Đề thi thử trước kỳ thi THPT Quốc gia năm 2018 môn Tiếng Anh - Sở GD&ĐT Gia Lai - Mã đề 023

 to indicate the sentence that is closest in 
meaning to each of the following questions from 3 to 5. 
Câu 3: As soon as Jane got off the bus, someone robbed her handbag. 
A. The handbag was stolen due to Jane’s carelessness. 
B. Jane was getting off the bus when she was robbed of the handbag. 
C. Jane had her handbag robbed while she was travelling by bus. 
D. Hardly had Jane got off the bus when she was robbed of the handbag. 
Câu 4: “ Bill, stop playing with the knife, or else you will get a cut” , said the mother. 
A. The mother warned Bill not to play with the knife. 
B. The mother accused Bill of getting a cut. 
C. The mother ordered Bill to get a cut. 
D. The mother asked Bill to play with the knife. 
Câu 5: No one told the child about the truth. 
A. It was not the truth that was told about the child. 
B. It was the child that wasn’t told about the truth. 
C. It was not the child that was told about the truth. 
D. It was the truth that wasn’t told about the child. 
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 6 to 12. 
 College is a new and different experience for me. I am away from home, so I have many things 
to adjust to. Being on my own, talking with friendly people, and having Fridays off- these are just 
some things I like about college. 
 Living at college, first of all, gives me a sense of responsibility, of being on my own. My 
parents are not around to say, “No, you’re not going out tonight.” or “Did you finish your 
homework?” Everything I do has to be my decision, and that gives me the responsibility of handling 
my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had to go out and look for a bank where I 
could open an account. Before that I looked in the phone book since I had no clue about any banks 
around here or where they were located. Someone told me to go to a bank named Continental Federal 
Savings. And I ha...’s likes of college EXCEPT______. 
A. a sense of being on her own B. being able to sleep in 
C. having no class on Fridays D. being homesick 
Câu 8: The example of going to a bank in paragraph 2 shows the author______. 
A. wants to draw some money B. has to depend on her own 
C. has a lot of money D. is very industrious 
Câu 9: The word “handling” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______. 
A. managing B. controlling C. living D. caring 
Câu 10: The phrase “had no clue” in paragraph 2 mostly means______. 
A. learned everything B. knew nothing C. took no notice of D. seized the chance 
Câu 11: The author of the passage seems to be proud of______. 
A. being away from her parents B. entering the college 
C. opening an account in a famous bank D. making her own decisions 
Câu 12: The phrase “sleep in” in paragraph 3 probably means______. 
A. get up very late B. sleep in bed C. get to sleep fast D. go to bed early 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the 
following questions from 13 to 24. 
Câu 13: If I had been able to hide in my emotion, I ______ to do so immediately. 
A. had not hesitated B. will not hesitate 
C. would not have hesitated D. would not hesitate 
Câu 14: What were you doing while I ______? 
A. would work B. was working C. worked D. would be working 
Câu 15: I was so happy and excited that I couldn’t stop______. 
A. laughing B. to laughing C. laugh D. to laugh 
Câu 16: There have been few traffic accidents in this city for months, ______? 
A. have they B. haven’t there C. have there D. haven’t they 
Câu 17: An/A _______ individual is the one who has one clear aim and works very hard to achieve 
it. 
A. single-minded B. open-minded C. open-hearted D. single-handed 
Câu 18: ______, the more he likes it. 
A. The more it is dangerous B. The more dangerous is it 
C. The more dangerous it is D. The more is it dangerous 
Câu 19: Last year, the success of the U-23 nationa...ndicate the sentence that best combines each 
pair of sentences in the following questions from 25 to 26. 
Câu 25: 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. Recognized wherever she goes, the pop star always has a bodyguard. 
C. The pop star always has a bodyguard so that no one else can recognize her. 
D. Recognizing her wherever she goes, a bodyguard is always at her side. 
Câu 26: It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it. 
A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting. 
B. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it. 
C. So interesting was the novel that I stayed up all night to finish it. 
D. Unless it were an interesting novel, 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 word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 27 to 31. 
THE SUPERMARKET TROLLEY 
 Today we take many inventions for granted but one of the most useful ones is the “not so 
(27)_____” 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 (28)_____ 
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 (29)_____ 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. 
(30)_____, 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 (31)_____ story began. 
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