Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh số 513

SỞ GD- ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 90 phút
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICES
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.
In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe,
recycling is big news. People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to
the environment. Recycling means finding was to use products a second time. The motto of the recycling
movement is “ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. The first step is to reduce garbage. In stories, a shopper has to buy
products in blisters packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant
comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People
should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is
to buy highquality products. When low quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy
new ones- a loss of more resources and more energy. For example, if a customer buys high-quality appliance
that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way, if a customer
chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to manufacturers. To
reduce garbage, the throwaway must stop. The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft
drinks in returnable bottles. After customers empty the bottles, they can return them to the store. The
manufacturers of the drinks collect the bottles, wash them, and then fill them again. The energy that is
necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common
practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throwaway bottles.
The third step is being environmentally sensitive is to recycle. Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again.
Aluminum cans are expensive to make. It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it
does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they
help save one of the world’s precious resources.
Câu 1: What is the main topic of the passage____.
A. what is involved in the recycling movement

B. what people often understand about the term “recycle”
C. how to live sensitive to the environment. D. how to reduce garbage disposal.
Câu 2: What does the word “sensitive” in the phrase “sensitive to the environment” mean____.
A. responding B. logical C. cautious D. friendly
Câu 3: People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT____.
A. buy high-quality product B. buy fewer hamburgers
C. buy simply-wrapped things D. reuse cups
Câu 4: Why is it waste and customers buy low-quality products?
A. Because they have to be repaired many times B. Because they produce less energy.
C. Because customers change their ideas all the time.
D. Because people will soon throw them away
Câu 5: What is the best describes the process of reuse?
A. The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again.
B. The bottles are collected, returned filled again and washed.
C. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.
D. The bottles are washed, returned, filled again and collected.
Câu 6: The garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic because____.
A. each returned bottle is paid. B. people are ordered to return bottles
C. not many bottles are made of glass or plastic D. returned bottles are few
Câu 7: The word “practice” is closest in meaning to _________
A. drill B. exercise C. deed D. belief
Câu 8: What are the two things mentioned as examples of recyling?
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A. Hamburgers wrappings and spent motor oil. B. TV set and aluminum cans
C. Aluminum cans and spent motor oil. D. Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings
Câu 9: The energy used to make a can is _______the energy used to run a color TV set for 3 hours.
A. more than B. less than C. as much as D. not worth being compared to.
Câu 10: The word “precious” is closest in meaning to_______.
A. natural B. sustantial C. first D. invaluable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the

position of the main stress in each of the following sentences.
11. A. generous B. pagoda C. address D. control
12. A. reaction B. miserable C. knowledge D. accident
13. A. compulsory B. objective C. publication D. stastical
14. A. monotonous B. necesitious C.objectivity D. pessimism
15. A. masterpiece B. interface C. harrumph D. feminist
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.
16. It’s no use_____ make him change his mind.
A. trying to B. to try to C. to trying to D. trying and
17. I wish you_____ here with me now.
A. would be B. were C. will be D.had been
18._____ people from other citiesare coming here to find work.
A. Large numbers of B. A large number
C. Large amounts of D. A large amount of
19. _____ I love you,I can’t let you do whatever you like.
A. Much as B. Whether C. Whatever D. Despite
20. I______ on the beach this time tomorrow.
A.will lie B.will be lying C.am going to lie D. will have lied
21. He fell off the tree and_____.
A.was bad injued B. badly injured
C. was badly injured D. was injured himself badly
22._____ have you been able to play the piano?
A. When B. How many times C. Since when D. Why
23. We have to_____ down the options before coming to a decision.
A. slow B. narrow C. bring D. wind
24. Did you notice Bob trying to_____ doing the washing-up.
A. get up to B. break out of C. get out of D. get along with.
25. “Why are you carrying an umbrella?” “My mother made me____ it”
A. to bring B. bringing C. bring D. brought
26. “ How was your French class today?” “ Good!I_______ to give a short speech and it went well”

