Bài tập ôn thi THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh năm 2017

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KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
(Ngân hàng câu hỏi ôn thi)
TEST 1: Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed. 
1. Recently, he has lost all his ____ at cards.
A. wage and saving 
B. wages and saving 
C. wage and savings 
D. wages and savings
2. I want _______.
A. a dollar worth candy
B. candy a dollar’s worth
C. a dollar’s worth of candy 
D. a dollar worth’s candy
3. The surroundings a child grows up in usually _______ an effect on his development.
A. have 
B. had 
C. has
D. do 
4. I don’t feel like ____ for a walk now.
A. to go 
B. go 
C. going 
D. A & C are correct
5. People think that an apple ____ is good for you.
A. in a day 
B. for a day 
C. for every day 
D. a day
6. It is of great importance to create a good impression ____ your interviewer.
A. on 
B. about 
C. for 
D. at
7. I have already told you he ____ unreliable.
A. is 
B. were 
C. had been 
D. would be
8. These people ____ for the most successful company in the town.
A. are seeming to work 
B. seem working 
C. seem to be working 
D. are seeming to be working
9. Be careful with your gun! You may ____ somebody.
A. injure
B. wound 
C. hurt 
D. ache
10. I think that’s the hotel ____ John and Mary were married.
A. when 
B. where 
C. which 
D. in that
11. English or French, you can choose ____.
A. not 
B. either 
C. both 
D. so
12. Not many places at the universities are elft, so choice is severely ____.
A. limiting 
B. limitation 
C. delimitation 
D. limited
13. February is the month ____ many of my colleagues take skiing holidays.
A. when 
B. that 
C. in that 
D. which
14. We had five phone calls, but there were ____ for you.
A. no 
B. none 
C. either 
D. neither
15. What a fool I am! I wish I ____ the choice.
A. didn’t make 
B. wouldn’t make 
C. hadn’t make 
D. weren’t making
16. We carried out a careful ____ of the area.
A. education 
B. preparation 
C. calculation 
D. examination
17. Some of the passengers spoke to reporters about their ____ in the burning plane.
A. knowledge 
B. experience 
C. occasion 
D. event
18. Would you mind if I ____ your dictionary for a while?
A. borrow 
B. borrowed 
C. borrowing
D. would borrow
19. The academic year in England is ____ into three terms.
A. closed
B. calculated 
C. divided 
D. added
20. ____ speaking, I do not really like my present job.
A. Honest 
B. Honesty 
C. Honestly 
D. Dishonest 
21. She has been sleeping for 10 hours! You ____ her up.
A. had better to wake 
B. may wake 
C. must wake 
D. would like to wake
22. The sign says “private keep out”. You _______ go in there.
A. don’t have to
B. haven’t got to
C. needn’t
D. mustn’t
23. He didn’t understand the urgency of the situation _______.
A. well enough
B. good enough
C. as well as
D. rather well 
24. _______, there are quite a few of us out there.
A. Surprisedly
B. Surprisingly
C. Surprise
D. Surprising
25. It was a very fashionable film years ago, but it looks _______ now. 
A. dated 
B. outdated
C. dilapidated 
D. antique
26. We’ve only been living there a month and we haven’t bought much furniture yet so the apartment is still a bit _______.
A. sunny 
B. bare 
C. untidy 
D. spacious
27. I _______ this ship “Titanic”. May God bless all who sail in her.
A. name 
B. entitle 
C. resister
D. christen
28. Mr. Jones has studied the matter _______, and he will now present his conclusions. 
A. profoundly 
B. in depth 
C. fundamentally 
D. for serious
29. ______ classified as a carnivore, the North American Grizzly bear eats berries and even grass. 
A. Just as 
B. Because of 
C. Although 
D. Either
30. The police asked the kidnappers to _____ the deadline by six hours.
A. delay
B. extend
C. lengthen
D. prolong
31. A mosquito _______ with blood is carrying twice its own body height.
A. filled 
B. filling 
C. was filled 
D. which fills
32. Soldiers often wear _______ so you can’t see them easily. 
A. a disguise 
B. camouflage 
C. heavy boots 
D. a costume
33. ______! You deserved to win.
A. Unfair luck 
B. Nasty luck 
C. Hard luck 
D. Bad fortune
34. “I thought that the tour began at 3:00” – “Oh no, you’re ________. It began at 1:30”.
