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ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP VÀ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN 2 
NĂM HỌC 2014-2015
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH- LỚP 12
Đề thi có 06 trang
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề thi 234
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PHẦN I: TRẮC NGHIỆM
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 1: “Can I see your ticket please””
A. The inspector asked me to see my ticket	B. The inspector offered to see my ticket
C. The inspector expected to see my ticket	D. The inspector asked for my ticket
Question 2: Only customers with coupons may use the service
A. The service is available for coupons only
	B. The service is restricted to customers in possession of coupons
C. Only rich customers can use the service with coupons	
D. Only customers with coupons are service here
Question 3: Don’t let her treat you like that
A. You are not let be treated like that by her	B. Don’t allow you to be treated like that
C. Don’t let yourself be treated like that by her	D. She doesn’t treat you like that
Question 4: She has lost her appetite recently
A. She hasn’t had any food recently	B. Her appetite has been very good
C. She has gone off food recently	D. She hasn’t eaten a lot of food recently
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.
Why did you decide to read, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnight’s (5) ____? Common sense (6) ____ that the answers to these questions depend on “readability”- whether the (7) ____ matter is interesting, and the argument clear and the (8) ____ attractive. But psychologists are trying to (9) ____ why people read – and often don’t read certain things, for example technical information. They also have examined so much the writing as the readers.
	Even the most technically confident people often (10) ____ instructions for the video or home computer in favor of hands- on experience. And people frequently take little notice of consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts. Psychologists researching reading (11) ____ to assume that both beginners and competent readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish. There are (12) ____ among them about the role of eyes, memory and brain during the process. Some people believe that fluent readers take in very letter or word they see; other (13) ____ that reader rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another. But they have always assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension (14) ____, then reading stops.
Question 5: A. time	B. period	C. term	D. gap
Question 6: A. transmits	B. suggests	C. informs	D. advises
Question 7: A. content	B. text	C. subject	D. topic
Question 8: A. information	B. pattern	C. layout	D. assembly
Question 9: A. rate	B. value	C. determine	D. ensure
Question 10: A. ignore	B. pass	C. miss	D. omit
Question 11: A. lead	B. tend	C. undertake	D. consent
Question 12: A. contests	B. objections	C. separations	D. arguments
Question 13: A. direct	B. press	C. insist	D. urge
Question 14: A. occurs	B. establishes	C. issues	D. sets
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
Question 15: A. vulnerable
B. struggle
C. volunteer
D. sufering
Question 16: A. adopt
B. poverty
C. colleagues
D. society
Question 17: A. agency
B. society
C. civilian
D. oficial
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 18: A. epidemic
B. disaster
C. appeal
D. initiate
Question 19: A. advocate
B. appalling
C. temporary
D. poverty
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 20:.What chemical is this ? It is ______ a horrible smell .
A. giving down
B. giving off 	
C. giving up 	
D. giving out .
Question 21:.I got impatient waiting for my turn to _________.
A. go out
B. set out
C. come out	
D. work out
Question 22:.	Anne: "Make yourself at home".	 	John: "_______________”
A. Not at all. Don't mention it.	B. Yes, Can I help you?
C. That's very kind. Thank you.	D. Thanks! Same to you.
Question 23: “ How much do you earn, Joe?”	 “ I’d ______________ .“
A. rather don’t say
B. better not to say
C. rather not say	
D. prefer not say
Question 24: What beautiful eyes___________________! 
A. does she have
B. she has
C. has she	
D. she doesn't have
Question 25: ________ poor results but also may cause accidents.
A. Haste does not only produce 	B. Haste had not only produced	
C. Haste not only produces 	D. Haste produces not only.	 
Question 26: It is important that ________.
A. an exact record be kept	B. an exact record to be kept
C. to keep an exact record	D. keeping an exact record
Question 27: Jill has received several scholarships ________ .
A. not only because of his artistic but his academic ability 
B. for both his academic ability as well as his artistic
C. because of his academic and artistic ability	 
D. as resulting of his ability in the art and the academy
Question 28: The moon is not a planet______.
A. resembling the planets in many respects.	B. which resembles the planets in many respects.
C. but resemblance to the planets in many respects.	D. although it resembles the planets in many respects.
Question 29: ______, they would have had what they wanted.
