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(1)SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 865 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề. TNPT 54. MASTER COPY ~ WITH KEY. 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. says B. play C. lemonade D. plate Question 2:A. bother B. breakthrough C. thoughtful D. geothermal 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 3: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. Really? They are. B. I love them, too C. can you say that again D. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so Question 4: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. Yes, sure! B. No, thanks C. No, not at all! D. Yes, I do, too Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 5: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. receipt B. prescription C. paper D. recipe Question 6:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. How the continents were formed B. How did the continents for C. If the continents formed D. The continents formed Question 7: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. out B. up C. away D. down Question 8: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times as much as B. four time much than C. four time as many as D. four times much as Question 9: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. supply B. cash C. cost D. change Question 10: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. make B. have C. get D. take Question 11: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. have worked B. work C. have been working D. be working Question 12: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. at B. on C. in D. to Question 13: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. were choosing B. has been chosen C. chosen D. have been chosen Question 14: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. bad-tempered B. nervous C. stressful D. pressed Question 15: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. might B. can't C. could D. must Question 16: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. had checked our homework B. have our homework checking C. had our homework checked D. were checked our homework Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 17: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. ultimate B. obsolete C. intricate D. appropriate Question 18: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. harvest B. aridity C. summer D. heatware Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far-flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United.

(2) States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 19: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. investigators on universal emotional expressions B. researchers who can speak and understand many languages C. researchers on universal language D. lacked many main ingredients Question 20: Young children....... A. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions B. are sensitive towards others’ emotions C. take time to control their facial expressions D. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions Question 21: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. human facial expressions B. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions C. the fact that children can control their feelings D. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions Question 22: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. simplified B. increased C. reduced D. developed Question 23: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. change their behaviour B. display their emotions openly C. control their emotions D. conceal their positive emotions Question 24: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. watching their actions B. looking at their faces C. observing their looks D. observing their emotional expressions Question 25: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. B. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. C. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. D. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. Question 26: The best title for the passage is....... A. Human habit of displaying emotions B. Ways to control emotional expressions C. Review of research on emotional expressions D. Cultural universals in emotional expressions Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 27:A. regardless B. coincide C. specific D. inventive Question 28:A. promise B. tonight C. furnish D. reason Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 29: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. B. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. C. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. D. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. Question 30: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. B. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java D. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. Question 31: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. People think that success is when you work hard. B. Believers of success think that we should work hard. C. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. D. Many people think that success at work is hard..

(3) 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-like сelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with all things thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, wе wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal infeсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 32: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. B. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world C. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. D. only aimed at people who are young and thin. Question 33: The writer thinks that the key to real beauty..... A. is employing models of different ages and sizes. B. is finding health and happiness in our lives. C. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. D. is banning underweight modеls from fashion shows. Question 34: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. feeling sad about the past B. missing happy times C. memorial D. memorable Question 35: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. B. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. C. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. D. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier Question 36: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. we find that they have always been young and thin. B. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed C. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe D. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. Question 37: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. B. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. C. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. D. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. Question 38: What does the writer argue might explain the origins of our beauty ideаl? A. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. B.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. C. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. D. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(39)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC..

(4) Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(40)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(41)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(42)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(43)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 39:A. had B. took C. made D. did Question 40:A. area B. distance C. earth D. length Question 41:A. occurred B. appeared C. was D. spread Question 42:A. infamous B. hidden C. unpopular D. unknown Question 43:A. bring on B. hold up C. make off D. look into 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: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding back B. holding by C. holding at D. holding to Question 45: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. obscure B. explicit C. implicit D. odd Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 46: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. some B. the C. When D. sinking Question 47: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. life-saving B. accompany C. Children D. parents Question 48: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. out B. Globally and internationally C. warmest D. weather records 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 49: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. B. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. C. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. D. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. Question 50: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. B. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. C. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. D. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay..

(5) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) Mark(s). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 428 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề Mã Phách ……….. 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. play B. plate C. lemonade D. says Question 2:A. thoughtful B. geothermal C. bother D. breakthrough Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 3: Young children....... A. are sensitive towards others’ emotions B. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions C. take time to control their facial expressions D. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions Question 4: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. display their emotions openly B. change their behaviour C. conceal their positive emotions D. control their emotions Question 5: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. researchers who can speak and understand many languages B. researchers on universal language C. investigators on universal emotional expressions D. lacked many main ingredients Question 6: The best title for the passage is....... A. Human habit of displaying emotions B. review of research on emotional expressions C. Ways to control emotional expressions D. Cultural universals in emotional expressions Question 7: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. observing their emotional expressions B. looking at their faces C. observing their looks D. watching their actions Question 8: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. B. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. C. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. D. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. Question 9: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. the fact that children can control their feelings.

