Đề thi thử THPT 2019 của thầy Bùi Văn Vinh #6

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

The governor, with his wife and children, are at home watching the election returns on TV.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

She was used to do shopping on Sunday but now she doesn’t have time.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

A cure for the common cold, causing by a virus, has not been found.

Many species of wildlife are ______ of extinction.

The handwriting is completely _____. This note must have been written a long time ago.

I like this essay because it is very _____.

_____ your help, I wouldn’t have got the scholarship.

I was enjoying my book, but I stopped _____ a program on TV.

My father always _____ the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast.

We suggested that she _____ the 10:30 train immediately.

This is the most difficult job I've ever had to do _____.

She is a friendly person. She gets ______ all her neighbours.

We regret to tell you that the materials you ordered are ______.

In the kitchen, there is a ______ table.

He traveled ________ for twenty years and then he decided to return home.

John: “Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?”

Peter: “________”

Choose the most suitable response to each of the following questions

- Janet: "My parents got divorced when I was 5."

- Jean: "____"

Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The new cowboy-film catches the fancy of the children.

Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part

The dog saw his reflection in the pool of water.

Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part

I have a vague recollection of meeting him when I was a child.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The clubs meet on the last Thursday of every month in a dilapidated palace.

Read the following passage and choose the best fits each space.

INFLUENCES OF TELEVISION

Television has changed the lifestyle of people in every industrialized country in the world. In the United States, where sociologists have studied the effects, some interesting observations have been made.

Television, although not essential, has become a(n) (26) _____ part of most people’s lives. It has become a baby-sitter, an initiator of conversations, a major transmitter of culture, and a keeper of traditions. Yet when what can be seen on TV in one day is critically analyzed, it becomes evident that television is not a teacher but a sustainer. The poor quality of programs does not elevate people into greater (27) ______.

The primary reason for the lack of quality in American television is related to both the history of TV development and the economics of TV. Television in America began with the radio. Radio companies and their sponsors first experimented with television. Therefore, the close relationship, which the advertisers had with radio programs, became the system for American TV. Sponsors not only paid money for a time within programs, but many actually produced the programs. Thus, coming from the capitalistic, profit-oriented sector of American society, television is primarily (28) _______ with reflecting and attracting society rather than innovating and experimenting with new ideas. Advertisers want to attract the largest viewing audience possible; to do so requires that the programs be entertaining rather than challenging.

Television in America today remains, to a large (29) _______, with the same organization and standards as it had thirty years ago. The hope for some evolution and true achievement toward improving society will require a change in the (30) _______ system.

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.

In the American colonies, there was little money. England did not supply the colonies with coins and did not allow the colonies to make their own coins, except for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which received permission for a short period in 1652 to make several kinds of silver coins. England wanted to keep money out of America as a means of controlling trade: America was forced to trade only with England if it did not have the money to buy products from other countries. The result during this pre-revolutionary period was that the colonists used various goods in place of money: beaver pelts, Indian wampum, and tobacco leaves were all commonly used substitutes for money. The colonists also made use of any foreign coins they could obtain. Dutch, Spanish, French, and English coins were all in use in the American colonies.

During the Revolutionary War, funds were needed to finance the world, so each of the individual states and the Continental Congress issued paper money. So much of this paper money was printed that by the end of the war, almost no one would accept it. As a result, trade in goods and the use of foreign coins still flourished during this period.

By the time the Revolutionary War had been won by the American colonists, the monetary system was in a state of total disarray. To remedy this situation, the new Constitution of the United States, approved in 1789, allowed Congress to issue money. The individual states could no longer have their own money supply. A few years later, the Coinage Act of 1792 made the dollar the official currency of the United States and put the country on a bimetallic standard. In this bimetallic system, both gold and silver were legal money, and the rate of exchange of silver to gold was fixed by the government at sixteen to one.

The passage mainly discusses______

The passage indicates that during the colonial period, money was______

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was allowed to make coins_______

The pronoun “it” in paragraph 2 refers to which of the following ___.

The word “remedy” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions  

A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, that provides information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the Gallup and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows, these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.

North American is familiar with many “person on the street” interviews on local television news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory workers, depending on which area the news people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population.

In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercise great care in the wording of questions. An effect survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it. I must also be specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicit the type of information desired. Surveys can be indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly and the questions are worded accurately.

There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people find it more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire. In addition, an interview can go beyond written questions and probe for a subject’s underlying feelings and reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.