TUYỂN TẬP ĐỀ LUYỆN THI TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN NGOẠI NGỮ

1 §Ò luyÖn sè 1 I. Find the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (1pt) 1. A. birthday B. thirteenth C. thing D. that 2. A. calendar B. parents C. pretty D. depend 3. A. finish B. invite C. sometimes D. nice 4. A. telephone B. post C. directory D. moment 5. A. worried B. tomorrow C. sorry D. ordinal II. Put the verbs in brackets into correct forms. (1pt) My friends Paul and Ellen just (1- return) from their holiday in Europe. Before they (2- leave) New York, I (3- give) them my brother's address in Switzerland in the hope that they (4- visit) him and his family. When I (5- go) to see them last Tuesday night, they (6- tell) me how much they (7- enjoy) travelling around Europe and that we soon (8- look) at the colour photos they (9- take) . They also gave me greetings from my mother and said that it (10- be) a great pleasure for them to meet my relatives. III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt) 1. If you do not see the doctor, your condition will only get . (bad) 2. With hard work you can turn your dream into . (real) 3. Students have to three poems by Friday. (memory) 4. I don't think girls who smoke are at all . (attract) 5. He has caused his parents a lot of . (happy) IV. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. (1pt) 1. He was not short, he wasn't tall. He was average height. 2. 'Share these sweets yourselves,' said the mother her two children. 3. Yes, Rob is here holiday, not business. 4. Tom didn't want to lend us the money first but the end he agreed. 5. They will arrive Tokyo Wednesday. 6. One person I always laugh when I see him on T.V is Dave Allen. V. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word. (2pts) It is usually very hard to become familiar (1) the culture of a foreign country. If you live a long (2) in that country, you will find out how little you really know about (3) culture. Books are often of little use (4) they concentrate on differences between your own culture and (5) of the foreign country. A lot of information they contain is (6) correct. It is even difficult for us to (7) aware of the culture of our own country. A recent survey showed that British (8) did not know what was really typical of their country! (9) listed stereotypes when they were asked to describe the things they (10) were typical of Britain. VI. Read the following passage and decide if the statements below are True (T) or False (F), according to the information given. (1pt) Isn't it amazing how much time we spend talking about food? 'Have you ever eaten ?', 'What did you have for lunch?' and so on. And yet when you travel from one country 2 to another, you find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and what others eat is strange or silly. In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit that is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice or coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a large amount of beer and the French drink wine every day. The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy raw fish. So it seems that although eating is a topic that we can talk about for hours, there is little common sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always been eating, and there is little we can do to change our eating habits. 1. The writer thinks that people often change their feelings about food. 2. In many Asian countries people almost always have rice in their meal. 3. The text is mainly about strange dishes in the world. 4. The Japanese don't enjoy eating raw fish. 5. People everywhere think that there is very little common sense in talking about food. VII. Write the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. (2pts) 1. You spent more money than I did. I didn't 2. 'If I were you, I wouldn't trust Peter,' she told John. She advised 3. Have you ever been to France? Is this your 4. William, the policeman, lived next door. The policeman, whose 5. He bought his car for 5 years. He has 6. My dress needs to be cleaned before the party. I must have my dress 7. We last went to Spain three years ago. It is 8. Be careful or you'll hurt yourself. If you are 9. What a pity John didn't take my advice. I wish 10. Nobody has read these copies. These copies VIII. Underline one mistake in each line and write the correct one on the right. (1pt) That I enjoy most on T.V is the news. You 1. can see actual events like they occur. You can see famous people being interviewing and giving them opinions on the world events. I enjoy read daily newspapers as 2. 3. 4. 5. 3 well. There are not only plenty of news, but interesting story about ordinary people as well. Life would be bored without all the entertainment and informations you get on newspapers and on T.V . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. §Ò luyÖn sè 2 I. Find the word which is stressed differently from the others. (0.5pt) 1. a. pretty b. distance c. finish d. invite 2. a. amazing b. apartment c. compliment d. delicious 3. a. calendar b. delightful c. moment d. dishwasher 4. a. order b. receive c. complaint d. enjoy 5. a. expensive b. favorite c. chemistry d. uniform II. Put the verbs in brackets into correct forms. (1pt) 1. The door to this room (shut) since Monday. 