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ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 1
NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề: 152

Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………….. Số báo danh: …………..
A. SECTION A: (8 points)
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.
A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides
information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the
Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows,
these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television
news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate
indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain
location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory
workers, depending on which area the new people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract
outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel
intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely
reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercisegreat care in the wording of questions.
An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it. It must also be
specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less
structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicitthe type of information desired. Surveys can be
indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly and the questions are
worded accurately.

There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of
survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people find it
more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire.
In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probefor a subject's underlying feelings and
reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.
Question 1. According to the passage, the main disadvantage of person-on-the-street interviews is that
they______.
A. are not based on a representative sampling
B. reflect political opinions
C. are not carefully worded
D. are used only on television
Question 2. According to the passage, one advantage of live interviews over questionnaires is that live
interviews _____.
A. minimize the influence of the researcher
B. are easier to interpret
C. costless
D. can produce more information
Question 3. The word "precise" is closest in meaning to______.
A. accurate
B. rational
C. required
D. planned
Question 4. According to the reading passage, there are ____ main categories of surveys.
A. four
B. five
C. two
D. three
Question 5. Which word is given definition in the text?
A. sampling
B. poll

C. survey
D. interview

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Question 6. The word "they" refers to ______.
A. interviews
B. opinions
C. news shows
D. North Americans
Question 7. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The principles of conducting surveys
B. The importance of polls in American political life
C. Problems associated with interpreting surveys
D. The history of surveys in North America
Question 8. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is most important for an effective survey?
A. A sociologist who is able to interpret the results
B. Carefully worded questions
C. An interviewer's ability to measure respondents' feelings
D. A high number of respondents
Question 9. The word "indispensable" is closest in meaning to______.
A. necessary
B. complicated
C. expensive
D. simple
Question 10. It can be inferred from the passage that one reason that sociologists may become frustrated
with questionnaires is that______.
A. respondents often do not complete and return questionnaires
B. questionnaires are expensive and difficult to distribute

C. respondents are too eager to supplement questions with their own opinions
D. questionnaires are often difficult to read
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.
Question 11. A. transfer
B. career
C. variety
D. afraid
Question 12. A. surfaces
B. temples
C. exercises
D. pages
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate thecorrect
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such
everyday (13)_______ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized
training they may need to (14)_______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain
educational requirements and obtain a (15)_______ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine.
Many fields, like computer operation or police work, (16)_______ satisfactory completion of special
training courses.
Education is also important (17)_______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their
knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting
and enjoyable, (18)_______ the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical
(19)_______ . Such education becomes (20)_______ important as people gain more and more leisure time.
Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today
take place with increasing speed and (21)_______ the lives of more and more people. Education can help a
person understand these changes and provide him (22)_______ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 13. A. works
B. jobs
C. actions

D. activities
Question 14. A. do
B. prepare
C. make
D. work
Question 15. A. license
B. card
C. diploma
D. paper
Question 16. A. requires
B. requiring
C. require
D. to require
Question 17. A. therefore
B. despite
C. although
D. because
Question 18. A. such as
B. for instance
C. such that
D. for example
Question 19. A. appliance
B. equipment
C. instrument
D. device
Question 20. A. increased
B. increasing
C. increase
D. increasingly
Question 21. A. effect

B. affect
C. affective
D. effective
Question 22. A. with
B. for
C. in
D. to
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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 23. Her boss fired her, ____made her angry.
A. that
B. this
C. what
D. which
Question 24. You _____ the washing. My sister could have done it for you.
A. needn't have done
B. couldn't have done C. hadn't to do
D. mustn't have done
Question 25. These school-leavers are looking forward ____ on campus.
A. living
B. to live
C. live
D. to living
Question 26. Would you like to take a gap year before ____ a university?
A. filling in
B. applying to
C. applying for

D. filling out
Question 27. In 1837 the University of Michigan became the first state university ______ by a board of
regents elected by the voters of the state.
A. being controlled
B. it was controlled
C. to be controlled
D. under the control
Question 28. We all believe that a happy marriage should be ___ mutual love.
A. based on
B. concerned with
C. confided in
D. obliged to
Question 29. By the end of the 21st century, the first car running on the sea water ____.
A. will finish
B. will be finished
C. will have been finished D. will be finishing
Question 30. -"What a lovely house you have!"
- "_____"
A. No problem
B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in.
C. Of course not, it's not costly.
D. I think so
Question 31. _____I get your letter, I will reply to you at once.
A. By the time
B. As though
C. As soon as
D. Now that
Question 32. ____ not to come late, the applicant set out for his job interview.
A. He was advised
B. People advised him C. Advised

