As used in the second paragraph, the word “seeking” could best be replaced by which of the following?. pursuing.[r]
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Trường THPT Phan Châu Trinh Năm học 2008-2009
Môn: Tiếng Anh
I PHONETICS
-Which underlined part has different pronunciation from the others?
-Which word has the different stress among them?
5 A independence B education C impractical D entertainment
II.GRAMMAR AND CULTURAL TIPS
-Choose the correct part to complete the sentence.
6 “No Parking.” _ This sign means…………
A There is no park here B There’s not enough space for parking here
C You can’t go to the park here D You are not allowed to park your car here
7 I wish I ……… the party last night so early.
A hadn’t left B didn’t leave C haven’t left D don’t leave
8 It was raining, ………… we cancelled the trip to the beach
9 “I regret ……….so much trouble.” _ “ Well Let’s forget all about that.”
10 They ……… great difficulty saving up enough money for a house.
A found B had C incurred D achieved
11 A: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” B: “……… ”
A Yes, I’d love to B Yes, it is C I’m very happy D Yes, so do I
12 A: "Would you mind opening the door?” B: “……… ”
A Yes, certainly B Yes, of course C Not at all D No, thanks
13 That science book ……… again and again.
A is worth to read B is worthy reading C is worth being read D is worth reading
14 Minh and Cuong were badly injured in the last match, so ………….can play in this match.
A neither of them B none of them C either of them D both of them
15 He wanted to know where………
A had I been B I had been C did I been D I been going
III VOCABULARY
-Choose the correct part to complete the sentence.
16 Many organizations have been set up and funds have been
17 She won the award for ………….her whole life to looking after the poor.
18 Microwaves are used for cooking, telecommunications, and ……….
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Trang 2A to diagnose medically B diagnosed medically
C medical diagnosis D medical diagnosing
19 I couldn’t ………….them when we climbed the mountain.
A keep on with B keep up with C keep away from D keep out of
20 It seems impossible to ………… terrorism in the world.
A put an end to B put stop to C stop at D put an end of
21.The director retired early _ ill-health.
A on behalf of B on account of C ahead of D in front of
22 He sat down, _his shoes, and tilted back to relax
23.The disappearance of one or several species may result in the loss of .
A biology B biography C biochemistry D biodiversity
24.What university will you take an ……… examination into?
A entry B entrance C attendance D admission
25 Mary cannot afford tuition ……… for studying abroad
A fine B finance C fee D pension
IV READING
Passage 1
Read the passage carefully and choose the best parts to fill in the blanks
What exactly is a tornado? The general picture is familiar enough The phenomenon usually occurs on
a hot, sticky day with south wind and an ominous sky From the base of a thunderhead, a funnel-shapedcloud extends a violently twisting spout toward the Earth As it sucks in matter in its path, the twistermay turn black, brown or even white The moving cloud shows an almost continuous display of sheetlightning It lurches along in a meandering path, usually northeast ward, at 25 to 40 miles per hour.Sometimes it picks up its finger from the earth for a short distance and then plants it down again Thefunnel is very slender; its wake of violence averages about 400 yards wide As the tornado approaches, it
is heralded by a roar as a hundreds of jet planes or thousands of railroad cars Its path is a path of totaldestruction Buildings explode as they are sucked in by the tornado’s low-pressure vortex ( where thepressure drop is as much as 10 percent ) and by its powerful whirling winds ( estimated at up to 500miles per hour ) The tornado’s lifetime is as brief as it is violent Within a few tens of miles ( averageabout 16 miles), it spends its force and suddenly disappears
26 Tornadoes usually occur on …………
A hot days B cold days C hot and humid day D rainy days
27 The twister’s colour is caused by …………
B the colour of the sky B what it picks up C snow D the sun
28 A tornado ………
A travels at a constant speed B travels in a straight line
C stays on the ground at all times D meanders
29 The speed of a tornado is …………
A 25 to 40 miles per hour B 85 miles per hour
C 25 to 40 miles per day D 10 miles per hour
30 The average width of the path of the funnel is …………
A the width of its finger B less than 40 yards
31 The sound which announces the coming of a tornado is similar to that made by ………… .
Trang 3A a diesel engine B hundreds of jets
32 A building in the path of a tornado most likely would …………
A escape damage B be partially destroyed
C be totally destroyed D lose its roof
33 According to this article, the winds of tornado …………
A are estimated at up to 500 miles per hour B have been clocked at 500 miles per hour
C travel at 16 miles an hour D drop the pressure 40 percent
34 Usually a tornado is spent after traveling about …………
35 Implied but not stated ………… .
A Nature is sometimes destructive
B A tornado is a supernatural phenomenon
C The tornado’s lifetime is as brief as it is violent
D Tornadoes are caused by sheet lightning
Passage 2
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.
