1 ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP LỚP 12 Môn: Anh văn –lop 12 – Năm học 2010-2011 Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part. 1. A. dates B. chores C. talks D. helps 2. A. safe B. angry C. frank D. family 3. A. just B. jump C. success D. result 4. A. looked B. arrested C. decided D. attracted Choose the best answer. 5. My mother …….the responsibility for running the household. A. holds B. takes C. runs D. bears 6. If the technology ……… available, we would be able to expand the business. A. would become B. became C. had become D. were become 7. The full of form of GCSE is ……. A. General Certificate of Scientific Education B. General Certificate of Secondary Education C. General Compulsory Secondary Education D. General Curriculum System Education 8. After a heavy rain, the river usually …… A. raises B. rises C. has raised D. has risen 9. A large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to …… in their wives. A. confide B. talk C. depend D. believe 10. We object …… your leaving dinner table to take calls. A. on B. for C. to D. with 11. We have just experienced a long period of ………depression. A. economy B. economics C. economic D. economical 12. “ I thought your table tennis game was a lot better today, Tom.” “ ……I thought was terrible.’ A. You are welcome B. Of course C. I’m sorry D. You must be joking. 13. Why didn’t you ….me you were having so many problems? A. say B. tell C. speak D. talk 14. Thousands of species of animals and plants are ……….and the number increases each year. A. danger B. dangerous C. endanger D. endangered 15. I think butter …….in the refrigerator. A. should be kept B. should keep C. must kept D. should be keeping 16. I was quite tired. …… , I decided to walk on to the next village. A. However B So C. Therefore D. But also 17. There is a plenty of sugar in the jar. You … any. A. don’t need by B. need by C. needn’t buy D. needn’t to buy 18. Mary has been a nurse all her life. She spent her life caring for ……sick. A. the B. a C. an D. x 19. …….in the desert, cacti are the most popular. A. Despite other kinds of plants can be found B. In spite of finding other kinds of plants C. Although we can find other kinds of plants D. However other kinds of plants can be found 20. The more I got to know Ben, …… A. the better he knows me B. the more I liked him C. more I like him D. the more he likes me Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 21. (A) Although his (B) doctor’s warnings, Tom continued (C) to smoke (D) two packs of cigarettes a day. 22. If John (A) won the race (B) across the Sahara Desert last week, he would be (C) the happiest man in the (D) awarding ceremony today. 23. I (A) borrowed four books (B) on gardening (C) the last time I(D) had gone to the library. 24. My uncle (A) has been living in (B) Australia for ten years (C) when he came (D) back home. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Tampa, Florida, owes a great deal of its growth and prosperity to a Cuban cigar manufacturer named Vicente Marinez Ybor. When the Cuban Revolution broke out in 1869, he was forced to leave his country and moved his business to south Florida. Sixteen years later, serious problems caused him to look for a better place along the west coast of the state. His original land purchased of sixteen blocks expanded to more than one hundred acres near Tampa. This newly developed area was called Ybor city in his honour. With the demand for factory workers for 4Ybor’s business, the surrounding areas expended and developed. 25. Where is Ybor city located? A. west Florida B. Cuba C. south Florida D. in the Florida countryside 26. In what year was Ybor forced to leave south Florida? A. 1854 B. 1869 C. 1885 D. 1895 27. When did the Cuban Revolution break out? A. 1896 B. 1869 C. 1886 D. 1816 28. Why will people probably continue to remember Ybor’s name? A. He suffered a great deal B. An area was named in his honour C. He was a Cuban revolutionary D. He was forced to leave his country 29. Why did the surrounding areas expand and develop? A. because of the demand for cigars B. because of the demand for factory workers B. because of the demand for land D. because of the demand for housing blocks 2 Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning as the given one . 30. She said to us, “ Don’t be late again.” A. She said to us not to be late again. B. She told us to be not late again. C. She told to us not to be late again. D. She told us not to be late again. 31. During my dinner, the phone rang. A. When I had my dinner, the phone rang. B. While I was having my dinner, the phone rang. C. Before I had my dinner, the phone rang. D. As soon as I had had my dinner, the phone rang. 32. They cancelled the flight because of the fog. A. The flight because of the fog was cancelled. B. The flight cancelled because of the fog. C. The flight was cancelled because of the fog. D. The flight was because of the fog cancelled. 33. If motorists drove carefully, they would have fewer accidents. A. Motorists are not careful and there are many accidents. B. Motorists are careful and there are few accidents. C. Motorists are careful and yet there are many accidents. D. Motorists are careful and yet there are few accidents. 34. The cake was so hard that I couldn’t eat it. A. The cake was too hard for me to eat. B. The cake was so hard for me to eat. C. The cake was very hard for me to eat. D. It was such a hard cake for me to eat. 35. Mary is the most intelligent of all. A. Mary is the most intelligent as others. B. No one is as intelligent as Mary. C. Everyone is more intelligent than Mary. D. Mary is not as intelligent as others. Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each gap. The nuclear family, consisting (A) 36) …….a mother, father and their children, may be more an American ideal than an American reality. Of course, the so-called traditional American family was always more varied(37) …….we had been lead to believe, reflecting the very different racial, ethnic, class and religious customs among different American gorups. The most recent survey shows that only about (38)…….of all current American families fit the traditional mould and another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still (39) …….at home. Of the final one third, about 20 percent of the total number of American households are single people, usually women over sixty years of age. A small percentage , about 3 percent of the total, consists of unmarried parents (40)…….choose to live together, and the rest, about seven percent, are single, usually divorced parents, with at least one child. 36. A. on B. of C. off D. for 37. A. from B. as C. than D. to 38. A. one three B. threefold C. one thirds D. one third 39. A. live B. living C. to live D. lives 40. A. who B. they C. whose D. whom Answer keys: 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. A 10.C 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. D 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. B 21. A 22. A 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. A 35. B 36. B 37. C 38. D 39. B 40. A . 1 ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP LỚP 12 Môn: Anh văn –lop 12 – Năm học 2010-2011 Choose the word with the different pronunciation. C. one thirds D. one third 39. A. live B. living C. to live D. lives 40. A. who B. they C. whose D. whom Answer keys: 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. A 10.C 11. C 12. D. fit the traditional mould and another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still (39) …….at home. Of the final one third, about 20 percent of the total number