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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM HỌC 2011
MÔN TIẾNG ANH (LẦN 1)
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

A - PHONETICS:
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)
A. dictation
B. action
C. foundation
D. question
A. bank
B. function
C. monk
D. monster
A. chic
B. chick
C. chief
D. chill
A. trays
B. says
C. bays
D. days
A. naked
B. wicked
C. beloved

14)
_______. She should have been warned since, from the age of
two, I
15)
_______ matchboxes and my pockets with a wide variety of the smaller fauna that I came
16)
_______, so the
progress from a matchbox to a zoo could
17)
_______ predicted. It is nice to record though that, before she died, I had
fulfilled my promise and
18)
_______ her to live in my zoo, not in a cottage but in a manor house.
9) A. an B. any C. the D. no
10) A. on having B. that I would have C. to have D. having
11) A. x B. in C. at D. by
12) A. is B. was C. were D. had been
13) A. would be B. was going to be C. had been D. was to be
14) A. x B. all about C. all about it D. about
15) A. have filled B. had been filling C. was filling D. filled
16) A. on B. by C. x D. at
17) A. be B. have C. have to D. have been
18) A. taking B. have taken C. taken D. take
II/ Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences:
19) Anyone ________ to come with us is welcome.
A. wants B. to want C. wanting D. want E. who want
20) The librarian told the students ________ to find the book.
A. who B. where C. what D. which E. where
21) Staying in a hotel costs ________ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than B. as much twice as C. twice as much as D. as much as twice

I/ Choose the best answer for each sentence below.
34) Time and the boxer aimed devastating blows at his opponent.
A. later B. next C. then D. again E. never
35) It looked there wasn’t anyone in the building.
A. as if B. like if C. though D. like that E. even if
36) In the examination the use of dictionaries is .
A. forbidding B. forbidden C. forbade D. forbid E. forbids
37) You can get wonderful views of the waterfall. It’s a well-known beauty .
A. place B. spot C. position D. scene E. place
38) Give me a thin of that cake.
A. slice B. biscuit C. cut D. blade E. piece
39) Another word for quiet is .
A. excited B. adventure C. pale D. calm E. quite
40) A story from the past somehow like a legend is called a .
A. account B. article C. exciting D. myth E. humour
41) Safe is an adjective, and its related noun is .
A. safety B. safely C. safeness D. safer E. unsafe
42) We call a group of bananas .
A. a clutch B. a bend C. a strand D. a bunch E. a herd
43) We can count Jack. He will certainly help us.
A. for B. on C. at D. to E. in
44) The former President a speech in Parliament on Monday.
A. made B. did C. took D. got E. announced
45) He caught the ball in spite of the fog.
A. because of B. therefore C. regardless of D. however E. despite of
46) Although he had intended to return to France, he never did.
A. meant to B. decided to C. intense D. avoided to E. thought
47) If you give me a hand, then I shall be able to finish more quickly.
A. do me a favour B. help me C. take my fingers D. pick me up E. A & B
48) I shouldn’t go outside without a raincoat because it’s raining cats and dogs.

________ on one of them.
The problem is that the nearest star is four light years
59)
________. In other words, light from it has been travelling for four
years when it finally
60)
_______ us. Probably
61)
_________ from the Earth will ever visit that star
62)
________ it would
take a
63)
________ a hundred thousand years to reach it.
54) A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests
55) A. toward B. out C. up D. above
56) A. own B. belong C. possessive D. possess
57) A. who B. whom C. when D. that
58) A. exist B. happen C. appear D. preserve
59) A. on B. near C. away D. from
60) A. comes B. reaches C. goes D. acquires
61) A. nobody B. everybody C. somebody D. anybody
62) A. although B. because C. so D. but
63) A. plan B. helicopter C. fleet D. rocket
D - WRITING: Which is the best transformation of the given sentence?
64) However urgent it is, I’m not going to stay here all night to finish it.
A. It is urgent; however, I’m going to stay here all night to finish it.
B. No matter how urgent it is, I’m not going to stay here all night to finish it.
C. It is, however, so urgent that I’m going to stay here all night to finish it.
D. It is, however, so urgent that I’m not going to stay here all night to finish it.


