Đề thi minh họa THPT quốc gia năm 2015 môn Tiếng Anh (Có đáp án)

 the nursery. 
A. have finished B. finished C. to finish D. finish 
Question 7: This is a picture of a _______ bus. 
A. red bright London B. bright red London C. London bright red D. London red bright 
Question 8: Young people have become increasingly committed ______ social activities. 
A. of B. to C. in D. at 
Question 9: He ______ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead. 
A. must have gone B. needn’t have gone 
C. shouldn’t have gone D. should have gone 
Question 10: While everybody else in our class prefers working in groups, Mina likes working ______. 
A. on herself B. on her own C. of her own D. in herself 
Question 11: Marie Curie, ______, was awarded a Nobel Prize for her work. 
A. was the scientist who discovered radium B. whose scientific discovery of radium 
C. the scientist discovered radium D. the scientist who discovered radium 
Question 12: ______ about gene-related diseases has increased is welcome news. 
A. Scientific knowledge B. It was scientific knowledge 
C. Though scientific knowledge D. That scientific knowledge 
Question 13: ______ he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came. 
A. Hardly had B. No sooner had C. No longer has D. Not until had 
Question 14: _______, the young mother appeared visibly very happy after the birth of her child. 
A. Tired as she was B. She was tired C. As tired D. Despite tired 
Question 15: John was in Hanoi and wanted to send a parcel to his parents. He asked a local 
passer-by the way to the post-office. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the 
following exchange. 
- John: “Can you show me the way to the nearest post office, please?” 
- Passer-by: “_______” 
A. Not way, sorry. B. Just round the corner over there. 
C. Look it up in a dictionary! D. There’s no traffic near here. 
Question 16: I knew they were talking about me ______ they stopped when I entered the room. 
A. because B. so that C. despite D. therefore 
Question 17: Lora has... been so poor, the class has been closed. 
A. attendance B. attendant C. attending D. attendee 
Question 24: He was too sure of himself to pay ______ to the warnings against the danger. 
A. notice B. attention C. respect D. recognition 
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in 
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. 
Question 25: The rains of 1993 causing the Missouri river to overflow resulted in one of the worst 
floods of the 20th century. 
A. stopped B. lessened C. caused D. overcame 
Question 26: I’m becoming increasingly absent-minded. Last week, I locked myself out of my house twice. 
A. being considerate of things B. remembering to do right things 
C. forgetful of one’s past D. often forgetting things 
Question 27: Many young children are spending large amounts of time watching the TV without 
being aware of its detriment to their school work. 
A. harm B. advantage C. support D. benefit 
Question 28: Ms Stanford is an unusually prolific author. She has written a large number of books 
these years, some of which are best-sellers. 
A. reflective B. productive C. exhausted D. critical 
Question 29: As the enemy forces were so overwhelming, our troops had to retreat to a safer position. 
A. powerful B. dreadful C. overflowing D. outgrowing 
Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that 
needs correction in each of the following questions. 
Question 30: The collecting of postage stamps is a hobby that interest people of all ages and all 
 A B C 
walks of life. 
 D 
Question 31: Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extreme concerned about the 
 A B C 
changes to our climate which are taking place. 
 D 
Question 32: Santa’s transformation began in 1823, when a New York newspaper published the 
 A B 
poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas, that Clement Clark Moore had written to amuse his daughter. 
 C D 
... 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 (38) 
______ to help them pay for university education which have to be paid back from earnings once their 
income reaches a certain (39) ______. In recent years government policy has been to (40)______ the 
percentage of 18-year olds (41)______ go to university, which is now, at 40%, double the 1990 
figure, but this growth has been at the (42) ______ of the amount of financial support given to 
individual students. 
Universities receive money (43) ______ the state for each student and are responsible for 
employing staff and deciding which courses to offer. The head of a university, who is (44) ______ for 
its management, is called a vice-chancellor. 
Question 35: A. that B. a C. this D. the 
Question 36: A. create B. do C. make D. get 
Question 37: A. permitted B. allowed C. compulsory D. free 
Question 38: A. loans B. hires C. shares D. rents 
Question 39: A. grade B. level C. mark D. rank 
Question 40: A. rise B. remain C. increase D. decrease 
Question 41: A. who B. which C. whose D. whom 
Question 42: A. fee B. suspense C. charge D. expense 
Question 43: A. of B. from C. to D. in 
Question 44: A. liable B. responsible C. answerable D. chargeable 
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 45 to 54. 
Early peoples had no need of engineering works to supply their water. Hunters and nomads 
camped near natural sources of fresh water, and populations were so sparse that pollution of the water 
supply was not a serious problem. After community life developed and agricultural villages became 
urban centres, the problem of supplying water became important for inhabitants of a city, as well as for 
irrigation of the farms surrounding the city. Irrigation works were known in pr