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TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI

KỲ THI THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2016

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN

Tháng 01/2016

(Đề thi có 06 trang)

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút
SECTION A (8 point)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from
01 to 10.
Early writing and Alphabets
When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew
small pictures to (01) ______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow
because there was a different picture for (02) ______ word.
The Ancient Egyptians had a (03) ______ of picture writing that was (04) ______
hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799
some scientists (05) ______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there
for (06) ______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and
researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.
An alphabet is quite different (07) ______ picture writing. It (08) ______ of


C. plan

D. system

C. described

Question 5: A. discovered B. realized
Question 6: A. quite

D. mark

C. delivered

D. referred
D. invented

C. over

D. already

C. before

D. between

B. includes

C. contains

D. involves

C. approval

D. counterpart

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
Question 14: One difference between mathematics and language is that mathematics is
precise _________.
A. language is not
C. but language not

B. while language is not
D. while is not language

Question 15: Seldom _________ far enough north to disturb South Pacific shipping
lanes.
A. Antarctic icebergs will move

B. will Antarctic icebergs move

C. will move Antarctic icebergs

D. move Antarctic icebergs will

Question 16: _________ the United States consists of many different immigrant groups,
many sociologists believe there is a distinct national character.
A. Even though B. Despite

C. Whether


Question 20: Our village had _______ money available for education that the schools


had to close.
A. so little

B. such little

C. so much

D. such much

Question 21: Fort Niagara was built by the French in 1762 on land ______ the Seneca
Indians.
A. they buy from B. bought from C. buying from

D. was bought from

Question 22: Experts ______ feel that they are related to the deep wishes and fears of the
dreamer.
A. study dreams B. who dream study C. who study dreams D. whose dreams study
Question 23: Art critics and historians alike claim that Van Gogh’s art ______ from that
of his contemporaries.
A. is a considerable difference

B. is considerably different

C. the difference is considerable

D. is considerably and differently

A. be careful

B. take care C. don’t hurry

D. don’t take it seriously

Question 28: We need _______ actions and interventions of the local authorities to
prevent national parks from being destroyed by pollution.
A. excitedly B. approximately C. threateningly D. timely


Question 29: Mike and Lane are neighbors. They are talking about Lane’s party.
Mike: “Thank you for a lovely evening”
Lane: “________”
A. It depends on you.

B. Thank you very much indeed.

C. Yeah. I’m really looking forward to it.

D. You are welcome.

Question 30: We all seem to have a different opinion, so let’s Joey decide, ______?
A. will we

B. do we

C. shall we

D. are we

D. examination
D. hurry

(ID:116263)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 35: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), was established in 1946.
A. set up

B. found out

C. run through

D. put away

Question 36: Paris is the ideal place to learn French; it’s a beautiful and hospitable city
with Institutions for high quality linguistic teaching.
A. friendly

B. natural

C. affectionate

D. noticeable

Question 37: Species that have already lost habitat because of deforestation are given
higher priority in the plan because of their greater risk of extinction.
A. a thing that you do often and almost without thinking
B. the place where a particular type of animal or plan is normally found

C. short

D. become.

Question 41: Alice in Wonderland, first published in 1865, has since being translated into
thirty languages.
A. published

B. has

C. being

D. languages

Question 42: Modern art is on display at the Guggenheim Museum, a building with an
unusually design.
A. Modern art B. display

C. a building

D. unusually

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 43 to 52.
A rather surprising geographical feature of Antarctica is that a huge freshwater,
one of the world’s largest and deepest, lies hidden there under four kilometers of ice.
Now known as Lake Vostok, this huge body of water is located under the ice block that
comprises Antarctica. The lake is able to exist in its unfrozen state beneath this block of
ice because its waters are warned by geothermal heat from the earth’s core. This thick
glacier above Lake Vostok actually insulates it from frigid temperatures (the lowest ever


Question 45: What is true of Lake Vostok?
A. It is completely frozen.
B. It is not a saltwater lake.
C. It is beneath a thick slab of ice
D. It is heated by the sun.
Question 46: Which of the following is closest in meaning to “Frigid” in the first
paragraph?
A. extremely cold B. never changing

C. quite harsh

D. rarely recorded

Question 47: All of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT
that it________.
A. was conducted by air
B. made use of radio waves
C. did not measure the exact size of the lake


D. was controlled by a satellite
Question 48: It can be interfered from the passage that ice would not be flat if
_______.
A. there were no lake

B. the lake were not so big

C. Antarctica were not so cold


C. political

D. disagreeable

Question 54: In 1989, a ban was given on all international trade in ivory.
A.a destruction

B.an allowance C.an exploitation

D. a prohibition

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your anser sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 55 to 64.


Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s
universities, came from very inauspicious and humble beginning.
This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Included in the puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts
colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England’s prestigious Oxford
and Cambridge universities, and these universities graduates in the New Word were
determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they
themselves had had, Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher
learning, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in
October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school;
this land was in an area called Newetowne, which was later renamed Cambridge after its
English cousin and is the site of t he present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighboring
town of Charlestowne, died from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of
1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest

C. rather supportive of the English government

D. rather undemocratic

Question 58: The pronoun “they” in the second paragraph refers to_____.
A. Oxford and Cambridge universities
C. sons

B. university graduates

D. educational opportunities

Question 59: The “pounds” in the second paragraph are probably_______.
A. Types of books B. college students C. units of money

D. school campuses

Question 60: The “ English cousin” in the second paragraph refers to a_______.
A. City

B. relative

C. person

D. court

Question 61: Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
A. What he died of
C. Where he was buried




Question 1: “I don’t know what you are talking about,” George said to me.
George said to me that_________________________________________
Question 2: They have just sold the last ticket for the performance to a student.
The last ticket_____________________________________________
Question 3: The school children sowed some seeds, but they forgot to water them so they
didn’t grow.
If the school children__________________________________________
Question 4: Collecting stamps from foreign countries is one of Jane’s interests.
Jane is______________________________________________
Question 5: The Roman coins are now on display in the national Museum. A local farmer
came across them in a field.
The Roman coins which_______________________________________
II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about an important choice you had to
make in your life. Write your paragraph on your answer sheet.
The following questions might be helpful to you:
* When did you have to make this choice?
* Was it a good choice?
* How did you feel when you made this choice?