Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia lần 2 năm 2018 môn Tiếng Anh - Mã đề thi 845 (Có đáp án)

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 KỲ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 2 NĂM 2018 
Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian phát đề 
Mã đề thi: 845
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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 7.
Humans are consuming hundreds of wild animals “to extinction” for meat, ornaments, medicines and pets, according to scientists. A global crisis sparked by unregulated or illegal hunting and trapping means 301 different species – from monkeys to bats – are now in danger, a new study claims. Experts at Oregon State University in the US, who conducted the research, have warned the decline is having a significant environmental impact and undermining the food security of millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America. “Our goal is to raise awareness of this global crisis. Many of these animals are at the brink of extinction. The illegal smuggling in wildlife and wildlife products is run by dangerous international networks and ranks among trafficking in arms, human beings and drugs in terms of profits,” said study leader Professor William Ripple. 
 Researchers concluded that bold changes and political will were needed to diminish the possibility of humans consuming many of the world’s wild mammals to the point of extinction. Of the species affected, 126 were primates, more than any other group, according to a team of researchers writing in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Animal rights activists said the study should serve as a wake-up call to protect endangered species from extinction. “This research should be heart-stopping news for anyone who cares about wild animal welfare and the health of our planet. Urgent action needs to be taken by governments across the globe to protect these hundreds of threatened species from extinction,” Dr Neil D’Cruze, Head of Wildlife Research and Policy at World Animal Protection told The Independent.  
The authors found that wild meat made up a crucial part of global diets, with an estimated 89,000 tonnes harvested annually in the Brazilian Amazon alone.  They also found overhunting to be mainly associated with poorer countries, where hunters might find it harder to feed their families. The research also showed much of the wild animal meat was sold in street markets and destined to become urban restaurant delicacies.
 	In 2010, another study found that about five tonnes of bushmeat was smuggled weekly in tourist luggage through Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France. Dr D’Cruze said: “There are also the too often forgotten welfare impacts and high levels of suffering that animals, like primates, endure when captured and slaughtered for bush meat or the illegal wildlife trade. We must prevent the extinction of these incredible species, but we must also eradicate the pain and suffering being inflicted on millions of animals as we speak.” Large carnivores and herbivores over 10 kg comprised a small percentage of the animals listed but were hit more severely by overhunting, it was claimed. Scientists also warned the loss of large mammals could result in population explosions of prey animals, greater risk of disease and economic impact on humans. The study found that 57 large species of even-toed ungulates, including hippopotamus, wild yak, camel and marsh deer, were threatened by hunting. Smaller mammals were said to play crucial roles in dispersing seeds, pollinating plants and controlling insects. Wild ox, camels, pigs, fruit bats, rhinoceroses, tapirs, deer, tree kangaroos, armadillos, pangolins, rodents and big cats, were all said to be affected. 
(Source: https://www.independent.co.uk)
Question 1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
 A. Wild meat – a crucial part of global diets.
 B. The illegal smuggling in wildlife and wildlife products.
 C. Hundreds of animal species “being consumed to extinction”.
 D. Raising people’s awareness of the worldwide crisis.
Question 2. According to paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The decline in the number of species has an impact on people all over the world.
 B. People are consuming a large number of wild animals for food, drugs and ornaments.
 C. Unregulated or illegal hunting leads to global crisis.
 D. Illegal smuggling in wildlife and wildlife products is managed on global networks.
Question 3. The word “diminish” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.
 A. raise 	B. decline	C. fluctuate	D. remain
Question 4. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.
 A. global diets	B. hunters	C. tonnes	D. authors 
Question 5. According to paragraph 4, all of the following are the essential roles that small animals play EXCEPT?
 A. improving soil 	B. scattering seeds	C. pollinating plants	D. limiting insects	
Question 6. The word “carnivores” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ________.
 A. animals eating plants	B. animals eating meats	 
 C. animals living in water	D. animals living on land.
Question 7. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
 A. The illegal smuggling in wildlife is considered to be more profitable than drug trafficking.
 B. The loss of large mammals could indirectly affect the health of human.
C. Much of the wildlife meat can be available to normal people.
D. Overhunting is partly linked to the poor nations which lack food supply.
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 8. It is generally believed that Thomas Jefferson was the one who had researched and wrote the 
 A B C
Declaration of Independence during the months prior to its signing in July 1776.
 D
Question 9. Starfishes and sea urchins, members of the echinoderms or spiny skinned animals, are particularly 
 A B
interested because of their unusual structures.
 C D
Question 10. Pointing in someone is usually considered impolite but it is acceptable when a teacher wants to 
 A	 B C
get someone’s attention in  class.
 D
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.
Question 11. People rumor that the leader has been suffering from a rare disease.
