Đề thi khảo sát kiến thức THPT lần 2 môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2017-2018 - Mã đề thi: 111

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KỲ KHẢO SÁT KIẾN THỨC THPT LẦN 2 NĂM HỌC 2017-2018 
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 
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Mã đề thi: 111
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.
What geologists call the Basin and Range Province in the United States roughly coincides in its northern portions with the geographic province known as the Great Basin. The Great Basin is surrounded on the west by the Sierra Nevada and on the east by the Rocky Mountains; it has no outlet to the sea. The prevailing winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada. At the higher altitudes it cools and the moisture it carries is precipitated as rain or snow on the western slopes of the mountains. That which reaches the Basin is air wrung dry of moisture. What little water falls there as rain or snow, mostly in the winter months, evaporates on the broad, flat desert floors. It is, therefore, an environment in which organism battle for survival. Along the rare watercourses, cottonwoods and willows eke out a sparse existence. In the upland ranges, pinion pines and junipers struggle to hold their own. 
	But the Great Basin has not always been so arid. Many of its dry, closed depressions were once filled with water. Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley were once a string of interconnected lakes. The two largest of the ancient lakes of the Great Britain were Lake Lahontan and Lake Bonneville. The Great Salt Lake is all that remains of the latter, and Pyramid Lake is one of the last briny remnants of the former. 
	There seem to have been several periods within the last tens of thousands of years when water accumulated in these basins. The rise and fall of the lakes were undoubtedly linked to the advances and retreats of the great ice sheets that covered much of the northern part of the North American continent during those times. Climatic changes during the Ice Ages sometimes brought cooler, wetter weather to mid-latitude deserts worldwide, including those of the Great Basin. The broken valleys of the Great Basin provided ready receptacles for this moisture.
Câu 1: What is the geographical relationship between the Basin and Range Province and the Great Basin?
A. The Great Basin is larger than the Basin and Range Province.
B. The Great Basin is mountainous; the Basin and Range Province is flat desert.
C. The Great Basin is in the northern part of the Basin and Range Province.
D. The Great Basin is west of the Basin and Range Province.
Câu 2: According to the passage, what does the Great Basin lack?
A. Snow	B. Dry air	C. Winds from the west	D. Access to the ocean
Câu 3: The word “prevailing” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. most dangerous	B. gentle	C. most frequent	D. occasional
Câu 4: It can be inferred that the climate in the Great Basin is dry because ______.
A. the altitude prevents precipitation
B. the winds are not strong enough to carry moisture
C. the weather patterns are so turbulent
D. precipitation falls in the nearby mountains
Câu 5: Why does the author mention Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley in the second paragraph?
A. To explain what the Great Britain is like today.
B. To explain their geographical formation.
C. To give examples of depressions that once contained water.
D. To compare the characteristics of the valleys with the characteristics of the lakes.
Câu 6: The word “the former” in paragraph 2 refer to______.
A. Lake Bonneville	B. Pyramid Lake	C. The Great Salt Lake	D. Lake Lahontan
Câu 7: The word “accumulated” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. evaporated	B. flooded	C. collected	D. dried
Câu 8: According to the passage, the Ice Ages often brought about ______.
A. broken valley	B. warmer climates	C. wetter weather	D. desert formation
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.
Câu 9: The buses began to pull out. Most of them were full of passengers.
A. The buses, most of which were full of passengers, began to pull out.
B. The passengers, most of whom were full of the buses, began to pull out.
C. The buses, most of them were full of passengers, began to pull out.
D. The passengers, most of them were full of, began to pull out the buses.
Câu 10: He was very powerful. Nevertheless, he failed to do anything to save his son’s life.
A. The failure in saving his son’s life was due to his being very powerful.
B. Powerful as he might be, he could do nothing to save his son’s life.
C. In order to save his son’s life, he had great power to do anything he could.
D. He failed to do anything to save his son’s life in spite of the fact that he had no power.
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.
Câu 11: 	A. gained	B. seemed	C. waived	D. crashed
Câu 12: 	A. keep	B. knife	C. know	D. knee
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.
