ĐỀ THI KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG 2011
MÔN: ANH VĂN
ĐỀ SỐ 48
I. Make the correct choice:
1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. figure b. science c. engineer d. business
2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. basic b. factor c. transit d. challenge
3.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. improvement b. production c. synthetic d. industry
4.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. refrigeration b. conditioning c. technology d. emphatically
5. It’s _______ to see her at this time. It’s too late .
a. possible b. impossible c. possibility d. impossibly
6. He’s interested in reading ______ books and magazines.
a. educational b. educated c. educating d. educator
7. It ______ years of practice to acquire the skill of a ballet dancer .
a. spends b. gets c. has d. takes
8. John is old enough to be ______ of his parents.
a. dependent b. independence c. depending d. independent
9. Don’t believe _______ he says. He’s an unreliable man.
a. however b. why c. whatever d. in
10. Many foreigners visit Hanoi, ______ political and cultural centre of Vietnam .
a. which b. which is c. a d. that is a
11. Tom’s away at the moment. He is _____ holiday ____ France.
a. on / in b. on / at c. in / in d. in / at
12. Language is not _____ the private property of those who use it.
a. necessity b. necessary c. unnecessary d. necessarily
13. The pilot of a Russian plane approaching Cairo will use English to ask for landing _____ .
a.instructions b.instructors c.instructing d.instructed
14. When foreigners ask him, he answers in English _____.

a. where b. if c . because d.what
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31. These children are interesting in cartoons very much. They spend much time watching them on TV.
a b c d
32. We couldn’t go on a camping trip because the bad weather.
a b c d 33. She looks so beautifully that everyone looks at her when going downtown.
a b c d
34. Would you like going to the supermarket with me tonight?
a b c d
35. A new highway with many lanes will be build in the region next year.
a b c d

III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
Nowadays, tropical rain forests are in (36) _____ of extinction. Each year millions of acres of rain
forests are cleared to (37) _____ way for population growth and agriculture. This results in the destruction of
millions of plants. (38) _____ turn, this destruction causes some types of animals to lose their natural habitat.
Because of this, many species of plants and animals are becoming (39) _____. It is important for us to save the
tropical rain forests. Once a tropical rain forest is destroyed, it will take hundreds of years (40) _____ the forest
can be re-established.
36. a. favor b. danger c. place d. spite
37. a. give b. take c. make d. become
38. a. In b. To c. By d. With
39. a. alive b. dangerous c. popular d. extinct
40. a. before b. so that c. because d. although
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
Karl Marx was born in Trier on May 5th, 1818. His father was a lawyer. In 1835, Marx studied in Bonn
and then in Berlin, first law and later philosophy. He got his Ph.D in Philosophy in Berlin in 1841. Marx then

b. Peter offered to give me some coffee.
c. Peter asked me to make him a cup of coffee.
d. Peter wanted to know if I would like to make coffee.
49. The coffee was not strong enough. It didn’t keep us awake.
a. The coffee was too strong to keep us awake.
b. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.
c. The coffee was very strong, but it couldn’t keep us awake.
d. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake.
50. Harry spent five hours knocking on doors, but he didn’t sell a single magazine.
a. Harry sold no magazines even though he spent five hours knocking on doors.
b. Harry sold only one magazine.
c. Harry has knocked the doors for five hours to sell a magazine.
d. Harry spent five hours to sell magazines at one house.