Đề luyện thi Tốt nghiệp và Đại học Năm 2011 – Đề 5 Exercise 1. Chọn từ có phần gạch dưới có cách phát âm khác với từ còn lại. 1. a. style b. failed c. filed d. fire 2. a. pretty b. try c. resign d. bye 3. a. ice b. eye c. aim d. aisle 4. a. flight b. fine c. dying d. duty 5. a. fall b. potable c. story d. before Exercise 2. Chọn một từ / nhóm từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống trong những câu sau. 1. Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the ______ on his post office savings account. a. income b. wages c. interest d. salary 2. Newspaper should try to _______ printing statements that they cannot check. a. refuse b. neglect c. deny d. avoid 3. Switzerland is well – known for its impressive mountainous _________. a. views b. scenes c. scenery d. sights 4. Most people were no longer listening to his long ________ story. a. irritable b. boring c. tiring d. annoying 5. Before he got married, Danny always went out on Saturday nights. He never ______ stay in. a. would b. use to c. used to d. is used to 6. There is someone at the door. _________ it. a. I’m answering b. I answer c. I’ll answer d. I answered 7. What’s wrong with you today ? Did you get out of bed on the wrong ________ ? a. end b. side c. foot d. edge 8. The beach was so crowded the other day that we _______ difficulty finding an empty spot. a. have b. have had c. had d. have been having 9. If I’m tired in the evening, ________ to bed early. a. I’d go b. I’d have gone c. I went d. I go 10. I’ve put Mr. Mathew’s papers in your green file, ______ is on your desk. a. where b. that c. which d. whose Exercise 3. Xác định dạng thích hợp của những từ cho sẵn trong ngoặc. 1. Coke is a ( 1 – mix ) ______ of cola flavour, water, carbon dioxide, and sugar. 2. There’s usually plenty of ( 2 – sun ) _______ in southern countries. 3. I’m going to a very ( 3 – fashion ) _______ party but I can’t afford to buy an evening dress. 4. Some experts say ( 4 – cycle ) _____ is one of the ( 5 – safety ) _____ forms of exercise. Exercise 4. Tìm một từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống dưới đây. A – Mohandas Gandi was first (1) _____ Mahatma, or Great Soul, by the poet Tagore. The name was taken up by his admirers but Gandi (2) _____ did not like it. He had no wish for honours (3) _____ titles. It is difficult, though, to describe (4) _____ man , one of the very great man of out times, in any other terms. No man (5) _____ a larger part in India’s struggle for political independence (6) ____ him. Yet the world “ politician” did not suit him. He looked for (7) _____ power nor high place. He cared (8) _____ for wealth , fame or comfort, but for his people’s happiness above (9) ______. People of different faiths came (10) ___ sit at his feet and learned from him. And his (11) _____ have touched the hearts of people in many nations . Gandi was a dreamer who (12) _____ all his life trying to apply his dreams to the (13) ____ around him. He dreamed of a world (14) _____ there would be no rich or (15) _______, master or slave , where no man should be ashamed of his birth or position in (16) ________. B – Best known for his Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein has been acknowledged as one of the greatest (1) _____ in human history. Born in Germany in 1879, Einstein did poorly in (2) _____ his school subjects, with the exception of mathematics, which was his favourite (3) ______. While (4) ___ as a clerk in Switzerland, Einstein produced the Special theory of Relativity. This (5) ____ states that mass, length and time changes, depending on how a person looks at it. In 1915, Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity. This new theory created a controversy because many scientists did not (6) ______ with him. In the (7) ______, some simple experiments proved Einstein to be correct. Einstein was awarded the (8) ________ Prize for his work in physics. C – The American scientist, Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931 ), was one of the world’s (1) ___ inventors. He was born at Milan, Ohio (USA). As a boy he had a great deal (2) _____ imagination and curiosity. His first great interest was chemistry and he read (3) _____he could about it. He was only ten when he began to grow and sell vegetables so (4) _____ he could buy (5) _____ for making experiment. When he was 15 he got a job – selling magazines and fruit on a train and began printing a weekly nespaper on a printing press set up in the luggage van, but one day one of his bottles of chemicals broke and set fire to the van. He was put off the train and (6) ______ the job. He then (7) __ to learn telegraphy and worked in several telegraph offices in the United