PARENTESE Who talk more – men or women? Most people believe that women talk more However, linguist
Deborah Tannen, who has studied the communication style of men and women , says that this is a stereotype According to Tannen, women are more verbal – talk more – in private situations , where they use conversation as the “glue” to hold relationships together But, she says, men talk more in publicsituations, where they use conversation to exchange information and gain status Tannen points out that
we can see these differences even in children Little girls often play with one “best friend”, their play includes a lot of conversation Little boys often play games in groups; their play usually involves more doing than talking In school, girls are often better at verbal skills, boys are often better at mathematics
A recent study at Emory University helps to shed light on the roots of this difference Researchers studied conversation between children age 3-6 and their parents They found evidence that parents talk very differently to their son than they do to their daughters The startling conclusion was that parents usemore language with their girls Specifically, when parents talk with their daughters , they use more descriptive language and more details There is also far more talk about emotions, especially sadness, with daughters than with sons
36 Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?
A Little girls and little boys have different ways of playing
B Women talk more than men
C It’s stereotype that women talk more than men
D Women talk more in private , and men talk more in public
37 Which word is similar in meaning to “glue” in line 4 ?
38 Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the second paragraph?
A Researchers have studied the conversations of children and their parents
B Parents do not talk much about sadness with their sons
Trang 4C Study at Emory University can help to explain the differences between communication styles
of boys and girls
D An Emory University found that parents talk more with their daughters than with their sons
39 Which of the following phrases best explains the meaning of the word “verbal”?
A connected with the use of spoken language B being very talkative
40 The word they in line 4 refers to
41 Which can be used as a synonym of the word “feelings” ?
42 Which of the following statements can be inferred from the first paragraph ?
A Men and women have different styles of talking , which may begin in childhood
B Men are more sociable than women
C According to Deborah Tannen, the belief that women talk more is partly right but most wrong and oversimplified
D Women talk more in some situations, men talk more in others
43 Which word could best replace “startling” ?
44 Which of the following statements can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A Girls have more practice discussing sadness than boys do
B Parents don’t enjoy talking with their sons as much as with their daughters
C A recent study found that parents talk differently to their sons and daughters
D Boys don’t like to be with their parents as much as girls do
45 Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage?
A Parents use more language to talk with their daughters
B Boys don’t like showing their emotions
C Parents give more love to their daughters than their sons
D Girls are thought to be more talkative than boys
Passage 3
Read the passage carefully and choose the best parts to fill in the blanks.
If you can roll a ball, you can play bowls Everyone can play: young and old, men and women, the fit
and the not so fit It is the (46)………….outdoor game that really is a sport for all What other sports can
grandparents play on equal terms with their grandchildren? What other game is so simple that you could
take up it today and be (47)…………in the national championship tomorrow?
Simple? Perhaps that is not the (48)……….… word There are bowls players in their thousands (49)…….……will tell you that, although bowls is a game that anyone can (50)…….…… in five minutes, it takes a lifetime to (51)………… it They are the people who have developed a passionate interest in the game (52)………….for outsiders, bowls is another word, and a strange and puzzling one.
They see a bowl game in action and wonder what is going on
What the players are trying to do is easy to explain Their (53)………… is to roll their bowls,
called wood, as near as possible to the little white ball, called the jack If one of your bowls finishes
nearer to the jack than your opponent's, you score one point and he or she scores (54)……… If you
have the two nearest, you score two, and so on The skill involved in rolling a bowl that weighs around 2
kilos across about 40 meters so that it stops only a very short (55)………… … from the target is just
as impressive as the skills required in other sports
Trang 546 A special B individual C one D alone
47 A precisely B entering C competing D accurately
Passage 4
Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who knocked a teenage cyclist off her bike in East Street.Sarah Tucker, 17, had a lucky escape on Friday, 13th May, when she was sent reeling by a black Volvo
on her way home from work
She bruised her thigh and shoulder and her bicycle was (56 ) ………….The driver stopped for amoment but then drove off without (57 ) ………… a name or address and before Sarah could get hisnumber “ I tried to get out of his way, but I couldn’t,” she said.” Everyone at work kept going on about
it being Friday 13th I’m not a bit (58 )……….and wouldn’t change any of my plans just because Friday
13th is supposed to be unlucky, I don’t usually take any (59 ) …… of that sort of thing but I will now Ithink I’ll stay in bed.”
