Đề thi thử Đại học năm học 2009 - 2010 ( có đáp án)

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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM HỌC 2009-2010
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 90phút

Name: …………………………………………… Class:…….......Mark: ......................
Chọn từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác với ba từ còn lại trong mỗi câu.
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A. advantage
B. adventure
C. advertise
D. addition
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A. ghost
B. hostage
C. lost
D. frosty
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A. contain
B. mountain
C. obtain
D. remain
Chọn từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với ba từ còn lại trong mỗi câu.
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A. average
B. aquatic
C. athletic
D. available
5

A. potential
B. delicate
C. apprentice
D. astonished
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A. signature
B. scholarship
C. terminus
D. transaction
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A. technique
B. treatment
C. guidance
D. plastic
Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi câu từ 6 đến 15.
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant
language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having
incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066. Until the
1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as two
centuries; English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade),
colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew
in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary
language of international business, banking and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is English. Two thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology,
advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers - Today there are more than 700 million
English users in the world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of
nonnative users than any other language in the world.
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What is the main topic of this passage?

A. The French influence on the English Language.
B. The English history.
C. The expansion of English as an international language.
D. The use of English for science and Technology.
Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?
A. in 1066
B. around 1350
C. before 1600
D. after 1600

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According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around
the world except.

A. the slave trade
B. the Norman invasion
C. missionaries
D. colonization
The word “enclaves” in line 6 could be best replaced by which of the following.
A. communities
B. organizations
C. regions
D. countries
The word “proliferated” in line 7 is closest in meaning to which of the following
A. prospered
B. organized
C. disbanded
D. expanded

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Chọn phương án ứng với từ/cụm từ có gạch chân cần phải sửa để các câu sau trở thành câu đúng.
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illegal drugs.
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Each of the luxury cars in the show room was quickly sold to their new owner.
The police has not decided whether or not to charge the young men with possession of
The price of crude oil used to be a great deal lower than now, wasn’t it ?
She was seen pick up the wallet from his pocket, wasn’t she?
Nam told me yesterday that he have studied since 2004.

Chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau.
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The university will be under new ...............
A. manager
B. management
C. manage
D. managing
The scientists who study the sky are called....................
A. astronomers
B. astronauts

C. pilots
D. astrologers

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He got very angry at first but later he apologized for his ...............
B. patience
C. impatient
D. impatience
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She wants to have a new dress ........ for her birthday.
A. make
B. made
C. making
D. to make
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To my ..............., he passed his exam.
A. astonishment
B. astonish
C. astonishing
D. astonished
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I am quite an .......... person. I play a lot of sport and go running every day.
A, energy
B. energetics

C. energize
D. energetic
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There were 150 ............ in the talent contest.
A. competitors
B. compete
C. competiters
D. competitions
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Be quiet ! It’s rude to ........... people when they are talking.
A. invade
B. interrupt
C. interfere
D. gratify
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The football match was televised ............. from the national Stadium.
A. alive
B. live
C. living
D. life
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Alcohol is bad for your health and ....... cigarettes
A. so is
B. neither are
C. so are
D. are so
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You must put more ............. into your work.
A. carefully
B. careful

C. care
D. carelessness
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“What are the office hours where you work?”
– “..............., everyone comes in at 8a.m and leaves at 5p.m”
A. Genera
B. In generally
C. In the general
D. In general
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Languages are used for ............. purposes.
A. communication
B. communicative
C. communicate
D. communicator
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The salary of a bus driver is much higher ...............
A. than a teacher
B. to compare as a teacher
C. than that of a teacher
D. in comparison with the salary of a teacher
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Not only............... to take the medicine, but he also hit the nurse.
A, he refused
B. did he refuse
C. he was refused
D. does he refuse
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The company...............employees are on strike is closing down for two weeks.
A. which

B. whose
C. that
D. Both A and C
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If only I............... in Hanoi at the end of 1972 to witness the “Battle of Dien Bien Phu in
the air”
A. was
B. were
C. had been
D. has been
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Don’t keep concealing. It’s about time you........ me all the truth
A. tell
B. to tell
C. telling
D. told
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“Why did the secretary type all those letters?”
- “............. new to the job, she didn’t know it wasn’t necessary”
A. While being
B. Being
C. When being
D. As being
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“Which dress do you like better?” – “The one .......................”
A. I tried it on first
B. I tried it on firstly C. I tried on it first
D. I tried on first
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His glasses are on the desk, so he ................be here.

