PRO 3M/3MPLUS – ƠN LUYỆN TỒN DIỆN CHO KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT QUỐC GIA Biên soạn: Cô Vũ Thị Mai Phương – Ngoaingu24h.vn TÀI LIỆU ĐI KÈM LIVESTREAM LUYỆN ĐỌC ĐIỀN - ĐỌC HIỂU ( BUỔI 18) Theo dõi LIVESTREAM ĐỘC QUYỀN cô vào lúc 20h30 ngày 16/1/2021 khóa học PRO 3MPLUS Cơ Vũ Thị Mai Phương Trích đề thi học kì lớp 12 năm học 2020- 2021- Sở giáo dục đào tạo Thái Bình 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 question from to EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE Education is another area of social life in which information technology is changing the way we communicate Today's college students may not simple sit in a lecture or a library to learn about their field Through their computers and the wonders of virtual reality they can participate in lifelike stimulated experiences Consider the following scenario of the future of education made possible through developments in information technology For children over the age of 10, daily attendance at schools is not compulsory Some of the older children attend school only once or twice a week to get tutorial support or instruction from a teacher For the most part, pupils are encouraged to work online from home Students should complete a minimum number of study hour per year; however, they may make up these hours by studying at home at times that suit their family schedule They can log on early or late in the day and even join live classes in other countries In order to ensure that each student is learning adequately, computer software will automatically monitor the number hours a week each student studies online as well as student's learning materials and assessment activities Reports will be available for parents and teachers The software can then identify the best learning activities and conditions for each individual student and generate similar activities It can be also identify areas of weak achievement and produce special programs adjusted to the students' needs (Source: http://www.edudernic.corn/technology-pros-cons/) Question 1: What CAN’T the software do? A Identify weaknesses of the students B Find out the best activities for the students C Monitor the time the students learn D Design materials for the students Question 2: The word “they” in the paragraph refers to A students B study hours C schools D older children Question 3: How many times are children who are older than 10 required to go to school weekly? A Three B No time C Once or twice D Four Question 4: Which of the following could best replace the word “encouraged”? A stimulated B banned C allowed D discouraged Question 5: What is NOT mentioned as a benefit of information technology to the student? A Students’ learning time won’t be monitored B Students can learn at times that suit their schedule C Students’ weak achievement can be identified D Students can stay at home to learn KHÓA HỌC PRO3M/PRO3MPLUS – CHINH PHỤC ĐIỂM 9+ MÔN TIẾNG ANH CÙNG CÔ VŨ MAI PHƯƠNG PRO 3M/3MPLUS – ƠN LUYỆN TỒN DIỆN CHO KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT QUỐC GIA Biên soạn: Cô Vũ Thị Mai Phương – Ngoaingu24h.vn Question 6: What is the topic of the passage? A Students don’t have to go to school any more B Computer software will make sure students learn at home C Students can know about their weak aspects to focus D The effect of information technology on education Question 7: Who/What counts the number of hours per week that students spend learning? A Virtual reality B Computer software C Parents D Teacher Trích đề thi thử lần trường THPT Chuyên Lào Cai năm 2021 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions Stars have been significant features in the design of many United States coins and their number has varied from one to forty-eight stars Most of the coins issued from about 1799 to the early years of the twentieth century bore thirteen stars representing the thirteen original colonies Curiously enough, the first American silver coins, issued in 1794, had fifteen stars because by that time Vermont and Kentucky has joined the Union At that time it was apparently the intention of mint officials to add a star for each new state Following the admission of Tennessee in 1796, for example, some varieties of half dimes, dimes, and halfdollars were produced with sixteen stars As more states were admitted to the Union, however, it quickly became apparent that this scheme would not prove practical and the coins from A798 on were issued with only thirteen Stars-one for each of the original colonies Due to an error at the mint, one variety of the A828 half cent was issued with only twelve stars There is also a variety of the large cent with only A2 stars, but this is the result of a die break and is not a true error Question What is the main topic of the passage? A Stars on American coins B The teaching of astronomy in state universities C Colonial stamps and coins D The star as national symbol of the United States Question The expression "Curiously enough" is used because the author finds it strange that _ A Tennessee was the first state to use half dimes B Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union in 1794 C Silver coins with fifteen stars appeared before coins with thirteen D No silver coins were issued until 1794 Question 10 Why was a coin produced in 1828 with only twelve stars? A Tennessee had left the Union B The mint made a mistake C There were twelve states at the time D There is a change in design policy Question 11 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the denomination of an American coin? A Half nickel B Half-dollar C Hall cent D Half dime Question 12 The word "their" in line refers to _ A features B Coins C stars D colonies KHĨA HỌC PRO3M/PRO3MPLUS – CHINH PHỤC ĐIỂM 9+ MƠN TIẾNG ANH CÙNG CÔ VŨ MAI PHƯƠNG PRO 3M/3MPLUS – ÔN LUYỆN TỒN DIỆN CHO KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT QUỐC GIA Biên soạn: Cô Vũ Thị Mai Phương – Ngoaingu24h.vn Trích đề thi thử lần trường THPT Chuyên Lào Cai năm 2021 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 In the last third of the nineteenth century a new housing form was quietly being developed In 1869 the Stuyvesant, considered New York’s first apartment house was built on East Eighteenth Street The building was financed by the developer Rutherfurd Stuyvesant and designed by Richard Morris Hunt, the first American architect to graduate from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris Each man had lived in Paris, and each understood the economics and social potential of this Parisian housing form But the Stuyvesant was at best a limited success In spite of Hunts inviting faỗade, the living space was awkwardly arranged Those who could afford them were quite content to remain in the more sumptuous, single-family homes, leaving the Stuyvesant to young married couples and bachelors The fundamental problem with the Stuyvesant and the other early apartment buildings that quickly followed, in the 1870’s and early 1880’s was that they were confined to the typical New York building lot That lot was a rectangular area 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep – a shape perfectly suited for a row house The lot could also accommodate a rectangular tenement, though it could not yield the square, welllighted, and logically arranged rooms that great apartment buildings require But even with the awkward interior configurations of the early apartment buildings, the idea caught on It met the needs of a large and growing population that wanted something better than tenements but could not afford or did not want row houses So while the city’s newly emerging social leadership commissioned their mansions, apartment houses and hotels began to sprout in multiple lots, thus breaking the initial space constraints In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, large apartment houses began dotting the developed portions of New York City, and by the opening decades of the twentieth century, spacious buildings, such as the Dakota and the Ansonia finally transcended the tight confinement of row house building lots From there it was only a small step to building luxury apartment houses on the newly created Park Avenue, right next to the fashionable Fifth Avenue shopping area Question 13 The new housing form discussed in the passage refers to _ A row houses B hotels C apartment buildings D single-family homes Question 14 It can be inferred that a New York apartment building in the 1870's and 1880's had all of the following characteristics EXCEPT _ A It was spacious inside B It had limited light C Its room arrangement was not logical D It was rectangular Question 15 The author mentions the Dakota and the Ansonia in paragraph because _ A they are examples of large, well-designed apartment buildings B they are famous hotels C they were built on a single building lot D their design is similar to that of row houses Question 16 Why did the idea of living in an apartment become popular in the late 1880's? A The city officials of New York wanted housing that was centrally located B Large families needed housing with sufficient space C The shape of early apartments could accommodate a variety of interior designs D Apartments were preferable to tenements and cheaper than row houses Question 17 The word "sumptuous" in paragraph is closest in meaning to _ A modern B unique C luxurious D distant KHÓA HỌC PRO3M/PRO3MPLUS – CHINH PHỤC ĐIỂM 9+ MÔN TIẾNG ANH CÙNG CÔ VŨ MAI PHƯƠNG PRO 3M/3MPLUS – ÔN LUYỆN TỒN DIỆN CHO KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT QUỐC GIA Biên soạn: Cô Vũ Thị Mai Phương – Ngoaingu24h.vn Question 18 The word "they" in the passage refers to _ A the Stuyvesant B fundamental problems C modern apartment buildings D early apartment buildings Question 19 Why was the Stuyvesant a limited success? A Most people could not afford to live there B There were no shopping areas nearby C The arrangement of the rooms way not convenient D It was in a crowded neighborhood Question 20 It can be inferred that the majority of people who lived in New York’s first apartments were _ A disadvantaged B highly educated C young D unemployed KHÓA HỌC PRO3M/PRO3MPLUS – CHINH PHỤC ĐIỂM 9+ MÔN TIẾNG ANH CÙNG CÔ VŨ MAI PHƯƠNG