TRƯỜNG THPT PHAN CHÂU TRINH ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ Năm học: 2009-2010 http://ductam_tp.violet.vn/ QUESTIONS 1-3: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 1. A. miles B. attends C. drifts D. loves 2. A. animal B. contaminate C. habitat D. endangered 3. A. seat B. beat C. great D. feat QUESTIONS 4-5: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. 4. A. verbal B. attract C. awful D. garden 5. A. deforestation B. rhinoceros C. endanger D. priority QUESTIONS 6- 30: Choose one best option to complete each sentence 6. When I came to visit her last night, she ………… dinner. A. had B. has C. was having D. is having 7. He is the man ……………car was stolen last week. A. who B. whom C. whose D. that 8. By the end of this year, my father ………… in this company for 10 years. A. has been working B. has worked C. will work D. will have been working 9. The letter …………grandma was kept carefully in a box. A. you wrote B. which you wrote to C. to whom wrote D. which wrote 10. His grandmother died………… the age of 90 A. in B. at C. of D. on 11. He had his car this morning. A. to repair B. repair C. repairing D. repaired 12. The harder you try, ………… you will get. A. the better results B. the results are better C. the more better results D. the best results 13. ………I were you, I would take a taxi to the airport. A. Unless B. If C. When D. If 14. It was cold outside. So she …………her coat and went out. A. turned on B. put on C. switched on D. put off 15. If people drove more carefully, fewer accidents. A. there will be B. there are C. there would be D. there have been 16. The factory is said in a fire two years ago. A. to have destroyed B. being destroyed C. to have been destroyed D. to destroy 17. We’d better insure the house………… fire. A. in case of B. as a result of C. in addition to D. because of 18. Wild animals are ……………almost everywhere. A. serious threatened B. serious threaten C. seriously threaten D. seriously threatened 19. They couldn’t help when they heard the little boy singing a love song. A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed 20. - Would you like to eat out now? - Well, I’d to, but I’m busy. A. better B. love C. rather D. prefer 21. He was _________the job. A. experienced enough to do B. enough experienced to do C. experienced enough doing D. experienced to do enough 22. What does the UN stand …………… ? A. on B. in C. up D. for 23. John asked me ………….in English. A. what that word meant B. what did that word mean C. what that word means D. what does this word mean 24. He told us to use a dictionary to look……….anything we didn’t understand. A. up B. for C. after D. at 25. I expect …………a postcard from my father in England today. A. to be receiving B. to receive C. being received D. receiving 26. When her____________ for the job was refused, she felt very disappointed . A. applicant B. applicable C. application D. apply 27. Don’t drink to dive. The effects of alcohol can be extremely _______ in diving. A. endanger B. endangered C. dangerous D. danger 28. Several toxic gases are very _______ to our health. A. good B. useful C. careful D. harmful 29. Nowadays elephants are one of the __________ species in the world. They need protecting. A. enlightened B. expensive C. endangered D. enlarged 30. If you take a good book on your hand, you will find it hard _______________. A. to pick it up B. to put it down C. to read it D. to enjoy it QUESTIONS 31 - 35: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space. A large supermarket was looking for a manager for a new store they were planning to open. Out of over 90 people who had applied for the post they had chosen five and asked them to come for an interview. The first ___ (81)____, Mr Riley, walked into the interview room. He was smartly dressed, but it was clear that he was listening to a personal stereo. He sat down, ___(82)____ off his shoes and lit a cigarette. One of the interviewers said that they would prefer him not to smoke and Mr. Riley apologized. Just at that moment, a telephone rang. Mr. Riley reached into his pocket, took ____(83)____ his mobile phone and began a conversation with a friend of his. After a minute or two, the interviewers had enough and said they wanted to begin. “Certainly, go ahead,” said Mr. Riley. They _____(84)______ him why he wanted the job. “I don’t,” he replied. “But I __(85)___ like a day in London, and you’ve already paid my train fare to come up here for the interview. 