Nguyen trung truc high school ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA MÔN TIẾNG ANH

Sở GD & ĐT Tây Ninh

THPT Nguyễn Trung Trực

ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. acoustic
B. mousetraps
C. trousers
D. arouse
2. A. booked
B. missed
C. described
D. pronounced
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the primary stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. electric
B. continent
C. analyze
D. champion
4. A. memorial
B. genuine
C. requirement
D. apparent
5. A. absorb
B. attach
C. address

D. access
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
6. On the 20th of this month, I _______ here for exactly for two years.
A. will have been working
B. will work
C. will be working
D. will have worked
7. My father says he’d _______the operation unless it is absolutely necessary.
A. rather not to have
B. rather not have
C. not rather had
D. rather not having
8. She came in quietly_______ not to wake the baby up.
A. as if
B. such as
C. so as
D. if so
9. Let’s sit down for a short rest, _________?
A. don’t we
B. let we
C. do we
D. shall we
10. _______ what most people say about him, he has a very good sense of humor.
A. Against
B. Opposing
C. Opposite to
D. Contrary to
11. Not until the end of the 19th century _____ become a scientific discipline.
A. plant breeding has

B. did plant breeding
C. plant breeding had
D. has plant breeding
12. My director is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work I ______ last week.
A. should have done
B. may have done
C. need to have done
D. must have done
13. ______ that the English settled in Jamestown.
A. In 1607 that it was
B. It was in 1607
C. Because in 1607
D. That in 1607
14. In many big cities, people have to ______ up with noise, overcrowding and bad air.
A. keep
B. catch
C. face
D. put
15. Of those _____ took the driving test last week, I am the only one who studied for it.
A. whom
B. whoever
C. who
D. that
16. People living in _____ areas need more help from charity organizations
A. flooding
B. flood-affected
C. flood-affecting
D. food
17. Anne: “Make yourself at home.”
John: “__________”

A. Yes, can I help you?
B. Not at all. Don’t mention it
C. Thanks! Same to you
D. It’s very kind of you. Thank you
18. “What shall we do this weekend?” - “___________”
A. No problem
B. Let’s go out for the zoo
C. Oh, that’s good
D. I’ll go out for dinner
19. People should go jogging in the morning_______.
A. keeping fit
B. making fit
C. to keep fit
D. to make them fix
20. There is ______ in my bed room.
A. an old square wooden table
B. a square wooden old table
C. a square old wooden table
D. a wooden square old table
21. _______ in the United States declined from nine million in the 1970s to under 5 million in 1981.
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A. For a number of horses
B. When the number of horses
C. The number of horses
D. That the number of horses
22. Not only ______ a good biologist but also a talent pianist.
A. he is famous as
B. he appears to be

C. appears as he is
D. is he known as
23. Fossils fuels like coal, gas and oil produce carbon dioxide when______
A. are burned
B. they burned
C. burned
D. are they burned
24. ______ in these landscapes, the more vitality and character the paintings seem to possess.
A. The brushwork is loose
B. The looser brushwork
C. The loose brushwork is
D. The looser the brushwork is
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)SIMILAR in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
25. The Republic of South Africa occupies the southern tip of the continent.
A. takes up
B. takes in
C. takes over
D. takes on
26. These factories were ugly buildings with high chimneys pouring out black smoke.
A. forming
B. sending
C. giving
D. releasing
27. For centuries people made up stories about dragons.
A. constructed
B. beautified
C. created
D. prepared
28. The air is naturally contaminated by foreign matter such as plant pollens and dust.

A. polluted
B. occupied
C. filled
D. concentrated
29. Overpopulation tends to create conditions which may result in famine after the failure of a single
crop.
A. bring over
B. bring about
C. bring up
D. bring back
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.
30. Because attitudes shape behaviour, psychologists want to find out how are opinions formed.
A
B
C
D
31. Not everyone realizes that the most largest of the human body is the skin.
A
B
C
D
32. The mining of minerals often bring about the destruction of landscapes and wildlife habitats.
A
B
C
D
33. The root of the trees allows the water to go into the soil, that gradually releases it to flow down
A
B

C
D
rivers.
34. Applicants are required to take the National Entrance Examination before admitted to higher
A
B
C
education institutions.
D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Years ago, in their private family role, women quite often dominate the male members of the
household. Women were quite (35) _____ to their families. However, the public role of women has
changed (36) _____ since the beginning of World War II.
During the war, men were away from home to the battle. As a (37) ____, women were in complete
control of the home. They found themselves doing double and sometimes triple (38) _____. They began
to take over the work of their absent husbands and to work outside. They accounted for 73% of the
industrial labor force. Women were forced by economic realities to work in the factories. The women
who worked there were (39) _____ low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories. (40) _____,
they found themselves a place as active members of society. Women, although they were ruthlessly
exploited, became the key to the country's success.
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The feminist movement seems to have been (41) _____ important part in the demands (42) _____
women Equal Rights. The movement tends to have a way of changing men and women and their roles
in society. It often redefines the role of women in society. Inventions, too, bring progress in society as
(43) _____ as to the individual's life. In the late nineteenth century the invention of the typewriter gave
women a new skill and a job outside the home. The suffragette in the turn of the century has become a
(44) _____ for most women to be engaged in equality.

