Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn Tiếng anh lớp 12 - Năm học 2016-2017 - Nguyễn Thị Dinh

ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QG MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12 – 2017 GV: Nguyễn Thị Dinh
Questions 1-2: 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.
1.	A.man	B. hat	C. bag	D.wall
2. 	A.answered	B. crowded	C. enjoyed	D. failed
 Questions 3-4: 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.
3. 	A. return	B. market	C. notebook	 D. office
4. 	A. competition	B. recognition	C. manufacture	 D. ability
Questions 6-22 :Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Since the flood the number of homeless people __________ dramatically. 
A. are increasing 	B. had increased 	C. increase	 	D. has increased
6. The four-storey house ___ on that hill is still new. 
	A. to be built	 	 B. building	 	 C. built	 D. to built
7. I saw him hiding something in a __________bag.
	A. plastic small black 	 B. small plastic black	 C. black small plastic 	 D. small black plastic
8. Peter: “ What a lovely hat you have!”
 Mary: “ Thanks, ______”
	A. That’s OK.	 B. I’m glad you like it. C. Certainly.	 D. I don’t care
9. My brother asked me_______of the football match.
	A. what do you think B. that I think	C. what did you think	 D. what I thought
10. I am not sure but _______I know there will be a new director in our company soon.
	A. as long as B. as far as	C. according	 D. on the whole
11. The match is going to be broadcast______this evening.
	A. live	B. alive	C. lively	 D. lived
12.Waiter: “How do you like your steak done?” 
 John: “ ______.” 
 	A. I don’t like it much 	B. Very little 
	C. Well done 	D. Very much
13. Vietnam has got a hot,wet and rainy________.
	A. weather	B. climate	C. nature	 D. season
14. Ann quit her job at the advertising agency,_______surprised everyone.
	A. which	B. that	C. who	 D. it
15. The project was rejected because of ________ funds.
	A. unavailable	B. inconsiderable	C. incomplete	 D. insufficient
16. You’ll have to______ early if you want to avoid all the traffic.
	A. come apart	B. go about	C. put off	 D. set off
17. Her mother asked her to _______ the table for the evening meal.
	A. place	B. put out	C. serve	 D. lay
18. Your personality is important ______ the success of your work.
 A. to	 B. for	 C. in	 D. on 
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.
19.The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed.
 A. advanced 	 B. sprinted 	 C. played 	 D. excluded
20.A new government department was established to control maritime traffic.
 A. air	 B. highway	 C. military	 	 D. sea
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.
21. In remote communities, it’s important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in.
A.   remake     	B.    empty      	C.   refill          	 D. repeat
22. Population growth rates  vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.
A.   restrain                 B.  stay  unchanged                C.  remain  unstable                D. fluctuate
Questions 23- 27: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B , C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. 
Environmental Concerns
	Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (23) _____ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world carries on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly(24) ________ the alone resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (25) _____ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover completely We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (26) _____ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (27) _____ increasingly heavy demands on it. 
23. A. Although 	B. Yet 	C. Still 	D. Despite 
24. A. destroy	B. destruction 	C. destructed 	D. destroying
25. A. neither 	B. sooner 	C. rather	D. either 
26. A. result 	B. reaction 	C. development 	D. product 
27. A. making 	B. doing 	C. having 	D. taking 
Questions 28-34. 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..
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace . One should be wary , however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers. Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other. By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied.
28. Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because ______.
A. people relied on reading for entertainment	B. silent reading had not been discovered
C. there were few places available for private reading	D. few people could read to themselves
29. The word “commonplace” in the first paragraph mostly means “______”.
A. for everybody’s use 	B. most preferable 	C. attracting attention D. widely used
30. The development of silent reading during the last century indicated ______.
A. an increase in the average age of readers 	B. an increase in the number of books
C. a change in the nature of reading 	D. a change in the status of literate people
31. Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of ______.
A. the decreasing need to read aloud 	B. the development of libraries
C. the increase in literacy 	D. the decreasing number of listeners
C. an alteration in educationalists’ attitudes 	D. an improvement of printing techniques
32.The phrase “a specialized readership” in paragraph 4 mostly means “______”.
A. a requirement for readers in a particular area of knowledge
B. a limited number of readers in a particular area of knowledge
C. a reading volume for particular professionals	
D. a status for readers specialized in mass media
33. The phrase “oral reader” in the last paragraph mostly means “a person who ______”.
A. is good at public speaking 	B. practises reading to an audience
C. takes part in an audition 	D. is interested in spoken language
34. The writer of this passage is attempting to ______.
A. explain how reading habits have developed 	B. change people’s attitudes to reading
C. show how reading methods have improved 	D. encourage the growth of reading
Questions 35-42: 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 .
