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BÌNH PHƯỚC LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2020

ĐỀ DỰ BỊ Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 10 trang) Ngày thi: 15/10/2020

Lưu ý: - Thí sinh làm bài trên phiếu trả lời câu hỏi.
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu.

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

SECTION I: LISTENING (3 POINTS -0.2/ EACH)
Part 1: Listen and fill in each numbered blank with exactly you hear.
My Vacation Job in Australia
Hello everyone. My name is Chris Graham and I spent my last vacation working in
Australia. The place I was in is a popular tourist spot so there are lots of student jobs (1)
_________ in the newspaper – from hotel work to being a tour guide. I saw my job, for a bus
driver, on the Internet, and so I applied. I’d recommend you do that too. The whole idea of
getting to know another country really (2) _________ to me and I’m really pleased I had the
opportunity to go.
I worked for a company which tries to help tourists understand what life used to be like
before Europeans arrived – a time before clothes, cars and electricity. Many of the local people,
the Aborigines, work for the company. Studying tourism at university wasn’t (3) _________ to
get the job – in fact, my subject’s history. What I did do was a short training course when I first
arrived, though, to learn about the local plants and animals.
At first, I was given a room in a hotel in town but I found that I felt quite lonely so I
moved into a caravan on the (4) _________. Lots of other staff lived on the site and I got to meet
lots of the local people there too. Everyone was really friendly and, as there wasn’t a cinema or
restaurant nearby, people frequently had a party on Saturday night and I was always invited.
I worked six days a week, and I had to get up really early in the morning when most people, and
even the birds and animals, are (5) _________. This is so the tourists can get to take photos of the
sunrise. I used to pick them up from their hotels around 5 AM and then head out of town and into
the desert.
Part 2: Listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to each question.
6. What one thing does the girl NOT have to do on Wednesday after school?
A. finish homework assignments B. take care of children C. practice the piano
7. The girl can't go to the movie on Monday because she _____.
A. has to catch up on her French homework
B. needs to write a paper
C. must practice for a math test
8. How long is her soccer practice on Tuesday?
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 A. an hour and a half B. two hours C. one hour
9. On Saturday, the girl has to _____.
A. finish her science project B. clean the garage C. pick up her room
10. The girl is going to see the movie at ____ p.m.
A. 9:00 B. 5:00 C. 7:15
Part 3: Listen and decide if the following statements are TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN.
11. Jackie was surprised that David had problems placing his order.
12. David needs to order the software for his office.
13. Jackie gives him the 25% discount even though he's not ordering online.
14. The Mac version is more expensive than the Windows version.
15. Jackie tells David that the free microphones are usually not very good quality.
SECTION II: LEXICO- GRAMMAR (5.0 POINTS -0.125/ EACH)
Choose the best option that best completes each unfinished sentence or complete each exchange.
Question 16. Most people are fairly confident that the workers will win _____ in the end.
A. through B. from C. with D. by
Question 17. To prepare for our trip, I’ve bought _____ bag.
A. blue sleeping polyester B. blue polyester sleeping
C. polyester sleeping blue D. sleeping blue polyester
Question 18. Many celebrities resent their private lives being held up to public _____.
A. observation B. deliberation C. investigation D. scrutiny
Question 19. They don't _____ the grammar point before.
A. look as though they study B. sound as if to study
C. appear like they were studying D. seem to have studied
Question 20. The children's interest in playing the game soon _____.
A. tottered B. flagged C. stumbled D. thawed
Question 21. What do you _____ as the main issues affecting the situation?
A. deceive B. conceive C. receive D. perceive
Question 22. Some people feel that television should give less _____ to sport.
A. concern B. involvement C. coverage D. programs
Question 23. I applied for the job that I saw _____ in the paper.
A. advertising B. being advertised C. be advertised D. advertised
Question 24. I have no idea how to _____ this kind of business.
A. make B. turn C. take D. run
Question 25. Our education will help with the _____ of knowledge for the young.
A. rich B. riches C. richness D. enrichment
Question 26. Only when you become a parent ________ what true responsibility is.
A. you will understand B. will you understand
C. don’t you understand D. would you understand
Question 27. _____ we have finished the course, we should start doing more revision work.
A. For now B. Now that C. Ever since D. By now

