Luyện thi ĐH môn Anh văn khối D - Chương trình mới Đề số 4 I. Make the correct choice: 1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a.game b. guest c. guess d. gesture 2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a.worse b. horse c. sword d. order 3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a. dear b. wear c. fear d. hear 4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a.discussion b. assistant c. character d. expensive 5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a.computer b. memory c.serious d. special 6. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: a.writer b. carefully c.origin d.complete 7. These shoes look quite smart; but they’re terribly ____. a. comfort b. comfortable c. uncomfortable d. comfortably 8. Greenland is important to the world ______ scientists study the weather there. a. because b. if c. despite d. unless 9. Developing countries need to ____ research to find a solution to their agricultural problems. a. make b. do c. study d. achieve 10. Smokers breathe out 100 times _____ pollution as non-smokers. a. so much b. as many c. as much d. as few 11. The police provide ____ for the people in a country. a. protection b. protective c. protectively d. protecting 12. Women are used ____ going places by themselves. a. for b. to c. with d. by 13. Do you usually shake hands when you are introduced ____ someone? a. to b. with c. about d. for 14. Tomorrow morning I have to catch a plane. I’m leaving my house ____ the airport. a. at b. in c. for d. to 15. When I’d finished my meal, I asked the waiter ____ the bill. a. to b. about c. with d. for 16. She has no reference to our ____ of the night before. a. conversation b. conversational c. conversationalist d. conversing 17. There are many places to visit , ____ instance, the botanical garden or the art museum. a. for b. to c. in d. of 18. I’d like ____ to think about it. a. little time b. a little time c. some little time d. many time 19. ____ , all the people we spoke to were in favor of closing the dance hall. a. surprising b. surprised c. surprisingly d. surprise 20. She looks pretty although she has a on her left eye. a. birth place b. birth mark c. birth right d. birth control 21. The patient who suffers from a lung cancer has been with a special chemical. a. filled b. shot c. ejected d. injected 22. is the red liquid flowing throughout body. a. Food b. Water c. Blood d. Flood 23. Using laser beam to cure illness requires . a. accurate b. accurately c. accuracy d. inaccurate 24. The scientists have invented a special chemical that attaches itself to cancer cells. a. prefer b. preference c. preferential d. preferentially 25. Surgeons use lasers miraculously accurate scalpels. a. for b. as c. of d. with 26. is something that we can ignore when we are well. a. A health b. The health c. Health d. Healthy 27. on barren slopes can prevent erosion. a. So as to plant trees b. Planting trees c. In order to plant trees d. Trees planting 28. Nerve cells, or neurons, in human body. a. the most complex cells are b. are the most complex cells c. that are the most complex the cells d. which are the most complex cells 29. Many patients suffer from cancer can be saved by the treatment of lasers. a. who b. whom c. which d. whose 30. As soon as she arrived in London, She found that the English people spoke English differently from what she . a. will learn b. is learning c. has been learning d. had learnt II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 31. If you don’t allow me entering. I’ll break down the door. a b c d 32. Knew that he was poor, I offered to pay his fare. a b c d 33. He had a telephone installing in his car. a b c d 34. The boat tie to a port was being tossed up and down by the sea. a b c d 35. The boy climbed up the tree to get birds’ eggs had a bad fall. a b c d III. Read the passage and make the correct choice: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (36) ______to the world as Mark Twain, was the son of a lawyer in the State of Missouri. He was born in 1835. (37) ______ Mark Twain was five years old, he was sent to school. He did not like school but he had many friends and was their leader. In summer when school was (38) ______, the boys spent many happy hours on the river. As Mark Twain said later, many events in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” really took (39) _____ and the characters were from his real life. Tom Sawyer was the portrait of the writer; Huckleberry Finn was his friend, Tom Blankenship; Aunt Polly was his mother; Tom’s brother, Sid, was like his own brother Henry. The novel was (40) _____ in 1876. 36.a. important b. known c. thought d. considered 37.a. When b. Because c. That d. Though 38.a. on b. up c. over d. away 39.a. time b. off c. position d. place 40.a. published b. imagined c. said d. spent IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer: Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest American writers of his age. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in the family of a doctor. In his schooldays, Ernest became an excellent sportman. He played football, swam, and boxed. At school he was a successful pupil. He wrote poems for the school library magazine and edited the school newspaper. In 1918, he joined the army and was given a job of driving American Red Cross ambulances on the Italian front. Two months later, he was badly wounded in the leg. He was taken to a hospital in Milan where he had twelve operations. In 1923, his first work, “Three stories and Ten Poems” was written. Hemingway’s last novel, “The Old Man and the Sea” (1952), is about the courage of an old fisherman, who was fighting with a big fish and the sea for many hours and won the victory over them. In 1954 the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and “The Old Man and the Sea” was mentioned as one of his best works. Ernest Hemingway died in 1961 when he was 62 years old. 41.When was Hemingway born ? a. 1899 b. 1900 c. 1901 d. 1982 42.He was a _______ pupil at school. a. bad b. slow c. naughty d. good 43.What did he do when he joined the army in the World War I ? a. a taxi driver b. an ambulance driver c. a bus driver d. a lorry driver 44.What was Hemingway’s last work ? a. For Whom The Bell Tolls b. A Farewell to Arms c. Three stories and Ten poems d. The Old Man and the Sea 45.Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for _________. a. medicine b. physics c. literature d. chemistry V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one : 46. I haven’t got enough money to buy a new computer. a. If I had enough money, I would buy a new computer. b. I am rich enough to buy a new computer. c. If I have enough money, I will buy a new computer. d. I am too poor so as to buy a new computer. 47. I am a more careful driver than she is. a. I drive more careful than she does. b. I drive more carefully than she does. c. I drive more carefully than she is. d. I drive as carefully as she does. 48. The coffee was too hot for me to drink. a. I couldn’t drink the coffee because it was too hot. b. Although the coffee was hot, I drank it. c. Because of the hot coffee, I drank it. d. The coffee was too hot, but I drank it. VI. Choose the best sentence made from the given cues: 49. This house / beautiful ! a. What is a beautiful house ! b. How is this beautiful house! c. How beautiful is this house! d. What a beautiful house ! 50. Because /ill, she not come / the party. a. Because of she was ill, she didn’t come to the party. b. Because she is ill, she didn’t come to the party. c. Because she was ill, she didn’t come to the party. d. Because being ill, she didn’t come to the party. . Luyện thi ĐH môn Anh văn khối D - Chương trình mới Đề số 4 I. Make the correct choice: 1.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:. guess d. gesture 2.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a.worse b. horse c. sword d. order 3.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Hemingway died in 1961 when he was 62 years old. 41 .When was Hemingway born ? a. 1899 b. 1900 c. 1901 d. 1982 42 .He was a _______ pupil at school. a. bad b. slow c. naughty d. good 43 .What did he