Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh số 65

SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
(ĐỀ LUYỆN 065)
ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 90 phút
PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: (8 ĐIỂM)
I. Read the following text then answer the questions that follow by marking its corresponding letter A,
B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
Upon the creation of the United States, one of the core concepts which the hopes for the new
democracy were pinned was the ideal that its citizens would be enlightened individuals with clearly
articulated rights and the opportunity for individual achievement and education. It was believed that in a
free nation where the power belongs to the people, the commitment to education defines the progress of
that democracy and is the catalyst for future progress. This core value has not only stood the test of time
but has also grown in importance. In this new Information Era and international economy, education is an
increasingly vital commodity, a precursor of potential success and a driving force of chance. It is important
to recognize, however, that we approach education today differently than in the past, partly because the
kinds of jobs people had didn’t require the kind of basic education and specialized training that is often
required in the workforce today. In the 1950s, for instance, only 20 percent of American jobs were
classified as professional, 20 percent as skilled; and 60 percent as unskilled. Today, our world has changed.
The proportion of unskilled jobs has fallen to 20 percent, while jobs now account for at least 60 percent of
the workforce. Even more important, almost every job today increasingly requires a combination of
academic knowledge and practical skills that require learning throughout a lifetime.
01. In order to become a good American citizen today, in the author’s point of view, any individual must
____.
A. understand thoroughly the combination of academic knowledge and practical skills.
B. study carefully the history of American educational and vocational systems even since their
creation.
C. know well all his/her rights and be ready to grasp his/her opportunity of success in life.
D. move actively forward in the new Information Era and international economy with a prestigious
diploma.

02. The passage shows the percentage of jobs that require higher training in the US____ between 1950s
and now.
A. has changed slightlyB. has remained the same C. has changed dramatically D. has been
reversed
03. Education is defined in this passage as a driving force of chance because _________.
A. the government of the United States wants to drive social changes in their own ways.
B. education has helped to bring about and orient most changes in the American workforce.
C. without education, no changes could have happened in American society so far.
D. any American citizen who wants to changes his driving license must be very well-educated.
04. The phrase “enlightened individuals” in the first sentence most likely means “people who _____.”
A. always appear brilliant-looking in public B. have acquired an adequate level of education
C. have often been well-exposed to light D. bring light to anywhere they go
05. Which of the following titles would be best for the passage?
A. Education and Jobs in the Past and at Present in the United States.
B. Academic Knowledge and Practical Skills in American Professions.
C. The Significant Role of Education in American Citizens’ Careers.
D. Recent Changes of Educational and Vocational Systems in America.
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions.
06. The children were playing last night outdoors when it began to rain very hard.
A. began B. last night outdoors C. very hard D. were playing
07. The food that Mark is cooking in the kitchen is smelling delicious.
A. is cooking B. is smelling C. delicious D. The food
08. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John.
A. studying B. so does John C. law D. at the university
09. We wish today was sunny so that we could spend the day in the country communing with nature.
A. in the country B. could spend C. so that D. was
10. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.
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A. on Halloween night B. especially C. telling and listening D. ghosts stories

11. The work performed by these people are not worth our paying them any longer.
A. worth our paying B. by these people C. are D. any longer
12. Despite his smiling face, the second-place contestant is more sadder than the winner.
A. more sadder B. smiling C. Despite D. the second-place contestant
III. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group. Identify your answer
by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
13. A. prevent B. remote C. recent D. receive
14. A. anthem B. attend C. apply D. appear
15. A. atmosphere B. festival C. location D. scenery
16. A. endanger B. opposite C. geometry D. geography
17. A. circumstance B. photographer C. community D. considerate
IV. 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.
Telling the Whole Food Truth As a teacher of whole-food vegetarian cookery, I do feel a certain
sympathy with the ‘Men for Meat’ group. There is both confusion and just plain, unappetizing cooking in
this area, when a whole-food/ vegetable diet should and can be highly nutritious and utterly delicious.
The words ‘whole-food’ and ‘vegetarian’ are not synonymous: vegetarians do not eat any ‘fish,
flesh or fowl’. Most eat dairy products. Those who don’t are called vegans. I tell students not to turn
vegetarian until they have become knowledgeable about nutrition, and especially about protein. It’s very
easy to become a sick vegetarian.
And a whole-food diet just consists of eating the whole of food, with nothing added, and nothing
taken away. For example, you eat whole-wheat flour, not white flour, which has had had bleach added. In
all, no refined carbohydrates are eaten and very fatty and additive-laden foods are avoided and the stress is
on fresh products of the best quality. And that’s all - except you must then find recipes which are both
healthy and delicious because you’ll have to cook it all yourself. Very few ready-bought meals fulfill both
requirements.
18. A whole food diet _____.
A. has a lot of nutritionB. is easy to eat C. is added with flour. D. is often fresh
19. According to the writer, what is wrong with ready bought meals for vegetarians?
A. They can be cooked easily. B. They can’t be both healthy and delicious.

C. They contain some additives. D. They have best quality.
20. What is NOT true about the writer?
A. She supports the whole food. B. She is a teacher. C. She dislikes ready bought meal D. She is a
vegetarian.
21. The writer of this article feels a ‘certain sympathy’ for this group because _____.
A. She is a vegetarian. B. They don’t know much about vegetarian
cooking
C. her students do not eat meat. D. “whole food” and “vegetarian” are not the
same.
22. ‘Men for Meat’ is a _____.
A. group of vegetarians B. cookery group C. group that eat all kinds
of food D. group of men
V. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each of the
gaps in the text below by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made (23)_____ of various forms of
communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral (24)_____.
When there is a language (25)_____, communication is accomplished through sign language in which
motions (26)_____ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to (27)____ to
this form of expression. Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be
used internationally; spelling, however, cannot. Body language (28)_____ ideas or thoughts by certain
actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or indicating that the party is
only joking. A nod (29)____ approval, while shaking the head (30)____ a negative reaction. Other forms of
nonlinguistic language can be (31)____ in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips), signal
flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also guide, warn, and instruct people.
(32)_____ verbalization is the most common form of language, other systems and techniques also express
human thoughts and feelings.
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23. A. usage B. use C. utility D. employment
24. A. speech B. claims C. utterance D. address
25. A. separation B. barrier C. divisions D. obstacles

26. A. imply B. signify C. stand D. point
27. A. resort B. rotate C. revolve D. refer
28. A. progresses B. transmits C. remits D. emits
29. A. presents B. signs C. signifies D. registers
30. A. predicates B. indicates C. abdicates D. implicates
31. A. found B. trailed C. explored D. traced
32. A. Until B. While C. Because D. As
VI. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) the one that is the nearest meaning to
each of the given sentences by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
33. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
B. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
C. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
D. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back
34. The captain to his men: “Abandon the ship immediately!”
A. The captain ordered his men to abandon the ship immediately.
B. The captain suggested his men abandon the ship immediately.
C. The captain requested his men to abandon the ship immediately.
D. The captain invited his men to abandon the ship immediately.
35. David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast that was very dangerous. B. David drove so fast and was very dangerous.
C. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous. D. David drove so fast, then was very
dangerous.
36. “Shall I make you a coffee?” the girl said to the lady.
A. The girl promised to make a coffee for the lady. B. The girl wanted to make a coffee for the
lady.
C. The girl offered to make a coffee for the lady. D. The girl refused to make a coffee for the
lady.
37. The critics undervalued his new book.
A. The critics rejected his new book. B. The critics had a low opinion of his new

book.
C. The critics turned down his new book. D. The critics were fed up with his new book.
VII. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each of
the following incomplete sentences by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer
sheet.
38. Never before ______ as accelerated as they are now during the technological age.
A. historical changes have been B. have historical changes been
C. historical have changes been D. have been historical changes
39. I didn’t know that _____.
A. classical music appealed to you B. do you appeal by classical music.
C. you appealed to classical music. D. did you appeal to classical music.
40. ______ as taste is really a composite sense made up of both taste and smell.
A. What we refer to B. What do we refer to C. To which we refer D. That we refer to
it
41. She will be ill ______.
A. in case she takes a few days’ rest B. provided she takes a few days’ rest
C. if she takes a few days’ rest D. unless she takes a few days’ rest
42. _____ but he also wants to marry her.
A. Not only he loves her, B. Not he only
loves her,
C. Not only does he love her, D. He not only loves her,
43. Peter asked me ______.
A. what time the film started B. what time does the film start
C. what time the film starts D. what time did the film start
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44. She never ate or slept properly _____.
A. after her husband died. B. after her husband dies.
C. at her husband’s death D. when her
husband died.
45. _____, I have continued to work on my thesis.

A. Although all these problems. B. In spite of there are problems.
C. Despite all these problems. D. Even though there are problems.
46. The police wanted to know _____.
A. what was into the parcel. B. that was in the parcel.
C. what was in the parcel. D. that in the parcel was.
47. ______, he felt so unhappy and lonely.
A. Rich as he was B. Rich as was he
C. Despite of his wealth D. Despite he was
so rich
VIII. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest of the same
group. Identify your answer by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or D in your answer sheet.
48. A. hatred B. looked C. sacred D. crooked
49. A. tables B. beds C. windows D. forks
50. A. wicked B. washed C. laughed D. booked
IX. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each of
the following incomplete sentences. Identify your answer by marking its corresponding letter A, B, C, or
D in your answer sheet.
51. According to a recent survey, most people are on good_____ with their neighbours.
A. terms B. acquaintance C. relations D. relationships
52. _______ that she burst into tears.
A. She was so anger B. So angry she was C. Her anger was such D. Such her anger
was
53. My car is getting unreliable; I think I'll trade it ______ for a new one.
A. in B. away C. off D. up
54. The old houses were ______ down to make way for a block of flats.
A. hit B. knocked C. banged D. put
55. Why don’t you ask the man where ______ to stay?
A. he would like B. he feels like C. he would rather D. would he like
56. She was so frightened that she was shaking like_____.
A. a leaf B. jelly C. a flag D. the wind

57. The car had a(n) ______ tyre, so we had to change the wheel.
A. cracked B. flat C. injured D. bent
58. Car crashes are almost always accidental, but on rare occasions they may be ______.
A. aware B. meant C. determined D. deliberate
59. You should make a(n) ______ to overcome this problem.
A. trial B. effort C. impression D. apology
60. - “You look nervous! ______” - “This thunder scares me to death.”
A. Why’s that? B. What’s wrong? C. How are you? D. Come on!
61. But for their help, he_____.
A. would have failed B. has not failed C. has failed D. wouldn’t have failed
62. That pipe ______ for ages - we must get it mended.
A. leaks B. is leaking C. had been leaking D. has been
leaking
63. Ensure there is at least a 3cm space ______ allow adequate ventilation.
A. so as to B. so that C. in view of D. with a view to
64. I can’t go with you today; I have_____ things to do.
A. many a great B. a great deal C. great many D. a great many
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.
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1. Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.
In spite of
2. I’m sorry I missed your birthday party
I wish
3. They haven’t cleaned the streets this week.
The streets
4. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
Apple are not
5. I advice you to put your money in the bank.

You’d
II. Topic: Parents are said to influence their children many different way. What do you think about
this?
Parents influence greatly their children for a lifetime. I think people are molded by two factors,
family and the society that they are in. From birth, humans are influenced by the surrounding people for
their characteristics. Parents take a big role in bringing up children, which affects their lives for a long
time.
In early infanthood, babies are looking to moms and dads to learn basic manners to be accepted in
society. Some of these manners include not running around in restaurants or hitting other kids. As they
grow up, they learn more from parents about social etiquette, which makes them more suitable to live in
society. Children tend to look to their parents for role models knowingly or unknowingly.
Besides, parents can also affect children's study habits. Children of doctors, lawyers, investment
bankers, and other professionals see their mothers and fathers work a lot of time, reading books, and
punching keyboards, even at home. They are showing their children how to study by their own behavior.
However, parents can also be a bad example for their kids. It is difficult for children who have
abusive parents to lead a normal childhood and is possible that they may become similar to their abusive
parents when they grow up. In this sense, the parents' negative role in shaping the children's personality
cannot be emphasized more.
In conclusion, parents are the best teachers for their children. They leave big marks on their
children's lives and are therefore more influential teachers than any others they may have in their lives.
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