SỞ GD-ĐT LÂM ĐỒNG KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017

ĐỀ MINH HỌA MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. listen B. statue C. poster D. stimulate
Question 2: A. interviewed B. finished C. worked D. introduced

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress is placed
differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. unpleasant B. chemical C. released D. container
Question 4: A. expensive B. afternoon C. understand D. introduce

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 5: A dangerously situation was created by the bad roads.
A B C D
Question 6: I finished college last year, and I am working here for only eight months now.
A B C D
Question 7: Caroline refused taking the job given to her because the salary was not good.
A B C D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 8: My mother …………… as a nurse since she graduated from college.
A. worked B. had worked C. has worked D. works
Question 9: He had …………. ….patients that he hardly had time to go out.
A. too many B. so many C. so much D. so few
Question 10: His father speaks English well and …………… his mother.
A. so did B. either does C. neither does D. so does
Question 11: Our house isn’t large enough, so my brother and I have to …………….the room with each
other.
A. share B. work C. use D. change
Question 12: She is used …………… up early in the morning so that she can go to the gym.
A. to get B. getting C. to getting D. for getting
Question 13: You ………….clean the windows because the window-cleaner is coming tomorrow.
A. mustn’t B. must C. need D. needn’t
Question 14: Why don’t you have the documents ……………….. instead of rewriting them?
A. photocopied B. photocopy C. photocopying D. be photocopied
Question 15: The poem was too long, so I had ………………….. learning it by heart.
A. problem B. difficulty C. nuisance D. annoyance
Question 16: What a lovely baby! Perhaps he takes ……………….. his father.
A. of B. up C. after D. over
Question 17: He works hard ……………his old age.
A. in spite B. despite of C. instead of D. despite
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Question 18: ………………….., the more knowledge you get.
A. The more and more you study B. The more you study
C. The most you study D. The less you study
Question 19: My sister has ……………….her favourite job as a model.
A. gone over B. gone after C. gone along D. gone up
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each
of the following exchanges.
Question 20: Two friends Peter and Nancy are talking to each other.
Peter: “I think your handbag is very nice.”
Nancy: “ ……………….”
A. Thank you. B. Really? C. Wow! D. Just kidding!
Question 21: Two friends Daisy and Jane are talking to each other.
Daisy: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to break your nice vase.”
Jane: “ …………………..”
A. I don’t like it B. I don’t mind
C. Don’t worry about it D. Never do it again
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. Question 22: I stayed there with her for a while before I left.
A. for a short period of time B. for relaxation
C. whenever she needed me D. in the difficult time
Question 23: The bread has become stale and I cannot swallow it.
A. gone away B. gone away C. gone up D. gone off
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 24: After three days on trial, the judges found him innocent of the crime and he was released.
A. benevolent B. innovative C. naïve D. guilty
Question 25: Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance in the countryside; therefore, farmers often sell them
at low price.
A. excess B. sufficiency C. small quantity D. large quantity
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 26: She hasn’t played the piano for five years.
A. The last time she played the piano five years ago.
B. She doesn’t play the piano five years ago.
C. The last time she played the piano was five years ago.
D. She played the piano for five years.
Question 27: I’m sorry I didn’t come to your party last night
A. I wish I came to your party last night. B. I wish I had come to your party last night.
C. I wish I would come to your party last night. D. I wish I hadn’t come to your party last night.
Question 28: It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
A. The man is believed to escape in a stolen car.
B. The man is believed to have escaped in a stolen car.
C. The man was believed to escape in a stolen car.
D. They believed that the man stole the car.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.
Question 29: The man bought a plot of land. It belongs to my aunt.
A. The man bought a plot of land where belongs to my aunt.
B. The plot of land the man bought belongs to my aunt.
C. The man whose plot of land was bought belongs to my aunt
D. The plot of land which belongs to my aunt the man bought.
Question 30: The weather was very bad. We didn’t go camping.
A. The weather was such bad that we didn’t go camping.
B. The weather was too bad for us to go camping.
C. It was such a bad weather that we didn’t go camping.
D. It was so bad weather that we didn’t go camping.

