Đề thi thử THPT quốc gia môn: Tiếng anh - Đề 3

 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.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the American educational system was desperately in need of reform. Private schools existed, but only for the very rich. There were very few public schools because of the strong sentiment that children who would grow up to be laborers should not “waste” their time on education but should instead prepare themselves for their life’s work. It was in the face of this public sentiment that educational reformers set about their task. Horace Mann, probably the most famous of the reformers, felt that there was no excuse in a republic for any citizen to be uneducated. As Superintendent of Education in the state of Massachusetts from 1837 to 1848, he initiated various changes, which were soon matched in other school districts around the country. He extended the school year from five to six months and improved the quality of teachers by instituting teacher education and raising teacher salaries. Although these changes did not bring about a sudden improvement in the educational system, they at least increased public awareness as to the need for a further strengthening ofthe system.
Question 45: The best title for the passage could be_____.
A. The Beginnings of Reform in American Education
B. Nineteenth – the Century of Reform
C. A Flight for Change
D. American Education in the Beginning of the 19th Century
Question 46: The passage implied that to go to a private school, a student needed_____.
A. a high level of intelligence 	B. a strong educational background
C. a lot of money 	D. good grades
Question 47: The word “desperately” in the passage mostly means_____.
A. obviously	 B. urgently 	C. completely	D. partly
Question 48: The author of the passage puts the word “waste” in quotation marks because he_____.
A. does not want students to waste their time on education
B. is quoting someone else who said that education was a waste of time
C. thinks that education is not really a waste of time
D. wants to emphasize how much time is wasted on education
Question 49: According to the passage, Horace Mann wanted a better educational system for Americans because_____.
A. Massachusetts residents needed something to do with their spare time
B. education at the time was so cheap
C. all citizens should be educated in a republic
D. people had nothing else to do except go to school
Question 50: The word “reformers” in the passage mostly means_____.
A. people who try to change things for the better 
B. people who believe that education is wasted
C. people who really enjoy teaching 
D. people who work for the government
Question 51: The word “citizen” in the passage mostly means_____.
A. a person who lives in a particular city
B. a person who works in a particular place
C. a person who works, especially one who does a particular kind of work
D. a person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country
Question 52: From 1837 to 1848, Horace Mann_____.
A. raised money for the educational development in Massachusetts
B. managed education in the state of Massachusetts
C. funded many projects to improve the educational system for Americans
D. worked as a headmaster in a school in the state of Massachusetts
Question 53: According to the passage, which sentence is NOT TRUE ?
A. Horace Mann suggested schools prepare children for their life’s work
B. Horace Mann was a famous US educational reformer
C. Horace Mann brought about changes in many schools in the United States
D. Horace Mann began raising teachers’ salaries
Question 54: According to the passage, which of the following is a change that Horace Mann instituted?
A. Increased pay for students	B. The matching of other districts’ policies
C. Better teacher training	D. The five-month school year
Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer. 
	Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. 
	One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. 
	The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers. 
	Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other. 
	By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied. 
Question 55: Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because ______. 
A. few people could read to themselves
B. there were few places available for private reading
C. silent reading had not been discovered
D. people relied on reading for entertainment
Question 56: The word “commonplace” in the first paragraph mostly means “______”. 
A. attracting attention B. for everybody’s use C. most preferable D. widely used
Question 57: The development of silent reading during the last century indicated ______. 
A. an increase in the number of books 	B. an increase in the average age of readers
C. a change in the status of literate people 	D. a change in the nature of reading
Question 58: Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of ______. 
A. the decreasing need to read aloud 	B. the development of libraries
C. the increase in literacy 	D. the decreasing number of listeners
Question 59: It can be inferred that the emergence of the mass media and specialised reading materials was an indication of ______. 
A. a decline of standards of literacy 	B. a change in the readers’ interest
C. an improvement of printing techniques 	D. an alteration in educationalists’ attitudes
Question 60: The phrase “a specialised readership” in paragraph 4 mostly means “______”. 
A. a status for readers specialised in mass media
B. a limited number of readers in a particular area of knowledge
C. a requirement for readers in a particular area of knowledge
D. a reading volume for particular professionals
Question 61: The phrase “oral reader” in the last paragraph mostly means “a person who ______”. 
A. takes part in an audition 	B. is good at public speaking
C. is interested in spoken language 	D. practises reading to an audience
Question 62: All of the following might be the factors that affected the continuation of the old shared literacy culture EXCEPT ______. 
A. the inappropriate reading skills 	B. the printed mass media
C. the diversity of reading materials 	D. the specialised readership
Question 63: Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage? 
A. Reading aloud was more common in the past than it is today.
B. The decline of reading aloud was wholly due to its distracting effect.
C. The change in reading habits was partly due to the social, cultural and technological changes.
D. Not all printed mass media was appropriate for reading aloud.
Question 64: The writer of this passage is attempting to ______. 
A. show how reading methods have improved 	B. explain how reading habits have developed
C. change people’s attitudes to reading 	D. encourage the growth of reading
WRITING 
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 
Question 65: She works hard so she earns much money.
à If 	
Question 66: People think that he died of cancer many years ago.
à He is 	
Question 67: The girl sitting next to me yesterday can speak Turkish.
à The girl who 	
Question 68: The last time he wrote to me was in 2000.
à He hasn’t 	
Question 69: I bought the new book from the book shop.
à It 	
Part II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about the measures people can take to protect endangered species
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KEY: 
1
C
17
A
33
B
49
C
2
B
18
C
34
D
50
A
3
B
19
B
35
D
51
D
4
A
20
D
36
C
52
B
5
C
21
B
37
A
53
A
6
A
22
D
38
C
54
C
7
B
23
A
39
A
55
A
8
B
24
D
40
B
56
D
9
C
25
C
41
D
57
D
10
A
26
B
42
D
58
C
11
B
27
A
43
B
59
B
12
B
28
D
44
A
60
B
13
B
29
D
45
A
61
D
14
D
30
A
46
C
62
A
15
D
31
B
47
B
63
B
16
B
32
B
48
C
64
B
WRITING 
Part I. 
65. If she didn’t work hard, she wouldn’t earn much money
66. He is thought to have died of cancer many years ago
67. The girl who sat next to me yesterday can speak Turkish
68. He hasn’t written to me since 2000
69. It was the new book that / which I bought from the book shop