D. Advising
Question 33. If Lucy's car ____ down, she would be here right now.
A. wouldn't have been
B. hadn't broken
C. doesn't break
D. didn't break
Question 34. _______the film director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off of the 85th Oscar's Best Director
list of nominees surprised everyone.
A. Although
B. What
C. Due to
D. That
Question 35. According to ___ people, most animal and plant species on earth will soon die out.
A. optimists
B. pessimistic
C. pessimists
D. optimistic
Question 36. My mother asked me _____
A. which tertiary institution did I choose
B. which tertiary institution I choose
C. which tertiary institution I would choose
D. which tertiary institution will I choose
Question 37. It is really an ____.
A. undergraduate interesting economics course
B. economics course interesting undergraduate
C. interesting economics undergraduate course
D. interesting undergraduate economics course
Question 38. Not until _____ in my paper ____ to write down my name on it.
A. I handed/ that I remembered
B. I handed/ did I remember

C. did I hand/ did I remember
D. did I hand/ I remembered
Question 39. - ''Did you enjoy the movie yesterday?" - "_____"
A. Certainly, I'd be glad to.
B. Yes, it is warmer than today.
C. Not really. I couldn't follow the story.
D. No, I dislike moving.
Question 40.Is it necessary that I _____ here tomorrow?
A. would be
B. am being
C. were
D. be
Question 41. We received a call from the teacher_______ charge of our course.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. to

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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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 42. A. powerful
B. remember
C. obvious
D. primary
Question 43. A. sacrifice
B. impossible
C. confident

D. interview
Question 44. A. vacant
B. factor
C. college
D. device
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 45. In the future, we will certainly lead a more healthier life.
A. In
B. will
C. more
D. certainly
Question 46. In the end of the story, Cinderella and the prince get married and live happily together.
A. the prince
B. In the end
C. get married
D. happily
Question 47. Rattan, a close relative of bamboo, is often used to make tables, chairs, and other furnitures.
A. furnitures
B. a close
C. is often
D. to make
Question 48. Either Mr. Anderson or Ms Wiggins are going to teach our class today.
A. or
B. are
C. Either
D. today
Question 49. I prefer living in a nuclear family than a joint one.
A. a nuclear family
B. one

C. than
D. living
Mark the letter A, B, C or 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 50. In the 1980s, TV viewers began to hook up videocassette players to their TVs.
A. combine
B. stop
C. fasten
D. connect
Question 51. Thanks to better health care, there are more and more centenarians nowadays.
A. children whose parents can't afford their schooling
B. children who die at birth
C. people who live 100 years or more
D. people who suffer from fatal diseases
Question 52. These machines are older models and have to be operated by hand.
A. manually
B. spiritually
C. automatically
D. mechanically
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 53. It's discourteous to ask Americans questions about their age, marriage or income.
A. impolite
B. polite
C. unacceptable
D. rude
Question 54. One of the reasons why families break up is that parents are always critical of each other.
A. unaware
B. supportive
C. intolerant

D. tired
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.
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
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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 55. Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to _______.
A. display their emotions openly
B. conceal their positive emotions
C. control their emotions
D. change their behaviour
Question 56. The word "evolved" is closest in meaning to _____.
A. increased
B. reduced
C. developed
D. simplified
Question 57. The phrase "this evidence" refers to ______.
A. human facial expressions
B. the fact that children can control their feelings
C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions
D. the fact that children are good at recognizing others' emotions
Question 58. Young children _______.
A. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions
B. take time to control their facial expressions
C. are sensitive towards others' emotions
D. spend a long time learning to read others' emotions
Question 59. According to the passage, we respond to others by _________.
A. watching their actions
B. observing their looks
C. observing their emotional expressions
D. looking at their faces
Question 60. The biggest difference lies in __________.
A. how often positive emotions are shown

B. how emotional responses are controlled
C. how intensive emotions are expressed
D. how long negative emotions are displayed
Question 61. Smiles and frowns __________.
A. are universal expressions across cultures
B. are not popular everywhere
C. do not convey the same emotions in various cultures
D. have different meanings in different cultures
Question 62. Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of ____________.
A. investigators on universal emotional expressions
B. researchers on universal language
C. researchers who can speak and understand many languages
D. lacked many main ingredients
Question 63. The best title for the passage is ________________.
A. ways to control emotional expressions
B. cultural universals in emotional expressions
C. Human habit of displaying emotions
D. review of research on emotional expressions
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Question 64. Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer whether ______
A. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
B. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
C. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
D. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.
B. SECTION B (2 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentenceprinted
before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. The book is so interesting that it has become the best-seller of this year.

It is __________________________________________________________________________
2. People think that he is an excellent football player.
He ___________________________________________________________________________
3. My mother started cooking for the party two hours ago.
My mother has _________________________________________________________________
4. In spite of the bad weather, they had a wonderful holiday.
Although ______________________________________________________________________
5. “I’m sorry I gave you the wrong number” said Paula to Susan.
Paula apologized________________________________________________________________
II. “Would you like to attend higher education or vocational training after leaving high schools?”
In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your choice.
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ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 1
NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề: 186

Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………….. Số báo danh: …………..
SECTION A: (8 points)
Mark the letter A, B, C or 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 1. These machines are older models and have to be operated by hand.

