ĐỀ LUYỆN THI ( SỐ 6) I. NGỮ ÂM Exercise 1. Chọn từ mà phần in nghiêng đậm gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại. 1. a. garland b. garlic c. garage d. garden 2. a. sympathy b. width c. thus d. thumb 3. a. involve b. bosom c. foreign d. holiday 4. a. weight b. height c. eyes d. mind 5. a. growth b. prow c. borrow d. row 6. a. trays b. says c. bays d. days 7. a. plumber b. doubt c. herbage d. subtle 8. a. food b. look c. took d. good 9. a. naked b. sacred c. raised d. hatred 10. a. maritime b. marine c. marital d. marinate Exercise 2. Tìm 1 từ có phần trọng âm chính nhấn khác với các từ còn lại. 1. a. writer b. baker c. builder d. career. 2. a. provide b. adopt c. happen d. inspire 3. a. inventor b. physicist c. president d. garderner 4. a. biology b. interviewer c. redundancy d. America 5. a. encourage b. consider c. constitute d. inhabit II. NGỮ PHÁP Exercise 1. Cho dạng đúng của động từ 1. The uneaten breakfast was still on the table. She (1 – must – call)______ away in a hurry. 2. He now has nothing (2 – live on)______ because whenever he (3 – have)______ a good job, the more he (4 – earn)______, the more he (5 – spend)______ so he (6 – not save)______ anything. 3. My school (7 – be)______ finished by the end of 2000. 4. I remember (8 – wake)______ up one night and (9 – see)______ the switch on fire. It was lucky that I did. If one of us (10 – not wake)______ up, we (11 – kill)______. 5. Helen (12 – sew)___ a blouse when I (13 – arrive)___, and she (14 – sew)___ for a long time because it almost ready. 6. The progress (15 – make)______ by our class last month surprised our parents. 7. Hardly I (16 – arrive)______ when a quarrel broke out. 8. Tom (17 – fail)______ his driving test three times because he’s so bad at reversing . But he (18 – practise)______ reversing for the last week and think he (19 – get)_____ a bit better at it. 9. I (20 – have)______ my house (21 – paint)_______. That’s why there is all this mess. 10. I can’t bear the thought of you (22 – go)______ home without someone (23 – accompany)______ you. 11. It’s the first time he(24 – drive)______ a car so he (25 – feel)______ nervous. 12. In mankind’s millions of years on earth, many types of energy resources (26 – utilize)_____. However, in the last ninety years, petroleum (27 – become)______ by far the most important. Accounting for over 50 percent of all energy consumed, it (28 – be) _____ so essential that, without petroleum , we (29 – face)______with economic disaster. Of course, the earth’s supply of petroleum (30 – not last)______ forever, in fact, it (31 – disaapear)_____ sooner than most people (32 – believe)______. At the current rate of consumption, the world proven oil reserves (33 – exhaust)______ within forty to fifty years. Obviously, meusures (34 – take)______ decades ago to decrease our dependence on oil. Amazingly, such measures (35 – still discuss)______ today. Exercise 2. Điền giới từ thích họp vào ô trống dưới đây 1. A person who is addicted ________ drugs needs professional medical help. 2. The boss is so convinced _______ Jean’s ability that he is paying her more money than he paid the previous employee. 3. Have you had much experience _______ computers? 4. This is an exception _______ the general rule. 5. Regardless _______ the final score, Iam sure this will be an exciting game. 6. I got the job _______ the strength of your recommendation. 7. You must be weak _______ the head if you believe that. 8. Prospects of success in the talks were put _______ zero. 9. His appearance was the subject _______ some critical comment. 10. If you do that again I’ll have the law _______ you. Exercise 3. Viết lại câu bắt đầu bằng từ đã cho sao cho nghĩa câu không thay đổi 1. I found it a very readable book, which is why I was able to get through it so quickly. If it _________________________________. 2. I’d do anything to be able to travel to China. Nothing ______________________________. 3. We’d never stayed in such an expensive hotel before. The hotel was more expensive ____________. 4. “ If I were you,” he said ,” I’d go and speak to your bank manager.” He __________________________________. 5. I’m sorry I was rude to you yesterday. I apologize ____________________________. 6. “ Why didn’t you report the incident to the police last week?” The officer asked her The officer wanted ______________________. 7. As soon as the ship arrived safely at the airport, the victims were taken to hospital. On ___________________________________. 8. Please check for damage before signing the delivery note. Do not ________________________________. 9. The fact that every child has the same educational opportunities is essential. It is __________________________________. 10. You can use it as long as you like, and it will not wear out. No matter ____________________________. Exercise 4. Viết lại câu có sử dụng các từ in hoa ( không nhất thiết bắt đầu câu bằng từ đó) sao cho nghĩa câu không đổi. 1. I was scared to tell him what I really thought. (COURAGE)__________________________. 2. The police think that he was one of the robbers. (TAKING)____________________________. 