Chuyên đề: ĐỌC HIỂU I- DẠNG 1: ĐỌC ĐOẠN VĂN VÀ CHỌN ĐÁP ÁN ĐÚNG ĐIỀN VÀO CHỖ TRỐNG Exercise 1: (Đề thi THPTQG thức năm 2015) Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from to 10 Library is a collection of books and other informational materials made available to people for reading, study, or reference The word library comes (1) _ liber, the Latin word for ― book‖ (2) _ , library collections have almost always contained a variety of materials Contemporary libraries maintain collections that include not only printed materials such as manuscripts, books , newspapers, and magazines, (3) _ audio-visual and online databases In addition (4) _ maintaining collections within library buildings, modern libraries often feature telecommunications links that provide users with access to information at remote sites The central mission of a library (5) _ to collect , organize, preserve, and provide access to knowledge and information In fulfilling this mission, libraries preserve a valuable record of culture that can be passed down to (6) _ generations Libraries are an essential link in this communication between the past , present, and future Whether the cultural record is contained in books or in electronic formats, libraries ensure (7) the record is preserved and made available for later use People use library resources to gain information about personal (8) or to obtain recreational materials such as films and novels Students use libraries to supplement and enhance their classroom experiences, to learn (9) _ in locating sources of information, and to develop good reading and study habits Public officials use libraries to research legislation and public policy issues One of the most valued of all cultural institutions, the library (10) _ information and services that are essential to learning and progress >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! From ― Library ( institution)‖ by Richard S.Halsey et al Question 1: A from Question : A However B to B Despite C in D out C Instead D Therefore Question 3: A but also B as well C or else D only if Question 4: A to B in C from D on Question 5: A have B is C has Question 6: A success B successful C succeed D are D succeeding Question 7: A who B what C which D that Question 8: A attractions B appeals C interests D profits Question 9: A abilities B skills C capacities D talents Question 10 : A digests B applies C relates D supplies Exercise 2: (Đề thi thử thpt quốc gia năm 2015 trƣờng chuyên Armsterdam) Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from to 10 INFLUENCES OF TELEVISIONS Televisions has changed the lifestyle of people in every industrialized country in the world In the United States , where sociologists have studied the effects , some interesting observations have been made TV, although not essential , has become a(n) (1) part of most people‘s lives It has become a baby-sitter , an initiator of (2) of program does not elevate people into greater (3) , but rather maintains and encourages the status quo The (4) reason for the lack of quality in American TV is related to both the history of TV development and the economics of TV TV in American began with the radio Radio companies and their sponsors first experimented with TV Therefore , the close relationship , (5) the advertisers had with radio programs , but many actually produced the programs Thus , (6) from the capitalistic , profit – oriented sector of American society, TV is primarily (7) _with reflecting and attracting society (8) than innovating and experimenting with new ideas Advertisers want to attract the largest viewing audience possible ; to so TV in America today remains , to a large (9) , with the same organization and standards as it had thirty years ago The hope for some evolution and true achievement toward improving society will require a change in the (10) system Question 1: A integral B mixed C fractional D superior >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! Question 2: A quantity B quality C effect D product Question 3: A preconception B knowledge C understanding D feeling Question 4: A adequate B unknown C inexplicable D primary Question 5: A which B that C where D what Question 6: A going B leaving C coming D getting Question 7: A interested B concerned C worried D connected Question 8: A more B rather C less D better Question 9: A extent B degree C size D amount Question 10: A total B full C entire D complete Exercise 3: (Đề thi minh hoa BGD & ĐT – Kỳ thi THPT quốc gia 2015) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B , C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks Higher Education in the UK Students who have successfully completed an A-level course may go to university to (1) _ three- or four-year course leading to a first degree such as Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BSc), etc They apply to several universities which then (2) _ an offer of a place specifying the minimum grades the student needs to obtain in the A level subjects studied Higher education is not (3) _ In principle, students have to pay a contribution to the cost of teaching (tuition fees) and have also to pay their living costs (maintenance) The government provides (4) _ to help them pay for university education which have to be paid back from earnings once their income reaches a certain (5) _ In recent years government policy has been to (6) _ the percentage of 18-year olds (7) _ go to university, which is now, at 40%, double the 1990 figure, but this growth has been at the (8) of the amount of financial support given to individual students Universities receive money (9) _ the state for each student and are responsible for employing staff and deciding which courses to offer The head of a university, who is (10) _ for its management, is called a vice-chancellor Question 1: A that B a C this D the Question 2: A create B C make D get Question 3: A permitted B