A. Had they arrived at the fair early	B. Supposing they were arriving at the fair early
C. Unless they arrived at the fair early enough.	D. If they arrived at the fair early
Question 30:. _______ at his lessons, still he couldn’t catch up with his classmates.
A. Hardly as he worked
B. Hard as he worked
C. Hard as he does
D. Hard as he was
Question 31: “ How long is the seminar ?”	“______ knowledge, it takes about three hours.”
A. To my best	
B. To the best of my
C. In my best of
D. In my best
Question 32:.My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she ______ one before. 
A. had never seen 
B. has never seen 
C. never sees 
D. never had seen 
Question 33:.He fell over while skiing and my sister had to______ a doctor. 
A. bring 
B. take 
C. fetch 
D. carry 
Question 34:.. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I______.
A. shall finish 
B. will finish 
C. shall have finished 
D. have finished 
Question 35:.Not until ______ home ______ that he had taken someone else's bike. 
A. he got/ he realized 
B. he got/ did he realize 
C. did he get/ he realized
D. he got/ he did realize
Question 36: There was a ___________________ table in the kitchen.
A. beautiful large round wooden	B. large beautiful round wooden
C. beautiful round large wooden	D. golden large beautiful round
Question 37: Mai: “Wow, I’ve never seen such a nice cell phone, Nam” - Nam: “_____”.
A. Oh, I don’t know.	B. Thank you. I’m glad you like it.
C. You’re welcome.	D. I agree with you.
Question 38: I don't agree with you, but your idea certainly gives me food _____.
A. for fun
B. for consider
C. for thought	
D. for thinking
Question 39: I'm afraid hip hop isn't my cup of _____.
A. tea
B. java
C. coffee	
D. wine
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 40: It is essential that the temperature is not elevated to a point where the substance formed
 	 (A) 	 (B)
may become unstable and decompose into its constituent elements.
 (C) 	 (D)
Question 41: Aeronomy is the study of the earth’s upper atmosphere, which includes their composition,
 	 (A) (B) 	 (C) 	 (D)
temperature, density, and chemical reactions.
Question 42: Aging in most animals can be readily modified when they will limit caloric intake.
 	 (A) (B) 	 (C) (D)
Question 43: Although Congressional representatives and senators may serve an unlimited number of 
term, the president is limited to two, for a total of eight years.
 (A) 	 (B) 	 (C) 	 (D)
Question 44: Because of the movement of a glacier, the form of the Great Lakes was very slow.
 (A) 	 (B) (C) 	 (D)
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 
Scientists believe they now have scientific evidence to prove that ecosystems work better when there is greater variety of species within them. This biodiversity is being lost destroying natural mechanisms that could repair the damage caused by man.
Findings show that losing plants and animals is not only reducing our quality of life but actually endangering our very existence. We cut down rich rainforests and replace them with one species plantations, such as pine and eucalyptus. We plough up meadows rich in different grasses and herbs and replace them with one grass, for instance rye or wheat. 
When a natural ecosystem is simplified, the basic processes in the ecosystem are altered and even damaged. Without their biodiversity they are not able to serve as the natural cleaners of our planet. No longer are they able to absorb the carbon dioxide that is being produced in excess. The result is global warming, caused by the increase in the 'greenhouse effect', and ultimately, or even 'sooner, there will be' a change in the world's climate.
Question 45. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. How Ecosystems Work Better 	B. The Loss of Biodiversity
C. The Variety of Species 	D. Natural Mechanisms
Question 46. Which of the following is not a species used to replace a rich ecosystem?
A. Herbs 	B. Pine 	C. Eucalyptus 	D. Rye
Question 47. What is the purpose of paragraph 2? 
A. To show natural mechanisms at work.
B. To give examples of the loss of biodiversity.
C. To give example of variety of species.
D. To show how ecosystems can work better.
Question 48. What, according to the passage, might be the final result of the simplification of natural ecosystems? 
A. The basic processes are altered 	B. There is loss of biodiversity
C. There is global warming 	 D. There is a change in the climate.
Question 49. What is the author's attitude to the loss of biodiversity?
A. Indifferent 	B. Negative 	C. Positive 	D. Neutral
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 50: They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community
A. cooperate
B. put together
C. separate
D. connect
Question 51: There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and farmers are having trouble.
