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ĐỀ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 90 phút
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICES

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction
Question 1: From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her
A B
writing career, publishing of her three most famous novels.
C D
Question 2: Because of its vast tracts of virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has one
A B C
of the lowest population density in the world.
D
Question 3: Every child in Great Britain between the old year of five and fifteen must attend
school. A B C D
Question 4: It is the high time John understands how to behave properly towards the old men.
A B C D
Question 5: Have you learnt the reason why does the water of the ocean becomes blue?
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct and natural way of
combining of each pair of sentences given
Question 6: In spite of having a broken leg, he managed to get out of the car.
A. In spite of the fact that his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car.
B. In site of having broken legs he managed to get out of the car.
C. Despite of the fact that his leg was broken ,he managed to get out of the car.
D. Although his leg was broken but he managed to get out of the car.

Question 7: Maria says she’d like to have been put in a higher class.
A. Maria wishes she will be put in a. higher class.
B. Maria wishes she is put in a higher class.
C. Maria wishes she were put in a higher class.
D. Maria wishes that she had been put in a higher class.
Question 8: “Please could you wake me up at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning?” I asked the doorman.
A. I asked the doorman if he wakes me at 7 o’clock in the following morning.
B. I asked the doorman if he wake me at 7 o’clock in the following morning.
C. I asked the doorman whether he wakes me at 7 o’clock in the following morning or not.
D. I asked the doorman to wake me up 7 o’clock in the following morning.
Question 9: “I’m sorry, I was rude to you yesterday.” I said to Tom.
A. I apologize of being rude to you yesterday.
B. I apologized Tom for having been rude to him the day before.
C. I apologized for my rude to you yesterday.
D. I apologized Tom to be so rude the day before.
Question 10: The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts. They were to help him
discuss and formulate new policies.
A. The Prime Minister, who is a financial expert, set up a committee to discuss and formulate
new policies.
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B. A committee consisting of financial experts was set up by the Prime Minister to help him
discuss and formulate new policies.
C. The Prime Minister, who was helped by financial experts, set up a committee to discuss and
formulate new policies.
D. A committee consisting of financial experts who were helped by the Prime Minister
discussed and formulated new policies.
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 11 to 15
Our demand for water is constantly increasing. Every year there are more and more people in
the world. Factories turn out more and more products and need more and more water. We live in a

world of water. But almost all of it - about 97%-is in the oceans. This water is too salty to be used
for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. Only about 3% of the world's water is fresh. Most of this
water is not easily available to man because it is locked in
glaciers and icecaps. There is as much water on earth today as there ever was or will ever be. Most
of the water we use finds its way to the oceans. There, it is evaporated by the sun. It then falls back
to the earth as rain.
Water is used and reused over again. It is never used up. Although the world as a whole has
plenty of fresh water, some regions have a water shortage. Rain does not fall evenly over the earth.
Some regions are always too dry, and others too wet. A region that usually gets enough rain may
suddenly have a serious dry spell and another region may be flooded with too much rain.
Question 11. All of the following statements can be inferred from the text EXCEPT
A. We need more and more water.
B. The population of the world is increasing every year.
C. Most of the world’s water is locked in glaciers and icecaps.
D. Factories also need more water.
Question 12. Which of the following is NOT true about the world’s water?
A. The vast majority of the world’s water is ocean (or salty) water.
B. Ocean water is salty enough to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing.
C. Most fresh water is locked in glaciers and icecaps.
D. The percentage of fresh water is very small.
Question 13. What can be inferred about water?
A. The amount of water on earth is always the same.
B. Water will probably be exhausted.
C. Water can be used once only.
D. Most of the water we use is not rain water.
Question 14. It can be inferred from the text that ______
A. no region in the world suffers from a lack of fresh water.
B. rain does not fall equally everywhere on earth.
C. the world has plenty of fresh water in comparison with salty water.
D. a region that usually gets enough rain hardly ever has a dry spell.

Question 15. The phrasal verb “turn out” in the second line is closest in meaning to.
A. sell B. prove to be C. switch off D. produce
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 16 to 20
It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get as
education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school.
The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds.
It can take place where, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It
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includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal
learning. The agents of education can range from a reserved grandparent to the people debating
politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has certain
predictability, education quite often produce surprise. A change conversation with a stranger may
lead a person to discover how little is know of other religions.
People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive
term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school and one that should
be an integral part of one’s entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process,
whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive
at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar
textbook, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learnt, whether
they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited
by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that they are
not likely to find out in their class the truth about political problems in their communities or what
the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the
formalized process of schooling.
Question 16: What does the author probably mean by using the expression “children interrupt their
education to go to school”?
A. Going to several different schools is educationally beneficial.
B. School vacations interrupt the continuity of the school year.

