Đề thi thử THPT Quốc Gia lần thứ I năm học 2018-2019 môn Tiếng Anh - Mã đề 012 - 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 
 ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề 
 Mã đề thi 012 
 (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. objected B. recorded C. faced D. mended 
Question 2: A. puppy B. occupy C. ready D. study 
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. historic C. marvelous D. ancestor 
Question 4: A. unique B. extreme C. remote D. royal 
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: Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and dish washers are labor ______ devices which help us do 
housework easily and quickly. 
 A. making B. employing C. saving D. improving 
Question 6: The government has ______ different measures to protect and improve the quality of environment 
and abate environmental pollution. 
 A. listed B. taken C. done D. made 
Question 7: ______ 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 8: Tet is the most important and popular holiday in Vietnam. It marks the ______ of spring based on the 
Lunar calendar. 
 A. arrival B. arrive C. arrivals D. arrived 
Question 9: If you press that button what ______? 
 A. will happen B. would happen 
 C. happens D. would have happened 
Question 10: Remember to bring with you your certificates and letters of ______ from your teachers or previous 
employers when you come to the interview. 
 A. invitation B. assignment C. recommendation D. advertisement 
Question 11: Some days of rest may help to ______ the pressure of work. 
 A. lower B. reduce C. chop D. crease 
Question 12: I felt uncomfortably full on this Tet Holiday, as I was not accustomed ______ eating so much. 
 A. about B. on C. with D. to 
Question 13: ______ in 1451, the University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English speaking 
world. 
 A. Having founded B. Founded C. Founding D. Found 
Question 14: As soon as it ______ raining, we will leave. 
 A. stops B. has stopped C. will stop D. stopped 
Question 15: She succeeded in gaining ______ to the university of her choice. 
 A. admittance B. admission C. permission D. permit 
Question 16: 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 17: ______ her lack of confidence, she failed a job interview to work for VinFast. 
 A. As B. Because of C. Because D. Even though 
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 Question 18: A video lab is ______ useful means for language learning. 
 A. a B. no article C. an D. the 
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. Take it easy. 
 C. Sounds good. I’ll give you a call. D. Yes, I’ve enjoyed it. 
Question 20: Katy and Sunny are talking about Ted’s accident last week. 
 Katy: “A motor bike knocked Ted down”. 
 Sunny: “______” 
 A. How terrific! B. Where it is now? C. What a motor bike! D. Poor Ted! 
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. shed B. become shy C. hole D. become confident 
Question 22: When two people get married, it is with the assumption that their feelings for each other are 
immutable and will never alter. 
 A. constantly B. Everlasting C. alterable D. unchangeable 
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. please B. satisfy C. argue D. discourage 
Question 24: If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you around the city. 
 A. occupied B. free C. confident D. reluctant 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 
Question 25: It is believed (A) that in the near future (B), robots will use to do (C) things such as (D) cooking. 
Question 26: The wooden (A) fence surrounded (B) the factory is beginning (C) to fall down because of (D) the 
rain. 
Question 27: 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. 
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: The blouse is too loose. You'd better ask your tailor to take it in. 
 A. The blouse is lost as you didn't ask your tailor to take it in. 
 B. The blouse is little as you asked your tailor to take it in. 
 C. You'd better have the blouse taken in as it is too loose. 
 D. Your tailor is asked to take your blouse in a little. 
Question 29: She heard the news of the death of her mother. She fainted. 
 A. On hearing the news of her mother’s death, 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 dead mother, she fainted. 
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. 
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 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. actions B. activities C. activeness D. acts 
Question 31: A. Though B. Because C. As D. Thus 
Question 32: A. reach B. achieve C. arrive D. attain 
Question 33: A. which B. who C. whose D. when 
Question 34: A. tired B. dizzy C. drowsy D. awake 
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. 
 Since water is the basis of life, composing the greater part of the tissues of all living things, the crucial problem 
of desert animals is to survive in a world where sources of flowing water are rare. And since man’s inexorable 
necessity is to absorb large quantities of water at frequent intervals, he can scarcely comprehend that many 
creatures of the desert pass their entire lives without a single drop. 
 Uncompromising as it is, the desert has not eliminated life but only those forms unable to withstand its 
desiccating effects. No moist- skinned, water-loving animals can exist there. Few large animals are found. The 
giants of the North American desert are the deer, the coyote, and the bobcat. Since desert country is open, it 
holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest. Its population is largely nocturnal, 
silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth. Yet they are not emaciated. 
 Having adapted to their austere environment, they are as healthy as animals anywhere else in the word. The 
secret of their adjustment lies in the combination of behavior and physiology. None could survive if, like mad dogs 
and Englishmen, they went out in the midday sun; many would die in a matter of minutes. So most of them pass 
the burning hours asleep in cool, humid burrows underneath the ground, emerging to hunt only by night. The 
surface of the sun-baked desert averages around 150 degrees, but 18 inches down the temperature is only 60 
degrees. 
Question 35: The title for this passage could be ______. 
 A. “Man’s Life in a Desert Environment” B. “Desert Plants” 
 C. “Life Underground” D. “Animal Life in a Desert Environment” 
Question 36: The word “austere” in paragraph 3 mostly means ______. 
 A. harsh B. changing C. favorable D. forest 
Question 37: The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert animals EXCEPT 
______. 
 A. they are noisy and aggressive B. they sleep during the day 
 C. they dig home underground D. they are watchful and quiet 
Question 38: The word “its” in paragraph 2 refers to ______. 
 A. life B. water C. desert D. water scarcity 
Question 39: Man can hardly understand why many animals live their whole life in the desert, as ______. 
 A. sources of flowing water are rare in a desert 
 B. water composes the greater part of the tissues of living things 
 C. very few large animals are found in the desert 
 D. water is an essential part of his existence 
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 40: I've never met any more dependable person than George. 
 A. I am not such a dependable person as George. 
 B. George is more dependable than anyone else I know well. 
 C. George is the most dependable person I've ever met. 
 D. George is the most dependable person of all. 
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 Question 41: "How long have you been working as a sale manager at FPT Shop?" she asked. 
 A. She asked me how long had you been working as a sale manager at FPT Shop. 
 B. She asked me how long I had been working as a sale manager at FPT Shop. 
 C. She asked me how long you had been working as a sale manager at FPT Shop. 
 D. She asked me how long had I been working as a sale manager at FPT Shop. 
Question 42: Unless you try to work hard, you will fail the exam. 
 A. Should you try to work hard you will fail the exam. 
 B. Not until you tried to work hard did you pass the exam. 
 C. Had you not tried to work hard, you wouldn’t have passed the exam. 
 D. Only if you try to work hard will you pass the exam. 
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 43 to 50. 
 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 43: How does the writer seem to feel about the future of banks? 
 A. uncertain B. optimistic C. neutral D. pessimistic 
Question 44: What is the main idea of the first paragraph? 
 A. Predictions of future payment methods. 
 B. Japan's advanced forms of payment. 
 C. The absence of traditional payment methods. 
 D. The increasing popularity of new payment methods. 
Question 45: Why does the author mention "a small flat-screen device" in the first paragraph? 
 A. to inform the e-cash system B. to exemplify the e-cash system 
 C. to praise the e-cash system D. to criticize the e-cash system 
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 
Question 48: The word "embedded” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. 
 A. integrated B. isolated C. generated D. manufactured 
Question 49: The word "their” in the third paragraph refers to ______. 
 A. American bankers B. Internet banking C. credit cards D. high-street hanks 
Question 50: The word “grip” in the third paragraph is closet in meaning to______. 
 A. wealth B. success C. power D. range of branches 
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