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TỰ TIN CHINH PHỤC KỲ THI THPTQG 2017
ĐỀ THI THỬ LẦN 2 THPT LAM KINH –THANH HÓA
Môn Tiếng Anh – Thời gian làm bài : 60 phút
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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 1 to 8.
Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful this discovery
has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was used to drive engines and was
passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol mixed with air was the next invention that
provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it drove a motor engine. Beyond these simple and direct uses,
those forms have not much adaptability. On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of
ways. From the powerful voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny current needed to work in a
simple calculator, and from the huge electric magnet in steel works that can lift 10 tons to the tiny electric
magnet in a doorbell, all are powered by electricity. An electric current can be made with equal ease to
heat the huge mass of molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a jug for a cup of coffee. Other than atomic
energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to the full, electricity is the greatest power in the world. It is
flexible, and so adaptable for any task for which it is wanted. It travels so easily and with incredible speed
along wires or conductors that it can be supplied instantly over vast distances. To generate electricity, huge
turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia, they use coal or water to drive this machinery. When
dams are built, falling water is used to drive the turbines without polluting the atmosphere with smoke
from coal. Atomic power is used in several countries but there is always fear of an accident. A tragedy
once occurred at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, at an atomic power plant used to make electricity. The reactor
leaked, which caused many deaths through radiation. Now scientists are examining new ways of creating
electricity without harmful effects to the environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in and out
of bays. Most importantly, they hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do use solar heaters for
swimming pools but as yet improvement in the capacity of the solar cells to create more current is
necessary. When this happens, electric cars will be viable and the world will rid itself of the toxic gases
given off by trucks and cars that burn fossil fuels.
Question 1: The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first paragraph
to ___.
A. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy
B. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy
C. discuss which source of energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity
D. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity
Question 2: Before electricity, what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms?
A. petrol
B. hot wind
C. gas
D. steam
Question 3: What does the author mean by saying that electricity is flexible?
A. It can be adapted to various uses.
B. It can be made with ease.
C. It is used to drive motor engines.
D. It is cheap and easy to use.
Question 4: What do we call machines that make electricity?
A. electric magnets
B. generators or turbines
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C. pipes and radiators
D. voltages
Question 5: The main forms of power used to generate electricity in Australia are ___.
A. wind and gas
B. water and coal
C. sunlight and wind power
D. atomic power and water
Question 6: The word they in the last paragraph refers to ___.
A. harmful effects B. scientists
C. the tides
D. new ways
Question 7: Electric magnets are used in steel works to ___.
A. lift heavy weights up to ten tons
B. boil a jug of water
C. test the steel for strength
D. heat the molten steel
Question 8: The advantage of harnessing the power of the tides and of sunlight to generate electricity is
that they ___.
A. are more reliable
B. do not require attention
C. are more adaptable
D. do not pollute the environment
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 9: “It is a surprising gift. Thank you very much, Mary.” said Mr.Pike.
A. Mr Pike promised to to give Mary a surprising gift.
B. Mr Pike thanked Mary although she did not really like the gift.
C. Mr Pike thanked Mary for the surprising gift.
D. Mr Pike congratulated Mary on the surprising gift.
Question 10: Unless you come on time, we will go without you.
A. Come on time, we will go without you.
B. Without your coming on time, we will go.
C. Because of your punctuality, we will go without you.
D. Come on time or we will go without you.
Question 11: Most bosses cannot put up with irresponsibility.
A. Without responsibility,most bosses will not offer you a job.
B. Most bosses cannot tolerate irresponsibility.
C. Irresponsibility is what most bosses are trying to find.
D. Irresponsibility is a must to please most bosses.
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 12 to 16.
The UK Government ensures that all schools in the UK (12) _______ certain standards, and this
includes independent schools as well as those that are (13) _______ by the Government. All qualifications
are awarded by national agencies accredited by the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), so the
quality of the qualifications you will gain is guaranteed.
At many independent schools inEngland, you will be encouraged to take part in extracurricular
activities to develop your hobbies and learn new skills, and you may be encouraged to take graded music
exams (14) _______ by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The exam grades gained
from these are widely accepted toward university entry requirements.
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Independent schools do not usually offer vocationally focused qualifications but if you are (15)
____ in these qualifications, you can find out more in the 'career-based and pre-university qualifications'
section.
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The (16) _______ you pay to attend independent school, include your course fees, accommodation
and may include some or all extracurricular activities.
Question 12: A. see
Question 13: A. run
Question 14: A. offered
Question 15: A. interested
Question 16: A. bills
B. look
B. indicated
B. offering
B. excited
B. fees
C. notice
C. worked
C. to offer
C. concerned
C. funds
D. meet
D. shown
D. offer
D. worried
D. donations
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: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.
A. puts off
B. approves of
C. attends to
D. looks for
Question 18: His career advancement was slow and he did not gain any promotion untilhe was 40, when
he won the position of the company’s Chief Excutive.
A. rise
B. decrease
C. elevation
D.progress
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 19: He asked me if I had gone out last night or I had been tired.
A. asked
B. had gone
C. had been
D. last night
Question 20: Our bodies send out messages constantly and sometimes we do not recognize that we are
using many non verbal language.
A. messages
B. we do not recognize
C. many
D. send out
Question 21: No one came to see us since we bought these bloodbounds.
A. came
B. us
C. bought
D. bloodbounds
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 22: A. actually
Question 23: A. often
B. applicant
B.fasten
C. parallel
C. term
D. academic
D. castle
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 24: A. interview
Question 25: A. national
B. community
B. open
C. vocational
C. college
D. idea
D. curriculum
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 26: “Independent” school system in Britain is________.
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A. fee-paying
B. fare-paying
C. scholarship-paying
D. card-paying
Question 27: ____ should a young child be allowed to play with fireworks without adult supervision.
A. Always
B. Under no circumstances
C. No sooner than
D. Only when
Question 28: When Tet holiday comes, Vietnamese people often feel inclined to ____ their houses.
A. do up
B. do through
C. do over
D. do in
Question 29: I was in two___ about taking the flat because it is very good but the rent was rather high.
A. heads
B. minds
C. ways
D. hands
Question 30: Twenty workers are reported ___ in the explosion.
A. to injure
B. to have injured
C. to be injured
D.to have been injured
Question 31: I suggest the room _________ before Christmas.
A. were decorated
B. be decorated
C. should decorate
D. is decorated
Question 32: John lost the _________bicycle he bought last week and his parents were very angry with
him because of his carelessness .
A. beautiful Japanese blue new
B. Japanese beautiful new blue
C. new beautiful blue Japanese
D. beautiful new blue Japanese
Question 33: _________ high school, Nam attended a university in the city centre.
A. Having been finished
B. Having finished
C. To have finished
D. To finish
Question 34: Most _________are at senior level, requiring appropriate qualifications
A. degrees
B. vacancies
C. grades
D. colleges
Question 35: Active: It is impossible to do this.
Passive: _______________________________.
A. This can’t have been done.
B. This is unable to be done.
C. This is impossible be done.
D. This can’t be done.
Question 36: If you ___ less last night, you ____ so bad today.
A. drank – would not feel
B. would have drunk – would not feel
C. had drunk – would not feel
D. had drunk – would not have felt
Question 37: “Do you work in an office, Fred?” Fred:”__________”.
A. Yes I am. But I don’t like it.
B. Yeah, but I’m out of work now.
C. No, I work as a bank clerk.
D. Not anymore. I’m an English teacher now.
Question 38. John ___ this task yesterday morning, but I did it for him. He owns me a thank-you.
A. could have completed
B. must have completed
C. should have completed
D. may have completed
Question 39. I was offered a lamb or chicken, _____ lives in Ho Chi Minh City.
A. neither of which
B. of that neither
C. neither of that
D. of which neither
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 40. In most countries, compulsory military service does not apply to women.
A. constructive
B. mandatory
C. superior
D. beneficial
Question 41. “It is a really difficult matter to decide ow to solve now, I will need time to think
it over”.
A. to sleep on it
B. to make it better
C. to make up for it D. to think out of time
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that can be arranged from
the words given in the following questions.