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 blanks from 31 to 35.
Most of us are interested in one kind of sport or another, even if we don’t go in for it actively. Lots of people
take up a particular sport at an early age, for example tennis, skiing, or (31)………………. If they get up to
a suitably high standard, they may go in for local competitions or even championships. But special training
(32)……….hard work and most young people don’t keep it up. Many of them opt out when they come up
against tough competition.
(33)……..…. a professional in any sport, you have to go through with a strict training schedule. And it’s not
easy! It means doing without some of life’s little pleasures, too. For example, to build up your physical (34)
………… you may have to stick to a special diet and give up some of your favourite foods. Smoking and
alcohol are out, and to keep fit you have to work out regularly every day. Sometimes it all pays off, but the
road to success is long and there are no guarantees. No wonder that countless young talents decide to settle
for a regular job instead, and, as far as (36) ……....... sport is concerned, prefer to look on as spectators.
Question 31: A. ice-skater B. ice-skates C. ice-skated D. ice-skating
Question 32: A. is B. are C. was D. were
Question 33: A. Becoming B. To be becoming C. To become D. To have become
Question 34: A. strength B. stronger C. strong D. strongly
Question 35: A. profession B. professional C. professionally D. professionalize

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 36 to 42.
Increasing numbers of parents in the US are choosing to teach their kids at home. The US Department of
Education estimated that in 1999, around 850,000 children were being home- schooled. Originally, home
schooling was used for students who couldn’t attend school because of learning difficulties. Today, however,
more parents are taking on the responsibility of educating their children at home due to dissatisfaction with
the educational system relating to class size or problems inside the classroom, for example violence.
Advocates of home schooling believe that children learn better when they are in a secure, loving
environment. They can also pick and choose what and when to study, which enables them to learn at their
own pace. In contrast, critics of home schooling say that children who are not in classroom miss out on
learning important social skills because they have little interaction with their peers. Moreover, they have
raised concerns about the ability of parents to teach their kids effectively because they are not competent
educators and have no teacher training.
Whatever the arguments for or against it, home schooling in the USA is growing. There are now websites,
support groups that enable parents to learn more about educating children. Home schooling today is an
accepted alternative to an educational system that some believe is failing.

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Question 36: According to paragraph 1, today many parents choose home-schooling for their children
because
A. their children couldn’t go to school
B. they can teach their kids at home.
C. there are learning difficulties for the children.
D. they are not satisfied with some problems at school.
Question 37: The word “they” in line 6 refers to
A. advocates B. children C. critics D. parents
Question 38: What is the topic of the above passage?
A. Different ideas about home schooling
B. A new way to learn in the USA: Home schooling
C. The advantages of getting education at home
D. Parents in the USA want to teach their children at home
Question 39: One of the reasons why parents don’t want to send children to school is that…………
A. there are too many pupils in a class. B. children learn what they choose.
C. there is violence at home. D. parents want to be good educators.
Question 40: The word “peers” in line 9 means …………….
A. members B. classmates C. groups D. partners
Question 41: Parents can learn more to teach their children effectively from …………..
A. the Department of Education. B. their social skills.
C. the present educational system. D. websites
Question 42: From the passage, we can come to understand that …………..
A. home schooling is only for troubled children.
B. few parents take their children out of class in the USA.
C. home schooling is acceptable in the USA.
D. traditional education is the best in the USA.

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.

In the exploration of linguistic life circle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second
language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master foreign
language, especially in phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often
“fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can do. Of course, there are great
individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain
talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances.
Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority: they exploit Motherese (the
simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unself-consciously, are more
motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere.
But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works.
Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanation into doubt. Holding every other factor
constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age.
Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elisa Newport and her colleagues. They tested
Korean and Chinese-born students at the University of Illinois who had spent at least ten years in the United
States. The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some
grammatical errors. The immigrants who came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed
identically to American-born students. Those who arrived between the ages of 8 and 15 did worse the later
they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of it, and showed huge variability
unrelated to their age of arrival.

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Question 43: The passage is mainly about ...............
A. how adults are different from children in learning language.
B. how language acquisition works among children.
C. how the age factor is related to language learning.
D. how research into language rules was done.
Question 44 :It can be inferred from the passage that “phonology” is the study of the ..............of a language.
A. grammar B. vocabulary C. sound system D. native speaker
Question 45 : According to the first paragraph, what is TRUE about adults learning another language ?
A. Many of them can really master it.
B. Their accent is similar to that of native speakers.
C. Their errors in language use are short-term.
D. Their learning is affected by many factors.
Question 46 : According to the second paragraph, children learn language better than adults because of the
following reasons EXCEPT ..............
A. They repeat after their parents B. They have had no languages.
C. They don’t love talking. D. They don’t have a fixed method.
Question 47 : Which of the following is TRUE about the research mentioned in the passage ?
A. The participants spoke English as their first language.
B. The participants had just started living in the United States.
C. It was done by a group of people.
D. All items in the test were erroneous.
Question 48: According to the passage, what was the purpose of the research?
A. To access students’ language abilities.
B. To study the link between age and language ability.
C. To improve students’ relationship at school.
D. To collect data on students’ nationalities.
Question 49: The word “those” refers to
A. Korean and Chinese-born students B. American-born students
C. different age groups D. English sentences
Question 50: The word “evidence” in paragraph 3 can be best replaced by
A. research B. number C. documents D. proof

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