Đề thi thử trước kỳ thi THPT Quốc gia năm 2018 môn Tiếng Anh - Sở GD&ĐT Gia Lai - Mã đề 012

mother ordered Bill to get a cut. 
C. The mother warned Bill not to play with the knife. 
D. The mother accused Bill of getting a cut. 
Câu 3: No one told the child about the truth. 
A. It was the truth that wasn’t told about the child. 
B. It was not the child that was told about the truth. 
C. It was not the truth that was told about the child. 
D. It was the child that wasn’t told about the truth. 
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 from 4 to 6. 
Câu 4: I have three cousins, all of them are doctors in the same hospital in a cosmopolitan city 
 A B C D 
Câu 5: Unless you give off, smoking you run the risk of becoming quite ill. 
 A B C D 
Câu 6: A large number of people are reported to be killed in the fight a fortnight ago. 
 A B C D 
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 from 7 to 8. 
Câu 7: The year 2008 is a memorable year for people around the world because of the global 
financial recession that hit practically every sector of the world economy. 
A. crisis B. depression C. prosperity D. downturn 
Câu 8: At school, people always used to take the mickey out of him for having red hair. 
A. tease or make fun of him B. pay him a compliment 
C. say he is like Mickey Mouse D. hurt him badly 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the 
following questions from 9 to 20. 
Câu 9: If I had been able to hide in my emotion, I ______ to do so immediately. 
A. would not have hesitated B. would not hesitate 
C. had not hesitated D. will not hesitate 
Câu 10: What were you doing while I ______? 
A. was working B. worked C. would work D. would be working 
Câu 11: I was so happy and excited that I couldn’t stop______. 
A. laugh B. to laugh C. l...y with me. I didn’t do all the work I ______ last week. 
A. should have done B. needn’t have done C. may have done D. must have done 
Câu 19: Due to a recent heated argument on the division of household chores, Jack and Jill are barely 
on ______ terms. 
A. playing B. meeting C. saying D. speaking 
Câu 20: The company should ______ on making a decision until the market situation becomes more 
stable. 
A. fall back B. get by C. catch up D. hold off 
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 21 to 25. 
THE SUPERMARKET TROLLEY 
 Today we take many inventions for granted but one of the most useful ones is the “not so 
(21)_____” supermarket trolley. Before the 1930s women shoppers went into grocery stores with their 
own baskets. However, they would only buy a few things because their baskets wouldn’t (22)_____ 
much. 
 Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma noticed this and decided that he had to think of a way to 
encourage people to buy more, especially since business was not (23)_____ very well. He took a 
holding chair, added wheels to the legs and placed two baskets on the top. He put the trolley near the 
door and waited to see his customers’ reactions. He was very disappointed. No one took any notice. 
(24)_____, being a very determined man, he didn’t give up. He hired people to push them around the 
store filled with groceries. Customers were offered one to try out and the (25)_____ story began. 
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Câu 21: A. meaningful B. critical C. significant D. serious 
Câu 22: A. keep B. hold C. take D. put 
Câu 23: A. making B. running C. working D. doing 
Câu 24: A. Nevertheless B. Consequently C. Therefore D. Additionally 
Câu 25: A. succeeding B. successful C. success D. successive 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best c...y people say that assembly-line jobs are monotonous and unrewarding. 
A. hard-working B. expensive C. comfortable D. unsatisfactory 
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 from 30 to 31. 
Câu 30: The pop star is recognized wherever she goes. Therefore, she always has a bodyguard. 
A. The pop star avoids recognition wherever she goes by having a bodyguard. 
B. The pop star always has a bodyguard so that no one else can recognize her. 
C. Recognized wherever she goes, the pop star always has a bodyguard. 
D. Recognizing her wherever she goes, a bodyguard is always at her side. 
Câu 31: It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it. 
A. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it. 
B. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting. 
C. Unless it were an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it. 
D. So interesting was the novel that I stayed up all night to finish it. 
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 from 32 to 39. 
 One of the hottest topics related to the environment is rainforests. Despite always being 
mentioned in the news, many people don’t know very much about these areas or understand why they 
are so important. The name “rainforest” actually does a pretty good job of describing what they are - 
tall forests that receive high amounts of precipitation. In a year, rainforests get between 250 to 450 
centimetres of precipitation. There are two types of rainforests: tropical rainforests and temperate 
rainforests. Tropical rainforests are more plentiful and are located in warmer climates, while temperate 
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rainforests are found in places where the weather is a bit milder. In terms of location, rainforests can 
be found on every cont