allowed C compulsory D free Question 4: A loans B hires C shares D rents Question 5: A grade B level C mark D rank Question 6: A rise B remain C increase D decrease Question 7: A who B which C whose D whom Question 8: A fee B suspense C charge D expense Question 9: A of B from C to D in Question 10: A liable B responsible C answerable D chargeable Exercise 4: (Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia 2015 – trƣờng THPT chuyên Khoa Học Tự Nhiên) >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! Read the following passage on WINTER SPORTS and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from to 10 Skilling has become a way of life for many people From the moment the first snowflake falls until the spring (1) skiers put skis on their cars and (2) for slopes There are many reasons behind the (3) of this winter sports Skiing is a true family sport that can be enjoyable by all people, whether or 93 years old Being able to (4) a hill, to turn at will and nature at its loveliest are (5) for all age groups Skiing is also interesting because it provides a variety of experiences Snow conditions change hourly as the temperature and weather conditions change during the day Moreover, every trail is different Rarely does one pass over the same (6) twice Improvement in skis equipment, clothing, and ski areas have made the sport more pleasurable, comfortable and available Warm and light clothing has replaced (7) of heavy sweaters Ski equipment made with modern materials has made skis and poles lighter, more flexible and suited to people of all ages The (8) of skiing had also improved by snow-making equipment Even in areas of the countries that have (9) snowfall, snow can be made (10) the temperature be below 30 degrees Celsius For many people, skiing is an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the out-of-doors, to challenge their physical abilities and, finally, to simply have fun It is a sport world-wide and appears to be gaining in popularities constantly Question 1: A weather B snowfall C thaw D frost Question 2: A hope B ready C head D famous Question 3: A.fun Question 4: A see B.popularity B appreciate C sort C descent D capability D enjoy Question 5: A waiting B fame C thrills D presents Question 6: A performance B slop C place D hill Question 7: A some B layer C plenty D lot Question 8: A available B probability C capacity D ability Question 9: A only little B just few C very few D very little Question 10: A should B if C providing D unless >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! Exercise 5: (Đề thi thử THPT Chuyên Lƣơng Văn Chánh – Phú Yên) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from (1) to (10) PROACTIVE JOB HUNTING Once upon a time, people left school or university, joined a company and stayed with it until they retired The concept of a job for life is now long (1) _, and nowadays many employees find it hard to stay loyal to their companies for even a relatively short period of time According to a recent survey, this is particularly (2) _ in London, where more than half of those asked said that they constantly (3) _ one eye on other job opportunities, (4) _ they are fairly happy in their existing job A high number of London workers say that they are always on the (5) _ , although they are content and motivated in their current position Job seekers find that the internet (6) _ them with a quick and easy way to find out what's available, and 53 percent said that they had applied for a job or registered with an employment agency in the past 12 months This proactive (7) _ means that people can look for a perfect job match with the (8) _ of effort But while this is good for job hunters, the growing lack of company loyalty could (9) _ up being a big problem for employers Perhaps surprisingly, the (10) _ factors attracting job seekers was not more money, but challenging and interesting work A finished B done C over D gone A true B real C right actual A put B keep C hold place A just as B even if C as well A search B pursuit C lookout A delivers B serves C fulfils provides A manner B.custom C approach style A minimum B lowest C smallest least A run B come C end lead 10 A biggest B highest C widest largest Exercise 6: (Đề thi thử thpt quốc gia chuyên Lý Tự Trọng lần 1) D D D so that D watch D D D D D >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response Some scientists have suggested that human tears are (1) _ of an aquatic past, but this does not seem very likely We cry from the moment we enter this world, for a number of reasons Helpless babies cry to persuade their parents that they are ill, hungry or uncomfortable As they (2) _, they will also cry just to attract parental attention and will often stop when they get it The idea that having a good cry you (3) _ is a very old one and now it has scientific validity since recent research into tears has shown that they (4) _ a natural painkiller called enkaphalin By fighting sorrow and pain, this chemical helps you feel better Weeping can increase the quantities of enkaphalin you (5) _ Unfortunately, in our society, we impose restrictions upon this naturally (6) _ activity Because some people still regard it as a (7) _ of weakness in men, boys in particular are admonished when they cry This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and physically Tears of emotion also help the body (8) _ itself of toxic chemical waste, for there is more protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants Crying comforts and calms can be very enjoyable - (9) _ the popularity of highly emotional films which are commonly (10) _ ―weepies‖ It seems that people enjoy crying together almost as much as laughing together Question A: evidence B: display C: result D: witness Question A: alter B: evolve C: develop D: change Question A: better B: fine C: well D: good Question A: keep B: contain C: hold D: retain Question