Đề thi thử THPTQG môn Tiếng Anh (đề số 9)

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ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA
CHO HỌC SINH (HỌC VIÊN) LỚP 12 THPT, BT THPT
NĂM HỌC 2016-2017
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

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Họ tên thí sinh: ............................................; Số báo danh: ......................................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 1: The shocking news in newspapers are what people are talking about this morning.
A
B
C
D
Question 2: Most vacationers can't stand travelling in packed cars or stay in dirty hotel rooms.
A
B
C
D
Question 3: Every country has its own traditions, some of them have existed for centuries.
A
B
C
D

Mark the letter A, B, C, o r D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 4: Brian wants to borrow Andrew’s cellphone for a while.
- Brian: “Do you mind if I use your cellphone for a while?”
- Andrew: “_________.”
A. Not at all. Feel free
B. You can say that again
C. Yes, you can use it
D. Certainly, it’s true
Question 5: Alice and Sarah are talking about their study at school.
- Sarah: “I think that your study result is much better.”
- Alice: “_________.”
A. Yes, please. Just a little
B. You’ve got to be kidding. I think it is bad
C. No, thanks. I think I can do it
D. Thank you. I’d love to
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 6: The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of effective measures.
A. damaging
B. meaningful
C. excited
D. beneficial
Question 7: Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.
A. free from
B. relaxed about
C. interested in
D. busy with
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions.

Question 8: She suddenly left the job. We were all surprised at this.
A. As we were all surprised, she suddenly left the job.
B. She suddenly left the job in order to surprise us all.
C. Although she suddenly left the job, we weren’t all surprised.
D. That she suddenly left the job surprised us all.
Question 9: The new restaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.
A. However good the new restaurant looks, it does not appear to attract many customers.
B. In order to get more business, the new restaurant should improve its appearance.
C. If it had a few more customers, the new restaurant would look better.
D. The new restaurant would have more customers if it looked better.
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.
Aspirin’s origins go back at least as early as 1758. In that year, Englishman Edward Stone
noticed a distinctive bitter flavor in the bark of the willow tree. To Stone, this particular bark seemed to
have much in common with “Peruvian Bark”, which had been used medicinally since the 1640s to bring
down fevers and to treat malaria. Stone decided to test the effectiveness of the willow bark. He
obtained some, pulverized it into tiny pieces, and conducted experiments on its properties. His tests

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demonstrated that this pulverized willow bark was effective both in reducing high temperatures and in
relieving aches and pains. In 1763, Stone presented his findings to the British Royal Society.
Several decades later, further studies on the medicinal value of the willow bark were being
conducted by two Italian scientists. These chemists, Brugnatelli and Fontana, determined that the
active chemical that was responsible for the medicinal characteristics in the willow bark was the
chemical salicin, which is the active ingredient of today’s aspirin.
The name “aspirin” is the trade name of the drug based on the chemical salicin, properly known
as acetylsalicylic acid. The trade name “aspirin” was invented for the drug in the 1890s by the Bayer
Drug Company in Germany. The first bottles of aspirin actually went on sale to the public just prior to

the turn of the century, in 1899.
Question 10: According to the passage, aspirin originated_________.
A. definitely sometime in 1758
B. no later than 1758
C. no earlier than 1978
D. sometime after 1758
Question 11: The pronoun “it” in the first passage refers to _________.
A. malaria
B. the British Royal Society
C. effectiveness
D. willow bark
Question 12: The word “properties” in the first paragraph could best be replaced by_________.
A. materials
B. body
C. ownership
D. characteristics
Question 13: What did the willow bark look like after Stone prepared it for his experiments?
A. It was in strips of bark.
B. it was a rough powder.
C. it was a thick liquid.
D. It was in large chunks.
Question 14: The Italian chemists mentioned in the passage most probably conducted their studies on
willow bark.
A. in the 1760s
B. in the 1750s
C. in the 1780s
D. in the 1770s
Question 15: What is true about Brugnatelli and Fontana?
A. They were medical doctors.
B. They conducted studies on the willow bark.

C. They were not from Italy.
D. They added a chemical to the pillow bark.
Question 16: The word “turn” in the last paragraph could best be replaced by_________.
A. spin
B. change
C. corner
D. reversal
Mark the letter A, B, C, o r D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest
in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 17: A. determine
B. informal
C. cultural
D. tradition
Question 18: A. signal
B. attract
C. person
D. instance
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 19: The policeman wanted to know where he _________.
A. was the night before
B. was last night
C. had been the previous night
D. had been the last night
Question 20: It was one of _________ I’ve ever seen.
A. the most boring films
B. the more boring films
C. most boring films
D. the film more borings
Question 21: The suspect is believed_________ by the police some days ago.

