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SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THƠNG ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MƠN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 001 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề 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 primary stress in each of the following questions Question 1:A machine B confine C engine D entail Question 2:A develop B envelope C telescope D antelope 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 03 to 07 CHANGING MANNERS Many Americans believe that manners have gotten worse and official figures confirm this In a recent survey, nearly 70% said that people are (3) than they were 20 or 30 years ago This is true of both large and small towns, although 74% of (4) living in cities said that people have become ruder, compared with 67% in rural areas However, few people believe that they have bad manners themselves! For example, only 8% in the questionnaire (5) they have ever used their cell phones in public in a loud or annoying way Many people (6) new technology for our changing manners Computers, MP3 players, and cell phones take us away from face-to-face contact, as well as being very annoying in public places "All of these things result in a world with more stress, more chances for people to be rude to each other," said Peter Post, an instructor on business manners But what can we about it? Some people would like to see a rail car (7) for cell phone users so that the rest of us can travel in peace and quiet In fact, one train company, Amtrak, has banned cell phones in one car of some trains, which is called a "Quiet Car" Question 3:A ruder B older C wiser D smarter Question 4:A those B them C they D ones Question 5:A confess B admit C accept D agree Question 6:A reproach B reprimand C command D blame Question 7:A founded B prepared C reserved D suited 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 08 to 14 COMEDIANS What drives moderately intelligent persons to put themselves up for acceptance or disparagement? In short, what sort of individual wants to be a comedian? When we hear the very word, what does the label suggest? Other professions, callings and occupations attract separate and distinct types of practitioner Some stereotypes are so familiar as to be cheaply laughable examples from the world of travesty, among them absent-minded professors, venal lawyers, gloomy detectives and cynical reporters But what corny characteristics we attribute to comedians? To a man or woman, are they generally parsimonious, vulgar, shallow, arrogant, introspective, hysterically insecure, smug, autocratic, amoral, and selfish? Read their superficial stories in the tabloids and so they would appear Rather than look at the complete image, perhaps we need to explore the initial motives behind a choice of career Consider first those who prefer a sort of anonymity in life, the ones who’d rather wear a uniform The psychological make-up of individuals who actively seek to resign their individuality is apparent among those who surrender to the discipline of a military life The emotional and intellectual course taken by those who are drawn to anonymity is easily observed but not easily deflected They want to be told what to and then be required to it over and over again in the safety of a routine, often behind the disguises of a number of livery If their egos ache with the need for recognition and praise, it’s a pain that must be contained, frustrated or satisfied within the rut they occupy The mere idea of standing up in front of an audience and demanding attention is abhorrent Nor will we find our comics among the doormats and dormice, the meek There’s precious little comedy in the lives of quiet hobbyists, bashful scholars, hermits, anchorites and recluses, the discreet and the modest, ones who deliberately select a position of obscurity and seclusion Abiding quietly in this stratum of society, somewhere well below public attention level, there is humour, yes, since humour can endure in the least favourable circumstances, persisting like lichen in Antarctica And jokes Many lesserknown comedy writers compose their material in the secret corners of an unassuming existence I know of two, both content to be minor figures in the civil service, who send in topical jokes to radio and TV shows on condition that their real names are not revealed In both cases I've noticed that their comic invention, though clever, is based upon wordplay, puns and similar equivoques, never an aggressive comic observation of life Just as there may be a certain sterility in the self-effacement of a humble life, so it seems feasible that the selection process of what’s funny is emasculated before it even commences If you have no ginger and snap in your daily round, with little familiarity with strong emotions, it seems likely that your sense of fun will be limited by timidity to a simple juggling with language If the comedian’s genesis is unlikely to be founded in social submission, it’s also improbable among the top echelons of our civilisation Once again, humour can be found among the majestic Nobles and royals, statesmen and lawmakers, have their wits Jokes and jokers circulate at the loftiest level of every advanced nation, but being high-born seems to carry no compulsion to make the hoi polloi laugh Some of our rulers make us laugh but that’s not what they’re paid to And, so with the constricted comedy of those who live a constricted life, that which amuses them may lack the common touch Having eliminated the parts of society unlikely to breed funnymen, it’s to the middle ranks of humanity, beneath the exalted and above the invisible, that we must look to see where comics come from and why And are they, like nurses and nuns, called to their vocation? As the mountain calls to the mountaineer and the pentameter to the poet, does the need of the mirthless masses summon forth funsters, ready to administer relief as their sole raison d’etre? We’ve often heard it said that someone’s a ‘born comedian’ but will it for all of them or even most of them? Perhaps we like to think of our greatest jesters as we our greatest painters and composers, preferring to believe that their gifts are inescapably driven to expression But in our exploration of the comedy mind, hopefully finding some such, we are sure to find some quite otherwise [Source: PROFICIENCY TESTBUILDER 4th Edition, Macmillan, 2013] Question 8: In the fourth paragraph, the writer criticises the kind of comedy he describes for its lack of A spirit B originality C sophistication D coherence Question 9: What does the writer wonder in the last paragraph? A whether comedians can be considered great in the way that other people in the arts can B whether people’s expectations of comedians are too high C whether comedians realise how significant they are in the lives of ordinary people D whether it is inevitable that some people will become comedians Question 10: What does the writer imply about comedians in the first paragraph? A People in certain other professions generally have a better image than them B It is harder to generalise about them than about people in other professions C They often cannot understand why people make negative judgements of them D It is possible that they are seen as possessing only negative characteristics Question 11: The writer says that people at the top of society A are unaware of how ridiculous they appear to others B would not be capable of becoming comedians even if they wanted to C take themselves too seriously to wish to amuse anybody D have contempt for the humour of those at lower levels of society Question 12: Which word/phrase can be a substitution for “the hoi polloi”? A the eliete B the mass media C ordinary people D the showbitz Question 13: The writer says in the third paragraph that shy people A fear that what they find humorous would not amuse others B are capable of being more humorous than they realise C may be able to write humorous material but could not perform it D not get the recognition they deserve even if they are good at comedy Question 14: What does the writer say about people who wear uniforms? A The desires they have are never met when they are at work B They are more aware of their inadequacies than others may think C They criticise performers for craving attention D It is unusual for them to break their normal patterns of thought Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 15: It's not my cup of tea A the kind of thing I like B my field of study C my responsibiltity D my best choice Question 16: He looked at her aghast A shocked and worried B amazed C frightened D surprised 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 17:A seizure B heifer C sheila D receive Question 18:A apostrophe B rhyme C recipe D psyche Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges Question 19: ~ A: “ .” ~ B: “She must be vexed and forlorn, I’m sure.” A No one was invited to her farewell party B What would she say if he came back to her? C How did Jenny feel when they broke up? D Guess what? I saw Annetta driving a new Audi to class Question 20: ~ A: “I’'m really excited about my holiday.” ~ B: “ ” A I’'m not surprised Have a safe trip! B Who with, may I ask? C You haven’'t had one for years Take this for free D No wonder It’s a long way to travel 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 21: "Can I try out your new bicycle?" ~ "Be my guest." A Sorry, you can't B You're kidding C Never mind D No problem Question 22: They managed to surmount all objections to their plans A give in B yield to C give up D lose 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 23: Ocean currents have an enormous affect on life on this planet A Ocean B on life C enormous affect D have Question 24: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon A Petroleum B and C composed of D mix Question 25: A vast quantity of radioactive material is made when a hydrogen bomb explode A A vast quantity B explode C material D is 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 26 to 33 SO MUCH TO SAVE The idea of preserving biological diversity gives most people a warm feeling inside But what, exactly, is diversity? And which kind is most worth preserving? It may be anathema to save-the-lot environmentalists who hate setting such priorities, but academics are starting to cook up answers Andrew Solow, a mathematician at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and his colleagues argue that in the eyes of conservation, all species should not be equal Even more controversially, they suggest that preserving the rarest is not always the best approach Their measure of diversity is the amount of evolutionary distance between species They reckon that if choices must be made, then the number of times that cousins are removed from one another should be one of the criteria This makes sense from both.a practical and an aesthetic point of view Close relatives have many genes in common If those genes might be medically or agriculturally valuable, saving one is nearly as good as saving both And different forms are more interesting to admire and study than lots of things that look the same Dr Solow's group illustrates its thesis with an example Six species of crane are at some risk of extinction Breeding in captivity might save them But suppose there were only enough money to protect three Which ones should be picked? The genetic distances between 14 species of cranes, including the six at risk, have already been established using a technique known as DNA hybridisation The group estimated how likely it was that each of these 14 species would become extinct in the next 50 years Unendangered species were assigned a 10% chance of meeting the Darwinian reaper-man; the most vulnerable, a 90% chance Captive breeding was assumed to reduce an otherwise endangered species' risk to the 10% level of the safest Dr Solow's computer permed all possible combinations of three from six and came to the conclusion that protecting the