TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC VINH
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN
ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA, LẦN 1 NĂM 2015
MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút)
Mã đề thi 132
Họ, tên thí sinh: Số báo danh:
I. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM : TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 (8 điểm)
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 questions.
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today.
Thousands of these How-to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that
begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn more money. Another may tell you
how to save or spend it and another may explain how to give your money away.
Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to
succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “ How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you
would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire”. If you never make
any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”.
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want
to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”. If you
are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to
redecorate or enlarge a house.
Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex.
Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to
books help people deal with modern life.
Question 1: What is the passage mainly about?
A. How-to books
B. How to make a millionaire
C. How to turn failure into success
D. How to succeed in love every minute of your life
Question 2: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to________
A. advice B. How-to books C. career D. instruction

After viewing the cars made by forty car makers, the show’s audience favored electric cars
because they were quiet. The risk of a boiler explosion turned people away from steamers, and the
gasoline-powered cars produced smelly fumes. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which launched the
American auto industry in 1895, offered a fragrant additive designed to mask the smells of the naphtha
that it burned. Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome—the Gasmobile, the Franklin, and the Orient,
for example, steered with a tiller like a boat instead of with a steering wheel. None of them was equipped
with an automatic starter.
These early model cars were practically handmade and were not very dependable. They were
basically toys of the well-to-do. In fact, Woodrow Wilson, then a professor at Princeton University and
later President of the United States, predicted that automobiles would cause conflict between the wealthy
and the poor. However, among the exhibitors at the 1900 show was a young engineer named Henry Ford.
But before the end of the decade, he would revolutionize the automobile industry with his Model T Ford.
The Model T, first produced in 1909, featured a standardized design and a streamlined method of
production—the assembly line. Its lower costs made it available to the mass market.
Cars at the 1900 show ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500, or roughly $14,000 to $21,000 in
today’s prices. By 1913, the Model T was selling for less than $300, and soon the price would drop even
further. “I will build cars for the multitudes,” Ford said, and he kept his promise.
Question 6: The passage implies that the audience viewed the 1900 National Automobile Show
primarily as a(n)___________
A. formal social occasion.
B. chance to buy automobiles at low prices.
C. opportunity to learn how to drive.
D. chance to invest in one of thirty-two automobile manufacturers.
Question 7: According to the passage, who developed the first modern car?
A. Karl Benz B. Nikolaus Otto C. William McKinley D. Henry Ford
Question 8: Approximately how many cars were there in the United States in 1900?
A. 4,000 B. 8,000 C. 10 million D. An unknown number
Question 9: The phrase “by happenstance ” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.
A. Generally B. For example C. Coincidentally D. By design
Question 10: Approximately how many of the cars assembled in the year 1900 were gasoline powered?

sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
Question 16: A. for B. because C. although D. because of
Question 17: A. living B. live C. alive D. lively
Question 18: A. most of B. the most of C. almost of D. mostly
Question 19: A. alone B. lonely C. loneliness D. lone
Question 20: A. both B. neither C. either D. all
Question 21: A. like B. alike C. likely D. as such
Question 22: A. prove B. reveal C. illustrate D. show
Question 23: A. unfortunate that B. unfortunate to C. unfortunate D. unfortunate of
Question 24: A. referred B. known C. named D. called
Question 25: A. did B. couldn’t C. does D. didn’t
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 26: A. refuse B. musician C. history D. mechanic
Question 27: A. museum B. destroy C. threatened D. economy
Question 28: A. communicate B. computer C. comfortable D. flamingo
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 29: There were too many books on the shelves that I didn’t know which one to choose.
A B C D
Question 30: Rita enjoyed to be able to meet several Parliament members during her holiday.
A B C D
Question 31: Nutritionists recommend that foods from each of the four basic groups be eaten on a
A B
regularly daily basis.
C D
Question 32: Before TV, the common man seldom never had the opportunity to see and hear his
A B C
leaders express their views.
D

A. what B. that C. when D. how
Question 46: Yuri Gagarin was the first person ________into space.
A. travelling B. has travelled C. to travel D. travelled
Question 47: Like everyone else, Sue has her________of course but on the whole, she’s quite satisfied
with life.
A. ups and downs B. ins and outs C. safe and sound D. odds and ends
Question 48: The Prime Minister congratulated the team _______winning the match.
A. for B. in C. on D. into
Question 49: He came when I _______ the film “Man from the star”
A. has watched B. was watching C. watched D. am watching
Question 50: Peter _________football when he was younger.
A. used to playing B. is used to playing C. is used to play D. used to play
Question 51: ________ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.
A. A comparison B. Compare them C. If you compare D. When compared
Question 52: Charles: “Do you mind if I smoke?” Lisa: “ _________”
A. Yes, I don’t mind B. No, I don’t think so C. Yes, go ahead D. No, go right ahead
Question 53: Bill asked Tom _________.
A. where is he going B. where he is going C. where he was going D. where was he going
Question 54: This is Sen village _________Uncle Ho was born.
A. where B. what C. which D. who
Question 55: Linda: “I enjoy watching films in the evening.” Mary: “________”
A. I don’t B. So do I C. I am, too D. No, I am not
Question 56: Medical researchers are continually looking for ways to control,________ and cure diseases.
A. prevented B. to prevent C. prevent D. preventing
Question 57: It’s a big country with a_________population.
A. rare B. sparse C. scarce D. few
Question 58: You will have to _________if you want to pass the final exam.
A. pull up your socks B. work miracles C. take the trouble D. keep your hand in
Question 59: If I were you, I _________ that English course.
A. will take B. would take C. take D. took

ĐÁP ÁN
I. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM: TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 (0,125 x 64 câu = 8 điểm )
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. B
15. B
16. B
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. C
21. A
22. D
23. D
24. D
25. A
26. C
27. C
28. C

59. B
60. C
61. A
62. C
63. D
64. B
II. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN (2 điểm)
A. Rewriting (0,1 x 5 = 0,5 điểm)
Question 1: Jenny is said to have lived in Texas, America for 8years.
Question 2: Susan paid Mary a compliment on her (beautiful) dress (that day).
Question 3: The documentary film was so boring that she fell asleep.
Question 4: Alice apologized (to her teacher) for coming/having coming late.
Question 5: No one listened to what the politician was saying last night.
(No one paid attention to /took notice of what the politician was saying last night).
B. Write a paragraph about the free time activity you like best. (1,5 điểm)
Criteria for marking:
1. Đáp ứng được yêu cầu của đề bài: Đúng dạng là đoạn văn (chứ không phải bài luận), độ dài (ít nhất là
80 từ), miêu tả về hoạt động ưa thích nhất vào thời gian rỗi (ví dụ: xem tivi, nghe nhạc…)
2. Sự liên kết và mạch lạc (cấu trúc của một đoạn văn: câu chủ đề, câu phát triển ý, câu kết , sử dụng
phương tiện từ liên kết giữa các ý với nhau….)
3. Từ vựng: đa dạng, tránh sự lặp đi, lặp lại, đúng ngữ cảnh; chính tả, sự kết hợp giữa các từ.
4. Ngữ pháp: đa dạng cấu trúc ngữ pháp, đúng thời, sự hòa hợp chủ - vị….