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Questions 35 - 39 : Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the questions by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.. Mark your choice on the answer sheet[r]

PHẦN III HƯỚNG DẪN ÔN TẬP THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2008-2009 MÔN TIẾNG ANH – NHÀ XUẤT BẢN GIÁO DỤC

PRACTICE TEST 1

Questions - 4: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently Mark your choice on the answer sheet 1. A research B resent C resemble D resist

2. A breather B feather C heather D leather 3. A pursuit B suitable C recruit D guilty 4. A ache B orchestra C charity D chorus

Question – 8: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

5. A exception B linguistics C paragraph D specific

6. A around B legend C question D special

7. A delicate B promotion C volcanic D resources 8. A satellite B astronaut C deliver D.applicant

Questions - 24: These are incomplete sentences Choose one best option to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet

9. The number of people receiving reading and writing lesson _over 4,500 by 2001

A came B went C arrived D reached

10. John reminded me _his motorbike by o'clock

A please return B not forget to return C remember to return D to return 11. You won’t pass the examination you study more

A unless B as long as C if D whether

12. the door, he was very surprised at what he saw

A Have opened B When opened C Opening D To opening 13. _for a job for a long time before you got it?

A Were you looking B Have you looked C Have you been looking D Had you looked 14. Not a word since the exam started

A she wrote B she had written C had she written D she has written 15. It was that everyone answered it correctly

A so simple question B such a simple question C too simple question D a more simple question 16. We managed over the wall without _

A to climb; being seen B climbing; being seen C to climb; seeing D to be climbed; seeing 17. , such as banking and travel, computers are not a convenience; they are a necessity

A Where some industries B There are some industries C In some industries D Some industries 18. Copper is the favored metal for electricians' wire because of

A its excellent conductivity B it is excellent conductor C excellent conductivity of it D so conductive it is 19. _Betty, I'm not surprised she won the prize

A To have known B To know C To be known D Knowing 20. _ for twelve hours, I felt marvelous

A Having slept B Have slept C Having been slept D Have been slept 21. I'd love _to the party tomorrow, but it may be impossible

A to going B go C going D to go

22. He was often made milk by his mother

A drink B drinks C to drink D drunk

A the van turned B did the van turn C the van had turn D had the van turned 24. The proposal has not met with _agreement

A voluntary B universal C informal D effective

Question 25 - 34: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space by circling the letter A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet

In the summer of 2000, the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion _(25) _ a campaign for illiteracy eradication In the campaign, six hundred (26) _minority students from the northern highlands were asked to provide reading and writing skills to 1,200 illiterate people living in their (27) villages In 2001, eight hundred volunteer students took (28) in the campaign The number of people receiving reading and writing lessons (29) 4,523 This was an effective way to help people in remote and mountainous area to read and write

The fight _(30) illiteracy continued in the summer 2002 This time the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion decided to _(31) its activities to the central mountainous provinces At present, the number of illiterate people in the remote and mountainous areas is (32) decreasing It is hoped that illiteracy will soon be _( 33) in our country as more and more people are taking part in the _(34) against it

25 A began B had C started D managed

26 A national B ethnic C racial D religious

27 A home B own C remote D house

28 A control B care C part D interest

29 A ranged B grew C rose D reached

30 A in B against C towards D of

31 A enlarge B widen C expand D expend

32 A gradually B constantly C dramatically D mainly 33 A limited B eradicated C completed D prevented

34 A area B war C challenge D struggle

Questions 35 - 39: Read the following passage and then choose the best answer to the questions by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet

The origins of baseball probably stretch back to 1839 when Abler Doubleday, a civil engineer student, laid out a diamond-shaped field at Cooperstown, New York, and attempted to standardize the rules governing the playing of such games as town ball and four old cats, the ancestor of baseball By the end of the Civil War, interest in the game had grown rapidly Over 200 teams or clubs existed, some of which toured the country playing rivals; they belonged to a national association of "Baseball Players" that had proclaimed a set of standard rules These teams are amateurs or semi-professionals, but as the game waxed in popularity, it offered opportunities for profit, and the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, appeared in 1869 Other cities soon fielded professional teams, and in 1876 the present National League was organized chiefly by Albert Spalding Soon a rival league appeared, the American Association Competition between the two was intense, and in 1883 they played a post-season contest, the first "world's series" The American Association eventually collapsed, but in 1890 the American League was organized

35 According to the passage, baseball originated in 1839 because _ A Abler Doubleday invented a special diamond-shaped pitch

B.the rules of earlier games were mixed and regularized

D.the old games died out and a new one was needed

36.What was different about "Baseball Players" compared with earlier players? A.They traveled widely

B.They belonged to many clubs C.They played by agreed rules D.They were not professional

37.According to the passage, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were formed in 1896 _. A.because baseball had become more popular by then

B.to enable the amateur players to become professional

C.so that the public had opportunity to profit from a professional team D.to produce a means of making money

38.From the passage, we understand that the National League was formed in 1876 to _. A.recognize the professional teams

B.enable more professional teams to be set up C.provide a governing authority for baseball

D.authorize amateur and professional teams to combine

39.According to the passage, at the turn of the century the only remaining baseball organizations were _

A.the American League and the National League B.the American League

C.the American Association and the American League D.the American association

Questions 40 - 44: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words Or phrases marked A, B, C, and D Choose the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C, Or D Mark your answer in the answer sheet.

40 Having achieved highest score, our team was rewarded the first prize A B C D

41 The amount of books in the library of Congress is more than 58 million volumes A B C D

42 Tom says this work is much more comfortable than other

A B C D

43 We object to people to make private calls on the office phone

A B C D

44 These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time

A B C D

Questions 45 - 47: Choose the correct sentence that has been completed from the given word cues by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet

45.he / promise / give / the book / back / me / next day A.He promised give the book back to me the next day B He promised give the book back for me the next day C He promised to give the book back to me next day D.He promised to give the book back to me the next day 46.she / ask her sister / lend / her / some / money

B She asked her sister to lend her some money C She asked her sister lending her some money D.She asked her sister to lend to her some money

47 provide / your handwriting / legible / test scorer / accept / your answer

A Providing your handwriting is legible, the test scorer does not accept your answer B Provided your handwriting is legible, the test scorer has to accept your answer

C Provided that your handwriting is legible, your answer will be accepted by any test scorer D Providing with your handwriting is legible, every test scorer must accept your answer

Questions 48 - 50: After each sentence from 48 to 50, there are four sentences marked A, B, C, and D Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the original one by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D Mark your choice on the answer sheet

48 He is not flexible in his work; that is why he doesn't have many friends A.Having almost no friends makes him inflexible in his work

B.Such is his inflexibility in his work that he doesn't have many friends C.Inflexibility in his work is not why he doesn't have many friends D.He is not popular with many people although he is flexible in his work 49."Would you like some coffee, Mike?"

A.Jane asked Mike to make her some coffee B Jane wanted to know whether Mike like coffee C Jane offered to make some coffee for Mike D.Jane suggested drinking some coffee