ĐỀ THI THỬ TN-THPT NĂM 2011
I) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. danger B. habitat C. campus D. cactus
2. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical
3. A. count B. sound C. found D. country
4. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended
5. A. construction B. procedure C. masterpiece D. present
6. A. windsurfing B. wilderness C. rhino D. philosopher
II) Choose the word whose stress is different
7. A. environment B. pneumonia C. publication D. equality
8. A. kangaroo B. involvement C. biologist D. accelerate
9. A. parrot B. reserve C. vertical D. master
10. A. traveller B. prevail C. society D. successful
III) Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences
11. More and more trees in the area are found __________ from the effect of polluted air.
A. died B. to be dying C. having died D. to be dead
12. I get up early ____________ to go work on time.
A. in order to B. so as not to C. so that D. in order that
13. This book provides students ____________ useful tips that help them to pass the coming
exam.
A.
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B. about C. for D. with
14. I ___________ to the author if I thought he would publish the article.
A. write B. am writing C. would write D. had written
15. The children made ___________ a little poem and wrote it in the card.
A. up B. over C. for D. off
16. After Mary ___________ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company.
A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished
17. “Write to me when you get home”. “________________”
A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can

30. He died ___________ pneumonia.
A. for B. by C. in D. of
IV) Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
31. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
A B C D
32. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.
A B C D
33. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks.
A B C D
34. The Charles Dickens’s character Wilkins Micawber lived in optimistic expectation of a best
fortune.
A B C D
35. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
V) Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the one given
36. “Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?” said Tom.
A. Tom asked Mary to believe in what the boy said. B. Tom asked Mary if she believed in
what the boy said.
C. Tom said that Mary believed in what the boy said. D.Tom asked Mary whether she
believes in what the boy says.
37. John is fat because he eats so many chips.
A. If John doesn’t eat so many chips, he will not be fat. B. If John didn’t eat so many chips,
he would not be fat.
C. John is fat though he eats so many chips. D. being fat, John eats so many chips.
38. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery.
A. He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery. B. He won a lot of
money on the lottery, it is said.
C. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery. D. He was said to win a lot of
money on the lottery.
39. He started learning French six years ago.

finishing school, he worked (47) _________ a secretary in his uncle’s chemist shop for 5
years. Then he went to Texas because he wanted to see new places. During that time, he
worked in an office and then in a small bank. He became (48) _________ in literature. He
married and lived happily with his wife and daughter but his happiness didn’t last long. One
day, a thousand dollar was stolen at the bank (49) _________ he worked. He was put into
prison (50) _________ he had not taken money. At that time, his wife died to get some money
as present for his daughter on Christmas Day, in prison he wrote the story “Whistling Dick’s
Christmas Present” in 1899. He signed under the penname “O’ Henry”. After the prisonment
in 1901 he continued writing. He died in 1910.
46. A. while B. as soon as C. when D. until
47. A. to B. for C. of D. as
48. A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly
49. A. where B. when C. why D. which
50. A. despite B. although C. because D. in spite of