Đề luyện thi THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh - Đề 31 (Có đáp án)

TEST 31
Part 1: Phonetics:
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group
A. hour	B. sour	C. four	D. flour
A. show	B. blow	C. cow	D. how
A. tango	B. mango	C. tomorrow	D. longer
A. sing	B. month	C. hunger	D. think
A. curriculum	B. news	C. usual	D. future
Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group
A. oxygen	B. energy	C. nitrogen	D. rotation
A. electric	B. radius	C. hydrogen	D. astronaut
A. technical	B. personal	C. national	D. financial
A. angry	B. sarcastic	C. witty	D. famous
A. frightened	B. terrified	C. fascinated	D. tired
Part 2: Vocabulary - grammar and structures
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
_________ of the visitors were strangers to me.
	A. Mostly	B. Almost	C. Most	D. The most
All the furniture in the house________ old-fashioned.
	A. is	B. are	C. have	D. have been
Tim ______ go fishing with his father when he was young.
	A. used to	B. is used to	C. has used to	D. was used to
I haven't seen much of you lately. We______ three months ago.
	A. last meet	B. last met	C. have last	D. have last met
He asked her______
	A. what day was it	B. what day it was	C. it was what day	D. what was the day
When the headmaster________ the room, all the pupils stood up.
	A. came	B. arrived	C. appeared	D. entered
I couldn't go to the party because of a ________ cold.
	A. quick	B. surprising	C. sudden	D. hurried
I like these shoes but they don't ________ me very well.
	A. meet	B. fit	C. agree	D. reach
This is the material which I ________ for my new dress.
	A. bought it	B. have bought it	C. bought	D. bought them
You should always_______ your food well before you swallow it.
	A. drink	B. grind	C. chew	D. suck
I like ______ of sports
	A. any kinds	B. kinds	C. all kind	D. all kinds
We_________ to get the news
	A. were surprised	B. were surprise	C. were surprising	D. surprised
Ann refused to take___________ in the preparations for the school concert
	A. place	B. notice	C. leave	D. part
Dickens is my_________ English novelist.
	A. favorable	B. preferable	C. likeable	D. favourite
That desk______ several times this year.
	A. has been repaired	B. has repaired	C. is repaired	D. repaired
Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
Although he got more votes, he did not become president.
A. Despite getting more votes he did not become president.
B. Despite he got more votes, he did not become president
C. If he got more votes, he would become president
D. He needed more votes to become president
I'm never going to do this again.
A. I want to do this again	
B. I have never done this before
C. This is the last time I am going to do this	
D. This is the first time I have done this.
I have arranged to play tennis with Harry tomorrow.
A. Harry and I are playing tennis tomorrow
B. Harry is playing tennis tomorrow but I am not
C. I refused to play tennis with Harry tomorrow
D. I am playing tennis tomorrow but Harry is not.
I didn't understand what he was saying because I hadn't read his book.
A. His book was too difficult to understand
B. If I had read his book I would have understood what he was saying
C. What he was saying in his book was too difficult to understand
D. I had read his book but I didn't understand what he was saying
They were still playing tennis after three hours.
A. They had been playing tennis for three hours
B. They played tennis for three hours
C. They were playing tennis for three hours
D. They have been playing tennis since three hours.
Choose a word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting
On their (A) very first evening he told his wife he was (B) just going out for a short (C) walking but it was (D) really to buy her some flowers.
He (A) found a shop (B) quickly and (C) brought the flowers but he couldn't remember how to (D) get back to the hotel.
(A) ate too (B) many of those greasy bacon (C) pies, and now I feel (D) sickly.
He (A) was upset last Monday morning (B) by (C) her bad (D) attitudes.
(A) My brother (B) is not (C) old enough (D) for driving a car.
Part 3: Reading
Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
The tooth decay
In most animals, dental decay is a rare problem. In man, and especially in the affluent West, the disease has reached epidemic proportions.
The cause of tooth decay in human beings is a bacterium that feeds on the sugar in our food. It digests the sugar more easily by converting it into an acid. The acid then dissolves the enamel , the outer coating of the teeth and finally attacks the living nerve within. The result is the agonizing pain we know as toothache.
According to the passage how common are it for animals to suffer from tooth decay?
	A. They never suffer from it	
	B. They seldom suffer from it
	C. They suffer from it as commonly as people do
	D. They suffer from it more commonly than people do
What does the passage say about the problem of tooth decay in the rich Western country?
A. It is steadily decreasing each year.	
B. It has remained unchanged for a long time
C. It has been increasing slowly for years
D. It is now virtually out of control
Human teeth decay when they are attacked by a kind of________
A. sugar	B. acid	C. nerve	D. food
Decay cannot begin until the bacterium produces_____
A. food from sugar	B. sugar from food	C. acid from sugar	D. sugar from acid
The term "tooth decay" refers to the_________
A. digestion of the food	B. conversation of the sugar
C. Production of the acid	D. dissolution of the enamel
Table tennis
People first played table tennis (41)_______ the 19th century. It really started as a children's game, which was played (42)_______ home. But now it (43)_______ an adult sport, and there are many international competitions. Sometimes more (44)_______ 10,000 people watch an important table tennis game.
A table tennis table is 2.7 metres long and 1.5 metres wide and there is a net (45)_______ the middle. Players hit a light plastic ball over (46)_______ net with a small wooden bat.
Many people (47)_______ that table tennis is an easy sport, but (48)_______ isn't true. Players have to (49)_______ very fast because the ball can (50)_______ at over 100 kilometres au hour!
A. in	B. on	C. at	D. to
A. to	B. at	C. in	D. for
A. is	B. was	C. has	D. be
A. then	B. that	C. than	D. this
A. in	B. across	C. by	D. on
A. is	B. a	C. it	D. the
A. thinks	B. though	C. to think	D. think
A. those	B. this	C. there	D. these
A. walk	B. be	C. speak	D. go
A. throw	B. go	C. hit	D. move
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