 A. The leader is rumored to have been suffering from a rare disease.
 B. It was rumored that the leader has been suffering from a rare disease.
 C. A rare disease is rumored to be causing sufferings to the leader.
D. The leader has been rumored to suffer from a rare disease.
Question 12. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
A. He had tested his eyes ten months before.	 
B. He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months.
C. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
D. He didn't have any test on his eyes in ten months.
Question 13. “Why don’t you have your room repainted?” said Robert to Elly.
A. Robert suggested having Elly’s room repainted. 
B. Robert asked Elly why she didn’t repaint her room.	
C. Robert suggested that Elly should repaint her room. 
D. Robert suggested that Elly should have her room repainted. 
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 14 to 18.
JARGON-THE UPSIDE
The reality is that everyone uses jargon. It is an essential part of the network of occupations and pursuits which make up society. All jobs have an element of jargon, which workers learn as they (14) ______ their expertise. All hobbies require mastery of a jargon. Each society grouping has its jargon. The phenomenon turns (15) ______ to be universal and valuable. It is the jargon element, which, in a job, can promote economy and precision and thus help make life easier for the workers.
When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take (16) ______ in whether the subject is motorcycling, baseball or computers. It can add pace, variety and humor to speech – as when, with an important event approaching, we might slip into the related jargon. We enjoy the mutual showing off which stems from a fluent use of terminology, we enjoy the in-jokes (17) ______ shared linguistic experience permits. (18) ______, we are jealous of this knowledge. We are quick to demean anyone who tries to be part of our group without being prepared to take on its jargon. And we resent it when some other group, sensing our lack of linguistic awareness, refuses to let us in.
(Source: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal)
Question 14. A. expand	B. raise 	C. extend 	D. develop 
Question 15. A. in 	B. out 	C. on	D. up
Question 16. A. pleasure	B. control 	C. grant	D. notice	
Question 17. A. who 	B. what	C. which 	D. when
Question 18. A. Otherwise 	B. Therefore 	C. However	D. Moreover 	
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.
Question 19.   John and Tim are talking about future job.
- John:   “What kind of job would you like?”	- Tim:   “__________ “
  A. All of them are                                              B.  I heard it was very good
 C. Anytime after next week 	 D.  Anything to do with computers                    
Question 20. John is talking to his wife - Mary.
- John: “Put the kettle on, will you?”	- Mary: “__________”
 A. Yes, but I am busy.	B. I'll have a go.
 C. Your wish is my command.	D. Not at all. Go ahead.
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 21. A. reveal 	B. police  	C. legend  	D. confuse
Question 22. A. competent 	B. implicate 	C. advertise 	D. reconstruct
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 23. A solution needs to be found as soon as possible, because the epidemic has become more rampant.
 A. flagrant 	B. violent	C. gentle	D. uncontrollable
Question 24. She was too wet behind the ears to be in charge of such demanding tasks.
A. full of experience	B. lack of responsibility	 C. without money	D. full of sincerity
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 25. A. foot 	B. smooth  	C. loop  	D. booth 	
Question 26. A. travelled  	B. listened 	C. reviewed 	D. disliked
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 27. I would like to _________your attention to paragraph 3.2 of the chairman’s report.
 A. attract B. call C. drag 	 D. pull
Question 28. It was a good idea but I'm afraid it didn't quite______.
 A. come off B. come up C. rise up D. rise off
Question 29. In 1973, when the tigers appeared to be facing _______, the World Wide Fund for _______ and the Indian Government agreed to set up “Operation Tiger”.
 A. extinct/ Nature	 B. extinction/ Nature 	 C. extinction/ Natural	 D. extinct/ Naturalists
Question 30. People enjoy Ben's company because he's very ________.
 A. likable	 B. adorable	 	C. sympathetic	D. enchanting
Question 31. The Foreign Ministries of Vietnam and Mexico agreed _______ measures to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations.
 A. to take	 B. taking 	C. to be taken	D. being taken
Question 32. There are no easy ways to learn a foreign language, _______?
 A. are they	 B. are there 	C. aren’t they	D. aren’t there
Question 33.You look exhausted. You _______ in the garden all day.
 A. must have worked 	 B. must be working	C. can’t have worked	D. must have been working
Question 34. The size and shape of a nail depends primarily on the function _______ intended.
 A. which it is	 B. which it is for C. for which it is D. for which is
Question 35. If we had finished it before we went on the tour, I think it______  a much better record. 
 A. would have been  	 B. would be 	C. will have been  	D. will be
Question 36. We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We________ for more than 24 hours.
 A. have travelled B. have been travelling 	C. had travelled D. had been travelling
Question 37. She fell in love with a _______ boy and ran away from home to marry him.
 A. young silly French B. silly young French C. French young silly D. silly French young
Question 38. Police have not revealed the _______details of the case.
 A. total B. whole C. overall D. full
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 39. I think Mick hit the nail on the head when he said that what is lacking in this company is the feeling of confidence. 
