ĐỀ ÔN THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC MÔN: ANH NĂM 2011

ĐỀ ÔN THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC NĂM 2011
A. Choose the best answer:
1. I came to Spain in 1982. Next year I (be)………… here 20 years.
A. will have been
B. will be
C. was
D. am
2. My doctor prescribed me some medicine for my cough.
I ………… some medicine for my cough.
A. have prescribed
B. prescribed
C. had prescribed
D. was prescribed
3. Where on earth is Tony? I'm tired of waiting for him. Soon we (wait)………… here for an hour.
A. will have been waiting B. will wait
C. wait
D. waited
4. He's usually pleasant, but when he's tired he (be) ………… pretty short-tempered. That's the way he is.
A. was
B. is
C. had been
D. will be
5. Sorry I didn't call you and tell you I wasn't coming. I would have called you if I (have) ………… your
number with me.
A. will have
B. had
C. have
D. had had
6. He says that if he (not/be) ………… so busy he would go with you to the movie tomorrow. As it is, he
simply has too much work to do.
A. is

B. had been
C. wasn't
D. is not
7. Someone burgled my house while I was away.
My house ………… while I was away.
A. would burgle
B. burgled
C. had been burgled
D. was burgled
8. While I was away on holiday, my sister (fall) ………… ill and I had to come home.
A. will fall
B. falls
C. had fallen
D. fell
9. I gave my friend directions to my house, but later realised that I (forgot) ………… to give her the exact
address.
A. forgetting
B. forget
C. had forgotten
D. forgot
10. I got to work this morning and was angry when I saw that no one (arrive) ………… yet.
A. arrived
B. had arrived
C. has been arrived
D. will arrived
11. Sunshine - at last! Imagine if the English weather was like this all the time. (it/not/be) ………… wonderful?
A. Will it not be
B. Wouldn't it be
C. Had it not been
D. Is it not

12. She’s pleased with her job, but when she's tired she (be) ………… very angry.
A. is
B. was
C. had been
D. would be
13. We (miss) ………… the bus unless you hurry.
A. miss
B. would miss
C. had missed
D. will miss
14. I went to the showroom but was informed that they had sold all the houses.
I went to the showroom but was informed that all the houses ………… .
A. had sold
B. sold
C. are sold
D. had been sold
15. By the time we reached Frankfurt I (already/be) ………… very tired of driving.
A. am already
B. will be
C. was already
D. would be already
16. He awoke thinking he was in a prison and that he'd been arrested for robbery. He then realised that it
(all/be) ………… just a bad dream.
A. has all been
B. will have all been
C. had all been
D. is all
17. Do you think you (finish) ………… writing that report by the time I get back?
A. will finish
B. would finish

C. finish
D. will have finished
18. If you (not/be) ………… so stubborn you would find it a lot easier to keep your friends.
A. were
B. weren't
C. would not be
D. had not been
19. John would have waited for you if I (tell) ………… him the truth.
A. had told
B. told
C. have told
D. would tell
20. Mary agrees that if she (not/be) ………… so busy she would enjoy the party tomorrow. As it is, she has
much homework to finish.
A. was
B. had not been
C. had been
D. wasn't

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B. Circle A, B, C or D to identify the word or phrase that is incorrect in each line to complete the
passage.
1. There are much more water than land on the surface of the earth. The seas and
A
B
C
D
2. oceans cover nearly four-fifth of the whole world, and only one-fifth of its land.

A
B
C
D
3. That distribution affects all nations that living in different parts of the planet earth
A
B
C
D
4. If you are traveling over the earth in different directions, you would have to spend
A
B
C
D
5. much more of your time moving on water rather than on roads or railways.
A
B
C
D
6. forget sometimes that in every mile of land there are four miles of water.
A
B
C
D
7. There is too much of water on the surface or our earth that we have to use two
A
B
C
D
8. words to describe them. We use the word seas to describe those parts of water

