ĐỀ THI THỬ - KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions Question 1: A advanced B enjoyed C delivered D removed Question 2: A recent B electronic C complete D equal 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 3: A environmental B consideration C demonstration D responsibility Question 4: A cultural B advantage C occurrence D priority Question 5: A opposition B universal C extinction D individual Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 6: He was very disappointed _ his application for the job was turned down A how B when C before D while Question 7: The worst thing is to get stuck in traffic jam when you are _ hurry A on B in a C go D with Question 8: As the secretary _ the meeting room, she dropped the minute A is leaving B had been leaving C was left D was leaving Question 9: It is just an informal meeting, so you just need to dress _ A casually B formally C smartly D informal Question 10: By _ this document, you accept all the terms and conditions A sign B signing C a signature D a signal Question 11: I often _ mom a hand when she does the cooking A borrow B take C give D help Question 12: If I had a lot of money, I would put it into an account to get a high _ rate A interests B interesting C interest D interested Question 13: It’s _ we both found jobs that paid better It always seems to be in depth these days A soon B nice C time D suggested Question 14: If you have too _ luggage, you should check in early at the airport A few B many C little D much Question 15: “You should have flown with the earlier flight.” – “ .” A Thank you very much B Yes, I did C Oh dear, I’m sorry to hear that D It was fully booked Question 16: A child _ to talk does not learn by being correct all the time A learning B learn C to learn D learns Question 17: _ home schooling is apparently very successful, many people still believe in the benefits of traditional schooling A Despite that B Because C Even though D In spite of Question 18: One thing I love about you is you always _ at my jokes A shout B look C stay D laugh Question 19: The new beverage company offers a wide _ of flavors in their drinks A list B menu C rank D choice Question 20: I think you may find your mobile phone in the bathroom That’s _ you often leave it A place B where C when D house Question 21: Anthony was named _ his uncle A after B for C like D from Question 22: The school principal _ that all students hand in their mobile phones to teachers during school hours A strongly advised B urgently asked C firmly told D firmly insisted Question 23: The youth of today are better off than we _ A did before B used to be C had been D would be Question 24: Stricter anti-pollution laws can _ higher prices for consumers A make B result from C be due to D lead to Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 25: In certain types of poisoning, immediately give large quantities of soapy or salty water in order to induce vomiting A control B clean C cause D stop Question 26: Relaxation therapy teaches one not to fret over small problems A worry about B get angry about C get involved in D look for Question 27: Primary education in the United States is compulsory A free of charge B required C excellent D easy Question 28: Jan took many snapshots while on vacation in Europe A notes B gifts C photos D clothes Question 29: He was asked to account for his presence at the scene of crime A complain B exchange C explain D arrange Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions Question 30: Susan tried the appetizers on the table She then found that when the dinner arrived, A B C her appetite went D Question 31: I made resolutions to study more, to lose weight, and watching less TV A B C D Question 32: In order to a profit the new leisure center needs at least 2,000 visitors a month A B C D Question 33: Had the teacher realized that the students couldn’t understand him, he would speak A B C louder D Question 34: Would you rather came home in the morning or the afternoon? A B C D 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 A thousand years ago (35) _ lived two Chinese brothers One was very wealthy but miserly The other was poor but generous The wealthy brother, whose name was Kim, (36) _ all of his time figuring out how to increase his wealth The poor brother, (37) _ name was Cho, shared with his neighbors what little he had By and by came a time when it rained for many days The rice in Cho’s little paddy would not grow, for it was at the bottom of the hill Kim, who raised silkworms, was not (38) _ Cho climbed the hill to ask his brother for help Kim had many silkworms, whose thread he sold at a large profit Kim did not want to give his brother (39) _ valuable, but only to appear to be helping him Kim gave Cho a box of worms (40) _ he thought were nearly dead Cho thanked him and took them home Cho fed the worms (41) _ with mulberry leaves and they grew fat and healthy Soon Cho had silk to sell When Kim heard of this, he became enraged at his brother’s good fortune One night he sneaked down the hill and cut all Cho’s worms in half Instead of dying, each of Cho’s worms regenerated, so he had twice as (42) _ as before Upon