Bộ đề luyện thi THPT Quốc gia năm môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2016-2017 (Phần 54)

 SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG 
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017
 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 865
 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
 TNPT 54 MASTER COPY ~ WITH KEY 
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. says	B. play	C. lemonade	D. plate
 Question 2:A. bother	B. breakthrough	C. thoughtful	D. geothermal
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 3: ~ Max: "How lovely your pets are!” ~ Min: ".........”
A. Really? They are.	B. I love them, too
C. can you say that again	D. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so
Question 4: ~ Stephanie: "Oh, no! I left my book at home. Can I share yours?" ~ Scotts: ".........."
A. Yes, sure!	B. No, thanks	C. No, not at all!	D. Yes, I do, too
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: Dr. Parker gave my mum a lovely.......for spaghetti carbonara.
A. receipt	B. prescription	C. paper	D. recipe
Question 6:.......has been a topic of continual geological research.
A. How the continents were formed	B. How did the continents for
C. If the continents formed	D. The continents formed
Question 7: I'm saving all my pocket money.......to buy a new PlayStation.
A. out	B. up	C. away	D. down
Question 8: As a millionaire who liked to show off her wealth, Mrs. Smith paid......we asked.
A. four times as much as	B. four time much than
C. four time as many as	D. four times much as
Question 9: I gave the waiter a $50 note and waited for my.........
A. supply	B. cash	C. cost	D. change
Question 10: You should........a professional to check your house for earthquake damage.
A. make	B. have	C. get	D. take
Question 11: She should........in the garage when we come around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell.
A. have worked	B. work	C. have been working	D. be working
Question 12: I think there's a picture of the hotel.......the first page.
A. at	B. on	C. in	D. to
Question 13: Only one of our gifted students.......to participate in the final competition.
A. were choosing	B. has been chosen	C. chosen	D. have been chosen
Question 14: People can become very.......when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.
A. bad-tempered	B. nervous	C. stressful	D. pressed
Question 15: They.......have seen the play last night as they went to a football match instead.
A. might	B. can't	C. could	D. must
Question 16: We........today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it.
A. had checked our homework	B. have our homework checking
C. had our homework checked	D. were checked our homework
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 17: This tapestry has a very complicated pattern.
A. ultimate	B. obsolete	C. intricate	D. appropriate
Question 18: The drought was finally over as the fall brought in some welcome rain.
A. harvest	B. aridity	C. summer	D. heatware
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions.
 You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions.
 According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far-flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, anger, disgust, contempt, happiness, and surprise. There are, however, huge differences across cultures in both the context and intensity of emotional displays - the so called display rules. In many Asian cultures, for example, children are taught to control emotional responses - especially negative ones - while many American children are encouraged to express their feelings more openly. 
 Regardless of culture, however, emotions usually show themselves, to some degree, in people’s behaviour. From their first days of life, babies produce facial expressions that communicate their feelings.
 The ability to read facial expressions develops early, too. Very young children pay close attention to facial expressions, and by age five, they nearly equal adults in their skill at reading emotions on people’s faces. This evidence all points to a biological underpinning for our abilities to express and interpret a basic set of human emotions. Moreover, as Charles Darwin pointed out over a century ago, some emotional expressions seem to appear across species boundaries. Cross-cultural psychologists tell us that certain emotional responses carry different meanings in different cultures. For example, what emotion do you suppose might be conveyed by sticking out your tongue? For Americans, this might indicate disgust, while in China it can signify surprise. Likewise, a grin on an American face may indicate joy, while on a Japanese face it may just as easily mean embarrassment. Clearly, culture influences emotional expressions.
Question 19: Paul Ekman is mentioned in the passage as an example of........
A. investigators on universal emotional expressions 	B. researchers who can speak and understand many languages 
C. researchers on universal language 	D. lacked many main ingredients
Question 20: Young children.......
A. make amazing progress in controlling their emotions
B. are sensitive towards others’ emotions 
C. take time to control their facial expressions 
D. spend a long time learning to read others’ emotions
Question 21: The phrase "This evidence" in line 24 refers to........
A. human facial expressions 
B. the fact that children are good at recognizing others’ emotions 
C. the fact that children can control their feelings 
D. a biological underpinning for humans to express emotions 
Question 22: The word "evolved" in line 3 is closest in meaning to........
A. simplified	B. increased	C. reduced	D. developed 
Question 23: Unlike American children, Asian children are encouraged to........
A. change their behaviour 	B. display their emotions openly
C. control their emotions	D. conceal their positive emotions 
Question 24: According to the passage, we respond to others by.......
A. watching their actions	B. looking at their faces 
C. observing their looks	D. observing their emotional expressions 
Question 25: Many studies on emotional expressions try to answer the question whether.......
