Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí ĐỀ THI THỬ THPTQG MƠN TIẾNG ANH NĂM 2020 CÓ ĐÁP ÁN 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 1: A replace B eclipse C overweigh D danger Question 2: A eventually B depletion C competitive D regretful 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 Question 3: A frequent B ripen C mother D harness Question 4: A gravitate B interest C important D vicious Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that best completes each of the following exchanges Question 5: - “How often you like to wear jeans?”- “ _.” A Of course! I’m a big fan of jeans B I often spend so much to buy jeans C On a regular basis D So far so good Question 6: Mike is having dinner at his girlfriend’s house Mike: “This course is scrumptious I’m really big on it!” His girlfriend: “ _” A You must be kidding B I’m glad you like it C Sure I’d love to D No, don’t worry Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions Question 7: If you’re a shopaholic like me, it’s a great excuse to exercise the old credit card A a slave to fashion B rescuer C miser D shopping addict Question 8: Even the most social butterfly sometimes needs to flutter away from the public gaze A introvert B extrovert C scrumptious D absent-minded Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 9: Mike made me _ her next week A promise to visit B to promise to visit C promist visiting D promising visiting Question 10: She won’t get married until she _ 25 years old A is B will be C would be D can be Question 11: If you had arrived at the sale early, you _ a better selection A would have founded B would find C will find D would have found Question 12: _ the solar system may seem big, it is a very small part of the universe A Despite B Although C Even though it D Because Question 13: , Phil was a gregarious individual who enjoyed the company of others enormously A Physically B Phsychologically C Socially D Technically Question 14: “Antidisestablishmentarianism” is one of 14 longest words in English A a B an C the D no article Question 15: Her homework _, Sally went to bed at midnight A complete B completed C was completed D has been completed Question 16: It took Martha three years to _ “Clarissa”, or “The History of a Young Lady” by Samuel Richardson, as the book contain 1,536 pages A get through B look after C make for D end up Question 17: life began billions of years ago in the water A In the belief B Believing C It is believed that D The belief Question 18: It is essential that every student _ the exam before attending the course A pass B passes C would pass D should be passed Question 19: Mike’s high marks on the National High School Graduation Examination were Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí his hard work A caused B because of C since the fact D due to Question 20: Total weight of all the ants in the world is much greater than _ A all human beings B total human beings C that of all human beings D those of all human beings Question 21: The company’s total number of retired _ is nineteen A personal B personnel C personals D personnels Question 22: _ is a fact many smokers choose to ignore A That smoking is harmful to health B It is harmful to health to smoke C To smoke is harmful to harmful to health D Smoking is harmful to health Question 23: Can you see these letters first, please? The others A don’t have been answered immediately B haven’t to be answered immediately C aren’t answered immediately D don’t have to be answered immediately 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 24 to 28 RICE Rice, or com, is the very bedrock of Vietnamese cuisine In imperial Hue, rice with salt was served to distinguished guests by royal mandarins; these days locals eats at least one rice-based meal every day and offer a bowl of rice to departed ancestors If a Vietnamese says, ‘An com di’ (literally ‘let’s eat rice’), it’s an invitation to lunch or dinner You can also get your fill of the stuff, accompanied by a variety of stir-fried meat, fish and vegetable dishes, at specialized, informal eateries called quan com binh dan Cooked to a soupy state with chicken, eel or duck, rice become chao (rice porridge); fried in a hot wok with egg, vegetables and other ingredients, it’s com rang; and ‘broken’ into short grains, steamed, topped with barbecued pork, an egg, and sliced cucumber, and accompanied by nuoc cham (a dipping sauce of sweetened fish sauce), it’s com tam Tiny clams called hen are sautéed with peppery Vietnamese coriander and ladled over rice to make com hen Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí Sticky or glutinous rice (white, red and black) is mixed with pulses or rehydrated dried corn, peanuts and sesame seeds for a filling breakfast treat called xoi (ngo in central Vietnam) It can also be mixed with sugar and coconut milk then moulded into sweet treats, or layered with pork and steamed in bamboo or banana leaves for banh chung, a Tet speciality Soaked and ground into flour, rice becomes the base for everything from noodles and sweets to crackers and the dry, round, translucent ‘papers’ that Vietnamese moisten before using to wrap salad rolls and other specialities Question 24: Which of the