Siberian, white-naped and black-necked cranes gave the smallest likely loss of biological diversity over the next five decades The other three had close relatives in little need of protection Even if they became extinct, most of their genes would be saved Building on the work of this group, Martin Weitzman, of Harvard University, argues that conservation policy needs to take account not only of some firm measure of the genetic relationships of species to each other and their likelihood of survival, but also the costs of preserving them Where species are equally important in genetic terms, and - an important and improbable precondition - where the protection of one species can be assuted at the expense of another, he argues for making safe species safer, rather than endangered species less endangered In practice, it is difficult to choose between species Most of those at risk - especially plants, the group most likely to yield useful medicines - are under threat because their habitats are in trouble, not because they are being shot, or plucked, to extinction Nor can conservationists choose among the millions of species that theory predicts must exist, but that have not yet been classified by the biologists assigned to that tedious task This is not necessarily cause for despair At the moment, the usual way to save the genes in these creatures is to find the bits of the world with the largest number of species and try to protect them from the bulldozers What economists require from biologists are more sophisticated ways to estimate the diversity of groups of organisms that happen to live together, as well as those which are related to each other With clearer goals established, economic theory can then tell environmentalists where to go [from The Economist] Question 26: Dr Solow believes that A very rare species can't be saved B all very rare species should be saved C all species should be saved D only some species are worth saving Question 27: Dr Solow's work depended on A the premise that all cranes should be protected B previous biological research C the cost of preserving cranes D the premise that not all species are the same Question 28: Three of the six species of endangered cranes A were less interesting to admire than others B could be allowed to become extinct C were so rare they couldn't be saved D shouldn't be protected Question 29: Dr Weitzman believes that if two species are equally important genetically we should protect A the one that is more attractive B them both C the less endangered one D the rarer one Question 30: Endangered species of cranes can be saved by A stopping hunters from killing them B protecting their habitats C encouraging them to mate with their cousins D keeping them in zoos or wildlife parks Question 31: Most species are endangered because A biologists haven't classified them B they are hunted or picked C we don't care enough about them D the places they live in are being destroyed Question 32: Dr Weitzman's ideas A confirm Dr Solow's B contradict Dr Solow's C disregard Dr Solow's D take Dr Solow's ideas one step further Question 33: According to the writer what has to be done first is for A biologists to instruct economists B biologists to classiry undiscovered species C developers to stop destroying habitats D economists to instruct biologists Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 34: ‘You and Terry seem to be good mates.’ ~ ‘Well, I him all my life.’ A have known B know C have been knowing D knew Question 35: ‘Will Rebecca help with the Christmas party?’ ~ ‘Well, other years so I’m sure she will this year, too.’ A she was helping B she’s helped C she’d helped D she’s been helping Question 36: Ella is of sitting still for two minutes together A unwilling B disable C unable D incapable Question 37: ‘Are flights with this company often delayed?’ ~ ‘No, they on schedule.’ A usually left B have usually left C are usually leaving D usually leave Question 38: Sarah blushes,easily she is always getting blamed for things she hasn’t done A this means B that means C which means D what means Question 39: I wish I had someone of my own age I could trust A in whom B in which C with whom D which Question 40: Alana halfway to the shops when she realized she’d left her purse at home A was getting B had got C had been getting D has got Question 41: The depletion of the rain forests has to a decline in the number of species there A resulted B attributed C got D led Question 42: Shining her torch, Maria could just a shadowy figure crouched behind a tree A draw out B work out C make out D put out Question 43: With a sigh, Paul himself that he was visiting the city for the very last time A reminded B reminisced C remembered D recalled Question 44: The results of the experiment were studied with interest by the scientists A sharp B keen C firm D utter Question 45: I don’t get on with my brother but I’m extremely of my sisters A affectionat B close C attached D fond Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions Question 46: It was only when we arrived in Kenya that we saw hippos and giraffes A When we arrived in Kenya we only saw hippos and giraffes B We arrived in Kenya only when we saw hippos and giraffes C We only arrived in Kenya when we saw hippos and giraffes D Only when we arrived in Kenya did we see hippos and giraffes Question 47: I’d hardly unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang A Had I hardly unpacked in my hotel room, my phone rang B I was unpacking in my hotel hard when my phone rang C Hardly had I unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang D It was hard for me to unpack in my hotel when my phone rang Question 48: The local people are in no way to blame for the destruction of the forest A In no way are the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest B The local people have no way to blame for the destruction of the forest C It no use to blame the local people for the destruction of the forest D There is no way for the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions Question 49: Tam Vy loved travelling in Europe very much She decided not to go to France because of her fears of terrorism A Tam Vy would have gone to France if she hadn‘t been scared of terrorism so much because Europe was her favourite travel spot B As France had become a high-risk terrorism spot, Tam Vy, who normally loved Europe, was afraid to go there C Although Tam Vy liked touring Europe ever since the threat of terrorism started, she hadn‘t been to France D Even though Tam Vy liked touring Europe very much, she was afraid of the terrorism in France, so she chose not to go there Question 50: Mum regretted not having planted a garden this year She felt bad when buying vegetables at the supermarket A If Mum had planted a garden this year, she wouldn‘t have had to buy her vegetables from the supermarket B When she realized that the vegetables at the supermarket were so bad, Mum decided to grow her own from then on C Feeling sorry that she hadn‘t planted a garden this year, Mum did not feel good about purchasing vegetables from the supermarket D The garden that Mum had not planted, which she regretted not doing, would have produced better vegetables than the ones she got at the supermarket The End SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 002 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề 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 01 to 05 CHANGING MANNERS Many Americans believe that manners have gotten worse and official figures confirm this In a recent survey, nearly 70% said that people are (1) than they were 20 or 30 years ago This is true of both large and small towns, although 74% of (2) living in cities said that people have become ruder, compared with 67% in rural areas However, few people believe that they have bad manners themselves! For example, only 8% in the questionnaire (3) they have ever used their cell phones in public in a loud or annoying way Many people (4) new technology for our changing manners Computers, MP3 players, and cell phones take us away from face-to-face contact, as well as being very annoying in public places "All of these things result in a world with more stress, more chances for people to be rude to each other," said Peter Post, an instructor on business manners But what can we about it? Some people would like to see a rail car (5) for cell phone users so that the rest of us can travel in peace and quiet In fact, one train company, Amtrak, has banned cell phones in one car of some trains, which is called a "Quiet Car" Question 1:A smarter B older C ruder D wiser Question 2:A ones B they C those D them Question 3:A confess B admit C accept D agree Question 4:A reproach B reprimand C command D blame Question 5:A founded B suited C reserved D prepared 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 6:A rhyme B recipe C psyche D apostrophe Question 7:A heifer B seizure C sheila D receive 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: ‘Will Rebecca help with the Christmas party?’ ~ ‘Well, other years so I’m sure she will this year, too.’ A she’s been helping B she’d helped C she was helping D she’s helped Question 9: Ella is of sitting still for two minutes together A unable B incapable C disable D unwilling Question 10: Shining her torch, Maria could just a shadowy figure crouched behind a tree A put out B work out C make out D draw out Question 11: ‘Are flights with this company often delayed?’ ~ ‘No, they on schedule.’ A usually leave B have usually left C usually left D are usually leaving Question 12: With a sigh, Paul himself that he was visiting the city for the very last time A recalled B remembered C reminisced D reminded Question 13: Sarah blushes,easily she is always getting blamed for things she hasn’t done A this means B which means C that means D what means Question 14: ‘You and Terry seem to be good mates.’ ~ ‘Well, I him all my life.’ A know B have been knowing C have known D knew Question 15: The results of the experiment were studied with interest by the scientists A sharp B keen C firm D utter Question 16: I wish I had someone of my own age I could trust A which B with whom C in whom D in which Question 17: The depletion of the rain forests has to a decline in the number of species there A got B resulted C attributed D led Question 18: I don’t get on with my brother but I’m extremely of my sisters A close B attached C fond D affectionat Question 19: Alana halfway to the shops when she realized she’d left her purse at home A was getting B had been getting C has got D had got 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 20: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon A mix B composed of C and D Petroleum Question 21: Ocean currents have an enormous affect on life on this planet A Ocean B on life C enormous affect D have Question 22: A vast quantity of radioactive material is made when a hydrogen bomb explode A material B explode C is D A vast quantity 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 23: They managed to surmount all objections to their plans A lose B give in C yield to D give up Question 24: "Can I try out your new bicycle?" ~ "Be my guest." A You're kidding B No problem C Sorry, you can't D Never mind Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges Question 25: ~ A: “ .” ~ B: “She must be vexed and forlorn, I’m sure.” A No one was invited to her farewell party B What would she say if he came back to her? C Guess what? I saw Annetta driving a new Audi to class D How did Jenny feel when they broke up? Question 26: ~ A: “I’'m really excited about my holiday.” ~ B: “ ” A No wonder It’s a long way to travel B Who with, may I ask? C I’'m not surprised Have a safe trip! D You haven’'t had one for years Take this for free 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 primary stress in each of the following questions Question 27:A confine B machine C entail D engine Question 28:A telescope B envelope C develop D antelope 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 29 to 35 COMEDIANS What drives