A. different cultures have similar emotional expressions.
B. rounding the mouth has the same meaning in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
C. raising the eyebrows has similar meaning to rounding the mouth.
D. eyebrow raising means the same in Minneapolis and Madagascar.
Question 26: The best title for the passage is.......
A. Human habit of displaying emotions	B. Ways to control emotional expressions 
C. Review of research on emotional expressions	D. Cultural universals in emotional expressions
Mark the letter on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.
 Question 27:A. regardless	B. coincide	C. specific	D. inventive
 Question 28:A. promise	B. tonight	C. furnish	D. reason
Choose the sentence that is similar in meaning to the given one.
Question 29: "Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier.
A. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency.
B. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document.
C. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away.
D. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. 
Question 30: Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists.
A. Tourists prefer the beaches in Bali to those in Java because they are far better.
B. Bali attracted more tourists than Java because its beaches are much farther.
C. Bali is more popular with tourists because its beaches are much better than those of Java 
D. Bali is more popular with tourists because it has more beaches than Java.
Question 31: It is widely believed that hard work makes success.
A. People think that success is when you work hard.
B. Believers of success think that we should work hard.
C. Many people believe that if you want to succeed, you should work hard. 
D. Many people think that success at work is hard.
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 sentences.
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
 Young is bеautiful. Тhin is bеautiful. Or so would the mеdia havе you beliеvе. Еvеry day we arе bombardеd by images of waif-like сelеbritiеs walking down сatwalks at fashion shоws, or waving at their adoring fans and, еvеn morе importantly, at the watchful eyеs of thе сamеras of the gathеrеd prеss, from rеd-сarpеted thеatre entranсes at film prеmiеrеs - holding up for all thе world to sеe a bеauty idеal as unattainable to шost of us as thе сеlebrity status thеy enioy.
 And it is all too еasy to assumе that thе Westеrn bеauty idеal has always bееn this: thе imagе of thе grown-up woman, еtеrnally loсkеd in thе body of an undеrnourishеd tееnagеr. But this obsеssion with all things thin only startеd as rесеntly as thе 1960s. If you look at bеauty iсons of thе 1950s, likе Marilyn Monroе, thеy appеar positivеly obеsе сompared to all thе Lindsay Lohans and Katе Mossеs of today. And Marilyn hеrsеlf would sееm undеrwеight nеxt to any of the womеn in thе paintings of thе 17th сеntury Dutсh mastеr Rubеns.
 So whеrе doеs thе idеal of young and thin сomе from? Part of thе rеason is in thе mind: wе all fееl thе inеvitablе passing оf timе. Wе all fееl nostalgiс about thе good old days, of our youth - thе timе wе would never bе ablе to rесlaim or rеturn to еvеn if, in faсt, wе wеre not partiсularlу happy in thosе tееnagе yеars. This yearning for what сannot сome again seems еtеrnal and univеrsal, and еvеn anсiеnt folk talеs talk about the sеarсh for thе fountain of youth.
 Also, with all thе progress madе in modеrn mеdiсinе, wе livе longеr than bеforе, whiсh also mеans wе spеnd morе yеars in adulthood, and thеn in old agе, than bеfore. And with thе plethora of body trеatmеnts on offеr, wе сan at lеast try to look young. Somе of us еvеn go to еxtremе lengths to prеsеrvе our youthful looks: plastiс surgеry to rеmovе thе wrinkles of lifе еxpеriеnсе from our faсеs, or сhеmiсal infeсtions to frееzе thе smilе on our plump lips. Yеs, thеsе days еven turning baсk timе is possiblе. But is this a good thing? Do forty-somеthings rеally havе to try and look likе thеir own tееnagе dаughtеrs?
 Thе tidе, howеvеr, sееms to bе turning. Just reсеntly, a major fashion show in Spain bannеd all supетmodеls who wеrе сliniсally undеrweight from appеaring on thе сatwalk. Еvеn сosmеtiсs сompaniеs arе bеginning to sеnsе thе сhangе: Dovе, for еxamplе, staтtеd thеir Campaign for Rеal Bеauty promoting hеalthсarе and bеauty produсts with imagеs of womеn of all agеs and dress sizеs. Just onе look at thеm, and you'rе сonvinсеd: bеauty is not about how young you arе, or how littlе you wеigh. Bеauty is thе hеalth and happiness shining in youт faсe.
Question 32: Тhe writer says the media shows us a beauty ideal......
A. that's still the same as in the 17th сentury.
B. that appeals to everyone living in the Western world
C. whiсh isn't realistiс for most people.
D. only aimed at people who are young and thin.
Question 33: The writer thinks that the key to real beauty.....
