ÔN LUYỆN THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT NĂM 2011 – ĐỀ 011
I VOCABULARY
A Choose the correct answers
1 It is a ______ book It’s rather expensive
A paperback B thickpaper C hardback D thickcover
2 The story is quite boring without a ______
A top B cilmax C turning point D slope
3 The protagonist is described as handsome ______ and talented
A comfortable B mistaken C elegant D agreeable
4 Who was Emma engaged ______? Peter?
A with B to C for D on
5 I love novels ______ Charles Dickens
A of B by C in D for
6 There was ______ for me to do at the fair Everything had been well
prepared
A no B not C little D few
7 In a small village like this ______ travels fast
A story B climax C account D gossip
8 Helen is so ______ that so could easily get hurt by anything you may say
A sensible B sensuous C senseless D sensitive
9 The bus in this town is ______ so we have to take the children to school
and pick them up by car
A unable B infrequent C unordinary D abnormal
10 Every regulation has to be ______ by everybody There is no exception
A omitted B obtained C observed D obliged
11 Sarah refused to ______ into details when talking about the case
A come B bring C take D go
12 It is ______ of Angela to write with sharp-edged irony
A representing B typical C referral D interential
13 I am sorry I am not ______ with this computer program It will take me
time
A likeable B used C familier D delicate
14 Fat food are hard to ______
A swallow B chew C digest D congest
15 The book is so interesting that I can hardly _______ it _______
A get/down B pick/up C move/back D put/down
16 Books are a wonderful _______ of knowledge
A source B resource C flow D provision
17
That novel is not of my ______
I find it boring and useless
A like B interest C taste D passion
18 She didn’t tell us everything She ______ it in her story
A implied B inferred C referred D contained
19 She had just enough time to ______ the report before the meeting
A go into B get through C turn round D dip into
20 She was so fond of the antique vase that she had to ______ herbpurse
A dug into B use up C blow off D dip into
21 He bit off more than he can ______ I believe he cannot handle things
A chew B swallow C digest D taste
22 The chairman will ______ the date of the meeting
A track B solve C resolve D determine
23 I thought he was Jack’s father but I was ______
A false B mistaken C untrue D inaccurate
24 Be careful! The china is ______ You may break it
A subtle B light C tough D delicate
25 I have decided to live independently ______ my parents
A on B off C of D from
b Word forms: Write the correct form of the words in the
brackets
1 He has to see s doctor for his (digest) ___________ trouble
2 She smiled at (irony) ______________
3 I found no (familiar) ________________ in his voice
4 What I like best in Tina is her (reliable) _______________
5 She has been chosen to be the leader due to her (sense) ______________
She knows what to do at the right time
6 The teacher was please with Thomas’s (image) ______________
presentation
7 Readers were shocked by the (reveal) _____________ about the film
star
8 Patience is (character) ________________ of the new boss
9 The giraffe is (character) ________________ by its long neck
10 I can’t help asking for the second helping because the soup was so (taste)
________________
11 She spoke with (delicate) ______________ of our recent loss
12 The teacher gave us a detailed (describe) _____________of the trip
13 Education is (admit) _____________ one of the most important concerns
of every country
14 I really appreciate your (recommend) ______________
15
Newspapers reflect (fact) __________life
II GRAMMAR: PASSIVE
TRANSITIVE/INTRANSITIVE VERBS
a Change the following into Passive
1 Women clean this office in the evening after the staff have left
2 You cannot wash this dress You must dry-clean it
3 Someone left this purse in the classroom yesterday
4 They are pulling down the whose building
5 We kill and injure people on the road every day Can’t we do something
about it?
6 People often take him for his brother
7 No one has put off the light
8 We are turning away students because the college is full
9 They took down the old notice and put up a new one
10 They will have to adopt a different attitude
b Choose the correct answers
1 The book ______ quite well during the first few months
A is sold B was soid C soid D sells
2 The letter was meant ______ by the local council
A to read B to be read C reading D to be read
3 They ______ the foundation stone in November
A lay B lied C laid D lain
4 The train ______ off at six as scheduled but it came to Portsmouth late
A set B is set C sets D was set
5 The water level in the tank _______ 5 inches so far
A is raised B was risen C has raised D has risen
6 A new scheme ______ up before I came
A has been set B set Cwas set D had set
7 We found Helen _______ on the beach reading
A laying B lying C being laid D being lied
8 The plot ______ so surprisingly that we could not stop reading
A is developed B develops C has been developedD developed
9 The tree _______ taller than Tim
A has grown B is grown C has been grown D had grown
10 An ice-cream in such hot weather will certainly _______
A be done B do C be doing D have done
III READING
Read the following passages and choose the correct answers
“They told me I could never walk again But when I listened to music I
forgot all about the pain I found e strength I didn’t know I had”Ninety-two-
year-old Tina Goodman who regained her ability to walk thanks to music
This is just one of the many stories in Fettaro’s book “The Healing Power of
Music” Fettaro tries to show just how important music is in our lives and
how it can help us to be healthy and happy
According to Fettaro music can make sick people again In fact his book
comes with a CD of recordings each one specially designed to help with a
number of health problems
Fettaro e well-known music therapist promises that by reading his book
you will be able to develop the healing power of music in your life He says
this will help you fight headaches and back pain as well as reduce stress
high blood pressure and many other common illnesses
Certainly I accept that listening to certain types of music can help with
particular problems such as stress I am also comfortable with Fettaro’s
claim that by reading his book you’ll be able to create a peaceful
enviroment to help you relax in your home I found the relaxation and
breathing techniques very useful Similarly his claim that music help you
sleep better seems reasonable Yet when he goes on to promise his music
therapies will help cure depression and even cancer he begins to sound a
little bit unbelievable
Nevertheless for those of you who are interested in the power of music to
heal this is a great book to buy It’s a thorough introduction to the history
and practice of music therapy Fettaro writes in a simple easy to understand
way and shows clearly how music can affect us positively His basic
message-that music can improve our lives-is well-presented and clear It
may even be true that certain techniques covered here can help some people
recover from unpleasant health problems However his promises of
“amazing results” seem impossible to justify
1 What was Tina Goodman’s problem?
A stress B high blood pressure
C disablement D headaches
2 What is the purpose of the CD?
A to work as an audio book
B to support what Fettaro claims
C to supply some kind of relaxation
D to give music recordings to help with some health problems
3
Which statement cannot be inferred from the passage about Fettaro?
A He claims music can cure you of common illnesses
B “The Healing Power of Music” in his first book
C He is renowned
D His writing style is simple and understandable
4 Which statement is not true?
A Music can help you sleep better
B Music has positive effects
C It is necessary to create a peaceful enviroment when you read Fettaro’s
book
D The recordings accompanied with the book are to help with some health
problems
5 What is the basic message of Fettaro’s book?
A Music can improve our lives
B No illness is incurable with the help of music
C Music can cure even depression and cancer
D Music brings amazing results
6 What are the two techniques useful to the writer?
A relaxing and peace-making ones
B listening and reading
C recovering and relaxing in your own home
D relaxing and breathing ones
7 Which is not stated by Fettaro as curable?
A cancer B high blood pressure
C back pain D sore throat
8 What is the writer’s opinion of the book?
A He likes the book a lot and recommends it to everyone
B He likes the book but is not so happy about some of the promises it
makes
C He doesn’t like the book because few of the claim can be proved
D He finds all claims impossible to be proved
9 What is the meaning of the word “covered”?
A included B paid C attended to D illustrated
10 Which word is similar to the word “justify”?
A attain B deny C believe D prove