Câu 13: 	A. challenging	B. preparing	C. arrangement	D. relation
Câu 14: 	A. purpose	B. escape	C. improve	D. propose
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.
Câu 15: – Mike: “Good morning. Could I speak to Mr. Brown, please?”	– Carter: “_______”
A. I’ll have to ask the person you want to ring first.
B. Certainly. Would two o’clock be OK?
C. Probably by Monday next week.
D. He’s in a meeting. Can I take a message?
Câu 16: – Customer: “Can I have a look at that pullover, please?	”	– Salesgirl: “______”
A. Can I help you?	B. Sorry, it’s out of stock.
C. Which one? This one?	D. It’s much cheaper.
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.
Câu 17: After the social science lecture, all students were invited to take part in a discussion on the issues which raised in the talk.
A. to take part	B. social science lecture	C. raised	D. on the issues
Câu 18: Overpopulation is a short way to lead to poor, illiteracy, and social evils.
A. a short way	B. poor	C. illiteracy	D. Overpopulation
Câu 19: In its early days, films were just a little more than moving photographs.
A. more than	B. moving	C. its	D. just a little
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 20: The authorities recommend that the meeting ______ next Wednesday.
A. held	B. be held	C. is held	D. will be held
Câu 21: An eccentric is by definition someone whose behavior is ______, someone who refuses to conform to the accepted norms of his society.
A. abnormality	B. abnormally	C. abnormalities	D. abnormal
Câu 22: Each of the four types of human teeth ______ suited for a specific purpose.
A. have been	B. is	C. are	D. was
Câu 23: Life is a diary ______ each line contains a story of experience.
A. that	B. in which	C. who	D. which
Câu 24: Although ______ solar energy is cheaper than ______ oil, both of them have advantages as well as disadvantages.
A. a/ Ø	B. Ø/ an	C. the/ an	D. Ø/ Ø
Câu 25: By the end of next month we _______ this assignment.
A. will have finished	B. will finish	C. will be finishing	D. have finished
Câu 26: Jane is very modest, always ______ her success.
A. playing down	B. keeping down	C. pushing back	D. turning around
Câu 27: My music teacher suggested ______ for an hour before breakfast.
A. practising	B. practise	C. to practise	D. to practising
Câu 28: Nobody says a word about the incident, ______?
A. do they	B. does he	C. doesn’t he	D. don’t they
Câu 29: Out _______ for a walk after she finished doing her homework.
A. Mary went	B. did Mary go	C. went Mary	D. Mary did go
Câu 30: Can I ______ your brain for a moment? I can’t do this crossword by myself.
A. pick	B. use	C. have	D. mind
Câu 31: Tom: “Have you decided when you’ll leave?”	
	John: “Not exactly, but I think the sooner, ______”.
A. the better	B. is better	C. is the better	D. the best
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Câu 32: In order to enjoy fine wine, one should drink it slowly, a little at a time.
A. smell it	B. sip it	C. spill it	D. stir it
Câu 33: I see John boasting again. I’ve heard him telling everyone he’s the best tennis player in the County.
A. blowing his own trumpet	B. holding his tongue
C. speaking too much	D. pulling my leg
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.
Câu 34: He usually stays in peace in stressful situations but this time he really lost his head.
A. excited	B. took leave of his sense
C. lost touch	D. kept calm
Câu 35: Perhaps the customer has overlooked his monthly statement and not paid the bill.
A. confused	B. neglected	C. perused	D. received
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 36 to 40.
It is one of the oldest complaints that the young, at least the male, are (36) ______ to crime, disorder and every kind of delinquency, and whereas some argue that criminality is attributable to childish impulsiveness, others claim that it has come because of the role adopted (37) ______ the young in society. This role has changed from (38) ______ it was in the past, since the young now tend to form a group apart from the rest of society, with spending power far beyond what was available to earlier generations of youth. On the other hand, and this is particularly the case in the United States, their prospects of employment are much lower than those of adults (39) ______ numerous government training schemes, these prospects have been getting worse, and the trend is towards greater youth unemployment. This, combined with the fact that parents are more uncertain and less (40) ______ to exercise authority, has resulted in more crimes than ever being committed by young people.
