ĐỀ LUYỆN THI ( SỐ 4) 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. brush b. pull c. bush d. push 2. a. clothes b. gone c. drove d. ghosh 3. a. fork b. fall c. wrong d. caught 4. a. heart b. turn c. early d. third 5. a. any b. many c. send d. stamp 6. a. jumbo b. junior c. junk d. juggle 7. a. third b. threat c. thus d. thunder 8. a. wholly b. whiten c. whose d. whoop 9. a. launch b. digestion c. suggestion d. Greenwich 10. a. caress b. career c. carnivore d. capacity II. NGỮ PHÁP Exercise 1. Cho dạng đúng của động từ 1. A hundred people (1 – die)______ of starvation already. By the end of the week two hundred (2 – die)______ . When are you going to send help? 2. It (3 – be)______ now 6 p.m, and Jack (4 – be)______ tired because he (5 – work)______ hard all day. He (6 – be)_______ also hungry because he (7 – have)______ nothing (8 – eat)______ since breakfast. His wife usually (9 – bring)______ him sandwiches at lunch time, but today for some reason she (10 – not come)______. 3. Gillian Forbes is only seventeen and she has just got her pilot’s license. She is the country’s youngest girl pilot. “How do you feel, Gillian?” I asked her after her test . “ Wonderful,” Gillian cried. “ I enjoy (11 – fly)_____ more than anything in the world. I can’t imagine (12 – let)______ a week (13 – pass)______ without spending some of my time in the air. “ What started you (14 – fly)______?” I asked . “ I just love ( 15 – travel)_____ in place. I started to learn (16 – fly)______ when I was very young”. “ Would you consider (17 – fly)______ as a career?” . “ I might but I’ve got (18 – pass)______ my school exam now. There is something you can’t avoid (19 – do)______! “ Excuse me ,” I said , “ but does anyone in your family approve of your flying ?” “Of course!” Gillian explained, “ I can’t imagine anyone (20 – disapprove)_______. Can you?”. “ of course not,” I said . “ What is your greatest ambition now?” “ I want to learn to drive a car!” Gillian said with a big smile. Exercise 2. Điền giới từ thích họp vào ô trống dưới đây 1. The thing I don’t like about my present job is that we often have to work up to ten hours _______ a stretch. 2. Giant pandas rarely breed _______ captivity. 3. ______ only a couple _______ month in the country, she got ______ the language difficulty. 4. I can read ________ glasses. 5. I’m surprised _______ the amount of money you have. 6. There has been a big increase _______ the price of land recently. 7. I can’t stop to talk to you now. I’m a bit ________ time. 8. Your shoes are similar _______ mine but they are not exactly the same. 9. The police have never arrived _______ our doorstep 10. People do many different jobs and are satified _________ different reasons. Exercise 3. Viết lại câu bắt đầu bằng từ đã cho sao cho nghĩa câu không thay đổi 1. It appears that I’ve left my medical card at home. I don’t seem ____________________. 2. The motorcycle is so expensive that he can’t buy it. He can ________________________. 3. “ The sooner an agreement is reached, the better” It was hoped ____________________. 4. The soldier leaped into the water as soon as the ship touched the shore. No sooner ______________________. 5. His fondness for the game increases with his proficiency The more ______________________. 6. Her handwriting is so bad that I can’t read She __________________________. 7. Letters of application must be hand- written You _________________________. 8. Mrs Smith is the wisest member of the family. No __________________________. 9. Although he is industrious, he hasn’t succeeded. Industrious ___________________. 10. But for your folly you could have been a partner in the firm. If __________________________. 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. They don’t mind which film they go to. MATTER ____________________. 2. My mother didn’t like my new shoes. DISAPPROVE ________________. 3. She doesn’t know the difference between margarine and butter. TELL ________________________. 4. The man in that painting bears a strong resemblance to my uncle. REMINDS ____________________. 5. People knew they were spies. KNOWN _____________________. III. TỪ VỰNG Exercise 1. Cho dạng đúng của các từ trong ngoặc 1. My teacher is very ( 1 – know)___________ about the history of Viet Nam. 2. There’s too much (2 – greedy)____________ in this world. 