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BỘ 20 ĐỀ THI THỬ CHỌN LỌC BÁM SÁT

MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Tài liệu lưu hành nội bộ - Tự Học 365)

M ụ c l ụ c

Đề s ố 1: Chuyên Đạ i h ọ c Vinh l ầ n 1 2

Đề s ố 2: Chuyên Khoa h ọ c T ự Nhiên l ầ n 1 8

Đề s ố 3: Chuyên Đạ i h ọ c Ngo ạ i ng ữ l ầ n 1 14

Đề s ố 4: Chuyên DHSP l ầ n 2 21

Đề s ố 5: Chuyên V ĩ nh Phúc l ầ n 3 27

Đề s ố 6: Chuyên B ắ c Giang l ầ n 1 34

Đề s ố 7: Chuyên B ắ c Ninh L ầ n 1 41

Đề s ố 8: Chuyên B ắ c Ninh l ầ n 2 49

Đề s ố 9: S ở B ạ c Liêu l ầ n 1 57

Đề s ố 10: Chuyên B ắ c Ninh l ầ n 3 63

Đề s ố 11: Chuyên Tr ầ n Phú l ầ n 1 70

Đề s ố 12: S ở B ạ c Liêu l ầ n 2 77

Đề s ố 13: Chuyên Đạ i h ọ c S ư ph ạ m HN l ầ n 1 83

Đề s ố 14: Chuyên Lê Thánh Tông l ầ n 1 90

Đề s ố 15: Chuyên Thái Nguyên l ầ n 1 96

Đề s ố 16: Chuyên L ươ ng V ă n T ụ y l ầ n 1 103

Đề s ố 17: Chuyên Hoàng V ă n Th ụ l ầ n 1 111

Đề s ố 18: S ở B ắ c Ninh l ầ n 1 117

Đề s ố 19: Chuyên H ư ng Yên l ầ n 2 124

Đề s ố 20: C ụ m tr ườ ng Ngh ệ An l ầ n 1 130

Đề s ố 21: S ở Ninh Bình l ầ n 1 137

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Tài liệu KYS Khóa đề thi thử THPT 2019 1

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to each of the following exchanges

Question 1: Mike: “ _” – Phương: “Thanks, I will.”

A Thank you for your help B Wish you a happy journey

C Give my best wishes to your parents D You got the first prize Congratulation!

Question 2: Sylvia: “Do you mind if I use your dictionary?”

Trang: “Of course not _.”

A I have a dictionary B It’s over there C Don’t do that D I’m sorry I can’t

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part(s) in each of the following questions

Question 3: After many months of grueling work and painful injuries to her shoulder and back, Susan realized that her dream of swimming the English Channel was unattainable

A impossible B realistic C confused D unachievable Question 4: Head Coach Park Hang–Seo along with his football team has achieved unprecedented results

so far

A enormous B outstanding C phenomenal D commonplace

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Question 5: I find it difficult to remain neutral while he is concerned about the matter

A objective B positive C negative D middle Question 6: A lot of superstitious practice in a country can be a major impediment to its economic

development

A obstacle B assistance C impetus D encouragement

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks

SETTLING IN OUR UNIVERSITY

The university campus is like one big village where thousands of students live, work and relax

surrounded by rolling green fields It is the centre of the student (7) _ in all its variety While it is basically a place for young people, there are a (8) _ of family flats and children are never far away

People come to live here from all over the world, so members of different cultures and speakers of different

languages live next door to each other One house has had special structural (9) _ to make it suitable

for students with disabilities Most first year students live on campus It's the easiest way to meet people

when you first arrive and there’s always somebody to (10) _ It’s a busy, lively place, but because the campus is in the middle of parkland, you can (11) _ off and be alone if you want to

ĐỀ THI THỬ MÔN ANH 2019 SỐ 1

CHUYÊN ĐẠI HỌC VINH LẦN 1

HƯỚNG DẪN GIẢI CHI TIẾT

Question 1 C Question 2 B Question 3 B Question 4 D Question 5 A

Question 6 A Question 7 C Question 8 D Question 9 D Question 10 B

Question 11 C Question 12 C Question 13 C Question 14 C Question 15 C

Question 16 D Question 17 D Question 18 A Question 19 D Question 20 C

Question 21 D Question 22 D Question 23 D Question 24 C Question 25 B

Question 26 D Question 27 C Question 28 B Question 29 D Question 30 C

Question 31 C Question 32 C Question 33 B Question 34 A Question 35 B

Question 36 B Question 37 B Question 38 D Question 39 B Question 40 A

Question 41 B Question 42 A Question 43 B Question 44 B Question 45 A

Question 46 D Question 47 D Question 48 C Question 49 A Question 50 A

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Question 7: A society B company C community D connection Question 8: A block B quantity C pile D number Question 9: A changes B adjustments C exchanges D alterations Question 10: A get round to B drop in on C face up to D go in for Question 11: A limp B crawl C wander D march

