Ôn Thi TNPT -Test 20

ÔN LUYỆN KIẾN THỨC THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT – 2009
PRACTICE TEST 20
Questions 1 - 5: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the syllable
in the position which is different from that of the others.
1. A. Canadian B. vegetarian C. pedestrian D. incredible
2. A. edible B. classify C. terrify D. solidify
3. A. associate B. operate C. integrate D. recognize
4. A. ambitious B. dangerous C. mysterious D. kilometer
5. A. secretary B. necessary C. classify D. vocabulary
Questions 6 - 35: These are incomplete sentences. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each
sentence and then identify your answer by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
6. The lower...........is in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.
A. the level of lighting B. light level C. leveling of light D. lighting is level
7. The wind-rippled sand at California's Kelso Dunes resembles..........
A. to be an ocean floor B. as an ocean floor C. an ocean floor D. being an ocean floor
8. Living organisms contain more water.........substance.
A. than do any other B. does than any other C. other than do they any D. than any other
9. Columbia University's School of Public Health is........a handful of schools of public health in the United States.
A. one that B. the one C. one of D. one
10. More than anything, what saved Jamestown was the highly successful cultivation of tobacco, ........... Indian
assistance with farming undoubtedly played a major part as well.
A. although B. in spite of C. nor D. neither
11. According to legend, coffee beans............ in the town of Kaffa.
A. first discovered B. were first discovered C. discovered first D. have first discovered
12. Martin Luther King Jr, after his father's assassination,........... the mission of his father to fight for the rights of
blacks in America and achieved some notable success in the 1970s.
A. continued B. continuing C. and continues D. is continuing
13. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not..........kettle drums.
A. as prevalent B. that prevalent C. so prevalent as D. prevalent than
14. Narcissus bulbs...........at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of well drained soil.
A. should be planted B. to plant C. must planting D. should plant

15. Total color blindness,... is the result of a defect in the retina.
A. a rare condition that B. a rare condition C. that a rare condition D. is a rare condition
16. In the fourteenth century, ...that glass coated with silver nitrate would turn yellow when fired in an oven.
A. the discovery B. it was discovered C. with the discovery D. if it was discovered
17. ............electric eels send a series of blips of electricity into the water around them and they can detect the pattern
of electricity of the water changes.
A. All of B. Every C. All D. Of each
18. ......... an ownership of nearly 60 to 62 per cent of corporate equities, this mean 1-2 per cent of American society
possesses about 42 per cent of the total wealth of the nation.
A. The range of B. Ranging C. Ranging from D. The range
19. Earthquakes can damage a tree...........violently, and it can take several years for the tree to heal.
A. to cause shaking B. when shaking it causes
C. by causing it to shake D. to cause to shake it
20. ........... classified as a carnivore, the North American Grizzly bear eats berries and even grass.
A. Just as B. Because of C. Although D. Either
21. The sea horse uses.........to cling to the seaweed and other plants.
A. it has a tail B. a tail with which it C. its tail D. as its tail
22. The human skin forms ....... against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial agents on the deeper tissues.
A. protective a barrier is B. a protective barrier C. a barrier protect D. a barrier protects
23. The swallows of Capistrano are famous..........to the same nests in California each spring.
A. to return B. who returned C. they returned D. for returning
24. The invention in the 1920s of the Corning ribbon .......... important, because from that time on the price of a light
bulb plunged.
A. machine was B. while a machine was C. had a machine D. for the machine
25. In 1950, aspirin earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records …….
A. in the world's best selling painkiller B. in the world as a best selling painkiller
C. as the world's best-selling painkiller D. of the world's best selling painkiller
26. Perhaps we should think in terms of raising interest rates..........them, in consideration of the new reports about
inflation reported last June.
A. then reducing B. and reduce C. although reduce D. rather than reducing

