Đề thi thử tốt nghiệp THPT QG 2020 môn Tiếng Anh

Câu 1:

A. teacher 

B. lesson 

C. action 

D. police

Câu 2:

Choose the word that has different primary stress: importance, happiness, employment, relation.

A. importance 

B. happiness 

C. employment 

D. relation

Câu 3:

A. date 

B.  face 

C. page 

D.  map

Câu 4:

Choose the word that has different pronunciation: played, planned, cooked, lived.

A. played 

B. planned

C. cooked

D. lived

Câu 5:

A. blood-warmed 

B. warm-blood 

C. warm-blooded 

D. warm-blooding

Câu 6:

Fax transmission has now become a cheap _____ way to transmit texts and graphics over distance.

A. convenient 

B. inconvenient 

C. uncomfortable

D. comfortable

Câu 7:

She agreed that all the present paperwork _____ for everyone to have more time to socialize.

A. stopping 

B. be stopped 

C. to stop 

D. stopped

Câu 8:

In today's paper, it _______ that there will be a new government soon.

A. writes 

B. tells 

C. states 

D. records

Câu 9:

The local press has been pouring _______ on the mayor for dissolving the council.

A. scorn

B. blame

C. disapproval

D. hatred

Câu 10:

The Wildlife Fund helps to _______ endangered species
 

A. reduce

B. produce

C. increase

D. preserve

Câu 11:

A curriculum that ignores ethnic tensions, racial antagonisms, cultural _____ and
religious differences is not relevant.

A. contacts

B. barriers

C. diversity

D. levels

Câu 12:

The speaker fails to get his message _______to his audience.
 

A. around

B. in

C. across

D. out

Câu 13:

You are under no obligation ______ to accept this offer.

A. whatsoever

B. eventually

C. apart

D. indeed

Câu 14:

There's a lot more to Willie than one would think: still waters run _______.

A. deep

B. deeply

C. deepness

D. depth

Câu 15:

Many people and organizations have been making every possible effort in order to save _______ species.

A. endangered

B. dangerous

C. fearful 

D. threatening

Câu 16:

Air pollution is getting _______ serious in big cities in the world.

A. more and more 

B. the more and the more

C. the most and the most 

D. most and most

Câu 17:

A. slow

B. rapid

C. careful 

D. hurried

Câu 18:

The factory is fined for discharging dangerous chemicals into the river. (underlined words OPPOSITE in meaning with)

A. releasing

B. increasing

C. decreasing

D. keeping

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the following questions.

Câu 19:

A. experience

B. understanding

C. confidence

D. assistance

Câu 20:

Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers. (underlined words CLOSET in meaning with)

A. helpful

B. friendly

C. help

D. polite

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

Câu 21:

A. Could you give me your last CD? 

B. Can you tell me your favourite type of music?

C. Could you give me a discount? 

D. Could you possibly give me fifty dollars?

Câu 22:

-Customer: "Can I try this jumper on?".
-Salesgirl: “ ?”.

A. A. Yes, it costs one hundred and fifty dollars. 

B. No, the shop is closed in half an hour.

C. Sorry, only cash is accepted here.

D. Sure, the changing rooms are over there.

Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (23) ______ . Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become (24) _______ if we do not make an effort to protect them. In some cases, animals are hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (25) _______ and sold as pets. For  many animals and birds the problem is that their habitat - the place where they live - is disappearing. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them to grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (26) ________ wildlife. The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (27) __________unless we can solve this problem.

Câu 23:

(23) ___________ 

A. threat

B. problem

C. danger

D. anger

Câu 24:

(24) ___________ 

A. disappeared

B. vanished

C. extinct

D. empty

Câu 25:

(25) ___________ 

A. life

B. alive

C. lively

D. live

Câu 26:

(26) ___________ 

A. spoil

B. wound

C. wrong

D. harm
 

Câu 27:

(27) ___________ 

A. left

B. alone

C. staying

D. survive

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have existed. During the 20th century, the species was almost exterminated due to commercial whaling. The species has slowly recovered following the global whaling ban but it remains endangered and faces a number of serious threats including ship strikes and the impact of climate change.
Blue whales are simply enormous with most ranging in length from 24-30 m. The largest ever recorded was a gargantuan 33.5 m long. Females are up to 10 m longer than males. And they can weigh up to 200 tonnes. Just to put that in perspective: an adult male African elephant weighs 6 tonnes. The blue whale's heart is the size of a small car and its beat can be detected two miles away. But that's nothing compared to their calls. Blue whales are the loudest animals on earth and their calls are louder than a jet engine: reaching 188 decibels, while a jet's engine hit 'just' 140 decibels. Apart from their gigantic size, blue whales can be identified by their relatively small dorsal fin, a fairly rounded rostrum (anterior part of the skull), and approximately 90 ventral grooves, which reach the navel. They also have row of 300-400 baleen plates on each side of the mouth, which are black in color and range in length from 50 cm in front to 100 cm in back. Blue whales mostly travel alone or in groups of 2-3. Larger groups of up to 60 whales have been reported and are probably associated with feeding grounds. However, the blue whale has the most powerful voice in the animal kingdom and its low-frequency sounds can travel in deep water over hundreds, or even thousands, of miles. Under these circumstances, animals which may appear to us to be traveling alone may actually be in constant contact with one another.

