SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN (ĐỀ LUYỆN 047) ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 điểm) Câu 1-5: Chọn một từ trong số A, B, C, hoặc D có phần gạch dưới có cách phát âm khác so với các từ còn lại trong cùng một nhóm. 1. A. seven B. sing C. sugar D. sun 2. A. phoned B. called C. raised D. cooked 3. A. height B. freight C. eight D. reign 4. A. geology B. psychology C. classify D. photography 5. A. smoker B. comic C. focus D. host Câu 6-10: Chọn từ/ cụm từ thích hợp nhất trong số các gợi ý A,B,C, hoặc D để điền vào mỗi trong số các khoảng trống trong các câu văn sau đây. 6. I find that advertisement ____ to women. A. offending B. offendable C. offense D. offensive (xúc phạm) 7. The teacher tends to have favorites which causes a lot of ____ amongst the other pupils. A. resent (uất ức) B. resentment C. resenting D. resentfulness 8. I thought he’d forgotten his promise, but he phoned to ____ me that nothing had happened. A. sure B. surely C. reassure B. assume 9. He may be a very good actor, but as a singer he is a complete ____. A. failure B. failer C. failed D. fail 10. There will be no pay rises in the ____ future. A. seeable B. unforeseeable C. foreseeable D. unforeseen Câu 11-30: Chọn từ/ cụm từ thích hợp nhất trong số các gợi ý A,B,C, hoặc D để điền vào mỗi trong số các khoảng trống trong các câu văn sau đây. 11. When I was a child ____ the violin. A. I was playing B. I’m playing C. I play D. I played 12. Jenny ____ leave the hospital only six hours after the baby was born. A. was able to B. could C. can D. is able to 13. ____ chair the meeting. A. John was decided to B. There was decided that John should C. It was decided that John should D. John had been decided to 14. “I suppose you’ve heard the latest ____. A. news,” said she. B. news.” she said. C. news”, she said. D. news,” she said. 15. Against her parents’ wishes, she wants to be ____. A. the journalist B. journalist C. a journalist D. journalists 16. I don’t feel good. I ____ home from work tomorrow. A. am staying B. stay C. will have stayed D. stayed 17. At one time, huge prehistoric reptiles dominated the earth. This Age of Dinosaurs ____ much longer than the present Age of Mammals has lasted to date. A. lasted B. was lasting C. has lasted D. had lasted 18. Whenever my parents went out in the evening, I ____ the job of taking care of my younger brother. A. would get B. should get C. must have gotten D. had better get 19. “What are you doing here now? You ____ be here for another three hours.” “I know. We got an early start and it took less time than we expected. I hope you don’t mind.” A. couldn’t B. might not C. had better not D. aren’t supposed to 20. The child’s arm was swollen because he ____ by a bee. A. stung B. had stung C. had been stung D. had being stung 21. I didn’t think my interview went very well, but I guess it must have. Despite all my anxiety, I ____ for the job I wanted. I’m really going to work hard to justify their confidence. A. was hiring B. hired C. got hiring D. got hired PREPARED BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, HUYỆN LẬP THẠCH, TỈNH VĨNH PHÚC TRANG 1/5 22. Mr. Lee was upset by ____ him the truth. A. our not having told B. us not tell C. we didn’t tell D. not to tell 23. Do you have an excuse ____ late to class two days in a row? A. for to be B. for being C. to be D. being 24. You have to pay extra if you take too ____ with you. A. much luggages B. many luggages C. much luggage D. many luggage 25. Many of the ____ not used today. They are remnants of the past. A. railroad tracks around here are B. railroad’s track around here is C. railroad tracks around here is D. railroad’s tracks around here are 26. The severe drought ____ occurred last summer ruined the corn crop. A. that it B. which it C. it D. that 27. I have always wanted to visit Paris, ____ of France. A. is the capital B. which the capital is C. that is the capital D. the capital 28. “What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?” “I did badly on the last test. She ____ study for it.” A. said why didn’t I B. asked why didn’t I C. said why I didn’t D. asked why I didn’t 29. Lan Anh’s interview was very intense. The interviewer wanted to know many facts about her personal life, and even asked her ____ had ever used any illegal drugs of any kind. A. that if she B. that she C. if or not she D. whether or not she 30. When ____ a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and abbreviations it contains. A. having used B. use C. to use D. using Câu 31-40: Xác định các từ/ cụm từ được gạch dưới đánh dấu A, B, C, hoặc D cần sửa để câu trở nên đúng. 31. It is most important that he speaks to the dean before leaving for his vacation. A B C D 32. Marie’s cousin is studied law at one of the ivy-league (liên thông) universities in the East. A B C D 33. Mr. Harris will be divided the biology class into two sections to prevent overcrowding in his classroom. A B C D 34. Dr. Harder, which is the professor for this class, will be absent this week because of illness. A B C D 35. