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ĐỀ SỐ 3SỞ GD-ĐT BẮC NINH TRƯỜNG THPT THUẬN THÀNH SỐ 2 ĐỀ THI THỬ KÌ THI QUỐC GIA NĂM HỌC 2014-2015 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian thi: 90 phút Read the following passage and choose the bes

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Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Thời gian thi: 90 phút Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer the question

The green building movement is changing the way buildings are constructed This movement started in the 1970s, as people began to see that modern life was destroying the environment we all share Natural resources were being destroyed, energy and water consumption was rising, and so was pollution of all kinds This environmental destruction has continued, and one important factor has been the way that buildings are constructed In fact, energy use in buildings represents about 32 percent of all energy use in the United States

In the early years, green builders were a small minority, and their goals of reducing the environmental impact

of buildings were considered unrealistic Now, however, the green building movement is growing, as builders

have been able to take advantage of new technology and as the costs of this technology have gone down Environmental building methods are now practical enough to save money for builders and for building owners, even as they reduce damage to the environment

First, green builders try to make use of recycled materials as much as possible In fact, vast amounts of

materials such as steel, cement, and wood are used in construction Now there are companies that specialize in gathering old materials, processing them, and selling them to builders for new buildings States and cities are encouraging these companies, as the reuse of materials also means less waste in dumps For larger builders or individual homeowners, it is possible to find everything from steel and cement to doors, windows, sinks, tubs, brick, and hardware

Another way that builders can reduce environmental impact is to reduce the energy requirements of a building This can be done in several ways One is to provide an alternative, nonpolluting source of energy The first alternative energy source to be developed was solar power With solar panels-wide, flat sheets of special material-it is possible to produce electricity from the rays of the sun Builders can install solar panels on the roofs of buildings and connect them to cooling or lighting systems Once the panels are installed, they provide energy at no cost and with no pollution Another, nonpolluting solution for reducing energy use is a technology known as geothermal heating To obtain geothermal heat, builders place special pipes below ground, where temperatures remain constant all year In the winter, the earth's natural heat can be collected in these pipes, and then transferred into the building's heating system In the summer, heat in the building can be collected and sent

to the pipes underground

Question 1: According to the passage, all of the following leads to environmental destruction EXCEPT

A the increasing number of buildings B the increase of water consumption

C the increase of energy consumption D the destruction of natural resources

Question 2: The way buildings are constructed in America also contributes to

C the use of water D environmental destruction

Question 3: The early years, it was believed that the use of green buildings to reduce environmental

destruction was

Question 4: One of the reasons why green buildings were not popular is that

A they took too much time to build B they were inconvenient

C they were costly to build D they looked too boring

Question 5: The phrase "green building" in the passage can also be understood as

A environment-friendly buildings B buildings with tree inside

C buildings with open stairs D buildings painted green

Question 6: The phrase "green builders" in the first line of the second paragraph refers to those who

A build green buildings B work in green buildings

C use green materials D put trees in buildings

Question 7: According to the passage, all of the following can be made from recycle materials EXCEPT

Question 8: The author mentioned all of the following as ways to reduce environmental destruction

EXCEPT

A providing alternative energies B using geothermal heating

C using recycled materials to construct

Question 9: Solar panels are NOT used to

C warm the house D transfer electricity to the sun rays

Question 10: Geothermal heating technology is

A using underground pipes to collect geothermal heat

B collecting pipes from below ground

C using underground pipes to control underground temperature

D using up the heating energy

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is opposite in meaning to the

underlined part in each of the following questions.

Question 11 The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain.

Question 12 The secretary left after weeks of harassment by the manager of her department

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Question 13 It is very discourteous to intrude during someone's conversation

Question 14 In the early days of baseball, the game was played by young men of means and social position

Question 15 Many doctors are still general practitioners, but the tendency is toward specialization in

medicine

Read the following passage and choose A, B ,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer

to each of the questions

Leeches are small wormlike creatures that live in water and suck the blood of animals and humans In the past, though, leeches were commonly used in medicine to drain blood from people Then advances in science led to other kinds of treatments, and leeches disappeared from the sick room Now, however, they are making a comeback Leeches are being used after operations for the reattachment of body parts, in the prevention of pain from arthritis, and in the treatment of heart disease The use of leeches in medicine goes back at least 2,500 years Doctors used them to treat the sick in ancient Egypt, India, Persia, and Greece It was believed in those days that taking blood from patients helped to bring their bodies back into balance This belief and the practice of draining blood with leeches continued through the ages, reaching a high point in early nineteenth century France At that time, Parisian hospitals required as many as 6 million leeches a year for their patients

By the middle of the nineteenth century, however, the practice of draining blood from patients was becoming less popular With a better understanding of diseases and of the human body, doctors realized that taking blood from the patients (with or without leeches) was not always helpful and leeches made no real difference in many cases By the twentieth century, doctors had completely abandoned the use of leeches to drain blood But in 1985 Dr Joseph Upton, a surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts, discovered a new use for them Faced with a young patient whose ear had been bitten off by a dog, Upton successfully reattached the ear in a twelve-hour operation However, within three days, the ear had turned black because blood could not move through it properly During the operation, it had been fairly easy for Upton to reattach the arteries that brought blood to his patient's ear, since artery walls are thick and easy to see However, since the veins that carry blood away from the ear are much smaller and hard to find, Upton had not been able to reattach enough of them If something wasn't done quickly, the ear would not survive

