Đề thi minh họa kì thi TPT Quốc gia môn Tiếng Anh - Mã đề: 401 - Năm học 2019-2020

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the 
following question.
Question 1: Your drink cost €40, you gave me a €50 note and here is your _______.
 A. change B. supply C. cash D. cost
Question 2: People can become very _______ when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.
 A. single-minded B. bad-tempered C. even-tempered D. even-handed
Question 3: Jasmine, _______ , grows only in warm places.
 A. is a vine plant with fragrant flowers C. that is a vine plant with fragrant flowers
 B. a vine plant with fragrant flowers D. a vine plant with fragrant flowers it is
Question 4: Our car _______ because it’s not where it’s normally parked in the parking lot.
 A. should have been stolen C. must have been stolen
 B. would have been stolen D. need have been stolen
Question 5: Though we were _______ after hard-working days, we tried to help our parents redecorate 
the house to welcome Tet.
 A. exhaustion B. exhausted C. exhausting D. exhaustive
Question 6: At the 2015 Women in the World Summit, Hillary Clinton asserted that “ _______ cultural 
codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed”.
 A. deep-seated B. deep-seating C. seated-deep D. seating -deep
Question 7: It’s important that we _______ this message _______ to young people.
 A. go /over B. get/down C. get/over D. go/for
Question 8: Miss Diligent did nine hour’s _______ studying a day for her exam.
 A. heavy B. solid C. powerful D. big
Question 9: “At the start of the 19th century, the highest- _______ newspaper in the United Kingdom 
was The Morning Post, which sold around 4,000 copies per day.”
 A. distribution B. coverage C. circulation D. sales
Question 10: Marketing this new product will be expensive, but _______ it will be worth the money we 
spend on it.
 A. at long last B. down the years C. in the event D. in the long run
Question 11: Laura starts a conversation with Maya- Jane’s sister.
Laura: “You must be Jane's sister. Glad to meet you.”
Maya: “ _______ ”
 A. I am, either. C. What do you do?
 B. So I am. I'm glad. D. Me too.
Question 12: The boys _______ that they had broken the window, but I’m sure they did.
 Page 1 A. refused B. denied C. objected D. reject
Question 13: Lien was walking her dogs in the park, she met Lan accidentally.
Lan: “How lovely your pets are!”
Lien: “ _______ .”
 A. Thank you, it's nice of you to say so C. Can you say that again
 B. Really? They are D. I love them, too
Question 14: If our team _______ U23Uzbekistan in the final match, we _______ the champion now.
 A. have defeated/ would be C. defeated/ would be
 B. defeats/ will be D. had defeated/ would be
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.
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Question 15: Transplanting organs such hearts and kidneys had proved easier than transplanting 
muscles. 
Question 16: On the floor of the Pacific Ocean is hundreds of flat-tipped
 mountains more than a mile 
beneath sea level.
Question 17: Paint must bestirred and sometimes dilution before it is applied.
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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 question from 18 to 25.
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 The principle of use and disuse states that those parts of organisms' bodies that are used grown 
larger. Those parts that are not tend to wither away. It is an observed fact that when you exercise 
particular muscles, they grow. Those that are never used dimish. By examining a man's body, we can 
tell which muscles he uses and which he doesn't. We may even be able to guess his profession or his 
reaction. Enthusiasts of the "body- building" cult make use of the principle of use and disuse to "build" 
their bodies, almost like a piece of sculpture, into whatever unnatural shape is demanded by fashion in 
this peculiar minority culture. Muscles are not the only parts of the body that respond to use in this kind 
of way. Walk barefoot and you acquire harder skin on your soles. It is easy to tell a farmer from a bank 
teller by looking at their hands alone. The farmer's hands are horny, hardened by long exposure to rough 
work. The teller’s hands are relatively soft.
 The principle of use and disuse enables animals to become better at the job of surviving in their 
world, progressively better during their lifetime as a result of living in that world. Humans, through 
direct exposure to sunlight, or lack of it, develop a skin color which equips them better to survive in the 
particular local conditions.
 Too much sunlight is dangerous. Enthusiastic sunbathers with very fair skins are susceptible to 
skin cancer. Too little sunlight, on the other hand, leads to vitamin-D deficiency and rickets. The brown 
pigment melanin which is synthesized under the influence of sunlight, makes a screen to protect the 
underlying tissues from the harmful effects of further sunlight. If a suntanned person moves to a less 
sunny climate, the melanin disappears, and the body is able to benefit from what little sun there is. This 
 Page 2 can be represented as an instance of the principle of use and disuse: skin goes brown when it is "used", 
and fades to white when it is not.
