Đề thi thử THPTQG môn Tiếng Anh (đề số 15)

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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

(Đề thi gồm có 04 trang)

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Họ tên thí sinh: ............................................; Số báo danh: ......................................
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 1: A. likes
B. laughs
C. helps
D. arrives
Question 2: A. sandy
B. society
C. physical
D. cry
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 3: 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

Question 4: The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of effective measures.
A. beneficial
B. meaningful
C. damaging
D. excited
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 5: A. determine
B. cultural
C. tradition
D. informal
Question 6: A. involve
B. explain
C. purpose
D. advise
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 7: 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
Question 8: Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is taken.
A. destroying
B. vanishing
C. damaging
D. polluting
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: Either Mr. Anderson or Ms. Wiggins are going to teach our class today.
A
B
C
D
Question 10: The major goals of primary education is to achieve basic literacy and numeracy among
A
B
C
D
all students.
Question 11: A food additive is any chemical that food manufacturers intentional add to their products.
A
B
C
D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 12: Nga and Minh have just taken their exam.
- Nga: “This exam is the hardest one we’ve ever had this semester.”
- Minh: “_____________. But I think it’s quite easy.”
A. I understand what you’re saying
B. I don’t see in that way
C. I couldn’t agree more
D. You’re right
Question 13: Alfonso and Maria are discussing about the Jeffersons.
- Alfonso: “What do you think of the Jeffersons?”
- Maria: “_____________.”
A. Although they appeared reserved at first, they are very sociable
B. Oh, I don’t think of them

C. No, it’s very kind of them to have an outgoing personality
D. Oh, they are not having the choice

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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 14: Anne jogs every morning. It is very good for her health.
A. Anne jogs every morning, which is very good for her health.
B. Anne jogs every morning and is very good for her health.
C. Anne jogs every morning and then it is very good for her health.
D. Anne jogs every morning that it is very good for her health.
Question 15: I did not read his book. I did not understand what the lecturer was saying.
A. I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his book.
B. I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book.
C. What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand.
D. The lecturer's book which I had not read was difficult to understand.
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: My sister is _________ seafood, so she never tries these delicious dishes.
A. allergic to
B. tired of
C. keen on
D. preferable to
Question 17: The suspect is believed_________ by the police some days ago.
A. to being released
B. to be released
C. having released
D. to have been released

Question 18: Many plants and animals are now under threat of _________.
A. expulsion
B. extension
C. expression
D. extinction
Question 19: 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 20: 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 21: It was one of _________ I’ve ever seen.
A. most boring films
B. the film more borings
C. the more boring films
D. the most boring films
Question 22: It never _________ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered.
A. crossed
B. came
C. spunk
D. passed
Question 23: When you come out of the lift, you will see two doors, a red one and a blue one. My door
is _________ blue.
A. an
B. ø

C. a
D. the
Question 24: The policeman wanted to know where he _________.
A. had been the last night
B. was the night before
C. was last night
D. had been the previous night
Question 25: Because I was short _________ money to buy a book yesterday, I had to borrow some
from my friend.
A. at
B. of
C. in
D. on
Question 26: By the end of next year, George _________ Japanese for 2 months.
A. will have learnt
B. would learn
C. will have
D. has learnt
Question 27: We’d better _________ early so as to avoid the heavy traffic.
A. come apart
B. take up
C. set off
D. go about
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.
One question that is being debated these days is whether or not genetic engineering is a good
thing. We hear this term “genetic engineering” with increasing frequency. For those readers who may
not be sure of its meaning, some definitions follow. When we speak of genes, we are referring to
chemical substances in the cells of all living things that establish an organism’s characteristics. Genetic
engineering is the changing of certain genes, usually to improve an organism in some way. In recent

years, for example, certain genes have been placed in tomato plants to make tomatoes taste better and
keep them fresh in supermarkets for a longer time. Cows have been treated with a growth hormone that
makes dairy cattle give more milk and reduces the amount of fat in the meat of beef cattle. These
sound like positive things, don’t they? After all, many people say, the technology exists to improve our
lives.
But there are plenty of people around who oppose genetic engineering. Why? Two specific
objections come to mind. One is that the balance of nature might be upset. Suppose, for example, that
scientists are able to genetically engineer certain plants so that insects will not eat them. This will
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those insects for food will lose their food supply, too. The other objection is a moral question. Is it
acceptable or right for us to change the makeup of living things?
Supporters of genetic engineering say the benefits outweigh the dangers. Look at all the
improvements that can be made in plants raised for food, they say. Because of genetic engineering,
plants that produce more fruits and vegetables and resist disease can be grown. In a world where more
and more food will be needed in the future, this is a benefit. The medical advances provided by genetic
engineering, say the supporters, are even more impressive. Consider cancer, for example. If genetic
engineering can provide a way to cure or prevent this disease, shouldn’t it be used? And if genetic
engineering can be used to kill the virus that causes AIDS, shouldn’t it be permitted?
Opponents of genetic engineering say it should be stopped, or at least limited. Proponents of
genetic engineering say it should be promoted and expanded. The debate goes on.
Question 28: What is TRUE about genetic engineering, according to paragraph 1?
A. It improves fat in the meat.
B. It changes genes’ parameters.
C. It increases people’s age.
D. It reduces the number of cells.
Question 29: Genetic engineering is said to be aimed at ______.

