Đề thi thử THPTQG môn tiếng anh tỉnh Bắc Giang

Đề thi thử THPTQG môn tiếng anh tỉnh Bắc Giang năm 2016

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BẮC GIANG (Đề thi có 05 trang) KỲ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2016 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 18/6/2016 Thời gian làm 90 phút, không kể phát đề Mã đề thi 686 Họ tên thí sinh: .SBD: Trường: SECTION A (8 points) Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions Question 1: A escape B replace C involve D selfish Question 2: A dynamic B conservative C sociable D attractive Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions Question 3: In this hospital, they have the best staff and equipments in the whole province It’s really high standard A B C D Question 4: The more you work, the best you’ll pass your exams A B C D Question 5: He was too exhausted that he couldn’t even stand on his feet A B C D Question 6: Someone who use a personal computer to perform only such tasks as word processing and A B sending e-mail need not buy the most advanced model available on the market C D Question 7: Helen as well as her friends have never been out of town since they were five years old A B C D Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 8: “It’s about time you _ your homework, Mary.” A must B C did D will Question 9: My student practices English with her friends every day A speak B spoke C to speak D speaking Question 10: We are going to A get our house being redecorated B have our house be redecorated C have our house to be redecorated D have our house redecorated Question 11: The new song has been selected for Euro 2016 A officially B official C office D officer Question 12: They stayed for hours, my mother was very annoyed about A which B whom C that D this Question 13: We Dorothy since last Saturday A don't see B hadn't seen C haven't seen D didn't see Question 14: Nga has just taken her exam Choose the most suitable response Nga: "This exam is the hardest one we've ever had this semester!" Minh: " But I think it's quite easy." A You're right B I understand what you're saying C I couldn't agree more D I don't see in that way Question 15: Doctors not always have good communication A talent B skills C things D means Question 16: I gave up the job the attractive salary A because B because of C although D despite Question 17: The four-storey house on that hill is still new Trang 1/5 - Mã đề thi 686 A building B built C being built D be built Question 18: Tom is moving the table Choose the most suitable response Tom: " " Mary: "Yes, of course." A You won't help me this time B You'd better give me one hand C Could you give me a hand? D I don't think I'll need your help Question 19: The city center was packed with thousands of tourists of different races and A attitudes B villages C cultures D diversities Question 20: candidates are likely to succeed in job interviews A Nervous B Self-conscious C Self-doubt D Self-confident Question 21: A knit community is the one in which relationships are very close A actively B quickly C hardly D close Question 22: Lucy was late for school this morning because the alarm didn’t as usual A ring off B get off C go off D take off Question 23: I used to have butterflies in my before school tests A chest B heart C stomach D lung Question 24: Just keep on the dog when I am on holiday, will you? A a look B an eye C a glance D a care Question 25: Do you _ your new roommate, or you two argue? A keep in touch with B on good terms with C get used to D get along with Question 26: It's essential that every student the exam before attending the course A would pass B passed C pass D passes Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions Question 27: A missed B worked C watched D realized Question 28: A honourable B historic C honesty D hour Question 29: A mouths B shops C notes D blacksmiths Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 39 Telecommuting is some form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices For employees whose job involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer and transmit the material to their employers A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8,7 million telecommuters But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published “The Portable Executive” as its cover story a few years ago Why hasn’t telecommuting become more popular? Clearly, change simply takes time But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager’s responsibilities It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are reluctant to accept the opportunity Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office Question 30: With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned? A An overview of telecommuting B A definition of telecommuting C The advantages of telecommuting D The failure of telecommuting Question 31: How many Americans are involved in telecommuting? A Fewer than last year B Fewer than estimated in USA Today C More than million D More than predicted in Business Week Question 32: The phrase “of no consequence” in paragraph means A of no use B irrelevant C unimportant D of no good Trang 2/5 - Mã đề thi 686 Question 33: The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuting EXCEPT A the opportunities for advancement B the different system of supervision C the lack of interaction with a group D The work place is in the home Question 34: The word “executives” in paragraph refers to A managers B employees C most people D telecommuters Question 35: The word “them” in paragraph refers to A systems B executives C telecommuters D responsibilities Question 36: The reason why telecommuting has not become popular is that the employees A need regular interaction with their families B feel that a work area in their home is away from the office C are ignorant of telecommuting D are worried about the promotion if they are not seen at the office Question 37: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is A a telecommuter B a statistician C a reporter D the manager Question 38: The word “reluctant” in paragraph can best be replaced by A willing B typical C hesitate D opposite Question 39: When Business Week published “The Portable Executive”, it implied that A most telecommuters were satisfied with their work B there was resistance on the part of many managers about telecommuting C the trend for telecommuting was optimistic D systems for managing telecommuters were not effective Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 40: What is the principal distinction between ducks and geese? A difference B similarity C relation D characteristic Question 41: He resembles his father in appearance very much A names after B takes after C looks after D calls after Question 42: Looking after the children and doing the housework make her occupied all day A comfortable B free C busy D relaxed Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 43 to 52 The Women’s