ĐỀ THI THƯ ĐẠI HỌC 2010- 2011. SPEED UP 01

TEACHER: THẠCH VŨ DŨNG. BỐ HẠ HIGH SCHOOL

Câu 1, Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three words in each quest
A. beat B. heat C. repeat D. threat
Câu 2,
A. rugged B. naked C. knocked D. crooked
Câu 3,
A. adventure B. adverb C. advent D. advocate
Câu 4,
A. cable B. station C. transfer D. relate
Câu 5,
A. stomach B. kitchen C. catch D. armchair
Câu 6, Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question
A. decide B. almost C. vacation D. complete
Câu 7
A. portable B. temperature C. marvellous D. computer
Câu 8
A. neglect B. appointment C. hygiene D. remember
Câu 9
A. innovate B. insecticide C. innocent D. intimate
Câu 10
A. companion B. comfortable C. compliment D. competence
Câu 11, Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space
The heart has long been considered to be where the feelings of love (1) . In love songs throughout the ages, love
almost always (2) together with the heart. The heart has continuously been viewed as the place where love begins
and (3) . Even the Bible gives numerous (4) to love and the heart.
The role of the heart in love must come from what happens to it when a person feels strongly (5) to someone
else. The strong feelings for the other person, especially in the early stages of a (6) , have the results that the heart
starts beating faster and breathing starts (7) up.

According to psychologists, a love relationship is a situation that involves a lot of stress and the body (8) to this
by getting ready to face the unknown. This has been called the “fight or flight” reaction, meeting danger by (9)
against it or running away. So with love, the heart accelerates and (10) becomes quick.
Question 1 A. dwell B. stay C. remain D. linger
Question 2 A. moves B. associates C. goes D. combines
Question 3 A. prospers B. seeps C. develops D. grows
Question 4 A. preferences B. references C. citation D. quotes
Question 5 A. attracted B. attached C. bond D. linked
Question 6 A. relationship B. connection C. binding D. link
Question 7 A. going B. showing C. speeding D. beating
Questioin 8 A. answers B. reacts C. replies D. looks
Question 9 A. battling B. struggling C. defeating D. fighting
Question 10 A. exhaling B. inhaling C. perspiring D. beating

Câu 12, Read the passages and the questions. Then choose A, B, C, or D that you think fits best
INTERNET SAFETY
We’re spending more and more of our lives online. We buy things over the internet and chat to friends in chat
rooms. In fact, many of us live a large part of our lives in cyberspace. It’s easy to forget, though, that there are the
same kinds of risks there as there are in real life. It’s important that all of us learn about internet safety from a
young age to protect ourselves.
For example, one thing about chatting on the internet is that you often can’t see the person you are chatting with.
Using video may be getting more common, which means that you can see if the person really is who they say they
are. Without that, though, it’s very easy for someone to pretend to be someone else. Remember that a photograph
can come from anywhere and doesn’t prove anything. Be very careful who you trust because the teenager who
wants to chat and be your friend might not really be a teenager at all.
Another thing to be careful of is meeting online friends in real life. You should never give your address or
telephone number to people in chat rooms. Apart from the danger of not being sure who they are, there’s also the
danger of other people seeing what you write. If you are thinking of meeting an online friend, always get your
parents’ permission. Ask them to come with you to meet your friend in a public place, such as café.
You should also be careful with other information. Never send anything important, like a credit card number, in

an email, for example. The journey the email takes from one computer to the other seems instant. However, it goes
through other computers where people could possibly read your email and use that information. That can be a very
expensive mistake to make.
Finally, remember that if something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Some criminals try to fool
people with emails that say you have won a prize. It might look exciting, but almost all those messages are false.
When you reply, they will ask you to send money to get your prize. You should always ignore those messages and
delete them.
Question 1. Why is the internet safety more important now?
A. There are more criminals than before B. We do more things on the internet now
C. People often have fewer friends these days D. We often don’t receive the things we buy online
Question 2. When you chat with someone on the internet, you are safer if you
A. ask for a photograph B. only chat to teenager
C. use video D. pretend to be someone else
Question 3. When you give personal information in a chat room
A. your parents don’t need to know B. people learn to trust you
C. you can meet more people D. everyone can see it
Question 4. Putting personal information in an email could mean that you lose
A. friends B. money C. time D. your computer
Question 5. When you get an email offering you a prize you should
A. pay no attention to it at all B. reply to it immediately
C. do what it asks you to D. ask where to collect it

