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ĐỀ THI THỬ TNPT – ĐỀ 4 (Có đáp án)
I. Make the correct choice:
1. She is used to his ____ home late at night.
a. arrival b.arriving c.arrive d.arrived
2. ____ used to be a market near my house.
a. There b. They c. It d. This
3. This machine is used ____ clothes.
a. to washing b. for wash c. with washing d. to wash
4. It’s stupid _____ her to go out without a coat.
a. for b. to c. of d. with
5. I was satisfied ____ the present you gave me.
a. with b. about c. in d. of
6. I’m not ashamed of _____ .
a. I did b. what did I c. I did what d. what I did
7. I get fed up with _____ doing the same thing everyday.
a. working b. doing c. busy d. making
8. Why are you always so jealous _____ other people ?
a. of b. with c. among d. about
9. Prices continue to show an upward _____ .
a. intention b.tendency c. tension d. tense
10. I don’t think I’m accustomed ____ on the left.
a. to drive b. with driving c. for driving d. to driving
11. It was so ______ -done that John felt like applauding.
a. beautiful b. good c. fine d. well
12. He helped ______ the piano in.
a. us move b. us to move c. us moving d. a and b are correct
13. We wouldn’t have chosen this holiday unless we ______ driving.
a. like b. liked c. had liked d. have liked
14. When I see the doctor this afternoon, I ______ him to look at my throat.
a. will ask b. ask c. would ask d. will have asked
15.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. reversed b.television c.classmates d.accounts
16.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.careful b.notice c.distance d.succeed
17.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.total b.potential c.absorbent d.intense
18. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.science b.information c.calculation d.invitation
19. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.interview b.dialogue c.pavement d.deny
20. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.mature b.suitable c.favor d.children
II.Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
21. You’ll gradually get used to drive on the left-hand side in London.
22. I’m a little short of money. Can you lent me some ?
23. I can say for sure that you have done much progress in learning English.
24. Most school-leavers have the keenness to go to work because they want to live independent.
25. That scientific discovery was so important that it has affected every man way of life.
26. Never before we have talked to an interesting person like you .
27. He said that the custom dated back to the period because many Londoners travelled to and
fro on horseback.
28. There is only one place in the whole of England where it is legal driving on the right .
29. The British, however, hated Napoleon, reversed the custom out of sheer perversity.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
A/ On arriving in London I found another explanation in a guidebook. The author of this book said that the Pope
and Napoleon were responsible. Some years before the reign of Bonaparte, the pope came to visit Paris. Up to then there
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had been no rule about the movement of traffic. The authorities, however, decreed that the Parisians should ride or drive
on the right-hand side of the street, leaving the left-hand side clear for the movement of the papal carriage.
Thus a custom was born and, when Bonaparte came along he made it the law of the land. Moreover, as he
conquered country after country, the right-hand rule was put in force in those lands until it became the general things
throughout continental Europe. The British, however, hating Napoleon, reversed the custom out of sheer perversity.
Now I had two conflicting theories and I told them to Nat Gubbins and he said they were both wrong. He said that
Mr. Forester was correct in one detail - the custom really dated back to horseback riding. It came into being because men
on horseback had a practice of running each other through with swords and since the right hand was usually the sword
hand, Englishmen got into the habit of riding on the left-hand side of the road, the better to slash and thrust. Logical.
30.Who was responsible for the left-hand rule?
a. The author of this book b. Nat Gutbbins and Mr Forester
c. Bonaparte d. Both the Pope and Napoleon
31.Why did the Parisians have to ride or drive on the right-hand side of the street?
a. because they liked it b. because of their sheer perversity
c. because the left-hand side was reserved for the movement of the papal carriage
d. because there were no rules about the movement of traffic
32.The British reversed the custom because____.
a. they disliked Napoleon b. they hated driving on the right
c. the right-hand rule was put in force d. Napoleon conquered country after country
33. Mr Forester was correct in one detail. What was it?
a. sheer perversity b. the movement of the papal carriage
c. horseback riding d. Napoleon’s conquest of Europe
B/ (1) ____ do people drive on the left in Britain and on the right in the other countries?
