Đề thi thử tốt nghiệp THPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh lần 2 năm 2021 - Sở GD-ĐT Thái Nguyên (Có đáp án)

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1. SỞ GD&ĐT THÁI NGUYÊN KỲ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT NĂM 2021 – LẦN 2 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ, Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (Đề thi có 05 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề Họ, tên thí sinh: . Số báo danh: Mã đề thi: 604 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges. Question 1: In a restaurant. The waiter is asking a customer about the menu. - Waiter: “How would you like your steak?” - Customer: “___.” A. I really like eating steak B. Rare, please C. Steak is my favourite food D. Steak? No, thanks Question 2: Peter is thanking Michelle for giving him the gift on his birthday. - Peter: “Thanks for the nice gift you brought to me!” - Michelle: “___” A. Welcome! I’m glad you like it. B. Not at all. C. Actually, I myself don’t like it. D. All right! Do you know how much it costs? Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions. Question 3: Corn, domesticated by the American Indians, was brought to Europe by Columbus. A. implanted B. cultivated C. reared D. trained Question 4: When the Titanic crashed into the iceberg, the crew quickly sent out distress signals to alert nearby ships of the disaster and request their help. A. amusing B. strange C. bold D. help 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 5: If any employee knowingly breaks the terms of this contract, he will be dismissed immediately. A. coincidentally B. deliberately C. instinctively D. accidentally Question 6: Wendy is on the horns of a dilemma: she just wonders whether to go for a picnic with her friends or to stay at home with her family. A. unwilling to make a decision B. able to make a choice C. eager to make a plan D. unready to make up her mind 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 7: A. deleted B. started C. retarded D. stopped Question 8: A. literature B. important C. chemistry D. private 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 9: A. future B. involve C. prospect D. guidance Question 10: A. motivate B. furniture C. advantage D. ambulance Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 11: You are going to come to the party, ___? A. do you B. aren’t you C. won’t you D. will you Question 12: The city ___ during the war has now been rebuilt. A. destroyed B. was destroyed C. destroy D. was destroying Trang 1 – Mã đề 604
2. Question 13: She is looking ___ a new place to live because she does not want to depend on her parents anymore. A. up B. at C. for D. after Question 14: ___ he studies, the better results he gets. A. The harder B. Harder C. The hardest D. Hardest Question 15: Helen has just bought two ___ scarves. A. black new wool B. black wool new C. new black wool D. new wool black Question 16: Their son ___ his English recently because he attended a three-month English course. A. had improved B. has improved C. is improving D. improved Question 17: Bill managed to get to the train station himself ___ his leg was broken. A. because B. because of C. in spite of D. although Question 18: ___ for London, he will have finished this advanced training course. A. By the time his father leaves B. When his father left C. After his father had left D. As soon as his father had left Question 19: ___ breakfast for the whole family, my mother went to work. A. Having prepared B. To prepare C. Prepared D. Being prepared Question 20: Today we can find many ___ farms in our country. A. mechanic B. mechanize C. mechanized D. mechanization Question 21: Garvin is ___ a new computer application to see whether it works. A. looking after B. putting on C. trying out D. turning up Question 22: How do you ___ these latest instructions? I can’t make any sense of them at all. A. clarify B. interpret C. deduce D. solve Question 23: I thought I saw water in the distance but it must have been an optical ___. A. illusion B. delusion C. deception D. error Question 24: The opposition party will be elected to the government in the next election, without a ___ of a doubt. A. shade B. shadow C. benefit D. hue Question 25: Getting a good school ___ is what you need to do. A. report B. mark C. raise D. comment 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. The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being a(n) (26) ___? The schools teach a great many things of value to the future accountants, doctors or electricians. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employees? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employees to know. (27) ___ very few students bother to learn it. This basic skill is the ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate with people and to present your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will both understand (28) ___ you are driving at and be persuaded. Of course, skill in expression is not enough for itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (29) ___ on your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself. Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can hardly teach. The foundations for skill in expression have to be laid early: an interest in and an ear for language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not (30) ___ these foundations during your school years, you may never have an opportunity again. (Adapted from “Skillful Reading & Writing 4” by Mike Boyle and Lindsay Warwick) Question 26: A. professor B. employee C. occupation D. employer Question 27: A. Thus B. Though C. But D. So Question 28: A. what B. which C. why D. when Question 29: A. great B. many C. much D. plenty Question 30: A. lay B. build C. take D. establish Trang 2 – Mã đề 604
3. 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. It used to be that people would drink coffee or tea in the morning to pick them up and get them going for the day. Then cola drinks hit the market. With lots of caffeine and sugar, these beverages soon became the pick-me-up of choice for many adults and teenagers. Now drink companies are putting out so-called “energy drinks”. These beverages have the specific aim of giving tired consumers more energy. One example of a popular energy drink is Red Bull. The company that puts out this beverage has stated in interviews that Red Bull is not a thirst quencher. Nor is it meant to be a fluid replacement drink for athletes. Instead, the beverage is meant to revitalize a tired consumer’s body and mind. In order to do this, the makers of Red Bull, and other energy drinks, typically add vitamins and certain chemicals to their beverages. The added chemicals are like chemicals that the body naturally produces for energy. The vitamins, chemicals, caffeine, and sugar found in these