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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐH – SỐ 8
Part I. Phonetics
Exercises 1.Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
the others. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. A. object B. solar C. pole D. protein
2. A. gravity B. cabin C. planet D. spaceship
3. A. reduce B. destroy C. melt D. evaporate
4. A. surround B. destroy C. preserve D. increase
5. A. temperature B. nuclear C. reduce D. produce
Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others.
Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
6. A. attract B. destroy C.level D. occur
7. A. spaceship B. planet C. solar D. surround
8. A. another B. energy C. centigrade D. gravity
9. A. evaporate B. temperature C. impossible D. experiment
10. A. brilliant B. daily C. extreme D. protein
Part II. Vocabulary
Exercise 3. Choose one word that does not belong to the group in terms of meaning
by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
11. A. stars B. planets C. galaxies D. mountains
12. A. daily B. maily C. weekly D. monthly
13. A. melt B. evaporate C. stream D. freeze
14. A. swift B. slow C. quick D. fast
15. A. increase B. fall C. decrease D. reduce
Exercise 4. Choose from the four alternatives given (marked A, B, C and D) the
correct word to complete each definition/ sentence.
16. A newspaper which is published everyday is called a______ newspaper.
A. weekly B. daily C. monthly D. yearly
17. Vietnam’s population_________ 80 million in 2004.
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A. reduced B. increased C. reached D. rose
18. The air_______ the earth is becoming thinner.
A. surrounding B. rounding C. involving D. floating
19. Under the sun’s heat, water on earth__________.
A. melts B. evaporates C. rises D.floats
20. ______energy is the energy that we get from the sun.
A. wind B. tidal C. hydro D. solar
21. The sun, the moon, the Earth, and Mars are examples of_________.
A. systems B. universes C. planets D. worlds
22. Because of the_________, things fall to ground when they are dropped.
A. attraction B. gravity C. force D. power
23. The mountains is 100 meters above sea___________.
A. level B. surface C.top D. line
24. The sun is our main_________ of energy.
A. force B. cabin C. resource D. source
25. The Wildlife Fund helps to ________ endangered species.
A. reduce B. produce C. increase D. preserve
Review lesson 2
Exercise 1. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from the others.
1. A. death B. health C. disease D. spread
2. A. ocean B. process C. solar D. tomb
3. A. abroad B. coat C. float D. road
4. A. accompany B. occur C. accident D. occasionally
5. A. chemistry B. mechanic C. character D. parachute
Exercise 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others
6. A. appoint B. gather C. threaten D. vanish
7. A. button B. canal C. failure D. monster
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8. A. gravity B. professor C. pyramid D. remedy
9. A. abandon B. discover C. imagine D. satisfy
10. A. activity B. epidemic C. philosopher D. significance
Exercise 3. Read a part of Celine Dion's biography. They are fifteen lines. Ten of
them have one extra word. Identify the extra word by choosing A, B, C or D
Celine Dion was born on March 30th, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec,
11. Canada. She is the most youngest of 14 children of a highly musical family.
Celine grew up with music all around her: her parents had a piano- bar in the city; 12.
her mother played the violin, her father played the accordion and at the
13. weekends, the whole family performed and entertained the local population.
14. She was started singing in the piano- bar when she was five, and after a while
15. she became famous singer in the town. At the age of 12 she told to her mother
she wanted to sing. Mrs Therese Dion contacted Rene Angelil, one of the most famous