Đề thi THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh năm 2015 - Trường THPT Liễn Sơn (Kèm đáp án)

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ĐỀ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 90 phút
SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICES
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 from 1 to 5.
Question 1: A. find 	B. bite 	C. since 	D. drive 
Question 2: A. massage 	B. carriage 	C. voyage 	D. dosage 
Question 3: A. chair 	B. cheap 	C. machanic	D. child
Question 4: A. took 	B. book 	C. food 	D. foot 
Question 5: A. breath 	B. booth 	C. thank 	D. threat 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer in each of the following questions from 6 to 25.
Question 6: They had meals together in the school ............	
A. café	B. restaurant	C. canteen	D. bar
Question 7: You should ............your pounds for dollars before going to New York.
A. change	B. convert	C. turn	D. exchange
Question 8: Who is the ............of this company?
A. top	B. head	C. leader	D. minister
Question 9: His sister'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 10: Instead of ............about the good news, Peter seemed to be indifferent.
A. exciting	B. being excited	C. to excite	D. to be excited
Question 11: She nearly lost her own life ............attempting to save the child from drowning.
A. at	B. with	C. in	D. for
Question 12: If I could speak German, I ............next year studying in Berlin.
A. will spend	B. had spent	C. would spend	D. would have spent
Question 13: There are several means of mass communication. The newspaper is one. Television is .............
A. another	B. other	C. the another	D. the other
Question 14: The police are ............an incident which took place	this afternoon.
A. inspecting	B. searching	C. looking out	D. investigating
Question 15: Someone wanted to........... Belle Vue Hotel to us.
A. introduce	B. direct	C. recommend	D. tell
Question 16: Tony never comes to class on time and ...........	
A. neither does Pedro 	B. so does Pedro	C. so doesn’t Pedro	D. neither doesn’t Pedro
Question 17: Tom: “Thank you for your help.” ~	Mary: “............”
A. With all my heart 	B. It’s my pleasure 	C. Never mind me	D. No problem
Question 18: We ............won the game if we’d had a few more minutes.
A. have	B. will	C. had	D. could have
Question 19: Mr Binh is intelligent but he ............common sense.
A. fails	B. lacks	C. misses	D. wants
Question 20: We’ll play tennis and ...........we’ll have lunch.
A. after	B. then	C. so	D. immediately
Question 21: All the boys are good at cooking, but ............is as good as the girls.
A. either	B. neither	C. every	D. none
Question 22:............that she burst into tears.
A. Her anger was such	B. So angry she was 	C. She was so anger 	D. Such her anger was
Question 23: It was clear that the young couple were ............of taking charge of the restaurant.
A. able	B. reliable	C. capable	D. responsible
Question 24: Dad painted the room black. It looks dark and dreary. He ............chosen a different color.
A. had to	B. should have	C. must have	D. could have been
Question 25: That book is by a famous anthropologist. It’s about the people in Samoa ............for two years.
A. that she lived 	B. that she lived among them 
C. among whom she lived 	D. where she lived among them
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 35.
 The tourist industry is (26) ...........to be the largest industry. Before 1950 one million people travelled abroad each year but by the 1900s the figure (27) ...........to 400 million every year. (28) ...........large numbers of tourists, however, are beginning to cause problems. For example, in the Alps the skiers are destroying the mountains they came to enjoy. Even parts of Mount Everest in the Himalayas are reported to be covered (29) ...........old tins, tents, and food that have been (30) ............
 But at a time when we have (31) ...........freedom to travel than ever before, more and more people are asking how they can enjoy their holidays (32) ...........causing problems by spoiling the countryside. Now there is a new holiday (33) ...........called "Holidays That Don't Cost The Earth". It tells you (34) ...........you can help the tourist industry by asking your travel agent the right questions (35) ...........you go on holiday.
Question 26: A. seen	B. figured 	C. regarded	D. considered
Question 27: A. rose	B. has risen 	C. had risen	D. were rising
Question 28: A. The	B. These	C. Such 	D. Those	
Question 29: A. by	B. with	C. under	D. beneath
Question 30: A. littered	B. thrown away 	C. disposed	D. launched
Question 31: A. larger	B. better 	C. greater	D. bigger
Question 32: A. instead of	B. hardly 	C. apart from	D. without
Question 33: A. guide	B. guidance	C. instruction	D. direction
Question 34: A. when	B. how 	C. where	D. what
Question 35: A. after 	B. before	C. when	D. as soon as
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that need correction in each of the following questions from 36 to 40.