moderately intelligent persons to put themselves up for acceptance or disparagement? In short, what sort of individual wants to be a comedian? When we hear the very word, what does the label suggest? Other professions, callings and occupations attract separate and distinct types of practitioner Some stereotypes are so familiar as to be cheaply laughable examples from the world of travesty, among them absent-minded professors, venal lawyers, gloomy detectives and cynical reporters But what corny characteristics we attribute to comedians? To a man or woman, are they generally parsimonious, vulgar, shallow, arrogant, introspective, hysterically insecure, smug, autocratic, amoral, and selfish? Read their superficial stories in the tabloids and so they would appear Rather than look at the complete image, perhaps we need to explore the initial motives behind a choice of career Consider first those who prefer a sort of anonymity in life, the ones who’d rather wear a uniform The psychological make-up of individuals who actively seek to resign their individuality is apparent among those who surrender to the discipline of a military life The emotional and intellectual course taken by those who are drawn to anonymity is easily observed but not easily deflected They want to be told what to and then be required to it over and over again in the safety of a routine, often behind the disguises of a number of livery If their egos ache with the need for recognition and praise, it’s a pain that must be contained, frustrated or satisfied within the rut they occupy The mere idea of standing up in front of an audience and demanding attention is abhorrent Nor will we find our comics among the doormats and dormice, the meek There’s precious little comedy in the lives of quiet hobbyists, bashful scholars, hermits, anchorites and recluses, the discreet and the modest, ones who deliberately select a position of obscurity and seclusion Abiding quietly in this stratum of society, somewhere well below public attention level, there is humour, yes, since humour can endure in the least favourable circumstances, persisting like lichen in Antarctica And jokes Many lesserknown comedy writers compose their material in the secret corners of an unassuming existence I know of two, both content to be minor figures in the civil service, who send in topical jokes to radio and TV shows on condition that their real names are not revealed In both cases I've noticed that their comic invention, though clever, is based upon wordplay, puns and similar equivoques, never an aggressive comic observation of life Just as there may be a certain sterility in the self-effacement of a humble life, so it seems feasible that the selection process of what’s funny is emasculated before it even commences If you have no ginger and snap in your daily round, with little familiarity with strong emotions, it seems likely that your sense of fun will be limited by timidity to a simple juggling with language If the comedian’s genesis is unlikely to be founded in social submission, it’s also improbable among the top echelons of our civilisation Once again, humour can be found among the majestic Nobles and royals, statesmen and lawmakers, have their wits Jokes and jokers circulate at the loftiest level of every advanced nation, but being high-born seems to carry no compulsion to make the hoi polloi laugh Some of our rulers make us laugh but that’s not what they’re paid to And, so with the constricted comedy of those who live a constricted life, that which amuses them may lack the common touch Having eliminated the parts of society unlikely to breed funnymen, it’s to the middle ranks of humanity, beneath the exalted and above the invisible, that we must look to see where comics come from and why And are they, like nurses and nuns, called to their vocation? As the mountain calls to the mountaineer and the pentameter to the poet, does the need of the mirthless masses summon forth funsters, ready to administer relief as their sole raison d’etre? We’ve often heard it said that someone’s a ‘born comedian’ but will it for all of them or even most of them? Perhaps we like to think of our greatest jesters as we our greatest painters and composers, preferring to believe that their gifts are inescapably driven to expression But in our exploration of the comedy mind, hopefully finding some such, we are sure to find some quite otherwise [Source: PROFICIENCY TESTBUILDER 4th Edition, Macmillan, 2013] Question 29: What does the writer imply about comedians in the first paragraph? A It is possible that they are seen as possessing only negative characteristics B It is harder to generalise about them than about people in other professions C People in certain other professions generally have a better image than them D They often cannot understand why people make negative judgements of them Question 30: What does the writer say about people who wear uniforms? A They criticise performers for craving attention B It is unusual for them to break their normal patterns of thought C The desires they have are never met when they are at work D They are more aware of their inadequacies than others may think Question 31: The writer says in the third paragraph that shy people A are capable of being more humorous than they realise B fear that what they find humorous would not amuse others C not get the recognition they deserve even if they are good at comedy D may be able to write humorous material but could not perform it Question 32: The writer says that people at the top of society A would not be capable of becoming comedians even if they wanted to B take themselves too seriously to wish to amuse anybody C are unaware of how ridiculous they appear to others D have contempt for the humour of those at lower levels of society Question 33: In the fourth paragraph, the writer criticises the kind of comedy he describes for its lack of A coherence B originality C sophistication D spirit Question 34: What does the writer wonder in the last paragraph? A whether it is inevitable that some people will become comedians B whether people’s expectations of comedians are too high C whether comedians can be considered great in the way that other people in the arts can D whether comedians realise how significant they are in the lives of ordinary people Question 35: Which word/phrase can be a substitution for “the hoi polloi”? A ordinary people B the showbitz C the mass media D the eliete 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 36 to 43 SO MUCH TO SAVE The idea of preserving biological diversity gives most people a warm feeling inside But what, exactly, is diversity? And which kind is most worth preserving? It may be anathema to save-the-lot environmentalists who hate setting such priorities, but academics are starting to cook up answers Andrew Solow, a mathematician at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and his colleagues argue that in the eyes of conservation, all species should not be equal Even more controversially, they suggest that preserving the rarest is not always the best approach Their measure of diversity is the amount of evolutionary distance between species They reckon that if choices must be made, then the number of times that cousins are removed from one another should be one of the criteria This makes sense from both.a practical and an aesthetic point of view Close relatives have many genes in common If those genes might be medically or agriculturally valuable, saving one is nearly as good as saving both And different forms are more interesting to admire and study than lots of things that look the same Dr Solow's group illustrates its thesis with an example Six species of crane are at some risk of extinction Breeding in captivity might save them But suppose there were only enough money to protect three Which ones should be picked? The genetic distances between 14 species of cranes, including the six at risk, have already been established using a technique known as DNA hybridisation The group estimated how likely it was that each of these 14 species would become extinct in the next 50 years Unendangered species were assigned a 10% chance of meeting the Darwinian reaper-man; the most vulnerable, a 90% chance Captive breeding was assumed to reduce an otherwise endangered species' risk to the 10% level of the safest Dr Solow's computer permed all possible combinations of three from six and came to the conclusion that protecting the Siberian, white-naped and black-necked cranes gave the smallest likely loss of biological diversity over the next five decades The other three had close relatives in little need of protection Even if they became extinct, most of their genes would be saved Building on the work of this group, Martin Weitzman, of Harvard University, argues that conservation policy needs to take account not only of some firm measure of the genetic relationships of species to each other and their likelihood of survival, but also the costs of preserving them Where species are equally important in genetic terms, and - an important and improbable precondition - where the protection of one species can be assuted at the expense of another, he argues for making safe species safer, rather than endangered species less endangered In practice, it is difficult to choose between species Most of those at risk - especially plants, the group most likely to yield useful medicines - are under threat because their habitats are in trouble, not because they are being shot, or plucked, to extinction Nor can conservationists choose among the millions of species that theory predicts must exist, but that have not yet been classified by the biologists assigned to that tedious task This is not necessarily cause for despair At the moment, the usual way to save the genes in these creatures is to find the bits of the world with the largest number of species and try to protect them from the bulldozers What economists require from biologists are more sophisticated ways to estimate the diversity of groups of organisms that happen to live together, as well as those which are related to each other With clearer goals established, economic theory can then tell environmentalists where to go [from The Economist] Question 36: Dr Solow believes that A very rare species can't be saved B all species should be saved C all very rare species should be saved D only some species are worth saving Question 37: Most species are endangered because A the places they live in are being destroyed B we don't care enough about them C they are hunted or picked D biologists haven't classified them Question 38: Dr Weitzman's ideas A disregard Dr Solow's B confirm Dr Solow's C take Dr Solow's ideas one step further D contradict Dr Solow's Question 39: Endangered species of cranes can be saved by A encouraging them to mate with their cousins B keeping them in zoos or wildlife parks C stopping hunters from killing them D protecting their habitats Question 40: Dr Weitzman believes that if two species are equally important genetically we should protect A the rarer one B the less endangered one C the one that is more attractive D them both Question 41: Dr Solow's work depended on A the premise that all cranes should be protected B previous biological research C the cost of preserving cranes D the premise that not all species are the same Question 42: According to the writer what has to be done first is for A biologists to classiry undiscovered species B developers to stop destroying habitats C economists to instruct biologists D biologists to instruct economists Question 43: Three of the six species of endangered cranes A shouldn't be protected B could be allowed to become extinct C were less interesting to admire than others D were so rare they couldn't be saved Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 44: He looked at her aghast A shocked and worried B frightened C amazed D surprised Question 45: It's not my cup of tea A my field of study B my best choice C my responsibiltity D the kind of thing I like Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions Question 46: I’d hardly unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang A I was unpacking in my hotel hard when my phone rang B It was hard for me to unpack in my hotel when my phone rang C Hardly had I unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang D Had I hardly unpacked in my hotel room, my phone rang Question 47: The local people are in no way to blame for the destruction of the forest A In no way are the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest B The local people have no way to blame for the destruction of the forest C It no use to blame the local people for the destruction of the forest D There is no way for the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest Question 48: It was only when we arrived in Kenya that we saw hippos and giraffes A When we arrived in Kenya we only saw hippos and giraffes B Only when we arrived in Kenya did we see hippos and giraffes C We arrived in Kenya only when we saw hippos and giraffes D We only arrived in Kenya when we saw hippos and giraffes Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions Question 49: Mum regretted not having planted a garden this year She felt bad when buying vegetables at the supermarket A The garden that Mum had not planted, which she regretted not doing, would have produced better vegetables than the ones she got at the supermarket B When she realized that the vegetables at the supermarket were so bad, Mum decided to grow her own from then on C If Mum had planted a garden this year, she wouldn‘t have had to buy her vegetables from the supermarket D Feeling sorry that she hadn‘t planted a garden this year, Mum did not feel good about purchasing vegetables from the supermarket Question 50: Tam Vy loved travelling in Europe very much She decided not to go to France because of her fears of terrorism A Tam Vy would have gone to France if she hadn‘t been scared of terrorism so much because Europe was her favourite travel spot B Even though Tam Vy liked touring Europe very much, she was afraid of the terrorism in France, so she chose not to go there C As France had become a high-risk terrorism spot, Tam Vy, who normally loved Europe, was afraid to go there D Although Tam Vy liked touring Europe ever since the threat of terrorism started, she hadn‘t been to France The End SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 003 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề 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 primary stress in each of the following questions Question 1:A machine B engine C entail D confine Question 2:A envelope B develop C antelope D telescope 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 3:A receive B seizure C heifer D sheila Question 4:A psyche B recipe C apostrophe D rhyme Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 5: Sarah blushes,easily she is always getting blamed for things she hasn’t done A that means B this means C what means D which means Question 6: Shining her torch, Maria could just a shadowy figure crouched behind a tree A put out B draw out C work out D make out Question 7: ‘You and Terry seem to be good mates.’ ~ ‘Well, I him all my life.’ A have known B knew C know D have been knowing Question 8: ‘Will Rebecca help with the Christmas party?’ ~ ‘Well, other years so I’m sure she will this year, too.’ A she’s been helping B she’d helped C she was helping D she’s helped Question 9: ‘Are flights with this company often delayed?’ ~ ‘No, they on schedule.’ A usually left B usually leave C are usually leaving D have usually left Question 10: I wish I had someone of my own age I could trust A which B with whom C in whom D in which Question 11: The results of the experiment were studied with interest by the scientists A firm B sharp C utter D keen Question 12: With a sigh, Paul himself that he was visiting the city for the very last time A reminded B reminisced C recalled D remembered Question 13: The depletion of the rain forests has to a decline in the number of species there A got B attributed C led D resulted Question 14: I don’t get on with my brother but I’m extremely of my sisters A close B attached C fond D affectionat Question 15: Ella is of sitting still for two minutes together A incapable B unwilling C unable D disable Question 16: Alana halfway to the shops when she realized she’d left her purse at home A has got B had been getting C was getting D had got Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions Question 17: Tam Vy loved travelling in Europe very much She decided not to go to France because of her fears of terrorism A Even though Tam Vy liked touring Europe very much, she was afraid of the terrorism in France, so she chose not to go there B Although Tam Vy liked touring Europe ever since the threat of terrorism started, she hadn‘t been to France C Tam Vy would have gone to France if she hadn‘t been scared of terrorism so much because Europe was her favourite travel spot D As France had become a high-risk terrorism spot, Tam Vy, who normally loved Europe, was afraid to go there Question 18: Mum regretted not having planted a garden this year She felt bad when buying vegetables at the supermarket A If Mum had planted a garden this year, she wouldn‘t have had to buy her vegetables from the supermarket B When she realized that the vegetables at the supermarket were so bad, Mum decided to grow her own from then on C Feeling sorry that she hadn‘t planted a garden this year, Mum did not feel good about purchasing vegetables from the supermarket D The garden that Mum had not planted, which she regretted not doing, would have produced better vegetables than the ones she got at the supermarket 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 19: "Can I try out your new bicycle?" ~ "Be my guest." A Never mind B No problem C Sorry, you can't D You're kidding Question 20: They managed to surmount all objections to their plans A give up B yield to C give in D lose 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 21: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon A and B composed of C mix D Petroleum Question 22: A vast quantity of radioactive material is made when a hydrogen bomb explode A is B explode C A vast quantity D material Question 23: Ocean currents have an enormous affect on life on this planet A on life B Ocean C enormous affect D have 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 24 to 30 COMEDIANS What drives moderately intelligent persons to put themselves up for acceptance or disparagement? In short, what sort of individual wants to be a comedian? When we hear the very word, what does the label suggest? Other professions, callings and occupations attract separate and distinct types of practitioner Some stereotypes are so familiar as to be cheaply laughable examples from the world of travesty, among them absent-minded professors, venal lawyers, gloomy detectives and cynical reporters But what corny characteristics we attribute to comedians? To a man or woman, are they generally parsimonious, vulgar, shallow, arrogant, introspective, hysterically insecure, smug, autocratic, amoral, and selfish? Read their superficial stories in the tabloids and so they would appear Rather than look at the complete image, perhaps we need to explore the initial motives behind a choice of career Consider first those who prefer a sort of anonymity in life, the ones who’d rather wear a uniform The psychological make-up of individuals who actively seek to resign their individuality is apparent among those who surrender to the discipline of a military life The emotional and intellectual course taken by those who are drawn to anonymity is easily observed but not easily deflected They want to be told what to and then be required to it over and over again in the safety of a routine, often behind the disguises of a number of livery If their egos ache with the need for recognition and praise, it’s a pain that must be contained, frustrated or satisfied within the rut they occupy The mere idea of standing up in front of an audience and demanding attention is abhorrent Nor will we find our comics among the doormats and dormice, the meek There’s precious little comedy in the lives of quiet hobbyists, bashful scholars, hermits, anchorites and recluses, the discreet and the modest, ones who deliberately select a position of obscurity and seclusion Abiding quietly in this stratum of society, somewhere well below public attention level, there is humour, yes, since humour can endure in the least favourable circumstances, persisting like lichen in Antarctica And jokes Many lesserknown comedy writers compose their material in the secret corners of an unassuming existence I know of two, both content to be minor figures in the civil service, who send in topical jokes to radio and TV shows on condition that their real names are not revealed In both cases I've noticed that their comic invention, though clever, is based upon wordplay, puns and similar equivoques, never an aggressive comic observation of life Just as there may be a certain sterility in the self-effacement of a humble life, so it seems feasible that the selection process of what’s funny is emasculated before it even commences If you have no ginger and snap in your daily round, with little familiarity with strong emotions, it seems likely that your sense of fun will be limited by timidity to a simple juggling with language If the comedian’s genesis is unlikely to be founded in social submission, it’s also improbable among the top echelons of our civilisation Once again, humour can be found among the majestic Nobles and royals, statesmen and lawmakers, have their wits Jokes and jokers circulate at the loftiest level of every advanced nation, but being high-born seems to carry no compulsion to make the hoi polloi laugh Some of our rulers make us laugh but that’s not what they’re paid to And, so with the constricted comedy of those who live a constricted life, that which amuses them may lack the common touch Having eliminated the parts of society unlikely to breed funnymen, it’s to the middle ranks of humanity, beneath the exalted and above the invisible, that we must look to see where comics come from and why And are they, like nurses and nuns, called to their vocation? As the mountain calls to the mountaineer and the pentameter to the poet, does the need of the mirthless masses summon forth funsters, ready to administer relief as their sole raison d’etre? We’ve often heard it said that someone’s a ‘born comedian’ but will it for all of them or even most of them? Perhaps we like to think of our greatest jesters as we our greatest painters and composers, preferring to believe that their gifts are inescapably driven to expression But in our exploration of the comedy mind, hopefully finding some such, we are sure to find some quite otherwise [Source: PROFICIENCY TESTBUILDER 4th Edition, Macmillan, 2013] Question 24: What does the writer imply about comedians in the first paragraph? A It is harder to generalise about them than about people in other professions B They often cannot understand why people make negative judgements of them C It is possible that they are seen as possessing only negative characteristics D People in certain other professions generally have a better image than them Question 25: The writer says that people at the top of society A have contempt for the humour of those at lower levels of society B are unaware of how ridiculous they appear to others C would not be capable of becoming comedians even if they wanted to D take themselves too seriously to wish to amuse anybody Question 26: Which word/phrase can be a substitution for “the hoi polloi”? A the mass media B the eliete C the showbitz D ordinary people Question 27: In the fourth paragraph, the writer criticises the kind of comedy he describes for its lack of A coherence B sophistication C originality D spirit Question 28: The writer says in the third paragraph that shy people A fear that what they find humorous would not amuse others B may be able to write humorous material