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time, but perhaps we will return later. A B C D 36. The manager has finished working on the report last night, and now she will begin to write the other proposal. A B C D 37. Peter and Tom plays tennis every afternoon with Mary and me. A B C D 38. My cousin attends an university in the north which specializes in economy. A B C D 39. No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about the guest speaker. A B C D 40. Tony is used to fly after having crossed the continent many times during the past decade. A B C D Câu 41-45: Chọn từ/ cụm từ thích hợp nhất trong số các gợi ý A,B,C, hoặc D để điền vào mỗi trong số các khoảng trống trong các câu văn sau đây. 41. _____ have to wear uniform. A. The boy who attends this school B. Boys who attend this school C. The boys whom attend this school C. Boys which attend this school 42. _____, I would lend it to you. A. If I have a map B. If I didn't have a map C. If I had a map D. If I would have had a map 43. _____, I'll be able to help her. PREPARED BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, HUYỆN LẬP THẠCH, TỈNH VĨNH PHÚC TRANG 2/5 A. If she listens to me B. If she would listen to me C. If she listened to me D. If she have listened to me 44. You couldn't earn much money, _____. A. however you worked hard. B. however, you worked hard. C. however hard you worked. D. however hard did you worked. 45. He doesn't dare to leave the house _____. A. because someone should recognize him. B. lest someone should recognize him. C. because lest someone shouldn't recognize him. D. lest someone shouldn't recognize him. Câu 46-54: Chọn từ/ cụm từ thích hợp nhất trong số các gợi ý A,B,C, hoặc D để điền vào mỗi trong số các khoảng trống trong đoạn văn sau đây. In most capital cities, which were built (46 long) before the heyday (thời hoàng kim) of the private car, there is rarely enough (47 space) for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked (48 vehicles). Buses move slowly because of the volume of (49 traffic) thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public (50 transport). Banning traffic from some areas may help, but such a solution may not actually diminish (giảm) the number of cars coming into the city. What has happened in effect is that the (51 needs) of the private car have become the number one priority, and the older functions of the city center as meeting (63 place) and focus for social life have been lost. The new city cannot (52- survive) without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are its new palaces. During the working hours of the day, there is the constant din- om sòm of traffic, but at night the center is almost empty, apart from a few homeless in doorways. Most people have commuted- giao hoán back to the suburbs, and very few of those who live in the center have cars, for often there is nowhere to park them. The old city, with its narrow streets, may still retain (lưu giữ) a lively air but that may be because it exists as an island, where no cars are (53 permitted). Unless the local authorities have not yet plucked up the courage to ban most traffic from the streets, in which case the city center is (54 congested- đông nghịt) by day, and a gigantic car park by night. 46. A. far B. long C. much D. even 47. A. area B. roads C. space D. speed 48. A. vehicles B. pedestrians C. drivers D. areas 49. A. this B. noise C. congestion(đông, tắc) D. traffic 50. A. means B. transport C. order D. restrictions 51. A. numbers B. needs C. car parks D. uses 52. A. people B. others C. place D. this 53. A. going B. permitted C. banned D. entering 54. A. surrounded B. sparse C. congested D. deserted Câu 55-59: Đọc kĩ đoạn văn rồi chọn từ/ cụm từ thích hợp nhất trong số các gợi ý A,B,C, hoặc D để hoàn tất mỗi trong số các câu theo sau. Today, we are used to seeing many kinds of buildings. Some houses are only one storey high, while an office building might rise twenty floors into the sky. Builders use many kinds of materials. They