Ôn luyện kiến thức thi tốt nghiệp THPT năm 2009 - Practice test 1

ÔN LUYỆN KIẾN THỨC THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT – 2009
PRACTICE TEST 1 
Questions 1-5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others by circling the corresponding letter A or B, C, D.
1. A. describe 	B. society 	C. political 	D. struggle
2. A. difference 	B. immortality 	C. politician 	D. independence
3. A. biology 	B. biograph 	C. biography 	D. bioscope
4. A. accident 	B. accompany 	C. access 	D. animal
5. A. environment 	B. department 	C. dependant 	D. demonstrate
Questions 6 - 30. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the following sentences.
6. I was appalled........the lack of staff in the hospital.
 A. at 	B. in 	C. on 	D. with
7. The new President said she would dedicate herself to  the rights of the old, the sick and the homeless.
 A. protect 	B. protecting 	C. protection 	D. protected
8. Poverty in this country has reached  proportions.
 A. incubate 	B. epidemic 	C. infectious 	D. transmit
9. The police are......... to the public for any information about the missing girl.
 A. attending 	B. attracting 	C. arguing 	D. appealing
10. The damage was far more serious than.........believed.
 A. prior 	B. precedingly 	C. initially 	D. primary
11. Asian Games.........come from many different countries.
 A. athletics 	B. athletic 	C. athlete 	D. athletes
12. The Asian Games is one of the most important .........in Asia.
 A. incidents 	B. events 	C. news 	D. points
13. We decided to break...... tradition and not spend Christmas with our family.
 A. up 	B. through 	C. in 	D. with
14. I lost my key. I'll have to...
 A. have other key made	B. have another key made 	C. be made a key 	D. make another key 
15. He works very hard. It's not ....that he's always tired.
 A. surprised 	B. surprising 	C. surprise	D. surprises 
16. He's one of the most......people I've ever met. 
A. bored 	B. bore 	C. boring 	D. boredom
17. I kept them in the......... 
 A. metal black small box 	C. black metal small box
 B. small black metal box 	D. small metal black box
18. They spoke .. for us to understand.
 A. slow enough 	B. slowly so	C. so slowly	D. slowly enough
19. It's too noisy here. Can we go somewhere..........?
 A. quietly 	B. more quietly	C. quieter 	D. quite
20. It was.........we spent the whole day at the beach.
 A. such a nice weather that 	B. such nice weather that
 C. such nice a weather than 	D. such a nice weather so
21. - "You look nice in that red shirt."
 A. It's nice of you to say so. 	C. Oh, poor me.
 B. Am I? Thanks.	D. I am interesting to hear that.
22. The 15th Asian Games was organized at 34 sporting..........
 A. avenues 	B. roads 	C. places 	D. venues
23. "Jonh had an accident. He's been in hospital for 5 days." ~ “”
 A. Poor it. 	B. Poor him. 	C. How terrific! 	D. Oh. Is he?
24. The Opening Ceremony of the 15th Asian Games was the most........ one.
 A. spectacularly 	B. spectacular 	C. spectator 	D. spectacle
25. Before........, they used horse-drawn wooden carts.
 A. farmers have had tractors 	B. tractors owned by farmers
 C. having tractors farmers 	D. farmers had tractors
26. About twenty miles from Boston,........a little town named Concord that has a rich history.
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A. has 	B. there is 	C. there are 	D. where is
27. There was a........table in the kitchen.
A. beautiful large round wooden 	B. large beautiful round wooden 
C. beautiful round large wooden 	D. wooden round large beautiful
28. - "Happy birthday! This is a small present for you."
 A. What a pity! 	B. How beautiful it is! Thanks. C. Have a good time! 	D. How terrible!
29. He's a man with a.........
 A. thin long face 	B. face long and thin	C. long and thin face 	D. thinly long face
30. 50,000 people attended the opening Ceremony of the 15lh Asian Games with more than billion television.........
A. listeners 	B. speakers 	C. viewers 	D. readers
Questions 31 - 35. 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 questions from 31 to 35.
 In the Spring of 1934, storms swept across the Great Plains, but they were not rainstorms. They were the result of sun and drought and a terrible wind that blew millions of tons of top soil from 300.000 square miles in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico. This was the Dust Bowl. It buried fences, fields and home. It choked cattle and sickened the people who stayed. Three hundred and fifty thousand settlers fled, many becoming part of a slow, sad iravan along Route 66 to California.
