SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC
TRƯỜNG THPT LIỄN SƠN
(ĐỀ ĐỀ XUẤT)
ĐỀ THI THỬ THQG NĂM 2015
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ 049
Thời gian: 90 phút

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. represent B. permanent C. continent D. sentiment
Question 2: A. immediate B. optimist C. accuracy D. fabulous
Question 3: A. participate B. hydrology C. facilitate D. intimacy
Question 4: A. romantic B. financial C. popular D. reduction
Question 5: A. involve B. guidance C. future D. prospect
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 6: Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.
A. excess B. large quantity C. small quantity D. sufficiency
Question 7: There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.
A. attraction B. consideration C. ease D. speculation
III. Read the following passage adapted from Understanding Rural America - InfoUSA and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 8 to 17.
The well-being of America`s rural people and places depends upon many things - the availability of good-paying jobs; (8)______ to critical services such as education, health care, and communication; strong communities; and a healthy natural environment. And, (9)______ urban America is equally dependent upon these things, the challenges to well-being look very different in rural areas than in urban areas. Small-scale, low-density settlement (10)______ make it more costly for communities and businesses to provide critical services. Declining jobs and income in the natural resource-based industries that many rural areas depend on (11)______ workers in those industries to find new ways to make a living. Low-skill, low-wage rural manufacturing industries must find new ways to challenge the increasing number of (12)______ competitors. Distance and remoteness impede many rural areas from being connected to the urban centers of economic activity. Finally, changes in the availability and use of natural resources located in rural areas (13)______ the people who earn a living from those resources and those who (14)______ recreational and other benefits from them. Some rural areas have met these challenges successfully, achieved some level of prosperity, and are ready (15)______ the challenges of the future. Others have neither met the current challenges nor positioned themselves for the future. Thus, concern for rural America is real. And, while rural America is a producer of critical goods and services, the (16)______ goes beyond economics. Rural America is also home to a fifth of the Nation`s people, keeper of natural amenities and national treasures, and safeguard of a/an (17)______ part of American culture, tradition, and history.
Question 8: A. key B. access C. challenge D. advantage
Question 9: A. while B. when C. because D. since
Question 10: A. means B. patterns C. tools D. styles
Question 11: A. offer B. force C. turn D. make
Question 12: A. abroad B. lateral C. rural D. foreign
Question 13: A. encourage B. affect C. stimulate D. effect
Question 14: A. derive B. evolve C. bring D. involve
Question 15: A. with B. in C. for D. of
Question 16: A. concern B. stimulus C. research D. impatience
Question 17: A. incredible B. simple C. unique D. abnormal
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 18: His new work has enjoyed a very good review from critics and readers.
A. opinion B. viewing C. look D. regard