Đề và đáp án thi thử Đại học lần 2 Tiếng anh - Năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THPT Lý Thái

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ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC LẦN II( 2015- 2016) 
MễN: TIẾNG ANH 
Ngày thi: 16/01/2016. 
 Thời gian làm bài : 90 phỳt 
Mó đề : 157 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on 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. handcraft B. handbook C. handkerchief D. handbag 
Question 2: A. exhaust B. height C. honest D. heir 
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 main stress in each of the following questions. 
Question 3. A. weather B. confirm C. highland D. entrance 
Question 4. A. dependence B. prediction C. disastrous D. compliment 
Question 5. A. applicant B. ambitious C. essential D. performance 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to 
the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 6. City developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic rivers mingle with the water of the 
Atlantic Ocean. 
A. associate B. socialize C. mix D. part 
Question 7. Lack of water and nutrients has impeded the growth of these cherry tomato plants. 
A. promoted B. assisted C. realized D. prevented 
Question 8. Bone and ivory are light, strong and accessible materials for Inuit artists. 
A. available B. beautiful C. economic D. natural 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to 
the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 9. The consequences of the typhoon were disastrous due to the lack of precautionary measures. 
 A. physical B. severe C. beneficial D. damaging 
Question 10. Vietnam’s admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has promoted its trade relations 
with other countries. 
 A. balanced B. restricted C. expanded D. boosted 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or 
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 11 to 20. 
 In addition to the challenge to be excellent, American schools have been facing novel problems. They 
must .(11)  with an influx of immigrant children, many of whom speak little or no English. They must 
respond to demands .(12) .the curriculum reflect the various cultures of all children. Schools must make sure 
that students develop (13)  skills for the job market, and they must consider the needs of nontraditional 
students, such as teenage mothers. 
 Schools are (14). these problems in ways that reflect the diversity of the US educational system. They 
are hiring or training large numbers of teachers of English (15) a second language and, in some countries, 
setting up bilingual schools. They are opening (16) the traditional European-centered curriculum to embrace 
material from American, Asian, and other cultures. 
 Schools are also teaching cognitive skills to the (17) 40 percent of American students who do not go 
on to higher education. In the (18).. of a recent report by the Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, “A 
strong back, the willingness to work, and a high school diploma were once all that was necessary to (19) . 
a start in America. They are no longer. A well-developed mind, a continued willingness to learn and the ability to 
put knowledge to work are the new keys (20) .. the future of our young people, the success of our business, and 
the economic well-being of the nation”. 
 ( Extracted from Info USA-CD Version) 
Question 11. A. do B. stay C. fight D. cope 
Question 12. A. that B. who C. whether D. what 
Question 13. A. base B. basis C. basic D. basics 
Question 14. A. addressing B. delivering C. distributing D. discharging 
Question 15. A. as B. from C. with D. like 
Question 16. A. on B. into C. for D. up 
Question 17. A. slightly B. mostly C. fairly D. nearly 
Question 18. A. minds B. directions C. words D. ways 
Question 19. A. make B. take C. get D. bring 
Question 20. A. to B. at C. in D. for 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each 
of the following questions. 
Question 21. Not until he got home he realized he had forgotten to give her the present. 
 A B C D 
Question 22. When you are writing or speaking English it is important to use language that includes both men 
 A B C 
and women equally the same. 
 D 
 Question 23. A lot of people stop smoking because they are afraid their heath will be affected and early death. 
 A B C D 
Question 24. The student must have her assessment form fill in by the examiner during the oral exam. 
 A B C D 
Question 25. A novel is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in that the characters and events 
 A B C 
 are usually imaginary. 
 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 26: They live on a busy road. .. a lot of noise from traffic. 
A. There must have B. It must have been 
C. There must be D. It must be 
Question 27. Lora: “Do you mind if I turn on the fan?” Maria: “” 
A. Not for me B. Not at all C. Never mind D. Not enough 
Question 28:  make a good impression on her. 
A. Only by doing so can I B. Only so doing can I 
C. Only by so doing I can D. Only by doing so I can 
Question 29. He came .a lot of criticism for the remarks he made in a television interview. 
A. in for B. over C. out of D. off. 
Question 30. No matter how angry he was, he would never ..to violence. 
A. refuse B. resort C. resist D. resolve 
Question 31. The team were eager to make. the loss of the previous match. 
 A. away with B. off with C. up for D. up with. 
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 following sentences from 31 to 40. 
Learning means acquiring knowledge or developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is common to 
think of learning as something that takes place in school, but much of human learning 
occurs outside the classroom, and people continue to learn throughout their lives. 
Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to manipulate 
toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells in 
their environments. They learn how to interact with their parents, siblings, friends, and other people important to 
their world. When they enter school, children learn basic academic subjects such as reading, writing, and 
mathematics. They also continue to learn a great deal outside the classroom. They learn which behaviors are 
likely to be rewarded and which are likely to be punished. They learn social skills for interacting with other 
children. After they finish school, people must learn to adapt to the many major changes that affect their lives, 
such as getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job. 
