Đề 4: Luyện thi THPTQG môn Anh năm 2018

Câu 1: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

They asked me whether I was working _____

• A. next day afternoon 
• B. the afternoon followed

• C. the following afternoon 

• D. tomorrow afternoon

Câu 2: 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 question.

I didn’t arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.

• A. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her.
• B. She had left because I was not on time.

• C. I was not early enough to see her off.

• D. I didn’t go there , so I could not see her off.

Câu 3: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to fill in the following exchange.

A - “Would you mind lending me your bike?”  B - “_____.”

• A. Yes, let’s 

• B. Not at all 

• C. Great 
• D. Yes. Here it is

Câu 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.

Diana would rather that her husband doesn’t work so hard.

• A. her husband 

• B. doesn’t work 

• C. Diana 
• D. would rather

Câu 5: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the rest in the pronunciation in the following question.

• A. medecine 
• B. tennis 

• C. species 

• D. invent

Câu 6: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

If you are not Japanese, so what _____are you?

• A. nationalized 

• B. nationality 

• C. nation 
• D. national

Câu 7: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

She played _____confidently, but her timing was not good.

• A. a piano 
• B. piano 

• C. the piano 

• D. an piano

Câu 8: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentence.

- His career advancement was slow and he did not gain any promotion until he was 40, when he won the position of the company’s Chief Executive.

• A. progress 
• B. elevation 

• C. decrease 

• D. rise

Câu 9: Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

I didn’t know you were coming, so I didn’t wait for you.

• A. If I had known you were coming, I wouldn’t have waited for you.
• B. I would have waited for you if I knew you were coming.
• C. If I had know you were coming, I would wait for you.

• D. Had I known you were coming, I would have waited for you.

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 10 to 16.

No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke’s World Atlas, has been widely accepted as a standard owning to the quality of its maps and photographs, which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales. In fact , the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to population. Following the proportional layout , a sequence of smaller maps shows the world’s population density, each country’s birth and death rates, population increase and decrease , industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in terms of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view, additional projections despite the world’s patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad array of scales.

• Câu 10: What is the main topic of this passage ?

• A. The educational benefits of atlases. 

• B. Physical maps in an atlas.
• C. The ideal in the making of atlases. 
• D. Partial maps and their uses.

Câu 11: According to the passage, the first map in Pennycooke’s World Atlas shows___________

• A. the population policy in each country. 
• B. the hypothetical sizes of countries.
• C. geographical proportions of each country. 

• D. national boundaries relative to population.

Câu 12: In the passage, the word “invaluable” is closest in meaning to ___________

• A. invalid 

• B. priceless 

• C. shapeless 
• D. incremental

Câu 13: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage ?

• A. calorie consumption 
• B. population decline
• C. a level of education 

• D. currency exchange rate

Câu 14: The word “layout” in the passage refers to __________

• A. the cartogram 

• B. the geographical size
• C. population 
• D. each country

Câu 15: It can be inferred from the passage that maps can be used to __________

• A. identify a shortage of qualified labour.
• B. pinpoint ethnic strife in each country.
• C. show readers photographs in a new form.

• D. give readers a new perspective on their own country.

Câu 16: The author of the passage implies that ______________

• A. atlases provide a bird’s eye view of country.

• B. atlases can be versatile instruments.

• C. maps use a variety of scales in each projection.
• D. maps of countries differ in size.

Câu 17: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

- In a modern family, the husband is expected to join hands with his wife to_____the household chores.

• A. do 

• B. make 
• C. run 
• D. take

Câu 18: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

The government plans to bring in new laws _____ parents to take more responsibility for the education of their children.

• A. forced 

• B. forcing 

• C. force 
• D. forces

Câu 19: 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 question.

We spent about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.

• A. We know relatively little about sleep, as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.
• B. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.
• C. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.

• D. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.

Câu 20: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentence.

- Why do you join those wires? I think by contrast, you have to split them up

• A. paste 

• B. seperate 

• C. gather 
• D. unite

Câu 21: 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 the following sentence.

- How many countries took part in the last Olympic Games?

• A. participated 

• B. performed 
• C. succeeded 
• D. hosted

Câu 22: Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

• A. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.
• B. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
• C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
• D. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.

