Đề kiểm tra chất lượng ôn thi THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Năm học 2018-2019 - Đề số 008

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ĐỀ KTCL ÔN THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2018-2019
Môn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐỀ SỐ 008
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Họ và tên thí sinh:. SBD:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose bold and underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 01:
A. custom 
B. cushion 
C. mushroom 
D. culture 
Question 02:
A. presses 
B. precedes 
C. judges 
D. catches 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 03: I am sure your sister will lend you a sympathetic________ when you explain the situation to her. 
	A. eye	B. ear	C. arm	D. finger 
Question 04: Mr. Pike is certainly a________ writer; he has written quite a few books this year. 
	A. prolific	B. fruitful	C. fertile	D. successful 
Question 05: We were quite impressed by the________ students who came up with the answer to our question almost instantly. 
	A. absent-minded	B. big-headed	C. quick-witted	D. bad-tempered 
Question 06: My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but he________ to the occasion wonderfully. 
	A. raised	B. rose	C. fell	D. faced 
Question 07: Daisy has spent the last two weekends________ hundreds of photographs so that she can put them in separate albums. 
	A. playing at	B. sorting out	C. cutting off	D. filling up 
Question 08: I didn’t see the red light at the crossroads. Otherwise, I________ my car. 
	A. stopped	B. had stopped	C. would have stopped D. would stop 
Question 09: I much preferred it when we________ to Wales every summer on holiday. 
	A. used to go	B. were used to going	C. had gone	D. have been going 
Question 10: The incident happening last week left her________ confused and hurt.
	A. feel	B. felt	C. feeling	D. to feel 
Question 11: “We gave them the money yesterday, but we haven't received a receipt yet, ________?’’ she asked her husband. 
	A. didn't we	B. have we	C. did we	D. haven’t we 
Question 12: You and your big mouth! It was supposed to be a secret. You________ her! 
	A. shouldn't have told B. mightn’t have told 	C. mustn't have told	D. couldn't have told
Question 13: Despite their normal cylindrical form, some of the documents________ on silk that were found at Mawangdui, an archaeological site in southeastern China, were folded into rectangles. 
	A. wrote	B. written	C. were written	D. be written 
Question 14: John's________ and efficiency at the company led to his promotion to Sales Manager. 
	A. punctuality	B. punctual	C. punctuate	D. punctually 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 15: Many organizations have been involved in drawing up the report on environmental campaigns. 
	A. concerned about	B. confined in	C. enquired about	D. engaged in 
Question 16. His girlfriend’s behavior at the party was unacceptable, which made everyone there shocked. 
	A. out of practice	B. out of line	C. out of the habit	D. out of sight 
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 17:
A. notify 
B. advocate 
C. influence 
D. interfere 
Question 18:
A. royal 
B. unique 
C. remote 
D. extreme 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 19: If any employee knowingly breaks the terms of this contract, he will be dismissed immediately. 
	A. coincidentally	B. deliberately	C. instinctively	D. accidentally 
Question 20: Wendy is on the horns of a dilemma: she just wonders whether to go for a picnic with her friends or to stay at home with her family. 
	A. unwilling to make a decision	B. able to make a choice 
	C. eager to make a plan	D. unready to make up her mind 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
21st CENTURY TEACHERS: INEVITABLE CHANGES
21st century teachers need to serve as a guide or mentor for their students, not as the all- knowing sage providing them with everything they need. Nowadays, with so much access (21)________ resources of all kinds, children invariably know more than teachers on different topics, step ahead of the technology. Teachers need to be empowered as facilitators for learning, so that they can empower their students in (22)________. This shift is great news for teachers. Instead of struggling to give kids all the information in areas (23)________ they know little about, teachers can support students as they make their own steps into different fields. It’s about preparing them to go beyond their seniors, ensuring they have the skills to do it, and assisting them along the way. 
(24)________, teachers need to be forward-thinking, curious and flexible. They must be learners: learning new teaching methods, and learning alongside their students. Simply asking questions like “What will my students need dozens of years from now?” or “How can I help give them those skills?” can change teachers' (25)________, make them a leader, and bring about changes in the classroom, school and community.