A
B
C
D
9. surface which is only a few hundreds of miles wide, and the word OCEANS to
A
B
C
D
10. describe the huge areas of water are thousands of miles wide and very deep.
A
B
C
D
C. Circle A, B, C or D to choose the most suitable form of the words to complete the following passage
There are many ways of (1)…………. without using speech. Signals, signs, symbols and gestures may
be found in every known culture. The basic function of a signal is to impinge upon the environment in such a
way that it attracts (2)…………., as for example, the dots and the dashes of a telegraph circuit. Codes to refer to
(3)…………., the potential for communication is very great. While less (4)…………. to the (5)…………. of
words, signs contain greater meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning
quickly and (6)………….. Symbols are more difficult to describe than either signals or signs because of their
intricate (7)…………. with the receiver’s culture (8)………….. In some cultures, applauding in a theatre
provides (9)…………. with an auditory symbol of (10)…………. Gestures such as waving and handshaking
also communicate certain cultural messages.
1. A. communication
2. A. attentive
3. A. speak
4. A. adapt
5. A. code
6. A. conveniently

7. A. relative
8. A. perceive
9. A. perform
10. A. approve

B. communicating
B. attending
B. speech
B. adapted
B. codify
B. convenience
B. relation
B. perception
B. performance
B. approval

C. communicator
C. attendance
C. speaking
C. adaptable
C. codes
C. convenient
C. relationship
C. perceiving
C. performers
C. approving

D. communicative
D. attention
D. spoken

D. adapting
D. codification
D. conveniencing
D. relations
D. perception
D. performing
D. approvals

D. Read the letter and choose the correct tense of each verb to fill in the blanks
Dear Sir,
I (1)……….. to you three weeks ago, asking about conditions of entry into your college. You
(2)……….., enclosing an enrolment form, which I (3)……….. and returned without delay. Since then,
however, I have heard nothing and I begin to wonder if my application (4)……….. astray.
Could you please check that you have received it? And if you haven’t, please send me another enrolment
form. If, on the other hand, you received my application but (5)……….. whether to accept me as a student or
not, I would be very grateful if you (6)……….. me when I may expect to hear your decision. Finally, if my
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application already (7)……….. refused, I would like to be informed as soon as possible because if I do not get
into your college I (8)……….. to apply to another and the sooner I (9)……….. this, the better chance I
(10)……….. of being accepted.
Yours faithfully,
P. Smith
1. A. write
B. had written
C. have written
D. wrote
2. A. replied
B. did reply

C. reply
D. will reply
3. A. am filling up
B. was filling up
C. have filled up
D. filled up
4. A. went
B. has gone
C. goes
D. will go
5. A. don’t decide
B. will not decide
C. have not decided
D. will be deciding
6. A. told
B. had told
C. have told
D. are telling
7. A. is already
B. would already be
C. has already been
D. will already been
8. A. had
B. will have
C. would have
D. am having
9. A. did
B. have done
C. had done
D. do

10. A. had
B. will have
C. will have had
D. had had
E. Read the passage then choose the best answer to fill in the blanks:
Last week I went to visit my friend Fred. Fred is a great guy but at times he can really go (1)………… about
things. We were speaking about some of our friends and he came (2)………… this incredible story about Jane.
It seems she had butted (3)………… while he was harping (4)………… his favorite complaint: Service in
restaurants. Apparently, he had been running (5)………… for quite a while putting (6)………… almost every
restaurant he had been to by rattling (7)………… a list of his visits to different restaurants in town. I guess Jane
felt that he was talking at her and was fed up with it. She went off about what a rude person he was which shut
him (8)………… pretty quickly! I thought about blurting (9)………… that maybe she was right, but decided to
clam (10)………… in order to not upset him.
1. A. at
B. in
C. on
D. up
2. A. out with
B. down
C. about
D. under
3. A. in
B. of
C. off
D. out
4. A. around
B. up
C. into
D. on
5. A. to

B. on
C. out with
D. in
6. A. down
B. about
C. after
D. up
7. A. of
B. off
C. on
D. outside
8. A. out of
B. on
C. into
D. up
9. A. around
B. up
C. out
D. at
10. A. at
B. on
C. up
D. in
F. Read the following passage, then choose the best articles to fill in the blanks
(1)……….. most alarming thing about (2)……….. food scene at the moment is the doubt in the minds
of many about the safety of some of our most widely used products. Take aspartame, the sugar substitute. In the
United States, as much as $100 million has been spent in some years advertising it. Aspartame, under its brand
name Nutra Sweet, is found in practically every low-calorie soft drink.
But how safe is it? For quite (3)……….. while, there has been doubt surrounding the research that was
conducted to prove the safety of Nutra Sweet. The task force set up by the US Food and Drug Administration to

approve Nutra Sweet ran into difficulties when it felt it couldn’t rely on (4)……….. integrity of basic idea the
firm had submitted.
Last (5)……….. July, Dr Erik Millstone of the University of Sussex submitted (6)……….. dossier to
the Department of Health alleging criminal fraud in the approval of aspartame in (7)……….. United States and
he finds it strange that three of the 14 members of the Committee on Toxicity in this country have (8)………..
financial links with the artificial sweetener industry.
I’ve been reading (9)……….. book by (10)……….. American doctor who claims that aspartame can
cause headaches, convulsions, memory loss and diarrhea. He has collected a mass of anecdotal evidence that
has convinced him that aspartame is not as safe as the makers claim. As it is now used in some 1.200 products,
the opportunities for ingesting aspartame are virtually unlimited.
1. A. an

