Đề thi thử THPT QG năm 2021 môn Tiếng Anh

Câu 1:

A. mountains

B. problems

C. moments

D. wonders

Câu 2:

A. pasture

B. mature

C. pleasure

D. structure

Câu 3:

A. appear

B. version

C. decide

D. perhaps

Câu 4:

A. government

B. employment

C. refusal

D. redundant

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Câu 5:

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. x

Câu 6:

If our teacher were here now, he _______ us with this difficult exercise.

A. will help

B. would help

C. has helped

D. helps

Câu 7:

They were at the stadium with us last night, so they _______ at the theater then.

A. needn’t have been

B. might have been

C. should have been

D. can’t have been

Câu 8:

Spider monkeys are the best climbers in the jungle, _____ they do not have thumbs.

A. nevertheless

B. for

C. despite

D. although

Câu 9:

Americans account ______ 12% of the US population.

A. for

B. with

C. of

D. on

Câu 10:

Only after the teacher _______ the procedure clearly were the students allowed to go ahead with the experiment.

A. was explaining

B. would explain

C. had explained

D. has explained

Câu 11:

______________the destination, everyone felt a relief.

A. Reached

B. Having been reached

C. When reached

D. On reaching

Câu 12:

The eyewitness said that she had seen _______ the scene of the crime.

A. leaving a tall man

B. a tall man to leave

C. a tall man leaving

D. leave a tall man

Câu 13:

Participating in teamwork activities helps students develop their _______ skills.

A. socially

B. socialize

C. social

D. society

Câu 14:

______ smart phones today is an essential part with teenagers. They can’t do anything without them.

A. Using

B. Taking

C. Getting

D. Making

Câu 15:

A man ______ helping police with their interview.

A. was reported to have

B. was reported to have been

C. reports to be

D. reported to have been

Câu 16:

The Internet has enabled people to ______ with each other more quickly.

A. interconnect

B. interlink

C. interact

D. intervene

Câu 17:

When preparing a CV, university_________ can consider attaching a separate report about official work experience during the course.

A. graduates

B. leavers

C. candidates

D. applicants

Câu 18:

I am sorry I opened your handbag but I ________ it for mine.

A. expected

B. confused

C. mistook

D. thought

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

Câu 19:

A. adapted.

B. improved.

C. rebuilt.

D. introduced.

Câu 20:

Tim are leaving for Canada for good. He will never live in Britain again

A. permanently

B. for a short time

C. for better thing

D. for a bright future

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.

Câu 21:

A. physical

B. severe

C. beneficial

D. damaging

Câu 22:

Despite careful preparation, the candidate got cold feet when asked a challenging question and gave an unsatisfactory answer.

A. got nervous.

B. became aggressive.

C. stayed confident.

D. had a fever.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.

Câu 23:

A. I’ll say.

B. Are you kidding?

C. No way!

D. It’s out of the question!

Câu 24:

Peter is inviting Jane to have a little more coffee.

- Peter: “Would you like a little more coffee?”

- Jane: “______________.”

A. Yes, I’d love to

B. Thanks, I’m not hungry

C. Yes, please.

D. You’re welcome.

My first job was a sales assistant at a large department store. I wanted to work part-time, because I was still studying at university and I was only able to work a few nights a week.

I came across the advertisement in the local newspaper. I remember the interview as though it were yesterday. The (25) ______ manager sat behind a large desk. He asked me various questions which surprised me because all I wanted was to work in sales. An hours later, I was told that I had got the job and was given a contract to go over. I was to be trained for ten days before I took my post. Also, as a member of staff, I was (26) ______ to some benefits, including discounts.

When I eventually started, I was responsible (27) ______ the toy section. I really enjoyed it there and I loved demonstrating the different toys. I was surprised at how friendly my colleagues were, too. They made working there fun even when we had to deal with customers (28) ______ got on our nerves. (29) ______, working there was a great experience which I will never forget.

Câu 25:

(25).........................

A. personal

B. personable

C. personage

D. personnel

Câu 26:

(26).......................

A. catered

B. given

C. entitled

D. supplied

Câu 27:

(27).......................

A. for

B. with

C. in

D. to

Câu 28:

(28)......................

A. which

B. why

C. when

D. who

Câu 29:

(29)....................

A. In contrast

B. However

C. Moreover

D. On the whole

Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.

One should be wary, however, of assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud was a distraction to others. Examinations of factors related to the historical development of silent reading have revealed that it became the usual mode of reading for most adults mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.

The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy and thus in the number of readers. As the number of readers increased, the number of potential listeners declined and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.

Towards the end of the century, there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed, this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a specialised readership on the other.

