GCSE 201

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ĐỀ KSCL ÔN THI THPT QG NĂM HỌC 2019-2020
BÀI THI MƠN: TIẾNG ANH 201
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, khơng kể thời gian phát đề

Ho va tên thi sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 01. A. study
B. success
C. surprise
D. sugar
Question 02. A. coughed
B. watched
C. proposed
D. influenced
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.
Question 03. They are very pleasant to travel by steamer down the Thames from Westminster to
Tower Bridge.
A. They are
B. pleasant
C. down
D. to
Question 04. Studying the science of logic is one way to cultivate one’s reason skills.
A. Studying
B. science of
C. way to

D. reason
Question 05. One day a fame singer was invited by a rich lady to her house.
A. One day
B. fame
C. was
D. by
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 06. The lady__________ son went on a picnic with us last weekend is a teacher at our school.
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. that
Question 07. Anne says that she reads about half____________ hour a day, at least.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. 0 (zero article)
Question 08. We have to_________ the hard times hoping that things will change for the better in the
future.
A. maintain
B. endure
C. persist
D. outlive
Question 09. Alex was_________ enough on becoming a professional sportsman and he didn’t want
to listen to anyone else’s advice.
A. intent
B. eager
C. definite
D. certain

Question 10. What is the verdict of the report? Has the cause of the catastrophe been_________ yet?
A. specified
B. informed
C. accounted
D. judged
Question 11. Our classroom is supplied with_________.
A. an heavy equipment B. a heavy equipment C. heavy equipments D. heavy equipment
Question 12. There are several means of mass communication. The newspaper is one, television
is_________.
A. other
B. the other
C. another
D. others
Question 13. Despite their initial objections, we soon_________ them all playing football together.
A. made
B. had
C. organized
D. persuaded
Question 14. We may win, we may lose – it’s just the_________ of the draw!
A. strike
B. odds
C. chance
D. luck
Question 15. Due to the computer malfunction all our data was lost. So unhappily, we had to begin
all the calculations from___________.
A. onset
B. source
C. original
D. scratch
Question 16. The_________ of the project has been suspended because of the inadequate financing.

A. implementation B. establishment
C. installation
D. exploration
Question 17. He clearly had no_________ of doing any work, although it was only a week till the
exam.
A. desire
B. ambition
C. willingness
D. intention
Question 18. An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation_________.
A. indeed
B. eventually
C. apart
D. whatsoever
Question 19. The jury_________ her compliments on her excellent knowledge of the subject.
A. paid
B. gave
C. made
D. said
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.


Question 20. Helen: ‘Didn’t you watch Frankenstein last night?’ Ann: ‘_______, I hate horror films’.
A. Yes
B. No
C. Of course
D. Sure
Question 21. Barn: ‘_______________’. Mike: ‘This one, please.’
A. Do you like these magazines?

B. Are these magazines interesting?
C. Which of these magazines, don’t you? D. You like these magazines, don’t you?
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 22. The filmmaker tried to depict the lives of the early colonists in his movie.
A. laugh at
B. destroy
C. name
D. show
Question 23. He spent many months working on his car to modify its fuel injection system.
A. change
B. remove
C. transfer
D. resell
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 24. In remote communities, it's important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in.
A. remake
B. empty
C. refill
D. repeat
Question 25. There has been no discernible improvement in the noise levels since lorries were banned.
A. clear
B. obvious
C. thin
D. insignificant
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 26. The children pestered us for sweets.
A. The children kept asking us for sweets.

B. The children gave us all their sweets.
C. The children confided in us for giving them the sweets.
D. The children disturbed us by asking for sweets.
Question 27. They will soon find out what she’s been doing.
A. It won’t be long since they find out what she has been doing.
B. It won’t take them a long time to find what she’s done.
C. It won’t be long before they find out what she’s been doing.
D. It’s won’t be long before they find out what’s she’s been doing.
Question 28. You should wash your shirt right now before that stain dries.
A. You should wash your shirt in order for the stain to dry right now.
B. Before that stain dry, don’t wash your shirt right now.
C. No sooner does the stain dry so you should wash the shirt before it dry.
D. Your shirt needs washing right now before that stain dries.
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 29. Your handwriting is legible. The test scorer will accept your answer.
A. Providing with your legible handwriting, the test scorer will accept your answer.
B. Providing your handwriting is legible, the test scorer won’t accept your answer.
C. Provided that your handwriting is legible, the test scorer will accept your answer.
D. Provided for your legible handwriting, the test scorer won’t accept your answer.
Question 30. The unemployment rate is high. The crime rate is usually also high.
A. The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.
B. The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
C. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.
D. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate.
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 from 31 to 35.
In 1830, there were under 100 miles of public railway in Britain. Yet within 20 years, this
figure had grown to more than 5000 miles. By the end of the century, almost enough rail track to
encircle the world covered this small island, (31)_________ the nature of travel forever and

contributing to the industrial revolution that changed the course of history in many parts of the
world.
Wherever railways were introduced, economic and social progress quickly (32)_________ In a
single day, rail passengers could travel hundreds of miles, cutting previous journey times by huge


margins and bringing rapid travel within the (33)_________ of ordinary people. Previously, many
people had never ventured beyond the outskirts of their town and villages. The railway brought
them greater freedom and enlightenment.
In the 19th century, the railway in Britain represented something more than just the
business of carrying goods and passengers. Trains were associated with romance, adventure and,
frequently, (34)_________ luxury. But the railways did more than revolutionize travel; they also left a
distinctive and permanent mark on the British landscape. Whole towns and industrial centers
(35)_________ up around major rail junctions, monumental bridges and viaducts crossed rivers and
valleys and the railway stations themselves became desirable places to spend time between
journeys.
Question 31. A. altering
B. amending
C. adapting
D. adjusting
Question 32. A. pursued
B. followed
C. succeeded
D. chased
Question 33. A. reach
B. capacity
C. facility
D. hold
Question 34. A. considerable
B. generous