Question 36: She asked why did I look so embarrassed when I saw her.
 A	 B	 C	 D
Question 37: There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in Mexico.
 A B	 C	 D
Question 38: Could you mind telling me the way to the nearest post office?
 A	 B	 C D
Question 39: The children were playing last night outdoors when it began to rain very hard.
 A	 B	 C	 D
Question 40: I’d prefer to do it on myself, because other people make me nervous.
 A	 B	 C D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the questions from 41 to 50.
 Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their predecessors, but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed than run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission option presently available.
 Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available, transport experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighbourhood cars, electoic delivery vans, bikes and ưolleys.
 As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles, urban planners and utility engmeers are focusing on infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centres might be reserved for electric cars.
 Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses and neighbourhood vehicles all meeting at transit centres that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheelers, small cars, or eletric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by freeway today.
Question 41: The author’s purpose in the passage is to...........
A. criticize conventional vehicles	B. support the invention of electric cars
C. narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles	D. describe the possibilities for transportation in the future
Question 42: The following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the passage EXCEPT..........	
A. planes	B. trolleys 	C. vans	D. trains
Question 43: The passage would most likely be followed by details about...........
A. the neighbourhood of the fixture	C. electric shuttle buses
B. automated freeways	D. pollution restrictions in the future
Question 44: The word ‘compact’ in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to...........
A. squared 	B. long-range	C. inexpensive	D. concentrated
Question 45: In the second paragraph, the author implies that..........	
A. everyday life will stay much the same in ứie fixture.
B. a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several modes of iransportation
C. a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed.
D. electric vehicles are not practical for the future
Question 46: According to the passage, public parking lots of the future will be ...........
A. much larger than they are today	C. common as today’s gas stations
B. more convenient than they are today	D. equipped with charging devices
Question 47: The word ‘charging’ in this passage refers to...........
A. aggression	B. lightning 	C. electricity	D. credit cards	
Question 48: The word ‘foresee’ in this passage could best be replaced with ..........
A. imagine	B. count on	C. rely on 	D. invent
Question 49: The word ‘commuters’ in paragraph 4 refers to............
A. visitors	B. cab drivers	C. shoppers 	D. daily travellers	
Question 50: The word ‘hybrid' in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to............
A. hazardous	B. futuristic 	C. automated 	D. combination	
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the questions from 51 to 60.
 A pilot cannot fly by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since human eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot how fast nearby planes are moving. The basic principle of radar is exemplified by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the sounds against the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of sound waves. Radio waves travel at the speed of light, about 300,000 kilometres in one second. A radar set sends out a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes produced when the waves bounce off objects. By determining the tune it takes for the echoes to return to the radar set, a trained technician can determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word “radar”，in fact，gets its name from the term “radio detection and ranging”. “Ranging” is the term for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set. Besides being of critical importance to pilots，radar is essential for air traffic control，tracking ships at sea, and for tracking weather systems and storms. 
Question 51: What is the mam topic of this passage?
A. Alternatives to radar 	B. The nature of radar	C. History of radar	D. Types of ranging
Question 52: According to the passage, what can radar detect besides location of objects?
A. shape	B. size	C. speed	D. weight
Question 53: The word “exemplified" m the passage can be replaced by...........	.
A. “illustrated’	B. “specified”	C. “resembled”	D. “justified”
Question 54: The word "shouts” in the passage most closely means............
A. “shoots”	B. ‘"whispers”	C. “exclaims”	D". “yells”	
Question 55: Which of the following words best describes the tone of this passage?
A. humorous	B. argumentative	C. explanatory 	D. imaginative
Question 56: According to the passage, the distance between a radar set and an object can be determined by............
A. the term “ranging" used for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set 
B. the time it takes for the radio waves to produce echoes and bounce off the object
C. the tune it takes for a burst of radio waves to produce echoes when the waves bounce off the object
D. the time it takes for the echoes produced by the radio waves to return to the radar set 
Question 57: Which type of waves does radar use?
