ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 72

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

1. Choose the word that does not have the same pronunciation of the underlined part as that in the rest (0.5 pts)

1.    A. divide                           B. climate                          C. friendliness                   D. comprise
2.    A. design                           B. consist                           C. Islam                                    D. musician

2. Choose the word that does not have the same stressed syllable as that of the rest (0.5 pts)

3.    A. fashion                          B. tunic                              C. novel                             D. deny
4.    A. relax                              B. together                         C. mountain                       D. arrive

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

5. _______________ suggest that we should preserve the tropical rainforests in the world.

          A. Consumers                    B. Aliens                            C. Conservationists           D. Tourists

6. _______________ they use energy-saving light bulbs, their electricity bill is still enormous.

          A. Since                             B. When                            C. Although                             D. If

7. Computers are playing an _______________ important role both in our homes and at work.

          A. increase                         B. increasing                      C. increased                       D. increasingly

8. _______________ the night before Christmas, Santa Claus enters each house to give children gifts.

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

9. What would you do if you _______________ away by aliens?

          A. took                              B. take                               C. are taken                       D. were taken

10. Many people were injured when the building _______________.

          A. destroyed                      B. struck                            C. collapsed                              D. occurred    

11. He thinks the Internet is very useful, _______________?

          A. doesn’t he                     B. isn’t he                          C. doesn’t it                              D. isn’t it

12. She suggests _______________ on a picnic next Sunday.

         A. go                                  B. should go                      C. going                             D. A, B, C are correct         

13. Tom is very intelligent. _______________, he’s lazy.

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

14. “Congratulations! You made a hat-trick today.” – “_______________”

          A. Thank you. I’m glad you like it.                             C. Thank you so much. That’s very kind of you.

          B. Thanks. It’s the whole team’s effort.                      D. Thank you. Everybody can solve this problem.

4. Read the sign / text in the box and choose the correct meaning (A, B, C or D) (0.5 pts)

5. Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage (1.5 pts)

The Internet offers a variety of benefits to everyone. First of all, the use of the Internet has (17)__________ jobs easier and oversimplified tasks that would take an enormous amount of time before. Secondly, the Internet has offered the chance to make the transactions quickly and (18)__________. Nowadays almost every bank offers transferring money over the Internet. Thirdly, the (19)__________ use of the Internet has opened new areas of jobs in all countries and expanded the availabilities of working from home. Finally, the Internet is one of the most valuable tools in educations (20)__________ it provides an enormous amount of information and is the greatest source of reference (21)__________ educators and students. Another major benefit of the internet is its ability (22)__________ distances and provide communication services efficiently and without any cost.  In general, the Internet is a multi-tool with applications on every aspect of people’s life.

17.    A. taken                             B. made                             C. done                              D. All are correct.
18.    A. occasionally                  B. relatively                       C. especially                             D. safely
19.    A. various                          B. advantage                     C. widespread                          D. interactive
20.    A. though                          B. since                              C. despite                                 D. moreover
21.    A. with                              B. about                             C. from                              D. for
22.    A. to minimize                   B. for reducing                  C. of shortening                        D. to increase

6. Read the passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False (1.5 pts)

Nowadays, the environmentalists are so worried about environmental problems that can directly affect people’s life. Among the problems mentioned every day in mass media, air pollution and water pollution are considered the most serious ones.

There are many factors that cause the pollution of the air: chemicals from burned fuels, smoke from automobiles, and acid rain from chemical transformation. Smoke can cause serious health problems while acid rain is responsible for the destruction of many forest ecosystems.

Raw sewage, garbage, and oil contribute to the pollution of water. When water is polluted, it causes a lot of waterborne diseases and threatens marine wildlife. About 1.5 billion people around the world lack safe drinking water and every year 5 million people die from diseases. 

23. Air pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems.                                                                                                                       _________________
24. Raw sewage, smoke and chemicals from fuel burning caused water pollution.                                                                                                                                        _________________
25. The ecosystems of many forests are damaged by chemical transformation.                                                                                                              _________________
26. About 1.5 billion people worldwide don’t have enough water and die from disease every year.                                                                                                                              

Read the passage again and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D)

27. What does the passage mainly discuss?

          A. environmental pollution                                          B. serious disease

          C. forest ecosystem                                                      D. marine wildlife

28. What can be inferred from the text?

          A. Air pollution isn’t caused by many factors.

          B. Polluted water can kill marine life.

          C. People around the world lack drinking water.

          D. Environmentalists are mentioned in the media every day.

7. Supply the correct form of the word in bracket (1.5 pts)

29. Jack is an active student. He always does things _____________________________________.                                                                                                                                                          (energetic)
30. I found his talk __________________________________________ so I left the meeting early.   (interest)
31. We think Mother’s Day should be celebrated _______________________________________.     (nation)
32. Factories which release ________________ directly into rivers and seas must be fined heavily.    (pollute)
33. Wearing seat belts when driving a car is ___________________________________________.    (compel)
34. After several ________________________________________ attempts, we have finally got it.                                                                                                                                                            (succeed)

