Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh số 475

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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
Chọn phương án ( a, b, c hoặc d) ứng với từ có phần nguyên âm được gạch chân có cách phát
âm khác với ba từ còn lại trong mỗi câu:
1. a. current b. turn c. fun d. under
2. a. further b. fertile c. heard d. mother
3. a. mountain b. southern c. mouth d. count
4. a. tiny b. island c. river d. wind
5. a. coast b. lost c. most d. whole
Chọn phương án ( a, b, c hoặc d) ứng với từ có trọng âm chính rơi vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với
ba từ còn lại trong mỗi câu:
6. a. disappear b. engineer c. education d. attachment
7. a. consume b. reflect c. local d. between
8. a. curtain b. enclose c. contain d. remember
9. a. distance b. glorious c. exciting d. journey
10. a. tremendous b. enormous c. serious d. describe
Chọn phương án đúng ( a, b, c hoặc d) để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau:
11. These days almost everybody …….the danger of smoking.
a. know of b. are aware of c. is aware about d. is aware of
12. The Internet makes it such easier…….communicate with one another.
a. to people for b. for people c. that people can d. for people to
13. Because it was faster, Jim…….on my taking the plane to London instead of the train.
a. resisted b. insisted c. refused d. reminded
14. Until she was arrested last week, the young woman thought she had…… the perfect crime.
a. committed b. escaped c. got away d. charged
15. …….it not been for the intolerable heat in the hall, they would have stayed much longer.

a. If b. But c. Should d. Had
16. The ball……tow or three times before rolling down the road.
a. sprang b. bounced c. leap d. hopped
17. The……of the pagoda in the water was very clear and beautiful.
a. sight b. shadow c. reflection d. mirror
18. When I came, the salesperson was……….to the customers how to use a new kind of washing
machines. a. demonstrating b. proving c. exposing d. teaching
19. Do you think Ms. Brown will…… for Parliament in the next election?
a. sit b. run c. walk d. stand
20. A human being is……….of many, often conflicting, desires.
a. made b. made up c. consisted d. created
21. The train accident………the other trains’ departure by a few hours.
a. sent back b. called off c. delayed d. retained
22. Long: “What happened to your younger brother?’ – Mai: “…………… ”
a. Nothing. Why do you ask? B. he’s nearly ten years old
c. He’s having a birthday party. d. I love him very much.
23. Mark: “How long have you been here?” – Vera: “……………… ”
a. About two and a half years b. I’m fine. How about you?
c. I don’t live very far from here. d. It took me two hours by bus.
24. He didn’t want to risk…… late for the interview.
a. arrive b. arriving c. to arrive d. having arrived
25. if you can’t remember his phone number, you can always…….it……in the phone book.
a. take / down b. look/ up c. find / out d. bring / about
26. The planet Mercury…….rotations during every two trips around the Sun.
a. three complete b. completes three c. the completion of three d. completing three of the
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27. Mountaineers………climb Mount Everest must make reservations to do so , often up to seven
years in advance. a. want to b. they want to c. who want d. wanting
to

28. In economics, “diminishing returns” describes…… resource inputs and production.
a. among b. when it is c. among them d. the relationship between
29. Rarely…… remove the entire root of a dandelion because of its length and sturdiness.
a. can the casual gardener b. the casual gardener
c. the casual gardener will d. does the casual gardener’s
30. Professional people expect……when it is necessary to cancel an appointment.
a. you to call them b. that you would call them c. your calling them d. that you are calling them
31. Frost occurs in valleys and on low grounds…….on adjacent hills.
a. more frequently as b. as frequently than c. more frequently than d. much frequently than
32. In a new culture, many embarrassing situations occur… a misunderstanding.
a. for b. of c. because of d. because
33. …….unknown quantities is the task of algebra.
a. To found b. Find c. The find d. Finding
34. Both liquids and gases flow freely from a container because they have………
a. not definite shape b. none definite shape c. nothing definite shape d. no definite shape
35. Research in the work place reveals that people work for many reasons………
a. money beside b. money besides c. beside money d. besides money
36. The horn of the rhinoceros consists of a c one of tight bundles of keratin…….from the epidermis.
a. grow b. grows c. growing d. they grow
37. … range in colour from pale yellow to bright orange.
a. Canaries which b. Canaries c. That canaries d. Canaries that are
38. It is believed………causes insomnia.
a. too much caffeine which b. that too much caffeine c. it is too much caffeine d. too much caffeine
that
39. Alex did not do very well in the class because…………
a. he studied not good b. he failed to study properly c. he was a badly student d. he was not good to
study
40. The harder you try,………….
a. the most you achieve b. you achieve the more c. the more you achieve d. the better achieve you
have

Đọc kĩ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (a, b, c hoặc d) cho mỗi chỗ trống:
ADVERTISEMENTS
Perhaps the most creative use of language in newspaper is in the advertisements. The writers
have to catch and ( 41)……the reader’s attention. They often ( 42)……this with a play on words. You
read the words and understand them one way and then suddenly you ( 43)… that another
interpretation is possible. Through the ambiguity the advertisement has caught your attention- and the
advertiser ( 44)… you’ll buy the product.
Under the picture of a new car are the words: “Not another family saloon.” The dual
interpretation of that phrase is dependent on how it is pronounced. Misread it by putting the stress on
the second word thereby projecting a message the advertiser would clearly not want , and this ( 45)
… you look again and pay conscious attention to the alternative message.
Advertising copywriters frequently ( 46) … use of idioms. One advertisement showed girls
wearing different coloured jeans, but none the traditional blue ones. Underneath were words:
“Jeanius is
( 47)… ideas out of the blue.” On level, that ( 48)… the jeans are not ordinary blue jeans but ones in
a range of colours. But there is also the suggestion that these new jeans are a sudden piece of
inspiration, a stroke of genius. “ Out of the blue” is an idiom which means quite unexpectedly and
genius often
( 49)… getting a brilliant idea suddenly. That’s very clever, but it’s not quite the end of it, because
it’s not genius they are ( 50)……about, but jeanius. That is another play on words, the product they
are selling, after all, is a pair of jeans.
41. a. maintain b. hold c. remain d. pay
42. a. have b. make c. succeed d. do
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43. a. aware b. realize c. indicate d. wonder
44. a. hopes b. wishes c. sees d. makes
45. a. tells b. makes c. causes d. forces
46. a. have b. do c. make d. get
47. a. having b. thinking c. making d. arriving