By the end of the twentieth century, students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use reading skills which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading” implied.

Câu 30:

Reading aloud was more common in the medieval world because .................

A. few people could read to themselves

B. there were few places available for private reading

C. silent reading had not been discovered

D. people relied on reading for entertainment

Câu 31:

The word “commonplace” in the first paragraph mostly means “___ ”.

A. attracting attention

B. for everybody’s use

C. most preferable

D. widely used

Câu 32:

Silent reading, especially in public places, flourished mainly because of _______.

A. the decreasing need to read aloud

B. the development of libraries

C. the increase in literacy

D. the decreasing number of listeners

Câu 33:

It can be inferred that the emergence of the mass media and specialised reading materials was an indication of _________.

A. a decline of standards of literacy

B. a change in the readers’ interest

C. an improvement of printing techniques

D. an alteration in educationalists’ attitudes

Câu 34:

All of the following might be the factors that affected the continuation of the old shared literacy culture EXCEPT ______ .

A. the inappropriate reading skills

B. the printed mass media

C. the diversity of reading materials

D. the specialised readership

The three phases of human memory are the sensory memory, the short-term memory, and the long- term memory. This division of the memory into phases is based on the length of time of the memory.

Sensory memory is instantaneous memory. It is an image or memory that enters your mind only for a short period of time; it comes and goes in under a second. The memory will not last longer than that unless the information enters the short-term memory.

Information can be held in the short-term memory for about twenty seconds or as long as you are actively using it. If you repeat a fact to yourself, that fact will stay in your short-term memory as long as you keep repeating it. Once you stop repeating it, either it is forgotten or it moves into long term memory.

Long-term memory is the huge memory tank that can hold ideas and images for years and years. Information can be added to your long-term memory when you actively try to put it there through memorization or when an idea or image enters your mind on its own.

Câu 35:

The best title for this passage would be __________.

A. The difference between sensory and short-term memory

B. How long it takes to memorize

C. The stages of human memory

D. Human phases

Câu 36:

The three phases of memory discussed in the passage are differentiated according to ____________.

A. The location in the brain

B. The period of time it takes to remember something

C. How the senses are involved in the memory.

D. How long the memory lasts.

Câu 37:

The expression “is based on” in the first paragraph could be best replaced by __________.

A. is on the top of

B. is at the foot of

C. depends on

D. is below

Câu 38:

According to the passage, which type of memory is the shortest?

A. Sensory memory

B. Active memory

C. Short-term memory

D. Long-term memory

Câu 39:

According to the passage, when will information stay in your short-term memory?

A. For as long as twenty minutes

B. As long as it is being used.

C. After you have repeated it many times.

D. When it has moved into long-term memory.

Câu 40:

All of the following are TRUE about long - term memory EXCEPT that ________

A. it has a very large capacity.

B. it can hold information.

C. it is possible to put information into it through memorization.

D. memorization is the only way that information can get there.

Câu 41:

The expression “on its own” in the last sentence can be best replaced by

A. by itself

B. in its own time

C. with its

D. in only one way

Câu 42:

It can be inferred from the passage that if a person remembers a piece of information for two days, this is probably _________.

A. three phases of memory

B. the sensory memory

C. the short- term memory

D. the long- term memory

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

Câu 43:

A. a

B. develop

C. what

D. together

Câu 44:

There must be something wrong with him because he looks rather tiredly.

A. There

B. something wrong

C. with

D. tiredly

Câu 45:

Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.

A. told

B. got

C. is looking for

D. new one

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.

Câu 46:

A. Murder is very serious.

B. No crime is more serious than murder.

C. Everyone is very afraid of murder.

D. Murder is the dangerous crime.

Câu 47:

“Never borrow money from friends”, my father said.

A. My father advised me to borrow money from friends.

B. My father told me not to borrow money from friends.

C. My father suggested me that I should borrow money from friends.

D. My father advised me not to lend my friends money.

Câu 48:

You should have persuaded him to change his mind.

A. You didn’t persuade him to change because of his mind.

B. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t.

C. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn’t listen.

D. You should persuade him to change his mind.

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.

Câu 49:

A. Hardly had we known about her artistic talent when she gave a great performance at the festival.

B. Although she gave a great performance at the festival, now we still don’t know she has artistic talent.

C. Amazing as her artistic talent is, we don’t know about her great performance at the festival.

D. But for her great performance at the festival, we wouldn’t know about her artistic talent now.

Câu 50:

Mary knew how busy I was. She offered to help me.

A. Because Mary knew my business, she offered to help me.

B. Knowing how busy I was, Mary offered to help me.

C. Mary knew how I was busy and offered to help me

D. Having known how busy I was, Mary offered to help me.