Đề thi thử TNTHPT môn tiếng Anh Trang 1/4 ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG CẤP TỈNH NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN – MÃ ĐỀ 923 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 1: I think it’s especially hard to teach children _________ . A. unemployment B. responsibility C. education D. development Question 2: Over the past two years the ________ of living has risen considerably. A. rate B. cost C. price D. fee Question 3: In the future, fatal diseases will be_________ from the world. A .transmitted B. eradicated C. erased D. abolished Question 4: The construction of the new road is ________ winning the support of local residents. A. thanks to B. reliant on C. dependent on D. responsible to Question 5: The president has called for massive investment to rebuild the country’s_____ A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economy Question 6: I ______ time for breakfast this morning because I was in a hurry. A. didn’t have B. haven’t had C. don’t have D. won’t have Question 7: Never in all my life _________ such a terrible thing. A. I have seen B. I saw C. have I seen D. was I saw Question 8: The Land Law _________in 1993. A. adopted B. was adopted C. was adopting D. to be adopted Question 9: He warned me ________ all my money in that company. A. not to invest B. do not invest C. did not invest D. to not invest Question 10: Avoid_________ those mistakes again when ________. A. to make/write B. making/to write C. making/writing D. made/written Question 11: The government adopted tax reforms _______ aimed at encouraging land development. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose Question 12: Sarah _______ a bike to work but now she drives a car. A. used to riding B. had ridden C. was riding D. used to ride Question 13: My friend Jack, ______ parents live in Glasgow, invited me to spend Christmas in Scotland. A. whose B. which C. who D. that Question 14: Where’s Mary? She ______ be here by now. A. could B. might C. will D. must Question 15: If I were you, I ______ her with these troubles. A. will help B. would help C. would have helped D. was helped Question 16: The fireworks went _______ in all their colors and lit ______ the sky. A. upon/beyond B. among/in C. off/up D. up/of Question 17: The airhostess asked the passengers to do _____ the seat-belt before the plane took _______. A. up/off B. on/away C. over/in D. for/up Question 18: ______ the moon has no water, its surface responds to the gravitational force of the earth. A. However B. Therefore C. So D. Although Question 19: If I want a job at the factory, who do I apply _____ ? A. for B. to C. in D. at Question 20: _____ his parents’ encouragement, he didn’t get married until he was 40. A. Although B. Because C. Because of D. In spite of Question 21: Humans depend on species diversity to have food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture, ______ ? A. do humans B. do they C. don’t they D. aren’t they Đề thi thử TNTHPT môn tiếng Anh Trang 2/4 Question 22: He didn’t study _____ to pass his coming examination. A. good enough B. well enough C. enough good D. enough well Question 23: Tom: “You’ve got a lovely singing voice, Mary”. Mary: “_____________.” A. Don’t mention it! B. Congratulations! C. It’s all right D. Thank you. Question 24: Mai: “I’m going on holiday tomorrow”. Lan: “______________.” A. Congratulations! B. Sorry to hear that C. Watch out D. Have a nice time Question 25: Peter: “I don’t like hunting.” Mike: “____________.” A. either do I B. I do, too C. Neither do I D. so do I Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 26: The bigger the supermarket is, __________________________ A. the choice is wide B. the wider the choice will be C. the more the choice D. the wider the choice it is Question 27: ______________, we would not have completed our term before the deadline. A. If Kevin had not assisted me B. If Kevin did not assist me C. Unless Kevin had not assisted me D. Unless Kevin did not assist me Question 28: Although several methods have been applied, the water seems to be ______ A. more than polluted B. so as polluted C. more as polluted D. more and more polluted Question 29: Jane asked her teacher ______ the homework that week. A. if she had to do B. if she has to do C. that she must do D. if did she have to do Question 30: I joined the English speaking club __________________ A.because of I wanted to improve my English B.in spite of I wanted to improve my English C. because I wanted to improve my English D.although I wanted to improve my English Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35. People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that they don’t even know what their own lives will be like in a few years’ time. What follows is not science fiction. It is how experts see the future. You are daydreaming behind the steering wheel; is it too