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ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA LẦN 1
MÔN ANH VĂN – KHỐI 12
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(50 câu trắc nghiệm)
Mã đề thi 170

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.
Câu 1: A. marriage
B. response
C. maintain
D. believe
Câu 2: A. obedient
B. decision
C. mischievous
D. biologist
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions
Câu 3: The marathon, first staged in 1896, ______ the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who carried news of
victory from the battle at Marathon to Athens.
A. commemorates
B. commemorated
C. was commemorated
D. commemorating
Câu 4: Football is thought ___________ in the world.
A. to have played the most popular sport
B. to be the most popular sport
C. to play the most popular sport

D. have been finished- were arrived
Câu 11: If she had known how awful this job was going to be, she__________it.
A. wouldn't have accepted
B. would have accepted
C. would accept
D. wouldn't accept
Câu 12: Jack asked his sister ______.
A. where would she go the following day
B. where you will go tomorrow
C. where you have gone tomorrow
D. where she would go the following day
Câu 13: The mother told her son _______ so impolitely
A. didn't behave
B. to behave
C. not behave
D. not to behave
Câu 14: Eugenie Clark has a wide __________ about cultures of many countries in the world
A. known
B. knowing
C. knowledge
D. know


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined part in the following questions
Câu 15: Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
A. arrive
B. encounter
C. happen
D. clean

Câu 21: The basic elements of public-opinion research are interviewers, questionnaires, tabulating equipment,
A
B
C
and to sample population.
D
Câu 22: She asked why did Mathew look so embarrassed when he saw Carole.
A
B
C
D
Câu 23: Higher education is very importance to national economies and it is also a source of trained and
A
B
educated personnel for the whole country
C
D
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.
Keeping your distance
Personal space is a term that refers (24) ………. the distance we like to keep between ourselves and
other people. When (25) …………. we do not know well gets too close we usually begin to feel uncomfortable.
If a business colleague comes closer than 1.2 meters, the most common response is to move (26) ……… .
Some interesting (27) ……….. have been done in libraries. If strangers come too close, many people
get up and leave the building; others use different methods such as turning their back on the intruder.
Living in cities has made people develop new skills for dealing with situations where they are very close to
strangers. Most people on crowded trains try not to look at strangers; they avoid skin contact, and apologize if


hands touch by mistake. People use newspapers (28) …….. a barrier between themselves and other people, and

B. discourteous
C. insecure
D. informal
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Câu 31: He was able to finish his book. It was because his wife helped him.
A. If only he had been able to finish his book.
B. If it weren’t for his wife’s help, he couldn’t have finished his book.
C. Without his wife’s help, he couldn’t have finished his book.
D. But for his wife’s help, he couldn’t finish his book.
Câu 32: The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.
A. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.
B. Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.
C. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.
D. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match.
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.
Câu 33: They believe a single gunman carried out the attack.
A. The attack’s is believed to have carried out a single gunman
B. A single gunman is believed to have carried out the attack
C. It is believed to be carried out the attack by a single gunman.
D. It is believed that the attack has been carried out by a single gunman.
Câu 34: "I'm sorry. I didn’t do the homework." said the boy.
A. The boy admitted not doing the homework.
B. The boy said that he was sorry and he wouldn’t do the homework.
C. The boy denied not doing the homework.
D. The boy refused to do the homework.
Câu 35: You can stay in the flat for free as long as you pay the bills.
A. Whether you pay the bills or stay in the flat, it is free.
B. Without the bills paid, you can stay in the free flat.

children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes
in their marriage. They, too, may have a better understanding of each other.
Câu 36: Sixty years ago, most women ____________
A. went out to work
B. had no children
C. did not do much housework
D. were housewives
Câu 37: Nowadays, there are __________.
A. more women going out to work than before
B. more and more women staying with the children all day
C. more work outside the home than before
D. more housewives than before
Câu 38: The word “laundry” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ___________
A. tidying up
B. cooking and washing up
C. washing and ironing
D. shopping
Câu 39: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that__________.
A. couples with low-paid jobs can’t afford the cost of a babysitter or a day-care center
B. grandparents can help care the children in a regular way
C. all couples with jobs can pay for help from a babysitter or a day-care center
D. in the past, grandparents did not help the couples with child care
Câu 40: The word “they” in paragraph 5 refers to _______________


