ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017 - 2018 Môn: TIẾNG ANH - LẦN 3
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. stops B. makes C. sees D. laughs
Question 2: A. celebration B. nation C. expedition D. question
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. goalie B. advanced C. above D. depend Question 4: A. essential B. survival C. nutrition D. vegetable
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: Rick, could you take care by my handbag while I go to the restroom?
A. take care B. by C. while D. go
Question 6: They asked me that I had seen Dr. Clark the day before.
A. asked me B. that C. the D. before
Question 7: To attract someone's attention we can use either verbal and non- verbal forms of communication.
A. To attract B. we can use C. and non- verbal D. communication.
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: Grace keeps hoping that the bird she ___ in the pet store yesterday ____ her birthday present.
A. sees / will be B. will see / was C. sees / would be D. saw / will be Question 9: It was_______ that we decided to stay indoors.
A. so a day hot B. such a day hot C. such a hot day D. so a hot day Question 10: The cupboard was ______ big ______ fit through the door, so we had to take it apart first.
A. too / to B. more / than C. so / that D. enough / to
Question 11: Tom: “Have you decided when you’ll leave?”
John: “Not exactly, but I think the sooner, ________”.
A. the better B. is better C. is the better D. the best
Question 12: He had already learned the news. I ______the trouble to phone him about it.
A. should have taken C. could have taken
B.needn’t have taken D. mustn’t have taken
Question 13: A lot of humour depends ___ the use of words which sound the same but have different meanings
A. in B. on C. of D. to
Question 14: Does it _______ any difference to you where we go for dinner?
A. take B. do C. make D. go
Question 15. Many people are trying their best to study and work in the hope that they will _______ fame and fortune in the near future.
A. achieve B. lose C. collect D. remove
Question 16: Five thousand dollars_______ a big sum of money. It’s worth trying.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
Question 17: We had to ______ the noise from the building site next door for three months.
A. put up with B. stand up to C. give up D. look up to
Question 18: He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. _______ the food is, _______ he likes it.
A. The hotter / the more and more B. The hotter / the more C. The more and more hot / the more D. The hottest / the most
Question 19: The human ear is unable to hear the dolphins' signals, but we have developed machinery which can pick ____up.
A. them B. it C. these D. those
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: Tim: “It’s my birthday tomorrow.” Jackie: “______”
A. Happy New Year! B. Would you like to have a party?
C. How old are you? D. Many happy returns.
Question 21: - David: “I failed my driving test yesterday.”
- Tom: “_____________________”
A. You should try your hand at it. B. I wish that we could talk about it.
C. Oh well. You’re in a good company-so did I last week. D. You want to pass the test. Dream on!
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: This ladder should be sturdy enough to hold you.
A. unstable B. textured C. strong D. light
Question 23: Nutritious foods, such as fruits and vegetables, help our bodies grow.
A. healthy B. boring C. unpleasant D. spicy
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: China has become the third country in the world which can independently carried out the manned space activities.
A. put on B. put off C. put up D. put in Question 25: The chairman initiated the proceedings with a brief speech.
A. confused B. closed C. started D. complicated
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: You drink too much coffee, that’s why you can’t sleep.
A. You drink much coffee and you can sleep.
B. If you drank less coffee, you would be able to sleep.
C. You would sleep well if you didn’t drink any coffee.
D. You can sleep better without coffee.
Question 27: Many people think that Steve stole the money.
A. The money is thought to have stolen by Steve. B. It is thought that Steve stole the money.
C. Steve was thought to have stolen the money. D. Steve was thought to steal the money.
Question 28: "You should have finished the report by now," John told his secretary.
A. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
B. John said that his secretary had not finished the report.
C. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report.
D. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report
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: Nick recovered very quickly. He was injured in a car accident.
A. Nick, who was injured in a car accident, recovered very quickly.
B. Nick recovered very quickly because he was injured in a car accident.
C. Nick was injured in a car accident, so he recovered very quickly.
D. Nick recovered very quickly, but he was injured in a car accident.
Question 30. My mother is very busy at work. However, she takes good care of her children.
A. Though my mother was very busy at work, my mother took good care of her children.
B. In spite of being busy at work, my mother takes good care of her children.
C. Although my mother was very busy at work, she did not take good care of her children.
D. My mother takes good care of her children but she is very busy at work.
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.
BRINGING THE LEARNING OUTDOORS
Kindergarten is a fun place (31)________ young children learn. In some special kindergartens, children learn outside most of the day!
Some kindergartens are (32)________ the forest. In these "forest kindergartens," children play freely. They're outside in all kinds of weather. At forest kindergartens, children learn by climbing trees and picking fruit. They also learn about and (33)________ animals. For example, they collect chicken eggs and feed baby mice.
Little Flower Kindergarten is in Dong Nai, Vietnam. At this school, children learn about farming. They also learn that it is important (34)________ healthy food. They grow vegetables in gardens - on the roof! They eat the vegetables they grow in their lunches.
At Fuji Kindergarten in Tokyo, Japan, trees grow inside the building! The classroom windows and sliding doors (35)________ open to the outside most of the year. The roof is a big, wooden circle. Children love to play and run on it.