Câu 13, Read the passages and the questions. Then choose A, B, C, or D that you think fits best
MIND YOUR MANNERS!
Do you ever speak with your mouth full of food? Do you forget to cover your mouth with your hand when
you sneeze? If you are guilty of these “crimes”, then perhaps you should enrol on an Etiquette an Social skills
course. This is not just an ordinary course. It’s a course in manners. You will have lessons in good manners and
how to behave in social situations.
The person who teaches these lessons is Maggie O’Farrill at the Petite Protocol School, and her students are
aged between six and twelve years old. She thinks this is the best time to teach kids, “At this age they are very

easy,” O’Farrill says. “When they get older, it’s harder for them to break bad habits. Children at this age won’t to
be polite. You can see that they’re trying.”
Maggie instructs the children to speak properly on the phone and walk correctly, as well as telling them about basic
table manners. These classes have become popular because parents want well-behaved children but they are so busy
to teach manners at home.
So, what do children actually think of this course? The classes have proven to be more popular with most of
the children, and their teachers at school have noticed that the youngsters are treating each other with more respect.
They also feel the skills they have learnt will be useful to them in the future. Danny, aged nine, commented, “if I
get invited to the White House, I know I won’t spill anything on the president”.
Maggie O’Farrill herself believes that such skills can be life-changing. “We’ll have children growing up who value
manners. Maybe we’ll see a change in direction for the better in society,” That, however, remains to be seen, only
time will tell.
Question 1. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?
A. to talk about pupil’s bad habit
B. to discuss a way to improve children’s manners
C. to encourage children to respect each other
D. to try to change society
Question 2. Maggie O’Farrill thinks you should
A. show parents how to teach their children
B. give lessons on manners to teachers
C. teach manners when children are still young
D. instruct parents to be less busy
Question 3. What would a reader learn about Maggie O’Farrill form the text?
A. She cannot teach Maths
B. She studies at the Petite Protocol School
C. She can only teach six-year-olds
D. She knows how to be polite
Question 4. Pupils enjoy these classes because
A. they are helpful for their future lives
B. they learn about the future

C. they can meet the president
D. they learn not to spill things on people
Question 5. Which of the following is bets description of the Petite Protocol School?
A. This is the only school of its kind in the world
B. Parents like it and rely on it to help them bring up their children
C. It is a regular school with extra courses for young pupils
D. It is a only school for children who have broken the law

Câu 14 Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct
My father wants that I go to college when I finish school
A. that I go B. college C. when D. finish
Câu 15
The manager first talked about staffing policy and then went on talking about the budget.
A. first B. staffing C. and D. talking
Câu 16,
I tell you, Joan, you had better tell Tom that it’s high time he should start learning.
A. tell you B. better tell C. high D. should start
Câu 17
What you are saying suggests that’s that you are unwilling to agree with me, doesn't it?
A. What B. suggests C. to agree D. doesn’t it
Câu 18,
With his annual income of about $30,000, he can afford travelling quite a lot.
A. annual B. of about C. travelling D. quite a lot
Câu 19
Could you tell me how your new friend looks like?
A. Could B. how C. looks D. like
Câu 20
Never before I have seen a man who enjoyed being lied to.
A. Never B. I have C. enjoyed D. lied to
Câu 21

It’s thirty years since this thirty-storeys building was built.
A. It’s B. since C. thirty-storeys D. was built.
Câu 22
He was seen enter the house at midnight, so he shouldn’t say he didn’t do it.
A. enter B. at C. shouldn’t D. do it

Câu 23
We should also take into account a fact that unemployment causes poverty.
A. also B. a C. that D. causes
Câu 24, Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) from four alternatives
The polar bear is a(n) __________ species
A. endangered B. dangerous C. imprisoned D. preserved
Câu 25
I can’t make __________ what it says. It’s a very old book.
A. for B. up C. out D. of
Câu 26,
During the course, you will be given a test __________ other week and a final exam at the end.
A. every B. some C. either D. several
Câu 27
__________ where he tried to hide his favourite jacket, Mogie’s brother always managed to find it.
A. Much as B. However C. Even though D. No matter

Câu 28, The maid __________ the beds every morning
A. has B. does C. takes D. makes
Câu 29,
__________ the contestant before him, Kirby sang a song he had written especially for this competition.
A. As B. Either C. Even D. Like
Câu 30,
The __________ of light lit up the whole garden.
A. flash B. flesh C. flame D. flare

