ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT LẦN 1 TRƯỜNG THPT QUỲNH THỌ - HƯNG YÊN

Read the following advertisement and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6
A PLACE IN THE SUN

To think that there are places where the sky is always blue and the flowers bloom in January! ...
Goodness me! Is that the time! And I’ve such a lot to do. I seem to have no (1) ____________ these days. I think perhaps it’s the weather... If only I could get away from it all!
Yes, we are all children (2) ____________ circumstances, and life today moves faster than it did. In the effort to keep pace, we burn up precious energy more freely than we should. (3) ____________ if at times the daily strain becomes too heavy! Then it is that Milo can be a great help and benefit. It helps (4) ____________ the balance between energy spent and energy gained. Day by day, each day a little, it supplements the intake of those (5) ____________ and energy-giving elements which are now known to be most beneficial in helping to restore and sustain nervous and physical energy.
Milo is easily digested, and readily assimilated. It (6) ____________ a soothing, sustaining and most delicious drink at any time.
Milo cup of health to strengthen the young and comfort the old.

(Adapted from https://www.nestle.com)

Read the following leaflet and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12.

CAN YOU HELP SAVE OUR PLANET?

What’s wrong with burning waste?
The burning of rubbish and organic waste in open fires is very bad for the environment. It produces nearly a third of global black carbon emissions. Soot from open waste burning has (7) ____________ strong warming effect on the earth. It warms the earth by trapping sunlight and releasing it as heat. It is one of the main causes of global warming.
Ban open waste burning!
How dangerous is using solid fuels at home?
Many people still use solid fuels like coal and wood for heating and cooking. (8) ____________, when burnt at home, they produce black carbon and (9) ____________ pollutants. The tiny pieces of indoor carbon (10) ____________ from indoor stoves can enter the human body and cause serious health problems. Research shows that household air (11) ____________ kills millions of people every year.
Renewable energy is the future!
Renewable energy is clean and free of black carbon and greenhouse gases, so it does not pollute the environment. Renewable energy can replace fossil fuels because it is convenient and reliable. Fossil fuels willbe (12) ____________ in this century while renewable energy will never run out because it comes from the Earth’s natural resources.

Power the planet with renewable energy!

(Adapted from Global Success)

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best arrangement of utterances orsentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 13 to 17.

Read the following passage about the rise of Airbnb and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 25.

In 2007, design graduates, Joe Gebbie and Brian Chesky, were struggling to pay the rent for their San Francisco apartment. Hearing that there was a conference coming to town and there were no hotel rooms available, they created the website airbedandbreakfast.com where they advertised three airbeds in their home at $80 each a night, breakfast included. Only six days later, they had three guests sleeping on their floor. They knew immediately that this was the start of something big.
Being budding entrepreneurs, the pair decided to take their idea further. They enlisted Gebbie's former flatmate, Nathan Blecharczyk, a computer science graduate, to develop their website. Their idea was to target conferences and festivals across the USA, getting local people to list their rooms and travelers to book them. The new website was completed just in time for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, at which Barack Obama was due to speak in front of 80,000 people. Within a week, they had 800 listings, an achievement which dealt in part with the shortage of hotel rooms, but did not solve their financial problems, as the site was not making any money.
The team decided that they would have to handle payment for the bookings. They began to charge three per cent to the host and between six and twelve per cent to the traveler, depending on the price of the booking. Meanwhile, investors had started showing interest in the company. By April 2009, when larger investments began to arrive, they moved the company out of their flat into a new state-of-the-art office and hired more staff.

Since then Airbnb has gone from strength to strength. The company now has over 1.5 million listings in 34,000 cities in 190 countries, and is rumoured to be worth around $20 billion.

(Adapted from Friends Global)

Read the following passage about power of connection and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
Technology can exert its power on almost every aspect of our lives, and personal relationships are no exception. We are now becoming more attached to technological devices and (26) ____________.

We work longer hours on computers, meet fewer friends, text more often, and watch more videos than have a true conversation with friends or family members. (27) ____________. Social media link us all together, but we mistake them for a perfect replacement for relationships. It is time we realised that the power of connections is built from our own efforts. (28) ____________, we have to spend a considerable amount of time doing activities together, listening, understanding, and sharing feelings. This helps strengthen our mind and body, keeping us away from isolation and loneliness.

It is not difficult to balance between connections through technology and those through real interactions. (29) ____________. We should spend more time visiting our parents and siblings, besides keeping in touch with them on social media. We should learn to cherish the moments we spend with them. It is never too late to strengthen the bonds with school friends and teachers. Don’t hesitate to participate in sports clubs or a hiking trip where we can build up true friendships. And above all, remember that time commitment counts in relationships, (30) ____________.

(Adapted from Friends Global)

Read the following passage about powering the future and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 40.
As we continue to face the impacts of climate change, having a green environment has become increasingly important to the future of our society. To achieve this, the world is shifting towards green energy, and two particular types of energy at the centre of this movement are solar power and wind power.
[I] This highly efficient form of energy produces zero emissions, so it can significantly reduce our carbon footprint. [II] Moreover, solar panels are perfect for installation on a small scale, such as in private homes, since they require very little maintenance and have a long lifespan. [III] However, the ability to generate solar power depends on the time of day and weather conditions. This means that solar panels are often less useful if they are installed in places where sunny weather is not typical. [IV]

Wind power, on the other hand, involves converting the energy of the wind into electricity using large turbines. Wind power doesn't produce any greenhouse gases, but it is not ideal for private use since turbines require consistent care. However, wind farms can be installed on a large scale and are able to produce electricity continuously regardless of the time of day. This means that if there were more investments in wind power, it could be a viable way to provide energy for major cities and even for whole regions.

Wind and solar power contribute significantly to a green environment by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, helping us cut down on pollution and slow climate change. Additionally, using renewable energy sources helps promote spending on sustainable development by creating new career opportunities in the green energy sector.

For now, the biggest challenge of adopting green energy is the costs associated with installation and infrastructure, but the benefits unquestionably outweigh the downsides. If we want to stop the climate crisis and create a better and more sustainable future, green energy sources will undoubtedly be the key.
(Adapted from Bright)