Đề thi thử tốt nghiệp THPT năm 2021 môn Tiếng Anh - Đề số 13

ĐỀ SỐ 13 
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ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT NĂM 2021 Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề 
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. gifted 	B. moved 	C. educated 	D. generated 
Question 2: A. came 	B. fame 	C. shame 	D. drama 
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 3: A. ailment 	B. process 	C. address 	D. marry 
Question 4: A. abundant 	B. critical 	C. terrible 	D. generous 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
Question 5: She won't eat anything ______ chicken nuggets and chips. 
A. in spite of 	B. since 	C. except 	D. before 
Question 6: It was the first time I'd had visitors ______. 
A. because I’ve moved to London 	B. until I will move to London 
C. since I'd moved to London 	D. when I was moving to London 
Question 7: Baking a cake isn't difficult - it's just a matter of following the ______. 
A. ingredient 	B. recipe 	C. powder 	D. roller 
Question 8: ________ by my success, Tom decided not to quit his job. 
A. To encourage 	B. Having encouraged C. Encouraged 	D. Encouraging 
Question 9: Sales of organic food aren’t growing rapidly, ______? 
A. are they 	B. weren’t they 	C. do they 	D. didn’t they 
Question 10: During a ______ business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth. 
A. succeed 	B. success 	C. successfully 	D. successful 
Question 11: I am looking forward to __________ fairly. 
A. be treating 	B. be treated 	C. being treated 	D. treating 
Question 12: I ______ several old friends when I went back to my hometown. 
A. ran across 	B. ran up 	C. put across 	D. put up 
Question 13: She was amazed at how calm she felt ______ the accident. 
A. into 	B. before 	C. to 	D. after 
Question 14: The film ______ a cold over the outstanding debt. 
A. had 	B. stuck 	C. struck 	D. caught 
Question 15: Vietnam has become ______ to foreign tourists. 
A. the more and more attractive 	 	B. most and most attractive 
C. the most and most attractive 	D. more and more attractive 
Question 16: His ______ lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply. 
A. health 	B. skill 	C. mind 	D. pain 
Question 17: He’s just bought a ________ phone. 
A. smart new Chinese B. new smart Chinese C. smart Chinese new D. Chinese new smart Question 18: After six months of ______ and changing, we've decided to go back to our old system. 
A. chopping 	B. moving 	C. fixing 	D. cutting 
Question 19: I will talk to you when you ______ your meal. 
A. finished 	B. have finished 	C. will finish 	D. were finishing 
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 20: A number of potential buyers have expressed interest in the company. 
A. temporary 	B. possible 	C. spiritual 	D. frequent 
Question 21: Volunteers must provide their own transportation. 
A. vehicle 	B. article 	C. channel 	D. sentence 
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 22: We need to ensure that handwriting is properly taught in our primary schools. 
A. actually 	B. exactly 	C. easily 	D. incorrectly 
Question 23: The next time somebody tries to push your buttons, remember what Mom said and resist reacting. 
A. encourage you 	B. hate you 	C. stop you 	D. urge you 
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 24: Mark appreciates Laura’s new dress. 
Mark: “It’s such a beautiful dress, Laura.” 
Laura: “__________” 
A. Thank you. 	B. It’s expensive. 	C. Welcome! 	D. It’s made in Japan. 
Question 25: Trinh is complaining about his bike with Lan. 
Trinh: “What a nuisance! My bike is broken again.” 
Lan: “__________” 
A. Good luck. 	B. That’s why. 	C. Have it repaired. 	D. Have it repair. 
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 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960. 
In 1979, the General Assembly (26) ________ a programme of activities to be undertaken during the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. On that occasion, the General Assembly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism (27) ________ racial discrimination, beginning on 21 March, would be organized annually in all States. 
Since then, the apartheid system in South Africa has been dismantled. Racist laws and practices have been abolished in (28) ________ countries, and we have built an international (29) ________ for fighting racism, guided by the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Convention is now nearing universal ratification, yet still, in all regions, too many individuals, communities and societies suffer from the injustice and stigma (30) ________ racism brings. 
Question 26: A. accused 
B. admired 
C. admitted 
D. adopted 
Question 27: A. and 
B. although 
C. so 
D. but 
Question 28: A. every 
B. many 
C. another 
D. much 
Question 29: A. distance 
B. product 
C. entrance 
D. framework 
Question 30: A. where 
B. when 
C. that 
D. who 
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. 
We have documented the history of individual metals before and we have also visualized their annual production. However, we have not seen all of the metals on one timeline before such as in an infographic. 
Worth noting is gold’s prominence ever since the beginning of history. Because the yellow metal is one of the rare elements that can be found in native form, it was used by the earliest of our ancestors. 
Comparatively, it is only recently that the technology has advanced to allow us to discover or extract the rest of the metals on today’s periodic table. For example, even though we knew of titanium as early as 1791, it was relatively useless all the way up until the 1940’s because of its metallurgy. In the 20th century, scientists advanced a way to remove the impurities, making it possible to get the strong and hard titanium we know today. 
Another standout fact is that it took all the way until the early 19th century for two very important elements to be discovered. Both are not found free in nature very often and thus slipped detection for many centuries. Silicon, which actually makes up 26% of the earth’s crust, was discovered in 1823. Then in 1827, aluminium was discovered – we now know today that it is the most common metal in the earth’s crust. It’s actually 1200X more abundant than copper. Question 31: What could be the best title for the passage? 
