HƯỚNG ĐẾN KỲ THI THPT 2020

THI THỬ KYS – LẦN 6

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 10/5/2020. Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

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. shingles B. billiards C. measles D. mathematics
Question 2: A. ginger B. gem C. undergo D. general
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. realistic B. surreal C. reality D. unreal
Question 4: A. compatible B. communism C. computer D. combustion
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: Please keep an eye _________ the little girl while we are away, okay?
A. at B. on C. into D. with
Question 6: Bob hardly has a bit of free time on his hand. He is busy ____________ for his
National High School Examination.
A. to study B. study C. studying D. being studied
Question 7: My competent lecturer prefers interactive lessons __________ for all students in my
cohort.
A. providing B. to provide C. be provided D. to be provided
Question 8: The summer term ___________ on April 15th so you’d better carefully prepare your
school things.
A. start B. starts C. will start D. will be started
Question 9: The driver survived the car crash ____________ he was wearing the seatbelt when the
accident happened.
A. moreover B. hence C. because D. nevertheless
Question 10: The soldiers are now on ___________ alert after the attack last last night.
A. big B. dramatic C. enormous D. high
Question 11: At first __________, their offer seems quite interesting and beneficial.
A. glance B. glare C. gaze D. peep

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Question 12: We need you to ____________ on your goals, Mike, or else you will never succeed.
A. work B. get C. concentrate D. commission
Question 13: The boy band made a profit of $100,000 from their hit song, _____________ went to
charity organizations.
A. much B. half of which C. that D. whose many
Question 14: It is essential that educational tests ____________ the curriculum and the needs and
interests of learners.
A. reflect B. reflects C. be reflecting D. should be reflected
Question 15: This autistic child must have been left alone for a long time, _________?
A. mustn’t they B. hasn’t he C. must they D. haven’t he
Question 16: There doesn't seem to be any ____________ in Tom's grades; on one test he might get
90%, and on another only 40%.
A. equality B. extension C. addition D. consistency
Question 17: He lost his financially rewarding job last month and since then he ____________ out
of work.
A. has been B. is C. were D. was
Question 18: It has never ____________ my mind that he would agree to help her like that.
A. passed B. crossed C. entered D. reached
Question 19: Some mushrooms that he gave me appeared relatively _____________ but I still did
not eat them.
A. innocuous B. ingenue C. ingenious D. innocuity
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 20: The mission might have been aborted if the landmines hadn't gone off.
A. be detected B. exploded C. be disarmed D. be planted
Question 21: It is widely believed that reading helps extend our knowledge about the world
around us.
A. broaden B. emphasize C. construct D. empower
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 22: He is an introvert who enjoys solitude so he doesn’t want to hang out with his
friend.
A. communicating B. loneliness C. surveillance D. evidence

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Question 23: Eliz has always longed to have a lucrative income so she follows her father’s
footsteps.
A. additional B. extra C. measly D. decent
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 24: - “We should be quick. The wind is getting stronger.”
- “_____________.”
A. They are all lost! We will be soon. B. I agree. We can't stay out here any longer.
C. I would love to see it come to me. D. Are you okay? Is there anything wrong?
Question 25: - “Have you made up your mind, ma'am?”
- “______________”
A. Can you show me the others? I don't really like these ones.
B. Ah, yes. I'm feeling quite tipsy now, but I'm fine.
C. Are you new here? I haven't seen you around before.
D. This is the first time I've seen such ethereal beauty.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
word(s) that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
The Great Blue Hole
There's a massive underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize that extends 125 meters into the
Earth's crust. It's called the Great Blue Hole. Scuba divers and snorkelers have been cruising the
surface waters (26) __________ decades, but few have dared to (27) ___________ deeper and
explore what lies beyond the blackness. In the winter of 2018, a crew from Aquatica Submarines
started their descent to the bottom of the Blue Hole. Their mission was to create a 3D map of the
sinkhole's interior, but along the way, they came (28) __________ some common and not-so-
common sights.
As the crew started, they found the usual suspects: reef sharks, turtles, and giant corals. But
as they pushed 90 meters, life started to (29) ____________. The culprit was a thick layer of toxic
hydrogen sulfide spanning the (30) _______________ of the entire sinkhole like a floating blanket.
Underneath that there's no oxygen, no life, and down there they found conchs and conch shells
and hermit crabs that had fallen into the hole and suffocated, really. Past the conch graveyard and
toward the bottom of the hole, around 120 meters deep, the team found something they did not
expect: small stalactites. The surprise gave scientists clues to the hole's ancient past…
Question 26: A. from B. for C. in D. during
Question 27: A. glare B. venture C. sink D. step