A. husbands who stop working to stay with the children
B. fathers who spend more time with their children
C. parents who work part-time
D. children who spend more time with fathers than mothers
Câu 41: The changes in the American home mentioned in this passage may ___________

Câu 44: The author of the passage argues that ______.
A. speech is more basic to language than writing
B. writing has become too important in today’s society
C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write
D. all languages should have a written form
Câu 45: According to the passage, writing ______.
A. is represented perfectly by speech
B. represents speech, but not perfectly
C. developed from imperfect speech
D. is imperfect, but less so than speech
Câu 46: Normal human beings ______.
A. learn to talk after learning to write
B. learn t o write before learning to talk
C. learn to write and to talk at the same time
D. learn to talk before learning to write
Câu 47: Learning to write is ______.
A. easy
B. too difficult
C. not easy
D. very easy


Câu 48: In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of
______.
A. people who learn the rudiments of speech
B. severely handicapped children
C. intelligent people who couldn’t write
D. people who speak many languages
Câu 49: In the author’s judgment, ______.
A. writing has more advantages than speech

14. C
24. C
34. A
44. A

5. B
15. C
25. C
35. D
45. B

6. D
16. C
26. B
36. D
46. D

7. D
17. A
27. D
37. A
47. C

8. C
18. A
28. C
38. C
48. C

9. A



Be responsible for: chịu trách nhiệm về ( việc gì)
9. A
Used to Vo: đã từng dùng để diển tả thói quen đã từng có trong quá khứ hiện tại không còn nữa.
10. B
Sự chuẩn bị đã được hoàn thành trước khi khách đến.
Cấu trúc: S+ quá khứ hoàn thành by the time S+ quá khứ
Mệnh đề trước mang nghĩa bị động nên chọn đáp án B.
11. A
Câu điều kiện loại 3: If S+ quá khứ hoàn thành, S+ quá khứ đơn
Câu này dịch nghĩa như sau: Nếu cô ấy biết công việc này tệ như thế, cô ấy sẽ không nhận nó.
12. D
Tường thuật câu hỏi thì tương lai đơn ,đổi ngôi lùi thì nhưng không đảo ngữ
13. D
Cấu trúc: S+ ask + O+ (not) to Vo
14. C
Sau tính từ ( wide: rộng lớn, phong phú) là danh từ ( knowledge: kiến thức)
15. C
Come up = happen: xảy ra
16. C
Obvious = evident: hiển nhiên, rõ ràng
17. A
Anne: Cứ tự nhiên như ở nhà nhé.
John: Bạn thật tốt! Cảm ơn nhé.
18. A
Kate: Cảm ơn món quà dễ thương nhé!
Peter: Tôi rất vui vì bạn thích nó.
19. C
Câu C phát âm là /ʃ/ còn lại phát âm là /k/

dụng báo như 1 rào chắn giữa họ và người khác.
29. D
Celibate: độc thân ≠ married: đã kết hôn
30. B
Polite : lịch sự ≠ discourteous: mất lịch sự
31. C
Anh ấy có thể tìm được quyển sách vì vợ anh ấy giúp anh ấy.
=> Câu điều kiện loại 3: Nếu không có sự giúp đỡ của vợ, anh ấy không thể tìm được
quyển sách.
32. A
Đội bóng rổ thua trận đấu. Họ bắt đầu đổ lỗi cho nhau.
=> Cấu trúc Hardly had S+ Ved when S+ quá khứ đơn: Ngay khi đội bóng rổ biết rằng họ thua trận đấu họ bắt
đầu đổ lỗi cho nhau.
33. B
Họ tin rằng người đàn ông mang theo súng đã tiến hành cuộc tấn công.
=> Câu bị động: Người đàn ông một mình mang theo súng được tin rằng đã gây ra cuộc tấn công.
34. A
Thằng bé nói: Em xin lỗi. Em đã không làm bài tập về nhà.
=> Cấu trúc: S admit Ving => Thằng bé thừa nhận đã không làm bài tập về nhà.
35. D
Ông có thể ở trong ngôi nhà này thoải mái nếu ông trả tất cả hóa đơn.
= Nếu ông trả hết những hóa đơn này, ông có thể ở trong ngôi nhà này thoải mái.
36. D
Cách đây 60 năm, hầu hết phụ nữ => là nội trợ
Fifty or sixty years ago, the wife was called a “housewife”.
37. A
Ngày nay, có => nhiều phụ nữ đi làm hơn trước đây.
These days, however, more and more women work outside the home.
38. C
Laundry = washing and ironing: công việc giặt ủi

Để thể hiên rằng học viết cần phải nỗ lực, tác giả đưa ra ví dụ về => những người thông minh không thể viết
In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill,
49. D
Kết luận của tác giả => Nói rất cần thiết nhưng kỹ năng viết cũng có những lợi ích quan trọng.
50. D
Advantage = benefit: lợi ích, thuận lợi.


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ĐỀ THI THỬ LẦN 1 THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
Môn: Tiếng Anh

(Đề thi có 50 câu / 5 trang)

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề:

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Question 1:

A. meat

B. breakfast

Question 2:

A. picture

B. mature

frequently
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions
Question 5: He makes money by raising poultry and cattle.
A. spends

B. produces

C. earns

D. creates

Question 6: She was born and grown up in a picturesque fishing village in Ha Long Bay.
A. dangerous

B. pretty

C. wealthy

D. poor

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is opposite in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions
Question 7: A calculating machine can do calculations with lightning speed.
A. very quickly

B. incorrectly

C. perfectly


B. come

C. arrive

D. go

Question 10: A. have

B. has

C. are

D. is

Question 11: A. On

B. At

C. For

B. where

C. which

D. In
Question 12: A. when
Question 13: A. scientist

B. scientifically



D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct one to complete each of the
following sentences
Question 17: A personal communicator helps you to ______ with other computers and with people around the
world.


A. demonstrate

B. interact

C. content

D. transmit

Question 18: Peter: “Ann is in hospital.” Mary: “Yes, I know. ______ her tommorrow.”
A. I visit

B. I’ll visit

C. I’m going to visit

D. I am

visiting
Question 19: The children have every reason to be proud ______ their efforts.
A. at



D. took off

Question 23: I remember ______ the letter a few days before going on holiday.
A. received

B. to have received

C. to receive

D. receiving

Question 24: Ba and his family had ______ to their home village.
A. a two-day trip

B. a two-days trip

C. a two-day trips

D. two-day trips

Question 25: The film ______ by the time we ______ to the cinema.
A. had already started/got

B. already started/ had gotten

C. had already started/had gotten

D. has already started/ got


A. Jane is used to drive on the left
B. Jane is not used to drive on the left
C. Jane is not used to driving on the left
D. It’s difficult for Jane to driving on the left
Question 30: No one has told me about the change of plan.
A. I have not been told about the change of plan.


B. I have not told about the change of plan.
C. The change of plan has been told about
D. I have been told about the change of plan.
Question 31: We last went to cinema two months ago.
A. We have been to the cinema for two months
B. We haven’t been to the cinema for two months
C. We didn’t want to go to the cinema anymore.
D. We didn’t go to the cinema for two months
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions
Question 32: Computer is a miraculous device. It is capable of doing almost anything you ask it to.
A. Computer can’t do anything you ask it to because it is a miraculous device.
B. Computer is unable to do almost anything you ask it to so it is a miraculous device.
C. Computer is a miraculous device since it is possible for doing anything you ask it to.
D. Computer is a miraculous device because it is impossible for doing almost anything you ask it to.
Question 33: The house is very beautiful. Its gate was painted blue.
A. The house, which is very beautiful, was painted blue.
B. The house, the gate of whom was painted blue, is very beautiful.
C. The house, the gate of which was painted blue, is very beautiful.
D. The house, the gate of that was painted blue, is very beautiful.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response complete each of the
following exchanges

destination and then rent a car when they get there.
Question 36: According to the writer ________.
A. Americans have no vacations
B. Americans do not like travel.
C. it is impossible to have a day-off in the USA.
D. most Americans are fond of travelling
Question 37: How many people travel abroad every year?
A. 13 million people