following best serves as the title for the passage? A Rice and Vietnameses Palates B Rice and Its Combination C Rice and Its Culinary Repertoires D Rice and Its Enthusiasts Question 25: The word “distinguished” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to A important B scrumptious C aloof D negligible Question 26: According to the third paragraph, which of the following is NOT true? A Com hen are made by ladling sautéed tiny clams over rice B The culinary techniques of ‘com rang’ and ‘com tam’ are identical C Chao, com tam, com rang, com hen are all made from rice D Rice becomes rice porridge if it’s cooked to a soupy state Question 27: The word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to A xoi B dried corn C sticky rice D a filling breakfast Question 28: According to the passage, one of Vietnamese specialities _ A can be mixed with sugar and coconut milk then moulded into sweet treats B can be the base for noodles, sweets, crackers and the dry, round, translucent ‘papers’ C can be moistened before being used to wrap salad rolls D can be made by layering rice with pork and steaming it in bamboo Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences of the following questions Question 29: Their feelings for each other deteriorate quickly after the incident Eventually, they broke up Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí A Their feelings for each other deteriorate quickly after the incident, and they broke up at the end B Their feelings for each other deteriorate quickly after the incident, as they broke up in the end C Their feelings for each other deteriorate quickly after the incident; therfore, they broke up at the end D Their feelings for each other deteriorate quickly after the incident, and they broke up in the end Question 30: Her desire to see her boyfriend was so strong She chose to ignore all advices from her family members A Her desire to see her boyfriend was so strong but it was put down by advices from her family members B Her desire to see her boyfriend was so strong that she chose to ignore all advices from her family members C Her desire to see her boyfriend was strong and she chose to ignore all advices from her family member D Her desire to see her boyfriend was so strong; however, she chose to ignore all advices from her family members 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 16 to 23 WHAT’S IN YOUR PHONE? Armed with digital devices, young people are leading the way to a cashless future with 111% increase in consumer use of mobile person-to-person payment methods between 2014 and 2017, according to Boston-based research firm Dylan Oesch-Emmel, a freshman at Tufts University, can count on one hand the times he has used cash recently: to convert currency for a trip to Montreal, and for cab fare when his smart phone died and he couldn’t use Uber Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí “Quite frankly, I use zero cash,” said Oesch Emmel, 19, a Stoneham native Like many in his age bracket, Oesch-Emmel does his banking online, rarely uses an ATM, and keeps a credit card for backup Nearly all his purchases are made with payment apps on his iPhone linked to his debit card: Venmo, which lets you make and share payments with friends, to split dinner and ride home with friends, for example, or goPuff to have the essentials of college life, such as shampoo, floss, and Cheetos, delivered to his dorm Yet while younger people such as Oesch-Emmel don’t have much use for cash, the United States actually lags other nations in moving toward a largely cashless financial system Credit and debit cards have been in wide use here for much longer, and the nation’s large, complex banking system makes it difficult to adopt change quickly Shaun Ferrari, managing director of Currency Research, said electronic payment businesses are still at the stage here where they are competing against each other more so than cash “It appears as though electronic forms of payment are cannibalizing each other rather than replacing cash,” Ferrari said “Mobile has a long way to go to be a significant player in the payment landscape in the US.” Boston-based research firm Aite Group in February reported a 111 percent increase in consumer use of mobile person-to-person payment methods between 2104 and 2017 A few of the big names are showing commanding gains: Zelle had a 59 percent rise in processing volume in 2018, to $119 billion Venmo, for its part, processed $62 billion last year, up from $35 billion the year before One explanation for those increases, said Talie Baker of the Aite Group, is the ability of payment systems to be made in real time, instead of that lag people used to experience waiting for money to clear This has made digital payments feel the same as getting cash, more or less instant and around the clock Question 31: What does the passage primarily discuss? A The reason for the sluggish development of cash-consuming countries B The speculation that cash will eventually “go the way of dinosaurs” C The declining amount of cash in the financial system D The fact that cash are being rejected and the explanation for this Question 32: What can NOT be inferred according to the first paragraph? Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí A Youngsters who make good use of digital devices are creating a new future B Digital payment methods have gained in popularity C Young people are likely to be on a meagre budget in the future D The number of times when Dylan uses cash for payment is not significant Question 33: According to the second paragraph, Vemno and goPuff are the representatives of A cash-hoarding applications B person-to-person payment methods C digital alternative to national currencies D digital payment applications Question 34: The word “lags” in paragraph could be best replaced by A fall behind B harness C supervise D enhance Question 35: The word “they” in paragraph refers to A credit and debit cards B electronic forms of payment C electronic payment businesses D managing director of Currency Research Question 36: According to the passage, which of the following companies has the FASTEST budget growth? A Venmo B Zelle C Aite Group D Uber Question 37: The phrase “around the clock” in the final paragraph mostly means A part-time B intermittent C sluggish D happening all day and all night Question 38: What can we learn from the last paragraph? A New payment systems make life much easier B The future of money is a place where cash is non-existent C Physical cash will gradually become ubiquitous D Cryptocoin are disappearing because of the convenience of physical cash Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions Question 39: The police are keeping the suspects under round-the-clock surveillance Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí A consensus B magnitude C supervision D concoction Question 40: Tina has an eclectic taste for music: he listens to various genres such as classical, hard rock and country music A docile B perennial C indispensable D diverse 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 41: Several people were injured, but there were no fatality A Several B injured C but D fatality Question 42: Reducing saturated fat are the single most important dietary change you can make to cut down blood cholesterol A are B the C important D make Question 43: The strange incident has occurred in 1947 and it is only now that the true facts are coming out A has occurred B is C that D.are coming out Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 44 to 48 Cu Chi – A Legendary Land If the tenacious spirit of the Vietnamese can be symbolized by a place, few sites are more symbolic than Cu Chi During the fierce times of war, local people and soldiers miraculously lived and fought for national liberation from the intricate network of underground tunnels At first glance there is scant evidence today of the fighting and bombing that (44) Cu Chi during the war To see what went on, you have to dig deeper – underground The tunnel network of Cu Chi became (45) during the 1960s for facilitating VC control of a large rural area The network, parts of (46) were several storeys deep, included countless trapdoors, constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapon factories, field hospitals, command centres and kitchens The village of Cu Chi have been presented with numerous (47) awards, decorations Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí and citations by the government since the end of the American War, and many have been declared ‘heroic villages’ Since 1975, new hamlets have been established and the population of the area has exploded; however, chemical (48) remain in the soil in water, and crop yields are still poor Question 44: A convulsed B honed C micromanaged D levied Question 45: A legends B legendized C legendary D legitimate Question 46: A that B which C it D what Question 47: A honor B honorific C honorably D honoraria C ingredients D defoliants Question 48: A nutrients B deforestations 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 49: Never before have they tasted such scrumptious apples A They have never before tasted such scrumptious apples B This is the first time they have ever tasted such scrumptious apples C These are the most scrumptious apples they ever tasted D They have ever tasted more scrumptious apples than these Question 50: Peter had very little money but managed to make ends meet A Peter could hardly live on little money B Having little money, Peter couldn’t keep the wolf from the door C Peter found it hard to live on very little money D Peter got by on very little money ĐÁP ÁN Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 Thư viện Đề thi - Trắc nghiệm - Tài liệu học tập Miễn phí Mời bạn đọc tham khảo thêm tài liệu ôn thi THPT Quốc Gia dành cho học sinh lớp 12 đây: https://vndoc.com/thi-thpt-quoc-gia Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email hỗ trợ: hotro@vndoc.com | Hotline: 02 22 42 61 8 ... học tập Miễn phí Mời bạn đọc tham khảo thêm tài liệu ôn thi THPT Quốc Gia dành cho học sinh lớp 12 đây: https://vndoc.com /thi- thpt- quoc- gia Trang chủ: ht t p s : / / v n d o c c o m / | Email... central Vietnam) It can also be mixed with sugar and coconut milk then moulded into sweet treats, or layered with pork and steamed in bamboo or banana leaves for banh chung, a Tet speciality Soaked... 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