 A. interpreted something indirectly 	 B. described something unconsciously 
 C. guessed something correctly	 	 D. misunderstood something seriously
Question 40. Traditional retailing is in danger of being rendered obsolete by the Internet in the future.
 A. out of practice	 B. out of date 	 C. out of order 	D. out of work
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.
Question 41. He applied for the job abroad. He wanted to develop himself and earn more money.
 A. He applied for the job abroad in order to develop himself and earn more money.
 B. So as to earn more money for development, he applied for the job abroad.
 C. He applied for the job abroad, so he developed himself and earn more money.
D. To earn more money was the reason why he applied for the job abroad.
Question 42. Mary was really thrilled with the recent decrease in the cost of electronic items. She bought a new CD player.
 A. Mary was so interested in the recent cost of electronic items that she decided to buy herself a new CD player immediately.
 B. It was really thrilling for Mary to be able to buy her first CD player after so many years of high prices for electronic items.
 C. Mary, who had just purchased a new CD player at a low price, was so thrilled that she got a few other electronic items as well.
 D. Mary purchased a new CD player due to the fact that the drop in electronic goods’ price really excited her.
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 50.
It seems as if every time you turn on the television news, you hear one or the other of the following catchphrases of the 1990s: global warming, greenhouse effect, climate change. As it often is with catchphrases, hardly anyone knows what these phrases really mean or how they relate to each other.
In the past 100 years, in our effort to make the Earth a more civilized place, industrial production has increased by fifty times. Four fifths of that growth has come since 1950. This production - most of it based on the burning of wood, and of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas - has greatly increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. When fossil fuels are burned, they release carbon into the air in the form of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide allows heat that would normally escape from the Earth's atmosphere to remain trapped, as it would in a greenhouse - thus the greenhouse effect.
When do you burn fossil fuels? When you turn on a light, or run an air conditioner, or take a hot shower, or make toast, you contribute to the greenhouse effect. It is a by-product of the use of energy- electricity, gasoline, or oil.
But how can carbon dioxide be bad when human beings exhale it every time they breathe? Plants need carbon dioxide; they use it to grow. Oceans absorb it. And forests drink it in. Without carbon dioxide, the average surface temperature on Earth would be 0 degrees Fahrenheit, instead of 59 degrees Fahrenheit. In nature, carbon dioxide is necessary and harmless. Here is the problem: in our effort to make the world a more comfortable place, people have produced far too much of it.
Scientists have calculated that the atmosphere before the Industrial Revolution contained about 280 parts per million of carbon dioxide - the highest level recorded in the past 160,000 years. The current reading is near 360 parts per million. In the next 140 years, the carbon dioxide level should reach at least 560 parts per million.
We have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the air by 25 percent in the past century. Carbon dioxide is not exclusively responsible for the greenhouse problem, however. Other greenhouse gases include chlorofluorocarbons, nitrogen oxides and methane.
 (Source: IELTS_ Reading)
Question 43. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
 A. Global warming and its effects.
 B. The relationship between greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change.
 C. The burning of fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide.
 D. Carbon dioxide influences the surface temperature on earth.
Question 44. The word “trapped” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________.
 A. escaped	B. heated	C. caught	D. released
Question 45. According to the passage, which of the following statement is TRUE?
 A. People burn more fossil fuels when they take a hot shower than when they make toast.
 B. Carbon dioxide causes more problems than the other greenhouse gases do.
 C. For more than half a century, industrial production has increased by forty times.
 D. According to the scientists, the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has been gradually increasing.
Question 46. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
 A. We shouldn’t turn on a light, or run an air conditioner, or take a hot shower, or make toast to stop the green house effect.
 B. We all know clearly about the relationship between global warming, greenhouse effect, and climate change
 C. The carbon dioxide level in the next 140 years will increase at least by two times what it was before the Industrial Revolution.
 D. Carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrogen oxides and methane are equally responsible for the greenhouse problem. 
Question 47. The word “exclusively” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to __________.
 A. greatly	 B. only	C. usually 	D. almost
Question 48. According to the passage, what does the author imply about the nature of carbon dioxide?
 A. Carbon dioxide trapped in the Earth's atmosphere does not cause the greenhouse effect.
 B. Carbon dioxide is necessary because it normally helps heat easily escape from the Earth's atmosphere.
 C. Carbon dioxide will not be harmful unless people produce far too much of it.
 D. Carbon dioxide makes the average surface temperature on Earth rise from 0 degrees Fahrenheit to 59 degrees Fahrenheit
Question 49. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
 A. carbon dioxide	B. atmosphere	C. heat	D. greenhouse
Question 50. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
 A. Carbon dioxide allows heat to be trapped in the Earth's atmosphere.
 B. Most of the growth in industrial production in the past 100 years came before 1950.
 C. People usually do not understand what catchphrases really mean.
 D. People who use electricity help to produce the greenhouse effect.
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