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TRƯỜNG THCS VÀ THPT
NGUYỄN BÁ NGỌC
ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2020
BÀI THI: NGOẠI NGỮ; MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thờigianlàmbài: 60 phút, khôngkểthờigianphátđề
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question1. A.objective B.consequence C.interpret D. profession
Question2. A.criticize B. miserable C.questionable D.inferior
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.
Question3. A.practiced B. increased C.subscribed D.searched
Question4. A.advent B. adverb C.advertise D.advance
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.Peopleshould green lifestyle to help conserve the naturalresources.
A.adopt B. adapt C.adjoin D.adjust
Question6.“Don’t to phone Mrs. Whiteman. I’ve already talked to her about
theupcoming meeting held by the board of directors.”, saidMary.
A.concern B.mention C.mind D.bother
Question7. ,themeetingstopsnow.Pleasefeelfreetocontactmeifyouhaveanyfurther
questionslater.
A. Without anyquestion,so B. There being noquestion
C. If noquestionasked C. With no questions toask
Question 8.You should takeregularexercise sitting in front of the television allday.
A.insteadof B.without C. inspiteof D. exceptfor
Question 9.Heis he has bought a lot of house in thisarea.
A. so rich amanthat B. as rich a manthat
C. so a richmanthat D. such rich a manthat
Question10. ,carsarewidelyusedasthemostpopularmodeoftransportintheUnited States.
A. But for theirhighprice B. Expensive as theyare
C. As though theyareexpensive D. Regardless their highprice
Question 11.I aminterestedin for the position of chief financial officer which
wasadvertised in yesterday’s DailyPost.
A.requesting B.applying C.asking D.demanding
Question 12.Wouldyoumind these plates a wipe before putting them in thecupboard?
A.making B.getting C.doing D.giving
Question 13.Women are supposed to havealonger thanmen.
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A.lifeexpectation B.liveexpect C.lifeexpected D.lifeexpectancy
Question 14. In Vietnam, application forms for the National Entrance Examinations must be
___before the deadline, often in April.
A. issued B. signed C. filed D. submitted
Question 15.I assume that youareacquainted __this subject since
youareresponsibility_______ writing the accompanyingmaterials.
A.with/for B.with/with C.to/for D. to/to
Question 16.If he ill yesterday, he would have taken part in the footballmatch.
A.hadn’tbeen B.wouldn’tbe C.weren’t D. hasn’tbeen
Question 17.Thisclass, isaprerequisiteformicrobiology,issodifficultthatIwouldrather drop
it.
A.where B. that C.which D.when
Question 18.We arealltoo of traditions in our modern world, but they can have a
verystrongimpact onus.
A.dismissing B. dismissive C.dismissal D.dismissed
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 19.The issue of pay rise will loom large at this year’s conference as it is what all the
attendees want to mention.
A.beimproved B.beavoided C.bediscussed D.becomeimportant
Question 20. Educators are complaining that students rely on social media so much that they lose
the ability to thinkcritically.
A.decideon B. insiston C.dependon D.dismissed
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 followingquestions.
Question 21.If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you round the city.
A.occupied B.reluctant C.confident D.free
Question 22.Adverse reviews in the New York press may greatly change the prospects of a new
product on the market and lead to its failure.
A.complementary B.additional C.comfortable D.favorable
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
corrections in each of the following questions.
Question 23.Because there were so few women in the early Western states, the freedom and rights
of Western women were more extensive than Eastern ladies.
A. sofewwomen B.moreextensive C.Because D.Easternladies
Question 24. Digital clocks, however precise, they cannot be perfectly accurate because the earth’s
rotation changes slightly overyears.
A.they B. the C.perfectly D.slightly
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Question 25.The product that you bought at the lower price is the more inferior to the one that we
sell at a slightly higherprice.
A. thatyoubought B. ataslightly C.theone D. themoreinferior Mark
the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the followingquestions.
Question 26.John and Tim are talking about future jobs.
John: “What kind of job would you like?”
Tim: “ .”
A. Any of themareOK B. Anything to do withcomputer
C. Thatwilldo D. Any time after nextweek
Question 27.John and Jill are talking about Jill’s trip.
Jack: “How was your trip to Denmark?”
Jill:“ . Everything wasperfect.”
A. I couldn’t besosure B. I couldn’t agreemore
C. I couldn’t dreamaboutit D. I couldn’t feel better aboutit
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Seeking a new life and hoping asignificant(28)______in their standard of living,foreign
workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first
immigrants arriving from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass
bands, but the dream of a new lifesoon(29)______sour formany.
Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was
often one of low wages and, in many case, unemployment. Some did notadapt(30) to life
inacountry of cold weather and discrimination. The(31)_____of West Indian immigrants moved
into theinner cities, areas that were already fraught with social tensions caused by poverty and poor
housing. There werecasesofopenhostilitytowardsthenewcomers;riots(32)_______out in
NottingHill,West London in 1958, when gangs of white youths began tauntingimmigrants.
Yet despite the numerous difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did manage to
adjust to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and prospering. Their
contribution had the effect of not only speeding up the pace of economic change in the postwar
period, but also transforming Western Europe into a multiracial society.
Question 28.
A.
change
B.
switch
C.
modification
D.
variation
Question 29.
A. converted B. turned C. transformed D. changed
Question 30.
A. closely B. easily C. greatly D. normally
Question 31.
A. number B. amount C. majority D. major
Question 32.
A.
carried
B.
came
C.
broke
D.
started
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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 following questions.
People appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so
inexorably that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their
growth. Notlong after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracy –
one plate, one knife, one spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of
noting that they have placed five knives, spoons, and forks on the table and, a bit later, that this
amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition, they move on to
subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a child were secluded on a desert island at
birth and retrieved seven years later, he or she could enter a second-grade mathematics class
without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment.
Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive psychologists has
illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Children
were observed as they slowly grasped or, as the case might be, bumped into concepts that adults
that for granted, as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours
from a short stout glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since demonstrated that young
children, asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but
must be coaxed into finding the total.
Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and
with effort. They have also suggested that the very concept of abstract numbers – the idea of a
oneness, a twoness, a threeness that applies to any class of objects - is a prerequisite for doing
anything more mathematically demanding than setting a table – is itself far from innate.
Question 33.What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Trends in teaching mathematics tochildren
B. The fundamental concepts of mathematics that children mustlearn
C. The development of mathematical ability inchildren
D. The use of mathematics in childpsychology
Question 34.It can be inferred from the passage that children normally learnsimplecounting__.
A. when they begin to be mathematicallymature
B. after they reach second grade inschool
C. by looking at theclock
D. soon after they learn totalk
Question 35.The word “illuminated” is closest inmeaningto .
A.clarified B.accepted C.illustrated D.lighted
Question 36.According to the passage, when small children were asked to count a pile of red and
blue pencils,they ____.
A. counted the number of pencils of eachcolor
B. guessed at the total number ofpencils
C. counted only the pencils of their favoritecolor
D. subtracted the number of red pencils from the number of bluepencils
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Question 37.Which of the following statement would the author LEAST agree with?
A. Most people follow the same pattern of mathematicaldevelopment.
B. Children learn to add before they learn tosubtract.
C. Children naturally and easily learnmathematics.
D. Mathematical development is subtle andgradual.
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 following questions.
In the history of technology, computers and calculators were innovative developments.
They are essentially different from all other machines because they have a memory. This memory
stores instructions and information. In a calculator, the instructions are the various functions of
arithmetic, which are permanently remembered by the machine and cannot be altered or added to.
The information consists of the numbers which are keyedin.
An electronic pocket calculator can perform almost instant arithmetic. A calculator requires
an input unit to feed in numbers, a processing unit to make the calculation, a memory unit, and an
output unit to display the result. The calculator is powered by a small battery or by a panel of solar
cells. Inside is a microchip that contains the memory and processing units and also controls the
input unit, which is the keyboard, and the output unit, which is the display.
The input unit has keys for numbers and operations. Beneath the key is a printed circuit
board containing a set of contacts for each key. Pressing a key closes the contacts and sends a
signal along a pair of lines in the circuit board to the processing unit, in which the binary code for
that key is stored in the memory. The processing unit also sends the code to the display. Each key is
connected by a different pair of lines to the processing unit, which repeatedly checks the lines to
find out when a pair is linked by a key.
The memory unit stores the arithmetic instructions for the processing unit and holds the
temporary results that occur during calculation. Storage cells in the memory unit hold the binary
codes for the keys that have been pressed. The number codes, together with the operation code for
the plus key, are held in temporary cells until the processing unit requires them.
When the equals key is pressed, it sends a signal to the processing unit. This takes the
operation code - for example, addition - and the two numbers being held in the memory unit and
performs the operation on the two numbers. After the addition is done, the result goes to the
decoder in the calculator's microchip. This code is then sent to the liquid crystal display unit, which
shows the result, or output, of thecalculation.
Question 38.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To summarize the history oftechnology
B. To explain how a calculatorworks
C. To discuss innovative developments intechnology
D. To compare computers and calculators with othermachines
Question 39.What can be inferred about machines that are not calculators or computers?
A. They are older thancomputers.