Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia lần 1 môn Tiếng Anh năm 2021 - Trường THPT chuyên Đại học Vinh (Có đáp án)

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1. ĐỀ THI THỬ THPTQG MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM 2021 CÓ ĐÁP ÁN 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. Have you ever thought about the impact your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveals that people with easy to pronounce" names tend to be (1) . more positively than those with "difficult to pronounce" names. The researchers found that people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2) upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names made their way up the career (3) faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researches stressed that preferences were not (4) due to the length of a name or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (5) that our everyday thinking is subject to. Question 1: A. reckoned B. figured C. evaluated D. determined Question 2: A. called B. looked C. come D. put Question 3: A. order B. stairs C. scale D. ladder Question 4: A. hardly B. plainly C. barely D. merely Question 5: A. weights B. angles C. biases D. turns 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 6: Through the mass media, people have more opportunities to connect by each other, cooperate and share information and personal experiences. A. share B. personal C. by D. Through Question 7: Not only John but also his friends wants to buy this race horse. A. wants B. race horse C. but also D. only Question 8: Capital punishment aims to hinder people from committing such crimes. A. Capital B. crimes C. committing D. hinder 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
2. Question 11: In the fourth paragraph, the author implies that imagination is most important to scientists when they ___ A. gather known facts. B. formulate possible solutions to a problem. C. evaluate previous work on a problem. D. close an investigation. Question 12: The word "this" in line 3 refers to ___. A. the kinetic molecular theory B. an observed event C. an imaginary model D. a good example Question 13: According to the second paragraph, a useful theory is one that helps scientists to ___ A. find errors in past experiments. B. publicize new findings. C. observe events. D. make predictions. Question 14: The word "related" in line 1 is closest in meaning to ___. A. completed B. identified C. described D. connected Question 15: The word "supported" is closest in meaning to ___. A. upheld B. investigated C. finished D. adjusted Question 16: In the last paragraph, what does the author imply a major function of hypotheses? A. Communicating a scientist's thoughts to others. B. Sifting through known facts. C. Linking together different theories. D. Providing direction for scientific research. Question 17: Which of the following statements is supported by the passage? A. A good scientist needs to be creative. B. It is better to revise a hypothesis than to reject it. C. Theories are simply imaginary models of past events. D. A scientist's most difficult task is testing hypotheses. Question 18: The author refers to a hypotheses as "a leap into the unknown" in order to show that hypotheses ___. A. require effort to formulate B. are sometimes ill-conceived C. go beyond available facts D. can lead to dangerous results 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.
3. A. will be going B. having been going C. will have been going D. will go Question 27: It must be true. I heard it straight from the ___ mouth. A. horse's B. camel's C. dog's D. cat's Question 28: I have English classes ___ day - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. A. all other B. every other C. each other D. this and the other Question 29: My music teacher suggested that we ___ for an hour before breakfast. A. practice B. practicing C. be practiced D. to practice Question 30: I only have to keep on waiting, ___? A. won't I B. don't I C. haven't I D. mustn't I Question 31: Today is ___ hot in the burning sun of summer. A. warmly B. terrifiedly C. scorchingly D. scorching Question 32: As I liked your photo, I had it ___. A. enlarge B. be enlarged C. to enlarge D. enlarged Question 33: Caught in the very act, he had no ___ but to confess. A. alternation B. alternating C. alternative D. alternate Question 34: He finished the paintings ___ for the exhibition. A. for the time being B. from time to time C. in good time D. time after time Question 35: Hello, Is that 22103575? Please put me ___ to the manager. A. across B. over C. up D. through Question 36: Some officials proposed to increase the ___ on tabacco. A. duty B. money C. salary D. fee Question 37: Dick tried to place the ___ on others for his mistakes. A. denial B. blame C. hurt D. complaint Question 38: ___ we invested in telecommunication industry, we would be rich by now. A. Had B. Should C. Were D. Will 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 39: Tim read articles about the company very carefully. He then was able to answer all interview questions. A. If Tim reads articles about the company very carefully, he is able to answer all interview
4. been to Indonesia. D. George would have gone to Indonesia if he hadn't been scared to terrorism so much because Asia was his favourite travel spot. Question 43: It's a pity that you didn't tell us about this. A. I wish you told us about this. B. I wish you had told us about this. C. I wish you would tell us about this. D. I wish you have told us about this. 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 44: A. influenced B. wicked C. expressed D. reduced Question 45: A. thus B. thrill C. third D. enthusiasm 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. High maths abilities, bad school lives Teachers first noticed Cameron Thompson's talent for numbers when he was four years old and at pre- school. Throughout primary school, Cameron Thompson's best subject was maths. Then, when he was eleven, he took a maths test prior to entering secondary school. The test was out of 140; Cameron scored 141. 'I broke the system,' he recalls. Since then, he has continued to progress quickly. He passed two GCSEs (maths and further maths) at the age of eleven, and then got the highest grade in his maths A-level before the end of that same academic year. He is now fourteen years old and studying for a degree in maths; a remarkable achievement bearing in mind his age. But his academic achievements have not always been matched by social success. ‘I have the social ability of a talking potato,’ he admits. In other words, he feels more at ease with numbers than among other teenagers. 'Most people my age do despise me. I've been like this for years.' Communication is not one of Cameron's strong points and, aside from the problems this causes socially, it is now beginning to affect his marks in mathematics. This is because at undergraduate level, he is expected to give reasons for his answers alongside the answers themselves. Cameron's difficulty is that he often doesn't know how he has arrived at the answers, even though the answers are usually correct. Cameron and his family have recently moved house and Cameron is due to start at a new school. He regards it as a chance to make a
5. C. give up maths completely for a few years. D. try to increase the speed of his progress. Question 49: Cameron met a boy at his new school who ___ A. has something in common with him. B. has even more severe problems with communication. C. is even better at maths. D. took a strong dislike to him from the first day. Question 50: Cameron's problems with communication ___ A. have been interfering with his ability to do maths work. B. have been getting worse recently. C. haven't been affecting his popularity at school. D. are irrelevant when he's doing maths. ĐÁP ÁN 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. A 16. D 17. D 18. C 19. B 20. B 21. C 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. D 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. A 39. D 40. B 41. C 42. A 43. B 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. B 49. A 50. A Mời các bạn tham khảo các bài tiếp theo tại: