14 Đề môn Tiếng Anh - Ôn thi THPT Quốc gia năm học 2015-2016

PRACTICE TEST 1
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. lean	B. teammate C. beacon D. overhead 
Question 2: A. studied	B. kissed C. hoped D. laughed
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. require	 B. consist	C. achieve	D. system
Question 4: A. intervention 	 B. necessary 	C. intellectual 	D. productivity
Question 5: A. intensity 	 B. accurate 	C. erosion 	D. miraculous 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t o indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
Question 6: Since the flood the number of homeless people __________ dramatically. 
A. are increasing 	B. had increased 	C. increase	 	D. has increased
Question 7: Can you make yourself __________ in French?. 
A. understood 	B. understand 	C. to understand	D. understanding
Question 8: Today many species of plant and animal are in ________ of extinction.
 	A. danger 	B. endangered 	C. endanger	 	D. dangerous
Question 9: At first she was trained to be _____scriptwriter, but later she worked as ______ secretary.
A. the / a	B. a / a	C. the / the 	D. a / the
Question 10: “ Don’t look so worried!. You should take the leader’s comment with ________.” 
A. a teaspoon of salt	B. a cup of salt
C. a dose of salt	D. a pinch of salt	
Question 11: Three pounds of butter __________ in this recipe.
A. needs	B. need	C. are needed	D. is needed
Question 12: Our project was successful ________ its practicality.
A. in terms of B. with a view to	C. regardless D. on behalf of
Question 13: Of the two new students, one is friendly and _________.
A. the others are not	B. the other is not	
C. another is unfriendly	D. other lacks friendliness
Question 14: There is one person to ________ I owe more than I can say..
A. whom	B. who	C. that	D. whose
Question 15: Mary is sixteen years old. She is _______ young to get married.
A. too	          	B. so	                     	C. such               	D. enough     
Question 16: __________is the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment.. 
A. extinction 	B. biodiversity 	C. habitat	D. conservation
Question 17: - Kate: “ How lovely your cats are!” - David: “ ____________”
A. Really? They are 	B. Thank you, it is nice of you to say so 
C. Can you say it again	D. I love them, too
Question 18: Peter was ejected after committing five personal _________ in water sport game yesterday.
A. mistakes	B. faults	C. fouls 	D. errors	
Question 19: It’s essential that every student ________ all the lectures.
A. attends 	B. attend	 	C. has attended 	D. attended
Question 20: It’s a secret. You _________ let anyone know about it.
 	A. mustn’t 	B. needn’t 	C. mightn’t	D. may not
Question 21: When Tet holiday comes, Vietnamese people often feel inclined to ________ their houses. 
A. do up	B. do in	C. do through 	D. do over
Question 22: - Anne: “ Make yourself at home” - John: “ ____________”
A. Thanks! Same to you	 B. That’s very kind. Thank you
C. Not at all. Don’t mention it	 D. Yes, Can I help you?
Question 23: He managed to keep his job_________the manager had threatened to sack him.
A. therefore	B. although	C. unless 	D. despite
Question 24: It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver _________in the crash.
A. are injured	B. was injured	C. were injured	D. have been injured
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t o indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the fo llowing questions. 
Question 25: We can use either verbal or non – verbal forms of communication.
	A. using gesture	B. using speech	C. using verbs	D. using facial expressions
Question 26: You must answer the police’s questions truthfully; otherwise, you will get into trouble.	
	 A. in a harmful way	B. as trustingly as you can	
	 C. with a negative attitude	D. exactly as you can
Question 27: It takes me 15 minutes to get ready.
	A. to prepare	B. to wake up	C. to go D. to get up
Question 28: Thousands are going starving because of the failure of this year's harvest.
A. hungry B. rich 	 C. poor 	D. full
Question 29: We went away on holiday last week, but it rained day in day out.
A. every single day	B. every other day
C. every second day	D. every two days
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: Men and women in the Peace Corps work with people in the developing countries to help 
 	A 	 	 B 
them improving their living conditions. 
