KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2020
BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

Bài thi: KHOA HỌC XÃ HỘI

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

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

MÃ ĐỀ THI: 422
Họ, tên thí sinh: .....................................................................
Số báo danh: .............................
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 of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. furniture

B. customer

C. ambition

D. balcony

Question 2: A. market

B. machine

C. hobby

D. luggage


A. visited

B. would visit

C. will visit

D. visit

Question 7: Those boys were excited about the new game in the beginning, but now they have…..it.
A. gone off

B. look after

C. filled in

D. got on

Question 8: It’s necessary to listen to opinions that are......from ours.
A. differ

B. differently

C. difference

D. different

Question 9: If I....you, I wouldn’t go out in this weather.
A. had been

B. am


B. didn’t you

Question 13: My daughter sometimes practises......English with her friends after school.


A. to speaking

B. to speak

C. speaking

D. speak

Question 14: The football team has waited....the championships for 30 years.
A. for

B. to

C. up

D. about

Question 15: The local shop deals in many kinds of hair products.....from reasonably priced shampoos
rather expensive dyes.
A. are ranged

B. are ranging

C. range


Question 19: Polar bears are in danger of going extinct.......climate change.
A. because

B. despite

C. because of

D. although

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.
Question 20: The beautiful sandy beach with a lot of sunshine and good foods made his holiday
complete.
A. serious

B. normal

C. perfect

D. terrible

Question 21: The candidate was rejected as he could not meet all the requirements for this position.
A. satisfy

B. arrange

C. establish

D. produce


C. Me neither

D. I’m sorry to hear that

Question 25: Gini and Adrian are talking about a book they have read lately.


- Gini: “That wasn’t an interesting book”
- Adrian: “......I couldn’t go further than chapter 2”
A. No, it was fascinating
C. Yes, it gave me much information

B. You can say that again
D. I think it will get better and better

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 26: Single-use plastic products are convenient. They are detrimental to the environment.
A. Convenient though single-use plastic products are, they are detrimental to the environment.
B. It is their detriment to the environment that makes single-use plastic products convenient.
C. Were single-use plastic products convenient, they would be detrimental to the environment.
D. Not only are single-use plastic products convenient, they are also detrimental to the environment.
Question 27: There was unexpected twists in the movie. It was so fascinating.
A. If there had been unexpected twists in the movie, it would have been so fascinating.
B. But for the unexpected twists in the movie, it wouldn’t have been so fascinating
C. Suppose that there was unexpected twists in the movie, it would have been so fascinating.
D. Without the unexpected twists in the movie, it wouldn’t have been so fascinating
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.

existence. The research by academics of the University of Canberra in Australia found that, while most
teenagers had ready access to home computers, mobile phones and (35).......electronic devices, they
generally spent more time on traditional (36).......such as talking to family and friends, doing homework
and enjoying hobbies and sports than on using technology. Accessing social media and playing computer
games ranked as low as nineth and tenth respectively among the ten most common after-school activities.
Fifteen-year-old Laura Edmonds is one of the teenagers surveys. She admits to being very (37).........to
her smartphone and makes full use of various apps, (38).........if she needs to unwind after a hard day at
school, she tends to “hang out with my friends, listen to music or chat with my mum and dad.”
Question 34: A. where

B. which

C. when

D. who

Question 35: A. one

B. other

C. every

D. another

Question 36: A. pursuits

B. operations

C. incidents


medicine or computers. A large proportion of students are now choosing to work with a charity which
arranges voluntary work in various parts of the world. The project provides hands-on experience of a very
varied nature, from teaching to helping build roads or dams.
The gap year is not just an adventure. Young people can benefit greatly from encountering new varied
experiences and from communication with a wide range of people. Perhaps most important, gap-year
students have to learn to stand on their own two feet.
Question 39: What could be the best title of the passage?
A. Studying Overseas

B. Taking Time Out

C. Working for Life

D. Contributing to the Community

Question 40: The word “subsidize” in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by.......


A. pay for

B. work for

C. apply for

D. ask for

Question 41: The word “their” in paragraph 2 refers t..........
A. gap-year students

B. local farms

life?
Well, there is only one wy to find out: begin to explore the possibilities of solar, wind or hydro-power.
But unless you live on a sunny, south-facing hillsidewith access to a nearby river or stream, that might
prove prohibitively expensive!
There is no doubt that being off-grid has its problems, and it is not always the cheapest way to get the
energy you need. Even so, pioneers like Perez have proved that it can be done, and without giving up a
21st century lifestyle: “I have got five personal computers, two laser scanners, two fridge-freezer, a
microwave, a covection oven, vacuum cleaners –you name it” says Perez. There is an external beam
antenna on the roof for the phone and a satellite dish for an Internet connection. I have got 70 kWh in
batteries that could last me five days. I have too much electricity”. Too much electricity and no more
bills. That has got to be worth aiming for.
Question 44: Which is the best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Unplugging from the Grid
B. No water, no life!
C. A Day in the Life of an “Off-Grid”


D. Living without Electricity
Question 45: The phrase “blacks out” in paragraph 1 mostly means............
A. fails to work

B. is able to run

C. has no functions

D. serves many purposes

Question 46: According to paragraph 1, Perez has managed to.......
A. save a lot of money with his own company
B. stay independent of certain public utilities

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

C

B

B


19

20

A

C

C

A

D

C

B

A

C

C

21

22

23


B

A

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

D

C

D


49

50

C

C

B

A

A

B

C

C

A

B