ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP TPHCM 2009-2010Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting: 1.. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the othe
Trang 1ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP (TPHCM) 2009-2010
Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting:
1 (A) A computer has changed (B) our lives dramatically (C) in a very (D)
positive way.
2 (A) With the help of (B) the Internet, people can (C) easily download lots of (D) informations.
3 (A) In the game of water polo, (B) major fouls (C) penalized by one minute in (D) the penalty box.
4 (A) The Games impressed (B) sports enthusiasts with (C) its spirit: solidarity and (D) cooperative.
5 (A) Playing the game , the children got (B) so exciting (C) that they couldn’t
go (D) to bed.
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
Today our “Woman About Town” reporter, Lisa Rodriguez, asked people on the street this question: ‘What will things be like thirty years from now?”
“Because of global (9) , the climate will get a lot warmer People won’t be travelling to places like Hawaii any more to get away from the cold” – Marta Michaels, 37, hairdresser
“The transportation (10) will be really different For example, the taxis instead of cars driving on the streets, they’ll be flying in the air If you want to
go to the airport, a flying taxi will come and (11) _ you up at your house.” – Jorge Sanchez, 24, postal worker
“I think people and animals will understand (12) _ other better
Someone will invent a new kind of (13) _ and people and animals will talk with one another That’s possible, don’t you think?” – Andrea Smith, 13, student
13 A knowledge B language C speaker D saying
Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others:
15 A attract B majority C industrial D attitude
Choose the word, phrase, or utterance that best fits the blank space in each
sentence:
16 Because of their cultural differences, few Asian students with the American students’ view that wives and husbands share all thoughts
17 _ they didn’t have much money, they decided to donate a good sum
of money
Trang 218 They the film before, so they stayed home.
19 They’ve been learning English _ quite a long time
20 You have to this form first and then you send it to me later
21 Women should not be discriminated against on the _ of their sex
22 You to take good care of your neighborhood
A advise B have advised C are advised D will be advised it
23 Show when the job is explained to you
A enthusiast B enthusiastic C enthusiasm D enthusiastically
24 _ conservation efforts have been made to save endangered species
A Differed B Different C Difference D Differentiate
25 Yuna is a girl who is popular with her classmates
26 In my _ to win a place at university, I am now under a lot of study pressure
A improvement B support C confidence D attempt
27 I was able to a lot of new friends through living on campus
28 Did you do a good _ in the last driving test?
29 - _? - She’s eighteen
A How long have you known her? B At what age did she graduate?
age?
30 In December 1986, the Vietnamese Communist Party initiated an overall
economic reform, commonly DOI MOI
A referred to B known as C seemed to be D explained to
31 There is of endangered species threatened with extinction
A a full circle B a wide range C a great deal D a shoal
32 Did you read _ book I lent you last week?
33 The authority do something about the contamination of rivers and seas
34 a lot of information stored in a computer
A There has B It is C These are D There is
35 The project if there had been support from the school
headmaster
C would have been carried out D should have been carried out
Trang 336 Rose is not _ the camera she really likes.
A rich enough to buy B enough rich to buy
C so rich that she buys D too rich to buy
37 The quality of teaching is getting
C worse and worse D the worse and the worse
38 Vietnam Singapore in the last football match
39 – Would you mind closing the door? - _
A Close it now! B Not at all !
C True enough D Don’t mention it
40 – It’s going to rain this evening - _
C Please do it for me D Another time, perhaps
Choose the item that best answers the question or completes the unfinished
statement about the passage:
Grizzly bears, once a common sight in the Western United States, have been
a threatened species for 25 years From the estimated 50,000 grizzlies that Western settlers first saw 200 years ago, their numbers have dropped to 1,200 bears in just four states – Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington
These few remaining grizzlies now face a threat biologists didn’t foresee 25 years ago Today, “modern cowboys” live in the country and work from their home computers They have accelerated growth in the areas where the bears are found
But "bears show up in places where bears have been for thousands of years," said Chris Servheen, grizzly bear recovery coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service According to Servheen, residents in these areas need to learn the same lessons that campers in national parks have learned Any garbage you have must be stored, any food that you leave around will attract bears, and if you see an
occasional bear show up in your backyard, it does not necessarily need to be killed
41 In the Western United States, grizzly bears have been for 25 years
A a danger to people B around C endangered D found in four states
42 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a state where grizzlies are found now?
A Washington B Wyoming C Texas D Idaho
43 The threat grizzly bears face now has been brought about by _
A other animals B rural life C computers D local residents
44 It can be inferred from the passaqe that the Fish and Wildlife Service _ grizzly bears
45 Residents in the areas should _
A learn lessons about grizzlies B store their garbage
C leave food around D kill grizzly bears
Choose the answer that is the nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them:
46 Peter’s coming in a minute
A Peter’s coming for just a minute B Peter will show up soon
Trang 4C Peter has just come D Peter came a minute ago.
47 You mustn’t smoke in the auditorium
A You aren’t allowed to smoke in the auditorium
B Smoking is not forbidden in the auditorium
C You can come to the auditorium to smoke
D You do not have to smoke in the auditorium
48 I don’t like boxing, and neither does my brother
A Both my brother and I like boxing
B Neither my brother and I like boxing
C Unlike my brother, I do not like boxing
D Neither I nor my brother likes boxing
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence:
49 The more polluted the environment is,
A our health gets worse B does our health get worse
C the worse our health becomes D the worst we face with our health
50 On graduating from school, _
A thinking about finding a job is your work B you should think about finding
a job
C finding a job is your first thing to do D you are thought to be finding a job