Because learning continues throughout our lives and affects almost everything we do, the study of 
learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate children. 
Psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other human-service workers need to understand how certain 
experiences change people’s behaviors. Employers, politicians, and advertisers make use of the principles of 
learning to influence the behavior of workers, voters, and consumers. 
Learning is closely related to memory, which is the storage of information in the brain. Psychologists who 
study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage takes place, and how the brain 
later retrieves knowledge when we need it. In contrast, psychologists who study learning are more interested in 
behavior and how behavior changes as a result of a person’s experiences. 
There are many forms of learning, ranging from simple to complex. Simple forms of learning involve a 
single stimulus. A stimulus is anything perceptible to the senses, such as a sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste. In a 
form of learning known as classical conditioning, people learn to associate two stimuli that occur in sequence, 
such as lightning followed by thunder. In operant conditioning, people learn by forming an association between a 
behavior and its consequences (reward or punishment). People and animals can also learn by observation - that is, 
by watching others perform behaviors. More complex forms of learning include learning languages, concepts, and 
motor skills. 
(Extracted from Microsoftđ Student 2009 – DVD Version) 
Question 32: According to the passage, which of the following is learning in broad view comprised of? 
A. Knowledge acquisition and ability development 
B. Acquisition of social and behavioural skills 
C. Acquisition of academic knowledge 
D. Knowledge acquisition outside the classroom 
Question 33: According to the passage, what are children NOT usually taught outside the classroom? 
A. interpersonal communication B. life skills 
C. literacy and calculation D. right from wrong 
Question 34: Getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job are mentioned in paragraph 2 as 
examples of ______. 
A. the changes to which people have to orient themselves 
B. the situations in which people cannot teach themselves 
C. the ways people’s lives are influenced by education 
D. the areas of learning which affect people’s lives 
Question 35: Which of the following can be inferred about the learning process from the passage? 
A. It becomes less challenging and complicated when people grow older. 
B. It plays a crucial part in improving the learner’s motivation in school. 
C. It takes place more frequently in real life than in academic institutions. 
D. It is more interesting and effective in school than that in life. 
Question 36: According to the passage, the study of learning is important in many fields due to ______. 
A. the need for certain experiences in various areas 
B. the exploration of the best teaching methods 
C. the great influence of the on-going learning process 
D. the influence of various behaviours in the learning process 
Question 37.It can be inferred from the passage that social workers, employers, and politicians concern 
themselves with the study of learning because they need to ______. 
A. change the behaviours of the objects of their interest towards learning 
B. thoroughly understand the behaviours of the objects of their interest 
C. make the objects of their interest more aware of the importance of learning 
D. understand how a stimulus relates to the senses of the objects of their interest 
Question 38: The word “retrieves” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______. 
A. generates B. creates C. recovers D. gains 
Question 39: Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? 
A. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with how the stored knowledge is used. 
B. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with the brain’s storage of knowledge. 
C. Psychologists are all interested in memory as much as behaviours. 
D. Psychologists studying learning are interested in human behaviours. 
Question 40: According to the passage, the stimulus in simple forms of learning ______. 
A. bears relation to perception B. is created by the senses 
C. is associated with natural phenomena D. makes associations between behaviours 
Question 41: The passage mainly discusses ______. 
A. application of learning principles to formal education 
B. simple forms of learning 
C. practical examples of learning inside the classroom 
D. general principles of learning 
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 following sentences from 41 to 50. 
 Culture is a word in common use with complex meanings, and is derived, like the term broadcasting, 
from the treatment and care of the soil and of what grows on it. It is directly related to cultivation and the 
adjectives cultural and cultured are part of the same verbal complex. A person of culture has identifiable 
attributes, among them a knowledge of and interest in the arts, literature, and music. Yet the word culture does 
not refer solely to such knowledge and interest nor, indeed, to education. At least from the 19th century onwards, 
under the influence of anthropologists and sociologists, the word culture has come to be used generally both in 
the singular and the plural (cultures) to refer to a whole way of life of people, including their customs, laws, 
conventions, and values 
 Distinctions have consequently been drawn between primitive and advanced culture and cultures, between 
elite and popular culture, between popular and mass culture, and most recently between national and global 
cultures. Distinctions have been drawn too between culture and civilization; the latter is a word derived not, like 
culture or agriculture, from the soil, but from the city. The two words are sometimes treated as synonymous. Yet 
this is misleading. While civilization and barbarism are pitted against each other in what seems to be a perpetual 
behavioural pattern, the use of the word culture has been strongly influenced by conceptions of evolution in the 
19th century and of development in the 20th century. Cultures evolve or develop. They are not static. They have 
twists and turns. Styles change. So do fashions. There are cultural processes. What, for example, the word 
cultured means has changed substantially since the study of classical (that is, Greek and Roman) literature, 
philosophy, and history ceased in the 20th century to be central to school and university education. No single 
alternative focus emerged, although with computers has come electronic culture, affecting kinds of study, and 
most recently digital culture. As cultures express themselves in new forms not everything gets better or more 
civilized. 