(6) B. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions D. human facial expressions Question 10: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. increased B. reduced C. simplified D. developed Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 11: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. out B. weather records C. Globally and internationally D. warmest Question 12: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. life-saving B. parents C. Children D. accompany Question 13: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. When B. some C. sinking D. the Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 14: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. must B. can't C. could D. might Question 15: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. have worked B. have been working C. work D. be working Question 16: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. chosen B. have been chosen C. were choosing D. has been chosen Question 17: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times as much as B. four times much as C. four time much than D. four time as many as Question 18: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. prescription B. paper C. recipe D. receipt Question 19:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. How the continents were formed B. How did the continents for C. If the continents formed D. The continents formed Question 20: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. out B. away C. down D. up Question 21: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. stressful B. nervous C. bad-tempered D. pressed Question 22: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. were checked our homework B. have our homework checking C. had checked our homework D. had our homework checked Question 23: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. in B. to C. at D. on Question 24: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. supply B. change C. cash D. cost Question 25: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. have B. get C. take D. make 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 26: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. odd B. obscure C. explicit D. implicit Question 27: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding at B. holding by C. holding back D. holding to Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(28)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(29)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(30)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(31)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(32)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 28:A. made B. had C. took D. did Question 29:A. distance B. area C. length D. earth Question 30:A. was B. spread C. appeared D. occurred.

(7) Question 31:A. unknown B. unpopular C. hidden D. infamous Question 32:A. make off B. hold up C. look into D. bring on 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 33: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. Really? They are. B. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so C. I love them, too D. can you say that again Question 34: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. No, not at all! B. Yes, I do, too C. Yes, sure! D. No, thanks 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in your faсe. Question 35: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. B. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. C. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. D. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. Question 36: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. B. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. C. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. D. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier Question 37: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. we find that they have always been young and thin. B. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. C. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' D. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed Question 38: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. B. only aimed at people who are young and thin. C. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. D. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world Question 39: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. B. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. C. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. D.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. Question 40: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. feeling sad about the past B. missing happy times C. memorial D. memorable Question 41: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty......

(8) A. is employing models of different ages and sizes. B. is finding health and happiness in our lives. C. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. D. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 42: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. aridity B. summer C. heatware D. harvest Question 43: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. appropriate B. ultimate C. intricate D. obsolete Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 44:A. furnish B. tonight C. reason D. promise Question 45:A. coincide B. specific C. inventive D. regardless 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 46: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. B. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. C. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. D. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. Question 47: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. B. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. C. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. D. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 48: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. B. People think that success is when you work hard. C. Many people think that success at work is hard. D. Believers of success think that we should work hard. Question 49: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. B. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java D. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. Question 50: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. B. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. D. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away..

(9) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 478 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề. Mark(s). Mã Phách ……….. 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. thoughtful B. geothermal C. breakthrough D. bother Question 2:A. plate B. lemonade C. play 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 3: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. up B. out C. down D. away Question 4: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. change B. cost C. cash D. supply Question 5: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. can't B. might C. must D. could Question 6: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. receipt B. paper C. recipe D. prescription Question 7: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. work B. have worked C. be working D. have been working Question 8:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. The continents formed B. How the continents were formed C. If the continents formed D. How did the continents for Question 9: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. has been chosen B. have been chosen C. chosen D. were choosing Question 10: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. in B. at C. on D. to Question 11: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. take B. get C. make D. have Question 12: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. nervous B. stressful C. pressed D. bad-tempered Question 13: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. had our homework checked B. were checked our homework C. have our homework checking D. had checked our homework Question 14: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times much as B. four time much than C. four time as many as D. four times as much as 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 15: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so B. I love them, too C. can you say that again D. Really? They are. Question 16: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. Yes, sure! B. No, thanks C. Yes, I do, too D. No, not at all! 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 17: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. odd B. explicit C. obscure D. implicit Question 18: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding to B. holding at C. holding by D. holding back Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 19: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. Globally and internationally B. weather records C. warmest D. out Question 20: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. some B. the C. sinking D. When Question 21: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. life-saving B. Children C. accompany D. parents Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 22:A. reason B. promise C. tonight D. furnish.

(10) Question 23:A. coincide B. regardless C. specific D. inventive 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 24: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' B. we find that they have always been young and thin. C. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. D. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed Question 25: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier B. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. C. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. D. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. Question 26: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. B. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. C. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. D. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. Question 27: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. B. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. C. is employing models of different ages and sizes. D. is finding health and happiness in our lives. Question 28: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. B. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. C. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. D. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. Question 29: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. memorable B. feeling sad about the past C. missing happy times D. memorial Question 30: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world B. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. C. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. D. only aimed at people who are young and thin. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 31: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. ultimate B. obsolete C. intricate D. appropriate.

