SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO BẮC NINH
TRƯỜNG THPT LÝ THÁI TỔ
ĐỀ THI THỬ KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2015
LẦN 2
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90phút;
(80 câu trắc nghiệm)
Mã đề thi 209
Họ, tên thí sinh:
Số báo danh:
Câu 1: _________ about the company’s future meant that few people wanted to invest money in it.
A. Uncertain B. Uncertainly C. Certain D. Certainly
Câu 2: We ___ _____ a lovely three weeks holiday in the south of Spain last year
A. did B. passed C. spent D. took
Câu 3: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closet in
meaning to each of the following questions
The box was too heavy for John to carry on his back.
A. Because of the weight, John couldn’t carry the box on his back.
B. John was strong enough to carry the box on his back
C. Despite of the box’s weight, John carried it on his back.
D. John didn’t carry the box on his back due to its heavy.
Câu 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to identify the underlined part that is
not correct
The amount of books in the Library of Congress is more than 58 million volumes
A B C D
Câu 5: ___________ you tell me the truth, I ______________ to help you.
A. When / can’t be able B. Unless/ won’t be able
C. If/ will be able. D. In case/ should be able
Câu 6: Never / history/ humanity/ there/ be/ more people/ live/ world.
A. Never in the history of humanity there are more people living in the world.
B. Never in the history of humanity are there more people to live in the world.

Câu 16: A. slope B. short C. salt D. water
Câu 17: Some people don’t like curry from India or Thailand; they say it’s too ________but I love it.
A. hot and spicy B. sour and sweet. C. sweet and sour D. spicy and hot
Câu 18: I wish I had gone there with her.
A. I hadn’t gone there with her which makes me feel bad.
B. I regret not having gone there with her.
C. If only I went there with her.
D. If I had gone there with her, I wouldn’t have felt bad now.
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 19 to 28
Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the
crucial problem of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And
since man’s inexorable necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can
scarcely comprehend that many creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop.
Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand
its desiccating effects. No moist- skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are
found. The giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert
country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its
population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not
emaciated.
Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the
word. The secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could
survive if, like mad dogs and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter
of minutes. So most of them pass the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the
ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The surface of the sun-
baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60
degrees.
Câu 19: The title for this passage could be .
A. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment”
B. “Desert Plants”

B. “large and strong, difficult to control or deal with”
C. “thin and weak because of lack of food and water”
D. “able to get what one wants in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating”
Câu 26: According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that
A. they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
B. they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrees
C. they live in an accommodating environment
D. they are less healthy than animals living in other places
Câu 27: The word “burrows” in the passage mostly means .
A. “places where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found”
B. “holes or tunnels in the ground made by animals for them to live in”
C. “places where insects or other small creatures live and produce their young”
D. “structures made of metal bars in which animals or birds are kept”
Câu 28: We can infer from the passage that .
A. desert life is colorful and diverse
B. living things adjust to their environment
C. healthy animals live longer lives
D. water is the basis of desert life
Câu 29: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to identify the underlined part that is
not correct
My parents were always busy on the farming, so we didn’t get the help with school work
A B C
any things like that children get today
D
Câu 30: 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
The notice was declared such a long time ago that it can't be seen now.
A. is unvisible B. is unnoticed C. is blind D. is invisible
Câu 31: The ____________ carefully you write, the fewer mistakes you will make.
A. many B. more C. much D. most

