ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KHẢO SÁT LẦN 1 THI THPT QUỐC GIA

(Đề có 05 trang) NĂM HỌC 2016-2017

Môn: Tiếng Anh
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Họ, tên thí sinh:……………………Số báo danh:…………….

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 1: People become contaminated________ directly from household products_______ by eating
contaminated seafood and animal fats.
A. either … nor B. neither … nor C. neither … or D. either … or
Question 2: She turned the first offer___________ because she wanted more money for her house.
A. down B. out C. away D. off
Question 3: In the kitchen, there is a _________________________ table.
A. beautiful round large wooden B. large round beautiful wooden
C. beautiful large round wooden D. large beautiful round wooden
Question 4: They discovered the cause of the fire accidently. They discovered it____________.
A. chancily B. by chance C. luckily D. fortunately
Question 5: Thanks to labor-saving devices, women have more time to take part in___________ activities.
A. society B. socialize C. socially D. social
Question 6: Since_______________, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left B. he left C. he was left D. he has left
Question 7: Policeman are sometimes on________________ at night.
A. patrol B. force C. alert D. cover
Question 8: According to ________________ people, most animal and plant species on earth will soon die out.
A. optimists B. optimistic C. pessimistic D. pessimists
Question 9: This shopping center gets_________________ crowded with shoppers at the weekend.
A. always more B. more and more C. crowded and more D. from more to more
Question 10: ____________________ the reservoir, the ancient village couldn’t have been discovered.
A. Had the drought not lowered B. Not had the drought lowered
C. If had the drought not lowered D. The drought had not lowered
Question 11: The death of Tran Lap, the leader of a Vietnamese famous rock band called Buc Tuong, is a great
________ to his fans.
A. losing B. lose C. loss D. lost
Question 12: Jack asked his sister_____________________.
A. where you have gone tomorrow B. where you will go tomorrow
C. where she would go the following day D. where would she go the following day

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable respond to complete each of
the following exchanges.
Question 13: Ian: “Do you have any idea how you will achieve that object?”
Jack: “Yes, I have it all________.”
A. figured on B. figured for C. figured out D. figured in
Question 14: Ian: “I can’t speak English well enough to apply for that post.”
James: “_______”
A. Me neither. B. Me too. C. Me either. D. Me also.

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.
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Question 15: Affluent families find it easier to support their children financially.
A. Wealthy B. Well-off C. Privileged D. Impoverished
Question 16: Synthetic products are made from chemicals or artificial substances.
A. Natural B. Made by machine C. Man-made D. Unusual

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 17 to 24.
Quite different from storm surges are the giant sea waves called tsunamis, which derive their name from
the Japanese expression for “high water in a harbor”. These waves are also referred to by the general public as
tidal waves, although they have relatively little to do with tides. Scientists often referred to them as seismic sea
waves, far more appropriate in that they do result from undersea seismic activity.
Tsunamis are caused when the sea bottom suddenly moves, during an underwater earthquake or volcano
for example, and the water above the moving earth is suddenly displaced. This sudden shift of water sets off a
series of waves. These waves can travel great distances at speeds close to 700 kilometers per hour. In the open
ocean, tsunamis have little noticeable amplitude, often no more than one or two meters. It is when they hit the
shallow waters near the coast that they increase in height, possibly up to 40 meters.
Tsunamis often occur in the Pacific because the Pacific is an area of heavy seismic activity. Two areas of
the Pacific well accustomed to the threat of tsunamis are Japan and Hawaii. Because the seismic activity that
causes tsunamis in Japan often occurs on the ocean bottom quite close to the islands, the tsunamis that hit Japan
often come with little warning and can, therefore, prove disastrous. Most of the tsunamis that hit the Hawaiian
Islands, however, originate thousands of miles away near the coast of Alaska, so these tsunamis have a much
greater distance to travel and the inhabitants of Hawaii generally have time for warning of their imminent
arrival.
Tsunamis are certainly not limited to Japan and Hawaii. In 1755, Europe experienced a calamitous
tsunami, when movement along the fault lines near the Azores caused a massive tsunami to sweep onto the
Portuguese coast and flood the heavily populated area around Lisbon. The greatest tsunami on record occurred
on the other side of the world in 1883 when the Krakatoa volcano underwent a massive explosion, sending
waves more than 30 meters high onto nearby Indonesian islands; the tsunami from this volcano actually traveled
around the world and was witnessed as far away as the English Channel.
Question 17: The paragraph preceding this passage most probably discusses_________.
A. tides B. tidal waves
C. storm surges D. underwater earthquakes
Question 18: According to the passage, all of the following are true about tidal waves EXCEPT that_________.
A. they are caused by sudden changes in high and low tides
B. they refer to the same phenomenon as seismic sea waves
C. this terminology is not used by the scientific community
D. they are the same as tsunamis
Question 19: The word “displaced” is closest in meaning to_________.
A. located B. filtered C. moved D. not pleased
Question 20: It can be inferred from the passage that tsunamis_________.
A. are often identified by ships on the ocean
B. generally reach heights greater than 40 meters
C. cause severe damage in the middle of the ocean
D. are far more dangerous on the coast than in the open ocean
Question 21: As used in the passage, water that is “shallow” is NOT_________.
A. coastal B. clear C. deep D. tidal
Question 22: A main difference between tsunamis in Japan and in Hawaii is that tsunamis in Japan are more
likely to_________.
A. arrive without warning B. come from greater distances
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 C. be less of a problem D. originate in Alaska
Question 23: The possessive “their” refers to_________.
A. these tsunamis B. the Hawaiian Islands
C. the inhabitants of Hawaii D. thousands of miles
Question 24: The passage suggests that the tsunami resulting from the Krakatoa volcano_________.
A. resulted in little damage
B. caused volcanic explosions in the English Channel
C. was far more destructive close to the source than far away
D. was unobserved outside of the Indonesian islands

