DE THI THU - VERY GOOD

đề thi thử vào thpt
Năm học 2012- 2013

I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.(1p)
1. A. claimed B. warned C. occurred D. existed
2. A. health B. appear C. ready D. heavy
3. A. tidal B. sight C. mineral D. describe
4. A. though B. throw C. through D. thought
II. Choose the best answer from the four options given to complete each sentence. (1p)
1. When I was watching a movie on TV last night, our uncle in the USA (phone)______.
2. Mary and Lan (be) ______ pen pals for nearly four years.
3. Many buildings in our city (heat) ______by solar energy in 2020.
4. My younger sister usually (have) ______ a big breakfast before going to school.
II. Choose the best answer from the four options given to complete each sentence. (2pts)
1. You have read this article on the website, (don’t you, do you, have you, haven’t you)?
2. Tuan Anh suggested (takes, taking, to take, take) showers to save water at home.
3. Hoa didn’t come to the party because she had to look (at, up, for, after) her younger sister.
4. They felt tired, (if, so, to, because) they sat down under the banyan tree.
5. Are you looking forward to (seeing, to see, see, seen) Hoa again?
6. The book (who, which, whose, where) I bought in Paris is very interesting.
7. No one in my class is (tall, taller, the tallest, tallest) than Quang.
8. She would come to see us if she (have, having, had, has) our address.
III. Correct the verbs. (1p)
There are many_______ (culture) activities at the Festival in Hue.
The gas from chemical factories is extremely _______ .(harm)
My son is_______ (interest) in reading picture books.
_______ (environment) are trying to stop catching fish by using dynamite .

IV. Read the following passage, then answer the questions. (1p)
One of the first novels in the history of literature was Robinson Crusoe, which Daniel Defoe, the great English writer, wrote in 1718 when he was nearly sixty years old. Daniel Defoe was born in London in the family of a rich man. When he was still a school boy, he began to write stories. After he left school, he worked at his father’s shop. While he was working there, he continued to write stories for a newspaper. Defoe visited many countries and met a lot of people, that helped him much in his writing.
Questions:
1. When did Daniel Defoe write Robinson Crusoe?
2. Where was he born?
3. What did he do after he left school?
4. Did he visit many countries and meet a lot of people?
V. Hãy chọn một từ thích hợp đã cho trong khung điền vào mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn sau. (1 điểm)
interested - higher - learn - useful - know - subjects

Every year many people, young and old, men and women in the world ______ (1) English. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is not easy to answer this question. Young children learn English at school, because it is one of their school ______ (2). Moreover, they learn it for ______ (3) studies, as some of their books are written in English at college and university. Adults learn English, as it is quite ______ (4) for their work. Besides, they learn English, because they want to read English newspaper and magazines.

VI. Rewrite these sentences(1p)
1. I don’t have enough money, so I can’t buy a new computer.
→ If I …………………………………………………………………………………
2. “ Do you understand the lesson, Chi?” asked the teacher.
→ The teacher asked........................................................................................................
3. What a pity! I can’t speak English as fluently as my brother.
→ I wish …………………………………………………………………………………
4. People have used the Internet all over the world.
→ The Internet………………………………………………………

VII. Put these sentences into the correct order(1p)
1. small/ live/ in/ a/ Mr. Ba/ when/ used to/ he/ was/ at/ school/ house.
2. a new style of Jeans/ have/ they/ just/ in the USA/ introduced.
3. last night/ the/ because of/ couldn’t/ we/ go out