Question 21:
A. to 
B. with 
C. for 
D. in 
Question 22:
A. sight 
B. use 
C. line 
D. turn 
Question 23:
A. what 
B. that 
C. where 
D. whom 
Question 24:
A. For instance 
B. Therefore
C. In practice 
D. Otherwise 
Question 25:
A. knowledge 
B. prejudice
C. mindset 
D. judgement 
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.
 	Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass then entire lives without a single drop.
 	 Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand its desiccating effects. No moist- skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated.
 	Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the word. The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 degrees.
Question 26: Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as _________. A. very few lager animals are found in the desert
B. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things
C. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert
D. water is an essential part of his existence 
Question 27: The word “tissues” in the passage mostly means_________.
A. “very small living things that cause infectious disease in people, animals and plants”
B. “the simplest forms of life that exist in air, water, living and dead creatures and plants”
C. “collections of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants” 
D. “the smallest units of living matter that can exist on their own”
Question 28: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behaviour of desert animals EXCEPT_______. A. they are noisy and aggressive 	B. they sleep during the day
C. they dig home underground	D. they are watchful and quiet
Question 29: According to the passage, creatures in the desert_________.
A. run and leap faster than those in the tangled forest 
B. run and leap more slowly than those in the tangled forest
C. are not as healthy as those anywhere else in the world
D. are more active during the day than those in the tangled forest
Question 30: We can infer from the passage that_________.
A. healthy animals live longer lives	B. desert life is colorful and diverse
C. water is the basis of desert life 	D. living things adjust to their environment 
Question 31: According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that _________.
 	A. they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
B. they are less healthy than animals living in other places
C. they live in an accommodating environment
D. they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals 
Question 32: The title for this passage could be_________.
A. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment” 	B. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment”
C. “Life Underground”	D. “Desert Plants”
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. 
Question 33: Harry is talking to Judy over the phone. 
Harry: “Thank you for helping me prepare for my birthday party, Judy.” Judy: “____________.” 
	A. It’s my pleasure	B. That’s out of this world 
	C. Never mention me	D. Of course not 
Question 34: Tom and Josh are discussing their summer vacation plan. 
Tom: “ _______.” Josh: “I don’t think that’s a good idea because it will be costly and strenuous.” 
	A. Is it wise to climb Mount Everest when we are in India this summer? 
	B. What if weclimb Mount Everest when we are in India this summer? 
	C. How come will we climb Mount Everest when we are in India this summer? 
	D. Why don’t we climb Mount Everest when we are in India this summer?
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 following questions.
SHAYNE’S DREAMS COME TRUE - BUT WILL THEY BE SHATTERED?
It is a week before The X Factor live tour when I meet the winner of the series, Shayne Ward. “It has been mental,” he says, referring to the past six months of his life. “I've just been talking to Louis Walsh on the phone. Louis Walsh!” Walsh, a top record producer and The X Factor judge, now manages Shayne’s career. “I was talking to Simon Cowell (a celebrity record producer) yesterday!” He shakes his head in amazement. And these people are telling me they're excited about working with me. “I can't get my head round it.”
Shayne is about as natural as any pop star arriving in the public arena can be. “I just can’t accept where I am now” he says sincerely. “It doesn't feel real. To me, this is just a job.” “What do you think being famous feels like?” I ask him. “I'm not sure, to be honest. Different from this?” he laughs, with only a hint of nerves. Since winning The X Factor, Shayne's success has been phenomenal. His debut single took just three days to reach the number one spot. On tour, he's going to play to audiences of 10,000 on average. He has already brought the house down at a gig in his home city. “I walked out after that performance and just thought, “I’m dreaming!”” Shayne is one of a family of seven children. Times were hard, but he has never wished or a different childhood. Although he thought about going to college, he ended up leaving school at sixteen, just to help his mother pay the rent. He set out on his reality show journey shortly afterwards. When he told he friends he had an audition for The X Factor, none of them really believed him. “I thought I’d go fot it because my family wanted me to, but I never really believed that I would win.”