A. automatically
B. mechanically
C. manually
D. spiritually
Question 2.In the 1980s, TV viewers began to hook up videocassette players to their TVs.
A. stop
B. fasten
C. combine
D. connect
Question 3. Thanks to better health care, there are more and more centenarians nowadays.
A. people who live 100 years or more
B. people who suffer from fatal diseases
C. children whose parents can't afford their schooling
D. children who die at birth
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 4. One of the reasons why families break up is that parents are always critical of each other.
A. intolerant
B. unaware
C. supportive
D. tired
Question 5. It's discourteous to ask Americans questions about their age, marriage or income.
A. impolite
B. rude
C. polite
D. unacceptable
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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 6. A. powerful
B. primary

C. obvious
D. remember
Question 7. A. interview
B. sacrifice
C. confident
D. impossible
Question 8. A. device
B. vacant
C. college
D. factor
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 9. In the future, we will certainly lead a more healthier life.
A. certainly
B. will
C. In
D. more
Question 10. Either Mr. Anderson or Ms Wiggins are going to teach our class today.
A. are
B. today
C. or
D. Either
Question 11. Rattan, a close relative of bamboo, is often used to make tables, chairs, and other furnitures.
A.furnitures
B. is often
C. to make
D. a close
Question 12. In the end of the story, Cinderella and the prince get married and live happily together.
A. the prince
B. happily

C. In the end
D. get married
Question 13. I prefer living in a nuclear family than a joint one.
A. one
B. living
C. than
D. a nuclear family

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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.
Question 14. A. variety
B. transfer
C.afraid
D. career
Question 15. A. pages
B. temples
C. exercises
D. surfaces
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 16. Is it necessary that I _____ here tomorrow?
A. were
B. be
C. am being
D. would be
Question 17. _____I get your letter, I will reply to you at once.
A. Now that

B. By the time
C. As soon as
D. As though
Question 18. Her boss fired her, ____made her angry.
A. what
B. that
C. which
D. this
Question 19. My mother asked me _____
A. which tertiary institution I would choose
B. which tertiary institution will I choose
C. which tertiary institution did I choose
D. which tertiary institution I choose
Question 20. We received a call from the teacher_______ charge of our course.
A. in
B. to
C. at
D. on
Question 21. _______the film director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off of the 85th Oscar's Best Director
list of nominees surprised everyone.
A. Due to
B. That
C. What
D. Although
Question 22. -"What a lovely house you have!"
- "_____"
A. No problem
B. I think so
C. Of course not, it's not costly.
D. Thank you. Hope you will drop in.

Question 23. If Lucy's car ____ down, she would be here right now.
A. wouldn't have been
B. didn't break
C. doesn't break
D. hadn't broken
Question 24. Would you like to take a gap year before ____ a university?
A. applying for
B. filling out
C. applying to
D. filling in
Question 25. It is really an ____.
A. interesting undergraduate economics course
B. interesting economics undergraduate course
C. economics course interesting undergraduate
D. undergraduate interesting economics course
Question 26. - ''Did you enjoy the movie yesterday?" - "_____"
A. Yes, it is warmer than today.
B. No, I dislike moving.
C. Certainly, I'd be glad to.
D. Not really. I couldn't follow the story.
Question 27. According to ___ people, most animal and plant species on earth will soon die out.
A. pessimistic
B. optimists
C. pessimists
D. optimistic
Question 28. In 1837 the University of Michigan became the first state university ______ by a board of
regents elected by the voters of the state.
A. under the control
B. to be controlled
C. being controlled

D. it was controlled
Question 29. ____ not to come late, the applicant set out for his job interview.
A. Advised
B. Advising
C. He was advised
D. People advised him
Question 30. Not until _____ in my paper ____ to write down my name on it.
A. I handed/ that I remembered
B. did I hand/ did I remember
C. did I hand/ I remembered
D. I handed/ did I remember
Question 31. You _____ the washing. My sister could have done it for you.
A. needn't have done
B. hadn't to do
C. mustn't have done D. couldn't have done
Question 32. These school-leavers are looking forward ____ on campus.
A. living
B. to living
C. live
D. to live
Question 33. By the end of the 21st century, the first car running on the sea water ____.
A. will be finishing
B. will be finished
C. will have been finished D. will finish

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Question 34. We all believe that a happy marriage should be ___ mutual love.
A. based on

B. concerned with
C. obliged to
D. confided in
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate thecorrect
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such
everyday (35)_______ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized
training they may need to (36)_______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain
educational requirements and obtain a (37)_______ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine.
Many fields, like computer operation or police work, (38)_______ satisfactory completion of special
training courses.
Education is also important (39)_______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their
knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting
and enjoyable, (40)_______ the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical
(41)_______ . Such education becomes (42)_______ important as people gain more and more leisure time.
Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today
take place with increasing speed and (43)_______ the lives of more and more people. Education can help a
person understand these changes and provide him (44)_______ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 35. A. works
Question 36. A. prepare
Question 37. A. paper
Question 38. A. requires
Question 39. A. despite
Question 40. A. for instance
Question 41. A. appliance
Question 42. A. increasingly
Question 43. A. effective
Question 44. A. for

B. activities

B. do
B. diploma
B. require
B. although
B. for example
B. device
B. increased
B. effect
B. to

C. actions
C. make
C. license
C. to require
C. because
C. such that
C. instrument
C. increase
C. affect
C. in

D. jobs
D. work
D. card
D. requiring
D. therefore
D. such as
D. equipment
D. increasing
D. affective

D. with

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.
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.

