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ĐÊÊ THI THỬ - KY THI THPT QUÔÔC GIA NĂM 2015 - CÔ MAI PHƯƠNG Môn: Tiêếng Anh Thơi gian làm bài: 90 phút (kể cả luận) 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. material B. crucial Question 2: A. reign B. leisure C. partial C. neighbor D. financial D. vein 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 the primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3: A. equality B. available C. manufacture D. biography Question 4: A. penalty B. attendance C. opponent D. adventure Question 5: A. intensity B. congratulate C. philosophy D. entrepreneur Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 6: As consumers’ response to traditional advertising techniques declines, businesses are beginning ____ new methods of reaching customers. A. to develop B. develop C. it developing D. the development that Question 7: Where’s the ____ dress that your grandma gave you? A. lovely long pink silk B. lovely pink long silk C. pink long lovely silk D. long pink silk lovely Question 8: His handwriting is so bad I can’t make ____ what he has written. A. up B. off C. out D. down Question 9: We were going to go by bus but in the end we ____ because Simon gave us a lift. A. needn’t B. didn’t need to C. needn’t have D. needed not to Question 10: He was already worried lest she ____ someone what had happened. A. would tell B. told C. might have told D. had been telling Question 11: ____ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen. A. What the woman was B. That the woman was C. The woman was D. What was the woman Question 12: To plant rice, farmers, ____, set young plants in the mud. A. whose bare feet wading in the water B. water wading in their feet C. wading in the water in their bare feet D. they wade with bare feet in the water Question 13: Not until ____ home ____ that he had taken someone else's bike. A. did he get/he realized B. did he get/did he realize C. he got/did he realize D. he got/he realized Question 14: I’d rather you ____ anything for tonight, but I suppose it’s too late to change things now. A. not arrange C. hadn’t arranged Question 15: - “Have you seen the price of petrol these days?” B. didn’t arrange D. don’t arrange - “____” A. I’m amazing, aren’t I? C. It’s amazing, isn’t it? B. Isn’t it great? D. What a lot of petrol? Question 16: _____, they slept soundly. A. Hot though was the night air B. Hot though the night air was C. Hot the night air as was D. Hot although the nigh air was Question 17: - "I apologize for keeping you waiting for 2 hours. My car broke down on the way." - "____." A. Your apology is accepted B. You are welcome C. Thank you D. It's my pleasure Question 18: When the U.S. and England proclaimed war against Iraq, the anti war protesters all around the world ____ practically all the roads to the famous squares. A. set up B. took over C. turned over D. blocked off Question 19: I don't think this record will ever ____. A. get out B. run off C. catch on D. put down Question 20: It was too late to ____ of the contract. A. back up B. back down C. back out D. back away Question 21: I’m _____a complete loss to understand why you reacted so violently A. at B. in C. on D. by Question 22: After hours of bargaining with the salesman, Jake bought the jacket for a_____ of the original price. A. fraction B. piece C. part D. spot Question 23: Amelia Earhart ____history in1928 when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic A. fixed B. made C. prepared D. did Question 24: The Avicenna Partnership is a ______ company with a long and successful sales history. A. respectable B. respectful C. respecting D. respective Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. Question 25: Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, of which obtaining water is not the least. A. getting B. storing C. purifying D. controlling Question 26: The Industrial Revolution marked the beginning of an epoch of exodus from rural areas to cities. A. migration B. period C. episode D. story Question 27: The government is subsidizing the ship building industry. A. ending B. creating C. aiding Question 28: We had to list the chronology of events in World War II on our test. A. disaster B. discrepancy C. catastrophe Question 29: The price of gasoline fluctuates daily. A. spin out of control B. run faster C. change frequently D. improving D. time sequence D. disappear 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 30: Digital clocks, however precise, they cannot be perfectly accurate because the earth’s A B C rotation changes slightly over years. C Question 31: At the Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s home in Tennessee, even his glasses have been left exactly where he lay them. Question 32: The officials of the Board of Elections asked that each voter present their registration card and a valid Texas driver’s license before receiving a ballot. Question 33: Someone who has ever tried to