(11) Question 32: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. heatware B. harvest C. aridity D. summer Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(33)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(34)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(35)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(36)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(37)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 33:A. had B. took C. made D. did Question 34:A. area B. earth C. distance D. length Question 35:A. appeared B. was C. spread D. occurred Question 36:A. unpopular B. unknown C. infamous D. hidden Question 37:A. look into B. make off C. bring on D. hold up Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 38: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. observing their emotional expressions B. looking at their faces C. watching their actions D. observing their looks Question 39: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. simplified B. increased C. reduced D. developed Question 40: The best title for the passage is....... A. Cultural universals in emotional expressions B. review of research on emotional expressions C. Human habit of displaying emotions D. Ways to control emotional expressions Question 41: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. the fact that children can control their feelings B. human facial expressions C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions D. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions Question 42: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. B. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. C. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. D. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth..

(12) Question 43: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. display their emotions openly B. conceal their positive emotions C. change their behaviour D. control their emotions Question 44: Young children....... A. are sensitive towards others’ emotions B. take time to control their facial expressions C. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions D. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions Question 45: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. lacked many main ingredients B. researchers who can speak and understand many languages C. investigators on universal emotional expressions D. researchers on universal language  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 46: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. B. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. C. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. D. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. Question 47: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. B. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. C. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. D. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 48: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. B. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. D. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. Question 49: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. B. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java D. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. Question 50: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Many people think that success at work is hard. B. Believers of success think that we should work hard. C. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. D. People think that success is when you work hard..

(13) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) Mark(s). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 673 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề Mã Phách ……….. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 1: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. away B. out C. down D. up Question 2: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. in B. on C. to D. at Question 3: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. must B. might C. could D. can't Question 4:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. How did the continents for B. How the continents were formed C. If the continents formed D. The continents formed Question 5: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. make B. get C. have D. take Question 6: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. cost B. change C. cash D. supply Question 7: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. pressed B. nervous C. bad-tempered D. stressful Question 8: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times much as B. four time as many as C. four time much than D. four times as much as Question 9: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. has been chosen B. chosen C. were choosing D. have been chosen Question 10: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. paper B. recipe C. prescription D. receipt Question 11: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. have worked B. be working C. have been working D. work Question 12: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. have our homework checking B. were checked our homework C. had our homework checked D. had checked our homework 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 13: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. feeling sad about the past B. memorial C. missing happy times D. memorable.

(14) Question 14: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. B. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. C. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. D. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier Question 15: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. B. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. C. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. D. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. Question 16: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. B. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. C. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. D. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. Question 17: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed B. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. C. we find that they have always been young and thin. D. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' Question 18: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world B. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. C. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. D. only aimed at people who are young and thin. Question 19: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. B. is employing models of different ages and sizes. C. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. D. is finding health and happiness in our lives. 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 20: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. No, thanks B. No, not at all! C. Yes, I do, too D. Yes, sure! Question 21: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. Really? They are. B. can you say that again C. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so D. I love them, too 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 22: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. B. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. C. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. D. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. Question 23: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. B. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. C. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. D. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 24:A. reason B. furnish C. promise D. tonight Question 25:A. regardless B. coincide C. specific D. inventive 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 26:A. thoughtful B. geothermal C. breakthrough D. bother Question 27:A. plate B. lemonade C. play D. says 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 28: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. implicit B. explicit C. odd D. obscure Question 29: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding to B. holding back C. holding by D. holding at.

(15) Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 30: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. B. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. C. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. Question 31: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. People think that success is when you work hard. B. Believers of success think that we should work hard. C. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. D. Many people think that success at work is hard. Question 32: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. B. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java D. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(33)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(34)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(35)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(36)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(37)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 33:A. did B. made C. took D. had Question 34:A. length B. earth C. area D. distance Question 35:A. appeared B. occurred C. spread D. was Question 36:A. hidden B. unknown C. infamous D. unpopular Question 37:A. bring on B. hold up C. make off D. look into Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 38: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. B. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. C. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar..

(16) D. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. Question 39: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. investigators on universal emotional expressions B. researchers on universal language C. researchers who can speak and understand many languages D. lacked many main ingredients Question 40: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. increased B. simplified C. reduced D. developed Question 41: Young children....... A. are sensitive towards others’ emotions B. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions C. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions D. take time to control their facial expressions Question 42: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. observing their emotional expressions B. observing their looks C. looking at their faces D. watching their actions Question 43: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. human facial expressions B. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions C. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions D. the fact that children can control their feelings Question 44: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. control their emotions B. conceal their positive emotions C. change their behaviour D. display their emotions openly Question 45: The best title for the passage is....... A. Cultural universals in emotional expressions B. review of research on emotional expressions C. Ways to control emotional expressions D. Human habit of displaying emotions Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 46: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. summer B. harvest C. heatware D. aridity Question 47: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. ultimate B. appropriate C. intricate D. obsolete Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 48: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. Globally and internationally B. warmest C. weather records D. out Question 49: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. parents B. Children C. accompany D. life-saving Question 50: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. some B. sinking C. When D. the.

(17) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 040 trang). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 227 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề. Mark(s). Mã Phách ……….. 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. plate B. lemonade C. says D. play Question 2:A. thoughtful B. bother C. geothermal D. breakthrough Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 3:A. specific B. regardless C. coincide D. inventive Question 4:A. furnish B. promise C. reason D. tonight 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 5: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. No, not at all! B. Yes, I do, too C. Yes, sure! D. No, thanks Question 6: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. I love them, too B. can you say that again C. Really? They are. D. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 7: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. aridity B. summer C. heatware D. harvest Question 8: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. appropriate B. intricate C. ultimate D. obsolete 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 9: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. obscure B. odd C. implicit D. explicit Question 10: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding back B. holding at C. holding by D. holding to Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 11: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. Children B. life-saving C. parents D. accompany Question 12: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. When B. the C. some D. sinking Question 13: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. warmest B. weather records C. out D. Globally and internationally Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 14: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times as much as B. four time much than C. four time as many as D. four times much as Question 15: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. has been chosen B. were choosing C. chosen D. have been chosen Question 16:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. How the continents were formed B. How did the continents for C. The continents formed D. If the continents formed Question 17: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. paper B. receipt C. prescription D. recipe Question 18: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. could B. might C. can't D. must Question 19: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. were checked our homework B. had checked our homework C. have our homework checking D. had our homework checked Question 20: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. work B. be working C. have worked D. have been working Question 21: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. cash B. change C. supply D. cost.

(18) Question 22: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. make B. take C. have D. get Question 23: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. at B. on C. to D. in Question 24: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. away B. down C. out D. up Question 25: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. stressful B. pressed C. bad-tempered D. nervous 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 26: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. B. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. C. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world D. only aimed at people who are young and thin. Question 27: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. B. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. C. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. D. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier Question 28: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed B. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' C. we find that they have always been young and thin. D. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. Question 29: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. B. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. C. is employing models of different ages and sizes. D. is finding health and happiness in our lives. Question 30: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. B. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. C. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. D. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. Question 31: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. memorable B. missing happy times C. memorial D. feeling sad about the past Question 32: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A. Тhe images in anсient folk tales..

(19) B. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. C.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. D. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty.  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: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. B. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. C. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. Question 34: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. B. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. C. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. D. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 35: Young children....... A. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions B. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions C. take time to control their facial expressions D. are sensitive towards others’ emotions Question 36: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. lacked many main ingredients B. investigators on universal emotional expressions C. researchers who can speak and understand many languages D. researchers on universal language Question 37: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. change their behaviour B. conceal their positive emotions C. display their emotions openly D. control their emotions Question 38: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. B. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. C. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. D. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. Question 39: The best title for the passage is....... A. Ways to control emotional expressions B. review of research on emotional expressions C. Cultural universals in emotional expressions D. Human habit of displaying emotions Question 40: According to the passage, we respond to others by........

(20) A. observing their emotional expressions B. observing their looks C. watching their actions D. looking at their faces Question 41: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. the fact that children can control their feelings B. human facial expressions C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions D. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions Question 42: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. simplified B. reduced C. developed D. increased  Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(43)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(44)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(45)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(46)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(47)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 43:A. took B. had C. made D. did Question 44:A. earth B. area C. length D. distance Question 45:A. appeared B. was C. occurred D. spread Question 46:A. unpopular B. unknown C. hidden D. infamous Question 47:A. hold up B. look into C. make off D. bring on Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 48: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. B. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. D. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. Question 49: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. B. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. D. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java Question 50: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. B. Many people think that success at work is hard. C. People think that success is when you work hard. D. Believers of success think that we should work hard..

(21) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) Mark(s). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 563 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề Mã Phách ……….. 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 1: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. we find that they have always been young and thin. B. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' C. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. D. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed Question 2: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world B. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. C. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. D. only aimed at people who are young and thin. Question 3: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. B.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. C. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. D. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. Question 4: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. B. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. C. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. D. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. Question 5: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. B. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. C. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. D. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier Question 6: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. memorable B. missing happy times C. memorial D. feeling sad Question 7: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. is employing models of different ages and sizes. B. is finding health and happiness in our lives..