At birth, a blue whale calf is the largest baby on earth: approximately 8m long and weighing about 4 tonnes. They grow at a rate of 90 kg per day and wean after 7-8 months, once they have reached about 15 m in length, and are able to follow the normal migration pattern alone. They reach sexual maturity at 5-10 years. This growth rate is astonishing and is probably the fastest in the animal kingdom. From conception to weaning, it represents a several billion-fold increase in tissue in just over a year and a half. Like other baleen whales, the blue whale has no teeth so it is hard to tell its age but scientists believe they live until at least 50.

Like other large whales, blue whales are threatened by chemical and sound pollution, habitat loss, overfishing of krill, ship strikes and becoming entangled in fishing gear. Climate change could also have a major impact on its food supply, since global warming and associated ocean acidification may impact krill populations. In addition, frontal zones - critical whale habitats - are projected to move further south due to climate change. Frontal zones are boundaries between different water masses, where water can rise from the depths, bringing with it large amounts of nutrients that stimulate the growth of phytoplankton and support substantial populations of prey species for whales.

Blue whales would have to migrate further (perhaps 200-500 km more) to reach and feed at these food-rich areas where they build up reserves to sustain themselves for the rest of the year. These longer migration paths could increase the energy costs of migration and reduce the duration of the main feeding season. As frontal zones move southward, they also move closer together, reducing the overall area of foraging habitat available.

(Source: http://wwfpanda.orgl)

Câu 28:

What is the purpose of the author in the passage?

A. To provide basic information about the blue whale and its major threats.

B. To prove that the blue whale is the biggest mammal on the Earth.

C. To give evidence of how the blue whale changes the habit and feeding grounds.

D. To raise people's awareness of the extinction of the blue whale

Câu 29:

Which of the following is NOT correct about the blue whale's physical description?

A. It is very easy to discover the appearance of a blue whale via its heart beat

B. Male blue whales are the longest in their species.

C. The calls of the blue whale are louder than those of any animals on the Earth.

D. small dorsal fin is also the identity of the blue whale.

Câu 30:

According to the passage, why isn't a blue whale lonely when it travels alone?

A. Because most of other blue whales also travel alone.

B. Because it can contact with others through their powerful voice.

C. Because it shares the same feeding grounds with others.

D. Because other blue whales will appear when it reaches the destination.

Câu 31:

What does the word "wean" in paragraph 4 mean?

A. stop feeding a calf with its mother's milk

B. stop growing as fast as before

C. begin living independently

D. begin trying to find food

Câu 32:

The word "entangled" in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. endangered

B. disappeared

C. ensnared

D. attracted

Câu 33:

What does the word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?

A. the depth

B. water

C. water mass

D. climate change

Câu 34:

According to the last paragraph, how does climate change affect the blue whale?

A. It increases the acidity in the ocean, which makes the water polluted.

B. It impacts on the tide which contains a lot of nutrients to feed the blue whale's prey.

C. It makes the blue whale travel farther south to find feeding grounds.

D. It encourages frontal zones so that the blue whale cannot move around.

Câu 35:

It can be inferred from the passage that _____

A. Human activities are one of the primary reasons for the decline of the blue whale's population.

B. The blue whale is the animal that has the longest life expectancy

C. Despite being the largest animals, blue whales are the most vulnerable on the Earth

D. The blue whale lives safely in the ocean thanks to their solidarity.

Scientists have uncovered a new threat to the world's endangered coral reefs. They have found that most are incapable of growing quickly enough to compensate for rising sea levels triggered by global warming. The study suggests that reefs - which are already suffering serious degradation because the world's seas are warming and becoming more acidic - could also become overwhelmed
by rising oceans.

The research - led by scientists at Exeter University and published in Nature this week - involved studying growth rates for more than 200 tropical western Atlantic and Indian Ocean reefs. It was found only 9% of these reefs had the ability to keep up with even the most optimistic rates of sea-level rises forecast by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "For many reefs across the Caribbean and Indian Ocean regions, where the study focused, rates of growth are slowing due to coral reef degradation," said Professor Chris Perry, of Exeter University.
“Meanwhile, rates of sea-level rise are increasing - and our results suggest reefs will be unable to keep up. As a result, water depths above most reefs will increase rapidly through this century.” Sea levels rose by several inches over the past century and measurements indicate the speed of this increase is now rising significantly. Two key factors are involved: climate change is making ocean water warmer and so it expands. And as ice sheets and glaciers melt, they increase amounts of water in the oceans. At the same time, reefs are being weakened by ocean warming and also by ocean acidification, triggered as the seas absorb more and more carbon dioxide. These effects lead to bleaching events that kill off vast stretches of coral and limits their ability to grow.

“Our predictions, even under the best case scenarios, suggest that by 2100, the inundation of reefs will expose coastal communities to significant threats of shoreline change,” said co-author Prof Peter Mumby of Queensland University. This point was backed by US marine scientist Ilsa Ruffner writing in a separate comment piece for Nature. “The implications of the study are dire.
Many island nations and territories are set to quickly lose crucial natural resources.”

(Source: https://www.theguardiamcomi)

Câu 36:

Which of the following does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Sea levels will become the main factor of bleaching.

B. Coral reefs will be overwhelmed by rising oceans.

C. Coral reefs may escape from extinction because of the increase in sea levels.

D. Global warming will cause the rise of sea levels.

Câu 37:

What does the word "compensate" in the first paragraph probably mean?

A. recompense

B. keep up with

C. develop

D. benefit