Tuyển tập đề thi vào THPT môn tiếng anh
I. PHONETICS
(1-5). Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
| 1. a. scout | b. amount | c. fought | d. drought |
| 2. a. predict | b. precious | c. prefer | d. precaution |
| 3. a. maps | b. eggs | c. pens | d. hairs |
| 4. a. complete | b. service | c. women | d. pretty |
| 5. a. used to | b. cried | c. smiled | d. planned |
(6-10). Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
| 6. a. unidentified | b. imagination | c. microorganism | d. innovation |
| 7. a. delicious | b. generous | c. confidence | d. energy |
| 8. a. violent | b. teenager | c. viable | d. acquaintance |
| 9. a. charity | b. considerate | c. humor | d. joyful |
| 10. a. exchange | b. nuclear | c. gemstone | d. evidence |
| II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
(11-35). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence. 11. Thanks_____ the money he received, he was able to attend the university. |
| a. on | b. for | c. of | d. to |
12. I’m surprised ______ the amount of traffic today. I didn’t think it would be so busy.
| a. with | b. at | c. about | d. to |
13. Don’t laugh _____ your classmate when they are _____ trouble.
| a. to – in | b. at – for | c. at – in | d. on – on |
14. Put _____ your coat at once. We must hurry.
| a. on | b. in | c. out | d. over |
15. Remember to go ______ your test paper before you hand it in.
| a. on | b. over | c. off | d. into |
16. The number of people suffering_______ heart disease has increased.
| a. of | b. with | c. from | d. on |
17. Unfortunately I ran _____ film, so I couldn’t take any more photographs.
| a. out to | b. down | c. iuto | d. off |
18. You don’t have enough determination. You________ too easily.
| a. end up | b. give up | c. get by | d. drop out |
19. I do a lot of gardening. It_________ most of my free time.
| a. uses up | b. leave out | c. takes up | d. cut down |
20. Sarah is very creative. She’s always coming__________ new ideas.
| a. out of | b. away from | c. forward to | d. up with |
21. ______ Annie told the truth, no one believed her.
| a. In spite of | b. Unless | c. Because | d. Despite the fact that |
22. Jane worked in a bookshop last summer_________ money for school expenses.
| a. because to earn | b. for she earned |
| c. so she earns | d. so that she could earn |
23. I’m sure I’ll enjoy eating _________ you cook.
| a. which | b. what | c. whatever | d. whichever |
24. Following the flood,_______ in the area________ major repair work.
| a. each of building … need | b. every building … needs |
| c. every building … need | d. each buildings … need |
25. You don’t object_______ late tonight, do you?
| a. to working | b. to work | c. work | d. working |
26. We________ each other later that day, but I had to phone and cancel.
| a. see | b. are seeing | c. were seeing | d. saw |
27. Final-year students are naturally anxious about getting work after graduation,
| a. excited | b. careful | c. worried | d. interested |
28. Only hotel guests have the of using the private beach.
| a. privilege | b. possibility | c. occasion | d. allowance |
29. If you had worked harder, you________ the final exam.
| a. would pass | b. were passed |
| c. would have passed | d. would have been passed |
30. People_____ outlook on life is optimistic are usually happy people.
| a. who | b. whom | c. whose | d. of whom |
31. I’m really sleepy today. I wish I_________ up late last night.
| a. didn’t stay | b. hadn’t stayed | c. wasn’t staying | d. wouldn’t stay |
32. Jane has never been to Italy,________?
| a. has Jane | b. hasn’t Jane | c. has she | d.hasn’t she |
33. Two-thirds of the country’s ________ come from imported oil, while the remaining one-third come from coal.
| a. energy | b. resource | c. industry | d. mineral |
34. Hurry! We’ve got to leave the house immediately. Otherwise, ________ the opening ceremony.
| a. we’d miss | b. we’d have missed | c. we miss | d. we’re going to miss |
35. ‘________ ’ ‘She’s a very nice mother.’
| a. Who’s his mother? | b. How’s his mother? |
| c. What’s his mother? | d. What’s his mother like? |
(36-40). Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
36. My mother took (A) me to the dentist’s (B) to have my decayed (C) tooth pull (D).
37. The lion has (A) long been (B) a symbol of strength (C), power, and it is very cruel (D).
38. We were very surprised (A) that Tom behave (B) in such (C) a rude (D) manner.
39. The Nobel prize winning (A) candidate, accompanied by (B) his wife and children, are staying (C) in Sweden until (D) the presentation.