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 25 to 31 .
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and
medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only
during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.
One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud
was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have
revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed
in character.
The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the
number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the
need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading
as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would
cause distraction to other readers.
Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for
information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some
way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its
virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand
and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other.
By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to
use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural and
technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied.
Question 25: It can be inferred that the emergence of the mass media and specialised reading materials was an
indication of_______.
A. an improvement of printing techniques B. an alteration in educationalists’ attitudes
C. a change in the readers’ interest D. a decline of standards of literacy
Question 26: The word “commonplace” in the first paragraph mostly means” _______”.
A. widely used B. for everybody’s use
C. most preferable D. attracting attention
Question 27: The phrase “a specialised readership” in paragraph 4 mostly means “_______”.
A. a limited number of readers in a particular area of knowledge
B. a status for readers specialised in mass media
C a reading volume for particular professionals
D. a requirement for readers in a particular area of knowledge
Question 28: Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Reading aloud was more common in the past than it is today.
B. The decline of reading aloud was wholly due to its distracting effect.
C. Not all printed mass media was appropriate for reading aloud.
D. The change in reading habits was partly due to the social, cultural and technological changes.
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Question 29: Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because_______.
A. people relied on reading for entertainment
B. there were few places available for private reading
C. silent reading had not been discovered
D. few people could read to themselves
Question 30: The writer of this passage is attempting to_______.
A. change people’s attitudes to reading B. show how reading methods have improved
C. encourage the growth of reading D. explain how reading habits have developed
Question 31: All of the following might be the factors that affected the continuation of the old shared literacy
culture EXCEPT_______.
A. the specialised readership B. the inappropriate reading skills
C. the printed mass media D. the diversity of reading materials

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 32: A. imaginary B. advantageous C. information D. incredible
Question 33: A. disappear B. engineer C. understand D. attachment

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 34: A. interview B. minute C. question D. suitable
Question 35: A. physical B. philosophy C. psychology D. biology

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 36: The federal government recommends that all expectant women will not only refrain from smoking
but also avoid places where other people smoke.
A. recommends that B. expectant C. will not only refrain D. smoke
Question 37: The company did not want to hire a man that his experiment was so limited.
A. The B. want to hire C. that his D. so limited
Question 38: Businesses are responsible to the International Revenue Service to keep accurate financial records.
A. Businesses B. to keep C. to D. financial

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 39: She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him.
A. had a temperature B. kept her temper C. became very angry D. felt worried
Question 40: We have lived there for years and grown fond of the surroundings. That is why we do not want
to leave.
A. planted many trees in the surroundings B. haunted by the surroundings
C. loved the surroundings D. possessed by the surroundings

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 41: Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile.
A. This job is not rewarding at all.
B. This job offers a poor salary.
C. Although the salary is poor, the job is worthwhile.
D. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money.
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Question 42: At no time did the two sides look likely to reach an agreement.
A. The two sides had no time to reach an agreement.
B. The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement.
C. If the two sides had had time, they would have reached an agreement.
D. The two sides never look like each other.
Question 43: Nobody at all came to the meeting.
A. There was almost nobody at the meeting. B. Not a single person came to the meeting.
C. Not many people came to the meeting. D. Only a few people came to the meeting.
Question 44: Jenny is so creative that we all can rely on her for original ideas.
A. Being creative, we can all rely on Jenny for original ideas.
B. So creative is Jenny that we all can rely on her for original ideas.
C. Creative as Jenny is, we can rely on her for original ideas.
D. Jenny is such creative girl that we all can rely on her for original ideas.
Question 45: It’s a waste of time trying to explain anything to Tony.
A. Tony should be given explanations.
B. It’s not worth trying to explain anything to Tony.
C. To save time, explain it to Tony.
D. It’s well worth trying to explain things to Tony.

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 46 to 50.
English is spreading fast and it has been predicted that one in ten of the world’s 6000 languages will
become (46)___________ over the next century. Even countries with millions of native language speakers are
so worried by the growth of English that they have devised policies to fight back.
The French have (47)___________ regulations to deal with what they see as an American cultural
invasion. Corporations and government bodies are not (48)___________ to use English terms where there are
French equivalents . And to ensure there are as many of these as possible, a Terminology Commission has been
set up with the task of creating them. In order to protect local languages and culture, the European Union
introduced a new set of laws, (49)___________ states that half of the TV programmes shown in member states
must be European. New technology does not make things easy for other languages. Today there is another
medium to worry about: the Internet. English covers about 90 per cent of traffic and the World Wide Web will
only accelerate its spread around the world. Unlike broadcasting, however, most communication on the Net is
written, so it needn’t present the same threat to regional accents and dialects. It is also decentralized and more
interactive than broadcasting, which may help to (50)___________ the disappearance of minority languages.
Question 46: A. extinct B. ruined C. vanished D. devastated
Question 47: A. brought up B. brought in C. brought down D. brought off
Question 48: A. advised B. let C. given D. allowed
Question 49: A. which B. that C. who D. what
Question 50: A. decrease B. ban C. prohibit D. prevent

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