Đề thi thử THPT Quốc Gia lần thứ I năm học 2018-2019 môn Tiếng Anh - Mã đề 002 - Sở GD & ĐT Ninh Bình

 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI THỬ TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA 
 TỈNH NINH BÌNH LẦN THỨ I - NĂM HỌC 2018-2019 
 Môn: TIẾNG ANH 
 Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề 
 ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC 
 Mã đề thi 002 
 (Đề thi gồm có 04 trang) 
Họ tên thí sinh:............................................................; Số báo danh:................................................. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the words whose pronunciation is different 
from the others in each of the following questions. 
Question 1: A. study B. ready C. puppy D. occupy 
Question 2: A. admired B. looked C. hoped D. missed 
Mark the letter A, B, C, o r 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 3: A. similar B. ancestor C. marvelous D. historic 
Question 4: A. secure B. vacant C. oblige D. equip 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following 
questions. 
Question 5: Remember to bring with you your certificates and letters of ______ from your teachers or previous 
employers when you come to the interview. 
 A. assignment B. invitation C. recommendation D. advertisement 
Question 6: Though _____ , he prefers to teach his children in mother tongue. 
 A. he was in a foreign country B. in a foreign country 
 C. had been in foreign country D. to be in foreign country 
Question 7: If the weather ______ so bad, we would have gone out. 
 A. hadn’t been B. weren’t C. isn’t D. had been 
Question 8: Tet is the most important and popular holiday in Vietnam. It marks the ______ of spring based on the 
Lunar calendar. 
 A. arrive B. arrived C. arrivals D. arrival 
Question 9: If you do what you tell others, they ______ in you. 
 A. would believe B. will believe C. believe D. won't believe 
Question 10: They exchanged letters for 15 years, but they never______ met in person 
 A. actually B. truly C. positively D. genuinely 
Question 11: Vietnam ______ to the quarterfinals of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 with pride after a breath-taking 
shootout with Jordan on January 20th in the United Arab Emirates. 
 A. was advancing B. advances C. advanced D. had advanced 
Question 12: Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and dish washers are labor ______ devices which help us do 
housework easily and quickly. 
 A. improving B. making C. saving D. employing 
Question 13: Some days of rest may help to ______ the pressure of work. 
 A. reduce B. lower C. chop D. crease 
Question 14: Larry was so ______ in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking in the oven. 
 A. absorbed B. attracted C. drawn D. obliged 
Question 15: Park Hang-seo, who is the head coach of ______ Vietnam national football team, is a new idol of 
many people. 
 A. Ø B. a C. the D. an 
Question 16: ______ on February 14, Valentine's Day is a festival of romantic love and many people give roses 
and chocolate to their spouse or partner. 
 A. Celebrating B. Is celebrated C. Celebrated D. Having celebrated 
Question 17: Do you have any objections ______ this new road scheme? 
 A. for B. with C. at D. to 
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 Question 18: ______ New York is not the capital of the USA, it is the home of the United Nations. 
 A. In spite of B. Because C. Although D. Otherwise 
Mark the letter A, B, C, o r D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete 
each of the following exchanges. 
Question 19: Ken and Laura are saying goodbye to each other after going to LOTTE Center. 
 - Laura: “Well, it’s getting late. Maybe we could get together sometime.” 
 - Ken: “______” 
 A. Nice to see back you. B. Sounds good. I’ll give you a call. 
 C. Take it easy. D. Yes, I’ve enjoyed it. 
Question 20: John and Mike are talking about Mike's new car. 
 - John: "______ " 
 - Mike: "Thanks. I'm glad to hear that." 
 A. Where did you buy your car? B. What a nice car! 
 C. Your car is new, isn't it? D. My car is very expensive. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the 
underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 21: He may be shy now, but he’ll soon come out of his shell when he meets the right girl. 
 A. hole B. become confident C. shed D. become shy 
Question 22: Everyone in my community joined hands to help those impacted by the flood. 
 A. gave a hand B. took hand C. worked together D. shook hands 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the 
underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 23: Most counselors are trained in order to be able to reassure and console students who have 
academic or personal problems 
 A. discourage B. argue C. please D. satisfy 
Question 24: On Saturday wearing uniforms is optional so I often choose T-shirt and shorts. 
 A. acceptable B. compulsory C. voluntary D. uncomfortable 
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. 
Question 25: “Do you watch television every evening, Jane?”, said Peter. 
 A. Peter asked Jane if she’d watched TV every evening. 
 B. Peter asked Jane if she watched TV every evening. 
 C. Peter asks Jane if does she watch TV every evening. 
 D. Peter asked Jane did she watch TV every evening. 
Question 26: Unless you try to work hard, you will fail the exam. 
 A. Only if you try to work hard will you pass the exam. 
 B. Should you try to work hard you will fail the exam. 
 C. Had you not tried to work hard, you wouldn’t have passed the exam. 
 D. Not until you tried to work hard did you pass the exam. 
Question 27: I've never met any more dependable person than George. 
 A. George is the most dependable person I've ever met. 
 B. I am not such a dependable person as George. 
 C. George is more dependable than anyone else I know well. 
 D. George is the most dependable person of all. 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of 
sentences given in each of the following questions. 
Question 28: She heard the news of the death of her mother. She fainted. 
 A. On hearing the news of her dead mother, she fainted. 
 B. She fainted and then she heard the news of the death of her mother. 
 C. She fainted so she heard the news of the death of her mother. 
 D. On hearing the news of her mother’s death, she fainted. 
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 Question 29: The blouse is too loose. You'd better ask your tailor to take it in. 
 A. The blouse is little as you asked your tailor to take it in. 
 B. You'd better have the blouse taken in as it is too loose. 
 C. The blouse is lost as you didn't ask your tailor to take it in. 
 D. Your tailor is asked to take your blouse in a little. 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct 
word for each of the numbered blanks from 30 to 34. 
 After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, 
the body recovers from the (30) ______ of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your 
body to prepare itself for the next day. 
 There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. (31) ______ you sleep, your 
muscles relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you (32) ______ the 
fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other. Although your mind slows down, 
you will dream from time to time. Scientists (33) ______ study sleep state that when dreaming occurs, your 
eyeballs begin to move more quickly. This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for Rapid Eye Movement. 
 If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very slowly and deeply. Other people 
believe that drinking warm milk will make you (34) ______. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep 
will put you to sleep! 
Question 30: A. activeness B. actions C. acts D. activities 
Question 31: A. Because B. As C. Thus D. Though 
Question 32: A. attain B. arrive C. achieve D. reach 
Question 33: A. which B. when C. whose D. who 
Question 34: A. tired B. drowsy C. awake D. dizzy 
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 35 to 39. 
 Fish that live on the sea bottom benefit by being flat and hugging the contours. There are two very 
different types of flatfish and they have evolved in very separate ways. The skates and rays, relatives of the 
sharks have become flat in what might be called the obvious way. Their bodies have grown out sideways to form 
great “wings”. They look as though they have been flattened but have remained symmetrical and “the right way 
up”. Conversely fish such as plaice, sole, and halibut have become flat in a different way. There are bony fish 
which have a marked tendency to be flattened in a vertical direction; they are much “taller” than they are wide. 
They use their whole vertically flattened bodies as swimming surfaces, which undulate through the water as they 
move. Therefore when their ancestors migrated to the seabed, they lay on one side than on their bellies. However, 
this raises the problem that one eye was always looking down into the sand and was effectively useless - In 
evolution this problem was solved by the lower eye “moving” around the other side. We see this process of 
moving around enacted in the development of every young bony flatfish. It starts life swimming near the surface, 
and is symmetrical and vertically flattened, but then the skull starts to grow in a strange asymmetrical twisted 
fashion, so that one eye for instance the left, moves over the top of the head upwards, an old Picasso - like vision. 
Incidentally, some species of 20 flatfish settle on the right side, others on the left, and others on either side. 
Question 35: The word “conversely” is closest in meaning to ______. 
