Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part Question 1: The sailor is suffering from a deficiency of Vitamin C A. lack B. short C. shortage D. lacking Question 2: The nurse told her that she would have to wait for a few days for the outcome of the medical check-up A. putting B. payment C. result D. coming Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part Question 3: The policemen broke up the fight between the two teenagers A. started B. stopped off C. called off D. canceled Question 4: He has a good memory to retain facts easily A. remember B. forget C. understand D. know Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 5-35 Question 5: Coffee is the second most valuable _____ after oil A. ware B. production C. producing D. commodity Question 6: We _____ on the beach now if we hadn’t missed the plane A. might have lain B. would lie C. could be lying D. would have lain Question 7: “Your dress is lovely. I like it” “______” A. Oh, it’s just an old dress B. Thanks anyway. I think it makes me look older C. You must be kidding. I think it’s terrible D. Thank you. That’s a nice compliment Question 8: The noise from the nearby factory kept me _____ A. awake B. awakened C. waking D. woken Question 9: Make sure you ____ us a visit when you are in town again A. pay B. have C. give D. do Question 10: I used to run a mile before breakfast but now I am ____ A. not used to it B. no longer practice it C. out of practice D. out of the habit Question 11: The government is determined to ____ terrorism A. put the stop to B. put stop to C. put stops to D. put a stop to Question 12: Americans rarely shake hands to say goodbye except ___ business occasions A. on B. during C. at D. for Question 13: We will talk about those ___ problems are related to psychology A. of which B. of that C. whose D. who Question 14: Out ___ for a walk after she finished doing her homework A. did Mary go B. Mary went C. Mary did go D. went Mary Question 15: The room ___ cool in summer and warm in winter A. feels B. is felt C. finds D. is found Question 16: By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship ____ 20 hours around the earth A. will travel B. has been traveling C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling Question 17: The manager, as well as his assistants, ______ yet A. haven’t arrive B. hadn’t arrived C hasn’t arrived D. isn’t arriving Question 18: “Happy Christmas” “______” A. The same to you! B. Happy Christmas! C. You are the same! D. Same for you! Question 19: Lucia was surprised when her guests ____ late for the party A. came up B. turned up C. looked up D. put up Question 20: Show me how to ___ the phone line to my computer so I can use the Internet A. connect B. fasten C. apply D. join Question 21: You ____ so fast or you might have an accident A. don’t have to drive B. shouldn’t have driven C. had better not drive D. mustn’t have driven Question 22: Liquid milk is usually pasteurized in order to kill bacteria for a longer ____ A. expectancy B. production C. living D. shelf life Question 23: The majority of people accept that modern drugs are the most effective way to cure a(n) ______ A. sicken B. illness C. symptom D. treatment Question 24: ____ the price is high, we can’t afford to buy a new car A. Now that B. Although C. Whereas D. As long as Question 25: You have gone to the doctor’s to have a check-u. You ____. You just had your check-up last week A. didn’t need to go B. needn’t have gone C. needn’t go D. don’t need to go Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 26 to 35 In the explosion of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in Phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often “fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority; they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unself- consciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have not first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chinese – born students at the University of Illinois who had spent a least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were give a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical error. The immigrants who came to the United States between the age of 3 and 7 performed identically to American – born students. Those who arrived between ages 8 and 15 did worse the latter they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to their age of arrival Question 26: The passage mainly discussed A. adult differences in learning a foreign language B. children’s ability to learn a language C. the age factor in learning languages fast D. research into language acquisition Question 27: From the passage, it can be inferred that “Phonology” is the study of ____ A. he grammar of language B. the rules of a language C the vocabulary of a language D. the sound system of a language Question 28: The word “cap” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to _____ A. prize B. limit C. covering D. level Question 29: According to the passage, young children learn languages quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A. they make many mistakes B. they want to talk C. their approach is flexible D. they frequently repeat words Question 30: The word “set” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ____ A. fixed B. changed C. stable D. formed Question 31: The word “unrelated” in paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to ___ A. unconnected B. unfamiliar C. unclassified D. unidentified Question 32: In the experiment in the passage, the Psychologists discovered _____ A. most students had lived in the U.S for more that 10 years B. older students were unable to learn English C. young students learned English best D. students who arrived late were worst of all Question 33: The word “who” in paragraph 3 refers to _____ A. Elissa Newport B. Koreans C. students D. colleagues Question 34: According to the passage, what was the purpose of examining a sample number of immigrants? A. To compare different age groups B. To detect differences in nationalities C. To confirm different language characteristics D. To measure the use of grammar Question 35: Where in the passage does the author mention that children acquire their own languages easily? A. Line 1-2 B. Lines 10-14 C. Lines 14-16 D. Lines 17-18 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 45 The time when human crossed