3. He feels a great deal of (3 – ashamed)_____________ for the awful way he behaved. 4. It’s (4 – humiliate)____________ to be laughed at in public. 5. The results of the first expriments are very (5 – promise)____________. 6. The sun and the moon are often (6 – person)___________ in poetry. 7. I’ll help you (7 – familiar)_____________ yourself with the city. 8. Despite the star- studded cast, the film was only (8 – part)_________ successful. 9. Age is (9 – vary)____________ . I’m no longer young. 10. In this town, some people consider fishing as their hobby, but for some , it’s their ( 10 – lively)__________. Exercise 2. Chọn đáp án đúng 1. The mountain climbers proceeded _______ on their long trek up the side of the mountain. a. forward b. forwardly c. successful d. very good. 2. When teenagers finish high school, they have several choices: a. going to college, getting a job, or the army b. going to college, getting a job, or joining the army c. going to college, finding a job, or join into the army d. to go to college, getting a job, or joining the army 3. John, what is that noise? Is there _________ on in the street? a. something b. nothing c. anything d. nonething 4. The men received commands from ________ one- eyed general. a. a b. an c. very d. ( no word needed) 5. The doctor recommended _______ two meals a day. a. my sister eating b. that my sister eat c. that my sister eats d. that my sister must eat 6. It was _______ that we had gone for a walk. a. such a beautiful weather b. such a nice weather c. so nice weather d. so beautiful a night 7. Who is your favourite friend? The man ________ the car. a. washing b. washes c. washed d. to wash 8. Hardly ________ me when he ran away. a. he had seen b. did he saw c. has he seen d. had he seen 9. “ Do you still remember me?”- “ Yes” He asked me if I still remembered him, and _____________. a. I hadn’t b. I said I did c. I said I wouldn’t d. I answered I had 10. “ I’d rather wait” means that I __________ a. like to wait b. wish to wait c. want to wait d. d. prefer to wait 11. You must be careful when you wash this _______ silk blouse. a. weak b. sensitive c. delicate d. feeble 12. I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could _______ me a favour. a. make b. do c. find d. pick 13. She is travelling to work by train today because her car is being _______. a. stopped b. broken c. serviced d. rented 14. Don’t forget to _______ the arlarm clock for six o’clock tomorrow morning. a. set b. put c. ring d. wind 15. She went _______ a bad cold just before Christmas. a. over b. through c. in for d. down with 16. Every house in the street has been demolished. a. explored b. torn up c. removed d. torn down 17. In the _______ of rain, the match will have to be put off for a week. a. event b. condition c. chance d. fact 18. There have been protests from animal rights group about _______ on animals. a. experience b. experiments c. expiration d. trials 19. After your eye test, the ___________ will tell you if you need glasses. a. dentist b. doctor c. surgeon d. optician 20. I was on my own a lot when I grew up in London. a. free b. alone c. sick d. uncommitted IV. ĐỌC HIỂU Exercise 1. Bài đọc In 776 B.C the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honour the Greek’s chief god, Zeus. The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their educationof youth. Therefore, contests in running, jumping, javelin throwing, boxing, and horse racing were held in individual cities, and the winners competed every four years at Mount Olympus. Winners were greatly honoured by having olive wreaths placed on their heads and having poems sung about their deeds. Originally these were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place. The Greeks attacked so much importance to these games that they calculated time in four- year cycles called “ Olympiads” dating from 776 B.C 1. Why were the Olympic Games held? a. to stop wars b.to honour Zeus c.to crown the best athletes d. to sing songs about the athletes 2. Approximately how many years ago did these games ariginate? a. 776 years b. 1,205 years c. 2,777 years d. 2,770 years 3. Which of the following contests was not mentioned? a. javelin throwing b. boxing c. skating d. running 4. What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks? a. they liked to fight b. they were very athletic