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THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH LẦN THỨ XXVI – NĂM 2021

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN
LÊ HỒNG PHONG
ĐÁP ÁN CHI TIẾT

Phần trắc nghiệm

1. A. will be working 21. D. intensified 41. C. discrepancy

2. D. was recovering 22. B. grief 42. C. whereas
3. A. that she could write 23. D. pricked 43. B. level
4. B. Had we known 24. D. adversities 44. D. Consequently
5. C. wear 25. C. inhabitants 45. A. logic
6. B. wouldn't play 26. D. provoked 46. B. up
7. C. got me to do 27. A. notified 47. A. comparison with
8. C. are likely to have missed 28. A. scanned 48. A. clash
9. A. confirmed 29. D. creaking 49. C. into
10. C. going 30. C. disadvantage 50. D. rather than
11. A. on 31. B. lump 51. D. some
12. D. with 32. C. entails 52. A. in that
13. B. in with 33. D. going 53. C. whole
14. C. round to 34. D. commences 54. A. figures
15. A. out for 35. A. implementation 55. C. occur
16. C. to 36. C. excels 56. B. particularly
17. D. for 37. C. peg 57. B. interval
18. A. across 38. C. deter 58. A. in fact
19. C. out of 39. A. caught 59. D. enigma
20. D. out 40. B. dwindled 60. D. for which

61. A. the distance between the corneal lens and the retina is increased
62. C. corrects the initial condition of hyperopia most newborn babies have
63. B. remain a mystery
64. A. images fall in focus on the retina
65. D. results from an increased reading load
66. C. selflessness
67. A. is made to leave the group
68. A. They have to elect deputies.
69. D. New births within the colonies swell their population.
70. B. reflect how strong an effect altruism can have on our actions.
71. D. not getting enough nutrients
72. B. iron deficiency in adults
73. B. adding nutrients to food
74. B. It lowered rates of birth defects.
75. A. It can be avoided.
76. D. It helps to build blood vessels in the brain.
77. C. early modern humans ate more fish
78. A. advantage
79. D. nutrition and brain development.
80. B. It led to the evolution of bigger brains.

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 Phần tự luận:
OPEN CLOZE
1. parts 11. well
2. enough 12. decades
3. cultural 13. overweight
4. Like 14. resulting/consequent/resultant
5. well / fully 15. taken
6. themselves 16. down
7. did 17. open
8. event / occasion 18. Nor
9. all 19. it
10. seminar 20. two
WORD FORMATION
1. periodicals 11. deprivation
2. unveiled 12. earnings
3. imperceptible 13. outstrip
4. irreconcilable 14. backgrounds
5. unprecedented 15. outperforming
6. elongated 16. discouragement
7. intergenerational/multigenerational 17. resentment
8. insecticidal 18. underprivileged
9. all-inclusive 19. spectacularly
10. far-flung 20. outshone

ERROR IDENTIFICATION
1. Line 2: thousand → thousands 6. Line 9: easy →easier
2. Line 3: historic → historical 7. Line 10: root → roots
3. Line 4: were → are 8. Line 12: probably → probably
4. Line 6: (tree;) some → others 9. Line 13: whom → what
5. Line 8: for → of 10. Line 15: came → turned
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
1. She was at odds with her fellow workers over/ concerning /regarding the
new management policies.
2. On no account must/should you forget to lock the drawer / you leave the
drawer unlocked
3. I remained silent for fear of her taking offence / (that) she
(might/should/would) take offence.
4. His neglect of his work/ negligent work led to his dismissal/ his being
dismissed.
5. You will not be held in (high) esteem/regard by your colleagues unless
you become /are more co-operative.
6. She claimed she was provoked into handing in her resignation.
7. You should not have taken it as read that we would support your project.
8. Such is the ambiguity of politicians’ language that I have no inkling of what
they really mean.
9. Keep it under your hat or you will drive him round the bend.
10. He admits he’s (just) a (small) cog in a big wheel / a cog in the
machine/wheel.

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