Đề thi thử môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi THPT Quốc gia năm học 2015-2016 - Đề số 01 - Trường THPT Tân Lược

Tan Luoc High School ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2016-số 01
Môn : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Họ và Tên Thí Sinh : ..
Số báo danh : 
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 of the following questions.
Question 1 A. social B.secure	 C.conical	D.sector
Question 2 A.chemical	 B.stretch	 C.charge	D.achieve
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. automatic	 B. emotional C. appreciate	D. insensible
Question 4/ A. poisonous B. directly C. suddenly	D. manual
Question 5/ A. reduce	 B. minor	 C. faithful	D. household
Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks. 
 Animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the difference between a number of objects and a smaller number. In his book “ The Natural History of Selboure ” (1786), the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover’s nest , and how the mother laid another egg each day to make up for the missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five – never four, never six - caterpillars for each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces. 
 These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their hooves the proper number of times.
 Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survival as a species – as in the case of the eggs – or survival as individuals - as in the case of food. There is no transfer to other situations or from concrete reality to the abstract notion of numbers. Animals can “count” only when the objects are present and only when the numbers involved are small – not more than seven or eight. In lab experiments, animals trained to “count” one kind of object were unable to count any other type. The objects, not the numbers, are what interest them. Animals admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of counting, nor do they reveal more than innate instincts, refined by the genes of successive generations, or the results of clever, careful conditioning by trainers.
Question 6/ What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Of all animals, dogs and horses can count best.
B. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers
C. Although animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count.
D. Animals cannot “count” more than one kind of object.
Question 7/ Why does the author refer to Gilbert White’s book in the passage ?
A. To contradict the idea that animals can count.
B. To provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.
C. To show how attitudes have changed since1786.
D. To indicate that more research is needed in this field.
Question 8/ The word “surreptitiously” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. stubbornly	 B. secretly	 C. quickly	D. occasionally
Question 9/ The word “odd” refers to which of the following?
A. numbers such as 1, 3, 5 and so on	B. unusual numbers
C. lucky numbers	D. numbers such as 2, 4, 6 and so on
Question 10/ The word “they” refer to______.
A. numbers	B. animals	C. achievements	 D. genes
Question 11/ The word “accounts” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. reasons	B. deceptions	C. invoices	D. reports
Question 12/ According to information in the passage, which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result of animals’ intuitive awareness of quantities?
A. When asked by its trainer how old it is, a monkey holds up five fingers.
B. A lion follows one antelope instead of the herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey.
C. When one of its four kittens crawls away, a mother cat misses it and searches for the kitten.
D. A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece.
Question 13/ Where in the passage does the author mention research that supports his own view of animals’ inability to count?
A. “In his book  the missing one.” B. “In lab experiments.other type”
C. “Research has shown that  food pieces.” D. “These and similar accounts ..count.”
Question 14/ The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some ways EXCEPT _____.
A. caterpillars	B. mice	C. plovers	D. wasps
Question 15/ The word “ abandon” in the passage is closest in meaning to 
A.vacate B. rebuild C. move D. guard
Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks. 
The shark is a meat-eating fish and one of the most feared animals of the sea.Scientists(16) about 250 species of fish as sharks. These fish live in oceans.(17) the world, but they are most common in warm seas. Sharks..(18) greatly in size and habits. Whale sharks, the largest kind of shark, may grow 60 feet long.A whale shark weighs up to 15 short tons, more thantwice (19) much as an African elephant. The smallest sharks may .(20) only 4 inches long and weigh less than 1 ounce. Some kinds of sharks live in the depths of the ocean, but .(21) are found near the surface.Some species live in coastal waters, but others.(22) far out at sea.A few species can even live in ..(23) water.
 All sharks are carnivores (meat-eaters).Most of them eat..(24) fish, including other sharks. A shark’s only natural enemy is a larger shark. Sharks eat their prey whole, or they tear off large chunks of flesh. They also (25) on dead or dying animals.
Question 16/ A.classify	B.study	C.research	D.search
Question 17/ A.on	B.through	C.throughout	D.in
Question 18/ A.stand	B.grow	C.differ	D.vare
Question 19/ A.so	B.as	C.more	D.much
Question 20/ A.report	B.measure	C.notice	D.see
Question 21/ A.others	B.the other	C.another	D.other
Question 22/ A.will dwall	B.swim	C.go	D.dwell
Question 23/ A.warm	B.fresh	C.hot	D.salt
Question 24/ A.deadly	B.swimming	C.live	D.life
Question 25 /A.live	B.drink	C.feed	D.depend
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 
 Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them.Within the first month of their lives, babies’responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli.
 They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle.At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of utterances.By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections.Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies’ emotional states and behavior.Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is playful or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech.
 Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues.One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax , short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk.Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they exaggerate the pitch , loudness, and intensity of their words.They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold vowels longer, and emphasize certain words.
 More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language.
 Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding.For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often is for adults.
Question 26/ What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds
B.The differences between a baby’s and an adult’s ability to comprehend language
C.How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language development
D. The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice
Question 27/ why does the author mention a bell and a rattle in lines 4-5?
A.To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds
B.To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry
C.To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds
D.To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like.
Question 28/ Why does the author mention syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections ?
A.To demonstrate how difficult it is for babies to interpret emotions
B.To illustrate that a six-week-old baby can already distinguish some language differences
C.To provide an example of ways adults speak to babies
D. To give a reason for babies’difficulty in distinguishing one adult from another
Question 29/ The word “ diverse” in bold is closest in meaning to
A. surrounding B. divided C. different D. stimulating
Question 30/ The word “noted” in bold is closest in meaning to
A.theorized B.requested C.disagreed D.observed
Question 31/ The passage mentions all of the following as ways adults modify their speech when talking to babies EXCEPT
A. giving all words equal emphasis B.speaking with shorter sentences
C.speaking more loudly than normal D.using meaningless sounds
Question 32/ The word” emphasize” in bold is closest in meaning to 
A. stress B. repeat C.explain D.leave out
Question 33/ Which of the following can be inferred about the findings described in paragraphs 2 
A.Babies who are exposed to more than one language can speak earlier than babies exposed to a single language.