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

Question 12: You may be very intelligent You should be careful about what you are going to do

A No matter why intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do

B No matter what intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do

C No matter how intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do

D No matter whatever intelligent you may be, you should be careful about what you are going to do Question 13: My sister didn’t leave the house key As a result, I can’t be cooking lunch now

A If my sister have left the house key, I could have been cooking lunch now

B If my sister had left the house key, I could have been cooking lunch now

C If my sister had left the house key, I could be cooking lunch now

D If my sister left the house key, I could be cooking lunch now

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 question

Mountaineers have noted that as they climb, for example, up to the 12,633–foot Humphreys Peak in

the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona, plant life changes radically Starting among the cacti of the Sonoran Desert, one climbs into a pine forest at 7,000 feet and a treeless alpine tundra at the summit It may seem

that plants at a given altitude are associated in what can be called “communities” – groupings of interacting species The idea is that over time, plants that require particular climate and soil conditions come to live in the same places, and hence are frequently to be found together Scientists who study the history of plant life are known as paleobotanists, or paleobots for short They build up a picture of how groups of plants

have responded to climate changes and how ecosystems develop But are these associations, which are real

in the present, permanent?

A great natural experiment took place on this planet between 25,000 and 10,000 years ago, when small changes in the earth’s orbit and axis of rotation caused great sheets of ice to spread from the poles These glaciers covered much of North America and Europe to depths of up to two miles, and then, as the climate warmed, they retreated During this retreat, they left behind newly uncovered land for living things

to colonize, and as those living things moved in they laid down a record we can read now As the ice retreated and plants started to grow near a lake, they would release pollen Some would fall into the lake, sink to the bottom, and be incorporated into the sediment By drilling into the lake bottom it is possible to

read the record of successive plant life around the lake The fossil record seems clear; there is little or no

evidence that entire groups of plants moved north together Things that lived together in the past don’t live together now, and things that live together now didn’t live together in the past Each individual organism moved at its own pace The fossil record seems to be telling us that we should be thinking about preserving species by giving them room to maneuver – to respond to environmental changes

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Question 14: What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A Plant migration after the ice age

B The effects of the ice age on plants

C The need to develop a new approach to environmental issues

D Communities of plants live at different altitudes

Question 15: The word “radically” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _

A quickly B variably C dramatically D demonstrably

Question 16: The author mentions “cacti” and “a treeless alpine tundra” in paragraph 1 to illustrate

_

A changes in climate B the effects of the ice age

C plant immigration D communities of plants

Question 17: The word “which” in last sentence of paragraph 1 refers to _

A the developments of ecosystems B plant life changes

C the current theories of ecosystem D the responses of plants to climate changes Question 18: The word “successive” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _

A consecutive B accumulative C extinct D following

Question 19: The passage states that by drilling into the lake bottom it is possible to find successive fossils

of _

A plant life B sediment D ice D pollen

Question 20: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A That the migratory patterns of plants are dependent upon changes in climate

B That current associations of plants are similar to those in the past

C That modern conservation methods should consider the migratory patterns of plants

D That another ice age is likely to occur at some time

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning

to each of the following questions

Question 21: “I won’t return the book you lent me until tomorrow afternoon,” said Lucy

A Lucy told me to return the book she had lent me until the next afternoon

B Lucy promised to return the book I had lent her until the next afternoon

C Lucy offered to return the book I had lent her until the next afternoon

D Lucy refused to return the book I had lent her until the next afternoon

Question 22: But for two minor mistakes, I would have got full marks for the test

A Had I made two minor mistakes, I would have got full marks for the test

B If I didn’t make these two minor mistakes, I would have got full mark for the test

C If the mistakes hadn’t been minor, I could have got full marks for the test

D I would have got full marks for the test if there hadn’t been these two minor mistakes

Question 23: Many people are afraid of sharks, but they rarely attack people

A Sharks rarely attack people because many people are afraid of them

B Rarely attacked by sharks, many people are, therefore, afraid of them

C Many people are afraid of sharks because they are dangerous

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D Although sharks rarely attack people, many people are afraid of them