A. radio	B. sound	C. tidal	 	D. heat	
Question 58: The word “tracking” in the passage most closely means...........
A. sending	B. ranging	C. repairing 	D. searching for
Question 59: Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph?
A. A history of flying.	B. Other uses of radar.
C. The technology used by pilots.	D. Uses of some technology.
Question 60: What might be inferred about radar?
A. It was developed from a study of sound waves.	C. It gave birth to the invention of the airplane.
B. It takes the place of a radio.	D. It has improved navigational safety.
Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D which has the same meaning with the original sentence:
Question 61: Be he rich or poor, she will many him.
A. She doesn’t want to marry him because he is poor. 	C. She wants to marry him if he is rich.
B. She will marry him whether he is rich or poor.	D. She will marry him however poor he may be.
Question 62: When I met my long-lost brother, I was at a loss for words.
A. When the speaker met his brother, he was puzzled about what to say.
B. When the speaker met his brother, he had much to say.
C. When the speaker met his brother, he refused to say anything.
D. When the speaker met his brother, he had nothing pleasant to say.
Question 63: It’s a pity that you didn’t tell us about this.
A. I wish you had told us about this	C. I wish you have told us about this.
B. I wish you told us about this	D. I wish you would tell us about this.
Question 64: My brother and I went to that school.
A. I went to that school and my brother, too.	C. I went to that school and so my brother did.
B. I went to that school and so did my brother. 	D. I went to that school and so my brother did, too.
SECTION B: WRITING
Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that the original meaning is exactly the same as the provided one.
Question 65: This landscape is very beautiful!
 How ..............................................................................
Question 66: Somebody stole his car yesterday.
 His car ...........................................................................	
Question 67: It was so late that taking a bus home was impossible.
 It was too.........................................................................	
Question 68: The hedge was repaired by the janitor this morning.
 The janitor .....................................................................
Question 69: He graduated from a Technical College and then went abroad to work.
 After ...............................................................................
Question 70: They had to cancel the flight because the fog was too thick.
 Due to ............................................................................
Write an essay (about 200-300 words) to discuss the benefits of doing exercise.
THE END
Question 65: This landscape is very beautiful!
 How beautiful the landscape is! / What a beautiful landscape!
Question 66: Somebody stole his car yesterday.
 His car was stolen / got stolen yesterday.	
Question 67: It was so late that nothing could be done.
 It was too late to (be able to) take a bus home.	
Question 68: The hedge was repaired by the janitor this morning.
 The janitor repaired the hedge this morning.
Question 69: He graduated from a Technical College and then went abroad to work.
 After	he had graduated from a Technical College, he went abroad to work. or
 After	having graduated from a Technical College, he went abroad to work.
Question 70: They had to cancel the flight because the fog was too thick.
 Due to the thick fog, they had to cancel the flight.
A Sample Writing
 Health is considered to be the most valuable thing one possesses. Improving health is always a prior task in one's daily routine. And the simplest, cheapest, but the most effective way to better one's health is doing regular exercise.
 One advantage of doing exercise is to reduce stress. People who exercise are likely to feel more relaxed, healthier, and of course happier. Doing regular exercise helps the body produce happy chemicals that make the exercisers reduce the worries about life and work as well as forget the boredom and unhappiness.
 Another benefit exerciring brings us is that we will feel more energetic to face and overcome our daily difficulties. Doing exercise helps us reduce the possibilities of being ill, protects us from some fatal diseases as heart disease, cancers and diabetes. Regular exercisers are believed to have healthier, happier and longer lives. The other good thing is that doing exercise helps us feel more self-confident. We know exactly what we can do or what abilities, talents we have. We will think positively, do confidently, and lead an optimistic life if we practise exercising regularly. Controlling our weight effectively is another value. Perspiration occurs when we exercise, which helps our bodies get rid of bad things inside. Fats are burnt during our practising exercire, which helps us to keep fit.
 In a word, doing exercise enables people to have good body-buildings, keep fit and brings exercisers many benefits. Sparing time doing exercise will ensure us a longer, healthier and happier life. [250 words]