ĐỀ THAM KHẢO ANH VĂN NĂM 2011
I) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. mechanize B. champion C. character D. chemical
2. A. eradicated B. defended C. unnoticed D. extended
3. A. windsurfing B. wilderness C. rhino D. philosopher
II) Choose the word whose stress is different
4. A. environment B. pneumonia C. publication D. equality
5. A. parrot B. reserve C. vertical D. master
III) Choose the right word or phrase to complete the sentences
6. I get up early ____________ go to work on time.
A. in order to B. so as not to C. so that D. in order that
7. This book provides students ________ useful tips that help them to pass the coming exam.
A. on B. about C. for D. with
8. I ___________ to the author if I thought he would publish the article.
A. write B. am writing C. would write D. had written
9. The children made ___________ a little poem and wrote it in the card.
A. up B. over C. for D. off
10. After Mary ___________ her degree, she intends to work in her father’s company.
A. will finish B. is finishing C. finishes D. will have finished
11. “Write to me when you get home”. “________________”
A. I must B. I should C. I will D. I can
12. The water will be further polluted unless some measures ___________.
A. will be taken B. are taken C. were taken D. had been taken
13. “What do you think of the book?”
“Oh, excellent. It’s worth ____________ a second time”.
A. to read B. to be read C. reading D. being read
14. I hurried ___________ I wouldn’t be late for class.
A. since B. so that C. as if D. unless
15. A football fan is ____________ has a strong interest in football.
A. a thing that B. something that C. a person that D. what

16. Antarctic ____________ we know very little is covered with thick ice all the year round.
A. on which B. which C. that D. about which
17. He thought of his childhood ____________ he worked in the country.
A. when B. where C. why D. which
18. Mary is one of the girls who ____________ often late for school.
A. is B. are C. comes D. get
19. I _________ a novel ___________ by O.Henry at seven yesterday evening.
A. read, written B. would read, to write
C. was reading, written D. was to read, writing
20. My brother told me he was soon going to visit ____________.
A. the United State B. the United States C. United States D. United State
21. The children are all _________ beautiful clothes on New Year’s Day.
A. in B. on C. of D. by
22. I wonder if he _________. If he _________, please let me know as soon as possible.
A. will come, arrives B. comes, arrives C. comes, will arrive D. will come, will arrive
23. He died ___________ pneumonia.
A. for B. by C. in D. of
24. Nowadays elephants are one of the __________ species in the world. They need protecting.
A. enlightened B. expensive C. endangered D. enlarged
25. Arthur Conan Doyle is the ___________ who writes many exciting stories about Sherlock
Holmes.

A. teller B. author C. editor D. publisher
26. What are the ____________ between women in old times and women in modern times?
A. differs B. different C. difference D. differences
27. In the past people believed that women’s ___________ roles were as mothers and wives.
A. nature B. natural C. naturism D. naturalist
28. In time of peace, the ____________ gives medical aid and other help to victims of disasters.
A. Red Cross B. Red and Cross C. Cross Red D. Cross and Red
29. She told him __________ up hope.

A. not give B. do not give C. not to give D. to give not
30. He has arrived, but he talks as if he __________ all about that
A. know B. knows C. known D. knew
31. John is fat because he eats so many chips.
A. If John doesn’t eat so many chips, he will not be fat.
B. If John didn’t eat so many chips, he would not be fat.
C. John is fat though he eats so many chips.
D. being fat, John eats so many chips.
32. People say he won a lot of money on the lottery.
A. He is said that he won a lot of money on the lottery.
B. He won a lot of money on the lottery, it is said.
C. He is said to have won a lot of money on the lottery.
D. He was said to win a lot of money on the lottery.
33. He started learning French six years ago.
A. He has learned French for six years.
B. It was six years ago did he start learning French.
C. He hasn’t learnt French for six years.
D. It is six years since he has learned French.
34. She is learning English because she wants to get a better job.
A. She is learning English so that she gets a better job.
B. She is learning English so as she gets a better job.
C. She is learning English in order she can get a better job.
D. She is learning English so that she will be able to get a better job.
35. He was very tired but he kept on working.
A. Despite he was very tired, he kept on working.
B. In spite of he was very tired, he kept on working.
C. Though his tiredness, he kept on working.
D. Although he was very tired, he kept on working.
IV) Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting


36. The early we leave, the sooner we will arrive.
A B C D
37. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.
A B C D
38. Tree squirrels are active, noisy, and lively animals that make its home in tree trunks.
A B C D
39. Daisy has such many things to do that she has no time to go out.
A B C D
40. Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago because of the earth’s
A B C
climate changed drastically.
D
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words

TEENAGERS AND SPORT
It’s quite rare to meet teenagers who don’t like sports. When you are young, you know how
important (41) __________ to do physical exercise if you want to be healthy and strong, and for that
reason you often concentrate on just one sport with so (42) _________ enthusiasm that in the end you
can’t live without it. The problem is, though, that as you grow up you have less and less spare time. At
your age you have to study harder if you want to get good marks to go to university, with perhaps only
one afternoon a week to do any sport. This happens just when you are at the best (43) _________ for
many sports, such as gymnastics and swimming. By the time you finish all your studies you will
probably be too old to be really good at sports like those, but if you spend enough time on (44)
_________ while you are young, then one day you will find that you are very good at your sport but too
old to study, and you will find it (45) _________ to get a good job. Somehow, it doesn’t seem fair.
41. A. this is B. you are C. it is D. things are
42. A. keen B. many C. great D. much
43. A. stage B. age C. period D. time
44. A. training B. practice C. exercise D. sporting
45. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible



Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below
THE WILD LIFE
Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost
everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many hundreds are now in
danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals has been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is
forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.
But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in
danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are
being cut down to satisfy man’s needs of timber and paper.
What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished?- Would our life still exist
then?
46. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A. Many species would quickly become extinct.
B. The human life would be seriously threatened.
C. Species would go on dying out.
D. Tropical forests would be cut down.
47. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?
A. the vanishing of whole habitats.
B. the extinction of many species.
C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
D. man’s need of timber and paper.
48. What does the writer caution us against?
A. cutting down the tropical forests. B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining marshes. D. destroying our environment.
49. Cutting down forests would cause ……………
A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood
C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.

50. “To threaten” in the passage means …………
A. to pollute B. to give fear to
C. to vanish D. to poison




TEST 7
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. A. ahead B. beat C. increase D. heat
2. A. much B. match C. chemist D. chosen
3. A. empty B. nasty C. fry D. sleepy
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
4. A. accomplish B. achievement C. agency D. allowance
5. A. promotion B. potential C. poisonous D. disposal
Choose the best answer
6. He talked as if he ____________ where she was.
A. knew B. had known C. would know D. were knowing
7. My brother often says that he won’t get married until he _____ 30 years old.
A. is B. will be C. will have been D. has been
8. Don’t make noise. My mother________ with her friends.
A. is talking B. was talking C. talks D. talked
9. Let your name _______ in the sheet of paper.
A. to be written B. be written C. write D. being written
10. _______ quarreled with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn’t want to answer his phone call.
A. Having B. Because having C. Because hadn’t D. Having not
11. When _____ in international trade, letters of credit are very convenient.
A. used B. are used C. using D. they used
12. Don’t forget ________ me a letter when you arrive in Ho Chi Minh City.
A. send B. sending C. to send D. sent

13. My brother is old enough to ______ his own living.
A. share B. produce C. demand D. earn
14. Peter is interested in ______ research.
A. working B. making C. doing D. studying
15. If you try hard, your dream will come _______.
A. right B. true C. lively D. hopeful
16. Be careful of that dog. It might ________ you.
A. bite B. slip C. wake D. break
17. Many plants and animals _________ are now in danger of extinction.
A. pieces B. species C. amount D. numbers
18. My parents didn’t permit me _____ out last night.
A. gone B. went C. going D. to go
19. You ______ take anything out of the shop without paying for it.
A. need B. needn’t C. must D. mustn’t
20. ________ the classroom, he began to talk about the car accident yesterday.
A. To enter B. Entered C. Enter D. Entering
21. I am interested in ________ books.
A. collect B. collecting C. collected D. to collect
22. My father ____________ a pack of cigarettes a day, but now he has given it up.
A. used to smoking B. used to smoke
C. is used to smoke D. is used to smoking
23. After one-month stay with her aunt in the countryside, Linh was accustomed ______ farm life.
A. in B. on C. with D. to
24. I have been looking ______ this book for months, and at last, I have found it.
A. over B. up C. for D. at
25. My sister isn’t used _____________ spicy food.
A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. to eating
26. My brother couldn’t go far because he is afraid of _____.
A. to fly B. flying C. be flying D. being flying
27. Unless you ____ all my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.

A. answer B. answered C. will answer D. would answer
28. John can speak two languages. One is English. _______ is French.
A. Other B. The other C. Another D. Others


29. It is raining outside, and David brought his umbrella with him _______ he wouldn’t get wet.
A. so as to B. in order C. so that D. in order to
30. _______ the old man spoke very slowly and clearly, I couldn’t understand him at all.
A. If B. Because C. Since D. Although
31. ________ his bad leg, he couldn’t walk so fast as the others.
A. Because B. Because of C. The reason D. Since
32. ______ students attended the meeting that there weren’t enough chairs for all of them.
A. So few B. Too many C. So much D. So many
33. They got up early ___________ they would catch the first train.
A. that B. in order to C. in order that D. so as to
34. The football match was postponed ______ the bad weather.
A. in spite B. despite C. because D. because of
35. He fell and hurt himself badly while he _______ the roof.
A. paints B. painting C. was painting D. is painting
Error identification
36. Don’t (A) turn on the TV, (B) please. I am (C) so tired (D) to watch it.
37. This is (A) the best place (B) which I can (C) think of for (D) our holiday.
38. (A) Nowadays with modern (B) equipment, scientists can (C) prediction when a volcano (D) will erupt.
39. (A) In spite the danger, they (B) managed to (C) cross the river (D) during the night.
40. If the (A) little girl knew (B) how to do it, her (C) mother (D) will be pleased.
Read the passage and choose the best answer
When you apply for a job, one of the most important things is job interview. In order to make a good impression during a
job interview, you need to prepare yourself for the interview carefully. Punctuation is very necessary. You should arrive in
plenty of time so that you have a little of time to relax and keep calm before the interview. You should be well-dressed. Do
not wear a skirt which is too short or jeans. You also need to plan what you are going to say. You have to answer a lot of

questions about your education and experience. You may be asked many things about yourself and especially about the
reason why you decide to apply for the job. You can ask the interviewer about the salary you expect, the position you are
applying and the duties you have to do in the job. You also must try to find out as much as possible about the company you
want to work for.
41. When you apply for a job ________________.
A. job interview is not important B. Don’t make any good impression
C. preparation is not necessary D. interview is important for you to prepare
42. What about punctuation?
A. Being late is all right B. you should arrive early enough to relax.
C. Punctuation is not important D. If you are late the interviewer will wait
43. What about clothes?
A. You can wear whatever you like B. You should be well-dressed
C. Jeans are suggested D. A short skirt makes you more attractive
44. You may be asked about ____________.
A. your study B. the reason why you are interested in the job
C. your experience D. All are correct
45. You can ask the interviewer about ______________.
A. the salary, position and duties B. the salary, position and his age
C. the salary and the interviewer’s education D. the salary, the interviewer’s family and his duties
Fill in the blank with one suitable word or phrase
Maria’s family decided to go to London last week because they wanted to have a tour. The sight in London was so
(46)_______ that she’s been there ten days but it seems to her only to be yesterday. It means (47) _______ she enjoyed
the trip very much. She and her father stayed in a very big hotel (48) _________ 200 rooms. From these, they can
easily (49) ________ Hyde Park, the very big park in London. In here, people can buy from a needle to an elephant in
2 best (50) _______ streets. Regent’s Street and Oxford Street.
46. A. interest B. interesting C. interested D. interestingly
47. A. that B. is that C. that is D. that was
48. A. have B. has C. with D. of
49. A. reached B. reaching C. reach D. reaches
50. A. shopping B. selling C. trading D. shop