Đề thi thử THPTQG môn Tiếng Anh (đề số 17)

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ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

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: ......................................
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 (1)_________on mathematics in their
development of their inventions or discoveries. However, one great British scientist, Michael Faraday,
did not make (2)__________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
(3)__________ 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 (4)__________ 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 (5)__________ him for his discoveries by giving him a stipend and
a house. He died in 1867.

Question 1: A. based
Question 2: A. advantage
Question 3: A. with
Question 4: A. invented
Question 5: A. prized

B. relied
B. utilization
B. from
B. created
B. awarded

C. elaborated
C. usage
C. at
C. believed
C. rewarded

D. insisted
D. use
D. by
D. discovered
D. supplied

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 6: A. balance
B. station
C. bake
D. brave

Question 7: A. booked
B. matched
C. caused
D. pushed
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 8: Sorry, I can’t come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.
A. busy with
B. free from
C. relaxed about
D. interested in
Question 9: The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of effective measures.
A. beneficial
B. meaningful
C. excited
D. damaging
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 10: The shocking news in newspapers are what people are talking about this morning.
A
B
C
D
Question 11: Most vacationers can't stand travelling in packed cars or stay in dirty hotel rooms.
A
B
C
D
Question 12: Every country has its own traditions, some of them have existed for centuries.
A

B
C
D
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 13: “Would you like a cup of coffee?” he said.
A. He wanted me to drink a cup of coffee.
B. He asked me if I would like a cup of coffee.
C. He wondered if I wanted a cup of coffee.
D. He offered me a cup of coffee.

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Question 14: Mary lost the ticket. She didn’t go to the concert.
A. Hadn’t Mary lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.
B. If Mary hadn’t lost the ticket, she would go to the concert.
C. Had Mary not lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.
D. If Mary had lost the ticket, she would have gone to the concert.
Question 15: 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 needn’t have finished his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer game.
C. He mustn’t have finished his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer game.
D. He can’t have finished his homework last night because he spent all night playing computer game.
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 16: A. informal
B. tradition
C. cultural

D. determine
Question 17: A. instance
B. attract
C. person
D. signal
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 18: 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 19: We’d better _________ early so as to avoid the heavy traffic.
A. come apart
B. set off
C. take up
D. go about
Question 20: When you come out of the lift, you will see two doors, a red one and a blue one. My door
is _________ blue.
A. the
B. a
C. ø
D. an
Question 21: Many plants and animals are now under threat of _________.
A. extension
B. expulsion
C. expression
D. extinction
Question 22: My sister is _________ seafood, so she never tries these delicious dishes.
A. tired of

B. keen on
C. preferable to
D. allergic to
Question 23: It was one of _________ I’ve ever seen.
A. the film more borings
B. the more boring films
C. most boring films
D. the most boring films
Question 24: Learning English isn’t so difficult once you _________.
A. get off it
B. get on it
C. get down with it
D. get down to it
Question 25: The policeman wanted to know where he _________.
A. had been the last night
B. was the night before
C. had been the previous night
D. was last night
Question 26: 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 27: Because I was short _________ money to buy a book yesterday, I had to borrow some
from my friend.
A. at
B. of
C. on
D. in
Question 28: In American culture, people avoid asking someone about age, _________, and salary

because this is considered impolite.
A. marriage
B. married
C. marrying
D. marry
Question 29: It never _________ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered.
A. crossed
B. came
C. spunk
D. passed
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.

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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 30: According to the passage, aspirin originated_________.
A. no later than 1758
B. definitely sometime in 1758
C. sometime after 1758
D. no earlier than 1978
Question 31: The pronoun “it” in the first passage refers to _________.
A. the British Royal Society
B. willow bark
C. effectiveness
D. malaria
Question 32: The word “properties” in the first paragraph could best be replaced by_________.
A. body
B. ownership
C. materials
D. characteristics
Question 33: What did the willow bark look like after Stone prepared it for his experiments?
A. it was a thick liquid.
B. It was in strips of bark.
C. it was a rough powder.
D. It was in large chunks.
Question 34: The Italian chemists mentioned in the passage most probably conducted their studies on
willow bark.
A. in the 1770s
B. in the 1750s
C. in the 1760s
D. in the 1780s
Question 35: What is true about Brugnatelli and Fontana?
A. They added a chemical to the pillow bark.
B. They were not from Italy.

C. They conducted studies on the willow bark.
D. They were medical doctors.
Question 36: The word “turn” in the last paragraph could best be replaced by_________.
A. reversal
B. change
C. corner
D. spin
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 37: She suddenly left the job. We were all surprised at this.
A. That she suddenly left the job surprised us all.
B. Although she suddenly left the job, we weren’t all surprised.
C. She suddenly left the job in order to surprise us all.
D. As we were all surprised, she suddenly left the job.
Question 38: The new restaurant looks good. However, it seems to have few customers.
A. In order to get more business, the new restaurant should improve its appearance.
B. However good the new restaurant looks, it does not appear to attract many customers.
C. The new restaurant would have more customers if it looked better.
D. If it had a few more customers, the new restaurant would look better.
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 39: Brian wants to borrow Andrew’s cellphone for a while.
- Brian: “Do you mind if I use your cellphone for a while?”
- Andrew: “_________.”
A. Yes, you can use it
B. Not at all. Feel free
C. Certainly, it’s true
D. You can say that again
Question 40: 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. Thank you. I’d love to
D. No, thanks. I think I can do it
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
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

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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. Population trends in postwar Canada.
B. Educational changes in Canadian society.
C. Canada during the Second World war.
D. Standards of living in Canada.
Question 42: According to the passage, when did Canada’s baby boom begin?
A. In 1966
B. During the depression of the 1930’s
C. After 1945
D. In the decade after 1911
Question 43: The word “five” refers to_________.
A. marriages
B. decades
C. Canadians
D. years
Question 44: The word “surging” is closest in meaning to_________.
A. extra
B. accelerating
C. surprising
D. new
Question 45: The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950’s_________.
A. fewer people married
B. economic conditions were poor
C. the birth rate was very high
D. the urban population decreased rapidly
Question 46: The word “peak” is closest in meaning to_________.
A. maximum
B. pointed

C. mountain
D. dismal
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 being better educated
C. people getting married earlier
D. better standards of living
Question 48: It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution_________.
A. economic conditions were bad
B. families were larger
C. the population grew steadily
D. population statistics were unreliable
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 49: 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. characters
C. remarks
D. compliments
Question 50: Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is
taken.
A. damaging
B. polluting
C. destroying
D. vanishing

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