ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC KHỐI D Môn : Tiếng Anh Mã đề 370 Thời gian làm bài 90 phút I. PHONETICS. 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. 01. a. brother b. mathematics c. think d. depth 02. a. break b. wake c. steal d. hate 03. a. interview b. ink c. independent d. income 04. a. musket b. muscle c. muscular d. business 05. a. barter b. banker c. hand d. cash 06. a. comfortable b. come c. some d. comb 07. a. practice b. device c. service d. office 08. a. power b. tower c. flow d. flour 09 a. fame b. tame c. table d. farm 10. a. gravity b. physics c. discover d. history 2. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. 11. a. redundant b. harmony c. grammatical d. essential 12. a. absolute b. accuracy c. obvious d. original 13. a. machine b. enthusiast c. replace d. fortune 14. a. unemployed b. necessity c. generosity d. represent 15. a. furious b. wonderful c. reaction d. honesty II. VOCABULARY 1. Choose the best answer. 16. I was just ___ to go out when you telephoned. a. round b. about c. thinking d. when 17. You will become ill ____ you stop working harder. a. until b. when c. unless d. if 18. When he heard the noise he asked me what was ____ on. a. happening b. being c. getting d. going 19. I don't think that red dress ____ her. a. suits b. matches c. cheers d. agrees 20. The three friends all for the same job. a. requested b. applied c. intended d. referred 21. The dentist told him to open his mouth ____. a. broad b. much c. greatly d. wide 22. His parents never allowed him ____. a. smoking b. smoking c. to smoke d. some smoke 23. Do you ____ my turning the television on now? a. mind b. disapprove c. want d. object 24. Paris lies ____ the river Seine. a. over b. next c. on d. at 25. I'll have to ____ to you, otherwise he will hear. a. shout b. say c. whistle d. whisper 2. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. Athens and Sparta were the two most advanced Greek cities of the Hellenic period (750-338 B.C). Both had a city-state type of (26) ____, and both took slaves from the peoples they (27) ____. However, the differences outweigh the (28) ____ in these two ancient civilizations. Sparta was hostile, warlike (constantly fighting the neighboring cities), and military, while Athens (29) ____ more towards the democratic and cultural (30) ____ of life. The latter city left its mark in the (31) ____ of art, literature, philosophy, and science, while the (32) ____ passed on its totalitarianism and superior military traditions. The present (33) ____ of a well-rounded education followed in the United States is (34) ____ on the ancient Athenian idea. The Spartan system, on the other hand, was concerned only with military(35) ____. Trang 1/4 - đề 258 26. a. government b. conquered c. power d. right 27. a. settled b. conquered c. left d. discovered 28. a. coincidence b. similarities c. differences d. identities 29. a. catered b. came c. delivered d. diverted 30. a. road b. method c. way d. matter 31. a. regions b. ways c. farm d. fields 32. a. invader b. enemy c. latter d. former 33. a. system b. method c. curriculum d. way 34. a. based b. found c. kept d. affected 35. a. preparation b. education c. speculation d. exercise III. GRAMMAR. Choose the best answer, 36. My teacher arrived after I ____ for her for ten minutes. a. waiting b. was waiting c. had waited d. have waited 37. Nobody is ready to go ____? a. isn't he b. is he c. are they d. aren't they 38. Those books cost more than these ____. a. have b. are c. do d. were 39. I think this bus leaves before that one ____. a. has b. is c. shall d. does 40. If you are selfish, you ____ the lives of many people. a. would endanger b. will endanger c. were endangered d. are endangered 41. Did the rest of the spectators ____ at the mistake? a. laugh b. laughed c. laughs d. laughing 42. There appears ____ a mistake; I will have the matter deal with immediately. a. be b. being c. to been d. to have been 43. I should prefer ____ if you don't mind. a. to be not going b. to not have gone c. not to be go d. not to go 44. Why was Peter absent yesterday? He ___ a bad cold. a. had had b. was having c. had d. is having 45. Ten miles ____ a long hike for a hot day. a. is b. are c. have been d. were 46. I hope you're not getting ____ with listening to my story. a. bored b. amusing c. boring d. interesting 47. My grandfather is ____ to walk without stick. a. enough old b. old enough c. quite old d. too old 48. The prime Minister ____ to Paris several times. a. has been b. is c. has visited d. visits 49. I never smoke while I ____ a car. a. drive b. am driving c. drove d. was driving 50. Mr. Goldsmith ____ in his office when somebody threw a stone through the window. a. worked b. is working c. has worked d. was working 51. I ____ very fast when the accident happened. a. wasn't driving b. hasn't driving c. hasn't driven d. hadn't driven 52. I felt asleep when I ____ television. a. am watching b. was watching c. am being watched d. all are correct 53. I'm learning English. I started learning English in December. I ____ since December. a. am learning b. being learned c. have been learned d. have learned 54. It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. It ____ for two hours. a. has rained b. is raining c. has been raining d. had rained 55. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They ____ a. are eating b. were eating c. had been eating d. have been eating IV. USE OF ENGLISH. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. 56. When you come after class this afternoon, we discussed the possibility of your writing a research paper. a b c d Trang 2/4 - đề 258 57. Monrovian conducted the orchestra gracefully and with style to the delight of his appreciative audience, a b c d 58. Having finished his term paper before the deadline, it was delivered to the professor before the class. a b c d 59. After learning all the details about the project, the contractor told us them at the planning meeting. a b c d 60. The new student's progress advanced forward with such speed that all his teachers were amazed. a b c d 61. After Mr. Peabody had died, the money from his estate reversed back to the company which a b c he had served as president for ten years. d 62. In the distance could be seen the sleepy little village with their closely clustered adobe houses and a b c d red, clay-tile roofs. 