ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 50

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

1. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others (0.5 pts)

1.    A. economic                      B. disappointed                 C. documentary                 D. compulsory
2.    A. journalism                     B. compulsory                   C. environment                 D. distinguish

2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others (0.5 pts)

3.    A. fashion                          B. crack                             C. advance                        D. congratulation
4.    A. exhaust                         B. explore                          C. minority                        D. communicate

3. Read and choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2.5 pts)

5. My mother usually listens to classical music for _______________.

   A. impression                    B. inspiration                     C. suggestion                     D. relaxation

6. My grandfather will _______________ me to Hoi An Town tomorrow.

   A. reach                             B. pick up                          C. take                               D. get

7. Ten percent of garbage is _______________, ten percent is burned, and the rests put in landfills.

   A. conserved                      B. recycled                        C. wasted                          D. used

8. I was very excited _______________ it was my first trip there.

   A. because                         B. so                                  C. but                                 D. although

9. Reading books, listening to radio or watching films are better ways to _______________ words.

   A. mentioned                     B. improved                       C. memorize                      D. examine

10. Tropical forests have provided us _______________ many kinds of food, medicine and industry.

   A. into                                B. from                              C. for                                 D. with

11. Singapore is famous _______________ its shops and restaurants.

   A. for                                 B. with                               C. in                                   D. from

12. The teacher _______________ students to read all the questions carefully before doing them.

   A. hoped                            B. advised                          C. let                                  D. decided

13. Her teacher was angry because her homework _______________.

   A. doesn't finish                B. didn't finished               C. isn't finished                 D. wasn't finished

14. The flowers _______________ in the yellow paper are five dollars.

   A. wrap                              B. wrapping                       C. wrapped                        D. to wrap

4. CAUTION SIGNS – WARNINGS (0.5 pts)

5. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage (1.5 pts)

In my opinion reading is the perfect hobby and I am sure that a lot of people would (17)__________. There are a lot of wonderful reasons (18)__________ reading is important.

Here are a few reasons why you should consider reading a book:

To expose yourself to new thing: Through reading, you expose yourself to new things, new information, new ideas, new ways (19)__________ a problem, and new ways achieve a goal. Reading might help you discover hobbies or exploring things you didn’t know you like. Exploration begins from reading and understanding.

To improve oneself: Reading helps you understand the world more. Through it, you begin to have a better understanding on a topic that interests you. Self-improvement starts from reading, through reading you have a better understanding and better decisions to take (20)__________ the future.

To reduce stress: Studies show that reading reduces stress. The (21)__________ in this study only needed to read silently for a few minutes to slow down the heart and ease tension in the muscles.

To entertain oneself: Reading has an entertainment value. Reading is not only fun, (22)__________ it has all the added benefits that we discussed so far. A good book can help you entertained while developing life skills.

17.    A. realize                           B. explain                          C. complain                       D. agree
18.    A. what                              B. why                               C. where                            D. how
19.    A. solve                             B. solving                          C. to solve                         D. solved
20.    A. in                                   B. on                                  C. at                                   D. since     
21.    A. activists                         B. participants                   C. scientists                       D. conservationists
22.    A. because                         B. although                        C. but                                D. so

6. Read the passage and do the tasks below (1.5 pts)

More than two hundred years ago, the term "environment pollution" was quite strange to people. They lied healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually, it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know the wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. It is worth talking a lot about pollution.

Answer: True or False?