A. can
B. ought
C. must
D. needs to
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“How long is the flight ?” – “..................knowledge, it takes about 2 hours”
A. To the best of my B. To my best
C. In my best
D. In the best of my
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He couldn’t get the job, he could speak .........French ....... English.
A. either/ or
B. neither/ nor
C. both/ and
D. neither/ or
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My mother chose teaching as her ......................
A. hobby
B. career
C. interest
D. habit
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............... there is not enough information on the effects of smoke in the atmosphere,
doctors have
proved that air pollution causes lung diseased.
A. Therefore
B. In spite of
C. However
D. Although
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They have given ............. time on training.
A. a great deal of
B. many
C. a great many
D. a number of
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I hurried .................. I would not be late for school.
A. in order to
B. provided
C. if
D. so that
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I am very tired.
A. Me too
B. Also me
C. I also
D. For me the same
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“What hell are you doing?”
A. It doesn’t touch you
B. It’s none of your business
C. You don’t enter at all
D. Mind your steps
A. patient

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A. inhabit
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A. poor

The ............... in this town are extremely hospitable.
B. inhabitants
C. inhabited
Her parents were very rich but she died in ...........
B. poverty
C. richness

D. inhabiters
D. wealth

Chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với câu có nghĩa gần nhất với mỗi câu cho sẵn sau đây.
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I think cycling is preferable to walking.
A. I prefer cycle to walk
B. I prefer cycling than walk
C. I’d rather to cycle than to walk
D. I’d rather cycle than walk
They share a lot of hobbies and interests.
A. They don’t have a lot of common things
B. They have a lot of hobbies and interests in common
C. They have nothing in common
D. They only have common hobbies
Bad weather delayed the flight
A. The flight was delayed due to bad weather.
B. The flight was delayed because bad weather.
C. The flight delayed because of bad weather.
D. The flight delayed due to bad weather.
Someone rang the alarm as soon as the burglars left the building
A. No sooner the burglars had left the building than the alarm rang
B. No sooner the burglars left the building than the alarm rang
C. No sooner had the burglars left the building than the alarm rang
D. No sooner did the burglars leave the building than the alarm had rang
He lost his money simply because he wasn’t careful.

A. If he was careful, he would not have lost his money
B. If he had been careful, he would not lose his money
C. If he was careful, he would not lose his money
D. If he had been careful, he would not have lost his money
The twins look identical to me.
A. The twins look not the same
B. I can see a difference between the two twins
C. The twins don’t look the same
D. I can see no difference between the two twins
This event will always be remembered for the rest of our life.
A. Never we will forget this event for the rest of our life
B. Never will we forget this event for the rest of our life
C. Never we won’t forget this event for the rest of our life
D. Never we forget this event for the rest of our life
You didn’t work hard. You got bad marks.
A. Had you worked hard , you would get good mark
B. If you had worked hard, you would have got bad mark
C. If you hadn’t worked hard, you would have got good mark
D. Had you worked hard , you would have got good mark
No one has asked me that question before
A. That question has ever been asked me by no one before
B. I have not ever been asked that question before
C. That question has never been asked me before by anyone
D. I have never been asked that question before
The teacher said to us, “Don’t make so much noise”
A. The teacher said we didn’t make so much noise
B. The teacher told us that we didn’t make so much noise
C. The teacher asked us not to make so much noise
D. The teacher ordered us if we didn’t make so much noise
People rumored that he had died in the battle.

