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SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO HÀ GIANG
LẦN 01
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HÀ GIANG

KỲ THI THỬ THPTQG 2017
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct wont(s) to each of the questions
The Town of Aylesbury
Aylesbury is a bustling market town whose modern shopping facilities include
the recently opened Friars Square shopping centre. The market has been an (1) ____
part of Aylesbury life since they early 13 th century. Nowadays, regular markets are
held on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The town has a (2) ____ and varied history, many clues to which can be seen in
the conversation are to the north of the market square. In this area (3) ____ the 15 Ih
century King's Head Public House which over the years has played host to many
famous names. These have included King Henry Will, who regularly visited the Inn
whilst courting Anne Boleyn and Oliver Cromwell, on his visit to Aylesbury in 1651.
Now a National Trust property, the King's Head is at present undergoing
extensive refurbishments to (4) ____ the building to its former glory and is expected
to re-open in the autumn. Other (5) ____ buildings in the conversation area include
the Saxon Church of St Mary and the Buckingharnshire County Museum.
1. A. expensive
B. essential
C. expected
D. impossible
2. A. poor
B. nearby
C. perfect

D. rich
3. A. lives
B. happens
C. stands
D.
shows
4. A. restore
B. refresh
C. recall
D. remind
5. A. reliable
B. annual
C. excitable
D. notable
Read the folloning passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Birds that feet in flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for
roosting communally are not always obvious, but there are some likely benefits. In
winter especially, it is important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve
precious food reserves. One way to do this is to find a sheltered, roost. Solitary
roosters shelter indense vegetation or enter a cavity - horned larks dig holes in the
ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow banks - but the effect of sheltering is
magnified by several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown
creepers, bluebirds, and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to
the cold air, so the birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were
found to reduce their heat losses by a quarter, and three together saved a third of
their heat.
The second possible benefit of communal roosts is that they act as
"information centers”. During the day, parties of birds will have spread out to feed
over a very large area. When they return in the evening some will have fed well, but

others may have found little to eat. Some investigators have observed that when
the birds set out again next morning, those birds that did not feed well on the
previous day appear to follow those that did. The behavior of common and lesser
kestrels may illustrate different feeding behaviors of similar birds with different
roosting habits. The common kestrel hunts vertebrate animals in a small, familiar
hunting ground, whereas the very similar lesser kestrel feeds on insects over a large
area. The common kestrel roosts and hunts alone, but the lesser kestrel roosts and


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hunts in flocks, possibly so one bird can learn from others where to find insect
swarms.
Finally, there is safety in numbers at communal roosts since there will always be
a few birds awake at any given moment to give the alarm. But this increased
protection is partially counteracted by the fact that mass roosts attract predators
and are especially vulnerable if they are on the ground. Even those in trees can be
attacked by birds of prey. The birds on the edge are at greatest risk since predators
find it easier to catch small birds perching at the margins of the roost.
6. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. How birds find and store food
B. How birds maintain body heat in
the winter
C. Why birds need to establish territory
D. Why some species of birds nest
together
7. The word "conserve" is closest in meaning to ____.
A. retain
B. watch
C. locate

D. share
8. Ptarmigan keep warm in the winter by
A. building nests in trees
B. huddling together on the ground with
other birds
C. digging tunnels into the .snow
D. burrowing into dense patches of
vegetatiotnir
9. The word "magnified" in line 6 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. combined
B. caused
C. modified
D. intensified
10. The author mentions kinglets in line 9 as an example of birds that ____.
A. nest together for warmth
B. usually feed and nest in pairs
C. protect themselves by nesting in holes
D. nest with other species of birds
11. Which of the following statements about lesser and common kestrels is true?
A. The common kestrel nests in larger flocks than does the lesser kestrel.
B. The lesser kestrel and the common kestrel have similar diets.
C. The lesser kestrel feeds sociably but the common kestrel does not.
D. The common kestrel nests in trees; the lesser kestrel nests on the ground.
12. Which of the following is a disadvantage of communal roosts that is mentioned
in the passage?
A. Diseases easily spread among the birds.
B. Food supplies are quickly depleted.
C. Some birds in the group will attack the others
D. Groups are more attractive to predators than individual birds are.
13. The word "they" in the third paragraph refers to ____.

A. a few birds
B. mass roosts'
C. predators D. trees
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in
each of the following.
14. A. look
B. moon
C. foot
D. cook
15. A. missed
B. coughed
C. helped
D.
seemed


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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.
In the American colonies there was little money. England did not supply the
colonies with coins and it did not allow the colonies to make their own coins, except
for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which received permission for a short period in
1652 to make several kinds of silver coins. England wanted to keep money out of
America as a means of controlling trade: America was forced to trade only with
England if it did not have the money to buy products from other countries. The
result during this pre-revolutionary period was that the colonists used various goods
in place of money: beaver pelts, Indian wampum, and tobacco leaves were all
commonly used substitutes for money. The colonists also made use of any foreign

coins they could obtain. Dutch, Spanish, French, and English coins were all in use in
the American colonies.
During the Revolutionary War, funds were needed to finance the world, so each
of the individual states and the Continental Congress issued paper money. So much
of this paper money was printed that by the end of the war, almost no one would
accept it. As a result, trade in goods and the use of foreign coins still flourished
during this period.
By the time the Revolutionary War had been won by the American colonists,
the monetary system was in a state of total disarray. To remedy this situation, the
new Constitution of the United States, approved in 1789, allowed Congress to issue
money. The individual states could no longer have their own money supply. A few
years later, the Coinage Act of 1792 made the dollar the official currency of the
United States and put the country on a bimetallic standard. In this bimetallic
system, both gold and silver were legal money, and the rate of exchange of silver to
gold was fixed by the government at sixteen to one.
16. The passage mainly discusses ____.
A. the effect of the Revolution on American money.
B. American money from past to present
C. the American money system of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
D. the English monetary policies in colonial America.
17. The passage indicates that during the colonial period, money was ____.
A. used extensively for trade B. scarce C. supplied by England
D. coined by
colonists
18. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to which of the following?
A. The Continental Congress B. Trade in goods
C. The War
D. Paper
money
19. The word "remedy" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____.

