Đề thi Trung học phổ thông Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh năm 2017 - Đề 2 - Trường THPT Lý Thường Kiệt

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 TRƯỜNG THPT LÝ THƯỜNG KIỆT
(Đề thi có 05 trang)
KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
Môn : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
ĐỀ 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.
Question 1: A. encourage	B. endanger	C. entertain	D. envelop
Question 2: A. drought	B. sought	C. bought	D. fought	
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. absorb	B. attach	C. address	D. access
Question 4: A. accessible 	B. apprenticeship	C. automatic	D. conventional
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: Bad polluted air can cause illness and even death to many people.
 A B C D
Question 6: It announced today that an enquiry would be held into the collapse of a high-rise 
	 A B C 
apartment block in Kuala Lumpur last week. 
	 D
Question 7: Chemical engineering is based on the principles of physics, chemists, and mathematics.
 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: Mr. Thomas does not allow us in his office.
A. smoked	B. to smoke	C. smoke	D. smoking
Question 9: Where did you buy that handbag?
A. funny purple leather	B. funny leather purple
C. leather funny purple	D. purple funny leather
Question 10: It was very good you to give up so much of your time.
A. to	B. for	C. of	D. with
Question 11: He read the Old Man and The Sea, a novel by Ernest Hemingway.
A. that wrote	B. writing	C. which written	D. written
Question 12: over long distances is a fact.
A. That electricity transmitting	B. That electricity
C. That electricity can be transmitted	D. That can be transmitted
Question 13: that Marie was able to retire at the age of 50.
A. So successful her business was	B. Her business was successful
C. So was her successful business	D. So successful was her business
Question 14: The Vietnamese hard-working and brave.
A. is	B. being	C. are	D. be 
Question 15: She the flowers. If she had, they wouldn’t have died.
A. can’t have watered	B. might not have watered
C. may not have watered	D. shouldn’t have watered
Question 16: “Thank you for taking the time to come here in person.” “ ”
A. I don’t know what time that person comes.	B. Do you have time for some gossip?
C. It’s my pleasure.	D. I’d love to come. What time?
Question 17: The Red Cross organizes and leads relief assistance missions after , such as natural disasters, man-made disasters, and epidemics.
A. emergencies	B. emergence	C. emergently	D. emergent
Question 18: Thuy Hien deserved the gold medal with such a(n) performance.
A. outstanding	B. over standing	C. delighted	D. typical
Question 19: We have never experienced such harsh weather. Animals and plants may not in the winter.
A. survive	B. pass	C. go up	D. live
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: - “ “ - "Delighted I was able to help."
 A. Isn't it a great reunion?	B. Can I help you?	
 C. Thank you for your lovely welcome.	D. We are delighted. It’s kind of you.
Question 21: Peter: “I’ve been awarded a scholarship to study in America.”	
 Kate: “Uh, really? !”
A. Take care of yourself	B. Lucky as you are
C. You are always lucky	D. Congratulations
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: Usually the eggs are attached to a tree with a sticky type of glue.
A. broken	B. stuck	C. come	D. remained
Question 23: Besides helping his team to great victories, Messi achieved amazing things for himself.
A. games	B. goals	C. championships	D. wins
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: Although it’s a long day for us, we feel we are contented with what we do.
A. shocked	B. dissatisfied	C. excited	D. interested
Question 25: I can’t stand people who treat animals cruelly.
A. brutally	B. cleverly	C. gently	D. reasonably
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: She asked me where I had gone on my vacation last summer.
A. " Where did I go on my vacation last summer?"	
B. " Where had I gone on my vacation last summer?"	
C. " Where are you going on your vacation this summer?"	
D. " Where did you go on your vacation last summer?"
Question 27: It was unfair that Paul failed the driving test.
A. Paul failed the driving test because he was unfair.	
 B. It was unfair of Paul to fail the driving test.
 C. Paul didn't deserve to fail the driving test.	
 D. Paul was not fair in doing the driving test.
Question 28: It's a waste trying to do the experiment again and again.
A. The experiment should be done again and again.	
B. It's well worth trying to do the experiment.	
C. There is no point in trying to repeat the experiment.	
D. There is no time to try to repeat the experiment.
Read the following passage and 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 has retired. He watches football every afternoon on cable TV.
A. Although he's retired, he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.	
B. Now that he's retired, he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.	
C. When he's retired, he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.	
D. He's retired, he watches football every afternoon on cable TV.	
Question 30: The exercise was very long. Jimmy couldn't do it in thirty minutes.
 A. The exercise was long enough for Jimmy to do it in thirty minutes.	
 B. The exercise was long enough for Jimmy to do it in thirty minutes.
 C. The exercise was very long, so Jimmy had to do it in thirty minutes.	
 D. The exercise was too long for Jimmy to do it in thirty minutes.
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.
