ĐỀ THAM KHẢO ÔN THI ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2011
MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12 – ĐỀ 09

I. Grammar: Choose the best word, phrase or sentences.
1.
No longer _____ here.
A.
John works
B.
John does work
C.
does John work
D.
so John
works
2.
His parents could not help _____ angry when he admitted _____ the exam.
A.
getting/ failing
B.
got/ failed
C.
to get/ to fail
D.
get/ to fail
3.
Hundreds of animals are reported _____ killed in the forest fire yesterday.
A.
that to be
B.
to be

B.
became
C.
becomes
D.
has become
7.
Expensive as they are, cars are widely used in the US.
A.
Because they are expensive
B.
Due to they are expensive
C.
They are too expensive
D.
Although they are expensive
8.
Both televisions and computers _____ an enormous impact on our lives.
A.
have
B.
had had
C.
have has
D.
have had
9.
The teacher recommended _____ the book but I do not have enough money _____ it.
A.
buy/ to buy

A.
for learning and money.
B.
for training manual workers.
C.
for entertainment and money.
D.
for teaching and learning.
12.
A film
A.
is made by actors and actresses.
B.
is made by the viewers.
C.
is the result of the collaboration of many individuals.
D.
is the result of the cinema
photographer.
13.
Films can help us
A.
make friends with people from foreign country.
B.
teach our children everything.
C.
sit comfortably in an armchair.
D.
entertain and widen our
knowledge.

producing or (25) to physical characteristics of sound such as pitch and timbre (quality
comparable to texture or colour in sight).
Is the tape-recorded sound of a large metal-stamping machine music? Are 4 minutes (26)
33seconds of silence music? Is the activity of reading a (27) of hundreds of seemingly
unrelated objects, activities, and states of mind music? Each of these " (28) ", as well as many
other sounds (or non-sounds), has been copyrighted (29) a musical composition, performed,
and recorded in the 20th century. One of the legacies of 20th-century music is to have blurred the
definition of music as (30) before.
16.

A.
through
B.
over
C.
across
D.
along
17.

A.
very
B.
too
C.
enough
D.
so
18.


B.
accent
C.
noise
D.
voice
22. A.
image
B.
picture
C.
drawing
D.
painting
23.

A.
say
B.
know
C.
think
D.
see
24.

A.
images
B.
people

C.
title
D.
menu
28.

A.
words
B.
phrases
C.
works
D.
letters
29.

A.
as
B.
for example
C.
like
D.
such as
30.

A.
seldom
B.
ever

C.
I wish I had seen him.
D.
I wish I had not seen him.
34.
She told me she had to be home by six o'clock.
A.
She told me that she would be going home at six o'clock.
B.
She told me she was at home at six o'clock.
C.
She said it was necessary for her to get home before six o'clock.
D.
She said that she usually reached her home before six o'clock.
35.
They did not take my advice and they got the troubles.
A.
Had they taken my advice, they would not have got the troubles.
B.
Unless they had taken my advice, they would have got the troubles.
C.
Had they taken my advice, they would not have got the troubles?
D.
Unless they had taken my advice, they would not have got the troubles.
36.
The family find it difficult to manage on the money they have.
A.
The family managed to earn enough money.
B.
It is difficult for the family to get by on the money they have.

B.
Are they advertised cigarettes in your
country?
C.
Do cigarettes be advertised in your country?
D.
It is cigarettes advertising in your
country?
40.
Our coach gave us some news which seemed too good to be true.
A.
The news she gave us was good, but of course it wasn't true.
B.
We couldn't easily believed the news because it was very good.
C.
It was excellent news, so we knew it must be true.
D.
Our coach told us that true news is always good news.
51.
(A) Because of his mother (B) has been (C) seriously ill, she (D) can't come to the party.
52.
It was not (A) until 1937 (B) when the southernmost source of (C) the Nile River (D) was
discovered.
53.
It is said (A) that it is (B) such polluted air that we (C) can't breath, (D) isn't it?
54.
The tongue is the (A) principal organ (B) of taste, and (C) is crucial for chewing, (D) swallowed,
and speaking.
55.
(A) Because of habitat (B) loss, there are (C) less Asian elephants than African (D) elephants.

decade
63.

A.
films
B.
trucks
C.
tips
D.
lifts
64. A.
cause
B.
clause
C.
pause
D.
loose
65.

A.
rough
B.
laugh
C.
cough
D.
plough
66.


A.
threat
B.
though
C.
theatre
D.
thought
70.

A.
culture
B.
picture
C.
purpose
D.
nature
71.
Her natural _____ made this one of the most enjoyable concerts of the year.
A.
musicality
B.
musical
C.
musician
D.
music
72.

_____ the fighting stopped, travel across country has been quite safe.
A.
After which
B.
When
C.
Since
D.
Unless
76.
You can leave the money with him; he's totally _____.
A.
trusting
B.
trustful
C.
trustworthy
D.
trusty
77.
_____ me if I'm wrong, but I think we arranged the meeting for the 12th of December.
A.
Correctly
B.
Correction
C.
Correct
D.
Corrective
78.