Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia năm 2017 môn Tiếng Anh - Mã đề thi 217

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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 217
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. valentine	B. imagine	C. discipline	D. determine
Question 2: A. heavy	B. head	C. weather	D. easy
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. polite	B. mountain	C. attempt	D. enjoy
Question 4: A. category	B. accompany	C. economy	D. compulsory
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: Dr. Roberts, the first woman to be (A) elected president of the university, (B) is intelligent, capable and (C) awareness of the problem (D) to be solved.
Question 6: (A) The little boy’s mother bought (B) him a (C) five – speeds racing bicycle (D) for his birthday.
Question 7: There (A) are many researchers (B) show that various species (C) of animals (D) have been extinct.
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. Her eyes are ________.
	A. the same colour as her mother's	B. the same colour as her mother
	C. alike her mother’s	D. having same colour as her mother
Question 9. She has two sons, ________ .
	A. none of them work near her house. 	C. neither of whom works near her house.
	B. none of whom work near her house. 	D. neither of them works near her house.
Question 10: My house is ________ from my office.
	A. near	B. nearly	C. further	 D. far
Question 11: They have demanded that all copies of the book________.
	A. being destroyed B. be destroyed C. to be destroyed D. would be destroyed.
Question 12: If the doorbell rings,________.
	A. the dog barks B. the dog is barking	C. the dog would bark D. the dog barked
Question 13: Mai's marriage has been arranged by her family. She is marrying a man ________ 
	A. she hardly knows him	B. whom she hardly know
	C. she hardly knows	D. that she hardly know
Question 14: ________ , the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
	A. By and large	B. Altogether	C. To a degree	D. Virtually
Question 15: Don't touch the cat. It may ________ you.
	A. kick	B. tear	C. scream	D. scratch
Question 16: He said, “You ought ________ that library book back to the library."
	A. take	B. taking	C. to take	D. to be taken
Question 17: Don't worry! He'll do the job as ________ as possible.
	A. economical	B. economically	C. uneconomically	D. beautifully
Question 18: The police are ________ an incident which took place this afternoon.
	A. inspecting	B. searching	C. looking out	D. investigating
Question 19: Nga is very modest, always ________ her success.
	A. keeping down	B. turning around	C. playing down	D. pushing back
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 20: Nick: “How lovely your dogs are!" - Daisy:" ________ "
	A. Really? I know.	B. Thank you, it is nice of you to say so.
	C. Can you say it again?	D. I love them, too.
Question 21: - Hoa: “Have you been able to reach Nam?" - Lan: "________."
	A. That's no approval	B. Yes, I've known him for years
	C. No, the line is busy	D. It's much too high
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 22: My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play.
	A. skillful	B. famous	C. perfect	D. modest
Question 23: He is an honest man. You can rely on him to do a good job.
	A. take in	B. base on	C. count on	D. put up with
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. The bank announced that it was to merge with another of the high street banks.
	A. associate	B. separate	C. cooperate	D. assemble
Question 25. Those clothes are inappropriate for this evening. I’d better not wear them.
	A. improper	B. attractive	C. available	D. suitable
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: What you have been saying is beside the point.
	A. You were honest to have said about the point like that.
	B. What you have been saying is quite irrelevant.
	C. You have been talking too much about the point.
	D. What you have been saying is beyond my expectation.
Question 27. I regret not going to the airport to say goodbye to her.
	A. I wish I have gone to the airport to say goodbye to her.
	B. I wish I went to the airport to say goodbye to her.
	C. If only I had gone to the airport to say goodbye to her.
	D. If only I went to the airport to say goodbye to her.
Question 28. Hardly anyone can resist the taste of sushi once they have tried it.
	A. Nobody who has tried sushi is able to withstand the temptation to taste it again.
	B. So tasty is sushi that, once you have actually tasted it, it's impossible not to want to taste it again.
	C. Very few people who have experienced sushi will find it tasty enough to want to experience it again.
	D. Nearly everyone who has once experienced the taste of sushi would like to experience it again.
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 girl's handbag was stolen outside the supermarket. The police came to question her.
	A. The police came to question the girl whose handbag was stolen outside the supermarket.
	B. The police came to question the girl, the handbag of whom was stolen outside the supermarket.
	C. The police came to question the girl whose handbag stolen outside the supermarket.
	D. The girl's handbag was stolen outside the supermarket, which the police came to question her.
Question 30: She is old. That's why she can't go to work nowadays.
	A. She is so old that she doesn't go to work nowadays.
	B. It is so old woman that she can't go to work nowadays.
	C. She is such old woman that she can't go to work nowadays.
	D. She is so old a woman that she can't go to work nowadays.
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.
When the printing press was (31)_________in the fifteenth century, many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages. They made little effort to respect English spelling. Although one of the short-term (32)_________of printing was to produce a number of variant spellings, in the long term it created fixed spellings. People became used to seeing words spelt in the same way. Rules were (33)_________, and dictionaries were put together which printers and writers could refer to. However, spoken English was not fixed and continued to change slowly - just as it still does now. Letters that were sounded in the Anglo-Saxon period, like the ‘k’ in ‘knife', now became (34) ________. Also, the pronunciation of vowels then had little in common with how they sound now, but the way they are spelt hasn't changed. No (35)_________, then, that it is often difficult to see the link between sound and spelling.
Question 31. A. taken in	B. invented	C. made up	D. discovered
Question 32. A. conclusions	B. effects	C. meanings	D. actions
Question 33. A. filled in	B. handed out	C. drawn up	D. got across
Question 34. A. silent	B. quiet	C. speechless	D. dumb
Question 35. A. wonder	B. problem	C. mention	D. idea
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.
