TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN HÀ TĨNH KỲ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2020

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ ; Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
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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 1 to 7.
When lockdown began, Naomi initially hoped she could muddle through. She was used to working from home as
a management consultant, and her boss was flexible about when the work got done. But, as a single parent to two
children, seven and six, a few weeks of home schooling by day and working late into the night left her exhausted.
“I’m the school cook, cleaner and caretaker, I’m the teacher, and as well I’m trying to be the consultant after
they’ve gone to bed. I realised I was going almost 24/7,” she says. So, in April, she asked to be added to her
company’s furlough list; when her boss agreed, she felt nothing but relief. “I tried; I really did try. But I’m only
human, and I can only be stretched so far before everything falls apart.”

Men have paid disproportionately with their lives during this pandemic, yet it’s women who seem to be bearing
the brunt of the economic fallout. Young women were hardest hit by redundancies early on, when female-
dominated sectors such as retail, hotels and hairdressing salons shut overnight. Women working from home are
also shouldering more of the housework and childcare than men, according to research from the Institute for
Fiscal Studies (IFS), while the charity Carers UK estimates that around 4.5 million people have had to become
unpaid carers for sick or disabled relatives during the pandemic and that the majority of them will be women.
Now, the government’s decision to open non-essential shops and offices last week, despite schools and nurseries
not being fully open, is trapping more parents between a rock and a hard place.

“Mothers are one and a half times as likely as fathers to have lost their job, or quit or been furloughed in this
crisis,” says Tulip Siddiq, Labour’s shadow early years minister, who notes that when something has to give in
dual-income couples, it’s often the lower earner’s job. She is increasingly hearing from mothers afraid their
inability to work uninterrupted at home, or return to the office, will count against them when redundancies are
looming. “A very high-flying lawyer I spoke to had decided to self-isolate with her sister and her husband (for
childcare), but she’s still losing three to four hours of work a day. She’s almost sure that if they decide to make
cuts at the end of the pandemic, she’s in the firing line, not her male counterparts.”

The IFS found on average that fathers got twice as many uninterrupted working hours as mothers. “Without
childcare, everything collapses. I don’t think the government has appreciated that at all,” says JoeliBrearley of the
campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed, which recently found that more than half of pregnant women and
mothers surveyed expected the pandemic to damage their careers. “It took 20 years for us to increase female
employment by 11% and now we’re going to see it massively deteriorate overnight.” Is coronavirus pushing
women into a great leap backwards?
(Adapted from www.theguardian.com)
Question 1: The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to _________.
A. unpaid carers B. people C. parents D. disabled relatives
Question 2: Which is the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Life at Home of Women in the Pandemic.
B. Employments for Women in the Pandemic.
C. In Praise of Women’s Roles in the Pandemic.
D. How the Pandemic is Destroying Women's Rights
Question 3: The word "disproportionately" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. variously B. changeably C. excessively D. reasonably
Question 4: According to the passage, which is one reason why women are more likely to be in the firing line?
A. Females are unable to work uninterrupted at home.
B. Women lack working experience at home.
C. Males have expertise to work continuously in offices.
D. Women tend to earn more money than men.
Question 5: Which statement is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The proportion of employed women had increased over the period of 20 years before the
pandemic occurred.
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 B. Many women are working without being paid under the influence of the pandemic.
C. Men working from home are in charge of less housework and childcare than women.
D. The majority of women surveyed expected their careers to be ruined owing to the pressure they
are under.
Question 6: According to paragraph 1, which of the following would best describe Naomi’s situation?
A. She was unwilling to take her responsibilities for doing all household chores.
B. She is accustomed to the current difficulties owing to her past experience.
C. She hasn't been well-prepared for the coming tough situations.
D. She found it hard to fulfill all her responsibilities at home and at work.
Question 7: The word "furloughed" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. dismissed B. promoted C. affected D. transferred

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 8 to 12.
Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with perhaps one-quarter of all
ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter. This is a remarkable statistic when you consider that reefs
cover just a tiny fraction (less than one percent) of the earth’s surface and less than two percent of the ocean
bottom. Because they are so diverse, coral reefs are often called the rainforests of the sea.

Coral reefs are also very important to people. The value of coral reefs has been estimated at 30 billion U.S. dollars
and perhaps as much as 172 billion U.S. dollars each year, providing food, protection of shorelines, jobs based on
tourism, and even medicines.

