ĐỀ THI THỬ HKII MÔN ANH VĂN - ĐỀ 2 I. Mark A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose main stress differs from the rest. 1. A. accuracy B. communicate C. miraculous D. appropriate 2. A. economy B. development C. incredible D. interviewing 3. A. expectancy B. substantial C. agriculture D. administrative 4. A. endangered B. temperature C. educated D. fashionable 5. A. individual B. television C. possibility D. understanding II. Mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to the following questions. 6.________________, Hong Kong acts as a gateway into and out of the Republic of China. A. Strategically located B. It is located strategically C. Where strategically located D. Because located strategically 7. _____________undergraduate programs, American universities also offer graduate and professional courses. A. Except for B. Moreover C. Besides D. As 8. ________________ the Christmas shopping season begins. A. That is after Thanksgiving B. After Thanksgiving it is C. It is after Thanksgiving that D. It is Thanksgiving that 9. My new glasses cost me _______ the last pair I bought last month. A. more than three times B. three times as much as C. more three times than D. as much three times as 10. You will find their house __________ you take a good street map with you. A. as long as B. even if C. unless D. otherwise 11. The technological and economic changes of the 19th century had a marked _______on workers. A. cause B. effect C. impact D. consequence 12. The college will soon be ready to _________ candidates for new courses. A. enroll B. involve C. call D. recall 13. After the concert, everyone had to ________ home through the thick snow. A. trudge B. tread C. trace D. trickle 46: 14. By the end of last March, I _____ English for five years. A. have been studying B. will have been studying C. had been studying D. will have studied 15. You’d better stop spending money, _____ you will end up in debt A. unless B. otherwise C. if D. in case 16. The people in my class, _____ are very friendly. A. most of international students B. the most international students C. almost international students D. mostly international students 17. He is determined to finish the job _____________ long it takes A. whenever B. whatever C. no matter D. however 18. She _____ for lost time by studying at weekends. A. got up B. set about C. made up D. put in 19. What is your opinion about Bob’s condition? - I recommend _____________ as much as possible. A. him rest B. that he rests C. that he rest D. him to rest 20. Peter : “ Let’s meet outside the theatre.” - Mary : “ ______________” A. What about? B. I’d like to go to the concert C. Yes, let us do it D. Is 6.30 all right? 21. Alan and Sue ___________ an argument. They are not speaking to each other. A. must have B. must have had C. might have D. might had 7 22. ______________________, we tried our best to complete it. A. As though the homework was difficult B. Thanks to the difficult homework C. Difficult as the homework was D. Despite the homework was difficult 23. Only when the ground is kept moist, _________________ germinate. A. will grass seeds B. grass seeds will C. does grass seeds D. grass seeds does 24. She would rather I ________ harder now. A. studied B. studying C. be studying D. study 25. He lost his job ______ no fault of his own. A. through B. by C. with D. over 27. The concert didn’t come ______ our expectations. A. up to B. up against C. round D. up with 28. We ______ on our close friend on the way here. That’s why we are a bit late. A. came across B. visited C. paid a visit D. dropped in 29. _________ you to be offered that job, would you have to move to another city? A. Provided that B. Should C. Were D. Had 30. My uncle _______. golf when he retired from work. A. took on B. took up C. took over D. took after 31. By the end of next month, we _______ our English course. A. have completed B. will be completed C. will have completed D. completed 32. You should be responsible for_______ you have done. A. that B. why C. which D. what 33. _________________ in the US in 1977, this festival is celebrated with feasts and songs in the home for seven days and nights. A. Africa introduced B. Africa introducing C. Introducing from Africa C. Introduced from Africa 34. ______________ she spoke did I realized that she was English. A. No sooner B. No longer C. Not until D. Hardly 35. I'm not opposed to ______ with us, as long as it's only for a few days. A. them to stay B. them staying C. their stay D. their staying II. Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 45. Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun's rays. Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant's gazelles. The overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is an advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and an excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day. Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be fatal for non-adapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink prodigious volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a few 8 minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures. Desert- adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated, it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate thirst. 