Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi THPT Quốc gia năm 2015-2016 - Mã đề 415

 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2016
 ~~~~~~~~~~ Môn TIẾNG ANH
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 (Đề này có 06 trang) Mã Đề 415
SECTION A. (8 points)
Mark the fetter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the follow ing Questions.
Question 1: A. culture 	B. justice	C. brush 	D. campus
Question 2: A. maintains	B. laughs	C. drops	D. imports
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 in each of the following Questions.
Question 3: A. curriculum	B. biography	C. admirable	D. compulsory
Question 4: A. struggle	B. comfort	C. anxious	D. confide
Question 5: A. applicant	B. character	C. inflation	D. maximum
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: In the wake of increasing food poisoning, many consumers have turned to vegetables..organically.
A. that grow	B. are grown	C. grown	D. which grows
Question 7: Most teenagers enjoy......the Internet for information and entertainment.
A. surfed	B. surf	C. to surf	D. surfing
Question 8: Without your help, I......the technical problem with my computer the other day.
A. wouldn’t solve	B. couldn’t have solved	
C. could solve	D. can’t solve
Question 9: This part of the country is famous..its beautiful landscapes and fine cuisine.
A. of	B. for	C. about	D. with
Question 10: In a modern family, the husband is expected to join hands with his wife to......the household chores.
A. do	B. make	C. take	D. run
Question 11: It is raining heavily with rolls of thunder. We......such a terrible thunderstorm.
A. would never see	B. had never seen	C. never	D. have never seen
Question 12: ......they are delicious, hamburgers and French fries are too high in fat.
A. However	B. Because	C. Despite	D. Although
Question 13: Canned food is not as healthy as fresh food,.........?
A. isn’t it	B. does it	C. doesn’t it	D. is it
Question 14: Two close friends tom and Kyle are talking about Kyle’s upcoming birthday. Select the most suitable response to complete the exchange.
 - Tom: “Can I bring a friend to your birthday party?” ~ Kyle: “..........”
A. The more the merrier.	B. Let’s do it then.
C. That’s right.	D. It’s my honour.
Question 15: Most psychologists agree that the basic structure of an individual’s personality is......
A. quite well established by the age of five	B. well established quite by the age of five
C. by the age of five it is quite well established	D. by the age of five and quite well established
Question 16: All the......in the stadium applauded the winner of the marathon when he crossed the finishing line.
A. watchers	B. audience	C. viewers	D. spectators
Question 17: The table in the living room should be moved to......the new TV set.
A. get rid of	B. make room for	C. pave the way for	D. take hold of
Question 18: The university administrations are introducing new measures to......that the enrolment process runs smoothly.
A. improve	B. maintain	 	C. ensure	D. facilitate
Question 19: The US president Barack Obama......an official visit to Vietnam in May 2016, which is of great significance to the comprehensive bilateral partnership.
A. delivered	B. gave	C. offered	D. paid
Question 20: She took a course in fine arts......starting her own business in interior design.
A. with a view to	B. in terms of	C. with reference to	D. in order to
Question 21: The government has brought......a new law in an effort to prevent further environmental deterioration.
A. about	B. up	C. in	D. on
Question 22: A waiter in a restaurant is talking to a customer who has just finished his meal there. Select the most suitable response to complete the exchange.
 - Waiter: “Here’s your bill, sir.” ~ Customer: “............”
A. What do you have?	B. Can I pay by credit card?
C. You’re welcome	D. Don’t mention it.
Question 23: Candidates are requested to......the form to the admission officer by July 25th.
A. pass over	B. fill out	C. show up	D. hand in
Question 24: The firefighters’ single-minded devotion to the rescue of the victims of the fire was...... .
A. respectful	B. respecting	C. respectable	D. respective
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 25: The longer the children waited in the long queue, the more impatiently they became.
 A B C D
Question 26: New sources of energy have been looking for as the number of fossil fuels continues to decrease.
