Bài thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kiểm tra chất lượng ôn thi THPT Quốc gia năm học 2015-2016 - Đề số 4 - Đỗ Bình

MR. BEAN’S MATERIALS
(Đề thi có 6 trang)
ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2016
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (8 điểm)
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. breathing	B. ethane	C. thank	D. healthy	
Question 2: A. school	B. blood	C. choose	D. bamboo	
Find the word marked A, B, C, or D with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. 
Question 3: A. commuter 	B. compliance 	C. competent 	D. computer 
Question 4: A. participant 	B. accidental 	C. parentheses 	D. industrial 
Question 5: A. contour 	B. consul 	C. conceal 	D. contraband 
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 6: I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
	A. hopeless 	B. hopeful  	C. unsuccessful	D. successful   
Question 7: You will need a sound understanding of basic teaching skills if you want to enter the classroom with great confidence.
	A. sufficient      	B. defective                   	C. inadequate               D. thorough
Question 8: We spent the entire day looking for a new apartment.
	A. the long day 	B. all day long	C. all long day	D. day after day
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 9: Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.  
	A. large quantity     	B. excess    	C. small quantity     	D. sufficiency
Question 10: She decided to remain celibate and devote her life to helping the homeless and orphans.  
	A. married 	B. divorced 	C. separated	D. single
Identify the one underlined word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 
Question 11: Get in touch with me when you need my help. You’ve got my phone number and address, have you? 
A. and 	B. in touch 	C. when 	D. have you 
Question 12: Polio, one of a group of spinal inflammations, causes fever and paralysis often resulting in disabled and deformity. 
A. resulting 	B. disabled 	C. a group 	D. causes 
Question 13: May I ask who was that man who was leaving the office when we came in? 
A. when 	B. who	C. May 	D. who was that man 
Question 14: The Englishman was desperate to obtain another passport because he had lost one he had and he urgently needed to go back to England. 
A. desperate 	B. one 	C. another 	D. urgently 
Question 15: I managed to talk to Carol just while she was leaving. 
A. while 	B. managed C. leaving 	D. to 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 16: This clock_____________ on two small batteries 
A. works 	B. goes 	C. runs 	D. moves 
Question 17: When he retires at sixty, he’ll get a very good_____________.
A. pay 	B. salary 	C. wage 	D. pension 
Question 18: - Q: “I’m having some friends over for dinner this evening. Would you like to join us?” 
 - R: “______________________” 
A. Come on. It’s your turn. 	B. As a matter of fact, I do. 
C. Can I take a rain check? 	D. Thanks, but I mustn’t. 
Question 19: He never had much property, and when his house was broken into by thieves, he had _____________ still. 
A. little 	B. less 	C. few 	D. a little 
Question 20: - Tom: “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.” 
 - Laura: “_____________________” 
A. I completely agree with you. It was terrific. 	
B. No doubt! 
C. Don’t tell a lie. I thought it was terrible. 
D. You must be kidding. It was not as good as I had expected. 
Question 21: The exam was much easier than we expected, in fact, it was a piece of_____________.
A. pie 	B. candy 	C. cake 	D. bread 
Question 22: We all make mistake, no one is_____________.
A. unmistakable 	B. mistaken 	 	C. infalliable 	D. falliable 
Question 23: Well done!, Sarah! You are top_____________ the class. 
A. of 	B. on 	C. in 	D. at 
Question 24: Many educationalists feel that continue___________ is fairer than formal examinations. 
A. assessment 	B. cramming 	C. judgement 	D. assignment 
Question 25: Do very young children really_____________ Foreign travel? 
A. benefit 	B. delight 	C. evaluate 	D. appreciate 
Question 26: It has been conclusively_____________ that smoking causes many diseases. 
A. admitted 	B. established 	C. declared 	D. approved.
Question 27: Try something sharp-smelling under her nose, that might_____________ if she’s still unconscious. 
A. put her forward. 	B. get her over 	C. bring her about 	D. bring her to 
Question 28: I’m_____________ of her moaning about the job, if she doesn’t like it she should leave. 
