Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh (Mới)

SAMPLE TEST
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
	1. A. minute 	B. time	C. like	D. high
	2. A. lived. 	B. stopped	C. watched	D. kissed
Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest. 
 3. A. admit 	B. system 	C. question 	D. engine 
 4. A. accidental	 B. preference	C. confident	D. interviewer
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
 5. My English is progressing by ..
A. leaps and bounds	 B. bounds and leaps	C. odds and ends D. ends and odds 
6. My grandfather died after he .. ill for a long time. 
A. had been 	B. were C. has been	 D. would be 
7. When .to explain his mistake, the new employee cleared his throat nervously.
A. asked                     B. to be asked             C. to be asking            D. asking
 8. I applied for a part-time job at the supermarket. They're going to ..
A. take me on	B. carry me on	C. hold me on	D. put me on
9. Living in the city is getting..
 A. more and more expensive 	B. more expensive and more expensive
 C. expensive and expensive 	D. more expensive and expensive
10. My uncle was .. ill last summer; however, fortunately, he is now making a slow but steady recovery.
	A. seriously	B. deeply	C. fatally 	D. critically
11. He asked me  home the day before. 	
A. what time I had left	B. what time I will leave 	C. what time I left 	D. what time I leave
12. We haven't met each other ..........a long time.
A. for                         B. during                         C. at                       D. since
 13. .................. is living with me.
A. Either my brothers or my mother	B. Either my mother or my brothers 
C. Both my mother and my brother	D. Not only my mother but also my brothers 
14. Don’t drink to dive. The effects of alcohol can be extremely  in diving. 
A. dangerous	B. endangered 	C. endanger	 D. danger
15. They decided to go. the danger.
A. despite	B. even though	C. because of 	D. because
16. . interference with nature often brings. disaster.
A. x-x	B. x-the	C. An-a 	D. The-any
17. -Helen: “What a beautiful hat you are wearing, Jane.” - Jane: “__________.”
A. I’m glad you enjoy it	B. No. Thank you	C. You’re right	D. You are welcome
 18. -Peter: “How about having a drink when we finish school?” - Petty: “________”
 A. That’s a good idea	 B. You needn’t do that 	C. You’re welcome 	D. No, certainly
 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. In the future many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.
A. companies 	B. services 	C. supermarkets 	D. farms
20. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.
A. help	B. prepared	C. be busy	D. attempt
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. After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of the crime and he was released. 
 A. guilty B. naive C. innovative D. benevolent 
22. Vietnam’s admission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has promoted its trade 
relations with other countries. 
 A. restricted B. expanded C. boosted D. balanced
Choose the word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting.
23. The gardener used the scissors which he had bought them from a village shop to cut the flowers.
 A	 B	 C	 D
24. The windows at the front of the house need to repair.
 A B C D 
25. We didn’t have many knowledge about physics. 
A	B	C	D
Choose the sentences that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 
26. They had such a fierce dog that nobody would visit them.
A. So fierce was their dog that nobody would visit them. 	
B. Their dog was fierce enough for anybody to visit them.
C. If their dog weren’t fierce, somebody would visit them. 
D. So fierce a dog did they had that nobody would visit them.
27. “Don’t forget to lock the door before leaving”, my father said.
	A. My father reminded me to lock the door before leaving.
	B. My father didn’t forget to lock the door before leaving.
	C. My father remembered to lock the door before leaving.
	D. My father left home without locking the door.	
 28. It’s a pity we don’t have a steak to cook over our camp fire.
A. If we had a steak, we could cook it over our camp fire.
B. If we have a steak, we shall cook it over our camp fire.
C. We would have cooked it over our camp fire if we had had a steak.
D. We will cook it over our camp fire if we had a steak.
 Choose the correct answer to make an complete sentence.
29. Mary will have finished all her work _______.
	A. by the time her boss returns	B. until her boss will return
	C. as soon as her boss returned	D. when her boss will return
30. John Smith is a farmer. I bought his land.
A. John Smith, whose land I bought, is a farmer.
B. John Smith, whom I bought his land, is a farmer.
C. John Smith, who is a farmer, whose land I bought
D. John Smith, who is a farmer, bought his land.
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. 
Most people feel that when they dream , they are ( 31)off to another world. ( 32).. the contrary, dreams are often connected to our daily lives. When our whole mind is filled with something, when we are either very upset ( 33)when we are in good spirit, a dream will represent this reality in symbols. It is often said that we benefit from dreams because they help the spirit to heal itself, when things go wrong. Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday from ( 34).life, with its fears and responsibilities. It is, however, a strange kind of holiday because whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns out to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it. Most dreams disappear forever, ( 35)you are one of those people disciplined enough to write them down as soon as you wake up.
31. A. carried	B. guided	C. brought	D. taken
32. A. On	B. In	C. At	D. To
33. A. or	B. but also	C. or else	D. unless
34. A. real	B. factual	C. genuine	D. actual
35. A. unless	B. therefore	C. thus	D. except that
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.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
36: One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to _____.
A. push their child into trying too much                     B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician                      D. neglect their child’s education
37: Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents?
A. Educational psychologists.                                      B. Unrealistic parents.
C. Their children.                                                        D. Successful musicians. 
38: Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______.
A. his parents help him in a sensible way                  B. his parents are quite rich
C. his mother knows little about music                       D. his father is a musician
39: The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. "extremely interested in"                                          B. "surprised at"
C. "completely unaware of"                                        D. "confused about"
40: The word "They" in the passage refers to _____.
A. Michael’s parents                   B. concerts              C. parents in general   D. violin lessons
41: All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _____.
A. Michael’s mother    B. Winston’s mother               C. Michael’s father     D. Winston’s father
42: The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means ______.
A. "not wanting to do something"                            B. "eager to do something"
C. "not objecting to doing anything"                          D. "getting ready to do something"
43: Winston’s parents push their son so much and he _____.
A. is afraid to disappoint them                      B. cannot learn much music from them
C. has become a good musician                                  D. has won a lot of piano competitions
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 
	Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is the country’s impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada’s population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930’s and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950’s, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once before settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic condition of the 1950’s supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in the world.
	After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young people were staying at school longer; more women were working; young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families; rising living standards were cutting down the size of families.
	It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the time of the Industrial Revolution.
	Although the growth in Canada’s population had slowed down by 1966 ( the increase in the first half of the 1960’s was only nine percent), another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.
44. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Population trends in postwar Canada.	B. Canada during the Second World war.
C. Educational changes in Canadian society.	D. Standards of living in Canada.
45. The word “five” refers to
A. Canadians	B. years	C. decades	D. marriages
46. The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950’s
A. the birth rate was very high.	B. fewer people married.
C. economic conditions were poor.	D. the urban population decreased rapidly
47. The word “peak” is closest in meaning to
A. maximum.	B. dismal	C. mountain	D. pointed
48. When was the birth rate in Canada at its lowest population level?
A. 1966	B. 1957	C. 1956	D. 1951
49. The author mentions all of the following as causes of declines in population growth after 1957 EXCEPT
A. people getting married earlier.	B. people being at school longer
C. better standards of living.	D. couples buying houses.
50. It can be inferred from the passage that before the Industrial Revolution
A. families were larger	B. population statistics were unreliable
C. the population grew steadily.	D. economic conditions were bad.
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