 But wind and drought were not the only factors that combined to create the Dust Bowl. Only fifty years earlier, a carpet of buffalo grass had covered the Great Plains, protecting the soil and retaining the moisture in the ground. By the turn of the century, farmers had settled, homesteading in regions that had been used as range land. The inceased demand for wheat during World War I encouraged farmers to plow and plant even wider areas. Forty percent of the land that they plowed up had never been exposed to rain, wind or sun before. When the drought and wind came, the land had been prepared for disaster.
31. With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?
 A. The Dust Bowl 	C. The Great Plains
 B. Homesteading 	D. World War I
32. Where did many of the homesteaders go when they abandoned their farms?
 A. To Kansas 	B. To New mexico
 C. To Texas 	D. To California
33. The word caravan in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following words?
 A. line 	B. group 	C. family 	D. town
34. What does the author mean by the statement " By the turn of the century, farmers had settled, homesteading in regions that had been used as range land"?
 A. Homesteaders began to settle land.	B. Ranches began to replaced farms.
 C. Homesteads were used for open range.	D. No homesteads were left.
35. The author mentions all of the following as having xcontributed to the disaster EXCEPT 
 A. wind 	B. drought 	C. homesteading 	D. rain
Questions 36 - 40. 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 36 to 40.
 The 23rd Southeast Asian Games (also known as the 2005 SEA Games) was a biannual [hai năm một lần] multi-sport event held in the Philippines from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005. The games were (36)........ by 11 countries located in Southeast Asia.
 The first gold medal of the games was (37)........ to Singapore on November 25th when the Water Polo team came out unbeaten in the round-robin [*] tournaments, with the Philippine team taking the silver medal and the Malaysian (38) . taking the bronze. [*] a competition in which all the players play against each other at least once]
 The Games were also considered both a spectacular event and a valuable (39)........for athletes to gain competition experience and preparation for the upcoming Asian Games and Olympic Games. It was purposely created to (40)........ friendship, solidarity and understanding among neighbouring countries in the region.
36. A. participating 	B. participated 	C. participation 	D. to participate
37. A. rewarded 	B. prized 	C. presented 	D. awarded
38. A. group 	B. pair 	C. team 	D. individual
39. A. opportunity 	B. chance 	C. moment 	D. fortune
40. A. strong 	B. strengthen 	C. strength 	D. to strengthen 
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Questions 41 - 45. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet toindicate the correct sentence that is made from the given word.
41. your/ watching/ brother/ TV/ Does/ like/ football/ matches/ ?
 A. Does your brother likes watching football matches on TV ?
 B. Does your brother like watching football matches TV ?
 C. Does your brother like watching football matches on TV ?
 D. Does your brother like watch football matches on TV ?
42. What/ you/ use/ Internet/ for?
 A. What do you use the Internet for? 	B. What do you use Internet for?
 C. What do you do the Internet for?	D. What do you use the Internet?
43. are /We/ fond/ play/ computer/ not /games.
 A. Are we not fond of playing computer games? 	B. We are not fond of play computer games.
 C. We are not fond playing computer games.	D. We are not fond of playing computer games.
44. Internet/ is/ invention /wonderful/ modern/ life.
 A. The Internet is wonderful invention modern life. 	B. The Internet is a wonderful invention of modern life.
 C. The Internet is a wonderful invention the modern life.	D. The Internet is a wonderful invention of life.
45. surfing/ net /I/ enjoy /but /have/1/ don't/ time/ it.
 A. I enjoy surfing net but I don't have much time it.	B. I enjoy surfing the net but I don't have it.
 C. I enjoy surfing on the net but I don't have much time for it. D. I enjoy surfing on the net I don't have much time.
Questions 46 - 50. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part of each sentence that needs correction.
46. The number of the Asian Games participants have been increasing.
 A B C D
47. Renewable energy sources are not use up when the energy is exploited [khai thác]. 
 A B C D
48. Non-renewable energy sources consists of fossil fuels and minerals.
 A B C D
49. People may be used wind power to serve their life in the future.
 A B C D
50. Smoke coming from fuel wood effects people's health.
 A B C D
PRACTICE TEST 2 
Questions 1-5. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which has a diffent stress pattern from the others.
