Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia năm 2015 môn Tiếng Anh lần cuối - Trường THPT chuyên Đại học Vinh (Mã đề thi 485)

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Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia năm 2015 môn Tiếng Anh lần cuối - Trường THPT chuyên Đại học Vinh (Mã đề thi 485) TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC VINH ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA, LẦN CUỐI NĂM 2015 TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút) Mã đề thi 485Họ, tên thí sinh:..................................................................... Số báo danh: .............................I. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM : TỪ QUESTION 1 ĐẾN QUESTION 64 (8 điểm)Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST inmeaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.Question 1: When she fell ill, her son took over the business. A. took control of B. took a loss C. lost control of D. took a chanceQuestion 2: Work efficiency has increased exponentially each year, thanks to computers and their ability tomultitask. A. slightly B. at a very fast rate C. constantly D. at a very slow rateQuestion 3: Lack of water or nutrients has impeded the growth of these new cherry tomato plants. A. realized B. assisted C. prevented D. promotedRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswer to each of the following questions. Universally acclaimed as America’s greatest playwright, Eugene O’Neill was born in 1888 in the heartof the theater district in New York City. As the son of an actor he had early exposure to the world of thetheater. He attended Princeton University briefly in 1906, but returned to New York to work in a variety ofjobs before joining the crew of a freighter as a seaman. Upon returning from voyages to South Africa andSouth America, he was hospitalized for six months to recuperate from tuberculosis. While he was recovering,he determined to write a play about his adventures on the sea. He went to Harvard, where he wrote the one-actBound East for Cardiff. It was produced on Cape Cod by the Provincetown Players, an experimental theatergroup that was later to settle in the famous Greenwich Village theater district in New York City. The Playersproduced several more of his one-acts in the years between 1916-1920. With the full-length play Beyond theHorizon, produced on Broadway in 1920, O’Neill’s success was assured. The play won the Pulitzer prize forthe best play of the year. O’Neill was to be awarded the prize again in 1922, 1928, and 1957 for Anna Christie,Strange Interlude, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Although he didn’t receive the Pulitzer prize for it,Mourning becomes Electra, produced in 1931,is arguably his most lasting contribution to the Americantheatre. In 1936, he was awarded the Nobel Prize. O’Neill’s plays, forty-five in all, cover a wide range of dramatic subjects, but several themes emerge,including the ambivalence of family relationships, the struggle between the sexes, the conflict betweenspiritual and material desires, and the vision of modern man as a victim of uncontrollable circumstances. Mostof O’Neill’s characters are seeking for meaning in their lives. According to his biographers, most of thecharacters were portraits of himself and his family. In a sense, his work chronicled his life.Question 4: This passage is a summary of O’Neill’s__________ A. work and life B. work C. life D. familyQuestion 5: How many times was O’Neill awarded the Pulitzer Prize? A. Three B. One C. Four D. FiveQuestion 6: The word “briefly” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to__________. A. seriously B. on scholarship C. for a short time D. without enthusiasmQuestion 7: The word “It” in paragraph 1 refers to__________. A. Harvard B. theater district C. one-act play D. theater groupQuestion 8: The word “struggle” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to__________. A. influence B. conflict C. appreciation D. denialQuestion 9: Where in the passage does the author indicate the reason for O’Neill’s hospitalization? A. Lines 2-3 B. Lines 11-12 C. Lines 6-9 D. Lines 4-5 Trang 1/8 - Mã đề thi 485Question 10: What does the author mean by the statement in paragraph 2: “According to his biographers,most of the characters were portraits of himself and his family. In a sense, his work chronicled his life”? A. He used his family and his own experiences in his plays. B. His biographers took pictures of him with his family. C. His biography contained stories abou ...