(22) C. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. D. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. 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 8: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. B. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. C. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. D. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. Question 9: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. B. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. C. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. D. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. 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 10: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. No, thanks B. Yes, I do, too C. No, not at all! D. Yes, sure! Question 11: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. I love them, too B. can you say that again C. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so D. Really? They are. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(12)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(13)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(14)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(15)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(16)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 12:A. did B. took C. made D. had Question 13:A. length B. area C. distance D. earth Question 14:A. was B. occurred C. spread D. appeared Question 15:A. unpopular B. unknown C. hidden D. infamous Question 16:A. hold up B. bring on C. make off D. look into  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 17: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. implicit B. odd C. obscure D. explicit Question 18: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding at B. holding to C. holding by D. holding back 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: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. change B. cash C. cost D. supply Question 20: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times as much as B. four time as many as C. four times much as D. four time much than Question 21: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. have B. make C. take D. get Question 22: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. has been chosen B. were choosing C. chosen D. have been chosen Question 23: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. nervous B. bad-tempered C. pressed D. stressful Question 24:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. How the continents were formed B. The continents formed C. How did the continents for D. If the continents formed Question 25: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. down B. away C. up D. out Question 26: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. might B. must C. can't D. could.

(23) Question 27: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. have been working B. work C. be working D. have worked Question 28: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. recipe B. prescription C. receipt D. paper Question 29: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. to B. at C. on D. in Question 30: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. had our homework checked B. have our homework checking C. were checked our homework D. had checked our homework Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 31: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. B. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java D. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. Question 32: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Many people think that success at work is hard. B. Believers of success think that we should work hard. C. People think that success is when you work hard. D. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. Question 33: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. B. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. C. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. D. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. 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 34:A. plate B. play C. lemonade D. says Question 35:A. breakthrough B. thoughtful C. bother D. geothermal Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 36: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. aridity B. harvest C. heatware D. summer Question 37: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. obsolete B. appropriate C. intricate D. ultimate Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 38: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. display their emotions openly B. control their emotions.

(24) C. conceal their positive emotions D. change their behaviour Question 39: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. simplified B. developed C. reduced D. increased Question 40: Young children....... A. take time to control their facial expressions B. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions C. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions D. are sensitive towards others’ emotions Question 41: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. looking at their faces B. watching their actions C. observing their emotional expressions D. observing their looks Question 42: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. lacked many main ingredients B. investigators on universal emotional expressions C. researchers who can speak and understand many languages D. researchers on universal language Question 43: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions B. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions C. the fact that children can control their feelings D. human facial expressions Question 44: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. B. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. C. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. D. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. Question 45: The best title for the passage is....... A. Ways to control emotional expressions B. Cultural universals in emotional expressions C. Human habit of displaying emotions D. review of research on emotional expressions Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 46:A. reason B. furnish C. promise D. tonight Question 47:A. specific B. coincide C. inventive D. regardless Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 48: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. weather records B. Globally and internationally C. out D. warmest Question 49: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. parents B. life-saving C. Children D. accompany Question 50: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. some B. sinking C. the D. When.

(25) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) Mark(s). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 848 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề Mã Phách ……….. 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. breakthrough B. thoughtful C. bother D. geothermal Question 2:A. lemonade B. plate C. says D. play 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 3: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. B. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. C. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. D. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. Question 4: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. B. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. C. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. D. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. 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 5: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so B. Really? They are. C. I love them, too D. can you say that again Question 6: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. Yes, sure! B. Yes, I do, too C. No, thanks D. No, not at all! Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 7: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. aridity B. summer C. heatware D. harvest Question 8: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. obsolete B. ultimate C. appropriate D. intricate 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 9: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding to B. holding by C. holding at D. holding back Question 10: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. implicit B. odd C. obscure D. explicit Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 11:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. How did the continents for B. How the continents were formed C. The continents formed D. If the continents formed Question 12: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. have been working B. be working C. work D. have worked Question 13: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. could B. might C. must D. can't Question 14: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. have our homework checking B. had our homework checked C. had checked our homework D. were checked our homework Question 15: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. on B. at C. in D. to Question 16: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. away B. up C. down D. out Question 17: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. have been chosen B. chosen C. has been chosen D. were choosing Question 18: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. nervous B. bad-tempered C. pressed D. stressful Question 19: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. supply B. cost C. cash D. change.