3. He didn’t give any reason for his strange behaviour that day. ( BEHAVED)__________________________. 4. As soon as Linda bought a new radio, Sandra bought a better one. (SOONER)____________________________. 5. The train timetable has been changed (CHANGES)___________________________. III. TỪ VỰNG Exercise 1. Cho dạng đúng của các từ trong ngoặc 1. She has great powers of (1 – persuade)________. 2. A doctor needs to be ( 2 – perceive)_______ when she questions a patient. 3. (3 – incident)______, did you know there was a fire in my neighbourhood, too? 4. People who are very (4 – argue)______ rarely have many friends. 5. (5 – measurement)______ money must be very difficult to carry out. 6. Robin Hood is a (6 – legend)______ hero who lived in Sherwood Forest, in Nottingham. 7. He has been (7 – passion)______ interested in car racing since 1978. 8. That large dog is perfectly (8 – harm)______ and has never been known to attack anyone. 9. The police are interested in the sudden (9 – appear)______ of the valuable painting. 10. The manager handed in his (10- resign)_______ after being accused of dishonesty Exercise 2. Chọn đáp án đúng 1. Good restaurants serving traditional English food are very hard to _______. a. come into b. come by c. come to d. come at 2. Secondary schools offer a wide _______of subjects. a. field b. scope c. list d. range 3. If you don’t know the language, you may have to use _______ language. a. hand b. gesture c. head d. signal 4. The government has recently _______ the buildings in the old section of the city . a. reformed b. adjusted c. restored d. modified 5. When she came _______, she found herself in hospital. a. round b. off c. over d. out 6. You’ll have to go for an interview tomorrow, but don’t worry. It’s just a _______. a. form b. format c. formation d. formality 7. Since the _______ of the motor car, road accidents have increased dramatically. a. approach b. inauguration c. initiation d. advert 8. I must have browsed through hundreds of _______ but I have no idea where to go for this year holiday. a. booklets b. yellow pages c. brochures d. propaganda 9. It’s possible to supplement one’s _______ by taking a part-time job. a. income b. earning c. gaining d. attainment 10. I was _______ in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone. a. engrossed b. submerged c. gripped d. distracted 11. I’m angry because you didn’t tell me the truth. I don’t like _______. a. deceiving b. to deceive c. having deceived d. being deceived 12. I have told her that Iam not going to go ahead with my plans _______ she may think. a. whether b. despite c. however d. whatever 13. Doctors advise people who are deficient _______ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables. a. in b. of c. from d. for 14. The little girl started to cry. She _______ her doll, and no one was able to find it for her. a. has lost b. was lost c. was losing d. had lost 15. I won’t _______ those children making a noise in my house! a. have b. allow c. let d. permit 16. We ______ the plumbers to install an extra radiator in the living- room. a. had b. got c. made d. arranged 17. Many students prefer _______ assessment as an alternative to exams. a. continuous b. continuing c. continual d. continued 18. Working all day and studying at night can be very ________. a. stressing b. stressed c. distressing d. stressful 19. 500 years ago the average human _______ was about 40 years. a. life length b. life span c. life cycle d. lifetime 20. Dr Evans has _______ a valuable contribution to the life of the school. a. done b. caused c. made d. created IV. ĐỌC HIỂU Exercise 1. Bài đọc A team of Russian scientists has challenged the theory that the woolly mammoths became extinct 10.000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age. The scientists have reported that the beats may have survived until 2000 B.C, on an island of the coast of Siberia, where researchers uncovered 29 fossilized woolly mammoth teeth ranging in age from 4000 to 7000 years. The question to be asked now is: how did these prehistoric pachyderms survive in their island environment? One possibility is that they adapted to their confined surroundings by decreasing their bulk. This theory is based on their smaller tooth size, which has led scientists to believe that they were only 6 feet at the shoulder compared with 10 feet of their full- sized counterpart. But would this be enough to enable them to survive thousands of years beyond that other mammoths? Researchers are still working to uncover the reasons for this isolated group’s belated disappearance. 