can select wood, stone, glass, brick, or metal for use in a building. Centuries ago, people did not have many building materials. Their tools were also limited. Most of the buildings put up in a country looked alike. The Romans wee (nhỏ xíu) well-known for huge buildings that had thick walls and small, narrow windows. One of these buildings was the Pantheon (đền thờ bách thần) in Rome. Built nearly 2,000 years ago, the building was so strong that it is still used as a church. This round building can hold 3,000 people. The Romans knew how to make concrete and used it in building arches and domes. To support their heavy arches, the Romans had to build strong walls. The walls of the Pantheon are 20 feet thick. There are few windows because openings would weaken the walls. For over a thousand years, public buildings in Europe were built with Roman arches (cửa vòm) and domes(mái vòm). Until 1100, other peoples copied the Roman way of building. Concrete was the best material people knew about for making large buildings. 55. The Romans knew how to make____. A. office building. B. metal. C. apartment houses. D. concrete 56. The Pantheon has____. A. many large windows. B. only a few narrow windows. C. no windows at all. D. only arch windows. 57. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that_____. PREPARED BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, HUYỆN LẬP THẠCH, TỈNH VĨNH PHÚC TRANG 3/5 A. Roman buildings were rather dark inside. B. people in Europe did not like Roman buildings. C. builders today must make their buildings of concrete. D. the Romans used only concrete to make their buildings. 58. Why did the Romans have to build thick, strong walls? A. They wanted other peoples to copy their buildings. B. They needed protection from their enemies. C. They wanted their buildings to be used as churches for thousands of years. D. The arches of their buildings were very heavy. 59. On the whole, this story is about______. A. the Roman way of building. B. public buildings in Europe. C. office buildings made of glass. D. a history of different building materials. Câu 60-64: Đọc kĩ đoạn văn rồi chọn từ/ cụm từ thích hợp nhất trong số các gợi ý A,B,C, hoặc D để hoàn tất mỗi trong số các câu theo sau. A person steps on what seems like solid ground but discovers with horror that the ground is giving way underfoot. The person struggles desperately but is trapped. There is no escape. Slowly the person sinks deeper and at last is gone, buried in the treacherous (phụ bạc) earth. The solid ground was solid only in appearance. It was actually quicksand (cát lún, chảy), which is a deep mass of fine sand mixed with water. How is quicksand formed? Water pushes up from below the surface and is held by the sand. The grains of sand are forced apart by the water. They cannot hold any weight. The subsurface water may have come from a spring, a river, or a stream. Sometimes pools of water near beaches become filled with sand. When the soil under these pools does not allow for good drainage, the sand can become stretches of quicksand. It is true that a person who steps into quicksand is doomed to die? No, for people have fought their way from quicksand to firm land again. It is panic that creates the condition that can result in death, for the more a person struggles, the worse matters become. Quick movements will make the sand yield (tăng sản lượng) temporarily, but then it rushes back and settles solidly around the body. People trapped in quicksand should either lie back with arms outstretched, or not move at all. When the weight of sand a person’s body has displaced equals that person’s weight, the victim will stop sinking. With feet held still, and with slow movements of the arms, as in the backstroke (bơi ngửa) in swimming, people have managed to roll to safety and reach firm ground. 60. Quick movements by a person trapped in quicksand will_____. A. help the person reach firm ground. B. make the same sand yield temporarily. C. help prevent panic. D. make the sand hold the person’s weight. 61. Quicksand is______. A. formed only along rivers. B. found below surface water. C. buried in the treacherous earth. D. a mass of fine sand mixed with water. 62. Which statement does the article lead you to believe? A. People should never try to escape from quicksand. B. Stretches of quicksand are found only under the sea. C. It is hard to keep calm if you fall into quicksand. D. People can never fight their way from quicksand to firm land again. 