B.Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways.
C.Babies ignore facial expressions in comprehending aural language.
D.The mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak.
Question 34/ What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with the ability to acquire language?
A.Babies begin to understand words in songs.
B. Babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions.
C. Babies are more sensitive to sounds than are adults.
D. Babies notice even minor differences between speech sounds.
Question 35/ According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they cannot understand them?
They understand the rhythm. 
They enjoy the sound.
They can remember them easily.
They focus on the meanings of their parents’ words
Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 36/. Little house on the Prairie, a successful television program, was adapted from a 
series of books by a young pioneer woman whose life was similar to that of the character 
 A B C
called by name Laura 
 D
Question 37/ My daughter started to wash and dress her when she was only three years old.
 A B C D
Question 38/ Computers are often used to control, adjustment, and correct complex 
 A B C
industrial operations.
 D
Question 39/ In early days , hydrochloric acid was done by heating a mixture of sodium 
 A B C
chloride with iron sulfate. 
 D
Question 40/ Alike most frogs, the clawed frog catches its prey with its hands
 A B C D
Mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 41/ Nancy concurred with her boss about the new direction the company was taking
A. disagree B. agree C. surrender D. confess
Question 42/ No one understood why Kevin decided to revoke the agreement, but they went along with him anyway
A. cancel B. withdraw C. keep D. revolt
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSET in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 43/ A wedding is a meaningful event.
A.important	B.unimportant	C.sad	D.sorrowful
Question 44/ He devised a computer game and sold it.
A.played	B.bought	C.invented	D.divided
Question 45/ The Rev.Dr.Martin Luther King fought to put an end to racial segregation in the United States
A.integration	B.education	C.torture	D.separation
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Question 46/ According to Ms Thanh, the essential feature of their success in their business is the relationship with the other firms.
A.built-in	B.built-up	C.close-run	D.close-knit
Question 47/ Many American men agree that wives and husbands should.in each other and share all thoughts.
A.share	B.confide	C.rely	D.discuss
Question 48/ In English school education system, schooling is .for all English children from the age of 5 to 16.
A.optional B.temporary C.reinforced	 D.compulsory
Question 49/ In England , English, Math and Science are .subjects at school.
A.more	B.store	C.score	D.core
Question 50/ I can’t walk in these high-heeled boots. I keep
A.falling off	B.falling back	C.falling over	D.falling out
Question 51/ Old people are often looked by their children when they get older.
A.for	B.up	C.after	D.into
Question 52/ It was not until 1915 ..the cinema became an industry.
A.what	B.that	C.when	D.how
Question 53/ Yuri Gagarin was the first person into space.
A.travelling	B.has travelled	C.to travel	D.travelled
Question 54/ Like everyone else, Sue has her .of Course but on the whole , she ‘s quite satisfied with life.
A.ups and downs	B.ins and outs	C.safe and sound D.odds and ends
Question 55/” Got a match ? “ “” 
A. Shut up B. That’s O.K C. Yes, Here it is D. No, I can’t 
Question 56/ A: “Let’s go out and have a drink, shall we?” B: “Yes. _____”
 A. Go first, please    B. I’ll follow you     C. After you, Sir    D. We shall
Question 57/ .pollution control measures are expensive , many industries hesitate to adopt them.
A. Although	B. However	C. Because D. On account of 
Question 58/. On the way to Boston, we passed through a small village with an old church. We stopped to visit .It was a beautiful building.
 A. a church B. church C. the church D. churches
Question 59/ The Statue of Liberty is probably sight in New York City.
A. most famous	B. the most famous	C. a more famous D. the more famous
Question 60/ I ‘d rather you .too much time surfing the Internet.
A. not spend	B. not to spend	C. didn’t spend	D. don’t spend
Question 61/ .., it would be in hospital because of all the damaging effects of environmental pollution.
A. If the earth is a human B. If the earth were a human being
C. Should the earth were a human being D. If the earth had been a human being
Question 62/ Not only much bigger than any other planets , but unlike the planets, it consists completely of gaseous material.
A. Sun is B. the Sun, which is C. is the Sun D. that the Sun 
Question 63/ Did you visit the temple ? –No, we ......it, but we spent too much time shopping
A. might visit B. could have visited C. can’t have visited D. needn’t visit
Question 64/ are carcinogens now appears to be beyond dispute.
A. If asbestos fibers	B. Asbestos fibers
C. While asbestos fibers	D. That asbestos fibers
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/ “ Who has taken my umbrella?” asked Lucy.
Lucy wanted ...............................................
(to know who had taken her umbrella.)
Question 66/ “ You are wearing a beautiful dress today!” Susan said to Mary
Susan paid ...............................................................................
(Mary a compliment on her ( beautiful) dress (that) day)
Question 67/ What the politician was saying fell on deaf ears last night.
No one .......................................................................
(listened to what the politician was saying last night
Or No one paid attention to / took notice of what the politicians wa saying last night)
Question 68/ It won’t be possible for me to come back home this week because I’m too busy.
I am afraid (that)....................................................................................................
( I won’t be able to come back home this week because I’m too busy)
Question 69/ Peter is my close friend. His father is a policeman.
Peter, whose..........................................................................................................
( father is a policeman, is my close friend.)
Part II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about the free time activity you like best.
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