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ĐỀ THI THỬ QUỐC GIA ĐỢT II 2014 - 2015
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
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Mark the letter A, B, C or 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 1. A. symbolic
B. internal
C. dimension
D. habitat
Question 2. A. hygiene
B. shampoo
C. refine
D. transmit
Question 3. A. merchandise
B. prosperous
C. tolerant
D. musician
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined is pronounced
differently from that of the other words.
Question 4: A. rained
B. cried

C. looked
D. combed
Question 5: A. pays
B. stays
C. bays
D. says
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: The state school system
for by the state.
A. paid
B. has paid
C. pays
D. is paid
Question 7: Minh said something
I couldn’t hear clearly.
A. when
B. who
C. that
D. what
Question 8: “Why do you look so tired?” – “Yes, I
all night”.
A. was working
B. have been working
C. works
D. worked
Question 9: Joe was shocked when I disagreed with her. She’s so used to getting her own _________.
A. mind
B. way
C. opinion

D. views
Question 10: _____that gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill and that the California Gold Rush began.
A. In 1848 that it was B. That in 1848
C. Because in 1848
D. It was in 1848
Question 11. Why do you say the project should be changed even more? Personally, I cannot see the
______ of introducing so many alternations.
A. point
B. reason
C. clue
D. ground
Question 12. Company policy states that, upon arrival, all employees are __________at the front desk.
A. to sign in
B. signing in
C. having to sign in
D. going to have to sign in
Question 13. In the United States, __________is the most concentrated is New Orleans.
A. French influence the city
B. the city where French influence
C. where the city influences French
D. where the French influence the city
Question 14. It costs about thirty dollars to have a tooth __________.
A. filling
B. to fill
C. filled
D. fill
Question 15. In English schools, English, Math and Science are_______ subjects.
A. more
B. core
C. store

D. score
Question 16. The stain will_________ out if you wash it.
A. come
B. keep
C. shake
D. turn
Question 17. Hopefully more diseases will be __________in the near future.
A. eradicated
B. cleared
C. extinguished
D. wiped
Question 18. : Either you or I _______ going to meet Professor Pike at the airport.
A. am
B. has been
C. were
D. are
Question 19. : Please don’t make so much noise. I ____.
A. am studying
B. studying
C. study
D. studied
Question 20 A: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” B: “________.”
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A. Yes, I’d love to

B. I’m very happy
C. Yes, so do I
D. Yes, it is
Question 21. He sat there with his arms __________doing nothing, waiting for us.
A. flapped
B. folded
C. turned
D. twisted
Question 22. You may not have to stay the night but take a toothbrush just in ___________.
A. case
B. time
C. order
D. preparation
Question 23. British Leyland is aiming to push ____its share of UK car sales to 25% over the next two
years.
A. on
B. out
C. up
D. through
Question 24. It’s the first time that the Princess of Wales has been to the United States, ________?
A. isn’t she
B. hasn’t she
C. isn’t it
D. hasn’t it
Question 25. ______that increasing numbers of compact-disc players will be bought by consumers in the
years to come.
A. They are anticipated B. In anticipation
C. Anticipating
D. It is anticipated
Question 26. A _______ is an official document that you receive when you have completed a course of

study or training.
A. vocation
B. grade
C. certificate
D. subject
Question 27._____ calculations have shown that the earth’s resources may run out before the end of the
next
century.
A. Crude
B. Rude
C. Blunt
D. Raw
Question 28. -“Don’t fail to send your parents my regards.” -“___________”
A. You’re welcome
B. Good idea, thanks C. Thanks, I will D. It’s my pleasure
Question 29. The National Curriculum _____the following subjects: English, Design & Technology,
Geography, Maths, Information Technology, Music, Science, Arts, Physical Education, History,
and a Modern Foreign Language.
A. is made up
B. is made up of
C. is made of
D. made up of
Question 30. ___________owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.
A. That birds
B. A bird
C. The bird
D. Birds
Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blanks.
The money that some professional sportsmen earn shouldn’t impress anyone when you take into (31)__
the fact that only a few of them manage to attain immortality and everlasting fame. And once they reach