Naturally, Ward is a fan of reality TV talent shows. “They're brilliant, because people who want recording contracts try for years and get nowhere. Then these competitions come along the people at home decide whether they like the singers or not. So its not just a few people at a record company deciding who gets a chance.” But the previous winner of The X Factor only had one hit. He hasn't been heard of since then. Is Shayne Ward going to be another talent show flop?
A lot of people feel cynical about reality TV show winners and their chances of continuing success. Audiences usually lose interest in them as soon as the show has finished. In fact, contestants on shows like Big Brother are given severe warnings from the show’s producers beforehand, basically telling them “you will not be liked”. Talent shows like The X Factor have to offer contestants a kind of stardom though, and something they can think of as a career, months afterwards at least.
Question 35: The word “flop” in the passage is closest in meaning to 
	A. someone who is unpopular	B. someone who is unsuccessful 
	C. someone who isn’t ambitious	D. someone who lacks character 
Question 36: According to the passage, who decide the winner of a reality TV talent show? 
	A. audiences	B. contestants	C. previous winners	D. record companies 
Question 37: What does the writer suggest about reality talent show winners? 
	A. They are treated badly by producers. 	B. Their fame is short-lived. 
	C. Audiences never really like them. 	D. They don’t expect to be popular. 
Question 38: The word “mental” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to 
	A. psychiatric	B. physical	C. crazy	D. mind-bending
Question 39: The word “it” in the first paragraph refers to 
	A. the tour	B. the experience	C. the phone call	D. the show 
Question 40: Which of the following statement is TRUE about Shayne Ward? 
	A. He is certain how well known he is. 	B. He finds his present situation unacceptable. 
	C. He is confused about the nature of fame. D. He thinks his job isn’t particularly glamorous. 
Question 41: After performing in his home city, Shayne felt 
	A. overwhelmed	B. embarrassed	C. disappointed	D. relieved 
Question 42: After leaving school at the age of sixteen, Shayne 
	A. set off on a trip	B. gave up performing 
	C. got himself a job	D. applied to a college 
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 43: Neither the Minister nor his colleagues has given an explanation for the chaos in the financial market last week.
	A. Neither	B. has given	C. for	D. the financial market
Question 44: To everyone's surprise, it wasn't in Bristol which he made his fortune, although that’s where he was born.
	A. To	B. surprise	C. which	D. made
Question 45: This might not matter with you, but some people are going to be negatively affected by this decision.
	A. might not	B. with	C. are	D. negatively
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 46: Steve said to Mike, “Don’t touch the electric wires. It might be deadly.” 
	A. Steve advised Mike not to touch the electric wires as it might be deadly. 
	B. Steve warned Mike not to touch the wires as it might be deadly. 
	C. Steve suggested that Mike not touch the electric wires as it might be deadly. 
	D. Steve did not allow Mike to touch the electric wires as it might be deadly. 
Question 47: I did not see Susan off at the airport. I feel bad about it now. 
	A. I could have seen Susan off at the airport. 
	B. If only I had seen Susan off at the airport. 
	C. That I did not see Susan off at the airport escapes me now.
	D. It suddenly dawns on me that I should have seen Susan off at the airport. 
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 48: Sam doesn’t find it difficult to get up early in the morning. 
	A. Sam is in two minds about getting up early in the morning. 
	B. Sam is not hesitant to get up early in the morning. 
	C. Sam is accustomed to getting up early in the morning. 
	D. Sam is pleased with getting up early in the morning. 
Question 49: People rumour that the Prince secretly got married to an ordinary girl. 
	A. The Prince is rumoured to have secretly got married to an ordinary girl. 
	B. It was rumoured that the Prince secretly got married to an ordinary girl. 
	C. The Prince was rumoured to secretly get married to an ordinary girl. 
	D. The Prince had secretly got married to an ordinary girl, as it was rumoured. 
Question 50: There is no doubt that Martin is the best candidate for the job. 
	A. Martin is by all means the best candidate for the job. 
	B. Without question, Martin is the best candidate for the job. 
	C. In all likelihood, Martin is the best candidate for the job. 
	D. Quite by chance, Martin is the best candidate for the job.
_________THE END_________