 A B C D
Question 27: The science of medicine, which progress has been very rapid lately, is perhaps the most important of all sciences. A B C 
 D
Question 28: Because of bad weather conditions, it took the explorers three days reaching their destination.
 A B C D
Question 29: According to most doctors, massage relieves pain and anxiety, eases depression, and speeding up recovery from illnesses. A B C
 D
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.
Question 30: The overall aim of the book is to help bridge the gap between theory and practice, particularly in language teaching.
A. reduce the differences	B. minimise the limitations	
C. construct a bridge	D. increase the understanding
Question 31: Not until the demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on strike for more welfare.
A. rejected	B. sacked	C. reviewed	D. deleted
Question 32: Environmentalists appeal to the government to enact laws to stop factories from discharging toxic chemicals into the sea.
A. obtaining	B. releasing	C. dismissing	D. producing
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 from 32 to 42.
 Though called by sweet-sounding names like Firinga or Katrina, tropical cyclones are huge rotating storms 200 to 2,000 kilometres wide with winds that blow at speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour (kph). Weather professionals know them as tropical cyclones, but they are called hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea, typhoons in the Pacific Ocean, and cyclones in Indian Ocean. They occur in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Large ones have destroyed cities and killed hundreds of thousands of people.
 Tropical cyclones begin over water that is warmer than 27 degrees Celcius (80 degrees Fahrenheit) slightly north or south of the earth’s equator. Warm, humid air full of water vapour moves upward. The earth’s rotation causes the growing storm to start to rotate around its centre (called the eye). At a certain height, the water vapour condenses, changing to liquid and releasing heat. The heat draws more air and water vapour upward, creating a cycle as air and water vapour rise and liquid water falls. If the cycle speeds up until winds reach 118 kilometres per hour, the storm qualifies as a tropical cyclone.
 More deaths in tropical cyclones are caused by storm surge. This is a rise in sea level, sometime seven metres or more, caused by the storm pushing against the ocean’s surface. Storm surge was to blame for the flooding of New Orleans in 2005. The storm surge of Cyclone Nargis in 2008 in Myanmar pushed sea water nearly four metres deep some 40 kilometres inland, resulting in many deaths.
 It has never been easy to forecast a tropical cyclone accurately. The goal is to know when and where the next tropical cyclone will form. “And we can’t really do that yet,” says David Nolan, a weather researcher from the University of Miami. The direction and strength of tropical cyclones are also difficult to predict, even with computer assistance. In fact, long-term forecasts are poor, small differences in the combination of weather factors lead to very different storms. More accurate forecasting could help people decide to evacuate when a storm is on the way.
Question 33: As stated in paragraph 1, tropical cyclones are storms with winds blowing at speeds of...... .
A. more than 100 kph	B. less than 100 kph	C. at least 200 kph 	D. no less than 200 kph
Question 34: The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to...... 
A. sweet-sounding names	B. wind speeds	C. tropical cyclones	D. weather professionals
Question 35: According to the passage, tropical cyclones are called typhoons in......
A. the Arctic Ocean	B. the Atlantic Ocean	C. the Pacific Ocean	D. the Indian Ocean
Question 36: The word “humid” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to......
A. moist	B. thick	C. dry	D. thin
Question 37: Which of the following comes first in the process of storm formation?
A. Wind speed reaches 118 kph.	B. Warm, humid air moves upward.
C. Water vapour condenses	D. Liquid water falls.
Question 38: According to the passage, a storm surge is
A. inland flooding	B. a tropical cyclone	C. a rise in sea level	D. pushing sea water
Question 39: What is true about the storm surge of Cyclone Nargis?
A. It pushed seawater 4 kilometres inland.	B. It took a very high death toll.
C. It caused flooding in New Orleans in 2005.	D. It occurred in Myanmar in 2005.
Question 40: The word “evacuate” in paragraph 4 mostly means......
