TẬP HỢP CÁC ĐỀ THI THỬ ĐẠI HỌC MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM NAY


GIÁO VÀ
KÌ THI THPT GIA 2015

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Môn: TiếngAnh

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 ĐỀ THI THỬ Thờigianlàmbài: 90 phút (khôngkểphátđề)


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.
AN UNWELCOME GUEST
Of the one in seven people in the UK who claim to have seen a ghost, the majority are women. This may be because women have far more association with the spirit world. Women trust their emotions and are generally better able than men to cope with the unexpected.
Housewife Fiona Blair describes herself as very practical and down-to-earth, and never believed in the idea that a house could be haunted. That all changed when she and her family moved into a manor house in the Midlands. Although the surveyor reckoned that the house required a lot of attention and was somewhat damp, they thought it was stunning. They could just afford it and it would be a good investment, so they took the plunge and decided to buy it.
Nonetheless, right from the start, Fiona had a strange sense that they were not alone in the house. One of her teenage daughters had left a towel over the back of a chair in the kitchen. Fiona was in the garden, and when she returned to the house, the towel was over the kitchen table like a tablecloth. On other occasions the family would find that objects such as glasses and vases had been turned upside-down.
This was only the start of the peculiar happenings. A particularly strange incident happened on Fiona’s birthday. Fiona’s husband, Mark, came home from work and went into the living room. He immediately came rushing out to ask who had bought her the beautiful flowers – but nobody had given Fiona flowers and her daughters had not put the flowers there. It remained a mystery how they had miraculously appeared.
Fiona was curious and decided to find out about the history of the house. What she discovered was rather alarming. Apparently a young girl, servant to a previous generation of owners, had been found dead in peculiar circumstances in the attic. Fiona and her family inevitably began to feel claustrophobic and trapped in the house, and eventually decided that they would have to move.
Unfortunately, things were not as simple as that. Each time they attempted to show the house to potential buyers, Fiona would of course ensure beforehand that everything was neat and tidy in order to make a good impression. But by the time anyone arrived, the entire house would be in a complete mess, and visitors complained of an unpleasant atmosphere. Eventually, after many months, an American couple viewed the house, and decided it had a certain attraction. For some reason, the ghost did not play its usual tricks, and Fiona was able to sell what had been her dream home.
Now living in a spacious modern apartment in London, Fiona wants to forget it all and move on with her life. ‘At one point I thought I might be going out of my mind, it was all so frightening. We can almost laugh about it all now, but I hope we never experience anything like that again.’
Question 1. According to the passage, why did the writer and her husband want to move into the house in the Midlands?
They were eager to find out if it had a ghost.
They were attracted by the appearance of it.
They knew someone important had lived there.
They were looking for a house to modernize
Question 2. The phrase `down-to-earth` in the passage is closest in meaning to ................
A. beautiful B. brave C. sensible D. strong
Question 3. The word `stunning` in the passage could be best replaced by which of the following?
A. beautiful and attractive B. cheap and large
C. cheap and old D. beautiful and new
Question 4. After they moved in, they ………….. A. began to hear strange noises in the attic.
realized that the house was incredibly cold.
discovered that objects were being moved.
broke a lot of glasses.
Question 5. Which of the following can be best replaced the word “peculiar”?
A. unreal B. strange C. pleasant D. imaginary
Question 6. What happened on Fiona’s birthday?
A. Her daughters bought her flowers. B. There was an unexplained occurrence.
C. A burglar broke into the living room. D. Mark forgot to buy a present.
Question 7. According to the fifth paragraph, what had happened to the servant girl?
A. She had killed herself in the attic. B. She was murdered by the owners.
C. She had been locked in the attic. D. She died in the house.
Question 8 What