The accident (60 )…………at the junction with Westwood Road at about 6.30pm as Sarah wasmaking her (61)………….home to the Harley Estate
The Volvo pulled out of Westwood onto Henley Road in front of the teenager’s bicycle “ He could
at ( 62)……… have helped her up I don’t see why he should get away with it,” said her father, Derek, “Sarah was lucky I don’t know why the driver didn’t see her He can’t have been (63)……… attention
It is unfortunate that nobody took down the number ” Though still too (64 )…………to ride a bike,Sarah was able to go back to (65 )……….in Marlow on Monday
58 A unreasonable B irrational C prejudices D superstitious
60 A took place B turned up C came about D finished up
64 A discouraged B confused C overcome D shaken
V WRITING
-Choose the underlined part in each sentence that needs correcting
Trang 666.-Happy people find it easily to get to sleep and they sleep soundly.
-Choose the correct part to complete the sentence.
71 Not only……… , but it also produces fuel for other fission reactors.
A does a nuclear breeder reactor generate energy
B it is a nuclear breeder reactor generate energy
C a nuclear breeder reactor that generate energy
D is a nuclear breeder reactor generating energy
72 There is too much noise in the room I can’t understand what ……….
A is the teacher saying B is saying the teacher
C the teacher is saying D does the teacher say
73.Countries may …………the World Bank for development projects.
A borrow large sums of money B lend large sums of money
C borrow large sums of money from D lend large sums of money from
74 ………… are worthy of protection moved English Heritage historians into action against
developers
A Some buildings that are in and around Fleet Street
B That some buildings in and around Fleet Street
C Some buildings in and around Fleet Street
D To build in and around Fleet Street
75 Michael’s score on the test is the highest in the class; …………
A he must had to study hard last night
B he must have studied hard last night
C he should have studied hard last night
D he must study hard last night
-Choose which sentence has the same meaning as the given one
76 He now goes to work on his bicycle instead of by car.
A He still goes to work by car but more often on his bicycle
B He has never gone to work in his car but always on his bicycle
C He has now stopped driving to work and goes by bicycle
D Since he bought the car, he has never used the bicycle to go to work
77 If it hadn’t been so late, I would have called you.
A It was late , so I did not call you B It was not late when I called you
C It was late , but I called you D It was not late but I did not call you
78 He talked about nothing except the weather.
A He had nothing to say about the weather
Trang 7B His sole topic of conversation was the weather
C He talked about everything including the weather
D He said that he had no interest in the weather
79 I started to learn English 10 years ago
A I have started learning English for 10 years B I have been learning English for 10 years
C I have learnt English at the age of 10 D I started to learn English when I was 10
80.The manager can force them to leave the apartment
A They can leave the apartment because the manager is forced to
B Both the manager and they were forced to leave the apartment
C The manager can be forced to leave the apartment
D They can be forced to leave the apartment by the manager.
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Trường THPT Phan Châu Trinh Năm học 2010 – 2011
Thời gian làm bài 90 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
MÃ 031
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions or do as directed.
Question 1 I ………badminton before This is the first time I … to play it
A have never played / tried B have ever played / have tried
C have played / have tried D have never played / have tried
Question 2 Are you learning your lesson ? No , I………it
A finished B finish C have finished D have been finished
Question 3 In one year’s time , she ………in this company for 15 years
A will be working B will have been working
Question 4 He is tired now He ………….for a long time
A has been learning B learns C has learned D learned
Question 5 Hurry up or the train ………… before you can catch it
A will leave B leaves C will have left D has left
Question6 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
Question 7 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
A devotion B suggestion C congestion D question
Question 8 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
Question 9 Choose the word which has the different stress from the others
A interest B influential C pleasure D selfishness
Question 10 Choose the word which has the different stress from the others
A between B pursuit C changeable D concerned
Question 11 The bride and the groom entered the wedding hall ……… by four nice children
Question 12 My sister is a woman of ……… age
Question 13 Many animals are ………for their fur and other valuable parts of their bodies
Question 14 I’m sorry I haven’t got any money - I’ve………….my wallet at home
Question 15 The doctor gave the patient………… examination to discover the cause of his collapse
A a thorough B a universal C an exact D a whole
Passage 1 Read the following passage and choose the letter (A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank.
