ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐH SỐ 2
Bài 1 - Chọn phương án (A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với ba từ
còn lại trong mỗi câu.
Câu 1
A. tension B. conjure
C. conference D. unification
Câu 2
A. dreadful B. nourish
C. earthquake D. emergency
Câu 3
A. modernize B. jealously
C. proceed D. logic
Câu 4
A. continent B. astronaut
C. medium D. economist
Câu 5
A. creature B. ultimate
C. descendant D. ancestor
Bài 2 - Chọn phương án (A hoặc B,C,D) ứng với từ/cụm từ có gạch chân cần phải sửa để để trở thành câu đúng:
Câu 1 The human ear cannot hear a sound that vibrates less than 16 times the second.
A. cannot B. that
C. less than D. the
Câu 2 Dentistry is a branch of medicine that has developed very dramatic in the last twenty years.
A. Dentistry B. branch
C. that D. dramatic
Câu 3 Ninety-seven percent of the world’s water is saltwater is found in the oceans of the Earth.
A. percent B. world’s
C. is D. oceans
Câu 4 Little they knew in 1926, when the first T.V broadcast began, that it would have such an impact on
people’s everyday
A. Little B. when the first T.V broadcast began
C. it would have D. such an impact
Câu 5 Lightning, it is essentially an enormous electric spark that seeks the path of least resistance to ground.
A. it is essentially B. electric spark
C. that D. least resistance
Bài 3 - Chọn phương án (A hoặc B,C,D) ứng với từ có phần gạch chân co cách phát âm khác với ba từ còn lại
trong mỗi câu:
Câu 1
A. decimated B. species C. Africa D. convince
Câu 2
A. theme B. thatch C. hypothetical D. whether
Câu 3
A. christ B. psychiatry C. matches D. chronic
Câu 4
A. climb B. habitat C. able D. timber
Câu 5
A. ant B. participant C. dormant D. applicant
Bài 4 - Chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B,C,D) ứng với câu có nghĩa gần nhất với mỗi câu cho sẵn sau đây
Câu 1 Some people will go any lengths to lose weight.
A. Some people find it hard to lose weight. B. Some people haven’t lost any weight for a long time.
C. Losing weight is a long way for some people. D. Some people will do anything to lose weight.
Câu 2 There appears to be nothing in common between the two theories.
A. The two theories are complete, but different.
B. The two theories appear to be completely different.
C. It’s common to have two different theories.
D. It appears that the two theories have something in common.
Câu 3 His reactions are quite unpredictable.
A. Nobody knows how he is going to react. B. Everybody can know what his reactions will be.
C. One always knows how he will react. D. Somebody can know what he will react.
Câu 4 Scientists say forests are being destroyed by air pollution.
A. Scientists are blamed for destroying forests.
B. Forests are being destroyed by scientists.
C. Scientists say that there’s much air pollution in the forests.
D. Scientists blamed air pollution for the destruction of forests.
Câu 5 There are several categories of people who do not have to pay the new tax.
A. Several categories of people are exempt from paying the new tax. B. Several people do not have to pay
more tax.
C. Peope are grouped into categories to pay the new tax. D. There are several categories of new tax.
Bài 5 - Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B,C,D) cho mỗi câu từ 21 đến 29.
Compact discs (CDs) have revolutionized the music industry with their surprisingly realistic sound. The six-
inch discs look like thin plastic sandwiches with aluminum in the center. They have digitally recorded material
that is read by laser beams, so the sound has none of the cracking of vinyl records. CDs are also virtually
indestructible, and they are lighter and smaller than conventional records (LPs). Since their introduction, CDs
have become more affordable and widely available. In fact, they are now sold in electronics and video stores
that haven’t formally carried records or cassettes.
There has been a phenomenal growth in the sale of CDs. Sales climbed dramatically during the second half of
the 1980s. In the 1990s, sales have been even greater. CDs have all but replaced LPs in stores and, in spite of
their being less affordable than cassettes, continue to gain in popularity.Câu 1 The main appeal of CDs is
their ........
A. price B. availability
C. sound D. size
Câu 2 The word “ revolutionized “ as used in the line 1 could best be replaced by .....
A. marked B. changed
C. fought D. surprised
Câu 3 The word “virtually” as used in the line 6 is most similar to which of the following?