States and Canada. Soon afterwards he made a large (8) ___ of money by selling one of his (9) ____ for a telegraph instrument. He then began on (10) ______ own and set up workshop and laboratory for (11) _____ instruments and for working on his (12) _____ inventions. He also helped to make the first successful typewriter and found a (13) ____ of sending as many as six messages together over the same telegraph wire without getting them mixed up. He ( 14) _____ was very proud of having (15) ______ the gramophone in 1877. Exercise 5. Đọc đoạn văn dưới đây rồi chọn đáp án đúng hoặc sai. Most educational specialists believe that early schooling should provide children with an awareness of their own abilities. One approach recognized by many experts as promoting these qualities is the Montessori method, just practised by Maria Montessori of Italy in the early 1900s. Nancy Cormick Rambush is credited with popularizing the method in the United States, where today there are over 400 Montessori schools. The method helps children learn for themselves by providing them with instructional materials and tasks that facilitate acts of discovery and manipulation. Through such exploration, children develop their sense of touch and learn how to do everyday tasks without adult assistance. Other benefits include improvement in language skills, and acquaintance with elements of science, music and art. 1. What is the main purpose of this passage ? a. to explain the role of early education in child development. b. To describe the development of the Montessori method. c. To discuss the life and the work of Maria Montessori. d. To demonstrate how children learn social and cultural values. 2. According to the passage, who was first responsible for spreading the Montessori method in the United States ? a. Nancy Cormick Rambush c. A prominent educational expert b. Maria Montessori d. An administration in the Dep of Education. 3. The word “ facilitate” is closest in meaning to which of the following ? a. Educate b. require c. assist d. determine 4. Which of the following is not mentioned as a benefit of the Montessori method ? a. development of tactile sense. c. improvement of language ability b. Capacity to perform adult task d. knowledge of art and science 5. The author of this passage probably feels that the Montessori method a. has litle long – lasting benefit for children. b. will lose its popularity in the United States c. does not accomplish what its claim to achieve d. is an effective means of child education Exercise 6. Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa câu không thay đổi, bắt đầu bằng các từ cho sẵn 1. Don’t you regret not learning to swim ? Don’t you wish ____________ 2. Maria’ll be ready any minute, and then we must leave. We must leave as ___________ 3. I don’t mind whether we have the meeting today or tomorrow. It makes __________________ 4. Why didn’t they tell me about these changes earlier ? I should __________________ 5. Please don’t go there now. I’d rather _________________ Exercise 7. Sử dụng những từ / cụm từ cho sẵn dưới đây để viết tiểu sử của Walt Disney. 1. Walter Elias Disney born 5 / 12 / 1901, Chicago. 2. Attended Mc Kinley High school, Chicago. Left school aged 17: worked as an ambulance driver in World War I. 3. 1923 went to Hollywood, animator on cartoon films. 4. 1928 drew 1 st Mickey Mouse: 1936 : Donald Duck. 5. 1937 made 1 st full length cartoon feature film “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” great success. 6. 1955 DisneyLand opened, California. 7. 15 / 12 / 1966 died, Burbank, aged 65. 8. Films still shown regularly, because timeless quality. Exercise 8. Tìm và sửa lỗi sai ở những câu dưới đây. 1. He asked me if I knew who was Wolfe Tone. 2. She said to me that she was going to the downtown with her sister. 3. Seldom does my mother shout to me when I make a mistake. 4. John said that he would have done the same himself if he had been me. 5. The soldiers rose the flag when he heard the bugle blow. 6. The police is repressing the demonstration. 7.* After the party a lot of people fell into a drunk sleep. 8. In a moment he is in prison. He has been there for 6 weeks. . Đề luyện thi Tốt nghiệp và Đại học Năm 2011 – Đề 5 Exercise 1. Chọn từ có phần gạch dưới có cách phát âm khác với từ còn. Duck. 5. 1937 made 1 st full length cartoon feature film “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” great success. 6. 1 955 DisneyLand opened, California. 7. 15 / 12 / 1966 died, Burbank, aged 65. 8 of Relativity. This (5) ____ states that mass, length and time changes, depending on how a person looks at it. In 19 15, Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity. This new theory