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Pham Lam Minh Phuong

ĐỀ ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA – ĐỀ SỐ 13

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions
Question 1: A. documentary B. occurrence C. competition D. individual
Question 2: A. relationship B. arrangement C. challenging D. eliminate
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
pronunciation in each of the following questions
Question 3: A. machine B. suggestion C. shouting D. emotion
Question 4:A. broadened B. used to C. cried D. smiled
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
Question 5: It would be both noticed and appreciating if you could finish the work before you leave
A. both B. the work C. leave D. appreciating
Question 6: A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise on gallon of water on degree centigrade at one
atmospheric pressure
A. to rise B. A calorie C. quantity D. required
Question 7: Harry, alike his colleagues, is trying hard to finish hart work early
A. alike B. hard C. is trying D. early
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Question 8: Coffee is the second most valuable _____ after oil
A. ware B. production C. producing D. commodity
Question 9: We _____ on the beach now if we hadn’t missed the plane
A. might have lain B. would lie C. could be lying D. would have lain
Question 10: The noise from the nearby factory kept me _____
A. awake B. awakened C. waking D. woken
Question 11: Make sure you ____ us a visit when you are in town again
A. pay B. have C. give D. do
Question 12: I used to run a mile before breakfast but now I am ____
A. not used to it B. no longer practice it C. out of practice D. out of the habit
Question 13: The government is determined to ____ terrorism
A. put the stop to B. put stop to C. put stops to D. put a stop to
Question 14: Out ___ for a walk after she finished doing her homework
A. did Mary go B. Mary went C. Mary did go D. went Mary
Question 15: Lucia was surprised when her guests ____ late for the party
A. came up B. turned up C. looked up D. put up
Question 16: Liquid milk is usually pasteurized in order to kill bacteria for a longer ____
A. expectancy B. production C. living D. shelf life
Question 17: The majority of people accept that modern drugs are the most effective way to cure a(n) ______
A. sicken B. illness C. symptom D. treatment
Question 18: ____ the price is high, we can’t afford to buy a new car
A. Now that B. Although C. Whereas D. As long as
Question 19: You have gone to the doctor’s to have a check-u. You _________. You just had your check-up
last week
A. didn’t need to go B. needn’t have gone C. needn’t go D. don’t need to go
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to each of the
following questions.
Question 20: “Your dress is lovely. I like it” “______”
A. Oh, it’s just an old dress B. Thanks anyway. I think it makes me look older
C. You must be kidding. I think it’s terrible D. Thank you. That’s a nice compliment
Question 21: “Happy Christmas” “______”
A. The same to you! B. Happy Christmas! C. You are the same! D. Same for you!
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part
Question 22: The sailor is suffering from a deficiency of Vitamin C
A. lack B. short C. shortage D. lacking
Question 23: The nurse told her that she would have to wait for a few days for the outcome of the medical
check-up
A. putting B. payment C. result D. coming
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part
Question 24: The policemen broke up the fight between the two teenagers
A. started B. stopped off C. called off D. canceled
Question 25: He has a good memory to retain facts easily
A. remember B. forget C. understand D. know
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
In the explosion of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a
second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a
foreign language, especially in Phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often
“fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great
individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain
talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances
Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority; they exploit Motherese (the
simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unself-consciously, are more
motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have not first language to interfere.
But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works.
Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor
constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age
Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested
Korean and Chinese – born students at the University of Illinois who had spent a least ten years in the United
States. The immigrants were give a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some
grammatical error. The immigrants who came to the United States between the age of 3 and 7 performed
identically to American – born students. Those who arrived between ages 8 and 15 did worse the latter they
arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated
to their age of arrival
Question 26: The passage mainly discussed
A. adult differences in learning a foreign language B. children’s ability to learn a language
C. the age factor in learning languages fast D. research into language acquisition
Question 27: From the passage, it can be inferred that “Phonology” is the study of ____
A. he grammar of language B. the rules of a language
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Question 28: The word “cap” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to _____
A. prize B. limit C. covering D. level
Question 29: According to the passage, young children learn languages quickly for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT __________
A. they make many mistakes B. they want to talk
 C. their approach is flexible D. they frequently repeat words
Question 30: The word “unrelated” in paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to ___
A. unconnected B. unfamiliar C. unclassified D. unidentified
Question 31: In the experiment in the passage, the Psychologists discovered _____
A. most students had lived in the U.S for more that 10 years
B. older students were unable to learn English
C. young students learned English best
D. students who arrived late were worst of all
Question 32: The word “who” in paragraph 3 refers to _____
A. Elissa Newport B. Koreans C. students D. colleagues
Question 33: According to the passage, what was the purpose of examining a sample number of immigrants?
A. To compare different age groups B. To detect differences in nationalities
C. To confirm different language characteristics D. To measure the use of grammar
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions
The time when human crossed the Arctic land bridge from Siberia to Alaska seems remote to us today,
but actually represents a late stage in the prehistory of humans, an era when polished stone implements and
bows and arrows were already being used and dogs had already been domesticated
When these early migrants arrived in North America, they found the woods and plains dominated by
three types of American mammoths. These elephants were distinguished from today’s elephants mainly by
their thick, shaggy coats and their huge, upward-curving tusks. They had arrived on the continent hundreds of
thousands of years before their followers. The woody mammoth in the North, the Columbian mammoth in
middle North America, and the imperial mammoth of the South, together with their distant cousins the
mastodons, dominated the land. Here, as in the Old World, there is evidence that humans hunted these
elephants, as shown by numerous spear points found with mammoth remains
Then, at the end of the Ice Age, when the last glaciers had retreated, there was a relatively sudden and
widespread extinction of elephants. In the New World, both mammoths and mastodons disappeared. In the
Old World, only Indian and African elephants survived.
Why did the huge, seemingly successful mammoths disappear? Were humans connected with their
extinction? Perhaps, but at that time, although they were cunning hunters, humans were still widely settled
and not very numerous. It is difficult to see how they could have prevailed over the mammoth to such an
extent
Question 34: With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned?
A. Migration from Siberia to Alaska B. Techniques used to hunt mammoths
C. The prehistory of humans D. The relationship between man and mammoth in the New
World
Question 35: The word “implements” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____
A. tools B. ornaments C. houses D. carvings
Question 36: The phrase “these early migrants” in paragraph 2 refers to ____
A. mammoths B. humans C. dogs D. mastodons
Question 37: Where were the imperial mammoths the dominant type of mammoth?
A. Alaska B. the central portion of North America
C. the southern part of North America D. South America
Question 38: It can be inferred that when humans crossed into the New World, they ____
A. had previously hunted mammoths in Siberia B. had never seen mammoth before
C. brought mammoths with them from the Old World D. soon learned to use dogs to hunt mammoths
Question 39: Which of the following could be best substitute for the word “remains” in paragraph 2?
A. bones B. drawings C. footprints D. spear points
Question 40: The passage supports which of the following conclusions about mammoth
A. Humans hunted them to extinction
B. The freezing temperatures of the Ice Age destroyed their food supply
 C. The cause of their extinction is not definitely known
D. Competition with mastodons caused them to become extinct

