ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA SỐ 21 12

Phonetic
1.A: marine B: machine C: engine D: malign

2.A: cartoon B: opposite C: bakery D: animal

3.A: follow B: low C: yellow D: allow

4.A: knocked B: naked C: planted D: crooked

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions.
For millions of people, the Internet has opened up a whole new world. From their personal computers they are
ordering books, sending greeting cards and finding out about literally anything on Earth. For students it is
invaluable for homework, for travelers it makes planning and booking astonishingly easy, while for many others
it is a great way of keeping in touch with family and friends or, indeed, making new friends. It is, in short, a
wonderful resource for obtaining information, getting things done and communicating with others. And yet it is
also creating one of the fastest-growing social problems of our time: Internet addiction.
A recent study involving Internet users from all over the world found that 50 per cent of them claimed to be
addicted, spending an average of over 60 hours per week online. Some of these reported routinely logging on as
soon as they arrived home from work, university or school, often remaining online until the small
hours. “Sometimes I’m feeling absolutely exhausted, dying to go to bed,” said one respondent, “but then I think
to myself I’ll just try one more page, it might be really good. And then I think the same about the next page.
And the next. And so on.”
The study showed no difference in the rate of addiction between men and women and revealed that many heavy
users simply lost track of time. In extreme cases, they began to neglect themselves, their families and their
friends, apparently preferring the company of their computer to that of other people. They were also found to be
more likely to be depressed than moderate users, although it is as yet unclear whether this is brought about by
the excessive time spent online, or whether already depressed individuals have a greater tendency to stay at
home and engage in what is, essentially, a solitary activity.
The researchers compared it with other addictions such as gambling, which, they say, shares with it the element
of intermittent rewards: in the case of the Internet, the occasional discovery of an exciting web page. In
addition, both activities tend to take place against a background of darkness. Net surfing often takes place at
night; casinos deliberately keep the lights turned down low so that the punters, too, lose all sense of time.
Television addiction, however, appears to be different, as TV watching tends to be more passive, merely filling
the available free time.
Many Internet users, of course, would say the same of going online. So when does “normal” extensive Net
surfing become an addiction? In some cases the indications are clear: skipped meals, lack of sleep, strained
relationships, etc., but in others the symptoms are more subtle. Obsessive users may check and recheck their
email boxes unnecessarily. They may deceive themselves, and others, about how long they actually spend
online session. They might even rush to their PC’s the minute they have the house to themselves, relieved that
others are not there to pass judgement.
What, though, can those who recognize they have a problem actually do about it? The first thing is not to paniC.
One expert points out that many people spend an enormous amount of time reading, say, or talking on the
telephone, sometimes to the detriment of family relationships. Yet nobody talks about “book addiction”, or
“phone addiction” as if they were in some way akin to chronic alcoholism or heavy smoking. If they are cutting
themselves off, so this theory goes, it is because of a weak relationship. Going online is merely one way, like
turning on the TV or going out for a drink, of avoiding conversation with those at home. The problem is the
relationship, not the computer.
Where an addiction genuinely does exist, the advice is to seek professional help similar to that for sufferers of
 other compulsive disorders. This consists of gradually reducing the time spent online, as well as dealing with
any personal difficulties that may underlie the condition. Other experts advise the addict to talk to support
groups specifically formed to help people with the problem of Internet overuse. Ironically, these groups can
currently only be contacted via the Internet.
5.According to the text, depression ________.
A: is caused by Internet addiction D: is common among all Internet users
B: leads to overuse of the Internet
C: is associated with heavy Internet use
6.Which of these is an example of a less obvious sign of addiction?
A: Telling other people how long they have spent online.
B: Being afraid that other people will criticise them.
C: Being shocked to discover how long they have spent online.
D: Not eating at proper times because of excessive surfing.
7.In the sixth paragraph, the author likens heavy Internet use to ________.
A: smoking a lot of cigarettes D: having long telephone conversations
B: drinking too much alcohol
C: talking to relatives for many hours
8.Which, according to the author, could have the opposite result from what is intended?
A: Discussing the addiction with specialist organizations.
B: Treating the possible causes of the addiction.
C: Attempting to spend less time online.
D: Obtaining the same treatment as for other conditions.
9.What is the author’s aim in writing this text?
A : To discourage people from using the Internet.
B: To describe Internet addiction and suggest remedies.
C: To call for more controls on the content of Internet pages.
D: To dismiss claims that the Internet is addictive
10.What is the best title of this passage?
A: Addicted to the Internet D: Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet
B: Addictions
C: A compare and contrast of common addictions
11.What does the phrase small hours refer to?
A: the early hours of the morning D: the time before midnight
B: a few hours
C: midnight
12.What is the difference between television addiction and Internet addiction?
A: TV watching leave you more free time D: TV watching is more passive
B: There is no treatment for television addiction
C: TV addiction is less severe

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
13.A typical working day for me begins at 7:30.
A: average B: painful C: hazardous D: abnormal

14.The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.