A. adequate
B. unsatisfactory
C. abundant
D. dominant
Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 52: For canculating a calendar, it is convenient to use the tropical solar year.
A. pratical
B. critical
C. necessary
D. appropriate
Question 53: The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
A. speed
B. expect more
C. do better
D. treat better
Question 54: As all of us cannot be available today, let’s put off the discussion till later.
A. present for the event
B. scheduled for the event
C. arranged for the event
D. appointed for the event
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 
 Life originated in the early seas less than a billion years after Earth was formed. Yet another three billion years were to pass before the first plants and animals appeared on the continents. Life's transition from the sea to the land was perhaps as much of an evolutionary challenge as was the genesis of life.What forms of life were able to make such a drastic change in lifestyle ? The traditional view of the first terrestrial organisms is based on megafossils ― relatively large specimens of essentially whole plants and animals. Vascular plants, related to modern seed plants and ferns, left the first comprehensive megafossil record. Because of this, it has been commonly assumed that the sequence of terrestrialization reflected the evolution of modern terrestrial ecosystems. In this view, primitive vascular plants first colonized the margins of continental waters, followed by animals that fed on the plants, and lastly by animals that preyed on the plant-eaters. Moreover, the megafossils suggest that terrestrial life appeared and diversified explosively near the boundary between the Silurian and the Devonian periods, a little more than 400 million years ago.
 Recently, however, paleontologists have been taking a closer look at the sediments below this Silurian-Devonian geological boundary. It turns out that some fossils can be extracted from these sediments by putting the rocks in an acid bath. The technique has uncovered new evidence from sediments that were deposited near the shores of the ancient oceans ― plant microfossils and microscopic pieces of small animals. In many instances the specimens are less than one-tenth of a millimeter in diameter. Although they were entombed in the rocks for hundreds of millions of years, many of the fossils consist of the organic remains of the organism. These newly discovered fossils have not only revealed the existence of previously unknown organisms, but have also pushed back these dates for the invasion of land by multicellular organisms. Our views about the nature of the early plant and animal communities are now being revised. And with those revisions come new speculations about the first terrestrial life-forms.
Question 55. The word “drastic” in line 4 is closest in meaning to _______________ .
 A. widespread 	B. radical	 C. progressive	 D. risky
Question 56. According to the theory that the author calls “the traditional view,” what was the first form of life to appear on land?
 A. Bacteria	 B.Meat-eating animals	 C. Plant-eating animals	 D. Vascular plants
Question 57. According to the passage, what happened about 400 million years ago?
 A. Many terrestrial life-forms died out.	 B. New life-forms on land developed at a rapid rate.
The megafossils were destroyed by floods.	 D. Life began to develop in the ancient seas.
Question 58. The word “extracted” is closest in meaning to___________ .
 A. located	 B. preserved	 C. removed	 D. studied
Question 59. What can be inferred from the passage about the fossils mentioned from “ It turns out that some fossils can be . . .” to “ . . . pieces of small animals”?
 A. They have not been helpful in understanding the evolution of terrestrial life.
 B. They were found in approximately the same numbers as vascular plant fossils.
 C. They are older than the megafossils. D. They consist of modern life-forms.
Question 60. The word “instances” is closest in meaning to _____________ .
 A. methods	 B. processes	 C. cases	 D. reasons
Question 61. The word “they” refers to__________ .
 A. rocks	 B. shores	 C. oceans	D. specimens
Question 62. The word “entombed” is closest in meaning to _____________ .
 A. crushed	 B. trapped	 C. produced	 D. excavated
Question 63. Which of the following resulted from the discovery of microscopic fossils?
 A. The time estimate for the first appearance of terrestrial life-forms was revised.
 B. Old techniques for analyzing fossils were found to have new uses.
 C. The origins of primitive sea life were explained.
 D. Assumptions about the locations of ancient seas were changed.
Question 64. With which of the following conclusions would the author probably agree?
 A. The evolution of terrestrial life was as complicated as the origin of life itself.
 B. The discovery of microfossils supports the traditional view of how terrestrial life evolved.
 C. New species have appeared at the same rate over the course of the last 400 million years.
 D. The technology used by paleontologists is too primitive to make accurate determinations about ages of fossils.