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A. to speak B. speaks C. speaking D. speak
74) She is in asking for bigger salary. She’s worked hard.
A. reason B. unreasonable C. reasonable D. unreasonably
75) We can enjoy live programmes through satellites.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicable
76) Learning English has become a in our country.
A. necessitate B. necessary C. necessity D. necessarily
77) This office equipment needs .
A. moderning B. modernisation C. to modernise D. modernising
78) At last, we could draw the .
A. conclude B. conclusion C. conclusive D. conclusively
F - READING COMPREHENSION:
I/ Read the passage carefully and then choose the correct answer:
The Earth has got warmer since the 1990s. This will have serious effect on agriculture. In warmer areas, it will be
too dry. The amount of water could decrease by 50%. This could cause a large decrease in agricultural production.
World temperatures could increase two degrees centigrade by the year 2040. This could cause the ice sheets to melt and
raise the level of the oceans by one or two metres. Many coastal cities would be under water.
Why is this happening? There is too much carbon dioxide in the air. When oil gas and coal burn, they create large
amounts of carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide lets sunlight enter the Earth’s atmosphere and heat the Earth. However,
it does not let as much heat leave the atmosphere and enter space. It is like a blanket. The heat can pass through the
blanket to warm the Earth. The heat stays there and cannot get through the blanket again. Scientists call it the
Greenhouse Effect. A greenhouse is a building for growing plants. It is made of glass and clear plastic.
These scientists say that we must start planning now. We need to do research so we can predict what will happen.
We much conserve coal, oil and gas.
However other scientists disagree. They say there is no reason to worry because we have at least twenty years to
plan and the Greenhouse Effect will not be very serious. They believe that there is no way for the world to slow it down
or stop it. We must just prepare for a high-temperature world.
Meanwhile all the scientists agree that we must continue measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and

whom were prototypes of characters in Mark Twain’s books. The river and the woods around the town were wonderful
places for the boys to play. In the summer, Samuel ordinarily paid a vacation visit to the farm of his uncle John Quarles,
near Florida. Some of his happiest and most vivid memories were to be of his play around Hannibal and of his visit to
the farm.
The Adventure of Tom Sawyer (1876) was one of Twain’s best books, certainly his best for juvenile audience. The
setting was St. Petersburg. The characters were the grownups and the children of the town in the 1830s. The happy
endings endear the book to children; the lifelike picture of the boy, Tom Sawyer, and his friends is enjoyed by many
people, both young and old.
84) Mark Twain’s real name was ______.
A. Tom Sawyer B. Samuel L. Clemes C. Hannibal D. Petersburg
85) He lived about ______ years ago. A. 25 B. 50 C. 1000 D. 2000
86) Twain’s early life was ________.
A. quiet and scholarly B. sad and difficult
C. poor and miserable D. active and adventurous.
87) Twain based most of his successful writings on ________.
A. true-life experience B. pure fantasy
C. facts that he learnt from school D. facts that he got from his parents
88) Many people, young and old, enjoy The Adventures of Tom Sawyer because of ______.
A. its thrill B. its happy endings and the lifelike picture of the characters
C. its mystery D. all are correct
G - ERROR IDENTIFICATION:
89) Since erect in 1886, the Statue of Liberty has served as a symbol of freedom.
A B C D
90) Compared to those of animals, the fossil record for plants is quite sketchy.
A B C D
91) Dolphins, whales and many other sea creatures use high sophisticated navigation systems.
A B C D
92) Dogs that are trained to lead a blind must be loyal, intelligent and calm.
A B C D
93) However type of raw materials are used in making paper, the process is essentially the same.