Đề thi thử THPT Quốc gia lần 2 môn Tiếng Anh năm 2020 - Sở GD và ĐT Bắc Giang

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1. ĐỀ THI THỬ THPTQG MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM 2020 CÓ ĐÁP ÁN 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 from 1 to 2. Question 1: He held the rope with one hand. He stretched it out. A. He stretching the rope with one hand and held it. B. Stretching the rope out, he holds it with one hand. C. The rope is held with one hand then he stretched it out. D. Holding the rope with one hand, he stretched it out. Question 2: Her living conditions were not good. However, she studied very well. A. Living in difficult conditions forced she to study very well. B. Difficult as her living conditions were, she studied very well. C. Living in difficult conditions, she had no choice but to study well. D. She studied very well just because she lived in difficult conditions. 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 from 3 to 4. Question 3: She decided to remain celibate and devote her life to helping the homeless and orphans. A. separated B. divorced C. single D. married Question 4: When he passes the entrance exam, his parents will be walking on air. A. feeling extremely unhappy B. feeling extremely airy C. extremely happy D. extremely light 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 from 5 to 6. Question 5: A. missed B. agreed C. liked D. watched Question 6: A. dedicate B. eliminate C. certificate D. educate Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 7 to 21. Question 7: If she had known how to protect yourself last time, she ___ infected by Covid-19 now. A. would be B. wouldn’t have been
2. A. coolly B. sharply C. thoroughly D. fully Question 21: Nothing unusual happened, ___? A. did it B. didn’t it C. didn’t they D. did they 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 22 to 28. Music can bring us to tears or to our feet, drive us into battle or lull us to sleep. Music is indeed remarkable in its power over all humankind, and perhaps for that very reason, no human culture on earth has ever lived without it. From discoveries made in France and Slovenia, even Neanderthal man, as long as 53,000 years ago, had developed surprisingly sophisticated, sweet-sounding flutes carved from animal bones. It is perhaps then, no accident that music should strike such a chord with the limbic system – an ancient part of our brain, evolutionarily speaking, and one that we share with much of the animal kingdom. Some researchers even propose that music came into this world long before the human race ever did. For example, the fact that whale and human music have so much in common even though our evolutionary paths have not intersected for nearly 60 million years suggests that music may predate humans. They assert that rather than being the inventors of music, we are latecomers to the musical scene. Humpback whale composers employ many of the same tricks that human songwriters do. In addition to using similar rhythms, humpbacks keep musical phrases to a few seconds, creating themes out of several phrases before singing the next one. Whale songs in general are no longer than symphony movements, perhaps because they have a similar attention span. Even though they can sing over a range of seven octaves, the whales typically sing in key, spreading adjacent notes no farther apart than a scale. They mix percussive and pure tones in pretty much the same ratios as human composers – and follow their ABA form, in which a theme is presented, elaborated on and then revisited in a slightly modified form. Perhaps most amazing, humpback whale songs include repeating refrains that rhyme. It has been suggested that whales might use rhymes for exactly the same reasons that we do: as devices to help them remember. Whale songs can also be rather catchy. When a few humpbacks from the Indian Ocean strayed into the Pacific, some of the whales they met there quickly changed their tunes – singing the new whales’ songs within three short years. Some scientists are even tempted to speculate that a universal music awaits discovery. Question 22: Why did the author write the passage? A. To show that music is not a human or even modern invention
3. process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment. (30) ___ of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of "natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (31) ___ common; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group. Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (32) ___ two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to "get things done." Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (33) ___ emphasizes the collective well-beings of a social group's members. Question 29: A. show B. happen C. occur D. emerge Question 30: A. In spite B. Despite C. Although D. Whereas Question 31: A. at B. on C. by D. in Question 32: A. typified B. typical C. typically D. types Question 33: A. those B. who C. what D. which Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined words(s) in each of the following questions from 34 to 35. Question 34: The air is naturally contaminated by foreign matter such as plant pollens and dust. A. polluted B. filled C. occupied D. concentrated Question 35: You never really know where you are with her as she just blows hot and cold. A. keep changing her mood B. keeps taking things C. keeps testing D. keeps going Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges from 36 to 37. Question 36: Jack: “Would you like to go to the movie tonight?” – Jane: “___” A. Of course B. Yes, I like it C. I’d love to D. No, I don’t like it Question 37: Geogre: “In my opinion, action films are exciting.” – Frankie: “___” A. You shouldn’t have said that B. There’s no doubt about it
4. normal atmospheric pressure. For example, gas pressures increase rapidly during a drive made with scuba gear because the breathing equipment allows divers to stay underwater longer and dive deeper. The pressure exerted on the human body increases by 1 atmosphere for every 10 meters of depth in seawater, so that at 39 meters in seawater a diver is exposed to pressure of about 4 atmospheres. The pressure of the gases being breathed must equal the external pressure applied to the body, otherwise breathing is very difficult. Therefore all of the gases in the air breathed by a scuba diver at 40 meter are present at five times their usual pressure. Nitrogen, which composes 80 percent of the air we breathe, usually causes a balmy feeling of well-being at this pressure. At a depth of 5 atmospheres, nitrogen causes symptoms resembling alcohol intoxication, known as nitrogen narcosis. Nitrogen narcosis apparently results from a direct effect on the brain of the large amounts of nitrogen dissolved in the blood. Deep dives are less dangerous if helium is substituted for nitrogen, because under these pressures helium does not exert a similar narcotic effect. As a scuba diver descends, the pressure of nitrogen on the lungs increases. Nitrogen then diffuses from the lungs to the blood, and from the blood to body tissues. Nitrogen then diffuses from the lungs to the blood, and from the blood to body tissues. The reverse occurs when the diver surfaces, the nitrogen pressure in the lungs falls and the nitrogen diffuses from the tissues into the blood, and from the blood into the lungs. If the return to the surface is too rapid, nitrogen in the tissues and blood cannot diffuse out rapidly enough and nitrogen bubbles are formed. They can cause severe pains, particularly around the joints. Another complication may result if the breath is held during ascent. During ascent from a depth of 10 meters, the volume of air in the lungs will double because the air pressure at the surface is only half of what it was at 10 meters. This change in volume may cause the lungs to distend and even rupture. This condition is called air embolism. To avoid this event, a diver must ascend slowly, never at a rate exceeding the rise of the exhaled air bubbles, and must exhale during ascent. Question 44: What does the passage mainly discuss? A. How to prepare for a deep dive B. The effect of pressure in gases in the human body C. The equipment divers use D. The symptoms of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream Question 45: The word “exert” in bold in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___. A. need B. change C. cause D. permit Question 46: The word “they” in bold in paragraph 2 refers to ___.