B. 66 million people C. 30 million people

D. 55 million people

Question 38: Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?
A. Travelling on Christmas and New Year holidays take much money.
B. Most American employees use their vacation to travel every year.
C. Most families use cars as an economical way to travel.
D. American people always choose to travel in autumn
Question 39: There are many people travelling ______.
A. in the winter

B. on Women’s Day

C. on Christmas and New Year

D. on Thanksgiving

Question 40: _______ are the most popular means of transport in the USA.
A. Buses


States. Naturally, they get lots of opportunities to practise their English as this is the only language spoken. The
camp is located in one of the most beautiful parts of Chalkidiki. It is huge (120.000 square meters) and is just a
stone’s throw away from clear, blue Aegean Sea. It takes the children just five minutes to walk to the golden
sandy beach on foot. The programme is packed with exciting activities such as horse riding and table tennis.
Other sports in clude baseball, volleyball and athletics. The Camp ends with a sports contest in the last week
which all parents are invited to attend.
Question 43: All the children come to the Camp have to___________.
A. be only keen on adventure

B. be at the same age.

C. speak English

D. practise basketball.

Question 44: How many kinds of sports can be played in the Camp?
A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5
Question 45: All the statements are true except___________.
A. The parents can attend their children’sports contest.
B. The children will be busy taking part in the Camp’s programmed activities.
C. The camp is quite far from the Aegean Sea.
D. The children will take more chances of English practise.
Question 46: The tond of the passage could best be described as___________.
A. supportive

D. Denmark

Question 50: The word contest in the last sentence could be replaced by___________.
A. competition

B. runner

C. competitor

D. athlete

1

B

11

A

21

B

31

B

41

D


D

33

C

43

C

4

A

14

C

24

A

34

B

44

D


C

36

D

46

A

7

D

17

B

27

B

37

A

47

B


C

39

C

49

B

10

C

20

D

30

A

40

B

50

A

There are three main types of educational institutions : Có ba loại cơ sở giáo dục chính
11 A
Giới từ phía trước ngày là on
Vào thứ Bảy và Chủ Nhật không có tiết học.
12 D
Ở đây mệnh đề quan hệ cần dùng là who (thay thế cho those – người)
13 C
Science: môn Khoa học
Ở đây liệt kê hàng loạt các môn học, cho nên ở chỗ trống cũng phải là một môn học
14 C


“deafness” -> deaf
Ở đây ta cần một tính từ chứ không phải danh từ (có động từ to be)
15 A
“a important part” -> “an important part”
Trước important ta phải sử dụng mạo từ an chứ không phải a
16 C
“too many” -> “too much”
“work” là danh từ không đếm được nên phải sử dụng too much
17 B
“interact”: tương tác với, giao tiếp với
Một thiết bị giao tiếp cá nhân giúp bạn tương tác với các máy tính khác và với mọi người trên toàn thế giới.
18 B
Ở đây dùng thì tương lai đơn: diễn tả một hành động sẽ xảy ra trong tương lai (mà không có dự tính từ trước,
mà chỉ xuất hiện tại thời điểm nói)
- Ann đang trong bệnh viện.
- Ừ tớ biết. Mai tớ sẽ đi thăm bạn ấy
19 D
“to be proud of st”: tự hào về cái gì

28 D
Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn mang ý nghĩa tương lai.
Ngày mai bố mẹ sẽ đến ở với tôi một vài ngày
29 C
Jane cảm thấy khó khăn khi lái xe bên trái = Jane không quen lái xe bên trái
30 A
Không ai nói với tôi về sự thay đổi kế hoạch cả = Tôi chưa được thông báo về sự thay đổi kế hoạch
31 B
Lần cuối chúng tôi đi xem phim là 2 tháng trước = Chúng tôi đã không đi xem phim 2 tháng rồi
32 C
Máy tính là một thiết bị kỳ diệu. Nó có khả năng làm hầu hết bất cứ thứ gì bạn yêu cầu. = Máy tính là một thiết
bị kỳ diệu vì nó có thể để làm bất cứ điều gì bạn yêu cầu.
33 C


