Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh - THPT Trần Phú năm 2015

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MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm có 05 trang

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 1: There’s nothing we can do to help the boys, _________?
A. is there

B. isn’t there

C. can we

D. wasn’t there

Question 2: The more I tried my best to help her, ________ she became.
A. less lazy

B. the more lazy

C. the lazier

D. lazier

Question 3: Each of us must take ______ for our own actions.

A. probability B. ability

C. possibility

D. responsibility

Question 4: I have lost one of my gloves. I _________it somewhere.
A. should have dropped

B. may have dropped

C. had dropped

D. must have dropped

Question 5: When Carol _______ last night, I ______ my favorite show on television.
A. was calling / watched

B. called / have watched

C. called / was watching

D. had called / watched

Question 6: -"Let's have a pizza." -"__________"
A. Not again

B. It doesn't matter

C. It’s a good idea

D. Not really

Question 7: The foundation of all other branches of mathematics is arithmetic,_____science of calculating
with numbers.
A. is the

B. the

C. which the

D. because the

Question 8: Phil: You really have a beautiful dress, Maggie!
Maggie: Thanks Phil. That’s a nice ______.
A. complexion

B. comfortable

C. compliment

D. completion

Question 9: “I hear Tom’s always been a bit of a problem” “Yes, he’s the _______ of the family.”
A. lone wolf

B. black sheep

C. lame duck

Question 10: At first sight I met her. I was impressed with her _______

D. red bull


A. big beautiful round black eyes

B. beautiful black big round eyes

C. beautiful big round black eyes

D. beautiful round big black eyes

Question 11: The exercise was ___________ for the pupils to do.
A. very difficult

B. so difficult that

C. too difficult

D. such a difficult

Question 12: Would you mind __________ me a hand ?
A. give

B. gave

C. to give

D. giving

Question 13: Our visit to Japan was delayed _______ my wife's illness.
A. because

B. because of

C. thanks to

D. though

C. have I seen

D. I saw

Question 14: Never before _______ such a wonderful child.
A. I have seen

B. I had seen

Question 15: Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, many people died ___
A. infected with simple bacteria

B. from simple bacterial infections

C. infections were simple bacteria

D. infecting of simple bacteria

Question 16: _______ , the results couldn’t be better.
A. No matter what he tried hard

B. No matter how hard he tried

C. Although very hard he tried

D. Despite how hard he tried

Question 17: _________ I ask Martha for a date and she laughs at me?
A. What should

B. What if

C. What would

D. As if

Question 18: I believe that judges should be independent _________ the government.
A. to

B. from

C. with

D. on

Question 19: He had spent ____ time writing an essay on his childhood.
A. a few

B. a large number of

C. a great deal of

D. many

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions.
Question 20: The pupils haven’t done their homework, what is too bad.
A
Question 21: George

B
hasn’t completed

C

D

the assignment yet,

and Maria hasn’t too.


A

B

C

D

Question 22: There are many frequently mentioned reasons why one out of four arrests involve a
juvenile.
A

B

C

D

Question 23: The foreign student advisor recommended that she studied more English before
A

B

enrolling at the university.
C

D

Question 24: Physical therapists help patients relearn how to use their bodies after disease or
A

B

C

injure.
D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is

pronounced differently from others.
Question 25: A. loves

B. cooks

C. joins

D. spends

Question 26: A. weighed

B. laughed

C. helped

D. missed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 27: A. tendency

B. difference

C. importance

D. incidence

Question 28: A. police

B. between

C. student

D. discuss

Question 29: A. experience

B. certificate

C. enthusiasm

D.interviewer

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
THE LATE, LATE FLIGHT TO LONDON
Passengers travelling on a flight fromWashingtontoLondonwere in (30)_____ a very long wait. They had
already been waiting eight uncomfortable hours to take off, only to be told that the flight was (31)_____
even further. The cabin crew advised passengers to take pillows and blankets from the overhead lockers
in (32)_____ to sleep inside the airport terminal. Many passengers (33)_____ their tempers and fights
broke out. People shouted and (34)_____ information. A number of the staff panicked and called airport
security guards. A (35)_____ lucky passengers were put on alternative flights, (36)_____ about 100
others spent the next day in the airport. Many people missed connecting flights and would be delayed for
several days. First- class passengers were (37)_____ fortunate. They were put (38)_____ in luxury
hotels and provided with food and drink. Other passengers had to be content with vouchers for a meal, as
the airline staff were not able to find hotels with (39)_____ free rooms to accommodate them. One
woman carried a silver horseshoe for luck. As she said, “I didn’t work this time!”


Question 30: A.

Question 31: A.
Question 32: A.
Question 33: A.
Question 34:
A.
Question 35:
A.
Question 36: A. even
Question 37:
A.
Question 38: A. up
Question 39: A. much

for
B. at
late
B. retarded
case
B. order
mislaid
B. lost
asked
B. applied
few
B. number
B. despite
C. in spite
still
B. off

B.

many

B. enough

C. on
C. delayed
C. so
C. missed
C. demanded
C. couple
D. although
C.

C. out

much
D. about

C. too

D. a lot

D. with
D. behind
D. turn
D. wasted
D. took
D. little

D.

more

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 the questions.

