ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 24

Họ và tên học sinh:.................................................................................................................................................

1. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.    A.  chemistry                     B. kitchen                          C. watch                                   D. catch
2.    A. invited                           B. wanted                          C. ended                                   D. liked

2. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.

3.    A. economic                      B. activity                          C. disappointed                        D. scientific
4.    A. detective                       B. romantic                        C. national                                D. adventure

3. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence.

5. One of the essential things that children, when grown up, need to acquire is _______________.

          A. life skill                         B. shopping habit              C. blame game                  D. laziness

6. _______________ Saturday afternoons we usually play basketball.

          A. On                                 B. In                                  C. At                                 D. To

7. We had a picnic on the river _______________ before going home late in the evening.

          A. side                               B. bank                              C. part                               D. place

8. My _______________ is playing tennis and collecting coins.

          A. work                             B. hobby                            C. free time                        D. duty

9. It took us two hours _______________ the village by bus.

          A. to come                         B. to reach                         C. to get                             D. to arrive

10. You should calm _______________ and we will find out the best solution.

          A. about                             B. up                                  C. down                            D. from

11. He wishes he _______________ younger again.

          A. is                                   B. would                            C. could be                        D. be

12. Since he arrived, he _______________ a lot about life on a farm. 

          A. was learning                  B. had learned                   C. has been learning          D. learned

13. “Shall we eat out this evening?” – “_______________.”

          A. Yes, we shall.               B. How do you do?           C. Yes, let’s!                      D. You’re welcome.

14. “_______________” - “It’s nice of you to say so!”

          A. We have no other choices.                                      B. What you did was so stupid.

          C. I’d like to stop you doing so.                                  D. Have a nice trip to Hue.

4. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the following picture or sign.

5. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Camping is an activity in which people live temporarily in the outdoors. Campers (17)__________ in fishing, hunting, swimming, and wildlife watching. It provides physical benefits when it involves hiking around a campsite, and many people believe that camping (18)__________ youngsters feel more confident.

People throughout the world enjoy hiking to wildness campsites. This activity is called backpacking (19)__________ it involves carrying such essential camping gear as the tent, food, clothing, and sleeping bag on the back in a bag (20)__________ a backpack. Backpacking is best suited for (21)__________ who are in good physical conditions as it may require walking several miles.

The key to any enjoyable camping trip is planning. A decision (22)__________ where to camp depends on personal preference, but planning the trip before leaving helps campers avoid preventable accidents.

17. A. participate                       B. take                               C. enter                              D. get
18. A. enables                            B. allows                            C. makes                            D. causes
19. A. although                          B. because                         C. so                                  D. but
20. A. mentioned                       B. told                               C. known                           D. called
21. A. anyone                             B. those                             C. someone                        D. Everyone
22. A. for                                   B. with                               C. on                                  D. in

6. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False.

The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year around. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.

       English villages are not all like, but in some ways they are not very different from one another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard where people are buried.

       The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they cannot find in the village shops.

23. The town isn't so beautiful as the country.                              __________________  
24. English villages are completely alike.                                     __________________
25. It is not far from most villages to some small towns.              __________________
26. People can buy everything in the village shops.                     __________________

Read the passage again and choose the most suitable item.

27. The main topic of the passage is __________________________.

          A. to encourage people to live in the country.             B. to introduce English villages.         

          C. to compare towns with villages.                             D. to describe the quiet life in the country.

28. The word "they" refers to __________________________.

          A. villages                          B. towns                            C. people                           D. holidays

7. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.

29. I'm _________________________________ that we will have a vacation abroad this week.         (delight)
30. He _________________________________ packed his school things and left immediately.           (hurry)
31. How to boost up self-__________________________________ is what the lecture aims at.         (confide)
32. We took __________________________ food like chicken salad with grapes last weekend.           (picnic)
33. Though he has final exam tomorrow, it looks as if he was ___________________________.          (worry)
34. Sophia did her best to provide _____________________________ atmosphere in her home.      (relaxion)

8. Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.

35. went / was / It / swimming /such /weather /we / good / that /. //

• It was________________________________________________________________________________

36. attraction / the / photos / around / sightseers / to / walked / Many / tourist / took /. //

• Many________________________________________________________________________________

9. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it.