Ở đây ta phải dùng “which” để thay thế cho the house
Ngôi nhà, cái mà cổng của nó được sơn màu xanh lam, rất đẹp.
34 B
How’s everything at school?: Mọi thứ ở trường thế nào rồi?
Đây là câu phù hợp nhất để bắt đầu một cuộc hội thoại
35 A
- Bạn định mua máy tính mới hay chỉ tiếp tục dùng cái cũ?
- Không cái nào cả. Tớ định cho thuê (máy tính).
36 D
Thông tin ở câu cuối đoạn 1: it is traditional to use this time off for travel: thường (mọi người) sẽ sử dụng thời
gian này để đi du lịch = hầu hết người Mỹ thích đi du lịch
37 A
Thông tin ở câu 2 đoạn 2: Every year about thirteen million people travel abroad. Mỗi năm có khoảng 13 triệu
người du lịch nước ngoài
38 D

=> Trại hè rất gần Aegean Sea
=> Câu C không đúng
46 A
Có thể nhận thấy giọng văn của tác giả là ủng hộ, được thể hiện qua các câu văn như:
- They always seem to have a good time, so if you’ re wondering what to do with the kids for three weeks this
summer, you could do worse than send them to this beautiful camp on the shores of the Aegean Sea.
- If your children, like mine, are keen on adventure, sports and good company, the Skouras Camp will keep
them busy all day doing the things they most enjoy.
- My children have made friends with children of their own age from Poland, China, Demark and the United
States. Naturally, they get lots of opportunities to practise their English as this is the only language spoken.
…
47 B
Tiêu đề phù hợp nhất của bài là An international summer camp. (Một trại hè quốc tế)
Xuyên suốt bài đọc, tác giả đã giới thiệu về Skouras Camp, một trại hè quốc tế mà các con của tác giả tham gia
vào mùa hè
48 C
Thông tin ở câu gần cuối: It takes the children just five minutes to walk to the golden sandy beach on foot.
49 B
Thông tin ở ngay câu đầu của bài đọc: For the last few years, my children have been going to a summer camp in
northern Greece called Skouras Camp.


Trại hè ở phía Bắc Hy Lạp
50 A
“contest” = “competition”: cuộc thi

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C. joins

D.

spends
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3:

A. investigate

B. determine

C. convenient

D. sacrifice

Question 4:

A. certificate

B. diversity

C. occupation

D. miraculous

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word/phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined part.
Question 5: The weather is horrible at the moment, isn’t it? I hope it clears up later.


B. cleverly

C. reasonably

D. brutally

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 9: Students advise to read all the questions carefully and find out the answers to them.
A

B

C

D
Question 10: My father used to give me a good advice whenever I had a problem.
A

B

C

D

Question 11: Not until I was on my way to the airport that I realized I had left my passport at home.
A

B



D. blamed

Question 15: I __________ hurry. It’s nearly 8.00, and my first class starts at 8.15.
A. would prefer

B. can’t help

C. would rather

D. had better

Question 16: He managed to keep his job__________ the manager had threatened to sack him.
A. although

B. despite

C. unless

D. therefore

Question 17: Don’t touch that wire or you’ll get an electric__________.
A. shock

B. fire

C. charge

D. current


A. Not at all

B. It’s kind of you to say so

C. Very kind of your part

D. Willingly

Question 22: It was only__________ he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the same
school.
A. then

B. until

C. as soon as

D. when

Question 23: The girl __________ design had been chosen stepped to the platform to receive the award.
A. whose

B. whom

C. that

D.

which
Question 24: My responsibility is to wash dishes and__________ the garbage.
A. take care of

D.

Question 26: A. take

B. cause

C. affect

D. lead

Question 27: A. recommend

B. offer

C. suggest

D.

B. another

C. the other

D.

B. cheat

C. deceive

D.


Question 33: A. have

B. find

despite
C. feel

D. say
Question 34: A. say

B. tell

C. object

D.

promise
Read the following passage adapted and choose the correct answer (corresponding to A, B, C, or D) to each
of the questions that follow.