ĐỀTHITHỬ TỐT NGHIỆP (TPHCM) 2009-2010 Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: 1. (A) A computer has changed (B) our lives dramatically (C) in a very (D) positive way. 2. (A) With the help of (B) the Internet, people can (C) easily download lots of (D) informations. 3. (A) In the game of water polo, (B) major fouls (C) penalized by one minute in (D) the penalty box. 4. (A) The Games impressed (B) sports enthusiasts with (C) its spirit: solidarity and (D) cooperative. 5. (A) Playing the game , the children got (B) so exciting (C) that they couldn’t go (D) to bed. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: 6. A. sand B. plant C. change D. grass 7. A. complete B. succeed C. be D. great 8. A. chemistry B. machine C. school D. mechanic Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage: Today our “Woman About Town” reporter, Lisa Rodriguez, asked people on the street this question: ‘What will things be like thirty years from now?” “Because of global (9) ______________, the climate will get a lot warmer. People won’t be travelling to places like Hawaii any more to get away from the cold” – Marta Michaels, 37, hairdresser. “The transportation (10) ______________ will be really different. For example, the taxis instead of cars driving on the streets, they’ll be flying in the air. If you want to go to the airport, a flying taxi will come and (11) _____________ you up at your house.” – Jorge Sanchez, 24, postal worker. “I think people and animals will understand (12) _________ other better. Someone will invent a new kind of (13) _______________ and people and animals will talk with one another. That’s possible, don’t you think?” – Andrea Smith, 13, student. 9. A. relations B. warming C. sports D. economy 10. A. station B. renovation C. care D. system 11. A. pick B. look C. take D. drive 12. A. one B. every C. each D. the 13. A. knowledge B. language C. speaker D. saying Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others: 14. A. apply B. system C. history D. national 15. A. attract B. majority C. industrial D. attitude Choose the word, phrase, or utterance that best fits the blank space in each sentence: 16. Because of their cultural differences, few Asian students ____________ with the American students’ view that wives and husbands share all thoughts. A. extend B. agree C. talk D. summarize 17. ___________ they didn’t have much money, they decided to donate a good sum of money. A. Because B. So that C. Although D. As soon as 18. They ____________ the film before, so they stayed home. A. were seeing B. saw C. were seen D. had seen 19. They’ve been learning English _____________ quite a long time. A. since B. in C. during D. for 20. You have to ____________ this form first and then you send it to me later. A. bring up B. look up C. check in D. fill in 21. Women should not be discriminated against on the _____________ of their sex. A. effort B. term C. basis D. opportunity 22. You ______________ to take good care of your neighborhood. A. advise B. have advised C. are advised D. will be advised it 23. Show ____________ when the job is explained to you. A. enthusiast B. enthusiastic C. enthusiasm D. enthusiastically 24. _____________ conservation efforts have been made to save endangered species. A. Differed B. Different C. Difference D. Differentiate 25. Yuna is a ____________ girl who is popular with her classmates. A. sociable B. socialist C. social D. socialized 26. In my ___________ to win a place at university, I am now under a lot of study pressure. A. improvement B. support C. confidence D. attempt 27. I was able to ____________ a lot of new friends through living on campus. A. make B. put C. take D. do 28. Did you do a good _____________ in the last driving test? A. career B. work C. job D. employment 29. - ___________________? - She’s eighteen. A. How long have you known her? B. At what age did she graduate? B. How old is she? D. What do you think about her age? 30. In December 1986, the Vietnamese Communist Party initiated an overall economic reform, commonly ________________ DOI MOI. A. referred to B. known as C. seemed to be D. explained to 31. There is ____________ of endangered species threatened with extinction. A. a full circle B. a wide range C. a great deal D. a shoal 32. Did you read _____________ book I lent you last week? A. the B. a C. some D. mine 33. The authority ____________ do something about the contamination of rivers and seas. A. needn’t B. would prefer C. mustn’t D. has to 34. ______________ a lot of information stored in a computer. A. There has B. It is C. These are D. There is 35. The project ______________ if there had been support from the school headmaster. A. was carried out B. could be carried out C. would have been carried out D. should have been carried out 36. Rose is not _____________ the camera she really likes. A. rich enough to buy B. enough rich to buy C. so rich that she buys D. too rich to buy 37. The quality of teaching is getting ________________ A. bad and bad B. more and more badly C. worse and worse D. the worse and the worse 38. Vietnam ____________ Singapore in the last football match. A. defeated B. won C. scored D. checkmated 39. – Would you mind closing the door? - _______________ A. Close it now! B. Not at all ! C. True enough. D. Don’t mention it. 40. – It’s going to rain this evening. - _______________ A. I’m afraid so B. Give it away! C. Please do it for me D. Another time, perhaps. Choose the item that best answers the question or completes the unfinished statement about the passage: Grizzly bears, once a common sight in the Western United States, have been a threatened species for 25 years. From the estimated 50,000 grizzlies that Western settlers first saw 200 years ago, their numbers have dropped to 1,200 bears in just four states – Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington. These few remaining grizzlies now face a threat biologists didn’t foresee 25 years ago. Today, “modern cowboys” live in the country and work from their home computers. They have accelerated growth in the areas where the bears are found. But "bears show up in places where bears have been for thousands of years," said Chris Servheen, grizzly bear recovery coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service. According to Servheen, residents in these areas need to learn the same lessons that campers in national parks have learned. Any garbage you have must be stored, any food that you leave around will attract bears, and if you see an occasional bear show up in your backyard, it does not necessarily need to be killed. 41. In the Western United States, grizzly bears have been ____________ for 25 years. A. a danger to people B. around C. endangered D. found in four states 42. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a state where grizzlies are found now? A. Washington B. Wyoming C. Texas D. Idaho 43. The threat grizzly bears face now has been brought about by _____________ A. other animals B. rural life C. computers D. local residents 44. It can be inferred from the passaqe that the Fish and Wildlife Service _________ grizzly bears. A. raise B. sell C. find and kill D. protect 45. Residents in the areas should ___________________ A. learn lessons about grizzlies B. store their garbage C. leave food around D. kill grizzly bears Choose the answer that is the nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them: 46. Peter’s coming in a minute. A. Peter’s coming for just a minute B. Peter will show up soon. C. Peter has just come D. Peter came a minute ago. 47. You mustn’t smoke in the auditorium. A. You aren’t allowed to smoke in the auditorium. B. Smoking is not forbidden in the auditorium. C. You can come to the auditorium to smoke. D. You do not have to smoke in the auditorium. 48. I don’t like boxing, and neither does my brother. A. Both my brother and I like boxing. B. Neither my brother and I like boxing C. Unlike my brother, I do not like boxing. D. Neither I nor my brother likes boxing. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence: 49. The more polluted the environment is, ________________ A. our health gets worse B. does our health get worse C. the worse our health becomes D. the worst we face with our health. 50. On graduating from school, _____________ A. thinking about finding a job is your work B. you should think about finding a job C. finding a job is your first thing to do D. you are thought to be finding a job . ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP (TPHCM) 2009-2010 Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: 1. (A). Town” reporter, Lisa Rodriguez, asked people on the street this question: ‘What will things be like thirty years from now?” “Because of global (9) ______________,