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 46 to 55

A rather surprising geographical feature of Antarctica is that a huge freshwater lake, one of the world's largest and deepest, lies hidden there under four kilometers of ice. Now known as Lake Vostok, this huge body of water is located under the ice block that comprises Antarctica. The lake is able to exist in its unfrozen state beneath this block of ice because its waters are warmed by geothermal heat from the earth's core. The thick glacier above Lake Vostok actually insulates(isolate) it from the frigid temperatures on the surface. (lạnh giá)

The lake was first discovered in the 1970s while a research team was conducting an aerial survey of the area. Radio waves from the survey equipment penetrated(thâm nhập) the ice and revealed a body of water of indeterminate (intermiinate = vô hạn)size. It was not until much more recently that data collected by satellite made scientists aware of the tremendous size of the lake; the satellite-borne radar detected an extremely flat region where the ice remains level because it is floating on the water of the lake.

The discovery of such a huge freshwater lake trapped under Antarctica is of interest to the scientific community because of the potential that the lake contains ancient microbes(vi trùng)that have survived for thousands upon thousands of years, unaffected by factors such as nuclear fallout and elevated ultraviolet light that have affected organisms in more exposed areas. The downside(mặt xấu) of the discovery, however, lies in the difficulty of conducting research on the lake in such a harsh climate and in the problems associated with obtaining uncontaminated samples from the lake without actually exposing the lake to contamination. Scientists are looking for possible ways to accomplish this.

Question 46: The word "hidden" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to

A. undrinkable B. untouched C. unexploitable D. undiscovered

Question 47: What is true of Lake Vostok?

A. It is completely frozen. B. It is a saltwater lake.

Question 48: Which of the following is closest in meaning to "frigid" in paragraph 1?

Question 49: A ll of the following are true about the 1970 survey of Antarctica EXCEPT that it ______

A. was conducted by air B. made use of radio waves

C. could not determine the lake's exact size D. was controlled by a satellite

Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that the ice would not be flat if _______.

A. there were no lake underneath B. the lake were not so big

C. Antarctica were not so cold D. radio waves were not used

Question 51: The word "microbes" in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by which of the following?

A. Pieces of dust B. Tiny bubbles C. Tiny organisms D. Rays of light

Question 52: Lake Vostok is potentially important to scientists because it

A. can be studied using radio waves B. may contain uncontaminated microbes

C. may have elevated levels of ultraviolet light D. has already been contaminated

Question 53: The word "downside" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______

A. bottom level B. negative aspect C. underside D. buried section

Question 54: The last paragraph suggests that scientists should be aware of

A. further discoveries on the surface of Antarctica B. problems with satellite-borne radar equipment

C. ways to study Lake Vostok without contaminating it D. the harsh climate of Antarctica

Question 55: The purpose of the passage is to______

A. explain how Lake Vostok was discovered B. provide satellite data concerning Antarctica

C. discuss future plans for Lake Vostok D. present an unexpected aspect of Antarctica's geography

Perhaps the most striking quality of satiric (satirical= châm biếm, trào phúng) literature is its freshness and its originality of perspective (phối cảnh, thực tiễn). Satire itself, however, rarely offers original ideas. Instead, it presents the familiar in a new form. Satirists do not offer the world new philosophies (triết lí). What they do is look at familiar conditions from a perspective that makes these conditions seem foolish, harmful, or affected. Satire jars (kêu lên, gây chấn động) us out of complacence (sự tự mãn) into a pleasantly shocked realization that many of the values we unquestioningly accept are false.

It was not the originality of the idea that made these satires popular. It was the manner of expression, the satiric method, that made them interesting and entertaining. Satires are read because they are aesthetically (thẩm mỹ) satisfying works of art, not because they are morally wholesome (lành tính, vô hại) or ethically instructive. They are stimulating and refreshing because with commonsense briskness (phát đạt, nhanh) they brush away illusions and secondhand opinions. With spontaneous irreverence (bất kính), satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles (bò, trườn) familiar objects into incongruous (không hợp) juxtaposition (đặt liền kề), and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude (tầm thường, vô vị).

Satire exists because there is need for it. It has lived because readers appreciate a refreshing stimulus, an irreverent(bất kính) reminder that they live in a world of platitudinous(tầm thường, vô vị) thinking, cheap moralizing, and foolish philosophy. Satire serves to prod people into an awareness of truth, though rarely to any action on behalf of truth. Satire tends to remind people that much of what they see, hear, and read in popular media is sanctimonious, (phô trương, mộ đạo) sentimental (đa cảm), and only partially true. Life resembles in only a slight degree the popular image of it.

