Page 1 2025 FORMAT- ĐỀ THAM KHẢO SỐ 15 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 50 phút __________________________ Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differsfrom that of the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1. A. asked B. danced C. cashed D. studied Question 2. A. profile B. stomach C. postpone D. cyclone 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 stress in each of the following questions. Question 3. A. equip B. secure C. vacant D. oblige Question 4. A. encounter B. agency C. influence D. memory 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: Human life expectancy _________ greatly in the past few decades since scientists identifed the genes responsible for disease resistance. A. increases B. has increased C. increase D. is increasing Question 6: She’ll take the flight for the early meeting, ______? A. won’t she B. hasn’t she C. didn’t she D. doesn’t she Question 7: _______ the person is, the more privilege he enjoys. A. The rich B. The richest C. As rich as D. The richer Question 8: The popular press often contains a lot more _______ than hard facts. A. tolerance B. influence C. speculation D. Realism Question 12: Researchers have _______ to the conclusion that personality is affected by your genes. A. got B. reached C. arrived D. Come Read the following advertisement/school announcement and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that bestfits each of the numbered blanks from 10 to 15. WANT TO BE A volunteer? If you are interested (10)…….. a volunteer work and want to get practical experience in teaching citizens how to use digital public services, we invite you to become a UNDP volunteer. Selection criteria: ● Over 18 years old; ● Experienced PC user; ● Experienced user of digital signature and digital services; ● Advanced user of mobile applications; ● Good oral skills; ● Availability of a computer with a video camera and audio system, (11)……..selected candidates will undergo online training on teaching citizens how to use digital public services and will work remotely (during the lockdown) and through “Government for Citizens” Public Corporation’s regional branches (after the lockdown) in their regions. The duration of the volunteer practice is 6 months (June-November 2020). Workload – not less than 10 hours per week Language skills - Kazakh, Russian In order to participate in volunteer practice, please, send your CV, motivation letter and (12) letter from employers (for students from teachers) to e-mail:
[email protected] Applications are accepted from all regions of Kazakhstan until May 2, 2020.
Page 2 Question 10: A. in B. on C. at D. for Question 11: A. a B. an C. the D. C) (no article) Question 12: A. recommendation B. recommend C. recommended D. i recommendly ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHOOL Reopening We are excited to announce we will officially resume in-person classes as of [Date]! We truly appreciate the outpouring of support over the past several weeks. Our community has come together in so many ways and has exemplified the true meaning of having a black belt mentality. Because we care for your health and safety, we ask that you take note of some policy updates we’ve (14)…to ensure we are adhering to the highest standard with physical distancing and sanitization procedures. How you can help keep our building healthy and clean: • Parents (13)….to please drop off and pick up students. This helps us to reduce the group sizes within our facility. We will stream our classes live, so you can watch your children participate in class and be ready for pick up when class wraps up. • Students should arrive ready to train in their uniforms. • Everyone should keep moving after classes. We understand you haven’t seen your [Business Name] friends in a while, but we must continue to maintain social distancing and also allow the staff time to disinfect. • You should expect to show up for class no more than 5 minutes ahead of the start time to minimize the number of people in the building. • We will be checking temperatures using a touch-free Infrared forehead thermometer. Please expect this before you enter the building. (15) _________ you have any questions, please contact us. Question 13: A. are asked B. are asking C. askes D. have asked Question 14: A. implemented B. occured C. activated D. illustrated Question 15: A. Should B. Had C. Were D. Do Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct arrangement of the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph/letter in each of the following questions. Question 16: a. Also, doing housework promote independence, sense of responsibility. b. Additionally, students develop such important skills as organizational skills and better time management. c. Firstly, students who do housework gain valuable real-world experience which can help in their life skills d. Finally, Build self-esteem and confidence in their abilities, especially when the children complete their tasks and are recognized and encouraged by their parents e. Children benefit from doing house work in many ways. A. e - c - a - b - d B. e - a - c - b - d C. c - a - b - d - e D. c - e - a - b - d Question 17: a. My math teacher asked me to spend more time on it. I must study harder next semester in order to improve it. b.Dear Kate,Thanks for your letter, I'm pleased to hear that you and your family are well. Now I write this letter to tell you about my study ay school. c. I'm looking foward to seeing your letter. d. I received my first semester report last week. I got good grades for Science, English and History, but my math result was poor. e. How about you ? Please write soon and tell me all your news. f. Best wishes. A. b - c - a - e - d - f B. b - d - a - e - c - f C. b - a - d - e - c - f D. b - e - d - a - c - f
