KỲ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2011 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Chương trình Chuẩn và Nâng cao Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút. Mã đề thi 135 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. chores B. shifts C. ships D. books 2. A. days B. babies C. letters D. parents 3. A. invented B. prepared C. obliged D. transformed 4. A. reviewed B. cooked C. played D. moved 5. A. started B. ended C. prevented D. studied Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 6. A: “Would you like some more sugar?” B: “_______________” A. No, I would B. No, thank you C. No, just a little D. No problem 7. A: “Help yourself with some chicken.” B: “_______________” A. Thank you B. You’re welcome! C. No, I don’t D. I’m sorry 8. “I’m not sure about this soup. It tastes like something’s missing.” “_______________. It is really lovely.” A. You’re right B. You could be right C. I couldn’t agree more D. I don’t think so. 9. “Could you pick me up at 6 o’clock?” “_______________ .” A. I agree B. Not at all C. Sure D. I am ok 10. “Would you like to have dinner with me?” “_______________.” A. Yes, I do B. Yes, I am C. Yes, I’d love to. D. Yes, I can 11. My boss was very kind. He was very _______________ when I was ill. A. supporter B. supportive C. support D. supportively 12. Can you _______________ me a hand with these boxes? A. take B. make C. give D. put 13. With greatly increased workloads, everyone is under _______________ now. A. pressure B. responsibility C. worry D. anxiety 14. Would someone _______________ the responsibility for bringing Paul home? A. take B. do C. receive D. give 15. Why don’t you make it bigger and more colorful in order to _____ people’s attention? A. keep B. hold C. attract D. raise 16. What could be more _______________ than a wedding on a tropical island? A. romantic B. romance C. romanticism D. romantically 17. My mother works _______________ a nurse in a big hospital. A. like B. as C. in D. of 18. If the students prepare the lessons carefully, they can go into the examination room with _______________ . A. confide B. confident C. confidently D. confidence 19. She always talks to her parents before making an important _______________ . A. decide B. decisive C. decision D. decisively 20. She looks _______________ in a black dress. A. attract B. attraction C. attractively D. attractive 21. Sorry, I can’t stop now. I _______________ to an important meeting. A. go B. am going C. have gone D. went 22. We_______________ at the party 2 months ago. A. meet B. met C. have met D. are meeting 23. We _______________ her for more than 20 years. A. know B. knows C. are known D. have known 24. We were asked not to disturb the baby because he _______________ . A. is sleeping B. slept C. was sleeping D. sleep 25. Kate usually_______________ to class by bike but yesterday she went by bus because of the rain. A. go B. goes C. went D. gone 26. Tomorrow I_______________ my grandparents. A. have visited B. will have visited C. am going to visit D. visit 27. “Hurry up! We’re waiting for you. What’s taking you so long?” “I ______________ for an important phone call. Go ahead and leave without me.” A. am waiting B. will wait C. wait D. have waited 28. The phone _______________ constantly since Jack announced his candidacy for president this morning. A. rang B. had rung C. has been ringing D. was ringing 29. By the time I arrived at the station, my friend_______________ . A. has left B. has been leaving C. leaves D. had left 30. So far there _______________ no word from them. A. has been B. was C. will be D. is Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is nearest in meaning to each of the following questions. 31. Before I came to class, I had had a cup of coffee. A. I had come to class after I had a cup of coffee. B. After I had come to class, I had a cup of coffee. C. I had had a cup of coffee after I came to class. D. After I had had a cup of coffee, I came to class. 32. She started learning English ten years ago. A. She has not learnt English before. B. She has learnt English since ten years. C. She has started learning English for ten years. D. She has learnt English for ten years. 33. He lost the job three months ago. A. It is three months ago since he lost the job. B. It has been three months since he lost the job. C. They are three months since he lost the job. D. It is three months when he lost the job. 34. He stopped smoking last year. A. He has not smoked for a year. B. He began smoking last year. C. He has smoked for a year. D. He no longer smoked. 35. I haven’t seen her for months. A. It’s months when I last saw her. B. It’s months after I last saw her. C. It’s months since I last saw her. D. It’s months before I last saw her. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 36. They have not returned to Rhode Island since they are leaving in 1970. A B C D 37. A large number of Indian men agree that it is unwise to confide with their wives. A B C D 38. Someone was knocking at the door when I was doing the washing up. A B C D 39. Americans and Asians have very differently ideas about love and marriage. A B C D 40. In America, it is impolite asking questions about age, marital status and income. A B C D 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 41 to 45. Traditions, sayings, beliefs, language, and values are just a few things that make up our culture. Culture is the framework in which families are structured. It shapes our expectations and ideals. Culture plays a part in the meaning of marriage and our roles as husbands, wives, children and parents. Understanding cultural differences and similarities related to marriage is important. Culture affects the roles that spouses take within marriages, the age at marriage and the number of children a couple have, the meaning of divorce, cohabitation and non-marital childbearing, and the way parents raise children. Understanding how relationships and marriages vary across cultural contexts, and how they are similar, we will be able to identify the unique ways that marriages and family life affect people of various cultures. As a result, we will be able to help families and sustain happy marriages. A cross cultural marriage or similar love relationship can be extremely exciting. The cultural background, visits to the other country, the language of the country and learning to speak it, the different habits and ways of doing and saying things that people from other cultures have, are all very exciting indeed. What are the disadvantages of a cross cultural marriage or love relationship with someone from another country or cultural background? No matter how much you love your husband or wife, no matter how high your level of cross cultural awareness, cross cultural communication and respect for differences, misunderstandings seem to be unavoidable. 41. The passage is about _______________. A. the effects of cultures on love and marriage B. the definition of culture C. the role of spouses in the family D. cultural differences 42. The word It refers to _______________. A. culture B. family C. framework D. structure 43. According to the writer, cross-cultural marriage _______________. A. does not have advantages B. does not have disadvantages C. has both advantages and disadvantages D. does not exist through time 44. According to the passage, which of the following is not affected by culture? A. The age to get married B. Child-raising C. How much spouses love each other D. The roles of spouses 45. In cross-cultural marriage, _______________ may happen. A. divorce B. quarrel C. misunderstanding D. separation 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. The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (46)_________ a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (47)___________ couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they (48)___________ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (49)________ a step-parent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or a mother. Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups. Families are very important (50)_____________ Americans. 46. A. consisted of B. consisting of C. consisting D. including of 47. A. childish B. childlike C. childless D. childhood 48. A. are not B. can’t C. couldn’t D. weren’t 49. A. who is B. is C. which is D. which has 50. A. for B. of C. in D. to . KỲ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2011 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Chương trình Chuẩn và Nâng cao Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút. Mã đề thi 135 Choose the word whose. not sure about this soup. It tastes like something’s missing.” “_______________. It is really lovely.” A. You’re right B. You could be right C. I couldn’t agree more D. I don’t think so. 9 affects the roles that spouses take within marriages, the age at marriage and the number of children a couple have, the meaning of divorce, cohabitation and non-marital childbearing, and the way