Bộ đề luyện thi THPT Quốc gia năm môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2016-2017 (Phần 1)

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC 2016- 2017 (Đề gồm có 04 trang) MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 009 Thời gian: 60 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề Mark(s) Code ……….

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.

Question 1:A. paid B. said C. pail D. laid Question 2:A. ancient B. patient C. action D. question 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. It is hard to think of a world without gas or electricity. Both are commonly used for lighting and heating today. We now can instantly flick a lighter or strike a match to make a flame. But it was not long ago that there were no such things as matches or lighters. To make fire, it was necessary to strike a piece of iron on flint for sparks to ignite some tinder. If the tinder was damp, or the flint old, you had to borrow some fire from a neighbour. We do not know exactly when or how people first used fire. Perhaps, many ages ago, they found that sticks would burn if they were dropped into some hole where melted lava from a volcano lay boiling. They brought the lighted sticks back to make their fire in a cave. Or, they may have seen trees catch fire through being struck by lightning, and used the trees to start their own fires. Gradually people learned they could start a fire without travelling far to find flames. They rubbed two pieces of wood together. This method was used for thousands of years. When people became used to making fires with which to cook food and stay warm at night, they found that certain resins or gums from trees burnt longer and brighter. They melted resins and dipped branches in the liquid to make torches that lit their homes at night. Iron stands in which torches used to be fixed can still be seen in old buildings of Europe. There was no lighting in city streets until gas lamps, and then electric lamps were installed. Boys ran about London at night carrying torches of burning material. They were called torch boys, or link boys, and earned a living by guiding visitors to friends’ houses at night. For centuries homes were lit by candles until oil was found. Even then, oil lamps were no more effective than a cluster of candles. We read about the splendours and marvels of ancient palaces and castles, but we forget that they must have been gloomy and murky places at night.

Question 3: The first fire used by people was probably obtained......

A. from the sun’s heat through glass B. from heat or fire caused by nature C. by striking iron against flint D. by rubbing wood together Question 4: To make a fire in times just before the advent of matches, it was essential to have access to......

A. a burning fire or to possess iron B. flint, iron and dry tinder C. a burning fire or to possess flint D. a magnifying glass Question 5: Before the electric lamp was invented.......

A. candles and oil lamps appeared about the same time B. candles and then oil lamps were used C. oil lamps and then candles were used D. people did not use any form of lighting in their houses Question 6: The word "lighter" in the passage mostly means.......

A. a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light B. the energy from the sun, a lamp, etc. that makes it possible to see things C. a small device that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes, etc. D. a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is on fire Question 7: Torches for lighting were made from.......

A. the wood of gum trees B. tree branches dipped in melted resins C. iron bars dipped in melted resins D. wooden poles dipped in oil 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 8: There is no truth in the rumour that Barbara had …