B. a

C. the

d. no articles
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2. A. the
3. A. a
4. A. no articles
5. A. the
6. A. a
7. A. a
8. A. an
9. A. a
10. A. no articles

B. no articles
B. the
B. an
B. a
B. the
B. no articles
B. the
B. an
B. an

C. a
C. an
C. the
C. an
C. no articles
C. the
C. a
C. the
C. a

d. an
d. no articles
d. a
d. no articles
d. an
d. an
d. no articles
d. no articles
d. the

II. READING
A. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to complete each blank:
Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp?
Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really (1)………. by all; machines to
(2)………. the electricity each home or office used; things (3)………. it certain that the electricity in the wires
did not (4)………. fires; things to send electricity (5)………. the right places.
Everything that was (6)………. had to be thought of and (7)………. by Edison and the men who worked
(8)………. him. There was no place where they could buy the things they (9)………... Edison made 360
inventions (10)………. in order to send electric power to (11)………. it was wanted.
Edison directed all the work himself; (12)………. new machines, putting wires underground, fixing lights, and
so on. He (13)……….to be everywhere at the same time. He wanted his men to do as much as he (14)………..
But he (15)………. asked them to do things he (16)………. would not do or could not do.
He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep; nor he often (17)………. completely about sleeping.
He (18)………. for a few minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room at his power
station, (19)………. a metal box for his bed. (20)………. these days, he almost never saw his wife and their
children.
1. A. use
2. A. measure
3. A. make
4. A. like
5. A. to
6. A. obtained
7. A. building
8. A. about
9. A. need
10. A. less
11. A. whoever
12. A. to test
13. A. seemed
14. A. was done

15. A. neither
16. A. oneself
17. A. forgot
18. A. sleeps
19. A. in
20. A. For

B. used
B. test
B. to make
B. put
B. by
B. accepted
B. built
B. near
B. are needing
B. least
B. wherever
B. test
B. worked
B. is doing
B. never
B. themselves
B. remembered
B. was sleeping
B. at
B. At

C. be used
C. obtain

C. making
C. start
C. at
C. tried
C. was building
C. with
C. were needing
C. much
C. whatever
C. testing
C. thought
C. does
C. nor
C. itself
C. thought
C. slept
C. with
C. During

D. be using
D. take
D. to be make
D. begin
D. in
D. needed
D. builds
D. together
D. needed
D. more
D. whenever

D. tested
D. looked
D. did
D. ever
D. himself
D. wanted
D. can sleep
D. within
D. Between

B. Read the passage then choose the best sentences A-K to fill in each gap. There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use:
BITTER WATER HITS THE BIG TIME

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Chocolate, which has its origins in South America, is now part of a multi-million pound worldwide
business.
At Easter, British people spend over $230 million on chocolate. A massive eight per cent of all
chocolate is bought at this time.
(1)____. Although the large scale industrial production of chocolate began in the last century, the
cacao plant was first cultivated by the Aztec, Toltec and Mayan civilizations of Central America over three
thousand years ago.
The cacao tree is an evergreen, tropical plant which is found in Africa, South and Central America, the
West Indies and South East Asia. The fruit of this tree is melon-sized and contains 20-40 seeds. (2)____. In
English – speaking countries, they are called cocoa beans. This is a misspelling from the 17th century when they
were also called cacoa and cocao beans.
The Aztecs used cocoa beans as money. (3)____. This is from the world in the Aztec language,
Nahuatl, meaning “bitter water”. (4)____. The Spanish found the drink more palatable mixed with cinnamon