the Arctic land bridge from Siberia to Alaska seems remote to us today, but actually represents a late stage in the prehistory of humans, an era when polished stone implements and bows and arrows were already being used and dogs had already been domesticated When these early migrants arrived in North America, they found the woods and plains dominated by three types of American mammoths. These elephants were distinguished from today’s elephants mainly by their thick, shaggy coats and their huge, upward-curving tusks. They had arrived on the continent hundreds of thousands of years before their followers. The woody mammoth in the North, the Columbian mammoth in middle North America, and the imperial mammoth of the South, together with their distant cousins the mastodons, dominated the land. Here, as in the Old World, there is evidence that humans hunted these elephants, as shown by numerous spear points found with mammoth remains Then, at the end of the Ice Age, when the last glaciers had retreated, there was a relatively sudden and widespread extinction of elephants. In the New World, both mammoths and mastodons disappeared. In the Old World, only Indian and African elephants survived. Why did the huge, seemingly successful mammoths disappear? Were humans connected with their extinction? Perhaps, but at that time, although they were cunning hunters, humans were still widely settled and not very numerous. It is difficult to see how they could have prevailed over the mammoth to such an extent Question 36: With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned? A. Migration from Siberia to Alaska B. Techniques used to hunt mammoths C. The prehistory of humans D. The relationship between man and mammoth in the New World Question 37: The word “implements” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____ A. tools B. ornaments C. houses D. carvings Question 38: The phrase “these early migrants” in paragraph 2 refers to ____ A. mammoths B. humans C. dogs D. mastodons Question 39: Where were the imperial mammoths the dominant type of mammoth? A. Alaska B. the central portion of North America C. the southern part of North America D. South America Question 40: It can be inferred that when humans crossed into the New World, they ____ A. had previously hunted mammoths in Siberia B. had never seen mammoth before C. brought mammoths with them from the Old World D. soon learned to use dogs to hunt mammoths Question 41: Which of the following could be best substitute for the word “remains” in paragraph 2? A. bones B. drawings C. footprints D. spear points Question 42: The passage supports which of the following conclusions about mammoth A. Humans hunted them to extinction B. The freezing temperatures of the Ice Age destroyed their food supply C. The cause of their extinction is not definitely known D. Competition with mastodons caused them to become extinct Question 43: The word “cunning” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____ A. clever B. determined C. efficient D. cautious Question 44: Which of the following is NOT true about prehistoric humans at the time of the mammoths’ extinction? A. They were relatively few in numbers B. They know how to use bows and arrows C. They were concentrated in a small area D. They were skilled hunters Question 45: Which of the following types of elephants does the author discuss in the most detail in the passage? A. the mastodon B. the mammoth C. the Indian elephant D. the African elephant Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions Question 46: A. documentary B. occurrence C. competition D. individual Question 47: A. relationship B. arrangement C. challenging D. eliminate Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the pronunciation in each of the following questions Question 48: A. machine B. suggestion C. shouting D. emotion Question 49: A. broadened B. used to C. cried D. smiled Mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction Question 50: It would be both noticed and appreciating if you could finish the work before you leave A. both B. the work C. leave D. appreciating Question 51: A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise on gallon of water on degree centigrade at one atmospheric pressure A. to rise B. A calorie C. quantity D. required Question 52: Harry, alike his colleagues, is trying hard to finish hart work early A. alike B. hard C. is trying D. early Question 53: The sun supplies the light and the warmth that permit life on Earth existing A. life B. the sun C. existing D. the warmth Question 54: Ann finds her present job really boring. She wants to look for something more challenge A. look for B. finds C. challenge D. boring Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word (s) for each of the blanks from 55 to 64 INTELLIGENCE TEST Schools exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much knowledge we have (55) ____. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a (56)____ that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (57)____ sense? Intelligence is the speed at which we can understand and (58)____ to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, (59)____ tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person’s IQ is their intelligence (60)____ it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1300 members in Britain. Today there are 44000 in Britain and 100000 worldwide, (61)____ in the US. People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This (62)___ at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if (63)____ enough time. But that’s the problems – the whole (64)____ of the tests is that they’re against the clock Question 55: A. fetched B. gained C. attached D. caught Question 56: A. case B. fact C. circumstance D. truth Question 57: A. natural B. bright C. sharp D. common Question 58: A. accord B. react C. answer D. alter Question 59: A. at this age B. for the present C. at the same time D. now and then Question 60: A. how B. that C. as D. so Question 61: A. largely B. enormously C. highly D. considerably Question 62: A. adds up B. turns to C. comes up D. works out Question 63: A. allowed B. spared C. let D. provided Question 64: A. reason B. point C. matter D. question ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA SỐ 2 – ĐÁP ÁN (Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút) Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part