2. Why don't you try (open) the tin with a coin? 3. After we (sit) down, Fuling offered us food and drinks. 4. Terance and Alice (water) the plants when they suddenly heard an alarm (go off) . 5. I hope he (finish) before we (get) back. 6. We (take) an umbrella because it (look) as if it was going to rain. 7. If he hadn't been so quick, the little girl (be killed) . III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the text. (1pt) How to succeed Let me make a suggestion to help you deal with difficult situations. If, for example, you are taking part in a sports (1) , meeting someone important, or giving a (2) in front of a large audience, you will probably be quite (3) , and worry that you will not be as (4) as you would like to be. What you need to do is to prepare yourself (5) by running through the whole (6) over and over again in your mind, (7) going through every detail. For example, a famous pianist, (8) for seven years for (9) reasons, could still play magnificently on his release. When asked how he managed to play so well, his (10) was that he had practised every day in his mind. Compete Perform Nerve Succeed Thorough Active Care Prison Politics Explain IV. Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. (0.5pt) 1. Come from a poor family made me work even harder. 2. Not one of us are happy that our school principal, Mrs. Lee is leaving. 3. The librarian said us not to make so much noise in the library. 4. The passengers checked up their luggage before they got on the plane. 5. The person sits next to me is someone I've never met. V. Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable preposition. (1pt) Last year I went to about twenty different countries. I went to Japan (1) the first time. The first time I came (2) England was in 1985. We had rather a difficult journey this time. Our plane arrived (3) Manchester (4) 2.00 p.m., but our luggage only 4 got (5) Manchester three hours later. The car (6) the airport broke down, so we arrived (7) Manchester itself several hours late. The next day we left (8) London, and arrived (9) Heathrow Airport (10) any problem, luckily. VI. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (1pt) (1) all people have a fear of examinations. Examinations, (2) , are a part of our lives and all schools in Singapore have (3) . Some examinations are set and marked by the school's own (4) . Others, like the "O" levels, are set by special examination boards. Examinations were first held (5) China about three thousand years (6) Scholars had (7) memorize long passages taken from several books. Those who did well in the examination were allowed to enter the government service. Nowadays, the main purpose of examinations (8) to test how well a person understand the subject which have been taught. (9) are also used to find (10) well students perform under pressure. VII. Read the following passage and circle the best option. (1pt) tea or coffee The Boston Tea Party did more than just helped start a war. It helped change the habits and taste of the North American people. It turned tea drinkers into coffee drinkers. Coffee and tea are both products of plants that grow in the tropics. When these beverages were introduced in Europe during the 1600s, they became very profitable businesses. Coffee reached England before tea did, but once the English tasted tea, it became a favorite mealtime drink. English people were soon buying about two pounds of tea leaves per person per year. English people who went to North America as colonists took along their taste for tea. They preferred it to coffee until about 1773. In that year, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act, a law that helped to push the colonists into war against the mother country. Among colonists, tea became a symbol of unfair taxation and of England's attempts to control all trading with the colonies. The resentment of the colonists was so strong that once several groups of them boarded English ships in Boston Harbour and threw bales of tea into the ocean. After this 'Boston Tea Party' drinking tea was called unpatriotic by the colonists. They turned to coffee as their beverage. Today tea is still the favourite drink in England. ON the other side of the Atlantic, things are different. The people of the United States drink about three times as many cups of coffee as cups of tea. 1. While it is not directly stated, the article suggests that A. tea drinkers might go to war. B. the tastes of a people can change. C. the colonists were very strong. 2. Coffee and tea plants grow in A. Great Britain. B. the tropics. C. Boston. 3. Tea became a symbol of A. a good, hot drink. B. parties in Boston. C. unfair taxation. 4. Why was the Tea Act not a good idea? A. Because it helped to push the colonists into war. B. Because it made coffee become too popular. C. Because it made English people visit the tropics. 5. On the whole, the article tells about A. beverages in Europe in the 1600s. B. England's resentment of taxes. C. one reason why Americans drink coffee. VIII. Write the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. (2pts) 1. Because of his hard work, he made a success of his business. He worked so 2. Are you sorry you don't speak more languages? 