Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh số 461

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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
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other
words
1. A. canoeing B. cap C. appeal D. penalty
2. A. honorable B. honesty C. historic D. heir
3. A. washed B. laughed C. missed D. agreed
4. A. laughs B. loves C. travels D. robs
II. Find the word that has different stress from the rest.
5. A. personality B. rhinoceros C. biologist D. gorilla
6. A. sociable B. silverback C. journey D. incredible
7. A. rhinoceros B. habitat C. leopard D. elephant
8 A. vacancy B. category C. vertical D. psychology
III. Choose the best answer
9. A water polo match _______ into quarters ranging from five to eight minutes.
A. is dividing B. is divided C. divides D. dividing
10. My grandmother is very _______ in history.
A. interest B. interests C. interested D. interesting
11. Vietnamese athletes performed_______ and won a lot of gold medals
A. excellent B. excellently C. excellence D. excel
12. WHO’s main activities are carrying out research on medical _______ and improving international
health care.
A. develop B. developing C. development D. develops
13. The more we learn, _______ .
A. The wiser we are B. we are wiser C. wiser we are D. the more wiser we are
14.The weather is horrible at the moment, isn’t it? I hope it clears up later.

A. becomes brighter B. gets worst C. gets worse D. becomes darker
15.The Red List is a special book that provides names of ___________ animals
A. vulnerable and endangered B. dangerous
C. hunted D. extinct
16.Endangered species are plant and animal species which are in _____________
A at risk B. risky C. danger D. dangerous
17.Take an umbrella with you when you go out. It _________ later.
A. may rained B. must rain C. might rain D. need rain
18.There are a number of measures that should be _______ to protect endangered animals.
A. take B. takes C. taken D. took
19.Different conservation efforts have been made ___________ save endangered species.
A. in order to B. so to as C. so that D. in order that
20.I prefer scuba-diving to water polo ____________ it is adventurous.
A. since B. due to C. because of D. thank to
21. The waiter was not very good. _______________ , the food was delicious.
A. Therefore B. But C. However D. Although
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22.She is the woman ____________ sister looks after the baby for us.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
23. ____________ about your difficult situation, I would have help you.
A. Had I known B. If I knew C. If I known D. Were I
24.Only ………………….people came to the press conference.
A. few B. little C. a few D. a little
IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question below.
We are all destroying the earth. The seas and the rivers are too dirty to swim in. There is so much
smoke in the air that it is unhealthy to live in many of the world’s cities. In one well-known city, for
example, poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to wear
oxygen masks.
We have cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of land all over the world. As a

result, farmers in parts of Africa cannot grow enough food to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is
too little rice. Moreover, we do not take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly
disappearing. For instance, tigers are rare in India now and because we have killed too many for them
to survive. However, it isn’t enough simply to talk about the problem. We must act now before it is
too late to do anything about it. Join us now. Save the earth.
25. Why can’t we swim in the seas and the rivers?
A. because they are too dirty B. because they are too healthy
C. because they are too harmful D. because there is too much smoke
26. How is the air in many of the world’s cities?
A. It is very pure B. there is so much smoke in it
C. it is healthy to breathe it D. none are correct
27. What kinds of animals are rare in India now?
A. lions B. tigers C. elephants D. bears
28. The result of cutting down trees in Asia and Africa is________
A. farmers cannot grow enough to eat B. there is too little rice
C. a and b are correct D. a and b are incorrect
29. Wild animals are quickly disappearing because__________
A. we take care of the city B. we do not take care of the city
C. we take care of the countryside D. we do not take care of the countryside
V. Read the passage and choose the best option to each gap.
My home is in the air - I do an enormous amount of traveling. It is a fast life and (30) ______
of work, but I like it and that is the only way (31) _______ me.
Everything is tiring - music, traveling - but what can I do? I am not (32) _________ to
complaining. It is hard to imagine now (33) _______ I will ever be very long in one place. My home
town is on the Caspian Sea. There is sea, wind, sun and (34) ______ many tourists and hotels. I have
my own flat with four or five rooms, but I am seldom there. If I am there for a day or two I prefer to
(35) _________ with my mother and grandmother. They live in a small house, (36) _________ it is
very comfortable and my mother cooks for me. I like good, simple food.
I have no wife, no brothers or sisters and my father (37) ______ when I was seven. He was an
engineer and I don't (38) ______ him very well. He liked music very much and wanted me to (39)

_______ a musician.
30. A. most B. full C. complete D. more
31. A. for B. to C. in D. by
32. A. wanted B. taken C. used D. known
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33. A. and B. so C. while D. that
34. A. far B. too C. much D. more
35. A. stay B. go C. do D. spend
36. A. but B. since C. even D. which
37. A. killed B. gone C. passed D. died
38. A. know B. remember C. remind D. see
39. A. become B. turn C. develop D. grow
VI. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
40. The boy didn’t eat dinner until his mother came home.
A. It was not until his mother came home that the boy eats dinner.
B. It was not until his mother came home that the boy ate dinner.
C. It was not until his mother came home the boy ate dinner.
D. It was not until his mother came home that the boy didn’t eat dinner.
41. Emma hasn’t gone to the cinema for years.
A. Emma goes to the cinema every years.
B. Emma hasn’t gone to the cinema yet this year, but she did last year.
C. Emma doesn’t go to the cinema unless she has the time.
D. Emma hasn’t seen a film for a long time.
42. I didn’t eat anything because I wasn’t hungry.
A. If I was hungry, I would eat something
B. If I had been hungry, I would have eaten something
C. If I hadn’t been hungry, I would have eaten something
D. If I had eaten something, I would have been eaten something
43. “Why don’t you like pop music?”, the teenagers asked him.

A. The teenagers asked him why you didn’t like pop music.
B. The teenagers asked why you didn’t like pop music.
C. The teenagers asked him why he didn’t like pop music.
D. The teenagers asked him why he doesn’t like pop music.
44 . Do you have a good relationship with your boss?
A. Are you getting on well with your boss?
B. Are you going on well with your boss?
C. Are you behaving on well with your boss?
D. Are you keeping on well with your boss?
45. Ecologists say that our planet should be taken of.
A. Ecologists say that we should take care of our planet.
B. Ecologists say that we should take care our planet.
C. Ecologists say that we should be taken care of our planet.
D. Ecologists are said that we should take care of our planet.
VII. Identify one word or phrase that has a mistake(1.5m)
46.The computer games have been playing by many children since they appeared.
A B C D
47. Because a pain in his leg, he walked slowly.
A B C D
48. we met a deaf student which is very intelligent .
A B C D
49. If they will build a new room for the children, the children may study better.
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A B C D
50. New York is originally called New Amsterdam although it was founded by the Dutch.
A B C D
Reading 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 question 51 to 60:
Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember part events, anticipate future ones,

make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists, however, are cautious
about the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing.
Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions
entirely to instinct leave many questions unanswered. One example of such unexplained behavior: Honeybees
communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern. The orientation
of the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the sun’s position in the sky, and the speed of the
dance tells how far the food source is from the hive. Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and
encode the dance is innate and shows no special intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept
changing the site of the food source, each time moving the food 25 percent father from the previous site,
foraging honeybees began to anticipate where the food source would appear next. When the researchers
arrived at the new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has yet
explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred the location of
the new site.
Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who
uses a stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural environment as rudimentary
tools. One researcher has found that mother chimpanzees occasionally show their young how to use tools to
open hard nuts. In one study, chimpanzees compared two pairs of food wells containing chocolate chips. One
pair might contain, say, five chips and three chips, the other four chips and three chips. Allowed to choose
which pair they wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose the one with the higher total, showing some
sort of summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use numerals to label quantities of items and do
simple sums.
51: What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Observations that suggest consciousness in animal
behavior.
B. The use of food in studies of animal behavior. C. The role of instinct in animal behavior.
D. Differences between the behavior of animals in their natural environments and in laboratory
experiments.
52: Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought to have?
A. Communicating emotions B. Remembering past experiences
C. Selecting among choices D. Anticipating events to come
53: What is the purpose of the honeybee at a site?