A. take preventive measures	B. call for relief supplies
C. make accurate predictions	D. move to safer places
Question 41: Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Tropical cyclone predictions depend entirely on computer assistance.
B. Tropical cyclones are often given beautiful names.
C. The direction and strength of tropical cyclones are difficult to forecast.
D. The centre of a growing storm is known as its eye.
Question 42: Which of the following would serve as the best title for the passage?
A. Tropical Cyclones	B. Storm Surges	C. Cyclone formation	D. Cyclone Forecasting
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 43 to 52.
THE DANGERS OF DIETING
 Thanks to our modern lifestyle, with more and more time spent sitting down in front of computers than ever before, the (43)......overweight people is at a new high. As people frantically search for a solution (44)......this problem, they often try some of popular fad diet being offered. Many people see fad diet (45)...... harmless ways of losing weight, and they are grateful to have them. Unfortunately, not only don’t fad diet usually (46)......the trick, they can actually be dangerous for your health.
 Although permanent weight loss is the (47)......, few are able to achieve it. Experts estimate that 95 percent of dieters return to starting weight, or even (48)......weight. While reckless use of fad diets can bring some (42)...... results, long-term results are very rare.
 (50)......, people who are fed up with the difficulties of changing their eating habits often turn to fad diets. (51)......being moderate, fad diets involve extreme dietary changes. They advise eating only one type of food, or they prohibit other types of foods entirely. This results in a situation (52)......a person’s body doesn’t get all the vitamins and other things that it needs to stay healthy.
 Adapted from “Active Skills For Reading: Book 3” by Neil J. Anderson
Question 43: A. number	B. range	C. amount	D. sum
Question 44: A. with	B. of	C. on	D. to
Question 45: A. through	B. by	C. as	D. like
Question 46: A. take	B. bring	C. play	D. do
Question 47: A. goal	B. profit	C. benefit	D. case
Question 48: A. put	B. lose	C. reduce	D. gain
Question 49: A. initial	B. initiating	C. initiative	D. initiate
Question 50: A. Nonetheless	B. Additionally	C. Consequently	D. Furthermore
Question 51: A. In spite of	B. In addition to	C. Rather than	D. More than
Question 52: A. which	B. where	C. what	D. why
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 53: His dreamlike villa in the new residential quarter is the envy of his friends.
A. something that everybody dreams of 	B. something that everybody looks for	
C. something that nobody can afford	D. something that nobody wants
Question 54: It is widely known that the excessive use of pesticides is producing a detrimental effect on the local groundwater.
A. useless 	B. fundamental	C. harmless	D. damaging
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 from 55 to 64.
 The concept of urban agriculture may conjure up images of rooftop, backyard or community gardens scattered among downtown city streets and surrounding neighborhoods. But in the Seattle area, and within and beyond the Puget Sound region, it means a great deal more. “Urban agriculture doesn’t necessarily equate to production that occurs only in a metropolitan urban area,’’ says Jason Niebler, who directs the Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAgE) Initiative at Seattle Central Community College. “It means we are providing for growing population food needs from surrounding rural landscapes, as well as from the core urban landscape.’’
 Picture a series of concentric circles, with an urban core that produces some food at varying capacities, surrounded by a series of outlying rings of small farms that become increasingly more rural with distance. The hope is that such land use planning, from the inner core to the outer rings, will encourage local ecologically sound sustainable food production. This, in turn, will create local jobs and decrease reliance on distant food products that originate from petroleum intensive large scale farms.
 That’s the idea behind SAgE, believed to be the nation’s first metropolitan-based community college sustainable agriculture program that emphasizes farming practices across diverse landscape types from urban centers to surrounding rural environs. “It’s small scale agriculture with an urban focus,’’ Niebler says. “Any urban population, large or small, can practice sustainable agriculture, improve food security and protect the environment, which ultimately results in resilient food systems and communities.”
