TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA EnglishSuper 271 NGÕ THỊNH QUANG (Đề thi có trang, 80 câu hỏi) Ngày thi: 23/11/2014 ĐỀTHITHỬ QUỐC GIA ĐỢT II 2014 - 2015 Môn: TIẾNG ANH MÃ ĐỀ 257 Thời gian: 90 phút XÉT TỐT NGHIỆP THPT VÀ TUYỂN SINH ĐHCĐ Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions Question A symbolic B internal C dimension D habitat Question A hygiene B shampoo C refine D transmit Question A merchandise B prosperous C tolerant D musician Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined is pronounced differently from that of the other words Question 4: A rained B cried C looked D combed Question 5: A pays B stays C bays D says 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: The state school system for by the state A paid B has paid C pays D is paid Question 7: Minh said something I couldn’t hear clearly A when B who C that D what Question 8: “Why you look so tired?” – “Yes, I all night” A was working B have been working C works D worked Question 9: Joe was shocked when I disagreed with her She’s so used to getting her own _ A mind B way C opinion D views Question 10: _that gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill and that the California Gold Rush began A In 1848 that it was B That in 1848 C Because in 1848 D It was in 1848 Question 11 Why you say the project should be changed even more? Personally, I cannot see the of introducing so many alternations A point B reason C clue D ground Question 12 Company policy states that, upon arrival, all employees are at the front desk A to sign in B signing in C having to sign in D going to have to sign in Question 13 In the United States, is the most concentrated is New Orleans A French influence the city B the city where French influence C where the city influences French D where the French influence the city Question 14 It costs about thirty dollars to have a tooth A filling B to fill C filled D fill Question 15 In English schools, English, Math and Science are _ subjects A more B core C store D score Question 16 The stain will _ out if you wash it A come B keep C shake D turn Question 17 Hopefully more diseases will be in the near future A eradicated B cleared C extinguished D wiped Question 18 : Either you or I _ going to meet Professor Pike at the airport A am B has been C were D are Question 19 : Please don’t make so much noise I A am studying B studying C study D studied Question 20 A: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” B: “ .” TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISHSUPER 271 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 A Yes, I’d love to B I’m very happy C Yes, so I D Yes, it is Question 21 He sat there with his arms doing nothing, waiting for us A flapped B folded C turned D twisted Question 22 You may not have to stay the night but take a toothbrush just in _ A case B time C order D preparation Question 23 British Leyland is aiming to push its share of UK car sales to 25% over the next two years A on B out C up D through Question 24 It’s the first time that the Princess of Wales has been to the United States, ? A isn’t she B hasn’t she C isn’t it D hasn’t it Question 25 that increasing numbers of compact-disc players will be bought by consumers in the years to come A They are anticipated B In anticipation C Anticipating D It is anticipated Question 26 A _ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training A vocation B grade C certificate D subject Question 27. _ calculations have shown that the earth’s resources may run out before the end of the next century A Crude B Rude C Blunt D Raw Question 28 -“Don’t fail to send your parents my regards.” -“ _” A You’re welcome B Good idea, thanks C Thanks, I will D It’s my pleasure Question 29 The National Curriculum _the following subjects: English, Design & Technology, Geography, Maths, Information Technology, Music, Science, Arts, Physical Education, History, and a Modern Foreign Language A is made up B is made up of C is made of D made up of Question 30 _owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration A That birds B A bird C The bird D Birds Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blanks The money that some professional sportsmen earn shouldn’t impress anyone when you take into (31) the fact that only a few of them manage to attain immortality and everlasting fame And once they reach their (32) _ and display their talent at their best, they are fully conscious that their brilliant careers won’t last forever They live under a constant pressure of being (33) and subsequently replaced by someone who is younger, faster and more accomplished For that reason, objectives like retirement benefits and pensions are (34) _ great concern to all professional athletes Some of the retired competitors go as far as to organize strikes and rallies to voice their protest against any policy unresponsive to their demand (35) the younger professionals seek more upgrading solutions to the problem as more and more of them attach a proper significance to (36) a solid education, even at university level Such an approach should help them find interesting and well-paid jobs (37) their sports career is over A completely new strategy has been devised by the schools priding themselves (38) supporting their own teams Their authorities insist that the sports clubs members achieve high academic standards or else they are debarred from partaking in certain sports events, which may lead to further disruption in their professional careers By these practical and most effective (39) _, combining education with sports activity, the (40) _of the professional athlete as being brainless and unintelligent may eventually be changing