It’s often said that we learn things at the wrong time. University students frequently do the minimum of work because they’re crazy about a good social life instead. Children often scream before their piano practice because it’s so boring. They have to be given gold stars and medals to be persuaded to swim, or have to be bribed to take exams. But the story is different when you’re older. 
Over the years, I’ve done my share of adult learning. At 30, I went to a college and did courses in History and English. It was an amazing experience. For starters, I was paying, so there was no reason to be late – I was the one frowning and drumming my fingers if the tutor was late, not the other way round. Indeed, if I could persuade him to linger for an extra five minutes, it was a bonus, not a nuisance. I wasn’t frightened to ask questions, and homework was a pleasure not a pain. When I passed an exam, I had passed it for me and me alone, not for my parents or my teachers. The satisfaction I got was entirely personal. 
Some people fear going back to school because they worry that their brain shave got rusty. But the joy is that, although some parts have rusted up, your brain has learnt all kinds of other things since you were young. It has learnt to think independently and flexibly and is much better at relating one thing to another. What you lose in the rust department, you gain in the maturity department. 
In some ways, age is a positive plus. For instance, when you’re older, you get less frustrated. Experience has told you that, if you’re calm and simply do something carefully again and again, eventually you’ll get the hang of it. The confidence you have in other areas – from being able to drive a car, perhaps – means that if you can’t, say, build a chair instantly, you don’t, like a child, want to destroy your first pathetic attempts. Maturity tells you that you will, with application, eventually get there. 
I hated piano lessons at school, but I was good at music. And coming back to it, with a teacher who could explain why certain exercises were useful and with musical concepts that, at the age often, I could never grasp, was magical. Initially, I did feel a bit strange, thumping out a piece that I’d played for my school exams, with just as little comprehension of what the composer intended as I’d had all those years before. But soon, complex emotions that I never knew poured out from my fingers, and suddenly I could understand why practice makes perfect.
35. It is implied in paragraph 1 that ______. 
A. young learners are usually lazy in their class 
B. teachers should give young learners less homework 
C. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning 
D. parents should encourage young learners to study more 
36. The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, ______. 
A. they cannot learn as well as younger learners B. they have a more positive attitude towards learning 
C. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged D. they get more impatient with their teachers 
37. While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised ______. 
A. to have more time to learn 	B. to be able to learn more quickly 
C. to feel learning more enjoyable 	D. to get on better with the tutor 
38. In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means ______. 
A. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice B. impatient because of having nothing to do 
C. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be D. staying alive and becoming more active 
39. The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “______”. 
A. have the things you have long desired 	B. achieve your aim with hard work 
C. arrive at an intended place with difficulty 	D. receive a school or college degree 
40. All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT ______. 
A. experience in doing other things can help one’s learning 
B. young people usually feel less patient than adults 
C. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people 
D. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners
41. It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you ______. 
A. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger 
B. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger 
C. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger 
D. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger 
42. What is the writer’s main purpose in the passage?
A. To show how fast adult learning is. 	B. To describe adult learning methods. 
C. To encourage adult learning. 	D. To explain reasons for learning.
Questions 43-45 Choose the underlined part in each sentence (A, B,C, or D ) that needs correcting.
43. Helen likes to listen to music, to go to the cinema, to chat on the phone and going shopping.
 A B C D
44. Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are explaining the children the rules of the game.
 A B C D
45. Unlike many writings of her time, she was not preoccupied with morality.
 A B C D
Questions 46-50: Mark the later A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
46."Leave my house now or I'll call the police!" shouted the lady to the man.
The lady threatened to call the police if the man didn't leave her house.
The Lady told the man that she would call the police if he didn't leave her house.
The lady informed the man that she would call me police if he didn't leave her house.
The lady said that she will call the police if the man didn't leave her house.
47.When the unemployment rate is high, the crime is usually also high.
The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
The unemployment rate and the crime are both higher.
The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate.
48. I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't wait for you.
A . Were I to know you were coming, I would wait for you.
If I had known you were coming, I would wait for you.
Had I known you were coming, I would have waited for you.
If I knew you were coming, I would wait for you.
49. My friend Albert has decided to buy a motorbike. His car was stolen last week.
My friend Albert, who his car was stolen last week, has decided to buy a motorbike.
My friend Albert, his car was stolen last week, has decided to buy a motorbike.
My friend Albert, whose car was stolen last week, has decided to buy a motorbike.
My friend Albert was stolen his car last week has decided to buy a motorbike.
50. The boy was so lazy that he couldn’t stay up late to learn his lessons.
 A. The boy was lazy enough not to stay up late to learn his lessons.
 B. The boy was too lazy to stay up late to learn his lessons.
 C. The boy was lazy enough but he stayed up late to learn his lessons.
 D. The boy was lazy enough to stay up late to learn his lessons.