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TỔ: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THI THỬ THÁNG 1
(Đề thi có 06 trang)
KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2016
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên thí sinh: 
Số báo danh: 
SECTION A (8 points)
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. ozone
B. opposition
C. oppose
D. overdose
Question 2:
A. damaged
B. sacrificed
C. distinguished
D. developed
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 3:
A. tremendous
B. causality
C. fidelity
D. digital
Question 4:
A. contact
B. concert
C. constant
D. concern
Question 5:
A. geologically
B. obsolete
C. picturesque
D. refugee
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: Patience is a kind of quality – and that’s _______ it takes to do anything well. 
A. what
B. that
C. which
D. why
Question 7: When I got up this morning, the kitchen was spotless. Alex _______ it before she went to bed last night.
A. should have tidied
B. needn’t have tidied 
C. must have tidied
D. mustn’t have tidied
Question 8: I hesitate to recommend him for the job, because ________ he has a good education, he has very little work experience.
A. notwithstanding
B. although
C. nevertheless
D. however
Question 9: Sunny, ​warm ​weekends have been few and ​far ________ this ​summer.
A. between
B. away
C. from
D. off
Question 10: Mary went to meet him with an air of ________. 
A. expectancy
B. expectant
C. expectation
D. expect
Question 11: She wasn’t feeling very well; otherwise, she _________ the meeting so early.
A. wouldn’t leave
B. didn’t leave
C. wouldn’t have left
D. hadn’t left
Question 12: Why should she stick her _____ out for them? They never helped her with anything.
A. hand
B. finger
C. neck
D. eyes
Questions 13: Many old buildings in this city are _________ to make way for new ones.
A. cut down
B. tracked down
C. scaled down
D. pulled down
Question 14: The average wavelength of visible light is 2,000 times _____ the diameter of an atom. 
A. greater than
B. as great
C. much as
D. more than that
Question 15: We know people are generally more aware of the importance of ________ a healthy and active lifestyle than they were.
A. leading
B. taking
C. doing
D. making
Question 16: I couldn’t get a wink of sleep last night, so I’m not really on the _____ today.
A. mark
B. fringe
C. ball
D. weakness
Question 17: Gymnastics truly is a sport for everyone, _________ age or ability.
A. in place of
B. regardless of
C. not mention
D. in case of
Question 18: To prepare for the housewarming party, Joline’s family bought _________ last week.
A. round small wooden four tables
C. four small round wooden tables
B. four wooden small round tables
D. four round wooden small tables
Question 19: Avatar ________ the highest-grossing film of all time but, for someone viewers, it’s all proving to be a little bit too perfect.
A. may be
B. must be
C. can be
D. have to be
Question 20: Air pollution poses a _______ to both human health and our environment.
A. jeopardy
B. difficulty
C. problem
D. threat
Question 21: It’s _______ rare to see large sharks in the Mediterranean Sea.
A. credible
B. credibly
C. incredible
D. incredibly
Question 22: Almost all economists agree __________ by trading with one another.
A. nations that are gained
C. nations they gain
B. that nations gain
D. gaining nations
Question 23: Ken and Laura are saying goodbye to each other after going to LOTTE Center. And they are going to have a date with each other later. 
Laura: “Well, it’s getting late. Maybe we could get together sometime.” 
Ken: “_______”
A. Nice to see back you.
C. Sounds good. I’ll give you a call.
B. Take it easy.
D. Yes, I’ve enjoyed it.
Question 24: Today, Minh watches Mai playing badminton in Phu Dong Health Tournament. During the break, he meets her and encourages her to play with flying colors.
Minh: “How well you are playing!”
Mai: “_______”
A. Say it again. I like to hear your words.
C. Thank you too much.
B. I think so. I am proud of myself.
D. Many thanks. That is a nice compliment.
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 25 to 34.
Education is more important today than ever before. It helps people acquire the skills they need for such everyday (25) _______ as reading a newspaper or managing their money. It also gives them the specialized training they may need to (26) _______ for a job or career. For example, a person must meet certain educational requirements and obtain a (27) _______ or certificate before he can practice law or medicine. Many fields, like computer operation or police work, (28) _______ satisfactory completion of special training courses.
Education is also important (29) _______ it helps people get more out of life. It increases their knowledge and understanding of the world. It helps them acquire the skills that make life more interesting and enjoyable,(30) _______ the skills needed to participate in a sport, paint a picture, or play a musical (31) _______ . Such education becomes (32) _______ important as people gain more and more leisure time.
Education also helps people adjust to change. This habit has become necessary because social changes today take place with increasing speed and (33) _______ the lives of more and more people. Education can help a person understand these changes and provide him (34) _______ the skills for adjusting to them.
Question 25:
A. works
B. jobs 
C. actions
D. activities
Question 26:
A. do
B. prepare
C. make
D. work
Question 27:
A. license
B. card
C. diploma
D. paper
Question 28:
A. requires
B. requiring
C. require
D. to require
Question 29:
A. therefore
B. despite
C. although
D. because
Question 30:
A. such as
B. for instance
C. such that
D. for example
Question 31:
A. appliance
B. equipment
C. instrument
D. device
Question 32:
A. increased
B. increasing
C. increase
D. increasingly
Question 33:
A. effect
B. affect
C. affective
D. effective
Question 34:
A. with
B. for
C. in
D. to
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 35: Researchers discounted a problem they should have been considering more seriously.