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Question 28. This is _____ the most difficult job I’ve had to do.
A. by far B. by chance C. by all means D. by myself
Question 29. John and Mary are talking about their plans at the office .
- Mary: “Would you mind if I gave you the decision tomorrow? “
- John: “I'd like to _____.”
A. pass the buck B. read between the lines
C. take it to heart D. sleep on it
Question 30. Tom and Jane are talking about some famous people.
- Tom: “Wasn't it Mozart who composed Swan Lake?”
- Jane: “_____.”
A. Yes, he wasn't B. It's out of question
C. I haven't a clue D. It's not my favorite
Question 31. With her beauty and charm, she _____ film audiences everywhere.
A. tortured B. deceived C. captivated D. defeated
Question 32. It turned out that I _____ have bought Frank a present after all.
A. mustn't B. needn't C. oughtn't D. mightn't
Question 33. The film was long and _____ dull, and I almost feel asleep.
A. rightly B. deadly C. highly D. deeply
Question 34. The prospect of bankruptcy loomed _____ in his mind.
A. large B. hard C. enormous D. heavy
Question 35. I don’t think Mike will reject that job offer,_____?
A. do I B. will he C. won’t he D. don’t I
Question 36. Over the past several decades, radio telescopes _____ of the universe from the one
disclosed by ordinary telescopes.
A. have given scientists quite a different view
B. have quite a different view given scientists
C. quite a different view have given scientists
D. have they given scientists quite a different view
Question 37. We have worked out the plan and now we must put it into _____.
A. practice B. reality C. fact D. deed
Question 38. There are two small rooms in the beach house , _____ served as a kitchen
A. the smaller of which B. the smallest of which
C. the smaller of them D. smallest of that
Question 39. It was rather silly of them to go to the sea without a ship to _____radio.
A. beach B. coast C. bay D. shore
Question 40. Harriet was offered the job _____her linguistic abilities.
A. according to B. on account of C. owing to D. as regard
Question 41. I _____ with the performances but I got flu the day before.
A. was to have helped B. helped
C. was to help D. had helped
Question 42. In his anxiety to make himself____, he spoke too loudly and too slowly.
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 A. understand B. understanding C. understood D. to understand
Question 43. On attaining maximum size, _____ by drawing itself out and dividing into two
daughter amoebas, each receiving identical nuclear materials.
A. the reproduction of the amoeba B. the amoeba, which reproduces
C. reproducing the amoeba D. the amoeba reproduces
Question 44. Lenses, _____, are used to correct imperfections in eyesight.
A. are the forms of glasses and contact lenses
B. in the form of glasses and contact lenses
C. glasses and contact lenses which form
D. glasses and contact lenses may be formed
Question 45. I requested that first-year students_____to change their courses in the first two
weeks.
A. be permitted B. permit C. are permitted D. were permitted
Question 46. Books and magazines _____ around made his room very untidy.
A. lying B. which lied C. laying D. that lie
Question 47. He's left his book at home; he's always so_____.
A. forgetting B. forgetful C. forgettable D. forgotten
Question 48. He didn't know anyone at the wedding _____ than the bride and the groom.
A. except B. apart C. other D. rather
Question 49. I met Jim at college. It was the start of a ______ friendship.
A. long-life B. prolong C. lengthened D. lifelong
Question 50. The marathon runner _____for nearly one hour and a half when she _____to the
pavement.
A. has been running/ collapses
B. were running/ collapsed
C. had been running/ collapsed
D. ran/ had been collapsing
Question 51. I get the _____ impression that you don't like her very much.
A. distinctive B. distinguish C. distinction D. distinct
Question 52. If _____develops in your new TV within six months of purchase, you will be
entitled a replacement.
A. an error B. a fault C. a damage D. a mistake
Question 53. It’s amazing how Jenny acts as if she _______ a serious problem at the moment.
A. is having B. hadn’t had D. weren’t having C. wasn’t had
Question 54. He is_____he has bought a lot of houses in this area.
A. so rich a man that B. as rich a man that
C. so a rich man that D. such rich a man that
Question 55. No one really knows who composed this piece of music, but it has been _____ to
Bach.
A. identified B. associated C. attributed D. referred