1. A. finish 	B. pastime 	C. summer 	D. begin
2. A. holiday 	B. certainty 	C. industry 	D. adventure
3. A. increasing 	B. implying 	C. interesting 	D. important
4. A. daughter 	B. decide 	C. provide 	D. enjoy
5. A. physicist 	B. president 	C. inventor 	D. gardener 
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 gaps.
6. The lower..........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 they do any other
9. All........would never forget the great event of the 15th Asian Games.	
 A. attendances 	B. attendants 	C. attendees 	D. attendant
10. "........" ~ " Oh, its' great!"
 A. How is the music of the film like?	B. Would you like the music of the film ?
 C. What do you like the music of the film ?	D What do you think of the music of the film ?
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11. The number of hotels in.........for the 23rd Sea Games reached to thousands.
 A. operating 	B. operation 	C. operative 	D. operator
12. There are no more tickets available for the final football ..........
 A. event 	B. match 	C. tournament 	D. incident
13. There was a wide ........ of hotels served all tourists and athletes during the great sporting event.
 A. choice 	B. selection 	C. row 	D. range
14. All the........members in hotels can speak English very well.
 A. office 	B. college 	C. staff 	D. school
15. People in the host coutry have a warmly ......... attitude to the tourists and athletes.
 A. unwelcoming 	B. welcoming 	C. hostile 	D. unfriendly
16. For the first time in 70 years,...........aspirin's potential beyond reducing pain, fever and inflammation.
 A. researchers were beginning to understand	B. researchers begin understanding
 C. researcher's understanding of	D. researchers began their understanding
17. The hourglass, an instrument used........., usually consists of two bulbs [bầu thủy tinh] united by a narrow neck.
 A. measures time 	B. time is measured	C. for measuring time 	D. the time for measuring
18. The problem was ... we thought at first. 
 A. much serious than 	B. seriouser than 	C. much more serious than	D. much seriously than
19. What's the name of the hospital ..
 A. you told me 	B. you said me about 	C. you told me about 	D. you spoke me about
20. Sheila,........., finally arrived.
 A. who we've been waiting for 	C. whom we'd been waiting
 B. for whom we'd been waiting 	D. that we'd been waiting for 
21. Fortunately we had a map, ...... ...we'd have got lost.
 A. without which 	B. for which 	C. of which 	D. with which
22. I wish I.........speak Spanish.
 A. should	B. could 	C. can	D. will
23. Doctors say that smoking and drinking can both . your health.
 A. destroy 	B. improve 	C. ruin	D. damage
24. Air constricted between the vocal chords makes them ... producing sounds.
 A. to vibrate 	B. vibrating 	C. vibrate	D. the vibration
25. He was.........the job. 
 A. experienced enough to do 	C. experienced enough doing
 B. enough experienced to do 	D.experienced to do enough
26. I have........., but I don't have time.
 A. a vacation enough money for 	B. money enough for a vacation 
 C. enough money for a vacation 	D. enough money for vacation
27. John drove . I did.
 A. faster than 	B. more fastly than	C. fastly than	D. more faster than
28. The boy............in the accident was taken to the hospital.
 A. injures 	B. injured 	C. injuring 	D. injure
29. The machine .......has now been repaired. 
 A. that broken down 	B. that broke down
 C. which is broken down 	D. which broke
30. The man.........on the plane talked all the time.
 A. who I am sitting next 	B. that I was sitting next to him
 C. that I was sitting next to 	D. who I was sitting next him
Questions 31 - 35. 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 31 to 35.
 Eleanor Roosevelt was the niece of the 26th president of the United states, Theodore Roosevelt, and the wife of the 33rd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. It would be doing her great injustice [gây thiếu công bằng], however, to 
describe her only in terms of her relationship to men in powerful and important positions. She was, in her own right, 
an important figure in twentieth - century American history who strongly supported a variety of social causes and simply used her political position to further these causes.