Question 1: The sailor is suffering from a deficiency of Vitamin C A. lack B. short C. shortage D. lacking Question 2: The nurse told her that she would have to wait for a few days for the outcome of the medical check-up A. putting B. payment C. result D. coming Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part Question 3: The policemen broke up the fight between the two teenagers A. started B. stopped off C. called off D. canceled Question 4: He has a good memory to retain facts easily A. remember B. forget C. understand D. know Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 5-35 Question 5: Coffee is the second most valuable _____ after oil A. ware B. production C. producing D. commodity Question 6: We _____ on the beach now if we hadn’t missed the plane A. might have lain B. would lie C. could be lying D. would have lain Question 7: “Your dress is lovely. I like it” “______” A. Oh, it’s just an old dress B. Thanks anyway. I think it makes me look older C. You must be kidding. I think it’s terrible D. Thank you. That’s a nice compliment Question 8: The noise from the nearby factory kept me _____ A. awake B. awakened C. waking D. woken Question 9: Make sure you ____ us a visit when you are in town again A. pay B. have C. give D. do Question 10: I used to run a mile before breakfast but now I am ____ A. not used to it B. no longer practice it C. out of practice D. out of the habit Question 11: The government is determined to ____ terrorism A. put the stop to B. put stop to C. put stops to D. put a stop to Question 12: Americans rarely shake hands to say goodbye except ___ business occasions A. on B. during C. at D. for Question 13: We will talk about those ___ problems are related to psychology A. of which B. of that C. whose D. who Question 14: Out ___ for a walk after she finished doing her homework A. did Mary go B. Mary went C. Mary did go D. went Mary Question 15: The room ___ cool in summer and warm in winter A. feels B. is felt C. finds D. is found Question 16: By 8 o’clock yesterday, the spaceship ____ 20 hours around the earth A. will travel B. has been traveling C. had been traveling D. will have been traveling Question 17: The manager, as well as his assistants, ______ yet A. haven’t arrive B. hadn’t arrived C hasn’t arrived D. isn’t arriving Question 18: “Happy Christmas” “______” A. The same to you! B. Happy Christmas! C. You are the same! D. Same for you! Question 19: Lucia was surprised when her guests ____ late for the party A. came up B. turned up C. looked up D. put up Question 20: Show me how to ___ the phone line to my computer so I can use the Internet A. connect B. fasten C. apply D. join Question 21: You ____ so fast or you might have an accident A. don’t have to drive B. shouldn’t have driven C. had better not drive D. mustn’t have driven Question 22: Liquid milk is usually pasteurized in order to kill bacteria for a longer ____ A. expectancy B. production C. living D. shelf life Question 23: The majority of people accept that modern drugs are the most effective way to cure a(n) ______ A. sicken B. illness C. symptom D. treatment Question 24: ____ the price is high, we can’t afford to buy a new car A. Now that B. Although C. Whereas D. As long as Question 25: You have gone to the doctor’s to have a check-u. You ____. You just had your check-up last week A. didn’t need to go B. needn’t have gone C. needn’t go D. don’t need to go Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 26 to 35 In the explosion of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in Phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often “fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority; they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unself- consciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have not first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chinese – born students at the University of Illinois who had spent a least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were give a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical error. The immigrants who came to the United States between the age of 3 and 7 performed identically to American – born students. Those who arrived between ages 8 and 15 did worse the latter they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to their age of arrival Question 26: The passage mainly discussed A. adult differences in learning a foreign language B. children’s ability to learn a language C. the age factor in learning languages fast D. research into language acquisition Question 27: From the passage, it can be inferred that “Phonology” is the study of ____ A. he grammar of language B. the rules of a language C the vocabulary of a language D. the sound system of a language Question 28: The word “cap” in paragraph 1 is closet in meaning to _____ A. prize B. limit C. covering D. level Question 29: According to the passage, young children learn languages quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A. they make many mistakes B. they want to talk C. their approach is flexible D. they frequently repeat words Question 30: The word “set” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ____ A. fixed B. changed C. stable D. formed Question 31: The word “unrelated” in paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to ___ A. unconnected B. unfamiliar C. unclassified D. unidentified Question 32: In the experiment in the passage, the Psychologists discovered _____ A. most students had lived in the U.S for more that 10 years B. older students were unable to learn English C. young students learned English best D. students who arrived late were worst of all Question 33: The word “who” in paragraph 3 refers to _____ A. Elissa Newport B. Koreans C. students D. colleagues Question 34: According to the passage, what was the purpose of examining a sample number of immigrants? A. To compare different age groups B. To detect differences in nationalities C. To confirm different language characteristics D. To measure the use of grammar Question 35: Where in the passage does the author mention that children acquire their own languages easily? A. Line 1-2 B. Lines 10-14 C. Lines 14-16 D. Lines 17-18 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 45 The time when human crossed the Arctic land bridge from Siberia to Alaska seems remote to us today, but