5 Do you ever wish 3. I found the film rather boring. I was 4. Tennis was something that never interested me. I never used 5. The wind was cold this morning but we went for a walk. Despite 6. The switch was too high for him to reach. He wasn't 7. My written English is better than my spoken English. I am 8. Your sister seems to be upset about something. It looks as if 9. You won't get into university without passing your exam. Unless 10. She dances beautifully and sings sweetly, too. She not only IX. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter. (2pts) Dear Mr. Markham, 1. Thank you / much / letter of 14th March. 2. Naturally / I be delighted / very excited / prospect / holiday / Britain. 3. I like / take holiday / 15th June / 5th July. 4. I believe / it be time / Wimbledon tennis championships. 5. I would be grateful / you / arrange / me / see some of the matches. 6. There be no football / but perhaps I spend / day at the races / Ascot, too. 7. places I like / visit / be university towns of Oxford / Cambridge. 8. also like / see all the well-known London sights. 9. If possible / really love / visit / old English village. 10. be grateful / you and your company / give / this opportunity of a lifetime. 6 §Ò luyÖn sè 3 I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (1pt) 1. a. grew b. threw c. knew d. flew 2. a. message b. carriage c. voyage d. teenage 3. a. butter b. sugar c. put d. push 4. a. house b. honest c. horn d. high 5. a. rose b. advise c. mouse d. house II. Choose the correct word or phrase to finish each of the following sentences. (1pt) 1. She made mistakes on her last exams. A. a little B. little C. few D. none 2. His father is a very good friend of . A. them B. theirs C. their D. themselves 3. it is getting dark, we will not wait for him any longer. A. Unless B. While C. Since D. Although 4. I bought three books. Here are two, but where is one? A. other B. the other C. another D. the others 5. To come across means to A. meet by chance B. come between C. find D. arrive 6. After two years’ hard work, she in finding a job. A. managed B. succeeded C. was able D. achieved 7. It is one of the most people I have ever met. He never says anything interesting. A. bore B. bores C. bored D. boring 8.I have got two sisters, of whom is married. A. both B. all C. neither D. none 9. She had her hair yesterday. A. done B. make C. do D. made 10. This is the company advertisement you watched on T.V. yesterday. A. whose B. of which C. which D. for which III. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets .(1pt) Bob Smith (1. be) born in 1953 in Dublin. Although he was an intelligent student, he left school with few qualifications. He had a variety of jobs in England, Spain and Canada before eventually (2. become) a successful pop star. However, he (3. be) now best known for the work he (4. do) to help starving people in Ethiopia. He (5. shock) by television reports of people (6. die) of hunger there in 1984. He therefore decided that he (7. persuade) famous British pop stars (8. make) a record together and (9. use) the profits from it (10. send) to the poor. 7 IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets. (1pt) People collect a large (1. vary) of objects : stamps, postcards, dolls. Some people collect things connected with (2. history) events or with (3. fame) people. But one of the strangest (4. collect) is that of eggcups. Kevin Murphy of Bradford in Yorkshire has 10,000 of them. Not (5. surprise) , his favourite eggcup is the one of the shape of a (6. type) hireman. His hobby began several years ago when he saw a few eggcups he liked on (7. sell) at a local shop, he started collecting them. (8. Other) like Kevin’s eggcups, too. “ I have just bought a (9. replace) for one of my favourites, which (10. mystery) disappeared last week”, he said. V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. (1pt) National holidays in every country are (1) with political event, with economic developments and national and local traditions. Our (2) important holiday is the anniversary of the proclamation of independence (3) is celebrated on the second of September. The center of the festival is Ba dinh square, Hanoi, the very heart of our country. Ba Dinh square is the (4) place for military parades (5) working people’s demonstrations. The military parade is usually (6) by the physical cultural parade. The bands play. Models of modern rockets (7) carried past Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. At the (8) of the physical and (9) parades, the square is flooded (10) endless columns of marchers. VI. Fill one preposition in each blank to complete the following passage .(1pt) Rudyard Kipling , one (1) English famous writers, was born (2) Bombay, India, in 1869. Kipling spent his childhood in India. (3) six he was sent (4) England and educated in a school. He went (5) to India in 1883. Then he became keen (6) writing and worked (7) a newspaper reporter. When he was (8) twenty one , he published his first book. Then he brought (9) a small collection of short stories, which were interesting and full (10) splendid description. VII. There is one mistake in each sentence below. Underline and correct it.(1pt) 1. United States lies in Northern America. 2. Neither the boy's parents nor I are satisfied with his progress. 3. I didn't give you my help since I didn’t know that you had difficulties. 