GCSE MOCK TESTS 278

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ĐỀ KTCL ƠN THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 20172018
Mơn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÊ SỐ 278
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát
đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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 01:
A. gesture
B. surgery
C. engine
D. regard
Question 02:
A. flour
B. pour
C. hour
D. sour
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 03:
A. possession
B. politics
C. refusal
D. decision
Question 04:
A. development B. preservative

C. congratulate D. preferential
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 05: My mother doesn’t care how much does the washing machine cost because she is
going to buy it anyway.
A. doesn’t care
B. does the washing machine cost
C. because
D. to buy
Question 06: Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.
A. hardly never
B. an
C. to play
D. in
Question 07: Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are explaining children the rules of the game.
A. Both
B. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
C. are
D. children the rules of the game
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 08: I________ this letter around for days without looking at it.
A. am carrying
B. will be carrying
C. carry
D. have been carrying
Question 09: It was not until she had arrived home________ remembered her appointment with the
doctor.
A. that she
B. and she

C. she
D. when she had
Question 10: I accidentally________ Mike when I was crossing a street downtown yesterday.
A. kept an eye on
B. caught sight of
C. lost touch with
D. paid attention to
Question 11: ________ entering the hall, he found everyone waiting for him.
A. With
B. On
C. At
D. During
Question 12: I would really________ your help with this assignment.
A. respect
B. take
C. appreciate
D. than
Question 13: The price of fruit has increased recently, ________ the price of vegetables has gone
down.
A. otherwise
B. whether
C. whereas
D. when
Question 14: I am considering________ my job. Can you recommend a good company?
A. to move
B. changing
C. to change
D. moving
Question 15: Can you keep calm for a moment? You________ noise in class!
A. are always made B. always make

C. have always made D. are always making
Question 16: These measures have been taken with a________ to increasing the company's profits.
A. goal
B. view
C. reason
D. reason
Question 17: Anyone________ scholastic record is above average can apply for the scholarship.
A. who has
B. whose
C. with
D. has
Question 18: You feel so________ because there's nothing you can do to make the child better.
A. unhelpful
B. helpless
C. thoughtful
D. helpful
Question 19: The manager had his secretary________ the report for him.
A. to have typed
B. typed
C. type
D. to type


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response or
question to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 20: Janet: "Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?" Susan: "__________."
A. I don't agree, I'm afraid.
B. You’re welcome.
C. I feel very bored.
D. That would be great.

Question 21: A: “________ detective stories?” B: “In my opinion, they are very good for teenagers.”
A. What do you think about
B. Are you fond of
C. How about
D. What do people feel about
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: We now can instantly flick a lighter or strike a match to make a flame. But it was not
long ago that there were no such things as matches or lighters.
A. a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light
B. a small device that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes, etc.
C. the energy from the sun, a lamp, etc. that makes it possible to see things
D. a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire
Question 23: The downside of this approach is that it is difficult to measure its efficacy.
A. negative aspect B. positive aspect
C. advantage
D. strength
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 24: Don’t take it as a piece of cake, hiking is very tiring task.
A. something that is easy to do
B. something that is very challenging to do
C. something that is rewarding to do
D. something that is dangerous to do
Question 25: Her husband, who had died three years previously, had left her well-off.
A. wealthy
B. miserable
C. better off
D. penniless
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 26: We were all surprised when she suddenly came back.
A. All of us found it surprising that she suddenly came back.
B. The fact that we were surprised made her come back.
C. All of us were amazing to see her come back.
D. She was surprised, coming back suddenly.
Question 27: Because she was irritated by her husband’s lack of punctuality, she left him.
A. Irritating with her husband’s lack of punctuality, she left him.
B. Being irritating by her husband’s lack of punctuality, she left him.
C. She left her husband because of her irritation with his lack of punctuality.
D. Irritated by her husband, she punctually left him.
Question 28: I can’t help feeling worried about Tom.
A. I find it impossible not to worry about Tom. B. I don’t worry about Tom.
C. I can do nothing to help Tom.
D. I cannot help Tom stop worrying.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 29: Put your coat on. You will get cold.
A. You will not get cold unless you put your coat on.
B. Put your coat on, otherwise you will get cold.
C. It is not until you put your coat on that you will get cold.
D. You not only put your coat on but also get cold.
Question 30: Flora was alone again in her tiny room. She couldn’t help crying a little.
A. Flora couldn’t help crying a little as to be alone again in her tiny room.
B. Flora couldn’t help crying a little during being alone in her tiny room.
C. Alone again in her tiny room, Flora couldn’t help crying a little.
D. Being alone again in her tiny room, and then Flora couldn’t help crying a little.


Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate

the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is (31)_______ complicated as
it is serious. It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people.
(32)_______, exhaust from automobiles causes a large percentage of air pollution. But the
automobile provides transportation for millions of people.
Factories discharge much (33)_______ the material that pollutes the air and water, but
factories give employment to a large number of people.
Thus, to end or greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many
things that benefit them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be
(34)_______ reduced in several ways.
Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such
things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (35)_______
businesses and traffic to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities.
Question 31:
A. as
B. more
C. less
D. like
Question 32:
A. specific
B. for example
C. such as
D. like
Question 33:
A. about
B. for
C. of
D. with
Question 34:
A. carefully

B. unexpectedly
C. gradually
D. little
Question 35:
A. forbid
B. prevent
C. request
D. require
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
Sylvia Earle is one of the world's most famous marine scientists and a National Geographic
Explorer-in Residence. She loves to go diving in the ocean. She has spent a lot of her life both in
and under the waves. Earle has led more than a hundred expeditions and she set a record for solo
diving in 1,000-metre deep water. In total, she has spent more than 7,000 hours underwater.
Earle describes the first time she went to the ocean: ‘I was three years old and I got knocked over
by a wave. The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn’t frightening, it was thrilling. And since
then I have been fascinated by life in the ocean.’
In the past, Earle was the chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in the USA. Now one of her jobs is with Google Earth’s Ocean. Earle’s special focus
is on developing a global network of areas on the land and in the ocean. This network will protect
and support the living systems that are important to the planet. She explains why this is
important: ‘When I first went to the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea looked like a blue infinity.
It seemed to be too large and too wild to be damaged by the action of people. Then, in a few
decades, not thousands of years, the blue wilderness of my childhood disappeared. By the end of
the 20th century, about 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, turtles, whales and many other large
creatures had disappeared from the Gulf. They had been there for millions of years.’
Some people don’t understand why the ocean is so important to life on Earth. Earle
explains that ‘the ocean is the foundation of our life support system. The ocean is alive. The living
things in the ocean generate oxygen and take up carbon. If we don ‟t have the ocean, we don’t have
a planet that works.’

The Gulf of Mexico has had many problems, especially after the Deepwater Horizon Oil
disaster of 2010, but Earle says, ‘In 2003 I found positive signs in clear, deep water far from the
mouth of the Mississippi River. It was full of life. Large areas of the Gulf are not damaged.
Protecting the most important places will be good for the future of the Gulf and for all of us’
Question 36: Sylvia Earle is a scientist who_________.
A. has done some unconventional things in her professional life.
B. has followed the traditional path of women in science.
C. has identified many new species of marine plants and animals.
D. currently works with the American government.
Question 37: Which of the statements about Sylvia Earle is NOT true?
A. She’s an experienced expedition leader.
B. She holds a record for the longest time under water.
C. She does one of her favorite activities in her work.