A. too much late here 
B. here much too late 
C. here too much late
D. too much here late
35. “Are you sure that you don’t want to eat out tonight?” – “I can’t. I have _______ to do tonight.”
A. too many homeworks
B. much too much homework
C. too much homeworks 
D. much too many homeworks
36. In general, women are more likely than men to feel insecure walking alone after dark.
A. Furthermore
B. Likewise
C. Overall
D. Notably
37. It was chock-a-block in town today.
A. full of people 
B. so busy
C. not open
D. not having people 
38. The money has been recovered without resorting to verbal abuse or strong-arm tactics.
A. refraining from 
B. reacting to 
C. turning to 
D. complaining about
39. He’s a former teacher who’s been around the block and knows what it’s all about.
A. retired early
B. been busy all day
C. had experience
D. had wide knowledge 
40. He was illiterate and possessed a limited knowledge of English, and had a partner who was unscrupulous; he was utterly vulnerable, a lamb to the slaughter, taken in by a rotter.
A. treacherous 
B. astute
C. staunch 
 D. unethical
41. ______ impressive chapter in the book was the chapter on Stuart’s scientific theories.
A. It was the most 
B. The most 
C. Most 
D. Most of the
42. I’ve got a terrible hangover. If only I ______ that fourth bottle of wine.
A. hadn’t drunk 
B. didn’t drink 
C. wouldn’t drink 
D. don’t drink
43. February normally has twenty-eight days, but every fourth year, ______ has twenty-nine.
A. there 
B. its 
C. is a leap year 
D. a leap year, it
44. Sports medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the identification and treatment of injuries to people ______.
A. sports are involved 
B. involved in sports 
C. they are involved in sports 
D. sports involve them
45. Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas produce carbon dioxide when ______ burned.
A. are 
B. they 
C. they are 
D. are they
46. Tom has the ability to be a professional musician, but he’s too lazy to practice.
A. He is able to practice music lessons professionally though he is lazy.
B. As a professional musician he is not lazy to practice music lessons.
C. He is talented but he’ll never be a professional musician as he doesn’t practice.
D. Though practicing lazily, he is a professional musician.
47. You will get wet if you go out without an umbrella.
A. Without an umbrella will make you get wet.
B. Going out without an umbrella will get you wet.
C. Unless you go out with an umbrella, you will get wet.
D. You will get wet if you don’t go out without an umbrella.
48. It rained during the match, but we enjoyed ourselves all the same.
A. It rained during the match and we did not enjoy the match.
B. It rained during the match and we enjoyed it less.
C. It rained during the match and we enjoyed it in the same ways as others.
D. It rained during the match; nevertheless, we enjoyed it.
49. This country wouldn’t have much income without tourism.
A. Tourism is developing very quickly in this country.
B. This country depends on its tourism for its income.
C. Tourism development is going up in this country.
D. In order to develop, this country invests into tourism.
50. Our modern society could not exist without transportation.
A. If there were no transportation, our society would not exist.
B. Our modern society will not exist without having traffic.
C. Unless there were transportation, our society would not exist.
D. A and C are correct.
TEST 2: Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed. 
1. Only when you have obtained sufficient data ______ come to a sound conclusion.
a. can you b. you can c. would you d. you would
2. ______ that this region was so rich in natural resources.
a. Little he knew b. Little did he know
a. Little he did know d. Little he had known
3. Never again ______ political office after his 1928 defeat for the presidency.
a. Alfred E. Smith seriously sought b. seriously Alfred E. Smith sought
c. when did Alfred E. Smith seriously seek d. did Alfred E. Smith seriously seek
4. Only in recent years ______ begun to realize that wild dogs, kept within bounds, often do more good than harm.
a. people have b. since people have c. have people d. people who have
5. _______, we were not going to make any concessions to his unreasonable demands.
a. What may come b. Come what may c. May what come d. What come
6. Not until I shouted at the top of my voice ______ his head.
a. that he turned b. did he turn c. he didn’t turn d. he had turned
7. ______ received law degrees as today.
a. Never so women have b. The women aren’t ever
c. Women who have never d. Never have so many women
8. Heat does not travel by convection in solid, because the solid does not move, ______.
a. so does a liquid b. so a liquid does c. as does a liquid d. so is a liquid
9. On no account ______ to anyone.
a. my name must be mentioned b. must my name mention
c. must my name be mentioned d. my name must mention
10. ______ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90 percent.
a. Such construction robots are clever b. So clever the construction robots are
c. So clever are the construction robots d. Such clever construction robots are
11. ______ do we go for picnics.