(26) Question 20: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. have B. get C. take D. make Question 21: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. receipt B. paper C. recipe D. prescription Question 22: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times as much as B. four time as many as C. four time much than D. four times much as Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(23)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(24)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(25)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(26)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(27)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 23:A. did B. had C. made D. took Question 24:A. area B. distance C. length D. earth Question 25:A. spread B. was C. appeared D. occurred Question 26:A. infamous B. unknown C. hidden D. unpopular Question 27:A. look into B. bring on C. hold up D. make off Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 28: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. B. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. C. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. D. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. Question 29: The best title for the passage is....... A. Cultural universals in emotional expressions B. review of research on emotional expressions C. Ways to control emotional expressions D. Human habit of displaying emotions Question 30: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. researchers on universal language B. investigators on universal emotional expressions C. researchers who can speak and understand many languages D. lacked many main ingredients.

(27) Question 31: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions B. the fact that children can control their feelings C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions D. human facial expressions Question 32: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. reduced B. simplified C. developed D. increased Question 33: Young children....... A. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions B. are sensitive towards others’ emotions C. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions D. take time to control their facial expressions Question 34: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. display their emotions openly B. control their emotions C. change their behaviour D. conceal their positive emotions Question 35: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. looking at their faces B. watching their actions C. observing their looks D. observing their emotional expressions 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 36: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. B. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. C. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. D. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier Question 37: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. is employing models of different ages and sizes. B. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. C. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. D. is finding health and happiness in our lives. Question 38: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. B. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. C. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. D. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. Question 39: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. B. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' C. we find that they have always been young and thin..

(28) D. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed Question 40: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. memorable B. missing happy times C. memorial D. feeling sad Question 41: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. B. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. C. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. D. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. Question 42: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world B. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. C. only aimed at people who are young and thin. D. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 43: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. When B. some C. the D. sinking Question 44: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. out B. warmest C. Globally and internationally D. weather records Question 45: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. Children B. life-saving C. accompany D. parents Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 46:A. specific B. coincide C. inventive D. regardless Question 47:A. reason B. furnish C. tonight D. promise Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 48: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. B. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. C. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. D. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java Question 49: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. B. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. C. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. D. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. Question 50: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Believers of success think that we should work hard. B. People think that success is when you work hard. C. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. D. Many people think that success at work is hard..

(29) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) Mark(s). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 561 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề Mã Phách ……….. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 1: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. intricate B. appropriate C. obsolete D. ultimate Question 2: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. heatware B. summer C. aridity D. harvest Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 3: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. When B. sinking C. the D. some Question 4: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. weather records B. warmest C. Globally and internationally D. out Question 5: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. life-saving B. parents C. Children D. accompany Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 6:A. tonight B. furnish C. reason D. promise Question 7:A. regardless B. specific C. inventive D. coincide Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 8: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. observing their emotional expressions B. looking at their faces C. watching their actions D. observing their looks Question 9: Young children....... A. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions B. take time to control their facial expressions C. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions D. are sensitive towards others’ emotions Question 10: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. simplified B. increased C. developed D. reduced Question 11: The best title for the passage is....... A. Human habit of displaying emotions B. Cultural universals in emotional expressions.

(30) C. review of research on emotional expressions D. Ways to control emotional expressions Question 12: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. B. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. C. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. D. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. Question 13: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. conceal their positive emotions B. change their behaviour C. display their emotions openly D. control their emotions Question 14: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. lacked many main ingredients B. researchers who can speak and understand many languages C. investigators on universal emotional expressions D. researchers on universal language Question 15: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions B. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions C. the fact that children can control their feelings D. human facial expressions 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 16: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. obscure B. explicit C. odd D. implicit Question 17: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding to B. holding back C. holding at D. holding by 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 18:A. lemonade B. plate C. says D. play Question 19:A. breakthrough B. geothermal C. thoughtful D. bother 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 20: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. Yes, I do, too B. No, thanks C. No, not at all! D. Yes, sure! Question 21: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. can you say that again B. Really? They are. C. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so D. I love them, too 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 22: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. B. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury..

(31) C. only aimed at people who are young and thin. D. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world Question 23: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. B. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. C.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. D. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. Question 24: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. memorable B. feeling sad C. missing happy times D. memorial Question 25: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier B. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. C. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. D. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. Question 26: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. B. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. C. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. D. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. Question 27: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. B. is finding health and happiness in our lives. C. is employing models of different ages and sizes. D. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. Question 28: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. B. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' C. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed D. we find that they have always been young and thin. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(29)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(30)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(31)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(32)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(33)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 29:A. had B. took C. made D. did Question 30:A. length B. earth C. area D. distance Question 31:A. spread B. appeared C. was D. occurred Question 32:A. infamous B. unpopular C. unknown D. hidden Question 33:A. hold up B. look into C. bring on D. make off Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 34: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. cost B. supply C. cash D. change Question 35: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. nervous B. stressful C. bad-tempered D. pressed Question 36: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times as much as B. four time much than C. four times much as D. four time as many as Question 37: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. paper B. prescription C. receipt D. recipe Question 38: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. be working B. have worked C. work D. have been working Question 39:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. How the continents were formed B. The continents formed C. If the continents formed D. How did the continents for Question 40: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. out B. away C. down D. up.