 A. similarly B. alternatively C. inversely D. contrarily 
Question 36: The passage is mainly concerned with ______. 
 A. bony flatfish B. evolution of flatfish 
 C. symmetrical flatfish D. different types of flatfish 
Question 37: The author mentions skates and rays as examples of fish that ______. 
 A. have spread horizontally B. become asymmetrical 
 C. resemble sharks D. appear to fly 
Question 38: The word “this” refers to ______. 
 A. the migration of the ancestors 
 B. the practice of lying on one side 
 C. the problem of the one eye looking downwards 
 D. the difficulty of the only one eye being useful 
Question 39: According to the passage, the ability of a bony flatfish to move its eyes around is ______. 
 A. average B. weak C. excellent D. variable 
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 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 40 to 47 . 
 Smart cards and mobile phones are becoming an increasingly popular way to make all sorts of payments. 
Even now, in Japan thousands of transactions, from paying rail tickets to picking up the groceries, take place 
every day with customers passing their handsets across a small flat-screen device. And predictions in the 
world of finance reckon that payments using mobile phones will have risen to more than $50 billion in the very 
near future. 
 What's the appeal of e-cash? Compared to cheques or credit cards, it offers the speed of cash, but more so. It 
takes just one tenth of a second to complete most transactions and as no change is required, errors in counting 
are eliminated. Fraud and theft are also reduced and for the retailer, it reduces the cost of handling money. 
Sony's vision of having a chip embedded in computers, TVs and games consoles means that films, music and 
games can be paid for easily without having to input credit card details. 
 And what about the future of the banks? Within their grip on the market, banks and credit-card firms want to be 
in a position to collect most of the fees from the users of mobile and contactless-payment systems. But the new 
system could prove to be a "disruptive technology" as far as the banks are concerned. If payments for a few 
coffees, a train ticket and a newspaper are made every day by a commuter with a mobile, this will not appear on 
their monthly credit card statements but on their mobile phone statements. And having spent fortunes on 
branding, credit-card companies and banks do not want to see other payment systems gaining popularity. It's too 
early to say whether banks will miss out and if so, by how much. However, quite a few American bankers are 
optimistic. They feel there is reason to be suspicious of those who predict that high-street banks may be a thing of 
the past. They point out that Internet banking did not result in the closure of their high-street branches as was 
predicted. On the contrary, more Americans than ever are using local branches. So, whether we'll become a 
totally cash-free society remains open to contention. 
Question 40: The word "their” in the third paragraph refers to ______. 
 A. American bankers B. credit cards C. Internet banking D. high-street hanks 
Question 41: Why does the author mention "a small flat-screen device" in the first paragraph? 
 A. to criticize the e-cash system B. to exemplify the e-cash system 
 C. to inform the e-cash system D. to praise the e-cash system 
Question 42: The word "embedded” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. 
 A. isolated B. generated C. manufactured D. integrated 
Question 43: The word “grip” in the third paragraph is closet in meaning to______. 
 A. success B. range of branches C. power D. wealth 
Question 44: How does the writer seem to feel about the future of banks? 
 A. uncertain B. pessimistic C. optimistic D. neutral 
Question 45: What is the main idea of the first paragraph? 
 A. Predictions of future payment methods. 
 B. Japan's advanced forms of payment. 
 C. The increasing popularity of new payment methods. 
 D. The absence of traditional payment methods. 
Question 46: The author mentions the case of commuters in the third paragraph to illustrate______. 
 A. the modern technology of the e-cash system 
 B. the banks' cooperation with credit-card companies 
 C. a possible drawback of the system 
 D. the transferability of the system 
Question 47: Which of the following is NOT true about the strong point of e-cash? 
 A. faster speed B. reduced cost C. fewer mistakes D. no fraud 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 
Question 48: It is believed (A) that in the near future (B), robots will use to do (C) things such as (D) cooking. 
Question 49: The policeman (A) warned the tourists not walking (B) alone in (C) empty streets at night (D). 
Question 50: In China, Japan and other (A) Oriental countries, where (B) tea is the national drink, people 
almost (C) add never (D) sugar to their tea. 
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