Đề thi thử Đại học môn Anh năm 2009

l rule, the standard of living ______ by the average output of 
each person in society. 
a. fixed b. has fixed c. is fixed d. fixes 
38. She's finished the course, ______? 
a. isn't she b. hasn't she c. doesn't she d. didn't she 
39. The stolen painting was ______ a large sum of money. 
a. worth b. valued c. cost d. priced 
40. Although the weather is not so good, the match will ______. 
a. go about b. go ahead c. go over d. go along 
41. The greater the demand, ______ the price. 
a. the highest b. the high c. higher d. the higher 
42. Many big cities are suffering from serious air pollution, ______ ? 
a. don't they b. aren't they c. are they d. do they 
43. The beach is always crowded at this time of the year. There ______ to put 
your towel down! 
a. are no rooms c. is no room 
b. are no room d. is room 
44. The children's mother warned them ______ near the river. 
a. not to go b. to not go c. not going d. don't go 
45. If services are increased, taxes ______. 
a. probably go up c. will probably go up 
b. probably up d. going up probably 
46. The boy refused to answer the policeman's question for fear that the man 
______ arrested. 
a. will be b. would be c. had been d. would have been 
47. Jane ______ her parents that she wouldn't marry that rich man. 
a. told to b. said c. told d. is telling 
48. Only because she had to support her family ______ to leave school. 
a. that Alice decides c. does Alice decide 
b. did Alice decide d. Alice decided 
49. The football match had to be ______ because of the bad weather. 
a. put out b. put off c. putting off d. put up 
50. Soon after I have finished my exam, I ______ for a holiday. 
a. will go away b. would go c. go away d. went away 
Choose the underlined part (a, b, c, or d) that is incorrect. 
. 51. Your attendance at the meeting makes me feel very happy. 
 a b c d 
52. Peter did a lot of sightsee when he was in Paris last summer. 
 a b c d 
53. He is such a friend person. He greets me with a smile every 
 a b c 
time I see him. 
d 
54. Your literary work is really a great successful. 
 a b c d 
55. Her long blond hair and her cute facial expressions made a 
 a b c 
deep impress on me. 
 d 
56. Her absent from work without any permission made the boss 
 a b c 
so angry that he threatened to sack her. 
 d 
57. When a Vietnamese wants to work part-time in Australia, he 
 a b 
needs to get a work permission. 
 c d 
58. Vietnam is famous for many beautiful spots like Ha Long Bay, 
 a b c d 
Sa Pa and Da Lat. 
59. His interestingness in such a book really surprised me. 
 a b c d 
60. Our neighbour is quite safe. There have not been many crimes recently 
 a b c d 
Read the passage and choose the best answer. 
Champagne, the king of wines and wine of kings, tastes all the better 
when it is drunk from an elegant, fine-quality glass. That, however, is only 
one of thousands of ways glass is used today. And for all those different uses, 
many different types of glass are produced. Glass products are manufactured 
in different ways. Today, glass is blown by hand in the traditional way which 
the Roman first developed, but now this work is done by robots, too. 
Generally, in industry, much faster methods of mass production are needed. 
Often, for example, glass is pressed into the necessary shape by machine. 
Glass is shaped in other ways too. For example, it is made into long, very thin 
fibres. Fibres like these are required to make the fibre-opitic cables that help 
to build the information Super-Highway around the world. 
61. The phrase "the king of wines and wine of kings" means ______. 
a. Champagne is the best wine of kings. 
b. Champagne is the king that drinks lots of wine. 
c. Champagne is the best wine and is made for kings. 
d. Champagne is the best wine made by kings. 
62. According to the passage, ______. 
a. the only way glass is used today is for drinking wine. 
b. today glass is used in one thousand different ways. 
c. an elegant, fine-quality glass makes champagne taste better. 
d. champagne is drunk in thousands of ways. 
63. It can, be inferred from the passage that ______. 
a. the traditional way of blowing glass by hand is still in use today. 
b. today the blowing of glass is all done by robots. 
c. the Romans first developed methods of mass production. 
d. the traditional way is no longer in use today. 
64. According to the passage, which of the following is correct? 
a. Mass production of glass is done by robots. 
b. Glass can be shaped in many different ways. 
c. In industry glass is often shaped by machine. 
d. Both Band C. 
65. The passage primarily discusses 
a. champagne, a kind of wine. b. the uses of glass. 
c. the types of glass products. d. the ways of making glass. 