Question 56: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Difficulties of writing satiric literature. B. Popular topics of satire.

C. New philosophies emerging from satiric literature. D. Reasons for the popularity of satire.

Question 57: The last sentence of the first paragraph refers to _______as a result of reading satire.

A. a long fact-finding quest B. a pleasant surprise

Question 58: Don Quixote, Brave New World, and A Modest Proposal are cited by the author as_.

C. best satirists of all times D. good critiques by satirists

Question 59: What satires fascinates readers is how _______.

A. ideas are expressed B. ideas are organized C. realistic they are D. plots are created

Question 60: Which of the following can be found in satiric literature?

A. Newly emerging philosophies. B. Odd combinations of objects and ideas.

C. Abstract discussion of morals and ethics. D. Wholesome characters who are unselfish. (lành tính, vô hại)

Question 61: According to the passage, there is a need for satire because people need to be_______.

A. informed about new scientific developments B. exposed to original philosophies when they are formulated

Question 62: The word "refreshing" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to_________.

A. popular B. revitalizing C. common D. awakening

Question 63: The word "sanctimonious" may be new to you. It most probably means "____" in this context.

Question 64: Readers of satiric literature will be most likely to________.

A. teach themselves to write fiction B. accept conventional points of view

C. become better informed about current affairs D. re-examine their opinions and values

Question 65: The various purposes of satire include all of the following EXCEPT_.

1. 
   introducing readers to unfamiliar situations B. brushing away illusions
   

Question 66: Please remain in your assigned seats until the instructor dismisses the class.

A B C D

Question 67: Employees who haven't seen the new regulations often ask for unnecessary questions; instead they should ask for a copy of the regulations and read them. (bỏ for)

A B C D

Question 68: Even you are unsure of the standard procedures in any situation, please don't hesitate to consult with your supervising manager. A B C D (not sure)

Question 69: We have always believed that honesty is best policy in personal as well as professional matters.

A B (the) C D

Question 70: The nutritionist told him to avoid eating lots of carbohydrates, focus having more protein-rich foods and green vegetables, and drink at least eight glasses of water a day. (to focus on)

A B C D

Question 71: In Roman numerals, ____________symbols for numeric values.

A. letters are the alphabet's B. letters of the alphabet are

C. which uses letters of the alphabet D. in which letters of the alphabet are

Question 72: _______received law degrees as today.

A. Never so many women have B. Never have so many women

C. The women aren't ever D. Women who have never

Question 73: George would certainly have attended the meeting _______.

A. if he didn't get a flat tire B. if the flat tire didn't happen

Question 74: While the language barrier was once an obstacle to trade,______.

A. the technical case is now no more B. the case doesn't longer exist

C. which is no longer the case D. the technical hurdle is now the case.

Question 75: New sources of energy are constantly being looked for ______

A. although fossil fuels continue to dwindle B. as fossil fuels continue to dwindle

C. so that we continue to reduce fossil fuels D. fossil fuels continuing to dwindle

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 76: "Getting a good job doesn't matter much to me."

A. "I am only interested in getting a good job." B. "It's interesting for me to get a good job."

C. "I am not good at getting a good job." D. "I don't care about getting a good job."

Question 77: Access to the library computer facilities is open to students.

A. Computers in the library are not used for students. B. Students can freely assess the library computer service.

C. Students are not allowed to use library computers. D. The library computer facilities are accessible to students.

Question 78: They were exposed to biased information, so they didn't know the true story.

A. If they got unbiased information, they could know the true story.

B. If they had unbiased the information, they could have known the true story.

D. If they have exposed to the unbiased information, they could have seen the true story.

Question 79: It doesn't cost much to run a solar power system.

A. A solar power system is quite cheap to set up. B. Running a solar power system costs nothing.

C. A solar power system costs so much to run. D. Running a solar power system is not costly.

Question 80: We missed the turning because we forgot to take the map with us.

A. Without the right map with us, we missed the turning. B. If we were taking the map with us, we did not miss the turning. C. Without the map with us, we missed the turning.

D. Having remembered the map with us, we would not miss the turning.

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ĐỀ THI THỬ THQG NĂM 2015 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ 063 Thời gian: 90 phút

I. Chọn từ/ cụm từ thích hợp nhất trong số các gợi ý A,B,C, hoặc D để điền vào mỗi trong số các khoảng trống trong các câu văn sau đây.

1 .The contract was signed by the three partners who thus agreed to _____ by terms and conditions contained in it.

A. follow B. adhere C. abide D. stick

2 .There was nothing in the contract that _____ who would be responsible in the event that one of the partners became seriously ill.