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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 45. Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of ____________.
A. researchers who can speak and understand many languages
B. investigators on universal emotional expressions
C. lacked many main ingredients
D. researchers on universal language
Question 46. Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to _______.
A. change their behaviour
B. display their emotions openly
C. conceal their positive emotions
D. control their emotions
Question 47. Smiles and frowns __________.
A. are not popular everywhere
B. are universal expressions across cultures
C. do not convey the same emotions in various cultures
D. have different meanings in different cultures
Question 48. Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer whether ______
A. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.
B. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
C. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
D. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
Question 49. The best title for the passage is ________________.
A. Human habit of displaying emotions
B. review of research on emotional expressions
C. cultural universals in emotional expressions
D. ways to control emotional expressions

Question 50. The phrase "this evidence" refers to ______.
A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others' emotions
B. human facial expressions
C. the fact that children can control their feelings
D. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions
Question 51. Young children _______.
A. spend a long time learning to read others' emotions
B. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions
C. are sensitive towards others' emotions
D. take time to control their facial expressions
Question 52. The word "evolved" is closest in meaning to __________.
A. simplified
B. reduced
C. developed
D. increased
Question 53. According to the passage, we respond to others by _________.
A. watching their actions
B. observing their emotional expressions
C. looking at their faces
D. observing their looks
Question 54. The biggest difference lies in __________.
A. how intensive emotions are expressed
B. how emotional responses are controlled
C. how long negative emotions are displayed
D. how often positive emotions are shown

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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.
A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides
information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the
Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows,
these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television
news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate
indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain
location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory
workers, depending on which area the new people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract
outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel
intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely
reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercisegreat care in the wording of questions.
An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it. It must also be
specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less
structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicitthe type of information desired. Surveys can be
indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly and the questions are
worded accurately.
There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of
survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people find it
more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire.
In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probefor a subject's underlying feelings and
reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.
Question 55. According to the passage, the main disadvantage of person-on-the-street interviews is that
they______.
A. reflect political opinions
B. are not carefully worded
C. are not based on a representative sampling
D. are used only on television

Question 56. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The importance of polls in American political life
B. The principles of conducting surveys
C. Problems associated with interpreting surveys
D. The history of surveys in North America
Question 57. The word "they" refers to ______.
A. news shows
B. interviews
C. opinions
D. North Americans
Question 58. Which word is given definition in the text?
A. survey
B. sampling
C. interview
D. poll
Question 59. According to the reading passage, there are ____ main categories of surveys.
A. two
B. four
C. five
D. three
Question 60. The word "indispensable" is closest in meaning to______.
A. expensive
B. necessary
C. simple
D. complicated
Question 61. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is most important for an effective survey?
A. A high number of respondents
B. A sociologist who is able to interpret the results
C. Carefully worded questions
D. An interviewer's ability to measure respondents' feelings

Question 62. The word "precise" is closest in meaning to______.
A. planned
B. required
C. rational
D. accurate

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Question 63. It can be inferred from the passage that one reason that sociologists may become frustrated
with questionnaires is that______.
A. questionnaires are expensive and difficult to distribute
B. respondents are too eager to supplement questions with their own opinions
C. respondents often do not complete and return questionnaires
D. questionnaires are often difficult to read
Question 64. According to the passage, one advantage of live interviews over questionnaires is that live
interviews _____.
A. minimize the influence of the researcher
B. costless
C. can produce more information
D. are easier to interpret
B. SECTION B (2 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentenceprinted
before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1.The book is so interesting that it has become the best-seller of this year.
It is __________________________________________________________________________
2. People think that he is an excellent football player.
He ___________________________________________________________________________
3. My mother started cooking for the party two hours ago.
My mother has _________________________________________________________________

4. In spite of the bad weather, they had a wonderful holiday.
Although ______________________________________________________________________
5. “I’m sorry I gave you the wrong number” said Paula to Susan.
Paula apologized________________________________________________________________
II. “Would you like to attend higher education or vocational training after leaving high schools?”
In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your choice.
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ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 1
NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề: 220

Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………….. Số báo danh: …………..
SECTION A: (8 points)
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 1. One of the reasons why families break up is that parents are always critical of each other.
A. tired
B. intolerant
C. supportive
D. unaware
Question 2. It's discourteous to ask Americans questions about their age, marriage or income.

