ĐỀ 1 ĐỀ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT
Môn: Tiếng Anh ( Năm học: 2008-09)
( Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. says B. bays C. rays D. days
Question 2: A. repeats B. classmates C. amuses D. attacks
Question 3: A. education B. woman C. rain D. airplane
Question 4: A. sword B. remove C. absorb D. normal
Question 5: A. bob B. hob C. bomb D. lob
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
quetions:
Question 6: They couldn’t help .................. when they heard the little boy singing a love song.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed
Question 7: The next train .................. at 7 p.m., so get ready now.
A. leaves B. is leaving C. will leave D. has left
Question 8: While my mother .................. a film on TV, my father was cooking dinner. It was March 8
th

yesterday.
A. watched B. was watching
C. had watched D. was watched
Question 9: .................. Christmas Eve, people often have parties late at midnight.
A. In B. On C. At D. From
Question 10: He became one of the most ................ actors in Vietnam.
A. success B. successful
C. successfully D. successive
Question 11: - Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it?
- Well, ............................
A. it’s being painted C. it’s just been painted
B. it’s painted D. it was painted recently

Question 23: ................ is the single characteristics which distinguishes human beings from animals.
A. Talk B. Conversation C. Speech D. Glossary
Question 24: Trang always got good ................ in maths.
A. points B. marks C. questions D. credits
Question 25: Peter decided not to ................ for the examination.
A. enter B. go in C. take D. come
Question 26: If you want to pass the exam, you must study ................
A. hardly B. enough C. thoroughly D. rather
Question 27: - Why do you get up at 4:00 a.m.?
- Because it’s the only time ................ without being interrupted.
A. when I can work on my book
B. when I can work on my book at
C. when I can work on my book then
D. at when I can work on my book
Question 28: The most common reason for extinction is ................ loss.
A. nutrition B. habitat C. environment D. human
Question 29 : Women’s rights refer to the ................ possessed by women and girls of all ages.
A. rights B. benefits C. freedoms D. equality
Question 30: In the subsequent decades women’s rights again became an important issue called “ femisism”
or “women’s ................”
A. liberty B. liberation C. freedom D. release
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 31: Jack London is known as one of the great novelist of the world.
A B C D
Question 32: I told him once again not to make much noise while I am working.
A B C D
Question 33: You are always driving your car such fast that you often cause
A B C D
accidents.
Question 34: Seldom did her classmates and she go on a picnic with together.

of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or
enlarge a house.
Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today
people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books
help people deal with modern life.
Question 41: From the first passage, we know How-to books are ..................... .
A. only about four thousand copies B. on money
C. very helpful in life D. needed a lot
Question 42: The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how .......................
A. to succeed in career B. to solve personal problems
C. to deal with business D. to make money
Question 43: If you often read How-to books, you .............................
A. will be sure to get something you need
B. will not know how to help yourself in life
C. will become a man in life
D. needn’t think any more in the world
Question 44: How-to books appear only because ........................ .
A. people have more free time to spend than before.
B. People meet more problems than their parents
C. People may have more choices from How-to books than any other books
D. modern life is more difficult to deal with
Question 45: The word “step-by-step” would probably mean ......................
A. little by little B. gradually
C. slower and slower D. A and B
Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the original one by circling the corresponding letter
A,B,C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.
Question 46: She asked her nephew, “ Can you guess what I bought for you?”
A. She asked her nephew if he can guess what she had bought for him.
B. She asked her nephew to buy something for her.
C. She asked her nephew if he could guess what he could buy.

