Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh - Đề thi thử số 26

ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 26 
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. 
1. A. armchair B. anchor C. catch D. kitchen 
2. A. battle B. little C. gentle D. castle 
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. 
3. A. souvenir B. kilometer C. detonate D. opposite 
4. A. propaganda B. curricular C. historical D. grammatical 
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. 
5. By not answering to the journalist’s question, the chairman implicitly 
 A B C 
admitted to the accusations. 
 D 
6. Despite so much research, precisely to what extent emotions are producted 
A B C 
by the brain are still unknown. 
 D 
7. All the workers were disappointed to be told that there would be not pay- 
 A B C 
rise during the next six months. 
 D 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer 
to each of the following questions. 
8. We love HANOI, ___________ in the spring. 
A. mostly B. most C. especially D. specially 
9. Are you looking for anything in ___________ ? 
A. special B. detail C. peculiar D. particular 
10. Dress ___________ when you go for an interview. Don’t wear your Jeans. 
 A. nice B. nicely C. smart D. newly 
11. Mexico is the most popular vacation _____ for people from The United States. 
 A. target B. connection C. departure D. destination 
12. To the best of my ___________ , he married an Irish girl 
 A. retention B. recall C. memory D. recollection 
13. The players ______ the referee's decision. 
A. disagreed B. disputed C. objected D. contradicted 
14. She argues ______ me ______ almost everything. 
A. with / about B. with / on D. on / about D. A and B 
15.When I was a boy we were made _______ correct school uniform at all times! 
A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. wore 
16. The burglar was sentenced to 20 years in ______ 
A. dock B. goal C. jail D. trial 
17. The girl ______ me this gift is my best friend. 
A. presented B. was presenting C. presenting D. be presenting 
18. "______ children like ice-cream." "That's quite natural." 
A. Most of B. Most C. The most D. The most of 
19. I felt as if I ______ a confidence. 
a. have betrayed B. would betray C. had betrayed D. am betraying 
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. 
20. - “______” - “He's tall and thin with blue eyes.” 
A. What does John like? B. How is John? 
C. Who does John look like? D. What does John look like? 
21. - “Would you like beer or wine?” - “______” 
A. No, I've no choice. B. I couldn’t agree more. 
C. I'd prefer beer, please. D. Yes, I'd love to. 
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. 
22. The teacher is simply too lenient with her students and is passing people who 
ought to fail. 
A. occupied B. satisfied C. disappointed D. strict 
23. His career is in the illicit trade ended with the police raid this morning. 
A. Elicited B. irregular C. secret D. legal 
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. 
24. Although they had never met before the party, Jim and Jane felt strong affinity 
to each other. 
A. enthusiasm B.attraction C.moved D.interest 
25. You may find that jogging is detrimental to your health rather than beneficial. 
A. useful B. facile C. depressing D. harmful 
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. 
26. It is a basic requirement in the modern world to be able to deal with figures. 
A. Being able to deal with figures is a basic requirement in the modern world. 
B. Dealing with the modern world requires a basic knowledge of figures. 
C. The world requires us to have a basic understanding of figures. 
D. Dealing with figures requires a basic knowledge of the modern world. 
27. Their chances of success are small. 
A. They will certainly be successful. 
B. It’s possible that they will achieve success. 
C. They have no chances of being successful. 
D. It’s not very likely that they will succeed. 
28. The way to get the best out of me is to make me work very hard. 
A. My work is under consideration, so I do my best. 
B. If you make me work hard, I can't get the best. 
C. Don't make me work hard or I can’t make the best out of me. 
D. I work best when I am under pressure. 
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. 
29. Nam defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-
school table tennis championship. 
A. Being defeated by the former champion, Nam lost the chance to play the final 
game of inter-school table tennis championship. 
B. Having defeated the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Nam did 
not hold the title of champion. 
C. Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Nam won the inter-school 
table tennis championship. 
D. Although Nam defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the 
title of inter-school table tennis champion. 
30. She looked through the hotel advertisements. She stopped only when taking a 
fancy to one piece. 
A. She stopped looking through the hotel advertisements only when she had found 
another piece. 
B. She took so great a fancy to the hotel advertisements that she could not stop 
reading them. 
C. She stopped reading the hotel advertisements only when one of them caught her 
fancy. 
D. She found the hotel advertisements so interesting that she could hardly turn 
away from them. 
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 31 to 35. 