48. a. means b. tells c. seems d. pretends
49. a. compares b. is c. contains d. involves
50. a. talking b. saying c. telling d. meaning
Đọc kĩ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (a, b, c hoặc d) cho mỗi câu:
Our eyes and ears might be called transformers because they sense the light and sound around us and
turn them into electrical impulses that the brain can interpret. These electrical impulses that have been
transformed by the eyes and ears reach the brain and are turned into messages that we can interpret.
For the eye, the process begins as the eye admits light waves, bends them at the cornea and lens, and
then focuses them on the retina. At the back of each eye, nerve fibers bundle together to form optic
nerves, which join and then split into two optic tracts. Some of the fibers cross so that part of the
input from the right visual field goes into the left side of the brain, and vice versa. The process in the
ear is carried out through sensory cells that are carried in fluid- filled canals and that are extremely
sensitive to vibration. Sound that is transformed into electricity travels along nerve fibers in the
auditory never. These fibers form a synapse with neurons that carry the messages to the auditory
cortex on each side of the brain.
51. According to the author, we might call our eyes and ears “transformers” because:
a. They sense light and sound b. The create electrical impulses.
c. The brain can interpret the input d. The messages travel in the brain.
52. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the word “admits”?
a. Selects b. Interprets c. Lets in d. Focuses on
53. What does the word ‘ them” in line 2 refer to ?
a. Eyes and ears b. Light and sound c. Transformers d. Electrical impulses
54. The word “bundle” could best be replaced by which of the following?
a. Group b. Grow c. Branch d. Settle
55. The word “split” is closest in meaning to which of the following?
a. Tear b. Fracture c. Separate d. Crack
56. What does the word “them” in line 6 refer to ?
a. Light waves b. vessels c. Eyes d. Messages
57. According to the passage, when input from the right visual field goes into the left side of the brain
, what happen?

a. The nerve fibers bundle together b. The optic nerves split
c. The retina receives light waves d. Input from the left field goes to the right side.
58. The phrase “ carried out” could be best be replaced by which of the following?
a. Brought over b. Taken away c. Accomplished d. Maintained
59. Which of the following is most similar to the word “vibration”?
a. Sound b. Movement c. Light d. Heat
60. According to the passage, optic nerves eventually………….
a. Bend b, Split c. Admit light waves d. Become messages
Chọn phương án ( a, b, c hoặc d) ứng với từ/ cụm từ gạch chân cần phải sửa trong các
câu sau:
61. ( A) The number of ( B) time he spends ( C) gardening ( D) is increasing every day.
62. It would be ( A) both noticed and ( B) appreciating if you could finish ( C) the work before you
( D) leave.
63. ( A) The suits were ( B) hanged in the closet ( C) when they ( D) were returned from the cleaners.
64. ( A) A vast quantity of radioactive ( B) material ( C) is made when a hydrogen bomb ( D)
explode.
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. Her grief was so great that she almost fainted.
–> So great was her grief that she almost fainted.
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66. He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk.
–> No sooner had he returned from his walk than he got down to writing the letter.
67. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.
–> Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting her.
68. I only realized what I had missed when they told me about it later.
–> Only when they told me about it later did I realize what I had missed.
69. You won’t find a more dedicated worker anywhere than Mrs John.

–> Nowhere will you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs John.
II. Topic: Write a paragraph of about 140 words to tell about your family.
There are four people in my family: my parents, my younger sister and I. My dad is forty-nine and my
mom is four years younger. My younger sister is ten years old. My dad works for a local company and my
mom is a doctor. My younger sister is in grade 5. Both my parents work from 7:30am to 5pm everyday except
Saturday and Sunday. Sometimes they have to work at night and go away home for a few days. Although my
parents are very busy with their work, they always try to spend much time for the family. My mother is a
caring person. She always gets up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for everyone. My dad is always
happy to give a hand with the housework such as cooking meals or cleaning the floor. Because I am in grade
12 and I will have taken the national exam by the end of June, my parents let me have a lot of time for my
study. However, I always try to help my mom and dad with the household chores. My main responsibility is
taking out the garbage, washing the dishes after meals and helping my younger sister with her study when I
have time. We are a close-knit family and we always share our feeling, happiness, or sadness with each
other. I love my family so much.
- KEY

1B 2D 3B 4C 5B 6D 7C 8A 9C 10C
11D 12D 13B 14A 15D 16B 17C 18A 19B 20B
21C 22A 23A 24B 25B 26B 27D 28D 29A 30A
31C 32C 33D 34D 35D 36C 37B 38B 39B 40C
41B 42B 43B 44A 45B 46C 47A 48A 49D 50A
51B 52C 53B 54A 55C 56A 57D 58C 59B 60B
61A 62B 63B 64D
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