BỘ ĐỀ TNQG 2021 – ĐỀ SỐ 201

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 1. A. dinner B. distribute C. mine D. begin
Question 2. A. factory B. satisfy C. ability D. easy
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 3. A. diverse B. desert C. sector D. willing
Question 4. A. volunteer B. Vietnamese C. expedition D. sociable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5. We need_____________money to send our son to Oxford University.
A. a large sum of B. a few of C. many D. lot of
Question 6. Only after she had finished the course did she realize she_____________a wrong choice.
A. had made B. has made C. had been making D. was making
Question 7. Tom denied_____________part in the fighting at school.
A. to take B. take C. to taking D. taking
Question 8. I_____________buy that book because I didn’t bring any money with me.
A. can’t B. couldn’t C. may not D. must
Question 9. Two people are said_____________in the accident two weeks ago.
A. to get hurt B. got hurt C. to have got hurt D. to have been got hurt
Question 10. John, along with twenty students, _____________a party
A. plan B. have planned C. is planning D. are planning
Question 11. _____________really surprised all of us
A. That he can speak Vietnamese very well B. He can speak Vietnamese very well
C. It is he can speak Vietnamese very well D. The fact is he can speak Vietnamese very well
Question 12. The students are expected to stick_____________their school’s regulation.
A. in B. at C. to D. by
Question 13. Many species of plants and animals are in_____________of extinction.
A. dangerous B. endangered C. danger D. dangerously
Question 14. The wine had made him a little_____________and couldn’t control his movement.
A. narrow-minded B. light-headed C. light-footed D. light-hearted
Question 15. Pesticide residues in fruit and vegetable can be_____________to health.
A. crucial B. supportive C. receptive D. destructive
Question 16. Thomas knows Paris like the back of his_____________. He used to be a taxi driver there for 2 years.
A. head B. mind C. hand D. life
Question 17. We are_____________a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.
A. conducting B. researching C. corresponding D. investigating
Question 18. when the light_____________, we couldn’t see anything.
A. came off B. put out C. switched off D. went out
Mark A, B, C, or Don your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 19. To everyone's surprise, it wasn't in Bristol which he made his fortune, although that’s where he was
born.
A. To B. surprise C. which D. made
Question 20. After spending two days arguing about where to go for their holidays, it was decided that they
shouldn’t go anywhere.
A. arguing B. for C. it was decided D. shouldn’t go
Question 21. Many successful film directions are former actors who desire to expand their experience in the film
industry.
A. successful B. film directions C. former D. expand
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 sentences.
Question 22. "Do you believe in what the boy says, Mary?" said Tom.
A. Tom asked Mary if she believed in what the boy said.
B. Tom asked Mary to believe in what the boy said.
C. Tom asked Mary whether she believes in what the boy says.
D. Tom said that Mary believed in what the boy said.
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Question 23. John is fat because he eats so many chips.
A. If John didn’t eat so many chips, he would not be fat.
B. John is fat though he eats so many chips.
C. Being fat, John eats so many chips.
D. If John doesn’t eat so many chips, he will not be fat.
Question 24. Refusal to give a breath sample to the police could lead to your arrest.
A. If you refused to be arrested, you have to give a breath sample.
B. You could be arrested for not giving a breath sample to the police.
C. If a breath sample is not given, the police will refuse to arrest you.
D. The police could cause you to give a breath sample to decide whether to arrest you or not.
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 25. People should not throw rubbish in the park. People should not cut down the trees in the park .
A. People should either throw rubbish in the park or cut down the trees in the park.
B. People should neither throw rubbish nor cut down the trees in the park.
C. People should either throw rubbish nor cut down the trees in the park.
D. People should neither throw rubbish or cut down the trees in the park.
Question 26. The student was very bright. He could solve all the math problems.
A. He was such bright student that he could solve all the math problems.
B. The student was very bright that he could solve all the math problems.
C. He was so bright a student that he could solve all the math problems.
D. Such bright was the student that he could solve all the math problems.
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 27. A student is asking the librarian to help her to fax a report.
Student: “Could you help me to fax this report?”
Librarian: “_____________”
A. Sorry, I have no idea. B. It’s very kind of you to say so.
C. What rubbish! I don’t think it’s helpful. D. Certainly, what’s the fax number?
Question 28. Anne is complaining about the noise from the next - door house.
Anne: “I can’t really stand the noise from the next-door house, especially after 10 p.m.”
Mary: “_____________. You should talk to your neighbor.”
A. Calm down, Anne. B. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that.
C. I know what you mean. D. What a silly girl.
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 29. Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people who depend on the lunar calendar to
manage their crops, the start of the year.
A. traditional ones B. minority people C. farmers D. old people
Question 30. The government decided to pull down the old building after asking for the ideas from the local
resident.
A. renovate B. purchase C. maintain D. demolish
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is OPPOSITE in meaning to each of
the following questions.
Question 31. His physical condition was not an impediment to his career as a violinist. He has won a lot of prizes.
A. difficulty B. barrier C. advantage D. disadvantage
Question 32. Both universities speak highly of the programme of student exchange and hope to cooperate more in
the future.
A. express disapproval of B. voice opinions on
C. find favor with D. resolve a conflict over
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for
each of the blanks.
Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to (33)
_____________about their childrens career, should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and
women? For many children it means starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other interests
have to take second place. It’s very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for five hours a
day, even at the weekend, when most of his or her friends are playing.