their (32)___ and display their talent at their best, they are fully conscious that their brilliant careers won’t
last forever. They live under a constant pressure of being (33)__ and subsequently replaced by someone who
is younger, faster and more accomplished. For that reason, objectives like retirement benefits and pensions
are (34)___ great concern to all professional athletes.
Some of the retired competitors go as far as to organize strikes and rallies to voice their protest against any
policy unresponsive to their demand (35)__ the younger professionals seek more upgrading solutions to the
problem as more and more of them attach a proper significance to (36)__ a solid education, even at
university level. Such an approach should help them find interesting and well-paid jobs (37)__their sports
career is over.
A completely new strategy has been devised by the schools priding themselves (38)____supporting their
own teams. Their authorities insist that the sports clubs members achieve high academic standards or else
they are debarred from partaking in certain sports events, which may lead to further disruption in their
professional careers.
By these practical and most effective (39)___, combining education with sports activity, the (40)___of the
professional athlete as being brainless and unintelligent may eventually be changing to the sportsmen’s
benefit.
Question 31. A. reflection
B. attention
C. examination
D. consideration
Question 32. A. prime
B. shape
C. best
D. capacity
Question 33. A. outcast
B. outshone
C. outstayed
D. outgrown
Question 34. A. with
B. in

C. at
D. of
Question 35. A. whereby
B. whereas
C. whereupon
D. wherein
Question 36. A. mastering
B. learning
C. receiving
D. attending
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Question 37.
Question 38.
Question 39.
Question 40.

A. right away
A. with
A. grounds
A. vision

B. promptly
B. on
B. results

B. outlook

C. barely
C. for
C. factors
C. image

D. once
D. in
D. means
D. judgment

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CORRECT and CLOSEST
in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 41. We had to list the chronology of events in World War II on our test.
A. catastrophe
B. time sequence
C. disaster
D. discrepancy
Question 42. You may find that jogging is detrimental to your health rather than beneficial.
A. helpful
B. facile
C. depressing
D. harmful
Question 43 More than 50 color photos are on display at the exhibition room.
A. painting
B. show
C. programme
D. picture
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 44: Polluted water and increased water temperatures have driven many species to the verge of
extinction.
A. enriched
B. contaminated
C. purified
D. strengthened
Question 45: The story told by the teacher amused children in the class.
A. frightened

B. saddened

C. jolted

D. astonished

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 46. Psychologist Abraham Maslow argued that humans have unique desires to discover
A
B
and understand, the giving of love to others, and to fulfill their inner potential.
C
D
Question 47. The flag over the White House is risen at dawn every day by a color guard from the
A
B
C
D
United States armed forces.

Question 48. When the Panic of 1857, some US citizens who had been rich or comfortable became
A
B
poor while a few others, capitalizing on economic shifts, became richer.
C
D
Question 49. Mary always gets up early because she is never late for class.
A
B
C
D
Question 50. Every year, tornadoes cause a lot of damages to property and a tremendous loss of
A
B
C
human and animal life.
D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer
to each of the questions.
Can you imagine a world without words? The main way that we communicate with each other is by using
words. We can communicate either by speaking and listening or by writing and reading. With words, we can
give and receive information, ideas, orders and instructions.
People have used writing to communicate for about 7000 years. At first, they used to draw simple pictures
to represent objects, such as people and animals. Then people started to put pictures together to represent
something more difficult, like a sentence. The next step in the development of writing was to use symbols,
or signs. These symbols represented the sounds of words and not their meanings.
Finally, the alphabet from which modern English comes was invented in about 1500 B.C. The people who
invented the alphabet used a set of symbols to represent the sound “o”. This symbol is still used to the same
sound today. Many languages are written with letters of an alphabet, including Vietnamese.
Question 51. People communicate with each other using ____.

A. words
B. information
C. instructions
D. books
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Question 52. The first kind of writing used simple ____.
A. people
B. pictures
C. objects
D. animals
Question 53. What is the most suitable title for this article?
A. words and writing
B. alphabets and their meaning
C. listening and speaking
D. writing and reading
Question 54. An alphabet is a set of letters that represent the different sounds of a ____.
A. language
B. letter
C. symbol
D. word
Question 55. A later form of writing used symbols to represent ____.
A. meanings
B. pictures
C. words

