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ÔN TẬP KHỐI 12 (2010 – 2011) - PRACTICE TEST 15
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. breath b. breathe c. thank d. threat
2. a. find b.bite c. since d. drive
3. a. ache b. chemist c. cheerfull d. scholarship
4. a. inherited b. extinguished c. stamped d. laughed
5. a. caps b. maps c. books d. bags
II. Choose the word or phrase (A,B,C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
6. I wish I the clothes yesterday
a. washed b. would wash c. had washed d. would have washed
7. This is a beautiful school I have studied for three years
a. which b. that c. where d. there
8. That is the house my grandfather used to live in
a. where b. which c. that d. b & c are correct
9. When I came to see them last night, they chess. They said that they for three hours
a. had played / had played b. were playing / had played
c. were playing / had been playing d. played / would play
10. When I got home last night, the room
a. was cleaning b. was being cleaned
c. had cleaned d. had been cleaned
11.It has been predicted that the world's population might _____ the figure of about 7 billion.
A. take B. come C. reach D. start
12.'Sorry we're late. Your house is ______ we thought.' 'Never mind.'
A. more farther than B. the farthest C. much farther than D. more far t
13.If I _____ the bus this afternoon, I’ll get a taxi instead.
A. miss B. will miss C. missed D. had missed
14.If I make some coffee, _____ the cake ?
A. do you cut B. will you cut C. are you cutting D. don’t you cut
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My little son threatened to break the vase.
D.

My little son admitted to breaking the vase.
3. The police warned me against coming near the barrier.
A.

"Don't come near the barrier," the police said.
B.

"Please come near the barrier," the police said.
C.

"I would like to come near the barrier," the police said.
D.

"Let's come near the barrier," the police said.
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4. He was ill; but he still went to school.
A. In spite of his illness, he went to school. C. Because of his illness, he went to school.
B. Instead of his illness, he went to school. D. In favor of his illness, he went to school.
5. She said, ‘I spent my holiday in Italy last year.”
A. She told that she had spent her holiday in Italy the previous year.
B. She said she had spent her holiday in Italy last year.
C. She said she had spent my holiday in Italy the previous year.
D. She said she had spent her holiday in Italy the previous year.
6. Nobody knows anything about Brenda’s family.
A. Nothing is known about Brenda’s family.
B. Nothing isn’t known about Brenda’s family.

3. Do you remember the night which we ate at the restaurant that Bill owned.
A B C D
4. Despite she is poor she always buys me a birthday present.
A B C D
5. Tom Hain, who with Gelson had previously worked, contacted him about the role.
A B C D