Thi thử đại học lần I - 2011 khối D: môn Anh Văn

is called …
 A. Gravity	 B. strength	 C. weight	 D. Gravitation
45: No one has lived here ……………….
 A. Many years ago	 B. For a long time	 C. At the moment	 D. For the next few years
46: The Olympic marathon distance ………in the ancient times to honour a messenger who ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver vital news and then died.
 A. Which established	B. Establishing	C. Was established	 D. Established
47: Deforestation would lead to the ……………of many species.
 A. Appearance	 B. Extension	 C. Extinction	 D. Existence
48: Mr. Smith will be in ……………of the arrangement for the party tomorrow.
 A. Charge	 B. Management	 C. Leadership	 D. Direction
49: It wasn’t ………….she left college that she realized how much she had enjoyed her time there.
 A. When	 B. By the time	 C. After	 D. Until
50: Jim’s ……….flu again. That’s the third time this year.
 A. Gone down with	 B. Put up with	 C. Led up to	 D. Come up with
51: You hair is too long. It needs …………..
 A. To be cutting	 B. To cut	 C. Being cut	 D. Cutting
52: An eclipse of the sun ……….when the moon comes directly between the sun and the earth.
 A. Is occurring	 B. Is occurred	 C. Occur	 D. Occurs
53: He was a novelist for many years until something happened which ……….him give it all up and go and work in a factory.
A. forced	 B. Caused	 C. let	 D. Made
54: If I had known he was not at home, I …………….all the way to his house.
 A. Would not have gone B. Would have gone	C. Would not go	 D. Had never gone
55: My father has tried to stop drinking but he hasn’t ………………
 A. Successful	 B. Success	 C. Successfully	 D. Succeeded
56: If Bob’s wife won’t agree to sign the papers, ………….
 A. He won’t, too	B. Neither will he	C. So will he	 	D. Neither won’t he
57: The hotel ………….we stayed during our last summer holiday was very expensive.
 A. Which	 B. Where	 C. When	 D. That
58: The telephone was ………….by Graham Bell many years ago. 
 A. Fixed	 B. Invented	 C. Experimented	 D. Discovered
59: I’d rather you ……….anything about it for the time being.
 A. Didn’t do	 B. Won’t do	 C. Don’t do	 D. Hadn’t done
60: My parents ……….me a lot when I failed the exam to my favorite university. Without their support, I wouldn’t be successful today.
 A. Influenced	 B. Guided	 C. Encouraged	 D. Taught
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the sentences that needs correcting.
61: 
George hasn’t complete the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t, neither.
 A B C D
62: 
Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice because those clothes that a person 
 A B C
likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her.
 D
63: 
People respected George Washington because he was a honest man, and he turned out to be 
 A B C D
one of our greatest military leaders.
64: 
The company has so little money that it can’t hardly operate anymore.
 A B C D
65: 
We wish today was sunny so that we could spend the day in the country communing with nature. A B C D
66: 
Daniel said that if he had to do another homework tonight, he would not be able to attend the concert. A B C D
67: 
The president went fishing after he has finished with the conferences.
 A B C D
68: 
After have taken the medication, the patient became drowsy and more manageable.
 A B C D
69: 
We insist on you leaving the meeting before any further outbursts take place. 
 A B C D
70: 
Henry objects to our buying this house without the approval of our attorney, and John does so.
 A B C D
Choose the word which best fits each gap of the passage.
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (71)______. Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become (72)______ if we do not make an effort to (73)______ them. There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are hunted for fur, skin or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (74)______, and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat – the place where they live – is (75)______. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open (76)______ than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better (77)______, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (78)______ wildlife. The most successful animals on earth – human beings – will soon be the only ones (79)______unless we can (80)______ this problem.
71: 	 A. Threat	 B. Problem	 C. Vanishing	 D. Danger
72: 	 A. Disappeared	 B. Exhausted	 C. Vanished	 D. Extinct
73: 	 A. Guard	 B. Safe	 C. Protect	 D. Serve
74: 	 A. For living	 B. Alive	 C. For life	 D. Lively
75: 	 A. Departing	 B. Escaping	 C. Disappearing	 D. Exhausting
76: 	 A. Parts	 B. Up	 C. Air	 D. Spaces
77: 	 A. Herbs	 B. Fields	 C. Products	 D. Crops
78: 	 A. Hurt	 B. Spoil	 C. Harm	 D. Wound
79: 	 A. Missing	 B. Over	 C. Survived	 D. Left
80: 	 A. Solve	 B. Explain	 C. Calculate	 D. Answer
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SỞ GD-ĐT BÌNH ĐỊNH THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN I - 2011
THPT VĨNH THẠNH Khối D : môn Anh văn
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest or whose stress pattern is different from the others in each of the following questions.