A. clean and tidy 	B. high and dry 	C. sick and tired 	D. prim and proper 
Question 29: His doctor advised him to_____________ himself to three cigarettes a day. 
A. border 	B. cage 	C. limit 	D. keep 
Question 30: From the hotel there is a good_____________ of the mountain 
A. vision 	B. view 	C. picture 	D. sight 
Question 31: She worked really hard this year so she was given a 10% pay_____________.
A. inflation 	B. extra 	C. decrease 	D. increase 
Question 32: The new law will_____________ effect in six months. 
A. have 	B. bring 	C. take 	D. give 
Question 33: After six months of convalescence in a nursing home, Simon is finally on the _____________.
A. mend 	B. go 	C. run 	D. top 
Question 34: The_____________ told the candidates to turn over the question paper and begin. 
A. tester 	B. assessor 	C. inspector 	D. invigilator 
Question 35: - Jenny: “Thank you very much for your donation, Mr. Robinson.” 
 - Mr. Robinson: “______________________” 
A. Delighted I was able to help 	B. I see. 
C. You are right 	D. You can say that again. 
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.
	We believe the Earth is about 4.6 billion years old. At present we are forced to look to other bodies in the solar system for hints as to what the early history of the Earth was like. 
	Studies of our moon, Mercury, Mars, and the large satellites of Jupiter and Saturn have provided ample evidence that all these large celestial bodies were bombarded by smaller objects in a wide variety of sizes shortly after the larger bodies had formed. This same bombardment must have affected Earth as well. The lunar record indicates that the rate of impacts decreased to its present low level about 4 billion years ago. On Earth, subsequent erosion and crustal motions have obliterated the craters that must have formed during this epoch. 
	Scientists estimate the Earth's age by measuring the ratios of various radioactive elements in rocks. The oldest Earth rocks tested thus far are about 3 1/3 billion years old. But no one knows whether these are the oldest rocks on Earth. Tests on rocks from the moon and on meteorites show that these are about 4.6 billion years old. Scientists believe that this is the true age of the solar system and probably the true age of the Earth
Question 36: In paragraph 2, the word "obliterated" means____________.
	A. created	B. destroyed	C. changed	D. eroded
Question 37: According to this passage, how do scientists estimate the age of the Earth?
A. By measuring the ratios of radioactive elements in rocks.
B. By examining fossils.
C. By studying sunspots.
D. By examining volcanic activity.
Question 38: Scientists estimate the age of the Earth as____________.
	A. 3 1/3 billion years old	B. 4 billion years old	C. 4.6 billion years old	D. 6 billion years old
Question 39: Which of the following processes led to the obliteration of the craters formed by the bombardment of the Earth by celestial bodies?
	A. Volcanic activity.	B. Solar radiation.	C. Gravity.	D. Crustal motions.
Question 40: According to the passage, why are scientists forced to look at other bodies in the solar system to determine the early history of the Earth?
	A. Human alteration of the Earth.	B. Erosion and crustal motions.
	C. Solar flares.	D. Deforestation.	
Question 41: What is the BEST title for this passage?
	A. "Determining the Age of the Earth"	B. "Determining the Age of the Solar System"
C. "Erosion and Crustal Motion of Earth"	D. "Radioactive Elements in Rocks"
Question 36: Which of the following bodies was NOT studied to give evidence that the Earth was bombarded in its early history?
	A. Mars.	B. Mercury.	C. Jupiter	D. Earth's moon.
Question 42: Bombardment of the Earth at one time by various sized bodies is____________.
	A. inferred from what happened on other planetary bodies
	B. documented fact
	C. proven by the lunar record
	D. indicated by erosion
Question 43: The level of impacts of the bombardments of Earth has____________.
	A. decreased to below normal	B. increased to a current high
	C. increased after a periodic low	D. decreased to a current low
Question 44: In paragraph 2, the word "bombardment" means____________.
	A. an avoidance	B. an assault	C. an effect	D. a cause
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. 
