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

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO YÊN BÁI KỲ THI THỬ THPTQG NĂM 2017 
 TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN Môn: Tiếng Anh 
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. lunch B. kitchen C. technology D. purchase 
 Question 1: A. news B. songs C. feelings D. delights 
 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. intelligent B. calculator C. impossible D. American 
Question 4. A. eradicate B. continental C. popularity D. beneficial 
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. People in every part of the world readily and easily communicates by means of electronic 
mail. 
 A B C D 
Question 6. The diversity of life on this planet is amazed. So many differrent forms of intelligent life! 
 A B C D 
Question 7. The grass needs cutting, so let us have one of the men to take lawn-mower and do it. 
 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. Some scientists say that it is still not too late to minimize the effects of climate 
change________ enough money and effort are invested in correct projects. 
 A. in case B. so that C. even if D. provided that 
Question 9. Having finished her degree, __________________. 
A. she started to work for an international company B. It took her 2 years to find a good job 
 C. the students carried out many experiments D. her job came up to her expectation. 
Question 10. _______________, and the lesson began. 
A. In comes the teacher B. In came the teacher 
C. In the teacher was coming D. In was coming the teacher 
Question 11. The teacher was explaining the lesson slowly and clearly_____________. 
 A. to make his students to understand it B. in order that his students can understand it 
 C. so as to that his students could understand it D. so that his students could understand it 
Question 12. After you’ve ___ your brother at the swimming pool. Could you do some shopping for me? 
 A. given up B. handed in C. dropped off D. passed out 
Question 13. As my secretary will be away for a couple of days, would you be kind enough to ________ 
my correspondence? 
 A. play back B. bring off C. return to D. take care of 
Question 14. ______________ his assistance in those days, I would not be so successful now. 
 A. Unless I had B. If there were not C. If it had not for D. Had it not been for 
Question 15. The United States consists of fifty states, ______ has its own government. 
 A. each B. each of which C. each of them D. each of that 
Question 16. Sue: “The lecturer was a tall thin man with white hair.” 
 Robert: “Then it ______have been Dr Fell because he is short and fat.” 
 A. must B. mustn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t 
Question 17. It is necessary that a life guard ___________ the swimming pool while the children are 
taking their swimming lessons. 
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 A. monitors B. must monitor C. monitor D. can monitor 
Question 18. If energy ____ inexpensive and unlimited, many things in the world would be different. 
 A. is B. will be C. would be D. were 
Question 19. People________how to dye their clothes even before they knew how to read and write. 
A. had known B. have known C. knew D. are known 
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. “” - “ Oh, That sounds interesting” 
 A. How are the cakes? B. What cakes do you like? 
 C. Would you like some cakes? D. What do you think about the cakes? 
Question 21. Anne: “Make yourself at home.” -John: “___________” 
A.Yes, Can I help you? B. That’s very kind. Thank you 
C. Thanks! Same to you D. Not at all. Don’t mention it 
 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. I am sure that they will be sacked on the spot. 
A. employed B. hired C. given D. fired 
Question 23. When went to the airport to see her off, we had a traffic jam. 
 A. say good bye to her B. meet her C. take care of her D. look for her 
Question 24. This quartet of extraodinarily talented musicians generated a phenomenal number of 
pieces that won gold records. 
 A. irresponsible B. incompetent C. stupid D. crazy 
Question 25. The journalist refused to disclose the sourse of his information. 
 A. open B. reveal C. shut D. conceal 
 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. Sam is twenty-two years old, and his sister is eleven. 
A. Sam is twice as old as his sister. B. Sam’s sister is eleven years younger than him. 
C. Sam is older than his sister two times. D. A and B are correct. 
Question 27. “Why don’t we ban the sale of alcohol at football matches,” said the man. 
A. The man suggested that they would ban the sale of alcohol at football matches. 
B. It was suggested that the sale of alcohol at football matches be banned by the man. 
C. The man suggested that the sale of alcohol at football matches should be banned. 
D. It was suggested that the man should ban the sale of alcohol at football matches. 
Question 28. The boy said to his teacher, “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry”. 
