(2023) Đề thi thử Tiếng anh THPT Hàm Rồng có đáp án

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.

The sales clerk was totally bewildered by the customer’s behavior.

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 following questions.           Women often complain that the men in their lives are not romantic enough. But men sometimes have trouble expressing their feelings, often resorting to cheesy Hallmark cards or pricey bejeweled baubles to do the job for them. But there is a far better way to be romantic and it doesn’t involve spending a fortune or even opening your mouth.           In the days before courting consisted of hanging our and getting drinks, courting was a formal and dignified endeavor. Symbols were used to express feelings and thoughts deemed too special for mere words. During the Victorian Era, a whole romantic language developed around the giving and receiving of flowers. Everything from the type and size of the flower to the way it was held or presented conveyed layers of meaning and communicated a gentleman’s feelings and intentions. Each bouquet contained a secret message for a lady to eagerly interpret and endlessly dissect.           These days giving flowers has become a somewhat ho-hum cliché. Resurrecting this Victorian tradition will infuse the gesture with new life and romance and bring back some of the subtly, mystery, and fun of courtship. Your lady will swoon that you put far more thought into your selection of flowers than grabbing a bouquet out of the case at Wal-Mart. You’ll come off as a real gentleman and a hopeless romantic. It can become an amazing tradition you’ll both enjoy. Seriously, women eat this stuff up.           Of course, even women nowadays have forgotten the meanings of flowers. So by your lady a flower dictionary. And keep a copy for yourself (it’s important that you both use the same reference, as the meanings were never set in stone and can sometimes vary from book to book). Then, each time you present her with a bouquet, she can search the volume to find what secret messages you have embedded in the flowers. (Source: www.artofmanliness.com) 

What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?

The word “dignified” in paragraph 2 mostly means ____________.

Which of the following does NOT express a secret message for the female receiver during the Victorian Era?

As mentioned in the third paragraph, it’s so moving if a man ____________.

What does the word “her” in the last paragraph refer to?

My two children were full of beans today, looking forward to their trip.

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 following questions.       

    The principle difference between urban growth in Europe and in the North American colonies was the slow evolution of cities in the former and their rapid growth in the latter. In Europe they grew over a period of centuries from town economies to their present urban structure. In North America, they started as wilderness communities and developed to mature urbanism in little more than a century.           In the early colonial days in North America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic Coastline, mostly in what are now New America, small cities sprang up along the Atlantic United States and in the lower Saint Lawrence valley in Canada. This was natural because these areas were nearest England and France, particularly England, from which most capital goods (assets such as equipment) and many consumer goods were imported Merchandising establishments were, accordingly, advantageously located in port cities from which goods could be readily distributed to interior settlements. Here, too, were the favored locations for processing raw materials prior to export. Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, and other cities flourished, and, as the colonies grew, these cities increased in importance.           This was less true in the colonial South, where life centered around large farms, known as plantations, rather than around towns, as was the case in the areas further north along the Atlantic coastline. The local isolation and the economic self-sufficiency of the plantations were antagonistic to the development of the towns. The plantations maintained their independence because they were located on navigable streams and each had a wharf accessible to the small shipping of that day. In fact, one of the strongest factors in the selection of plantation land was the desire to have it front on a water highway.           When the United States became an independent nation in 1776, it did not have a single city as large as 50,000 inhabitants, but by 1820 it had a city of more than 10,000 people, and by 1880 it had recorded a city of over one million. It was not until after 1823, after the mechanization of the spinning and weaving industries, that cities started drawing young people away from farms. Such migration was particularly rapid following the Civil War (1861-1865). 

The word “drawing” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ____________.

According to the passage, early colonial cities were established along the Atlantic coastline of North America due to ____________

According to the passage, all of the following aspects of the plantation system influenced the growth of southern cities EXCEPT the ____________.

The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to ____________.

Which of the following did the Atlantic coastline cities prepare for shipment to Europe during colonial times?

It can be inferred from the passage that, in comparison with northern, cities, most southern cities were ____________.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 15 to 19.           Each family forms its own set of values and decides what is most important to them. Discipline also varies among families. Families have different ways of dealing with different issues. In some families, one or both parents make all the decisions with no (15) ____________ from the children, while other families may encourage input from all family members before decisions are made. Perhaps you know of a family (16) ____________ there is equal decision making among family members.           There is no one family style for everyone. A family’s style develops based on each family’s individual situation and the values they care about. (17) ____________, your family may be laid-back, while another family is very active and hurried. Many different ways of living together can work. What makes a family strong is not just (18) ____________ of people in it, whether its members are related, or their pace of life; people caring for one another and sharing their lives is what really matters.           Many families also share faiths such as religious activities with one another. As a Scout, part of your duty is to do your best to make your family strong and help your family thrive. By doing this, you are helping to lay the (19) ____________ for a stronger community and society.

 In some families, one or both parents make all the decisions with no (15) ____________ from the children, while other families may encourage input from all family members before decisions are made.

Perhaps you know of a family (16) ____________ there is equal decision making among family members.

(17) ____________, your family may be laid-back, while another family is very active and hurried.

What makes a family strong is not just (18) ____________ of people in it, whether its members are related, or their pace of life; people caring for one another and sharing their lives is what really matters.

By doing this, you are helping to lay the (19) ____________ for a stronger community and society.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

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.

Nam was so rude to them last night. Now he feels regretful.

The delivery of gas cylinders will be allowed only if it is contained in an appropriate device.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

A student is talking with his professor about his missing the midterm test.

          - Student: “What can I do to make up for the missing midterm test, professor?”

          - Professor: “____________.”

Tom: “Who’s going to win the contest?” – Jerry: “____________.”

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.

The last time Susan went to school by bike was one year ago.

“You didn’t lock the door this morning as I found the keys on the table when I got home!” the woman told her son.

Many people think that Steve stole the money.

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 questions.

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 questions.

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.

How many people know that the Brooklyn Bridge, built in 1883, were the world’s first suspension bridge?

Economists have tried to discourage the use of the phrase “underdeveloped nation” and encouraging the more accurate phrase “developing nation” in order to suggest an ongoing process.

Though formally close friends, they have now been estranged from each other due to some regrettable misunderstandings.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Let’s begin our discussion now, ____________?

As a small boy, he was used to ____________ alone in the house for an hour or two.

The travel industry should work with local councils and government agencies to agree ____________ realistic standards for planning and development in tourist areas.

The more you practice speaking in public, ____________.

My aunt gave me a(n) ____________ bag on my 24th birthday.

He ____________ a terrible accident while he ____________ along Ben Luc Bridge.

____________ extremely bad weather in the mountains, we’re no longer considering our skiing trip.

Mary will have finished all her work ____________

____________ in dark colors, the room needed some bright lights.

I think the ____________ thing would be to catch a bus home. I’m tired of walking.

Luckily, the rain ____________ so we were able to play the match

When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty ____________ paintings were destroyed, including two by Picasso.

Eager to be able to discuss my work ____________ in French, I hired a tutor to help polish my language skills.

There’s a list of repairs as long as ____________.

Jenny has an ____________ command of Japanese cuisine.

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.

The schoolboy’s excuse wasn’t credible at all. Nobody in the classroom believed in the far-fetched story he told.

On the spur of the moment, she decided to enter the race that she had come to watch.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.