35. A. fascinated
36. A. unfortunately
37. A. change
38. A. duty
39. A. made
40. A. Because
41. A. a
42. A. for
43. A. much
44. A. present

B. worried
B. approximately
B. result
B. job
B. paid
B. Therefore
B. an
B. in
B. long
B. souvenir

C. dedicated
C. nearly
C. success
C. requirement
C. created
C. However
C. the
C. with

C. soon
C. symbol

D. interested
D. dramatically
D. opportunity
D. career
D. delivered
D. So
D. Ø
D. against
D. well
D. role

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 from 45 to 54.
Over four hundred years after his death, scholars are still unraveling the mysteries of
Michelangelo’s art. Recently one mystery that was revealed was that his famous drawing of a pensive
Cleopatra on the reverse side. This hidden Cleopatra shows a tormented woman, whose eyes state out at
the viewer and whose mouth is open, screaming in horror. The two images, drawn on two sides of the
same paper, can be viewed simultaneously. A second mystery concerns Michelangelo’s architectural
plan for the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Did he intend for the dome to look like the model he
built between 1558 and 1561? Or did he change his mind after building the model and decide to elevate
the dome in the way it is today? Scholars do not agree on the answer. A third mystery about one of the
greatest artists who ever lived was why he destroyed hundreds or thousands of his drawings before he
died? Did he feel that they were unimportant? Did he want posterity to see only his finished products?
45. The word “unraveling” in line 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following
A.
solving
B. questioning

C. amazed at
D. afraid of
46. It can be inferred from the passage that the most unusual aspect of the Cleopatra drawing is that
A.
the figure is screaming
B. the figure is tormented
C. one drawing is hidden
D. one drawing is backwards
47. The word “revealed” in line 2 could best be replaced with which of the following
A.
masked
B. reversed
C. personified
D. made known
48. The word “pensive” in line 2 can be best substituted with the word
A.
thoughtful
B. angry
C. happy
D. anxious
49. The word “simultaneously” in line 5 means the same as which of the following
A.
in reverse order
B. one after the other
C. at the same time
D. in mirror image
50. Scholars disagree about ___________.
A.
when St. Peter’s Basilica was built
B.

what kind of dome Michelangelo wanted
C.
who elevated the dome of St. Peter’s
D.
who built the model
51. The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica____________.
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A.
bears no relation the one in the model
B.
was destroyed after the model was built
C.
follows the plan of the model
D.
is raised more than the one in the model
52. According to the passage, Michelangelo is _______________.
A.
screaming in horror
B.
one of the greatest artists in the world
C.
a private person
D.
the most famous architect
53. Why did Michelangelo destroy so many drawings before he died?
A.
Nobody knows.
B.

They were unimportant.
C.
They were only drafts of later material.
D.
He had changed the drawings.
54. Which of the following is the best restatement of the final question in this passage (line 10)?
A.
Did he want his compatriots to judge only his final works of art?
B.
Did he want his position as an artist to be based on all his productions?
C.
Did he want Roman society to only see his best work?
D.
Did he want future generations to judge him by his completed works?
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 from 55 to 64.
Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the
natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision,
however, is not only the oldest known subsistence strategy, but also the one that has been practiced
continuously in some parts of the world for at least the last two million years. It was, indeed, the only
way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and very crude methods for the domestication of animals
were introduced about 10,000 years ago.
Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins,
their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in the marginal wastelands. In higher
latitudes, the shorter growing season has restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have
caused a greater dependence on hunting and, along the coasts and waterways, on fishing. The abundance
of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity
for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have
limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies.
Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know

from observation of modern hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based on hunting
and gathering must be very mobile. Following the food supply can be a way of life. If a particular kind
of wild herding animal is the basis of the food for a group of people, those people must move to stay
within reach of those animals. For many of the native people of the great central plains of North
America, following the buffalo, who were in turn following the growth of grazing foods, determined
their way of life.
For gathering societies, seasonal changes mean a great deal. While the entire community
camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the
camp. When the food in the area is exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also
notice a seasonal migration pattern evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of
labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practiced by humankind
during the Paleolithic Period.
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55. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A.
The Paleolithic Period
B. Subsistence farming
C. Hunter-gatherers
D. Marginal environments
56. Which is the oldest subsistence strategy?
A.
Migrating
B. Domesticating animals
C. Farming
D. Hunting and gathering
57. When was hunting and gathering introduced?
A.
Ten million years ago

