Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Thi thử Tốt nghiệp THPT - Năm học 2015-2016 - Sở GD & ĐT Long An

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO LONG AN ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT 2015
TRƯỜNG THPT 	 Môn: Tiếng Anh
 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút. 
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. adventure	B. nature	C. mature	D. future
Question 2: A. drinks	B. drives	C. travels	D. leaves
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions. 
Question 3: A. respect	B. argue 	C. invest 	D. promote
Question 4: A. politics 	B. enterprise 	C. poverty 	D. tsunami 
Question 5: A. philosopher 	B. intimacy 	C. relationship	D. participant 
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: He's always trying___________ me. 
	A. to avoid to meet 	B. avoiding meeting 	 C. to avoid meeting D. avoiding to meet 
Question 7: Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by ______ rocking chair.
	A. a wooden old beautiful European.	B. a beautiful old European wooden.
	C. an old beautiful wooden European.	D. an old wooden European beautiful.
Question 8: The crash resulted _________ the deaths of 10 passengers. 
	A. to	B. from	C. into	D. in
Question 9: Peter has been working for 10 hours. He _______ be very tired now.
	A. needn't 	B. must 	C. has to 	D. should
Question 10: I'm sorry! I didn't break that vase on___________
	A. my mind 	 B. time 	C. purpose 	 D. intention 
Question 11: This is the factory _______ my father used to work
A. where	B. what	C. when	D. which
Question 12: ___________ the weather forecast it will rain heavily later this morning.
	A. On account of 	 B. Due to 	C. According to 	D. Because of
Question 13: In no circumstances ________ on campus.
	A. smoking should be allowed	B. should allow smoking
	C. we should allow smoking	D. should smoking be allowed.
Question 14: _______, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Despite the homework was difficult	B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. As though the homework was difficult	D. Difficult as the homework was
Question 15: Linh informs her aunt about her high school graduation exam results. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank.
Linh: “Aunt , I’ve passed the exam with flying colours.”
Aunt: “_____”
	A. Sorry to hear that.	B. That’s right. C. Congratulations!	D. How many colours?
Question 16: Emily is motivated to study _________ she knows that a good education can improve her life.
	A. therefore	B. although	C. because	D. however
Question 17: Jane had difficulty carrying her suitcase upstairs, and Mike, her friend, offered to help. Select the most suitable response to fill in the blank. 
	Mike: “Need a hand with your suitcase, Jane?”
	Jane: “______”
	A. That’s very kind of you.	B. I don’t believe it.
	C. Not a chance.	D. Well done!
Question 18: Flight MH 370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it _________ from radar on March 8th, 2014.
	A. was disappeared	B. disappeared	C. was disappearing	D. had disappeared
Question 19: The nurse has to _________ the patients at the midnight.
	A. look after 	B. look up	C. look at	C. look for
Question 20: The shop opposite my house sells a variety of _____ .
	A. objects 	B. purchases 	C. goods 	D. productions
Question 21: You should __________great effort to complete the task.
take 	B. do	C. make 	D. get
Question 22: If you require any more ______________about the holiday, please telephone us.
 	A. description 	B. information	C. news	D. fact
Question 23: People have used coal and oil to ________ electricity for a long time.
A. cultivate	B. breed	C. raise	D. generate
Question 24: When being interviewed, you should ___________ what the interviewer is saying or asking you.
 A. lose touch with	 B. be responsible for C. concentrate on	 D. look down on
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t o indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 25: Telecommunication has a huge influence on various aspects of our lives.
	A. expect	B. establish C. impact D. strengthen
Question 26: In the economic depression in the 1930s, many corporations were wiped out and millions of jobs were lost.
	A. eradicated	B. run on	C. set up	D. contribute
Question 27: Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate.
A. taking off B. setting up C. growing well	D. closing down
Question 28: Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex.
A. openly criticized	B. rightly claimed	C. publicly said	D. publicly supported
Question 29: Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness.
A. shine	B. record	C. categorize	D. diversify
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 30: If you didn’t wake up late this morning, you would have caught the first train.
 A B C D
Question 31: One of the primary cause of road accidents is driving after drinking. 
 A	 B	 C	 D
Question 32: I found my new contact lenses strangely at first, but I got used to them in the end.
 	 A B C D
Question 33: Seldom did her classmates and she go on a picnic with together.
 A B C D
Question 34: It is difficult knowing how many elephants once lived in the continent.
 A B C D
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. 
When I finished school in Germany last year I did not know (35) ______ .to do next. I wanted to travel, but for that you need money. That means having a job, and (36)______ a university degree it is difficult to get a good one of those. My parents agreed I could put off (37)______ a decision about a university course for a year. Then a family in London invited me to live with them, help look (38)______ the children and do a little housework in return for some pocket money. I (39)______ with this family for five months now. My main job is to meet the three children from school, give them their supper and help them with their homework (40)______ their parents come home at about six. Sometimes I must stay in with the children in the evening. I go to English classes three times a week, and at weekends I (41)______ different parts of Britain. Although my parents are happy that I am studying a foreign language (42)______ I enjoy this chance to see more of the world, they keep (43)______ me what I want to study at university. I still cannot make up my (44) ______ . ! 