4. Due to the weather was cold, we stayed at home. 5. The police has already recaptured Fox, one of the most dangerous prisoners. 6. Ten years are a long time to wait for someone. 7. Each boy and each girl in my class have to make a book report. 8. Rod Lee whose sister I know has won an Oscar. 9. I don't know the woman is talking with my mother over there. 10. She remembers to do a lot of homework when she was at school. VIII. Read the following passage and answer the questions below .(1pt) Zamenhof invented a new language called Esperanto to improve understanding between people of different countries. He showed Esperanto to his friends to find out what they 8 thought about it. Later in the same year he went to study at a university in Moscow. He wanted to improve Esperanto. His friends then worked hard to spread the new language. They tried to persuade schools throughout the world to teach it. However, only a few people today speak Esperanto because more and more people use English as a foreign language. 1. What did Zamenhof invent ? 2. What was the purpose of Zamenhof’s invention? 3. Why did he show his new language to his friends? 4. Who helped him to spread the new language? 5. Why do few people speak Esperanto now? IX. Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given .(1pt) 1. Nam is sorry now that he did not accept the job. Nam wishes that 2. I was busy. I could not go to the meeting. If I 3. He gets up early in the morning and he is used to it. He is used 4. You will catch a cold if you do not keep your feet dry. Unless 5. Mark was too young to see horror films. Mark was not 6. That factory is producing more and more pollution. More and more pollution 7. I did not realise he was your brother until I saw the photograph. It was only 8. It is nobody’s fault that the meeting was cancelled. Nobody 9. He succeeded in winning the race. He managed 10. We do not have classes after the exam any more. No more X. Write complete sentences, using the words given and rearrange them to make a complete letter .(2pts) Dear Mum, 1. It / nice / me / see / last / week /. / 9 2. I / take / exam / three / day / ago /. / 3. I / miss / new / friends / make / here / . / 4. We / farewell / class / party / last / night /. / 5. I / feel / lonely / after / you / go /. / 6. Everyone / look / happy / because / finish / course / . / 7. If / pass / get / certificate /. / 8. I / stop / now/ see / next week/. / 9. I / happy / see / you / again / hope / yourself / too /. / 10. And / I / able / find / job / . / §Ò luyÖn sè 4 I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest .(1pt) 1. a. finished b. talented c. watched d. looked 2. a. create b. creator c. creature d. creation 3. a. skill b. standard c. specific d. sure 4. a. church b. choose c. chemistry d. change 5. a. strips b. sparks c. tests d. papers II. Choose a, b, c, or d which is closest in meaning to the sentence given. (1pt) 1. Do not disturb. a. Go this way. c. Don’t go inside. b. Knock and enter. . d. Don’t close the door. 2. Please hand in your key at the desk. a. Don’t lock the room. c. Lock your key before leaving. b. Keep your key safe. d. Leave your key at the receptionist. 3. Sorry. All tables are fully booked this evening. a. You can only have a meal if you have booked. b. You do not need to reserve a table. c. The restaurant is not open this evening. d. If you wait, you will be given a table. 4. The management doesn't accept responsibility for property left in the dining room. a. You cannot bring your luggage into the dining room. b. You must look after your things yourself. c. You should give your things to the manager. d. You should lock things in your suitcase. 5. Please ask if you need a porter to help with your luggage. a. You must carry your luggage yourself. b. Porters are available if necessary. c. A porter will come if you ring. d. Ask a porter if you need your luggage. 10 III. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1pt) My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left the university. I had just started (1. teach) in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock (2. not ring) as I (3. forget) (4) (wind) it up. I (5. wake) up at 8.30 and my class (6. begin) at 9. I quickly shaved, washed, dressed, jumped into my car and (7. drive) to school. When I arrived, the students (8. already / be) in class. I did not go to the staff room, but went straight into the class. After three or four minutes, the students began laughing and I could not know why. Suddenly I (9. look) down, I understood. I (10. put) on one black shoe and one brown shoe. IV. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences. (1pt) 1. On hearing the news, all the people in the office looked at one another (fear) 2. All my efforts ended in (fail) 3. A lot of heroes and (hero) appeared during the struggle for national (depend) and (free) 4. The bank’s actions attracted widespread (critic) 5. There is no easy (solve) to this problem. 6. The painting I saw yesterday is ( doubt) genuine. 7. Our firm is no longer (compete) in world markets. 8. Don't worry. I'll try to finish this work (succeed) 9. Preserving natural resources is of great (important) 10. That restaurant often attracts a lot of customers because of its (special) V. Fill in each blank with one suitable word .