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Question 24: Though artist Tatun was totally blind in one eye and had only slight vision in another, he

became an internationally renowned jazz musician

A Though B only slight C another D internationally

Question 25: The abilities to work hard, follow directions, and thinking independently are some of the

criteria for success in the work place

A to work B thinking C are D for success

Question 26: Photographs from a satellite are frequently used to generate the information is needed to

produce a map

A are B used C generate D is needed

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

Considered the most influential architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) was born in the small rural community of Richland Center, Wisconsin He entered the University of Wisconsin at the age of 15 as a special student, studying engineering because the school had no course in architecture At the age of 20 he then went to work as a draftsman in Chicago in order to learn the traditional, classical language of architecture After marrying into a wealthy business family at the age of 21, Wright set up house in an exclusive neighborhood in Chicago, and after a few years of working for a number of architectural firms, set up his own architectural office

For twenty years he brought up a family of six children upstairs, and ran a thriving architectural practice of twelve or so draftsmen downstairs Here, in an idyllic American suburb, with giant oaks,

sprawling lawns, and no fences, Wright built some sixty rambling homes by the year 1900 He became the

leader of a style known as the “Prairie” school – houses with low–pitched roofs and extended lines that blended into the landscape and typified his style of “organic architecture”

By the age of forty–one, in 1908, Wright had achieved extraordinary social and professional success

He gave countless lectures at major universities, and started his Taliesin Fellowship – a visionary social

workshop in itself In 1938 he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and later, on a two cent stamp

The most spectacular buildings of his mature period were based on forms borrowed from nature, and the intentions were clearly romantic, poetic, and intensely personal Examples of these buildings are Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel (1915–22: demolished 1968), and New York City’s Guggenheim Museum (completed 1959) He continued working until his death in 1959, at the age of 92, although in his later years, he spent

as much time giving interviews and being a celebrity, as he did in designing buildings Wright can be

considered an essentially idiosyncratic architect whose influence was immense but whose pupils were few Question 27: With which of the following subject is the passage mainly concerned?

A The development of modern architecture in America

B The contributions of the “Prairie” School to modern architecture

C The life and achievements of a famous architect

D The influence of the style of “organic architecture” in America

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Question 28: Frank Lioyd Wright first worked as a draftsman _

A because he lived above his shop and employed draftsman for twenty years

B to learn the language of architecture

C because that is what he studied at the University of Wisconsin

D because that is the work of new employees in architectural firms

Question 29: The word “some” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _

A exactly B over C nearly D around

Question 30: According to the passage, an idyllic American suburb is _

A based on forms borrowed from nature

B blended into the landscape

C giant oaks, sprawling lawns, and no fences

D houses with low–pitched reefs and extended lines

Question 31: The word “itself” in paragraph 3 refers to _

A social workshop B He C Taliesin Fellowship D major universities Question 32: The word “idiosyncratic” in last sentence is closest in meaning to _

A idiotic B idealistic C individualistic D independent

Question 33: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A The Taliesin Fellowship was a grant of money

B Many of Wright’s architectural ideas have not been taken up by others

C Wright used his wife’s money to set up his own architectural office in an exclusive neighborhood

D Some of Wright’s most notable buildings have been demolished because they were not popular Question 34: All of the following about Frank Lioyd Wright are true EXCEPT

A he became the leader of a style known as “organic architecture”

B he died at the age of 92

C he commenced university studies at the age of 15

D some of his most spectacular buildings were not in American

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is not pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions

Question 35: A informs B mistakes C combines D complains Question 36: A toothache B church C chemistry D stomach

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 37: A controller B popularity C embarrassing D convenient Question 38: A exceeding B existence C example D carefully

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

Question 39: Only when you become a parent _ what true responsibility is

A don’t you understand B will you understand C you understand D you will understand Question 40: We regret to inform you that Ms Markowitz’s workshop on public speaking _

postponed until next week

A has been B were C would be D being

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Question 41: I don’t think students who volunteer in high school will continue to volunteer throughout

their lives, _?