C. plentiful
D. sizeable
Question 35. A. jumped
B. stood
C. burst
D. sprang
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.
In the United States in the early 1800's, individual state governments had more effect on
the economy than did the federal government. States chartered manufacturing, banking, mining,
and transportation firms and participated in the construction of various internal improvements
such as canals, turnpikes, and railroads. The states encouraged internal improvements in two
distinct ways; first, by actually establishing state companies to build such improvement; second,
by providing part of the capital for mixed public-private companies setting out to make a profit.
In the early nineteenth century, state governments also engaged in a surprisingly large
amount of direct regulatory activity, including extensive licensing and inspection programs.
Licensing targets reflected both similarities in and differences between the economy of the
nineteenth century and that of today: in the nineteenth century, state regulation through licensing
fell especially on peddlers, innkeepers, and retail merchants of various kinds. The perishable
commodities of trade generally came under state inspection, and such important frontier staples
as lumber and gunpowder were also subject to state control. Finally, state governments
experimented with direct labor and business regulation designed to help the individual laborer or
consumer, including setting maximum limits on hours of work and restrictions on price-fixing by
businesses.
Although the states dominated economic activity during this period, the federal government
was not inactive. Its goals were the facilitation of western settlement and the development of native
industries. Toward these ends the federal government pursued several courses of action. It
established a national bank to stabilize banking activities in the country and, in part, to provide a
supply of relatively easy money to the frontier, where it was greatly needed for settlement. It
permitted access to public western lands on increasingly easy terms, culminating in the Homestead

Act of 1862, by which title to land could be claimed on the basis of residence alone. Finally, it set up a
system of tariffs that was basically protectionist in effect, although maneuvering for position by
various regional interests produced frequent changes in tariff rates throughout the nineteenth
century.
Question 36. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. States's rights versus federal rights
B. The participation of state governments in railroad, canal, and turnpike construction
C. The roles of state and federal governments in the economy of the nineteenth century.
D. Regulatory activity by state governments
Question 37. All of the following are mentioned in the passage as areas that involved state
governments in the nineteenth century EXCEPT__________.
A. mining
B. banking
C. manufacturing
D. higher education
Question 38. The regulatory activities of state governments included all of the following
EXCEPT__________.
A. licensing of retail merchants
C. imposing limits on price-fixing
B. inspecting materials used in turnpike maintenance D. control of lumber


Question 39. The word “ends” in line 20 is closest in meaning to__________.
A. benefits
B. decisions
C. services
D. goals
Question 40. According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Homestead Act of
1862?
A. It made it increasingly possible for settlers to obtain land in the West.

B. It was a law first passed by state governments in the West.
C. It increased the money supply in the West.
D. It established tariffs in a number of regions.
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 41. A. preserve
B. addition
C. routine
D. business
Question 42. A. scientist
B. engineer
C. confidence
D. serious
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.
What we today call American folk art was, indeed, art of, by, and for ordinary, everyday “folks”
who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for
portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics — whether ancient Romans,
seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans — have always shown a
marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century, the United States contained
increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands. The earliest
American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England — especially Connecticut and
Massachusetts — for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition.
Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was
pushing westward, and portrait painters could be found at work in western New York, Ohio,
Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States'
population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original
thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew eventually to be satisfied by the
camera. In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography,
and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once

again an original portrait became a luxury, commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the
professional.
But in the heyday of portrait painting — from the late eighteenth century until the 1850's —
anyone with a modicum of artistic ability could become a limner, as such a portraitist was called. Local
craftspeople — sign, coach, and house painters — began to paint portraits as a profitable sideline;
sometimes a talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation
and was besieged with requests for portraits; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints,
canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait
painting.
Question 43. In lines 4-5 the author mentions seventeenth-century Dutch burghers as an example of a
group that___________.
A. consisted mainly of self-taught artists
B. appreciated portraits
C. influenced American folk art
D. had little time for the arts
Question 44. According to the passage, where were many of the first American folk art portraits painted?
A. In western New York
B. In Illinois and Missouri
C. In Connecticut and Massachusetts
D. In Ohio
Question 45. How much did the population of the United States increase in the first fifty years
following independence?
A. It became three times larger.
B. It became five times larger.
C. It became eleven times larger.
D. It became thirteen times larger.
Question 46. The phrase “ushering in” in line 17 is closest in meaning to__________.
A. beginning
B. demanding
C. publishing

D. increasing
Question 47. The relationship between the daguerreotype and the painted portrait is similar to the
relationship between the automobile and the__________.
A. highway
B. driver
C. engine
D. horse-drawn carriage
Question 48. According to the passage, which of the following contributed to a decline in the demand
for painted portrait?


A. The lack of a strong craft tradition B. The westward migration of many painters
C. The invention of the camera
D. The growing preference for landscape paintings
Question 49. The author implies that most limners (line 22) __________.
A. received instruction from traveling teachers
B. were women
C. were from wealthy families
D. had no formal art training
Question 50. The phrase “worth their while” in line 26 is closest in meaning to__________.
A. essential
B. educational
C. profitable
D. pleasurable
__________HẾT_________