ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN I
NĂM HỌC: 2014-2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 12
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
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. borough B. rough C. sough D. tough
Question 2: A. schools B. shares C. attempts D. believes

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
Question
3: A. technology B. economics C. achievement D. dependent
Question
4: A. necessary B. endangered C. humidity D. incredible
Question
5: A. electronic B. insurance C. understand D. expedition

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
Question 6: The last person _____ will have to turn off the lights.
A. leaving B. have left C. to leave D. left
Question 7: This shirt is ______ that one.
A. much far expensive than B. a bit less expensive
C. as much expensive as D. not nearly as expensive as
Question 8: My friend bought ___________ from a shop onTran Phu street.
A. a nice brown leather belt B. a brown nice leather belt
C. a leather brown nice belt D. a nice leather brown belt
Question 9: _________ does not circle around the earth was proven by Galileo.
A. That the rest of the universe B. Since the rest of the universe

Question 18: _____ that Marie was able to retire at the age of 50.
A. So successful was her business, B. So was her successful business,
C. Her business was successful D. So successful her business was,
Question 19: - “Can I carry these suitcases into the room for you?”
- “______”
A. Can you? That’s very kind. B. You can’t, I think!
C. No, you can’t. D. Yes, you can.
Question 20: My mother ______ me against staying late night after night to prepare
for exams.
A. encouraged B. warned C. recommended D. reprimande
d
Question 21: She must have been sleepless last night. Otherwise, her eyes _______ so
bloody now.
A. won’t look B. looked C. would’t look D. wouldn’t
have looked
Question 22: The foreign visitor group wanted to pay their last respect to ________
Mr Vo Nguyen Giap used to live, so they waited hours to take the chance.
A. that he B. him and which
C. the place where and him D. him and the place where
Question 23: After we each had been assigned an installment part of the project, we
came back to our _______ section.
A. respective B. respectively C. respectful D. irrespectiv
e
Question 24: He’s becoming so popular in the entertainment world that he has earned
thousands of dollars’ contracts. He’s worn a ______ vest nowadays when he goes out,
like some VIP.
A. neo-bullet B. bulletproof C. anti-fire D. fireproof

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR
in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

D
Question 32: Establishing in 1984 for students who wanted to study art and music
subjects, LaGuardia
A B
was the first public school of its kind.
C D
Question 33: All Vietnamese special schools are funded by money
from government and/or
A B C
charity organizations.
D
Question 34: I think she will be suitable for the work because she has been
working like a teacher for a
A B C
D
long time.

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
The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, was (35) _____ by the United
Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency Food and
(36) _____ to children in 'countries that had been devastated by World War II. In
1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name
was shortened from the (37) _____ United Nations International Children's Emergency
Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name.
(38) _____ in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and
developmental assistance to' children and mother in developing countries. UNICEF is
currently focused (39) _____ five primary priorities: Child Survival and Development,
Basic Education and Gender Equality, including girl's education, Child protection
from (40) _____, exploitation, and abuse, HIV/AIDS and children, and Policy


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 question below.
The countryside of Britain is well known for its beauty and many contrasts: its bare
mountains and moorland, its lakes, rivers and woods, and its long, often wild coastline.
Many of the most beautiful areas are national parks and are protected from
development. When British people think of the countryside they think of farmland, as
well as open spaces. They imagine cows or sheep in green fieldsenclosed by hedges or
stone walls, and fields of wheat and barley. Most farmland is privately owned but is
crossed by a network of public footpaths.
Many people associate the countryside with peace and relaxation. They spend their
free time walking or cycling there, or go to the country for a picnic or a pub lunch. In
summer people go to fruit farms and pick strawberries and other fruit. Only a few
people who live in the country work on farms. Many commute to work in towns.
Many others dream of living in the country, where they believe they would have a
better and healthier lifestyle.
The countryside faces many threats. Some are associated with modern farming
practices, and the use of chemicals harmful to plants and wildlife. Land is also needed
for new houses. The green belt, an area of land around many cities, is under increasing
pressure. Plans to build new roads are strongly opposed by organizations trying to
protect the countryside. Protesters set up camps to prevent, or at least delay, the
building work.
America has many areas of wild and beautiful scenery, and there are many areas,
especially in the West in states like Montana and Wyoming, where few people live. In
the New England states, such as Vermont and New Hampshire, it is common to see
small farms surrounded by hills and green areas. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other
Midwestern states, fields of corn or wheat reach to the horizon and there are many
miles between towns.
Only about 20% of Americans live outside cities and towns. Life may be difficult for
people who live in the country. Services like hospitals and schools may be further

_______
A. the green belt is under pressure because of the need for land
B. the use of chemicals harms the environment of the countryside
C. camps are set up by protesters to stop the construction work
D. all organizations strongly oppose plans for road construction
Question 52: The phrase “reach to the horizon” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning
to _______
A. are varied B. are endless C. are horizontal D. are limited
Question 53: According to the passage, some Americans choose to live in the country
because ______
A. their children enjoy country life
B. hospitals, schools and shops are conveniently located there
C. they enjoy the safe, clean, attractive environment there
D. life there may be easier for them
Question 54: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Both British and American people are thinking of moving to the countryside.
B. Towns in some Midwestern states in theUS are separated by long distances.
C. Many British people think of the country as a place of peace and relaxation.
D. The majority of American people live in cities and towns.

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.
Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they
hear around them. Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound
of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory
stimuli. They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a
bell or the sound of a rattle. At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only
those words that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of
utterances. By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the
difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections. Very soon,

A. They can remember them easily. B. They focus on the meaning of their
parents' word.
C. They understand the rhythm. D. They enjoy the sound.
Question 57: The passage mentions all of the followings as the ways adults modify
their speech when talking to babies EXCEPT ______________.
A. speaking more loudly than normal B. speaking with shorter sentences
C. giving all words equal emphasis D. using meaningless sounds
Question 58: The word "diverse" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. stimulating B. divided C. different
D. surrounding
Question 59: The word "They" refers to ______________.
A. mothers B. investigators C. words D. babies
Question 60: Why does the author mention "a bell and a rattle"?
A. To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like
B. To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds
C. To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds
D. To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry
Question 61: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice
B. How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds
C. The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend language
D. How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of
language development
Question 62: The word "emphasize" is closest in meaning to ______________.
A. leave out B. explain C. repeat D. stress
Question 63: What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with
the ability to acquire language?
A. Babies notice even minor differences between speech sounds.
B. Babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions.
C. Babies begin to understand words in songs.

10 B 32 A 54 D
11 C 33 C 55 C
12 C 34 D 56 D
13 B 35 B 57 C
14 D 36 D 58 C
15 C 37 A 59 A
16 D 38 C 60 C
17 C 39 C 61 D
18 A 40 A 62 D
19 A 41 D 63 A
20 B 42 C 64 C
21 C 43 B
22 D 44 B
PHẦN VIẾT (2 điểm)
I. (0,5 điểm)
Question 65: You play tennis better than I do.
Question 66: I haven’t seen Peter since I was inThanhHoaCity
Question 67: Despite her saying that she would come, I don’t think she ever will.
Hoặc Despite the fact that she said that she would come, I don’t think
she ever will.
Question 68: Nigel is considered to be the the best racing driver in the world.
Question 69: Nam said that if he didn’t receive her letter the next day/ the following
day/ the day after, he would phone her.
II. (1,5 điểm)
1. Bố cục: 0,04
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2. Phát triển ý: 0,25
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