Câu 23: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question. 

_____ broken several world records in swimming.

• A. She is said to have 

• B. People say she had
• C. It is said to have 
• D. She is said that she has

Câu 24: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.

- John: “ Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer?”

- Mike: “ _____ .”

• A. I wouldn’t like. Thank you. 
• B. Do you think I would?
• C. Yes, you’re a good friend. 

• D. Yes, I’d love to. Thanks

Câu 25: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.

According to most doctors, massage relieves pain and anxiety, eases depression and speeding up recovery from illnesses.

• A. most doctors 
• B. illnesses 

• C. speeding up 

• D. relieves

Câu 26: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in the following question.

Good scientists always cooperate with each others no matter what their nationalities are.

• A. with 
• B. their 
• C. always 

• D. others

Câu 27: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the following question.

• A. appearance 

• B. leadership 
• C. telephone 
• D. government

Câu 28: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

While everyone else in this class prefers working in groups, Alice likes working _____

• A. on her own 

• B. of her own 
• C. on herself 
• D. in herself

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 29 to 36.

MEMORY

"Memorize these words". "Learn this spelling rule". "Don't forget about the quiz tomorrow". You remember things every day, but how do you do it? When you want to call a store or an office that you don't call often, you look in the telephone book for the number. You dial the number, and then you forget it! You use your short-term memory to remember the number. Your short-term memory lasts about 30 seconds, or half a minute. However, you don't need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.

Why do you forget things sometimes? Is there a reason? Yes, there are several. The major reason for forgetting something is that you did not learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and right away, you forget their names.You hear the names but you do not learn them, so you forget them.

You can help yourself remember better. Here are some ideas:

1. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practice the new information. Say it to yourself out loud. Think about it.

2. After you learn something, study it again and again. Learn it more than you need to. This process is called overlearning. For example, when you learn new words, practice using them in sentences. Don't try to memorize words from a list only.

3. Make sure that you understand new information. It is very difficult to remember something that you don't understand. Ask questions when you learn something new to be certain that you understand.

4. Do not listen to music or watch TV when you study. You will remember better if you concentrate on one thing at a time.

5. Try to connect new information with something that you already know. For example, when you learn the name of a new kind of food, think of a similar kind of food that you already know.

6. Divide new information into several parts (about five or six). Learn one part at time and stop for few minutes. Don't sit down and try to learn a very large amount of new information all at once.

7. Try to make a picture in your mind. For example, if you hear or see a new word, make a picture of how it looks to you in your mind. This “mental” picture will help you remember that word the next time you see or hear it.

8. Think of word clues to help you remember information. One very helpful kind of word clue is an acronym. An acronym is a word formed from the first letter of a group of words. For example, many American schoolchildren learn the names of the Great Lakes in the North America by remembering the word homes. Homes is an acronym that comes from the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.

9. Relax when you study! Try to enjoy yourself. You are learning new things every minute. You will remember better if you are happy and relaxed.

Câu 29: What is the main idea of the passage?

• A. People have short-term and long-term memories and how they can learn to improve their memory

• B. How acronyms help people remember better
• C. What you should do when you forget a phone number
• D. The main reasons for forgetting things

Câu 30: New information is easier to remember if you ______.

• A. keep it on a list 

• B. understand it

• C. tell it to your friends 
• D. draw a picture to describe it

Câu 31: The following things should help you remember things better when you study, EXCEPT

______.

• A. asking questions when you don’t understand something
• B. connecting new information with something you already know

• C. trying to learn a large amount of new information all at once

• D. overlearning them

Câu 32: Acronyms should help you remember_______.

• A. dates 
• B. telephone numbers 
• C. chemical formulas 

• D. names

Câu 33: You move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory when you ______.

• A. call a friend over and over again

• B. practice it by saying it to yourself out loud

• C. relax in front of the TV set
• D. write it out on a piece of paper

Câu 34: Which of the following may not be in your long-term memory?

• A. the telephone number of a person you don’t call very often

• B. your way home
• C. your date of birth
• D. your address

Câu 35: All of these things would be useless for remembering new words EXCEPT_______.

• A. making a list of them and memorizing them
• B. writing them down in your notebook
• C. putting them in alphabetical order

• D. practicing using them in sentences

Câu 36: The names of the Great Lakes in North America are easier to remember ______.

