SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN (ĐỀ LUYỆN 108) ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 điểm) Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the whose main stress is on the syllable in the position which is different Iron that of the others. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. Question 1. A. Canadian B. vegetarian C. pedestrian D. incredible Question 2. A. edible B. classify C. terrify D. solidify Question 3. A. associate B. operate C. integrate D. recognize Question 4. A. ambitious B. dangerous C. mysterious D. expensive Question 5. A. secretary B. necessary C. classify D. vocabulary 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. Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 13. In the symphony orchestra, bass drums are not _________ kettle drums. A. as prevalent B. that prevalent C. so prevalent as D. prevalent than Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 18. ________ an ownership of nearly 60 to 62 per cent of corporate equities, this mean 1-2 per cent of American society possesses about 43 p er cen t of t he to ta l w ealth the na tion. A. The range of B. Ranging C. Ranging from D. The range Question 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 SOẠN VÀ GIẢNG DẠY BỞI ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC binhbac72@gmail.com Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 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 Question 25. In 1950, aspirin earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records _______ . A. in the world’s best selling painkiller B. in the world as a best selling painkiller C. as the world’s best selling painkiller D. of the world's best-selling painkiller Question 26. Perhaps we should think in terms of raising interest rates ____ them, in consideration of the new reports about inflation reported last June. A. then reducing B. and reduce C. although reduce D. rather than reducing Question 27.______ bacteria in foods are killed, as they are during baking or stewing, decay is slowed down. A. What B. The C. If D. So Question 28. The Pulitzer Prize has been _______ in American literature for more than seventy years. A. the award most prestigious that B. the most prestigious award C. a prestigious award that most D. most prestigious award Question 29. Spain and Portugal's competition for economic domination in the Americas ______ after Columbus' return to Europe, when they both realized that the Newland could increase their gold reserves. A. began B. begin C. begun D. was beginning Question 30. The lenses in an optical microscope bend the light passing through a specimen to form an image of that specimen that is much larger ____ actually viewed. A. than it B. than the one C. one than D. than one which Question 31. In this pure state antimony has no important uses, but ___ with other substances, it is an extremely useful metal. A. when combined physically or chemically B. combined when physically or chemically C. the physical and chemical combination D. it is combined physically and chemically Question 32. In hot, dry regions, the Sun's heat causes the outer layer of rocks _______ a process called exfoliation. A. are expanded and peeled away B. to expand and peel away C. expands and peels away D. they expand and peel away Question 33. Industrialization has been responsible for ____ most radical of the environmental changes caused by humans. A. a B. the C. some of which D. which are the Question 34. For the first time in 70 years, ______ aspirin's potential beyond reducing pain, fever and inflammation. A. researchers began to understand B. researchers begin understanding C. researcher's understanding of D. researchers began their understanding Question 35. The hourglass, an instrument used _______, usually consists of two bulbs united by a narrow neck. A. measures time B. time is measured C. for measuring time D. the time for measuring Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space. Identify your choice by circling letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet. The 18 1h -century battlefield was, compared with that of the 20 `h -century, an intimate theatre, especially intimate in the (36)___ of the Revolution, which was usually small even by the standards of the day. Soldiers had to come to close quarters to kill; this fact reduced the mystery of the battle, though perhaps not its terrors. But at least the battle field lost some of its impersonality. In fact, in (37)___ to (with) SOẠN VÀ GIẢNG DẠY BỞI ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC binhbac72@gmail.com the 20 1h -century combat, in which the enemy usually remains unseen and the source of incoming fire unknown, in the 18 1h -century battles the enemy could be seen and sometimes even (38)___ . (39)____ one's enemy may have arose a singular (40) ____of feeling uncommon in modern battles. Before the (41)___ occurred tension and anxiety (42) _____ up as the troops marched from their column into a line of attack. The ( 43) ____ of their movements was well understood by themselves and their enemies, who must have watched with feeling of dread and fascination. When the order came sending them (44) ____ rages, even madness replaced the attacker's (45) ____, while terror and desperation filled those who received the charge. Question 36. A. success B. engagement C. attachment D. independence Question 37. A. connection B. contrast C. contract D. link Question 38. A. stroked B. touched C. seen D. confronted Question 39. A. Seeing B. Dealing C. Fighting D. Killing Question 40. A. despair B. sadness C. intensity D. stress Question 41. A. assault B. confrontation C. obedience D. order Question 42. A. stored B. kept C. set D. built Question 43. A. notion B. purpose C. reason D. trace Question 44. A. upward B. outward C. forward D. downward Question 45. A. anxiety B. sympathy C. passions D. nerves Read the following passage carefully and complete the sentences that follow by circling letter A, B, C or D as the correct answers I then mark your choice on the answer sheet. Most fairy tales in the world begin with "Once upon a time" and end with "They lived happily ever after," so we will begin in the same way. Once upon a time, there was a girl called Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing. One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time, her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball — but to return home by midnight. So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on her dancing floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the prince were married and lived happily ever after. Question 46. Books with fairy tales are found in _________ . A. our country only B. few countries C. all countries except ours D. many countries Question 47. According to the passage, fairy tales in different languages usually begin and end _____ . A. in the same way B. in different ways C. in many ways D. in various ways Question 48. The word "ball" in the first sentence of paragraph 3 means _______ . A. a sport equipment B. a dancing hall C. a balloon D. sphere Question 49. Cinderella was very sad because ______ . A. her sister did nothing B. her sister went to a ball and left her at home B. she did all the work in the kitchen D. her sister was invited to a ball Question 50. At the end of the story, _________ . A. Cinderella could go to the ball and its meaning is clear that she all(I the prince were married B. Cinderella's godmother came to comfort her C. one of Cinderella's sisters