 The multiplicity of meanings attached to the word made and will make it difficult to define. There is no 
single, unproblematic definition, although many attempts have been made to establish one. The only non-
problematic definitions go back to agricultural meaning (for example, cereal culture or strawberry culture) and 
medical meaning (for example, bacterial culture or penicillin culture). Since in anthropology and sociology we 
also acknowledge culture clashes, culture shock, and counter-culture, the range of reference is extremely wide. 
Question 42: According to the passage, the word culture____. 
 A. is related to the preparation and use of land for farming 
 B. develops from Greek and Roman literature and history 
 C. comes from a source that has not been identified 
 D. derives from the same root as civilization does 
Question 43: It is stated in paragraph 1 that a cultured person_____. 
A. has a job related to cultivation B. takes care of the soil and what grows on it 
C. has knowledge of arts, literature, and music D. does a job relevant to education 
Question 44: The author remarks that culture and civilization are the two words that_____. 
A. share the same word formation pattern B. are both related to agriculture and cultivation 
C. have nearly the same meaning D. do not develop from the same meaning 
Question 45: It can be inferred from the passage that since the 20th century______. 
 A. schools and universities have not taught classical literature, philosophy, and history 
 B. classical literature, philosophy, and history have been considered as core subjects 
 C. classical literature, philosophy, and history have not been taught as compulsory subjects 
 D. all schools and universities have taught classical literature, philosophy, and history 
Question 46: The word “attributes” in paragraph 1 most likely means______. 
A. aspects B. fields C. qualities D. skills 
Question 47: The word “static” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “_____”. 
A. regular B. balanced C. unchanged D. dense 
Question 48: Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage? 
 A. Anthropology and sociology have tried to limit the references to culture. 
 B. Distinctions have been drawn between culture and civilization. 
 C. The word culture can be used to refer to a whole way of life of people. 
 D. The use of the word culture has been changed since the 19th century. 
Question 49: It is difficult to give the definitions of the word culture EXCEPT for its______. 
A. agricultural and medical meanings B. historical and figurative meanings 
C. philosophical and historical meanings D. sociological and anthropological meanings 
Question 50: Which of the following is NOT true about the word culture? 
A. It is a word that cannot be defined. B. Its use has been considerably changed. 
C. It differs from the word civilization. D. It evolves from agriculture. 
Question 51: The passage mainly discusses______. 
A. the distinction between culture and civilization B. the figurative meanings of the word culture 
C. the derivatives of the word culture D. the multiplicity of meanings of the word culture 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following 
questions. 
Question 52. Tom: “ When are we leaving for the concert?” Kyle: “ ” 
A. Straight away B. That’s right C. Certainly D. No problem. 
Question 53. The show was so .. that nobody knew who was coming on next. 
A. disorganzised B. interesting C. confused D. A & C 
Question 54. In many aspects, the problems that John faced are.a young man and woman might face 
today. 
A. much like that B. much like those C. like much those D. like much that 
Question 55. Mr. Hammond prefers to resign ..part in such dishonest business deal. 
A. than take B. than to take C. rather than take D. rather than to take 
Question 56. Bit by bit , a child makes the necessary changes to make his language .. 
A. as other people B. as other people’s C. like other people D. like other people’s 
Question 57. “Can you wait while I run into the library?” “ OK, ..you hurry.” 
A. even though B. when C. as long as D. unless 
Question 58. They differ .their opinions. 
A. from B. about C. between D. in 
Question 59. Every evening since last Christmas, I .my dog out of for a walk in the park. 
A. take B. took C. have taken D. had taken 
Question 60. . I ask him for the money he owes me, he say he will bring it in a few days, but I don’t 
think he has got it at all. 
A. Whenever B However C. Whatever D. Wherever 
Question 61. She accepted that she had acted .and mistakenly, which broke up her marriage. 
A. unwisely B. romantically C. wisely D. attractively 
Question 62. ., he remained optimistic. 
A. Though badly wounded he was B. Badly wounded as he was 
C. As he was badly wounded D. As badly wounded he was. 
Question 63. Speaking language ..is important for effective communication. 
A. unpleasantly B. actively C. physically D. accurately 
Question 64. After John .a rough outline of the model, he will begin painting. 
A. had drawn B. has drawn C. drew D. is drawing. 
WRITING: 
Part I: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed 
before it. 
Question 65. My professor will retire next month after teaching chemistry for twenty years. 
 After my professor.... 
Question 66. Having done the test well, Tom hoped to be given a good mark. 
 Tom hoped. 
Question 67. We last saw Mr. Brown, our old teacher, when we were at Mary’s party. 
 We have. 
Question 68. It is said that the driver was falling asleep at that time. 
 The driver. 
Question 69. Hoa ex