(32) Question 41: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. could B. might C. must D. can't Question 42: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. chosen B. has been chosen C. were choosing D. have been chosen Question 43: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. to B. on C. at D. in Question 44: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. get B. have C. take D. make Question 45: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. had checked our homework B. were checked our homework C. have our homework checking D. had our homework checked 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 46: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. B. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. C. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. D. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. Question 47: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. B. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. C. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. D. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 48: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. B. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. C. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. D. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java Question 49: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. B. Many people think that success at work is hard. C. People think that success is when you work hard. D. Believers of success think that we should work hard. Question 50: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. B. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. C. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. D. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly..

(33) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 00 trang) Mark(s). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 376 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề Mã Phách ……….. 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. lemonade B. play C. plate D. says Question 2:A. bother B. breakthrough C. thoughtful D. geothermal Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 3: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. watching their actions B. looking at their faces C. observing their looks D. observing their emotional expressions Question 4: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions B. human facial expressions C. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions D. the fact that children can control their feelings Question 5: The best title for the passage is....... A. review of research on emotional expressions B. Ways to control emotional expressions C. Human habit of displaying emotions D. Cultural universals in emotional expressions Question 6: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. increased B. reduced C. developed D. simplified Question 7: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. researchers who can speak and understand many languages B. lacked many main ingredients C. researchers on universal language D. investigators on universal emotional expressions Question 8: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. B. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. C. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. D. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. Question 9: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. conceal their positive emotions B. display their emotions openly C. change their behaviour D. control their emotions.

(34) Question 10: Young children....... A. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions B. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions C. are sensitive towards others’ emotions D. take time to control their facial expressions 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 11: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. No, thanks B. Yes, sure! C. No, not at all! D. Yes, I do, too Question 12: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. Really? They are. B. I love them, too C. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so D. can you say that again Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 13: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. intricate B. appropriate C. ultimate D. obsolete Question 14: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 15: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. life-saving B. parents C. accompany D. Children Question 16: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. warmest B. weather records C. Globally and internationally D. out Question 17: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. When B. sinking C. some D. the 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 18: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. odd B. explicit C. obscure D. implicit Question 19: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding by B. holding at C. holding to D. holding back 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 20: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. B. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. C. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. D. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. Question 21: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. B. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. C. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. D. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 22:A. specific B. coincide C. inventive D. regardless Question 23:A. reason B. furnish C. promise D. tonight Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(24)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(25)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(26)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(27)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(28)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 24:A. had B. made C. took D. did Question 25:A. earth B. area C. distance D. length Question 26:A. spread B. was C. appeared D. occurred Question 27:A. infamous B. unknown C. hidden D. unpopular.

(35) Question 28:A. look into B. hold up C. make off D. bring on 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 29: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. memorial B. missing happy times C. memorable D. feeling sad Question 30: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. we find that they have always been young and thin. B. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. C. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' D. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed Question 31: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. B. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. C. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. D. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. Question 32: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. B. is finding health and happiness in our lives. C. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. D. is employing models of different ages and sizes. Question 33: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world B. only aimed at people who are young and thin. C. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. D. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. Question 34: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. B. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. C. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. D. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. Question 35: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. B. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier C. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. D. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 36: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. must B. might C. can't D. could Question 37: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page..

(36) A. to B. at C. in D. on Question 38: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. up B. down C. out D. away Question 39: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. had checked our homework B. were checked our homework C. had our homework checked D. have our homework checking Question 40: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. cash B. change C. cost D. supply Question 41: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. has been chosen B. were choosing C. chosen D. have been chosen Question 42: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. take B. make C. get D. have Question 43: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. pressed B. nervous C. bad-tempered D. stressful Question 44: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. recipe B. paper C. receipt D. prescription Question 45: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. be working B. work C. have been working D. have worked Question 46: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four times much as B. four time as many as C. four time much than D. four times as much as Question 47:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. The continents formed B. How did the continents for C. How the continents were formed D. If the continents formed Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 48: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. B. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. C. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. Question 49: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. B. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java D. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. Question 50: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Believers of success think that we should work hard. B. People think that success is when you work hard. C. Many people think that success at work is hard. D. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard..