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SECTION III: READING (6 POINTS -02/ EACH)
Part 1. Read the passage below and choose the best answer to complete each of the numbered
blanks.
For many of us, life is full of man-made sounds: traffic, machinery, television and other
human beings. It is not surprising (56) ______ that camping continues to (57) ______ in
popularity, as it teaches us to take our focus off these distractions and (58) ______ to enrich our
lives. According to a recent report, one holiday in eight in Europe is a camping holiday. Despite
that, some would still have you believe that camping should be considered an alternative holiday
that you are driven towards because money is (59) ______. Nonsense. It is a lifestyle choice to be
embraced and enjoyed, for it (60) ______ us the freedom to explore in our own time and (61)
______ our own speed.
The opportunities available for (62) ______ camping with some form of recreational
activity are as varied as Europe's many thousands of miles of hiking trails, cycling routes,
canals, rivers and lakes. Whether your chosen form of activity is recreational or
competitive, a sociable hobby or a way of escaping the crowds, there can be nothing more
pleasurable than sitting outside your tent after a day of activity with only the hum of dragonflies
and the gas stove (63) ______ the peace. And just remember: whatever form of camping you
choose, (64) ______ you are out there enjoying yourself and the surroundings, the (65) ______
of the world can wait.
(Source: FCE Test builder by Mark Harrison, 2008)
Question 56: A. therefore B. nevertheless C. so D. though
Question 57: A. enlarge B. grow C. raise D. stretch
Question 58: A. contributes B. gives C. supplies D. helps
Question 59: A. hard B. rare C. tight D. slim
Question 60: A. lets B. opens C. allows D. enables
Question 61: A. of B. at C. by D. to
Question 62: A. mixing B. attaching C. adding D. uniting
Question 63: A. stopping B. annoying C. disturbing D. breaking
Question 64: A. in case B. as long as C. even if D. whereas
Question 65: A. outside B. rest C. other D. remains
Part 2. Reading the following passage and choose the best answer to each question.
Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember past events, anticipate
future ones, make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists,
however, are cautious about the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious
processing.
Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe
actions entirely to instinct leave many questions unanswered. One example of such unexplained
behavior: Honeybees communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a
figure-eight pattern. The orientation of the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the
sun's position in the sky, and the speed of the dance tells how far the food source is from the hive.
Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and encode the dance is innate and shows no
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special intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the site of the food
source, each time moving the food 25 percent farther from the previous site, foraging honeybees
began to anticipate where the food source would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the
new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has yet
explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred
the location of the new site.
Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the
otter that uses a stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural
environment as rudimentary tools. One researcher has found that mother chimpanzees
occasionally show their young how to use tools to open hard nuts. In one study, chimpanzees
compared two pairs of food wells containing chocolate chips. One pair might contain, say, five
chips and three chips, the other our chips and three chips. Allowed to choose which pair they
wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose the one with the higher total, showing some sort of
summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use numerals to label quantities of items and
do simple sums.
Question 66. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The role of instinct in animal behavior
B. Observations that suggest consciousness in animal behavior
C. The use of food in studies of animal behavior
D. Differences between the communication of various animals
Question 67. Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought to have?
A. Selecting among choices B. Anticipating events to come
C. Remembering past experiences D. Communicating emotions
Question 68. What is the purpose of the honeybee dance?
A. To determine the quantity of food at a site
B. To communicate the location of food
C. To increase the speed of travel to food sources
D. To identify the type of nectar that is available
Question 69. What did researchers discover in the study of honeybees discussed in paragraph 2?
A. The bees could travel 25% farther than scientists expected.
B. Bees are able to travel at greater speeds than scientists thought.
C. The bees were able to determine in advance where scientists would place their food.
D. Changing the location of food caused bees to decrease their dance activity.
Question 70. It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to ______.
A. be an indicator of cognitive ability B. vary among individuals within a species
C. be related to food consumption D. correspond to levels of activity
Question 71. Why are otters and mussel shells included in the discussion in paragraph 3?
A. To provide that certain species demonstrate greater ability in tool use than other species.
B. To provide an example of tool use among animals.
C. To show that animals are very good at using objects in their habitat.
D. To provide an example of the use of weapons among animals.
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Question 72. The word "rudimentary" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. superior B. original C. basic D. technical
Question 73. It can be inferred from the statement about mother chimpanzees and their young
that young chimpanzees have difficulty _______.
A. communicating with their mothers B. adding quantities
C. making choices D. opening hard nuts
Question 74. The phrase "the one" in paragraph 3 refers to the _______.
A. study B. pair C. chimpanzee D. ability
Question 75. Scientists concluded from the experiment with chimpanzees and chocolate chips
that chimpanzees _____.
A. lack abilities that other primates have
B. prefer to work in pairs or groups
C. exhibit behavior that indicates certain mathematical abilities
D. have difficulty selecting when given choices
Part 3: Questions from 76 to 85
Read the passage and answer the questions follow.
Weakness of the school system
A By attempting to fit in as much as possible, the school day is continually being added to. In
many ways, this would appear to be a good idea, as our knowledge and understanding of the
world is always growing and it would seem logical to incorporate this into schools. The reality,
however, has some decided drawbacks. There is a growing feeling amongst many that the modern
school curriculum, in an effort to teach as many varied subjects as possible, is actually teaching
students less. It seems that by constantly adding to what should be taught in the classroom, the
classes are less focused, not offering the deeper learning that institutions perhaps should.
B With classes sometimes only 30 minutes long, the overwhelming amount of information
teachers are required to present often only gives students time to learn facts, not to think in any
great detail about what they are being presented with. The problem is that students are not getting
the opportunity to absorb what they are being taught as the curriculum expands in order to keep
what has already been taught and supplement it with everything new that comes along. The
weaknesses of such a system are clear – well informed though such students may be, there is the
risk of an increasing number of graduates who have no real creative or intellectual ability. By
denying students the opportunity to sit and think their way through problems, or even consider
their own opinion, some schools are not always providing a truly educational atmosphere. There
are, of course, certain aspects of education which need to be taught by simply inputting the
information.
C Teachers themselves have also voiced concerns about the amount of information they are
required to impress upon their students. There is a feeling in many educational establishments that
students are no longer being educated, but taught how to pass tests. In a world where academic
success is too often measured by examination results, this is a serious concern. If there is too