was married to the prince D. the prince invited Cinderella to the ball Read the following passage carefully and complete the sentences that follow by circling letter A, B, C or D as the correct answers and then mark your choice on the answer sheet. In many modern countries, people think of a family as a mother, a father and their children. But this is not the only kind of the family group. In some parts of the world, a family group has many other members. This kind of large family is called an "extended family" or a "joint family". The joint family includes all living relatives on either the mother's or the father's side of the family. It is made up of grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts and cousins. They live together in a large house or in huts built close together. Early people probably live in joint families. They had to be part of a large in order to survey. The members of the group help each other hunt. They work together to protect themselves from dangerous animals and other enemies. In China, people lived in joint families. When a son married, he and his wife lived at his parents' home. Unmarried daughters remained at home until they married. Chinese children felt very loyal to their parents. Younger members of the joint family always took care of the old ones. SOẠN VÀ GIẢNG DẠY BỞI ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC binhbac72@gmail.com India and Africa, some people still live in joint families. The members of a joint family share their earnings and property. If one member of the group becomes ill or has bad luck, the others help the person. As in the past, the members of the joint family offer each other help and protection. Question 51. The word in paragraph 2 that means "to be made up of” is_______ . A. include B. relatives C. live D. hut Question 52. Long time ago, members of joint families________ . A. did not live together B. helped each other catch animals C. only played together D. lived separately in order to survive Question 53. Chinese people felt loyal to their________ . A. relatives B. parents C. cousins D. younger members Question 54. In India and Africa, people in joint families help a person when ______ . A. he has good luck B. he has bad luck C. he gets rid of illness D. he shares them his earnings Question 55. On the whole, this story is about________ . A. all types of family B. families in China C. joint families D. families found in India and Africa Each of the following sentences has four underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the word or phrase which be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Question 56.The oxygen in the air (A)we breath (B) has no taste (C), smell, or color( D ) . Question 57.Because of the availability of trucks and easy access to modern highways, the locate (A) of farms has become relatively (B) unimportant with respect to (C) their distance from ( D ) markets. Question 58.Long before (A) his death, John Dewey see (B) his philosophy had a profound influence (C) on education and thought in the United States and ( D ) elsewhere. Question 59.Margaret Mead achieved world famous (A) through (B) her studies of child-rearing, personality (C) and culture( D ) . Question 60.The central purpose of management is for making (A) every action or decision(B) help achieve (C) a carefully (D)chosen goal. Choose one option A, B, C or D corresponding to the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one and mark your choice on the answer sheet. Question 61."You'd better not lend Mark any more money, Elizabeth", said John. A. Johns tells Elizabeth that she would better not lend Mark any more money. B. Johns advised Elizabeth not to lend Mark any more money. C. Johns advised Elizabeth that she had better not lend Mark any more money. D. Johns said to Elizabeth that she would better lend Mark any money. Question 62. Your car might break down on the rough mountain road, so take plenty of spare parts. A. Take plenty of spare parts so your car will not brake down in rough mountain road. B. In case your case break down in the rough mountain road, take much spare parts. C. In case your case break down in the rough mountain road, spare parts are plentiful. D. In case your car breaks down in the rough mountain road, take plenty of spare parts. Question 63. "You stole my best cassette, Bob!" said Willy. A. Willy accused Bob for having stolen his best cassette. B. Willy accused Bob of having stolen his best cassette. C. Willy accused Bob on having stolen his best cassette. D. Willy accused Bob to have stolen his best cassette. Question 64. "Why didn't I get a computer before?" thought Jane. A. Jane wondered why she hadn't got a computer in the previous time. B. Jane wondered why she haven't got a computer in the previous time. C. Jane wondered why she didn't get a computer in the previous time. D. Jane wondered why not she got a computer in the previous time. 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. “Don’t forget to phone the office,” she told him. She reminded 2. I’m afraid I haven’t got time to listen to you. I wish 3. The police has just released John. SOẠN VÀ GIẢNG DẠY BỞI ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC binhbac72@gmail.com John 4. I couldn’t hear them because they were speaking too softly They were speaking 5. We spent 5 hours getting to London. It took II. Topic: why do people want to go on university education? People study in college or university for many different reasons. I think the most important reason is to gain more knowledge and learn more skills. Of course, there are also many other reasons that people study in college such as to get more friends, and increase one's self-confidence. These days, most jobs require people who are educated and have good job skills. Therefore, the people who want a good job have to study hard and at least graduate with a high education. Furthermore, as technology advances all over the world, more and more education is required of people. Some people who study in college or university want to make more friends and increase their interpersonal skills. They enjoy their lives in university or college and tend to socialize a lot. They can meet more people who have the similar interests with themselves. They can go to university after school and make more friends who they trust. The people who graduate from college seem more confident in our community. These people are more respected by society. Many people want to be respected and to be important by family, friends, their bosses, and others in their lives. They find that most of them can confidently talk and do their jobs as they are more educated. Therefore, most people want to get the confidence through the university or college study. In today's society, people need more knowledge and skills to be adapted. The university and college study is a good way to achieve this. SOẠN VÀ GIẢNG DẠY BỞI ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, LẬP THẠCH, VĨNH PHÚC binhbac72@gmail.com . SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN (ĐỀ LUYỆN 108) ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 điểm) Choose one option. people think of a family as a mother, a father and their children. But this is not the only kind of the family group. In some parts of the world, a family group has many other members. This kind. Of each Question 18. ________ an ownership of nearly 60 to 62 per cent of corporate equities, this mean 1-2 per cent of American society possesses about 43 p er cen t of t he to ta l w ealth