5 ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐH – SỐ 8 Part I. Phonetics Exercises 1.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 1. A. object B. solar C. pole D. protein 2. A. gravity B. cabin C. planet D. spaceship 3. A. reduce B. destroy C. melt D. evaporate 4. A. surround B. destroy C. preserve D. increase 5. A. temperature B. nuclear C. reduce D. produce Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 6. A. attract B. destroy C.level D. occur 7. A. spaceship B. planet C. solar D. surround 8. A. another B. energy C. centigrade D. gravity 9. A. evaporate B. temperature C. impossible D. experiment 10. A. brilliant B. daily C. extreme D. protein Part II. Vocabulary Exercise 3. Choose one word that does not belong to the group in terms of meaning by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 11. A. stars B. planets C. galaxies D. mountains 12. A. daily B. maily C. weekly D. monthly 13. A. melt B. evaporate C. stream D. freeze 14. A. swift B. slow C. quick D. fast 15. A. increase B. fall C. decrease D. reduce Exercise 4. Choose from the four alternatives given (marked A, B, C and D) the correct word to complete each definition/ sentence. 16. A newspaper which is published everyday is called a______ newspaper. A. weekly B. daily C. monthly D. yearly 17. Vietnam’s population_________ 80 million in 2004. 6 A. reduced B. increased C. reached D. rose 18. The air_______ the earth is becoming thinner. A. surrounding B. rounding C. involving D. floating 19. Under the sun’s heat, water on earth__________. A. melts B. evaporates C. rises D.floats 20. ______energy is the energy that we get from the sun. A. wind B. tidal C. hydro D. solar 21. The sun, the moon, the Earth, and Mars are examples of_________. A. systems B. universes C. planets D. worlds 22. Because of the_________, things fall to ground when they are dropped. A. attraction B. gravity C. force D. power 23. The mountains is 100 meters above sea___________. A. level B. surface C.top D. line 24. The sun is our main_________ of energy. A. force B. cabin C. resource D. source 25. The Wildlife Fund helps to ________ endangered species. A. reduce B. produce C. increase D. preserve Review lesson 2 Exercise 1. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. death B. health C. disease D. spread 2. A. ocean B. process C. solar D. tomb 3. A. abroad B. coat C. float D. road 4. A. accompany B. occur C. accident D. occasionally 5. A. chemistry B. mechanic C. character D. parachute Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others 6. A. appoint B. gather C. threaten D. vanish 7. A. button B. canal C. failure D. monster 7 8. A. gravity B. professor C. pyramid D. remedy 9. A. abandon B. discover C. imagine D. satisfy 10. A. activity B. epidemic C. philosopher D. significance Exercise 3. Read a part of Celine Dion's biography. They are fifteen lines. Ten of them have one extra word. Identify the extra word by choosing A, B, C or D Celine Dion was born on March 30th, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, 11. Canada. She is the most youngest of 14 children of a highly musical family. Celine grew up with music all around her: her parents had a piano- bar in the city; 12. her mother played the violin, her father played the accordion and at the 13. weekends, the whole family performed and entertained the local population. 14. She was started singing in the piano- bar when she was five, and after a while 15. she became famous singer in the town. At the age of 12 she told to her mother she wanted to sing. Mrs Therese Dion contacted Rene Angelil, one of the most famous . 5 ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐH – SỐ 8 Part I. Phonetics Exercises 1.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced. yearly 17. Vietnam’s population_________ 80 million in 2004. 6 A. reduced B. increased C. reached D. rose 18. The air_______ the earth is becoming thinner. A. surrounding B. rounding C 6. A. attract B. destroy C.level D. occur 7. A. spaceship B. planet C. solar D. surround 8. A. another B. energy C. centigrade D. gravity 9. A. evaporate B. temperature C. impossible