A: construct B: provide C: produce D: achieve Question 6.A: curing B: healing C: improving D: treating Question A: symbol B: feature C: hint D: sign Question A: expel B: release C: loosen D: rid Question A: consider B: remark C: regard D: distinguish Question 10 A: subtitled B: named C: entitled D: called Exercise 7: (Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia 2015 – Trƣờng thpt Bất Bạt – Ba Vì) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from to 10 BURIED TREASURE >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! Artist Kit Williams was always interested in trying new things, so when it was suggested that he should (1) _ a book, he preferred to write his own story rather than work with someone else's He hit (2) _ a new idea What better way to attract people's (3) _ to his work than to give his readers the chance to take part in a treasure hunt? So Kit made a golden pendant in the (4) _ of a hare and buried it underground at a secret location The words and pictures in his book, Masquerade, (5) _ clues as to where the hare was buried Almost two million readers from all over the world joined in the rush to solve the puzzle The race was open to all, and no one had any advantage - the treasure was as likely to be found by a clever child of ten as it was by a university professor After more than two years, the golden hare was found by a businessman who called himself Ken Thomas, although this was actually a (6) _ name It appears that "Thomas" subsequently sold the hare for a large (7) _ of money Afterwards some people (8) _ that the discovery of the hare was not based purely on the information in the book, but was the result of a complex (9) _ in which "Thomas" was helped by a former girlfriend of Kit Williams However, "Thomas" has always firmly (10) _ these claims Question 1: A draw B illustrate C picture D paint Question 2: A at B off C upon D in Question 3: A interest B attention C eyes D curiosity Question 4: A appearance B pattern C shape D figure Question 5: A provided B identified C made D supported Question 6: A dishonest B deceptive C wrong D false Question 7: A sum B figure C rate D profit Question 8: A threatened B charged C accused D claimed Question 9: A narrative B plot C tale D story Question 10: A objected B refused C denied D disapproved Exercise 8: (Đề thi thử thpt quốc gia chuyên Lý Tự Trọng lần 2) 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 blanks from to 10 Any change in one part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts Droughts, storms and fires can change ecosystems Some changes (1) ecosystems If there is too (2) rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live If a kind of plant dies off, the animals that (3) it may also die or move away Some changes are good for ecosystems Some pine forests need (4) for the pine trees to reproduce The seeds are sealed inside pinecones >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds (5) Polluting the air, soil, and water can harm ecosystems Building (6) on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems (7) the rivers Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down (8) destroy ecosystems Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of (9) fish, cutting down trees, and building dams They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people (10) causing harm to ecosystems A harms harm B harmful C harmless D A little D a few B a little C few A fed D food B feed A flame burning B fires C blaze D A out B in C go D fly A moats dams B ditches C bridges D A on D under B around C over A hills woods B jungles C forests D A catching taking B holding C carrying D 10 A avoid D no B without C not C feed on Exercise 9: (Đề thi thử thpt quốc gia 2015 – trƣờng thpt Đoàn Thƣợng) 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 blanks THE EARTH GALLERIES To many people, the word ‗geology‘ conjures up rather dull image of lumps of rock in glass cases People tend to regard geology as an academic subject that you don‘t need to know about (1) you have to study it at school If you visit te Earth Galleries at London‘s >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! Natural history Museum, however, you‘ll (2) that this image couldn‘t be further from the truth The aim of the exhibition is not to procedure future geologists, but rather to inspire interest in a subject which is relevant to everyday life The Earth Galleries turn the traditional idea of geological museum (3) , literacy because you begin at the top The central space in the museum is a glass-topped atrium As you enter, you (4) up to the top of this by escalator On the (5) , the escalator passed through a massive revolving globe, measuring eleven metres (6) diameter This represents a planet, not necessarily the Earth (7) at the top, you work your way down through the six different exhibitions that (8) the museum The individual exhibitions explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes as well as looking at the Earth‘s energy (9) and where our most common building (10) come from These exhibitions allow everyone to appreciate the fascination of geology A despite B unless C owing D whether A discover B found C catch D convince A head to toe B upside down C back to front D inside out A drive B ride C run D steer A trip B route C way D path A on B around C across D in A From B Once C Got D Yet A bring together B consist of C make up D show off A treasures B talents C resources D reservations 10 A ingredients B materials C contents D substances Exercise 10: (Đề thi thử thpt quốc gia 2015-Trƣờng THPT CHUYÊN Biên Hòa-Hà Nam) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks Owning a pet The joys and tribulations of being a pet owner! During our lifetime most of us have some experience of either owning a pet or being in (1) contact with someone who does Is there such a things as ―the ideal pet‖? If so what characterizes