A don’t they B will they C do they D won’t they

Question 42: Children are told to be _ for the whole week and promised to be rewarded at weekends

A obedient B obedience C disobedient D obey

Question 43: _, one tin will last for at least six weeks

A Using economical B Used economically C Used economical D Using economically Question 44: The audience, _, enjoyed the performance

A they themselves were students B most of whom were students

C most of them were students D they were mostly students

Question 45: It is the organizer’s request that _

A everyone arrive here in time B everyone shall arrive here in time

C everyone must arrive here in time D everyone arrives here in time

Question 46: The party wasn’t very , so almost all his friends left early

A interested B boring C bored D interesting

Question 47: The people awaiting their delayed flight had to spend the night _ on the cold floor

A slept B having slept C to sleep D sleeping

Question 48: I never take much on holiday with me, just _ clothes and a couple of books

A a little B few C a few D little

Question 49: The more you talk about the matter,

A the worse the situation seems B the worse seem the situation

C the situation seems worse C the situation seems the worse

Question 50: Where _ is the commonest form of colour – blindness

A red and green are not easily distinguished

B they are not easily distinguished red and green

C are the red and green not easily distinguished

D are not easily distinguished red and green

Question 1 C Question 2 B Question 3 B Question 4 D Question 5 A Question 6 A Question 7 C Question 8 D Question 9 D Question 10 B Question 11 C Question 12 C Question 13 C Question 14 C Question 15 C Question 16 D Question 17 D Question 18 A Question 19 D Question 20 C Question 21 D Question 22 D Question 23 D Question 24 C Question 25 B Question 26 D Question 27 C Question 28 B Question 29 D Question 30 C Question 31 C Question 32 C Question 33 B Question 34 A Question 35 B Question 36 B Question 37 B Question 38 D Question 39 B Question 40 A Question 41 B Question 42 A Question 43 B Question 44 B Question 45 A Question 46 D Question 47 D Question 48 C Question 49 A Question 50 A

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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 talked B missed C learned D watched Question 2: A gosh B most C frost D cost

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three

in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

Question 3: A Supply B consist C happen D delay Question 4: A comfortable B necessary C memorable D unattractive

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Question 5: My brother hopes to travel around the world _ next summer

Question 6: If he improved his IT skills, he _ a job

A will easily get B would easily get C will easily have got D would easily have got Question 7: While I _ at the bus stop, three buses went by in the opposite direction

A was waiting B waited C had waited D were waiting Question 8: It was the first time I had visitors _ I had moved to London

Question 9: They advised me _ visiting the troubled south of the country

A about B Away C against D along Question 10: The work that the students do _ the year will count towards their final degrees

Question 11: Over the past 30 years, the average robot price _ by half in real terms, and even further

relative to labor costs

A is fallen B has fallen C were fallen D have fallen Question 12: Janet admitted _ the car without insurance

A to be driving B being driven C to have driven D having driven Question 13: He should have his visa _ before it expires if he does not want to be deported

A extend B Extending C extended D extension Question 14: The process of _ Jackson from a talented teenager into a franchise player began in

training camp

A exchanging B Transforming C altering D converting Question 15: The Supreme Court decision _ the way for further legislation on civil rights

Question 16: These _ suggest that there is not direct link between unemployment and crime

CHUYÊN KHOA H ỌC TỰ NHIÊN LẦN 1

Question 1 C Question 11 B Question 21 C Question 31 D Question 41 A

Question 2 B Question 12 D Question 22 C Question 32 B Question 42 C

Question 3 C Question 13 C Question 23 B Question 33 C Question 43 B

Question 4 D Question 14 B Question 24 B Question 34 A Question 44 C

Question 5 D Question 15 D Question 25 D Question 35 D Question 45 C

Question 6 B Question 16 C Question 26 A Question 36 A Question 46 B

Question 7 A Question 17 A Question 27 C Question 37 B Question 47 C

Question 8 A Question 18 B Question 28 B Question 38 B Question 48 D

Question 9 C Question 19 D Question 29 A Question 39 B Question 49 A

Question 10 A Question 20 B Question 30 A Question 40 C Question 50 C

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A readings B Discoveries C findings D outputs

Question 17: The situation has become _ worse, and it is now impossible to handle

A progressively B Continuously C frequently D constantly

Question 18: When someone is down on their _, friends are not easy to find

Question 19: Congo's presidential election is hoped to enable the country's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960

A transplant B removal C conversion D shifting

Question 20: We are having a surprise party for Susan next Saturday, so don't give the secret away by

saying anything to her

A ask anyone to come B tell her the secret

C go to the party D find out the secret

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

Question 21: Telomeres are the tiny caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect our DNA from damage

during cell division

A guard B shape C attack D save

Question 22: If you say bad things about the person who give a job you bite the hand that feeds you

A be unfriendly B be ungrateful C be thankful D be devoted

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each

of the following exchanges

Question 23: Jane and Janet are talking about their favorite sports

Jane: “Are you interested in scuba diving?” - Janet: “ _ ”

A Very Undersea life is being strongly contaminated

B Very Undersea life is fascinating

C Not any Undersea life is too expensive

D Well, things are much different, now

Question 24: Mary is talking to her professor in his office

- Professor: “Congratulations on your award.”