(37) SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 04 trang) Mark(s). ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 612 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề Mã Phách ……….. Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress. Question 1:A. tonight B. furnish C. reason D. promise Question 2:A. inventive B. coincide C. regardless D. specific Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions. You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions. According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings. The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions. Question 3: According to the passage, we respond to others by....... A. observing their emotional expressions B. watching their actions C. looking at their faces D. observing their looks Question 4: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........ A. control their emotions B. display their emotions openly C. change their behaviour D. conceal their positive emotions Question 5: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........ A. researchers on universal language B. researchers who can speak and understand many languages C. investigators on universal emotional expressions D. lacked many main ingredients Question 6: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........ A. reduced B. increased C. simplified D. developed Question 7: Young children....... A. take time to control their facial expressions B. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions C. are sensitive towards others’ emotions D. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions Question 8: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether....... A. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth. B. different cultures have similar emotional expressions. C. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar. D. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar. Question 9: The best title for the passage is....... A. Ways to control emotional expressions B. review of research on emotional expressions C. Human habit of displaying emotions D. Cultural universals in emotional expressions Question 10: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........ A. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions B. human facial expressions.

(38) C. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions D. the fact that children can control their feelings 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 11: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........” A. can you say that again B. I love them, too C. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so D. Really? They are. Question 12: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........." A. No, not at all! B. Yes, sure! C. No, thanks D. Yes, I do, too 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 13: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects. A. holding at B. holding back C. holding by D. holding to Question 14: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. A. odd B. explicit C. obscure D. implicit Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. Question 15: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain. A. aridity B. heatware C. harvest D. summer Question 16: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern. A. intricate B. obsolete C. ultimate D. appropriate Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 17: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation. A. down B. up C. out D. away Question 18: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell. A. work B. have been working C. be working D. have worked Question 19: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my......... A. supply B. cash C. cost D. change Question 20: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time. A. stressful B. bad-tempered C. pressed D. nervous Question 21:.......has been a topic of continual geological research. A. The continents formed B. How did the continents for C. How the continents were formed D. If the continents formed Question 22: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage. A. make B. have C. take D. get Question 23: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara. A. prescription B. recipe C. receipt D. paper Question 24: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page. A. to B. on C. in D. at Question 25: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition. A. chosen B. were choosing C. have been chosen D. has been chosen Question 26: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead. A. might B. could C. can't D. must Question 27: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked. A. four time as many as B. four times as much as C. four time much than D. four times much as Question 28: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it. A. were checked our homework B. had checked our homework C. have our homework checking D. had our homework checked 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 29:A. says B. play C. plate D. lemonade Question 30:A. geothermal B. breakthrough C. thoughtful D. bother 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 sentences. BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-likeсelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy. And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with allthings thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе.

(39) Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns. So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, Wе Wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth. Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal inieсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs? Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe. Question 31: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal...... A. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world B. only aimed at people who are young and thin. C. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury. D. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people. Question 32: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery? A. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers. B. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger. C. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time. D. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger. Question 33: What does the writer argue might explain the oгigins of ouг beauty ideаl? A. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty. B. Тhe images in anсient folk tales. C. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth. D.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs. Question 34: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s...... A. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner. B. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe' C. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed D. we find that they have always been young and thin. Question 35: The wгiter thinks that he key to гeal beauty..... A. is banning underweight modеIs from fashion shows. B. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry. C. is finding health and happiness in our lives. D. is employing models of different ages and sizes. Question 36: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine? A. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before. B. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty. C. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier D. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth. Question 37: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to..... A. feeling sad B. memorial C. memorable D. missing happy times Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank. THE HISTORY OF WRITING The development of writing...(38)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(39)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(40)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(41)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(42)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. Question 38:A. took B. had C. made D. did Question 39:A. earth B. length C. distance D. area Question 40:A. spread B. occurred C. appeared D. was.

(40) Question 41:A. hidden B. infamous C. unpopular D. unknown Question 42:A. hold up B. look into C. make off D. bring on Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one. Question 43: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. B. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. Question 44: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists. A. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther. B. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better. C. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java. D. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java Question 45: It is widely believed that hard work makes success. A. Believers of success think that we should work hard. B. People think that success is when you work hard. C. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. D. Many people think that success at work is hard. 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 46: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. A. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. B. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. C. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. Question 47: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years. A. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years. B. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year. C. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. D. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Question 48: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records. A. Globally and internationally B. weather records C. warmest D. out Question 49: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents." A. parents B. Children C. life-saving D. accompany Question 50: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground. A. When B. some C. sinking D. the. C. ấn Chín T ờ h. r. ư. g. n.

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