the ideal pet? Various (2) influence one‘s choice of pet, from your reasons for getting a pet to your lifestyle For example, although quite a few pets are relatively cheap to buy, the cost of (3) can be considerable Everything must be (4) into account, from food and bedding, to vaccinations and veterinary bills You must be prepared to (5) time on your pet, which involves shopping for it, cleaning and feeling it Pets can be demanding and a big responsibility Are you prepared to exercise and (6) an animal or you prefer a more independent >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! pet? How much spare room you have? Is it right to lock an energetic animal into a (7) space? Do you live near a busy road which may threaten the life of your pet? Pets (8) as turtles and goldfish can be cheap and convenient, but if you prefer affectionate pets, a friendly cat or dog would be more (9) People get pets for a number of reasons, for company, security or to teach responsibility to children Pets can be affectionate and loyal and an excellent source of company as long as you know what pet (10) you and your lifestyle Question 1: A near B close C narrow D tight Question 2: A facets B elements C factors Question :A upkeep B maintenance C upbringing D raising D points Question 4: A considering B held C taken D kept Question 5: A take B waste C occupy D spend Question 6: A household B housetrain C housekeep D housework Question 7: A confined B detained D closed Question 8: A so B for Question 9: A suited B appropriate C likely D good Question 10:A fits B matches D goes with C reduced C much C suits D such Exercise 11: (Đề thi thử thpt quốc gia 2015 – Trƣờng thpt Chuyên Nguyễn Huệ lần 3) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take They find out how much knowledge we have gained But they really show how intelligent we are? After all, isn‘t it a (1) that some people who are very academically successful don‘t have any common sense Intelligence is the speed (2) which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles Although scientist are now preparing (3) computer technology that will be able to ―read‖ our brains, (4) tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence A person‘s IQ is their intelligence (5) it is measured by a special test The most common IT tests are (6) by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946 By 1976, it had 1,300 members in Britain Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 (7) _, largely in the US >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 10 In other words, unlike comparison between temperate and tropical areas, these patterns are still in the documentation phase Những ý in nghiêng câu có câu A,B,C D di cư vùng ôn đới nhiệt đới không thấ y nhắ c tới  chọn D A Đoa ̣n 4: Indeed, comparisons of numbers of species among the Amazon basin, tropical Asia, and Africa are still mostly "personal communication" citations, even for vertebrates In other words, unlike comparison between temperate and tropical areas, Personal communication có nghĩa thông tin nhân mà thông tin nhân chưa đươ ̣c chứng thực A D Dịch : mà nhà sinh vật học chưa thể hiểu rõ đươ ̣c Đoạn 3: However, for butterflies, variation of species richness within temperate or tropical regions, rather than between them, is poorly understood (hiểu biết nông cạn, nghèo nàn) A Little is known: rấ t ít điề u đươ ̣c biế t đế n  ta ít biế t đế n 10 D Dịch: A, hổ trợ ; B, ước tính; C, yêu cầ u ; D, gây Dòng đoa ̣n cuố i: The New World butterflies make up the preponderance of examples because they are the most familiar species It is hoped that by focusing on them, the errors generated by imperfect and incomplete taxonomy will be minimized Ta thấy trước chữ generated có chữ error chữ biết sau có chữ imperfect : không hoàn hảo chỉ có D (gây ) hợp nghĩa + Key exercise 175: ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QG TRƢỜNG CHUYÊN BẾN TRE LẦN (2015) B Đoa ̣n dòng 3: Although the surveyor reckoned that the house required a lot of attention and was somewhat damp, they thought it was stunning  họ thấy nhà tuyệt vời  họ mua hình thức C Đoa ̣n 2: …describes herself as very practical and down-to-earth, and never believed in the idea that a house could be haunted  tính từ cho thấy bà Fiona Blair người thực tế , không tin ma quỷ  Down-to-earth nằ m trường nghiã này : thực tế Sensible: có ý thức, biế t phải trái, khôn ngoan A.Stunning: tuyê ̣t vời, cực kì hấ p dẫn và ấ n tươ ̣ng C Đoa ̣n đề cập tới nhiều đồ vật nhà bị di chuyể n : left a towel over the back of a chair in the kitchen…the towel was over the kitchen table like a tablecloth( khăn tắ m bi ̣ di chuyể n từ lưng ghế sang mă ̣t bàn ); glasses and vases had been turned upside-down (cố c và biǹ h bi ̣úp xuố ng) B Peculiar: kì dị, khác thường B Đoa ̣n thuâ ̣t la ̣i sự kiê ̣n la ̣ xảy ngày sinh nhâ ̣t Fiona : A particularly strange incident happened on Fiona‘s birthday… It remained a mystery (điề u bí ẩ n )how they had miraculously appeared  sự viê ̣c rấ t bấ t thường đã xảy và vẫn còn là điề u huyề n bí chưa giải thích >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 610 D Dòng đoa ̣n 5: Apparently a young girl, servant to a previous generation of owners, had been found dead in peculiar circumstances in the attic  người hầ u gái trẻ đã bi ̣tim ̀ thấ y chế t gác mái của nhà B Dòng đoa ̣n 6: But by the time anyone arrived, the entire house would be in a complete mess, and visitors complained of an unpleasant atmosphere  Khách đến xem nhà phàn nàn về không gian lô ̣n xô ̣n, khó chịu C Trước câu có chứa it đoạn kể về những trải nghiê ̣m kì di ̣bà ấ y đã phải trải qua  từ It thay thế cho trải nghiê ̣m đó mà không lă ̣p la ̣i từ 10 A Câu chuyê ̣n này là mô ̣t trải nghiê ̣m đươ ̣c thuâ ̣t la ̣i, thường gă ̣p loa ̣i này báo ; không thể sách giáo khoa (loại B); không mang tính hài hước (loại C); những tình huố ng kì di ̣trong đó không có sở khoa ho ̣c, không rõ ràng nên thể sách về thực tế , không giả tưởng (loại D) + Key exercise 176: ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QG TRƢỜNG CHUYÊN BẾN TRE LẦN (2015) A Đoa ̣n văn kể về các phầ n của bô ̣ naõ và cách chúng hoa ̣t đô ̣ng: the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brain stem A Dòng 2: The cerebrum is by far the largest of the three parts, taking up 85% of the brain by weight  Cerebrum (não) có kích thước lớn não D Dòng 3: The outside layer of the cerebrum, the cerebral cortex, is a grooved (có nhiều khía cạnh) and bumpy(gâ ̣p ghề nh) surface covering the nerve cells  Lớp vỏ naõ (cerebral cortex) có nhiều nếp nhăn, ridge: có gợn nhấp nhô B Dòng 7: …and the association cortex, which receives, monitor and processes information D Dòng 4,5: The various sections of the cerebrum are the sensory cortex, which is responsible for receiving and decoding sensory messages from throughout the body C Dòng 8, 9: The cerebellum, located below the cerebrum in the back part of the skull, the section of the brain that controls balance and posture  Cerebellum điề u khiể n sự thăng bằ ng của thể B Dòng 9,10: The brain stem connects the cerebrum (não) and the spinal cord (tủy sống)  tủy sống chạy dọc lưng; để nối hai phận brain stem phải có dạng dài tròn (trụ) B By far thường xuấ t hiê ̣n so sánh nhấ t với nghiã là trô ̣i hẳ n C Posture: dáng điệu, tư thế + Key Exercise 177: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT chuyên Bạc Liêu B When a species is no longer adapted to a changed environment, that species may perish C untimately = eventually (adverb): cuối cùng, rốt >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 611 D Câu đầu tiên: It is estimated that over 99 percent of all species that ever existed have become extinct C Các phương án A,B,D đề cập đến đoạn D demise = death (noun): chết A Câu: ―If, for example, something were to happen to destroy much of the plankton in the oceans, then the oxygen content of Earth would drop, affection even organisms not living in the oceans.‖ nói đến ảnh hưởng lẫn (interdependence) sinh vật Khi vi sinh vật nước chết sinh vật khác sống hay không sống nước bị ảnh hưởng thiếu hụt oxy mà nguyên nhân từ chết vi sinh vật nước A ―The fossil record reveals that extinction has occurred throughout the history of Earth.‖: Các hóa thạch cho thấy tuyệt chủng diễn theo suốt chiều dài lịch sử Trái Đất, tức không diễn lúc mà xảy nhiều thời điểm D Finding (noun) có nghĩa tìm thấy, đươc hiểu khám phá khoa học A ―This periodic extinction might be due to intersection of the Earth‘s orbit with a cloud of comets, but this theory is purely speculative.‖ ―but this theory is purely speculative‖: đơn suy đoán, chứng thuyết phục 10 B Câu: A species‘ survival may have nothing to with its ability or inability to adapt If so, some of evolutionary history may reflect a sequence of essentially random events Key Exercise 178: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT chuyên Bạc Liêu B Bài văn nói đời thể loại nhạc Jazz khác Jazz với thể loại nhạc khác D Câu: ―The standard legend about Jazz is that it originated around the end of the 19th century in New Orleans…‖ đoạn B welded (adjective): gắn kết bound (adjective) + up with something: có liên quan chặt chẽ đến C Câu đầu đoạn 2: ―What made Jazz significantly different from the other earlier forms of music was the use of improvisation.‖ A skeletal (adj): khung sườn framework (n): khung sườn >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 612 C Câu: ―Actually, many of the early Jazz musicians were bad sight readers and some couldn‘t even read music at all.‖ đoạn C menial jobs: việc lặt vặt đơn giản D Câu: ―The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians included such memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton.‖ đoạn D Cũng suy luận từ câu hỏi 18: Joe Oliver belonged to the second wave of New Orlands Jazz musicians 10 B Câu: ―These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved its complexity, and gained greater success.‖ở đoạn hiểu ―These men formed small bands and took the music of earlier musicians, improved that music‟s complexity, and gained greater success.‖ + Exercise 179: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lê Văn Chánh lần (2015) C massive = huge: very big B debris (n): mảnh vỡ, mảnh vụn rubbish (n): rác rưởi A Đoạn đầu đề cập đến hiểu biết người Mặt Trăng Đoạn sau nói đến khác Mặt Trăng Trái Đất A Những miệng núi lửa sâu (impact craters) kết việc Mặt Trăng bầu khí bao phủ D Với điều kiện Mặt Trăng việc người sinh sống D Đoạn có câu: ―In fact, the Moon has more than twice the effect upon the tides than does the Sun.‖ B erase = oblirate: xóa B In fact, the Moon has more than twice the effect upon the tides than does the Sun D Đoạn có câu: ―The surface gravity of the Moon is about one-sixth that of the Earth‘s Therefore, a man weighing 82 kilograms on Earth would only weigh 14 kilograms on the Moon.‖ 10 D uneven: không đồng = not uniform Exercise 180: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lê Văn Chánh lần (2015) D Câu: ―In his book " The natural History of Selboure " (1786 ) , the naturalist Gilbert >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 613 White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover's nest , and how the mother laid another egg each day to make up for the missing one.‖ Ý nói chim có khả giữ cho tổ ấp số trứng định C surreptitiously = secretly: cách bí mật A Các câu B,C,D đề cập (hoặc ý đề cập) đoạn văn D Câu: ― Animals‘admittedly remarkable achievements simply not amount to evidence of counting, nor they reveal more than innate instincts‖ hiểu ― Animals‘admittedly remarkable achievements simply not amount to evidence of counting, nor these achievements reveal more than innate instincts‖ D Những người nghĩ vật có khả đếm người có suy nghĩ sai lầm A Caterpillars (con sâu bướm) không đề cập đến đoạn văn B Đoạn nói đến việc khả nhận thức số lượng vật, đoạn lại khẳng định khả nghĩa vật biết đếm D Odd numbers số lẻ B ―In lab experiments, animals trained to "count" one kind of object were unable to count any other type.