A. to have been released
B. to being released
C. having released
D. to be released
Question 22: Many plants and animals are now under threat of _________.
A. expulsion
B. extension
C. expression
D. extinction
Question 23: Because I was short _________ money to buy a book yesterday, I had to borrow some
from my friend.
A. of
B. at
C. on
D. in
Question 24: In American culture, people avoid asking someone about age, _________, and salary
because this is considered impolite.
A. marry
B. marrying
C. marriage
D. married
Question 25: Learning English isn’t so difficult once you _________.
A. get down to it
B. get off it
C. get down with it
D. get on it
Question 26: When you come out of the lift, you will see two doors, a red one and a blue one. My door
is _________ blue.
A. ø
B. a

C. an
D. the
Question 27: By the end of next year, George _________ Japanese for 2 months.
A. will have
B. has learnt
C. will have learnt
D. would learn
Question 28: My sister is _________ seafood, so she never tries these delicious dishes.
A. allergic to
B. tired of
C. keen on
D. preferable to

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Question 29: It never _________ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered.
A. crossed
B. came
C. spunk
D. passed
Question 30: We’d better _________ early so as to avoid the heavy traffic.
A. come apart
B. take up
C. set off
D. go about
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 31: Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is
taken.

A. vanishing
B. polluting
C. destroying
D. damaging
Question 32: Think about the interviewer’s comments because they may help you prepare better
when you are called for the next job interview.
A. behaviours
B. compliments
C. remarks
D. characters
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning
to each of the following questions.
Question 33: “Would you like a cup of coffee?” he said.
A. He asked me if I would like a cup of coffee.
B. He wondered if I wanted a cup of coffee.
C. He wanted me to drink a cup of coffee.
D. He offered me a cup of coffee.
Question 34: It is certain that he didn’t finish his homework last night because he spent all night
playing computer game.
A. He shouldn’t have finished his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer game.
B. He can’t have finished his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer game.
C. He needn’t have finished his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer game.
D. He mustn’t have finished his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer game.
Question 35: Mary lost the ticket. She didn’t go to the concert.
A. Had Mary not lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.
B. If Mary had lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.
C. Hadn’t Mary lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.
D. If Mary hadn’t lost the ticket, she would go to the concert.
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.

Michael Faraday
During the last 400 years, most scientists have (36)_________on mathematics in their
development of their inventions or discoveries. However, one great British scientist, Michael Faraday,
did not make (37)__________of mathematics. Faraday, the son of a poor blacksmith, was born in
London in 1791 and had no education beyond reading and writing.
In 1812 Faraday was hired as a bottle washer by the great chemist Humphry Davy. Later,
Faraday became a greater scientist than Davy, making the last years of Davy's life embittered
(38)__________ jealousy. Faraday made the first electric motor in 1821, a device that used electricity to
produce movement. Then Faraday became interested in the relationship between electricity and
magnetism. In 1831, he (39)__________ that when a magnet is moved near a wire, electricity flows in
the wire. With this discovery, he produced a machine for making electricity called dynamo. Faraday
then went on to show how electricity affects chemical substances.
Because Faraday believed that money should be given to the poor, when he grew old, he was
very poor. However, Queen Victoria (40)__________ him for his discoveries by giving him a stipend
and a house. He died in 1867.
Question 36: A. elaborated
Question 37: A. utilization
Question 38: A. with
Question 39: A. created
Question 40: A. prized

B. relied
B. advantage
B. from
B. discovered
B. supplied

C. insisted
C. use
C. by

C. invented
C. awarded

D. based
D. usage
D. at
D. believed
D. rewarded

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.
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the
country’s impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in
1966. In September 1966 Canada’s population passed the 20 million mark. Most of his surging growth

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came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930’s and the war had held back marriages, and
the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950’s,
producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate
of increase had been exceeded only once before settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic condition of
the 1950’s supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward
earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood
at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.
After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued failing until
in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during
the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were
staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles
or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families.

It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families
that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
Although the growth in Canada’s population had slowed down by 1966 ( the increase in the first
half of the 1960’s was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon.
It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to
1957.
Question 41: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Educational changes in Canadian society.
B. Population trends in postwar Canada.
C. Standards of living in Canada.
D. Canada during the Second World war.
Question 42: According to the passage, when did Canada’s baby boom begin?
A. During the depression of the 1930’s
B. In 1966
C. After 1945
D. In the decade after 1911
Question 43: The word “five” refers to_________.
A. Canadians
B. decades
C. marriages
D. years
Question 44: The word “surging” is closest in meaning to_________.
A. extra
B. new
C. surprising
D. accelerating
Question 45: The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950’s_________.
A. the birth rate was very high
B. economic conditions were poor
C. the urban population decreased rapidly

D. fewer people married
Question 46: The word “peak” is closest in meaning to_________.
A. pointed
B. mountain
C. dismal
D. maximum
Question 47: The author mentions all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after
1957 EXCEPT_________.
A. couples buying houses
B. people getting married earlier
C. better standards of living
D. people being better educated
Question 48: It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution_________.
A. the population grew steadily
B. economic conditions were bad
C. population statistics were unreliable
D. families were larger
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose pronunciation is
different from the others in each of the following questions.
Question 49: A. brave
B. balance
C. station
D. bake
Question 50: A. booked
B. matched
C. caused
D. pushed

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