SỞ GD & ĐT THANH HOÁ ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN 4 NĂM 2010-
2011
TRƯỜNG THPT CẨM THỦY 1 Mụn thi: TIẾNG ANH
************** Thời gian làm bài 180 phỳt

Họ và tờn: Số bỏo danh

Question 1: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the reading passage below.
Do you ever wish you were more optimistic,some one who always (1) to be successful? Having some
one around who always (2)… the worst isn’t really a lot of (3)… We all know someone who sees a single
cloud on a sunny day and says,b “It looks (4)… rain.” But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it’s
important to do something (5)… it.
You can change your view of life, (6) to psychologists, it only takes a little effort, and you’ll find life
more rewarding as a (7)… Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confi - dence, but it’s also a
more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (8) Optimists are more (9) to start new projects and
generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (10) to the world. Some people are brought up
to (11)… too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when any-thing (12)… wrong.
Most optimists, on the (13)… hand, have been brought up not to (14)… failure as the end of the world-they
just (15) with their lives.
1.A.counte B. expected C. felt D. waited
2.A. worries B. cares C. fears D. doubts
3.A. amusement B. play C. enjoyment D. fun
4.A. so B.to C. for D. like
5.A. with B. against C. about D. over
6.A. judging B. according C. concerning D. following
7.A. result B. reason C. purpose D. product
8.A. supply B. suggest C. offer D. propose
9.A. possible B. likely C. hopeful D. welcome
10.A. opinion B. attitude C. view D. position
11.A. trust B. believe C. depend D. hope

28. I feel so………….that I’m going to bed. (sleep)
A. slept B. sleeps C.to sleep D. sleepy
29. The cost of…………. must be paid by the buyer. (carry)
A. to carry B. carriage C. carry D. carries
30. I was late because I………… how much time I need. (estimate)
A. estimated B. estimately C. underestimate D. estimate
31. Even if you are good at a game,you shouldn’t be (confident)
A. overconfident B. unconfident C. confident D. confidentable
32. Many buildings were ………….after the earthquake in 1980. (build)
A. built B. building C. to build D. rebuilt
33. Most people who work feel that they are (pay)
A. paying B. underpaid C. paymet D. paid
34. She‘s having a rest because she had been (work)
A. overworking B. worked C. to work D. working
35. I’d lost my key so I couldn’t the door when I got home. (lock)
A. locked B. to lock C. unlock D. locking
Question 4: Rewrite these sentences, beginning as shown
36. Do you have a good relationship with your boss?
A. Are you getting along with your boss?
B. Are you geting along to your boss?
C. Are you geting along with your boss?
D. Are you getting along to your boss?
37. She didn’t inherit anything under her uncle’s will.
A. Her uncle didn’t leave her anything to his will.
B. Her uncle didn’t leave her anything on his will.
C. Her uncle didn’t leave her anything in his will.
D. Her uncle didn’t leaved her anything in his will.
38.The only thing they didn’t steal was the television.
A. They stole anything except for the TV.
B. They stole everything except the TV.

C. It’s so marvellous for us to miss an opportunity.
D. It’s too marvellous for us to miss opportunity.
45. The decorators have finished the whole of the first floor.
A. We have had the whole of the first floor finished by the decorators.
B. We have had the whole of the first floor finished by the decorator.
C. We have had the whole of the first floor finish by the decorators.
D. We have had the whole of the first floor finished the decorators.
Question 5: Read the reading passage carefully and then choose A, B, C or D.
A gold rush is the rapid relocation of large numbers of people to an area where gold has been discovered.
Gold rushes capture the imagination and participation of many people
because of the magical lure of gold and the potential for overnight affluence. The greatest gold rush in United
States history was the California Gold Rush in 1849.
The rush first began in 1848 when a carpenter named James Marshall discovered gold on the property of
John A.Sutter in the Sacramento Valley.Hired to build a sawmill on the banks of the American River.
Marshall had hardly begun work when he started finding nugget after nugget of gold.News of the discovery
at Sutter’s mill spread quickly,and soon thousands of persons were laying claims in the area.These
people,called “forty-niners”,rushed in from all over the world.
In just two years,the population of California increased from about 26,000 to 380,000.Cons-equently,
California was officially admitted to the union as state in September of 1850. The free-spending style of the
successful miners helped to turn communities such as Sacramento and San Francisco into prosperous towns.
Those who were not so lucky became farmers and ranchers in the Central Valley of California.
46. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Famous Gold Rush B. The Forty-Niners
C. The Lure of Gold D. The California Gold Rush of 1849
47. According to the passage, people joined gold rushes because:
A. they were guaranteed over- night wealth.
B. gold held a magical power for everyone.
C. they believed they had a chance of becoming affluent.
D. they had very active imaginations.
48. It can be inferred from the passage that the California gold rush:

grass.
A. got / were doing / was weeding B. get / were doing / was weeding
C. got / were doing / weeded D. got / were doing / were weeding
Question 7:
* Find a word that the pronunciation of the underline part is diffrent from those words.
58. A. sound B. doubt C. count D. would
59. A. sink B. bank C. banner D. sing
60. A. intermediate B. immediate C. medium D. medicine
61. A. steal B. great C. bean D. meal
62. A. asked B. helped C. kissed D. wanted
* Find a word that the main stress is diffrent from those words.
63. A. caution B. alarm C. argue D. data
64. A. forest B. magnate C. notice D. today
65. A. tomorrow B. undergo C. privation D. relation
66. A. except B. bellow C. combine D. curtail
67. A. extra B. over C. lecture D. suppose
Question 8: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
68. from Bill, all the students said they would go.
A. Except B. Only C. Apart D. Separate
69. I looked every where but I couldn't find at all.
A. anyone B. no one C. someone D. somebody
70. Because of heavy rain, the game was put for a few days.
A. out B. off C. up D. away
71 Over work is to cause increased stress.
A. possible B. probably C. obviously D. likely
72 we had been invited to dinner, we wore our best suits.
A. Though B. As C. If D. If so
73. She came in quietly not to wake the baby.
A. as if B. so as C. such as D. if so
74. I am not sure the green coat is.