‖ Ý nói vật huấn luyện để ―đếm‖ loại vật thể định không đếm loại vật thể khác 10 C “These and similar accounts” ý nói lý công bố khác + Exercise 181: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Đa Phúc Hà Nội lần (2015) C Bài văn nói cách trẻ em tiếp nhận phản ứng lại âm từ người xung quanh A Câu: ―They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle.‖ đoạn có nghĩa Trẻ em dừng khóc nghe nói chuyện nghe tiếng chuông âm từ người tạo B Câu: ―By the time they are six or seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections‖ có nghĩa Khi đến tầm tuổi trẻ nhận khác ta lên hay xuống giọng D ―Other investigators have noted that‖: Những khảo sát khác cho thấy ―Other investigators have observed that‖: Những khảo sát khác phát >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 614 A ―They also exaggerate their facial expressions‖ thay ―These mothers also exaggerate their facial expressions‖ A Người lớn tìm cách để lên xuống giọng, phóng đại cường độ hay cảm xúc, không giữ giọng đều nói với trẻ em A emphasize = stress: nhấn mạnh B ―One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby talk.‖ Từ câu hiểu dù dùng ngôn ngữ khác cách họ nói chuyện với trẻ giống D In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language Trẻ em phân biệt thứ mà chúng tiếp thu cách rõ ràng 10 B Trẻ em không hiểu lời hát hay nội dung câu chuyện thích nghe trẻ tập trung vào âm ―Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding.‖ Exercise 182: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Đa Phúc Hà Nội lần (2015) C Cả văn nói nhân tố ảnh hưởng đến công nghiệp hóa Mỹ: đoạn phong phú tài nguyên, đoạn ảnh hưởng tàu hỏa đến công nghiệp chung, đoạn nguồn nhân lực tài B Câu: ―The railway network expanded rapidly until the railroad map of the United States looked like a spider's web, with the steel filaments connecting all important sources of raw materials, their places of manufacture, and their centers of distribution.‖ ý nói chằng chịt đường ray đồ nhìn y mạng nhện C Câu: ―The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only by connecting these major centers, but also by themselves consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron, and coal.‖ hiểu ―The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only by connecting these major centers, but also by these railroads‟ consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron, and coal.‖ A Đoạn có câu: ―For example, machine tools, the tools used to make goods, were steadily >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 615 improved in the latter part of the nineteenth century ― always with an eye to speedier production and lower unit costs.‖ B Câu B phải ―They were able to produce sufficient food for urban areas.‖ A ran = operated: hoạt động, làm việc D ingredients = components: thành phần D Câu D phải ―they used considerably huge quantities of natural resources.‖ C Đoạn có câu: ―The products of the factories were rapidly absorbed by the growing cities that sheltered the workers and the distributors.‖ ý nói người dân sinh sông thành phố dùng lượng lớn sản phẩm sản xuất 10 D Câu đoạn 3: ―American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe.‖ có nghĩa nông nghiệp Mỹ cung cấp lương thực cho tiêu dùng nước dư lượng để bán cho công nghiệp châu Âu.‖ + Key Exercise 183: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lê Hồng Phong, Phú Yên 2015 B Lấy ý từ câu đầu tiên: Almost every language in the world has dialects and American English is no exception A Suy từ câu: ―This study has shown that different words are frequently used in different parts of the country to denote the same thing.‖ đoạn D Suy từ câu cuối đoạn 1: Such differences are usually a source of conversation and sometimes misunderstanding happens B Suy từ câu: ―Usage determines what is correct and what is incorrect.‖ đoạn A Suy từ câu: ―People change, so language changes.‖ đoạn Key Exercise 184: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lê Hồng Phong, Phú Yên 2015 C modify: cải tiến; adapt: sửa đổi cho phù hợp B Suy từ câu: ―Another goal is to develop vegetables that have a longer shelf life.‖ đoạn A resistant: kháng cự, đối kháng; susceptible: dễ bị lây nhiễm B Suy từ: Or, the purpose may be to develop a more nutritious form of a food plant An example of the latter is golden rice ―the latter‖ tức sau nói đến >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 616 C Sau ghép trở thành: They took ordinary rice and inserted genes from the flower called daffodil, as well as a bacterium This gives the rice the golden color from which is gets its name More to the point, however, it added vitamin A, a nutrient that rice does not ordinarily have A Suy từ câu: ―Vitamin A deficiency can lead to blindness, compromised immunity, susceptibility to infection, and premature death.‖ đoạn C compromised: giảm bớt; weakened: làm yếu B staple: chính, chủ yếu A Suy từ câu: ―However, because of tradition, economic considerations, and other issues, it is often not possible to pursue this type of solution.‖ đoạn cuối 10 C Câu tóm tắt: Genetically modified crops can combat disease and malnutrition, but it can be difficult to introduce them into traditional economies ( Cải tiến hóa thực phẩm làm chống lại ung thư giảm tỷ lệ suy dinh dưỡng, với kinh tế truyền thống lạc hậu việc đổi gặp nhiều khó khăn Key Exercise 185 : Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lê Thành Phƣơng, Phú Yên (2015) A Dựa ý câu đầu tiên: Culture is a word in common use with complex meanings, and is derived, like the term broadcasting, from the treatment and care of the soil and of what grows on it D Suy từ câu: ―A person of culture has identifiable attributes, among them a knowledge of and interest in the arts, literature, and music‖ đoạn D Suy từ phần đầu đoạn 2: Distinctions have been drawn too between culture and civilization; the latter is a word derived not, like culture or agriculture, from the soil, but from the city The two words are sometimes treated as synonymous Yet this is misleading C Lấy ý từ mệnh đề câu đoạn 2: since the study of classical (that is, Greek and Roman) literature, philosophy, and history ceased in the 20th century D attributes = qualities: phẩm chất A static = unchanged: không thay đổi C Câu C không ta phản biện lại từ câu cuối bài: Since in anthropology and sociology we also acknowledge culture clashes, culture shock, and counter-culture, the range of reference is extremely wide >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 617 D Từ câu đoạn cuối: The only non-problematic definitions go back to agricultural meaning (for example, cereal culture or strawberry culture) and medical meaning (for example, bacterial culture or penicillin culture) C ―The multiplicity of meanings attached to the word made and will make it difficult to define.‖ nghĩa ―It is a word that cannot be defined.‖ 10 D Bài văn bàn đa nghĩa từ ―culture‖ Key Exercise 186 : Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lê Thành Phƣơng, Phú Yên (2015) A Câu đầu tiên: The issue of equality for women in British society first attracted national attention in the early 20th century, when the suffragettes won for women the right to vote Như hiểu kỷ 18 phụ nữ Anh quyền bầu cử D gender gap: the difference in status between men and women C Cả đoạn nói điều D Suy từ câu: ―Although the ERA was not passed, there was progress in other areas.‖ đoạn C Suy từ câu đoạn 2: In the same year the Equal Opportunities Commission was set up to help people claim their rights to equal treatment and to publish research and statistics to show where improvements in opportunities for women need to be made D Nữ quyền Mỹ quan tâm từ kỷ 18, Anh từ đầu kỷ 19 B Glass ceiling ám hàng rào vô hình ngă phụ nữ đến với công việc phù hợp C A,B,D đề cập đến A Suy từ câu cuối đoạn 2: Women now have much better employment opportunities, though they still tend to get less well-paid jobs than men, and very few are appointed to top jobs in industry đoạn cuối 10 D Câu tựa đề phư hợp: Bình đẳng giới Mỹ Anh >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 618 + Key Exercise 187: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lý Thái Tổ, Bắc Ninh lần – 2015 A Tiêu đề cho văn: Cuộc sông động vật sa mạc C Tissues: mô tế bào, đơn vị cấu thành quan thể A Lấy từ câu thứ đoạn 1: 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 D ―those forms‖ hiểu động vật sống môi trường sa mạc Coyote Bobcat loài vật lớn sa mạc Bắc Mỹ D Lấy ý từ câu: Since desert country is open, it holds more swift-footed running and leaping creatures than the tangled forest D Lấy ý từ câu: Its population is largely nocturnal, silent, filled with reticence, and ruled by stealth C Có câu: 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 A Lấy ý từ câu đoạn 2: Few large animals are found B Nghĩa từ ―burrows‖: ―holes or tunnels in the ground made by animals for them to live in‖ 10 B We can infer from the passage that living things adjust to their environment Key Exercise 188: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lý Thái Tổ, Bắc Ninh lần – 2015 C Câu cuối đoạn 2: He tried to find work as a freelance journalist and it was here that he changed his name to Robert Capa, mainly because he thought it would sound more American B Câu thứ đoạn 2: Capa had originally wanted to become a writer, but after his arrival in Berlin had first found work as a photographer C Câu đầu đoạn 3: In 1936, after the breakout of the Spanish Civil war, Capa went to Spain and it was here over the next three years that he built his reputation as a war photographer A Câu cuối đoạn 3: His photograph, The Death of a Loyalist Soldier is a prime example of this as Capa captures the very moment the soldier falls However, many have questioned the authenticity of this photograph, claiming that it was staged >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 619 D Câu đầu đoạn 4: When World war II broke out, Capa was in New York, but he was soon back in Europe D Câu thứ đoạn 4: Capa, armed only with two cameras, took more than one hundred photographs in the first hour of the landing, but a mistake in the darkroom during the drying of the film destroyed all but eight frames A Câu đầu đoạn gần nghĩa với đáp án A:Capa‘s private life was no less dramatic D Câu thứ đoạn 7: He never attempted to glamorise war though, but to record the horror C Capa có đời sống cá nhân đau khổ định cư tìm kiếm hạnh phúc 10 D Câu chủ đề cho đoạn 4: Capa thực ảnh tiếng thời gian chiếng tranh xâm lược D-Day diễn ra, hầu hết ảnh bị phá hỏng cách tình cờ 11 D nhấn âm lại âm 12 D (trả lời gọi thoại) + Key Exercise 189: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lý Tự Trọng, Bình Định lần – 2015 B Bài viết phân tích đặc điểm văn hóa truyền thống nên văn hóa đại A homogenous: đồng = uniform C Đoạn có câu: ―Tradition is paramount, and change comes infrequently and slowly.‖ C Đoạn có câu: Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the United States and Canada C renounces: bác bỏ, không thừa nhận = reject A Câu cuối đoạn là: The religion, a variety of the Mennonite faith, provides the principal mechanism for maintaining order C Đoạn có phần: Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo-America is the Amish, a German American farming sect that largely renounces the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age In Amish areas, horse-drawn buggies still serve as a local transportation device, and the faithful are not permitted to own automobiles >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 620 C Chủ ngân hàng ngành nghề khó xuất văn hóa truyền thống C prevail: thịnh hành; dominate: thống trị 10 A Các câu B,C,D nhắc đến trrong + Key Exercise 190: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lý Tự Trọng, Bình Định lần -2015 B asses = consider: đánh giá, xem xét D Tác giả viết ―Không có định hoàn toàn định hoàn toàn sai‖ để lựa chọn người thay đổi theo thời gian C Câu: ― Then rank them in order of importance to you.