Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia năm 2017 môn Tiếng Anh - Mã đề thi 207

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KỲ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề thi 207
Họ, 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 the following questions.
Question 1:
A. coexist
B. notify
C. prohibit
D. frozen
Question 2:
A. danger
B. devastate
C. parade
D. rational
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. enthusiast
B. philosopher
C. education
D. enlightenment
Question 4:
A. develop
B. rearrange
C. determine
D. distinguish
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 5: The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to fall down because of the rain.
	A. is beginning	B. wooden	C. surrounded	D. because of
Question 6: The amounts of oxygen and nitrogen in the air almost always remain stable, but the amount of water vapor vary considerably.
	A. vary	B. almost always	C. The amount of	D. stable
Question 7: Quinine, cinnamon, and other useful substances are all derived of the bark of trees.
	A. are	B. bark of trees	C. derived of	D. other useful substances
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8: Alright, Johnny, it’s time you ______ to bed.
	A. are going to go	B. would go	C. went	D. will be going
Question 9: Tom refuses ___________Mark his address.
	A. give	B. giving	C. to give	D. gave
Question 10: My relative, ______ you met yesterday, is a talented pianist.
	A. that	B. whose	C. whom	D. A and C are correct
Question 11: Your fare, accommodation and meals, are all _____ in the price of this holiday.
	A. composed	B. collected	C. enclosed	D. included
Question 12: If you borrow my bike, don’t get it dirty, ______?
	A. shall you	B. will you	C. do you	D. can you
Question 13: You can go where you like _________ you come back before dark.
	A. although	B. as long as	C. or else	D. despite
Question 14: I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if we_____ early.
	A. arrive	B. arriving	C. arrived	D. had arrived
Question 15: ______ he had to deliver the performance in front of the whole class.
	A. No sooner had he finished his rehearsal than 	C. No sooner than he had finished his rehearsal
	B. No sooner than he had his rehearsal finished 	D. No sooner he had finished his rehearsal than
Question 16: The living conditions in the rural areas of the country ______ during the past five years.
	A. had been improved	B. have been improved	C. had improved	D. were improved
Question 17: _____colleges and____universities are the main institutions that provide tertiary education.
	A. The / Ø	B. Ø / the	C. The/the	D. Ø / Ø
Question 18: "Those eggs of different colors are so beautiful!”   Yes, they_____ in Russia".
	A. were painted	B. were paint	C. were painting	D. painted
Question 19: If you_____ so busy, I would have shown you how to play.
	A. aren’t	B. weren’t	C. hadn’t been	D. wouldn’t be
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 20: This is the instance where big, obvious non-verbal signals are appropriate.
A. situation	B. attention 	C. place 	D. matter
Question 21: The natives were angry when foreigners came to their country and took over their land.
	A. tourists	B. locals	C. members	D. migrants
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 22: Huy and Steve are classmates. They are talking about their sport hobby Huy: Don’t you like watching football?       Steve: ______________.
	A. Yes, I don’t	B. No, I do. I like it a lot	 C. It’s nice	D. Yes, I love it
Question 23: This afternoon Hoa is visiting her home town. Mark: “Don’t fail to send your family my regards”        Hoa: ________.
	A. You’re welcome	B. It’s my pleasure	C. Good idea, thanks	D. Thanks, I will
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 24: “I made a mess of the exam .But I think I should pass, as I only need 50%.
	A. to make a big mistake	B. to change your plan
	C. to loose confiddence	D. to do at one’s best
Question 25: Solar energy is not only plentiful but also infinite.
A. without limit	B. boundless	C. limited	D. indefinite
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 26: The challenges facing the new committee leader are numerous.
	A. There are numerous challenges facing the new committee leader.
	B. The new committee leader was ready to take numerous challenges.
	C. To succeed, the new committee leader had to face numerous challenges.
	D. Numerous challenges are going to face with the new committee leader.
Question 27: It is not until a Vietnamese girl getting 18 years old that she is allowed to get married legally.
