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TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC VINH TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA, LẦN 1 NĂM 2015 MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút) Mã đề thi 132 Họ, tên thí sinh:..................................................................... Số báo danh: ............................. I. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM : TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 (8 điểm) 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 following questions. Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these How­to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book may tell you how to earn more money. Another may tell you how to save or spend it and another may explain how to give your money away. Many How­to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book “ How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book “How to Make a Millionaire”. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called “How to Live on Nothing”. One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step­by­step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house. Why have How­to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How­to books help people deal with modern life. Question 1: What is the passage mainly about? A. How­to books B. How to make a millionaire C. How to turn failure into success D. How to succeed in love every minute of your life Question 2: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to________ A. advice B. How­to books C. career D. instruction Question 3: Which of the following is NOT the type of books giving information on careers? A. “How to Turn Failure into Success” B. “How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life”. C. “How to Make a Millionaire”. D. “How to Live on Nothing” Question 4: The word “step­by­step” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______ A. little by little B. gradually C. slower and slower D. A and B Question 5: It can be inferred from the passage that________ A. Today people are more bored with the modern life. B. Modern life is more difficult to deal with. C. Today people are more interested in modern life. D. Today people have fewer choices to make. 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 following questions The National Automobile Show in New York has been one of the top auto shows in the United States since 1900. On November 3 of that year, about 8,000 people looked over the “horseless carriages.” It was the opening day and the first opportunity for the automobile industry to show off its wares to a large crowd; however, the black­tie audience treated the occasion more as a social affair than as a sales extravaganza. It was also on the first day of this show that William McKinley became the first U.S. president to ride in a car. The automobile was not invented in the United States. That distinction belongs to Germany. Nikolaus Otto built the first practical internal­combustion engine there in 1876. Then, German engineer Karl Benz built what are regarded as the first modern automobiles in the mid­1880s. But the United States pioneered the merchandising of the automobile. The auto show proved to be an effective means of getting the public excited about automotive products. By happenstance, the number of people at the first New York show equaled the entire car population of the United States at that time. In 1900, 10 million bicycles and an unknown number of horse­drawn carriages provided the prime means of personal transportation. Only about 4,000 cars were assembled in the United States in 1900, and only a quarter of those were gasoline powered. The rest ran on steam or electricity. After viewing the cars made by forty car makers, the show’s audience favored electric cars because they were quiet. The risk of a boiler explosion turned people away from steamers, and the gasoline­powered cars produced smelly fumes. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, which launched the American auto industry in 1895, offered a fragrant additive designed to mask the smells of the naphtha that it burned. Many of the 1900 models were cumbersome—the Gasmobile, the Franklin, and the Orient, for example, steered with a tiller like a boat instead of with a steering wheel. None of them was equipped with an automatic starter. These early model cars were practically handmade and were not very dependable. They were basically toys of the well­to­do. In fact, Woodrow Wilson, then a professor at Princeton University and later President of the United States, predicted that automobiles would cause conflict between the wealthy and the poor. However, among the exhibitors at the 1900 show was a young engineer named Henry Ford. But before the end of the decade, he would revolutionize the automobile industry with his Model T Ford. The Model T, first produced in 1909, featured a standardized design and a streamlined method of production—the assembly line. Its lower costs made it available to the mass market. Cars at the 1900 show ranged in price from $1,000 to $1,500, or roughly $14,000 to $21,000 in today’s prices. By 1913, the Model T was selling for less than $300, and soon the price would drop even further. “I will build cars for the multitudes,” Ford said, and he kept his promise. Question 6: The passage implies that the audience viewed the 1900 National Automobile Show primarily as a(n)___________ A. formal social occasion. B. chance to buy automobiles at low prices. C. opportunity to learn how to drive. D. chance to invest in one of thirty­two automobile manufacturers. Question 7: According to the passage, who developed the first modern car? A. Karl Benz B. Nikolaus Otto C. William McKinley D. Henry Ford Question 8: Approximately how many cars were there in the United States in 1900? A. 4,000 B. 8,000 C. 10 million D. An unknown number Question 9: The phrase “by happenstance ” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________. A. Generally B. For example C. Coincidentally D. By design Question 10: Approximately how many of the cars assembled in the year 1900 were gasoline powered? A. 32 B. 1,000 C. 2,000 D. 4,000 Question 11: Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “launched” in paragraph 4 _______. A. designed B. anticipated C. joined D. initiated Question 12: The purpose of the “additive” mentioned in paragraph 4 was to___________. A. increase the speed of cars. C. make engines run more efficiently. B. hide strong smells. D. make cars look better. Question 13: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as steering with a tiller rather than with a steering wheel? A. A Franklin B. A Gasmobile C. An Orient D. A Duryea Question 14: It is clear from the passage that the early cars___________. A. were more formal. C. involved less expensive cars. B. were more spectacular. D. involved fewer manufacturers. Question 15: What was the highest price asked for a car at the 1900 National Automobile Show in the dollars of that time? A. $300 B. $1,500 C. $14,000 D. $21,000 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the following blanks. VINCENT VAN GOGH Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh’s paintings are sold at very high prices (16)________ many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (17) __, he did not have a happy life. Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (18) ________ his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (19) ________life. He drew things that he could see (20) ________around the quiet town of his parents’ home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (21) ________the sky, his room and even himself. Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (22) ________the person that said the ear in Van Gogh’s painting was not correct. It was very (23)________him to do such a thing. Van Gogh was also (24) ________ a crazy man. He really (25) ________become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37. Question 16: A. for Question 17: A. living Question 18: A. most of Question 19: A. alone Question 20: A. both Question 21: A. like Question 22: A. prove B. because B. live B. the most of B. lonely B. neither B. alike B. reveal C. although C. alive C. almost of C. loneliness C. either C. likely C. illustrate D. because of D. lively D. mostly D. lone D. all D. as such D. show Question 23: A. unfortunate that B. unfortunate to C. unfortunate D. unfortunate of Question 24: A. referred Question 25: A. did B. known B. couldn’t C. named C. does D. called D. didn’t 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 each of the following questions. Question 26: A. refuse Question 27: A. museum ... - tailieumienphi.vn