37. They made me wait for the door for twenty minutes.

• I was________________________________________________________________________________

38. He is sorry that he can't see Audrey on her trip to London.

• He wishes____________________________________________________________________________

39. I always find it strange to travel by air.

• I'm not_______________________________________________________________________________

40. I had to spend two days travelling to that town.

• It took_______________________________________________________________________________

Cắm trại là một hoạt động mà mọi người sống tạm thời ở ngoài trời. Những người cắm trại tham gia (17) câu cá, săn bắn, bơi lội và quan sát động vật hoang dã. Nó mang lại những lợi ích về thể chất khi liên quan đến việc đi bộ đường dài quanh khu cắm trại và nhiều người tin rằng cắm trại làm cho (18) thanh niên cảm thấy tự tin hơn.

   Mọi người trên khắp thế giới thích đi bộ đường dài đến các khu cắm trại hoang dã. Hoạt động này được gọi là du lịch “bụi” (Tây ba lô) vì (19) nó bao gồm việc mang theo những dụng cụ cắm trại thiết yếu như lều, thực phẩm, quần áo và túi ngủ ở phía sau trong một chiếc túi được gọi là (20) ba lô. Du kịch “bụi” phù hợp nhất cho (21) những người có thể chất tốt vì nó có thể phải đi bộ vài km.

    Chìa khóa cho bất kỳ chuyến đi cắm trại thú vị nào là lập kế hoạch. Quyết định (22) nơi cắm trại phụ thuộc vào sở thích cá nhân, nhưng việc lập kế hoạch cho chuyến đi trước khi rời đi sẽ giúp trại viên tránh được những tai nạn có thể phòng tránh được.

Điểm ngữ pháp câu 22: A decision on: quyết định

VI. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False

The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country for summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year around. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.

English villages are not all like, but in some ways they are not very different from one another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard where people are buried.

The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they cannot find in the village shop.

23. TRUE. Từ khóa là beautiful. Câu văn The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in.
24. FALSE. Từ khóa là English villages. Câu văn English villages are not all like.
25. TRUE. Từ khóa small towns. Câu văn Most villages are so close to some small towns.
26. FALSE. Từ khóa là shop. Câu văn people can go there to buy what they cannot find in the village shop.
27. B. to introduce English villages.
28. C. people.

VII. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence

29. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là động từ tobe “am”, do đó chỗ trống là tính từ đuôi “ed” vì chủ ngữ là người.

Đáp án: delighted.

30. Dấu hiệu: trước chỗ trống là chủ ngữ “he”, sau chỗ trống là động từ “packed”, do đó chỗ trống là trạng từ bổ nghĩa cho động từ. Chuyển động từ “hurry” sang tính từ “hurried” (chủ ngữ chỉ người nên tính từ đuôi “ed”) rồi thêm “ly” để thành trạng từ.

Đáp án: hurriedly.

31. Dấu hiệu: self-confidence: tự tin.

Đáp án: confidence.

32. Dấu hiệu: Sau chỗ trống có danh từ “food”, do đó chỗ trống phải là tính từ.

Đáp án: picnicky.

33. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là động từ tobe “was”, do đó chỗ trống phải là tính từ.

Đáp án: worried.

34. Dấu hiệu: Sau chỗ trống là danh từ  “atmosphere” do đó chỗ trống phải là tính từ. Tính từ làm cho người khác cảm thấy như thế nào thì dùng đuôi “ing”

Đáp án: relaxing.

VIII. Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.

35. It was such good weather that we went swimming.

Dịch: Trời quá đẹp để chúng ta đi bơi.

36. Many sightseers walked around the tourist attraction and took photos.

Dịch: Nhiều người tham quan đã dạo quanh điểm du lịch và chụp ảnh.

IX. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it.

37. Viết lại câu bị động ở thì quá khứ đơn:

S + was/were + V³ + … + (by O)

Đáp án: I was made to wait for the door for twenty minutes.

38. Viết lại câu ước với “wish”. Ước một điều không có thật ở hiện tại: S + wish(es) + (that) + S + V² + …

Đáp án: He wishes he could see Audrey on her trip to London.

39. Viết lại câu với nghĩa không đổi dùng “be/get used to + V-ing”: quen dần với.

Đáp án: I'm not  used to traveling by air.

40. Viết lại câu với cấu trúc: It takes/took (sb) + [time] + to V…

Đáp án: It took me two days to travel to that town.