In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling
is big news. People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the
environment. Recycling means finding was to use products a second time. The motto of the recycling
movement is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle".
The first step is to reduce garbage. In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and
expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging:
usually paper, a box, and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People should try to buy things
that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy highquality products. When low quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new
ones - a loss of more resources and more energy. For example, if a customer buys a high-quality
appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way, if
a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the
manufacturers. To reduce garbage, the throwaway must stop.
The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles. After customers,
empty the bottles, they return them to the store. The manufacturers of the drinks collect the bottles, wash
them, and then fill them again. The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of
the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have
relatively little glass and plastic from throwaway bottles.
The third step is being environmentally sensitive is to recycle. Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used
again. Aluminum cans are expensive to make. It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum
can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new
cans), they help save one of the world's precious resources.
Question 40: What is the main topic of the passage?
A. how to reduce garbage disposal

B. what people often understand about the term 'recycle'
C. what is involved in the recycling movement
D. how to live sensitively to the environment.


Question 41: What does the word 'sensitive' in the phrase 'sensitive to the environment' mean?
A. cautious

B. logical

C. friendly

D. responding

Question 42: People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT____.
A. buy high-quality product

B. buy simply-wrapped things

C. reuse cups

D. buy fewer hamburgers

Question 43: Why is it a waste when customers buy low-quality products?
A. Because people will soon throw them away.
B. Because they have to be repaired many times.
C. Because customers change their ideas all the time.
D. Because they produce less energy.
Question 44: The word 'motto' is closest in meaning to_________
A. meaning

B. value

C. belief

D. reference

Question 45: What best describes the process of reuse?
A. The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again.
B. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.
C. The bottles are washed, retuned, filled again and collected.
D. The bottles are collected, returned filled again and washed.
Question 46: The garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic because_____.
A. people are ordered to return bottles.

B. returned bottles are few.

C. not many bottles are made of glass or plastic.

D. each returned bottles is paid.

Question 47: The word 'practice' is closest in meaning to_________
` A. drill

B. deed

C. exercise

D. belief

Question 48: What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling?
A. Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings.
C. Aluminum cans and spent motor oil.

B. Hamburger wrappings and spent motor oil.
D. TV sets and aluminum cans.

Question 49: The energy used to make a can is________ the energy used to run a color TV set for 3
hours.
A. as much as

B. less than

C. not worth being compared to

D. more than

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 the questions.
You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions.
This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them.
Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others.
But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in
Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions.
According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand
substantially the same “facial language”. Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share
a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human
species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such

far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland , Sumatra ,the United States, Vietnam, the
jungles of New Guinea , and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim
that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust,
contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the
context and intensity of emotional displays – the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for
example, children are taught to control emotional responses – especially negative ones- while many
American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however,
emotions usually show themselves, to some degree , in people’s behavior. From their first days of life,
babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings.
The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to
facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s
faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a
basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some
emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross - cultural psychologists tell us that
certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do
you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust,
while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a
Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional
expressions.
Question 50: According to the passage, we respond to others by _________.
A. observing their looks
C. observing their emotional expressions

B. watching their actions
D. looking at their faces

Question 51: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether ______.
A. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
B. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
C. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.

D. rounding the mouth has the same meaning inMinneapolisandMadagascar.
Question 52: The word “ evolved” in line 3 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. reduced

B. increased

C. simplified

D. developed

Question 53: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of ____________.
A. lacked many main ingredients


B. researchers on universal language
C.researchers who can speak and understand many languages
D.investigators on universal emotional expressions
Question 54: Smiles and frowns __________.
A. are universal expressions across cultures
B. do not convey the same emotions in various cultures
C. are not popular everywhere
D. have different meanings in different cultures
Question 55: The biggest difference lies in __________.
A. how long negative emotions are displayed

B. how intensive emotions are expressed

C. how emotional responses are controlled

D. how often positive emotions are shown

Question 56: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to _______.
A. control their emotions
C. conceal their positive emotions

B. display their emotions openly
D. change their behaviour

Question 57: Young children _______.
A. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions
B. are sensitive towards others’ emotions
C. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions
D. take time to control their facial expressions
Question 58: The phrase “ this evidence” in line 24 refers to _________.
A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions
B. human facial expressions
C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions
D. the fact that children can control their feelings
Question 59: The best title for the passage is ________________.
A. cultural universals in emotional expressions
B. ways to control emotional expressions
C. review of research on emotional expressions


D. Human habit of displaying emotions

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 60: Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally
arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order.

A. restricted

B. as well as

C. unless

D. instead of

C. be in front

D. comes after

Question 61: In English, the subject precedes the verb.
A. comes first

B. comes before

Question 62: Please, Uncle Jack, give me a piggyback!
A. a ride on someone back or shoulder
C. people who arrived to settle in Bangkok 2000
D. a black big

B.

a

small

bag

Question 63: To prepare for a job interview, you should jot down your qualifications, work experience as
well as some important information about yourself.
A. what you have experienced
C. your own qualities in real life
through study

B. your bio data and special qualities
D. what you have earned

Question 64: The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
A. speed

B. expect more

C. do better

D. treat better

WRITING
Part 1.Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the sameas the sentence printed
before it.
Question 65: I last saw Bob when I was in Ho Chi Minh City.
I haven’t...................................................................................
Question 66: If I won a big prize in a lottery, I’d give up my job.
Were I .............................................................................................
Question 67: Working so much will make you tired.
It is ............................................................................................
Question 68: “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry”.
The boy apologized ...............................................................
Question 69: Even though the team played well, they lost

Despite …………………………………………………………………………………


Part2. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about a famous person that you admire most.