Đề luyện tập 1 ( tốt nghiệp THPT ). Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced from that of the rest in each of the following questions. 1. A. leaves B. songs. C. deserts. D. knives. 2. A. thanks. B. attract. C. back. D. taste. 3. A. chalk. B. chocolate. C. chemistry. D. chapter. 4. A. genetie. B. stag. C. gorilla. D. pagoda. 5. A. chew. B.few. C. skew. D. nephew. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each following questions. 6. He didn / t do it himself. He asked some workmen …………. it for him. A. do B. doing C. did D. to do. 7. …………. they are native to tropical regions, some species of bamboo have adapted to temperate zones. A. Despite B. Nevertheless C. Although D. For. 8. After a hard day of work, Dad was feeling very……… and tired. A. stressed B. stress C.stressing D.stressful. 9. “ Sorry, I don / t remember …………… you here before.” A. to see B. saw C. to have seen D. seeing 10. OXFAM………… the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. A. refers to B. works for C.applies to D. stands for 11. “ I …………… to see the doctor if I were you .” A. was to go B. had gone C. would go D. would be going 12. I wish my parents …………. Here now. A. are B. would be C. being D. were 13. My car is getting unreliable. I think I / ll trade it …………… for a new one. A. off B. out C. away D. in 14. - “ ………… will the play last?” – “ Two hours.” A. When B. What C. How long D. How much 15. – “ ……… do the buses run?” – “ Every twenty minutes.” A. How far B. What time C. How often D. How much 16. I have two horses. ………… of them run very fast. A. All B. Each C. One D. Both 17. “ You …… put the car in the garage. I / m going out in it later.” A. needn / t B. mustn / t C. haven / t D. can / t. 18. Swimming and water skiing are both …………. Sports. A. aquatic B. field C. freestyle D. blood 19. In some countries, each academic term is …………. by a week-long break. A. left B. subtracted C. departed D. separated 20. The 22 nd SEA Games were a successful ………… event A. sport B. sporting C. sporty D. sportive 21. Not only ………… the exam but she also got the scholarship. A. did she pass B. she passed C. she has passed D. has she passed 22. ……………! I had no idea you were abroad last month. A. What surprise B. How a surprise C. What a surprise D. Such surprise 23. The noise was …………… it woke everyone up. A. so loud that B. very loud that C. so loud until D. very loud until 24. It is very important to make a good impression …………. your interviewer. A. on B. for C. of D.to. 25. “ Who suggested ……………. here for the picnic?” A. come B. came C. to come D. coming 26. “ I / ve enjoyed myself very much. But it / s very late, so ……….” A. take good care B. have a good day C. goodbye for now D. it / s great fun, thanks 27. – Mike: “ Our living standards have been improved greatly.” – Susan: “ ………… ” A. Thank you for saying so. B.Sure. I couldn / t agree more C. No, it / s nice to say so. D.Yes, it / s nice of you to say so 28. The vice director is ………… with the applicant / s enthusiasm. A. delighted B. delighting C. delightful D. delight. 29. Margaret did not remember what I …………. her the day before. A. would tell B. had told C. had been telling D. had been told 30. I tried to solve the problem ……… the noise and interruptions. A. because of B. in case of C. in spite of D. according to. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correctiopn. 31. Our lifestyle changed since running water came to our village. 32. Neither plants or animals can survive for very long without water, a necessary resource that support all life forms. A B C D 33. Woman were denied the right to own property and participate in public life. A B C D 34. Thank to the help from UNICEF, many families in remote villages are able to live in sanitary conditions A B C D 35. Books with good stories are often described like food for thought. A B C D Read the following passage und mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 36 to 40. When the weather is cold, it is not very much fun to ( 36)… a bus. People have to stand at a bus- stop for minutes or even hours. They talk about the bus and ( 37) ……… about the weather. Most of them feed cold. Some have to drink coffee to stay warm. Traveling by bus ( 38) … pollution, but people often would rather drive their cars. Many people are not used to the bus schedules, and they do not like to wait. On the other hand, many people have been ( 39) … the bus every day for many years. They are used to it. They say the bus has been coming on time every day, and they have never been late for work. In ( 40) ……, they do not need a parking place in all that time. Buses are very convenient when you are used to trhem. 36. A. search B. look for C. stand for D. wait for. 37. A. tell B. complain C. comment D. judge 38. A. cuts B. reduces C. stops D. eliminates 39. A. looking B. waiting C. getting D. taking 40. A. end B. last C.addition D.conclusion Read the following passage und mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 41 to 45. Fiction is the writing of a story or text that is not true: It can be written in the form of either poetry or prose. Poetry is a style of writing in which short lines form verses. Often, words at the end of these lines rhyme, like “bed” and “red”. We call a group of verses about one subject a “poem”. Prose writing does not have verses, nor does it rhyme. It uses sentences and paragraphs. Prose is used in magazine articles, newspaper stories, short stories, and books. Prose fiction has existed since ancient times, but most early ficition was actually written as poetry. Scholars disagree about the date of the first prose fiction book, or novel. Some scholars classify fictional stories from ancient Greece and Rome as the early novels in Asia as early as the 6 th century. These early novels were mostly short adventure stories about fictional characters. In Europe, prose fiction began to seriously challenge poetry in the 16 th century. A Spanish author, Cervantes, wrote Europe / s first prose novel in the early 1600s. However, longer novels, like Cervantes / s Don Quixote, did not become very popular until the 1700s. By that time, there were more printing presses, and more people knew how to read. In addition, more people had money to buy these books. Today, the vast majority of fiction is written in prose rather than in poetry. 41. What does the wors “It” in paragraph I refer to? A. Non- fiction B. Fiction C. Poetry D. Prose 42. What can we learn about newspaper from paragraph I? A. They are usually written in verse. B. They are usually written in rhyme. C. They are usually written in paragraphs. D. They are usually written by scholars. 43. The word “classify” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ……… A. teach B. write C. call D. learn. 44. What can be inferred from the second parsgraph? A. Prose fiction has been very popular since long ago. B. Prose fiction has not been around since ancient times. C. The date of the earliest known novel is the sixteenth century. D. The date of the earliest known novel is not easy to determine. 45. The topic discussed in paragraph 3 is about …… A. when prose became dominant in Europe. B. when poetry became dominant in Europe C. when Cervantes became an important author. D. when prose began in Spain Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each following questions 46. Tommy was one ………… A. happy chidren of his class. B. of the happiest child in the class .C. child who was happiest of all the class. D. of the happiest children in the class 47. John said that no other car could go ……. A. so fast like his car B. as fast like his car. C. as fast like the car of him. D. as fast as his car. 48. The lawyer told the man that ………. A. they had little chance of winning the case. B. the case was of a small chance to win C. it was nearly impossible to win him the case. D. the case had a minimum chance to be won by him. 49. ……………… falls on the 2 nd of September. A. Vietnam / s Independent day. B. The day of the Vietnamese independence. C. Vietnamese / s Independence Day D. Vietnam / s Independence Day 50. George knew ………. Improve his test scores, but he did not have enough time to study A. what to. B. how he could. C. how that. D. how could be. . now. A. are B. would be C. being D. were 13. My car is getting unreliable. I think I / ll trade it …………… for a new one. A. off B. out C. away D. in 14. -