a. Certainly b. Sometimes c. Seldom d. Once
12. ______ is it only the ignorant and ill-educated person who has such faith in the bottle of medicine.
a. Either b. Often c. Nor d. Usually
13. Her answer is not acceptable, and ______.
a. neither am I b. either is mine c. neither is mine d. mine is neither
14. ______, I must do another experiment.
a. Be it ever so late b. It is ever so late
c. It be ever so late d. So late it be ever
15. So fast ______ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
a. light travel b. travels the light c. do light travel d. does light travel
16. A sneeze cannot be performed voluntarily, ______ be easily suppressed.
a. nor it can b. nor can it c. it cannot d. and cannot it
17. ______ notebook and report that I promised you last week.
a. Here is the b. Here are the c. Is here the d. Are here the
18. ______ a little more time to think, he might have acted more sensibly.
a. If he took b. If he has taken c. had he taken d. Should he take
19. Beneath our feet ______ that our life depends on for food and clothing.
a. the earth lay b. the earth lies c. lie the earth d. lies the earth
20. ______ the beginning of the 19th century did scientists know that all matter is made up of atoms.
a. At b. By c. Up to d. Not until
21. Hardly ______ he got out of the court ______ the reporters raised a lot of questions to him.
a. had  when b. had  than c. did  when d. has  than
22. Among these books ______ a dictionary that his father gave him as a birthday present.
a. have included b. is included c. has included d. are included
23. No longer are contributions to computer technology confined to any one country; ______ is this more true than in Europe.
a. nowhere b. hardly c. little d. seldom
24. Important ______ his discovery was, it was regarded as a matter of no account in his time.
a. to b. for c. as d. although
25. According to the periodic table, ______ still some elements undiscovered.
a. there seem to be b. it seems c. it seems to be d. here seems
26. Here ______ you want to see.
a. the manager comes b. comes the manager
c. comes a manager d. is coming a manager
27. Barry can hardly drive a car, ______.
a. so can’t Molly b. can’t Molly either c. Molly can’t too d. neither can Molly
28. _______ for the leadership of the Party, we should not have succeeded.
a. Had not it been b. Had it not been c. There was d. Is there
29. ______ no air or water, there would be no life in the world.
a. Were there b. There are c. There was d. Is there
30. Not only ______ the data fed into it, but it can also analyze them.
a. the computer can memorize b. can the computer memorize
c. do the computer memorize d. can memorize the computer
31. Not once ______ his view of life.
a. did the gentleman mention b. the gentleman mentioned that
c. the gentleman mentioned d. does gentleman mentioned
32. By no means ______ their own language well.
a. it is true that all English people know
b. is it true that do all English people know
c. it is true that do all English people know
d. is it true that all English people know
33. The molecules of gases move more freely than ______.
a. do liquids and solids b. liquids and solids do
c. do those of liquids and solids d. those do of liquids and solids
34. The world’s birth rates are on a decline and ______ are the death rates.
a. so b. also c. too d. the same
35. _____ is the volume of chemical goods.
a. Constantly growing too b. Too constantly growing
c. Growing constant to d. Too growing constant
36. Many a time _______ me with my English study.
a. have he helped b. has he helped c. he have helped d. did he have helped
37. Typical of the new type of young people ______, who set a shining example to the whole nation.
a. was Andrew b. were Andrew c. Andrew was d. Andrew were
38. What Mr. Smith did was important , but ______.
a. more important the way of he did things was
b. the way of he did things was more important
c. more important was the way he did things
d. more important the way were he did things
39. She didn’t want to buy it, ______.
a. however good was it b. however good it was
c. for how good might it be d. for how good it might be
40. ______ , it is always possible to find out its volume.
a. Whatever the shape of a body may be
b. The shape of a body may be whatever
c. May whatever the shape of a body be
d. Whatever may the shape of a body be
41. I won’t pay $20 for the coat; it’s not worth ______.
a. all that much b. that much all c. that all much d. much all that
42. Hot air accompanied by high relative humidity feels warmer than ______.
a. is it actually b. it actually is c. actually it is d. actually is it
43. North Pole is usually cold in summer, but the Africa ______.
a. is rarely b. scarcely is c. hardly is d. rarely is
44. David, something important has happened. I wish to ______.
a. talk it over with you b. talk over it c. talk over d. talk you over it
45. ______, more than 200 houses and buildings are heated by solar energy, not to mention the big cities in the region.
