đề thi thử tiếng anh đại học các trường THPT chuyên trên toàn quốc đề số (2)

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ĐỀ SỐ 5
Đề thi thử đại học lần III (2013) – Trường chuyên Đại học SPHN
Mã đề số: 431
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ CÂU HỎI SỐ 1 ĐẾN CÂU HỎI SỐ 80) DÀNH CHO TẤT CẢ CÁC THÍ
SINH

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the others in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. caring B. scary C. parrot D. bared
Question 2. A. terrorist B. technology C. category D. dissolve
Question 3. A. driven B. wilderness C. cacti D. determine
Question 4. A. precision B. decision C. impression D. division
Question 5. A. rest B. castle C. often D. wrestle
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to complete each of the
following questions or the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined part.
Question 6. Major fouls are by one minute in the penalty box.
A. forced B. sentenced C. penalized D. prohibited
Question 7. In water polo, no player the goalie can hold the ball with both hands.
A. although B. beside C. apart D. except
Question 8. It was a cold day, I had to wear my wood coat.
A. so B. so that C. therefore D. consequently
Question 9. A: Overall, don’t you think the possibility of world peace is greater now than ever before?

B: It be. I don’t know. Political relationships can be fragile.
A. able B. need C. must D. may
Question 10. Environmental pollution has many spe species to the verge of
extinction.
A. sent B. thrown C. brought D. driven
Question 11. They were seen the building.
A. enter B. to be entered C. to entering D. to enter
Question 12. We live in a village in a small wooded valley.
A. lying B. placing C. putting D. laying
Question 13. For money. It’s really annoying.
A. She forever asks B. She asks forever
C. Forever she asks D. She’s forever asking
Question 14 – This song isn’t as good as the first one.
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A. Is it the last one B. I’ll go first! C. I think it is D. Is the last one over
Question 15. Later a wine reception will be followed by a concert before guests tuck into a banquet.
A. an enormous breakfast C. an informal party
B. a formal conference D. a formal part
Question 16. I’m so pleased to see you − to talk to you since the weekend.
A. I’m wanting B. I’ve been wanting C. I want D. would like
Question 17. Three great stretches of sandy deserts almost circle the centre of Australia.
A. dunes B. valleys C. lands D. areas
Question 18. You should keep that ticket somewhere safe – you well need it later.
A. must B. will C. may D. would
Question 19. I can’t go out with you tomorrow. My sister move into her new flat.
A. I help B. I’ll help C. I’m help D. would help
Question 20. Those companies were close due to some seriously financial problems.
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A. taken off B. put away C. wiped out D. gone over

Question 21. You told us he was a famous director – we’d have asked for his autograph!
A. could have B. would have C. had D. ø
Question 22. There’s no we can all fit in only one car.
A. point B. cense C. way D. good
Question 23. Can you recommend something stopping birds from eating my seeds?
A. to B. by C. on D. for
Question 24. It’s nice to spend a day out of the city now and again.
A. every B. each C. any D. many
Question 25. At the end of our course we all signed other’s course book.
A. every B. each C. one D. an
Question 26. For you to buy a bike because you can easily borrow one when you need one.
A. Is not worth B. It’s not worth C. It’s not worth it D. It’s worthy
Question 27. I bought trousers this afternoon.
A. these B. a C. this D. a piece of
Question 28. Excuse me. I if you might have a spare ticket. I’ve lost mine.
A. would wonder B. was wondering
C. used to wonder D. would be wondering
Question 29. The book I’m reading at the moment is absolutely .
A. interesting B. funny C. frightening D. terrifying
Question 30. There was a/an cat on the sofa.
A. beautiful B. asleep C. awake D. only
Question 31. They denied the opportunity to take part.
A. to her B. her C. for her D. of
Question 32. We’d all be much happier if we about the money.
A. aren’t worrying B. wouldn’t worry C. weren’t worrying D. worry
Question 33. The only person me when I lived in Venezuela was my brother.
A. visited B. what visited C. to visit D. visiting
Question 34. Scarcely down to watch TV when the phone rang.
A. I had sat B. did I sit C. had I sat D. I would sit
Question 35. It was a dark, stormy night. The wind and the moon was hidden behind clouds.

A. was blowing B. used to blow C. would blow D. blew
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 question from 36 to 45.
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Although only a small percentage of the electromagnetic radiation that
is emitted by the Sun is ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the amount that is
emitted would be enough to cause severe damage to most forms of life
on Earth were it all to reach the surface of the Earth. Fortunately, all of
the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation does not reach the Earth because of a
layer of oxygen, called the ozone layer, encircling the Earth in the
stratosphere at an altitude of about 15 miles above the Earth. The ozone
layer absorbs much of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation and prevent it from
reaching the Earth.
Ozone is a form of ozone in which each molecule consists of three
atoms (O
3
) instead of the two atoms (O
2
) usually found in an oxygen
molecule, Ozone forms in the stratosphere in a process that is initiated