(Source: Discoveries magazine April 2016)
Question 31: A. which B. where C. when D. why
Question 32: A. in B. on C. at D. by
Question 33: A. take on B. take over C. take after D. take care of
Question 34: A. to eat B. eating C. ate D. eaten
Question 35: A. make B. stay C. do D. be
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 following questions.
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest way to do this was to expose the food to sun and wind, In this way the North American Indians produced pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians made stockfish and the Arabs dried dates and “apricot leather”.
All foods contain water – cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to bad is checked.
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. The methods used carry, but in general the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of burning sulphur before drying. Plums for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins of the fruit slightly and remove their wax coating, so increasing the rate of drying.
Nowadays most of foods are dried mechanically; the conventional method of such dehydration is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 1100C at entry to about 450C at exit.
This is usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish.
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients are dried separately and then mixed.
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans of frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them.
From Practical Faster Reading by Gerald Mosback and Vivien Mosback, CUP Question 36: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mechanization of drying foods. B. Water: the main component of food.
C. Advantages of dried foods. D. Different methods of drying foods.
Question 37: The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. put a tick B. reduced considerably
C. motivated to develop D. examined carefully
Question 38: Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is ____ . A. spreading them out on trays in drying yards
B. dipping them in an alkaline solution
C. putting them in chambers and blowing hot air through D. pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder
Question 39: What does the word “which” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
A. foods B. chambers C. things D. vegetables
Question 40: The final product of the process of drying liquids that uses the first method will be.
A. dried soup B. recognizable pieces C. fine powder D. small flakes Question 41: According to the passage, dried foods are most useful for ____ .
A. people who are on the move B. explores who are underweight C. housewives who have little storage space D. soldiers who are not in battle Question 42: This passage is mainly _____ .
A. informative B. fictional C. argumentative D. analytical
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 following questions.
HYDROGEN
Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe and was perhaps the first to form. It is among the ten most common elements on Earth as well and one of the most useful for industrial purposes. Under normal conditions of temperature, hydrogen is a gas. Designated as H, hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table because it contains only one proton. Hydrogen can combine with a large number of other elements, forming more compounds than any of the others. Pure hydrogen seldom occurs naturally, but it exists in most organic compounds, that is, compounds that contain carbon, which account for a very large number of compounds.
Moreover, hydrogen is found in inorganic compounds. For example, when hydrogen burns in the presence ofoxygen, it forms water.
The lightest and simplest of the elements, hydrogen has several properties that make it valuable for many industries. It releases more heat per unit of weight than any other fuel. In rocket engines, tons of hydrogen and oxygen are burned, and hydrogen is used with oxygen for welding torches that produce temperatures as high as 4,000 degrees F and can be used in cutting steel. Fuel cells to generate electricity operate on hydrogen and oxygen.
Hydrogen also serves to prevent metals from tarnishing during beat treatments by removing the oxygen from them. Although it would be difficult to remove the oxygen by itself, hydrogen readily combines with oxygen to form water, which can be heated to steam and easily removed. Furthermore, hydrogen is one of the coolest refrigerants. It does not become a liquid until it reaches temperatures of-425 degrees F. Pure hydrogen gas is used in large electric generators to cool the coils.
Future uses of hydrogen include fuel for cars, boats, planes, and other forms of transportation that currently require petroleum products. These fuels would be lighter, a distinct advantage in the aerospace industry, and they would also be cleaner, thereby reducing pollution in the atmosphere.
Hydrogen is also useful in the food industry for a process known as hydrogenation. Products such as margarine and cooking oils are changed from liquids to semisolids by combining hydrogen with their molecules. Soap manufacturers also use hydrogen for this purpose. In addition, in the chemical industry, hydrogen is used to produce ammonia, gasoline, methyl alcohol, and many other important products.
(Adapted from "Barron’s Practice Exercises for the Toefl, 6th edition”
Question 43: What is the author's main purpose in the passage?
A. To explain the industrial uses of hydrogen
B. To describe the origin of hydrogen in the universe C. To discuss the process of hydrogenation
D. To give examples of how hydrogen and oxygen combine Question 44: How can hydrogen be used to cut steel?
A. By cooling the steel to a very low temperature
B. By cooling the hydrogen with oxygen to a very low temperature C. By heating the steel to a very high temperature
D. By heating the hydrogen with oxygen to a very high temperature
Question 45: The word "readily" in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by ____
A. completely B. slowly C. usually D. easily
Question 46: The word "combining" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ____
A. trying B. adding C. finding D. changing
Question 47: The word "them" in paragraph 3 refers to___
A. fuel cells B. metals C. treatments D. products
Question 48: How does hydrogen generally occur?
A. It is freely available in nature. B. It is contained in many compounds.
C. It is often found in pure form. D. It is released during hydrogenation.
Question 49: The author mentions all of the following as uses for hydrogen EXCEPT ____
A. to remove tarnish from metals
B. to produce fuels such as gasoline and methyl alcohol C. to operate fuel cells that generate electricity
D. to change solid foods to liquids
Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that hydrogen ____
A. is too dangerous to be used for industrial purposes B. has many purposes in a variety of industries
C. has limited industrial uses because of its dangerous properties D. is used in many industries for basically the same purpose
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