a. Alone in the small town b. In the small alone town
c. In the small town alone d. In the alone small town
46. Geysers are found new near rivers and lakes, where water drains through the soil ______.
a. surface below the deep b. deep below the surface
c. the deep below surface d. the deep surface below
47. The wallflower ______ because its weak stems often grow on walls and along stony cliffs for support.
a. so called is b. so is called c. is so called d. called is so
48. The history of painting is a fascination chain of evens that probably began with ______.
a. ever made the very first pictures
b. the ever made very first pictures
c. the very first ever made pictures
d. the very first pictures ever made
49. On the side of the hill, there is ______ which was once the entrance to a gold mine.
a. a deep hole in ground b. a hole deep in ground
c. a deep hole in the ground d. a deep in the ground hole
50. Will the boy who has taken my pen brine ______.	
a. back to me b. it back to me c. back it to me d. it to me back
*ANSWER:
1-5 ABDCB 6-10 BDCCC 11-15 CCCAD 16-20 BBCDD 
21-25 ABACA 26-30 BCBAB 31-35 ADCAA 36-40 BACBA 
41-45 ABDAC 46-50 BCDCB
TEST 3: Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed. 
1. A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which ____ will promote its economic development. 
A. in nature 
B. in return 
C. in turn
D. in fact
2. After he retired from office, Roger ____ painting for a while, but soon lost interest. 
A. took up
B. saved up
C. kept up
D. drew up
3. - The boss said we had only three days to finish the work. 
　- Don’t worry. We have already ____ two thirds of it. 
A. sat down
B. got through
C. given in
D. given away
4. She ____ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely. 
A. picked out
B. made out
C. made up
D. picked up
5. With no one to ____ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless. 
A. turn to
B. turn off
C. turn on
D. turn over
6. - How are you managing to do your work without an assistant? 
　- Well. I ____ somehow. 
A. get along
B. come on
C. watch out
D. set off
7. The building around the corner caught fire last night. The police are now _____ the matter. 
A. getting through
B. working out
C. looking into
D. watching over
8. I was still sleeping when the fire ____, and then it spread quickly. 
A. broke out
B. put out 
C. came out
D. got out
9. Although the wind has _____, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat. 
A. turned up
B. gone back
C. died down
D. blown out
10. - Four dollars a pair? I think it's a bit too much. 
 - If you buy three pairs, the price for each will ____ to three fifty. 
A. come down
B. take down
C. turn over
D. go over
11. The computer system ____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet. 
A. broke down
B. broke out
C. broke up
D. broke in
12. - I am sorry to have ____ too much of your time. 
 - That's OK, and I am glad to help you. 
A. taken up
B. taken on 
C. taken off
D. taken in
13. My son John asked me to ____ him off at school on my way to work because it was raining. 
A. take
B. drop
C. put
D. cut
14. In our school the women teachers ____ 56 percent of the staff.
A. turn up
B. stand for
C. make up
D. send up
15. The mail was ____ for two days because of the heavy snows.
A. held out
B. held up
C. held back
D. held off
16. - How did you find your sister in such a big and strange city?
 - I ______ her in the railway station when I was just going back home. 
A. came about
B. came out
C. came up
D. came cross
17. He tried to join the Army but was ____ because of poor health.
A. turned down
B. turned back
C. turned over
D. turned against
18. - If we take a plane, we’ll of course have arrived in London by the next weekend.
 - Don’t be too sure. We should ____ the weather factor. What shall we do if it is foggy?
A. look for
B. allow for
C. prepare for 
D. use for
19. The waistband is too big; it must be ______ about an inch.
A. taken off
B. taken over
C. taken in
D. taken out
20. Designs for the new sports hall are ______ in the library.
A. on return
B. on sale
C. on display 
D. on offer
TEST 4: Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D. 
Hurricane Katrina
A hurricane is a fiercely powerful, rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to l, 240 miles in diameter. The term hurricane is derived from Hurican, the name of a native American storm god. Hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter, known as the eye. They occur in tropical regions. Over its lifetime, one of these storms can release as much energy as 10, 000 nuclear bombs.
The seed for hurricane formation is a cluster of thunderstorms over warm tropical waters. Hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27℃ and the surrounding atmosphere is calm. These requirements are met between June and November in the northern hemisphere.
Under these conditions, large quantities of water evaporate and condense into clouds and rain - releasing heat in the process. It is this heat energy, combined with the rot