‖ viết lại ― Then rank these features in order of importance to you.‖ D Đoạn có câu: Advertising job can generally be found only in large cities B Đoạn có phần: Many jobs, such as insurance sales, offers relatively low starting salaries; however, pay substantially increases along with your experience, additional training, promotions and commission B evoke: gợi lại (tình cảm, kỷ niệm) A Câu: ―The traveling life of a flight attendant appears glamorous, while that of a plumber does not.‖ viết lại ―The traveling life of a flight attendant appears glamorous, while that traveling life of a plumber does not.‖ A Câu cuối: The choice you make today need not be your final one B The author mentions ―long, grueling hours without sleeps‖ in paragraph to contrast the reality of a flight attendant‘s job with most people‘s perception (để nhấn mạnh thật sống phi công khác xa so với ý niệm người) 10 B Lấy ý từ câu cuối: The choice you make today need not be your final one Key Exercise 191: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Lý Tự Trọng, Bình Định lần -2015 C Đoạn có câu: When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 621 A Đoạn có phần: ―When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to resort to this form of expression Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot.‖ thay ―When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to resort to this form of expression Many of the sign language motions‟ symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot.‖ A Đoạn 2: When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to resort to this form of expression D Đoạn có câu: Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of raised dots read with the fingertips) D Có hình thức trao đổi ngôn ngữ nêu A wink: nháy mắt D Đoạn 2: When there is a language barrier, communication is accomplished through sign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas Tourists, the deaf, and the mute have had to resort to this form of expression Many of these symbols of whole words are very picturesque and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however, cannot B People need to communicate in order to express thoughts and feelings C Tiêu đề cho văn: Có nhiều hình thức trao đổi ngôn ngữ 10 C Người gửi điện báo điện tín người thương xuyên dùng mã Morse + Key Exercise 192: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Nguyễn Bình, Quảng Ninh 2015 A Bài văn nói thay đổi Carnegie Hall D detrimental: có hại = harmful >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 622 A Đoạn có câu: A renovation in 1946 seriously damaged the acoustical quality of the hall when the makers of the film Carnegie Hall cut a gaping hole in the dome of the ceiling to allow for lights and air vents C Câu đầu đoạn 2: Carnegie Hall owes its existence to Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy owner of a steel company in the late 1800s D gaping = wide: rộng C Đoạn có câu: In 1960, the violinist Isaac Stern became involved in restoring the hall after a group of real estate developers unveiled plans to demolish Carnegie Hall and build a high-rise office building on the site D Đoạn có câu: In the current restoration, builders tested each new material for it sound qualities, and they replaced the hole in the ceiling with a dome A unveil: công bố = announce C Câu cuối: Carnegie has never sounded better, and its prospects for the future have never looked more promising Carnegie chưa có chất lượng âm tốt vậy, tương lai chưa sáng sủa sơn 10 B Đề yêu cầu chọn chủ đề mà phừ hợp cho đoạn văn Key Exercise 193: Đề thi thử THQG trƣờng THPT Nguyễn Bình, Quảng Ninh 2015 B Câu chủ đề bài: Bằng chứng nất tích bất ngờ số loài vật A Tác giả nói: About 200 million years ago, as the Triassic Period came to a close, many species of animals disappeared from the face of the Earth tức nhiều loài vật bị tuyệt chủng C Câu C câu không nhắc đến B ― along the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia Fossils found in this formation indicate a rapid disappearance of species rather than a slow and gradual change over time.‖ B Đoạn có câu: If geologists and other researchers can find evidence, such as shocked quartz in the rock formations, >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 623 D struck = hit: va chạm mạnh D shocked quartz: thạch anh vỡ A ―If geologists and other researchers can find evidence, such as shocked quartz in the rock formations, that a meteorite did strike the earth, it would give more credence to the theory of rapid Triassic extinctions.‖ hiều ―If geologists and other researchers can find evidence, such as shocked quartz in the rock formations, that a meteorite did strike the earth, the evidence would give more credence to the theory of rapid Triassic extinctions.‖ D credence = credibility: đáng tin cậy 10 B Tác giả viết với giọng điệu mang tính thuyết minh >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán – Lý – Hóa – Sinh – Văn – Anh tốt nhất! 624 ... better Question 8: A goods B convenience C advantage D benefits Question 9: A too B either C yet D likewise Question 10: A consider B considerate C considerable D considerably Exercise 26: (Đề thi... C Therefore D Despite C at D under C is determined D be Question A on Question A determined determined Question A made-decision made Question A On the average average Question A deal Question... easy or fast A computer system is much more (10) Câu 1: A depending B to depend C depend D depended Câu 2: A that has B has C is D that is Câu 3: >> Truy cập http://tuyensinh247.com/ để học Toán