SỞ GD&ĐT HẢI DƯƠNG TRƯỜNG THPT ĐOÀN THƯỢNG ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (64 câu trắc nghiệm phần tự luận) Họ, tên thí sinh: SBD: ……………………………………………………… Mã đề thi 124 Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others Question 1: A worked B caused C forced D stopped Question 2: A element B dedicate C event D devote Question 3: A hats B grapes C chairs D roofs Choose the word which is different from the others in the position of the stress syllable Question 4: A explain B involve C purpose D advise Question 5: A minority B discriminate C enthusiast D admiration Choose the best answer to complete each of the following questions Question 6: John, Fred and some other old friends are in a pub talking about their family and jobs John: “Do you work in an office, Fred?” Fred: “ _” A Yes, I am But I don’t like it B Not anymore I’m an English teacher now C Yeah, but I’m out of work now D No, I work as a bank clerk Question 7: _ high school, Nam attended a university in the city centre A Having been finished B To have finished C To finish D Having finished Question 8: Jack _ chess before, so I showed him what to A didn’t play B wasn’t playing C hadn’t played D hadn’t been playing Question 9: It is reported that humans are the main reason for most species decline and habitat A destroy B destructive C destructor D destruction Question 10: She built a high wall round her garden _ A in order that her fruit not be stolen B to enable people not taking her fruit C so that her fruit would be stolen D to prevent her fruit from being stolen Question 11: He had his car _ this morning A repair B to repair C repaired D repairing Question 12: We _ won the game if we had had a few more minutes A could have B had C will D have Question 13: In order to be a good salesperson, you should have good communication A skills B things C talent D means Question 14: I promise that the matter will _ A be taken care of B taken care of C be taken care D take care Question 15: I try to be friendly but it is hard to _ some of my colleagues A get on with B watch out for C come up with D stand in for Question 16: I am bored with doing the _ chores A household B house C housework D homework Question 17: Shop assistant: “ ” Customer: “ Yes, I want to send some flowers to my wife in Italy.” A Do you like flowers B What you like C Can you help me D How can I help you Question 18: _, we tried our best to complete it A Difficult as the homework was B Thanks to the difficult homework C As though the homework was difficult D Despite the homework was difficult Question 19: I _ for this book since a long time ago A looked B was looking C is looking D have been looking Question 20: Be careful with your gun! You _ wound somebody A must B need to C ought to D may Question 21: - “ I couldn’t take the history class I wanted last semester.” - “ Why didn’t you talk to your advisor? She _ able to help you get in.” A might have been B wasn’t C couldn’t have been D might be Trang 1/4 - Mã đề thi 124 Question 22: I was in two _ about taking the flat because it is very good but the rent was rather high A heads B minds C hands D ways Question 23: The box of disks for the computer _ misplaced A have B have been C has been D has Question 24: A keystone species is a species of plants or animals _ absence has a major effect on an ecological system A its B that is C whose D with its Choose the answer which is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each questions below Question 25: He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May A encouragement B measurement C rudeness D politeness Question 26: Moving to a new town brought about many changes in his life A resulted in B speeded up C resulted from D prevented Question 27: Childbearing is the women’s most wonderful role A bring up a child B giving birth to a baby C having no child D educating a child Choose the answer which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word in capitals Question 28: Fruit and vegetables grew in ABUNDANCE on the island The islanders even exported the surplus A excess B large quantity C small quantity D sufficiency Question 29: Cancer is becoming one of the COMMON diseases A universal B rare C ordinary D usual Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each of the blanks If you are (30) in having a trip of a life time, but also doing something useful at the same time, then why not try joining a Greenforce expedition as a volunteer Greenforce, which was (31) in 1997, is an international research agency that gathers information about the wildlife and natural habitats in various parts of the world There is a qualified biologists in (32) of each team of volunteers and these carry surveys all year (33) in some of the world’s remotest and most beautiful places Volunteers come from all walks of life The minimum age is 18 years old, but there is no upper age (34) No previous experience is necessary as Greenforce provides full training in animal identification and survey methods You will need to be somebody who enjoys the outdoors life, however, as working in remote locations can be challenging You will also need to be (35) on wildlife ands prepared to learn a lot about the place (36) you visit Each expedition (37) for ten weeks and training begins in the UK with a residential weekend where you can get taste of expedition life and (38) up with some of your teammates as well as learning about basic survival skills Each volunteer (39) £2,500 towards the cost of he expedition, but past volunteers say it is worth every penny Question 30: A interested B determined C fascinated D decided Question 31: A got off B put on C brought about D set up Question 32: A guide B lead C charge D head Question 33: A away B round C forward D over Question 34: A deadline B limit C frontier D point Question 35: A passionate B keen C attracted D fond Question 36: A where B when C which D what Question 37: A takes B spends C passes D lasts Question 38: A know B speak C meet D strike Question 39: A affords B contributes C combines D agrees Read the passage and choose the best answer to compete each of the statements that follow The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, smaller only than the elephant and the rhinoceros Its name comes from two Greek words which mean “river horse” The long name of this animal is often shortened to the easier to handle term “hippo.” The hippo has a natural affinity for the water It does not float on top of the water; instead, it can easily walk along the bottom of a body of water The hippo commonly remains underwater for three to five minutes and has been known to stay under for up to half an hour before coming up for air In spite of its name, the hippo has relatively little in common with the horse and instead has a number of interesting similarities in common with the whale When a hippo comes up after a stay at the bottom of a lake or river, it releases air through a blowhole, just like a whale In addition, the hippo resembles the whale in that they both have thick layers of blubber for protection and they are