and sugar, but the recipe did not spread to the rest of Europe for another century. In the late 17th century,
chocolate houses were set up in Europe’s capital cities, where people gathered to drink chocolate.
(5)____. But in 1826, CJ van Houten of the Netherlands invented chocolate powder. (6)____.
The age of the chocolate bar as we know it began in 1847 when a Bristol company, Fry and Sons,
combined cocoa butter with pure chocolate liquor and sugar to produce a solid block that you could eat.
(7)____.
At the turn of the century, the British chocolate market was dominated by French companies. In 1879
the English company Cadbury even named their Birmingham factory Bournville (ville is the French word for
town) in the hope that a little glamour would rub off. But then came Cadbury’s famous Dairy Milk bar which
began life as a Dairymaid in 1905. (8)____.
It seems that, for the time being at least, chocolate intake in Britain has established at about four bars
each week. (9)____. The latest market trick is the so-called “extended line”. This is when the humble chocolate
bar becomes an ice cream, a soft drink or a dessert, to tempt chocoholics who have grown tired of conventional
snacks.
At the other end of the production process, cacao farmers are still feeling the effects of a crash in cocoa
bean prices at the end of 1980s. (10)____. Perhaps you could spare a thought for them as you munch your next
chocolate bars.
A. This was made by extracting most of the cocoa butter from the crushed beans.
B. A Swiss company then introduced milk solids to the process which gave us milk chocolate.
C. They also used them to make a drink called xocoatl.
D. Until the last century, the chocolate drink was made from solid blocks of chocolate which had to be
melted down in hot water.
E. When dried they become cacao beans, which can be used to make chocolate.
F. Clever advertising which associated it with the healthy qualities of milk from the English countryside
quickly established the bar as a rival to the more decadent French brands.
G. British manufacturers include up to 5 per cent vegetable fat in their chocolate, something forbidden
elsewhere.
H. As most cacao farmers operate on a very small scale, many were forced out of business.
I. This has forced manufacturers to look for new ways to attract customers.
J. In Aztec times the chocolate drink was flavored with spices and used on ceremonial occasions and for

welcoming visitors.
K. Only at Christmas do people eat more of the cocoa-based foodstuffs.
C. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to complete the task
My lawyer, Mr Turner, is the only man I know who has seen a ghost. He is a quiet even-tempered man
whose life is spent in dealing with facts. He is the last person in the world to give way to fantasy. He has a wife
and two children of whom he is proud, takes a modest holiday abroad every year and spends his Sundays
gardening. He is knowledgeable about art and architecture, though he doesn't pretend to be an expert by any
means. It is, therefore, all the more surprising that he should so insistent about the ghost. It happened, so he
says, like this:
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He was travelling2 from London to the North of England by train. It was a misty November evening and
the train was half empty. In fact for the first part of the journey Mr Turner had the carriage to himself and sat
dozing over a newspaper. However at the first stop a passenger jumped in, slamming the door behind him. He
seemed out of breath as if he had been running. He was a striking looking young man with dark, bushy hair and
bright intelligent eyes. He was dressed rather oddly in a long waisted coat with silver buttons, tight trousers and
an embroidered waistcoat. Mr Turner did not pay much attention to this because people wear all sorts of
extravagant clothes these days and he had long grown accustomed to them.
Presently, the two men got into conversation, as people do on long journeys. Mr Turner was interested to
cover that the young man was very knowledgeable about Art - in particular portraits. His name, he said, was
Joseph Hart, and he was on his way to visit an exhibition. It seemed that he worked in a famous London Art
Gallery - a picture restorer, perhaps, thought Mr Turner, for he seemed to know a great deal about varnishes and
paints, and even more about the subjects of certain portraits. When Mr Turner asked his opinion of the portrait
of a famous judge by an artist he admired, his companion laughed and said, “He’s only a reproduction - a good
one I agree but you can't talk to a reproduction.” He spoke as though the person in the portrait were still living.
After a while the carriage got hot and steamy and Mr Turner dropped off. He woke up just as the train was
drawing up at a junction with a grinding of brakes. His companion had disappeared.
A few days later, having returned to London, Mr Turner found himself near the Art Gallery. Moved by
some impulse, he went in and enquired for Joseph Hart. The attendant directed him to a room devoted to early

