Luyện thi Đại học môn Tiếng Anh

I/- Chọn từ có cách phát âm khác với các từ còn lại
1. A. seat B. health C. meat D. teeth
2. A. show B. shower C. how D. now
- Chọn từ có phần phát âm khác với các từ còn lại
3. A. diver B. vessel C. affect D. chopstick
4. A. cucumber B. moderate C. stomachache D. direction
5. relax B. marbles C. comic D. atlas



II/ Tự luận
Điền từ còn thiếu
6. I get ... at 6.00 a.m every morning.
7. People usually sleep at ... night.
Dùng từ gợi ý viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh
8. The waste paper/ will/ recycle/ local factory?
9. Hoa/ burnt/ hand/ when/ she/ cooking/ dinner.
10. you/ mind/ I/ turned on/ television?

Đáp án:
I/
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. up
7. night
8. The waste paper will be recycled in the local factory.
9. Hoa burnt her hand when she was cooking dinner.
10. Would you mind if I turned on the television?

Indirect speech: questions, requests, invitations, offers, advice
Put the following into indirect speech.
1 'Could you get there and back in one day?' I asked. (I asked if he...)
2 'I can't open this tin,' said Ann. 'Shall I do it for you?' said Tom.
3 'Could you translate this for me, please?' I asked the official.
4 'Shall we ever meet again?' he wondered.
5 'Will you be here tomorrow?' she asked. 'Yes, 'I answered.
6 'Could I lose five kilos in a week?' said the fat woman. ' No', said the doctor.
7 'Will you have a drink?' he said
8 'Why don't you install gas central heating?' said the advertisement. (urge)
9 'Will you read this very carefully, please?' he said to me.
10 'Shall I tell him what happened?' she asked me.

1 'Wouldn't you like to look ten years younger?' said the hairdresser.
2 'I'm going to Brighton tomorrow, 'said Ann. 'So 'm I, 'said Tom. 'Would you like a lift?' (Tom said he was too and..)
3 'Can I have a sweet?' said the small boy.
4 'Can we stay up till the end of the programme?' said the children.
5 'Could I have the weekend off? he asked his boss.
6 'Could I leave early on Friday?' he said
7 'Why don't you like pop music?' the teenagers asked him.
8 'Why don't you take up the oboe again?' said my friends. (advise)
9 'Where shall I hang my new picture?' he said. 'Would it look well over the mantelpiece?'
10 'What shall I do if the car won't start?' I said.

1 'Have you got enough money? Shall I lend you some?' said my friend.
2 'Will you be able to guide me or shall I bring a map?' I asked.
3 'You won't forget to shut the door, will you?' she said. (remind)
4 ' Would you like to see over the house?' I asked her.
5 'Would you like to peel the potatoes?' said Ann , handing me a knife.
6 'I've got two tickets. Would you like to come with me?' he said.
7 'Can you use a word processor?' he asked. No, ' I said.
8 'Would you mind living by yourself for six months?' they asked.
9 'Would you mind paying cash?' said my landlady when I took out my cheque-book.
10 'Why don't you trust him?' I asked Ann.
'I never trust left-handed men, 'she answered.

Key:
1 asked if he could get 2 said she couldn't open... Tom offered to do it for her 3 asked the official to translate it 4 wondered if they would ever meet 5 asked if I would be there the next day. I said that I would 6 asked if she could lose... the doctor said (that) she couldn't 7 offered me a drink 8 urged us to install 9 asked me to read it 10 asked (me) if she should tell him what had happened 11 asked if I wouldn't like to lock 12 said she was going... Tom said he was too and offered her a lift/ asked if she'd like a lift 13 asked for a sweet / asked if he could have a sweet 14 asked if the could stay 15 asked for the weekend/ asked if he could have 16 asked if he could leave 17 asked (him) why he don' t like 18 advised him to take up 19 asked where he should hang his...and if it would look 20 asked what I should/ was to do if the car wouldn't start 21 asked if i had enough...and offered to lend me some 22 asked if he would be able to guide me or if i should bring 23 reminded him to shut 24 asked (her) if she would like to see 25 asked me to peel 26 said that he'd got two tickets and invited me to come/ go with him 27 asked if i could use... i said (that) i couldn't 28 asked if I'd mind living by myself 29 asked me to pay/ asked if I'd mind paying 30 asked why she didn't trust him. She said (that) she never trusted

A purpose clause introduced by so that can sometimes be replaced by prevent/avoid + gerund or allow/enable/let/make etc. + infinitive.
1 He killed the men who helped him to bury the treasure. He wanted nobody but himself to know where it was.
2 Put the cork back. Someone may knock the bottle over.
3 The airfield authorities have put arc lights over the damaged runway.
They want repair work to continue day and night.
4 The girl packed the vase in polyester foam. She didn't want it to get broken in the post.
5 He wore a false beard. He didn't want anyone to recognize him.
6 She built a high wall round her garden. She didn't want her fruit to be stolen.
7 They talked in whispers. They didn't want me to overhear them.
8 You ought to take some serum with you. You may get bitten by a snake.
9 Aeroplanes carry parachutes. The crew can escape in case of fire.
10 I am insuring my life. I want my children to have something to live on if I am killed.
Key:
1 so that nobody should/would know or to prevent anyone knowing
2 in case somebody knocks
3 so that repair work may/can continue or to allow repair work to continue
4 so that it wouldn't get broken or to prevent it getting broken
5 so that he wouldn't be recognized or to avoid being recognized
6 so that her fruit wouldn't be stolen or to prevent her fruit being stolen
7 so that I wouldn't overhear or to prevent my overhearing
8 in case you get bitten
9 so that the crew may/can escape or to enable the crew to escape
10 so that my children may/will have