D. sounds
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer
to each of the questions.
There are very few big adventures left and very few heroes. Children's stories used to specialize in
them – courageous explorers with sun-burnt, leathery skin and eyes narrowed by straining to see into far
horizons on their journeys into the unknown. These days you no longer find such people in fiction,
let alone in real life. Or so I thought until I met Charles Blackmore. Blakemore’s great adventure
consisted of leading an expedition across one of the last unexplored places on earth, the Taklamakan
Desert in western China. Its name means `once entered you never come out', but local people call it
the Desert of Death. He recalled the dangers and exhilaration of that amazing trek, in the calm atmosphere
of his family home.
The team he led was composed of four Britons (one of them the party' s medical officer), an
American photographer, four Chinese (all experts on the area), 30 camels and six camel handlers. It later
turned out that the camel handlers had never worked with camels before, but were long-distance
lorry drivers: a misunderstanding that could have cost everyone their lives and certainly jeopardized the
expedition's success. This mixed bunch set out to cross 1,200 kilometres of the world's least hospitable
desert and Charles Blackmore has written a mesmerizing account of their journey.
At the time, he was about to leave the Army after 14 happy years. He launched the expedition for
fun, to fill a gap in his life, to prove something. `I had always assumed I'd spend my whole life in the
Army. I had been offered promotion but suddenly I felt I wanted to see who Charles Blackmore really was,
outside all that. It was a tremendous gamble. Tina, my wife, was very worried that I wouldn't come back
as nobody had ever done that route; we went into it blind. In the event, it took 59 days to cross from
west to east, and the desert was very kind to us.'
Anyone reading his extraordinary account of that crossing will wonder at the use of the word `kind'. The
team suffered unspeakable hardships: dysentery; extremes of temperature; severe thirst and
dehydration; the loss of part of their precious water supply. `But', Blackmore explains, `when we were at the
limits of our own endurance and the camels had gone without water for seven days, we managed to find
some. We didn't experience the Taklamakan's legendary sandstorms. And we never hit the raw, biting
desert cold that would have totally immobilized us. That's not to say that we weren't fighting against
hurdles the whole time. The fine sand got into everything, especially blisters and wounds. The high dunes

were torture to climb, for us and for the heavily laden camels, which often rolled over onto us. `What drove
me on more than anything else was the need to survive. We had no contingency plan. Neither our
budget nor time allowed one. No aircraft ever flew over us.
Once we got into the sandhills we were completely on our own. `I knew I had the mental stamina for the
trip but I was very scared of my physical ability to do it. I remember day one — we sat at the edge of the
desert and it was such an inferno that you couldn't breathe. I thought, "We've got to do it now!" At that
moment I was a very scared man.'
If it was like that at the beginning, how did they feel towards the end? `When you've walked for
1,000 kilometres you're not going to duck out. You've endured so much; you've got so much behind
you. We were very thin, but very muscular and sinewy despite our physical exhaustion. My body was
well-toned and my legs were like pistons. I could walk over anything.'
Midway through the book, Blackmore went on to describe lying in the desert gazing up at a full moon,
thinking of his family. How conscious was he of the ordeal it must have been for them? Inside me there's
someone trying to find peace with himself. When I have doubts about myself now, I go back to the image
of the desert and think, well, we managed to pull that together. As a personal achievement, I feel
prouder of that expedition than of anything else I've done. Yet in terms of a lifetime's achievement,
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I think of my family and the happiness we share - against that yardstick, the desert does not measure
up, does not compare.'
Has Charles Blackmore found peace? `I yearn for the challenge - for the open spaces - the resolve of it all.
We were buoyed up by the sense of purpose. I find it difficult now to be part of the uniformity of modem
life.'
Question 56 Meeting Charles Blackmore changed the writer’s opinion about
A. the content of children’s fiction.

B. the nature of desert exploration.
C. the existence of traditional heroes.
D. the activities of explorers.
Question 57 When the expedition members set off, some of the group
A. posed an unexpected risk.
B. disagreed with each other.
C. were doubtful of success.
D. went on ahead of the others.
Question 58 Blackmore had decided to set up the expedition because
A. he was certain he could complete.
B. he wanted to write a book.
C. his aims in life had changed.
D. his self-confidence was low.
Question 59 Which of the following best describes the team’s experience of the desert?
A. They were not able to have enough rest.
B. It presented continual difficulties.
C. They sometimes could not make any progress at all.
D. It was worse than they had expected.
Question 60 Which of the following did Blackmore experience during the trip?
A. frustration at the lack of funding
B. regret about the lack of planning
C. realization that they would receive no help
D. fear that he would let his companions down
Question 61 According to Blackmore, what enabled him to finish the expedition?
A. his strength of will
B. his physical preparation
C. his closeness to his family
D. his understanding of the desert
Question 62. What put the expedition's success in jeopardy was……..
A. Charles Blackmore’s underestimating the danger level of the adventure