pick up spilled mercury will agree that this element is hard to handle. Question 34: Jaguarundis are sleek, long-tailed creatures colored either an uniform reddish brown or dark grey. A. long-tailed B. colored C. an D. or 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. (35) ____ history, women have always aimed for a recognized place in (36) ____. Guided by their own (37) ____ of knowledge and expertise, women like Marie Curie in science, Mary Wollstonecraft in literary writing, Simone de Beauvois in philosophical existentialist debate, and Marie Stopes in medicine, to name a few, have brought about (38)____ awareness of the role of the women in any walks of life. These women have helped redefine and (39)____ the nature of women’s place in society. Today the (40)____ of global women’s organizations and the impact of women’s contributions (41)____ society show that progress has been made and the progress in furthering the role of women in society has been some benefit to the (42)____ woman. It is true to say that not all women have the same need. The need of the woman who stays at home and (43)____ children will differ widely from the woman who works outside. Nonetheless, in the extensive field of equal opportunities, it would be good to know that access is given to both with equal measure according to the true value of respective abilities. It also would be good to know that the woman at home is recognized as a valued (44)____ of society just as much as the one who deals on business outside the home. Question 35: A. Among B. Throughout C. During D. Upon Question 36: A. society B. social C. socialize D. socialist Question 37: A. region B. farm C. field D. path Question 38: A. a B. an C. the D. (no article) Question 39: A. gain B. encourage C. force D. consolidate Question 40: A. right B. belief C. limit D. spread Question 41: A. on B. for C. to D. at Question 42: A. own B. private C. individual D. personal Question 43: A. rises B. raises C. increases D. lift Question 44: A. party B. competitor C. partner D. member 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 45 to 54. Line 1 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 Music can bring us to tears or to our feet, drive us into battle or lull us to sleep. Music is indeed remarkable in its power over all humankind, and perhaps for that every reason, no human culture on earth has ever lived without it. From discoveries made in France and Slovenia even Neanderthal man, as long as 53,000 years ago, had developed surprisingly sophisticated, sweet-sounding flutes carved from animal bones. It is perhaps then, no accident that music should strike such a chord with the limbic system – an ancient part of our brain, evolutionarily speaking, and one that we share with much of the animal kingdom. Some researchers even propose that music came into this world long before the human race ever did. For example, the fact that whale and human music have so much in common even though our evolutionary paths have not interested for nearly 60 million years suggests that music may predate humans. They assert that rather than being the inventors of music, we are latecomers to the musical scene. Humpback whale composers employ many of the same tricks that human songwriters do. In addition to using similar rhythms, humpbacks keep musical phrases to a few seconds, creating themes out of several phrases before singing the next one. Whale songs in general are no longer than symphony movements, perhaps because they have a similar attention span. Even though they can sing over a range of seven octaves, the whales typically sing in key, spreading adjacent notes no farther apart than a scale. They mix percussive and pure tones in pretty much the same ratios as human composers – and follow their ABA form, in which a theme is presented, elaborated on and then revisited in a slightly modified form. Perhaps most amazing, humpback whale songs include repeating refrains that rhyme. It has been suggested that whales might use rhymes for exactly the same reasons that we do: as devices to help them remember. Whale songs can also be rather catchy. When a few humpbacks from the Indian Ocean strayed into the Pacific, some of the whales they met there quickly changed their tunes – singing the new whales’ songs within three short years. Some scientists are even tempted to speculate that a universal music awaits discovery. 