1. With which topic is this passage mainly concerned? a. some scientists have challenged a theory b. some small teeth have been discovered c. some mammoths lived longer than others d. some pachyderms survived on an island 2. According to the passage, some researchers suggest that mammoths became extinct. a. about 2000 years ago b. about 7000 years ago c. about 4000 years ago d. about 10 000 years ago 3. The word “ wooly” as used in this passage refers to the animal’s a. body size b. feet size c. hair d. teeth 4. The word “ adapted” in line 8 could best be replaced with a. lept b. penetrated c. revealed d. accommodated 5. The author uses the world “ counterpart” in line 12 to refer to a. mammoths with more feet b. mammoths in an earlier time c. mammoths with smaller teeth d. larger mammoths on the island 6. According to the scientists, the woolly mammoths may have managed to survive because they a. shed their hair b. grew smaller teeth c. because herbivores d. decreased in size 7. According to the passage, the reason for the disappearance of the mammoths on the island is. a. that the temperature changed b. not yet known c. that they were isolated d. that larger mammoths killed them 8. Which of the following term from the passage is NOT used to refer to the mammoths? a. beasts b. pachyderms c. bulk d. group Exercise 2. Điền từ thích hợp vào ô trống Concord, the (1)______ fastest and most graceful passenger plane, will soon be 25 years old. It (2)______ flew on March 2 nd 1969, from Toulouse (3)______ France. Concord was developed by (4)______ France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a dream of supersonic (5)______ plane. In 1962 they started to work (6)_____ on the project. The plane cost over 1.5 billion to develop. Concord (7)______ at twice the speed of sound. This means it takes only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compared (8)______ 7-8 hours in other passenger jets Exercise 3. Tìm và sửa lỗi sai ở những câu dưới đây. Almost everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are _________ changing our own lives for the better by making everything faster and _________ more reliable, but I’m not so much sure that this is the case. _________ The other day I was standing in a large department store until _________ waiting to pay for a couple of films for my camera when the assitant _________ announced that the computer which controlled the till it had stopped _________ working. I didn’t think this was a big problem and I set myself off to _________ find another counter, but of course, all the machines are one part of _________ the same system. So there we were; a shop full of customers, money _________ at the ready, waiting to make our purchases, but it was quite clear that _________ none out of the assistants knew what to do. They weren’t allowed to _________ take our money and give to customers a written receipt, because the _________ sales wouldn’t then have been recorded on the computer system. _________ In the end, like with many other people, I left my shopping on the _________ counter and walked out. Don’t you think so that’s ridiculous?It would _________ never have happened before computers, and that, for me, is all the _________ problem; we are beginning to depend on these machines for so _________ completely that we simply can’t manage without them any more . _________ Exercise 4. Chọn đáp án đúng We are all slowly destroying the earth. The seas and rivers are (1)______ dirty to swim in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is (2)______ to live in many of the world’s cities. In one well- known city, for example, (3)______ gases from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to (4)______ oxygen maske. We have cut down (5)______ many trees that there are now vast areas of (6)______ all over the world. As a (7)______ , farmers in parts of Africa cannot grow enough to eat. In certain countries in Asia, there is too (8)______ rice. Moreover, we do not take enough (9)______ of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly (10)______. For instance, tigers are rare in India now (11)______ we have killed too many for them to (12)______. However, it isn’t enough simply to (13)______ about the problem. We must act now before it is too late to do (14)______ about it. Join us now. Save the earth . This is too important to (15)______ 1. a. very b. too c. much d. enough 2. a. enjoyable b. pleasant c. healthy d. unhealthy 3. a. poisonous b. serious c. bad d. smoke 4. a. take b. bring c. wear d. carry 5. a. so b. much c. too d. enough 6. a. forests b. wasteland c. fields d. regions 7. a. fact b. matter c. problem d. result 8. a. little b. few c. much d. fewer 9. a. attention b. care c. time d. consideration 10. a. saved b. preserved c. running d. disappearing 11. a. because b. when c. and d. so 12. a. die b. preserve c. survive d. continue 13. a. discuss b. talk c. solve d. decide 14. a. nothing b. everything c. something d. anything 15. a. do b. make c. ignore d. realize . ĐỀ LUYỆN THI ( SỐ 6) I. NGỮ ÂM Exercise 1. Chọn từ mà phần in nghiêng đậm gạch chân có cách phát âm khác. table. She (1 – must – call)______ away in a hurry. 2. He now has nothing (2 – live on)______ because whenever he (3 – have)______ a good job, the more he (4 – earn)______, the more he (5 – spend)______. us (1 0 – not wake)______ up, we (1 1 – kill)______. 5. Helen (1 2 – sew)___ a blouse when I (1 3 – arrive)___, and she (1 4 – sew)___ for a long time because it almost ready. 6. The progress (1 5