ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT 2009-2010

ĐỀ ÔN TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG MÔN TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THAM KHẢO(2009-2010)
I. PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS
A. Which word is stressed differently from the others?
1. A. antibiotic B. idiomatic C. verbalization D.
incongruity
2. A. vaccine B. taboo C. laughter D. visual
3. A. management B. penicillin C. operation D. medication
4. A. benefit B. complement C. examine D.
comical
5. A. donation B. prescription C. determine D.
designate
B. Which underlined part is pronounced differently?
6. A. caricature B. display C. inspiration D. degrade
7. A. occurred B. prescribed C. inspired D. liked
8. A. benefit B. complement C. brighten D.
model
9. A. heal B. treat C. measles D. search
10. A. superior B. occur C. turn D.
surgeon
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
1. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each sentence.
11. Tom said, “Please tell me about it. ________ if I’ve heard the story before.”
A. I stopped you B. I’ll stop you C. I’ve stopped you D. I’m
stopping you
12. Mr.Kim lives on a boat; _________, he does not know how to swim.
A. however B. moreover C. consequently D. therefore
13. Mothers usually warn their children ________with strangers.
A. not talking B. not to talk C. that talking D. to be talked
14. When I went back to the shop, they ________ the book I wanted.
A. sell B. sold C. have sold D. had sold

15. I ________ ‘detective stories’ but I don’t any more.
A. am used to enjoy B. used to enjoy C. am used to enjoying
D. am getting used to enjoying
16. The decision ________ was exactly what he wanted was postponed.
A. which B. whom C. who D. none is
correct
17. “Sorry I am late.” “That’ s all right. I ________ long.”
A. am not waiting B. don’t wait C. won’t wait D.
haven’t been waiting
18. Don’t forget ________ all the exercise before ________to school.
A. doing / to go B. doing / going C. to do / going
D. to do / to go
19. There’s not been a great response to the sale, ________ ?
A. does there B. hasn’t there C. hasn’t it D. has
there
20. My brother did not go to school yesterday. Neither _________.
A. went I B. did I C. I did D. had
I gone
21. There was _________ rain last week that several roads were flooded.
A. too many B. so many C. so much D. such much
22. Paper money _________ for over a thousand years.
A. is used B. has been used C. has used D. used
23. We had difficulty _________ a suitable meeting place.
A. providing B. to provide C. for providing
D. in provided
24. I wish I _________ my letter of application earlier.
A. would write B. had written C. wrote D.
should write
25. You mustn’t forget_________ tomorrow morning.
A. turning in your assignment B. to turn in your assignment

C. turn in your assignment D. turn your assignment in
26. We wasted a lot of time _________ unnecessary things.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. for doing
27. _________ on a small salary when one has a large family is not easy.
A. Having to live B. Having living C. Have to live
D. To have live
28. _________ you are I don’t want to see you now.
A. Who B. Whoever C. Whomever D. Whom
29. The smaller the room is the _________ furniture it needs.
A. fewer B. less C. more D.
smaller
30. No one claimed the abandoned car; _________, it was towed away by the police.
A. nevertheless B. however C. in contrast D.
consequently
31. The XYZ Company won a four-year contract to serve the new computer system.
_________, the XYZ Company will receive a one million dollar bonus for designing the
system.
A. Therefore B. Consequently C. In fact D. In addition
B. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
32. There have been little snow in Arctic areas for a long time because the
A B
atmosphere cannot get much moisture from a frozen ocean.
C D
33. I am sure that your system seems as strange to us as ours do to you!
A B C D
34. She wishes that we didn’t send her the candy yesterday because she is on a diet.
A B C D
35. In the twenties, the Golden Age of Sports, Babe Ruth became a national baseball hero
because his sixty home
A B

C D
runs in 1927.
36.The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the
proposal.
A B C D
37.Before playing tennis, Simon had to get his hair cutting.
A B C D
38. Each banking transaction handled quickly and efficiently by well-trained tellers.
A B C D
39. I find him absolutely fascinated when talking with him.
A B C D
40. That client is used to receive prompt attention.
A B C D
41. Although her severe pain, Pat decided to come to the meeting so that there would be a
quorum.
A B C D
III. CLOZE TEST
Read the following passage and then choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best
completes each blank.
Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (42)________of various
forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been
in the form of oral (43)________. When there is a language (44)________ com-
munication is accomplished through sign language in which motions (45)________
for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to
(46)________ to this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are
very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot.
Body language (47)________ ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally
or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is only
joking. A nod (48)________ approval, while shaking the head (49)________ a
negative reaction.

Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be (50)________ in Braille (a system of
raised dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals.
Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people.
(51)________ verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and
techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.
42. A. usage B. use C. employment D. utility
43. A. address B. speech C. utterance D. claims
44. A. barrier B. obstacles C. divisions D. separation
45. A. point B. signify C. imply D. stand
46. A. refer B. rotate C. resort D. revolve
47. A. progresses B. transmits C. remits D. emits
48. A. signifies B. signs C. registers D. presents
49. A. predicates B. indicates C. abdicates D. implicates
50. A. traced B. trailed C. found D. explored
51. A. While B. As C. Because D. Until
IV. COMPREHENSION READING
Read the following passage. For questions 52 – 55, you are to choose one best answer
(A, B, C or D) to each question.
Probably the most famous film commenting on 20
th
century technology is Modern
Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who,
while interviewing him, happened to describe working conditions in industrial Detroit.
Chaplin, together with healthy young farm boys, was lured to the city to work as
automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men’s health was
destroyed by the stress of work in the factories.
Scenes of factory interiors account for less than one-third of the footage of
Modern Times, but they contain some of the film’s most pointed social commentary as
well as its funniest comic situations. No one who has seen the film can ever forget
Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his

mind in the process.
Cleary, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating
technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it
accurately reflects the sentiments of many who felt they were helpless victims of an over-
mechanized world.
52. The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ________.
A. criticize the factory system of the 1930s C. explain Chaplin’s style of
acting
B. describe an important film D. discuss how film reveals
the benefits of technology
53. According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for the film Modern Times
from ________.
A. a newspaper article B. a scene in a movie C. a job had once held D. a
conversation with a reporter
54. The author would probably use all of the following words to describe the film
Modern Times except ________.
A. revolutionary B. humorous C. memorable D.
satirical
55. The author of the passage is probably an expert in the field of ________.
A. film criticism B. journalism C. labor relations D. industrial
design
ANSWER KEYS
ĐỀ ÔN TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG MÔN TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THAM KHẢO(2009-2010)
1. D 16. A 31. D 46. C
2. B 17. D 32. A 47. B
3. A 18. C 33. D 48. A
4. C 19. D 34. A 49. B
5. D 20. B 35. C 50. C
6. A 21. C 36. C 51. A

7. D 22. B 37. D 52. B
8. A 23. A 38. B 53. D
9. D 24. B 39. B 54. A
100. A 25. B 40. C 55. A
11. B 26. C 41. A 56.
12. A 27. A 42. B 57.
13. B 28. B 43. B 58.
14. D 29. B 44. A 59.
15. B 30. D 45. D 60.