hearing this, Kim became more enraged He went out into his own collection and cut all his (43) _ worms in half But, Kim’s worms died and he lost his fortune Cho knew what his brother had done or why He just took him into his modest home and cared for Kim for the (44) _ of his life Question 35: A here Question 36: A spent Question 37: A called Question 38: A effect Question 39: A everything Question 40: A when Question 41: A very generous Question 42: A a few Question 43: A own Question 44: A sake B there B gave B with B affected B anything B that B generously B lots B owned B rest C who C did C whose C caused C many things C who C in general C much C himself C history D when D devoted D that D effective D some things D Ø D general D many D his D existence 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 45 to 54 One of the most popular foods around the world today is pizza Pizza restaurants are popular everywhere from Beijing to Moscow to Rio, and even in the United States, the home of the hamburger, there are more pizza restaurants than hamburger places This worldwide love for pizza is a fairly recent phenomenon Before the 1950s, pizza was a purely Italian food, with a long history in southern Italy The origins of pizza are somewhat uncertain, though they may go back to the Greeks (pita bread) or even earlier Under the Roman Empire, Italians often ate flat circles of bread, which they may have flavored with olive oil, cheese, and herbs By about the year 1000 A.D in the area around Naples, this bread had a name: picea This early kind of pizza lacked one of the main ingredients we associate with pizza: the tomato In fact, tomatoes did not exist in Europe until the sixteenth century, when Spanish explorers brought them back from South America The Spanish showed little interest in tomatoes, but southern Italians soon began to cultivate them and use them in cooking At home point in the 1600s, Neapolitan tomatoes were added to pizza, as it was known by then The next development in pizza making came about, according to legend, in June 1889, when a Neapolitan pizza maker was asked to make pizza for the king and queen To show his patriotism, he decided to make it green, white, and red, like the Italian flag, using basil leaves, mozzarella, and tomato He named his pizza “Margherita”, after the queen, and that is what this classic kind of pizza is still called today In Italy, pizza remained a specialty of Naples and other areas of the south until well into the twentieth century Then, in the 1950s and 60s, when many southerners moved to the north to work in the new factories, pizzerias opened up in many northern Italian cities By the 1880s, they could be found all over the country and pizza had become a part of the Italian way of life Today, pizza has become so common in so many countries that its Italian origins are often forgotten Indeed, the global versions of pizza made with all kinds of ingredients have little in common with the Neapolitan originals, as anyone knows who has tasted a pizza in Naples Question 45: The information that pizza restaurants can be found everywhere from Beijing to Moscow, to Rio and in the United States is given in the passage to _ A illustrate the popularity of pizza B show the limit market of pizza C emphasize the dominance of pizza over hamburger D indicate the hamburger market has been reduced Question 46: The author says that the love for pizza _ A just started a few decades ago B has along history C a quite new D started first in Rome Question 47: The origin of pizza is _ A confirmed B thought to begin in the 1950s C well-known D uncertain Question 48: The early version of pizza in Naples _ A did not have a name B had a Greek name C did not have tomato D lacked many main ingredients Question 49: The Spanish at first _ A were not much keen on tomatoes B knew tomatoes from Europe C grew tomatoes in farms D added tomatoes to pizza in the 1960s Question 50: The vent in June 1889 is _ A well documented in the history B told from mouth to mouth C very popular nowadays D known by just a few people Question 51: According to the passage, the pizza maker made the pizza colorful to _ A make it look delicious B give it an interesting look C catch the king and queen’s attention D show he loved his country Question 52: In the 1950s and 1960s, pizza _ A makers moved to the north of Italy B was sold in the north of Italy C lovers could only buy pizza in the south of Italy D was not sold in the south of Italy Question 53: Nowadays, there is _ similarity between global versions of pizza and its original version A no B not much C much D not Question 54: The best title of the passage is A The history of pizza B The reason why pizza becomes so popular C The main ingredients of pizza D The globalization of pizza 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 55 to 64 Language and Languages A language is a system of sounds, gestures, or characters used by humans to communicate their ideas and feelings There are about 4,000 spoken languages in the world Some are spoken by millions of people Other languages have only a few speakers All languages have rules for forming