Ôn luyện kiến thức thi TNPT năm 2009 môn Tiếng Anh

ÔN LUYỆN KIẾN THỨC THI TNPT - 2009
PRACTICE TEST 3 – 8-4-2009
Questions 1-2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. slum 	B. slug 	C. slur 	D. slump
2. A.snack 	B. snare 	C. snatch 	D. snap 
Questions 3-5. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress is on the syllable in the position which is differently from that of the rest.
3. A. associate 	B. operate 	C. integrate 	D. recognize
4. A. ambitious 	B. dangerous 	C. mysterious 	D. intelligent
5. A. secretary 	B. necessary 	C. classify 	D. vocabulary 
Questions 6 - 30. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following blanks.
6. 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
7. 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
8. According to legend, coffee beans.......... in the town of Kaffa.
 A. first discovered 	B. were first discovered	C. discovered first 	D. have first discovered
9. 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 
10. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not..........kettle drums.
 A. as prevalent	B. that prevalent	C. so prevalent as	D. prevalent than
11. “ .......... “ ~ " Yes. I'd like to."
 A. How do you do?	B. What about going shopping?
 C. How about something to drink? 	D. What do you like doing? 
12. Total color blindness,........is the result of a defect in the retina. 
 A. a rare condition that 	B. that a rare condition 	C. a rare condition 	D. is a rare condition
13. 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
14. ........... electric eels [lươn] 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
15. ........... an ownership of nearly 60 to 62 percent of corporate equities, this mean 1-2 percent of American society possesses about 43 percent of the total wealth of the nation.
 A. The range of 	B. Ranging	C. Ranging from 	D. The range
16. 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
17.............classified as a carnivore, the North American Grizzly bear eats berries and even grass.
 A. Just as 	B. Because of 	C. Although 	D. Either
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. -"Do you mind if I use your bike?"
A. Yes, you do. 	B. Yes. It's my pleasure	C. No, you don't 	D. No. You can use it
25. 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
26. Spain and Portugal's competition for economic domination in the Americas........after Columbus' return to Europe, when they both realized that the New land could increase their gold reserves.
 A. began 	B. begin 	C. begun 	D. was beginning
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. I'd rather you........anyone what I said.
 A. don't tell 	B. won't tell 	C. didn't tell	D. not to tell
Questions 31 - 35. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 31 to 35.
 It was a Monday morning in the office and, as usual, everyone was busy sorting [phân loại] through their mail before starting work. The other staff had (31)........that Nicky, one of the computer operators, had been looking rather miserable recently and they wondered what might have happened to make her so (32)......... . Suddenly Nicky accidentally (33)........over a cup of coffee.
 As she was clearing up the mess, the girl sitting next to her happened to glance at Nicky's right hand. There was a large swelling [chỗ sưng] at the wrist [cổ tay]. 'What on earth have you (34)........to yourself? Does it hurt?' asked the girl. 'Yes, it does. I think I've injured it using the computer,' replied Nicky. 'I think you'd better go and let the doctor (39)........it,' said the girl. 'Let's hope there's no permanent [vĩnh viễn] damage to your hand.
31. A. recognized 	B. realized 	C. noticed 	D. identified
32. A. sick 	B. bored 	C. uninterested 	D. depressed
33. A. kicked 	B. punched 	C. hit 	D. knocked
34. A. made 	B. done 	C. happened 	D. brought
35. A. check 	B. inspect 	C. examine 	D. investigate 
Questions 36 - 40. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks from 36 to 40.
 In many modern countries, people think of a family as a mother, a father and their children. But this is not the only kind of the family group. In some parts of the world, a family group has many other members. This kind of large family is called an "extended family" or a "joint family".
 The joint family includes all living relatives on either the mother's or the father's side of the family. It is made up of grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and cousins. They live together in a large house or in huts built close together.
 Early people probably lived in joint families. They had to be part of a large group in order to survive. The members of the group help each other hunt. They work together to protect themselves from dangerous animals and other enemies. 
 In China, people lived in joint families. When a son married, he and his wife lived at his parents' home. Unmarried daughters remained at home until they married. Chinese children felt very loyal to their parents. Younger members of the joint family always took care of the old ones.
 In India and Africa, some people still live in joint families. The members of a oint family share their earnings and property. If one member of the group becomes ill or has bad luck, the others help the person. As in the past, the nembers of the joint family offer each other help and protection.
36. The word in paragraph 2 that means "to be made up of is.........
 A. include 	B. relatives 	C. live 	D. hut
37. Long time ago, members of joint families..........
 A. did not live together	B. helped each other catch animals
 C. only played together	D. live separately in order to survive
38. Chinese people felt loyal to their......
 A. relatives 	B. parents 	C. cousins 	D. younger members
39. In India and Africa, people in joint families help person when.........
 A. he has good luck	B. he has bad luck 	C. he gets rid of illness D. he shares them his earnings
40. On the whole, this story is about...........
 A. all types of family 	B. families in China	
 C. joint families 	D. families found in India and Africa
Questions 41 - 45. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part of each sentence that needs correction.
41. The oxygen in the air we breath has no taste, smell, or color.
 A B C D
42. Because of the availability of trucks and easy access to modern highways, the locate of farms has become relatively unimportant with respect to their respect from markets. A
 B C D
43. Long before his death, John Dewey see his philosophy have a profound influence on education and thought in the United States and elsewhere. A B C 
 D
44. Margaret Mead achieved world famous through her studies of child-rearing, personality, and culture. 
 A B C D
45. The central purpose of management is for making every action or decision help achieve a carefully chosen goal. A B C D
Questions 46 - 50. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct sentence that is made from the given word.
46. / try/ stop/ smoke/he/ he/ never/ success/ many times/.
 A. He has tried to stop smoke many times but he never succeeded.
 B. He has tried stop smoking many times but he never succeeded.
 C. He has tried stop to smoke many times but he never succeeded.
 D. He has tried to stop smoking many times but he has never succeeded.
47. / promise/ he/ me/ send/ arrive/ post card/ as soon as/ Madrid/.
 A. He promised send me a post card as soon as he arrived in Madrid.
 B. He promised to send me a post card as soon as he arrived at Madrid.
 C. He promised to send me a post card as soon as he arrived in Madrid.
 D. He promised to sending me a post card as soon as he arrived in Madrid.
48. /need/ developing countries/ research/ do/ agriculture problems/ solutions/ find/.
 A. Developing countries need doing research to find solutions to agriculture problems.
 B. Developing countries need to do researches to find solutions to agricultural problems.
 C. Developing countries need to do researching to find solutions to agriculture problems.
 D. Developing countries need to do research to finding solutions to agriculture problems.
49. / practise/ play/ tennis/ every day/ she/ because/ one day/ want/ famous/ she/.
 A. She practise playing tennis one day because she wants to be famous everyday.
 B. She practise playing tennis every day because she wants famous one day.
 C. She practises playing tennis every day because she wants being famous one day.
 D. She practises playing tennis every day because she wants to be famous one day.
50. / stop/ try/ never/ you/ problem/ solution/ get/.
 A. Never stop trying until you get the right solution to the problem.
 B. Never stop trying until you get the right solution of the problem.
 C. Never stop trying until you get the right solution from the problem.
 D. Never stop trying until you get the right solution on the problem.