but could not perform it C are capable of being more humorous than they realise D not get the recognition they deserve even if they are good at comedy Question 29: What does the writer wonder in the last paragraph? A whether comedians can be considered great in the way that other people in the arts can B whether it is inevitable that some people will become comedians C whether people’s expectations of comedians are too high D whether comedians realise how significant they are in the lives of ordinary people Question 30: What does the writer say about people who wear uniforms? A It is unusual for them to break their normal patterns of thought B The desires they have are never met when they are at work C They are more aware of their inadequacies than others may think D They criticise performers for craving attention Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges Question 31: ~ A: “ .” ~ B: “She must be vexed and forlorn, I’m sure.” A What would she say if he came back to her? B How did Jenny feel when they broke up? C No one was invited to her farewell party D Guess what? I saw Annetta driving a new Audi to class Question 32: ~ A: “I’'m really excited about my holiday.” ~ B: “ ” A No wonder It’s a long way to travel B Who with, may I ask? C I’'m not surprised Have a safe trip! D You haven’'t had one for years Take this for free 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 33 to 40 SO MUCH TO SAVE The idea of preserving biological diversity gives most people a warm feeling inside But what, exactly, is diversity? And which kind is most worth preserving? It may be anathema to save-the-lot environmentalists who hate setting such priorities, but academics are starting to cook up answers Andrew Solow, a mathematician at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and his colleagues argue that in the eyes of conservation, all species should not be equal Even more controversially, they suggest that preserving the rarest is not always the best approach Their measure of diversity is the amount of evolutionary distance between species They reckon that if choices must be made, then the number of times that cousins are removed from one another should be one of the criteria This makes sense from both.a practical and an aesthetic point of view Close relatives have many genes in common If those genes might be medically or agriculturally valuable, saving one is nearly as good as saving both And different forms are more interesting to admire and study than lots of things that look the same Dr Solow's group illustrates its thesis with an example Six species of crane are at some risk of extinction Breeding in captivity might save them But suppose there were only enough money to protect three Which ones should be picked? The genetic distances between 14 species of cranes, including the six at risk, have already been established using a technique known as DNA hybridisation The group estimated how likely it was that each of these 14 species would become extinct in the next 50 years Unendangered species were assigned a 10% chance of meeting the Darwinian reaper-man; the most vulnerable, a 90% chance Captive breeding was assumed to reduce an otherwise endangered species' risk to the 10% level of the safest Dr Solow's computer permed all possible combinations of three from six and came to the conclusion that protecting the Siberian, white-naped and black-necked cranes gave the smallest likely loss of biological diversity over the next five decades The other three had close relatives in little need of protection Even if they became extinct, most of their genes would be saved Building on the work of this group, Martin Weitzman, of Harvard University, argues that conservation policy needs to take account not only of some firm measure of the genetic relationships of species to each other and their likelihood of survival, but also the costs of preserving them Where species are equally important in genetic terms, and - an important and improbable precondition - where the protection of one species can be assuted at the expense of another, he argues for making safe species safer, rather than endangered species less endangered In practice, it is difficult to choose between species Most of those at risk - especially plants, the group most likely to yield useful medicines - are under threat because their habitats are in trouble, not because they are being shot, or plucked, to extinction Nor can conservationists choose among the millions of species that theory predicts must exist, but that have not yet been classified by the biologists assigned to that tedious task This is not necessarily cause for despair At the moment, the usual way to save the genes in these creatures is to find the bits of the world with the largest number of species and try to protect them from the bulldozers What economists require from biologists are more sophisticated ways to estimate the diversity of groups of organisms that happen to live together, as well as those which are related to each other With clearer goals established, economic theory can then tell environmentalists where to go [from The Economist] Question 33: Endangered species of cranes can be saved by A stopping hunters from killing them B encouraging them to mate with their cousins C keeping them in zoos or wildlife parks D protecting their habitats Question 34: Most species are endangered because A they are hunted or picked B we don't care enough about them C biologists haven't classified them D the places they live in are being destroyed Question 35: Three of the six species of endangered cranes A shouldn't be protected B were so rare they couldn't be saved C were less interesting to admire than others D could be allowed to become extinct Question 36: Dr Solow believes that A all very rare species should be saved B all species should be saved C very rare species can't be saved D only some species are worth saving Question 37: Dr Weitzman's ideas A take Dr Solow's ideas one step further B contradict Dr Solow's C disregard Dr Solow's D confirm Dr Solow's Question 38: Dr Solow's work depended on A previous biological research B the cost of preserving cranes C the premise that all cranes should be protected D the premise that not all species are the same Question 39: Dr Weitzman believes that if two species are equally important genetically we should protect A them both B the less endangered one C the one that is more attractive D the rarer one Question 40: According to the writer what has to be done first is for A developers to stop destroying habitats B biologists to instruct economists C biologists to classiry undiscovered species D economists to instruct biologists Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 41: It's not my cup of tea A my best choice B my field of study C my responsibiltity D the kind of thing I like Question 42: He looked at her aghast A amazed B shocked and worried C frightened D surprised Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions Question 43: It was only when we arrived in Kenya that we saw hippos and giraffes A Only when we arrived in Kenya did we see hippos and giraffes B When we arrived in Kenya we only saw hippos and giraffes C We only arrived in Kenya when we saw hippos and giraffes D We arrived in Kenya only when we saw hippos and giraffes Question 44: The local people are in no way to blame for the destruction of the forest A In no way are the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest B The local people have no way to blame for the destruction of the forest C There is no way for the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest D It no use to blame the local people for the destruction of the forest Question 45: I’d hardly unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang A It was hard for me to unpack in my hotel when my phone rang B Hardly had I unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang C Had I hardly unpacked in my hotel room, my phone rang D I was unpacking in my hotel hard when my phone rang 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 46 to 50 CHANGING MANNERS Many Americans believe that manners have gotten worse and official figures confirm this In a recent survey, nearly 70% said that people are (46) than they were 20 or 30 years ago This is true of both large and small towns, although 74% of (47) living in cities said that people have become ruder, compared with 67% in rural areas However, few people believe that they have bad manners themselves! For example, only 8% in the questionnaire (48) they have ever used their cell phones in public in a loud or annoying way Many people (49) new technology for our changing manners Computers, MP3 players, and cell phones take us away from face-to-face contact, as well as being very annoying in public places "All of these things result in a world with more stress, more chances for people to be rude to each other," said Peter Post, an instructor on business manners But what can we about it? Some people would like to see a rail car (50) for cell phone users so that the rest of us can travel in peace and quiet In fact, one train company, Amtrak, has banned cell phones in one car of some trains, which is called a "Quiet Car" Question 46:A older B smarter C wiser D ruder Question 47:A those B ones C they D them Question 48:A agree B confess C accept D admit Question 49:A blame B reprimand C reproach D command Question 50:A suited B reserved C prepared D founded The End SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 004 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề 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 01 to 07 COMEDIANS What drives moderately intelligent persons to put themselves up for acceptance or disparagement? In short, what sort of individual wants to be a comedian? When we hear the very word, what does the label suggest? Other professions, callings and occupations attract separate and distinct types of practitioner Some stereotypes are so familiar as to be cheaply laughable examples from the world of travesty, among them absent-minded professors, venal lawyers, gloomy detectives and cynical reporters But what corny characteristics we attribute to comedians? To a man or woman, are they generally parsimonious, vulgar, shallow, arrogant, introspective, hysterically insecure, smug, autocratic, amoral, and selfish? Read their superficial stories in the tabloids and so they would appear Rather than look at the complete image, perhaps we need to explore the initial motives behind a choice of career Consider first those who prefer a sort of anonymity in life, the ones who’d rather wear a uniform The psychological make-up of individuals who actively seek to resign their individuality is apparent among those who surrender to the discipline of a military life The emotional and intellectual course taken by those who are drawn to anonymity is easily observed but not easily deflected They want to be told what to and then be required to it over and over again in the safety of a routine, often behind the disguises of a number of livery If their egos ache with the need for recognition and praise, it’s a pain that must be contained, frustrated or satisfied within the rut they occupy The mere idea of standing up in front of an audience and demanding attention is abhorrent Nor will we find our comics among the doormats and dormice, the meek There’s precious little comedy in the lives of quiet hobbyists, bashful scholars, hermits, anchorites and recluses, the discreet and the modest, ones who deliberately select a position of obscurity and seclusion Abiding quietly in this stratum of society, somewhere well below public attention level, there is humour, yes, since humour can endure in the least favourable circumstances, persisting like lichen in Antarctica And jokes Many lesserknown comedy writers compose their material in the secret corners of an unassuming existence I know of two, both content to be minor figures in the civil service, who send in topical jokes to radio and TV shows on condition that their real