A. polite
B. rude
C. unacceptable
D. impolite
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.
Question 3. A. career
B. variety
C.afraid
D. transfer
Question 4. A. surfaces
B. temples
C. exercises
D. pages
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 5. It is really an ____.
A. economics course interesting undergraduate
B. undergraduate interesting economics course
C. interesting undergraduate economics course
D. interesting economics undergraduate course
Question 6. Her boss fired her, ____made her angry.
A. this
B. what
C. that
D. which
Question 7. If Lucy's car ____ down, she would be here right now.
A. wouldn't have been
B. hadn't broken
C. didn't break

D. doesn't break
Question 8. We received a call from the teacher_______ charge of our course.
A. on
B. in
C. to
D. at
Question 9. In 1837 the University of Michigan became the first state university ______ by a board of
regents elected by the voters of the state.
A. under the control
B. being controlled
C. it was controlled
D. to be controlled
Question 10. - ''Did you enjoy the movie yesterday?" - "_____"
A. Certainly, I'd be glad to.
B. Yes, it is warmer than today.
C. No, I dislike moving.
D. Not really. I couldn't follow the story.
Question 11. We all believe that a happy marriage should be ___ mutual love.
A. based on
B. obliged to
C. concerned with
D. confided in
Question 12.Is it necessary that I _____ here tomorrow?
A. am being
B. be
C. were
D. would be
Question 13. According to ___ people, most animal and plant species on earth will soon die out.
A. optimistic
B. optimists

C. pessimists
D. pessimistic
Question 14. -"What a lovely house you have!"
- "_____"
A. Thank you. Hope you will drop in.
B. I think so
C. Of course not, it's not costly.
D. No problem
Question 15. These school-leavers are looking forward ____ on campus.
A. to live
B. living
C. live
D. to living
Question 16. You _____ the washing. My sister could have done it for you.
A. needn't have done
B. couldn't have done C. mustn't have done D. hadn't to do
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Question 17. Not until _____ in my paper ____ to write down my name on it.
A. I handed/ that I remembered
B. did I hand/ I remembered
C. I handed/ did I remember
D. did I hand/ did I remember
Question 18. ____ not to come late, the applicant set out for his job interview.
A. He was advised
B. People advised him C. Advised
D. Advising
st
Question 19. By the end of the 21 century, the first car running on the sea water ____.

A. will finish
B. will be finished
C. will have been finished D. will be finishing
Question 20. Would you like to take a gap year before ____ a university?
A. filling in
B. applying for
C. filling out
D. applying to
Question 21. _______the film director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off of the 85th Oscar's Best Director
list of nominees surprised everyone.
A. That
B. Although
C. What
D. Due to
Question 22. My mother asked me _____
A. which tertiary institution I choose
B. which tertiary institution did I choose
C. which tertiary institution I would choose
D. which tertiary institution will I choose
Question 23. _____I get your letter, I will reply to you at once.
A. Now that
B. As soon as
C. By the time
D. As though
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.
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 24. According to the passage, we respond to others by _________.
A. looking at their faces
B. watching their actions
C. observing their emotional expressions
D. observing their looks
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Question 25. The biggest difference lies in __________.
A. how intensive emotions are expressed
B. how long negative emotions are displayed
C. how often positive emotions are shown
D. how emotional responses are controlled
Question 26. Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to _______.
A. control their emotions
B. display their emotions openly
C. change their behaviour
D. conceal their positive emotions
Question 27. The word "evolved" is closest in meaning to __________.
A. increased
B. developed
C. reduced
D. simplified
Question 28. Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of ____________.
A. lacked many main ingredients
B. investigators on universal emotional expressions
C. researchers who can speak and understand many languages
D. researchers on universal language
Question 29. Smiles and frowns __________.
A. are universal expressions across cultures
B. are not popular everywhere
C. do not convey the same emotions in various cultures
D. have different meanings in different cultures
Question 30. Young children _______.
A. spend a long time learning to read others' emotions
B. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions
C. take time to control their facial expressions

D. are sensitive towards others' emotions
Question 31. The phrase "this evidence" refers to ______.
A. human facial expressions
B. the fact that children can control their feelings
C. the fact that children are good at recognizing others' emotions
D. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions
Question 32. Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer whether ______
A. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
B. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
C. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
D. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.
Question 33. The best title for the passage is ________________.
A. ways to control emotional expressions
B. review of research on emotional expressions
C. cultural universals in emotional expressions
D. Human habit of displaying emotions
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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 34. A. sacrifice
B. interview
C. confident
D. impossible
Question 35. A. obvious
B. powerful
C. remember
D. primary
Question 36. A. device
B. vacant
C. factor
D. college

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 37. Rattan, a close relative of bamboo, is often used to make tables, chairs, and other furnitures.
A.furnitures
B. to make
C. is often
D. a close
Question 38. Either Mr. Anderson or Ms Wiggins are going to teach our class today.
A. are
B. Either
C. or
D. today
Question 39. I prefer living in a nuclear family than a joint one.
A. living
B. than
C. a nuclear family
D. one
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Question 40. In the future, we will certainly lead a more healthier life.
A. will
B. more
C. In
D. certainly
Question 41. In the end of the story, Cinderella and the prince get married and live happily together.
A. get married
B. the prince
C. In the end
D. happily