Question 18: What does the passage mainly discuss?
 A. How the principles of use and disuse change people’s concepts of themselves.
 B. The changes that occur according to the principle of use and disuse.
 C. The way in which people change themselves to conform to fashion.
 D. The effects of the sun on the principle of use and disuse.
Question 19: The phrase “wither away” in bold is closest in meaning to _______ .
 A. split B. rot C. perish D. shrink
Question 20: The word “Those” in bold refers to _______ .
 A. organisms B. bodies C. parts D. muscles 
Question 21: According to the passage, men who body build _______.
 A. appear like sculptures C. belong to strange cults
 B. change their appearance D. are very fashionable
Question 22: From the passage, it can be inferred that author views body building _______ .
 A. with enthusiasm C. with scientific interest
 B. as an artistic from D. of doubtful benefit
Question 23: It can be inferred from the passage that the principle of use and disuse enables organisms 
to _______ .
 A. change their existence C. survive in any condition 
 B. automatically benefit D. improve their lifetime
Question 24: The author suggests that melanin _______ .
 A. is necessary for the production of vitamin D C. helps protect fair-skinned people
 B. is beneficial in sunless climates D. is a synthetic product
Question 25: In the second paragraph, the author mentions sun tanning as an example of _______ .
 A. humans improving their local condition
 B. humans surviving in adverse conditions
 C. humans using the principle of use and disuse
 D. humans running the risk of skin cancer
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part that 
differs from the other three in the pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 26: A. expandB. stagnantC. vacancyD. applicant
Question 27: A. attainedB. resolvedC. disusedD. decreased
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 ofprimary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 28: A. flourishB. seasonC. productD. today
Question 29: A. attitudeB. infamouslyC. geneticistD. socialist
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the 
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
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 THE HISTORY OF WRITING
 The development of writing (30) _______ a huge difference to the world and might see it as the 
beginning of the media. Pieces of pottery with marks on that are probably numbers have been discovered 
in China (31) _______ date from around 4000 BC. Hieroglyphics and other forms of "picture writing" 
developed in the area around Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), where the ancient Sumerian civilization 
was based, from around 3300 BC onwards. However, the first (32) _______ alphabet was used by the 
Phoenicians around 1050 BC. Their alphabet had 22 letters and it is estimated that it lasted for 1000 
years. The first two signs were called "aleph" and "beth", which in Greek became "alpha" and "beta", 
which gave us the modern word "alphabet". 
 The modern European alphabet is based on the Greek and spread (33) _______ other European 
countries under the Romans. A number of changes took place as time passed. The Romans added the 
letter G, and the letter J and V were unknown to people in Shakespeare's time.
 If we (34) _______ the history of punctuation, we also find some interesting facts. The Romans 
used to write quaesto at the end of a sentence in order to show that it was a Question. They started to 
write Qo in place of the whole word, and then put the Q above the o. In the end, that became the question 
mark "?" 
Question 30: A. didB. hadC. made D. took
Question 31: A. whereB. thatC. whoD. when
Question 32: A. trueB. accurateC. exactD. precise
Question 33: A. toB. inC. withD. for
Question 34: A. look intoB. bring onC. make offD. hold up
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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.
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 ENGLISH SEVENTH MEETING “SAN ANDREAS FAULT”
 The San Andreas Fault line is a fracture at the congruence of two major plates of the Earth’s crust, 
one of which support most of the North American continent, and the other of which underlies the coast 
of California and part of the ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean. The fault originates about six hundred 
miles south of the Gulf of California, runs north in an irregular line along the western coast to San 
Francisco, and continues north for about two hundred more miles before angling off into the ocean. In 
places, the trace of the fault is marked by a trench, or, in geological terms, a rift, and a small ponds dot 
the landscape. Its western side always move north in relation to its eastern side. The total net slip along 
the San Andreas Fault and the length of time it has been active are matters of conjecture, but it has been 
estimated that, during the past fifteen million years, coastal California along the San Andreas Fault has 
moved about 190 miles in a northwesterly direction with respect to the North American plate. Although 
the movement along the fault averages only a few inches a year, it is intermittent and variable. Some 
segments of the fault do not have move at all for long periods of time, building up tremendous pressure 
that must be released. For this reason, tremors are not unusual along the San Andreas Fault, some of 
which are classified as major earthquakes. Also for this reason, small tremors are interpreted as safe, 
since they are understood to be pressure that releases without causing much damage.