27. ...........bacteria in foods are killed, as they are during baking or stewing, decay is slowed down.
A. What B. The C. If D. So
28. The Pulitzer Prize has been..........in American literature for more than seventy years.
A. the award most prestigious that B. the most prestigious award
C. a prestigious award that most D. most prestigious award
29. Spain and Portugal's competition for economic domination in the Americas ..........after Columbus' return to
Europe, when they both realized that the Newland could increase their gold reserves.
A. began B. begin C. begun D. was beginning
30. The lenses in an optical microscope bend the light passing through a specimen to form an image of that
specimen that is much larger ..............actually viewed.
A. than it B. than the one C. one than D. than one which
31. In this pure state antimony has no important uses, but............ with other substances, it is an extremely useful
metal.
A. when combined physically or chemically B. combined when physically or chemically
C. the physical and chemical combination D. it is combined physically and chemically
2. In hot, dry regions, the Sun's heat causes the outer layer of rocks. a process called exfoliation.
A. are expanded and peeled away B. to expand and peel away
C. expands and peels away D. they expand and peel away
33. Industrialization has been responsible for...........most radical of the environmental changes caused by humans.
A. a B. the C. some of which D. which are the
34. For the first time in 70 years,............aspirin's potential beyond reducing pain, fever and inflammation.
A. researchers began to understand B. researchers begin understanding
C. researcher's understanding of D. researchers began their understanding
35. The hourglass, an instrument used ........., usually consists of two bulbs united by a narrow neck.
A. measures time B. time is measured C. for measuring time D. the time for measuring
QUESTIONS 36 - 45: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to
fit each space.
The 18
th
-century battlefield was, compared with that of the 20

th
-century, an intimate theatre, especially intimate in
the (36)........of the Revolution, which was usually small even by the standards of the day. Soldiers had to come to
close quarters to kill; this fact reduced the mystery of the battle, though perhaps not its terrors. But at least the battle
field lost some of its impersonality. In fact, in (37)........to (with) the 20
th
-century combat, in which the enemy
usually remains unseen and the source of incoming fire unknown, in the 18
th
-century battles the enemy could be
seen and sometimes even (38)......... (39)....... one's enemy may have arose a singular (40)........ of feeling uncommon
in modern battles. Before the (41)........occurred tension and anxiety (42)........up as the troops marched from their
column into a line of attack. The (43)........of their movements was well understood by themselves and their enemies,
who must have watched with feeling of dread and fascination. When the order came sending them (44)........, rages,
even, madness replaced the attacker's (45)........, while terror and desperation filled those who received the charge.
36. A. success B. attachment C. engagement D. independence
37. A. connection B. contrast C. contract D. link
38. A. touched B. stroked C. seen D. confronted
39. A. Seeing B. Dealing C. Fighting D. Killing
40. A. despair B. sadness C. intensity D. stress
41. A. assault B. confrontation C. obedience D. order
42. A. stored B. kept C. set D. built
43. A. notion B. purpose C. reason D. trace
44. A. upward B. outward C. forward D. downward
45. A. anxiety B. sympathy C. passions D. nerves
Questions 46 - 50: Read the following passage carefully and answer the uestions that follow by circling letter
A, B, C or D as the correct answers.
Most fairy tales in the world begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "They lived happily ever after," so we
will begin in the same way.
Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did

nothing.
One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time, her fairy
godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball - but to return home by midnight. So she went
to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home,
leaving one of her shoes on her dancing floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the
capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the prince were married and lived
happily ever after.
46. Books with fairy tales are found in.........
A. our country only B. few countries C. all countries except ours D. many countries
47. According to the passage, fairy tales in different languages usually begin and end........·
A. in the same way B. in different ways C. in many ways D. in various ways
48. The word "ball" in the first sentence of paragraph 3 means..........
A. a sport equipment B. a dancing hall C. a balloon D. sphere
49. Cinderella was very sad because..........
A. her sister did nothing B. her sister went to a ball and left her at home
C. she did all the work in the kitchen D. her sister was invited to a ball
50. At the end of the story,.........
A. Cinderella could go to the ball and its meaning is unclear she and the prince were married
B. Cinderella's godmother came to comfort her
C. one of Cinderella's sisters was married to the prince
D. the prince invited Cinderella to the ball
The End