Đề thi thử THPT Quốc Gia môn Tiếng anh năm 2015 -...

A planning on

B attending

C next

D so I am

A such beautiful

B myself

C to complete

D my chores

A observers 

B telltale

C bears

D his name

A Surrounded

B slopes are

C former

D sea level

A an alto

B pitch

C than

D the

A despite     

B unless    

C owing  

D whether

A discover  

B found      

C catch 

D convince

A head to toe             

B  upside down      

C back to front   

D inside out 

A drive      

B ride     

C run  

D steer

A trip        

B route     

C way   

D path

A on                  

B  around     

C across    

D  in

A From

B Once    

C Got    

D Yet

A bring together   

B consist of

C  make up    

D show off

A treasures         

B talents   

C resources    

D reservations

A ingredients 

B materials    

C contents       

D substances

A Why did Ragtime, marching band music, and the Blues lose popularity after about 1900?

B What were the origins of Jazz and how did it differ from other forms of music?

C What has been the greatest contribution of cornet players to music in the twentieth century?

D Which early Jazz musicians most influenced the development of Blues music?

A Chicago                        

B St. Louis 

C along the Mississippi river  

D New Orleans

A  the use of cornets         

B “hot Jazz”    

C improvisation        

D New Orleans

A  framework     

B musical 

C basic 

D essential

A mens              

B attractive

C degrading 

D skilled

A  Louis Armstrong   

B Buddy Bolden  

C St. Louis        

D Joe Oliver

A the late 1930s was called the “swing era”

B “hot Jazz” is rhythmic

C Jazz has been said to be America’s greatest contribution to music

D Joe Oliver is generally considered to be the first real Jazz musician

A small bands           

B  earlier music 

C men   

D earlier musicians

A composers      

B musicians       

C pieces

D earlier forms

A Likely   

B Predictably  

C Presumably

D Surely

A way    

B up

C back

D away

A Thanks but I mustn’t.          

B Come one. It’s your turn.

C Can I take a rain check?           

D As a matter of fact, I do.

A No, thanks.         

B By and large, yes.

C Not me. I’m still waiting. 

D No, not everyone.

A  on            

B with    

C  about         

D  in

A  has been running / collapsed    

B were running / collapsed

C had been running / collapsed     

D ran / had been collapsing

A I'd rather not.           

B My pleasure. 

C I don't mind. 

D My goodness.

A Yes, it’s an absurd idea             

B There’s no doubt about it

C Of course not. You bet       

D Well, that’s very surprising

A  will have     

B  ought to have    

C should have  

D would have

A him asking

B him to ask 

C  asking him 

D his being asked           

A  Take care! 

B Many happy returns!  

C Have a good time!

D  I don’t understand.

A  looks after also the house              

B looks after the house either

C looks after the house too       

D also looks after the house

A is empty                   

B are some empty stalls

C some empty stalls are               

D are empty

A reasons  

B excuses

C grounds    

D foundation

A  restore  

B  renovate      

C  repair  

D refurbish

A facing/ overpopulation  

B  facing/overpopulated

C face/ overpopulated           

D facing/overpopulating

A my duty   

B  it my duty 

C this my duty           

D that my duty

A  take          

B look      

C  turn    

D pull

A  a drastic measure to be adopted    

B that to adopt a drastic measure

C  that a drastic measure be adopted   

D that a drastic measure is adopted

A Groups of cells are taste buds          

B Taste buds are groups of cells

C Taste buds, these are groups of cells  

D Taste buds, groups of cells

A  On reflection            

B For this time only

C After discussing with my wife     

D For the second time

A had he gone

B hadn’t he gone

C if he had not gone         

D if he shouldn’t have gone

A statement        

B overdraft 

C cheque          

D balance

A x/x/x         

B the/x/x  

C x/x/the           

D a/x/a

A who             

B  where  

C  when 

D  that

A He surprised me by his lack of confidence.           

B What surprised me was his lack of confidence.

C That his lack of confidence surprised me.     

D That he lacked of confidence surprised me.

A Whatever Jean does is all right with Frank.                      

B  Frank wants Jean to stay.

C Jean will stay, but Frank wants her to leave.                    

D Jean wants to leave unless Frank stays.

A  Diana caused an accident to her teacher while she was going to the stadium.

B Diana’s car ran over her teacher on the way to the stadium.

C Diana happened to meet her teacher while she was going to the stadium.

D Diana’s teacher got run over whole she was going to the stadium. 

A many people wanted to read the book  

B the reading of the book interested many people          

C the book was read by many people                      

D the book made many people want to read it

A in spite of the different in our old   

B although the difference in our age       

C in spite that fact that I was much older than her

D despite her being much older than me

A so that the pilot made an error and crashed          

B as a result, the pilot made an error and crashed

C  therefore the pilot made it crash                        

D resulting from the pilot crashing the plane

A it is the DNA that provides the genetic information

B which is the DNA that provides the genes

C  the DNA providing the genetic information

D the DNA that provides the genetic information

A some paintings by Rembrandt were faked           

B some paintings by Rembrandt must be faked

C Rembrandt was attituded to some paintings        

D some paintings by Rembrandt to be faked

A  lonely            

B uncomfortable        

C  infertile   

D dangerous

A  favored      

B available       

C ordinary    

D required

A Cattle raised in the Western United States refused to eat it.    

B It had to be imported into the United States.

C It would probably not grow in the western United States.        

D It was difficult for cattle to digest.

A Mesquite grass        

B Bluejoint grass  

C Buffalo grass   

D  Grama grass

A They contain little moisture  

B They have tough stems

C They can be grown indoors  

D They are not affected by dry weather

A eating only small quantities of grass.   

B continually moving from one grazing area to another.

C  naturally fertilizing the soil.          

D stepping on and pressing the seeds into the ground.

A  Most history book include the story of the train.

B The story of the train is similar to other ones from that time period.

C The driver of the train invented the story.    

D The story of the train may not be completed factual.

A plains       

B  skeletons 

C  oxen   

D Americans

A Many had settled there by the 1860’s.       

B It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area.

C It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War.  

D It was not discovered until the late 1800’s.

A  an original  

B an antique    

C a facsimile      

D a bonus

A accomplishment     

B task  

C shock 

D surprise

A in the near future      

B undoubtedly     

C some day 

D now

A obstruct        

B  facilitate 

C  impede        

D prevent        

A distinguished 

B ordinary

C renowned   

D famed