TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN THÁI BÌNH DƯƠNG MINH CHÂU- TÂY NINH
Người soạn: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Trang
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ĐỀ THAM KHẢO TỐT NGHIỆP THPT NĂM 2014
THỜI GIAN : 60 PHÚT
I. PHONETICS:
* Pick out the word whose underline part is pronounced differently fromthat of the other words
1.A.shops
B.notes
C.mouths
D.blacksmiths
2. A.beloved
B.naked
C.wicked
D.confused
* Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words
3.A. knowledge B.enjoy
C.science
D.sudden
4.A. mischievous
B.family
C.supportive
D.suitable
5.A.exploitation B.population
C.deforestation D.expedition
II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE:
* Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D that best complete each sentence:
6. My brother stopped …………..two years ago.
A. smoked
B. smoking
C. smoke

D.to smoke
7. There was a wealth of ………….evidence.
A.supportive
B. support
C. supported
D. supporting
8.Mrs Brown is bored with doing the ……….chores.
A. homework
B.housework
C.housewife
D.household
9.We ………….Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see
B.haven’t seen
C.didn’t see
D.hadn’t see
10.While I ……………along the street, I saw a friend of mine.
A. had cycled
B.have cycled
C. cycled
D.was cycling
11. Can you …………me how to use this new mobile phone?
A. explain
B.show
C. say
D.direct
12.English is a ……………..easy language to learn.
A. compared
B. comparable
C. comparative D. comparatively

13.They’re organizing a campaign to ………..people’s attention…………..the environmentally harmful
effects of using their car.
A. pay-to
B.draw-to
C.pay-for
D.draw-for
14.The film had ……..started by the time we got to the cinema.
A. just
B.already
C.yet
D.before
15.” You damaged my bicycle, Tom! said John.
A.John accused to Tom for damaging his bicycle.
B. John accused with Tom to have damaged his bicycle.
C. John accused Tom of damaging his bicycle.
D. John accused Tom to damage his bicycle.
16. “ Those eggs of different colors are very artistic” “ Yes, they ………in Russia.”
A. were painted B.were paint
C.were painting D. painted
17.It was in this house ……………………………………………….
A. where I was born
B.which I was born
C.that I was born
D. I was born
18.We’ll talk about the pupils ………….parents are deaf and dumb.
A.who
B.which
C.their
D.whose
19.Job………..are advertised in Situations Vacant.

A.places
B.positions
C.seats
D.vacancies
20.George is ………………………….Lisa.
A. marry with
B.marry to
C. married with D.married to
21. We need to concentrate on our …………..business.
A. central
B.core
C.centre
D.major
22.The national ………….is a programme of study in all the main subjects that children aged 5 to 16 in
state schools must follow.

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A. syllabus
B.course
C.plan
D.curriculum
23.All flights have been cancelled ………….bad weather.
A. because
B.owing to
C.thanks
D.due
24.You’d better give me your answer quickly,……….I’ll withdraw the invitation.
A. although

B.nevertheless
C.even though
D.or else
25.My watch is slow and……………is my brother’s.
A. either
B.too
C.so
D.neither
30. Scientists collect data to analyze …………..to turn it into powerful information.
A.so for
B.so as
C.in order that
D. so that
* Choose the underlined part among A,B,C or D that needs correcting:
31.They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
32.The director, as well as his wife and two children, were injured in the accident.
33. The workers reported the man who has already tried to break into the car to the police.
34. The children are very boring and they don’t know what to do.
35. What a pity! I don’t have money enough to buy this expensive watch.
III Reading: Choose the item among A,B,C or D that best answers the questions about the
passage:
During the 19th century, it was common to hear people in Europe and America say that the resources of
the sea are unlimited. For example, a noted biologist writing in the mid-19 th century commented that
none of the great sea fisheries is to be exhausted. Today though, there is evidence that the resources of
the sea are as seriously endangered as those of the land and the air, and that the endangered species
include Herring and Carp as well as the African Elphant, Indian Tiger and the American Eagle.
Futhermore, the threats to fish are more alarming in some ways than the threats to animals and birds.
This is because fishes are a much neede food resources and people throughout the world depend on
fish as an important part of their dish, and the decline in the fish supply could have extensive effects on
hunger and population. Fishermen in the North Atlantic alone annually harvest 20 billion pounds of fish

to satisfy food demands, but it is important to recognize that these practices cannot continue without
depleting fish storage within the next few years. Sea resources are rapidly declining in many parts of
world and the problem cannot be ignored.
36. According to the author what was the attitude in the 19 th century toward resources of the sea?
A. Declined
B.Depleted
C.Limited
D.Unlimited
37. What is the range of the decline in fish supply?
A. Europe and Asia
B.The whole world
C.Asia and America
D. America
38. What purpose does the author mention the endangered species for?
A. Environment protection
B.The protection of African Elephant
C.The protection of Indian Tigers
D. None of the above
39. What does the author believe about sea resources?
A. Sea resources can last forever.
B. None of the great sea fisheries is to be exhausted.
C. Fish supply has no effects on people.
D. Sea resources are important to people.
40. Which of the following titles best describles the purpose of the lecture?
A. Unlimited Sea resources.
B. Threats to Animals and Birds.
C. Sea resources on the Decline.
D. Protection of Fish
IV.Finish each of the following sentences in a such way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.

1.He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train.
If………………………………
2. “ Have you seen my car keys?” said Bernard to his wife.
Bernard wondered…………………………………………
3.They are now teaching English in the primary schools.

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English……………………………………………………
4. She will get overweight if she doesn’t give up eating so much fatty food.
Unless…………………………………………………………….
5. He has been looking for a job for six months.
He began………………………………….
6. He can’t join us for the trip because he’s ill.
He is not…………………………………………..
7. The flight to Sydney lasted more than three hours.
It took……………………………………………….
8. Nobody has told me about the change of the meeting.
I……………………………………………………..
*KEYS:
1. If he had hurried, he would have caught the train.
(1. If he had hurried, he would not have missed the train.)
2.Bernard wondered if / whether his wife had seen his car keys.
3. English is now being taught in primary schools.
4. Unless she give up eating so much fatty food, she will get overweight.
5. He began looking for a job six months ago.
6.He is not well/ healthy enough to join us for the trip.
7. It took more than hours to fly to Sydney.
8. I have not told about the change of the meeting.


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