6 A 20 B 34 D 48 D
7 A 21 A 35 C 49 D
8 B 22 B 36 B 50 B
9 B 23 C 37 C
10 B 24 B 38 B
11 C 25 B 39 B
12 C 26 C 40 C
13 B 27 A 41 C
14 D 28 B 42 B
Đề 2 ĐỀ THAM KHẢO THI TNTHPT NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
MÔN: ANH VĂN
THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI: 60 PHÚT(không kể thời gian giao đề)
Chọn phương án A( hoặc B, C, D ) ứng với từ ,cụm từ có gạch dưới cần phải sửa để hoàn thành mỗi
câu sau:
1.When I want to have my hair cuts I often go to the hairdresser’s.
A. have B. cuts C. When D.hairdresser’s
2. They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
A. to tell B. what did happen C. asked D. but
3. Different conversation efforts have been made in order to saving endangered species.
A different B. endangered species C. saving D. have been made
4. John keeps working in spite of he feeling unwell
A. keeps B. he C. working D. unwell
5. Nonla, that is one of the typical symbols of the Vietnamese culture, has a conical form
A. a B. of C. that D. typical
C họn từ ứng với A( hoặc B,C, D.) có phần gạch dưới được phát âm khác với các từ còn lại
6. A. smiled B. worked C. picked D. jumped
7. A. dates B. bags C. photographs D. speaks
8. A. should B. could C. ought D. would
Chọn từ ứng với A, (hoặc B, C, D) có phần trọng âm rơi vào vị trí khác so với các từ còn lại.
9. A. habitat B. sociable C. wildlife D. commitment

A. more- faster B. the more- the faster C. the more- faster D. the most- the faster
22. Without...........air and water, living things could not survive.
A. X B. the C. an D. a
23. She .............. so hard this week that she has not had time to go to the hairdresser’s
A. worked B. has been working C. had worked D. was working
24.Governments have enacted laws to protect wildlife.......... commercia trade and overhunting
A. with B. by C. for D. from
25My roommate suggested.......................on a picnic on Sunday.
A. going B. to come C. to go D. coming
26. Remember to ......................your shoes when you are in a Japanese house.
A. look up B. give up C. take off D. turn off
27. Could you stop the bus, please? I want to get off.
The underlined word in the sentence is a(an)......................
A. irregular verb B. modal verb C. transitive verb D.intransitive verb
28.Either you will leave now...................?
A. I will also call the police C. or I will call the police
B. but I will call the police D. or will I call the police
29. He’ been studying really hard,................he can pass the exams.
A. but B. although C. however D. so
30. There’s plenty of time for you to make up your mind. You...................decide now.
A. must B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. might
31. ...................is a story long enough to fill a complete book,in which the characters and events are usually
imaginary.
A. thriller B. novel C. biography D. romance
32. You won’t be allowed to work here...............you show your qualification.
A. since B. unless C. for D. while
33. “Woo! You look great with your new hair.”
A. You’re welcome C. congratulation!
B. It’s a pleasure D. Thanks.It’s nice of you to say so
34.He’s one of the most...............people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he never says

A. I can’t remembe the name of the person to whom I gave the money.
B. I gave the money whom the name of the person I can’t remember.
C. I can’t remember the name of the person whom I gave the money.
D. I can’t remember the name of person to whom I gave the money.
43. It/ think/ / chemicals/ convey/ information/ brain.
A. It been thought that chemicals convey information to the brain.
B. It has been thought that chemicals convey informaton to the brain.
C. It has been thought chemicals convey information to the brain.
D. It has thought that chemicals convey information to the brain.
44. the harm of smoking/ question/ not/ entirely settled.
A. The harm of smoking is a question that has not entirely been settled.
B. The harm of smoking have questions that entirely not been settled.
C. The harm of smoking is a question that has not entirely settled.
D. The harm of smoking being a question that has not entirely been settled.
45. spring/ nature/ awaken/ long/ winter sleep.
A. At spring, nature awakens from her long winter sleep.
B. In spring, nature awakens from her long winter sleep.
C. On spring, nature awakens by her long winter sleep.
D. In spiring, nature awakens by her long winter sleep.
Đọc đoạn văn rồi chọn phương án đúng nhất ứng với(A( hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi câu sau.
Aerobic exercise can help you lose weight.It can help you stay at a heathy weight. Aerobic exercise burns
calories. A calorie is a unit of measurement . It measures the amount of energy in foods. It measures the
amount of energy your body uses. When you take in the same number of calories that you burn every day,
your weight stays the same. If you take in more calories than you burn, you gain weight. If you take in fewer
calories than you burn, you lose weight.Regular exercise helps you burn calories. Strength training may also
help with weight control. Lifting weights burns calories. Lifting weights also makes more muscle in your
body. Muscles burn more calories than fat.
Stretching exercises can make your body more flexible. There are stretches for your arms,legs, neck, and
trunk. Many people do slow exercises and stretches called yoga to make their bodies more flexible. A
physical education teacher can show you how to do stretches. You should do warm-up stretches before you