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 Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is (34) _____________from the
government for the very best young sportsmen and women. If this help cannot be given, it means that it is the
parents that have to find the time and the money to support their child’s (35) _____________and sports clothes,
transport to competitions, special equipment etc. can all be very expensive.
Many parents are understandably concerned that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early
age. Some doctors agree that young muscles may be damaged by training before they are properly developed.
Professional trainers, (36) _____________, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a
successful sports person. What is clear is that very (37) _____________people reach the top and both parents and
children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.
Question 33. A. do B. plan C. make D. prepare
Question 34. A. enough B. available C. possible D. enormous
Question 35. A. development B. develop C. developing D. developed
Question 36. A. furthermore B. in addition C. moreover D. however
Question 37. A. little B. many C. a few D. few
Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Paul Watson is an environmental activist. He is a man who believes that he must do something, not just talk about
doing something. Paul believes in protecting endangered animals, and he protects them in controversial ways.
Some people think that Watson is a hero and admire him very much. Other people think that he is a criminal.
On July 16th, 1979, Paul Watson and his crew were onhis ship, which is called the Sea Shepherd. Watson and the
people who work on the Sea shepherd were hunting on the Atlantic Ocean near Portugal. However, they had a
strange prey; instead of hunting for animals, their prey was a ship, the Sierra. The Sea shepherd found the Sierra,
ran into it and sank it. As a result, the Sierra never returned to the sea. The Sea Shepherd, on the other hand,
returned to its home in Canada. Paul Watson and his workers thought that they had been successful.
The Sierra had been a whaling ship, which had operated illegally. The captain and crew of the Sierra did not obey
any of the international laws that restrict whaling. Instead, they killed as many whales as they could, quickly cut off
the meat, and froze it. Later, they sold the whale meat in countries where it is eaten.
Paul Watson tried to persuade the international whaling commission to stop the Sierra. However, the commission
did very little, and Paul became impatient. He decided to stop the Sierra and other whaling ships in any way that he
could. He offered to pay $25,000 to anyone who sank any illegal whaling ship, and he sank the Sierra. He acted
because he believes that the whales must be protected. Still, he acted without the approval of the government;
therefore, his actions were controversial.
Paul Watson is not the only environmental activist. Other men and women are also fighting to protect the Earth.
Like Watson, they do not always have the approval of their governments, and like Watson, they have become
impatient. Yet, because of their concern for the environment, they will act to protect it.
(Adapted from “Eco fighters” by Eric Schwartz, OMNI)
Question 38. According to the reading, an environmental activist is someone who_____________.
A. runs into whaling ship. B. does something to protect the Earth.
C. talks about protecting endangered species. D. is a hero, like Paul Watson.
Question 39. when something is “controversial”, _____________.
A. everyone agrees with it. B. everyone disagrees with it.
C. people have different ideas about it. D. people protect it.
Question 40. The Sea Shepherd was hunting_____________.
A. the Atlantic Ocean B. whales C. the Sierra D. Portugal
Question 41. The author implies that Paul Watson lives in_____________.
A. Portugal B. a ship on the Atlantic C. the Sierra D. Canada
Question 42. In paragraph 3, the phrase “and froze it” refers to_____________.
A. whale meat B. the Sierra C. whales D. the Sierra crew
Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C orD to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
The ocean bottom - a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of Earth - is a vast frontier that even
today is largely unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely
inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally without light and subjected to
intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earths surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a hostile
environment to humans, in some ways as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.
Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and sediments for over a century, the first detailed
global investigation of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning of the National Science
Foundations Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry,
the DSDP’s drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean’s surface
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and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor. The Glomar Challenger
completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November 1983. During this time, the vessel
logged 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 core samples of seabed sediments and rocks at 624 drilling sites
around the world. The Glomar challenger’s core samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet
looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will probably look like millions of years in the
future. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger’s voyages, nearly all earth
scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological
processes that shape the Earth.
The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also yielded information critical to understanding the
world’s past climates. Deep-ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of
years, because they are largely isolated from the mechanical erosion and the intense chemical and biological
activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of past climates. This record has already provided insights
into the patterns and causes of past climatic change - information that may be used to predict future climates.
Question 43. The author refers to the ocean bottom as a “frontier” because it_____________
A. is not a popular area for scientific research B. contains a wide variety of life forms
C. attracts courageous explorers D. is an unknown territory
Question 44. The word “inaccessible” is closest in meaning to_____________
A. unrecognizable B. unreachable C. unusable D. unsafe
Question 45. The author mentions “outer space” because_____________
A. the Earth’s climate millions of years ago was similar to conditions in outer space.
B. it is similar to the ocean floor in being alien to the human environment.
C. rock formations in outer space are similar to those found on the ocean floor.
D. techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to those used in ocean exploration.
Question 46. which of the following is true of the Glomar Challenger?
A. It is a type of submarine. B. It is an ongoing project.
C. It has gone on over 100 voyages. D. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968.
Question 47. The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was_____________
A. an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas
B. the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom
C. composed of geologists from all over the world
D. funded entirely by the gas and oil industry
Question 48. The word “they” refers to_____________
A. years B. climates C. sediments D. cores
Question 49. which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as being a result of the Deep Sea Drilling
Project?
A. Geologists were able to determine the Earths appearance hundreds of millions of years ago.
B. Two geological theories became more widely accepted by scientists.
C. Information was revealed about the Earth’s past climatic changes.
D. Geologists observed forms of marine life never seen before.
Question 50. How long did the Glomar Challenger conduct its research?
A. 3 years B. 5 years C. 15 years D. 16 years

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