Đề thi thử đại học môn Tiếng Anh (15)

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TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
(ĐỀ LUYỆN 070)
ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 90 phút
I. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different.
Question 1. A. necessary B. benefit C. vulnerable D. parade
Question 2. A. relationship B. equipment C. customer D. deliver
Question 3. A. concentrate B. eventual C. character D. optimism
Question 4. A. intimate B. literature C. participate D. powerful
Question 5. A. material B. harmony C. evidence D. readable
II. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
Question 6. Only in Japan ____ the high levels of western countries.
A. industrialization has reached B. industrialization is reached
C. has industrialization reached D. is industrialization reached
Question 7. Nowadays children would prefer history ______ in more practical ways.
A. be taught B. to teach C. to be taught D. teach
Question 8. Hurry up! They’ve only got_____ seats left.
A. a little B. a few C. a lot of D. plenty of
Question 9. ____of the students know the answer to that question.
A. Most B. Almost C. Mostly D. The most
Question 10. We decided not to travel, ____ the terrible weather forecast.
A. having heard B. we heard C. having been heard D. being heard
Question 11. _____for their strong fiber include flax and hemp.
A. Plants are grown B

. Plants grown C. Plants that grow D. To grow plants
Question 12. I think you must be _____me for someone else.
A. confusing B. reminding C. mistaking D .considering
Question 13. ‘John won’t come tomorrow.’ ‘Did he say he ____next week?’

A. will come B. would come C. is coming D. had come
Question 14. Pests occur in large numbers, and they can ____terrible damage, particularly to growing crops, that
in some parts of the world people frequently suffer from famine.
A. do such B. do so C. make such D. make so
Question 15. The new magazine about maintenance _____tomorrow.
A. comes down B. comes off C. comes on D. comes out
Question 16. A: ”Do you think it will rain?’ B: ‘_____’
A. I hope not B. I not hope so C. I don’t hope so D. So do I hope
Question 17. Peter is very_____ for all the help you have given him.
A. generous B. pleasant C. acceptable D. thankful
Question 18. He couldn’t_____ her to speak a word to him all the way back to her boarding house.
A. have B. make C. let D. get
Question 19. No sooner ______ the corner than its wheel came off.
A. the van turned B. did the van turned C. the van had turned D. had the van turned
Question 20. He_____ all his money, then closed the account.
A. took out B. took away C. took off D. took in
Question 21. The government are doing a ____ of people’s changing habits.
A. plan B. project C. survey D. research
Question 22. A cool drink____ him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. relieved C. refreshed D. recovered
Question 23. Although he is rich and famous, he lives in a ___ house in the village .
A. limited B. modest C. slight D. reserved
Question 24. I took the shoes back to the shop, but the manager_____ to change them.
A. denied B. disliked C. disagrees D. refused
Question 25. Well, we did have a terrible row but we’ve_______ it up now.
A. turned B. made C. sorted D. cleaned
Question 26. I do not believe that this preposterous scheme________ of our serious consideration.
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A. worthy B. worth C. worthwhile D. worthless

Question 27. It was only ______ he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the same school.
A. when B. until C. as soon as D. then
Question 28. The______ of his first novel appeared in The Times yesterday.
A. review B. inspection C. revision D. survey
Question 29. He did not share his secrets with many people but he_______ in her.
A. confessed B. concealed C. confided D. consented
III. Choose the part that needs correcting.
Question 30. In purchasing a winter coat, it is very important for trying it on with heavy clothing underneath. (to
try)
Question 31. What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers, including firemen and policemen
who had been laid off from their jobs. (was)
Question 32. A number of novelists submitted their manuscripts under pseudonyms to conceal the fact that there
were women. (they were)
Question 33. Although a doctor may be able to diagnose a problem perfectly, he still may not be able to find a
drug which the patient will respond. (to which)
Question 34. Because the Red Cross accepts blood from most donors, the nurses will not let you give blood if
you have just had a cold. ( Although)
V. Read the passages and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fit each space.
Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (35)____ to be successful? Having
someone around who always fears the worst isn't really a lot of (36)____ - we all know someone who sees a
single cloud on a sunny day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it's
important to do something about it.
You can change your view of life, according to psychologist. It only takes a little (37)___, and you'll find life
more rewarding as a (38)____. Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and confidence but it's also a
more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (39)____. Optimists are more (40)_____ to start new
projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (41)___ to the world. Some people are brought up
to depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything (42)____ wrong. Most
optimists, on the (43)____ hand, have been brought up not to (44)____ failure as the end of the world - they just
get on with their lives.

Question 35. A. counted B. expected C. felt D. waited
Question 36. A. amusement B. play C. enjoyment D. fun
Question 37. A. energy B. effort C. work D. effect
Question 38. A. result B. reason C. purpose D. product
Question 39. A. supply B. suggest C. offer D. propose
Question 40. A. possible B. likely C. hopeful D. welcome
Question 41. A. opinion B. attitude C. view D. position
Question 42. A. goes B. falls C. comes D. turns
Question 43. A. opposite B. others C. other D. far
Question 44. A. regard B. respect C. suppose D. think
VI. Read the passage and answer the question that follow.
Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1927 as "silent," the film has never been,
in the full sense of the word, silent. From the very beginning, music was regarded as an indispensable
accompaniment; when the Lumiere films were shown at the first public film exhibition in the Unites States in
February 1896, they were accompanied by piano improvisations on popular tunes. At first, the music played bore
no special relationship to the films; an accompaniment of any kind was sufficient.
Within a very short time, however, the incongruity of playing lively music to a solemn film became
apparent, and film pianists began to take some care in matching their pieces to the mood of the film.
As movie theaters grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to
the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theaters small orchestras were formed. For a number of years
the selection of music for each film program rested entirely in the hands of the conductor or leader of the
orchestra, and very often the principal qualification for holding such a position was not skill or taste
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so much as the ownership of a large personal library of musical pieces. Since the conductor seldom saw the
films until the night before they were to be shown (if, indeed, the conductor was lucky enough to see them then),
the musical arrangement was normally improvised in the greatest hurry.
To help meet this difficulty, film distributing companies started the practice of publishing suggestions
for musical accompaniments. In 1909, for example, the Edison Company began issuing with their films such
indications of mood as "pleasant," "sad," "lively." The suggestions became more explicit, and so emerged the

musical cue sheet containing indications of mood, the titles of suitable pieces of music, and precise directions to
show where one piece led into the next.
Certain films had music especially composed for them. The most famous of these early special scores was
that composed and arranged for D.W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation, which was released in 1915.
Question 45. The passage mainly discusses music that was _____ .
A. performed before the showing of a film B. played during silent films
C. specifically composed for certain movie theaters D. recorded during film exhibitions
Question 46. What can be inferred from the passage about the majority of films made after 1927?
A. They were truly "silent." B. They were accompanied by symphonic orchestras.
C. They incorporated the sound of the actors' voices. D. They corresponded to specific musical compositions.
Question 47. The word "solemn" is closest in meaning to____.
A. simple B. serious C. short D. silent
Question 48. It can be inferred that orchestra conductors who worked in movie theaters needed to _____ .
A. be able to play many instruments B. have pleasant voices
C. be familiar with a wide variety of music D. be able to compose original music
Question 49. The word "them" refers to _____ .
A. years B. hands C. pieces D. films
Question 50. According to the passage, what kind of business was the Edison Company?
A. It produced electricity. B. It distributed films.
C. It published musical arrangements. D. It made musical instruments.
Question 51. It may be inferred from the passage that the first musical cue sheets appeared around _____.
A. 1896 B. 1909 C. 1915 D. 1927
Question 52. Which of the following notations is most likely to have been included on a musical cue sheet of the
early 1900's? A. "Calm, peaceful" B. "Piano, violin"
C. "Key of C major" D. "Directed by D.W. Griffith"
Question 53. The word "scores" is closest in meaning to_____.
A. totals B. successes C. musical compositions D. groups of musicians
Question 54. The passage probably continues with a discussion of _____.
A. famous composers of the early twentieth century B. other films directed by D.W. Griffith
C. silent films by other directors D. the music in Birth of a Nation

VII. Read the passage and answer the question that follow.
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only because there was no
other name for it. Indeed her poems appear to be extremely compressed essays that happen to be printed in
jagged lines on the page. Her subjects were varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft of poetry. From her
general reading came quotations that she found striking or insightful. She included these in her poems,
scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this practice, she wrote,
" 'Why many quotation marks?' I am asked When a thing has been so well that it could not be said better, why
paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber." Close
observation and concentration on detail and the methods of her poetry.
Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St. Lois. After graduation from Bryn Mawr
College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later she
became a librarian in New York City. During the 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary
magazine of the period. She lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York. She spent a lot of time at
the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals. Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before the team moved to Los
Angeles-was widely known.
Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends associated with the
Imagist movement. From that time on her poetry has been read with interest by succeeding generations of poets
and readers. In 1952 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She wrote that she did not write
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poetry "for money or fame. To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine ways. One writes because
one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express
Question 55. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The influence of the imagists on Marianne Moore. B. Essayists and poets of the 1920's.
C. The use of quotations in poetry. D. Marianne Moore's life and work.
Question 56. Which of the following can be inferred about Moore's poems?
A. They are better known in Europe than the United States. B. They do not use traditional verse forms.
C. They were all published in The Dial. D. They tend to be abstract.
Question 57. According to the passage Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT
A. artists B. animals C. fossils D. workers

Question 58.What does Moore refer to as "flies in amber" (line 9)?
A. A common image in her poetry. B. Poetry in the twentieth-century.
C. Concentration on detail. D. Quotations within her poetry.
Question 59. The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT
A. commercial artist B. teacher C. magazine editor D. librarian
Question 60. The word "period" is closest in meaning to_____.
A. movement B. school C. region D. time
Question 61. Where did Moore spend most of her adult life?
A. In Kirkwood. B. In Brooklyn. C. In Los Angeles. D. In Carlisle.
Question 62. The word "succeeding" in line 19 is closest to
A. inheriting B. prospering C. diverse D. later
Question 63. The word "it" in line 22 refers to____.
A. writing poetry B. becoming famous C. earning a living D. attracting readers
Question 64. It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she
A. wanted to win awards B. was dissatisfied with what others wrote
C. felt a need to express herself D. wanted to raise money for the Bronx Zoo
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.
1. “ How many survivors are there?”, asked the journalist.
=> The journalist wanted to know
2. It was such rotten meat that it had to be thrown away.
=> The meat was
3. It is essential that Professor Van Helsing is met at the airport
=> Professor Van Helsing
4. You can’t visit the USA unless you have a visa.
=> If you
5. “ Can I borrow your typewriter, Janet”? asked Peter.
=> Peter asked if
II. Topic: What would you like to change about your hometown?

If I could change one important thing about my hometown, it would be air pollution problem, and I will
give the following reasons to explain why I want to solve the problem.
The first and most important reason is that I hope that my hometown can become a beautiful city. As an
old industrial city, my hometown has made a great deal of contribution for the country’s economic development.
At a result, the natural environment of the city has been badly damaged. The forest has disappeared; the
mountains have become bald, and the most awful thing is that the air quality becomes worse and worse. People
seldom see the blue sky during most time of year.
Another reason why I want to change my hometown’s air pollution situation is that the city’s
development needs clean and tidy environment to attract investors. Nowadays people have come to know that the
city’s environment, which is so called “software facility of the city”, plays an important role in the city’s future.
For example, due to the fact that the environment of the city is very poor, many local students who pursue their
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study out of the city would rather find themselves a job in other cities than coming back to their hometown after
they graduated.
In addition, nowadays people have paid more and more attention to their health. If air pollution problem
cannot be solved as quickly as possible, people’s requirement for a healthy body will never be realized.
In my mind, changing air pollution will apparently be my first choice if I can change one important thing
about my hometown. Fortunately people in my hometown are gradually aware of the serious problem.
THE END
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