A. pointed B. specified C. printed D. developed

A. partakers B. participants C. particles D. parties

A. throw B. reject C. cancel D. deter

A. call B. engage C. enter D. register

A. grounded B. established C. found D. invented

A. paper B. insurance C. assurance D. conviction

A. decipher B. decide C. defer D. determine

First let me speak of the constitution of the United States, and assert that there is not a line in it, nor a word, forbidding women to vote; but, properly interpreted, that is, interpreted by the Declaration of Independence, and by the assertions of the Fathers, it actually guarantees to women the right to vote in all elections, both state and national.

Listen to the preamble to the constitution, and the preamble you know, is the key to what follows; it is the concrete, general statement of the great principles which subsequent articles express in detail. The preamble says: “We, The People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Commit this to memory, friends; learn it by heart as well as by head, and I should have no need to argue the question before you of my right to vote. For women are “people” surely, and desire, as much as men, to say the least, to establish justice and to insure domestic tranquility; and, brothers, you will never insure domestic tranquility in the days to come unless you allow women to vote, who pay taxes and bear equally with yourselves all the burdens of society; for they do not mean any longer to submit patiently and quietly to such injustice, and the sooner men understand this and graciously submit to become the political equals of their mothers, wives, and daughters—aye, of their grandmothers, for that is my category, instead of their political masters, as they now are, the sooner will this precious domestic tranquility be insured. Women are surely “people,” I said, and were when these words were written, and were as anxious as men to establish justice and promote the general welfare, and no one will have the hardihood to deny that our foremothers have we not talked about our forefathers alone long enough? did their full share in the work of establishing justice, providing for the common defense, and promoting the general welfare in all those early days.

The truth is, friends, that when liberties had to be gained by the sword and protected by the sword, men necessarily came to the front and seemed to be the only creators and defenders of these liberties; hence all the way down women have been content to do their patriotic work silently and through men, who are the fighters by nature rather than themselves, until the present day; but now at last, when it is established that ballots instead of bullets are to rule the world .now, it is high time that women ceased to attempt to establish justice and promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity, through the votes of men . . .

PASSAGE 2

This proposed amendment forbids the United States or any State to deny or abridge the right to vote on account of sex. If adopted, it will make several millions of female voters, totally inexperienced in political affairs, quite generally dependent upon the other sex, all incapable of performing military duty and without the power to enforce the laws which their numerical strength may enable them to make, and comparatively very few of whom wish to assume the irksome and responsible political duties which this measure thrusts upon them.

An experiment so novel, a change so great, should only be made slowly and in response to a general public demand, of the existence of which there is no evidence before your committee. Petitions from various parts of the country, containing by estimate about 30,000 names, have been presented to Congress asking for this legislation. They were procured through the efforts of woman-suffrage societies, thoroughly organized, with active and zealous managers. The ease with which signatures may be procured to any petition is well known. The small number of petitioners, when compared with that of the intelligent women in the country, is striking evidence that there exists among them no general desire to take up the heavy burden of governing, which so many men seek to evade. It would be unjust, unwise, and impolitic to impose that burden on the great mass of women throughout the country who do not wish for it, to gratify the comparatively few who do.

It has been strongly urged that without the right of suffrage women are and will be subjected to great oppression and injustice. But everyone who has examined the subject at all knows that without female suffrage, legislation for years has improved and is still improving the condition of women. The disabilities imposed upon her by the common law have, one by one, been swept away until in most of the States she has the full right to her property and all, or nearly all the rights which can be granted without impairing or destroying the marriage relation.

These changes have been wrought by the spirit of the age, and are not, generally at least, the result of any agitation by women in their own behalf. Nor can women justly complain of any partiality in the administration of justice. They have the sympathy of judges and particularly of juries to an extent which would warrant loud complaint on the part of their adversaries of the sterner sex. Their appeals to legislatures against injustice are never unheeded, and there is no doubt that when any considerable part of the women of any State really wish for the right to vote it will be granted without the intervention of Congress. Any State may grant the right of suffrage to women. Some of them have done so to a limited extent, and perhaps with good results. It is evident that in some States public opinion is much more strongly in favor of it than it is in others. Your committee regards it as unwise and inexpedient to enable three-fourths in number of the States, through an amendment to the National Constitution, to force woman suffrage upon the other fourth in which the public opinion of both sexes may be strongly adverse to such a change.

For these reasons, your committee reports back said resolution with a recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed.

11. The author of Passage 1 supports her argument by_____.

A. providing information about the educational levels achieved by women.

B. sharing anecdotes about women who fought in the American Revolution.

C. referring to principles already accepted by her audience.