Luckily, Dr Upton remembered an article he had read about research into the properties of leeches Through the results of the research were still uncertain, Upton decided to take a chance He bought some leeches from a laboratory and placed them on the boy's ear and they began to feed The boy felt no pain because the mouths of leeches contain a natural painkiller As the leeches sucked some of the extra blood out of the boy's ear, they added a special chemical to the blood so it would not harden and form clots and it would flow more easily Within a few minutes, the boy's ear began to lose the terrible black color The leeches had soon eaten enough and fell off Several days later, after applying more leeches, the boy's ear was entirely pink and healthy Other doctors then began to experiment with the use of leeches in the reattachment of other body parts, and finally, in 2004, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the use of medicinal leeches in reconstructive surgery

Question 16: All of the following is True about leeches EXCEPT that .

A they look like worms B they are fed on blood

C they are used to drain blood D they are used to prevent infection

Question 17: The use of leeches to drain blood was most popular _.

Question 18: When Upton tried to reattach the ear for the patient, _.

A the patient's blood stopped running B he couldn't attach enough veins

C the arteries were too small to attach D the patient ran out of blood

Question 19: The use of leeches was reduced and then abandoned _.

A they couldn't drain blood

B because not many of them were available

C they made no difference

D when people understood more about the human body

Question 20: The best title of the passage is _.

A leeches in medical treatment B leeches in traditional medicine

C the use of leeches in human life D the effect of leeches on human life

Question 21 When leeches had sucked enough blood, .

C the doctor put more leeches on D the boy's ear became healthy

Question 22: The phrase "the sick room" in line 3 of the first paragraph means _.

A patients B dirty places C surgery rooms D hospitals

Question 23: The boy didn't feel painful when leeches sucked on the blood from his ear because _.

A the boy was unconcious

B Upton put some natural painkillers around the leeches

C the leeches had natural substances that relieve pain

D Upton let him take some painkillers before that

Question 24: After Upton, .

A leeches are abandoned

B body surgeries are popular

C more surgeons used leeches in reconstructive operations

D the free use of leeches in medical treatment is approved

Question 25: When the leeches sucked the extra blood from the boy's ear, .

C they enabled blood to run easily D they softened the ear

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 26 Scarcely had he returned from abroad, when he had to go on another extended business trip.

A His business trip abroad was extended because people like him were scarce

B Business abroad was so good that he could scarcely finish everything on one trip

C As soon as he got back, business took him overseas again for a long time

D After returning from abroad, he had hardly any work to do until he went on another business trip

Question 27 We last saw Mr Brown, our old teacher, when we were at Mary's party.

A We haven't seen Mr Brown since we attended Mary's party

B We didn't see Mr Brown since we were at Mary's party

C The last time we saw Mr Brown while we were enjoying Mary's party

D We haven't seen Mr Brown when we were invited to Mary's party

Question 28.“ Why don’t you reply to the President’s offer right now?” said Marry to her husband.

A Marry ordered her husband to reply the President’s offer right now

B Marry suggested that her husband should reply to the President’s offer without delay

C Marry told her husband why he didn’t reply to the President’s offer then

D Marry wondered why her husband didn’t reply to the President’s offer then

Question 29 She wasn't paying attention; that was why she burnt her finger.

A If she had been paying no attention, she might not have burnt her finger

B Because she had been paying attention, she might not have burnt her finger

C Had she been paying attention, she might not have burnt her finger

D If she had been paying attention, she wouldn't burn her finger

Question 30 You can use my car, but return it to me before 8 this evening.

A You can return my car when you finish using it at 8 this evening

B If you return the car to me before 8, you can't use it

C You and I can take turns to use my car before 8 this evening

D Provided that you return my car before 8 this evening, you can use it

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 31 The Laptop was too expensive As a result, I can’t afford to buy it.

A It was such expensive laptop that I couldn’t afford to buy it

B The laptop was too expensive for me to buy it

C The laptop was too expensive for me to buy

D So expensive the Laptop was that I couldn’t afford to buy it

Question 32 He took part in charity He wanted to share with the unlucky.

A He took part in charity, so he wanted to share with the unlucky

B Although He took part in charity, He wanted to share with the unlucky

C He took part in charity in order that he could share with the unlucky.

D In order to take part in charity, He wanted to share with the unlucky

Question 33 His leg was hurt However, he managed to drive a car.

A Although his leg was hurt, he managed to drive a car

B Despite of his hurt leg, he managed to drive a car

C Despite the fact that his hurt leg, he managed to drive a car

D His leg was hurt But he managed to drive a car

Question 34 Thanks for reminding me about the meeting Otherwise, I would have missed it.