31. A. applied B. application C. applicant D. applier 32. A. took B. put C. wore D. taken 33. A off B. in C. out D. over 34. A. said B. told C. warned D. asked 35. A. felt B. wanted C. was D. needed QUESTIONS 36-40: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. A Young Businessman Although he is only twelve, James Harries has his own antiques business and a flower shop. “He has a good eye for a bargain,” say his mother. “He was only 8 when he bought that for 5p.” she points to a china statuette worth $4,000. “James gets most of his stock of antiques from jumble sales. Last year he bought a necklace for 10p which turned out to be valuable. He sold it for $8,000.” James didn’t get on at school so his parents hired a private tutor. “Other children think I’m strange because I earn my own living and I don’t want to join in their games.” James explains the success of his flower shop: “My prices have risen less than those of my competitors this year. Also I’ve got a special offer for wedding parties. I give them a Rolls-Royce for the day if they spend more than $100 on flowers. My employees don’t particularly like working for a 12-year-old, but I pay their wages so they can’t complain!” With his high income, James could afford many luxuries, but he prefers to save his money. “I put aside as much as I can. I have a lot of plans for the future and I will need to be rich to carry them out.” 36. What does James Harries trade in? A. Antiques and flowers. B. Antiques. C. A flower shop. D. Flowers. 37. The necklace he bought last year …………… A. was worthless. B. cost him a lot of money. C. brought him a lot of money. D. was worth 10p. 38. James is different from other children because he …………… A. didn’t get on at school. B. he had a private tutor. C. makes money and supports himself. D. he is strange. 39. His employees don’t like working with him because ……………. A. he pays their wages. B. he is too young. C. they can’t complain. D. he is 12 years older. 40. Which of the following is NOT true about James? A. He spends a lot of money on many luxuries. B. He had a tutor because he didn’t do well at school. C. He earns a lot of money. D. He saves money for his future plans. QUESTIONS 41 - 45: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one. 41. "Don't forget to go to the supermarket after work", he said. A). He requested me not forget to go to the supermarket after work. B). He told me that I shouldn't forget to go to the supermarket after work. C). He reminded me to go to the supermarket after work. D). He asked me not to forget to go to the supermarket after work. 42. Despite his inexperience in the field, John applied for the job. A. John applied for the job because he had experience in the field. B. John didn’t apply for the job because of his inexperience in the field. C. John applied for the job even though he had no experience in the field. D. John was unable to do the job because he was inexperienced 43. He tries to practise English everyday so he can speak English more fluently now. A. The more he practises English, the more he can speak English . B. The more he practises English, the more fluently he can speak it . C. The more he tries to practise English, the most fluently he can speak it . D. He tries to practise English everyday, but he find it difficult to speak English fluently. 44. An old woman saw him break into the building. A. He was seen to break into the building by an old woman. B. He was seen break into the building by an old woman. C. He was seen to have broken into the building by an old woman. D. He was to be broken into the building by an old woman. 45. The coffee was too hot for me to drink. A. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink it. B. The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink. C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink it. D. The coffee was so hot that I couldn’t drink. QUESTIONS 46 - 50: Find an error in each sentence that needs correcting 46. The more the temperature rises , the worst the heat affects us. A B C D 47. He has made a lot of mistakes in his writing because his carelessness. A B C D 48. At first we found it difficult to get used to drive on the other side of the road. A B C D 49. He isn’t going to the conference in March and neither they are. A B C D 50. The thieves capturing by the police declared not to be guilty. A B C D ** ĐÁP ÁN: 1C 2D 3C 4B 5A 6C 7C 8D 9B 10B 11D 12A 13B 14B 15C 16C 17A 18D 19A 20B 21A 22D 23C 24A 25B 26C 27C 28D 29C 30B 31C 32A 33C 34D 35A 36A 37C 38C 39B 40A 41C 42C 43B 44A 45C 46C 47D 48C 49D 50B . A B C D 50 . The thieves capturing by the police declared not to be guilty. A B C D ** ĐÁP ÁN: 1C 2D 3C 4B 5A 6C 7C 8D 9B 10B 11D 12A 13B 14B 15C 16C 17A 18D 19A 20B 21A 22D 23C 24A 25B 26C 27C 28D. 18D 19A 20B 21A 22D 23C 24A 25B 26C 27C 28D 29C 30B 31C 32A 33C 34D 35A 36A 37C 38C 39B 40A 41C 42C 43B 44A 45C 46C 47D 48C 49D 50 B . TRƯỜNG THPT PHAN CHÂU TRINH ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ Năm học: 2009 -2010 http://ductam_tp.violet.vn/ QUESTIONS 1-3: Choose the word whose