nineteenth century portraits of well-known men. There was no-one in the room and Mr Turner looked about
him. Without knowing quite how he had got there, he found himself standing in front of a full-length portrait of
a dark young man in tight trousers and an embroidered waistcoat. The eyes smiled at him with a hint of
amusement. The name-plate at the foot of the picture read: Joseph Hart, Gentleman, 1800-1835.
1. What kind of person was Mr Turner?
A. imaginative
B. fantastic
C. sensible
D. insensitive
2. Although he was a lawyer, Mr Turner
A. pretended to know a lot about Art.
B. knew something about Art.
C. pretended to take an interest in Art.
D. intended to learn more about Art.
3. When the passenger entered Mr Turner’s compartment
A. he was painting.
B. he was running.
C. the train was just leaving.
D. the carriage was half-empty.
4. The passenger’s clothes didn’t seem strange to Mr Turner because
A. he was used to wearing strange clothes.
B. he liked people who wore strange clothes.
C. everyone he knew wore strange clothes.
D. he had seen a lot of people in strange clothes.
5. Mr Turner thought the young man might
A. be an Art Dealer.
B. be an Art Expert.
C. renew old pictures.
D. paint reproductions of old pictures.
6. Why wouldn’t the passenger give an opinion on the portrait of the judge?

A. the judge wasn’t alive.
B. the judge was still alive.
C. the picture was a copy.
D. he hadn’t seen it.
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7. When did Mr Turner first realize that the passenger had gone?
A. When the train started.
B. After the train had stopped.
C. Just before the train stopped.
D. When the train was leaving the station.
8. Why did Mr Turner go into the Art Gallery?
A. He was walking past there.
B. He had never been there before.
C. He had planned to do so.
D. He suddenly decided to.
9. In the past of the gallery that Mr Turner was directed to
A. there were a lot of pictures by unknown people.
B. there were a lot of nineteenth century people.
C. no-one else was looking at the pictures.
D. he only saw one portrait.
10. When Mr Turner looked at the portrait of Joseph Hart
A. he smiled at it.
B. he thought it smiled at him.
C. he didn’t recognize it.
D. he was amused.
III. WRITING
A. Use the words provided in the parentheses to rewrite the following sentences without changing their
meanings.

1. I don’t mind whether we go or not. (mind)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
2. You’re lying. (truth)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
3. My honest opinion is that you’re wasting your time. (frank)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
4. He’s never afraid to say what he thinks. (mind)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
5. The witness can be relied on completely. (reliable)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
6. They cheated me. (ripped)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
7. You didn’t believed his story, did you? (taken)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
8. She’ll be furious when she finds out what’s happened. (go)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
9. She is angry and bad-tempered today. (mood)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….
10. His arrogance irritates me. (nose)
 ……………………………………………………………………………….

C. Write a composition around 250 words about the following topic:
“In your country, is there more need for land to be left in its natural condition or is there more need for land to
be developed for housing and industry? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.”

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KEY

I. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY:
A. 1.A; 2.D; 3.A; 4.B; 5.D; 6.C; 7.D; 8.D; 9.C; 10.B
11. B; 12.A; 13.D; 14.D; 15.C; 16.C; 17.D; 18.B; 19.A; 20.D
B. 1.A; 2.B; 3.C; 4.A; 5.C; 6.A; 7.B; 8.B; 9.C; 10.B
C. 1.A; 2.D; 3.B; 4.C; 5.D; 6.A; 7.C; 8.B; 9.C; 10.B
D. 1. D; 2.A; 3.D; 4.B; 5.C; 6.A; 7.C; 8.B; 9.D; 10.B
E. 1.C; 2.A; 3.A; 4.D; 5.B; 6.A; 7.B; 8.D; 9.C; 10.C
F. 1.C; 2. A; 3.A; 4.B; 5.D; 6.A; 7.C; 8.D; 9.A; 10.B
II. READING: A. 1.C; 2.A; 3.B; 4.C; 5.A; 6.D; 7.B; 8.C; 9.D; 10.D;
11.B; 12.C; 13.A; 14.D; 15.B; 16.D; 17.A; 18.C; 19.C; 20.C
B. 1.K; 2.E; 3.C; 4.J; 5.D; 6.A; 7.B; 8.F; 9.I; 10H
C. 1.C; 2.B; 3.A; 4.D; 5.C; 6.C; 7.C; 8.D; 9.C; 10.B
III. WRITING
1. I’m not fussy whether we go or not.
2. You’re not telling the truth.
3. To be frank, you’re wasting your time.
4. He’s never afraid to speak his mind.
5. The witness is completely reliable.
6. They ripped me off.
7. You weren’t taken in by his story, were you?
8. She’ll go mad when she finds out what’s happened.
9. She’s in a bad mood today.
10. His arrogance gets up my nose.

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