A If you hadn’t reminded me about the meeting, I wouldn’t have missed it

B If you hadn’t reminded me about the meeting, I would have missed it

C Unless you had reminded me about the meeting, I wouldn’t have missed it

D If you hadn’t thanked and reminded me about the meeting, I would have missed it

Question 35 He didn’t write He didn’t phone

A He didn’t write and telephoned

B He didn’t write although he didn’t telephoned

C He didn’t write, so he didn’t telephoned

D He neither wrote nor telephoned

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

Question 36 Once you have finished an article and identified its main ideas, it may not be necessary to reread

it again

Question 37 Laser discs provide images of best quality than those of neither television signals or video tapes Question 38 There are papers to file, reports to type and letters should be answered

Question 39 Children’s games, which are amusements involve more than one individual, appear to be a

cultural universal

Question 40 It is essential that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in order to assure a

successful cure

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

When a child learns to read and write, he must access the schema developed in his (41) As he reads, the child creates pictures in his mind and uses (42) _ and points of reference to put the story (43) Television images do not go through a complex symbolic transformation The mind does not have to decode and manipulate during the television experience Watching television and playing video games do not (44) a child's skills in word recognition, decoding, vocabulary, spelling or high-level thinking The connection between television's effects (45) children's reading abilities and the (46) in their writing skills is clear: there is no question in the minds of educators that a student who cannot read with the true comprehension will never learn to write well Writing, after (47) , is book talk, and you only learn book talk by reading It has been shown that reading stimulates brain activity While reading, we imagine settings, characters and we become part of the world of the story (48) , it has been shown that watching television prevents brain activity Children who watch too much television are less socially developed and have

problems maintaining (49) Reading, (50) of watching television, enriches our lives, develops the imagination, and intellect, and is less brain deadening Reading is good for us, it makes one a better person

Question 42 a imagine b imaginative c imaginary d imagination

Question 48 a Conversely b Successfully c Totally d Unhappily

Question 49 a education b explanation c concentration d exploration

Mark the letter A, B, C, or 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.

Mark the letter a, b, c, or d on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined sound that is pronounced differently from the rest or the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress:

Question 55 A biscuits B magazines C newspapers D vegetables

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 56 “Why are you so late?” “ I ………… My aunt to the airport The traffic was terrible.”

A Could take B should take C must have taken D had to take

Question 57 Have I told you about ………… the government is now dealing?

A the problem B the problem with which C the problem with that D the problem that

Question 58.……… of economic cycles been helpful in predicting turning points in cycles, they would

have been used more consistently

A Psychological theories B Psychological theories have C Had Psychological theories D.Psychological have theories

Question 59 After ten unhappy years, Jane finally quit her job She ………… Along with her boss for a long

time before she finally decided to look for a new position

A hadn’t been gettingB didn’t get C isn’t getting D hasn’t been getting

Question 60 ………… , after trying three times, he passed the examination.

A Lastly B last of all C last D At last

Question 61 ………… is caused by a virus was not known until 1911

A That measles B Measles C As measles D What if measles

Question 62 ………… not until 1915 that Cinema really became an industry.

Question 63 Loudly applauding the speech, ……… quickly left the stage.

A The speaker waved to the audiences and B The audience watched as the speaker

C The audience saw the speaker D The speaker waving to the audiences

Question 64 It is imperative that he ………… that contract

A accept B accepts C to be accepting D be accepted

Question 65 Considered America’s first great architect, ………….

A Many of the buildings at Harvard University were designed by Henry Hobson Richardson

B Henry Hobson Richardson designed Many of the buildings at Harvard University

C Harvard University has many buildings designed by Henry Hobson Richardson

D It was Henry Hobson Richardson who designed Many of the buildings at Harvard University

Question 66 Florida, ……… the Sunshine state, attracts many tourists every year.

A is B is known as C known as D that is known as

Question 67 I talked to Bob two weeks ago I thought he wanted to know about my cat, but I misunderstood

him He asked me where ……… , not my cat

Question 68 Silicon, a nonmetallic element, is ……… abundant element of the Earth’s surface

A most the second B the more second C second most D the second most

Question 69 ………… goes the bus; now we will have to walk

Question 70 My roommate’s handwriting is very bad, so he had me …… His paper for him last night.

Question 71 I’m trying to save for my holidays so I am …… some money each week.

A putting in B putting aside C putting behind D putting up

Question 72 A lot needs ……… To the house before everyone can move in

Question 73 I had to get up early………., I ‘d have missed the bus

Question 74 His eyes were ……… bad that he couldn’t read the number plate of the car front

Question 75 While most Americans………….their parents “papa” and “mama” , Today these terms are

seldom heard in urban America outside the South

A used to be called B used to call C used to calling D are used to being called

Question 76 Making private calls on the office phone is severely ……… on in our department.

Question 77 The man is so arrogant that he is completely ……… To all criticism

Question 78 “ ……….” “ Oh, thanks I’m glad you like it”

A what does your house cost? B I like your house It has a nice view

C I don’t know how to get to your house D Who designed this beautiful house

Question 79 “ I can’t thank you enough for your help” “ ………… ”

A I ‘d rather not B I don’t mind C My pleasure D My goodness

Question 80 “How would you like your steak?” “……….”

A Yes, sir B very good C Not too bad D Rare, please

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