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

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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 completes each of the following questions. Question 1: A student is asking the librarian to help her fax a report. Student: “Could you help me to fax this report?” Librarian: “___” A. Yes, I will send it for you. B. Certainly, what’s the fax number? C. What rubbish. I don’t think it’s helpful. D. It’s very kind of you to say so. Question 2: Hana and Jenifer are talking about the book they have just read. Hana: “This book is really interesting and educational.” Jenifer: “___” A. Absolutely B. I’d love it. C. Don’t mention it. D. That’s nice of you to say so. 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 primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3: A. vacant B. equip C. secure D. oblige Question 4: A. decision B. important C. refusal D. reference 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 5: A. forms B. makes C. cups D. corrects Question 6: A. blind B. indoor C. smile D. drive 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. Question 7: If one fails to achieve a goal, his or her efforts are fruitless. A. useless B. futile C. purposed D. profitable Question 8: The nominating committee always meets behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely. A. privately B. safely C. dangerously D. publicly Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
2. A. solve B. to solve C. solving D. be solving Question 23: The council has promised to deal with the serious problem of ___ among young people. A. unemployment B. employment C. unemploy D. unemployed Question 24: My mother ___ the responsibility for running the household. A. bears B. takes C. holds D. runs Question 25: The bomb ___ when the soldiers were running across the field. A. went off B. went on C. went over D. went up 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 from 26 to 30. Urban development is having a direct impact on the weather in (26) ___ cities worldwide. It has been noticed that the difference in temperature is usually greater at night and the phenomenon occurs in both winter and summer. Experts agree that this is due to urban development, when open green spaces are replaced with asphalt roads and tall brick or concrete buildings. These materials retain heat generated by the Sun and release it through the night. In Atlanta, in the US, this has even led to thunderstorms (27) ___ occur in the morning rather than, as is more common, in the afternoon. Large cities around the world are adopting strategies to combat this issue (28) ___ it is not uncommon to find plants growing on top of roofs or down the walls of large buildings. In Singapore, the government has (29) ___ to transform it into a "city within a garden" and, in 2006, they held an international competition calling for entries to develop a master plan to help bring this about. One outcome was the creation of 18 "Super trees" – metal constructions resembling very tall trees. Each one is a vertical freestanding garden and is (30) ___ to exotic plants and ferns. They also contain solar panels used to light the trees at night and also containers to collect rainwater, making them truly self-sufficient. (Adapted from "The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS" by Pauline Cullen, Amanda French and Vanessa Jakeman) Question 26: A. one B. each C. many D. much Question 27: A. when B. which C. what D. where Question 28: A. and B. for C. otherwise D. however Question 29: A. confessed B. pledged C. committed D. required Question 30: A. home B. house C. place D. land
3. A. special B. exceptionally good C. important D. amusing Question 34: According to the passage, fish can survive in the oceans because ___. A. they do not need oxygen B. evaporation and condensation create a water cycle C. ice floats D. there are currents Question 35: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of water? A. Water expands when it is frozen. B. Water can absorb heat. C. Water is a good solvent D. Water contracts on cooling. 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 36 to 42. Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember past events, anticipate future ones, make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists, however, are cautious about the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing. Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions entirely to instinct leave many questions unanswered. One example of such unexplained behavior: Honeybees communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern. The orientation of the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the sun's position in the sky, and the speed of the dance tells how far the food source is from the hive. Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and encode the dance is innate and shows no special intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the site of the food source, each time moving the food 25 percent farther from the previous site, foraging honeybees began to anticipate where the food source would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has yet explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site. Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who uses a stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural environment as rudimentary tools. One researcher has found that mother chimpanzees occasionally show their young how to use tools to open hard nuts. In one study, chimpanzees
4. C. lack abilities that other primates have D. prefer to work in pairs or groups 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 43: Tina is worrying about her visa. She can’t take her business trip without it. A. Tina can take her business trip provided that she has got her visa. B. Tina can take her business trip supposing she could get her visa. C. If it hadn’t been for the visa, Tina can take her business trip. D. As long as Tina gets her visa, she can’t take her business trip. Question 44: His wife gave birth to the first child. He understood what true responsibility meant. A. Never had he understood before he became a parent himself. B. Were his first child not to be born, he wouldn’t understand true responsibility. C. Not until he became a parent did he understand what true responsibility meant. D. Hardly had he understood true responsibility when their first child was born. 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 45: The picture of the soldiers bring back many memories. A. The B. of C. bring D. memories Question 46: Many meetings aren’t so interested as this one was. A. Many B. aren’t C. interested D. one Question 47: My brother usually helps me to learn English and doing a lot of difficult things. A. usually B. helps C. to learn D. doing Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 48: “I met her sister at the supermarket yesterday,” John said. A. John said that I met her sister at the supermarket yesterday. B. John said that I had met her sister at the supermarket yesterday. C. John said that he met her sister at the supermarket the day before. D. John said that he had met her sister at the supermarket the day before. Question 49: It is noisier in the city than it is in the country. A. It is noisier in the country than it is in the city.