A. rejected
C. disregarded
B. paid attention to
D. disconcerted
Question 36: Government support will be essential if the project is to succeed.
A. unavoidable
B. extreme
C. basic
D. unique
Question 37: The development team needs to pull out all the stops to finish by the deadline.
A. to come together in close array
C. to enhance or obstruct the success
B. to make every effort to achieve something
D. to give up making something more excellent
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 38: Raising living costs, together with escalating taxes, has proved to be a burden for 
 A B C
everyone.
 D
Question 39: Someone who use a personal computer to perform only such tasks as word 
 A B
processing and sending e-mail need not buy the most advanced model available on the market.
 C D
Question 40: The bridge-building ​project had ​problems with ​funding ​right from the word begins.
 A B C D
Question 41: If there’s a funnier person in the world than him, I don’t know who it will be.
 A B C D
Question 42: From the driver’s point of view, the new speed limits enacted by the state were more 
 A B C
stricter than the old laws.
 D
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 43 to 52.
Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.
There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.
When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in “rote rehearsal”. By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice “elaborate rehearsal”. This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.
Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting. The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.
Question 43: According to the passage, how do memories get transferred to the STM?
A. They revert from the long term memory.
B. They are filtered from the sensory storage area.
C. They get chunked when they enter the brain.
D. They enter via the nervous system.
Question 44: The word “elapses” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. passes
B. adds up
C. appears
D. continues
Question 45: All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT the _________.
A. STM
B. long term memory
C. sensory storage area
D. maintenance area
Question 46: Why does the author mention a dog’s bark?
A. To give an example of a type of memory
B. To provide a type of interruption
C. To prove that dogs have better memories than humans
D. To compare another sound that is loud like a doorbell
Question 47: How do theorists believe a person can remember more information in a short time?
A. By organizing it
B. By repeating it
C. By giving it a name
D. By drawing it
Question 48: The author believes that rote rotation is ________.
A. the best way to remember something
C. ineffective in the long run
B. more efficient than chunking
D. an unnecessary interruption
Question 49: The word “it” in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A. encoding
B. STM
C. semantics
D. information
Question 50: The word “elaborate” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. complex
B. efficient
C. pretty
D. regular
Question 51: Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?
A. The working memory is the same as the short term memory.
B. A memory is kept alive through constant repetition.
C. Cues help people to recognize information.
D. Multiple choice exams are the most difficult.
Question 52: The word “cues” in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.
A. questions
B. clues
C. images
D. tests
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: The nominating committee always meets behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely.
A. privately
B. safely
C. publicly
D. dangerously
Question 54: My only misgiving is that we might not have enough time to do the assigned job properly.
A. worry
B. doubt 
C. apprehension
D. assurance 
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 55 to 64.
Geographers say that what defines a place are four properties: soil, climate, altitude, and aspect, or attitude to the Sun. Florida’s ancient scrub demonstrates this principle. Its soil is pure silica, so barren it supports only lichens as ground cover. (It does, however, sustain a sand-swimming lizard that cannot live where there is moisture or plant matter the soil.) Its climate, despite more than 50 inches of annual rainfall, is blistering desert plant life it can sustain is only the xerophytic, the quintessentially dry. Its altitude is a mere couple of hundred feet, but it is high ground on a peninsula elsewhere close to sea level, and its drainage is so critical that a difference of inches in elevation can bring major changes in its plant communities. Its aspect is flat, direct, brutal – and subtropical. Florida’s surrounding lushness cannot impinge on its desert scrubbiness.
This does not sound like an attractive place. It does not look much like one either; Shrubby little oaks, clumps of scraggly bushes, prickly pear, thorns, and tangles. “It appear Said one early naturalist,” to desire to display the result of the misery through which it has Passed and is passing.” By our narrow standards, scrub is not beautiful; neither does it meet our selfish utilitarian needs. Even the name is an epithet, a synonym for the stunted, the scruffy, the insignificant, what is beautiful about such a place?
The most important remaining patches of scrub lie along the Lake Wales Ridge, a chain of paleoislands running for a hundred miles down the center of Florida, in most places less than ten miles wide. It is relict seashore, tossed up millions of years ago when ocean levels were higher and the rest of the peninsula was submerged. That ancient emergence is precisely what makes Lake Wales Ridge so precious: it has remained unsubmerged, its ecosystems essentially undisturbed, since the Miocene era. As a result, it has gathered to itself one of the largest collections of rare organisms in the world. Only about 75 plant species survive there, but at least 30 of these are found nowhere else on Earth.
Question 55: What does the passage mainly discuss? 
A. How geographers define a place
B. The characteristics of Florida’s ancient scrub
C. An early naturalist’s opinion of Florida
D. The history of the Lake Wales Ridge
Question 56: The author mentions all of the following as factors that define a place EXCEPT ___.