The warming of the Pacific Ocean has created weather patterns that strongly affect 
the world. When the water is warm, the amount of rainfall in Indonesia and the 
surrounding regions decreases. Australia could (1)______ experience a drought in 
many parts. On (2)______ hand, Chile (which borders the Pacific Ocean is 
preparing for severe rainstorms. In Pakistan and northwestern India, the weather 
pattern makes the rainy season weaker and makes the area much drier. This 
happening is called El Nino and is used by weather forecasters to make long-range 
weather predictions. They also know that El Nino will (3)______ unusually heavy 
rains to the southwestern part of the United States and make the central part of the 
country drier at the same time. According to research, weather forecasters used to 
know about the coming weather with certainty. Now everything has become 
completely different. El Nino itself used to be (4)______. It would occur every two 
to seven years. But now, this weather pattern is becoming more frequent. We 
cannot say when and how often tornadoes or cyclones occur. Scientists are unsure 
of the reason for this (5)______ on a global scale either. 
1. A. even B. ever C. nevertheless D. however 
2. A. others B. other C. the other D. another 
3. A. carry B. fetch C. bring D. take 
4. A. notable B. remarkable C. predictable D. incredible 
5. A. change B. transfer C. transformation D. shift 
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 36 to 42. 
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means 
coming back to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. 
Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of 
each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look 
after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a 
subject of concern. Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. 
She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains 
around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys 
inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my mind what they 
meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. She and her husband began 
talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples 
and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem 
faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to 
reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own 
safety. The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. 
They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. 
They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the 
Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children 
alone. 
36. The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. a house with no people inside B. a house with no furniture 
C. a house with nothing inside D. a house with too much space 
37. One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______. 
A. they all watch TV B. they spend part of each day alone 
C. they are from single-parent families D. they all wear jewelry 
38. The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______. 
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves 
B. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere 
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys 
D. look after themselves while their parents are not at home 
39. The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______. 
A. are also found in middle-class families B. watch too much television during 
the day 
C. suffer a lot from being left alone D. are growing in numbers 
40. Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached? 
A. They had to use the keys to open school doors. 
B. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead. 
C. They were fully grown and had become independent. 
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home. 
41. What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears? 
A. Hiding somewhere. B. Talking to the Longs. 
C. Having a shower. D. Lying under a TV. 
42. It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ______. 
A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone 
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons 
C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds 
D. there are too many of them in the whole country 
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 is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education. 
Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go 
to school. The difference between schooling and education implied by this remark 
is important. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. 
Education knows no limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or 
on the job, whether in the kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal 
learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of informal learning. 
The agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparents to the people 
arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas 
schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. 
A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is 
known of other religions. People receive education from infancy on. Education, 
then, is a very broad, inclusive term; it is a lifelong process, a process that starts 
long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s 
entire life. Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose 
general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, 
children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned seats, are taught 
by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The 
pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an 
understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects 
being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to 
find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what 
the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubted 
conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling. 
43. This passage is mainly aimed at ______. 
A. giving examples of different schools 
B. telling the difference between the meaning of two related words 
C. listing and discussing several educational problems 
D. telling a story about excellent teachers 
44. In the passage, the expression “children interrupt their education to go to 
school” mostly implies that ______. 
A. education is totally ruined by schooling 
B. all of life is an education 
C. schooling takes place everywhere 
D. schooling prevents people discovering things 
44. The word “all-inclusive” in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. going in many directions B. involving many school subjects 
C. allowing no exceptions D. including everything or everyone 
45. According to the passage, the doers of education are ______. 
A. mostly famous scientists B. mainly politicians 
C. only respected grandparents D. almost all people 
46. What does the writer mean by saying “education quite often produces 
surprises”? 
A. Educators often produce surprises. 
B. It’s surprising that we know little about other religions. 
C. Success of informal learning is predictable. 
D. Informal learning often brings about unexpected results. 
47. Which of the following would the writer support? 
A. Without formal education, people won’t be able to read and write. 
B. Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day. 
C. Our education system needs to be changed as soon as possible. 
D. Going to school is only part of how people become educated. 
48. Because the general pattern of schooling varies little from one setting to the 
next, school children throughout the country ______. 
A. do similar things B. have the same abilities 
C. are taught by the same teachers D. have similar study conditions 
49. From the passage, we can infer that a high school teacher ______. 
A. is free to choose anything to teach B. is not allowed to teach political 
issues 
C. has to teach social issues to all classes D. is bound to teach programmed 
subjects 
50. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 
A. The more years students go to school, the better their education is. 
B. The best schools teach a variety of subjects. 
C. Education and schooling are quite different experience. 
D. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.