Unfortunately, people also pose the greatest threat to coral reefs. Overfishing and destructive fishing, pollution,
warming, changing ocean chemistry, and invasive species are all taking a huge toll. In some places, reefs have
been entirely destroyed, and in many places reefs today are a pale shadow of what they once were.

The greatest threats to reefs are rising water temperatures and ocean acidification linked to rising carbon dioxide
levels. High water temperatures cause corals to lose the microscopic algae that produce the food corals need-a
condition known as coral bleaching. Severe or prolonged bleaching can kill coral colonies or leave them
vulnerable to other threats. Meanwhile, ocean acidification means more acidic seawater, which makes it more
difficult for corals to build their calcium carbonate skeletons. And if acidification gets severe enough, it could
even break apart the existing skeletons that already provide the structure for reefs. Additionally, warming and
more acid seas are not the only threats to coral reefs. Overfishing and overharvesting of corals also disrupt reef
ecosystems. If care is not taken, boat anchors and divers can scar reefs
(Source: <https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/corals-and-coral-reefs>)

Question 8: According to the passage, all of the followings are mentioned as threats to coral reefs EXCEPT
_________.
A. alien species invading B. rising water levels
C. warming and more acid seas D. overfishing and destructive fishing
Question 9: Which of the following is TRUE about coral reefs as stated in the passage?
A. Boats can drop their anchors or chains nearby coral reefs without any damage.
B. Coral reefs can be compared to rainforests due to its diversity.
C. In the condition of high acidic seawater, coral reefs can easily build their calcium carbonate
skeletons.
D. Ocean acidification at any level can even destroy the current skeleton structures of reefs.
Question 10: What could be the best title of the passage?
A. The diversity of coral reefs B. Measures to protect coral reefs
C. Facts about coral reefs D. Benefits from coral reefs
Question 11: According to the passage, coral bleaching is indirectly caused by _________.
A. losing the microscopic algae B. rising water temperatures
C. rising carbon dioxide levels D. rising ocean acidification
Question 12: The phrase “taking a huge toll” in paragraph 3 mostly means _________.
A. having good effects B. causing a lot of damage
C. suffering from vulnerability D. making great profits

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 13: A. disaster B. pesticide C. abandon D. committee
Question 14: A. accuse B. argue C. demand D. proceed

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 15 to 19.

E-learning becomes an important sector

With the internet now being able to make the impossible possible, learning has shifted to an online medium.
Countries all over the world are now beginning to enter the sector of eLearning, allowing people to have a broader
access to learning opportunities that weren't otherwise (15) _________ in the past. The reason why this industry
has become so popular over the last few years is the convenience it offers to those (16) _________ are interested
in it. Traditionally, if a person wanted to learn something or get a degree, they would have to go to a university, a
college, or (17) _________ institution that can teach you and give you a certification at the end.
With online learning, on the other hand, people don’t have to wake up every morning just to attend a few
lectures. People are now able to learn from the (18) _________ of their own homes, and according to their
preferred timings. Not to mention all the retention benefits that eLearning designs offer. No longer are people
bound by time and location to learn, (19) _________ the process has also become a lot easier than what it used to
be before eLearning became a thing.
(Adapted from<https://elearningindustry.com> )
Question 15: A. possible B. favorable C. considerable D. perfect
Question 16: A. which B. who C. when D. what
Question 17: A. every B. other C. some D. any
Question 18: A. background B. comfort C. situation D. space
Question 19: A. but B. thus C. because D. since

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 20: Tina is one of the many people who has struggled to purchase necessities during the
A B C D
coronavirus pandemic.
Question 21: The dietician advised us to avoid consuming lots of fat, focus on having more fruits and
A B
vegetables, and drinking at least eight glasses of water per day.
C D
Question 22: The human eye is better at spotting movement in the dark than in identifying stationery
A B C D
objects.

