ĐỀ SỞ THANH HÓA
ĐỀ SỞ THANH HÓA
ĐỀ SỞ THANH HÓA
ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA MÔN TIẾNG ANH 2019 SỞ GD & ĐT THANH HÓA
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 1: Of all the world’s major oceans, ________ Arctic Ocean is the shallowest.
A. a B. the C. an D.
Question 2: When they got home, dinner _______ so they had a drink first and waited.
A. was preparing B. is being prepared
C. was being prepared D. has been preparing
Question 3: It was raining hard. _______, the match went ahead.
A. Therefore B. Because C. However D. But
Question 4: I can’t concentrate _______ my work because of all the noise the builders are making.
A. in B. on C. at D. to
Question 5: The scientists _______ on this project try to find the solutions to air pollution.
A. who working B. working C. are working D. worked
Question 6: Tim wouldn’t have met Mary ______ to his sister’s birthday party.
A. if he has not gone B. had he not gone C. hadn’t he gone D. if he didn’t go
Question 7: There are two small rooms in the beach house, _______ served as a kitchen.
A. the smaller of which B. the smallest of which
C. the smaller of them D. the smallest of that
Question 8: The group leader wanted that everyone worked together; she asked for everyone’s
_______.
A. combination B. responsibility C. competition D. cooperation
Question 9: _______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.
A. A comparison B. Compare them C. If you compare D. When compared
Question 10: Don’t get so nervous about Tom’s coming late. When you get to him better, you’ll learn
to take it ______.
A. easy B. loose C. nice D. fine
Question 11: Nylon, a synthetic ______ from a combination of water, air, and a by-product of coal,
was first introduced in 1938.
A. to make B. made C. making D. make
Question 12: I read the contract again and again _______ avoiding making spelling mistakes.
A. in terms of B. by means of C. with a view to D. in view of
Question 13: The trouble with James is that he never ______ on time for a meeting.
A. turns up B. takes up C. turns down D. takes off
Question 30: How on earth could they do away with a lovely old building like that and put a car park
there instead.
A. keep B. eliminate C. decrease D. squander
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 question.
Question 31: I think my hair looks fine. My mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
A. Not only do I think my hair looks fine, but my mother also believes it needs a little more
brushing.
B. Either my mother believes it needs a little more brushing or I think my hair looks fine.
C. I think my hair looks fine, but my mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
D. I think my hair looks so fine that my mother believes it needs a little more brushing.
Question 32: Not many students get high scores today. The test are too hard.
A. Unless the test were easy, no students could get high scores.
B. Not all students would get high scores with such easy tests.
C. If the test today were easy, more students would get high scores.
D. The test are difficult, but all students will get high scores.
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.
Question 33: It is the job interview that you should be prepared to mention a salary range.
A B C D
Question 34: Parents’ choice for their children’s names are based on names of relatives and ancestors.
A B C D
Question 35: Factories located on the coastlines have released untreated pollution directly into the
A B C D
ocean.
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 most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible, explicit aspects of
culture, such as language, dress, food, religion, music, and social rituals. Although they are important,
these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only
the tip of the iceberg of culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside
awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are aware that certain “invisible”
aspects of their culture exist.
Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be late before
being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention
through listening behaviour, what we consider beautiful or ugly - these are all aspects of culture that
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we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural
assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behaviour
as cultural in origin.
Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross-cultural relations. Conflicts may arise
when we are unable to recognize others’ behavioural differences as cultural rather than personal. We
tend to misinterpret other people’s behaviour, blame them, or judge their intentions or competence
without realizing that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences.
Formal organizations and institutions, such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, governments, and
the legal system are collection sites for invisible cultural differences. If the differences were more
visible, we might have less misunderstanding. For example, if we met a man in a courthouse who was
wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we
would not assume that we understood his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when
such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other
obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result,
mutual misunderstanding may arise.
Question 36: What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To point out that much of culture is learned consciously.
B. To describe cultural diversity.
C. To explain the importance of invisible aspects of culture.
D. To explain why cross-cultural conflict occurs.
Question 37: The word “deliberately” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. slowly B. intentionally C. accurately D. randomly
Question 38: The phrase “the tip of the iceberg” in paragraph 1 means that _______.
A. most aspects of culture cannot be seen
B. we usually focus on the highest forms of culture
C. visible aspects of culture are learned in formal institutions
D. other cultures seem cold to us
Question 39: Which of the following was NOT mentioned as an example of invisible culture?
A. How people express interest in what others are saying
B. How late is considered impolite
C. What topics to avoid in conversation
D. What food to eat in a courthouse
Question 40: The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. invisible cultural assumptions B. people from a different culture
C. topics that should be avoided in conversation D. people who speak a different language
Question 41: It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that conflict results when _______.
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