A. Today’s Periodic Table 	B. Rare Metal Elements C. The History of Metals 	D. When Silicon was discovered 
Question 32: The word “that” in paragraph 2 refers to ______. 
A. prominence 	B. history 	C. yellow metal 	D. rare elements 
Question 33: According to paragraph 3, titanium was relatively useless until the 1940’s because ______. 
Men did not discover it until 1940 
Metallurgy technology was too poor to make it strong and hard 
There were no the impurities in titanium at the time 
Titanium at the time was different from the one we know today 
Question 34: The word “standout” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. remarkable 	B. specific 	C. efficient 	D. additional 
Question 35: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as an information of aluminium? 
Aluminium was discovered in 1827. 
Aluminium is the most common metal on earth. C. The discovery of aluminium was not important. 
D. Aluminium’s 1200 times more abundant than copper. 
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. 
The practice of gathering and storing large amounts of information, and then attempting to make sense of that information has been around for centuries. For example, the U.S. Census Bureau started recording population data on punch cards in 1790. Fast forward 100 years, and the invention of the “Tabulating Machine” processed information on these punch cards hundreds of times faster than humans could. 
With the “information explosion” of the 1940s, society desperately needed a better way to both store and access large amounts of data. In 1970, IBM Research Labs published the first paper on relational databases – allowing for more efficient ways to locate data in large databases. Think of something similar to an Excel spreadsheet. 
The commercialization of the internet in 1995 paved the way for Web 2.0. In its infancy, the internet was information-only, and featured static websites that provided dull user experiences. When Web 2.0 launched in 2004, end-users were now able to generate, distribute, and store their own content in a virtual community. 
Internet users flooded social media networks like Facebook and Twitter in the mid-2000s, which led to the distribution of even more data. Around this time, YouTube and Netflix forever changed the ways we would view and stream video content. Data used from these platforms provided near-real-time insight into consumer behaviour as well. 
With the 2011 launch of Hadoop, a powerful open-source framework for storing data and running applications, experts agreed that big data was the next frontier for innovation and competition. 
The internet of things (IoT) revolutionized big data in 2014. With an internet-connected world, more businesses decided to shift spending towards big data to reduce operational costs, boost efficiency, and develop new products and services. 
Now, the scope of big data is nearly endless. Researchers in “smart cities” are using realtime data to look at electricity consumption, pollution, traffic, and much more. Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning are harnessing big data for future automation and helping humans unveil new solutions. 
All of these milestones were made possible when the world decided to go digital. 
Question 36: Which best serves as the title for the passage? 
A. Population Data 	 	B. Content in A Virtual Community 
C. Internet-connected World 	D. History of Big Data 
Question 37: The word “that” in paragraph 3 refers to ______. 
A. internet 	B. websites 	C. information 	D. experiences 
Question 38: In paragraph 1, the “Tabulating Machine” was invented to ______. 
A. gather and store large amounts of information B. make sense of information collected 
C. record population data 	D. process information faster 
Question 39: The word “distribution” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. attention 	B. application 	C. allocation 	D. definition 
Question 40: The word “operational” in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. functioning 	B. encouraging 	C. inspiring 	D. shivering 
Question 41: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage? 
The first paper on relational databases was published by IBM Research Labs in 1940. 
YouTube and Netflix forever changed the ways we watch video content. 
More businesses invested in big data to reduce operational costs. 
New solutions will be unveiled thanks to artificial intelligence. 
Question 42: Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 7? A. Big data is going to end in the near future. 
Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning is very large and useful. 
Electricity consumption, pollution, traffic can all be controlled by AI. 
Emerging technologies will soon eliminate current machinery. 
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: Linda was going to the supermarket to buy some sugar at the moment. 
A. Linda 	B. was going 	C. the 	D. some 
Question 44: There aren't very much weekends between now and Christmas. 
A. There 	B. much 	C. between 	D. Christmas 
Question 45: Modern office buildings have false floors, under which computer and phone wires can be lain. 
A. office buildings 	B. false floors 	C. which 	D. can be lain 
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: My father hasn’t played chess for three years. 
A. My father last played chess three years ago. 	B. My father didn’t play chess three years ago. 
C. My father has played chess for three years. D. My father played chess for three years. 
Question 47: “I was not there at the time,” said the man. 
A. The man promised to be there at the time. B. The man swore to be there at the time. 
C. The man denied being there at the time. 	D. The man predicted to be there at the time. 
Question 48: It isn’t necessary for you to finish this work today. 
A. You needn’t finish this work today. 	B. You mustn’t finish this work today. 
C. You should finish this work today. 	D. You can finish this work today. 
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: She lives so far away. He really wants her to visit him more regularly. 
If she doesn’t live so far way, she will be able to visit him more regularly. 
He wishes she lived near here and could visit him more regularly. 
If only she had lived near here and could have visited him more regularly. 
As long as she lives near here, she will be able to visit him more regularly. 
Question 50: He was appointed to the post. He then called to inform his wife. 
Had it not been for his call to inform his wife, he wouldn’t have been appointed to the post. 
Not only did he call to inform his wife but he was also appointed to the post. 
Only after he had called to inform his wife was he appointed to the post. 
Hardly had he been appointed to the post when he called to inform his wife. 
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