A. almost B. completely
C. rarely D. somewhat
Câu 4 The author refers to CDs as “sandwiches” because they ....
A. are light B. are layered
C. don’t crackle D. are small
Câu 5 This passage states that it is difficult to ....
A. play a CD B. record a CD
C. produce a CD D. destroy a CD
Câu 6 The author uses the word “phenomenal” in line 11 to indicate that the growth is ...
A. impeccable B. pessimistic
C. remarkable D. groundless
Câu 7 The phrase “all but” in line 13 could best replaced by ....
A. nearly B. gradually
C. surprising D. completely
Câu 8 According to this passage, which one of the following is true?
A. Stores are losing money on their cassettes B. New kinds of stores are selling CDs.
C. CDs are available as cassettes. D. Stores are selling more CDs than cassettes.
Câu 9 The author’s main purpose is to ...
A. discuss the growth of CDs B. compare CD to sandwiches
C. descried the stores that sell CDs D. tell how CDs are made
Bài 6 - Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B,C,D) cho mỗi câu từ 1 đến 5.
Many peole buy and use copied programs for their computer. This illegal copying of computer software has
become a huge industry because the software is much cheaper than the original programs.
Illigal software can be found on sale in any part of the world, although it is more readily available in Asia than
in Western countries. Software manufacturers have been trying to get governments to stop this copying or “
pirating”. In an attempt to get rid of “software pirates”, police have seized software from stores and fined the
owners. This has been partially successful, but manufacturers are still losing a lot of money. By using this kind
of software, computer owners risk damaging their computer. Illegally copied software can carry compute
viruses which could wipe out information store on the computer’s hard drives.Câu 1 Computer software is
........
A. programs used by a computer B. pirated programs
C. part of all computers D. poor quality
Câu 2 People buy pirated software because it is
A. inexpensive B. easy to use
C. readily available D. good quality
Câu 3 Pirated software is found
A. only in the West. B. only in Asia.
C. worldwide. D. in very few countries.
Câu 4 In some countries, owners of illegal software have
A. been forced to pay money. B. asked the police to help them.
C. asked their government to stop the pirating. D. given their software to the police.
Câu 5 According to the passage, ... software can damage computers.
A. no B. hard driver.
C. illegal D. all
Câu 6 What have police done to stop “software pirates”?
A. They have seized software from stores and fined the owners. B. They have seized software from stores.
C. They have fined the owners. D. They have have threatened the owners.
Bài 7 - kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B,C,D) cho mỗi chỗ trống từ 1 đến 10.
Sugar tastes sweet because of thousands of receptors on the tongue which connect the substance with the brain.
The taste of sweetness is (1)______ accepted as the most pleasurable known, although it is a fructose. Abundant
is the most common occurring sugar, (2)______ of which include fruit and honey. Sucrose, which supplies
glucose to the body, is (3)______ from the sugar cane plant, and white sugar (pure sucrose) is used by food
technologists to (4)______ sweetness in other substances. Approximately a dozen artificial (5)______ have
been discovered; one of the earliest was Sorbitol from France.
Manufacturers (6)______ large amounts of sugar to foodstuffs but never more than the (7)______ required to
produce the optimum pleasurable taste. Surprisingly, this (8)______ is similar for different people and in
different cultures. No one has (9)______ discovered a way to predict whether a substance will taste sweet, and it
was by (10)______ alone that all the man-made chemical sweeteners were found to be sweet.Câu 1
A. universally B. commonly
C. wide D. largely
Câu 2
A. origins B. places
C. sources D. roots
Câu 3
A. made B. extracted
C. cited D. drawn
Câu 4
A. measure B. taste
C. detect D. smell
Câu 5
A. candy B. sweeteners
C. substances D. sweets
Câu 6
A. provide B. give
C. supply D. add
Câu 7
A. excess B. limit
C. extremity D. maximum
Câu 8
A. amount B. sum
C. number D. total
Câu 9
A. still B. yet
C. just D. already
Câu 10
A. time B. luck
C. ability D. chance
Bài 8 - Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B,C,D) cho mỗi chỗ trống từ 1 đến 10.
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)______ it or running away. So with love, the heart accelerates and (10)______ becomes quick.Câu 1
A. stay B. linger
C. dwell D. remain
Câu 2
A. goes B. moves
C. associates D. combines