 	 C 	 D 
Question 31: Although not widely sold, that book is considered to be best book on the subject.
 	 A B C D
Question 32: Because his sickness he didn’t take part in the English competition held last Sunday.
 A	 B	 C	 D
Question 33: I found my new contact lenses strangely at first, but I got used to them in the end.
 	 A B C D
Question 34: Dreaming, like all other mental processes, it is a product of the brain and its activity.
 	 A B 	 C D
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. 
Environmental Concerns
	Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (35) _____ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (36) _____ on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (37) _____ resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (38) _____ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (39) _____. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (40) _____ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (41) _____ increasingly heavy demands on it. 
	The Earth's (42) _____ resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (43) _____ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources, they will (44) _____ indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.
Question 35: A. Although 	B. Yet 	C. Still 	D. Despite 
Question 36: A. continues 	B. repeats 	C. follows	D. carries 
Question 37: A. individual 	B. alone 	C. very 	D. solitary 
Question 38: A. neither 	B. sooner 	C. rather	D. either 
Question 39: A. utterly 	B. completely	C. quite 	D. greatly
Question 40: A. result 	B. reaction 	C. development 	D. product 
Question 41: A. making 	B. doing 	C. having 	D. taking 
Question 42: A. living 	B. real 	C. natural 	D. genuine 
Question 43: A. maintain	B. stay 	C. hold 	D. keep 
Question 44: A. remain 	B. go 	C. last 	D. stand 
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 question s from 45 to 54. 
The Planets of Jupiter
	The largest of the giant gas planets, Jupiter, with a volume 1,300 times greater than Earth’s, contains more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined. It is thought to be a gaseous and fluid planet without solid surfaces, Had it been somewhat more massive, Jupiter might have attained internal temperatures as high as the ignition point for nuclear reactions, and it would have flamed as a star in its own right. Jupiter and the other giant planets are of a low-density type quite distinct from the terrestrial planets: they are composed predominantly of such substances as hydrogen, helium, ammonia, and methane, unlike terrestrial planets. Much of Jupiter’s interior might be in the form of liquid, metallic hydrogen, Normally, hydrogen is a gas, but under pressures of millions of kilograms per square centimeter, which exist in the deep interior of Jupiter, the hydrogen atoms might lock together to form a liquid with the properties of a metal. Some scientists believe that the innermost core of Jupiter might be rocky, or metallic like the core of Earth. 
	Jupiter rotates very fast, once every 9.8 hours. As a result, its clouds, which are composed largely of frozen and liquid ammonia, have been whipped into alternating dark and bright bands that circle the planet at different speeds in different latitudes. Jupiter’s puzzling Great Red Spot changes size as it hovers in the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists speculate it might be a gigantic hurricane, which because of its large size (the Earth could easily fit inside it), lasts for hundreds of years.  
	Jupiter gives off twice as much heat as it receives from the Sun. Perhaps this is primeval heat or beat generated by the continued gravitational contraction of the planet. Another star like characteristic of Jupiter is its sixteen natural satellites, which, like a miniature model of the Solar System, decrease in density with distance from rocky moons close to Jupiter to icy moons farther away. If Jupiter were about 70 times more massive, it would have become a star, Jupiter is the best-preserved sample of the early solar nebula, and with its satellites, might contain the most important clues about the origin of the Solar System.
Question 45: The word attained in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
	A. attempted	B. changed	C. lost	D. reached
Question 46: The word they in paragraph 1 refers to _____.
	A. nuclear reactions	B. giant planets	C. terrestrial	D. substances
Question 47: According to the passage, hydrogen can become a metallic-like liquid when it is _____.
	A. extremely hot	B. combined with helium	C. similar atmospheres	D. metallic cores
Question 48: According to the passage, some scientists believe Jupiter and Earth are similar in that they both have _____.
	A. solid surfaces	B. similar masses	C. similar atmospheres 	D. metallic cores
Question 49: The clouds surrounding Jupiter are mostly composed of _____.
