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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2011
Môn Tiếng Anh
ĐỀ 6

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. mountain B. southern C. mouth D. count
2. A. achieve B. chorus C. cancel D. chemistry
3. A. tongue B. donkey C. month D. uncle
4. A. author B. both C. depth D. smooth
5. A. doubt B. subtle C. lamb D. beach
Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
6. He thinks you are _____ your time looking for a job in this town.
A. wasting B. spending C. missing D. losing
7. Some people _____ sport to keep fit, not because they like it.
A. do B. make C. train D. practice
8. I really can’t ______ the twins apart. They look so alike.
A. say B. talk C. take D. tell
9. One _____ of the scheme is the very high cost.
A. advantage B. shortage C. drawback D. shortcoming
10. You will be surprised at how _____ Joe is in French after a year.
A. fluently B. fluent C. fluency D. influence
11. –“ Is dinner ready?” -“ No, Mother is _____ it ready now.”
A. doing B. cooking C. preparing D. getting
12. According to a recent survey, most people are on good _____ with their neighbours.
A. relations B. acquaintance C. Relationships D. terms
13. She ______ to tell them where the money was hidden.
A. objected B. rejected C. refused D. disagreed
14. The mirror was ______ broken.

27. Lan: “Hello. You must be Maryam.” Maryam: “_________________________”
A. Yes, I must B. Yes, I do C. Yes, I am D. No, I mustn’t
28. The thief was _____ to six months’ imprisonment.
A. given B. allowed C. sent D. sentenced
29. The bad weather _____ the plane being delayed.
A. caused B. resulted in C. created D. made
30. Most Americans don’t object ______ them by their first names.
A. that I call B. to my calling C. for calling D. for being called
31. To generate income, magazine publishers must decide whether to increase the subscription price or ______.
A. to sell advertising B. if they should sell advertising
C. selling advertising D. sold advertising
32. Maria: “ I’m taking my end-of-term examination tomorrow.” Sarah: “ ______________ “
A. Good luck” B. Good day C. Good time D. Good chance
33. Buy me a newspaper on your way back, ____?
A. would you B. do you C. don’t you D. won’t you
34. It is essential that all top security documents ______ be stamped CONFIDENTAL.
A. should B. must C. will D. may
35. The accused denied ______ in the vicinity of the murder scene.
A. to have ever been B. have ever been C. having been ever D. ever having been
36. Are you going repair the car yourself or are you going to ____________?
A. repair it B. get it to repair C. have it repaired D. take it to repair
37. Your sister has ______ in an accident.
A. badly been injured B. been badly injured C. been injured badly D. all
READING: Read the following passage, then choose the best answer to the questions below.
It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education.
Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school.The distinction
between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take
place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the
formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education

43. The phrase “For example,” line 22, introduces a sentence that gives examples of _________.
A. similar textbooks B. the results of schooling
C. the workings of a government D. the boundaries of classroom subjects
44. The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
A. Without formal education, people would remain ignorant.
B. Education systems need to be radically reformed.
C. Going to school is only part of how people become educated.
D. Education involves many years of professional training.
45. The passage is organized by ___________________________.
A. listing and discussing several educational problems
B. contrasting the meanings of two related words
C. narrating a story about excellent teacher
D. giving examples of different kinds of schools

Read the following passage, then choose the best answer to the questions below.
Life originated in the early seas less than a billion years after Earth was formed.
Yet another three billion years were to pass before the first plants and animals appeared on the continents. Life's
transition from the sea to the land was perhaps as much of an evolutionary challenge as was the genesis of
life.What forms of life were able to make such a drastic change in lifestyle ? The traditional view of the first
terrestrial organisms is based on megafossils ― relatively large specimens of essentially whole plants and
animals. Vascular plants, related to modern seed plants and ferns, left the first comprehensive megafossil record.
Because of this, it has been commonly assumed that the sequence of terrestrialization reflected the evolution of
modern terrestrial ecosystems. In this view, primitive vascular plants first colonized the margins of continental
waters, followed by animals that fed on the plants, and lastly by animals that preyed on the plant-eaters.
Moreover, the megafossils suggest that terrestrial life appeared and diversified explosively near the boundary
between the Silurian and the Devonian periods, a little more than 400 million years ago.
Recently, however, paleontologists have been taking a closer look at the sediments below this Silurian-Devonian
geological boundary. It turns out that some fossils can be extracted from these sediments by putting the rocks in
an acid bath. The technique has uncovered new evidence from sediments that were deposited near the shores of
the ancient oceans ― plant microfossils and microscopic pieces of small animals. In many instances the

52. The word “they” in line 18 refers to
A. rocks B. shores C. oceans D.specimens
53. The word “entombed” in lime 18 is closest in meaning to
A. crushed B.trapped C. produced D. excavated
54. Which of the following resulted from the discovery of microscopic fossils?
A. The time estimate for the first appearance of terrestrial life-forms was revised.
B. Old techniques for analyzing fossils were found to have new uses.
C. The origins of primitive sea life were explained.
D. Assumptions about the locations of ancient seas were changed.
55. With which of the following conclusions would the author probably agree?
A. The evolution of terrestrial life was as complicated as the origin of life itself.
B. The discovery of microfossils supports the traditional view of how terrestrial life evolved.
C. New species have appeared at the same rate over the course of the last 400 million years.
D. The technology used by paleontologists is too primitive to make accurate determinations about ages of fossils.

Choose the underlined part in the sentence that needs correcting
56. The high the rate of inflation, the higher the price of things.
A B C D
57. State universities bear the name of their state and its achievements are recognized as state achievements.
A B C D
58. He has less friends in his classes now than he had last year.
A B C D
59. The influence of the nation’s literature, art, and science have captured widespread attention.
A B C D
60. That sounds greatly! Let’s join the club and improve your English.
A B C D
61. Oyster farming has been practice in most parts of the world for many years.
A B C D
62. She was a lawyer before taking up writing professional.
A B C D

75. A. because B. however C. despite D. although

Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence.
76. Her eyes are ___________.
A. the same colour as her mother’s B. the same colour as her mother
C. same colour as her mother’s eyes D. having same colour as her mother
77. When reaching the top of the hill, __________.
A. the sea came into view B. we suddenly caught sight of the sea.
C. it was the sea that extended below us D. below us extended the sea
78. To solve this problem, it is advisable ________.
A. that to adopt a drastic measure B. that a drastic measure is adopted
C. that a drastic measure be adopted D. a drastic measure to be adopted
79. Manufacturers often sacrifice quality _________.
A. for a larger profit margin B. in place of to earn more money
C. to gain more quantities of money D. and instead earn a bigger amount of money
80. ______________, Sir Isaac Newton described the laws of gravitation.
A. Was a seventeenth-century scientist B. Who was a seventeenth-century scientist
C. When was a seventeenth-century scientist D. A seventeenth-century scientist
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