Đề thi Tiếng Anh luyên thi Đại học 1

The second examination questions
Read the questions carefully and choose the best answer
Part 1: Vocabulary
Question 1. He couldn’t ………… his father that he was telling the truth.
A. convince B. trust
C. confide D. admit
Question 2: The main attraction of the job was that it offered the ………… to do research.
A. possibility B. prospect
C. proposal D. opportunity
Question 3: He ran away ……………… he should be seen.
A. though B. lest
C. for D. if
Question 4: He put salt in her coffee to …………. her.
A. revenge B. begrudge
C. retaliate D. spite
Question 5: The main difference …………… living and non-living things is that all living things respond
………….changes in their surroundings, grow and reproduce themselves.
A. between/to B. among/to
C. between/with D. among/with
Question 6: Many football clubs are in financial …………… .
A. condition B. issue
C. trouble D. question
Question 7: It was an all-girls’ school, and we all had to wear…………… .
A. make-up B. perfume
C. fabric D. uniform
Question 8: I am on a(n) ……. . I have to eat less in order to lose weight.
A. exercise B. practice
C. slimming D. diet
Question 9: Aren’t you bored…… doing the same thing day after day?
A. with B. because
C. at D. of

Question 10: A(n)…………….area has very few people.
A. spares B. desert
C. under populated D. neglect
Question 11: The bomb went……, killing several bystanders.
A. off B. on
C. away D. out
Question 12: He jumped ……….his car and drove to work.
A. on B. into
C. onto D. off
Question 13: Jackson had a row with the manager, he decided to … from the race.
A. leave B. withdraw
c. participate D. start
Question 14: My roomate is so ……… . He just throws his clothes on the floor.
A. untidy B. dirty
C. funny D. unfriendly
Question 15: She is scared of living ……. her own in a big city.
A. with B. by
C. of D. on
Question 16: A ……… place is a place that a lot of people like to visit.
A. popular B. crowded
C. public D. general
Question 17: He thinks he is going there to …………… part in a discussion programme.
A. take B. join
C. have D. play
Question 18: 006’s mission was to ……. The biggest crime syndicate in the world – SMASH.
A. break B. damage
C.hurt D. get over
Question 19: The world’s population is increasing …… .
A. rapidly B. fastly
C. shortly D. directly

Question 20: A……… street has stores and businesses.
A. sales B. selling
C. rending D. commercial
Part 2: Grammar and structure
Question 21: One of our boys ………… by the police last night.
A. is arrested B. was arrested
C. were arrested D. would be arrested
Question 22: You can’t hardly …… meeting her if you both work in the same office.
A. manage B. succeed
C. avoid D. find
Question 23: My mother can’t……. seeing me at home all day.
A. advice B. stand
C. want D. used to
Question 24: The nurse ……… her parents every day.
A.visits B. is visiting
C. will visit D. visited
Question 25: Susan is interested in ……… a bus.
A. drive B. driving
C. to drive D. driven
Question 26: The film is ……… than the one we saw last week.
A. better B. gooder
C. more good D. as good
Question 26: How many languages …….John speak?
A. do B. does
C. did D. will
Question 27: If I ……………… enough money, I would have bought that house.
A. had B. have
C. had had D. would have
Question 28: Do you know what ……… there yesterday?
A. she is doing B. is she doing

C. was she doing D. she was doing
Question 29: That is ………… story I have ever heard.
A. a ridiculous B. the ridiculous
C. the more ridiculous D. the most ridiculous
Question 30: Would you like ……… to the party?
A. to come B. come
C. coming D. to have come
Question 31: Aren’t you bored ……… doing the same thing day after day?
A. with B. upon
C. at D. on
Question 32: Now she is frightened of ………. for a job.
A. attending B. intending
C. getting D. applying
Question 33: I am not really …… this kind of music. I prefer music you can dance to.
A. in B. on
C. into D. with
Question 34: She was busy ……. a variety of articles to the customers.
A. with introducing B. introducing
C. for introducing D. into introducing
Question 35: The man is said ……… a serious mistake when he was working for the Jones.
A. made B. to be made
C. to have make D. making
Question 36: What are you doing? – I …………….on this report all morning.
A. am working B. have been working
C. have worked D. worked
Question 37: My mother can’t……………seeing me at home all day.
A. advise B. stand
C. want D. consider
Question 38: Gibbs was sentenced …… forty years.
A. with B. to

C. about D. into
Question 39: The fire-brigade soon put the fire……….
A. out B on
C. off D. in
Question 40: He is a really ……… person. He talks all the time but he never say anything interesting.
A. bored B. boring
C. fed up D. annoyed up
Question 41: They live in a house …… in 1890.
A. to build B. built
C. building D. having built
Question 42: If we invest ……… further research now, we’ll be ready to face the future.
A. on B. in
C. at D. with
Question 43: I told the man that he……….to see a doctor about his bad leg.
A. may B. could
C. ought D. must
Question 44: She cannot marry your brother ……… she loves him.
A. so B. though
C. then D. in spite of
Question 45: He said ………… watch TV all the evening if you wish.
A. you should B. You have to
C. you ought to D. You may
Question 46: Could you lend me ten pounds? I am a bit …… of money at the moment.
A. short B. broke
C. empty D. poor
Question 47: Please don’t enter …… knocking.
A. expect for B. with
C. without D. no
Question 48: I never …………. my daughter drive to work.
A. let B. want

