Tµi liÖu luyÖn thi §¹i häc * M«n TiÕng Anh * TEST 39 – Multiple Choice.
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Test 39
Duration: 90 minutes
Total marks:
A – PHONETICS:
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group:
1) A. fatigue B. mosquito C. alunmi D. marine
2) A. salutary B. regular C. stimulus D. futurism
3) A. hatred B. wretched C. asked D. naked
4) A. airports B. suitcases C. things D. calculators
5) A. collision B. pension C. mission D. tension
II/ Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other words in each group:
1) A. textual B. vanguard C. watery D. irrelevant
2) A. photograph B. prospective C. essential D. respective
3) A. photographer B. prospect C. admire D. commercial
4) A. medical B. business C. instead D. company
5) A. valuable B. interrupt C. pocket D. brochure
B – VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE:
1) The definition for “gram calories” or “calories” is _____________ for most engineering work.
A. accurate as enough B. enough accurate C. as accurate enough D. accurate enough
2) The motorbike was badly smashed up but the rider escaped without any _____________.
A. injury B. wound C. destruction D. damage
3) The rotten oranges should be _____________ so as not to affect the others in the basket.
A. thrown in B. thrown over C. thrown back D. thrown out
4) There has been a great _____________ for motorbikes in Vietnam for the last 10 years.
A. urge B. request C. demand D. application

20) After the dentist extracted my tooth, I was in _____________.
A. peril B. suffering C. agony D. aches
21) Tim never comes here now. We only see him once in a _____________ moon.
A. white B. gold C. yellow D. blue
22) She’s not a teenager any more. She looks quite _____________ now.
A. overgrown B. outgrown C. grown-through D. grown-up
23) John was _____________ something under his breath, but I didn’t catch what he said.
A. whispering B. muttering C. growling D. swallowing
24) I didn’t go to the party as I felt a bit under _____________.
A. the weather B. the water C. the blankets D. the clouds
25) It’s a small black dog and _____________ to the name of “Emily”.
A. belongs B. answers C. obeys D. responds
26) More than 200 police officers are _____________ in the investigation.
A. absorbed B. engrossed C. specialized D. involved
27) The meeting didn’t _____________ until late.
A. end up B. break up C. come about D. fall through
28) At the end of the match the players were _____________ exhausted.
A. solely B. utterly C. actually D. merely
29) After its engine failed, the small boat _____________ with the current.
A. waved B. tossed C. hastened D. drifted
30) I bought a new stereo but I didn’t have enough money for new _____________.
A. echoes B. announcers C. megaphones D. speakers
31) One of the superstitions related to weddings is that the bride should wear something blue.
A. rules of conduct B. irrational beliefs C. religious ceremonies D. nuptials
C - READING COMPREHENSION:
PARAGRAPH ONE: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer.
Precipitation, commonly referred to as rainfall, is a measure of the quantity of water in the form of either rain, hail,
or snow which reaches the ground. The average annual precipitation over the whole of the United States is thirty-six inches.
It should be understood however, that a foot of snow is not equal to a foot of precipitation. A general formula for computing
Tµi liÖu luyÖn thi §¹i häc * M«n TiÕng Anh * TEST 39 – Multiple Choice.

surface conditions favour the sprouting of shrubs. As shrubs grow, they kill the grasses by preventing light from reaching them
and also build up the soil in the area. In addition, they attract animals that also enhance the soil. Pine seedlings soon take hold
and as they grow, they in turn shade out the shrubs. They are not able to shade out oak and hickory seedlings, however, that
have found the forest floor suitable. These seedlings grow into large trees that eventually shade out the pines.
1) What is the best title of this passage?
A. The Importance of Weeds and Grasses. B. How environmental Habits Change.
C. The Success of Oak and Hickory. D. Animal and Plant Habitats.
2) Which is the correct order of plant succession in the example in the passage?
A. Weeds, pines, shrubs. B. Oak, pines, shrubs, weeds.
C. Weeds, shrubs, pines, oak. D. Shrubs, weeds, pines, oak.
3) According to the passage, how do weeds and grasses affect the soil?
A. They make it cooler and wetter. B. They attract animals to it.
C. They spread seeds on it. D. They add nutrients to it.
4) It can be inferred from the passage that
A. oak and hickory trees grow taller than pines. B. weeds and grasses prefer cool climates.
C. pines and grasses can exist together. D. birds discourage the growth of shrubs.
5) Which of the following is a stage of succession as described in the passage?
A. A forest cut down to build an airport. B. A flood washing away a crop of wheat.
C. Wild flowers growing in an unused parking lot. D. Animals being tamed by children.
PARAGRAPH THREE: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer.
Rainforests circle the globe for twenty degrees of latitude on both sides of the equator. In that relatively narrow band of
the planet, more than half of all the species of plants and animals in their world make their home. Several hundred different
varieties of trees may grow in a single acre, and just one of those trees may be the habitat for more than ten thousand kinds
of spiders, ants, and other insects.
Unfortunately, half of the world’s rainforests have already been destroyed, and at the current rate, another 25 percent
will be lost by the year 2000. Every sixty seconds, one hundred acres of rainforests is being cleared. By the time you finish
reading this passage, two hundred acres will be destroyed! When this happens, constant rains erode the former forest floor,
and the ecology of the region is altered forever. Thousands of species of plants and animals are condemned to extinct ional
and, since we aren’t able to predict the ramifications of this loss to a delicate global ecology, we don’t know what we may be
doing to the future of the human species as well.

___________ every four years at Mount Olympus. Winners were greatly honored by having olive
4)
___________
placed in their heads and having poems sung about their
5)
___________. Originally these were held as games of friendship,
and any wars in
6)
__________ were halted to allow the games to take
7)
___________.
Tµi liÖu luyÖn thi §¹i häc * M«n TiÕng Anh * TEST 39 – Multiple Choice.
Nguyễn Đức Hưng** - Marie Curie School (: 031.3710743 – 0912.883.190)
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The Greeks
8)
___________ so much importance to these games that they calculated time in four-year
9)
___________
called "Olympiads"
10)
___________ from 776 B.C.
1) A. respect B. honor C. adore D. idolize 6) A. process B. progress C. duration D. continuation
2) A. propriety B. fitness C. temerity D. bravado 7) A. place B. charge C. part D. care
3) A. competed B. strived C. fought D. combated 8) A. associated B. attached C. lent D. proffer
4) A. bouquets B. piles C. wreaths D. circles 9) A. circles B. rotations C. cycles D. swings
5) A. movements B. motions C. postures D. deeds 10) A. dating B. timing C. setting D. fixing
D - WRITING: Which is the best transformation of the given sentence?
1) No sooner had he been appointed to the post than the new director fell ill.