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD
Much of pre-prepared food we eat today contains additives of one (45)__________ or another. (46)__________ of these additives are harmless, some are not so harmless and some are even dangerous. In Europe, permitted additives are given a number which is prefixed by an “E”. Additives are used by food processing manufactured to improve taste, thicken or preserve the food. (47)__________ are also used to make the food look more inviting. Even fresh food from the greengrocer may contain residues of pesticides and other chemicals. It is often argued that adding chemicals to food somehow makes our diet less wholesome than it was in the past, before the effect of such additives was discovered. Is this really (48)__________? In 1872 a pioneer in investigating adulterated food, Dr. Hassal, discovered that a variety of toxic chemicals and contaminates were to be found in (49)__________ foodstuffs. He found, among other things, alum and chalk added to bread, and copper and lead added to other foods, to give colour. Even poisons such as strychnine were used. Foods consumed by the well-off, such as ice cream, were (50)__________ as bad and were often contaminated with foreign material. E-numbered chemicals (51)__________ as food additives have to be listed on the labels of processed food, so at (52)__________ the consumer has a choice nowadays whether to have the product or not. The Victorians had no such choice and the poor, especially, suffered. Many of the poisons (53)__________ up in their bodies, causing chronic gastric irritation, food poisoning or death. In 1862, it was estimated that one fifth of all meat in England and Wales came from animals that had died of disease. E-numbered chemicals have received (54)__________ of publicity, most of it bad. The fact is, though, without them the freshness, colour and flavour of our 
food would suffer. 
Question 45: A. thing 	B. class 	C. sort 	D. division 
Question 46: A. some 	B. various 	C. little 	D. few 
Question 47: A. colourings 	B. paints 	C. shades 	D. tints 
Question 48: A. exact 	B. truthful 	C. true 	D. proper 
Question 49: A. frequent 	B. common 	C. general 	D. usual 
Question 50: A. quite. 	B. about 	C. only 	D. just 
Question 51: A. used 	B. put 	C. made 	D. applied 
Question 52: A. once 	B. most. 	C. least 	D. first 
Question 53: A. built 	B. set 	C. made 	D. put 
Question 54: A. a lot 	B. more 	C. much 	D. a few 
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.
The Creators of Grammar No student of a foreign language needs to be told that grammar is complex. By changing word sequences and by adding a range of auxiliary verbs and suffixes, we are able to communicate tiny variations in meaning. We can turn a statement into a question, state whether an action has taken place or is soon to take place, and perform many other word tricks to convey subtle differences in meaning. Nor is this complexity inherent to the English language. All languages, even those of so-called 'primitive' tribes have clever grammatical components. The Cherokee pronoun system, for example, can distinguish between 'you and I', 'several other people and I' and 'you, another person and I'. In English, all these meanings are summed up in the one, crude pronoun 'we'. Grammar is universal and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is. So the question which has baffled many linguists is - who created grammar? At first, it would appear that this question is impossible to answer. To find out how grammar is created, someone needs to be present at the time of a language's creation, documenting its emergence. Many historical linguists are able to trace modern complex languages back to earlier languages, but in order to answer the question of how complex languages are actually formed, the researcher needs to observe how languages are started from scratch. Amazingly, however, this is possible. Some of the most recent languages evolved due to the Atlantic slave trade. At that time, slaves from a number of different ethnicities were forced to work together under colonizer's rule. Since they had no opportunity to learn each other's languages, they developed a make-shift language called a pidgin. Pidgins are strings of words copied from the language of the landowner. They have little in the way of grammar, and in many cases it is difficult for a listener to deduce when an event happened, and who did what to whom. [1] Speakers need to use circumlocution in order to make their meaning understood. [2] Interestingly, however, all it takes for a pidgin to become a complex language is for a group of children to be exposed to it at the time when they learn their mother tongue. [3] Slave children did not simply copy the strings of words uttered by their elders, they adapted their words to create a new, expressive language. [4] Complex grammar systems which emerge from pidgins are termed creoles, and they are invented by children. Further evidence of this can be seen in studying sign languages for the deaf. Sign languages are not simply a series of gestures; they utilize the same grammatical machinery that is found in spoken languages. Moreover, there are many different languages used worldwide. The creation of one such language was documented quite recently in Nicaragua. Previously, all deaf people were isolated from each other, but in 1979 a new government introduced schools for the deaf. Although children were taught speech and lip reading in the classroom, in the playgrounds they began to invent their own sign system, using the gestures that they used at home. It was basically a pidgin. Each child used the signs differently, and there was no consistent grammar. However, children who joined the school later, when this inventive sign system was already around, developed a quite different sign language. Although it was based on the signs of the older children, the younger children's language was more fluid and compact, and it utilized a large range of grammatical devices to clarify meaning. What is more, all the children used the signs in the same way. A new creole was born. Some linguists believe that many of the world's most established languages were creoles at first. The English past tense - ed ending may have evolved from the verb 'do'. 'It ended' may once have been 'It end-did'. Therefore it would appear that even the most widespread languages were partly created by children. Children appear to have innate grammatical machinery in their brains, which springs to life when they are first trying to make sense of the world around them. Their minds can serve to create logical, complex structures, even when there is no grammar present for them to copy. 