to the sportsmen’s benefit Question 31 A reflection B attention C examination D consideration Question 32 A prime B shape C best D capacity Question 33 A outcast B outshone C outstayed D outgrown Question 34 A with B in C at D of Question 35 A whereby B whereas C whereupon D wherein Question 36 A mastering B learning C receiving D attending TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISHSUPER 271 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 Question 37 Question 38 Question 39 Question 40 A right away A with A grounds A vision B promptly B on B results B outlook C barely C for C factors C image D once D in D means D judgment Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CORRECT and CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions Question 41 We had to list the chronology of events in World War II on our test A catastrophe B time sequence C disaster D discrepancy Question 42 You may find that jogging is detrimental to your health rather than beneficial A helpful B facile C depressing D harmful Question 43 More than 50 color photos are on display at the exhibition room A painting B show C programme D picture Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions Question 44: Polluted water and increased water temperatures have driven many species to the verge of extinction A enriched B contaminated C purified D strengthened Question 45: The story told by the teacher amused children in the class A frightened B saddened C jolted D astonished Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions Question 46 Psychologist Abraham Maslow argued that humans have unique desires to discover A B and understand, the giving of love to others, and to fulfill their inner potential C D Question 47 The flag over the White House is risen at dawn every day by a color guard from the A B C D United States armed forces Question 48 When the Panic of 1857, some US citizens who had been rich or comfortable became A B poor while a few others, capitalizing on economic shifts, became richer C D Question 49 Mary always gets up early because she is never late for class A B C D Question 50 Every year, tornadoes cause a lot of damages to property and a tremendous loss of A B C human and animal life D Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the questions Can you imagine a world without words? The main way that we communicate with each other is by using words We can communicate either by speaking and listening or by writing and reading With words, we can give and receive information, ideas, orders and instructions People have used writing to communicate for about 7000 years At first, they used to draw simple pictures to represent objects, such as people and animals Then people started to put pictures together to represent something more difficult, like a sentence The next step in the development of writing was to use symbols, or signs These symbols represented the sounds of words and not their meanings Finally, the alphabet from which modern English comes was invented in about 1500 B.C The people who invented the alphabet used a set of symbols to represent the sound “o” This symbol is still used to the same sound today Many languages are written with letters of an alphabet, including Vietnamese Question 51 People communicate with each other using A words B information C instructions D books TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISHSUPER 271 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 Question 52 The first kind of writing used simple A people B pictures C objects D animals Question 53 What is the most suitable title for this article? A words and writing B alphabets and their meaning C listening and speaking D writing and reading Question 54 An alphabet is a set of letters that represent the different sounds of a A language B letter C symbol D word Question 55 A later form of writing used symbols to represent A meanings B pictures C words D sounds Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the questions There are very few big adventures left and very few heroes Children's stories used to specialize in them – courageous explorers with sun-burnt, leathery skin and eyes narrowed by straining to see into far horizons on their journeys into the unknown These days you no longer find such people in fiction, let alone in real life Or so I thought until I met Charles Blackmore Blakemore’s great adventure consisted of leading an expedition across one of the last unexplored places on earth, the Taklamakan Desert in western China Its name means `once entered you never come out', but local people call it the Desert of Death He recalled the dangers and exhilaration of that amazing trek, in the calm atmosphere of his family home The team he led was composed of four Britons (one of them the party' s medical officer), an American photographer, four Chinese (all experts on the area), 30 camels and six camel handlers It later turned out that the camel handlers had never worked with camels before, but were long-distance lorry drivers: a misunderstanding that could have cost everyone their lives and certainly jeopardized the expedition's success This mixed bunch set out to cross 1,200 kilometres of the world's least hospitable desert and Charles Blackmore has written a mesmerizing account of their journey At the time, he was about to leave the Army after 14 happy years He launched the expedition for fun, to fill a gap in his life, to prove something `I had always assumed I'd spend my whole life in the Army I had been offered promotion but suddenly I felt I wanted to see who Charles Blackmore really was, outside all that It was a tremendous gamble Tina, my wife, was very worried that I wouldn't come back as nobody had ever done that route; we went into it blind In the event, it took 59 days to cross from west to east, and the desert was very kind to us.' Anyone reading his extraordinary account of that crossing will wonder at the use of the word `kind' The team suffered unspeakable hardships: dysentery; extremes of temperature; severe thirst and dehydration; the loss of part of their precious water supply `But', Blackmore explains, `when we were at the limits of our own endurance and the camels had gone without water for seven days, we managed to find some We didn't experience the Taklamakan's legendary sandstorms And we never hit the raw, biting desert cold that would have totally immobilized us That's not to say that we weren't fighting against hurdles the whole time The fine sand got into everything, especially blisters and wounds The high dunes were torture to climb, for us and for the heavily laden camels, which often rolled over onto us `What drove me on more than anything else was the need to survive We had no contingency plan Neither our budget nor time allowed one No aircraft ever flew over us Once we got into the sandhills we were completely on our own `I knew I had the mental stamina for the trip but I was very scared of my physical ability to it I remember day one — we sat at the edge of the desert and it was such an inferno that you couldn't breathe I thought, "We've got to it now!" At that moment I was a very scared man.' If it was like that at the beginning, how did they feel towards the end? `When you've walked for 1,000 kilometres you're not going to duck out You've endured so much; you've got so much behind you We were very thin, but very muscular and sinewy despite our physical exhaustion My body was well-toned and my legs were like pistons I could walk over anything.' Midway through the book, Blackmore went on to describe lying in the desert gazing up at a full moon, thinking of his family How conscious was he of the ordeal it must have been for them? Inside me there's someone trying to find peace with himself When I have doubts about myself now, I go back to the image of the desert and think, well, we managed to pull that together As a personal achievement, I feel prouder of that expedition than of anything else I've done Yet in terms of a lifetime's achievement, TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISHSUPER 271 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 I think of my family and the happiness we share - against that yardstick, the desert does not measure up, does not compare.' Has Charles Blackmore found peace? `I yearn for the challenge - for the open spaces - the resolve of it all We were buoyed up by the sense of purpose I find it difficult now to be part of the uniformity of modem life.' Question 56 Meeting Charles Blackmore changed the writer’s opinion about A the content of children’s fiction B the nature of desert exploration C the existence of traditional heroes D the activities of explorers Question 57 When the expedition members set off, some of the group A posed an unexpected risk B disagreed with each other C were doubtful of success D went on ahead of the others Question 58 Blackmore had decided to set up the expedition because A he was certain he could complete B he wanted to write a book C his aims in life had changed D his self-confidence was low Question 59 Which of the following best describes the team’s experience of the desert? A They were not able to have enough rest B It presented continual difficulties C They sometimes could not make any progress at all D It was worse than they had expected Question 60 Which of the following did Blackmore experience during the trip? A frustration at the lack of funding B regret about the lack of planning C realization that they would receive no help D fear that he would let his companions down Question 61 According to Blackmore, what enabled him to finish the expedition? A his strength of will B his physical preparation C his closeness to his family D his understanding of the desert Question 62 What put the expedition's success in jeopardy was…… A Charles Blackmore’s underestimating the danger level of the adventure B His destination was of the world's least hospitable deserts C Charles Blackmore mistook long- distance lorry drivers for camel handlers D Charles Blackmore’s mesmerizing account of their journey Question 63 After 14 happy years in the army, before leaving it; Charles Blackmore launched the expedition with the purpose……… A to find something of exhilaration B to assert himself C to prove some meaning of his life D to fulfill some empty moments in his life Question 64 The word “inferno” in the passage is in the closest meaning to…… A heaven B bottomless pit C hell D overworld Question 65 By saying ‘We were buoyed up by the sense of purpose.’ Charles Blackmore implies that…… A They were saved from despair by their purpose B They were rescued from drowning by the sense of purpose C They were defended by the sense of purpose D the sense of purpose is something for them to cling on to find something out of ordinary Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions Paper is named for papyrus, a reed like plant used by ancient Egyptians as writing material more than 5000 years ago The Chinese invented the paper that we use 2000 years ago A piece of paper is really made up of tiny fibers, unlike a piece of material The fibers used in paper, however, are plant fibers, and there are millions of them in one sheet In addition to the plant fiber, dyes and additives such as resin may be used Dyes can make the paper different colors; resin may add weight and texture Where these fibers come from? The majority of