Sở Giáo dục- Đào tạo Thanh Hoá ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP LẦN III NĂM HỌC 2020

NGHIỆP LẦN III NĂM HỌC 2020 – 2021

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Họ, tên thí sinh:..........................................................................
Số báo danh:...............................................................................

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 1: A. achieve B. require C. consist D. system
Question 2: A. protection B. establish C. endanger D. volunteer

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.

Question 3: The preparation for the wedding had been nearly complete, out of the blue, she determined
cancelled without saying a word.
A. suddenly B. conceitedly C. unfortunately D. quickly
Question 4: We should husband our resourses for our future generations.
A. economize B. squander C. earn D. add

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: The company is moving its headquarters to a new______with better links to the airport.
A. position B. situation C. location D. place
Question 6: ______you work, the more money you earn.
A. The harder B. Harder C. The hardest D. Hardest
Question 7: The Browns often let their daughter stay out late, ____ ?
A. does she. B. don’t they. C. do they. D. doesn’t she.
Question 8: Today, many serious childhood diseases________ by early immunization.
A. can be prevented B. are preventing C. can prevent D. prevent
Question 9: ______________, remember to bring some sample of your work.
A. After you attend the interview B. As soon as you attend the interview
C. When you attend the interview D. At the time you are attending the interview
Question 10: Many Indians have_____the risk by gathering crowdedly to pray to the Gods.
A. do B. taken C. make D. get
Question 11: Is he capable ______doing such a hard job?
A. in B. for C. with D. of
Question 12: ________ I’ve cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn’t look new.
A. Although B. In spite of C. Because D. While
Question 13: ____________ to the national park before, Sue was amazed to see the geyser.
A. Having not been B. Not being C. Being not D. Not having been
Question 14: Helen has just bought two ____ scarves.
A. new black wool B. new wool black C. wool black new D. black wool new
Question 15: Meghan Markle, became a member of British Royal Family upon her _____ to Prince
Harry on May 19th, 2018, is an American actress and humanitarian.
A. marrying B. marry C. married D. marriage
Question 16: As soon as I saw the advertisement, I _____ the house agent.
A. had phoned B. have phoned C. phoned D. phone

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Question 17: When his director finished his document, he had to correct all the _________in the
computer printout.
A. prints B. errors C. mistakes D. drawbacks
Question 18: I couldn’t go to work this morning because I was as pale as _______.
A. a leaf B. a fiddle C. a ghost D. the sky
Question 19: Worrying about the outbreak of the COVID-19, some universities have ______ students’
attendance.
A. stand out B. put off C. turn back D. close down

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 20: A. destroys B. depends C. visits D. believes

Question 21: A. scuba B. fund C. hummock D. punishment

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.

What do Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon have in common? They were
all left-handed! Beginning early in history, southpaws were feared, neglected, and punished because
use of the left hand was considered evil. In fact, the Latin word for “left” is “sinister.” Due to
this prejudice against the left, left-handed people were forced to switchhands. This change caused many
problems for lefties in school, which resulted in frustration, bad behavior, and high drop-outrates.
Maybe that is why lefties were stereotyped as unintelligent, an idea that could not be further from the
truth.
Researchers studying the brain have found differences in the left side and right side of the brain.
Researchers believe that people who use more of the left side of their brain tend to be more
intelligent. They also tend to use language better and solve problems faster. However, one study also
showed that left-brain people tend to have worse memories.
So, which side of the brain do lefties use? Actually, both. Right-handed people use the left side of the
brain more, whereas left-handed people use both sides of the brain almost equally. The part connecting
the two halves of the brain is usually larger in left-handed people.Therefore, information can pass more
efficiently from one side of the brain to the other. The left hemisphere of the brain controls speech,
language, writing, logic, mathematics, and science. The right hemisphere controls music, art, creativity,
perception, and emotion. Since lefties use both sides, they are often both creative and scientific.
Approximately ten percent of the world is left-handed, and the ratio of left-handed males to
left-handed females is two to one. Thankfully, parents and teachers no longer treat left-handedness as a
problem to be cured. It may actually contribute to a child’s excellence! If allowed to learn and
develop in their own way, lefties will excel in school.
Question 22: What is the main idea of the reading?
A. Left-handed people are good at music.
B. There are more right-handed people than left-handed people.
C. Left-handed people have larger brains.
D. Left-handed people are more gifted than once thought.
Question 23: For every 100 left-handed males, about how many left-handed females are there?
A. 100 B. 50 C. 75 D. 200
Question 24: The word “they” in the passage refers to ___________.
A. hemispheres B. sides C. leftiers D. people
Question 25: Which of the following is NOT a result of forcing a child to change their handedness?
A. Doing bad things in class B. Getting angry
C. Better handwriting D. Quitting school
Question 26: The word ‘ratio’ in the passage is closest in meaning to __________.
A. proportion B. part C. account D. division

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

Question 27: It is a sad fact that some of the agricultural practices used today are responsible for
fostering desertification.
A. speeding up B. improving C. producing D. slowing down
Question 28: Some farmers usually use pesticides for the plants because they think that it is innocuous.
A. harmless B. poisonous C. good D. common

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of
the following exchanges.
Question 29: Two students are chatting in the corridor after class.
Tim: “We should make a slide show for our history presentation next week.”
Laura: “_____________”
A. That’s true. I understand how you feel. B. That’s exactly what I was going to say.
C. Sorry, I have to check my diary. D. I’d love to but I just can’t now.
Question 30: Marry is talking to Linda over the phone.
Mary: “Thank you for helping me prepare for the party.”
Linda: “_____________.”
A. The meal was out of this world B. Never mention me
C. My pleasure D. Of course not