 SAgE is a part of the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program, which is providing the project with $157,375 over two years. ATE’s goal is to support projects that strengthen the skills of technicians who work in industries regarded as vital to the nation’s prosperity and security. The support largely goes to community colleges that work in partnership with universities, secondary school, business and industry, as well as government agencies, which design and implement model workforce initiatives.
 The SAgE project focuses on the environmental, socioeconomic, political and cultural issues related to sustainable food systems within Puget Sound watersheds through student and community education and research, and technological innovation. The curriculum offers courses that cover such issues as agricultural ecology, urban food systems, food politics and ethics, soil science, sustainable food production and technology, the integration of food and forests, and career opportunities.
 “We’ve created a curriculum that is fundamental in nature, addressing the principles of sustainable agriculture and what a food system is - how it functions both locally and globally,” Niebler says. “These courses are challenging, robust and inspirational. One of the really wonderful things about them is that we offer service learning opportunities, where students volunteer a portion of their time to working with local partner organizations. They can do a research project, or a service learning option. The ideal would be to prompt students into careers that involve sustainable practices in an urban agriculture setting.”
Question 55: It is stated in the passage that Jason Niebler.....
A. provides food for Seattle’s population	B. studies at Seattle Community College	
C. directs the SAgE Initiative	D. preserves the core urban landscape
Question 56: It can be inferred from the passage that the conventional idea of urban agriculture.....
A. aims at food production and consumption in both rural and urban regions
B. is associated with production only in metropolitan urban areas	
C. concerns with food production in any city’s surrounding areas	
D. focuses mainly on agriculture within and beyond the Puget Sound region
Question 57: The word “concentric” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to.....
A. going in different directions	B. having the same centre	
C. coming from different places	D. having the same size
Question 58: Which of the following is supposed to be an outcome of the SAgE’s new land planning?
A. Dependence on distance food products	B. Increased food production in large scale farms	
C. Employment opportunities for local residents	D. Modernised farming practices in rural environs
Question 59: The phrase “in partnership with” in paragraph 4 probably means........
A. together with	B. instead of	C. in place of	D. in addition to
Question 60: The curriculum of SAgE at Seattle Central Community College offers courses covering the following EXCEPT.....
A. agricultural ecology	B. urban system development	
C. integration of food and forests	D. career opportunities
Question 61: In Niebler’s opinion, the courses offered by the SAgE project are.?
A. robust but unpromising 	B. challenging and costly	
C. hard but encouraging	D. functional but impractical
Question 62: The word “them” in paragraph 6 refers to........ 
A. principles	B. courses	C. students	D. opportunities
Question 63: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. ATE helps to improve the skills of technicians in the nation’s major industries.	
B. The SAgE project alone will offer students sufficient jobs in urban agriculture.	
C. Resilient food systems can be attributed to sustainable agricultural practices.	
D. The curriculum that the SAgE project designs is fundamental in nature.
Question 64: Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in the passage?
A. Provocative	B. Supportive	C. Satirical	D. Skeptical
SECTION B. (2 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answers in complete sentences on your answer sheet.
Question 1: He now regrets that he didn’t take the doctor’s advice.
 He now wishes..........................................................................................................................
Question 2: “I’m sorry. I didn’t do the homework,” Peter said to the teacher.
 Peter apologised........................................................................................................................
Question 3: I’m sure that he didn’t attend the Conference on Wildlife Protection yesterday.
 He can’t ...................................................................................................................................
Question 4: She didn’t pass the exam because of her serious illness.
 Had she not.............................................................................................................................
Question 5: Ms Betty is proud of her singing.
 Ms Betty prides.........................................................................................................................
II. In 140 words, write a paragraph about the benefits of knowing how to swim. Write the paragraph on your answer sheet. 
 The following prompts might be helpful to you:
 - Keeping fit
 - Relaxing
 - Surviving / Saving people’s lives
 The End