ĐỀ ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT – ĐỀ 4
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.

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.

C. United States D. United State
28. The children are all _________ beautiful clothes on New Year’s Day.
A. in B. on C. of D. by
29. I wonder if he ____________. If he ___________, please let me know as
soon as possible.
A. will come, arrives B. comes, arrives
C. comes, will arrive D. will come, will arrive
30. He died ___________ pneumonia.
A. for B. by C. in D. of
31. Nowadays elephants are one of the __________ species in the world. They
need protecting.
A. enlightened B. expensive C. endangered D. enlarged
32. Arthur Conan Doyle is the ___________ who writes many exciting stories
about Sherlock Holmes.
A. teller B. author C. editor D. publisher
33. What are the ____________ between women’s in old times and women in
modern times?
A. differs B. different C. difference D. differences
34. In the past people believed that women’s ___________ roles were as
mothers and wives.
A. nature B. natural C. naturism D. naturalist
35. In time of peace, the ____________ gives medical aid and other help to
victims of disasters.
A. Red Cross B. Red and Cross
C. Cross Red D. Cross and Red
36. She told him __________ up hope.
A. not give B. do not give C. not to give D. to give not
37. He has arrived, but he talks as if he __________ all about that
A. know B. knows C. known D. knew
38. The Vietnamese boy was regarded as a hero __________ he give his life

A. more B. most C. so D. very
50. The 22
nd
Southeast Asia Games were ___________ in Vietnam in 2003.
A. built B. met C. taken D. held
51. If I _________ cross a desert, I’d probably find a camel and a guide.
A. am to B. have to C. would D. had to
52. _________ number of boys were swimming in the lake, but I didn’t know
______ exact number of them.
A. A / the B. The / an C. The / the D. A / an
53. The master _________ satisfied with his students’ progress that he praised
them in class.
A. was so B. was so that C. was such D. is such a
54. The book I bought yesterday is expensive. ____________, it is not very
useful.
A. Still B. Besides C. Yet D. As a result
55. Come and sit down. Have a cup of tea, _______________?
A. wouldn’t you B. will you C. haven’t you D. do you
56. Warm your ___________ up before you jump into a swimming pool so
that you won’t be cold.
A. head B. arms C. feet D. body
57. Vietnam’s women gymnast were jubilant and Friday afternoon after
__________ bringing home the gold medal in team competition.
A. expectantly B. unexpectedly C. unexpected D. expected
58. When was the Red Cross ___________? – In 1864.
A. founded B. found C. foundation D. founder
59. She has made an ___________ for the job as a nursery teacher because
she likes children.
A. apply B. applicant C. application D. applicated
60. The acronym of WHO stands for _______________.

70. Our form teacher told us not talk when the teachers were
A B C
explaining the lesson.
D

V) Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the one given
71. “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.
72. 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.
73. 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.
74. He started learning French six years ago.
A. He has learned French for six years.
B. It was six years ago did he start learning French.
C. He hasn’t learnt French for six years.
D. It is six years since he has learned French.
75. She is learning English because she wants to get a better job.
A. She is learning English so that she gets a better job.
B. She is learning English so as she gets a better job.
C. She is learning English in order she can get a better job.

It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young,
you know how important (81) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to
be healthy and strong, and for that reason you often concentrate on just one sport
with so (82) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you can’t live without it. The
problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At
your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to
university, with perhaps only one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens
just when you are at the best (83) _________ for many sports, such as gymnastics
and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will probably be too
old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (84)
_________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very
good at your sport but too old to study, and you will find it (85) _________ to get
a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair.
81. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are
82. A. keen B. many C. great D. much
83. A. stage B. age C. period D. time
84. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting
85. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible

2 Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable
words
O’Henry’s real name was William Sidney Porter. He was born in North
California, the USA in 1862. His father was a doctor. His father died (86)
_________ he was a small boy. After finishing school, he worked (87)
_________ 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 (88) _________ 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 (89) _________ he
worked. He was put into prison (90) _________ he had not taken money. At that

92. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. the vanishing of whole habitats.
B. the extinction of many species.
C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
D. man’s need of timber and paper.
93. What does the writer caution us against?
A. cutting down the tropical forests.
B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining marshes.
D. destroying our environment.
94. What would happen if we cut down forests?
Cutting down forests would cause ……………
A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood
C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.
95. “To threaten” in the passage means …………
A. to pollute B. to give fear to
C. to vanish D. to poison  Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below
WOMEN
In developing countries, where three fourths of the world’s population live, sixty
percent of the people who can’t read and write are women. Being illiterate
doesn’t mean they are not intelligent. It does mean it is difficult for them to
change their lives. They produce more than haft of the food. In Africa eighty
percent of all agricultural work is done by women. There are many programs to
help poor countries develop their agriculture. However, for years, these programs
provided money and training for men.
In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman. At 4:45 a.m, she gets
up, washes and eats. It takes her a haft hour to walk to the fields, and she works

A. because they are illiterate.
B. because they are afraid of changing.
C. because they do eighty percent of agricultural work.
D. all A, B and C are correct.

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