names are not revealed In both cases I've noticed that their comic invention, though clever, is based upon wordplay, puns and similar equivoques, never an aggressive comic observation of life Just as there may be a certain sterility in the self-effacement of a humble life, so it seems feasible that the selection process of what’s funny is emasculated before it even commences If you have no ginger and snap in your daily round, with little familiarity with strong emotions, it seems likely that your sense of fun will be limited by timidity to a simple juggling with language If the comedian’s genesis is unlikely to be founded in social submission, it’s also improbable among the top echelons of our civilisation Once again, humour can be found among the majestic Nobles and royals, statesmen and lawmakers, have their wits Jokes and jokers circulate at the loftiest level of every advanced nation, but being high-born seems to carry no compulsion to make the hoi polloi laugh Some of our rulers make us laugh but that’s not what they’re paid to And, so with the constricted comedy of those who live a constricted life, that which amuses them may lack the common touch Having eliminated the parts of society unlikely to breed funnymen, it’s to the middle ranks of humanity, beneath the exalted and above the invisible, that we must look to see where comics come from and why And are they, like nurses and nuns, called to their vocation? As the mountain calls to the mountaineer and the pentameter to the poet, does the need of the mirthless masses summon forth funsters, ready to administer relief as their sole raison d’etre? We’ve often heard it said that someone’s a ‘born comedian’ but will it for all of them or even most of them? Perhaps we like to think of our greatest jesters as we our greatest painters and composers, preferring to believe that their gifts are inescapably driven to expression But in our exploration of the comedy mind, hopefully finding some such, we are sure to find some quite otherwise [Source: PROFICIENCY TESTBUILDER 4th Edition, Macmillan, 2013] Question 1: What does the writer imply about comedians in the first paragraph? A They often cannot understand why people make negative judgements of them B It is possible that they are seen as possessing only negative characteristics C People in certain other professions generally have a better image than them D It is harder to generalise about them than about people in other professions Question 2: What does the writer wonder in the last paragraph? A whether comedians can be considered great in the way that other people in the arts can B whether comedians realise how significant they are in the lives of ordinary people C whether it is inevitable that some people will become comedians D whether people’s expectations of comedians are too high Question 3: The writer says that people at the top of society A are unaware of how ridiculous they appear to others B have contempt for the humour of those at lower levels of society C take themselves too seriously to wish to amuse anybody D would not be capable of becoming comedians even if they wanted to Question 4: In the fourth paragraph, the writer criticises the kind of comedy he describes for its lack of A sophistication B originality C coherence D spirit Question 5: Which word/phrase can be a substitution for “the hoi polloi”? A ordinary people B the showbitz C the eliete D the mass media Question 6: The writer says in the third paragraph that shy people A may be able to write humorous material but could not perform it B are capable of being more humorous than they realise C not get the recognition they deserve even if they are good at comedy D fear that what they find humorous would not amuse others Question 7: What does the writer say about people who wear uniforms? A They criticise performers for craving attention B They are more aware of their inadequacies than others may think C The desires they have are never met when they are at work D It is unusual for them to break their normal patterns of thought Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on 12 00 CHANGING MANNERS Many Americans believe that manners have gotten worse and official figures confirm this In a recent survey, nearly 70% said that people are (8) than they were 20 or 30 years ago This is true of both large and small towns, although 74% of (9) living in cities said that people have become ruder, compared with 67% in rural areas However, few people believe that they have bad manners themselves! For example, only 8% in the questionnaire (10) they have ever used their cell phones in public in a loud or annoying way Many people (11) new technology for our changing manners Computers, MP3 players, and cell phones take us away from face-to-face contact, as well as being very annoying in public places "All of these things result in a world with more stress, more chances for people to be rude to each other," said Peter Post, an instructor on business manners But what can we about it? Some people would like to see a rail car (12) for cell phone users so that the rest of us can travel in peace and quiet In fact, one train company, Amtrak, has banned cell phones in one car of some trains, which is called a "Quiet Car" Question 8:A ruder B older C wiser D smarter Question 9:A those B ones C they D them Question 10:A accept B agree C confess D admit Question 11:A blame B command C reprimand D reproach Question 12:A reserved B founded C prepared D suited Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 13: ‘Will Rebecca help with the Christmas party?’ ~ ‘Well, other years so I’m sure she will this year, too.’ A she’s helped B she’d helped C she was helping D she’s been helping Question 14: The depletion of the rain forests has to a decline in the number of species there A got B led C attributed D resulted Question 15: ‘Are flights with this company often delayed?’ ~ ‘No, they on schedule.’ A have usually left B are usually leaving C usually left D usually leave Question 16: Sarah blushes,easily she is always getting blamed for things she hasn’t done A that means B this means C what means D which means Question 17: Alana halfway to the shops when she realized she’d left her purse at home A was getting B had got C has got D had been getting Question 18: ‘You and Terry seem to be good mates.’ ~ ‘Well, I him all my life.’ A knew B know C have been knowing D have known Question 19: I don’t get on with my brother but I’m extremely of my sisters A close B fond C affectionat D attached Question 20: With a sigh, Paul himself that he was visiting the city for the very last time A remembered B reminisced C recalled D reminded Question 21: I wish I had someone of my own age I could trust A with whom B in which C in whom D which Question 22: Shining her torch, Maria could just a shadowy figure crouched behind a tree A put out B work out C draw out D make out Question 23: Ella is of sitting still for two minutes together A disable B unable C unwilling D incapable Question 24: The results of the experiment were studied with interest by the scientists A keen B sharp C utter D firm 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 25:A sheila B seizure C receive D heifer Question 26:A rhyme B apostrophe C psyche D recipe 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 27 to 34 SO MUCH TO SAVE The idea of preserving biological diversity gives most people a warm feeling inside But what, exactly, is diversity? And which kind is most worth preserving? It may be anathema to save-the-lot environmentalists who hate setting such priorities, but academics are starting to cook up answers Andrew Solow, a mathematician at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and his colleagues argue that in the eyes of conservation, all species should not be equal Even more controversially, they suggest that preserving the rarest is not always the best approach Their measure of diversity is the amount of evolutionary distance between species They reckon that if choices must be made, then the number of times that cousins are removed from one another should be one of the criteria This makes sense from both.a practical and an aesthetic point of view Close relatives have many genes in common If those genes might be medically or agriculturally valuable, saving one is nearly as good as saving both And different forms are more interesting to admire and study than lots of things that look the same Dr Solow's group illustrates its thesis with an example Six species of crane are at some risk of extinction Breeding in captivity might save them But suppose there were only enough money to protect three Which ones should be picked? The genetic distances between 14 species of cranes, including the six at risk, have already been established using a technique known as DNA hybridisation The group estimated how likely it was that each of these 14 species would become extinct in the next 50 years Unendangered species were assigned a 10% chance of meeting the Darwinian reaper-man; the most vulnerable, a 90% chance Captive breeding was assumed to reduce an otherwise endangered species' risk to the 10% level of the safest Dr Solow's computer permed all possible combinations of three from six and came to the conclusion that protecting the Siberian, white-naped and black-necked cranes gave the smallest likely loss of biological diversity over the next five decades The other three had close relatives in little need of protection Even if they became extinct, most of their genes would be saved Building on the work of this group, Martin Weitzman, of Harvard University, argues that conservation policy needs to take account not only of some firm measure of the genetic relationships of species to each other and their likelihood of survival, but also the costs of preserving them Where species are equally important in genetic terms, and - an important and improbable precondition - where the protection of one species can be assuted at the expense of another, he argues for making safe species safer, rather than endangered species less endangered In practice, it is difficult to choose between species Most of those at risk - especially plants, the group most likely to yield useful medicines - are under threat because their habitats are in trouble, not because they are being shot, or plucked, to extinction Nor can conservationists choose among the millions of species that theory predicts must exist, but that have not yet been classified by the biologists assigned to that tedious task This is not necessarily cause for despair At the moment, the usual way to save the genes in these creatures is to find the bits of the world with the largest number of species and try to protect them from the bulldozers What economists require from biologists are more sophisticated ways to estimate the diversity of groups of organisms that happen to live together, as well as those which are related to each other With clearer goals established, economic theory can then tell environmentalists where to go [from The Economist] Question 27: Dr Solow believes that A all very rare species should be saved B only some species are worth saving C all species should be saved D very rare species can't be saved Question 28: Three of the six species of endangered cranes A shouldn't be protected B could be allowed to become extinct C were less interesting to admire than others D were so rare they couldn't be saved Question 29: According to the writer what has to be done first is for A economists to instruct biologists B developers to stop destroying habitats C biologists to instruct economists D biologists to classiry undiscovered species Question 30: Dr Weitzman's ideas A confirm Dr Solow's B disregard Dr Solow's C contradict Dr Solow's D take Dr Solow's ideas one step further Question 31: Dr Weitzman believes that if two species are equally important genetically we should protect A the one that is more attractive B the less endangered one C the rarer one D them both Question 32: Most species are endangered because A the places they live in are being