- Mary: “ .”

A I like it that you understand B I do appreciate your supervision

C I can't agree more with yours D I feel so sorry for you, professor

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 25 to 29

It is true that digital manufacturing does cut out the middle-man More and more routine, repetitive

assembly tasks will be taken (25) by machines But as certain jobs disappear, new ones open up in

other parts of the factory Germany in many ways exemplifies this trend Today, German manufacturers

(26) three times more robots than U.S companies, but they also still employ more humans Relative

to the size of our economies, German's manufacturing workforce is twice the size of America's

From its very beginning, the fourth Industrial revolution has never presented manufacturers with an

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either-or choice - robots or humans It has always been about combining the talents of (27) (28) , it is the convergence of artificial and human intelligence that will enable manufacturers to achieve

a new era of speed, flexibility, efficiency and connectivity in the 21st century Machines have the ability to assemble things faster than any human ever could, but humans possess the analytics, domain expertise and

valuable knowledge (29) to solve problems and optimize factory floor production

(Adapted from: http://time.com/4940374/joe-kaeser-siemens-robots-jobs/)

Question 25: A in B away C off D over

Question 26: A deploy B deform C decrease D develop

Question 27: A ones B.they C Both D two

Question 28: A Alternatively B Ultimately C Correspondingly D Consequently

Question 29: A Required B Gained C acquired D obtained

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 30 to 34

Bitcoins are a form of virtual currency In other words, they are a type of money that does not exist

in the actual world However, they can be used to purchase actual products and services from real

companies

The bitcoin system was created in 2009 by an enigmatic person named Satoshi Nakamoto In fact,

no one is sure if Satoshi Nakamoto is an actual person or a group of people Bitcoins are designed to serve

as an alternative to national currencies, such as dollars and euros, They can be used to pay for things instead

of cash or credit cards When bitcoins are transferred from a buyer to a seller, the transaction is recorded in

a public database

Governments are concerned that bitcoins can easily be stolen by hackers It has dawned on them that they might be used for illegal purposes For example, stolen goods could be purchased without the government's knowledge Although more and more companies are beginning to accept bitcoins, the

percentage of purchases made using bitcoins is minuscule compared to other online payment methods,

such as credit cards Instead, many bitcoin owners simply keep them as an investment since more valuable

in the future

This may or may not be a wise approach Currently, the value of bitcoins is fluctuating wildly, especially when compared to highly stable national currencies, Bitcoin Investors are gambling on the hope that as this high-tech money becomes more widely accepted, its value will soar

(Adapted from: https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/)

Question 30: What is the passage mainly about?

A A new kind of currency in the virtual world

B A way of doing business in the virtual world

C An alternative to bitcoins created by Nakamoto

D The future of bitcoins in the real world

Question 31: The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to

A dollars B euros C things D bitcoins

Question 32: The word “minuscule” is closest in meaning to

A considerable B small C minimal D increasing

Question 33: Why are bitcoins of great concern to governments?

A Because the value of bitcoins is fluctuating wildly

B Because bitcoins will eventually replace national currencies

C Because bitcoins may be used in illegal transactions

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D Because most of bitcoin owners are hackers

Question 34: Which of the following is defined in the passage?

A Bitcoins B Transactions C Credit cards D Public Database

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 35 to 42

A mansion is a very large home McDonald's is the name of a fast food hamburger chain What do you get when you put the two together? You get McMansion, the recently created name for a type of large suburban, two storied home that originated in the United States Many people love McMansions for their

low price, abundant space and impressive styling, but the news is not all gooD In fact, McMansions may now be a threatened species

McMansion became very popular in the United States during the 1990s, and this popularity continued for almost 20 years During those years the economy was relatively strong, and banks were willing to lend large sums of money to people who wanted to buy a home The result was an increase in the average home size In 1988, the average new American home was 170 square meters, but by 2008 this had risen to 244 square meters, a 44% increase

To offset the greater costs of these large homes, land developers built many homes that all used a similar basic design and identical construction methods Framing and interior fittings were constructed in factories, instead of on site, and the materials used were often of a lower quality Finally, the sections of land used for each house were much smaller than before