	A. A Vietnamese girl is not allowed to get married legally only when she gets18 years old. 
	B. They never allow a Vietnamese girl to get married legally when she is 18 years old.
	C. The legal allowance for a Vietnamese girl to get married will be issued in 18 years.
	D. A Vietnamese girl is allowed to get married legally only when she gets 18 years old.
Question 28: “Don’t leave the house until I get back, Jack” said his sister.
	A. Jack’sister told him not to leave the house when she got back. 
	B. Jack’s sister told him to stay at home till she got back.
	C. Jack’s sister told him to stay at home when she got back.
	D. Jack’s sister told him not to go out until she gets back.
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 29: The driver in front stopped so suddenly.Therefore, the accident happened.
	A. If the driver in front didn’t stop so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t happen. 
	B. If the driver in front hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t have happened.
	C. If the driver in front hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident would have happened.
	D. If the driver in front had stopped so suddenly, the accident would have happened.
Question 30: A drug may affect several functions, even though it’s targeted at only one.
	A. Despite various other uses, a drug usually has a function for a special effect.
	B. A drug is taken for a specific purpose, but it may have a range of other effects.
	C. The functions expected of a drug are various even if it is used for a specific disease.
	D. However effective a drug may be, its functions have to be several.
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 current global extinction rate is estimated at about 20,000 species per year, exponentially greater than the background extinction rate. Many (31) _____ believe that we are in the middle of the greatest mass extinction episode since the disappearance of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
From what is known about present-day populations and from (32) _____ theory, the change in either the physical or the biological environment is the key to extinction. However, the vulnerability of a species depends (33) _____ a wide variety of factors, such as its total population size, geographical distribution, reproductive ability, ecological relations with other species, and genetic characteristics. For example, more emphasis is put on the greater vulnerability of species that reproduce slowly as contrasted with those that reproduce (34) _____. Other factors, such as food-plant specialization, may make many fast reproducers more vulnerable than species that reproduce more slowly. No matter (35) _____ fast an insect species that depends on  a certain plan can reproduce; it will still go extinct if that plant's habitat is destroyed.
It has been estimated that about one half billion species have lived at one time or another, and today's existing species are only 2% of those that have ever evolved. The other 98% have either died out or evolved into something sufficiently different to be called a new species.
Question 31:
A. biology
B. biologists
C. biological
D. biologically
Question 32:
A. evolve
B. evolution
C. evolutionary
D. evolutionist
Question 33:
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. about
Question 34:
A. cheerfully
B. cheaply
C. lastly
D. rapidly
Question 35:
A. how
B. what
C. when
D. which
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.
There are a number of natural disasters that can strike across the globe. Two that are frequently linked to one another are earthquakes and tsunamis. Both of them can cause a great amount of devastation when they hit. However, tsunamis are the direct result of earthquakes and cannot happen without them.
The Earth has three main parts. They are the crust, the mantle, and the core. The crust is the outer layer of the Earth. It is not a single piece of land. Instead, it is comprised of a number of plates. There are a few enormous plates and many smaller ones. These plates essentially rest upon the mantle, which is fluid. As a result, the plates are in constant – yet slow – motion. The plates may move away from or toward other plates. In some cases, they collide violently with the plates adjoining them. The movement of the plates causes tension in the rock. Over a long time, this tension may build up. When it is released, an earthquake happens.
Tens of thousands of earthquakes happen every year. The vast majority are so small that only scientific instruments can perceive them. Others are powerful enough that people can feel them, yet they cause little harm or damage. More powerful earthquakes, however, can cause buildings, bridges, and other structures to collapse. They may additionally injure and skill thousands of people and might even cause the land to change it appearance.
Since most of the Earth’s surface is water, numerous earthquakes happen beneath the planet’s oceans. Underwater earthquakes cause the seafloor to move. This results in the displacement of water in the ocean. When this occurs, a tsunami may form. This is a wave that forms on the surface and moves in all directions from the place where the earthquake happened. A tsunami moves extremely quickly and can travel thousands of kilometres. As it approaches land, the water near the coast gets sucked out to sea. This causes the tsunamis to increase in height. Minutes later, the tsunami arrives. A large tsunami – one more than ten meters in height – can travel far inland. As it does that, it can flood the land, destroy human settlements, and kill large numbers of people.