 A dedicated worker for humanitarian causes [sự nghiệp nhân đạo] before her marriage, and prior to her husband's 
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election to the presidency, she simply expanded her role when she became the First Lady. She took a more powerful voice on behalf of a broad range of social issues, which included employment of youth and civil rights for women and blacks. She conducted press conferences, had her own radio programme, and wrote nationally syndicated column in a daily newspaper. After her husband died, she served as the United States delegate to the United Nations and play a role in the drafting of the UN Declaration of Human Rights [tuyên ngôn quốc tế nhân quyền]. In short, she clearly proved to be an important and influential figure [nhân vật có ảnh hưởng], above and beyond her political connections.
31. All the following are true about Eleanor Roosevelt EXCEPT..........
 A. She was the First Lady of the United States
 B. She served as the United States delegate to the United Nations
 C. She was a dedicated supporter of many social causes
 D. She began to work for humanitarian causes only after her marriage
32. When discussing Eleanor Roosevelt, the author's tone in this passage could best be described as...........
 A. critical 	B. admiring 	C. bitter 	D. neutral
33. The passage mainly about..........
 A. the success of Roosevelt family 	B. Eleanor Roosevelt's background and accomplishments
 C. the various social causes that Eleanor Roosevelt supported
 D. Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the United Nations
34. The author of the passage describes Eleanor Roosevelt's accomplishments in order to show that .........
 A. she should have been elected to the presidency
 B. she could have done more with her life if she had used her political connections to a great extent
 C. she was more successful than either her uncle or husband in gaining public support
 D. She deserves [xứng đáng] recognition beyond her family and marital connections [quan hệ hôn nhân]
35. The word "the First Lady" in paragraph 2 means ........
 A. an official in the United Nations	B. a social worker
 C. a lady who first ran for the election	D. the wife of the president
Questions 36 - 40. 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 36 to 40.
 The most famous diary in English was written by Samuel Pepys. It gives a detailed and interesting description of everyday life in England (36) ....... 1660 and 1669. Pepys writes about important news stories of the time, like disease, an enemy navy sailing up the river Thames, and the Great Fire of London.
 He also writes about himself, even about his (37)........ – he often slept during church or thought at the pretty girls. He describes his home life – a (38)........with his wife and how they became friends again, his worry about her illness. As well as books, he liked music, the theatre, card (39)........., and parties with good food and plenty of fun. Pepys was a busy man who had nany important (40)........ – he was a Member of Parliament and President of the Royal Society. He is also remembered for his work for the British Navy.
36. A. between 	B. from 	C. through 	D. to
37. A. accidents 	B. plans 	C. dreams 	D. faults
38. A. conversation 	B. discussion 	C. quarrel 	D. talk
39. A. battles 	B. games 	C. matches 	D. plays
40. A. acts 	B. hobbies 	C. jobs 	D. studies 
Questions 41 - 45. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to show the underlined part of each sentence that ieeds correcting.
41. The purpose of UNICEF is help provide a better life for children and their mothers.
 A B C D
42. UNICEF serves children in community all over the world.
 A B C D
43. Could you delivery the goods to my home?
 A B C D	
44. If you enjoy cycling for pleasant, doing it in London can be a shock.
 A B C D
45. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize for work helping children and building brighter futures. 
 A B C D
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Questions 46 - 50. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given.
46. John would like to take a lot of photos but he does not have a camera.
 A. John would take a lot of photos, if he had a camera. 	B. John would take a lot of photos if he has a camera.
 C. John would take a lot of photos if he had a camera. D. John would take a lot of photos if he had had a camera. 47. Sue lives in the house. The house is opposite my house.
 A. Sue lives in the house it is opposite my house.	B. Sue lives in the house which opposite my house.
 C. Sue lives in the house which is opposite her house.	D. Sue lives in the house which is opposite my house.
48. The plants may develop differently. The plants live on that island.
 A. The plants live on that island may develop differently.
 B. The plants that live on that island may develop differently.
 C. The plants which lives on that island may develop differently.
 D. The plants that live on that island may develop different.
49. Etna is an active volcano. The volcano is on the island of Sicily.
 A. Etna, which is on the island of Sicily, is an active volcano.
 B. Etna which is on the island of Sicily, is an active volcano.
 C. Etna, which is on the island of Sicily is an active volcano.
 D. Etna, which is on the island of Sicily, is active volcano.
50. Did you see that smoke? It came from the hills.
 A. Did you see the smoke which comes from the hills?	B. Did you see smoke which came from the hills?
 C. Did you see the smoke that came from the hills?	D. 	Did you see the smoke came from the hills?
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