63. Although the weather was not perfect, a bunch of people turned out of for the annual parade. a b c d 64. After she had dressed and ate breakfast, Lucy rushed off to her office for a meeting with her a b c d accountant. 65. After the rain had let out, the Mitchell continued their hike up the mountain. a b c d V. READING COMPREHENSION. Read the passage and choose the best answer. An old man was walking to the market. He had two baskets of straw hats which he wanted to sell. It was very hot and soon he grew tired. He put down his baskets and sat down under a tree. Before long he fell asleep. At the same time, an old monkey brought a troop of small monkeys out to play. It saw the old man asleep against the tree. It crept softly up to him, picked up a straw hat and put in on. When the small monkeys saw this, they copied what the old one had done. Then they all climbed up the tree and screamed and laughed till they woke the old man up with their noise. The old man opened his eyes. Good gracious! Where had his hats gone? He jumped to his feet and hunted high and low. The naughty monkeys found this very funny and burst out laughing. The old man looked up and saw the monkeys wearing his hats. "You mischievous monkeys! Give me back my hats at once!" the old man shouted angrily. When the monkeys saw how cross he was, they screamed even louder. The old man shook his fists and stamped his feet at the monkeys. They imitated him but did not give him back the hats. The old man did not know what to do next. He took off his hat and scratched his head. The monkeys copied him again. "I know! I know!" the old man thought. He threw his hat on the ground as hard as he could and said. "Ah! This is really too much!" When the monkeys saw this, they all threw down their hats from the top of the tree. The old man quickly picked up the hats. He put them into his baskets and immediately went on his way to the market, this time without stopping to rest. 66. What did the old man want to sell? a. Two hats in a basket c. Two baskets of straw b. Hats in two baskets d. Straw and baskets 67. What happened on his way? a. His baskets fell off his shoulders b. He put his hats round a tree c. He felt tired and sat down to rest d. An old monkey stole all his hats 68. Why did the old man fall asleep very soon? a. He was tired c. He was lazy b. He was cross d. He was hungry 69. Why did the old monkey bring the small monkeys out? a. To creep near the old man and annoy him b. To play among the trees c. To steal the old man's hats d. To play a trick on the old man Trang 3/4 - đề 258 70. The monkeys burst out laughing because. a. they thought the surprised old man looked funny b. they were happy with their hats c. they liked to play among the trees d. they liked to see the old man running around VI. STRUCTURES. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one. 71. I didn't listen to him, and I didn't succeed. a. If I listened to him, I would succeed. b. If I had listened to him, I would succeed. c. If I listened to him, I would have succeed. d. If I had listened to him, I would have succeeded. 72. Though he tried hard, he didn't succeed a. However hard he tried, he didn't succeed. b. However he tried hard, he didn't succeed. c. However he didn't succeed, he tried hard d. However he tried hard, but he didn't succeed. 73. I like to play tennis in the summer. a. I am very interested on playing tennis in the summer. b. I am very keen in playing tennis in the summer. c. I am very interested to playing tennis in the summer. d. I am very fond of playing tennis in the summer. 74. They usually have quite a big meal at lunch time. a. They are used to having a big meal at lunch time. b. They are used to have a big meal at lunch time. c. They are used to have a big meal at lunch time. d. They used to having a big meal at lunch time. 75. Despite feeling cold we kept walking. a. Although we felt cold, but we kept walking. b. Although we felt cold, we kept walking. c. However cold we felt, but we kept walking. d. However we felt cold, we kept walking. 76. "I'm sorry I have to leave so early," he said. a. He apologized for having to leave early. b. He apologized to have to leave early. c. He apologized that he has to leave early. d. He apologized to have left early. 77. He got over his illness in three months. a. It took to get over his illness in three months. b. It took three months to him to get over his illness. c. It took him three months to get over his illness. d. It took three months for his illness to get over. 78. She was so busy that she couldn't answer the phone. a. She was very busy that she couldn't answer the phone. b. She was too busy to answer the phone. c. She was too busy not to answer the phone. d. She was very busy so that couldn't answer the phone. 79. Our newspaper reporter in Paris sent this report. a. This report was sent by our newspaper reporter in Paris. b. This report was sent to Paris by our newspaper reporter. c. This report was sent for Paris by our newspaper reporter. d. This report was sent to our newspaper reporter in Paris. 80. The train driver's strike made it hard for us to get to work. a. We were impossible to get to work because of the train driver's strike. b. We found it impossible to get to work because the train driver's c. We couldn't get to work because of the train driver's strike. d. We couldn't get to work because the train driver's strike. . tried hard, he didn't succeed a. However hard he tried, he didn't succeed. b. However he tried hard, he didn't succeed. c. However he didn't succeed, he tried hard d. However. ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC KHỐI D Môn : Tiếng Anh Mã đề 370 Thời gian làm bài 90 phút I. PHONETICS. 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that. I listened to him, I would succeed. b. If I had listened to him, I would succeed. c. If I listened to him, I would have succeed. d. If I had listened to him, I would have succeeded. 72. Though