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The longest-living person officially recorded lived to be 122 years and 164 days old. In general, the
number of people (31)_____ lives to be over one hundred is increasing, especially among women, yet
there isn’t a single scientist who can fully explain this (32)_____. Some of them claim that it’s purely a
biological fact. (33)_____, in the developing countries, where scientific progress is slower, life
expectancy is much less. According to madical records, life expectancy for (34)_____ people is about
forty years. Economic reasons are mainly responsible for this and as a result a high percentage of the
population suffers from malnutrition. One must also emphasise the fact that sanitary conditions in
developing countries are rather(35)_____. To summarise , proper housing and sanitation, adequate
healthcare and a nutritious diet play an important part in a person’s life expectancy.
(Adapted from Active Skills for Reading by Neil J. Anderson)

Question 31: A. which B. who C. where D. whom

Question 32: A. change B. phenomenon C. number D. basement
Question 33: A. Therefore B. However C. Although D. And
Question 34: A. other B. all C. others D. these
Question 35: A. gracious B. nonchalant C. unhygienic D. righteous

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.
Have you ever wondered where museums get the works and relics that they put on display? If the
museum is sponsored by the government, then the relics were probably collected under special laws that
protect historical treasures related to that country. However, not all museums are sponsored by the
government. Sometimes a private collector decides to set up a museum so that the public can view the
works or relics in his or her collection. Since the 1990s, more and more of these private museums set up
by private collectors have sprung up in China. Typically, these private museums are small, but they give
visitors the chance to see works and relics not found anywhere else.
Songtang Li is one such collector who has put part of his private collection on display for the public. In
2001, Li opened his museum in an old 18th century house in Beijing. The museum displays some of the
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best examples of Chinese folk art he has collected over his lifetime. Many of the pieces in the collection
are actually architectural decorations from old houses and buildings around China’s capital. Whenever an
old building was being torn down, Li would visit the site to see if there was anything from the building
worth rescuing. In this way, Li managed to accumulate thousands of folk art pieces, some of which are
over 1,000 years old.
Li began collecting folk art sculptures when he was young. The first pieces in his collection were two
gate piers that stood in front of his house. The stone piers were carved with historical designs, and Li
thought of them as his two friends. During his childhood, he would sometimes even sit beside them and
tell them stories. When Li was seven, the city told Li’s family to get rid of the piers so that street could be
rebuilt. Rather than throwing them away, Li’s father allowed his son to keep them.
Thus began Li’s lifetime hobby of visiting demolition sites and collecting pieces of sculpture or
decorative architecture. Anything that he was allowed to take away would end up in his collection in his
collection. In the late 1970s, China underwent major economic reforms. At the time, Beijing started
widespread demolition and rebuilding across the city. According to Li, more than ninety percent of the
old houses and temples in Beijing have since been torn down and replaced with modern buildings.
Luckily, all of old Beijing’s architectural folk art has not been lost. Visitors to the Songtangzhai Folk
Sculpture Museum can view some of the best relics Li rescued over the years.
( Adapted from Reading Challenge by Casey Malarcher)

Question 36: What is another possible title for this reading?

A. “Beijing’s Best Museum Designer” B. “The Largest Museum in China”
C. “Changes in Chinese Architecture” D. “A Man and His Museum”
Question 37: Where is the Songtangzhai Folk Sculpture Museum?
A. In a city near Beijing B. In Songtang Li’s house
C. In an 18 century temple
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D. In China’s capital city
Question 38: What would a visitor NOT see in the Songtangzhai Folk Sculpture Museum?
A. Carved wood and stone B. Folk art from 1,000 years ago
C. Paintings that Li made in childhood D. Pieces of decorative architecture
Question 39: What can be inferred about most of the pieces in Li’s collection?
A. The government was not interested in them.
B. He paid a lot of money for them.
C. They came from his childhood home.
D. People took them from demolition sites and gave them to Li.
Question 40: The word ‘accumulate in the passage is closest in meaning to __________.
A. herd B. rage C. rack D. amass
Question 41: The word ‘torn down’ in the passage is closest in meaning to __________.
A. ruptured B. demolished C. rebuilt D. rifted
Question 42: The word “them” in the passage refers to ___________.
A. piers B. stories C. friends D. streets

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Question 43: His father always helps him with his homework. He can not do it on his own.
A. If his father did not help him with his homework, he could not do it.
B. Unless his father helps him, he can do his homework on his own.
C. The homework is so difficult that he cannot do it without his father’s help.
D. Although his father helps him, he cannot do his homework on his own.
Question 44: She fell over in the last minutes. She didn’t win the race.
A. She could have won the race if she hadn’t fallen over in the last minutes.
B. She didn’t win the race even though she fell over in the last minutes
C. If she didn’t fall over in the last minutes, she would win the race.
D. Not having won the race, she fell over in the last minutes

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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 45: All her children have graduated from university, that is the reason for her to be proud.
A B C D
Question 46: I think she’s a genus because her books are the best-sellers of the year.
A B C D
Question 47: Not only the students but also the teacher have not attended school since 15th, May.
A B C 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 48: It is high time you made up your mind.
A. You should have made up your mind B. It is possible to make up your mind.
C. Making up your mind is necessary. D. You ought to make up your mind now.
Question 49: It is your duty to wash all the dishes this afternoon.
A. All the dishes must have been washed by you this afternoon.
B. Your duty to wash all the dishes this afternoon has been suggested.
C. You are supposed to wash all the dishes this afternoon.
D. It is proposed that this afternoon you wash all the dishes.
Question 50: Sarah said, “My father takes me to school every day.”
A. Sarah said my father took her to school every day.
B. Sarah said her father took her to school every day.
C. Sarah said her father takes me to school every day.
D. Sarah said her father takes her to school every day.
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