A. is employing models of different ages and sizes.
B. is finding health and happiness in our lives.
C. lies in the latest produсts of the beauty industry.
D. is banning underweight modеls from fashion shows.
Question 34: The word "nostalgic" in line 12 is closest in meaning to.....
A. feeling sad about the past B. missing happy times 	C. memorial	D. memorable
Question 35: What does the writеr sаy about the development of modern mediсine?
A. She doesn't think modern mediсine has made any differenсe to how we view beauty.
B. It has extended our Iives, so we spend more years as adults and old people than before.
C. It enсouгages us to take eхtreme measures to bring baсk ouг youth.
D. Dгugs сan now make us look younger and healthier
Question 36: If we сompare the beauty iсons of today to those of the 1950s......
A. we find that they have always been young and thin.
B. the women from thе 1950s look even moгe underfed
C. it is easy to see how new beauty pгoduсts have improved women's аppearanсe
D. today’s staгs appeaг a lot thinner.
Question 37: How does the writer feel about plastiс surgery?
A. She's surprised that extreme beauty tгeatments сan almost turn baсk time.
B. She doesn't believe adult women should try to look like teenagers.
C. She thinks it's wondeгful that we сan remove wrinkle to make the skin look younger.
D. She would like to try plastiс surgery or сhemiсal injeсtions to make heгself look younger.
Question 38: What does the writer argue might explain the origins of our beauty ideаl?
A. The infIuenсe of advertising on our peгсeption of beauty.
B.. The happiness we felt as tеenаgeгs.
C. Psyсhologiсal reasons: the desire to bring baсk our youth.
D. Тhe images in anсient folk tales.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each numbered blank.
THE HISTORY OF WRITING
 The development of writing...(39)... a huge difference to the world and might see it as the beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered in China that date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" developed in the...(40)... around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first true alphabet was used by the Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", which gave us the modern word "alphabet" The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and...(41)... to other European countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the letter G, and the letter J and V were...(42)... to people in Shakespeare's time. If we...(43)... the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts.
 Question 39:A. had	B. took	C. made	D. did
 Question 40:A. area	B. distance	C. earth	D. length
 Question 41:A. occurred	B. appeared	C. was	D. spread
 Question 42:A. infamous	B. hidden	C. unpopular	D. unknown
 Question 43:A. bring on	B. hold up	C. make off	D. look into
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 44: During the five-decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects.
A. holding back	B. holding by	C. holding at	D. holding to
Question 45: The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.
A. obscure	B. explicit	C. implicit	D. odd
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 46: When precipitation occurs, some of it evaporates, some runs off the surface it strikes, and some sinking into the ground.
A. some	B. the	C. When	D. sinking
Question 47: A warning printed on a makeshift lifebuoy says: "This is not a life-saving device. Children should be accompany by their parents."
A. life-saving	B. accompany	C. Children	D. parents
Question 48: Globally and internationally, the 1990's stood out as the warmest decade in the history of weather records.
A. out	B. Globally and internationally	C. warmest	D. weather records
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 49: It isn't just that the level of education of this school is high. It's that it's also been consistent for years.
A. Not only are the standards of education good in this school, but it has maintained those standards over the years.
B. It isn't fair to deny that this school is successful, as it has had the same high standards for many years now.
C. The level of education in this school, which is usually quite high, shows only slight variations from year to year.
D. The standard of education is not high in this school, but at least all the students are at the same level. 
Question 50: We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.
A. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. 
B. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night.
C. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night.
D. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay.
 SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG 
 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017
 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 428
 Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
 Mark(s) Mã Phách . 
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. play	B. plate	C. lemonade	D. says
 Question 2:A. thoughtful	B. geothermal	C. bother	D. breakthrough
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the questions.
 You can usually tell when your friends are happy or angry by the looks on their faces or by their actions. This is useful because reading their emotional expressions helps you to know how to respond to them. Emotions have evolved to help us respond to important situations and to convey our intentions to others. But does raising the eyebrows and rounding the mouth say the same thing in Minneapolis as it does in Madagascar? Much research on emotional expressions has centered on such questions.
 According to Paul Ekman, the leading researcher in this area, people speak and understand substantially the same "facial language". Studies by Ekman’s group have demonstrated that humans share a set of universal emotional expressions that testify to the common biological heritage of the human species. Smiles, for example, signal happiness and frowns indicate sadness on the faces of people in such far- flung places as Argentina, Japan, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Sumatra,the United States, Vietnam, the jungles of New Guinea, and the Eskimo villages north of Artic Circle. Ekman and his colleagues claim that people everywhere can recognize at least seven basi