 Page 4 It is worth noting that the San Andreas Fault passes uncomfortably close to several major 
metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles and San Francisco. In addition, the San Andreas Fault has 
created smaller fault systems, many of which underlie the smaller towns and cities along the California 
coast. For this reason, Californians have long anticipated the recurrence of what they refer to as “the Big 
One”, a chain reaction of destructive earthquakes that would measure near 8 on the Richter scale, similar 
in intensity to those that occurred in 1857 and 1906. Such a quake would wreak devastating effects on 
the life and property in the region. Unfortunately, as pressure continues to build along the fault, the 
likelihood of such an earthquake increases substantially.
Question 35: What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?
 A. To describe the San Andreas Fault.
 B. To give a definition of a fault.
 C. To explain the reason for tremors and earthquakes.
 D. To classify different kinds of faults.
Question 36: How does the author define the San Andreas Fault?
 A. A plate that underlies the North American continent.
 B. A crack in the Earth’s crust between two plates.
 C. Occasional tremors and earthquakes.
 D. Intense pressure that builds up.
Question 37: The word originates in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by _______ .
 A. gets wider C. begins
 B. changes direction D. disappears
Question 38: In which direction does the western side of the fault move?
 A. West B. East C. North D. South
Question 39: The word its in the paragraph 1 refers to _______ .
 A. San Francisco B. ocean C. coast D. fault
Question 40: Along the San Andreas Fault, tremors are _______ .
 A. small and insignificant C. frequent events
 B. rare, but disastrous D. very unpredictable
Question 41: The phrase “the Big One” refers to which of the following?
 A. A serious earthquake C. The river scale
 B. The San Andreas Fault D. California
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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.
Question 42: The Chernobyl disaster occurred on 26 April 1986 when the Chernobyl Nuclear Power 
Plant near Pripyat, a town in northern Ukraine, went off.
 A. demolished B. ran C. developed D. exploded
Question 43: Prior to its evacuation Chernobyl was inhabited by 16,000 people but is now populated 
only by Zone administrative personnel and a number of residents who refused to leave their homes or 
subsequently returned.
 A. after B. while C. when D. before
 Page 5 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.
Question 44: The Democratic Party now have 59.9% of the votes, so they’re home and dry.
 A. returning home C. disappointed
 B. safe and successful D. at risk of losing
Question 45: Having served in the White House for 34 years and assisted 8 presidents, Eugene Allen 
experienced crucial moments in American history during his time here.
 A. unimportant B. special C. diverse D. complex
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.
Question 46: Many doctors and nurses on duty during holidays don’t have time to relax. They don’t 
have time to meet up with their families.
 A. Many doctors and nurses on duty during holidays have time neither to relax nor to meet up with 
 their families.
 B. Many doctors and nurses on duty during holidays have time neither to relax or to meet up with their 
 families.
 C. Many doctors and nurses on duty during holidays have time either to relax or to meet up with their 
 families.
 D. Many doctors and nurses on duty during holidays have time not only to relax but also to meet up 
 with their families.
Question 47: The boy lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers. The doctors are operating on 
him.
 A. The boy who lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers is being operating on.
 B. The boy whom the doctors are operating on him lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers.
 C. The boy was whom the doctors are operating on him lost several of his fingers because of 
 firecrackers.
 D. The doctors are operating on the boy who lost several of his fingers because of firecrackers.
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 48: Father said “Albert, if you break your promise, nobody will respect you.”
 A. Father said that if Albert broke his promise, nobody would respect him.
 B. Father warned Albert that if he broke his promise, nobody would respect him.
 C. Father told that if Albert broke his promise, nobody would respect him.
 D. Father said to Albert if he breaks his promise, nobody will respect him.
Question 49: People say that products are sold in this market at suitable prices.
 A. Products are said to be selling in this market at suitable prices.
 B. Products are said to have sold in this market at suitable prices.
 C. This market is said to have sold products at suitable prices.
 D. This market is said to sell products at suitable prices.
Question 50: We couldn’t have been able to go to the final match without the coach’s flexible strategies.
 A. We could have been able to go to the final match with the coach’s flexible strategies.
 Page 6 B. If we could be able to go to the final match, the coach would have flexible strategies.
C. If we couldn’t have been able to go to the final match, we would have had the coach’s flexible 
strategies.
D. Had it not been for the coach’s flexible strategies, we couldn’t have been able to go to the final 
match.
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