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Question 28: A. across B. up C. along D. into
Question 29: A. minimize B. vaporize C. vanish D. flourish
Question 30: A. height B. depth C. length D. width
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.
The Mariana Trench is a crescent-shaped trench in the Western Pacific, just east of the
Mariana Islands near Guam. The region surrounding the trench is noteworthy for many unique
environments. The Mariana Trench contains the deepest known points on Earth, vents bubbling
up liquid sulfur and carbon dioxide, active mud volcanoes and marine life adapted to pressures
1,000 times that at sea level.
The Challenger Deep, in the southern end of the Mariana Trench (sometimes called the
Marianas Trench), is the deepest spot in the ocean. Its depth is difficult to measure from the
surface, but modern estimates vary by less than 1,000 feet (305 meters).
In 2012, film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron descended to the bottom of
Challenger Deep, briefly reaching 35,756 feet (10,898 m) during the 2012 expedition. But he could
have gone a little deeper. A high-resolution seafloor mapping survey published in 2014 by
researchers from the University of New Hampshire said the Challenger Deep bottoms out at
36,037 feet (10,984 m).
The ocean's second-deepest place is also in the Mariana Trench. The Sirena Deep, which lies
124 miles (200 kilometers) to the east of Challenger Deep, is a bruising 35,462 feet deep (10,809 m).
By comparison, Mount Everest stands at 29,026 feet (8,848 m) above sea level, meaning the
deepest part of the Mariana Trench is 7,044 feet (2,147 m) deeper than Everest is tall.
Question 31: What does the area surrounding the Mariana Trench have?
A. Active, volcano-shaped mud mountains
B. Vents through which certain substances bubble up in gas form.
C. The only deepest known point on Earth
D. Life forms which can withstand high water pressure
Question 32: The word "noteworthy" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. paranormal B. significant C. extraneous D. scrumptious
Question 33: By saying "modern estimates vary by less than 1,000 feet (305 meters)" in the second
paragraph, the writer means
A. Various measurements give many results, but their differences are no greater than 1000
feet.

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 B. By using different technologies, researchers have measured the exact depth of the
Challenger Deep
C. Modern estimated depths are at least 1000 feet greater than those measured with old
techniques
D. Researchers get different results using the same techniques to measure the depth of the
Challenger Deep.
Question 34: According to the passage, what happened in 2012?
A. James Cameron decided to make a film with the help of the University of New Hampshire.
B. A high-resolution map was published, thus more important information was revealed.
C. James Cameron traveled to the depth of 10,898 m, and he could have gone down a bit further
D. An expedition was postponed because the equipment was not good enough.
Question 35: What does the writer mean by comparing the Mariana Trench and Mount Everest?
A. The height of the mountain should be measured from its top to the bottom of the trench.
B. If the mountain is placed inside the trench, its top will be more than 2000 m below the
surface
C. If the mountain is placed inside the trench, its top will be more than 2000 m above the sea
level.
D. If the mountain is turned upside down, it can fit perfectly into the trench.
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 COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a health crisis. Most governments around the
world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to curb the spread of the
COVID-19 pandemic; disruptions in internal assessments; and the cancellation of public
assessments for qualifications or their replacement by an inferior alternative. Teaching and
student assessments are moving online, with a lot of trial and error and uncertainty for everyone.
Importantly, these interruptions can also have long-term consequences for the affected cohorts
and are likely to increase inequality.
The closure of schools, colleges and universities not only interrupts the teaching for
students around the world but also coincides with a key assessment period and many exams have
been adjourned or cancelled. Internal assessments, perhaps thought to be less important, have
been simply cancelled. But they play an important role in giving information about the child’s
progress for families and teachers. The loss of this information delays the recognition of both high
potential and learning difficulties and can have harmful long-term consequences for the child.