Question 1.a.tough	b.much	c.thorough	d.enough 
Question 2.a.subsidies	b.stagnant	c.ethnic	d.substantial
Question 3.a.renovate	b.policy	c.dissolve	d.congress
Question 4.a.uses	b.purses	c.agrees	d.pleases
Question 5.a.astronaut	b.technique	c.domestic	d.incredible
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6..The weather, recently, has been ……….mild for December.
	a.surprisedly	b.surprising	c.surprisingly	d.surprised
Question 7.’Will there be a lot of people at the concert tonight?’ ‘…. There aren’t usually very many.’
	a.I don’t expect so.	b.I expect not.	c.I expect so.	d.I think not.
Question 8. ‘Thanks a lot.’ ‘……………’
	a.Don’t mention it.	b.Oh, that’s too bad.	c.Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.d.Of course.
Question 9.You ……give me a lift. I can easily catch a bus.
	a.don’t have	b.needn’t	c.don’t need	d.musn’t
Question 10.I always dream of having a sports car…………
	a.in my possession	b.on my own	c.of my own	d.of me
Question 11.The water workers’claim for a ten percent pay rise has been under ……by the Government.
	a.consideration	b.inquiry	c.regard	d.application 
Question 12.He ….. a rare disease when he was working in the hospital.
	a.took	b.suffered	c.infected	d.caught
Question 13.If you ……..to my advice in the first place, you ……..in this mess now.
	a.listened/wouldn’t be	b.had listened/wouldn’t be c.had listened/wouldn’t have been	d.are/will be
Question 14.I’m not at all put out by their decision. …….,I welcome it.
	a.All the same	b.On the contrary	c.In contrast	d.On the other hand
Question 15.You’d rather stay at home tonight, ……you?
	a.hadn/t	b.didn’t	c.wouldn’t	d.won’t
Question 16.I was passing their house, so I …..Claire and Michael.
	a.got on with	b.came up with	c.dropped in on	d.ran into	
Question 17.In elections, politicians try to get old people to vote for them, it’s called the ….vote.
	a.white	b.blue	c.old	d.grey
Question 18.In the end, I just lost my ……..and started gabbling incoherently.
	a.head	b.mind	c.brain	d.intelligence
Question 19.We all ………working with you. You are so dynamic.	
	a.think	b.judge	c.believe	d.appreciate
Question 20. …….his dangerous driving, Barry has never been caught by the police.
	a.In spite	b.Although	c.Despite	d.However
Question 21.The Government hopes to ………its plans for introducing cable T.V.
	a.carry out	b.turn out	c.carry on	d.keep on
Question 22. To give an effective speech, …….is the delivery that is most important.
	a.it 	b.which	c.there	d.that
Question 23…….parents of Thomas claimed that he was at ……home at the time of …….robbery.
	a.X-X-the	b.The –the-the	c.X-X- a	d.The –X- the
Question 24.Martin tried on three jackets, ……….fitted him.
	a.none	b.none of which	c.none of them	d.which
Question 25.Hello! Aviation Electronics? Could I speak to Mr.John on ……..8183, please.
	a.branch	b.extension	c.system	d.exchange
Question 26.Joe had his car ….last month and then ……it.
	a.fix/sell	b.fixed/sell	c.fixed/sold	d.to fix/to sell 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks . 
LISTENING
	Human beings have a strong need to 27….their experiences and problems into words. That is why everyone 28…a ‘friendly ear’-someone who is 29…to listen to their troubles and joys. But few people 30…….. what a complex skill listening is. To be a good listener requires great 31….of concentration, which can only be gained through practice.
	There are two reasons why listening is often such hard 32….. . The first is simply that people much prefer to speak. How often have you 33…….what someone has said because you were thinking about what you were going to say in 34……….? The second reason is that people speak too slowly. The average speed is about 125 words per minute, 35………is not fast enough for the human brain. It 36……..too much time for the concentration to fail, as the brain tries to 37……..itself busy with other , irrelevant thoughts.
	Next time you are in a listening 38………, try to predict what the speaker is going to say. Ask yourself questions about what is being said, and 39……..if the speaker answers them. Finally, make quick summaries in your head of the main 40……..that have been made. All of these things will 41…….you to concentrate and make you a better listener.
Question 27.a.say	b.put	c.tell	d.place
Question 28.a.approves	b.applauds	c.appreciates	d.attracts
Question 29.a.agreed	b.wanting	c.capable	d.willing
Question 30.a.realise	b.believe	c.relate	d.detect
Question 31.a.forces	b.skills	c.powers	d.energy
Question 32.a.job	b.work	c.task	d.act
Question 33.a.lost	b.dropped	c.slipped	d.missed
Question 34.a.