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much information to simply be memorized and not enough time to truly assimilate it, what
happens to students who fail to meet the grade? By current standards, they are failures, yet they
may have great potential in areas not covered by the test and there are many students who, despite
clear intellectual ability, simply do not perform well in tests. Again, the problem is one of focus,
as education authorities are looking at the outcome of schooling rather than the content presented
in the class.
D It is here that many teachers feel the situation could be addressed at a local level. By giving
more discretion to teachers, school courses could be tailored to suit the students rather than
tailoring students to meet ever-expanding course requirements. In addition, by running a
curriculum that gives options rather than defines an entire course, considerably more freedom
would be possible. As it is, progression through most primary and secondary schools is
regimented, and there is little room for students to identify and develop their own skills and
strengths. If material could be chosen on the basis of its merits rather than simply because it has
been put in the curriculum, then what is selected may be taught to a depth that would serve some
purpose. There is, of course, a counter-argument, which claims that such open guidelines could
lead to vast differences in standards between schools. What one teacher may see as essential for a
student’s education, another may see as irrelevant, and this will result in students with widely
different educational strengths.
E With such a high-pressure learning environment, there are also a number of social aspects
to schooling which need to be considered. The increased student workload cannot be covered in
the classroom alone for the simple reason that there is not enough time in the average school
week, and much of this extra workload has been pushed into the realm of homework. At its best,
homework should be the opportunity to look in greater detail at what has been studied. The
reality, however, is often very different. Concerned parents and overextended students are finding
that homework is taking an increasingly large part of a student’s evening, cutting into time many
feel should be spent as part of a child’s social education. Other social pressures have compounded
the situation, as many of the areas of educating a young child which should be the responsibility
of the parents have ill-advisedly become the school’s responsibility. Drug awareness and health
issues, for example, are occupying an increasingly large part of the school day.
F Many people believe that we should be teaching less, but teaching it better, and it is here
that they think a solution can be found. Yet the process of rewriting a curriculum to incorporate
only that which is essential but can be well learned would take far longer than most educational
authorities have, and would be considered by many to be a ‘regressive’ step. Changes in the
curriculum have largely been motivated by changes in the nature of employment, as job mobility
demands that people know something about considerably more areas than were traditionally
necessary. A little about a lot allows for the job mobility which has become so common. No
matter what the final verdict regarding the curriculum may be, one thing is for sure – change will
be slow, and not always for the best.