(1pt) London, the capital of Great Britain , is (1) on the Thames river. It is the largest city with a (2) of 8 million. It is (3) into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East (4) The West End (5) the best and most expensive houses (6) parks is the place (7) rich people live. (8) poor live in the East End where (9) are neither parks (10) fine houses. VI. Replace the underlined words by a word or group of words which have the same meaning. (1pt) 1. Please make clear to me what you plan to do. 2. It is not polite to make fun of people’s mistakes. 3. After he had gained weight, he could no longer wear those jeans. 4. No matter where he goes, I always go with him. 5. Remember to turn off the light before going to bed. 6. Please, look at this book carefully. 7. A bomb blew up with a loud noise. 8. Would you like to take part in the game? 9. We love our flat because we have such friendly people living next door . 10. The scientist performed an interesting test to prove something today. [...]... don’t make any mistake! 2 Is this total including the new student? 3 Excuse me! But do you wait for someone? 4 These potatoes are tasting a bit funny 5 How are you feeling today? 6 I look forward to hearing from you 7 I have a feeling that something goes wrong 8 What’s that you’re eating? 9 Are you hearing anything from Wendy these days? 10 I think you’re being rather mean about this X Read the passage... of this dangerous waste goes (5) the air and is carried by the (6) for great distances The earth is our home We must take care of it, for (7) and for the next generations This means keeping our environment clean The important of this task is pointed (8) by ecologists, the scientists (9) study the relation between living things and the environment However, each of (10) must do everything... fire Smoke and flames came out of the upstairs windows A woman shouted, “Help, help Tommy’s inside.” Without thinking, I ran into the house, but it was no good Everything was burning and it was terribly hot Then, while I was standing there, something hit me (6) the back of my head The next thing that I remember I was (7) on the grass in front of the house The fire brigade pulled me out of the... accident However 3 We should do something about it now It is time we 4 Sarah can swim further than I can I cannot 5 He could not go to school because of his illness As 6 When I heard the telephone ring, I answered it immediately On 7 They believed that thirteen was an unlucky number Thirteen 8 It hasn’t rained hard for... I’m sorry I can’t give you all the expensive things in life I wish 3 I’ve got to get a new computer What I really need 4 She is very popular with all her students All 5 Would you like to go for a coffee in 10 minutes? How about ? 6 Nobody plays this piece of music as beautifully as he does He plays this piece of music 7 My parents were... kilometers east before the pilots (3-check) 15 their instruments and turned north A short time later, however, one of the pilots radioed, “Everything (4-be) wrong even the ocean (5-not look) as it should We (6-lose) our way.” After (7-send) this message, he was silent It (8-be) the last time anyone ever heard from him A flying boat also disappeared shortly after setting off to search... excursion d now d kid II Read carefully the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or no information (NI) (1 pt) One of the lines from my favourite song goes this way: “Love is something you do, not what you talk” Indeed, we often say that we love our families, but when was the last time you took the effort to make a cake for them or to sit down to talk to them? Do you... two smaller parts 4 Why don’t you stop staring him? It’s very impolite to do that saying anything 5 I feel grateful you what you’ve done for me V Supply the correct verb form to complete the sentences (1pt) 1 The film was very sad It made her (cry) 2 When I was a child, I (sing) this song 3 The story (tell) by our grandmother made a deep impression on me 4 At last you are here... dirty marks 23 5 I/ assume/ breeze/ I mention/ carry/ dirt/ your chimneys 6 This be/ not only because of my sheets/ but because we have nearly 200 people/ live/ breath the same air 7 I already/ write/ local Member of Parliament/ this matter 8 Furthermore,/ I must warn you/ I write/ local newspaper/ tomorrow ... said we had to learn all these expressions heart a On b In c By d Through 3 What you have said is quite the mark a in b besides c next to d into 4 He thinks there is no one himself to be considered a under b of c besides d with 5 I think he is ill, send a doctor a to b with c for d in 6 Long skirts are again a for b in c into d through 7 I’m always forgetful students’ names a . (4) place for military parades (5) working people’s demonstrations. The military parade is usually (6) by the physical cultural parade. The bands play. Models of modern rockets (7) carried past. (9) listed stereotypes when they were asked to describe the things they (10) were typical of Britain. VI. Read the following passage and decide if the statements below are True (T) or False. do) to help starving people in Ethiopia. He (5. shock) by television reports of people (6. die) of hunger there in 1984. He therefore decided that he (7. persuade) famous British pop stars