A. He was rumoured to have died in the battle
B. He was rumoured to die in the battle
C. He was rumoured to be died in the battle
D. He is rumoured to have died in the battle
The water was so cold that the children could not swim in it.
A. The water was so cold that the children could swim in it.

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B. The water was not cold so that the children could not swim in it.
C. The water was not warm enough for the children to swim in.
D. The water was not warm enough for the children to swim in it.
Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi chỗ trống

Greenwich Mean Time
How did the name of a pleasant part of London situated by the River Thames become synonymous with
international time keeping? The reasons go ....(61)..... into history. Thousands of years ago, people had no
reason to ... (62)......their lives into hours and minutes. Their time was the movement of the sun .....
(63)....created day and night, and the rhythm of the seasons. Gradually, a 24-hour cycle was introduced and
based ...... (64)... the point when the sun was in the middle of the sky which became midday. But, because the
earth rotates, midday in one town might be twenty minutes after midday in ..... (65).... town a hundred mile......
(66).... So each area of the world kept its own time. The obvious solution – a national standard time – was
found ..... (67)....that every town could set their watches and clocks by it. The electric telegraph was the key ...
.... (68).. success, for a simultaneous signal could be sent along it to any part of the country. So, in 1852, the
first signal went out from the astronomers of Britain’s Royal Observatory which was then situated at
Greenwich. From then ...... (69)...., Britain followed Greenwich Mean Time.
The “Mean” refers .... (70)...... something which is in the middle – an average. When the noonday sun ...

(71).......its highest point was directly over a particular place (The Meridian Line in Greenwich), the
astronomers defined this .... (72)...... noon, Greenwich Time. This Greenwich Time was used for the ....
(73)...... country, so it became the “Mean” by which time was calculated in Britain.
Britain managed quite well with Greenwich Mean Time, but the development of many different national
times around the world meant that a country could still be out of step with ..... (74)..... neighbors. So in
1912 .... (75)...... international conference decided that Greenwich Mean Time would be used throughout the
world.
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A. near
B. back
C. on
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A. divide
B. share
C. spend
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A. where
B. that
C. which
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A. in
B. of
C. at
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A. another
B. other
C. others
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A. of
B. away

C. up
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A. such
B. soon
C. order
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A. to
B. for
C. of
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A. after
B. on
C. up
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A. to
B. on
C. at
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A. from
B. in
C. with
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A. as
B. is
C. like
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A. every
B. whole
C. all
74

A. it
B. its
C. it’s
75
A. the
B. a
C. an
Viết thành câu với từ gợi ý bằng cách chọn(A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với các câu sau..
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child / scream / dentist / pull out / tooth

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D. through
D. lead
D. what
D. on
D. the other
D. down
D. so
D. at
D. with
D. of
D. at
D. be
D. totally

D. their
D. Ø

A. The child screamed when the dentist pulled out his tooth
B. The child screamed when the dentist pulling out his tooth
C. The child scream when the dentist pulled out his tooth
D. The child screamed and the dentist pulled out his tooth
you know / Mary / engaged / friend / mine?
A. Do you know that Mary is engaged with a friend of mine?
B. Do you know that Mary is engaged to a friend of mine?
C. Do you know that Mary is engaged to a my friend ?
D. You know that Mary is engaged to a friend of mine ?
see/ him / walk / alone / park / ago.
A. I see him walking alone in the park three days ago.
B. I have seen him walking alone in the park three days ago.
C. I saw him walking alone in the park three days ago.
D. I saw him to walk alone in the park three days ago.
the film / show / television / many times.
A. The film has shown on television many times
B. The film has been showed on television many times.
C. The film have been shown on television many times

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D. The film has been shown on television many times.

Tom/ rather / go / class / tomorrow / today.
A. Jim would rather go to class tomorrow than today
B. Jim would rather go class tomorrow than today
C. Jim would rather to go to class tomorrow than today
D. Jim would rather going to class tomorrow than today

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