destroyed B biologists haven't classified them C we don't care enough about them D they are hunted or picked Question 33: Dr Solow's work depended on A the premise that all cranes should be protected B the premise that not all species are the same C the cost of preserving cranes D previous biological research Question 34: Endangered species of cranes can be saved by A stopping hunters from killing them B keeping them in zoos or wildlife parks C encouraging them to mate with their cousins D protecting their habitats Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges Question 35: ~ A: “I’'m really excited about my holiday.” ~ B: “ ” A You haven’'t had one for years Take this for free B I’'m not surprised Have a safe trip! C No wonder It’s a long way to travel D Who with, may I ask? Question 36: ~ A: “ .” ~ B: “She must be vexed and forlorn, I’m sure.” A Guess what? I saw Annetta driving a new Audi to class B What would she say if he came back to her? C How did Jenny feel when they broke up? D No one was invited to her farewell party Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 37: He looked at her aghast A amazed B frightened C surprised D shocked and worried Question 38: It's not my cup of tea A my field of study B the kind of thing I like C my responsibiltity D my best choice Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions Question 39: It was only when we arrived in Kenya that we saw hippos and giraffes A Only when we arrived in Kenya did we see hippos and giraffes B When we arrived in Kenya we only saw hippos and giraffes C We only arrived in Kenya when we saw hippos and giraffes D We arrived in Kenya only when we saw hippos and giraffes Question 40: The local people are in no way to blame for the destruction of the forest A In no way are the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest B There is no way for the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest C The local people have no way to blame for the destruction of the forest D It no use to blame the local people for the destruction of the forest Question 41: I’d hardly unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang A Had I hardly unpacked in my hotel room, my phone rang B Hardly had I unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang C I was unpacking in my hotel hard when my phone rang D It was hard for me to unpack in my hotel when my phone rang 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 primary stress in each of the following questions Question 42:A machine B engine C entail D confine Question 43:A envelope B develop C telescope D antelope 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 44: A vast quantity of radioactive material is made when a hydrogen bomb explode A A vast quantity B material C is D explode Question 45: Ocean currents have an enormous affect on life on this planet A Ocean B have C on life D enormous affect Question 46: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon A and B mix C Petroleum D composed of 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 47: They managed to surmount all objections to their plans A yield to B give in C give up D lose Question 48: "Can I try out your new bicycle?" ~ "Be my guest." A No problem B Sorry, you can't C You're kidding D Never mind Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions Question 49: Tam Vy loved travelling in Europe very much She decided not to go to France because of her fears of terrorism A As France had become a high-risk terrorism spot, Tam Vy, who normally loved Europe, was afraid to go there B Although Tam Vy liked touring Europe ever since the threat of terrorism started, she hadn‘t been to France C Tam Vy would have gone to France if she hadn‘t been scared of terrorism so much because Europe was her favourite travel spot D Even though Tam Vy liked touring Europe very much, she was afraid of the terrorism in France, so she chose not to go there Question 50: Mum regretted not having planted a garden this year She felt bad when buying vegetables at the supermarket A When she realized that the vegetables at the supermarket were so bad, Mum decided to grow her own from then on B If Mum had planted a garden this year, she wouldn‘t have had to buy her vegetables from the supermarket C The garden that Mum had not planted, which she regretted not doing, would have produced better vegetables than the ones she got at the supermarket D Feeling sorry that she hadn‘t planted a garden this year, Mum did not feel good about purchasing vegetables from the supermarket The End SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 005 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 1: I wish I had someone of my own age I could trust A which B in which C in whom D with whom Question 2: Alana halfway to the shops when she realized she’d left her purse at home A has got B was getting C had got D had been getting Question 3: I don’t get on with my brother but I’m extremely of my sisters A close B affectionat C fond D attached Question 4: Ella is of sitting still for two minutes together A unable B unwilling C incapable D disable Question 5: Sarah blushes,easily she is always getting blamed for things she hasn’t done A that means B what means C which means D this means Question 6: With a sigh, Paul himself that he was visiting the city for the very last time A reminded B remembered C reminisced D recalled Question 7: ‘Are flights with this company often delayed?’ ~ ‘No, they on schedule.’ A usually leave B usually left C are usually leaving D have usually left Question 8: The results of the experiment were studied with interest by the scientists A utter B firm C keen D sharp Question 9: Shining her torch, Maria could just a shadowy figure crouched behind a tree A put out B work out C draw out D make out Question 10: The depletion of the rain forests has to a decline in the number of species there A led B resulted C attributed D got Question 11: ‘Will Rebecca help with the Christmas party?’ ~ ‘Well, other years so I’m sure she will this year, too.’ A she’s helped B she was helping C she’s been helping D she’d helped Question 12: ‘You and Terry seem to be good mates.’ ~ ‘Well, I him all my life.’ A have been knowing B know C knew D have known Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions Question 13: Mum regretted not having planted a garden this year She felt bad when buying vegetables at the supermarket A If Mum had planted a garden this year, she wouldn‘t have had to buy her vegetables from the supermarket B Feeling sorry that she hadn‘t planted a garden this year, Mum did not feel good about purchasing vegetables from the supermarket C When she realized that the vegetables at the supermarket were so bad, Mum decided to grow her own from then on D The garden that Mum had not planted, which she regretted not doing, would have produced better vegetables than the ones she got at the supermarket Question 14: Tam Vy loved travelling in Europe very much She decided not to go to France because of her fears of terrorism A Tam Vy would have gone to France if she hadn‘t been scared of terrorism so much because Europe was her favourite travel spot B Although Tam Vy liked touring Europe ever since the threat of terrorism started, she hadn‘t been to France C As France had become a high-risk terrorism spot, Tam Vy, who normally loved Europe, was afraid to go there D Even though Tam Vy liked touring Europe very much, she was afraid of the terrorism in France, so she chose not to go there 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 15: Ocean currents have an enormous affect on life on this planet A on life B enormous affect C have D Ocean Question 16: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon A composed of B Petroleum C and D mix Question 17: A vast quantity of radioactive material is made when a hydrogen bomb explode A A vast quantity B material C explode D is Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions Question 18: The local people are in no way to blame for the destruction of the forest A In no way are the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest B It no use to blame the local people for the destruction of the forest C There is no way for the local people to blame for the destruction of the forest D The local people have no way to blame for the destruction of the forest Question 19: I’d hardly unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang A Had I hardly unpacked in my hotel room, my phone rang B It was hard for me to unpack in my hotel when my phone rang C Hardly had I unpacked in my hotel room when my phone rang D I was unpacking in my hotel hard when my phone rang Question 20: It was only when we arrived in Kenya that we saw hippos and giraffes A We only arrived in Kenya when we saw hippos and giraffes B Only when we arrived in Kenya did we see hippos and giraffes C When we arrived in Kenya we only saw hippos and giraffes D We arrived in Kenya only when we saw hippos and giraffes 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 21: "Can I try out your new bicycle?" ~ "Be my guest." A No problem B Sorry, you can't C You're kidding D Never mind Question 22: They managed to surmount all objections to their plans A give up B lose C yield to D give in Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges Question 23: ~ A: “I’'m really excited about my holiday.” ~ B: “ ” A You haven’'t had one for years Take this for free B No wonder It’s a long way to travel C I’'m not surprised Have a safe trip! D Who with, may I ask? Question 24: ~ A: “ .” ~ B: “She must be vexed and forlorn, I’m sure.” A What would she say if he came back to her? B How did Jenny feel when they broke up? C Guess what? I saw Annetta driving a new Audi to class D No one was invited to her farewell party 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 25 to 32 SO MUCH TO SAVE The idea of preserving biological diversity gives most people a warm feeling inside But what, exactly, is diversity? And which kind is most worth preserving? It may be anathema to save-the-lot environmentalists who hate setting such priorities, but academics are starting to cook up answers Andrew Solow, a mathematician at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and his colleagues argue that in the eyes of conservation, all species should not be equal Even more controversially, they suggest that preserving the rarest is not always the best approach Their measure of diversity is the amount of evolutionary distance between species They reckon that if choices must be made, then the number of times that cousins are removed from one another should be one of the criteria This makes sense from both.a practical and an aesthetic point of view Close relatives have many genes in common If those genes might be medically or agriculturally valuable, saving one is nearly as good as saving both And different forms are more interesting to admire and study than lots of things that look the same Dr Solow's group illustrates its thesis with an example Six species of crane are at some risk of extinction Breeding in captivity might save them But suppose there were only enough money to protect three Which ones should be picked? The genetic distances between 14 species of cranes, including the six at risk, have already been established using a technique known as DNA hybridisation The group estimated how likely it was that each of these 14 species would become extinct in the next 50 years Unendangered species were assigned a 10% chance of meeting the Darwinian reaper-man; the most vulnerable, a 90% chance Captive breeding was assumed to reduce an otherwise endangered species' risk to the 10% level of the safest Dr Solow's computer permed all possible combinations of three from six and came to the conclusion that protecting the Siberian, white-naped and black-necked cranes gave the smallest likely loss of biological diversity over the next five decades The other three had close relatives in little need of protection Even if they became extinct, most of their genes would be saved Building on the work of