D. The work that she is currently doing is based all over the world.
Question 38: What started Earle’s interest in the ocean?
A. a National Geographic explorer
B. a childhood experience
C. her love of diving
D. her fear of the waves
Question 39: The word “thrilling” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to________.
A. exciting and enjoyable B. tiring
C. horrible
D. scary
Question 40: What percentage of animal life had disappeared from the Gulf of Mexico by the year
2000? A. 20 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 90 percent
D. 70 percent

Question 41: How does the article illustrate specific problems in the marine environment?
A. by describing the situation in the Gulf of Mexico
B. through a history of Earle’s work in different organisations
C. by giving details of what Earle plans to do
D. by giving examples of the problem in various pla
Question 42: Which of these statements describes one of the main points of the article?
A. The marine environment is a key part of all life on Earth.
B. The oceans provide us with unlimited resources.
C. The sea is one of the most exciting places for science at the moment.
D. It is impossible to protect marine areas.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct questions from 43 to 50.
The city of Detroit, in the USA, was once compared to Paris. It had a broad river, smart
streets and historically important architecture. Then, in the 20th century, it became ‘Motor City’.
For a time, most of the world’s cars were made here. There was regular work and a good salary in
the motor industry. A worker at one of the car factories could own a home, plus a boat, maybe
even a holiday cottage. Some say America’s middle class was born in Detroit – new highways
certainly made it easy for workers to move from the city centre to the suburbs in the 1950s. But in
the early years of the 21st century, Detroit became America’s poorest big city.
In less than five decades the once lively Motor City lost more than half its population. It
became known as a city that was failing, full of ruined buildings, extensive poverty and crime.
Newspapers and magazines told stories of derelict homes and empty streets. Photographers went
to Detroit to record the strange beauty of buildings and city blocks where nature was taking over
again. What went wrong in Detroit?
The city is now 69th among US cities for the number of people per square mile. The
population fell for several reasons. Partly, it was because people moved to the suburbs in the
1950s. Then there were the shocking riots in 1967, which scared more people away from the city.
Then there was the dramatic fall in car manufacture as companies like General Motors and
Chrysler faced huge difficulties. And finally, in 2008, came the global financial crisis. Many of
Detroit’s people are poor – half of the city’s families live on less than 25,000 dollars a year.

In 2013, the city did something unusual: it declared itself bankrupt. It was the largest city
bankruptcy in US history, at approximately 18-20 billion dollars. Now that the city is free of debt,
it has money to do some of what needs to be done. It has replaced about 40,000 streetlights so
that places feel safer. The police arrive in answer to calls in less than 20 minutes now, instead of
the hour it used to take. And about a hundred empty houses are demolished each week to make
space for new buildings. With the nation’s biggest city bankruptcy behind it, Detroit is also
attracting investors and young adventurers. The New Economy Initiative gave grants of 10,000
dollars to each of 30 new small businesses. It seems that every week a new business opens in
Detroit – grocery stores, juice bars, coffee shops, even bicycle makers. Finally, the city is working
again.
Question 43: The city of Detroit________.
A. has experienced many changes.
B. is like European city in many ways.
C. it’s one of the richest places in the USA.
D. is not able to recover from its past problems.
Question 44: What was Detroit known as at the start of the 21st century?


A. the Paris of America
B. Motor City
C. the poorest city in America
D. the richest city in the world
Question 45: According to the second paragraph, what interested journalists in Detroit?
A. the empty places
B. the number of poor people
C. problems of old people
D. small buildings
Question 46: The word “ruined” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to________.
A. be in bad condition
B. be in good condition

C. be in dry condition
D. be in humid condition
Question 47: How many reasons are given for people leaving Detroit?
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
Question 48: Bankruptcy meant that________.
A. $20 billion was given back to Detroit.
B. Detroit could start again.
C. Everything was free in Detroit.
D. Detroit was heavily in debt.
Question 49: Which statement is true?
A. 30 businesses received money to help them develop.
B. About 30 businesses open every week now in Detroit.
C. There have been 30 new business ideas in Detroit.
D. $30 thousand was given to each of the new small business.
Question 50: Detroit________.
A. is having more problems than ever before.
B. seems to have a better future ahead.
C. will have to suffer more before things improve. D. can never be better.
_________THE END________