A. improving an organism in some way
B. placing new genes into plants
C. changing genes of plants and animals
D. establishing an organism’s characteristics
Question 30: The word "one" in the passage refers to ________.
A. example
B. mind
C. balance of nature
D. specific objection
Question 31: It is stated in paragraph 2 that ________.
A. people should be concerned about wild animals
B. insects protect the plants from extinction
C. scientists control the number of insects
D. ecosystems should be counterbalanced
Question 32: The word "outweigh" in the passage is closest in meaning to _________.
A. be less expensive
B. be of greater importance
C. weigh heavier than
D. have the same value
Question 33: Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the supporters of genetic engineering?
A. It has more advantages than weak points.
B. It will help to achieve record harvest.
C. It can be controlled and stopped any moment.
D. It will mean breakthrough in medicine.
Question 34: All of the following statements are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT _______.
A. it’s harmful to interfere in animal life
B. genetic engineering could help sick people
C. certain genes can make some vegetables more delicious
D. genetic engineering will save plants and insects from extinction
Question 35: Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

A. People can manage genetic engineering.
B. Can genetic engineering be harmful to environment?
C. Genetic engineering: Superfoods.
D. Genetic engineering: Forward of Backward?
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
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 36: According to the passage, aspirin originated_________.
A. definitely sometime in 1758
B. no earlier than 1978
C. no later than 1758
D. sometime after 1758

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Question 37: The pronoun “it” in the first passage refers to _________.
A. malaria
B. the British Royal Society
C. willow bark
D. effectiveness
Question 38: The word “properties” in the first paragraph could best be replaced by_________.
A. materials
B. characteristics
C. ownership
D. body
Question 39: 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 thick liquid.
C. It was in large chunks.
D. it was a rough powder.
Question 40: The Italian chemists mentioned in the passage most probably conducted their studies on
willow bark.
A. in the 1750s
B. in the 1770s
C. in the 1780s
D. in the 1760s
Question 41: What is true about Brugnatelli and Fontana?
A. They conducted studies on the willow bark.
B. They were not from Italy.
C. They added a chemical to the pillow bark.
D. They were medical doctors.
Question 42: The word “turn” in the last paragraph could best be replaced by_________.
A. change
B. spin
C. reversal

D. corner
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 43: The doctor said, “You really ought to rest for a few days, Jasmine”
A. It is doctor’s recommendation that Jasmine rested shortly.
B. The doctor strongly advised Jasmine to take a few days’ rest.
C. The doctor advised Jasmine not to take a short rest.
D. Jasmine’s doctor insisted that she should rest for a few days.
Question 44: She raised her hand high so that she could attract the teacher’s attention.
A. Because her teacher attracted her, she raised her hand again.
B. Though she raised her hand high, she couldn’t attract her teacher’s attention.
C. To attract her teacher’s attention, she raised her hand high.
D. She had such a high raising of hand that she failed to attract her teacher’s attention.
Question 45: You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
A. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn’t listen.
B. If I were in your place, I would persuade him to change his mind.
C. You didn’t persuade him to change because of his mind.
D. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t.
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.
After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health.
During this time, the body recovers from the (46) ________ of the previous day. The rest that you get
while sleeping makes it possible for your body to prepare itself for the next day.
There are four levels of sleep, each being a little (47)_______ than the one before. As you
sleep, your body relaxes little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After
you (48)_______ the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level to the other.
Although your mind slows down, you will dream from time to time. Scientists who study sleep
point out that when dreaming (49)_______, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your
eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for Rapid Eye Movement.
If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and very

deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will make you (50)_______. There is also an old
suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep.
Question 46: A. activities
Question 47: A. higher
Question 48: A. attain
Question 49: A. exists
Question 50: A. awake

B. actions
B. deeper
B. reach
B. survives
B. drowsy

C. acting
C. shorter
C. arrive
C. occurs
C. tired

D. acts
D. lighter
D. achieve
D. appears
D. dizzy

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