Page 3 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that bestfits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 23. Nowadays, media development has many positive influences in human’s life. People have lots of sources to get information and take entertainment such as television, radio, Internet, etc. but nobody can deny the importance as well as the benefits of reading books. First, reading books helps us widen our knowledge. Vietnamese has a proverb which means(18)….., if we always stay at home with our mother, we will never be wise. However, nowadays, not only does reading books costs less money but it is also more comfortable than taking a trip. We just lie on the couch and comprehensive what is happening in the books. Thanks to the wide range of books such as science, literature, astronomy, archeology, biology, physics, etc. we can get information focus on our own fields as well as the others. The more books we have read, the more knowing we have obtained. Secondly, reading books helps us improve our expression ability like writing and speaking. The writing style of some our favorite writers will affect ours. Especially, (19)….., we will not only know more about that country but also have chance to improve our reading skill, learn new words which can be used to better our essays. Last but not least, reading books helps us relax after a hard-working day. It is also an interest for everybody who does not like to visit crowded places at the weekend. They like quiet atmosphere and (20)………. They meet their stories, their lives in books(21)…………. Reading books makes them happy and relieve stress. In conclusion, reading books is so important and has many benefits. It not only (22)……..become more clever but also bring us happiness. Therefore, everyone (23)…….as much as possible. Question 18: A. That we should travel to broad our understanding B. Which we should travel to broad our understanding C. travel to broad our understanding D. It makes to broad our understanding Question 19: A. when we read foreign literature B. read to foreign literature C. to read foreign literature D. Having read to foreign literature Question 20: A. do not want to disturb anybody so they consider books as their close friend. B. wanting to disturb anybody so they consider books as their close friend. C. to want to disturb anybody so they consider books as their close friend. D. to want disturb anybody so they consider books as their close friend. Question 21: A. and extremely sympathetic they feel with the characters’ situations B. and they feel extremely sympathetic with the characters’ situations C. extremely sympathetic they feel with the characters’ situations D. with the characters’ situations extremely sympathetic they feel with Question 22: A. help us B. help we C. help me D. help them Question 23: A. encouraged to read books B. should be encouraged to read books C. be encouraged to read books D. should encouraged to read books Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that bestfits each of the numbered blanks from 24 to 28. A stinky gym bug in your kitchen? Who will be more upset by the smell - the men or the women in your family? (24) _______ scientists suggest that women not only smell, but feel, taste, and hear more accurately than men.
Page 4 Take colors, for example. One study suggests that men are not as good as women at distinguishing between (25) _______ of color, although they focus well on rapidly changing images. As for touch, small fingers have a finer sense of touch, whether male or female. Hearing is possibly one of the most debated areas, when talking about the senses. Evidence shows that boys hear as well as girls at birth, but with age, a man’s hearing may soon deteriorate. (26) _______, environmental factors could play a role in this. Women may also be better at identifying different flavors (27) _______ need both taste and smell to experience, as studies have shown that they have more taste buds on their tongue. Going back to the smelly gym bag - yes, it’s likely that Mom will be the most (28) _______ out by it. But is that because women’s brains have more ‘smell cells’ or because you were too lazy to move it? Question 24: A. Each B. Some C. Another D. Every Question 25: A. smells B. senses C. shadows D. shades Question 26: A. Moreover B. Therefore C. However D. Due to Question 27: A. who B. which C. where D. whom Question 28: A. taken B. sprung C. mazed D. freaked 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 29 to 33. Dogs originally came from wolves. Wolves look a lot like dogs, but they are bigger. They are also quite fierce. At some point, some wolves changed through evolution. Some of them were smaller and gentler. These nicer wolves were the first dogs. No one knows for sure when this happened or why. Some people say it happened naturally over 50,000 years ago. Others say people made it happen between 15 000 and 50 000 years ago. However they came to be, people quickly saw that dogs were useful. Scientists who study humans say the first tame dogs appeared with humans about 13,000 years ago in the Middle East. Not long after there were dogs in Asia, Africa, Europe and eventually, North America. These dogs were probably used mostly for hunting and traveling. They were also good companions. Dogs were an important part of life in ancient Egypt. Egyptian dogs were used not only for hunting but as guards and warriors as well. They believed the god that guarded hell was a dog. Ancient Egyptians also named their pet dogs. Some popular names meant Brave One, Reliable, North-wind, Blacky, and Useless. Dogs were also good ancient Roman warriors. The Roman army used dogs all over Europe. Sometimes the dogs were attack dogs, but other times the dogs were messengers. There are many different kinds of dogs today. How could they all come from wolves? There are many different explanations. Some scientists believe that dogs mixed with other animals from the Canidae family. This includes coyotes, foxes and jackals. Most scientists also believe that evolution and breeding influenced the variation. Later, people found breeds of dogs they liked and combined them to make all new breeds. In this way. people are still helping new breeds to appear today! Question 29: Which of the following best states the main idea of the reading? A. No one knows for sure where dogs first appeared with humans. B. There are two theories about the evolution of dogs. C. Evolution and breeding have made dogs what they are today. D. Human beings used dogs for many jobs, so dogs are the first tame animals. Question 30: The word “they” in the first paragraph refers to _______. A. people B. years C. dogs D. wolves Question 31: According to some scientists, when did the first tame dogs appear with humans? A. About 15,000 years ago B. Between 15,000 and 50,000 years ago C. Over 50.000 years ago D. About 13,000 years ago Question 32: The word “companions” in the second paragraph mostly means ______.
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