Question 55: In paragraph 1, why does the writer include information about the Cherokee language? 
A. To show how English grammar differs from Cherokee grammar. 
B. To prove that complex grammar structures were invented by the Cherokees. 
C. To show how simple, traditional cultures can have complicated grammar structures. 
D. To demonstrate how difficult it is to learn the Cherokee language. 
Question 56: What can be inferred about the slaves' pidgin language? 
A. It was based on many different languages. 	B. It was created by the land-owners. 
C. It was difficult to understand, even among slaves. D. It contained complex grammar. 
Question 57: All the following sentences about Nicaraguan sign language are true EXCEPT _____________.
A. The language is based on speech and lip reading. 
B. The language was perfected by younger children. 
C. The language has been created since 1979. 
D. The language incorporates signs which children used at home. 
Question 58: In paragraph 3, where can the following sentence be placed ___________. It included standardized word orders and grammatical markers that existed in neither the pidgin language, nor the language of the colonizers. 
A. (3) 	B. (2) 	C. (1) 	D. (4) 
Question 59: 'From scratch' in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______________. 
A. in simple cultures 	B. by using written information 
C. from the very beginning 	D. by copying something else 
Question 60: 'Make-shift' in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_____________. 
A. complicated and expressive 	B. extensive and diverse 
C. simple and temporary 	D. private and personal 
Question 61: Which sentence is closest in meaning to the highlighted sentence? Grammar is universal and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is. 
A. Some languages include a lot of grammar, whereas other languages contain a little. 
B. Languages which contain a lot of grammar are more common that languages that contain a little. 
C. The grammar of all languages is the same, no matter where the languages evolved. 
D. All languages, whether they are spoken by a few people or a lot of people, contain grammar. 
Question 62: All of the following are features of the new Nicaraguan sign language EXCEPT_______. 
A. New gestures were created for everyday objects and activities. 
B. The meaning was clearer than the previous sign language. 
C. The hand movements were smoother and smaller 
D. All children used the same gestures to show meaning 
Question 63: Which idea is presented in the final paragraph? 
A. Children say English past tenses differently from adults. 
B. English was probably once a creole. 	
C. The English past tense system is inaccurate. 
D. Linguists have proven that English was created by children. 
Question 64: The word 'consistent' in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by____________. 
A. uniform 	B. predictable 	C. natural 	D. imaginable 
PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: (2 điểm)
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that the original meaning is exactly the same as the provided one.
Question 1. That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there.
 → It is such___________________________________________________________.
Question 2. I’ll pick the children up if you like.
 → Would you_________________________________________________________.
Question 3. He objected to the fact that his secretary came to work late
 → He was annoyed__________________________________________________.
Question 4. Tom is the most industrious pupil.
 → No other pupil____________________________________________________.
Question 5. She isn’t accustomed to life in London
 → She’s not used to_________________________________________________.
II. Topic: Which is more important, knowledge from books or experiences from life?
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