paper is made from the plant fiber that comes from trees Millions are cut down, but new trees are planted in their place Paper may be also made from things like old rags or pieces of cloth Wastepaper, paper that has been made and used, can be turned into recycled paper This recycling process saves forest, energy and reduces air and water pollution Question 66 According to the passage, the paper that we use was first invented by A the Chinese B the Egyptians C ancient cultures D foresters Question 67 What is the main ingredient in most paper ? TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISHSUPER 271 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 A resin B cardboard C plant fiber D papyrus Question 68 According to the passage, the primary source of the plant fiber used in paper is A rags B trees C fabric D wastepaper Question 69 According to the passage, recycling paper is A bad for the environment C good for the environment B wasteful D economical Question 70 According to the passage, recycling paper does all of the following EXCEPT A reduce the need for ink C save energy B save forests D reduce air pollution Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CORRECT and CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions Question 71 He’ll know if he’s got the position or not sometime before o’clock today A If they decide to accept him for the position, they’ll contact him around o’clock today B Although it seems certain that he will be accepted, the decision won’t be made known to him until o’clock C If he has been accepted for the position, he will receive the confirmation at around p.m today D By p.m today he’ll be informed about whether he’s been accepted for the position Question 72 In the course of learning English, I had three different teachers from Canada A I was taught to speak English by three separate Canadian teachers B Three Canadian teachers taught me at different times while I was studying English C Since I started studying English, I have been taught by three different Canadian teachers D The different teachers on my language course were all Canadians Question 73 The writer Kate Millett was forced to stay in a psychiatric hospital by her family A Problems with her family made the writer Kate Millett go to a psychiatric hospital B Together with her family, the writer Kate Millett was made to go into a psychiatric hospital C The writer Kate Millett’s family made her stay in a psychiatric hospital D The family of the writer Kate Millett convinced her to remain in a psychiatric hospital Question 74 “Would you like to have dinner with me?”, Miss Hoa said to me A Miss Hoa asked me if would I like to have dinner with her? B Miss Hoa suggested me if I would like to have dinner with her or not C Miss Hoa told me to like to have dinner with her or not D Miss Hoa invited me to have dinner with her Question 75 My mother told me “You should visit your grandmother tomorrow.” A My mother told me I should visit your grandmother tomorrow B My mother invited me to visit my grandmother tomorrow C My mother advised me to visit my grandmother the day after D My mother urged me visiting my grandmother the next day Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet that best completes each sentence Question 76 Public television stations are different from commercial stations _ A because they receive money differently and different types of shows B for money and program types C in the areas of funding and programming D because the former receives money and has programs differently from the later Question 77 Declared an endangered species in the United States, _ A people have gathered the ginseng root almost to the point of extinction B the ginseng root has been gathered almost to the point of extinction C the near extinction of the ginseng root is due to excessive gathering D gathering the ginseng root almost to the point of extinction Question 78 The professor said that _ A the students can turn over their reports on the Monday B the report on the Monday could be received from the students by him C the students could hand in their reports on Monday D the students will on Monday the reports turn in Question 79 , Jose Limo’s dance troupe often toured abroad A The U.S State Department sponsored B Sponsored by the U.S State Department TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISHSUPER 271 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 C The U.S State Department, which sponsored it D The sponsorship of the U.S State Department Question 80 Only when humans employ nonchemical approaches to pest control _ A will creatures such as roaches and rodents be successfully eliminated B creatures such as roaches and rodents will be successfully eliminated C if creatures such as roaches and rodents will be successfully eliminated D that creatures such as roaches and rodents will be successfully eliminated GOOD LUCK xem đáp án www.englishsuper.com mục Tài Nguyên TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISHSUPER 271 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 ... will be successfully eliminated GOOD LUCK xem đáp án www.englishsuper.com mục Tài Nguyên TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISH SUPER 27 1 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999... information C instructions D books TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISH SUPER 27 1 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 Question 52 The first kind of writing used simple A people... terms of a lifetime's achievement, TRUNG TÂM VĂN HÓA ENGLISH SUPER 27 1 THỊNH QUANG, ĐỐNG ĐA, HÀ NỘI TÁC GIẢ: THẦY NGUYỄN SƠN 094 999 8698 I think of my family and the happiness we share - against