Đề thi THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh năm 2017 - Đề 7 - Trường THPT Chu Văn An (Có đáp án)

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KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM HỌC 2016-2017
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 60 phút (không kể giao đề)
Ngày thi: 
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. needed 	B. watched 	C. kissed 	D. cooked 
Question 2: A. cherish 	B. chorus 	C. chaos 	D. scholar
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. suggest	 B. walking C. explore D. discuss
Question 4: A. development 	B. demonstration 	C. mathematics D. education
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: Allowing children to help plan and prepare family meals provide enjoyable 
 A B
learning experiences that later encourage them to eat the foods they have prepared.
 C D
Question 6: Florida, that is known to be the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.
 A B C D
Question 7: Your mother has read these fairy tales for you many times, has she?
 A B C D
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: . After Helen __________ the door, she went out.
 	A. locked 	B. has locked 	C. was locked 	D. had locked
Question 9: In most_______ developed countries, up to 50% of_______ population enters higher education at some time in their lives. 
 	A. the/ q	B. q/ q	 C. the/ a	D. q /the
Question 10: . ..the time passes, .I feel ! The deadline of my thesis is coming
	A. The faster / the nervous	B. The more fast / the nervous
	C. The fast / the more nervous	D. The faster / the more nervous	
Question 11: They wanted to know................... .
 A. their birthday was when B. when their birthday were
 C. when was my birthday D. when my birthday was
Question 12: _______ on the stairs than the phone rang.
 A. No sooner had I stepped	B. Had no sooner I stepped
 C. No sooner I had stepped	D. Had I stepped no sooner
Question 13. She couldn’t give a __________ explanation for her actions.
A. dissatisfied	B. satisfactory	C. uncompetitive	D. competed
Question 14: : We wondered who was going to pay for the __________window.
A. breaking	B. break	C. broke	D. broken
Question 15: His version of what happened is ____________ .
A. corrected	B. incorrect	C. correcting	D. correction
Question 16: A number of young teachers nowadays ______ themselves to teaching disadvantaged children. 
A. offer 	B. stick 	C. give 	D. devote 
Question 17: The bomb went _________ with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town.
A. on	B. off	C. out	D. by
Question 18: If you don’t know the meaning of the word, you should look it _________ in the dictionary.
A. out 	B. in	C. up	D. on
Question 19: Doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.
	A. solution	B. night shift C. household chores D. special dishes
	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: Two people Jenny and Mr. Robinson are talking about Mr.Robinson’s donation.
- Jenny: “Thank you very much for your donation, Mr. Robinson.” 
- Mr. Robinson: “______________________”
A. Delighted I was able to help 	B. I see.
C. You are right 	D. You can say that again.
Question 21: Two friends Tom and Laura are talking about Tom’s competition.
 -Tom: “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.” 
- Laura: “_____________________”
A. I completely agree with you. It was terrific. 	
B. No doubt!
C. Don’t tell a lie. I thought it was terrible.
D. You must be kidding. It was not as good as I had expected.
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: Mother and her daughter-in-law have been on amazingly amicable terms for years.
	A. equal	B. hostile	 C. happy	D. friendly
Question 23: He drove so fast that I really felt my life was in danger.
A. at the target          	B. in accident               C. at stake                    D. in comfort
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: The bank announced that it was to merge with another of the high street banks. 
A. associate 	B. separate 	C. cooperate 	D. assemble 
Question 25: He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.
A. politeness	B. rudeness	C. measurement	D. encouragement
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: He started learning French six years ago.
A. He has learned French for six years.
B. It was six years ago did he start learning French.
C. He hasn’t learnt French for six years.
D. It is six years since he has learnt French.
Question 27 : The boy can’t write that essay better because he has no books.
	A. The boy will write the essay better if he has books.
	B. The boy would write the essay better if he has books.
	C. The boy would have written the essay better if he had had books.
	D. The boy would write the essay better if he had books.
Question 28: Although he was very tired, he agreed to help me with my homework.
 	A. Tired as he was, he agreed to help me with my homework.
 	B. Despite being very tired, but he agreed to help me with my homework.
 	C. Tired though he was, but he agreed to help me with my homework.
 	D. As tired as was he, he agreed to help me with my homework.
	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: Tom goes to school by bicycle. His friends go to school by bicycle, too.
	A. Neither Tom nor his friends go to school by bicycle. 
	B. Both Tom and his friends goes to school by bicycle.
	C. Either Tom or his friends go to school by bicycle.
	D. Not only Tom but also his friends go to school by bicycle.
Question 30: He behaved in a strange way. That surprised me a lot.
His behaviour was a strange thing, that surprise me a lot.
He behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much.
What almost surprised me was strange way he behaved.
I was almost not surprised by his strange behaviour.
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 blanks from 51 to 61.
	The human brain, (31) __________an average weight of 1, 4 kilograms, is the control center of the body. It receives (32) __________from the senses, processes the information, rapidly sends out responses; it also stores the information that is the source of human thoughts and feelings. Each of the three main parts of the brain- cerebellum, the cerebellum, and the brain stem has its own role (33) _________carrying out the functions.
	The cerebrum is by far the largest of the three parts, taking up 85 percent of the brain by weight. The cerebellum, located below the cerebrum in the back part of the skull, is made of masses of bunched up nerve cells. It is the cerebellum (34) _________controls human balance, coordination, and posture.