36. The word "maintaining" is closest in meaning to _________. A. measuring B. inheriting C. preserving D. delaying 37. What is the main topic of the passage? A. Weather variations in the desert. B. Adaptations of desert animals. C. Diseased of desert animals. D. Human use of desert animals. 38. According to the passage, why is light coloring an advantage to large desert animals? A. It helps them hide from predators. B. It does not absorb sunlight as much as dark colors. C. It helps them see their young at night. D. It keeps them cool at night. 39. The author uses of Grant's gazelle as an example of A. an animal with a low average temperature B. an animal that is not as well adapted as the camel C. a desert animal that can withstand high body temperatures D. a desert animal with a constant body temperature 40. When is the internal temperature of a large desert mammal lower? A. Just before sunrise B. In the middle of the day C. Just after sunset D. Just after drinking 41. The word "tolerate" is closest in meaning to _________. A. endure B. replace C. compensate D. reduce 42. What causes water intoxication? A. Drinking too much water very quickly. B. Drinking polluted water. C. Bacteria in water. D. Lack of water. 43. Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph? A. To show how they use camels. B. To contrast them to desert mammals. C. To give instructions about desert survival. D. To show how they have adapted to desert life. 44. The word "obtain" is closest in meaning to _________. A. digest B. carry C. save D. get 45. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an adaptation of large desert animals? A. Variation in body temperatures. B. Eating while dehydrated. C. Drinking water quickly. D. Being active at night. III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction. 46. Every country has their own traditions, some of which have existed for centuries. A B C D 47. Even though she looks young, she is twice older than my twenty- year - old sister. A B C D 48. My brother doesn’t care how much does the car cost because he is going to buy it anyway. A B C D 49. The taxis driver told the man don’t allow his disobedient son to hang out the window. A B C D 50. Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments. A B C D 9 IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 51 to 60. There is no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. However, most parents worry that their children spend too much time browsing the Internet or playing computer games, hardly (51) _________ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents want to know if these activities are harmful to their children. What should they do if their children spend hours (52) ________ a computer screen? Obviously, if children spend too much time (53) _________ in some game instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. It is a good idea if parents and children decide together how much use should be (54) _____ of the Internet, and the child should (55)_____ that it won't interfere with homework. If the child does not (56) ____ to this arrangement, parents can take more drastic (57) ______. Any parent who is (58) ______ alarmed about a child's behavior should make an appointment to (59) ______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of a computer screen does not(60) _______ affect a child's performance at school. Even if a youngster seems obsessed with the computer, he or she is probably just going through a phase, and in a few months parents will have something else to worry about! 51. A. always B. ever C. never D. rare 52. A. peeping at B. glancing at C. staring at D. seeing 53. A. involved B. occupied C. taken D. absorbed 54. A. done B. had C. made D. taken 55. A. promise B. assure C. secure D. claim 56. A. commit B. stick C. follow D. hold 57. A. rules B. procedures C. steps D. regulations 58. A. actually B. heavily C. seriously D. urgently 59. A. speak B. discuss C. talk D. debate 60. A. possible B. consequently C. probably D. necessarily VI. Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 61 to 70. Computer programmer David Jones earns £35, 000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year- old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month. But David’s big headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules with bonus payment and profit sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards. He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His company has to pay £150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs”, he said. “I suppose £35, 000 sounds a lot but actually that’s being pessimistic. I hope it will come to records and clothes” He gives his mother £20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working. “Unfortunately, computing was not part of our study at school” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I know what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young anyway”. David added “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never knew when the market might disappear”. 