dangerous? No! That’s no problem because you have it on automatic pilot, and with its hi-tech computers and cameras, your car “know” how to get you home safe and sound. What is for lunch? In the old days you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or a pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. If your body needs more vegetables and less fat, your food-preparation machine makes you a salad. After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work. Thanks to your information screen and your latest generation computer, you needn’t go to the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You can instantly send back a reply to him and go on to deal with other matters. Question 31: The passage mainly discuss about ____________. A. the pace of life in the future B. food that people will eat in the future Đề thi thử TNTHPT môn tiếng Anh Trang 3/4 C. what the life is like in the future D. the role of the computer in future life Question 32: According to the passage, people in the future _______. A. usually have daydreams while driving B. will have a balanced diet for their meals C. won’t need to work for living D. will be much lazier Question 33: The word “its” in the second paragraph refers to _________. A. the future B. the car C. the steering wheel D. automatic pilot Question 34: With the help of high technology, you can ___________. A. work at home without going to the office B. have everything you need to do your work C. work and travel quickly D. deal with a lot of matters at the same time Question 35: Which of the following is NOT true about life in the future? A. There’s no need to concentrate much when driving. B. Eating is a problem because food contains too much fat. C. Getting information is a matter of just a few seconds. D. Contacts between people are almost instant. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions. Question 36: A. right B. wild C. children D. mine Question 37: A. measure B. health C. heavy D. deal Question 38: A. chance B. technology C. school D. chemistry Question 39: A. expanded B. eliminated C. contributed D. dissolved Question 40: A. though B. laugh C. cough D. enough Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 41:I prefer to watch a live concert to listening to music on the radio. A B C D Question 42:Eaten too many sweets may cause a stomachache. A B C D Question 43: Peter was the first scored a goal for his team in the yesterday’s match. A B C D Question 44: Is that a present Bill gave you for Christmas? A B C D Question 45: By the time he will retire next month, he will have been working for our A B C company for 20 years. D Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 46 to 50. Water is necessary for life. People can live only a few days (46) ________ it. Yet nearly 25 million people die each year because of it. Both industrial nations and developing countries are worried about (47) ____and quantity of water in the world. Even though people, animals, agriculture, and industry use a lot of water, there is more than enough on the earth. Water covers about three-quarters of the Earth’s surface. However, 97.4 percent of it is salt water. Three-fourths of the Earth’s fresh water is frozen in glaciers and in the great polar ice caps. Most of the water we use (48) ________ from rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere. Less than one percent of the Earth’s water is usable, and we use it over and over again. Đề thi thử TNTHPT môn tiếng Anh Trang 4/4 One of the (49) _______ about water is distribution. Water is not always distributed where the large (50) ________ centers are. Some regions get enough rain. But it is all in one or two short rainy seasons. Question 46: A. with B. without C. for D. in Question 47: A. characteristics B. conditions C. situation D. quality Question 48: A. comes B. arrives C. goes D. gets Question 49: A. cases B. things C. facts D. problems Question 50: A. people B. men C. population D. women KEY: 1.B 2. B 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.C 11.C 12.D 13.A 14.D 15.B 16.C 17.A 18.D 19.B 20.D 21.C 22.B 23.D 24.D 25.C 26.B 27.A 28.D 29.A 30.C 31.C 32.B 33.B 34.A 35.B 36.C 37.D 38.A 39.D 40.A 41.A(watching) 42.A(eating) 43.B(to score) 44.B(the) 45.A(retires) 46.B 47.D 48.A 49.D 50.C Giáo viên soạn đề: NGUYỄN THỊ MAI ANH Đơn vị: Trường THPT TX Sađéc . Đề thi thử TNTHPT môn tiếng Anh Trang 1/4 ĐỀ THI CHỌN LỌC HSG CẤP TỈNH NĂM 2011 MÔN: ANH VĂN – MÃ ĐỀ 923 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer. for agriculture, ______ ? A. do humans B. do they C. don’t they D. aren’t they Đề thi thử TNTHPT môn tiếng Anh Trang 2/4 Question 22: He didn’t study _____ to pass his coming examination. . ____________. A. the pace of life in the future B. food that people will eat in the future Đề thi thử TNTHPT môn tiếng Anh Trang 3/4 C. what the life is like in the future D. the role of the computer