The result was suburban developments full of huge homes, often over 280 square meters in floor area, that all looked similar to each other Their standardization and lowest possible-cost construction reminded people of McDonald's hamburgers, hence the term McMansion For many people a McMansion

was their dream home, but that dream is now rapidly turning sour

There are two main problems with McMansions One problem is that their huge size means that they cost a lot to heat or cool Energy is becoming more expensive, so owners are faced with huge bills if they try to heat or cool their home The other problem is that McMansion owners are often in a lot of debt They borrowed a lot of money to pay for their impressive home, but during the 2000s, with struggling economy and high unemployment, they couldn't afford to repay their loan

McMansion are still popular in some area, but no one is sure how long it will last Will energy become

even more expensive and force owners to downsize? Will the economy grow and banks become more willing to end again? Will the drop-in house prices allow larger, less affluent families to afford a McMansion? These questions are weighing heavily on the future of one of the most popular housing styles

of the late 20th century

(Source: Reading planet)

Question 35: In paragraph 1, the writer introduces the concept of McMansion by _

A comparing hamburgers and houses

B introducing various types of homes in the United States

C discussing the advantages and disadvantages of McMansions

D explaining how McMansions were named

Question 36: The phrase “turning sour” in paragraph 4 refers to the fact that _

A the large and lowest possible-cost McMansion became unaffordable for many owners

B land developers built homes using a similar basic design and identical construction methods

C the materials used to construct framing and interior fittings were often of a low quality

D suburban areas were full of huge homes that all looked similar to each other

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Question 37: According to the passage, which of the following is a major problem with McMansions?

A Their impressive designs make them dream homes for many people

B The large size of McMansions asks their owners for huge energy bilis

C The identical look of the McMansions everywhere makes them no longer popular

D The identical look of the McMansions reminds people of McDonald's hamburgers

Question 38: Which of the following statements is true about McMansions according to the passage?

A They don't have much interior space for furniture and other home activities

B They were one of the most popular housing styles of the late 20th century

C Their owners are all very rich and able to afford McMansions, mostly bankers

D They all just look very different to each other if looked from the above

Question 39: Which of the following statements is NOT true about McMansions?

A They share the same large size and impressive designs

B The strong economy made them less popular even among the wealthy

C The materials used were often of a lower quality, hence lower cost

D The sections of land used for each house were much smaller than before

Question 40: What can be inferred from this sentence in paragraph 1: “McMansions may now be a threatened species”?

A Some threatened species are living in McMansions

B It's dangerous to live in McMansions

C McMansions may be destroyed soon

D People will not build McMansions anymore

Question 41: The word “it” in the last paragraph refers to _

A the popularity of McMansions in some areas

B the fact that few people can afford a McMansion

C the struggling economy and high unemployment

D the dream of owning an impressive McMansion

Question 42: Why does the writer ask questions in paragraph 6?

A to discuss the rise and fall of energy prices for America houses

B to emphasize the importance of McMansions in American culture

C to make readers think about the future of McMansions

D to explain why McMansions are still popular these days

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 43: The poor old man never was able to explain what was going on to his family

Question 46: No other student in his class is as successful as Pat

A Pat succeeded in beating all other students in his class

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B Pat is the most successful student in his class

C His class is less successful than Pat is

D The more successful his class is, the more success Pat gets

Question 47: “I really don't think that he'll attend the meeting tomorrow.”

A I did tell you that he would attend the meeting the next day

B I will never forget his attendance at the meeting tomorrow

C I doubt that he will attend the meeting tomorrow

D I don't agree to his attendance at the meeting

Question 48: The teacher had only just came in the room when the fire alarm rang

A While the teacher was coming in the room, she heard the fire alarm ring

B As soon as the fire alarm had rung, the teacher came in the room

C Before the teacher came in the room, the fire alarm rang

D Hardly had the teacher come in the room when the fire alarm rang

Question 49: Dad's car is very old He can't afford to buy a new one

A Dad's car is very old, but he can't afford to buy a new one

B Dad's car is very old, so he can't afford to buy a new one

C Dad can't afford to buy a new one just as his car is very old

D Dad's car is very old, though he can't afford to buy a new one

Question 50: William Clark was not granted the rank of captain Captain Lewis more or less ignored this

and treated Clark as his equal in authority and rank

A William Clark was not granted the rank of captain because Captain Lewis more or less ignored this

B William Clark was not granted the rank of captain, thus Captain Lewis more or less ignored this and

treated Clark as his equal in authority and rank

C Although William Clark was not granted the rank of captain, Captain Lewis more or less Ignored this

D As William Clark was not granted the rank of captain, Captain Lewis more or less ignored this and