Question 36: The word “it” in bold in paragraph 2 refers to _________.
	A. The core	B. The crust	C. The Earth	D. The mantle
Question 37: What is the passage mainly about?
	A. When earthquakes are the most likely to happen.
	B. What kind of damage natural disasters can cause.
	C. How earthquakes and tsunamis occur.
	D. Why tsunamis are deadlier than earthquakes.
Question 38: The word “adjoining” in bold in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
	A. residing	B. approaching	C. bordering	D. appearing
Question 39: The word “perceive” in bold in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
	A. detect	B. prevent	C. comprehend	D. locate
Question 40: Which of the following is true regarding the crust?
	A. It is the smallest of the Earth’s three layers. 	C. There many separate pieces that make it up.
	B. It is thicker on land than it is under the water. 	D. The mantle beneath it keeps it from moving too much.
Question 41: Based on the passage, what is probably true about tsunamis?
	A. They kill more people each year than earthquakes.
	B. They are able to move as fast as the speed of sound.
	C. They cannot damage ships sailing on the ocean.
	D. They can be deadly to people standing near shore.
Question 42: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 3 about earthquakes?
	A. How severe the majority of them are 	C. How often powerful ones take place
	B. What kind of damage they can cause	D. How many people they typically kill
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.
Simply being bilingual doesn’t qualify someone to interpret. Interpreting is not only a mechanical process of converting one sentence in language A into the same sentence in language B. Rather, it’s a complex art in which thoughts and idioms that have no obvious counterparts from tongue to tongue _ or words that have several meanings must be quickly transformed in such a way that the message is clearly and accurately expressed to the listener.
        At one international conference, an American speaker said, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear”, which meant nothing to the Spanish audience. The interpretation was, “A monkey in a silk dress is still a monkey” _ an idiom the Spanish understood and that expressed the same idea. 
      There are 2 kinds of interpreters, simultaneous and consecutive. The former, sitting in a separated booth, usually at a large multilingual conference, speaks to listeners wearing headphones, interpreting  what a foreign language speaker says actually a sentence behind. Consecutive interpreters are the ones most international negotiations use. They are employed for smaller meetings without sound booths and headphones.   Consecutive   interpretation   also   requires   two-person   teams.   A   foreign   speaker   says   his piece while the interpreter, using a special shorthand, takes   notes and during  a pause, tells the   client what was said.
Question 43: What is the purpose of the passage?
	A. To explain the scope of interpreting 
	B. To differentiate between simultaneous and consecutive interpreters.
	C. To state the qualifications of an interpreter.
	D. To point out the importance of an interpreter.
Question 44: The author implies that most people have the opinion that the skill of interpreting is ______.
	A. simpler than it really is 	B. very complex and demanding
	C. highly valued and admired	D. based on principles of business
Question 45: The example “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear” is used to________.
	A. stress the importance of word for word translation 
	B. point out the difference in attributes of animals in English and Spanish
	C. emphasize the need for translation of the meaning of what is said
	D. show the differences in language A and language B
Question 46: A precondition of being a translator is ______.
	A. being a linguist	B. being bilingual
	C. working well with people	D. being able to use high-tech equipment	
Question 47: Which of the following would a consecutive interpreter be used for?
	A. A large meeting of many nations.
	B. A translation of a foreign book.
	C. A business transaction between 2 foreign speakers.
	D. An interpretation of a major literary work.
Question 48: The word “converting” is closest in meaning to...
	A. understanding	B. changing	C. reading	D. concluding
Question 49: The word “the former” in the last paragraph refers to_____.
	A. simultaneous interpreters B. the conference C. consecutive interpreters. D. both A & B.
Question 50: What is a difference mentioned  between a simultaneous interpreter  and  a  consecutive interpreter?
	A. The money they are paid.	B. The size of group with whom they work.
	C. Their proficiency in the language.	D. The type of dictionary they use.
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