and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences In written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining those characters In spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds Many deaf people use sign languages, in which gestures the work of the sound system of spoken languages Word order is more important in English than it is in some other languages, such as Russian The sound system is very important in Chinese and in many languages spoken in West Africa Languages are always changing, but they change very slowly People invent new words for their language, borrow words from other languages, and change the meanings of words as needed For example, the English word byte was invented by computer specialists in 1959 The English word was borrowed from Nahuatl, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico The English word meat once referred to food in general There are several major language families in the world The languages in each family are related, and scientists think they came from the same family contains at least 500 languages, including Pilipino, Malay, and Maori The Basque language, spoken in northern Spain is the only member of its language family The Indo-European language family contains 55 languages, including English German, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi are also Indo-European languages Another language family is Sino-Tibetan, which includes Chinese, Burmese, and Tibetan The Afro-Asiastic family includes Arabic, Hebrew, and Amharic There are about 150 American Indian languages spoken today These languages have many differences among them and have been divided into more than 50 language families People learn languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language Most children learn their first language easily – and sometimes other languages as well Adults often must work harder at learning a second language Question 55: In the world there are about four thousand A small language families B spoken languages C rules for dividing languages into families D languages spoken by millions of people Question 56: According to the passage, all languages have A a system of gestures B rules for forming words and ordering words in sentences C rules for communicating ideas and feelings D a system of written characters Question 57: A system of sounds and rules for combining sounds are needed to express meaning in A spoken languages B written languages C sign languages D languages used by disabled people Question 58: According to the passage, the sound system is A not important in English B more important in Chinese than in any other languages C of great importance in many spoken languages in West Africa D less important than word order Question 59: Scientists say that there are several A small language families B animal languages C different groups of the English language D major language families Question 60: It can be inferred from the passage that A the word byte was invented in the 19th century B the word tomato was originally not an English word C the meanings of words tend to change over time D computer specialists often borrow words from other languages Question 61: American Indian languages are not all in the same language family because A there are about 150 of them B no one has studied them C some of them have only a few speakers D there are many differences among them Question 62: A language changes when people _ A invent new words B borrow words from other languages C change the meanings of words D All the above are correct Question 63: The Austronesian language family contains A fifty-five languages B Chinese, Burmese, and Tibetan C at least five hundred languages D Arabic, Hebrew, and Amharic Question 64: All of the following statements are true EXCEPT A All languages have rules B Spoken and written languages are the same C Languages are always changing, but the change slowly D Some language families are bigger than others WRITING Part I Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it Question 65: It last rained three weeks ago IT IS _ Question 66: I’m sorry I didn’t phone him yesterday I WISH _ Question 67: I didn’t spend as much money as my friend did MY FRIEND Question 68: We didn’t have enough money, so we didn’t go on holiday IF Question 69: The test was too difficult for the pupils to THE TEST _ Part II In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your hobbies ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………… ĐÁP ÁN PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM 1A 23 B 2B 24 D 3C 25 C 4A 26 A 5C 27 B 6B 28 C 7B 29 C 8D 30 D 9A 31 C 10 B 32 A 11 C 33 C 12 B 34 C 13 C 35 B 14 D 36 A 15 D 37 C 16 A 38 B 17 C 39 B 18 D 40 B 19 D 41 B 20 B 42 C 21 A 43 A 22 D 44 B 45 A 46 C 47 D 48 C 49 A 50 B 51 D 52 B 53 B 54 A 55 B 56 B 57 A 58 C 59 D 60 B 61 D 62 D 63 C 64 B PHẦN VIẾT Câu 65: It is three weeks since it last rained Câu 66: I wish I had phoned him yesterday Câu 67: My friend spent more money than me / than I did Câu 68: If we had had enough money, we would have gone on holiday Hoặc: Had we had enough money, we would have gone on holiday Câu 69: The test was so difficult that the pupils couldn’t it