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 Importantly, the lockdown of institutions not only affects internal assessments. In the UK,
for example, all exams for the main public qualifications – GCSEs (General Certificate of
Secondary Education) and GCE A-levels (General Certificate of Education Advanced Level) –
have been cancelled for the entire cohort. Depending on the duration of the lockdown, we will
likely observe similar actions around the world. One potential alternative for the cancelled
assessments is to use ‘predicted grades’, but Richard Murphy (Assistant professor) and Gill
Wyness (Senior Lecturer in Economics) (2020) show that these are often inaccurate, and that
among high achieving students, the predicted grades for those from disadvantaged backgrounds
are lower than those from more advantaged backgrounds.
What can be done to mitigate these detrimental impacts? Schools need resources to rebuild
the loss in learning, once they open again. How these resources are used, and how to target the
children who were especially hard hit, is an open question. Given the evidence of the importance
of assessments for learning, schools should also consider postponing rather than skipping internal
assessments. For new graduates, policies should support their entry to the labour market to avoid
longer unemployment periods.
Question 36: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The Negative Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Conventional Upbringing
B. The Adverse Impact of COVID-19 on Education
C. How Could Educationists Mitigate the Negative Impact of COVID-19?
D. How COVID-19 Would Create Impact on Distance Education?
Question 37: Which of the following has the CLOSEST meaning with the word “curb” in the first
paragraph?
A. ignore B. delay C. control D. disseminate
Question 38: According to the passage, why is the cancellation of internal assessments
undesirable?
A. Because internal assessments provide information about the child’s progress.
B. Because learning challenges would severely increase without internal assessments.
C. Because schools, colleges and universities would lose their inherent nature.
D. Because internal assessments play a negligible role in evaluating students’ potential.
Question 39: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to __________.
A. families and teachers B. students
C. learning difficulties D. internal assessments
Question 40: Which of the following is stated in the passage about students coming from less
affluent backgrounds?

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 A. They cannot be objectively assessed by using “predicted grades”.
B. They might feel that they are not as good as the elite ones.
C. They have a tendency to procrastinate their learning progress.
D. They are likely to perform better than high achieving students.
Question 41: Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED as a solution to combat this problem?
A. That schools should consider delaying instead of cancelling internal assessments.
B. That education institutions launch propagation campaigns to raise students’ awareness.
C. That fresh graduates should be supported by the authorities
D. That schools’ resources should be effectively harnessed
Question 42: Which of the following can be inferred from the paragraph about educational
institutions’ lockdown?
A. The worldwide lockdown of schools caused minimal interruption in students’ learning.
B. Due to the pandemic, internal and public examinations could be cancelled in years to come.
C. There is a likelihood that global homeschooling will eclipse the learning lost from school.
D. Online assessment tools will likely have larger measurement error than usual.
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: It is essential that actions should taken to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
A. essential B. should C. to D. curb
Question 44: More than one employees has been fired from this organization because of their
irresponsible attitude.
A. employees B. has C. because of D. irresponsible
Question 45: “Our way is not a soft grass, it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes
upwards, forward, toward the sun.”-Ruth Westheimer
A. a soft grass B. path C. upwards D. the
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: Our administrator would only eat a pizza if he could have a mushroom topping.
A. If only our administrator could have a mushroom topping, he would only eat a pizza.
B. Our administrator insisted on having a mushroom topping when he ate a pizza.
C. Hadn’t it been for a mushroom topping, our administrator wouldn’t have eaten a pizza.
D. Our administrator would like to eat a pizza without a mushroom topping.
Question 47: Jake can't be at home now.
A. Jake is unable to stay at home.

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 B. Jake is not allowed to be at home
C. It is impossible that Jake is at home now.
D. Jake will not be able to be at home.
Question 48: The postman realized I was on holiday, so he left the parcel next door.
A. The postman left the parcel next door though I was on holiday.
B. I was on holiday, sent a parcel to the postman who left it next door.
C. The parcel was from my holiday and was left next door by the postman.
D. Realizing I was on holiday, the postman left the parcel next door.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each
pair of sentences of the following questions.
Question 49: This new type of drug has various side effects. It has only been tested on animals.
A. This new type of drug which has only been tested on animals has various side effects.
B. This new type of drug, who has only been tested on animals, has various side effects.
C. This new type of drug, that has only been tested on animals, has various side effects.
D. This new type of drug, which has only been tested on animals, has various side effects.
Question 50: The rumor is spread so quickly. It is not true.
A. However true the rumor is, it is spread so quickly.
B. The rumor is spread so quickly despite being not true.
C. The rumor is spread so quickly hence it is not true.
D. The rumor is so true that it is spread so quickly.

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