Arrange the following sentences in a logical order. Identify your answer 
by circling the corresponding letters. 
66. used / tea / my / to / drink / parents / after / dinner. 
a. My parents used to drink tea after dinner. 
b. My parents used to drink after dinner tea. 
c. My parents used to dinner after drink tea. 
d. My parents used to drink dinner tea after. 
67. things / do / this / got / we / many / to / have / Sunday. 
a. We have got this Sunday do many things to. 
b. We have got this Sunday many things to do. 
c. We have got many things to do this Sunday. 
d. We have got many things this Sunday to do. 
68. their / airport / to / do / will / they / go / meet / tomorrow / the / son /. 
a. They will go to meet their son to the airport tomorrow. 
b. They will go to meet their son tomorrow to the airport. 
c. They will go to the "airport to meet their son tomorrow. 
d. They will go tomorrow to the airport to meet their son. 
69. weather / place / camping / in / for / fine / a / is / good / Hyde Park /. 
a. Hyde Park is a good place in fine weather for camping. 
b. Hyde Park is a good place for camping in fine weather. 
c. Hyde Park is for camping a good place in fine weather. 
d. Hyde Park is in fine weather a good place for camping. 
70. enough / milk / do / have / for / sugar / you / the? 
a. Do you have enough sugar for the milk? 
b. Do you have sugar enough for the milk? 
c. Do you have sugar for the enough milk? 
d. Do you have the enough sugar for mill? 
Which phrase or sentence is the best TO CORRECT the underlined part: 
71. The group called the Teton Sioux inhabits parts of North and South 
Dakota; their language and customs differ, however, from the Yankton, 
Sisseton, and Dakota Sioux. 
a. their language and customs differ, however, from 
b. its language and customs differ, however, from 
c. however, they have different language and customs than 
d. however, their language and customs differ from those of 
e. its language and customs differ, however, from those of 
72. Under the new corporate insurance policy, when an employer is charged 
for damages to a third party wholly or largely as a result of actions by an 
employee, he is entitled to recoup the amount of the damages. 
a. he is entitled to recoup b. the employer is entitled to recoup 
c. he or she is entitled to recoup d. he is entitled to recoup for 
e. the employer is entitled to recoup for 
73. The work of mathematician Roger Penrose in the early 1970s, on the 
geometry of what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe the 
architecture of a previously unknown class of crystals. 
a. what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe 
b. what is called aperiodic tiles, describes 
c. aperiodic tiles, describing 
d. so-called aperiodic tiles, describe 
e. aperiodic tiles, it turned out to describe 
74. There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a 
state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far 
India’s most literate citizens. 
a. which reflects b. and that number reflects c. which reflect 
d. that number reflects e. that reflects 
75. Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine 
poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, 
the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk 
twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting. 
a. furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother 
b. however, caffeine did not seem to bother 
c. however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered 
d. in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother 
76. In British English ‘a note’ is not ______ 
a. A mark in an exam. b. A mark on a music score. 
c. A piece of paper with some words on it. 
d.Writing something down so you remember it 
77. British English we say ‘to queue’, in American English they say ‘wait 
______ 
a. in line b. in a row c. in a crowd d. in a string 
78. In American English the ‘fall’ refers to which season? 
a. Spring b. summer c. autumn d. winter 
79. In British English it’s ‘a tap’, but in the States they say ______ 
a. drapes b. a faucet c. garbage d. a diaper 
80. In British English it’s ‘a puncture’ or ‘flat tyre’, but in US English it’s 
______ 
a. a blow up b. a blow down c. a blow out d. a blow 
81. I cannot understand why she did that, it really doesn't add up. 
a. doesn't calculate c. doesn't make sense 
b isn't mathematics d. makes the wrong addition 
82. the sudents got high marks in the test but Mary stood out. 
a. got a lot of marks b. got very good marks 
c. got higher marks than someone d. got the most marks of all 
83. He has sold his house and has no job and so now he has next to nothing. 
a. he is unemployed b. he has a few things 
c. he has almost no money d. he has nothing at all 
84. As a newspaper reporter she always wanted to get information at first 
hand. 
(a) quickly (b) slowly (c) easily (d) directly 
85. I think we can safely say now that we have got our money back, we are 
home and dry. 
(a) have not got wet (c) have been successful 
(b) have got no water (d) have got home dry