A. To determine the quality of food at a site B. To increase the speed of travel to food sources
C. To identify the type of nectar that is available D. To communicate the location of food
54: The word “yet” is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. however B. generally C. since D. so far
55: What did researchers discover in the study of honeybees discussed in paragraph 2?
A. Bees are able to travel at greater speeds than scientists thought.
B. The bees were able to determine in advance where scientists would place their food.
C. Changing the location of food caused bees to decrease their dance activity.
D. The bees could travel 25% farther than scientists expected.
56: It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to ___________.
A. be an indicator of cognitive ability B. be related to food consumption
C. correspond to levels of activity D. vary among individuals within a species
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57: Why are otters and mussel shells included in the discussion in paragraph 3?
A. To provide that certain species demonstrate greater ability in tool use than other species.
B. To provide an example of tool use among animals.
C. To show that animals are very good at using objects in their habitat.
D. To provide an example of the use of weapons among animals.
58: The word “rudimentary” in meaning to ___________.
A. technical B. basic C. superior D. original
59: The phrase “the one” refer to the ____________.
A. chimpanzee B. pair C. ability D. study
60: Scientists concluded from the experiment with chimpanzees and chocolate chips that chimpanzees ____.
A. prefer to work in pairs or groups B. have difficulty selecting when given choices
C. lack abilities that other primates have D. exhibit behavior that indicates certain mathematical abilities
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best sentence made from the given words.
61: you/ entitle/ drive/ car/ your driving license. //
A. You are not entitled to driving a car without your driving license.
B. You do not entitle to drive a car without your driving license.

C. You are not entitled to drive a car with your driving license.
D. You are not entitled to drive a car without your driving license.
62: there/ no point/ try/ explain/ it/ her/ she/ incapable/ understand.//
A. There is no point in trying to explaining it to her; she is incapable on understanding it.
B. There is no point trying to explain her to it; she is incapable in understanding it.
C. There is no point trying to explain it to her; she is incapable of understanding it.
D. There is no point in trying explaining it to her; she is incapable to understand it.
63: not until/ you / grow / understand / the matter.//
A. Not until you grow up that can you understand the matter.
B. Not until you grow up that you can understand the matter.
C. It is not until you grow up that you can understand the matter.
D. It is not until you grow up that can you understand the matter.
Question 64: legend/ that / tea/ beverage/ discover / 2737B.C.//
A. Legend makes it that tea was a beverage discovered in 2737B.C.
B. Legend told it that tea as a beverage which discovered in 2737B.C.
C. Legend said that tea was a beverage was discovered in 2737B.C.
D. Legend has it that tea as a beverage was discovered in 2737B.C.
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 get to work in 20 minutes.
It _________________________________________
66. It is necessary that this work be finished by Monday.
This work_________________________________________
67. It’s a pity I didn’t take my doctor’s advice.
I wish_________________________________________
68. The bread is so tale we can’t eat it.
The bread isn’t_________________________________________
69. Who does this bag belong to?
Whose_________________________________________

II. Topic: Is university education the best choice for all of us?
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In China, more and more people try their best to attend college or university. What are the reasons
that make people long for it?
First of all, in my opinion, the most important reason is to gain competence to live a better life in the
future. Competition of our days has become more and more drastic, and even a very simple job or low
position will attract hundreds of candidates to apply for it. Only those who have a good education and
general knowledge can gain better work. So, we should attend college or university for better competence.
Second, attending college or university can change our life. For example, to myself, I am a student
from countryside. I am one of the few people who can attend college or university. Most of those who have not
studied in college or university go to work early in a small factory in a small town or on a farm in their
hometown. Just because I have taken higher education, I can get better chances to study or work in the
capital of our country where a lot of people want to go to. Why? Good education gives me chances to change
my life.
The third reason for attending a college is to increase knowledge. Study is a so interesting thing that it makes
our life rich and colorful. It expands our eyesight by informing us with lots of new things what we cannot gain
from our common life or experience. On the other hand, by attending college or university, you can learn the
knowledge or skill necessary for your future work.
People attend college or university for various reasons. Some may attend for new experiences, and
others may think about other things. What I have mentioned is just very few of them.
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