Câu 31, Our team was losing but we managed to __________ the score.
A. get B. noticed C. even D. have
Câu 32,
We all hope that the dispute __________ by the end of the month.
A. was going to settle B. will have been settled C. had been settled D. is supposed to settle
Câu 33,
Gold, as well as silver,__________ in price, he said.
A. have fallen B. has fallen C. fall D. are falling
Câu 34,
"Who should go to see him?". "I suggest that Mary __________ to see him".
A. go B. goes C. would go D. Went
Câu 35,
__________study hard before an examination.
A. Most the students B. Most of the students C. Most of students D. Almost the students Đáp án:
most of the students. (most of the+ N…; almost= nearly)
Câu 36
"Do you want to wait?". "Two weeks__________too long for me to wait."
A. is B. are C. were D. Was
Câu 37,
Hardly__________believes that.
A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. All
Câu 38,
We live in the__________on the corner.
A. brick house old large B. large old brick house C. old brick large house D. brick large old house
Câu 39,
No sooner__________ the news than she fainted.
A. she heard B. had she heard C. as she heard D. she had heard
Câu 40,
She is a__________girl with__________
A. clear-eyes…black hair B. clear-eyed… black hairs

C. clear-eye… a black hair D. clear-eyed…black hair
Câu 41,
Don't forget__________home as soon as you arrive at your destination.
A. to call B. calling C. having called D. to be called
Câu 42
The __________exam in January prepared pupils for the real thing in June.
A. false B. unreal C. mock D. Untrue
Câu 43,
The new experimental system didn't__________expectations.
A. reach B. come up to C. rise to D. touch
Câu 44,
Her shoes__________ her gloves, they look very well together.
A. suit B. match C. fit D. compare
Câu 45
I came _________ this old book while I was tidying my room.
A. into B. up C. across D. out
Câu 46,
At one moment everybody was busy looking for Father Francis, but the old man was _________
A. nowhere to be found B. nowhere found
C. found nowhere D. being found nowhere
Câu 47,
The boys we met on the train _________ soldiers on leave. They were young, with very short haircuts.
A. could be B. may be C. had had to be D. may have been
Câu 48,
They froze in ________ when they saw the lion.
A. shock B. horror C. panic D. fright
Câu 49,
I wish I_________ to the party last night
A. didn’t go B. wouldn’t have gone C. hadn’t gone D. wouldn’t go
Câu 50,

He couldn’t find his _________ in the darkness
A. route B. way C. path D. road
Câu 51,
The trip _______ a visit to a theme park
A. has B. offers C. contains D. includes
Câu 52,
The final match of the World Cup is one of the most popular sporting _______ in the world.
A. tournaments B. celebrations C. competitions D. events
Câu 53,
We didn’t pay very much for our hotel rooms because there were ten of us so we got a group _________
A. discount B. bargain C. sale D. refund
Câu 54,
Choose from four alternatives (A, B, C, or D) which you think that is closest meaning to the sentence above.
His behaviour was rather a shock to me
A. I find his behaviour not a shock at all B. His behaviour took me aback
C. His behaviour took me away D. I was rather displeased with his behaviour
Câu 55,
“That’s a lovely new dress, Jean” said her mother
A. Jean’s mother said she liked her dress
B. Jean’s mother wanted to buy a lovely new dress
C. Jean’s mother told her to buy that lovely new dress
D. Jean’s mother complimented her on her lovely new dress
Câu 56,
Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
A. I would rather disturb the meeting than leave without saying goodbye
B. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting
C. I disturbed the meeting because I said goodbye
D. The meeting was disturbed as I left saying goodbye
Câu 57,
No matter how hard Fred tried to start the car, he didn’t succeed

A. Fred tried very hard to start the car, and succeeded
B. However hard Fred tried, he couldn’t start the car
C. It’s hard for Fred to start the car because he never succeeded
D. Fred tried hard to start the car, and with success
Câu 58,
Wealthy as they were, they were far from happy.
A. They were not happy as they were wealthy
B. Although they were wealthy, they were not happy
C. They were as wealthy as they were happy
D. Even if they were healthy, they were not happy

Câu 59,
When I arrived, they were having lunch
A. I came to their invitation to lunch B. They ate their lunch as soon as I arrived
C. I came in the middle of their lunch D. When they started having their lunch, I arrived
Câu 60,
“Would you like something to drink” he asked
A. He asked me would I like something to drink
B. He wanted to invite me for something to drink
C. He asked me if I wanted something to drink
D. He offered me something to drink
Câu 61,
We could just discern the buildings through the fog.
A. We could hardly see the buildings through the fog
B. We could imagine the buildings through the fog
C. We could just make out the buildings through the fog
D. The fog prevented us from seeing the buildings
Câu 62,
The film didn’t come up to my expectations
A. The film was as good as I expected B. I expected the film to be longer

C. I expected the film to end more abruptly D. The film fell short of my expectations
Câu 63,
Their chances of success are small
A. It’s very likely that they will succeed
B. They will definitely be successful
C. It’s not very likely that they will succeed
D. They won’t have any chances of being successful