[Đề thi chính thức] Trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh THPT Quốc gia 2020

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.

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Question 2:

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 3:

Question 4:

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.

Question 5: Tickets for such events will be typically cheap unless you want seats in the VIP areas.

Question 6: Peter was very sick until he took the marvelous medicine that Doctor Staples prescribed.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 7: Despite numerous hard pushes, he couldn’t make the window open.

Question 8: When I suggested he was mistaken, John got hot under the collar and stormed out of the room.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or on your answer sheet to indicate the corrected answer to each other following questions.

Question 9: It’s no good _____ a fuss and arguing over such an unimportant issue.

Question 10: Health experts strongly advise patients with hypertension to avoid _____ food amounts of fat.

Question 11: The graphics of this book are attractive, but its _____ is not original at all.

Question 12: If I _____ you, I would spend more time with the children.

Question 13: Bill’s mother won’t let him go out with his friends _____.

Question 14: Peter is an ambitious man who will never _____ till he gets what he wants.

Question 15: I would like to extend my gratitude to all the staff for their _____ support, without which our company couldn’t have overcome the crisis.

Question 16: Most women expect _____ more help with the housework from their husbands.

Question 17: Having your private life scrutinised closely by the public is regarded as part and _____ of being a celebrity.

Question 18: He is often _____ last person to leave the office.

Question 19: One _____ method for keeping our mind active is doing cross.

Question 20: Mary feels confident about the competition _____ she has been well-prepared for it.

Question 21: Her academic performance has greatly improved since she _____ her study methods.

Question 22: You like the food here, _____?

Question 23: The whole world is waiting _____ a vaccine against Covid-19.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes the following exchanges.

Question 24: Jenny and Kathy are arranging to see a new film.
– Jenny: “Why don’t you come over and see the new film with me?”
– Kathy: “_____”

Question 25: Helen and Sarah are talking about their school’s field trip.
– Helen: “This is the best field trip we’ve ever had.”
– Sarah: “_____” . Everyone enjoyed it to the fullest.”

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

INTERNSHIPS

In many countries going through difficult economic times, job openings for new graduates can be few and far between. In this competitive environment, relevant work experience can help job seekers stand out from the crowd, and (26) _____ organisations now offer temporary placements, called internships. The problem with numerous internships, (27) _____, is that they are unpaid, and this often puts young people off applying for
them.

Employers and interns sometimes come to mutually beneficial arrangements, however. Dinesh Pathan, applying for an internship with an IT company, negotiated a deal in which he would be given travel (28) _____ only for two weeks, and then, as long as he could show his marketing work was adding value, he would be paid a wage.

The arrangement worked well: Dinesh had a(n) (29) _____ to work hard, and he ended up feeling “not so much an intern as a temporary staffer”. HR consultant Denise Baker says similar arrangements are common. What is more, “if interns do well, employers would often rather make them full employees than recruit people (30) _____ they don’t know”.

(Adapted from Exam Essentials Practice Tests – Cambridge English by Tom Bradbury and Eunice Yeates)

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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 31 to 35.

Staying in hotels and resorts has been a traditional part of travel since the beginning of mass tourism. But nowadays, many tourists want a more intimate experience. For this reason, they are choosing to ‘go native’. This often means staying in the kinds of places that local people inhabit. In big cities, you can try staying with the friend of a friend. You may end up sleeping on the couch or the floor, but the advantages outweigh the discomfort. The biggest plus is that you’ll be staying with a local and seeing the city from a local perspective.

Another option is house-swapping. Several websites allow you to connect with people who want to trade living situations. It’s usual to exchange emails about favourite places in the city before the swap, meaning you can have a truly local experience. But of course, you can only do this if you don’t mind having strangers staying in your house.

For the more adventurous, staying in a native structure in an African village or a hut on the water in Vietnam or Thailand can be real thrill. These might not even include plumbing or electricity, and that is part of the charm. The experience of dealing with oil lamps and carrying water really gives you a sense of how the people live..

No matter how unadventurous you feel, you might want to consider crossing hotels off your list. Getting to know the local way of life is the most valuable part of travel. And what better way is there to do this than staying where the local people actually live?

(Adapted from Solutions – Third Edition by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)

Question 31: What is the passage mainly about?

Question 32: The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to _____

Question 33: What is the biggest advantage of tourists’ going native?

Question 34: The word “charm” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____

Question 35: Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?

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.

One day, a middle-aged man asked a taxi to take him to see Chelsea play Arsenal at football. He told the driver “Stamford Bridge”, the name of Chelsea’s stadium, but he was delivered instead to the village of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire. Of course, he missed the match.

What had happened? With the Sat-Nav system in place, the driver in this story felt he did not need to know where he was going. He confidently outsourced the job of knowing this information to the Sat-Nav. Using an Internet search engine takes a broadband user less than a second. And with smartphones at hand, people will be online almost all of the time.

The same could be true of university education. Today, the average student seems not to value general knowledge. If asked a factual question, they will usually click on a search engine without a second thought. Actually knowing the fact and committing it to memory does not seem to be an issue, it’s the case with which we can look it up.

However, general knowledge has never been something that you acquire formally. Instead, we pick it up from all sorts of sources as we go along, often absorbing facts without realising. The question remains, then: is the Internet threatening general knowledge? When I put that to Moira Jones, expert in designing IQ tests, she referred me to the story of the Egyptian god Thoth. It goes like this: Thoth offers writing as a gift to the king of Egypt, declaring it an “elixir of memory and wisdom.” But the king is horrified, and tells him: “This invention will induce forgetfulness in the souls of those who have learned it, because they will not need to exercise their memories, being able to rely on what is written.”

Who wants to be a millionaire finalist David Swift, responding to the same question, recognises that there was a problem of young people saying: “I don’t need to know that”, but he is far more excited about the educational potential of the Internet. “There is so much more information out there, giving people opportunities to boost their general knowledge.”

After all, the Internet might just help us to forget more and more. But meanwhile, the continuing popularity popularity of quizzes and game-shows shows us that general knowledge is strong enough to remain.

(Adapted from English Unlimited by Adrian Deff and Ben Gok)

Question 36: Which best serves as the title for the passage?

Question 37: Why did the middle aged man miss the football match?

Question 38: The word “outsourced” in paragraph 2 mostly means _____.

Question 39: The word “that” in paragraph 4 refers to _____.

Question 40: The word “induce” in paragraph 4 mostly means _____.

Question 41: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

Question 42: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 43: John’s classmates like (A) him since (B) he is (C) friendly, honest, and kindness (D).

Question 44: Richard enjoy (A) taking part in (B) social activities (C) during his (D) summer holiday.

Question 45: Public speaking is quite (A) a frightening (B) experience for many people as it can produce a status (C) of mind similar to panic (D).

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 46: She is more responsible than her brother.

Question 47: It is compulsory for the students in this school to wear uniform.

Question 48: “I’m going back to work next week,” said Harry.

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 49: Online distribution of pirated publications is illegal. Many Internet users still commit the offence.

Question 50: He lacked commitment to the job. He wasn’t considered for promotion.