C. Summer school makes the school year too long.
D. All of life is an education.
Question 17: the word “bounds” is closest in meaning to
A. rules B. experiences C. limits D. expectation
Question 18: the word “they” refers to
A. slices of reality B. similar textbooks C. boundaries D. seats
Question 19: The passage supports which of the following conclusions?
A. Without formal education, people would remain ignorant
B. Education systems need to be radically reformed.
C. Going to school is only part of how people become educated.
D. Education involves many years of professional training.
Question 20: The passage is organized by
A. listing and discussing several educational problems
B. contrasting the meanings of two related words
C. narrating a story about excellent teachers
D. giving examples of different kinds of schools
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in
the position of the main stress in each of the following Questions
Question 21: A. parameter B. speedometer C. thermometer D. conscious
Question 22: A. production B. deficient C. ancient D. sufficient
Question 23: A. endangered B. humidity C. necessary D. incredible
Question 24: A. secretary B. necessary C. classifies D. vocabulary
Question 25: A. biology B. accordance C. incomplete D. pudicity
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is not received the
tress or unstressed words)
Question 26: Those of us who smoke should are liable to die of cancer.
A B C D
Question 27: Would you like to have a drink with me tonight, John?
A B C D
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Question 28: Jenny must have been suffered after her husband’s death.
A B C D
Question 29: Never in his whole life has he forgotten what happened to his wife.
A B C D
Question 30: You remember the words if you write them down in your notebook.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
pronunciation in each of the following Questions
Question 31: A. question B. presentation C. industrialization D. modernization
Question 32: A. accompany B. application C. apologize D. admire
Question 33: A. theme B. ethnic C. honey-mouthed D. thunder
Question 34: A. will B. we’ll C. weal D. wheel
Question 35: A. I ’d B. AIDS C. played D. paid
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following Questions
Question 36: “What a new nice style of hair you have it cut!” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A. Yes, please B. It’s from Italy
C. Thank you D. No, I think it’s suitable for me.
Question 37: “You’d better help your mother do the household chores.” “ _ _ _ _ _ __ ”
A. I’d love to B. Thank for your advice C. It’s rubbish D. I have no clue.
Question 38: “Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
”
A. sorry, for this inconvenience B. I have no clue
C. not at all D. sorry, I’m the new comer here.
Question 39: “More coffee, sir?” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A. No, thanks B. Yes, do it yourself
C. All right, self-service D. Make yourself at home
Question 40: “May I come in?” “_______”
A. Yes, no problem B. Feel free C. You’re welcome D. Sorry, let’s wait.
Question 41: Tom “Sorry, I don’t know where the nearest post office is.”

Stranger: “ _ _ _ __ _ _ ”
A. Thank you B. Thank you anyway C. Not at all D. Don’ t mention it
Question 42: “What do you think of this shirt?” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _”
A. It fits you B. Nonsense C. It’s up to you D. No money
Question 43: “What do you want me to cook for your dinner? “ __ _ _ __ _ ”
A. Yes, give up B. Yeah, your meal is great C. It’s up to you D. Let me go
Question 44: As the patient was still too weak the surgeon postpones the operation.
The word postpone is the nearest meaning with:
A. put in B. put on C. put off D. put over
Question 45: John _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this task yesterday morning, but I did it for him. He owes me a
thank-you.
A. must have completed B. should have completed
C. could have completed D. may have completed
Question 46: It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a long time since we were apart, I did not recognize her.
A. is B. has been C. was D. had been
Question 47: _ _ __ _ _ _ had my teacher arrived than he gave us exercises.
A. Hardly B. Not until C. When D. No sooner
Question 48: Actually, I not only read the stories about princes or princesses in the great castles in
the school library_______ in the public library.
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A. or B. whether C. but also D. either
Question 49: _ _ __ _ _ _ furniture needs supplying for the schools in the whole country will slow
down the process of the reform of education.
A. Few B. A few C. Little D. That little
Question 50: It was not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Micheal Jackson’s death people around the world understood
his contribution in music.
A. since B. when C. until D. result
Question 51: Although David was _ _ _ _ _ _ after a day’s work in the office, he tried to help his
wife the household chores.
A. exhaustion B. exhausted C. exhausting D. exhaustive