almost completely hairless Trang 2/4 - Mã đề thi 124 Question 40: The topic of this passage is A the derivations of animal names B the largest land animal C the characteristics of the hippo D the relation between the hippo and the whale Question 41: It can be inferred from the passage that the rhinoceros is A one of the two largest types of land animals B equal in size to the elephant C a hybrid of the hippo and the elephant D smaller than the hippo Question 42: The possessive “Its” in line refers to A hippopotamus’ B rhinoceros’ C horse’s D elephant’s Question 43: It can be inferred from the passage that the hippopotamus is commonly called a hippo because the word “hippo” is A easier for the animal to recognize B scientifically more accurate C simpler to pronounce accurately D the original name Question 44: The word “float” in line is closest in meaning to _ A eat B drift C sink D flap Question 45: According to the passage, what is the maximum time that hippos have been known to stay underwater A thirty minutes B three minutes C five minutes D ninety minutes Question 46: The expression “has relatively little in common” could be best replaced by A has few interactions B shares few similarities.C is not normally found D has minimal experience Question 47: The passage states that one way in which a hippo is similar to a whale is that A they are both named after horses B they both have blowholes C they both breathe underwater D they both live on the bottoms of rivers Question 48: The word “ blubber” in line 12 is closest in meaning to A fat B metal C water D skin Question 49: The last line states that the hippo does not A have much hair B like water C resemble the whale D have a protective coating Choose the part that needs correcting in each of the questions below Question 50: Nick has been working more harder since he was promoted A B C D Question 51: Williams not only took three showers a day and washed his clothes twice A B C D Question 52: My brother has a French elegant clock which he considers his property A B C D Question 53: We should have played much better than we A B C D Question 54: He is not able to define the process in which the body is protect by the immunologic system A B C D Choose the option that best completes the sentence or best answer the question Most Americans still get married at some point in their lives, but even that group is shrinking Among current generations of adult American – starting with those born in 1920s – more than 90 percent have married or will marry at some point in their lives However, based on recent patterns of marriage and mortality, demographers calculate that a growing share of the younger generations are postponing marriage for so long that an unprecedented number will never marry at all More Americans are living together outside of marriage Divorced and widowed people are waiting longer to remarry An increasing number of single women are raising children Put these trends together with our increasing life expectancy, and the result is inevitable Americans are spending a record low proportion of their adult lives married Married rates for unmarried men and women have dropped from their post-1950s high to record lows Part of this fall is due to the change in the age at which people first marry The median age at first marriage is the age by which half the men or women who will ever marry have done so It fell almost continuously from the time it was first measured, in 1890, at 22.0 years for women and 26.1 for men, to a low of 20.3 for women and 22.6 for men between 1947 and 1962 Since then, it has risen at a rapid pace, to a record high for 23.8 for women and 26.2 for men in 1994 The length of time between marriages is also increasing, and more divorced people are choosing not to remarry In 1990, divorced men had waited an average of 3.8 years before remarrying, and divorced women had waited an average of 3.5 years, an increase of more than one year over the average interval in 1970 Data on cohabitation and unmarried childbearing suggest that marriage is becoming less relevant to Americans 2.8 million of the nation’s households are unmarried couples, and one-third of them are caring for children, according to the Census Bureau Trang 3/4 - Mã đề thi 124 Question 55: The passage supports all of the following statements EXCEPT A Americans are spending fewer years married than they did in the past B Most Americans get married at least once C Americans are having fewer children than they did in the past D Divorced Americans are waiting longer to marry Question 56: The word “those” in paragraph refers to _ A married Americans B younger generations C adult Americans D American men Question 57: The word “unprecedented” in paragraph is closest in meaning to _ A unbelievable B impossible to count C never before seen D decreasing Question 58: According to the passage, recent demographic patterns suggest that _ A 90 percent of younger generations will marry B young people prefer to marry in order to have children C most young people delay marriage for personal reasons D an increasing number of young people will never marry Question 59: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to paragraph 2? A Americans are spending less years in their adult lives married B More Americans are living together without marrying C It takes divorced and widowed people less years before they get married again than in the past D There are more and more single mothers in America Question 60: Between 1890 and the 1950s, the age at which men first married _ A decreased by more than years B increased by almost years C remained about the same D decreased by less than years Question 61: In paragraph 3, the author shows that the median age at first marriage _ A reached a record high for women in the early 1960s B fell continuously between 1947 and 1962 C rose then fell between 1890 and 1962 D rose between the 1960s and 1990s Question 62: The word “rapid” in paragraph could be best replaced by _ A predictable B fast C increasing D unbelievable Question 63: Which of the following is TRUE about divorced people in America? A More divorced people want to remarry B Divorced people waited longer to remarry in the past than today C Divorced women had waited longer before remarrying than divorced men D Less divorced people want to remarry Question 64: The word “them” in the last paragraph refers to A Americans B unmarried couples C divorced women D single women WRITING Part 1: Rewrite these sentences without changing the meaning Question 65: Although he was very tired, he managed to finish the marathon race In spite of _ Question 66: Thanks to Laura’s support, I was able to finish the project Had it Question 67: “It was very kind of you to drive me home Thank you very much!” said Laura to Joe Laura thanked Question 68: It took him two hours to drive to London He spent _ Question 69: My mother is now a manager of a department store Her first job was filling shelves in a supermarket My mother, _ Part 2: In about 100-120 words, write a paragraph about your family - THE END Trang 4/4 - Mã đề thi 124