ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 54

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

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

1.     A. worked                         B. wanted                          C. stopped                         D. asked
2.    A. forces                            B. reduces                          C. divides                          D. impresses

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

3.    A. economic                      B. inspiration                     C. compulsory                   D. intermediate
4.    A. depend                          B. religious                        C. necessary                      D. deposit

3. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits the space in each sentence (2.5 pts)

5. The United States has a _______________ of around 250 million.

          A. population                     B. separation                      C. addition                        D. introduction

6. Designers made different styles of jeans to _______________ the 1960s’ fashions: embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on.

          A. suit                                B. match                            C. fit                                  D. wear

7. Police are investigating the death of an _______________ man whose body was found yesterday.

          A. evident                          B. imaginative                   C. unidentified                  D. infant

8. Solar energy doesn’t cause _______________.

          A. pollution                       B. polluted                         C. pollute                           D. pollutant

9. Tet is festival _______________ occurs in late January or early February.

          A. whom                            B. when                             C. where                            D. which

10. It’s raining. _______________, Mr. Nam has to go to work.

          A. However                       B. So                                  C. Therefore                      D. But

11. If I _______________ rich, I _______________ around the world.

          A. will be – travel              B. am – will travel             C. were – would travel      D. would be – traveled

12. The girl wishes she _______________ in Hue for the festival next week.

          A. had stayed                    B. was staying                   C. stay                               D. could stay

13. You don’t like watching this film, _______________?

          A. don’t you                      B. are you                          C. do you                           D. did you

14. Minh Huy: “_______________.” – Thuy Linh: They plant rice and vegetables.

          A. What do people do for a living in your village?

          B. Where do people do for a living in your village?

          C. What are people doing for a living in your village?

          D. What did they do for a living in your village?

4. CAUTION SIGNS – WARNINGS: Look at the signs. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) for each sign (0.5 pts)

5. GUIDED CLOZE: Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in the following passage (1.5 pts)

Energy is one of the problems that many people are interested in. It is not an unfamiliar word. It is heard, said, discussed day after day. It is close to everyone's (17)__________ life. You turn on the lamp and it is energy (18)__________ gives you light. You turn on a TV and it is energy that gives you pictures and sound. You ride a motorcycle and it is energy that gives you movement. You cook your meals and it is energy that gives you (19)__________ to boil rice.

The problem is that the demand for energy is (20)__________ and that the price of energy is getting higher and higher. The supply of energy (21)__________ earth is limited. It cannot provide us all forever. The shortage of energy in the future is inevitable. (22)__________, saving energy is a must if we want to continue to live in a safe and sound world.

17.    A. wild                               B. daily                              C. marine                           D. social
18.    A. that                                B. this                                C. whose                            D. whom
19.    A. cool                               B. warm                             C. hot                                 D. heat
20.    A. reducing                        B. decreasing                     C. rising                             D. raising
21.    A. on                                  B. put                                 C. move                             D. take
22.    A. So                                  B. Therefore                      C. However                       D. Although

6. READING COMPREHENSION: Read the passage, and then do the tasks that follow (1.5 pts)

Garbage is a serious problem in the United States. Every year, American produce 308 billion pounds of garbage (about 140 billion kilos)! A lot of garbage goes into landfills. However, many landfills do not have enough room for all the garbage.

One answer to the garbage problem is recycling. Half of all the garbage in the United States can be recycled and used again. Recycling helps the landfill problem and saves enough energy, too. When people recycle newspapers, they save trees. When they recycle glass, plastic, or cans, they save oil and electricity. Recycling is good for everyone.