	The term "folk song" has been current for over a hundred years, but there is still a good deal of disagreement as to what it actually means. The definition provided by the International Folk Music Council states that folk music is the music of ordinary people, which is passed on from person to person by being listened to rather than learned from the printed page. 
	Other factors that help shape a folk song include: continuity (many performances over a number of years); variation (changes in words and melodies either through artistic interpretation or failure of memory); and selection (the acceptance of a song by the community in which it evolves).
	When songs have been subjected to these processes, their origin is usually impossible to trace. For instance, if a farm laborer were to make up a song and sing it to a couple of friends who like it and memorize it, possibly when the friends come to sing it themselves, one of them might forget some of the words and make up new ones to fill the gap, while the others, perhaps more artistic, might add a few decorative touches to the tune and improve a couple of lines of text. If this happened a few times there would be many different versions, the song's original composer would be forgotten, and the song would become common property. This constant reshaping and recreation is the essence of folk music. 
	Consequently, modern popular songs and other published music, even though widely sung by people who are not professional musicians, are not considered folk music. The music and words have been set by a printed or recorded source, limiting scope for further artistic creation. 
	These songs' origins cannot be disguised and therefore they belong primarily to the composer and not to a community. The ideal situation for the creation of folk music is an isolated rural community. In such a setting folk songs and dances have a special purpose at every stage in a person's life, from childhood to death. Epic tales of heroic deeds, seasonal songs relating to calendar events, and occupational songs are also likely to be sung.
Question 36. What does the passage mainly discuss?
 A. Themes commonly found in folk music C. Influences of folk music on popular music
 B. Elements that define folk music 	 	 D. The standards of the International Folk Music Council
Question 37. Which of the following statements about the term "folk song" is supported by the passage?
A. It has been used for several centuries. 	 C. It is considered to be out-of-date.
B. The International Folk Music Council invented it D. There is disagreement about its meaning.
Question 38. The word "it" refers to ________.
A. community 	B. song 	C. acceptance D. memory
Question 39. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a characteristic of the typical folk song?
A. It is constantly changing over time. 	 C. It contains complex musical structures.
B. It is passed on to other people by being performed. D. It appeals to many people.
Question 40. The author mentions the farm laborer and his friends (paragraph 3) in order to do which of the following?
A. Explain how a folk song evolves over time
B. Illustrate the importance of music to rural workers
C. Show how subject matter is selected for a folk song
D. Demonstrate how a community chooses a folk song
Question 41. According to the passage, why would the original composers of folk songs be forgotten?
A. Audiences prefer songs composed by professional musicians.
B. Singers dislike the decorative touches in folk song tunes.
C. Numerous variations of folk songs come to exist at the same time.
D. Folk songs are not considered an important form of music.
Question 42. The word essence is closest in meaning to _______.
A. basic nature B. growing importance 	C. full extent D. first phase
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, was from a wealthy, well-known family. As a child, he attended private school, had private tutors, and traveled with his parents to Europe. He attended Harvard University, and afterwards studied law. At the age of 39, Roosevelt suddenly developed polio, a disease that left him without the full use of his legs for the rest of his life. Despite the worst of his illness, he continued his life in politics. In 1924, he appeared at the Democratic National Convention to nominate A1 Smith for president, and eight years after that he was nominated for the same office. Roosevelt was elected to the presidency during the Great Depression of the 1930s, at a time when more than 5,000 banks had failed and thousands of people were out of work. Roosevelt took action. First he declared a bank holiday that closed all the banks so that no more could fail; then he reopened the banks little by little with government support. Roosevelt believed in using the full power of government to help what he called the “forgotten people". And it was these workers, the wage earners, who felt the strongest affection toward Roosevelt. There were others, however, who felt that Roosevelt's policies were destroying the American systems of government, and they opposed him in the same intense way that others admired him.
In 1940, the Democrats nominated Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term. No president in American history had ever served three terms, but Roosevelt felt an obligation to quit while the United States entry into World War II was looming in the future. He accepted the nomination and went to an easy victory.
Question 43. What does the passage mainly discuss?
	A. Political aspects of Roosevelt's life 	C. Roosevelt's upbringing
	B. Problems during the Great Depression	D. Criticisms of Roosevelt's actions
Question 44. Which one of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?
	A. Roosevelt was elected during the Great Depression.
	B. Roosevelt voted for A1 Smith.
	C. Roosevelt had difficulty walking during his presidency.
	D. Roosevelt supported strong government powers.
Question 45. The phrase “took action" in the first paragraph is used to illustrate the idea that Roosevelt _______.
	A. performed admirably	B. exerted himself physically
	C. responded immediately	D. got assistance
Question 46. Which of the following is NOT true?
	A. Roosevelt served three terms of presidency.
	B. Roosevelt couldn't walk easily.
	C. All American citizens supported Roosevelt's policies.
	D. Roosevelt studied law before he worked as a president.
Question 47. The word "affection" in the first paragraph could best be replaced by _______.
	A. fascination	B. fondness	C. lure	D. appeal
Question 48. The word "unprecedented" in the second paragraph could best be replaced by________.
	A. unimportant	B. unheard of	C. unjustified	D. unhampered
Question 49. It can be inferred from the passage that the people who liked Roosevelt best were________.
	A. poor people	B. bankers	C. rich people	D. average workers
Question 50. In the second paragraph, the author uses the word "looming" to indicate a feeling of _____.
	A. reservation	B. determination	C. regret	B. threat
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