65. ĐỀ THI THỬ TN THPT 2023 - MÔN TIẾNG ANH - Đề định kì tháng 5_2023 (Có lời giải chi tiết)

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.

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions.

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.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.
WORKING FOR NOTHING?
One of the main reasons young people find employment is to make money, and that's important. But have you ever considered doing voluntary work? You might think of it as 'working for nothing', but that's definitely not the case! (34) ______ you won't see any financial reward for your work, you'll get a lot of (35) ________ from doing something for other people and for your community.
Volunteers do a wide variety of work. They might help to clean up an area in their own neighbourhood, or go abroad and help people (36) ______ live in poverty in other countries. The skills they learn, the experience they get and the friendships they (37) _______ are all things that volunteers gain from giving their time to help (38) ______ people.
(Adapted from Optimise by Malcom Mann and Steve Taylore-Knowles)

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 from 39 to 43.
You might think trash is just something you throw away. But some people have found creative ways to turn trash into cash.
Trash made Cheung Yan one of the richest women in the world. Cheung Yan buys paper garbage in the United States and sends it to her factories in China. In her factories, the paper becomes cardboard boxes. Companies in China use her cardboard boxes to send products made in China, such as TVs and microwaves, to Europe and the United States. When people in the United States throw the boxes away, Cheung Yan buys them, and her trash-to-riches process starts all over again. Cheung Yan's company made $3.8 billion in 2011.
Collecting trash helped 14-year-old Willow Tufano buy a house. Willow collected things on the sidewalk in her neighborhood that people didn't want anymore, items such as furniture and electronics. "It's amazing the things they throw away," Willow said. If the items were broken, Willow fixed them. Then she sold the items on the Internet. She earned $6,000 from her sales. Her mother added another $6,000, and together they bought an inexpensive house in Port Charlotte, Florida. Willow continues to make money by renting the house to tenants.
(Adapted from Pathways by Mari Vargo and Laurie Blass)

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 from 44 to 50.
Are you addicted to technology? You probably think you aren't, but just take a minute to look more closely at your daily life. Your mobile phone alarm wakes you up, and the first thing you do is check if you have any new email messages, maybe even check the weather forecast so you can decide what to put on. On the way to college, you pop in your MP3 player earbuds and listen to some music you downloaded the previous night. Once at college, your teacher is using an interactive whiteboard. Some students are using tablets to take notes. When the class has finished, you look at your mobile to see that your friend Lucy has texted to tell you where everyone's meeting for lunch. Are you still so sure you could relinquish technology?
Increasing numbers of people, however, are taking the decision to go technology free. This involves making a concerted effort to remove all technological devices from their lives. Take Laura Jo Wegman and Donovan Corliss. Not only have they got rid of the obvious technology, such as computers and TVs, they have also modified their cooker to remove the LED display and have a rotary dial telephone. ‘I think TV and internet and phones become such a time suck that people feel they don't have time for anything else,’ explains Corliss. He goes on to explain how much more time they have now. The family now play musical instruments, make bread and even talk to each other! They say it's revolutionized their lives.
And this family isn't alone. The 'unplugging' movement is growing fast. Not everyone takes it as seriously as Wegman and Corliss, but more and more people are adopting new approaches to technology. For example, Tiffany Shlain pioneered the idea of having a technology-free day once a week, usually on a Saturday. Shlain says that ‘It's definitely harder to make plans,’ as, instead of sending lots of texts, she needs to make an arrangement and stick to it. And as Shlain points out, the quality of interaction with people who aren't constantly checking their mobiles is much better.
Another popular activity is to take a digital detox retreat, a long weekend hiking out in the countryside with no gadgets. It allows you to develop the skill of finding your way without Google Maps, and seeing the beauty of nature without having to take a digital photograph of it. So why not try reverting back to a tech-free world, even if just for a while? And, if you can't even imagine kicking the habit, ask yourself if you really aren't addicted.
(Adapted from Insight by Rachel Roberts and Mike Sayer)