	D. approach
A. answer	B. solution	C. key	D. way
A. produce	B. generate	C. originate	D. cause
A. on	B. in	C. by	D. over
A. process	B. create	C. manipulate	D. mould
A. cause	B. exit	C. produce	D. emit
A. positions	B. careers	C. situation	D. employment
A. time	B. moment	C. occasion	D. chance
ANGER ON THE ROADS
The anger that descends on people when they get behind the steering wheel of a car used to be (41)________ as a joke. But the laughter is getting noticeably quieter (42)________ that the problem has become increasingly widespread.
Stuck in a traffic jam, with family cars inching their (43)________ past, the driver of a fast sports car begin to lose his temper. (44)________ the capabilities of his car, there is nothing he can do. The outcome is anger.
Many people live in (45)________ of losing control. This is true of many situations but driving is a good example. People think that the car might not start, it might break (46)________ or, someone might run into it. Before anything even happens, people have worked themselves up into a (47)________of anxiety. And when something does happen, they are (48)________ to explode. In fact, it’s their anxiety about losing control that makes them lose control.
This isn’t to say that all offenders have psychological problems or drive powerful sports cars. In fact, most of them are (49)________ ordinary human beings who have no history of violence. There is (50)________ something deep in our nature that awakens when we start up a car engine.
A. found	B. thought	C. treated	D. intended
A. once	B. even	C. since	D. now
A. path	B. way	C. course	D. route
A. However	B. Besides	C. Although D. Despite
A. worry	B. fright	C. fear	D. concern
A. up	B. down	C. out	D. off
A. state	B. condition	C. feeling	D. case
A. good	B. prepared	C. near	D. ready
A. purely	B. fully	C. exactly	D. perfectly
A. openly	B. directly	C. clearly	D. frankly