SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN (ĐỀ LUYỆN 177) ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 điểm) I. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different 1. A. necessary B. benefit C. vulnerable D. parade 2. A. relationship B. equipment C. customer D. deliver 3. A. concentrate B. eventual C. character D. optimism 4. A. intimate B. literature C. participate D. powerful 5. A. material B. harmony C. evidence D. readable II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 6. Only in Japan …the high levels of western countries. A. industrialization has reached B. industrialization is reached C. has industrialization reached D. is industrialization reached 7. Nowadays children would prefer history ______ in more practical ways. A. be taught B. to teach C. to be taught D. teach 8. Hurry up! They’ve only got____seats left. A. a little B. a few C. a lot of D. plenty of 9. _____of the students know the answer to that question. A. Most B. Almost C. Mostly D. The most 10. We decided not to travel, ____ the terrible weather forecast. A. having heard B. we heard C. having been heard D. being heard 11. ____for their strong fiber include flax and hemp. A Plants are grown B. Plants grown C. Plants that grow D. To grow plants 12. I think you must be ____me for someone else. A. confusing B. reminding C. mistaking D .considering 13. ‘John won’t come tomorrow.’ ‘Did he say he _____next week?’ A. will come B. would come C. is coming D. had come 14. Pests occur in large numbers, and they can ____terrible damage, particularly to growing crops, that in some parts of the world people frequently suffer from famine. A. do such B. do so C. make such D. make so 15. The new magazine about maintenance ____ tomorrow. A. comes down B. comes off C. comes on D. comes out 16. A:”Do you think it will rain?’ B: “________” A. I hope not B.I not hope so C. I don’t hope so D. So do I hope 17. Peter is very____ for all the help you have given him. A. generous B. pleasant C. acceptable D. thankful 18. He couldn’t____ her to speak a word to him all the way back to her boarding house. A. have B. make C. let D. get 19. No sooner ____ the corner than its wheel came off. A. the van turned B. did the van turned C. the van had turned D. had the van turned 20. He____ all his money, then closed the account. A. took out B. took away C. took off D. took in 21. The government are doing a ____ of people’s changing habits. A. plan B. project C. survey D. research 22. A cool drink____ him after his long hot journey. A. relaxed B. relieved C. refreshed D. recovered 23. Although he is rich and famous, he lives in a ____ house in the village. A. limited B. modest C. slight D. reserved 24. I took the shoes back to the shop, but the manager____ to change them. A. denied B. disliked C. disagrees D. refused 25. Well, we did have a terrible row but we’ve____ it up now. A. turned B. made C. sorted D. cleaned Designed & Released by Đỗ Bình – Lien Son High School, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc – binhbac72@gmail.com III. Read the passage and answer the question that follow Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only because there was no other name for it. Indeed her poems appear to be extremely compressed essays that happen to be printed in jagged lines on the page. Her subject were varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft of poetry. From her general reading came quotations that she found striking or insightful. She included these in her poems, scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this practice, she wrote, " 'Why many quotation marks?' I am asked. When a thing has been so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber." Close observation and concentration on detail and the methods of her poetry. Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St. Lois. After graduation from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later she became a librarian in New York City. During the 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary magazine of the period. She lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York. She spent a lot of time at the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals. Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before the teammoved to Los Angeles-was widely known. Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends associated with the Imagist movement. From that time on her poetry has been read with interest by succeeding generations of poets and readers. In 1952 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She wrote that she did not write poetry "for money or fame. To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine ways. One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express. 26. What is the passage mainly about? A. The influence of the imagists on Marianne Moore. B. Essayists and poets of the 1920's. C. The use of quotations in poetry. D. Marianne Moore's life and work. 27. Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems? A. They are better known in Europe than the United States. B. They do not use traditional verse forms. C. They were all published in The Dial. D. They tend to be abstract. 28. According to the passage Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT____. A. artists B. animals C. fossils D. workers 29. What does Moore refer to as "flies in amber"? A. A common image in her poetry. B. Poetry in the twentieth- century. C. Concentration on detail. D. Quotations within her poetry. 30. The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT____. A. commercial artist B. teacher C. magazine editor D. librarian 31. The word "period" is closest in meaning to ____. A. movement B. school C. region D. time 32. Where did Moore spend most of her adult life? A. In Kirkwood. B. In Brooklyn. C. In Los Angeles. D. In Carlisle. 33. The word "succeeding" in line 19 is closest to____. A. inheriting B. prospering C. diverse D. later 34. The word "it" in line 22 refers to____. A. writing poetry B. becoming famous C. earning a living D. attracting readers 35. It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she____. A. wanted to win awards B. was dissatisfied with what others wrote C. felt a need to express herself D. wanted to raise money for the Bronx Zoo III. Choose the part that needs correcting 36. In purchasing a winter coat, it is very important for trying it on with heavy clothing underneath.( to try) A B C D Designed & Released by Đỗ Bình – Lien Son High School, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc – binhbac72@gmail.com 37. What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers, including firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs. ( was) A B C D 38. A number of novelists submitted their manuscripts under pseudonyms to conceal the fact that there were women. ( they were) A B C D 39. Although a doctor may be able to diagnose a problem perfectly, he still may not be able to find a drug which the patient will respond. ( to which) A B C D 40. Because the Red Cross accepts blood from most donors, the nurses will not let you give blood if you have just had a cold. (Although) A B C D IV. Choose the sentence that is the nearest in meaning to the given one 41. Unlike the other students, Thomas does not have any ambition. A. Thomas's peers, as well as him, all have some ambition. B. Thomas does not like his friends because they are ambitious. C. His students do not like Thomas because he has no ambition. D. All the students, excluding Thomas, have some ambition. 42. It’s no use reading that book. A. You should read that book. B. That book has not been used. C. That book is not worth reading. D. I have used the book for a long time. 43. I ran into Peter, a friend of mine, on my may to work this morning. A. I met Peter unexpectedly on my way to work this morning. B. Peter and I ran to work this morning C. Peter had to work this morning, but I did not D. Peter ran into his friend this morning. 