Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh năm 2017 - Mã đề 127 - Trường THPT Bắc Yên Thành

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KỲ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
Bài thi môn: Tiếng Anh. Thời gian làm bài 60 phút
MÃ ĐỀ: 127
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. damaged	B. sacrificed	C. distinguished	 D. developed
Question 2 : A. suggestion 	B. option	C. relation	 D. condition
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. apply	B. appear 	C. visit	D. attend
Question 4: A. remember	B. magazine	C. suspicion	D. acquaintance
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the following questions.
Question 5: The professor together with his three students have been called to court.
 A B C D	
Question 6: I like the fresh air and green trees of the village which I spent my vacation last year.
	 A B C D
Question 7: The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is the name of a set of English
	 A 
 qualifications, generally taking by secondary school students at the age of 15-16 in England.
 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: He couldn’t rest or sleep because........too much coffee
A. he had been drinking	B. drinking	C. been drinking	D. had been drinking
Question 9: A recent survey has shown that .. increasing number of men is willing to share the household with their wives.
A. a 	B. an 	C. the 	D. some
Question 10: We decided to........in Athens for a few days on our way home.
	A. close down	B. set up	C. put up D. stop over
Question 11: She isn’t......well with the new manager.
A. getting on	B. going on	C. taking on D. keeping on
Question 12: .......is to give strangers your address.
A. That must never you do	B. What must never you do
C. That you must never do	D. What you must never do
Question 13: Without my parents' support, I......my overseas study.
A. had not completed	B. would not have completed 
C. will not complete	D. did not complete
Question 14: The atmosphere at the meeting was very.......and everyone was on first name terms.
A. informal	B. informality	C. formality D. formal 
Question 15: Many young people nowadays are prepared to.....getting married to pursue their professional careers.
A. prefer	B. sacrifice	C. satisfy D. confide
Question 16: When finding a new house, parents should.....all the conditions for their children's education and entertainment.
A. take into account	B. put into effect	C. make all the conditions	D. get a measure of 
Question 17: My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music!
A. the less / the more loud 	B. the less / less
C. the more late / the more loudlier 	D. the later / the louder
Question 18: He had already learned the news. I.......the trouble to phone him about it.
A. needn’t have taken	B. should have taken	C. could have taken	D. mustn't have taken 
Question 19: Many applicants find a job interview......if they are not well-prepared for it.
A. threatening	B. stressful 	C. impressive	D. time-consuming
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: Linda invited her friend, Sarah, to have dinner out that night and Sarah accepted.
 ~ Linda: "Shall we eat out tonight ?" ~ Sarah: "........."
A. That’s a great idea.	B. You are very welcome.
C. It’s kind of you to invite.	D. That’s acceptable.
Question 21: Joanne is criticising Alex for taking a late flight. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.
~ Joanne: “You should have flown with the earlier flight!” ~ Alex: “......... ”
A. Why not?	B. Yes, I should	C. It was fully booked	D. Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.
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: To prepare for a job interview, you should jot down your qualifications, work experience as well as some important information about yourself.
A. your bio data and special qualities 	B. what you have earned through study 
C. what you have experienced 	D. your own qualities in real life
Question 23: Although we argued with him for a long time, he stood his ground.
A. felt sorry for us	B. wanted to continue
C. changed his decision	D. refused to change his decision
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: It’s incomprehensible to a non-addict that an illicit drug can control the life of a young abuser.
readable	B. imperative	C. understandable	D. favorable
Question 25: An employer must be very careful in dealing with subordinates and documenting their files in order to avoid complaints.
A. coordinators	B. outside help 	C. employees	 D. bosses 
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 from 26 to 30.
 In this age of advanced telephone networks and electronic mail, it seems that fewer and even fewer people are taking time to sit down and write letters ... (26) ... friends and relatives. For hundreds of years, letters were the only way to keep in contact with people who were any distance away and letter-writing was seen as an important skill for all learned people ... (27) .... Gradually, however, the importance of writing letters is decreasing to a point that majority of us have to ... (28) ... a special effort to turn out something worth-while when we apply for a job or make a complaint. In business circles, the tendency is for routine communications to become shorter. ... (29) ... clients may appreciate a detailed letter, an employee who sends out long letters is often regarded as inefficient. Many people prefer the telephone in all circumstances and its speed is essential in many situations but how often have you put the telephone down, dissatisfied with what you have managed to say? I don’t think I’ll throw my ... (30) ... away yet.
Question 26: A. from	B.to 	C. with	D. for
Question 27: A. to be mastered B.to master	C. mastered	D. mastering
Question 28: A. do	 B. cause	C. make	D. create
Question 29: A. Despite	B. As though	C. Even though	D. However
Question 30: A.pen 	B. letter	C. effort	D. telephone
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 31: I strongly disapproved of your behaviour. However, I will help you this time.
A. Despite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.
B. Because of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
C. Despite of my strong disapproval of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
D. Although I strongly disapproved of your behaviour, but I will help you this time.
Question 32: John is studying hard. He doesn’t want to fail the next exam.
A. John is studying hard in order to not to fail the next exam.
B. John is studying hard in order that he not fail the next exam.
C. John is studying hard in order not to fail the next exam.
D. John is studying hard so as to fail the next exam.
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 33: I did not answer the door even though I knew it was my friend.
A. Only when I answered the door did I knew it was my friend.
B. If I didn’t know it was my friend, I would not answer the door.
C. I answered the door since I knew it was my friend.
D. I knew it was my friend, but I did not answer the door.
Question 34: There is no point in asking Linda to help as she is really busy.
A. It is a waste of time asking Linda to help as she is really busy.
B. When Linda is busy, you should help her.
C. Even though Linda is really busy, she is always willing to help.
D. Whenever you are in need, ask Linda for help.
Question 35: He never suspected that the money had been stolen.
A. He knew that his money would be stolen.
B. At no time did he suspect that the money had been stolen.
C. Never he suspected that the money had been stolen.
D. At no time he suspected that the money had been stolen.
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 36 to 43.
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 brains have 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 of ten, 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.
Question 36: It is implied in paragraph 1 that_________.
A. young learners are usually lazy in their class
B. parents should encourage young learners to study more
C. young learners often lack a good motivation for learning
D. teachers should give young learners less homework
Question 37: The writer’s main point in paragraph 2 is to show that as people grow up, _________.
A. they get more impatient with their teachers	B. they cannot learn as well as younger learners
C. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged	D. they have a more positive attitude towards learning
Question 38: The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “__________”.
A. At the beginning	B. At the starting point	
C. For beginners	D. First and foremost
Question 39: In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means_________.
A. impatient because of having nothing to do	B. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be
C. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice	D. staying alive and becoming more active
Question 40: The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A. receive a school or college degree	B. arrive at an intended place with difficulty
C. have the things you have long desired	D. achieve your aim with hard work
Question 41: All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT_________.
A. young people usually feel less patient than adults
B. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners
C. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people
D. experience in doing other things can help one’s learning
Question 42: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning process because adult learners_________.
A. are able to organize themselves better than younger learners
B. pay more attention to detail than younger learners
C. are less worried about learning than younger learners
D. have become more patient than younger learners
Question 43: It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you_________.
A. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger
B. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger
C. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger
D. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger
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 44 to 50.
 The Moon has been worshipped by primitive peoples and has inspired humans to create everything from lunar calendars to love sonnets, but what do we really know about it? The most accepted theory about the origin of the Moon is that it was formed of the debris from a massive collision with the young Earth about 4.6 billion years ago. A huge body, perhaps the size of Mars, struck the Earth, throwing out an immense amount of debris that coalesced and cooled in orbit around the Earth.
	The development of Earth is inextricably linked to the moon; the Moon’s gravitational influence upon the Earth is the primary cause of ocean tides. In fact, the Moon has more than twice the effect upon the tides than the Sun does. The Moon makes one rotation and completes a revolution around the Earth every 27 days, 7 hours, and 43 minutes. This synchronous rotation is caused by an uneven distribution of mass in the Moon (essentially, it is heavier on one side than the other) and has allowed the Earth’s gravity to keep one side of the Moon permanently facing Earth. It is an average distance from Earth of 384,403 km.
	The Moon has no atmosphere; without an atmosphere, the Moon has nothing to protect it from meteorite impacts, and thus the surface of the Moon is covered with impact craters, both large and small. The Moon also has no active tectonic or volcanic activity, so the erosive effects of atmospheric weathering, tectonic shifts, and volcanic upheavals that tend to erase and reform the Earth’s surface features are not at work on the Moon. In fact, even tiny surface features such as the footprint left by an astronaut in the lunar soil are likely to last for millions of years, unless obliterated by a chance meteorite strike. The surface gravity of the Moon is about one-sixth that of the Earth’s. Therefore, a man weighing 82 kilograms on Earth would only weigh 14 kilograms on the Moon.
	The geographical features of the Earth most like that of the Moon are, in fact, places such as the Hawaiian volcanic craters and the huge meteor crater in Arizona. The climate of the Moon is very unlike either Hawaii or Arizona, however; in fact the temperature on the Moon ranges between 123 degrees C. to –233 degrees C.
Question 44: What is the passage primarily about? 
A. the Moon’s effect upon the Earth.	B. the origin of the Moon.
C. a comparison of the Moon and the Earth. D. what we know about the Moon and its differences to Earth.
Question 45: The word “massive” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. unavoidable	B. dense	C. huge	D. impressive
Question 46: According to the passage, the Moon is ________.
A. older than the Earth	
B. protected by a dense atmosphere
C. composed of a few active volcanoes	
D. the primary cause of Earth’s ocean tides
Question 47: Why does the author mention “impact craters”?
A. to show the result of the Moon not having an atmosphere.
B. to show the result of the Moon not having active tectonic or volcanic activity.
C. to explain why the Moon has no plant life because of meteorites.
D. to explain the corrosive effects of atmospheric weathering.
Question 48: A person on the Moon would weigh less than on the Earth because ________.
A. of the composition of lunar soil	
B. the surface gravity of the Moon is less
C. the Moon has no atmosphere	
D. the Moon has no active tectonic or volcanic activity
Question 49: All of the following are true about the Moon EXCEPT ________.
A. it has a wide range of temperatures	
B. it is heavier on one side than the other
C. it has less effect upon the tides than the Sun 	
D. it is unable to protect itself from meteorite attacks
Question 50: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The Moon is not able to support human life.
B. If the Moon had no gravitational influence, the Earth would not have tides.
C. People living in Hawaii and Arizona would feel at home on the Moon.
D. Mars could have been formed in a similar way to the Moon.