	A. ammonia	B. helium	C. hydrogen	D. methane
Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that the appearance of alternating bands circling Jupiter is caused by _____.
	A. the Great Red Spot	B. heat from the Sun
	C. the planet’s fast rotation	D. Storms from the planet’s Southern Hemisphere
Question 51: The author uses the word puzzling in paragraph 2 to suggest that the Great Red Spot is _____.
	A. the only spot of its kind	B. not well understood	
	C. among the largest of such spots	D. a problem for the planet’s continued existence
Question 52: Paragraph 3 supports which of the following conclusions? 
	A. Jupiter gives off twice as much heat as the Sun.
	B. Jupiter has a weaker gravitational force than the other planets.
	C. Scientists believe that Jupiter was once a star.
	D. Scientists might learn about the beginning of the Solar System by Studying Jupiter.
Question 53: Why does the author mention primeval heat in paragraph 3? 
	A. To provide evidence that Jupiter is older than the Sun
	B. To provide evidence that Jupiter is older than the other planets
	C. To suggest a possible explanation for the number of satellites that Jupiter has
	D. To suggest a possible source of the quantity of heat that Jupiter gives off
Question 54: Which of the following statements is supported by the passage? 
A. If Jupiter had fewer satellites, it would be easier for scientists to study the planet itself.
B. If Jupiter had had more mass, it would have developed internal nuclear reactions.
C. If Jupiter had been smaller, it would have become a terrestrial planet.
D. if Jupiter were larger, it would give off much less heat.
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 question s from 55 to 64 . 
Although speech is the most advanced form of communication, there are many ways of communicating without using speech. Signals, signs, symbols, and gestures may be found in every known culture. The basic function of signal is to impinge upon the environment in such a way that it attracts attention, as. For example, the dots and dashes of a telegraph circuit. Coded to refer to speech, the potential for communication is very great. Less adaptable to the codification of words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently. Symbols are more difficult to describe than either signals or signs because of their intricate relationship with the receiver’s cultural perceptions. In some cultures, applauding in a theater provides performers with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such as waving and handshaking also communicate certain cultural messages.
	Although signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are very useful, they do have a major disadvantage. They usually do not allow ideas to be shared without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver. As a result, means of communication intended to be used for long distances and extended periods are based upon speech. Radio, television, and the telephone are only a few.
Question 55: Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Gestures 	B. Signs and signals
C. Speech 	D. Communication
Question 56: What does the author say about speech?
A. It is dependent upon the advances made by inventors.	
B. It is the most advanced form of communication.
C. It is necessary for communication to occur.
D. It is the only true form of communication.
Question 57: According to the passage, what is a signal?
A. A form of communication that interrupts the environment.	
B. The most difficult form of communication to describe
C. A form of communication which may be used across long distances.
D. The form of communication most related to cultural perception.
Question 58: The phrase “ impinge upon” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______________.
 A. prohibit	 	B. intrude	C. vary 	D. improve
Question 59: The word “it” in paragraph refers to _______________.
A. way	B. environment 	C. function	D. signal
Question 60: The word “ potential” in paragraph 1 could be replaced by ______________.
A. advanced	B. possibility	C. organization	D. signal
Question 61: The word “intricate” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by ________
A. inefficient 	B. complicated 	C. historical	D. uncertain
Question 62: Applauding was cited as an example of ______________.
A. a signal	B. a sign	C. a gesture	D. a symbol
Question 63: Why were the telephone, radio, and television invented?
A. Because people were unable to understand signs, signals, and symbols.
B. Because people wanted to communicate across long distances.
C. Because people believed that signs, signals, and symbols were obsolete.	
D. Because people wanted new forms of communication.
Question 64: It may be concluded from this passage that___________.
A. only some cultures have signs, signals, and symbols
B. signs, signals, symbols, and gestures are forms of communication
 	C. symbols are very easy to define and interrupt
D. waving and handshaking are not related to culture
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: It started to rain as soon as I went out.
No sooner..
Question 66: No one in our class is taller than Peter.
Peter...
Question 67: People think that he broke into the bank last night
He...
