ĐỀ THI MẪU ÔN THI TN-THPT NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 18
Question 1:Fill one suitable word in each numbered blank in the reading passage below.
Iceland has been called the “land of frost and fire”. This is a very satisfactory 1 ,for the mountains on this
island in the North Atlantic are capped with snow the year round,and 2 are scores of fierce volcanoes.
Contrary 3 what most people think, however, Iceland’s 4 is not extremely cold. Most days are quite agreeable
because 5 the warm current of the Gulf stream.
6 the Vikings began to settle in Iceland in 874 AD, they found books and crosses that showed the Irish
had 7 been there. It is likely that the Irish and Scotch had come to Iceland about seventy years 8 the Vikings
arrived. These explorers, however, had made 9 lasting settlements. The first real colonists were Scandinavians
who came directly 10 Norway, Sweden, and Demark.
The people of Iceland have very high educational standards. It is said that 11 books are sold in Iceland in
relation to its population than in any other country in the world.
Since Iceland is adjacent to one of the 12 important shipping routes 13 the United States and England,
14 became very important during 15 Second World War.
Question 2:Rewrite these sentences, beginning as shown.
1,He forgot about the gun until he got home. / Not
until……………………………………………………………
2,No one has signed this cheque. / This
cheque…………………………………………………………………….
3,The patient recovered more rapidly than expected. / The patient made………………………………………
4,There isn’t a pair of thermal stocks left in the shop, madam ! / We are completely…………………………
5,My boyfriend is very short-tempered. / My boyfriend
loses……………………………………………………….
6,Their chances of success are small. / It is
not……………………………………………………………………
7,The rail workers do not intend to call off their strike. / The rail workers have no………………………………
8,He couldn’t repair the broken vase. /
The…………………………………………………………………………
9,The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours. / It
took……………………………………………………
10,If the work is finished by lunchtime you can go home. /

9,A strike in the mining industry is………to bring about a shortage of coal in the near future.
a-causing b-resulting c-threatening d-proposing
10,Although the coach had no thought her a good tennis player at first, she………to be a champion.
a-came round b-came out c-turned up d-turned out
Question 5: Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
1,With so much work…….hand I can hardly think…… going…….a holiday now.
2,He is sure to stand… ……his friends………any circumstances.
3,She did not answer the question…….once. She was evidently playing………time.
4,I regret to say his help did not amount…… much.
5,When the old woman got…… the bus, a young man sitting next………the door jumped….his feet and
offered her his seat.
6,The boy continued playing football unaware…… the rain.
7,If he promises something, he’ll never go back…… his word.
8,He was proud to have been taken……their confidence.
9,Robert resembles his grandfather…….many respects.
10,I think the conference was very successful…….the whole.
Question 6: Read the reading passage and then choose the best answer a, b, c or d .
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant
language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350,after having
incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066.
Until the 1600s,English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and hasn’t extended even, as far as
Wales, Scotland or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread
around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade ), colonization, and missionary work.
Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these
communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking
and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two
thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising,
media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in
the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users

1,a-inadequate b-available c-authority d-purpose
2,a-demonstrate b-responsible c-simplify d-celebrate
3,a-secondary b-expectation c-supervision d-sociologist
4,a-instead b-furious c-campaign d-apartment
5,a-balcony b-accident c-mechanic d-survey

The end ! Key 18
Question 1: (XB 53b )
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1-name 2-there 3-to 4-climate 5-of 6-When 7-already 8-before 9-no 10-from
11-more 12-most 13-between 14-it 15-the
Question2:
1,Not until he got home did he remember about the gun.
2,This cheque has not been signed.
3,The patient made a more rapid recovery than expected.
4,We are completely out of thermal stocks,madam. Thermal [‘θə:ml] Êm
5,My boyfriend loses his temper very easily.
6,It is not very likely that they will succeed.
7,The rail workers have no intention of calling off their strike.
8,The broken vase couldn’t be repaired.
9,It took three and a half hours to fly to Moscow.
10,Get the work finished by lunchtime and you can go home.
Question 3: (Exercise in 4 skills )
1-loudness 2-unconsciously 3-relationship 4-Economists 5-erosion 6-traditional
7-doubtful 8-outlook 9-personality 10-speechless
Question 4( VB-114)