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word (s) for each of the blanks
INTELLIGENCE TEST
Schools exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much
knowledge we have (41) ____. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a fact that
some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (42)____ sense? Intelligence is the speed at
which we can understand and (43)____ to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although
scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the
present tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person’s IQ is their intelligence as it
is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded
in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1300 members in Britain. Today there are 44000 in Britain and 100000
worldwide, largely in the US. People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and
those score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This (44)___ at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of
six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if (45)____
enough time. But that’s the problems – the whole point of the tests is that they’re against the clock
Question 41:A. fetched B. gained C. attached D. caught
Question 42: A. natural B. bright C. sharp D. common
Question 43: A. accord B. react C. answer D. alter
Question 44:A. adds up B. turns to C. comes up D. works out
Question 45: A. allowed B. spared C. let D. provided
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.
Question 46: She gets up early to prepare breakfast so that her children can come to school on time.
A. Despite her getting up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot come to school on time.
B. Because she wanted her children to come to school on time, she gets up early to prepare breakfast.
C. If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.
D. Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on.
Question 47: The last time I went to the museum was a year ago.
A. I have not been to the museum for a year. B. A year ago, I often went to the museum.
C. My going to the museum lasted a year. D. At last I went to the museum after a year.
Question 48: I think you should stop smoking.
A. If I am you, I will stop smoking. B. If I had been you, I would stop smoking.
C. If I were you, I would stop smoking. D. If I were you, I will stop smoking.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.
A. John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill.
B. Because of his illness, John should have been here yesterday.
C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
Question 50: It doesn’t make any difference if it rain. They will still go.
A. The difference is their going in the rain. B. Whether it rains or not, they will still go.
C. But for the rain, they would have gone. D. But for the rain, we would not have gone.