A. aspect
B. altitude
C. soil
D. life-forms
Question 57: It can be inferred from the passage that soil composed of silica _________. 
A. does not hold moisture
C. nourishes many kinds of ground cover	
B. is found only in Florida
D. provides food for many kinds of lizards
Question 58: The word “sustain” in line 5 is closets in meaning to _______.
A. select
B. strain
C. support
D. store
Question 59: The author mentions the prickly pear (line 11) as an example of ______. 
A. valuable fruit-bearing plants of the scrub area
B. unattractive plant life of the scrub area
C. a pant discovered by an early naturalist
D. plant life that is extremely are
Question 60: The author suggests that human standards of beauty are _______.
A. tolerant
B. idealistic
C. defensible
D. limited
Question 61: The word “insignificant” in line 14 is closest in meaning to A
A. unimportant
B. undisturbed
C. immature
D. inappropriate
Question 62: According to the passage, why is the Lake Wales Ridge valuable? 
A. It was originally submerged in the ocean.
B. It is less than ten miles wide.
C. It is located near the seashore.
D. It has ecosystems that have long remained unchanged.
Question 63: The word “it” in line 21 refer to ______. 
A. Florida
C. the Lake Wales Ridge	
B. the peninsula
D. the Miocene era
Question 64: The passage probably continues with a discussion of _______. 
A. ancient scrub found in other areas of the country
B. geographers who study Florida’s scrub
C. the climate of the Lake Wales Ridge
D. the unique plants found on the Lake Wales Ridge
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 on your answer sheet.
Question 1: We worked as hard as we could, but we didn’t manage to finish everything in time.
Much ________________________________________________________________________.
Question 2: Adults laugh less than children, probably because they play less. 
The reason ____________________________________________________________________.
Question 3: Buying a daily newspaper seems pointless to me.
I can’t see _____________________________________________________________________.
Question 4: I couldn’t reach the shelf. It was too high.
The shelf ______________________________________________________________________.
Question 5: “Is this pasta a new experience for you, Carol?” said Peter.
Peter asked Carol if it ____________________________________________________________. 
II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about the importance of environmental protection. Write your paragraph on your answer sheet. 
The following prompts might be helpful to you. 
- Benefits from the environment.
- If people didn’t protect the environment, what would happen to the human life?
- What should we do to protect the environment?
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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
TỔ: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THI THỬ THÁNG 1
KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2016
ĐÁP ÁN
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (8,0 điểm)
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. A
11. C
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. D
21. D
22. B
23. C
24. D
25. D
26. B
27. A
28. C
29. D
30. A
31. C
32. D
33. B
34. A
35. C
36. C
37. B
38. A
39. A
40. D
41. D
42. C
43. B
44. A
45. D
46. B
47. A
48. C
49. D
50. A
51. D
52. B
53. C
54. D
55. B
56. D
57. A
58. C
59. B
60. D
61. A
62. D
63. C
64. D
B. PHẦN VIẾT (2,0 điểm) 
I. Viết tiếp câu (0,1 điểm x 5 câu = 0,5 điểm)
Câu 1: Much as we worked, we didn’t manage to finish everything in time.
Câu 2: The reason why adults laugh less than children might/may be that they play less.
Câu 3: I can’t see the point in/of buying a daily newspaper.
Hoặc: I can’t see any point (in) buying a daily newspaper.
Câu 4: The shelf was too high for me to reach.
Hoặc: The shelf wasn’t low enough for me to reach.
Câu 5: Peter asked Carol if it was the first time she had tried that pasta.
II. Viết đoạn văn (1,5 điểm)
Mô tả tiêu chí đánh giá
Điểm tối đa
1
Bố cục:
0,40
o Câu đề dẫn chủ đề mạch lạc 
o Bố cục hợp lí rõ ràng phù hợp yêu cầu của đề bài 
o Bố cục uyển chuyển từ mở bài đến kết luận 
2
Phát triển ý:
0,25
o Phát triển ý có trình tự logic
o Có dẫn chứng, ví dụ,  đủ để bảo vệ ý kiến của mình
3
Sử dụng ngôn từ: 
0,30
o Sử dụng ngôn từ phù hợp nội dung
o Sử dụng ngôn từ đúng văn phong/ thể loại 
o Sử dụng từ nối các ý cho bài viết uyển chuyển 
4
Nội dung:
0,30
o Đủ thuyết phục người đọc
o Đủ dẫn chứng, ví dụ, lập luận 
o Độ dài: Số từ không nhiều hơn hoặc ít hơn so với quy định 5% 
5
Ngữ pháp, dấu câu, và chính tả: 
0,25
o Sử dụng đúng dấu câu
o Chính tả: Viết đúng chính tả 
+ Lỗi chính tả gây hiểu nhầm/ sai lệch ý sẽ bị tính một lỗi (trừ 1% điểm của bài viết).
+ Cùng một lỗi chính tả lặp lại chỉ tính là một lỗi. 
o Sử dụng đúng thời, thể, cấu trúc câu đúng ngữ pháp. (Lỗi ngữ pháp gây hiểu nhầm/ sai lệch ý sẽ bị trừ 1% điểm bài viết.) 
TỔNG:
1,50
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