Đề ôn thi Trung học phổ thông Quốc gia năm môn Tiếng Anh năm 2017 (Kèm đáp án)

PRACTICE TEST 19 – 12th form
Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
1. A. pleasant B. treason C. reason D. season	
2. A. suspicious	 B. efficient C. appreciate D. apprentice 
Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question.
3. A. geological B. laborious	 C. delicious D. predicament
4. A. momentary B. monetary C. rudimentary D. commentary
Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 
6. By the time of dinosaurs, turtles have already developed the hard shell into which their heads and legs could be drawn.
7. The public ceremonies(A) of the Plains Indians are lesser(B) elaborate than those(C) of the Navajo in(D) the Southwest.
8. In 2030(A), how we will provide(B) for the food, land, and energy needs(C) of a global population of over 8 billion(D)? 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
9. Who will replace you to monitor the class on the days you are on duty next week?
A. support 	B. undermine 	C. vandalize 	D. manage
10. You shouldn’t look down on our rivals because they have got a lot ofprogress this football season.
A. opponents 	B. aliens 	C. goalies 	D. allies
Read the following passage and decide which answer bestfits each gap. 
	Voluntary work is work that you do not get paid for and usually involves in doing things to help other people, especially the elderly or the sick. or working on behalf of a charity or similar organization. Most charitable organizations rely on unpaid volunteers, and thousands of Americans and British people give many hours of their time to doing some form of social work or organizing - fund raising events to support the work. Volunteering is especially popular in the US and the reasons this may be found in (11)__________American values such as the Protestant work ethic, the idea that work improves the person whodoes it, and the belief that people can change their (12)__________if they try hard enough.
	In the US young people over 18 can take part in AmeriCorps, a government programme that encourages them to work as volunteers for a period of time, with the (13)__________of help in paying for their education later. Older Americans who do not work may spend much of their free time volunteering.
	In Britain a lot of voluntary work is directed towards supporting the country’s social services.The WRVS and other organizations run a meals- on- wheels service in many parts of Britain, (14)__________hot food for old people who are unable to cook for themselves. The nationwide Citizens Advice Bureau, which offers free advice to the public (15)__________a wide range of issues, is run mainly by volunteers, and the Blood Transfusion Service relies on voluntary blood donors to give blood for use in hospitals. Political parties use volunteers at election time, and Churches depend on volunteers to (16) _____building clean.
11. A. basic	B. primary	C. top	D. essential
12. A. Standard 	B. nature	C. condition	D. appearance
13. A. function 	 	B. reply	C. favour	D. promise
14. A. serving	B. providing	C. selling	D. offering
15. A. on	B. with	C. for	D. through
16. A. stay	B. keep	C. help	D. get
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
16. Under ideal conditions, the entire life cycle of some insects, for example fleas, living on pets, may only take 3 weeks, so in no time at all, pets and homes can be infested.
A. very fast 	B. immeasurably 	C. unaccountably 	D. very slowly
17. My little daughter would spend an inordinate amount of time in the shop, deciding exactly which comics she was going to buy. 
A. excessive 	B. limited 	C. required	D. abundant
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer.
18. About 20 percent of U.S electricity currently _________ nuclear power plants.
A. come from	B. coming to	C. comes from	D. came from
19. In the early years of the 20th century, several rebellions ____ in the northern parts of the country.
A. rose up	B. turned out	C. came up	D. broke out
20. _______saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.
A. What the woman was B. That the woman was
C. The woman was D. What was the woman
21. The bad weather caused serious damage to the crop. If only it _______ warmer.
A. was B. were	C. has been	D. had been
22. Would you mind ________ me a favour and posting this letter for me?
A. making	 B. doing	C. getting	D. giving 
23. I would be very rich now ________ working long ago.
A. if I gave up	 B. if I wouldn’t give up C. were I to give up D. had I not given up
24. The planes were delayed and the hotel was awful, but ________ we still had a good time.
A. on the top of all that	B. on the contrary C. for all that	 D. by the same token
25. Many habitats change ________ the types of plants and animals that live there.
A. with respect to	B. in respect for	C. as for	D. as against
26. - “Don’t fail to send your parents my regards” 	 - “_____________ .“
A. It’s my pleasure B. Good idea, thanks C. You’ve welcome D. Thanks, I will
27. -“Do you mind if I take a seat?” - “_____________ .“
A. Yes, I don’t mind B. No, do as you please C. No I mind D. Yes, do as you lease
28. _______you, I’d think twice about that decision. I could be a bad move.
