Last saved by Janny 1 6/16/2011 ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐH-CĐ: TEST 28 Part 1: Phonetics: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group 1. A. chip B. chocolate C. job D. lunch 2. A. village B. package C. message D. stage 3. A. polish B. seaside C. license D. light 4. A. taught B. laughter C. sauce D. naughty 5. A. now B. flow C. snow D. slow Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group 6. A. comic B. nation C. cartoon D. western 7. A. evening B. decision C. ambition D. attention 8. A. promotion B. newspaper C. business D. average 9. A. journalist B. poisonous C. generous D. engineer 10. A. documentary B. hilarious C. ridiculous D. continuous Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D 11. ______ books on this shelf were written by Dickens. A. All B. All the C. Every D. The all 12. She said she_______ for five hours. A. had been working B. has worked C. worked D. has been working 13. They ______ married in church last year. A. are B. made C. got D. have 14. Janet is_________ A. an old friend of mine B. an old my friend C. a my old friend D. an old friend of me 15. He's _______ intelligent than his sister. A. lesser B. much less C. much fewer D. not so 16. My house is opposite __________ the park. A. from B. of C. - D. to 17. She loves __________ Hungarian music. A. the B. - C. some of D. a 18. As the sun _________ I decided to go out. A. shines B. has shine C. shine D. was shining 19. I _______ your uncle tomorrow, so I'll give him your note. A. have seen B. shall have seen C. am seeing D. going to see 20. By the time the police arrived, the thieves________ the stolen. A. hide B. had hidden C. are hiding D. will have hiding 21. She walked_________ the road without looking. Last saved by Janny 2 6/16/2011 A. by B. through C. across D. long 22. We spent_________ day sunbathing. A. the whole B. all the C. whole D. whole of the 23. It's a long journey by train, it's much________ by road. A. quickly B. more quickly C. more quick D. quicker 24. Hasn't______ . A. come the post yet B. yet the post came C. the post yet come D. the post come yet 25. During his stay in Rome, Elmer________ a lot of photographs. A. pushed B. put C. took D. caught Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one? 26. Water is the best thing to drink when you are thirsty. A. People should drink nothing but water when you are thirsty. B. You should drink only water when you are thirsty. C. It's best to not drink water unless you are thirsty. D. Water is the best "thirst- quencher" 27. His speech was so boring that everyone got up and left. A. He got up and left because everyone was talking B. No one stayed to listen to him because his speech was poor. C. Everyone stood up so that they could hear his speech. D. His speech was interesting enough for people to listen. 28. Shallow water- No diving A. This water is very deep. B. You can dive from here C. This water is not deep enough for diving D. This water is not deep enough for swimming 29. It's necessary to have your car washed. A. Your car needs washing B. You have to wash you car C. You should wash your car D. Your car needs to wash 30. Tom doesn't have enough money, so he can't go anywhere this summer. A. Tom is short of money B. If Tom had enough money, he would go somewhere this summer. C. Tim is tired of traveling D. If Tom has enough money, he will go somewhere this summer. Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting 31. After breakfast on the second day there was a (A) notice pinned up on a board near (B) reception that indicated the new (C) position where the afternoon's activities (D) whould be held. 32. One of the speakers (A) scheduled for the day before the final meeting was known to be very boring and so (B) few delegates (C) waited his (D) presentation. Last saved by Janny 3 6/16/2011 33. For (A) the most popular speakers the committee (B) had decided to use the (C) main hall that is capable of (D) supporting at least 200 people. 34. (A) At the end of the conference (B) organizations had been made for all members who (C) had come by train (D) to be taken by taxi to the station. 35. They (A) are such (B) a nice people (C) that everybody (D) loves them. Part 3: Reading Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D. The novelist Robert Herrick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 26, 1868. His oldest American ancestor, a nephew of the author of Hesperides, had settled at Salem in 1638; he was related to the Hales, the Mannings, the Hawthornes, and the Peabodys; his immediate forebears were lawyers, teachers, and clergymen. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to the new University of Chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences. During his later years the spot of earth dearest to his heart was York Village, Maine, but after his retirement from teaching he brought his career to a rather amazing close as government secretary of the Virgin islands. He died at St. Thomas on December 23, 1938. 36. To which of the following families was Herrick related? A. The Santayanas B. The Hawthornes C. The Moodys D. The Hapgoods 37. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a profassion of Herrick's relatives? A. Farmer B. Teacher C.Clergyman D. Lawyer 38. Herrick moved to the University of Chicago at the request of A. the Hales B. the Mannings C. Robert Morss Lovett D. William Rainey Harper 39. According to the passage, Herrick's students thought he was A. gifted in teaching B. unfair in his grading C. easy to understand D. kind during personal contact 40. In which of the following activities was Herrick involved during the last years of his life? A. University teaching B. Government work C. Translating D. Lecturing When man first learnt how to make fire, he began to use fuel for the first time. The fuel he used was probably wood. As time passed, man eventually discovered that substances such as coal and oil (41)_______ Coal (42)_______ very widely as a source of energy until the last century. With the coming of the industrial revolution, it was soon realized that production (43)_______ if coal was used instead of wood. Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity generating stations (44)_______ to function if there was no coal there. Last saved by Janny 4 6/16/2011 In the last twenty or thirty years, however, the use of coal (45)_______ As a result, there have been changes in the coal industry. It (46)_______ that more people (47)_______ coal if oil and gas were not available. There is more than enough coal in the world for man's needs for the next two hundred years if your use of coal (48)_______ Unfortunately, however, about half of the world's coal (49)_______ Mining much of it (50)_______ very expensive even if it was to use new equipment. 41. A. are burning B. would burn C. have burnt D. were burnt 42. A. not used B. did not used C. not using D. was not used 43. A. doubles B. had doubled C. will double D. would double 44. A. were unable B. would be unable C. will be unable D. are unable 45. A. has declined B. will decline C. declines D. will decline 46. A. believed B. is believing C. believing D. is believed 47. A. would use B. used C. use D. will use 48. A. did not increasing B. would not increased C. does not increased D. may not increase 49. A. would never use B. may never be used C. would never be used D. may never use 50. A. was B. used to be C. would be D. had been 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. C 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. B 36. B 37. A 38. D 39. D 40. B 41. B 42. D 43. D 44. B 45. A 46. D 47. A 48. C 49. B 50. C . Last saved by Janny 1 6/16/2011 ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐH-CĐ: TEST 28 Part 1: Phonetics: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 26. Water is the best thing to drink when you are thirsty. A. People should drink nothing but water when you are thirsty. B. You should drink only water when you are thirsty. C. It's. enough for people to listen. 28. Shallow water- No diving A. This water is very deep. B. You can dive from here C. This water is not deep enough for diving D. This water is not deep enough