A. had B. am supposed C. would have D. ought to have
27. Just because we’ve had a good year, this does not mean that we cannot do better: we must not _____.
A. have our head in the clouds B. bury our heads in the sand
C. count our blessings D. rest on our laurels
28. There’s nothing as cozy on a cold evening as the warm _____ of a fire.
A. glare B. sparkle C. glow D. flame
29. She seems to be angry with the whole world. She’s got a chip _____.
A. on her shoulder B. in her bonnet C. under her hat D. between the ears
30. How do you calculate the distance to the horizon? As a _____, it’s 7 miles + 1 mile per 100 ft above sea
level.
A. trick of the trade B. golden rule C. free hand D. rule of thumb
31. No one cares about the starving people __________.
A. for the aid is intended B. whom the aid is intended
C. whose aid is intended for D. that the aid is intended for
32. It is essential that he __________. His illness seems worse.
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A. need to operate B. need an operation C. needs an operation D. needed operating
33. Staying in the hotel costs __________ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice as much as B. as much as twice C. twice more than D. as much twice as
34. “I saw you studying at the library last night.” – “You __________; I wasn’t there.”
A. have B. wouldn’t have C. couldn’t have D. might have
35. “Where do you suggest I stay?” – “__________”
A. I prefer the Hilton B. Let’s stay at the Hilton
C. I suggest you to Hilton D. I recommend the Hilton
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that has that same meaning as
the original one.
36. I would prefer you not to smoke in here. - Which sentence expresses the same idea as the above?
A. I'd rather you didn't smoke in here. B. I'd rather you shouldn't smoke in here.
C. I'd rather you not to smoke in here. D. I'd rather you don't smoke in here.
37. Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work.

A. He requested me not forget to go to the supermarket after work.
B. He asked me not to go to the supermarket after work.
C. He told me that I shouldn’t go to the supermarket after work.
D. He reminded me to go to the supermarket after work.
38. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired.
A. The more tired you are, it’s harder to concentrate.
B. When you are tired, the harder it is to concentrate.
C. The most tired you are, the hardest it is to concentrate.
D. The more tired you are, the harder it is to concentrate
39. I should have studied last night,but I was too tired.
A. I couldn’t study last night because I was very tired. B. I studied last night because I had to
C. I studied last night because I was bored
D. I tried to study last night,but the homework was too hard.
40. It was wrong of you not to call the fire brigade at once.
A. You didn’t call the fire brigade because it was wrong.
B. Calling the fire brigade must be done at once.
C. You should have called the fire brigade at once. D. The fire brigade was called at the wrong time.
41. “Getting a good job doesn’t matter much to me”
A. “ I am only interested in getting a good job” B. “It’s interesting for me to get a good job”
C. “I am not good at getting a good job” D. “I don’t care about getting a good job”
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
42. Not many of the person in Britain speak a single word of my language.
A. many B. person C. single D. of
43. I will be sure you didn’t lock the front door. Here is the key.
A. will be B. didn’t C. front D. is
44. . Keeping calmly is the secret of passing your driving test.
A. Keeping B. calmly C. passing D. driving
45. The cost of living has increasing so much that he finds it difficult to live within his income.
A. living B. increasing C. much D. within
46. The first domesticated bird in earth was probably the goose

A. domesticated B. in earth C. probably D. goose
47. The Homstead Act of 1862 granted 160 acres of land for any settler who would spend five years on the
land. A. for B. who C. would D. on
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the italic part
in each of the following questions.
48. I’ll take the new job whose salary is fantastic.
A. reasonable B. acceptable C. pretty high D. wonderful
49. The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.
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A. effects B. symptoms C. hints D. demonstrations
50. Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex.
A. publicly supported B. rightly claimed C. publicly said D. openly criticized
51. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of this month because of the epidemic.
A. take up B. turn round C. put off D. do with
52. Tree have to be pruned seasonally or anually to ensure that they continue to bear fruit.
A. weeded B. fertilized C. harvested D. trimmed
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.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the American educational system was desperately in need
of reform. Private schools existed, but only for the very rich. There were very few public schools because of
the strong sentiment that children who would grow up to be laborers should not “waste” their time on
education but should instead prepare themselves for their life’s work. It was in the face of this public
sentiment that educational reformers set about their task. Horace Mann, probably the most famous of the
reformers, felt that there was no excuse in a republic for any citizen to be uneducated. As Superintendent of
Education in the state of Massachusetts from 1837 to 1848, he initiated various changes, which were soon
matched in other school districts around the country. He extended the school year from five to six months
and improved the quality of teachers by instituting teacher education and raising teacher salaries. Although
these changes did not bring about a sudden improvement in the educational system, they at least increased
public awareness as to the need for a further strengthening of the system.
53. The best title for the passage could be______.

