THI THỬ 2017 đề thi chuyên đại học vinh lần 2 (1)

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ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT CHUYÊN ĐẠI HỌC VINH
LẦN 2
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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 1: James: “It’s was very kind of you to give me a lift home”. - Pete: “

.”

A. As a matter of fact, you’re pretty nice.
B. Oh, don’t do that. I was coming past your house any way.
C. I’m not pleased.
D. Oh, don’t mention it. I was coming past your house any way.
Question 2: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the
coffee there.
- Billy: “How’s the coffee here?”
- Bobby: “

”

A. No, I don’t think so.

B. It’s a little bitter, to tell the truth.

C. It’s a little better now that I’ve got a car.

D. As a matter of fact, I’m not interested.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 3: Today, many serious childhood diseases
A. prevent
Question 4:

B. can prevent

by early immunization.

C. can be prevented

D. are preventing

I’ve cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn’t look new.

A. Because

B. In spite of

Question 5: The Beauty Contest is
A. due to
Question 6: The picture
A. she was looking

C. While

D. Although

start at 8:30 a.m our time tomorrow.

B. bound to

C. about to

D. on the point of

was beautiful.
B. at it she was lookingC. at which she was looking

D. at that she

was looking
Question 7: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper
A. background

B. certificates

.

C. quality

D. qualifications

Question 8: - Nadine: “I’ve been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait for a better
one?”
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- Kitty: “Take the $550.

.”

A. Actions speak louder than words

B. Kill two birds with one stone

C. The early bird catches the worm

D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Question 9: - Jenny: “What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?”
- Peter: “I did badly on the last test. She
A. said why I hadn’t
Question 10:

B. said why hadn’t I

summer I spent in

A. A/ a/ the

C. asked why I hadn’t

UK was one of

B. The/ the/ a

Question 11: Whenever a problem

studied for it.”
D. asked why hadn’t I

best in my life.

C. The/ - / the

D. The/ the/ the

, we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon as

possible.
A. comes by

B. comes off

Question 12: I bought this grammar book

C. comes up

D. comes in

I could go over all the things we have studied

this year.
A. that

B. with a view to

C. so that

D. in order to

Question 13: If people paid a little more attention to the environment, the Earth
A. would be

B. will be

Question 14: Lessons from the
A. economically

C. would have been

greener.

D. had been

developed countries are worth learning to save our time.

B. economic

C. economize

D. economical

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 15: We had no sooner got to know our neighbors than they moved away.
A. Soon after we got to know our new neighbors, we stopped having contact with them.
B. If our new neighbors had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better.
C. Once we had got used to our new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.
D. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbors when they went somewhere else to
live.
Question 16: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn’t get a seat.
A. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
B. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
C. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn’t get a seat.
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D. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
Question 17: “I’ll speak calmly. I really will!”. He said.
A. He promised to speak calmly.

B. He reminded me to speak calmly.

C. He refused to speak calmly.

D. He offered to speak calmly.

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 18: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. That was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
B. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.
C. It was because Jack’s overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
D. It was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
Question 19: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won the
Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and
physicist.
B. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for
chemistry.
C. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
D. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and
physicist.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 20: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. transformed

B. precise

C. made bigger

D. made smaller

Question 21: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud. The
water and landscape can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris,
pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to cover completely with thick layer of something

B. to expose to the open air comfortably

C. to provide someone with a protective layer

D. to dig out something hidden for long

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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 22: A. comfortable

B. powerful

C. opinion

D. accurate

Question 23: A. completion

B. understand

C. material

D. behavior

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 24: A. rained

B. jumped

C. arrived

D. followed

Question 25: A. tea

B. leather

C. leave

D. lead

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.
The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the North-West,
but lie only a (26)_________hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas. Although the
Rockies are smaller (27)________the Alps, they are no less wonderful.
There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train.
You start from Vancouver, the most attractive of Canada’s cities. Standing with its feet in the water
and its (28)_______in the mountains, this city (29)_______ its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes
by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to (30)_______off from Vancouver on the cross-continent
railway. Now there are just three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You sleep on board,
which is funny, but travel through some of the best site at night.
Question 26: A. few