Mark the letter A, B, C or 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 42. Thanks to better health care, there are more and more centenarians nowadays.
A. people who live 100 years or more
B. children who die at birth
C. people who suffer from fatal diseases
D. children whose parents can't afford their schooling
Question 43. In the 1980s, TV viewers began to hook up videocassette players to their TVs.
A. combine
B. stop
C. connect
D. fasten
Question 44. These machines are older models and have to be operated by hand.
A. spiritually
B. mechanically
C. manually
D. automatically
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.
A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides
information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the
Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows,
these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television
news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate
indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain
location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory
workers, depending on which area the new people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract
outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel
intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely

reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercisegreat care in the wording of questions.
An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it. It must also be
specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less
structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicitthe type of information desired. Surveys can be
indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly and the questions are
worded accurately.
There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of
survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people find it
more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire.
In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probefor a subject's underlying feelings and
reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.
Question 45. Which word is given definition in the text?
A. poll
B. interview
C. survey
Question 46. The word "precise" is closest in meaning to______.
A. accurate
B. planned
C. rational
Question 47. The word "indispensable" is closest in meaning to______.
A. complicated
B. simple
C. expensive

D. sampling
D. required
D. necessary

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Question 48. It can be inferred from the passage that one reason that sociologists may become frustrated
with questionnaires is that______.
A. questionnaires are often difficult to read
B. respondents are too eager to supplement questions with their own opinions
C. respondents often do not complete and return questionnaires
D. questionnaires are expensive and difficult to distribute
Question 49. According to the passage, one advantage of live interviews over questionnaires is that live
interviews _____.
A. are easier to interpret
B. costless
C. minimize the influence of the researcher
D. can produce more information
Question 50. The word "they" refers to ______.
A. news shows
B. interviews
C. North Americans
D. opinions
Question 51. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The principles of conducting surveys
B. The history of surveys in North America
C. Problems associated with interpreting surveys
D. The importance of polls in American political life
Question 52. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is most important for an effective survey?
A. A sociologist who is able to interpret the results
B. Carefully worded questions
C. An interviewer's ability to measure respondents' feelings
D. A high number of respondents
Question 53. According to the reading passage, there are ____ main categories of surveys.

A. four
B. two
C. five
D. three
Question 54. According to the passage, the main disadvantage of person-on-the-street interviews is that
they______.
A. reflect political opinions
B. are not carefully worded
C. are not based on a representative sampling
D. are used only on television
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate thecorrect
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such
everyday (55)_______ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized
training they may need to (56)_______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain
educational requirements and obtain a (57)_______ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine.
Many fields, like computer operation or police work, (58)_______ satisfactory completion of special
training courses.
Education is also important (59)_______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their
knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting
and enjoyable, (60)_______ the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical
(61)_______ . Such education becomes (62)_______ important as people gain more and more leisure time.
Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today
take place with increasing speed and (63)_______ the lives of more and more people. Education can help a
person understand these changes and provide him (64)_______ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 55. A. activities
Question 56. A. do
Question 57. A. license
Question 58. A. requiring
Question 59. A. despite

Question 60. A. for instance

B. jobs
B. prepare
B. paper
B. requires
B. therefore
B. such that

C. works
C. make
C. diploma
C. require
C. although
C. for example

D. actions
D. work
D. card
D. to require
D. because
D. such as

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Question 61. A. instrument
Question 62. A. increasing
Question 63. A. effect
Question 64. A. in

B. equipment
B. increased
B. affective
B. for

C. appliance
C. increasingly
C. effective
C. with

D. device
D. increase
D. affect
D. to

B. SECTION B (2 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentenceprinted
before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. The book is so interesting that it has become the best-seller of this year.
It is __________________________________________________________________________
2. People think that he is an excellent football player.
He ___________________________________________________________________________
3. My mother started cooking for the party two hours ago.
My mother has _________________________________________________________________
4. In spite of the bad weather, they had a wonderful holiday.
Although ______________________________________________________________________
5. “I’m sorry I gave you the wrong number” said Paula to Susan.
Paula apologized________________________________________________________________
II. “Would you like to attend higher education or vocational training after leaving high schools?”

In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your choice.
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ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 1
NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề: 254

Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………….. Số báo danh: …………..
SECTION A: (8 points)
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 1. Either Mr. Anderson or Ms Wiggins are going to teach our class today.
A. today
B. are
C. Either
D. or
Question 2. In the end of the story, Cinderella and the prince get married and live happily together.
A. In the end
B. get married
C. happily
D. the prince
Question 3. Rattan, a close relative of bamboo, is often used to make tables, chairs, and other furnitures.