A. Were I B. Should I be C. If I am	D. If I had been
29. It is imperative that your facebook password ________ confidential. 
A. need keeping 	B. need to keep	C. needs to be kept D. needed keeping
30. Near the parked is a famous landmark __________ the Unification Palace.
A. whose named	B. called	C. is	D. is called
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The Roman alphabet took thousands of years to develop, from the picture writing of the ancient Egyptians through modifications by Phoenicians, Greek, Romans, and others. Yet in just a dozen years, one man, Sequoyah, invented an alphabet for the Cherokee people. Born in eastern Tennessee, Sequoyah was a hunter and a silversmith in his youth, as well as an able interpreter who knew Spanish, French and English.
	Sequoyah wanted his people to have the secret of the “talking leaves” as he called his books of white people, and so he set out to design a written from of Cherokee. His chief aim was to record his people’s ancient tribal customs. He began by designing pictographs for every word in the Cherokee vocabulary. Reputedly his wife, angry with him for his neglect of garden and house, burned his notes, and he had to star over. This time, having concluded that picture-writing was Cumbersome, he made symbols for the sounds of Cherokee language Eventually he refined his system to eighty-five characters, which he borrowed from the Roman, Greek, and Hebrew alphabets. He presented this system to the Cherokee General council in 1821, and it was wholeheartedly approved. The response was phenomenal. Cherokees who had struggled for months to learn English lettering Cherokee Phoenix, was first published in the new alphabet. Sequoyah was acclaimed by his people.
	In his later life, Sequoyah dedicated himself to the general advancement of his people. He went to Washington, D, C, as a representative of the Western tribes. He helped settled bitter differences among Cherokee after their forced movement by the federal government to the Oklahoma territory in the 1930s. He died in Mexico in 1943 while searching for groups of lost Cherokee. A statue of Sequoyah represents Oklahoma in the Statuary Hall in the capitol building of Washington. D, C. However, he is probably chiefly remembered today because Sequoias, the giant redwood trees of California, are named of him.
31. The passage is mainly concerned with..
A.Sequoyah’s experiences in Mexico B. the development of the Roman alphabet.
C. The pictographic system of writing D. the accomplishments of Sequoyah.
32. In the final version of the Cherokee alphabet system, each of the characters represents a
A. picture	B. sound	C. word	D. thought.
33. Why does author mention the giant redwood trees of California in the passage?
The trees inspired Sequoyah to write a book.
Sequoyah was born in the vicinity of the redwood forest.
The trees were named in Sequoyah’s honor.
Sequoyah took his name from those trees.
34. According to the passage, Sequoyah used the phrase talking leaves to refer to
A. redwood trees	B. newspaper	C. books	D. symbols for sounds.
35. There is no indication in the passage that, as a young man, Sequoyah..
A. served as a representative in Washington 	B. served as an interpreter.
C. Made things form silver	D. hunted game.
36. What was Sequoyah’s main purpose in designing a Cherokee alphabet?
A.to record Cherokee customs	B. to write about his own life.
C.to publish a newspaper 	D. To write books in Cherokee. 
37. The word Cumbersome is closest in meaning to
Radical	 B. awkward	 C. unfamiliar	D. simplistic.
38 All of the following were mentioned in the passage as alphabet systems that Squoyah borrowed from EXCEPT
Egyptian	B. Hebrew	C. Roman	D. Greek 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
39. Refusal to give a breath sample to the police could lead to your arrest.
A. If you refuse to be arrested, you have to give a breath sample.
B. You could be arrested for not giving a breath sample to the police.
C. If a breath sample is not given, the police will refuse to arrest you.
D. The police could cause you to give a breath sample to decide whether to arrest you or not
40. The student was very bright. He could solve all the math problems.
A. He was such bright student that he could solve all the math problems.
B. The student was very bright that he could solve all the math problems.
C. He was so bright a student that he could solve all the math problems.
D. Such bright was the student that he could solve all the math problems.
41. I spent a long time getting over the disappointment of losing the match.
A. It took me long to stop disappointing you. 
B. Getting over the disappointment took me a long time than the match.
C. Losing the match disappointed me too much. 
D. It took me long to forget the disappointment of losing the match.
42. They don’t let workers use the office telephone for personal calls.
A. They don’t allow using the office telephone to call personal secretaries.
B. They don’t allow workers to use the office telephone. 
C. The office telephone is used by workers personally.
D. They don’t let the office phone be used for personal purpose by workers.
43. After 4 years abroad, he returned home as an excellent engineer.
A. After he studied 4 years abroad, he returned home as an excellent engineer.
B. After he has studied for 4 years abroad, he returned home as an excellent engineer.
C. After he studied 4 years abroad, he returned home as an excellent engineer.
D. After he had studied for 4 years abroad, he returned home as an excellent engineer.
Read the following passage and mark the correct letter A, B, C, or D.
