Luyện thi ĐH môn Anh văn khối D - Chương trình mới Đề số 15 I. Make the correct choice: 1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a.cost b.most c.post d.cold 2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a.clear b.near c.heard d.ear 3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a.using b.university c.union d.umbrella 4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a.radio b.volunteer c.hospital d.influence 5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a.artificial b.reality c.compulsory d.expression 6. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a.performance b.dictionary c.contemporary d.encouragement 7. English belongs _____ those who use it. a. from b. to c. on d. with 8. Clean air provides us _____ a healthy supply of oxygen. a. for b. at c. with d. in 9. My brother is very interested _____ chess but he is not very good _____ it. a. in /at b. at / in c. in / with d. at / at 10. I don’t think he was present _____ the meeting yesterday. a. about b. in c. at d. of 11. Are you serious _____ learning to be an architect. a. for b. about c. with d. in 12. She has become very famous ______ her novels. a. for b. at c. on d. with 13. It is _____ to regard any language as the possession of a particular nation. a. reasonably b. unreasonable c. unreasonably d. reasoning 14. If you need any help, you can ask Tom. He’s very _____ . a. helpful b. helpless c. harmful d. useless 15. My daughter spends two hours ______ mathematics every day. a. studies b. to study c. studied d. studying 16. The city has been _____ with toxic waste from local factories. a. polluted b. purified c. cleaned d. industrialized 17. They have tried to increase _____ by using better methods and tools. a. productive b. productively c. productivity d. producing 18. I have a tendency to talk a lot ______ I am nervous. a. so that b. because c. whenever d. since 19. ______ the weather was so bad, we decided on going to the beach. a. Because of b. Even c. If d. Since 20. He apologised _____ his bad behaviour. a. with b. for c. about d. of 21. The girl _____ on the park bench is my new friend. a. who sitting b. that sit c. sitting d. sat 22. His father _____ of cancer last year. a. will die b. has died c. died d. had died 23. According to some specialists, this plan _____. a. should be delayed b. should be delaying c. should delay d. should have delayed 24. _____ do they demolish this building for ? - They will build a new cinema there. a. Who b. What c. Why d. How 25. I wish I _____ English when I was at high school. a. study b. studied c. have studied d. had studied 26. Mrs. Green always took her cheque-book with her _____ she ran out of cash. a. if b. unless c. in case d. whether 27. We began to jog _____. a. so far b. three years ago c. since last year d. up to now 28. Jogging is good for our health, _____ ? a. aren’t we b. isn’t jogging c. isn’t it d. doesn’t it 29. I was made _____ when I was at school. a. study hard b. to study hard c. study hardly d. to study hardly 30. The boy _____ by the teacher. a. was punishing b. has punished c. was punished d. punished II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 31.British and American English have a lot of words which look the same but having different meanings. a b c d 32. There are some American English words that the British doesn’t use at all. a b c d 33. Most of the difference between British and American English are small and you can usually understand what words a B mean from the context. d 34. He is confident enough to express his opinion comfortable. a b c d 35. The computer is real the marvel of the machine age. a b c d III. Read the passage and make the correct choice: The use of computers and the Internet allows people to work at home (36) _____of traveling to work. For example, a journalist (37) ______ lives in a remote part of the world still gets his articles in on time for the next day’s newspapers. The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers (38) _____ workers in any part of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. E. mail allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. New computer programmes allow two users in (39) ______ parts of the world to work on the same document (40) ______ the same time. 36.a. instead b. because c. in spite d. a lot 37.a. which b. who c. he d. whom 38.a. of b. together c. and d. as well 39.a. same b. accurate c. marvellous d. different 40.a. in b. at c. of d. for IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer: The search for alternative resources of energy has resulted in various directions. Many communities are burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity. Changing waste products into gases or oil is also an efficient way to dispose of waste. Experimental work is being done to make synthetic fuels from coal, or coal tars. But today, that process has proved expensive. Other experiments are underway to harness power with giant windmills. Geothermal power, heat from the earth, is also being tested. Some experts are trying to revive hydroelectric power which is derived from streams and rivers. Fifty years ago, hydroelectric power provided one third of the electricity used in the United States, but today it supplies only four per cent. The oceans are another source of energy. Scientists are studying ways to change the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves into electricity. Experiments are also underway to make use of temperature differences in ocean water to produce energy. 41. What are many communities doing to produce electricity? a. searching for alternative energy b. disposing wastes c. burning garbage and other biological wastes d. changing waste products into gases 42. The process of making synthetic fuels from coal, or coal tars has proved _____. a. worth a lot of money b. cheap c. alternative c. experimental 43. Where is hydroelectric power derived from? a. from the earth b. from streams and rivers c. from hydroelectric power stations d. from windmills 44. What percentage of the electricity used in the United States does hydroelectric power provide today? a. one-third b. one c. three d. four 45. The verb ‘ dispose’ can be replaced by ______. a. supply b. get rid of c. take d. make use of V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one : 46. “Please sit down”, the teacher said to me. a. The teacher asked me please to sit down. b. The teacher asked me to sit down. c. The teacher asked to me to sit down. d. The teacher asked me sitting down. 47. I fell asleep because the film was boring. a. The film was so boring because I fell asleep. b. The film was very boring that I fell asleep. c. The film was so boring that I fell asleep. d. The film was such boring that I fell asleep. 48. Cars cause pollution but people still want them. a. Although cars cause pollution, people still want them. b. Although cars cause pollution, but people still want them. c. Although people still want them, cars cause pollution. d. Although cars causing pollution, people still want them. VI. Choose the best sentence made from the given cues: 49. you / mind / not play / your music / so loudly. a. Would you mind not play your music so loudly? b. Would you mind not to play your music so loudly? c. Would you mind not playing your music so loudly? d. Would you not mind playing your music so loudly? 50. I / used / get up / early / the morning. a. I am used to get up early in the morning. b. I used to getting up early in the morning. c. I am used for getting up early in the morning. d. I am used to getting up early in the morning. . will die b. has died c. died d. had died 23. According to some specialists, this plan _____. a. should be delayed b. should be delaying c. should delay d. should have delayed 24. _____ do they. Luyện thi ĐH môn Anh văn khối D - Chương trình mới Đề số 15 I. Make the correct choice: 1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:. a. polluted b. purified c. cleaned d. industrialized 17. They have tried to increase _____ by using better methods and tools. a. productive b. productively c. productivity d. producing 18.