The expression on your face can usually dramatically alter your feelings and perceptions, and it has been proved that (16)……….smiling or frowning can create corresponding emotional responses The idea was first (17)……….by a French physiologist, Israel Waynbaum, in 1906 He believed that different facial (18)……….affected the flow of blood to the brain , and that this could create
Trang 9positive or negative feelings A happy smile or irrepressible (19)………increased the blood flow and contributed to joyful feelings But sad, angry expressions decreased the flow of oxygen-carrying blood, and created a vicious (20)………of gloom and depression by effectively starving the brain
of essential fuel
Psychologist Robert Zajonc rediscovered this early subject , and suggests that the temperature of thebrain could affect the production and synthesis of neurotransmitters – which definitely influence ourmoods and energy levels He argues that an impaired blood could not only deprive the brain of oxygen ,but create further chemical imbalance (21)……….inhibiting these vital hormonal messages Zajoncgoes on to propose that our brains remember smiling associated with being happy, and that bydeliberately smiling through your tears you can (22)………your brain to release upliftingneurotransmitters –replacing a depression condition (23)………a happier one People sufferingfrom psychosomatic (24)………., depression and anxiety states could (25)………… from simplyexercising their zygomatic muscles –which pull the corners of the mouth up and back to form a smile-several times an hour
Question 16 A desperately B inattentively C deliberately D decidedly
Question 18 A aspects B looks C expressions D appearances
Question 24 A disease B illness C infection D ailment
Question 26 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting.
-The discovery (A) of gold in the Klondike attracted (B)thousands (C) interested in (D) doing a
fortune
Question 27 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting.
- (A) Ballet takes years of (B) practise to master So, children (C) begin studing (D) as early as
eight years old
Question 28 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting.
- The (A) most natural form of nutrition for (B) new-born (C) infant is (D) breast feeding.
Question 29 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting.
- (A) Physicists are scientists (B)whose study matter (C) and energy , as well as their (D) patterns of
interaction
Question 30 Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting.
- Scientists are (A) still (B) uncertain of (C) what the universe originated (D) millions of years
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions or do as directed.
Question 31 In the West, the birth of a girl is welcomed with an enthusiasm………to that of a boy
Trang 10A equally B equal C they are equal D and equal
Question 32 –A: “ You look nice in that red hat.” -B: “………”
A It’s nice of you to say so B Am I? Thanks
Question 33 Some of my friends are……….reporters
A newspapers’ B newspaper’s C newspapers D newspaper
Question 34 The government is expected to….………steps against the unemployment
Question 35 I think I should have……… your mother while I was passing
A dropped in on B come up with C got on with D run into
Question 36 But for his help, I………
A should not have succeeded B had not succeeded
Question 37 The dentist had to ………… the tooth as it was badly decayed
Question 38 She ran a comb……… her hair
Question 39 Mr Dawson was given the award in……….of her services to the hospital
Question 40 It is imperative that this letter……….immediately
-Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one ( 41 – 45 )
Question 41 Mr.Pike wants his wife to quit her job and look after their children.
A Mr.Pike would like his wife to stop working and look after their children
B Mr.Pike would like his wife to continue working in spite of looking after their children
C Mr.Pike wants to quit his job and his wife look after their children
D Mr.Pike would like his wife to stop working and looking after their children
Question 42 She broke down the moment she heard the news.
A She was broken for a moment when she heard the news
B She broke her leg when hearing the news
C On hearing the news, she broke down
D When she heard the news, she was sick
Question 43 They bought a gift that was very expensive for their son.
A Their son bought an expensive gift for his birthday
B Although the gift was inexpensive, they didn’t buy it for their son
C They gave their son a gift that was very expensive
D The gift was so expensive that they didn’t buy it for their son
Question 44 I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test.
A By having failed his driving test, Harry made no surprise
B It came as no surprise to me that Harry had failed his driving test
C Harry’s having failed his driving test is not my surprise
D If Harry had not failed his driving test, I would have been surprised
Question 45 We couldn’t have managed our business successfully without my father’s money.
A Hadn’t it been for my father’s money, We couldn’t have managed our business successfully
B We could have managed our business successfully with my father’s money