beverages all seem like a sure bet to give a person energy. Health professionals are not so sure, though. For one thing, there is not enough evidence to show that all of the vitamins added to energy drinks actually raise a person's energy level. Another problem is that there are so many things in the beverages. Nobody knows for sure how all of the ingredients in energy drinks work together. Dr. Brent Bauer, one of the directors at the Mayo Clinic in the US, cautions people about believing all the claims energy drinks make. He says, “It is plausible if you put all these things together, you will get a good result.” However, Dr. Bauer adds the mix of ingredients could also have a negative impact on the body. “We just don't know at this point,” he says. (Source: Reading Challenge 2, Casey Malarcher & Andrea Janzen, Compass Publishing) Question 31: What is the passage mainly about? A. Teenagers should not choose energy drinks. B. Caffeine is bad for people to drink. C. Red Bull is the best energy drink. D. It is uncertain whether energy drinks are healthy. Question 32: According to the passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT ___. A. Colas have been on the market longer than other so-called “energy drinks”. B. The makers of Red Bull say that it can revitalize a person. C. Bauer does not seem to believe the claims of energy drink makers. D. It has been scientifically proved that energy drinks work. Question 33: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ___. A. one example B. Red Bull C. the company D. thirst quencher Question 34: Researchers find it difficult to know if an energy drink gives people energy because of ___. A. the number of beverage makers B. the average age of the consumers C. the mixture of various ingredients D. natural chemicals in a person's body Question 35: The word “plausible” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ___. A. reasonable B. unlikely C. typical D. impossible 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. Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner and more economical than their predecessors, but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed that run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, propane. Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission option presently available. Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or another dependable source of current is available, transportation expects foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric deliver vans, bikes, and trolleys. As automakers work to develop practical electric vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric cars. Trang 3 – Mã đề 604
4. Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheelers, small cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which is no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today. Question 36: The author’s purpose in the passage is to ___. A. criticize conventional vehicles B. describe the possibilities for transportation in the future C. support the invention of electric cars D. narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles Question 37: The following electric vehicles are all mentioned in the passage EXCEPT ___. A. planes B. trains C. vans D. trolleys Question 38: The word “charging” in paragraph 3 refers to ___. A. parking B. credit cards C. electricity D. lightening Question 39: It can be inferred from the passage that ___. A. the present cars are more economical than their future generation B. the present electric engines are the best option as being practical C. electricity is the best alternative source of power as it is almost free of pollution D. many new types of practical electric engines have been developed Question 40: The word “Commuters” in paragraph 4 refer to ___. A. Cab drivers B. Visitors C. Daily travellers D. Shoppers Question 41: The word “hybrid” in paragraph 4 is closest meaning to . A. automated B. combination C. futuristic D. hazardous Question 42: According to the passage, public parking lots in the future will be ___. A. more convenient than they are today B. as common as today’s gas stations C. much larger than they are today D. equipped with charging devices 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 43: Our new neighbors have been living in Paris for ten years before moving to New York. A B C D Question 44: In an effort to solve the problem of extinction, many countries have allocated large A B amounts of its land to animal reserves. C D Question 45: The villagers are highly appreciable of the volunteers’ efforts in reconstructing their A B C houses after the devastating storm. D 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 46: The last time I went to London was five years ago. A. The last time I have gone to London was five years ago. B. I haven’t gone to London for five years. C. Five years have passed since I have gone to London. D. I haven’t been to London for five years. Question 47: “It can't have been Mike who leaked the document, it might have been Tom,” said our manager. A. Our manager suspected Tom of having leaked the document, not Mike. B. Our manager blamed Tom for having leaked the document instead of Mike. C. Our manager showed his uncertainty about who leaked the document: Mike or Tom. D. Our manager made it clear that Tom was the one who leaked the document, not Mike. Trang 4 – Mã đề 604
5. Question 48: It is compulsory for all the students to finish their class work before going home. A. All the students may finish their class work before going home. B. All the students needn’t finish their class work before going home. C. All the students can’t finish their class work before going home. D. All the students must finish their class work before going home. 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: I made two minor mistakes. That’s why I did not get full marks for the test. A. If I didn’t make two minor mistakes, I would have got full marks for the test. B. I would have got full marks for the test if there hadn’t been two minor mistakes. C. Had I made two minor mistakes, I would have got full marks for the test. D. If the mistakes hadn’t been minor, I could have got full marks for the test. Question 50: The substance is very toxic. Protective clothing must be worn at all times. A. Since the substance is very toxic, so protective clothing must be worn at all times. B. So toxic is the substance that protective clothing must be worn at all times. C. The substance is such toxic that protective clothing must be worn at all times. D. The substance is too toxic to wear protective clothing at all times. HẾT Trang 5 – Mã đề 604
6. ĐÁP ÁN 1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. A 31. D 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. C 41. B 42. D 43. B 44. C 45. A 46. D 47. A 48. D 49. B 50. B Trang 6 – Mã đề 604