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by ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. UV radiation from the Sun splits
oxygen molecules with two atoms into free oxygen atoms, and each of
these unattached oxygen atoms then joins up with an oxygen molecule
to form ozone, UV radiation is also capable of splitting up ozone
molecules; thus, ozone is constantly forming, splitting, and reforming
in the stratosphere. When UV radiation is absorbed during the process
of ozone formation and reformation, it is unable to reach Earth and
cause damage there.
Recently, however, the ozone layer over part of the Earth has been
diminishing, chief among the culprits in the case of the disappearing
ozone, those that are really responsible, are the chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs). CFCs meander up from Earth into the stratosphere, where they
break down and release chlorine. The released chlorine reacts with

ozone reacts with ozone in the stratosphere to form chlorine monoxide
(ClO) and oxygen (O
2
). The chlorine then becomes free to go through
the cycle over and over again. One chlorine atom can, in fact, destroy
hundreds of thousands of ozone molecules in this repetitious cycle, and
the effects of this destructive process are now becoming evident.
Question 36. According to the passage, ultraviolet radiation from the Sun .
A. is causing severe damage to the Earth’s ozone layer
B. is only a fraction of the Sun’s electromagnetic radiation
C. creates electromagnetic radiation
D. always readies the Earth
Question 37. The word “encircling” in line 5 is closest in meaning to .
A. rotating B. attacking C. raising D. surrounding
Question 38. It is stated in the passage that the ozone layer .
A. enables ultraviolet radiation to reach the Earth
B. reflects ultraviolet radiation
C. shields the Earth from a lot of ultraviolet radiation
D. reaches down to the Earth
Question 39. According to the passage, an ozone molecule .
A. consists of three oxygen molecules
B. contains more oxygen atoms than usual oxygen molecule does
C. consists of two oxygen atoms
D. contains the same number of atoms as the usual oxygen molecule
Question 40. The word “free” in line 11 could best be replaced by .
A. liberal B. gratuitous C. unconnected D. emancipated
Question 41. Ultraviolet radiation causes oxygen molecules to .
A. rise to die stratosphere
B. bum up ozone molecules
C. split up and reform as ozone

D. reduce the number of chlorofluorocarbons
Question 42. The pronoun “it” in line 15 refers to .
A. radiation B. process C. formation D. damage
Question 43. The word “culprits” in line 18 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Guilty parties B. Detectives C. Group members D. Leaders
Question 44. According to the passage, what happens after a chlorine molecule reacts with an ozone
molecule?
A. The ozone breaks down into three oxygen atoms.
B. Two different molecules are created.
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C. The two molecules combine into one molecule.
D. Three distinct molecules result.
Question 45. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses .
A. the negative result of the cycle of ozone destruction
B. where chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) come from
C. the causes of the destruction of ozone molecules
D. how electromagnetic radiation is created

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word for each of the blanks from 46 to 55.
THE NEED FOR BIGGER PLANES
The big issue for plane-makers planning for the future is size, not speed. With the skies already
full of air traffic, and with worse to (46) , the important questions for the
designers are how many passengers they can (47) into the new super-planes and who
will be (48) to build them first. (49) yourself ten years from now in a packed
airport departure lounge. Eight hundred passengers are waiting with you for their first flight on one of a
remarkable range of super-planes, and the check-in time (50) have been as much as four hours before
take-off to allow for the extra people. Impossible? Far from it. Designs for these planes are already
stored on computer at the world’s top aircraft manufacturers, waiting to be turned (51)

reality.
The airlines badly need the new jets to deal with future increases in passenger (52) . A billion
passengers a year are currently carried by air, but that figure is (53) to double by the year
2010. The only practical (54) of avoiding making the skies even busier is to build
much bigger planes. The race to build the new jets is the hottest contest in the airliner business. Manufacturers
are working closely with the major airlines to produce designs that will please airlines and passengers (55) .
Question 46. A. go B. happen C. come D. arrive
Question 47. A. contain B. fit C. hold D. sit
Question 48. A. possible B. able C. proper D. capable
Question 49. A. Consider B. Suppose C. Imagine D. Regard
Question 50. A. can B. need C. ought D. may
Question 51. A. as B. by C. into D. for
Question 52. A. amounts B. sums C. quantities D. numbers
Question 53. A. expected B. thought C. known D. hoped
Question 54. A. scheme B. process C. way D. plan
Question 55. A. equal B. alike C. similar D. same

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 56. In a medical study of nearly 5,000 adult, half of them were given one aspirin a day and the other
half given a placebo, it was found that those taking aspirin suffered 38 percent fewer heart attacks than those
who weren’t.
A. half of them B. given C. taking D. who weren’t
Question 57. The medical science began with the Greek Hippocrates, who earned for himself the title of
father of Medicine.
A. The medical science B. the Greek C. for himself D. the title
Question 58. Jaguarundis are sleek, long-tailed creatures colored either an uniform reddish brown or dark
grey.
A. long-tailed B. colored C. an D. or
Question 59. The carbon atoms of the diamond are so strongly bonded that a diamond can only be scratched
with other diamond.

A. carbon atoms B. so strongly C. scratched D. other
Question 60. The surface of the planet Venus is almost completely hid by the thick clouds that shroud it.


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A. almost B. hid C. thick D. shroud
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to complete each of the
following sentences.
Question 61. The Earth’s ice to melt, the Earth’s ocean would rise by about two hundred feet.
A. If all B. Were all C. If all were D. All was
Question 62. We kept the fire burning all day .
A. In spite of the fact that the weather was very cold
B. Even though of the cold weather
C. Due to the fact that the very cold weather
D. Because the weather was very cold
Question 63. At the University of Melbourne was successful.
A. The experience was conducted
B. The experience conducted
C. The experience where was conducted
D. The experience which had conducted
Question 64. On being asked about the missing document, .
A. They couldn’t get any answers from him
B. No information was obtained from him
C. No answers were given by him
D. he denied ever seeing it
Question 65. Have at least four hours of hazardous materials response training is mandated by federal
law.

A. All police officers C. That all police officers
B. All police officers must D. For all police officers

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 question from 66 to 75.
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Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the
world’s universities came from very inauspicious and humble beginnings.
This oldest of American universities was found in 1636, just sixteen years
after the pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the
Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of

England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities and these university
graduates in the New World were determined that their sons would have the
same educational opportunities that they themselves had had. Because of this
support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of
Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and
early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school – this land
was in an area called Newetowne, which was later renamed Cambridge after its
English cousin and site of the present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the
neighboring town of Charlestowne, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed
half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact
that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the
college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done. The amount of
the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s standards, but it
was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order
to open the college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first present of Harvard in 1640, and it
should be noted that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire
faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the staff did
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expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence the entire teaching staff
consisted of the president and three or four tutors.
Question 66. The main idea of this passage is that .
A. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities
B. What is today a great university started out small
C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university
D. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts
Question 67. The passage indicates that Harvard is .
A. One of the oldest universities in the world’s

B. The oldest university in the world
C. One of the oldest universities in American
D. The oldest university in American
Question 68. It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who traveled to the Massachusetts colony
were .
A. Rather well educated
B. Rather rich
C. rather supportive of the English government
D. rather undemocratic
Question 69. The pronoun “they” in line 7 refers to .
A. Oxford and Cambridge universities C. sons
B. university graduates D. educational opportunities
Question 70. The “pounds” in line 9 are probably .
A. types of books B. college students
C. unit of money D. school campuses
Question 71. The “English cousin” in line 11 refers to a .
A. city B. relative C. person D. court
Question 72. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
A. What he died of
B. Where he came from
C. Where he was buried
D. How much he bequeathed to Harvard
Question 73. The word “fledgling” in line 15 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. Newborn B. Flying C. Winged D. Established
Question 74. The passage implies that .
A. Henry Dunster was an ineffective president.
B. someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster.
C. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty.
D. the position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years.
Question 75. The word “somewhat” in line 22 could best be replaced by .

A. back and forth B. to and fro C. side by side D. more or less

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the
sentence in italics.
Question 76. If only Bruce and Suzy had told me that they hadn’t made reservations for their vacation yet.
A. Bruce and Suzy should have told me that they didn’t want to make reservations for their trip.
B. The only thing Bruce and Suzy told me was that they hadn’t made reservations anywhere yet.
C. Bruce and Suzy wouldn’t have had a holiday if they hadn’t told me that they hadn’t booked their trip.
D. I wish I had been informed by Bruce and Suzy that they still needed to book their holiday.
Question 77. If you’re really in need of relaxation, nothing is better than a lengthy massage.


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A. You’d like something like a relaxing massage to relieve all that stress, wouldn’t you?
B. You’d better have a lengthy massage soon if you don’t want to become all knotted up with stress.
C. I’ll book you an intensive massage at the spa if you’re feeling so tense.
D. A very long massage is the best thing for a severely stressed body and mind.
Question 78. “Were I the minister of Education, I would provide free course books to school children,” said
James.
A. James told if he were the minister of Education, he would provide free course books to school children.
B. James asked if he had been the minister of Education, he would have provided free course books to
school children.
C. James said if he were the minister of Education, he would provide free course books to school children.
D. James said if he had been the minister of Education, he would have provided free course books to school
children.
Question 79. It’s possible that your computer crashed because of the excessive number of songs you saved on
it.

A. The crash of your computer might have been caused by the fact that you saved too many songs on it.
B. It turned out that your computer crashed after you saved all those songs on it.
C. Your computer wouldn’t have crashed if you hadn’t saved so many songs on it.
D. You should have known that saving so many songs on your computer would cause it to crash.
Question 80. However much effort the gymnast put into her training, she could never be satisfied with herself.
A. The gymnast was never pleased with her own abilities, even though she worked extremely hard at
developing them.
B. The gymnast was not happy with the difficult way in which she had to push herself to practice harder.
C. In her head, the gymnast was constantly scolding herself for her lack of ability and for being the laziest
gymnast ever.
D. The gymnast was physically weak, so she decided to spend little time on trying to improve her skills any
further.