The reason for this goes (2) ____ to the days when people traveled on horseback. Most people are (3) ____, and thus
the left is the natural side to ride on if you are on horseback and need your right hand to hold a sword (4) ____ of trouble.
So why didn’t the rest of the world (5) ____the same? Because of Napoleon Bonaparte .He insisted that his armies
marched on the right, and as he marched through Europe, he imposed this rule (6) ____ he went.The question suggested
that only the British drive on the left,
but in fact, out of 178 countries in the world there are (7) ____ 50 that drive on the left, including Japan. However,
most of them are (8) ____ British colonies.
1.a. What b. When c. Why d. How
2.a. back b. on c. away d. forward
3.a. right-hand b. hand-right c. right-handed d. handed-right
4.a. instead b. in case c. in spite d. because
5. a. make b. create c. do d. allow
6.a. wherever b. however c. whenever d. for ever
7.a. near b. less c. more d. about
8.a. latter b. former c. later d. latest
C/ The next topic was one which I have been investigating at some length – why the English drive on the left hand
side of the road. There is only one place in the whole of England where it is legal to drive on the right (barring one-way
streets) and that is the passage and court at the Strand entrance to the Savoy Hotel.
Before leaving New York I put the question to Mr. C.S Forester. He said the custom was grounded in good sense
and dated back to the period when many Londoners travelled to and fro on horseback. A horse, said Mr Forester, is always
mounted from the left side. It was a matter of convenience, then, that a man coming out of a shop or house or tavern would
have his horse aimed toward the left, otherwise he’d have to walk into the mud and slop of the street to mount, and from
this practice came the custom of bearing to the left in traffic. Sensible. Mr. Forester added that my forefathers, the
founders of the American nation, reversed the custom after the revolution out of sheer perversity.
1. The writer has been investigating ____.
a. the reason for the left-hand rule in traffic b. why the English drive on the right
c. where it is legal to drive on the right d. the Savoy Hotel
2. The custom of driving on the left came _____.
a. before they travelled to and fro on horseback. b. after the writer left New York
c. because they often went to and fro on horseback d. they liked going on the left
3. They found it convenient to mount a horse _____.
a. from the right side b. from the left side. c. from both sides d. from the slop of the street
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4. The Americans drive _____. a.on the left as the English do b. on the mud of the street
c. on the slop of the street d. on the right
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and what is its purpose? The
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a multilateral organization which was (1) _____
to give Southeast Asian states a forum to communicate (2) _____ each other. Since the region
had a long colonial past and a history of endemic warfare, there has never been much peaceful and
constructive (3) _____ between kings, presidents and other officials. A neutral forum was, (4) _____,
a very useful development for all of those countries.
ASEAN was formed as a result of the Bangkok (5) _____ of 1967 and initially had five members:
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (6) _____ Philippines and Singapore. Brunei (7) _____ joined in
1984 after it had won independence from Britain. Vietnam became the seventh member of the group,
officially joining in 1995. (8) _____ several years of negotiation, Myanmar and Laos joined in 1997
and the final member of the ten, Cambodia, joined in 1999. The only (9) state in Southeast Asia
which is not a member of ASEAN is now East Timor. It is still (10) _____ vulnerable and fragile to
be able to participate for the foreseeable future.
1. a. created b. made c. done d. discovered
2. a. in b. on c. for d. with
3. a. interflow b. interaction c. interference d. intercommunity
4. a. nevertheless b. moreover c. therefore d. however
5. a. Entitle b. Requirement c. Independence d. Declaration
6. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
7. a. subsequently b. fortunately c. approximately d. surprisingly
8. a. Before b. After c. Since d. While
9. a. dependent b. independent c. independently d. independence
10. a. enough b. either c. also d. too