B. His destination was of the world's least hospitable deserts
C. Charles Blackmore mistook long- distance lorry drivers for camel handlers
D. Charles Blackmore’s mesmerizing account of their journey.
Question 63. After 14 happy years in the army, before leaving it; Charles Blackmore launched the
expedition with the purpose……….
A. to find something of exhilaration
B. to assert himself
C. to prove some meaning of his life
D. to fulfill some empty moments in his life
Question 64. The word “inferno” in the passage is in the closest meaning to…….
A. heaven
B. bottomless pit
C. hell
D. overworld
Question 65. By saying ‘We were buoyed up by the sense of purpose.’ Charles Blackmore implies that……..
A. They were saved from despair by their purpose
B. They were rescued from drowning by the sense of purpose
C. They were defended by the sense of purpose
D. the sense of purpose is something for them to cling on to find something out of ordinary
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions.
Paper is named for papyrus, a reed like plant used by ancient Egyptians as writing material more than
5000 years ago. The Chinese invented the paper that we use 2000 years ago.
A piece of paper is really made up of tiny fibers, unlike a piece of material. The fibers used in paper,
however, are plant fibers, and there are millions of them in one sheet. In addition to the plant fiber, dyes
and additives such as resin may be used. Dyes can make the paper different colors; resin may add weight
and texture.
Where do these fibers come from? The majority of paper is made from the plant fiber that comes from
trees. Millions are cut down, but new trees are planted in their place. Paper may be also made from things
like old rags or pieces of cloth. Wastepaper, paper that has been made and used, can be turned into recycled

paper. This recycling process saves forest, energy and reduces air and water pollution.
Question 66. According to the passage, the paper that we use was first invented by
A. the Chinese
B. the Egyptians
C. ancient cultures
D. foresters
Question 67. What is the main ingredient in most paper ?
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A. resin
B. cardboard
C. plant fiber
D. papyrus
Question 68. According to the passage, the primary source of the plant fiber used in paper is
A. rags
B. trees
C. fabric
D. wastepaper
Question 69. According to the passage, recycling paper is
A. bad for the environment
C. good for the environment
B. wasteful
D. economical
Question 70. According to the passage, recycling paper does all of the following EXCEPT
A. reduce the need for ink

C. save energy
B. save forests
D. reduce air pollution
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CORRECT and CLOSEST
in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 71. He’ll know if he’s got the position or not sometime before 5 o’clock today.
A. If they decide to accept him for the position, they’ll contact him around 5 o’clock today.
B. Although it seems certain that he will be accepted, the decision won’t be made known to him until 5
o’clock.
C. If he has been accepted for the position, he will receive the confirmation at around 5 p.m today.
D. By 5 p.m. today he’ll be informed about whether he’s been accepted for the position.
Question 72. In the course of learning English, I had three different teachers from Canada.
A. I was taught to speak English by three separate Canadian teachers.
B. Three Canadian teachers taught me at different times while I was studying English.
C. Since I started studying English, I have been taught by three different Canadian teachers.
D. The 3 different teachers on my language course were all Canadians.
Question 73. The writer Kate Millett was forced to stay in a psychiatric hospital by her family.
A. Problems with her family made the writer Kate Millett go to a psychiatric hospital.
B. Together with her family, the writer Kate Millett was made to go into a psychiatric hospital.
C. The writer Kate Millett’s family made her stay in a psychiatric hospital.
D. The family of the writer Kate Millett convinced her to remain in a psychiatric hospital.
Question 74. “Would you like to have dinner with me?”, Miss Hoa said to me.
A. Miss Hoa asked me if would I like to have dinner with her?
B. Miss Hoa suggested me if I would like to have dinner with her or not.
C. Miss Hoa told me to like to have dinner with her or not.
D. Miss Hoa invited me to have dinner with her.
Question 75. My mother told me “You should visit your grandmother tomorrow.”
A. My mother told me I should visit your grandmother tomorrow.
B. My mother invited me to visit my grandmother tomorrow.
C. My mother advised me to visit my grandmother the day after.

D. My mother urged me visiting my grandmother the next day.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet that best completes each sentence.
Question 76. Public television stations are different from commercial stations ___________.
A. because they receive money differently and different types of shows
B. for money and program types
C. in the areas of funding and programming
D. because the former receives money and has programs differently from the later
Question 77. Declared an endangered species in the United States, ___________.
A. people have gathered the ginseng root almost to the point of extinction
B. the ginseng root has been gathered almost to the point of extinction
C. the near extinction of the ginseng root is due to excessive gathering
D. gathering the ginseng root almost to the point of extinction
Question 78. The professor said that ___________.
A. the students can turn over their reports on the Monday
B. the report on the Monday could be received from the students by him
C. the students could hand in their reports on Monday
D. the students will on Monday the reports turn in
Question 79. __________, Jose Limo’s dance troupe often toured abroad.
A. The U.S State Department sponsored
B. Sponsored by the U.S State Department
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C. The U.S State Department, which sponsored it
D. The sponsorship of the U.S State Department
Question 80. Only when humans employ nonchemical approaches to pest control ___________.

A. will creatures such as roaches and rodents be successfully eliminated
B. creatures such as roaches and rodents will be successfully eliminated
C. if creatures such as roaches and rodents will be successfully eliminated
D. that creatures such as roaches and rodents will be successfully eliminated
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