2 5 Question 45: Why did the author write the passage? A. To describe the music for some animals, including humans B. To illustrate the importance of music to whales C. To show that music is not a human or even modern invention D. To suggest that music is independent of life forms that use it Question 46: The word “sophisticated” in line 5 is closest in meaning to: A. compound B. attractive C. welldeveloped D. beautiful Question 47: The word “one” in line 7 can be replaced by: A. the chord B. the left brain C. the right brain D. the limbic system Question 48: According to the passage, which of the following is true of humpback whales? A. Their tunes are distinctively different from human tunes. B. They can sing over a range of seven octaves. C. They do not use rhyme, unlike humans. D. Whale songs of a particular group cannot be learned by other whales. Question 49: The word “They” in line 18 refers to: A. human composers B. whole songs C. octaves D. whales Question 50: Which of the following is NOT true about humpback whale music? A. It uses similar patterns to human songs. B. It’s comparative in length to symphony movements. C. It’s easy to learn by other whales. D. It’s in a form of creating a theme, elaborating and revisiting in rhyming refrains. Question 51: The word “catchy” in line 24 is closest in meaning to: A. easy to catch B. easy to remember C. easy to read D. easy to think Question 52: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? A. The earliest human beings came from France and Slovenia. B. Music helped to shape the whale brain. C. Humpback whales imitate the way human composers so in creating their own music. D. The research of musical brain will lead to a discovery of a universal music. Question 53: Where in the passage does the author first mention whales? A. Lines 5-9 B. Lines 10-14 C. Lines 15-19 D. Lines 20-24 Question 54: The word ‘their” in line 25 refers to: A. Indian Ocean humpbacks B. Pacific Ocean humpbacks C. all whales D. whale songs 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 55 to 64. The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well., especially cancer of the colon. People of different cultures are more prone to contract certain illnesses because of the characteristic foods they consume. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites (commonly used to preserve color in meat) as well as other food additives caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which ingredients on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives that we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue. A healthy diet is directly related to good health. Often we are unaware of detrimental substances we ingest. Sometimes well-meaning farmers or others who do not realize the consequences add these substances to food without our knowledge. Question 55. How has science done a disservice to people? A: The scientists have preserved the color of meats, but not of vegetables. B: It caused a lack of information concerning the value of food. C: As a result of scientific intervention, some potentially harmful substances have been added to our food D: Because of science, disease caused by contaminated food has been virtually eradicated. Question 56. The word “prone” is nearest in meaning to ______. A: healthy B: predisposed C: supine D: unlikely Question 57. What are nitrates used for? A: They preserve the colour of meat. B: They preserve flavor in packaged foods. C: They are the objects of research. D: They cause the animals to become fatter. Question 58. FDA means ______. A: Federal Dairy Additives B: Final Difficult Analysis C: Food Direct Additives D: Food and Drug Administration Question 59. The word “these” refers to ______. A: nitrates and nitrites B: researchers C: meats D: colors Question 60. The word “carcinogenic” is closest in meaning to ______. A: cancer-causing B: trouble-making C: money-making D: colorretaining Question 61. All of the following statements are TRUE except ______. A: Researchers have known about the potential hazards of food additives for more than forty-five years B: Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons C: Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals D: Food may cause forty percent of the cancer in the world Question 62. The word “additives” is closest in meaning to ______. A: benign substances B: added substances C: natural substances D: dangerous substances Question 63. What is the best title for this passage? A: Harmful and Harmless Substances in Food. B: Avoiding Injurious Substances in Food. C: The Food You Eat Can Affect Your Health. D: Improving Health through a Natural Diet. Question 64. The word “ fit” is closest in meaning to ______. A: tasty B: suitable C: athletic D: adaptable WRITING Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Question 65: I was astonished by her confidence.  What astonished me was her confidence. Question 66: I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievements.  Much as I admire her achievement, I don’t really like her. Question 67: He speaks more persuasively than his brother.  He is a more persuasive speaker than his brother. Question 68: The only way to eliminate world terrorism is by united opposition.  Only by united opposition, can we eliminate world terrorism. Question 69: Someone has stolen the boss’s car.  The boss has had his car stolen/ been robbed of his car. Part II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about an important person in your life.