44. I would have been on time if I hadn’t stopped at the post office. A. I was on time even though I stopped at the post office. C. I didn’t stop at the post office, but I was late. B. I wasn’t on time because I stopped at the post office. D. All of the above are correct. V. Read the passages and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fit each space. Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (45)___ to be successful? Having someone around who always fears the worst isn't really a lot of (46)___ - we all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it's important to do something about it. You can change your view of life, according to psychologist. It only takes a little (47)___, and you'll find life more rewarding as a (48)___.Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence but it's also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (49)___. Optimists are more (50)___ to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks. Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (51)___ to the world. Some people are brought up to depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything (52)___ wrong. Most optimists, on the (53)___ hand, have been brought up not to (54)___ failure as the end of the world - they just get on with their lives. 45 A. counted B. expected C. felt D. waited 46. A. amusement B. play C. enjoyment D. fun 47. A. energy B. effort C. work D. effect 49. A. result B. reason C. purpose D. product 49. A. supply B. suggest C. offer D. propose 50. A. possible B. likely C. hopeful D. welcome 51. A. opinion B. attitude C. view D. position 52. A. goes B. falls C. comes D. turns 53. A. opposite B. others C. other D. far 54. A. regard B. respect C. suppose D. think VI.Read the passage and answer the question that follow Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent," the film has never been, in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable accompaniment ; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the Unites States in February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient. Designed & Released by Đỗ Bình – Lien Son High School, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc – binhbac72@gmail.com Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film. As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then), the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry. To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such indications of mood as "pleasant," "sad," "lively." The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to show where one piece led into the next. Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was that composed and arranged for D.W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915. 55. The passage mainly discusses music that was ____ . A. performed before the showing of a film B. played during silent films C. specifically composed for certain movie theaters D. recorded during film exhibitions 56. What can be inferred from the passage about the majority of films made after 1927? A. They were truly "silent." B. They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras. C. They incorporated the sound of the actors' voices. D. They corresponded to specific musical compositions. 57. The word "solemn" is closest in meaning to____. A. simple B. serious C. short D. silent 58. It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters needed to ____. A. be able to play many instruments B. have pleasant voices C. be familiar with a wide variety of music D. be able to compose original music 59. The word "them" refers to ____. A. years B. hands C. pieces D. films 60. According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company? A. It produced electricity. B. It distributed films. C. It published musical arrangements. D. It made musical instruments. 61. It may be inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around ____. A. 1896 B. 1909 C. 1915 D. 1927 62. Which of the following notations is most likely to have been included on a musical cue sheet of the early 1900's? A. "Calm, peaceful" B. "Piano, violin" C. "Key of C major" D. "Directed by D.W. Griffith" 63. The word "scores" is closest in meaning to ____. A. totals B. successes C. musical compositions D. groups of musicians 64. The passage probably continues with a discussion of ____. A. famous composers of the early twentieth century B. other films directed by D.W. Griffith C. silent films by other directors D. the music in Birth of a Nation PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: (2 điểm) I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that the original meaning is exactly the same as the provided one. 1. I simply fail to understand some of my friends’ attitudes to work. → I have some friends _________________________________________ 2. He didn't study his lessons very carefully, so he gets bad marks now. → If he _________________________________________ 3. Although Judy was severely disabled, she took part in many sports → Despite _________________________________________ 4. The film was so interesting that I couldn’t go to bed. → It was such _________________________________________ Designed & Released by Đỗ Bình – Lien Son High School, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc – binhbac72@gmail.com 5. “Why didn’t you go to the club last night?” the girl said to Jim. → The girl asked _________________________________________ II. Topic: Human are said to greatly benefit from destroying their environment. Do you really think so? The quality of human life has improved greatly over the past few centuries, but Earth is being harmed more and more by human activity. As we develop our technology, we demand more from our planet. Eventually, this will harm people as well. Our planet gives us everything we need, but natural resources are not endless. Strip mining devastates whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground. Deforestation removes old growth trees that can't be replaced. Too much fishing may harm fish populations to the point where they can't recover. We are too careless in taking what we want without giving anything back. There are more people than ever, living longer than ever. So is it any surprise that many areas suffer from too much development? Anyone living in or near a city has experienced "urban sprawl." There is a new shopping area on every corner and new houses, townhouses and apartments everywhere. Traffic gets worse and worse because planners can't keep up with growth. Keeping up with human demand is hard enough. Environmental concerns come in last. With growth comes pollution. Companies and communities dump waste into water. Landfills are full of trash. Emissions from factories pollute the air. Barrels of industrial waste and worse, radioactive waste, have no safe place to go. If we're not careful, we can harm our planet beyond repair. People need to respect the Earth and try to preserve it. If we don't, what kind of future will we have? THE END Designed & Released by Đỗ Bình – Lien Son High School, Lap Thach, Vinh Phuc – binhbac72@gmail.com . SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN (ĐỀ LUYỆN 177) ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 điểm) I. Choose the. of mine, on my may to work this morning. A. I met Peter unexpectedly on my way to work this morning. B. Peter and I ran to work this morning C. Peter had to work this morning, but I did not. day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it's important to do something about it. You can change your view of life, according to psychologist.