The Fukushima I nuclear accidents are a series of ongoing equipment failures and releases of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the 9.0 magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The plant comprises six separate boiling water reactors maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). This accident is the largest of the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents arising from the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and experts consider it to be the second largest nuclear accident after the Chernobyl disaster, but more complex as all reactors are involved. 
At the time of the quake, reactor 4 had been de-fueled while 5 and 6 were in cold shutdown for planned maintenance. The remaining reactors shut down automatically after the earthquake, with emergency generators starting up to run the control electronics and water pumps needed to cool reactors. The plant was protected by a seawall designed to withstand a 5.7 metres (19 ft) tsunami but not the 14-metre (46 ft) maximum wave which arrived 41–60 minutes after the earthquake. The entire plant was flooded, including low-lying generators and electrical switchgear in reactor basements and external pumps for supplying cooling seawater. The connection to the electrical grid was broken. All power for cooling was lost and reactors started to overheat, due to natural decay of the fission products created before shutdown. The flooding and earthquake damage hindered external assistance.
Evidence soon arose of partial core meltdown in reactors 1, 2, and 3; hydrogen explosions destroyed the upper cladding of the buildings housing reactors 1, 3, and 4; an explosion damaged the containment inside reactor 2; multiple fires broke out at reactor 4. Despite being initially shutdown, reactors 5 and 6 began to overheat. Fuel rods stored in pools in each reactor building began to overheat as water levels in the pools dropped. Fears of radiation leaks led to a 20-kilometre (12 mi) radius evacuation around the plant while workers suffered radiation exposure and were temporarily evacuated at various times. One generator at unit 6 was restarted on 17 March allowing some cooling at units 5 and 6 which were least damaged. Grid power was restored to parts of the plant on 20 March, but machinery for reactors 1 through 4, damaged by floods, fires and explosions, remained inoperable. Flooding with radioactive water through the basements of units 1–4 continues to prevent access to carry out repairs. 
Measurements taken by the Japanese science ministry and education ministry in areas of northern Japan 30–50 km from the plant showed radioactive caesium levels high enough to cause concern. Food grown in the area was banned from sale. It was suggested that worldwide measurements of iodine-131 and caesium-137 indicate that the releases from Fukushima are of the same order of magnitude as the releases of those isotopes from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986; Tokyo officials temporarily recommended that tap water should not be used to prepare food for infants. Plutonium contamination has been detected in the soil at two sites in the plant. Two workers hospitalized as a precaution on 25 March had been exposed to between 2000 and 6000 mSv of radiation at their ankles when standing in water in unit 3. 
44. What is the main topic of the passage?	
A. Japanese natural disaster – the nuclear power accident.
B. Fukushima I nuclear accident – the largest nuclear power of all time.
C. The nuclear power accident – Japanese catastrophe.	
D. The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.
45. The word “ongoing” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.
A. old-fashioned	 B. onslaught	C. continuous	D. disastrous
46. All of the following are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT___.
A. The cause of the accident is the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
B. The earthquake causes a great damage to Japan and the neighboring country
C. The tsunami struck the country after the earthquake had occurred approximately an hour
D. The reactor was barred from external assistance because of the flooding and earthquake damage
47. According to the passage, which of the followings is NOT true?
A. The plant suffered a 14-metre seawall	
B. The highest wave was 46 ft in height
C. The reactor 5 and 6 started overheating though they were in cold shutdown for maintenance
D. The flood with water containing radioactivity made it impossible for the machinery to be repaired
48. According to the passage, which of the following can be inferred?
A. The Chernobyl disaster happened in the late 19th century
B. Food was banned from sale for fear that the country would run out of food
C. The people in Tokyo were advised not to use tap water to cook for children
D. Two workers were sent to hospital as they were exposed to radiation when standing in water in unit 3
49. The word “inoperable” in the third paragraph could be best replaced by_____.
A. incompatible	B. impracticable	C. irrepressible D. mysterious
50. Why does the author mention “plutonium contamination” in the last paragraph?
A. to show that the Japanese discovered plutonium mine after the nuclear accident
B. to show that plutonium was contaminated after the nuclear accident
C. to show that the soil was polluted by plutonium 
D. to give an example of soil containing natural resource