I was born to dance. I've been dancing all my life, ever since my mother, (31) gave up a dancing career on the stage when she married my father, picked me up and twirled me around as an infant. As much as I loved dancing with her, her greatest gift to me was her "unconditional love" during her lifetime.
My parents (32) after only 5 years of marriage, but my father remarried a lovely lady who also loved to dance. They used to (33) me to a dancing club where I would listen to the music and watch them dance-occasionally my stepmother, Mary, invited me to dance.
I also met my wife, Charlotte, in a dancing party. I danced with her for about 15 minutes, and during that brief span, I realized that I fell in love (34) her. We kept dancing throughout our marriage. My earliest memories of dancing with my daughters started when I came home from work to our small home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and my daughter Laura was about 3 years old. It was very relaxing for me to (35) the record player, pick up Laura in my arms, and dance her around the room!
	Question 31: A. he 	 B. who 	 C. whom	 D. whose
	Question 32: A. divorced B. promised C. engaged	 D. loved
	Question 33: A. taking	 B. to take	 C. took 	 D. take
	Question 34: A. from B. to 	 C. of	 D. with
	Question 35: A. turn on B. turn off	 C. turn down 	 D. turn into
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.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporateworld, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own". 
 	In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields: cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers-and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. 
Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years ahead.
Question 36:What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the business world.
B.The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
C. Women are better at small business than men are.
D. Women today are opening more business of their own.
Question 37: The word “excluded “ in line 8 is closest meaning to .
A. not permitted in	B. often invited to	C. decorators of	D. charged admission to
Question 38: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business world EXCEPT . 
A. Women were required to stay at home with their families.
B. Women lacked ability to work in business.	
C. Women faced discrimination in business.
D. Women were not trained in business.
Question 39: in line 10, “that” refers to .
A. a woman becomes chairman of the board.	B. Women working hard
C. Women achieving advanced degrees	D. Women believing that business is a place for them.
Question 40: According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s .
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.
B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
D. were unable to work hard enough to success in business.
Question 41: It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that business operated by women are small because .
A. Women prefer a small intimate setting.	B. Women can’t deal with money.
C. Women are not able to borrow money easily.	D. Many women fail at large businesses.
Question 42: The author’s attitude about the future of women in business is .
A. skeptical 	B. optimistic 	 	 	C. frustrated 	D. negative
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.
The growth of cities, the construction of hundreds of new factories, and the spread of railroads in the United Stases before 1850 had increased the need for better illumination. But the lighting in American homes had improved very little over that of ancient times. Through the colonial period, homes were lit with tallow candles or with a lamp of the kind used in ancient Rome- a dish of fish oil or other animal or vegetable oil in which a twisted rag served as a wick. Some people used lard, but they had to heat charcoal underneath to keep it soft and burnable. The sperm whale provided superior burning oil, but this was expensive. In 1830 a new substance called “camphene” was patented, and it proved to be an remained expensive, had an unpleasant odor, and also was dangerously explosive.
	Between 1830 and 1850 it seemed that the only hope for cheaper illumination in the United States was the wider use of gas. In the 1840s American gas manufacturers adopted improved British techniques for producing illuminating gas from coal. But the expense of piping gas to the consumer remained so high that until mid- century gas lighting was feasible only in urban areas, and only for public buildings for the wealthy. In 1854 a Canadian doctor, Abraham Gesner, patented a process for distilling a pitch like mineral found in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia that produced illuminating gas and an oil that he called “kerosene” (from “keros”, the Greek word for wax, and “ene” because it resembled camphene). Kerosene, though cheaper than camphene, had an unpleasant odor, and Gesner never made his fortune from it. But Gesner had aroused a new hope for making illuminating oil from a product coming out of North American mines.
Question 43. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason why better lighting had become necessary by the mid- nineteenth century?
A. development of railroads 	B. demand for better medical facilities
C. increases in the number of new factories 	D. growth of cities
Question 44. The word “this” in line 6 refers to .
A. lard	B. charcoal	C. wick	D. oil
Question 45. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a disadvantage of camphene?
A. high cost	B. bad smell	C. potential to explode	D. greasy texture
Question 46. What can be inferred about the illuminating gas described in the paragraph?
A. It was first developed in the United States. 	B. It was not allowed to be used in public buildings.
C. It was not widely available until mid- century. 	D. It had an unpleasant smell.
Question 47. According to the passage, what advantage did the kerosene patented by Gesner have over camphene?
A. Kerosene had a more pleasant smell.	B. Kerosene was less expensive.
C. Kerosene burned more brightly.	D. Kerosene was safer to use.
Question 48. The word “it” in line 16 refers to .
A. fortune	B. odor	C. camphene	D. kerosene
Question 49. Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?
A. a description of events in chronological order	B. a comparison of two events
C. an analysis of scientific findings	D. the statement of a theory and possible explanations 
Question 50. Where in the passage does the author mention the origin of a word?
A. Lines 4-6 	B. Lines 7-8 	C. Lines 12-13 	D. Lines 13-16
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