8. Rearrange the word given to make the meaningful sentence (0.5 pts)

35. important celebration / is / The Lunar New Year holiday / the most / Vietnamese people / for /. //

• The Lunar New Year___________________________________________________________________

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

• We__________________________________________________________________________________

9. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them (1.0 pt)

37. Let’s take these plastic bags to the nearest recycling center.

• I suggest that these plastic bags___________________________________________________________

38. Since he was careless, Tim lost his job.

• Because of____________________________________________________________________________

39. The students are preparing for the coming exam. That pleases our form teacher.

• Our form teacher is_____________________________________________________________________

40. I didn’t arrive in time to see her.

I wasn’t early 

Internet mang lại nhiều lợi ích cho mọi người. Trước hết, việc sử dụng Internet đã (17) làm cho công việc trở nên dễ dàng hơn và các công việc đơn giản hóa quá mức sẽ tốn rất nhiều thời gian trước đây. Thứ hai, Internet mang lại cơ hội thực hiện các giao dịch một cách nhanh chóng và (18) một cách an toàn. Ngày nay hầu hết mọi ngân hàng đều cung cấp dịch vụ chuyển tiền qua Internet. Thứ ba, việc sử dụng Internet rộng rãi (19) đã mở ra nhiều lĩnh vực việc làm mới ở tất cả các quốc gia và mở rộng khả năng làm việc tại nhà. Cuối cùng, Internet là một trong những công cụ có giá trị nhất trong giáo dục (20) vì nó cung cấp một lượng thông tin khổng lồ và là nguồn tham khảo lớn nhất (21) cho các nhà giáo dục và sinh viên. Một lợi ích chính khác của Internet là khả năng của nó (22) để giảm thiểu khoảng cách và cung cấp các dịch vụ liên lạc một cách hiệu quả và không tốn bất kỳ chi phí nào. Nói chung, Internet là một công cụ đa dụng với các ứng dụng trên mọi khía cạnh của cuộc sống con người.

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

Nowadays, the environmentalists are so worried about environmental problems that can directly affect people’s life. Among the problems mentioned every day in mass media, air pollution and water pollution are considered the most serious ones.

There are many factors that cause the pollution of the air: chemicals from burned fuels, smoke from automobiles, and acid rain from chemical transformation. Smoke can cause serious health problems while acid rain is responsible for the destruction of many forest ecosystems.

Raw sewage, garbage, and oil contribute to the pollution of water. When water is polluted, it causes a lot of waterborne diseases and threatens marine wildlife. About 1.5 billion people around the world lack safe drinking water and every year 5 million people die from diseases.

23. TRUE. Câu văn Among the problems mentioned every day in mass media, air pollution and water pollution are considered the most serious ones
24. FALSE. There are many factors that cause the pollution of the air: chemicals from burned fuels, smoke from automobiles, and acid rain from chemical transformation.
25. TRUE. …and acid rain from chemical transformation.  Smoke can cause serious health problems while acid rain is responsible for the destruction of many forest ecosystems.
26. FALSE. About 1.5 billion people around the world lack safe drinking water and every year 5 million people die from diseases.
27. A. environmental pollution.
28. B. Polluted water can kill marine life.

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

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

Đáp án: energetically.

30. Dấu hiệu: Ta có: find + danh từ + tính từ. Mặt khác, do vế sau mang nghĩa rời đi sớm nên tính từ thể hiện bản chất tiêu cực.

Đáp án: uninteresting.

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

Đáp án: nationally.

32. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống có động từ “release”, do đó chỗ trống phải là danh từ đóng vai trò là tân ngữ.

Đáp án: pollutants.

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

Đáp án: compulsory.

34. Dấu hiệu: Trước chỗ trống là lượng từ “several”, sau chỗ trống là danh từ “attempt”, do đó chỗ trống phải là tính từ.

Đáp án: successive.

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

35. The Lunar New Year is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people.

Dịch: Tết Nguyên Đán là dịp lễ quan trọng nhất của người Việt Nam.

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

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

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 ở dạng bị động với “suggest”

Đáp án: I suggest that these plastic bags should be taken to the nearest recycling center.

38. Viết lại câu nghĩa không đổi dùng: “because of + cụm danh từ”

Đáp án: Because of Tim’s carelessness, he lost his job.

              Because of being careless, Tim lost his job.

39. Viết lại câu với nghĩa không đổi.  

Đáp án: Our form teacher is pleased that the students are preparing for the coming exam.

40. Viết lại câu sử dụng cấu trúc “enough”.

Đáp án: I wasn’t early enough to see her.