Câu 36: 	A. due	B. relate	C. prone	D. linked
Câu 37: 	A. of	B. by	C. in	D. off
Câu 38: 	A. all	B. what	C. that	D. which
Câu 39: 	A. however	B. yet	C. despite	D. whereas
Câu 40: 	A. used	B. honored	C. pleased	D. prepared
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.
Câu 41: Jack bought that second-hand car and he then recognized that he shouldn’t have done that.
A. Jack wished he did not buy that second-hand car.
B. Jack wished he had not bought that second-hand car.
C. Jack regretted to buy that second-hand car.
D. Jack regretted not buying that second-hand car.
Câu 42: “John shouldn’t have behaved so badly, ” said Janet.
A. Janet dislikes John.	B. Janet objected to John’s bad behavior.
C. Janet doesn’t like John’s behavior.	D. Janet was angry with John.
Câu 43: My goal was to train myself to learn as much as possible to prepare for the future.
A. Self-training to learn as much as possible to prepare for the future is my desire.
B. I try to attain the goal of learning as much as possible to prepare for the future.
C. I train myself as much as possible with the aim of preparing for the future.
D. I aimed at training myself to learn as much as possible to prepare for the future.
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.
There are more than two hundred varieties of sausage that differ according to the meat, the fineness of the chopping or grinding, the seasonings used, and the processing method (smoking, cooking, drying) employed. Per capita sausage consumption in the United States is now an astounding eleven kilograms a year, with the ubiquitous frankfurter, or wiener, accounting for about thirty percent of the total. 
	The frankfurter (after the German city) is better known in the United States as the “hot dog, ” especially when in its traditional presentation in a long bread bun, and so popular is it that fourteen billion are eaten every year in the United States, equivalent to sixty for every man, woman, and child in the country – including vegetarians. The contents are strictly governed by law, with the USDA requiring manufacturers to use muscle meat. In fact, heart, liver, and kidney may also be used but only if this is openly stated. Contents must be eighty-five percent meat, ten percent water, and 2. 5 percent salt, with the remainder comprising spices and preservatives. Casings were traditionally made from animal intestines, but now ninety percent of the hot dogs consumed are skinless. 
	And how did the American culinary delight originate? As with so many brilliant inventions, the answer is “almost by accident”. At the St. Loius Exposition of 1904 customers wanted to be able to eat while walking about, and vendors provided them with white cotton gloves to eat with. After the sausages had been eaten, they expected the gloves to be returned, but the customers did not oblige. So the vendors began serving the frankfurters in special bread buns. 
	The idea caught on, and, ever since, the hot dog, served with all kinds of extras (mustard, ketchup, relish, onions, cheese, chili con carne, sauerkraut, ), has remained particularly welcome at ourdoor events such as picnics, barbecues, and, above all, baseball games.
Câu 44: According to the passage, ______.
A. there are over two hundred kinds of meat in sausages
B. not all types of sausage are cooked
C. “wiener” is the content of a frankfurter
D. the average American consumes eleven kilograms of frankfurters annually
Câu 45: The word “seasonings” in line 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. condiments	B. colors	C. procedures	D. ingredients
Câu 46: The main theme of the second paragraph is ______.
A. laws governing the sale and contents of frankfurters
B. frankfurter traditions
C. the popularity of frankfurters
D. United States frankfurter facts
Câu 47: Why does the author add the phrase “including vegetarians” in paragraph 2?
A. To suggest that the average for others is even higher.
B. To show that some men, women, and children in the USA are vegetarians.
C. To indicate that frankfurters are eaten by vegetarians.
D. To warn vegetarians against the dangers of frankfurters.
Câu 48: It may be inferred that the proportion of spices and preservatives is ______.
A. 97. 5%	B. 2. 5%	C. 12. 5%	D. 25%
Câu 49: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. cotton gloves	B. sausages	C. customers	D. vendors
Câu 50: Why did vendors introduce frankfurters in bread buns in 1904?
A. The buns could hold all of the extras plus the hot dog.
B. The customers did not return the vendors’ white gloves.
C. The buns were traditional at outdoor events.
D. The customers asked for them in bread buns.
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