C. allow D. agree
Question 49: Instead of burning fossil fuels we should be concentrating ……… more economic uses of
electricity.
A. at B. in
C. with D. on
Question 50: The flight was cancelled due … bad weather.
A. to B. by
C. in D. because
Part III: Reading comprehension
Walt Whitman, born in New York, in 1891, was one of America’s unusual literacy figures. As an
individualist, he rambled though the countryside seeing people and places, and making them his own. His
experiences in earning a living were varied; at times he was a printer, a teacher, a carpenter, a nurse and a
newspaper editor. He was a big-hearted man, open and accepting. He gave freely of his time by caring for
the wounded during the Civil War. Though he lived in the city, he often spent time in the country,
developing his strong sense of nature, which carried through to his poems. In 1855, he collected the
verses he had written, and published them in one thin volume, “Leave of Grass”, a book which he revised
and rewrote all the rest of his life. The book was ridiculed by some poets and generally ignored by others,
probably because his verse forms were not traditional. He had felt that it was necessary to achieve a new
poetic form in order to communicate his views. His reputation didn’t grow until after his death, and it
reached a high point in the 1920s. Since then, Whitman’s style has greatly influenced modern poets.
Question 51: The best title for this passage is?
A. Leaves of Grass B. A Country Man
C. Walt Whitman D. Poetry: A New Form
Question 52: Whitman’s big-heartedness is shown by his…
A. visiting the countryside B. being an individualist
C. rewriting “Leaves of Grass” D. caring for the wounded
Question 53: The passage says that during Whitman’s life time, other poets…
A. accepted him B. communicated with him
C. praised him D. laughed at him
Question 54: We can assume that Whitman was ignored because he…

A. wrote in a new form B. rambled through the country
C. published his poems D. rewrote his book
Question 55: The word “rambled” is most similar to the meaning of
A. stopped briefly B. walked slowly
C. travelled quickly D. marched excitedly
Part IV: Gap filling
George Smith is 40 years old. He has worked in a factory (56)…… 30 years. One day he is told that a
new machine has been installed which does his job (57)……… He is no longer needed. So he has to
leave his job – he is made (58)…………. George has done his (59)……… to look for a new job but he
keeps getting the same answer – “No (60)…….”. There are no job suitable suitable (61)……….him
within reasonable travelling distance of his home.
At his local Jobcentre he is given a piece of paper to (62)…… to the Unemployment Benefit Office.
There he is given a card which tells him the day and time each fortnight he must “sign on”. This means he
signs a register stating that he is (63)…… His unemployment benefit is sent to him by post every week
that he signs on. He (64)……….the cheque at a post office or bank.
If his unemployment benefit is not enough to live (65)………, George can go to the (66)…… some
weeks of unemployment, the Jobcentre tells George about a possible vacancy. The only problem is that if
George gets the job, he will have to move to another part of Britain. He is writing to (67)……… house
but first he has to go for (68)………….with his prospective employer. It costs money to travel and to
move house. George sees some pamphlets in his Jobcenter. They give him information about help him
interview expenses. He also reads about grants and allowances (69)…… if he does have to move to
another part of the country.
George is (70)……… the job at the interview, but he may not be able to take it because the cost of
housing in the area is too high.
56. A. in B. for C. by D. on
57. A. automatically B. mechanically C. systematically D. methodically
58. A. unsatisfactory B. incoveinient C. disqualified D. redundant
59. A. ability B. best C. capacity D. most
60. A. places B. need C. work D. vacancy
61. A. for B. to C. with D. by

62. A. carry B. take C. bring D. hold
63. A. broke B. poor C. unemployed D. homeless
64. A. cashes B. sends C. receives D. exchange
65. A. with B. in C. for D. on
66. A. In B. Within C. For D. After
67. A. change B. move C. leave D. sell
68. A. meeting B. an interview C. a discussion D. a conference
69. A. available B. ready C. free D. essay
70. A. presented B. offered C. donated D. granted
Part 5: Error identification
71. During the 1870’s iron workers in Alabaman proved they could produce iron by
A B
burning iron ore with coke, instead than with charcoal.
C D
72. Underlying aerodynamics an all other branches of theoretical mechanics are the laws of motion
A B C
who were developed in the seventeeth century.
D
73. Basal body temparature refers to the most lowest temperature of a healthy individual during
A B C D
walking hours.
74. Born in Texas in 1890, Katherine Anne Porter produced three collection of short stories
A B C
before publishing her well-known novel ship of fools in 1962.
D
Question 75. The notion that students are not sufficiently involved in their education is one reason for the
A B C
recently surge of support for undergraduate research.
D
Part VI. Sentence transformation

Question 76. He said, “We hope it will rain tomorrow?”
A. He said they hope it will rain the next day.
B. He said we hope it would rain the following day.
C. He said that they hoped it would rain the following day.
D. He said that they hope it would rain the next day.
Question 77: He plays the guitar better than I do.
A. I do not know how to play guitar.
B. I do not play guitar as he does.
C. I do not play the guitar as well as he does.
D. I do not play the guitar as good as he does.
Question 78. She is not only a teacher, she is also a singer.
A. Not only is she a teacher, (but) he also a singer.
B. Not only she is a teacher, but she is a singer.
C. Not only is she a teacher, she is a singer.
D. Not only she is a teacher, she is but also a singer.
Question 79. The scheme has many disadvantages.
A. The scheme has a lot of disadvantages.
B. The schemes has a great deal of disadvantages.
C. The scheme has a good deal of disadvantages.
D. The scheme has much disadvantages.
Question 80. He walks to the station in half an hour.
A. It took him half an hour to walk to the station.
B. It takes him half an hour to walk to the station
C. It took half an hour for him to walk to the station.
D. It took him half an hour walking to the station.