Liberation movement has become an important social movement (43) much of the world today In the past few decades, it has become one of the most important social movement in the U.S Women have been (44) for equal rights in the United States since the early 1900s, but it was really in the 1960s and 1970s that women began to (45) equal rights and treatment in the fields of politics, education, employment, and the home As for the field of politics, today’s politicians are well (46) that women have become a powerful political force in this century One of the reasons for this is that there are about 70 million women of voting age There are, (47) , million more women of voting age than there are men of voting age in the U.S today Not only are there more women voting age these days and (48) the political structure of the country, but more of them are also becoming (49) educated Today’s young American women is much more (50) to be a college student than her mother was In 1950, only 7% of all women eighteen to twenty-four years old were (51) in college By 1980, 30% of all women in this age group were college students To be sure, this is 2,3 million fewer than the (52) of American men with college degrees, but the number is growing each year Question 43: A over Question 44: A competing Question 45: A gain Question 46: A amused Question 47: A of course Question 48: A influencing Question 49: A more B throughout B playing B enhance B fond B in fact B obeying B better C above C shooting C win C worried C however C promising C farther D in all D fighting D maintain D aware D consequently D powering D greater Trang 3/5 - Mã đề thi 686 Question 50: A equally Question 51: A attended Question 52: A number B hopefully B entered B sum C likely C matriculated C total D brightly D enrolled D datum Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 53 to 62 England was a powerful country in the world It had a lot of colonies In the American colonies there was little money England did not supply the colonies with coins and did not allow the colonies to make their own coins, except for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which received permission for a short period in 1652 to make several kinds of silver coins England wanted to keep money out of America as a means of controlling trade: America was forced to trade only with England if it did not have the money to buy products from other countries The result during this pre-Revolutionary period was that the colonists used various goods in place of money: beaver pelts, Indian wampum, and tobacco leaves were all commonly used substitutes for money The colonists also made use of any foreign coins they could obtain Dutch, Spanish, French, and English coins were all in use in the American colonies During the Revolutionary War, funds were needed to finance the war, so each of the individual states and the Continental Congress issued paper money So much of this paper money was printed that, by the end of the war, almost no one would accept it As a result, trade in goods and the use of foreign coins still flourished during this period By the time the Revolutionary War had been won by the American colonists, the monetary system was in a state of total disarray To remedy this situation, the new Constitution of the United States, approved in 1789, allowed Congress to issue money The individual states could no longer have their own money supply A few years later, the Coinage Act of 1792 made the dollar the official currency of the United States and put the country on a bimetallic standard In this bimetallic system, both gold and silver were legal money, and the rate of exchange of silver to gold was fixed by the government at sixteen to one Question 53: The passage mainly discusses _ A the effect of the Revolution on American money B American money from past to present C the English monetary policies in colonial America D the American monetary system of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Question 54: The passage indicates that during the colonial period, money was _ A used extensively for trade B scarce C supplied by England D coined by colonists Question 55: The Massachusetts Bay Colony was allowed to make coins _ A for a short time during one year B throughout the seventeenth century C continuously from the inception of the colony D from 1652 until the Revolutionary War Question 56: The expression “a means of” in paragraph could be best replaced by _ A a result of B a method of C a punishment for D an example of Question 57: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a substitute for money during the colonial period? A Wampum B Cotton C Beaver furs D Tobacco Question 58: The pronoun “it” in paragraph refers to which of the following? A The Continental Congress B Trade in goods C The war D Paper money Question 59: It is implied in the passage that at the end of the Revolutionary War, a paper dollar was worth _ A exactly one dollar B just over one dollar C just under one dollar D almost nothing Question 60: The word “remedy” in paragraph is closest in meaning to _ A resolve B medicate C renew D understand Question 61: How was the monetary system arranged in the Constitution? A The US officially went on a bimetallic monetary system B The dollar was made official currency of the US Trang 4/5 - Mã đề thi 686 C Only the US Congress could issue money D Various state governments, including Massachusetts, could issue money Question 62: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the bimetallic monetary system? A Either gold or silver could be used as official money B It was established in 1792 C Gold could be exchanged for silver at the rate of sixteen to one D The monetary system was based on two metals Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 63: We all looked up to these fire fighters who put out the terrible fire in our town last night A respected B looked forward C admired D looked down on Question 64: I’d like to pay some money into my bank account A withdraw some money from B put some money into C give some money out D leave some money aside SECTION B (2 points) I Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it Write your answers on your answer sheet Question 1: Because there was a late frost, much of the fruit crop was spoiled The frost which Question 2: I haven't been to a cricket match for years It's Question 3: She just had time to put up her umbrella before the rain came down in torrents No sooner Question 4: His briefcase was too full for the zip fastener to close properly His briefcase was so Question 5: “I'm sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter Peter apologized _ II In about 140 words, write a paragraph about measures to protect the environment Write your paragraph on your answer sheet The following prompts might be useful to you: - raise people’s awareness - reduce, reuse, recycle - use things friendly to the environment - …… - HẾT Trang 5/5 - Mã đề thi 686