23. In former days, people knew nothing about environmental pollution.                                                                                                                        _________________
24. People nowadays still have no awareness of the danger of pollution.                                                                                                                        _________________
25. Nowadays most industrial waste is treated safely.                                                                                                                            _________________
26. Environmental pollution can have deadly effect on humans.                                                                                                                          _________________

Choose the correct answers:

27. Everybody knows that cars emit dangerous gases _______________.

   A. but they still prefer traveling by car                       B. so they do not travel by car any longer

   C. they no longer use cars                                           D. so they prefer traveling by bicycles

28. Factory owners _______________.

   A. have no awareness of pollution                              

   B. know nothing about pollution

   C. do not want to spend their money on treating the wastes safely

   D. treat wastes from their factories safely

7. Word forms: Use the correct word forms (1.0 pt)

29. This type of jeans is _________________________________ very fashionable these days.                                                                                                                                                   (consideration)
30. Her family welcomed me very _______________________________________________.          (warmth)
31. The _________________________________________ of jeans seems unlikely to decline.         (popular)
32. Motorbikes and cars emit ____________________ gases that cause poisonous air and cancer.      (danger)
33. In my opinion, the Internet is a very fast and convenient way for us to get _________________.   (inform)
34. Many people still believe that ___________________________ resources will never be used up. (nature)

8. Sentence transformation: Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (0.5 pts)

35. Tom said, “What can I do to help you with your assignment, Mary?”

• Tom asked____________________________________________________________________________

36. He is accustomed to turning off the lights before leaving his room.

• He gets_______________________________________________________________________________

37. My brother told me that I could use his motorbike.

• My father allowed______________________________________________________________________

38. This boy cycled carelessly.

• This boy was__________________________________________________________________________

9. Rearrange these sentences (0.5 pts)

39. want us / unpolluted / What / about / do the conservationists / keeping the environment / to learn /? //

• _____________________________________________________________________________________

40. tell / and their cultures / I like / different people / reading books / about / which /. //

VI. Read the passage, and then decide if the statements that follow it are TRUE or FALSE.

More than two hundred years ago, the term "environment pollution" was quite strange to people. They lied healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually, it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know the wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering garbage is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. It is worth talking a lot about pollution.

23. TRUE. Câu văn More than two hundred years ago, the term "environment pollution" was quite strange to people.
24. FALSE. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment
25. FALSE. but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely.
26. TRUE. Scattering garbage is bad for our health.
27. A. but they still prefer traveling by car.
28. C. do not want to spend their money on treating the wastes safely.

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

29. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống có động từ tobe “is”, do đó chỗ trống là tính từ hoặc V³ ở thể bị động. Dịch nghĩa: Kiểu quần jean này được coi là rất thời trang trong những ngày này.

Đáp án: considered.

30. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là động từ “welcomed”, do đó chỗ trống là trạng từ.

Đáp án: warmly.

31. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là mạo từ “the”, sau chỗ trống là giới từ “oft”, do đó chỗ trống là danh từ.

Đáp án: popularity.

32. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là động từ “emit”, sau chỗ trống là danh từ “gases”, do đó chỗ trống phải là tính từ bổ nghĩa cho danh từ phía sau tạo thành cụm danh từ.

Đáp án: dangerous.

33. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống có động từ “get”, do đó chỗ trống phải là danh từ

Đáp án: information.

34. Dấu hiệu: Sau chỗ trống có danh từ “resources” do đó chỗ trống là tính từ.

Đáp án: natural.

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

35. Viết lại câu tường thuật ở dạng câu hỏi: Nhớ lùi thì, đổi chủ ngữ/tân ngữ trong câu cho phù hợp

S + asked sb + [từ để hỏi] + S + V + …

Đáp án: Tom asked Mary what he could do to help her with her assignment.

36. Viết lại câu với từ đồng nghĩa: accustom = get used to V-ing: quen dần với, tập cho quen với cái gì.

Đáp án: He gets used to turning off the lights before leaving his room.

37. Viết lại câu với nghĩa không đổi: Nhớ allow + sb + to V: cho phép ai đó làm gì

Đáp án: My father allowed me to use his motorbike.      

38. Viết lại câu với nghĩa không đổi.  

Đáp án: This boy was a careless cyclist.

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

39. What do the conservationists want us to learn about keeping the environment unpolluted?

Dịch: Các nhà bảo tồn muốn chúng ta học gì về việc giữ cho môi trường không bị ô nhiễm?

40. I like reading books which tell about different people and their cultures.

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