A. to make
B.furnitures
C. a close
D. is often
Question 4. I prefer living in a nuclear family than a joint one.
A. than
B. a nuclear family
C. living
D. one
Question 5. In the future, we will certainly lead a more healthier life.
A. will
B. In
C. certainly
D. more
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 6. By the end of the 21st century, the first car running on the sea water ____.
A. will have been finished B. will be finished
C. will be finishing
D. will finish
Question 7. If Lucy's car ____ down, she would be here right now.
A. doesn't break
B. didn't break
C. hadn't broken
D. wouldn't have been
Question 8. You _____ the washing. My sister could have done it for you.
A. needn't have done
B. hadn't to do
C. couldn't have done D. mustn't have done
Question 9. In 1837 the University of Michigan became the first state university ______ by a board of

regents elected by the voters of the state.
A. to be controlled
B. it was controlled
C. under the control
D. being controlled
Question 10. -"What a lovely house you have!"
- "_____"
A. No problem
B. Thank you. Hope you will drop in.
C. I think so
D. Of course not, it's not costly.
Question 11. Would you like to take a gap year before ____ a university?
A. filling in
B. applying for
C. filling out
D. applying to
Question 12. _______the film director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off of the 85th Oscar's Best Director
list of nominees surprised everyone.
A. Due to
B. That
C. What
D. Although
Question 13. Her boss fired her, ____made her angry.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. this
Question 14. These school-leavers are looking forward ____ on campus.
A. to live
B. to living

C. live
D. living
Question 15. My mother asked me _____
A. which tertiary institution did I choose
B. which tertiary institution I choose
C. which tertiary institution I would choose
D. which tertiary institution will I choose
Question 16. ____ not to come late, the applicant set out for his job interview.
A. People advised him
B. Advising
C. Advised
D. He was advised
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Question 17. Is it necessary that I _____ here tomorrow?
A.were
B.am being
C.would be
D.be
Question 18. We received a call from the teacher_______ charge of our course.
A. on
B. in
C. to
D. at
Question 19. Not until _____ in my paper ____ to write down my name on it.
A. did I hand/ I remembered
B. I handed/ did I remember
C. I handed/ that I remembered
D. did I hand/ did I remember

Question 20. It is really an ____.
A. undergraduate interesting economics course
B. economics course interesting undergraduate
C. interesting economics undergraduate course
D. interesting undergraduate economics course
Question 21. We all believe that a happy marriage should be ___ mutual love.
A. obliged to
B. based on
C. confided in
D. concerned with
Question 22. - ''Did you enjoy the movie yesterday?" - "_____"
A. Yes, it is warmer than today.
B. Not really. I couldn't follow the story.
C. No, I dislike moving.
D. Certainly, I'd be glad to.
Question 23. According to ___ people, most animal and plant species on earth will soon die out.
A. pessimistic
B. pessimists
C. optimistic
D. optimists
Question 24. _____I get your letter, I will reply to you at once.
A. As though
B. As soon as
C. By the time
D. Now that
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.
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.

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Question 25. According to the passage, we respond to others by _________.
A. observing their emotional expressions

B. looking at their faces
C. observing their looks
D. watching their actions
Question 26. The phrase "this evidence" refers to ______.
A. human facial expressions
B. the fact that children can control their feelings
C. the fact that children are good at recognizing others' emotions
D. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions
Question 27. Young children _______.
A. take time to control their facial expressions
B. spend a long time learning to read others' emotions
C. are sensitive towards others' emotions
D. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions
Question 28. The word "evolved" is closest in meaning to __________.
A. reduced
B. simplified
C. increased
D. developed
Question 29. The biggest difference lies in __________.
A. how emotional responses are controlled
B. how long negative emotions are displayed
C. how often positive emotions are shown
D. how intensive emotions are expressed
Question 30. Smiles and frowns __________.
A. are not popular everywhere
B. do not convey the same emotions in various cultures
C. are universal expressions across cultures
D. have different meanings in different cultures
Question 31. Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of ____________.
A. researchers who can speak and understand many languages

B. researchers on universal language
C. lacked many main ingredients
D. investigators on universal emotional expressions
Question 32. The best title for the passage is ________________.
A. Human habit of displaying emotions
B. cultural universals in emotional expressions
C. ways to control emotional expressions
D. review of research on emotional expressions
Question 33. Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer whether ______
A. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.
B. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
C. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
D. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
Question 34. Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to _______.
A. change their behaviour
B. control their emotions
C. conceal their positive emotions
D. display their emotions openly
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.
Question 35. A. surfaces
B. pages
C. temples
D. exercises
Question 36. A. career
B.afraid
C. transfer
D. variety
Mark the letter A, B, C or 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 37. Thanks to better health care, there are more and more centenarians nowadays.
A. people who live 100 years or more
B. children who die at birth
C. people who suffer from fatal diseases
D. children whose parents can't afford their schooling

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Question 38. In the 1980s, TV viewers began to hook up videocassette players to their TVs.
A. connect
B. stop
C. combine
D. fasten
Question 39. These machines are older models and have to be operated by hand.
A. mechanically
B. automatically
C. manually
D. spiritually
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate thecorrect
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such
everyday (40)_______ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized
training they may need to (41)_______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain
educational requirements and obtain a (42)_______ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine.
Many fields, like computer operation or police work, (43)_______ satisfactory completion of special
training courses.
Education is also important (44)_______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their
knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting
and enjoyable, (45)_______ the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical

(46)_______ . Such education becomes (47)_______ important as people gain more and more leisure time.
Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today
take place with increasing speed and (48)_______ the lives of more and more people. Education can help a
person understand these changes and provide him (49)_______ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 40. A. works
Question 41. A. work
Question 42. A. license
Question 43. A. require
Question 44. A. because
Question 45. A. such that
Question 46. A. device
Question 47. A. increased
Question 48. A. affect
Question 49. A. for