Question 68: You are in trouble now because you didn’t follow my advice
Had 
Question 69: “I’ll take you to the zoo next Sunday” his mother said 
His mother promised ...
Part II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph to describe a person you admire
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PRACTICE TEST 2
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
Question 1: A. linked                    B. declared                 C. finished                  D. developed
Question 2: A. thereupon              B. thrill                       C. threesome              D. throne.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
Question 3: A. attract                    B. decide                   C. reject                      D. beauty
Question 4: A. television               B. information           C. economic                D. engineer
Question 5: A. achievement          B. argument              C. confinement           D. involvement
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: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _______ to be dead.
 A. have been appearing      B. to be appearing       C. to appear                D. by appearing
Question 7: On _______ he had won, he jumped for joy.
 A. he was told                  B. having told               C. being told               D. telling
Question 8: It has been raining ______ I got up.
     A. when                            B. since                        C. until                        D. as
Question 9:  Let’s begin our discussion now, ______?
 A. shall we                      B. will we                      C. don’t we                  D. won’t we
Question 10:  Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, weather is the one ______ the most.
 A. that influences farmers                                     B. farmers that is influences
 C. why farmers influence it                                   D. it influences farmers
Question 11:  It gets _______ to understand what the professor has explained.
 A. the more difficult                                             B. difficult more and more
 C. more difficult than                                           D. more and more difficult
Question 12: When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty _______ paintings were destroyed, including two by Picasso. 
     A. worthless                    B. priceless                     C. valueless                 D. worthy
Question 13:  There’s somebody walking behind us. I think we are ______..
 A. followed                  B. being followed          C. following               D. being following
Question 14:  _______, we tried our best to complete it.
 A. Thanks to the difficult homework                   B. Despite the homework was difficult
 C. Difficult as the homework was                       D. As though the homework was difficult
Question 15: Learning English isn't so difficult once you_______ .
 A. get on it                      B. get off it                    C. get down to it        D. get down with it
Question 16:  The Boeing 747 is twice ______ the Boeing 707.
 A. bigger than                 B. more bigger than       C. as big as               D. as bigger as
Question 17:  I will stand here and wait for you ______ you come back.
 A. because                     B. though                        C. so                          D. until
Question 18:  I was doing my homework ______ the light went out.
 A. after                          B. before C. while                      D. when
Question 19:  The song has ______ been selected for the 22nd Sea Games,Vietnam.
 A. officially                   B. office                          C. official                   D. officer
Question 20:  John: “I’ve passed my final exam.”            Tom: “______”
 A. That’s a good idea.                                           B. Good luck.
 C. It’s nice of you to say so.                                 D. Congratulations!
Question 21:  Kitchen appliances called blenders became ______ in the 1930s, when Stephen B. Poplawski developed a machine that excelled at making his favorite drink.
 A. establish                    B. established                C. which establish          D. establishing
Question 22:  It is necessary that children __________ of their old parents.
 A. takes care                  B. to take care               C. take care                    D. took care
Question 23:  ______ ten minutes earlier, you would have got a better seat.
 A. Had you arrived                                               B. If you arrived
 C. Were you arrived                                             D. If you hadn’t arrived
Question 24:  Chosen as the nation’s capital at the end of the American Civil War, ______ the city of over a million people.
 A.Washington DC is now                                   B. for Washington DC,
 C.Washington DC,                                             D. now in Washington DC,
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the followings. 
Question 25:  Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate.
 A. taking off                B. setting up C. growing well               D. closing down
Question 26:  The dog saw his reflection in the pool of water .
      A. imagination           B. bone                          C. leash                          D. image
Question 27:  At times, I look at him and wonder what is going on in his mind.
 A. sometimes             B. always                       C. hardly                        D. never
 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 followings.
Question 28:  We ought to keep these proposals secret from the chairman for the time being.
 A. revealed          B. frequented C. accessible                 D. lively
Question 29:  They protested about the inhumane treatment of the prisoners.