Combine the following pairs or groups of sentences by means of relative pronouns, making any changes necessary.
1 You sent me a present. Thank you very much for it. (Thank you very much for ...)
2 She was dancing with a student. He had a slight limp. (two ways)
3 I am looking after some children. They are terribly spoilt. (two ways)
4 The bed has no mattress. I sleep on this bed. (The bed I ... )
5 Romeo and Juliet were lovers. Their parents hated each other.
6 There wasn't any directory in the telephone box. I was phoning from this box.
7 This is Mrs Jones. Her son won the championship last year.
8 I was sitting in a chair. It suddenly collapsed. (The chair ...)
9 Mr Smith said he was too busy to speak to me. I had come specially to see him.
10 The man was sitting at the desk. I had come to see this man.
Key:
1 for the present (which/that) you sent.
2 She was dancing with a student who had or The student with whom she was dancing
3 I'm looking after some children who are or The children I'm looking after are
4 The bed I sleep on has
5 Romeo and Juliet were two lovers whose parents
6 There wasn't any directory in the box (which/that) I was phoning form.
7 This is Mrs Jones, whose son
8 The chair (which/that) I was sitting on collapsed or The chair on which I was sitting collapsed.
9 Mr Smith, whom I had come especially to see, was too busy
10 The man (who (m)/that) I had come to see was

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense.
1 Ann sees Paul putting-on his coat and says: Where you (go), Paul?
Paul: I (go) to buy some cigarettes. You (want) an evening paper?
2 Ann: No, thanks. You are always buying cigarettes, Paul. How many you (smoke) a day?
Paul: I (not smoke) very many-perhaps 20. Jack (smoke) far more than I (do). He (spend) $10 a week on cigarettes.
3 Mary (see) Peter standing at the bus stop.
Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus you (wait) for?
Peter: Hello, Mary, I (wait) for a 9 or a 14.
4 Mary: You usually (go) to work by car, don't you?
Peter: Yes, but the car (belong) to my mother and she sometimes (want) it. She (use) it today to take Tom to the dentist.
5 Mary: I usually (go) by car too. Jack (take) me because he (pass) my office on his way to the factory. But this week he (work) in a factory in the opposite direction: so I (queue) like you.
6 Peter: Here's a 9 now. You (come) on it or you (wait) for a 14?
Mary: I (think) I'll take the 9. If I (wait) for a 14 I may be late, and if you (be) late at my office everyone (look) at you.
7 Mary and Ann (wait) outside a telephone box. Inside the box a boy (dial) a number.
Mary: You (know) that boy?
Ann: Yes, he's a friend of my brother's. He (phone) his girl friend every day from this box.
8 Mary: Where he (come) from?
Ann: He (come) from Japan. He's a very clever boy; he (speak) four languages.
9 Mary: I (wonder) what he (speak) now.
Ann: Well, his girl friend (come) from Japan too; so I (suppose) he (speak) Japanese.
10 It is 8.30. Tom and Ann (have) breakfast. They both (open) their letters.
Tom: No one ever (write) to me. All I (get) is bills! You (have) anything interesting?
Key:
1 are you going; am going, do you want
2 do you smoke; I don't smoke, smokes, I do; spends
3 sees; are you waiting; am waiting
4 you usually go; belongs, wants; is using 5 go; takes, passes; is working, am queueing
6 Are you coming, are you waiting; think, wait, are, looks 7 are waiting; is dialling; Do you know; phones
8 does he come; comes; speaks 9 wonder, is speaking; comes, suppose, is speaking
10 are having; are opening; writes; get; have you (got)

Put the following into indirect speech.
1 'Let's go to the cinema, 'said Ann. 'Yes, let's, ' I said.
2 The Prime Minister said, 'Let us show the nation that we are worthy of their confidence.' (Use urged.)
3 'Let me stay up a little longer tonight, mother,' begged the child.
4 'Let's eat out tonight, 'said Ann. 'Too expensive,' objected Tom.
'Why don't we go back to your flat and have scrambled eggs?'
5 The police officer said, 'Let's leave the wrecked car here for a bit. It may remind other drivers to be more careful.'
6 'The neighbours will object!' said Ann.
'Let them,' said Tom.
7 'Let's go on a diet, 'said Ann.
'All right,' said Mary reluctantly.
8 'Tom made this mess. Let him clear it up,' said his father.
9 'It's Mothering Sunday tomorrow,' said the boy. 'Let's buy Mum some flowers. '
10 'Let's take a tent and camp out,' said Bill.
'Let's go to a nice hotel and be comfortable, ' said Mary.
Key:
1 suggested going ... and I agreed 2 urged his colleagues to show the nation that they were worthy of their
3 begged his mother to let him stay ... that night 4 suggested eating ... Tom objected that it was/would be ... and suggest
ed going to her flat ... and having
5 suggested leaving/that they should leave the wrecked car there ... and said it might remind
6 She said the neighbours would object and Tom said he didn't care
7 suggested going ... Mary agreed reluctantly
8 said that Tom had made the mess and that he was to clear
9 said that the next day was ... and suggested buying their mother
10 suggested taking ... and camping out. Mary suggested going ... and being