A. The boy apologized to his teacher for not having finished the assignment. 
B. The boy apologized his teacher for not having finished the assignment. 
C. The boy said sorry to his teacher for not having finished the assignment. 
D. The boy apologized to his teacher for having not finished the assignment. 
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. He had spent all his money. He decided to go home and ask his father for a job. 
 A. Spent all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job. 
 B. Having spent all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job. 
 C. In spite of having spent all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job. 
 D. Deciding to go home and ask his father for a job, he had spent all his money. 
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Question 30. He may seem friendly. He’s not to be trusted. 
A. However he seems friendly, he’s not to be trusted. 
B. Friendly may he seem, he’s not to be trusted. 
 C. No matter friendly he seems, he’s not to be trusted. 
D. Friendly though he may seem, he’s not to be trusted. 
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 31 to 35. 
 From the next year, every student in their final rear at our school will study for a compulsory 
Diploma of Practical Achievement. This will be in addition to the normal examinations. Up to now, the 
course has been optional, but from now on every student must (31)_____ it.The aim is to (32)_____ 
students with “life skills”, which the Diploma divides into eight categories. These cover a range of things 
relevant to life beyond school, from sending an e-mail to giving presentation to an audience. Under the 
heading “survival”, (33)___, students can learn car mainternance, first aid and cooking. We have 
discovered that many students cannot do simple things such as mend a puncture or boil an egg. At the 
other extreme, the Diploma includes such things as how to design a webpage and how to cope if 
someone has a heart attack. It has been called a “Diploma in Common Sense”. On the course, students 
will not be taught in the traditional (34)_____, but rather will be guided and encouraged to do things for 
themselves. This is above all a practical “hand-on” course. To a greater or lesser extent, good schools 
have always tried to (35)_____these skills. Unfortunately, students have not always shown much interest 
because such skills are not directly related to passing exams for higher education. We hope this will 
change now that we have a proper course that will lead to a recognised diploma. 
Question 31. A. pick B. make C. adopt D. take 
Question 32. A. equip B. give C. offer D. donate 
Question 33. A. as a result B. therefore C. otherwise D. for example 
Question 34. A. means B. approach C. route D. way 
Question 35. A. grow B. develop C. make D. do 
 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 42. 
 Archaeological records paintings, drawings, and carvings of humans engaged in activities 
involving the use of hands indicate that humans have been predominantly right-handed for more than 
5,000 years. In ancient Egyptian artwork, for example, the right-hand is depicted as the dominant one in 
about 90percent of the examples. Fracture or wear patterns on tools also indicate that a majority of 
ancient people were right-handed. 
 Cro-Magnon cave paintings some 27,000years old commonly show outlines of human hands 
made by placing one hand against the cave wall and applying paint with the other. Children today make 
similar outlines of their hands with crayons on paper. With few exceptions, left hands of Cro-Magnons 
are displayed on cave walls, indicating that the paintings were usually done by right-handers. 
 Anthropological evidence pushes the record of handedness in early human ancestors back to at 
least 1.4 million years ago. One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores 
used in toolmaking: implements flaked with a clockwise motion (indicating a right-handed toolmaker) 
can be distinguished from those flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation (indicating a left-handed 
toolmaker). 
 Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues. Ancient humans are thought to have cut 
meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as do the present-day 
Inuit. Occasionally the knives slip and leave scratches on the users` teeth. Scratches made with a left-to-
right stroke direction (by right-handers) are more common than scratches in the opposite direction 
(made by left-handers). 
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 Still other evidence comes from cranial morphology: scientists think that physical differences 
between the right and left sides of the interior of the skull indicate subtle physical differences between 
the two sides of the brain. The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the 
body is used to perform specific activities. Such studies, as well as studies of tool use, indicate that right- 
or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo sapiens. Populations of Neanderthals, such as 
Homo erectus and Homo habilis, seem to have been predominantly right-handed, as we are. 