A. A Flight fo Change B. Nineteenth-The Century of Reform
C. American Education in the Beginning of the 19th Century
D. The Beginnings of Reform in American Education
54. The passage implied that to go to a private school,a student needed______.
A. a strong educational background B. good grades
C. a lot of money D. a high level of intelligence
55. The word “desperately” in the passage mostly means
A. completely B. partly C. obviously D. urgenty
56. The author of the passage puts the word “waste” in quatation marks because he______.
A. wants to empasize how much time is wasted on education
B. thinks that education is not really a waste of time
C. is quoting someone else who said that education was a waste of time
D. does not want students to waste their time on education
57. According to the passage, Horace Mann wanted a better educational system for Americans because____.
A. a people had nothing else to do except go to school
B. education at the time was so cheap
C. all citizens should be educated in a republic
D. Massachusetts residents needed something to do with their spare time
58. The word “reformers” in the passage mostly means______.
A. people who really enjoy teaching B. people who work for thr government
C. people who believe that education is wasted D. people who try to change things for the better
59. The work “citizens” in the passage mostly means______.
A. a person who lives in a particular city
B. a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country
C. a person who works in a particular place
D. a person who works,especially one who does a particular kind of work
60. From 1837 to 1848, Horace Mann______.
A. raised money for the educational development in Massachusetts
B. funded many projects to improve the educational system for Americans
C. worked as a headmaster in a school in te state of Masschusetts

D. managed education in the state of Massachusetts
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61. According to the passage,which sentence is NOT TRUE?
A. Horace Mann brought about changes in many schools in the United States
B. Horace Mann began raising teachers’ salaries
C. Horace Mann was a famous US educational reformer
D. Horace Mann suggested schools prepare children for their life’s work.
62. According to the passage,which of the following is a change that Horace Mann instituted?
A. Better teacher training B. The five-month shool year.
C. Increased pay for students D. The matching of other districts’ policies
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the italic part
in each of the following questions.
63. Your experience with oil well fires will be invaluable to the company in cased of trouble.
A. valuable B. precious C. priceless D. worthless
64. Ignoring the danger to himself, Freddie dived into the river to save the puppy.
A. Neglecting B. Overlooking C. Watching D. Noticing
PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: (2 điểm)
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that the original meaning is exactly the same as
the provided one.
65. “I don’t think John will come”, said Bill
Bill doubted_________________________________________
66. The postman was bitten by our dog.
Our dog_________________________________________
67. We couldn’t drive because of the fog.
The fog prevented_________________________________________
68. Although his leg was broken he managed to get out of the car.
In spite_________________________________________
69. The cake was so hard so I couldn’t cat it.
It was_________________________________________
II. TOPIC: Write to suggest measures governments and individuals can take to reduce the global

warming.
It was reported recently by the U.S scientists that the volume of ice on the North Pole is now the
smallest within 36 last years. That is caused by the global warming process. Various other bad things human
beings are now facing are also related to the warming of the Earth climate. The fact is that we are the main
agents who are responsible for the worsening of the nature. So, individuals and governments throughout the
world should co-operate to stop the natural environment worsening process.
Each individual first must be more aware of the need to protect our environment for not only our own
lives but also the next generations. The first easy thing one can do is to save the energy by using less heat
and air-conditioning, using energy-efficient products, or even driving less. Another way is to recycle paper,
plastic, newspaper, glass, etc. When the recycling is practiced, it helps to reduce the carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. The other thing is to plant more trees because as we know, trees can absorb carbon dioxide and
give off oxygen. The fact is that the mission is not done by one or a group of persons so we should educate
the community and encourage everyone to join hands to recycle and conserve energy.
Countries all over the world, rich or poor, developed, developing or underdeveloped should co-
operate to better the situation. First of all, governments are better to inform their citizens about the global
warming facts and the mishaps that people may face if the process goes on. Then, in order to reduce the
emissions, governments should impose heavier taxes on the produce of greenhouse gas emissions. Factories
and companies that over-emit may not be allowed to operate or even be closed. Moreover, bigger sums of
money must be spent on researches discovering the alternative sources of energy. Additionally, stricter laws
on environmental problems should be passed and enforced to better the surroundings for people to live.
After all, the work to recover the environment and to stop the global warming process cannot be done
overnight or completed by one person or one nation, we, human beings all over the world, must co-act to
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share the missions. Though this is the international millennium goals, each individual can do something now
to help to realize man’s purpose.
THE END
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23.B 24.C 25.C 26.A 27.C 28.C 29.A 30.D 31.D 32.B 33.A 34.C 35.D 36.A 37.D 38.D 39.A 40.C 41.D 42.B
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