A: decreased B: added C: allowed D: criticized

 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
15.I’m extremely grateful to all the teachers for their help.
A: kind B: healthy C: thankful D: supportive

16.Doctors issued a warning against eating any fish caught in the river.

A: victim B: attention C: emergency D: caution

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following
questions.
17.It is the Internet which is considered one of the most wonderful inventions in the human history.

18.Our urge to classify various life forms and give us names seems to be as old as the human race.

19.Animals living in areas that are covered in snow in winter change the color of their coats according the
seasons.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
20.We wouldn’t have missed the bus ________.
A: unless we used an out-of-date timetable C: would we not be using an out-of-date timetable
B: if we weren’t using an out-of-date timetable D: had we not been using an out-of-date timetable

21.It is imperative ________ what to do when there is a disaster.

A: that he knew C: we knew

B: that everyone know D: he must know about

22.In the United States, there are 50 states, ________ has its own government.

A: each of them B: each of C: they each D: each of which

23.No one knows exactly ________.

A: how did speech begin C: of how beginning speech

B: how the beginning of speech D: how speech began

24.For any adhesive to make a really strong bond, ________ to be glued must be absolutely clean and free
from moisture or grease.

A: the surfaces B: when surfaces C: surfaces that D: and surfaces

25.________ no conclusive evidence exists, many experts believe that the wheel was invented only once
and then diffused to the rest of the world.
 A: Although B: Even C: So D: But

26.What’s the matter? Haven’t you started ________?

A: yet B: by now C: soon D: already

27.You must phone us as soon as you ________ there.

A: will get B: will have got C: get D: are getting

28.I’ll take this hat. It’s the ________ thing I’m looking for.
A: very B: sheer C: just D: quite

29.I tried to lift the heavy case but it was ________.

A: no less than good C: neither good
B: no good D: not good

30.The weather is so awful that I don’t ________ going anywhere today.

A: like B: fancy C: try D: want

31.Do you want to go to that lecture? Yes. I am very ________ in the subject.

A: interesting B: interest C: interestingly D: interested

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions.
“How is the Dictionary getting on?” said Winston, raising his voice to overcome the noise.
“Slowly,” said Syme. “I’m on the adjectives. It’s fascinating.”
He had brightened up immediately at the mention of Newspeak. He pushed his bowl aside, took up his hunk of
bread in one delicate hand and his cheese in the other, and leaned across the table so as to be able to speak
without shouting.
“The Eleventh Edition is the definitive edition,” he said. “We’re getting the language into its final shape – the
shape it’s going to have when nobody speaks anything else. When we’ve finished with it, people like you will
have to learn it all over again. You think, I dare say, that our chief job is inventing new words. But not a bit of it!
We’re destroying words – scores of them, hundreds of them, every day. We’re cutting the language down to the
bone. The Eleventh Edition won’t contain a single word that will become obsolete before the year 2050.”
He bit hungrily into his bread and swallowed a couple of mouthfuls, then continued speaking, with a sort of
pedant’s passion. His thin dark face had become animated, his eyes had lost their mocking expression and
grown almost dreamy.
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but
there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn’t only the synonyms; there are also the
antonyms. After all, what justification is there for a word which is simply the opposite of some other word? A
word contains its opposite in itself. Take “good”, for instance. If you have a word like “good”, what need is
there for a word like “bad”? “Ungood” will do just as well – better, because it’s an exact opposite, which the
other is not. Or again, if you want a stronger version of “good”, what sense is there in having a whole string of
vague useless words like “excellent” and “splendid” and all the rest of them? “Plusgood” covers the meaning, or
“double-plusgood” if you want something stronger still. Of course we use those forms already. But in the final
version of Newspeak there’ll be nothing else. In the end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be
covered by only six words – in reality, only one word. Don’t you see the beauty of that, Winston? It was B.B.’s
 idea originally, of course,” he added as an afterthought.
A sort of vapid eagerness flitted across Winston’s face at the mention of Big Brother. Nevertheless, Syme
immediately detected a certain lack of enthusiasm.
“You haven’t a real appreciation of Newspeak, Winston,” he said almost sadly. “Even when you write it you’re
still thinking of Oldspeak. I’ve read some of those pieces that you write in “The Times” occasionally. They’re
good enough, but they’re translations. In your heart you’d prefer to stick to Oldspeak, with all its vagueness and
its useless shades of meaning. You don’t grasp the beauty of the destruction of words. Do you know that
Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year?”
Winston did know that, of course. He smiled, sympathetically he hoped, not trusting himself to speak. Syme bit
off another fragment of the dark-colored bread, chewed it briefly, and went on:
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make
thoughtcrime literally impossible because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can
ever needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary
meanings rubbed out and forgotten. Already, in the Eleventh Edition, we’re not far from that point. But the
process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range
of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there’s no reason or excuse for committing
thoughtcrime. It’s merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won’t be any need
even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect. Newspeak is Ingsoc and Ingsoc is
Newspeak,” he added with a sort of mystical satisfaction. “Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the
year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation
as we are having now?”
(Extracted from science fiction “1984”)
32.It is most likely that Winston and Syme are ________.
A: in an office B: in a library C: in a cafeteria D: at school