Question 36. What is the main idea of the passage? 
 A. Human ancestors became predominantly right-handed when they began to use tools. 
 B. It is difficult to interpret the significance of anthropological evidence concerning tool use. 
 C. Humans and their ancestors have been predominantly right-handed for over a million years. 
 D. Human ancestors were more skilled at using both hands than modern humans. 
Question 37. The word “other” in line 7 refers to 
 A. outline B. hand C. wall D. paint 
Question 38. What does the author say about Cro-Magnon paintings of hands? 
 A. Some are not very old. B. It is unusual to see such paintings. 
 C. Many were made by children. D. The artists were mostly right-handed. 
Question 39. The word “clues” in line 14 is closest in meaning to 
 A. solutions B. details C. damage D. information 
Question 40. The fact that the Inuit cut meat by holding it between their teeth is significant because 
 A. the relationship between handedness and scratches on fossil human teeth can be verified 
 B. it emphasizes the differences between contemporary humans and their ancestors 
 C. the scratch patterns produced by stone knives vary significantly from patterns produced by 
modern knives 
 D. it demonstrates that ancient humans were not skilled at using tools 
Question 41. Why does the author mention Homo erectus and Habilis in line 23-24? 
 A. To contrast them with modern humans 
 B. To explain when human ancestors began to make tools 
 C. To show that early humans were also predominantly right-handed 
 D. To prove that the population of Neanderthals was very large 
Question 42. All of the following are mentioned as types of evidence concerning handedness EXCEPT 
 A. ancient artwork B. asymmetrical skulls C. studies of tool use D. fossilized hand bones 
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 43 to 50. 
By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice 
was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew 
with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking 
city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War(1861-1865), as ice was used to 
refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, 
Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their 
own use. This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the 
modern refrigerator, had been invented. 
 Making an efficient ice box was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth 
century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was 
rudimentary. The commonsense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting 
was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early 
efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not 
until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and 
circulation needed for an efficient icebox. 
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But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. 
He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of 
Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to 
market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors 
to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of 
his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order 
to keep their produce cool. 
Question 43. What does the passage mainly discuss? 
 A. The influence of ice on the diet B. The development of refrigeration 
 C. The transportation of goods to market D. Sources of ice in the nineteenth century 
Question 44. According to the passage, when did the word "icebox" become part of the language of the 
United States? 
 A. In 1803 B. Sometime before 1850 
C. During the Civil War D. Near the end of the nineteenth century 
Question 45. The phrase "forward-looking" in line 3 is closest in meaning to 
 A. progressive B. popular C. thrifty D. well-established 
Question 46. The author mentions “fish” in line 4 because.. 
 A. many fish dealers also sold ice 
 B. fish was shipped in refrigerated freight cars 
 C. fish dealers were among the early commercial users of ice 
 D. fish was not part of the ordinary person`s diet before the invention of the icebox 
Question 47. According to the passage, which of the following was an obstacle to the development of 
the icebox? 
 A. Competition among the owners of refrigerated freight cars 
B. The use of insufficient insulation 
 C. The lack of a network for the distribution of ice 
D. Inadequate understanding of physics 
Question 48. According to the information in the second paragraph, an ideal icebox would.. 
 A. completely prevent ice from melting B. stop air from circulating 
 C. allow ice to melt slowly D. use blankets to conserve ice 
Question 49. According to the passage, Moore`s icebox allowed him to.. 
 A. charge more for his butter B. travel to market at night 
 C. manufacture butter more quickly D. produce ice all year round 
Question 50. The "produce" mentioned in line 21 could include. 
 A. iceboxes B. butter C. ice D. markets 
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1C 2D 3B 4A 5C 6A 7D 8D 9A 10B 
11D 12C 13D 14D 15B 16D 17C 18D 19A 20C 
21B 22D 23A 24B 25D 26B 27C 28A 29B 30d 
31D 32A 33D 34D 35B 36C 37B 38D 39D 40A 
41C 42D 43B 44B 45A 46C 47D 48C 49A 50B