• A. thanks to the useful acronym homes

• B. when they are connected with the mental picture of your home
• C. if they are near your home
• D. because they remind you of your home

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate word that best fits each of the the numbered blanks from 37 to 41.

Câu 37: Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries she was the only woman scientist to have a plaxe in the history books. Hypatia’s father was director of Alexadria University, and he ... (37)... sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few ... 38... to study. After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria where she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous for her knowledge of new ideas. We have no copies of her books, ... 39... we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and ... 40... several scientific tools to help with her work. At the time many rulers were afraid of science, and ... 41... connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia was attacked in the street and killed.

• A. said 
• B. could 
• C. put 

• D. made

Câu 38: Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries she was the only woman scientist to have a plaxe in the history books. Hypatia’s father was director of Alexadria University, and he ... 37... sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few ... (38)... to study. After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria where she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous for her knowledge of new ideas. We have no copies of her books, ... 39... we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and ... 40... several scientific tools to help with her work. At the time many rulers were afraid of science, and ... 41... connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia was attacked in the street and killed.

• A. teachers 
• B. classes 

• C. opportunities 

• D. customs

Câu 39: Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries she was the only woman scientist to have a plaxe in the history books. Hypatia’s father was director of Alexadria University, and he ... 37... sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few ... 38... to study. After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria where she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous for her knowledge of new ideas. We have no copies of her books, ... (39)... we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and ... 40... several scientific tools to help with her work. At the time many rulers were afraid of science, and ... 41... connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia was attacked in the street and killed.

• A. because 
• B. as 

• C. but 

• D. or

Câu 40: Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries she was the only woman scientist to have a plaxe in the history books. Hypatia’s father was director of Alexadria University, and he ... 37... sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few ... 38... to study. After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria where she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous for her knowledge of new ideas. We have no copies of her books, ... 39... we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and ... (40)... several scientific tools to help with her work. At the time many rulers were afraid of science, and ... 41... connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia was attacked in the street and killed.

• A. learnt 

• B. invented 

• C. experimented 
• D. did

Câu 41: Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries she was the only woman scientist to have a plaxe in the history books. Hypatia’s father was director of Alexadria University, and he ... 37... sure his daughter had the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few ... 38... to study. After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria where she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous for her knowledge of new ideas. We have no copies of her books, ... 39... we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and ... 40... several scientific tools to help with her work. At the time many rulers were afraid of science, and ... (41)... connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia was attacked in the street and killed.

• A. all 
• B. nobody 

• C. anyone 

• D. something

Câu 42: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in the following question.

• A. commercial 
• B. essential 

• C. national 

• D. constructive

Câu 43: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

I am sure that everything will be all right _____

• A. in the end 

• B. at the end 
• C. by the end 
• D. for the end

Câu 44: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

Jake, the boy who sat beside me in class, used to wear _____ shirt to school.

• A. an old cotton white 

• B. an old white cotton

• C. a white cotton old 
• D. a cotton old white

Câu 45: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

- Without your help, I_____the technical problem with my computer the other day.

• A. can’t solve 

• B. couldn’t have solved

• C. wouldn’t solve 
• D. could solve

Câu 46: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

- The University administrations are introducing new measures to _____that the enrolment process runs smoothly.

• A. maintain 

• B. ensure 

• C. facilitate 
• D. improve

Câu 47: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the rest in the pronunciation in the following question.

• A. encourage 

• B. entertain 

• C. endanger 
• D. envelop

Câu 48: Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

Unless we protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.

• A. If our life is badly affected, we will protect the environment.
• B. If we protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.
• C. If we don’t protect the environment, our life won’t be badly affected.

• D. If we don’t protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.

Câu 49: 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 the following sentence.

- Reaching 35 and obviously aging, Jane has to make up her mind on her future very soon.

• A. give a thought about 
• B. Pay attention to
• C. prepare a plan for 

• D. make a decision on

Câu 50: Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question.

- Only one of our gifted students _____ to participate in the final competition.

• A. was choosing 
• B. chosen 

• C. has been chosen 

• D. have been chosen