33.Syme likes ________.

A: to shout C: the food

B: talking about his work D: hearing Winston’s opinion

34.What kind of words are being the most greatly reduced?

A: nouns C: everything except antonyms

B: verbs and adjectives D: adjectives

35.What can be gathered about Winston’s attitude towards Newspeak?

A: He studies it eagerly C: He finds it exciting

B: He is outspokenly against it D: He accepts it unhappily

36.Which of the following best describes Newspeak?

A: It is a historical language being reconstructed
B: It was invented to help citizens escape an oppressive government.
C: It is a new language that is incredibly difficult to learn.
D: It is a highly simplified language designed to prevent thought.
37.What does the phrase cutting the language down to the bone mean?
A: cutting down severely on the language C: slowing down the development of the language
B: differentiating one language from another D: dividing the language into different sectors
 38.Syme mentioned the word “good” as an example of the fact that ________.
A: a word contains its opposite in itself D: “bad” and “ungood” are equally necessary
B: there is a need for the word “bad”
C: “plusgood” is stronger than “double-plusgood”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that
best fits each of the numbered blanks.
SCHOOL LUNCH
Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (39)
________ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to provide meals at lunchtime. Children can (40)
________ to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.

One shocking finding of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents.
There are strict standards for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (41) ________ of fruit
and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes examined
by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps, and chocolate bars. Children (42) ________ twice as much sugar
as they should at lunchtime.

The research will provide a better (43) ________ of why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has
increased in the last decade.
39.A: properly B: approximately C: possibly D: correctly

40.A: choose B: like C: prefer D: want

41.A: percentage B: kilo C: portion D: bowl

42.A: take B: consume C: consist D: bring

43.A: reason B: knowledge C: opinion D: understanding

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.
44: "If you are not satisfied _______ your purchase, we will give you a full refund."
A. at B. for C. of D. with
45: “If only I hadn’t lent him all my money!” -“_____________”
A. Well, you did, so it’s no use crying over spilt milk. B. All right. You will be OK.
C. Sorry, I have no idea. D. I’m afraid you will have to do it.
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.
46: "I didn’t break my word," Jim said.
A. Jim denied breaking his promise. B. Jim didn’t break his word.
C. Jim admitted breaking his word. D. Jim refused to break his promise.
47: When she received the exam results, she immediately phoned her mom.
A. No sooner had she received the exam results than she phoned her mom.
B. She immediately phoned her mom that she would receive the exam results.
C. No sooner had she phoned her mom than she received the exam results.
D. She received the exam results immediately after she phoned her mom.
48: The test we did last time was more difficult than this one.
A. We did an easy test last time and a difficult one this time.
B. This test is not as difficult as the one we did last time.
C. This time we have to do the most difficult test of all.
D. The test we have done this time is not difficult at all.

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.

49: Women still cover their heads in some countries. They did so in the past.
A. Women still cover their heads in some countries as they did in the past.
B. Women still cover their heads in some countries as they did so in the past.
C. Women cover their heads in some countries similar to what they did so in the past.
D. In the past, women covered their heads but they do so today in some countries.

50: Marry loved her stuffed animal when she was young. She couldn’t sleep without it.
A. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal so as not to sleep with it.
B. As Marry couldn’t sleep without her stuffed animal when she was young, she loved it.
C. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal so much that she couldn’t sleep without it.
D. When Marry was young, she loved her stuffed animal though she couldn’t sleep without it.
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