Question 35 A. how 	B. what 	C. when 	D. that
Question 36 A. having no 	B. having not 	C. without 	D. not have
Question 37 A. doing 	B. making 	C. creating 	D. getting
Question 38 A. for 	B. at 	C. of 	D. after
Question 39 A. lived 	B. was living 	C. have lived 	D. had lived
Question 40 A. until 	B. to when 	C. whenever 	D. when
Question 41 A. am visiting B. visit 	C. visited 	D. have visited
Question 42 A. when 	B. during 	C. while 	D. whereas
Question 43 A. asking 	B. to ask 	C. ask 	D. to asking
Question 44 A. decision 	B. head 	C. thought 	D. mind
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 question s from 45 to 54. 
Smallpox was the first widespread disease to be eliminated by human intervention. In May, 1966, the World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations was authorized to initiate a global campaign to eradicate smallpox. The goal was to eliminate the disease in one decade. At the time, the disease posed a serious threat to people in more than thirty nations. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox could actually be eradicated but eleven years after the initial organization of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field. 
	The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations but also to isolate patients with active smallpox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting smallpox assisted in motivating so that patients are removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire village where the victim had lived was vaccinated. 
	By April of 1978 WHO officials announced that they had isolated the last known case of the disease but health workers continued to search for new cases for additional years to be completely sure. In May, 1980, a formal statement was made to the global community. Today smallpox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide. 
Question 45: Which of the following is the best title for the passage? 
	A. The World Health Organization 	
	B. Smallpox Vaccinations 
	C. The Eradication of Smallpox 	
	D. Infectious Disease 
Question 46: The word “threat” in line 4 could best be replaced by
	A. debate 	B. humiliation 	C. bother 	D. risk 
Question 47: What was the goal of the campaign against smallpox? 
	A. to eliminate smallpox worldwide in ten years 
	B. to decrease the spread of smallpox worldwide 
	C. to provide mass vaccinations against smallpox worldwide 
	D. to initiate worldwide projects for smallpox, malaria and yellow fever at the same time 
Question 48: According to the passage, what was the strategy used to eliminate the spread of smallpox? 
	A. Vaccinations of entire villages 	
	B. Treatments of individual victims 
	C. Isolation of victims and mass vaccinations 
	D. Extensive reporting of outbreak 
Question 49: The word “isolated” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to 
	A. separated 	B. restored 	C. attended 	D. located 
Question 50: How was the public motivated to help health workers? 
 	A. By educating them 	B. By rewarding them for reporting cases 
	C. By isolating them from others 	D. By giving them vaccination 
Question 51: The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to 
	A. officials 	B. health workers 	C. victims 	D. cases 
Question 52: Which statement does not refer to smallpox? 
	A. People are no longer vaccinated for it 	
	B. It was a serious threat 
	C. Previous projects had failed 	
	D. WHO mounted a worldwide campaign to eradicate the disease 
Question 53: It can be inferred that 
	A. no new cases of smallpox have been reported this year. 	
	B. malaria and yellow fever have been eliminated. 
	C. smallpox victims no longer die when they contact the disease. 
	D. smallpox is not transmitted from one person to another. 
Question 54: When was the formal announcement made that smallpox had been eradicated? 
	A. 1980 	B. 1966 	C. 1978 	D. 1976
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 question s from 55 to 64 . 
Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun’s rays. Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would evolve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperature to rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant’s gazelles. The overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is an advantage sine the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and excessive buildup of heat doesn’t begin until well into the day.
	Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be fatal for non-adapted animals. The animals can loose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after loosing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink prodigious volume in a short time, and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other hand, can’t drink enough water to dehydrate at one session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated; it is the common experience in people that appetite is lost even under condition of moderate thirst.
Question 55. What is the main topic of the passage?
Weather variations in the desert.
Adaptations of desert animals.
Diseases of desert animals.
Human use of desert animals.
Question 56. According to the passage, light coloring is an advantage to large desert animals because 
It helps them hide from predators.
It doesn’t absorb sunlight as much as dark colors.
It helps them see their young at night.
It keeps them cool at nigh
Question 57. The word “maintaining” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to __________.
A. measuring	B. inheriting	C. preserving	D. delaying
Question 58. The author uses Grant’s gazelles as an example of ________.
an animal with a low average temperature.
an animal that is not as well adapted as the camel.
a desert animal that can withstand high body temperature.
a desert animal with a constant body temperature.
Question 59. The internal temperature of a large desert mammal lower_________.
A. just before sunrise	C. in the middle of the day
B. just after sunset	D. just after drinking
Question 60. The word tolerate in the 2nd paragraph is closest in meaning to __________.
A. endure	B. replace	C. compensate	D. reduce
Question 61. The cause of water intoxication is __________.
drinking too much water very quickly.
bacteria in water.
Drinking polluted water.
Lack of water.
Question 62. What does the author imply about desert-adapted mammals?
They do not need to eat too much food.
They can eat large quantities quickly.
They easily loose their appetites.
They can travel long distances looking for food.
Question 63. Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
To show how they use camels.
To contrast them to desert mammals.
To give instructions about desert survival.
To show how they have adapted to desert life.
Question 64. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an adaptation of large desert animals?
A. Variation in body temperatures.	B. Drinking water quickly.
C. Eating while dehydrated.	D. Being active at night.
WRITING 
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 
Question 65: They spent more money, they had to work harder. 
The more ..
Question 66: I have never read such a wonderful story like this before.
This is the most .
Question 67: The package was too heavy for Peter to carry
The package was so ..
Question 68: People reported that the murder had escaped by climbing up a tree nearby. 
The murder ..
Question 69: “You damaged my bicycle, Tom!” said Mary 
Mary accused .
Part II. In about 140 words, write about job you’d like to do after graduation
You should include the following ideas:
name of job
why do you like that job
what to do to achieve the goal
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