B. many

C. as

D. lot

Question 27: A. from

B. to

C. couple

D. than

Question 28: A. ear

B. head

C. hand

D. nose

Question 29: A. lets

B. allows

C. gives

D. offers

Question 30: A. set

B. get

C. leave

D. take

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 38.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over
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one hundred years. Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout hi life he kept the respect
for experience, individuality, and fair play that shaped the character of the nineteenth century
Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously reconstructive process -. with experience and
knowledge building on each other.
By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the intellectual
leader of the progressive schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the
new was rooted in a correct idea of experience. He held that experience is an interaction between
what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous knowledge interacting with the
present environment influences future experience.
Dewey be1ievd that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences
as not necessarily educative. Experience ids educative only when it contributes to the growth of the
individual, but it can be miseducative if it distorts the growth of further experience. It is the quality
of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is both the means and the goal of
education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education involves
the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were influential
both during his lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his whole life as an
experiment which would produce knowledge that would lead to further experimentation. The
range and diversity of Dewey’s writings and his influence on society place him among American’s
great thinkers.
Question 31: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. John Dewey’s professional growth

B. John Dewey’s theory of experience

C. the progressive movement in education

D. the educational methods of John Dewey

Question 32: The author implies that Dewey’s Vermont background
A. inspired him to become a philosopher

.

B. limited the types of experiences he had as a child

C. contributed to his philosophy of experience D. provided him with an excellent education
Question 33: The word “its” in refers to
A. the 1930s

.

B. progressive education

C. theory of experience

D. the old

Question 34: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person’s previous knowledge
and the present situation is .
A. dangerous

B. a correct idea of experience

C. education

Question 35: The word “distorts” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
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D. a rejection of the old
.
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A. deforms

B. balances

C. stimulates

D. mislays

Question 36: All of the following were part of Dewey’s theory of experience and education
EXCEPT
.
A. knowledge and experience interact

B. experience should develop the individual

C. experience is always educative

D. present experience affects future experience

Question 37: According to Dewey, progressive education should include
A. both positive and negative experiences
C. complete rejection of traditional methods

.

B. directing new social processes
D. the active participation of the student

Question 38: The word “prolifically” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A. carefully B. progressively

C. intellectually

.

D. abundantly

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 39: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most important

B. most difficult

C. most popular

D. most expensive

Question 40: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. having no tourists

B. not having enough tourists

C. crowded with tourists D. having tourists running
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 41: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of
another.
A. There are

B. of comparing

C. those

D. another

Question 42: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport.
A. had

B. twenty-dollars bill C. when

D. at

Question 43: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
A. was

B. since

C. the project

D. the new collection

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
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The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it has been
the newspaper of record in the United States and one of the world’s great newspapers. Its strength
is in its editorial excellence; it has never been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news
in a restrained and objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the
future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual readership instead of a mass audience. However, in
the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more popular, colorful, if not lurid,
newspapers in New York City. Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when
Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.
Ochs built the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as editor.
Van Anda placed greater stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters
maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of international news. The management of the
paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine section, and reduced

the paper’s price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect
of the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world
wars, the Times continued to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news.
In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called “Pentagon Papers,” a secret government
study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it became involved in
several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the publication was protected by the freedomof- the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Later in the 1970s, the paper,
under Adolph Ochs’s grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping changes in the
organization of the newspaper and its staff and brought out a national edition transmitted by
satellite to regional printing plants.
Question 44: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
B. The New York Times became highly respected throughout the world.
C. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
D. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.
Question 45: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is
A. not the largest in the world.

B. the worst in the world.

C. not the best in the world.

D. the smallest in the world.

.

Question 46: Which phrase is closest in meaning to the word “restrained” as it is used in
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paragraph 2?
A. With self-control

B. Put in prison

C. Without education D. In handcuffs

Question 47: What word or phrase does the word “his” as used in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Van Anda

B. News of the day

C. Reporters

D. International news

Question 48: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT
.
A. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
B. added a Sunday magazine section.
C. emphasized good coverage of international news.
D. eliminated fiction from the paper.
Question 49: The passage implies that the newspaper’s reputation

.

A. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
B. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
C. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
D. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic’s sinking.
Question 50: According to the passage, the Times has a national edition that is
A. shipped by train and air transport daily.
C. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.

.

B. protected by the Supreme Court.
D. transmitted by satellite to regional printing

plants.
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