	The brain stem, which connects the cerebrum and the spinal cord, controls various body processes such (35) __________ breathing and heartbeat. It is the major motor and sensory pathway connecting the body and the cerebrum.
Question 31: 	A. on 	B. of 	C. for 	D. with
Question 32: 	A. news 	B. information 	C. advice 	D. lesson 
Question 33: 	A. in 	B. at 	C. on 	D. by
Question 34:	A. who 	B. which 	C. that 	D. whose
Question 35: 	A. as 	B. for 	C. about 	D. on 
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 questions from 61 to 70.
The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, smaller only than the elephant and the rhinoceros. Its name comes from two Greek words which mean “river horse”. The long name of this animal is often shortened to the easier to handle term “hippo.”
The hippo has a natural affinity for the water. It does not float on top of the water; instead, it can easily walk along the bottom of a body of water. The hippo commonly remains underwater for three to five minutes and has been known to stay under for up to half an hour before coming up for air.
In spite of its name, the hippo has relatively little in common with the horse and instead has a number of interesting similarities in common with the whale. When a hippo comes up after a stay at the bottom of a lake or river, it releases air through a blowhole, just like a whale. In addition, the hippo resembles the whale in that they both have thick layers of blubber for protection and they are almost completely hairless.
Question 36: The topic of this passage is
A. the largest land animal .
B. the derivations of animal names.
C. the characteristics of the hippo.
D. the relation between the hippo and the whale.
Question 37: It can be inferred from the passage that the rhinoceros is 
A. smaller than the hippo.
B. equal in size to the elephant .
C. a hybrid of the hippo and the elephant.
D. one of the two largest types of land of animals.
Question 38: The possessive “Its” in line 2 refers to
A. hippotamus 	B. elephant	C. rhinoceros 	D. horse
Question 39: It can be inferred from the passage that the hippopotamus is commonly called a hippo because the word “hippo” is
A. simpler to pronounce accurately.	B. the original name .
C. scientifically more accurate.	D.easier for the animal to recognize.
Question 40: According to the passage, what is the maximum time that hippos have been known to stay underwater
A.three minutes 	B. five minutes
C. thirty minutes 	D. ninety minutes
Question 41: The expression “has relatively little in common” in line 8 could be best replaced by
A.has few interactions 	B. is not normally found
C. has minimal experience 	D. shares few similarities.
Question 42: The passage states that one way in which a hippo is similar to a whale is that
A. they both live on the bottoms of rivers.
B. they both have blowholes.
C. they are both named after horses.
D. they both breathe underwater.	
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 questions from 71 to 80.
The White House, the official home of the United States president, was not built in time for George Washington to live in it. It was begun in 1792 and was ready for its first inhabitants. President and Mrs. John Adams, who moved in on November 1, 1800.When the Adamses moved in, the White House was not yet complete, and the Adamses suffered many inconveniences; for example, the main staircase was incomplete, which hindered movement from floor to floor, and the future laundry yard was merely a pool of mud, so wet laundry was hung in the unfinished East Room to dry. Thomas Jefferson, the third president, improved the comfort of the White House in many respects and added new architectural features such as the terraces on the east and west ends.
When the British forces burned the White House on August 24, 1814, President Madison was forced to leave. All the remained after the fire was the exterior walls, the interior was completely destroyed. It was not until December of 1817 that the following president, James Monroe, was able to move into a rebuilt residence. Since then, the White House has continued to be modified but has been continuously occupied by each succeeding U.S president.
Question 43: Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for this text?
A. George Washington’s life in the White House . 
B. The Early History of the White House .
C. The burning of the White House. 
D. Presidential Policies of Early U.S. Presidents.
Question 44: Why did George Washington not love in the White House?
A. It had been burned by the British.	
B. He did not like the architectural features.
C. He did not want to suffer the inconveniences that the Adamses had suffered.
D. Construction had not yet been completed.
Question 45: The word “inhabitant” in line 3 is closest meaning to:
A. modifications	 B. moves 	C. celebrations 	D. residents
Question 46: What of the White House was not yet complete when the Adamses moved in?
A . main staircase	B. laundry yard 	C. pool 	D. A and B
Question 47: The word “forces” in line 10 could best be replaced by:
A. military 	B. effort 	C. power 	D. energy
Question48: According to the passage, which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson’s tenure in the White House?
A. He worked to improve the appearance and convenience of the White House.
B. He had to flee the White House because of the war with the British.
C. He removed the terraces that had been added by Adams.
D. He was accepting of the many inconveniences.
Question 49: According to the passage, when James monroe came to the White House, it had been:
A. repressed 	B. reconstructed 	C. relocated 	 	D. reserved 
Question 50: The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses:
A. the details of the destruction of the White House by the British .
B. James Monroe’s policies as presidents .
C. modifications by presidents who followed .
D. other presidents who were unable to occupy the White House .
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Answer Key
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1
A
11
D
21
D
31
D
41
D
2
A
12
A
22
D
32
B
42
B
3
B
13
B
23
C
33
A
43
B
4
A
14
D
24
B
34
C
44
C
5
B
15
B
25
A
35
A
45
D
6
A
16
D
26
A
36
C
46
D
7
D
17
C
27
D
37
D
47
A
8
D
18
C
28
A
38
A
48
A
9
D
19
B
29
B
39
A
49
B
10
D
20
A
30
B
40
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50
C