Question 42: Access / also / we / use / Internet / music / other / relaxation / and / download / movies
/ works / for / our / enjoyment / can / and / the .
A. We can also use the Internet to download music, movies and access and other works for our enjoyment
and relaxation.
B. We can also use the Internet to download music, movies and other works for our enjoyment and
relaxation and to access.
C. We can also use the Internet to access and download music, movies and other works for our enjoyment
and relaxation.
D. We can also use the Internet for our enjoyment and relaxation to access and download music, movies
and other works.
Question 43: Our / will / school / if / access / much / Internet / we /to /learn / the /better /has.
A. If our school has much access, we will learn better to the Internet.
B. If we learn better to the Internet, our school has much access.
C. If we will learn much better, our school has access to the Internet.
D. If our school has access to the Internet, we will learn much better.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
Culture is a word in common use with complex meanings, and is derived, like the term
broadcasting, from the treatment and care of the soil and of what grows on it. It is directly related to
cultivation and the adjectives cultural and cultured are part of the same verbal complex. A person of culture
has identifiable attributes, among them a knowledge of and interest in the arts, literature, and music. Yet
the word culture does not refer solely to such knowledge and interest nor, indeed, to education. At least
from the 19th century onwards, under the influence of anthropologists and sociologists, the word culture
has come to be used generally both in the singular and the plural (cultures) to refer to a whole way of life
of people, including their customs, laws, conventions, and values.
Distinctions have consequently been drawn between primitive and advanced culture and cultures,
between elite and popular culture, between popular and mass culture, and most recently between national
and global cultures. Distinctions have been drawn too between culture and civilization; the latter is a
word derived not, like culture or agriculture, from the soil, but from the city. The two words are sometimes
treated as synonymous. Yet this is misleading. While civilization and barbarism are pitted against each
other in what seems to be a perpetual behavioural pattern, the use of the word culture has been strongly
influenced by conceptions of evolution in the 19th century and of development in the 20th century. Cultures
evolve or develop. They are not static. They have twists and turns. Styles change. So do fashions. There
are cultural processes. What, for example, the word cultured means has changed substantially since the
study of classical (that is, Greek and Roman) literature, philosophy, and history ceased in the 20th century
to be central to school and university education. No single alternative focus emerged, although with
computers has come electronic culture, affecting kinds of study, and most recently digital culture. As
cultures express themselves in new forms not everything gets better or more civilized.
The multiplicity of meanings attached to the word made and will make it difficult to define. There
is no single, unproblematic definition, although many attempts have been made to establish one. The only
non-problematic definitions go back to agricultural meaning (for example, cereal culture or strawberry
culture) and medical meaning (for example, bacterial culture or penicillin culture). Since in anthropology
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and sociology we also acknowledge culture clashes, culture shock, and counter-culture, the range of
reference is extremely wide.
Question 44: According to the passage, the word culture____.
A. is related to the preparation and use of land for farming
B. develops from Greek and Roman literature and history
C. derives from the same root as civilization does
D. comes from a source that has not been identified.
Question 45: It is stated in paragraph 1 that a cultured person_____.
A. has a job related to cultivation
B. does a job relevant to education
C. takes care of the soil and what grows on it
D. has knowledge of arts, literature, and music
Question 46: The author remarks that culture and civilization are the two words that_____.
A. are both related to agriculture and cultivation
B. share the same word formation pattern
C. do not develop from the same meaning
D. have nearly the same meaning
Question 47: It can be inferred from the passage that since the 20th century______.
A. classical literature, philosophy, and history have not been taught as core subjects
B. classical literature, philosophy, and history have been considered as core subjects
C. schools and universities have not taught classical literature, philosophy, and history
D. all schools and universities have taught classical literature, philosophy, and history
Question 48: The word “attributes” in paragraph 1 most likely means______.
A. fields
B. qualities
C. skills
D. aspects
Question 49: The word “static” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “_____”.
A. regular
B. unchanged
C. balanced
D. dense
Question 50: Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage?
A. The word culture can be used to refer to a whole way of life of people.
B. The use of the word culture has been changed since the 19th century.
C. Anthropology and sociology have tried to limit the references to culture.
D. Distinctions have been drawn between culture and civilization.