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 23: You shouldn't expect immigrants to assimilate into an alien immediately .
A. adapt to B. immerse themselves in
C. make themselves understood in D. distance themselves from
Question 24: Learning a new computer program can be a tedious process.
A. laborious B. boring C. entertaining D. dreary

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 25: I was late yesterday because I hadn’t been informed about the change of the meeting’s time.
A. Someone must have informed me that the time of the meeting had been changed.
B. Someone should have informed me that the time of the meeting had been changed.
C. Someone needn’t have informed me that the time of the meeting had been changed.
D. Someone may have informed me that the time of the meeting had been changed.
Question 26: Travelling by train is less convenient than travelling by car.
A. Travelling by car is more convenient than travelling by train.
B. Travelling by car is not so convenient as travelling by train.
C. Travelling by car is as convenient as travelling by train.
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 D. Travelling by train is the more convenient of the two.
Question 27: “I have been working here since our last meeting” said my friend.
A. My friend said that he has been working there since our previous meeting.
B. My friend said that he had been working there since our previous meeting.
C. My friend said that he has been working there the last time we met.
D. My friend said that he was working there since our previous meeting.

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 28: I should have the report ready for you by this afternoon, I just need to get to grips with this new
software update first.
A. get rid of B. attack C. deal with D. install
Question 29: Many illnesses in these temporary refugee camps are the result of inadequate sanitation.
A. food supply B. health care C. hygiene D. water supply

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 30: A. beliefs B. attempts C. remarks D. answers
Question 31: A. regret B. reserve C. effect D. effort

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of
the following exchanges.
Question 32: Linda and Jenny are talking about waste disposal.
- Linda: “I think littering should be severely punished”
- Jenny: “_____________”
A. You must be kidding. B. You can say that again.
C. I hope you won’t do that. D. I don’t understand what you mean.
Question 33: A waitress is talking to a customer.
Customer: “Excuse me. Can we sit by the window?”
Waitress: “_____________”
A. No, you can enjoy the fresh air outside. B. That is an absurd idea.
C. Oh, I am sorry. They are all reserved. D. Well. The tables are so uncomfortable.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of the
sentences in the following questions
Question 34: You will get the refund for the broken box. Make sure you can show us the receipt.
A. We will give you the refund for the broken box so long as you can show us the receipt.
B. We will give you the refund for the broken box unless you can show us the receipt.
C. We will give you the refund for the broken box in case you can’t show us the receipt.
D. We won’t give you the refund for the broken box if you can show us the receipt.
Question 35: She was very sad about the news. She burst into tears.
A. She was sad about the news but she didn’t cry.
B. So sad about the news she was that she burst into tears.
C. Such was her sadness about the news that she burst into tears.
D. Although she was sad about the news, she didn’t burst into tears.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 36: Failing an exam for the first time was a _________ in disguise as it forced me to work harder to get
a better result the next time.
A. favor B. protection C. endowment D. blessing
Question 37: At 84 he's still quite active, _________ he walks with the aid of a stick.
A. because B. but C. however D. although
Question 38: Everyone's going to be there, _________?
A. isn't he B. aren't they C. is he D. are they
Question 39: You’d better buy more champagne, _________ .
A. whether someone else comes B. if someone else came
C. in case someone else comes D. otherwise someone else came
Question 40: Most of _________ Imperial Citadel of Thang Long was demolished in the early 20th century.

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 A. an B. Ø C. a D. the
Question 41: Finally, Jessica has to _________ to terms with the fact that there is no solution to her company’s
financial crisis.
A. pay B. come C. make D. go
Question 42: If Simon _________ to the party last night, he could have met the manager.
A. went B. had gone C. goes D. has gone
Question 43: I last spoke to her a month ago. You know I _________ a month”.
A. haven’t spoken to her for B. didn’t speak to her since
C. haven’t spoken to her since D. didn’t speak to her for
Question 44: At the height of Covid-19 pandemic, many provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) were _________ contributing to preventing the spread of the disease.
A. set in B. put off C. put up D. set up
Question 45: The rock star gave only one _________when he was on tour.
A. interviewee B. interview C. interviewing D. interviewer
Question 46: They aren’t used _________ manual transmission car.
A. to drive B. to driving C. driving D. drive
Question 47: He was very glad as the attendees applauded for the presentation _________ yesterday.
A. was carefully prepared B. having carefully prepared
C. carefully preparing D. carefully prepared
Question 48: The movie I watched last night bears a very close _________to the original novel.
A. parallel B. similarity C. resemblance D. correspondence
Question 49: Tom’s brother is looking _________ a new place to live because he does not want to depend on his
parents any more.
A. for B. up C. at D. after
Question 50: Teaching programs should be designed to make sure that all children are able to fulfill their
_________
A. likelihood B. prospect C. potential D. possibility

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