c. they liked a lot of ceremony d. they couldn’t count, so they used “ Olympiads” for dates. Exercise 2. Điền từ thích hợp vào ô trống Where, when and how languages began is still a mystery. Many people think (1) ______ language grew from human beings imitating animal sounds and that they learned to use these sounds to (2) _______ with each other. Probably the language of primitive people consisted of a complicated system of sounds. (3) _________, we can only trace the history of languages to the time (4) ________ they were first written and by then they were well developed. Today there are more than 3000 different spoken tongues in the world. English is the most widely (5) ________ language : over 315 million people speak it (6) _______ about 530 million people speak Chinese – Mandrin. You may wonder (7) ________ English is more widely spoken (8) _________ more people speak Chinese – Mandrin. This is (9) ________ Chinese speaking people are more or less confined to China and Chinese communities (10) ________ English – speaking people are found in almost every conner of the world. Exercise 3. Tìm và sửa lỗi sai ở những câu dưới đây. I hope you remember of my conversation with you two weeks ago when _______ I told you about the disturbance that which your music has caused. When we _______ had spoke, you agreed to turn your music down so as that it would not disturb _______ my dog, Bruno. Unfortunately, this has not been happened. Both times Bruno _______ was very disturbed. I hope you will agree that not only we humans but also dogs _______ have certain rights. Please remember that if you will do this again, I will inform _______ to the police about this disturbance . _______ Exercise 4. Chọn đáp án đúng Norman E. Borlaug was the first agricultural scientist to (1)_______ the Nobel Peace Prize, and the fifteenth American to do (2)______. He was born in 1914 in Iowa, the son of a farming family. In 1940, Borlaug earned his doctorate (3)_______ in plant pathology, and a few years later he was (4)______ by the Rockefeller Foundation to go (5)_______ to help introduce new agricultural technology to farmers who were growing wheat. Borlaug’s goal was to (6)______ the quality low- yielding wheat that some farmers had been growing for centuries (7)______ he accomplished his goal. He developed new dwarf and semidwarf wheat that had stronger stems and could hold (8)______ heads of grain. In Mexico, for instance, the new methods resulted in doubled wheat yields. As a result Mexico changed from a country with a wheat (9)______ to one that was a wheat exporter. For the introduction of these new wheat growing methods. Borlaug was dubbed “ father of the ________ revolution.” 1. a. receive b. have c. take d. accept 2. a. that b. as c. so d. this 3. a. certificate b. diploma c. bachelor d. degree 4. a. selected b. elected c. picked d. chosen 5. a. oversea b. abroad c. foreign d. out 6. a. improve b. develop c. increase d. extend 7. a. unless b. although c. and d. but 8. a. bigger b. heavier c. larger d. higher 9. a. lack b. length c. shortage d. inadequacy 10. a. green b. white c. new d. modern V. VIẾT Exercise 1. Dựng những từ đã cho dưới đây thành câu văn hoàn chỉnh về nhà khoa học Anh Isaac Newton. 1. English / scientist Isaac Newton / be born / Wollthornpe village / December 25 th / 1642. 2. father / farmer / die/ before / son’s birth. 3. mother / grandmother / uncle / take care / him. 4. when / young / Newton / more / mechanic / a scholar. 5. older / become / interested / mathematics / physics 6. he / carry out / first / experiment / 1658 / 16 years old. 7. 1661 / enter / University of Cambridge / study mathematics / famous / age of 21. 8. 22 years old / begin studying / theory of gravitation. 9. 1669 / appoint / professor / begin giving lectures / mathematics / cambridge. 10. die / 1927 / 85. . ĐỀ LUYỆN THI ( SỐ 4) I. NGỮ ÂM Exercise 1. Chọn từ mà phần in nghiêng đậm gạch chân có cách phát âm khác. be)______ tired because he (5 – work)______ hard all day. He (6 – be)_______ also hungry because he (7 – have)______ nothing (8 – eat)______ since breakfast. His wife usually (9 – bring)______ him. “ I enjoy (1 1 – fly)_____ more than anything in the world. I can’t imagine (1 2 – let)______ a week (1 3 – pass)______ without spending some of my time in the air. “ What started you (1 4 – fly)______?”