Question 52: _ _ __ _ _ _ studying in faculty of Love and Happiness in Japan for 5 years, he wrote
the books of how to live and to be lived.
A. After had been B. After he has C. Having been D. Before he had been
Question 53: If you are a typewriter, you will be accustomed to Microsoft word, this program
allows you to save your _______ with many types.
A. files B. documents C. documentaries D. documentary files
Question 54: Juliet, remember shammed death when Romeo appears, _ _ __ _ _ _.
A. didn’t she B. doesn’t he C. do you D. will you
Question 55: Although they are poor and hard, they are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to their children’s success.
A. content B. proud C. satisfied D. boastful
Question 56: In 1879, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , Alice Freeman Palmer became head of the history department
at Wellesley College.
A. twenty-four years B. at the age of twenty-four
C. age twenty-four D. of twenty-four years
Question 57: The United States spends more money on the economic crisis _ _ _ _ _ __ country in
the world.
A. other B. other than C. than any other D. while other
Question 58: Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ they both emit hot from
below the Earth’s surface.
A. due to B. because C. in spite of D. regardless of
Question 59: “Bless you.” “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
A. You’re welcome B. Sorry C. Thank you D. That’s all right
Question 60: Vladimir Putin said that he loved his wife and two daughters as well as his dog, _ _ _ _
_ __ also a female, so much.
A. which was B. that were C. all of whom were D. which were
Mark the sentence (A,B,C or D) that is the best way to have a complete sentence with the words given
Question 61. without / glasses / see / board A. I can't even see nothing on the broad without any glasses.
B. I can hardly see anything on the broad without any glasses.
C. Without any glasses, I can't almost see nothing on the broad.
D. Without any glasses, nothing on the broad can be seen by myself.

Question 62. when / read / note / already / leave / Europe? A. When will you read this note before I'll leave
for Europe?
B. When reading the note, I've already left for Europe.
C. When you read this note, I'll have already left for Europe.
D. When this note will be read, I'll have already left for Europe.
Question 63. all / need / black coffee
A. All I am needing to be drinking a cup of black coffee. B. All is needed to be drinking a cup of
black coffee.
C. All of the need now is to drink a cup of black coffee. D. All I need now is a cup of black
coffee.
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Question 64. it / time / people / build / permission
A. It's high time we prevented people from building houses without permission.
B. It's time for people stop building their houses without permission.
C. It's time we prevented people to build houses without permission.
D. It's about time we should stop people building house without permission.
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. The trains couldn’t run because of the snow.
The snow_________________________________________
66. I didn’t arrive in time to see him.
I wasn’t early_________________________________________
67. I’m sorry I was rude to you yesterday.
I apologize_________________________________________
68. She didn’t hurry, so she missed the train.
If_________________________________________
69. Barbara is the best tennis-player in the club.
No one_________________________________________
II. TOPIC: Write a letter to a pen-pal to talk about a person who has great influence on you.

……………………., March 26
th
, 2015
Dear Linda,
I am sorry for not writing to you for so long, but you know we are all busy with preparing for the
coming GCSE. I am writing today to tell you about my greatest ever idol who has great influence on me.
Everyone has his variety of acquaintances, friends, relatives, teachers, or partners among whom one
may have the one that creates greatest ever impression on him. For me, I must say that my life would not
have been as good as it is today if I did not meet Mr. Jimmy. It happened to me when I was a lower
secondary student. I remember well that I was a very bad boy at that time. I always got bad marks for school
subjects as well as I got fined daily. My teachers got very disappointed, my parents felt ashamed as I was
very often mentioned as a bad example at school. My classmates found ways to keep away from me. I felt so
lonely and hopeless. Then Mr. Jimmy, my new Maths teacher appeared. After having had a talk with me and
my parents, he agreed to be my private tutor. It was so strange that he did not teach me lessons right away,
he made ways to be my friend instead. He spared time to get to know my difficulties, helped me to gain me
confidence, let me believe in what I could do. Gradually, I realized what to do, how to do. He encouraged me
when I felt tired, lonely or daunted. He gave me belief and strength to stand right on my own feet. Finally, I
got to know the meaning of life.
To tell the truth, I feel so happy to have a great teacher like Mr. Jimmy. I really hope that you will
spare time to let me know about your idols in life. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Love,
Tom.
THE END
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