A. resolve
B. medicate
C. renew
D. understand
20. How was the monetary system arranged in the Constitution?
A. The US officially went on a bimetallic monetary system.
B. The dollar was made official currency of the US.
C. Only the US Congress could issue money.
D. Various state governments, including Massachusetts, could issue money.
21. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the bimetallic
monetary system?


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A. Either gold or silver could be used as official money.
B. It was established in 1792.
C. Gold could be exchanged for silver at the rate of sixteen to one.
D. The monetary system was based on two matters.
22. The word "fixed" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A. discovered
B. repaired
C. valued
D. set
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
that differs from the other three in theposidon ofprim mystress in each of
the following questions.
23. A. collect
B. attack
C. rubbish

D. prefer
24. A. biology
B. ignorance
C. national
D.
educate
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
25. Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to
classify stars according to brightness
A. record
B. shine
C. categorize
D. diversify
26. The augmentation in the population has created a fuel shortage.
A. increase
B. necesity
C. demand
D. decrease
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions.
27. Although some societies are ____ undeveloped, their languages from linguist's
point of view are very complex.
A. technology
B. technologically
C. technological
D.
technologist
28. The plane ____ down 20 minutes later than scheduled because of the bad

weather.
A. put
B. flew
C. landed
D.
touched
29. British and Australian people share the same language, but in other aspects
they are as different as ____.
A. cats and dogs
B. chalk and cheese
C. salt and pepper
D.
here and there
30. There is ____ in my bedroom.
A. a square old wooden table B. an old wooden square table
C. an old square wooden table
D. a wooden old square table
31. The man got out of the car, _____ round to the back and opened the boot.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walls
D. walk
32. It is imperative ____ what to do when there is a fire.
A. he must know about
B. that everyone know
C. we knew
D. that
he knew
33. At this time of the year the number of students in the university tends to ____.
A. dwindle


B. deteriorate

C. reduce

D. lessen


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34. All fights in and out of the airport came to a ____ because of the strike.
A. closure
B. conclusion
C. standstill
D. stoppage
35. Buckingham Palace is a major tourist ____ in London.
A. attract
B. attraction
C.attractive
D. attractiveness
36. John asked me ____ that film the night before.
A. that I saw
B. had I seen
C. if I had seen
D. if had i seen
37. It gets ____ to understand what the professor has explained.
A. the more difficult
B. difficult more and more
C. more difficult than
D. more and more difficult

38. Alan and Sue ____ an argument. They are not speaking to each other.
A. need have had
B. must have had
C. might have
D. should have
had
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the worth's
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions,
39. The consequences of the earthquake were disastrous due to the lack of
precautionary measures
A. physical
B. severe
C. beneficial
D.
damaging
40. Unless the two signatures are identical, the bank won't honor the check.
A. similar
B. different
C. fake
D. genuine
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence
that best combines each pair of sentence in the following questions.
41. My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed by
the forest fire. A. My grandparents' lake house built in 1953 and was completely
destroyed by the forest fire.
B. My grandparents' lake house, built in 1953, was completely destroyed by the
forest fire
C. My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953, so it was completely destroyed by
the forest fire

D. The forest fire destroyed my grandparents' lake house was built in 1953
42. Hemingway developed a very concise writing style, His name is well-known
throughout the world.
A. Hemingway whose name is well-known throughout the world developed a very
concise writing style.
B. Hemingway, whose is name well-known throughout the world, developed a very
concise writing style.
C. Hemingway, whose name is well-known throughout the world, developed a very
concise writing style.
D. Hemingway, who developed a very concise writing style, his name is well-known
throughout the world.
43. Hoa and her neighbor are talking to each other in Ulm's house
- Neighbor: Do you mind if I borrow your plate?
only one?
A. Not at all

B. Yes, I do

C. I'm sorry

- Hoa: ____. Do you need
D. Yes, I would


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44. - Peter: "Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer vacation?” Mary:“____”
A. Do you think I would?
C. Yes, you're a good friend


B. I wouldn't. Thank you
D Yes, I'd love to. Thanks.

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.
45. Walking (A) briskly for 30 minutes or to run (B) for 15 minutes will burn (C) an
approximately (D) equal number of calories.
46. What we know about (A) certain diseases are (B) still not sufficient to prevent
them from spreading (C) easily among (D) the population.
47. We must (A) push the piano to the corner (B) of the hall (C) to make room to (D)
our party tonight.
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.
48. The manager contributed generously, so I could continue my plan.
A. Had it not been for the manager's generous contribution, I couldn't continue my
plan.
B. The manager's generous contribution got my plan continue.
C. But for the manager's generous contribution, I couldn't have continued my plan.
D. Should the manager contribute generously, 1 could continue my pIan.
49. "You have just got a promotion. Congratulations!" Peter said to his friend.
A. Peter congratulated his friend of getting a promotion.
B. Peter congratulated his friend that he got a promotion.
C. Peter congratulated his friend to get a promotion.
D. Peter congratulated his friend on getting a promotion.
50. The criminals got away in spite of the efforts of the police.
A. Without the efforts of the police, the criminals would have escaped.
B. Even though the police made their efforts, the criminals escaped.
C. Thanks to the efforts of the police, the criminals were imprisoned.
D. The criminals were caught because of the efforts of the police.