actually represents a late stage in the prehistory of humans, an era when polished stone implements and bows and arrows were already being used and dogs had already been domesticated When these early migrants arrived in North America, they found the woods and plains dominated by three types of American mammoths. These elephants were distinguished from today’s elephants mainly by their thick, shaggy coats and their huge, upward-curving tusks. They had arrived on the continent hundreds of thousands of years before their followers. The woody mammoth in the North, the Columbian mammoth in middle North America, and the imperial mammoth of the South, together with their distant cousins the mastodons, dominated the land. Here, as in the Old World, there is evidence that humans hunted these elephants, as shown by numerous spear points found with mammoth remains Then, at the end of the Ice Age, when the last glaciers had retreated, there was a relatively sudden and widespread extinction of elephants. In the New World, both mammoths and mastodons disappeared. In the Old World, only Indian and African elephants survived. Why did the huge, seemingly successful mammoths disappear? Were humans connected with their extinction? Perhaps, but at that time, although they were cunning hunters, humans were still widely settled and not very numerous. It is difficult to see how they could have prevailed over the mammoth to such an extent Question 36: With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned? A. Migration from Siberia to Alaska B. Techniques used to hunt mammoths C. The prehistory of humans D. The relationship between man and mammoth in the New World Question 37: The word “implements” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____ A. tools B. ornaments C. houses D. carvings Question 38: The phrase “these early migrants” in paragraph 2 refers to ____ A. mammoths B. humans C. dogs D. mastodons Question 39: Where were the imperial mammoths the dominant type of mammoth? A. Alaska B. the central portion of North America C. the southern part of North America D. South America Question 40: It can be inferred that when humans crossed into the New World, they ____ A. had previously hunted mammoths in Siberia B. had never seen mammoth before C. brought mammoths with them from the Old World D. soon learned to use dogs to hunt mammoths Question 41: Which of the following could be best substitute for the word “remains” in paragraph 2? A. bones B. drawings C. footprints D. spear points Question 42: The passage supports which of the following conclusions about mammoth A. Humans hunted them to extinction B. The freezing temperatures of the Ice Age destroyed their food supply C. The cause of their extinction is not definitely known D. Competition with mastodons caused them to become extinct Question 43: The word “cunning” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____ A. clever B. determined C. efficient D. cautious Question 44: Which of the following is NOT true about prehistoric humans at the time of the mammoths’ extinction? A. They were relatively few in numbers B. They know how to use bows and arrows C. They were concentrated in a small area D. They were skilled hunters Question 45: Which of the following types of elephants does the author discuss in the most detail in the passage? A. the mastodon B. the mammoth C. the Indian elephant D. the African elephant Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions Question 46: A. documentary B. occurrence C. competition D. individual Question 47: A. relationship B. arrangement C. challenging D. eliminate Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the pronunciation in each of the following questions Question 48: A. machine B. suggestion C. shouting D. emotion Question 49: A. broadened B. used to C. cried D. smiled Mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction Question 50: It would be both noticed and appreciating if you could finish the work before you leave A. both B. the work C. leave D. appreciating Question 51: A calorie is the quantity of heat required to rise on gallon of water on degree centigrade at one atmospheric pressure A. to rise B. A calorie C. quantity D. required Question 52: Harry, alike his colleagues, is trying hard to finish hart work early A. alike B. hard C. is trying D. early Question 53: The sun supplies the light and the warmth that permit life on Earth existing A. life B. the sun C. existing D. the warmth Question 54: Ann finds her present job really boring. She wants to look for something more challenge A. look for B. finds C. challenge D. boring Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word (s) for each of the blanks from 55 to 64 INTELLIGENCE TEST Schools exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of tests we take. They find out how much knowledge we have (55) ____. But do they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn’t it a (56)____ that some people who are very successful academically don’t have any (57)____ sense? Intelligence is the speed at which we can understand and (58)____ to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing advanced computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, (59)____ tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence. A person’s IQ is their intelligence (60)____ it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests are run by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it had 1300 members in Britain. Today there are 44000 in Britain and 100000 worldwide, (61)____ in the US. People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This (62)___ at 2% of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if (63)____ enough time. But that’s the problems – the whole (64)____ of the tests is that they’re against the clock Question 55: A. fetched B. gained C. attached D. caught Question 56: A. case B. fact C. circumstance D. truth Question 57: A. natural B. bright C. sharp D. common Question 58: A. accord B. react C. answer D. alter Question 59: A. at this age B. for the present C. at the same time D. now and then Question 60: A. how B. that C. as D. so Question 61: A. largely B. enormously C. highly D. considerably Question 62: A. adds up B. turns to C. comes up D. works out Question 63: A. allowed B. spared C. let D. provided Question 64: A. reason B. point C. matter D. question