this group, Martin Weitzman, of Harvard University, argues that conservation policy needs to take account not only of some firm measure of the genetic relationships of species to each other and their likelihood of survival, but also the costs of preserving them Where species are equally important in genetic terms, and - an important and improbable precondition - where the protection of one species can be assuted at the expense of another, he argues for making safe species safer, rather than endangered species less endangered In practice, it is difficult to choose between species Most of those at risk - especially plants, the group most likely to yield useful medicines - are under threat because their habitats are in trouble, not because they are being shot, or plucked, to extinction Nor can conservationists choose among the millions of species that theory predicts must exist, but that have not yet been classified by the biologists assigned to that tedious task This is not necessarily cause for despair At the moment, the usual way to save the genes in these creatures is to find the bits of the world with the largest number of species and try to protect them from the bulldozers What economists require from biologists are more sophisticated ways to estimate the diversity of groups of organisms that happen to live together, as well as those which are related to each other With clearer goals established, economic theory can then tell environmentalists where to go [from The Economist] Question 25: Dr Weitzman believes that if two species are equally important genetically we should protect A them both B the less endangered one C the rarer one D the one that is more attractive Question 26: Dr Solow believes that A very rare species can't be saved B only some species are worth saving C all very rare species should be saved D all species should be saved Question 27: Most species are endangered because A we don't care enough about them B they are hunted or picked C the places they live in are being destroyed D biologists haven't classified them Question 28: Dr Solow's work depended on A the premise that all cranes should be protected B the cost of preserving cranes C the premise that not all species are the same D previous biological research Question 29: Dr Weitzman's ideas A disregard Dr Solow's B take Dr Solow's ideas one step further C confirm Dr Solow's D contradict Dr Solow's Question 30: According to the writer what has to be done first is for A biologists to instruct economists B developers to stop destroying habitats C economists to instruct biologists D biologists to classiry undiscovered species Question 31: Endangered species of cranes can be saved by A keeping them in zoos or wildlife parks B stopping hunters from killing them C encouraging them to mate with their cousins D protecting their habitats Question 32: Three of the six species of endangered cranes A could be allowed to become extinct B were so rare they couldn't be saved C shouldn't be protected D were less interesting to admire than others 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 33 to 39 COMEDIANS What drives moderately intelligent persons to put themselves up for acceptance or disparagement? In short, what sort of individual wants to be a comedian? When we hear the very word, what does the label suggest? Other professions, callings and occupations attract separate and distinct types of practitioner Some stereotypes are so familiar as to be cheaply laughable examples from the world of travesty, among them absent-minded professors, venal lawyers, gloomy detectives and cynical reporters But what corny characteristics we attribute to comedians? To a man or woman, are they generally parsimonious, vulgar, shallow, arrogant, introspective, hysterically insecure, smug, autocratic, amoral, and selfish? Read their superficial stories in the tabloids and so they would appear Rather than look at the complete image, perhaps we need to explore the initial motives behind a choice of career Consider first those who prefer a sort of anonymity in life, the ones who’d rather wear a uniform The psychological make-up of individuals who actively seek to resign their individuality is apparent among those who surrender to the discipline of a military life The emotional and intellectual course taken by those who are drawn to anonymity is easily observed but not easily deflected They want to be told what to and then be required to it over and over again in the safety of a routine, often behind the disguises of a number of livery If their egos ache with the need for recognition and praise, it’s a pain that must be contained, frustrated or satisfied within the rut they occupy The mere idea of standing up in front of an audience and demanding attention is abhorrent Nor will we find our comics among the doormats and dormice, the meek There’s precious little comedy in the lives of quiet hobbyists, bashful scholars, hermits, anchorites and recluses, the discreet and the modest, ones who deliberately select a position of obscurity and seclusion Abiding quietly in this stratum of society, somewhere well below public attention level, there is humour, yes, since humour can endure in the least favourable circumstances, persisting like lichen in Antarctica And jokes Many lesserknown comedy writers compose their material in the secret corners of an unassuming existence I know of two, both content to be minor figures in the civil service, who send in topical jokes to radio and TV shows on condition that their real names are not revealed In both cases I've noticed that their comic invention, though clever, is based upon wordplay, puns and similar equivoques, never an aggressive comic observation of life Just as there may be a certain sterility in the self-effacement of a humble life, so it seems feasible that the selection process of what’s funny is emasculated before it even commences If you have no ginger and snap in your daily round, with little familiarity with strong emotions, it seems likely that your sense of fun will be limited by timidity to a simple juggling with language If the comedian’s genesis is unlikely to be founded in social submission, it’s also improbable among the top echelons of our civilisation Once again, humour can be found among the majestic Nobles and royals, statesmen and lawmakers, have their wits Jokes and jokers circulate at the loftiest level of every advanced nation, but being high-born seems to carry no compulsion to make the hoi polloi laugh Some of our rulers make us laugh but that’s not what they’re paid to And, so with the constricted comedy of those who live a constricted life, that which amuses them may lack the common touch Having eliminated the parts of society unlikely to breed funnymen, it’s to the middle ranks of humanity, beneath the exalted and above the invisible, that we must look to see where comics come from and why And are they, like nurses and nuns, called to their vocation? As the mountain calls to the mountaineer and the pentameter to the poet, does the need of the mirthless masses summon forth funsters, ready to administer relief as their sole raison d’etre? We’ve often heard it said that someone’s a ‘born comedian’ but will it for all of them or even most of them? Perhaps we like to think of our greatest jesters as we our greatest painters and composers, preferring to believe that their gifts are inescapably driven to expression But in our exploration of the comedy mind, hopefully finding some such, we are sure to find some quite otherwise [Source: PROFICIENCY TESTBUILDER 4th Edition, Macmillan, 2013] Question 33: The writer says that people at the top of society A are unaware of how ridiculous they appear to others B would not be capable of becoming comedians even if they wanted to C take themselves too seriously to wish to amuse anybody D have contempt for the humour of those at lower levels of society Question 34: What does the writer imply about comedians in the first paragraph? A They often cannot understand why people make negative judgements of them B It is harder to generalise about them than about people in other professions C It is possible that they are seen as possessing only negative characteristics D People in certain other professions generally have a better image than them Question 35: Which word/phrase can be a substitution for “the hoi polloi”? A the showbitz B ordinary people C the mass media D the eliete Question 36: In the fourth paragraph, the writer criticises the kind of comedy he describes for its lack of A coherence B spirit C originality D sophistication Question 37: The writer says in the third paragraph that shy people A not get the recognition they deserve even if they are good at comedy B fear that what they find humorous would not amuse others C may be able to write humorous material but could not perform it D are capable of being more humorous than they realise Question 38: What does the writer say about people who wear uniforms? A It is unusual for them to break their normal patterns of thought B They are more aware of their inadequacies than others may think C They criticise performers for craving attention D The desires they have are never met when they are at work Question 39: What does the writer wonder in the last paragraph? A whether comedians realise how significant they are in the lives of ordinary people B whether comedians can be considered great in the way that other people in the arts can C whether people’s expectations of comedians are too high D whether it is inevitable that some people will become comedians 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 40 to 44 CHANGING MANNERS Many Americans believe that manners have gotten worse and official figures confirm this In a recent survey, nearly 70% said that people are (40) than they were 20 or 30 years ago This is true of both large and small towns, although 74% of (41) living in cities said that people have become ruder, compared with 67% in rural areas However, few people believe that they have bad manners themselves! For example, only 8% in the questionnaire (42) they have ever used their cell phones in public in a loud or annoying way Many people (43) new technology for our changing manners Computers, MP3 players, and cell phones take us away from face-to-face contact, as well as being very annoying in public places "All of these things result in a world with more stress, more chances for people to be rude to each other," said Peter Post, an instructor on business manners But what can we about it? Some people would like to see a rail car (44) for cell phone users so that the rest of us can travel in peace and quiet In fact, one train company, Amtrak, has banned cell phones in one car of some trains, which is called a "Quiet Car" Question 40:A older B wiser C ruder D smarter Question 41:A those B ones C them D they Question 42:A accept B agree C admit D confess Question 43:A command B blame C reprimand D reproach Question 44:A reserved B suited C prepared D founded 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 45:A psyche B apostrophe C recipe D rhyme Question 46:A seizure B receive C sheila D heifer Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 47: It's not my cup of tea A my best choice B the kind of thing I like C my field of study D my responsibiltity Question 48: He looked at her aghast A frightened B amazed C surprised D shocked and worried 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 primary stress in each of the following questions Question 49:A confine B engine C entail D machine Question 50:A envelope B telescope C develop D antelope The End ... The End SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 002 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời... The End SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 003 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời... The End SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) BÀI THI THỬ KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 004 Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời