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ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 2

TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN HUỆ

NĂM HỌC 2015
MÔN: ANH VĂN 12
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

I. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 ( 8 điểm)
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 from 1 to 2.
Question 1: A. hours

B. fathers

C. dreams

Question 2: A. element

B. dedicate

D. thinks

C. event

D. devote

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the
main stress in each of the following questions from 3 to 4

Question 3: A. explain
advise

B. involve

Question 4: A. suggestion

B. cigarette

Question 5: A. electronic

B. insurance

C. purpose
C. environment

D.

D. protection

C. understand

D. expedition

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions from 6 to 30.
Question 6: The trouble with Frank is that he never turns up on time for the meeting.
A. arrives

B. tests

C. delays

D. takes after

Question 7: This shirt is ______ that one.
A. much far expensive than

B. a bit less expensive

C. as much expensive as

D. not nearly as expensive as

Question 8: My friend bought ___________ from a shop onTranPhu street.
A. a nice brown leather belt

B. a brown nice leather belt

C. a leather brown nice belt

D. a nice leather brown belt

Question 9: It is reported that humans are the main reason for most species decline and habitat ________.
A. destroy

B. destructive

C. destructor

D. destruction

Question 10: She built a high wall round her garden_________________
A. in order that her fruit not be stolen

B. to enable people not taking her fruit

C. so that her fruit would be stolen

D. to prevent her fruit from being stolen


Question 11:__________he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.
A. Hardly had

B. No sooner had

C. No longer has

D. Not until

had
Question 12: David: “You ‘ve got a beautiful dress!’’- Helen: “___________.”
A. I do

B. Thank for your complement.

C. You,too

D. Ok

Question 13: I try to be friendly but it is hard to _______ some of my colleagues.
A. get on with

B. watch out for

C. come up with

D. stand in for

Question 14: I am bored with doing the _____ chores.
A. household

B. house

C. housework

D. homework

Question 15: Shop assistant: “ __________”
Customer: “ Yes, I want to send some flowers to my wife inItaly.”
A. Do you like flowers

B. What do you like

C. Can you help me

D. How can I help you

Question 16: She always had wanted to go to places_______she could spesk her native tongue.

A. that

B. in that

C. which

D. where

Question 17: It gets______to understand what the professor has explained.
A. the more difficult

B. more difficult than

C. difficult more and more

D. more and more difficult

Question 18: Petrol is___________________it used to.
A. twice as expensive as

B. twice expensive more than

C. twice more than expensive

D. more expensive than twice

Question 19: The more you practise your English, ________ .
A. you will learn faster

B. the faster you will learn

C. faster you will learn

D. the faster will you learn

Question 20: My mother ______ me against staying late night after night to prepare for exams.
A. encouraged

B. warned

C. recommended

D. reprimanded

Question 21: She must have been sleepless last night. Otherwise, her eyes _______ so bloody now.
A. won’t look

B. looked

C. would’t look

D. wouldn’t have looked

Question 22: Edith Harlow has kindly agree_____________. You should ask him.


A. to helping

B. to help

C. help

D. helping

Question 23: It is necessary that children______________of their old parents.
A. takes care

B. to take care

C. take care

D. took care

Question 24: ________________that she could not say anything.
A. So upset was she

B. But upset was she

C. However upset was she

D. Therefore upset was she

Question 25: A keystone species is a species of plants or animals _______ absence has a major effect on
an ecological system.
A. its

B. that is

C. whose

Question 26: There is only one Greek island
A. which

B. whom

D. with its

I haven’t visited.
C. when

D. who

Question 27: Had I studied harder, I______________better in the last exam.
A. wouldn’t have done B. had done

C. would have done

D. would do

Question 28: In order to be a good salesperson, you should have good communication______.
A. skills

B. things

C. talent

D. means

Question 29: - Maria: “I’m taking my end term examination tomorrow".
- Sarah: "____________.”

A. Good luck!

B. Good day!

C. Good time!

D. Good chance!

Question 30: We _________ lots of photos when we went toSingapore last year.
A. made

B. took

C. did

D. caught

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST
in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions from 31 to 34.
Question 31: : Be careful! The tree is going to fall.
A. Look out

B. Look up

C. Look on

D. Look after

Question 32: Childbearing is the women’s most wonderful role.
A. bring up a child

B. giving birth to a baby C. having no child

D. educating a child

Question 33: : : He was one of the most outstanding performers at the live show last night.
A. impressive.

B. well- known

C. important

D. easy- looking

Question 34:The 1923 earthquake in Japan killed about 200,000 people and left countless wounded and
homeless.


A. poor

B. imprisoned

C. suffered

D. injured

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction from 35 to 40.
Question 35: He is not able to define the process in which the body is protect by the immunologic
system.

A

B

C

D

Question 36: Do you ever feel that life is not being fair to you because you cannot seem to get the
A

B

C

job where you want or that really suits you?
D
Question 37: The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to fall down because of the rain.
A

B

C

D

Question 38: Williams not only took three showers a day and washed his clothes twice.
A

B

C

D

Question 39: Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extreme concerned about the
A

B

C

changes to our climate which are taking place.
D
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 following questions from 40 to 49.
One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having
clean drinking water is a basic human right. But acid rain, (40) ________ pollution and garbage have
made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools
(41) ________ poison.LakeBaikalinRussiais one of the largest lakes in the world. It (42) ________ a rich
variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist (43) ________ else in the
world. But they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of toxic effluent which (44) _______ into the
lake every day. Even where law existed, the government did not have the power to enforce them.
Most industries simply ignore the regulations. TheMediterranean Sea(45) ________ 1% of the world's
water surface. But it is the dumping (46) ________ for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries
regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles (47) ________ shore.
Water is free to everyone. A few years ago, people thought that the supply of clean water in the world
was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been (48) ________ by pollution and sewage. Clean
water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious (149) ________. We should do
something now.

Question 40: A. industrialized B. industry

C. industrious

D. industrial


Question 41: A. of

B. in

C. to

D. on

Question 42: A. composes

B. consists

C. contains

D. encloses

Question 43: A. everywhere

B. where

C. somewhere

D. anywhere

Question 44: A. stay

B. pour

C. burn

D. boil

Question 45: A. occupies

B. comprises

C. holds

D. makes

Question 46: A. soil

B. shore

C. land

D. ground

Question 47: A. on

B. of

C. off

D. away

Question 48: A. made

B. kept

C. ruined

D. conserved

Question 49: A. outlet

B. source

C. well

D. nature

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 following questions from 50 to 59.
Cities develop as a result of functions that they can perform. Some functions result directly from the
ingenuity of the citizenry, but most functions result from the needs of the local area and of the
surrounding hinterland (the region that supplies goods to the city and to which the city furnishes services
and other goods). Geographers often make a distinction between the situation and the site of a city.
Situation refers to the general position in relation to the surrounding region, whereas site involves
physical characteristics of the specific location. Situation is normally much more important to the
continuing prosperity of a city. If a city is well situated in regard to its hinterland, its development is
much more likely to continue. Chicago, for example, possesses an almost unparalleled situation: it is
located at the southern end of a huge lake that forces east-west transportation lines to be compressed into

its vicinity, and at a meeting of significant land and water transport routes. It also overlooks what is one
of the world’s finest large farming regions. These factors ensured that Chicago would become a great city
regardless of the disadvantageous characteristics of the available site, such as being prone to flooding
during thunderstorm activity.
Similarly, it can be argued that much of New York City’s importance stems from its early and
continuing advantage of situation. Philadelphiaand Bostonboth originated at about the same time as New
Yorkand shared New York’s location at the western end of one of the world’s most important oceanic
trade routes, but only New Yorkpossesses an easy-access functional connection (the Hudson-Mohawk
Lowland) to the vast Midwestern Hinterland. This account does not alone explain New York’s primacy,
but it does include several important factors. Among the many aspects of situation that help to explain
why some cities grow and others do not, original location on a navigable waterway seems particularly
applicable. Of course, such characteristic as slope, drainage, power resources, river crossings, coastal
shapes, and other physical characteristics help to determine city location, but such factors are normally
more significant in early stages of city development than later.
Question 50: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The development of trade routes throughUnited Statescities.
B. Contrasts in settlement patterns inUnited States.
C. Historical differences among three largeUnited Statescities.


D. The importance of geographical situation in the growth ofUnited Statescities.
Question 51: The word “ingenuity” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. wealth

B. resourcefulness

C. traditions

D. organization

Question 52: According to the passage, a city’s situation is more important than its site in regard to the
city’s _____.
A. long-term growth and prosperity

B. ability to protect its citizenry

C. possession of favorable weather conditions

D. need to import food supplies

Question 53: The author mentions each of the following as an advantage of Chicago’s location
EXCEPT its _____.
A. hinterland

B. nearness to a large lake

C. flat terrain

D. position in regard to transport routes

Question 54: The word “characteristics” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. choices

B. attitudes

C. qualities

D. inhabitants

Question 55: The primary purpose of paragraph 1 is to _____.

A. summarize past research and introduce a new study
B. describe a historical period
C. emphasize the advantages of one theory over another
D. define a term and illustrate it with an example
Question 56: According to the passage,Philadelphia andBoston are similar toNew York City in _____.
A. size of population

B. age

C. site

D. availability of rail transportation

Question 57: The word “functional” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. usable

B. unknown

C. original

D. alternate

Question 58: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
A. account

B. primacy

C. connection

D. hinterland

Question 59: The word “significant” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. threatening

B. meaningful

C. obvious

D. available

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 following questions from 60 to 64.


The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, smaller only than the elephant and the rhinoceros.
Its name comes from two Greek words which mean “river horse”. The long name of this animal is often
shortened to the easier to handle term “hippo.”
The hippo has a natural affinity for the water. It does not float on top of the water; instead, it can easily
walk along the bottom of a body of water. The hippo commonly remains underwater for three to five
minutes and has been known to stay under for up to half an hour before coming up for air.
In spite of its name, the hippo has relatively little in common with the horse and instead has a number of
interesting similarities in common with the whale. When a hippo comes up after a stay at the bottom of a
lake or river, it releases air through a blowhole, just like a whale. In addition, the hippo resembles the
whale in that they both have thick layers of blubber for protection and they are almost completely
hairless.
Question 60: The topic of this passage is______
A. the derivations of animal names.

B. the largest land animal.

C. the characteristics of the hippo.

D. the relation between the hippo and the whale.

Question 61: The possessive “Its” in line 2 refers to______________
A. hippopotamus’

B. rhinoceros’

C. horse’s

D. elephant’s

Question 62: It can be inferred from the passage that the hippopotamus is commonly called a hippo
because the word “hippo” is____________
A. easier for the animal to recognize.

B. scientifically more accurate.

C. simpler to pronounce accurately.

D. the original name .

Question 63: The word “float” in line 4 is closest in meaning to_______________
A. eat

B. drift

C. sink

D. flap

Question 64: According to the passage, what is the maximum time that hippos have been known to stay
underwater ______________
A. thirty minutes

B. three minutes

C. five minutes

D. ninety minutes

II. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN ( 2 điểm)
A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
before it.
Question 1: My book is not as expensive as yours.
Your book is _____________________________________
Question 2: : It took him two hours to drive toLondon.
He spent ____________________________________________
Question 3: . Although he was very tired, he managed to finish the marathon race.
In spite of_________________________________________


Question 4: This book is very interesting to me.
I am ______________________________________
Question 5: . I had no sooner closed the door than somebody knocked.
Hardly had ______________________________________
B. : In about 100-120 words, write a paragraph about your family.