63. Why is poor drainage under sand-filled pools dangerous? A. These pools can become filled with water. B. These pools can become stretches of quicksand. C. People who step into them start to fight in panic. D. These pools cannot hold any weight. 64. On the whole, the article tells about_____. A. the nature of quicksand. B. stepping into quicksand. C. what solid ground looks like. D. what people trapped in quicksand should do. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: (2 điểm) SENTENCE BUILDING: 1. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child. Only when A and C (had) had their second child did they decide to move to a bigger house 2. You’re under no obligation to accept their offer. You can please yourself/yourselves about whether you accept their offer or not 3. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life. Martin’s poor health does not stop/prevent him from enjoying life 4. The company presents a gold watch to each of its retiring employees. PREPARED BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, HUYỆN LẬP THẠCH, TỈNH VĨNH PHÚC TRANG 4/5 Each of the company’s retiring employee is represented a gold watch 5. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect. But for his command of (the) local dialect we would have been jailed/ put into jail TOPIC: In today’s competitive world, many families find it necessary for both parents to go out to work. While some say the children in these families benefit from the traditional income, others feel they lack support because of their parents’ absence. Discuss both these views and give your own opinions. In the business-driven culture nowadays, in order to adopt all of the so-called symbols of advanced life, in many families; both parents have to work hard all day long for their children to enjoy the best. It’s true that those children benefit from the joint income and the same, those grew up lacking parental support, and this practice is creating a negative feedback loop. On the first note, one of the external influences on a child’s development is economic status; children in impoverished or low-income families are, often times, more prone to emotional difficulties than other children because parents have limited resources to address the children’s needs as an asset to a child’s overall development. Therein, the income of parents is directly influential in the quality of care as well as of life a child has. So out of the love for their children, willy-nilly, both parents have no choice but work outside. However, gaining higher economic status does not guarantee better child development, in return to this, something must be lost. Parents with the help of close emotional bonds with children will be able to enhance a child’s motivation to comply with rules and requests and is associated with positive long term- outcomes so that they will grow up more independent, emphatic, and socially competent. Secure attachments to parents will underpin a child for positive, self-fulfilling expectations about other people which he will take into future relationships. In an evolving culture where parents spend more time working and less time with their child, the child’s overall development is the one to suffer- the long-term implications of which not yet fully realized. Yet, it is important to step back and consider the quality of the current cultural environment and the ill- developed children it may produce, obviously this leads to the disability to handle relationships and the child fail to function better both socially and professionally, and this may impact generation after generation. Children need their parents to be affectionate, caring beings, whether working parent or stay-home parent; it doesn’t matter much. What really counts is that the parent loves the child, fosters secure attachments with her child and fathoms of what the child’s needs are. Otherwise, it is society that bears the consequences; its citizens are all ill- developed ones. PREPARED BY ĐỖ BÌNH – THPT LIỄN SƠN, HUYỆN LẬP THẠCH, TỈNH VĨNH PHÚC TRANG 5/5 . SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN (ĐỀ LUYỆN 047) ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 điểm) Câu 1-5: Chọn. have to wear uniform. A. The boy who attends this school B. Boys who attend this school C. The boys whom attend this school C. Boys which attend this school 42. _____, I would lend it to you. A Harder, which is the professor for this class, will be absent this week because of illness. A B C D 35. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time, but perhaps we will return