10 61. What is David different from other young people of his age ? A. He is not unemployed. B. He earns an extremely high salary. C. He does not go out much. D. He lives at home with his parents. 62. David’s greatest problem is A. making the banks treat him as an adult. B. inventing computer games. C. spending his money. D. learning to drive. 63. He was employed by the company because A. he had worked in a computer shop. B. he worked very hard. C. he had learned to use computer at school. D. he had written some computer games. 64. He left school after taking O-levels because A. he wanted to earn a lot of money. B. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing. C. he did not enjoy school. D. he wanted to work with computer and saying at school did not help him. 65. Why does David think he might retire early ? A. You have to be young to write computer programs. B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire. C. He thinks computer games might not always sell well. D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt. 66. The word “run” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to A. treat B. manage C. initiate D. sell .67. We can infer from the passage that in 2 years’ time, David A. might retire early B. leaves home and start his own business C. can spend his money on what he wants. D. can earns a million pounds. 68. David might retire early because he thinks that A. he has to work all the time and has no time to go out. B. he cannot spend his money. C. the computer market will not always sell well. D. he wants to do something else. 69. All of the following about David is true, EXCEPT A. David spends most of his time working B. He earn a lot of money at young age. C. He learned computing at school. D. He is too young to drive a car to work.=\ 70. It can be inferred from the passage that A. David might leave his parents to start a new life. B. David will retire when he is old. C. Despite high salary, David is not happy. D. David is young enough to work in computer business VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences. 71. If only I had taken that job in the bank A. I regret not taking that job in the bank B. I regret not take that job in the bank C. I wish I took that job in the bank D. I wish I have taken that job in the bank 72. Success in the academic field depends on your number of qualifications. A. Your number of qualifications is a result of your success in academic field. B. You are successful in academic field, so you have more qualifications. C. The more success you are in academic field, the more qualifications you have. D. The more qualifications you have, the more successful you are in academic field 73. Does parking here cost anything? A. Is parking here costly? B. Do I need to pay for parking here? C. How much do you charge for parking here? D. Do I have to pay for the park here? 11 74. No one but James knew how to solve the problem. A. The problem couldn’t be solved by anyone B. Everyone knew how to solve the problem. C. James was the only one who couldn’t solve the problem. D. Only James could solve the problem. 75. Using a computer is a piece of cake. A. Using a computer is like eating a piece of cake. B. A computer is just like a piece of cake. C. Using a computer is something very easy. D. It is very funny to use a computer. 76. Friendly as he may seem, he’s not to be trusted. A. However he seems friendly, he’s not to be trusted. B. However friendly he seems, he’s not to be trusted. C. He’s too friendly to be trusted. D. He may have friends, but he’s not to be trusted. 77. The secret to success is hard work. A. One cannot succeed if he has secrets. B. If you keep your work secret, you will succeed. C. Working hard ensures success. D. One must work hard to keep secrets. 78. Fewer people came to the meeting than we had expected. A. Too many people came to the meeting. B. There were more people at the meeting than we had expected. C. There were not enough seats for all people as we had expected. D. We had expected more people to come to the meeting. 79. It’s no use trying to persuade Tom to change his mind. A. There is no point to try to persuade Tom to change his mind. B. It’s worth trying to persuade Tom to change his mind. C. It’s useless trying to persuade Tom to change his mind D. It’s a waste of time trying to persuade Tom to change his mind. 80. The reforms will not succeed unless they are carefully planned. A. The reforms will succeed unless they are not carefully planned. B. The reforms will not succeed provided that they are carefully planned. C. Careful planning is crucial to the success of the reforms. D. The success of the reforms result in careful planning. . ĐỀ THI THỬ HKII MÔN ANH VĂN - ĐỀ 2 I. Mark A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose main stress differs from the rest. 1. A. accuracy B. communicate C. miraculous D. appropriate 2. . Bob’s condition? - I recommend _____________ as much as possible. A. him rest B. that he rests C. that he rest D. him to rest 20 . Peter : “ Let’s meet outside the theatre.” - Mary : “ ______________”. Is 6.30 all right? 21 . Alan and Sue ___________ an argument. They are not speaking to each other. A. must have B. must have had C. might have D. might had 7 22 . ______________________,