Questions 76–81
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The reading passage has six paragraphs, A- F.
Choose the most suitable headings (i-x) for paragraphs A–F from the list of headings in the
box below. Write the correct numbers, i-x, for the questions 76-81.
There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.
List of Headings
i A question of time
ii Lack of teacher training
iii Student success
iv The argument for flexibility
v Importance of teaching experience
vi Extra-curricular pressures
vii The benefits of a varied curriculum
viii Imbalanced focus
ix Over-reliance on examinations
x The risks of quality over quantity?
Question 76. Paragraph A ______
Question 77. Paragraph B ______
Question 78. Paragraph C ______
Question 79. Paragraph D ______
Question 80. Paragraph E ______
Question 81. Paragraph F ______
Questions 82 – 85
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer?
In questions 82-85 on your answer sheet, write
YES if the statement agrees with the writer
NO if the statement does not agree with the writer
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage
Question 82. No subjects can be comprehensively learned without time to discuss and debate the
facts.
Question 83. Tests are a fair measure of ability.
Question 84. Schools are trying to be responsible for too many aspects of a child’s education.
Question 85. Future changes in the curriculum are estimated to rapidly improve the situation.
SECTION IV: WRITING (6.0 POINTS)
Task 1. Rewrite each of the sentences using the given word so that the new one has
a similar meaning as the given one. You must not change the given word. (1.5 points–
0.3/each).
86. If anyone succeeds in solving the problem, it will probably be him.
 He is the most....................................................................................................................
87. The Pacific Ocean is on average deeper than the Atlantic.
 The average depth ............................................................................................................
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88. Some rules were not strict, and that was why many government officials committed a crime.
 Due to …………………………………………………………………………………………
89. He was really jealous when he saw his opponent make it through the next round.
(ADVANCE)
 He was green.....................................................................................................................
90. If she fails to accomplish her mission, her job will be put at risk. (LINE)
................................................................................................................................................
Part 2: Chart description
The chart below presents the percentage of young people using types of transport in some
countries.
Write a report, making comparisons where relevant and reporting the main features. You write at
least 100 words.

Part 3. Essay writing (2.5 points)

Recent research shows that business meetings, discussions and training are happening online
nowadays.
Discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of this.
Write at least 200 words and do not include any personal information.

==THE END ==

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