40. It’s (A) three years since (B) they have said (C) goodbye to each other (D).
(41-50). Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
41. She found it _______ to do the same work day after day. (bore)
42. Some authors, such as Shakespeare, have maintained their_______ for several centuries, (popular)
43. Hard work always brings _______. (succeed)
44. _______ is always the best policy, (honest)
45. He lost the game because of his_________ . (care)
46. We’re full of_________ for all your hard work, (admire)
47. _______ was tightened at the airport before the president arrived, (secure)
48. If you’re all sitting__________ , then I’ll begin, (comfort)
49. Because of___________ our lifestyle has changed greatly, (industry)
50. Parents should__________ their children to discuss their problems, (courage)
READING
(51-60). Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
BELL’S TELEPHONE
A pioneer in the (51)________ of telecommunications, Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Ontario, and then to the United States, (52)______ in Boston, before beginning his career as an inventor. Throughout his life, Bell had been interested in the (53)________ of deaf people. This interest led him to invent the microphone and, in 18 76, his “electrical speech machine,” which we now call a telephone. News of his invention quickly (54)________ throughout the country, even throughout Europe. By 1878, Bell had set up the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. By 1884, long distance connections were (55)_____ between Boston, Massachusetts and New York City. Bell imagined great (56)________ for his telephone, like the model from the 1920s, but would he ever have imagined telephone lines being used to (57)__________ video images? Since his death in 1922, the telecommunication industry had undergone an amazing revolution. Today, (58)_________ people are able to use a special display telephone to communicate. Fiber optics are improving the quality and speed of data transmission. Actually, your ability to (59) _______ this information relies upon telecommunications technology. Bell’s “electrical speech machine” paved the (60)______for the Information Superhighway.
| 51. a. region | b. area | c. field | d. world |
| 52. a. settling | b. fixing | c. arranging | d. dealing |
| 53. a. guiding | b. training | c. development | d. education |
| 54. a. extended | b. stretched | c. spread | d. expanded |
| 55. a. realized | b. made | c. gained | d. obtained |
| 56. a. uses | b. usages | c. users | d. using |
| 57. a. transfer | b. emit | c. project | d. transmit |
| 58. a. unhearing | b. unheard | c. non-hearing | d. mal-hearing |
| 59. a. approach | b. access | c. promote | d. improve |
| 60. a. way | b. road | c. route | d. path |
(61-65). Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.
Stress releases a number of different chemicals and hormones into your body that raise blood pressure, weaken your immunity to colds and illness, impair your memory, increase fat cell storage, and lead to depression. Doing exercise regularly is an effective and successful stress treatment for its bad effects. The set of good chemicals and hormones released during exercise are an important arsenal that can defeat the chemicals created by stress.
Canadian researchers have discovered that depressed people feel better about themselves after exercising from 20 minutes to an hour, three times a week for five weeks. In some cases the benefits last up to one year. It is important to note that severe cases of depression require medical review and a combination of treatments.
In another study, a team of Australian researchers found that those who did 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week had lower blood pressure and responded best to acute stress.
61. According to the writer,__________ .
a. doing exercise causes depression
b. doing exercise causes stress
c. stress cannot raise blood pressure
d. doing exercise can defeat stress and depression
62. Chemicals and hormones released by stress _________ .
a. have bad effects on our health and mind
b. cause no effects on our health
c. can cure colds and illness
d. make us more intelligent
63. The word ‘that’ in line 2 refers to__________ .
a. stress
b. depression
c. chemicals and hormones
d. fat cell
64. People who get depression________ .
a. sometime have to use medicine
b. can get over by doing exercise only
c. need no medicine
d. never get over
65. When we are doing exercise, our body__________ .
a. releases no chemicals and hormones
d. releases good chemicals and hormones
c. suffers high blood pressure
d. releases negative and hormones
(66-75). Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word to make a meaning passage.
Although people’s reactions to your dress will vary, (66)__________ will draw conclusions about you based on the way you dress. You need to determine (67)________ you are trying to say and then dress appropriately. There are times (68)________ it is in your best interest to meet the expectations of others. Business managers are likely to have clear idea 69)______ the images they want their businesses to portray. If you want to prosper with those businesses, you will want to (70)_______ in a way that is in line with those images. Likewise, audiences expect public speakers to dress appropriately for the audiences and occasion. People (71)________ the right to their individual differences, and we believe that society is moving in the right (72)________ in allowing persons to express themselves (73)_________ individuals. Nevertheless, your clothes are still perceived (74)_________ others as clues to your attitudes and behaviors. Clothes do communicate, however accurate or inaccurate (75) _______ may believe that communication to be.