B. jobs
B. do
B. card
B. to require
B. therefore
B. for example
B. instrument
B. increasing
B. effect
B. to

C. actions
C. prepare
C. diploma
C. requires

C. although
C. for instance
C. appliance
C. increase
C. effective
C. in

D. activities
D. make
D. paper
D. requiring
D. despite
D. such as
D. equipment
D. increasingly
D. affective
D. with

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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 50. A. vacant
B. factor
C. college
D. device
Question 51. A. confident
B. impossible
C. interview
D. sacrifice
Question 52. A. obvious
B. primary

C. powerful
D. remember
Markthe letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 53. One of the reasons why families break up is that parents are always critical of each other.
A. unaware
B. tired
C. supportive
D. intolerant
Question 54. It's discourteous to ask Americans questions about their age, marriage or income.
A. rude
B. polite
C. unacceptable
D. impolite
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.
A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides
information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the
Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows,
these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
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North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television
news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate
indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain
location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory
workers, depending on which area the new people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract
outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel
intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely

reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercisegreat care in the wording of questions.
An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it. It must also be
specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less
structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicitthe type of information desired. Surveys can be
indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly and the questions are
worded accurately.
There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of
survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people find it
more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire.
In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probefor a subject's underlying feelings and
reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.
Question 55. According to the passage, one advantage of live interviews over questionnaires is that live
interviews _____.
A. can produce more information
B. minimize the influence of the researcher
C. costless
D. are easier to interpret
Question 56. The word "precise" is closest in meaning to______.
A. planned
B. accurate
C. rational
D. required
Question 57. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Problems associated with interpreting surveys
B. The principles of conducting surveys
C. The importance of polls in American political life
D. The history of surveys in North America
Question 58. It can be inferred from the passage that one reason that sociologists may become frustrated
with questionnaires is that______.

A. respondents often do not complete and return questionnaires
B. questionnaires are expensive and difficult to distribute
C. questionnaires are often difficult to read
D. respondents are too eager to supplement questions with their own opinions
Question 59. According to paragraph 3, which of the following is most important for an effective survey?
A. Carefully worded questions
B. A high number of respondents
C. A sociologist who is able to interpret the results
D. An interviewer's ability to measure respondents' feelings
Question 60. The word "they" refers to ______.
A. opinions
B. North Americans
C. interviews
D. news shows
Question 61. Which word is given definition in the text?
A. survey
B. poll
C. sampling
D. interview
Question 62. According to the passage, the main disadvantage of person-on-the-street interviews is that
they______.
A. are used only on television
B. reflect political opinions
C. are not carefully worded
D. are not based on a representative sampling

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Question 63. According to the reading passage, there are ____ main categories of surveys.

A. four
B. three
C. five
D. two
Question 64. The word "indispensable" is closest in meaning to______.
A. necessary
B. expensive
C. complicated
D. simple
B. SECTION B (2 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentenceprinted
before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
1. The book is so interesting that it has become the best-seller of this year.
It is __________________________________________________________________________
2. People think that he is an excellent football player.
He ___________________________________________________________________________
3. My mother started cooking for the party two hours ago.
My mother has _________________________________________________________________
4. In spite of the bad weather, they had a wonderful holiday.
Although ______________________________________________________________________
5. “I’m sorry I gave you the wrong number” said Paula to Susan.
Paula apologized ________________________________________________________________
II. “Would you like to attend higher education or vocational training after leaving high schools?”
In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your choice.
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ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 1
NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề: 288

Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………….. Số báo danh: …………..
SECTION A: (8 points)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate thecorrect
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such
everyday (1)_______ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized
training they may need to (2)_______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain
educational requirements and obtain a (3)_______ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine.
Many fields, like computer operation or police work, (4)_______ satisfactory completion of special
training courses.
Education is also important (5)_______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their knowledge
and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting and
enjoyable, (6)_______ the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical
(7)_______ . Such education becomes (8)_______ important as people gain more and more leisure time.
Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today
take place with increasing speed and (9)_______ the lives of more and more people. Education can help a
person understand these changes and provide him (10)_______ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 1. A. activities
Question 2. A. work
Question 3. A. license
Question 4. A. requires
Question 5. A. therefore

Question 6. A. for example
Question 7. A. instrument
Question 8. A. increase
Question 9. A. affect
Question 10. A. for

B. works
B. do
B. paper
B. require
B. because
B. such that
B. equipment
B. increasingly
B. effective
B. with

C. jobs
C. make
C. diploma
C. to require
C. although
C. such as
C. appliance
C. increasing
C. affective
C. in

D. actions
D. prepare

D. card
D. requiring
D. despite
D. for instance
D. device
D. increased
D. effect
D. to

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.
A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides
information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the
Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows,
these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television
news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate
indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain
location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory
workers, depending on which area the new people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract
outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel
intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely
reflect a broad range of the population.
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