ĐỀ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT MINH HỌA CỦA CỤC KHẢO THÍ
NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
(Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the ww4 whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the rest /ft each of the following questions.
Question 1:

Question 2:

Question 3:

Question 4:

Question 5:

A.

A.

A.

A.

A.leaves
thanks
chalk
genetic

Question 10: OXFAM ________the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief.
A. refers to B. works for C. applies to D. stands for
Question 11: "I ________ to see the doctor if I were you."
A. was to go B. had gone C. would go D. would be going
Question 12: I wish my parents _______here now.
A. are B. would be C. being D. were
Question 13: My car is getting unreliable. I think I'll trade it ____________for a new one.
A. off B. out C. away D. in
Question 14: - " _______will the play last?"
- "Two hours."
A. When B. What C. How long D. How much
Question 15: “ ______do the buses run?"
- "Every twenty minutes."
A. How far B. What time C. How often D. How much
Question 16 : I have two horses. _______of them run very fast.
A. All B. Each C. One D. Both
Question 17: "You _______put the car in the garage. I'm going out in it later."
A. needn't B. mustn't C. haven't D. can't
Question 18 : Swimming and water skiing are both _______sports.
A. aquatic B. field C. freestyle D. blood
Question 19: In some countries, each academic term is _______by a week-long break.
A. left B. subtracted C. departed D. separated
Question 20: The 22 SEA Games was a successful ______ event.
A. sport B. sporting C. sporty D. sportive
Question 21: Not only _______the exam but she also got scholarship
A. did she pass B. she passed C. she has passed D. has she passed
Question 22: ______! I had no idea you were abroad last month.
A. What surprise B. How a surprise C. What a surprise D. Such surprise
Question 23: The noise was _______it woke everyone up.
A. so loud that B. very loud that C. so loud until D. very loud until

answer for each of the blanks from 36 to 40.
When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to (36) ______a bus. People have to stand at a bus-stop for
minutes or even hours. They talk about the bus and (37)_______about the weather. Most of them feel cold.
Some have to drink coffee to stay warm.
Traveling by buses (38) _______pollution, but people often would rather drive their cars. Many people are not
used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait.
On the other hand, many people have been (39) ______the bus every day for many years. They are used to it.
They say the bus has been coming on time every day, and they have never been late for work. In (40) _______,
they do not need a parking place in all that time. Buses are very convenient when you are used to them.
Question 36: A. search
Question 37: A. tell
Question 38: A. cuts
Question 39: A. looking
Question 40: A. end

B. look for
B. complain
B. reduces
B. waiting
B. last

C. stand for
C. comment
C. stops
C. getting
C. addition

D. wait for
D. judge
D. eliminates

D. They are usually written by scholars.
Question 43: The word "classify" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. teach B. write C. call D. learn
Question 44: What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A. Prose fiction has been very popular since long ago.
B. Poetic fiction has not been around since ancient times.
C. The date of the earliest known novel is the sixteenth century.
D. The date of the earliest known novel is not easy to determine.
Question 45: The topic discussed in paragraph 3 is about ____________.
A. when prose became dominant in Europe
B. when poetry became dominant in Europe
C. when Cervantes became an important author
D. when prose began in Spain
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 46: Tommy was one _______.
A. happy children of his class B. of the happiest child in the class
C. child who was happiest of all the class D. of the happiest children in the class
Question 47: John said that no other car could go _______.
A. so fast like his car B. as fast like his car
C. as fast like the car of him D. as fast as his car
Question 48: The lawyer told the man that_ ______.
A. they had little chance of winning the case B. the case was of a small chance to win
C. it was nearly impossible to win him the case D. the case had a minimum chance to be won by him
Question 49: _______falls on the 2
nd
of September.
A. Vietnam's Independent Day B. The day of the Vietnamese independence
C. Vietnamese's Independence Day D. Vietnam's Independence Day
Question 50: George knew _______improve his test scores, but he did not have enough time to study.