IV. WRITING
(76-80). Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) that is almost the same in meaning as the sentence given.
76. He failed the test many times, but he didn’t stop trying.
a. Failing the test discouraged him.
b. He didn’t stop trying although he failed the test many times.
c. He didn’t stop trying despite his first failure.
d. He never stops trying but fails to pass the test.
77. I stayed up late last night, and I am tired now.
a. If I didn’t stay up late last night, I wouldn’t be tired now.
b. If I hadn’t stayed up late last night, I wouldn’t have been tired now.
c. If I didn’t stay up late last night, I wouldn’t have been tired now.
d. If I hadn’t stayed up late last night, I wouldn’t be tired now.
78. Only with careful environmental planning can we protect the world in which we live.
a. Careful environmental planning protects the world we live in.
b. We can protect the world we live in with careful environmental planning.
c. Protecting the world we live in, we plan the environmental carefully.
d. Planning the environment carefully, we can protect the world in which we live.
79. It’s ages since I last saw a Hollywood film.
a. I saw a last Hollywood film since ages ago.
b. I haven’t seen any Hollywood film before.
c. I haven’t seen a Hollywood film for a long time.
d. I have seen a Hollywood film recently.
80. A majority of the students in this college are from overseas.
a. Everyone in this college is from overseas.
b. No one in this college is from overseas.
c. Few students in this college are from overseas.
d. Most of the students in this college are from overseas.
(81-85). Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them.
81. After the beginning of the opera, late-comers had to wait before taking their seats.
Once_______________________________________________________
82. She didn’t reply me for two weeks.
No reply_____________________________________________________
83. We shouldn’t be impolite to our parents in any circumstances.
In__________________________________________________________
84. My sister failed to get into art college.
My sister didn’t________________________________________________
85. Although he wasn’t experienced, he got the job.
Despite his___________________________________________________
(86-90). Write complete sentence using the suggested words.
86. It/ boring program/ 1/ turn/ the television/ go/ bed//
____________________________________________________
87. electric light/ invent/ before/ 1/ born//
____________________________________________________
88. If/ there/ no oxygen/ no life/ earth//
____________________________________________________
89. 1/ waiting/ her/ 9 o’clock//
____________________________________________________
90. we/ look forward/ receive/ your letter/ soon//
____________________________________________________
Đáp án
I.
| 1. c | 2. b | 3. a | 4. a | 5. a |
| 6. b | 7. a | 8. d | 9. b | 10. a |
II.
| 11. d | 12. b | 13. c | 14. a | 15. b |
| 16. c | 17. a | 18. b | 19. c | 20. d |
| 21. d | 22. d | 23. c | 24. b | 25. a |
| 26. b | 27. c | 28. a | 29. c | 30. c |
| 31. b | 32. c | 33. a | 34. d | 35. d |
| 36. D (pulled) | 37. D (cruelty) | 38. B (behaved) |
| 39. C (is staying) | 40. C (said) | |
| 41. boring | 42. popularity | 43. success |
| 44. Honesty | 45. carelessness | 46. admiration |
| 47.Security | 48.comfortably | 49. industrialization |
| 50. encourage | ||
III.
| 51. c | 52. a | 53. d | 54. c | 55. b |
| 56. a | 57. d | 58. c | 59. b | 60. a |
| 61. d | 62. a | 63. c | 64. b | 65. b |
| 66. people/ they | 67. what | 68. when | 69. of | 70. dress |
| 71. have | 72. direction | 73. as | 74. by | 75. you |
IV.
| 76. b | 77. d | 78. b | 79. c | 80. d |
81. Once the opera had begun, late-comers had to wait before taking their seats.
82. No reply from her was said to me for two weeks.
83. In any circumstances should we not be impolite to our parents.
84. My sister didn’t succeed in getting into art college.
85. Despite his inexperience, he got the job.
86. It was such a boring program that I turned off the television and went to bed.
87. Electric light had been invented before I was born.
88. If there was/ were no oxygen, there would be no life on earth.
89. I have been waiting for her since 9 o’clock.
90. We are looking forward to receiving your letter soon.
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