B. Two million years ago
C. Ten thousand years ago
D. Two thousand years ago
58. The word “dwindled” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to
A.
disagreed
B. decreased
C. disappeared
D. died
59. In paragraph 2, the author explains that hunters and gatherers in lower latitudes found
A.
more animals to hunt
B.
more coasts and waterways for fishing
C.
a shorter growing season
D.
a large variety of plant life
60. Why does the author mention contemporary hunter-gatherers in paragraph 3?
A.
Their seasonal migration patterns are important.
B.
Studying them gives us insights into the lifestyle of prehistoric people.
C.
There are very few examples of modern hunter-gatherer societies.
D.
Their societies are quite different from those of their ancestors.
61. The word “exploit” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A.
use

B. find
C. take
D. prepare
62. What does the author mean by the statement “While the entire community camps in a central
location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp.”?
A.
Everyone is involved in hunting and gathering the food for the community.
B.
When the food has been harvested, the community has a celebration.
C.
A small group hunts and gathers food near the camp.
D.
The reason that the community harvests the food is that it is near the camp.
63. All of the patterns of behavior for hunter-gatherers are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT
A.
a small group plants food near the camp.
B.
the group moves when the food supply is low.
C.
men and women each have specific roles.
D.
the seasons dictate the movement of the group.
64. Which of the following sentences should NOT be included in a summary of the passage?
A.
Hunter-gatherers are mobile, tending to migrate seasonally.
B.
Hunter-gatherers share different responsibilities between the sexes.
C.
Hunter-gatherers camp in a central location.
D.

Hunter-gatherers have many social celebrations.

WRITING
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it.
65. This is the most delicious cake I have ever tasted.
I have never______________________________
66. They spent more money, they had to work harder.
The more________________________________
67. The package was too heavy for Peter to carry.
The package was so________________________
68. Eventually he succeeded in making her answer the question.
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Eventually he managed _____________________________
69. Though he is still very young, he has made remarkable achievements in his field.
Young _________________________________________________________
Part II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about the benefits of exercise.
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THPT Nguyễn Trung Trực
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (8 điểm)
Câu số
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Đáp án
A
C
A
B
D
A
B
C
D

Câu số
23
24
25
26

27
28
29
30
31

Đáp án
C
D
A
D
C
A
B
D
B

Câu số
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53

Đáp án
A

C
D
A
C
B
D
B
A
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10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

D
B
A
B
D

C
B
D
B
C
A
C
D

32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

B
B
D
C
D
B
A

B
C
B
A
D
C

54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64

D
C
D
B
B
D
B
A
C
A
D

PHẦN VIẾT (2 điểm)
I.
(0,5 đ)
65. I have never tasted such a delicious cake before.
Hoặc: I have never tasted a more delicious cake than this (one / cake).
66. The more money they spent, the harder they had to work.
67. The package was so heavy that Peter could not carry it.
68. Eventually he managed to make her answer the question.
69. Young as he is, he has made remarkable achievements in his field.

II.

(1,5 đ)

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Mô tả tiêu chí đánh giá
1.

2.

Bố cục
- Câu đề dẫn chủ đề mạch lạc
- Bố cục hợp lí rõ ràng phù hợp yêu cầu của đề bài
- Bố cục uyển chuyển từ mở bài đến kết luận
Phát triển ý
- Phát triển ý có trình tự logic
- Có dẫn chứng, ví dụ, … đủ để bảo vệ ý kiến

của mình

Điểm tối đa
0,40

0,25

3.

Sử dụng ngôn từ
- Sử dụng ngôn từ phù hợp nội dung
- Sử dụng ngôn từ đúng văn phong/ thể loại
- Sử dụng từ nối các ý cho bài viết uyển chuyển

0,30

4.

Nội dung
- Đủ thuyết phục người đọc
- Đủ dẫn chứng, ví dụ, lập luận
- Độ dài: Số từ không nhiều hơn hoặc ít hơn so với
quy định 5%
Ngữ pháp, dấu câu, và chính tả:
- Sử dụng đúng dấu câu
- Chính tả: Viết đúng chính tả
 Lỗi chính tả gây hiểu nhầm/ sai
lệch ý sẽ tính một lỗi (trừ 1%
điểm của bài viết)
 Cùng một lỗi chính tả lặp lại chỉ

tính là một lỗi.
- Sử dụng đúng thời, thể cấu trúc câu đúng ngữ
pháp. (Lỗi ngữ pháp gây hiểu nhầm/ sai lệch ý sẽ bị
trừ 1% điểm của bài viết)

0,30

Tổng

1,50

5.

0,25

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