Ôn Thi TNPT -Test 20

ÔN LUYỆN KIẾN THỨC THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT – 2009

PRACTICE TEST 20

Questions 1 - 5: Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on the syllable

in the position which is different from that of the others.

1. A. Canadian B. vegetarian C. pedestrian D. incredible

2. A. edible B. classify C. terrify D. solidify

3. A. associate B. operate C. integrate D. recognize

4. A. ambitious B. dangerous C. mysterious D. kilometer

5. A. secretary B. necessary C. classify D. vocabulary

Questions 6 - 35: These are incomplete sentences. Choose A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each

sentence and then identify your answer by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

6. The lower...........is in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.

A. the level of lighting B. light level C. leveling of light D. lighting is level

7. The wind-rippled sand at California's Kelso Dunes resembles..........

A. to be an ocean floor B. as an ocean floor C. an ocean floor D. being an ocean floor

8. Living organisms contain more water.........substance.

A. than do any other B. does than any other C. other than do they any D. than any other

9. Columbia University's School of Public Health is........a handful of schools of public health in the United States.

A. one that B. the one C. one of D. one

10. More than anything, what saved Jamestown was the highly successful cultivation of tobacco, ........... Indian

assistance with farming undoubtedly played a major part as well.

A. although B. in spite of C. nor D. neither

11. According to legend, coffee beans............ in the town of Kaffa.

A. first discovered B. were first discovered C. discovered first D. have first discovered

12. Martin Luther King Jr, after his father's assassination,........... the mission of his father to fight for the rights of

blacks in America and achieved some notable success in the 1970s.

A. continued B. continuing C. and continues D. is continuing

13. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not..........kettle drums.

A. as prevalent B. that prevalent C. so prevalent as D. prevalent than

14. Narcissus bulbs...........at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of well drained soil.

A. should be planted B. to plant C. must planting D. should plant

15. Total color blindness,... is the result of a defect in the retina.

A. a rare condition that B. a rare condition C. that a rare condition D. is a rare condition

16. In the fourteenth century, ...that glass coated with silver nitrate would turn yellow when fired in an oven.

A. the discovery B. it was discovered C. with the discovery D. if it was discovered

17. ............electric eels send a series of blips of electricity into the water around them and they can detect the pattern

of electricity of the water changes.

A. All of B. Every C. All D. Of each

18. ......... an ownership of nearly 60 to 62 per cent of corporate equities, this mean 1-2 per cent of American society

possesses about 42 per cent of the total wealth of the nation.

A. The range of B. Ranging C. Ranging from D. The range

19. Earthquakes can damage a tree...........violently, and it can take several years for the tree to heal.

A. to cause shaking B. when shaking it causes

C. by causing it to shake D. to cause to shake it

20. ........... classified as a carnivore, the North American Grizzly bear eats berries and even grass.

A. Just as B. Because of C. Although D. Either

21. The sea horse uses.........to cling to the seaweed and other plants.

A. it has a tail B. a tail with which it C. its tail D. as its tail

22. The human skin forms ....... against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial agents on the deeper tissues.

A. protective a barrier is B. a protective barrier C. a barrier protect D. a barrier protects

23. The swallows of Capistrano are famous..........to the same nests in California each spring.

A. to return B. who returned C. they returned D. for returning

24. The invention in the 1920s of the Corning ribbon .......... important, because from that time on the price of a light

bulb plunged.

A. machine was B. while a machine was C. had a machine D. for the machine