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ĐỀ THI THỬ THPT QUỐC GIA NĂM 2021 – LẦN 1

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

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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.

Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these How to books are useful. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words “How to”. One book my tell you how to earn more money. Another may tell you how to save or spend it and another may explain how to give your money away.

Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail however, you can buy the book “How to Turn Failure into Success”. If you would like to become very rich you can buy the book "How to Make a Millionaire". If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called "How to Live on Nothing".

One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read "How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life". If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.

Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use. more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life. Question 1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to succeed in love every minute of your life. B. How to turn failure into success. C. How to make a millionaire. D. How-to books. Question 2. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to _______ .

A. advice B. instruction C. how-to books D. career Question 3. Which of the following is NOT the type of books giving information on careers?

A. "How to Succeed in Love every Minute of Your Life". B. "How to Live on Nothing" C. "How to Make a Millionaire" D. "How to Turn Failure into Success" Question 4. The word "step-by-step" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______ .

A. little by little B. gradually C. slower and slower D. A and B Question 5. It can be inferred from the passage that _______ .

A. Today people are more bored with the modern life B. Modern life is more difficult to deal with C. Today people have fewer choices to make D. Today people are more interested in modern life

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 6. A. bushes B. wishes C. researches D. headaches Question 7. A. bachelor B. chapter C. chemistry D. teacher

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 8. A. decorate B. disable C. privacy D. integrate Question 9. A. magic B. engaged C. import D. fortune Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Most desert animals will drink water if confronted with it, but many of them never have any opportunity. All living things must have water, or they will expire. The herbivores find it in desert plants. The carnivores slake their thirst with the flesh and blood of living prey. One of the most remarkable adjustments, however, has been made by the tiny kangaroo rat, who not only lives without drinking but subsists on a diet of dry seeds containing about 5% free water. Like other animals, he has the ability to manufacture water in his body by a metabolic conversion of carbohydrates. But he is notable for the parsimony with which he conserves his small supply by …