A recent issue of a language learning magazine has consulted a number of experts in the (40) of
second language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for those (41)______ a language
course.
One suggestion is that you (42)______whether you are likely to be successful at learning a language
or not. Did you enjoy studying languages at school, for example? Do you have enough time to learn a
language? The main (43)______will be your own time and effort. Therefore you must make sure that
the course on offer leads to a (44)______qualification.
Also, be realistic in your (45)______. If you don't set achievable aims you are more likely to give up.
Do not be deceived (46)______thinking that the most expensive courses are the best.
(47)______around to get the best possible value for money.
You should also bear in mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly you forget it.
Sandra Miller, a French teacher, tried to teach herself German by enrolling on a (48)______ course.
Already fluent in four languages and with a sound knowledge of teaching methodology her chances of
(49)______progress were high. Three years on she remembers very little. She feels her biggest mistake
was not to build on her previous studies. "I should have consolidated what I'd learnt by continuing to
study, even if it were by myself."
Câu 40: A. field B. area C. branch D. domain
Câu 41: A. looking B. thinking C. considering D. wondering
Câu 42: A. review B. balance C. assess D. survey
Câu 43: A. charge B. valuation C. cost D. price
Câu 44: A. recognized B. valued C. regarded D. understood
Câu 45: A. sights B. goals C. objects D. ends
Câu 46: A. by B. into C. about D. in
Câu 47: A. nose B. push C. run D. shop
Câu 48: A. quick B. rash C. fast D. rapid
Câu 49: A. making B. achieving C. doing D. gaining
Câu 50: This is a very cheap radio. It ………. cost 200 pounds.
A. needn’t B. mightn’t C. mustn’t D. can’t
Câu 51: She ___________ with her brother when he broke her favorite toy
A. got out B. fell out C. got on D. fell in

A. engineer B. comprehend C. understand D. religion
Câu 61: They got success since they took my advice.
A. My advice stopped them took my advice.
B. If they did not take my advice, they would not get success.
C. But for taking my advice, they would not have got success.
D. They took my advice, and failed.
Câu 62: I ‘ m not going to take the car to a garage because I think I can ________ it myself.
A. renew B. renovate C. repair D. do up
Câu 63: The error on my taxes was made by my accountant.
A. My tax accountant found the mistake that I make.
B. I made an error because I did not have a tax accountant.
C. Tax accountants always make errors.
D. My accountant made a mistake.
Câu 64: 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
She decided to remain celibate and devote her life to helping the homeless and orphans.
A. divorced B. married C. separated D. single
Câu 65: I need an assistant – I’m up to _______with work.
A. my ears B. my eyes C. All are correct. D. here
Câu 66: The order must be delivered by Tuesday; ___________we will have to look for another
supplier
A. excepting B. unless C. maybe D. otherwise
Câu 67: This is the author________________ works have awarded many prizes.
A. whom B. whoever C. which D. whose
Câu 68: By Christmas, I _______________ for the BBC for five years.
A. worked B. have been working C. would work D. was working
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 69 to 78
Robert Capa
1 Robert Capa is a name that has for many years been synonymous with war photography.

8 Capa died as he had lived. After promising not to photograph any more wars, he accepted an
assignment to go to Indochina to cover the first Indochina war. On May 25th 1954 Capa was
accompanying a French regiment when he left his jeep to take some photographs of the advance and
stepped on a land mine. He was taken to a nearby hospital, still clutching his camera, but was
pronounced dead on arrival. He left behind him a testament to the horrors of war and a standard for
photojournalism that few others have been able to reach.
9 Capa’s legacy has lived on through and in 1966 his brother Cornell founded the International
Fund for Concerned Photography in his honor. There is also a Robert Capa Gold Medal, which is
given to the photographer who publishes the best photographic reporting from abroad with evidence of
exceptional courage. But perhaps his greatest legacy of all is the haunting images of the human
struggles that he captured.
Câu 69: Why did Capa change his name?
A. Because he had to leave Hungary B. To hide his identity
C. To sound more American D. Because he had been involved in protests
Câu 70: Capa originally wanted to be
A. American B. a writer C. a protestor D. a photojournalist
Câu 71: Capa went to Spain to
A. build his reputation. B. fight in the civil war.
C. take photographs. D. have a holiday.
Câu 72: Capa’s famous picture Death of a Loyalist Soldier
A. cannot be proven genuine or staged. B. was definitely genuine.
C. was taken by someone else. D. wasn’t even taken in Spain
Câu 73: When World War II broke out Capa.
A. swam ashore on Omaha Beach. B. went to New York.
C. went to Normandy. D. went to Europe
Câu 74: A mistake meant that.
A. Capa lost both of his two cameras.
B. Capa’s images inspired an Oscar winning movie.
C. only one hundred of Capa’s photographs were published.
D. Most of Capa’s images of the D-Day landing were destroyed.

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