 A. vicious                    B. warmhearted             C. callous                       D. coldblooded
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 30: My father asked me where had I gone the night before.
                                            A                       B                 C           D
Question 31: The harder he tried, the worst he danced before the large audience.
                    A                     B             C                          D     
Question 32:  Students suppose to read all the questions carefully and find out the answers to 
 A B C
 them.                     
 D
Question 33: Lake Superior, that lies on the US Canadian border, is the largest lake in North    America.
                                             A        B                                                     C          D                
Question 34:  Public health experts say that the money one spends avoiding illness is less than the cost 
 A B C
 of to treat sickness.
 D
 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 blanks 51 to 60.
       We are using up the world’s petroleum. We use (35) _________in our cars and to heat our building in winter.Farmers use petrochemicals to (36) _________ the soil rich. They use them to kill insects (37) _________eat plants. These chemicals go (38) __________rivers and lakes and kill the fish there. Thousands of pollutants also go into the air and pollute it. Winds carry this (39) _________ air to other countries and other continents.
        Poor farmers use the same land over and (40) __________ The land needs a rest so it will be better next year. However, the farmers must have food this year. Poor people cut down forests (41) _________ firewood. In some areas when the trees are gone, the land (42) _________ desert. Poor people can’t save the environment for the (43) ___________
      This is not a problem for one country or one area of the world. It is a problem for all- humans. The people and the nations of the world must work together to   (44) ___________ the world’s resources.
Question 35:   A. it                             B. them                       C. that                         D. those
Question 36:   A. work                       B. change                    C. make                      D. let
Question 37:   A. what                       B. who                         C. whom                     D. which
Question 38:   A. out                          B. for                           C. at                            D. into
Question 39:   A. pollute                    B. polluting                 C. polluted                  D. pollution
Question 40:   A. over                        B. again                       C. repeatedly              D. repeating
Question 41:   A. of                            B. for                           C. with                        D. at
Question 42:   A. gets                         B. changes                   C. turns                       D. becomes
Question 43:   A. future                      B. time being               C. times                      D. period
Question 44:   A. recycle                    B. preserve                  C. keep                        D. reuse
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.
Every drop of water in the ocean, even in the deepest parts, responds to the forces that create the tides. No other force that affects the sea is so strong. Compared with the tides, the waves created by the wind are surface movements felt no more than a hundred fathoms below the surface. The currents also seldom involve more than the upper several hundred fathoms despite their impressive sweep.
The tides are a response of the waters of the ocean to the pull of the Moon and the more distant Sun. In theory, there is a gravitational attraction between the water and even the outermost star of the universe. In reality, however, the pull of remote stars is so slight as to be obliterated by the control of the Moon and, to a lesser extent, the Sun.
Just as the Moon rises later each day by fifty minutes, on the average, so, in most places, the time of high tide is correspondingly later each day. And as the Moon waxes and wanes in its monthly cycle, so the height of the tide varies. The tidal movements are strongest when the Moon is a sliver in the sky, and when it is full. These are the highest flood tides and the lowest ebb tides of the lunar month and are called the spring tides. At these times the Sun, Moon, and Earth are nearly in line and the pull of the two heavenly bodies is added together to bring the water high on the beaches, to send its surf upward against the sea cliffs, and to draw a high tide into the harbors. Twice each month, at the quarters of the Moon, when the Sun, Moon and Earth lie at the apexes of a triangular configuration and the pull of the Sun and Moon are opposed, the moderate tidal movements called neap tides occur. Then the difference between high and low water is less than at any other time during the month.
Question 45: What is the main point of the first paragraph?
A. The waves created by ocean currents are very large.
B. Despite the strength of the wind, it only moves surface water.
C. Deep ocean water is seldom affected by forces that move water.
D. The tides are the most powerful force to affect the movement of ocean water.
Question 46: The word "felt" is closest in meaning to
A. based B. dropped C. detected D. explored
Question 47: The words "In reality" are closest in meaning to
A. surprisingly B. actually C. characteristically D. similarly
Question 48: It can be inferred from the passage that the most important factor in determining