Decide if these statements are TRUE or FALSE

23. Garbage is a crucial problem in the United States.                                                                                                                            _________________
24. We save trees if we recycle glass.                                                                                                                              _________________
25. Fifty percent of garbage in the United States can be recycled and used again.                                                                                                                             _________________
26. Many landfills have enough room for all the garbage.                                                                                                                         _________________

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

27. What is the main idea of this passage?

          A. Energy                          B. Recycling                      C. Garbage                        D. Landfills

28. It can be inferred from the passage that?

          A. Reusing is the best way for the garbage problem.

          B. Reducing is the best way for the garbage problem.

          C. Saving is the best way for the garbage problem.

          D. Recycling is the best way for the garbage problem.

7. WORD FORMS: Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence (1.5 pts)

29. The scores of those students are always ____________________________________ high.          (impress)
30. Poets take ___________________________________________ from many things in life.            (inspire)
31. I’m afraid that some medical facilities are _______________________ to people in remote areas.                                                                                                                                                              (access)
32. I suggest ___________________________________ a show to raise money for the poor.    (organization)
33. The Internet has helped students study more _____________________________________.            (effect)
34. There was a very ____________________ noise in the old house; it sounded like a child crying.                                                                                                                                                            (mystery)

8. SENTENCE REARRANGEMENT (0.5 pts)

35. whom / The children / I am looking after / terribly naughty / are /. //

• The children__________________________________________________________________________

36. natural resources / instead of / we can save / solar energy / coal, gas and oil / by using /. //

• We can save__________________________________________________________________________

9. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (1.0 pt)

37. Why don’t you install a burglar alarm in your house?

• I suggest_____________________________________________________________________________

38. I fell asleep because the film was boring.

• It was such____________________________________________________________________________

39. “Do your parents still live in Nha Trang now?”, Nam said to me.

• Nam asked me_________________________________________________________________________

40. The weather is bad, so we can’t go camping.

If the weather 

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

23. TRUE. Câu văn Garbage is a serious problem in the United States. (crucial = important)
24. FALSE. When people recycle newspapers, they save trees.
25. TRUE. Half of all the garbage in the United States can be recycled and used again.
26. FALSE. However, many landfills do not have enough room for all the garbage.
27. C. Garbage.
28. D. Recycling is the best way for the garbage problem.

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

29. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống có động từ tobe “are”, sau chỗ trống là tính từ “high”, do đó chỗ trống là trạng từ.

Đáp án: impressively.

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

Đáp án: inspiration.

31. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là động từ tobe “are”, sau chỗ trống là giới từ “to…”, do đó chỗ trống là tính từ. Mặt khác, trong câu có từ “afraid” nên tính từ mang nghĩa phủ định.

Đáp án: inaccessible.

32. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là động từ “suggest”, sau chỗ trống là danh từ “a show”, do đó chỗ trống phải là động từ V-ing.

Đáp án: organizing.

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

Đáp án: effectively.

34. Dấu hiệu: Sau chỗ trống có mạo từ “a”, sau chỗ trống là danh từ “noise”, do đó chỗ trống là tính từ.

Đáp án: mysterious.

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

35. The children whom I am looking after are terribly naughty.

Dịch: Những đứa trẻ mà tôi đang chăm sóc nghịch ngợm khủng khiếp.

36. We can save coal, gas and oil by using solar energy instead of natural resources.

Dịch: Chúng ta có thể tiết kiệm than, khí đốt và dầu bằng cách sử dụng năng lượng mặt trời thay vì tài nguyên thiên nhiên.

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 đề nghị bằng “suggest”

S + suggest + (that) + S + should + V⁰…

Đáp án: I suggest (that) you should install a burglar alarm in your house.

38. Viết lại câu với câu trúc:

S + be + such + (a/an) + danh từ + that + S + V + O…

Đáp án: It was such a boring film that I felt asleep.

39. Viết lại câu tường thuật dạng câu hỏi Yes/No: Nhớ lùi thì, đổi chủ ngữ/tân ngữ phù hợp và trạng từ chỉ thời gian/nơi chốn.

S + asked sb + if/whether + S + V +…

Đáp án: Nam asked me if/whether my parents still lived in Nha Trang then.      

40. Viết lại câu điều kiện loại 2, giả sử một việc không thể xảy ra ở hiện tại. (Hiện tại thời tiết xấu)  

Đáp án: If the weather were nice, we could go camping.

              If the weather were not bad, we could go camping.