Đề thi thử THPT 2020 môn Anh - TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN KHTN Lần 3 (có giải thích đáp án chi tiết)

My brother didn't feel well. _____, he didn't go to work yesterday.

- A: "Excuse me. Could you tell me which bus I should take to get to City Hall?"

- B: "Bus number 1 _____ go there, but maybe you'd better ask the driver."

If she _____ sick, she would have gone out with me to the party.

I have asked him _____ many times but he keeps refusing to say.

George took _____ of the fine weather to do a day's work in his garden.

John: "I apologize for keeping you waiting for 2 hours. My car broke down on the way."

Catherin: "_____"

- "How do you do?"

- "_____"

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Let children learn to judge their own work. A child turning to talk does not learn by being corrected; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He noticed a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things, they learn to do them without being taught - to talk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bike - compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school, we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, "what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not."

If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer. Let's end all the nonsense of grades, exams, and marks. Let us throw them all out and let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one's life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers may say, "But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world, won't they?" Don't worry. If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The icebox became a fixture in most homes and remained so until the mechanized refrigerator replaced it in the 1920's and 1930's.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The arrival of a great wave of southern and eastern European immigrants at the turn of the century coincided with and contributed to an enormous expansion of formal schooling.

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A lot of advice is available for college leavers heading for their first job. In this article, we consider the move to a second job. We are not concerned with those looking for a second temporary position while hunting for a permanent job. Nor are we concerned with those leaving an unsatisfactory job within the first few weeks. Instead, we will be dealing with those of you taking a real step on the career ladder, choosing a job to fit in with your ambitions now that you have learnt your way around, acquired some skills and have some idea of where you want to go.

What sort of job should you look for? Much depends on your long-term aim. You need to ask yourself whether you want to specialize in a particular field, work your way up to higher levels of responsibility or out of your current employment into a broader field.

Whatever you decide, you should choose your second job very carefully. You should be aiming to stay in it for two or three years. This job should be studied very carefully when you send your letter of application for your next job. It should show evidence of serious career planning. Most importantly, it should extend you, develop you and give you increasing responsibility. Incidentally, if you are interested in traveling, now is the time to pack up and go. You can do temporary work for a while when you return, pick up where you left off and yet the second job then. Future potential employers will be relieved to see that you have got it out of your system, and are not likely to go off again.

Juliette Davidson spent her first year after leaving St. Aldate's College working for three solicitors. It was the perfect first job in that "OK... they were very supportive people. I was gently introduced to the work, learnt my way around an office and improved my word processing skills. However, there was no scope for advancement. One day, I gave my notice, bought an air ticket and traveled for a year.”

Juliette now works as a Personal Assistant to Brenda Cleverdon, the Chief Executive of business in the Community. "In two and a half years I have become more able and my job has really grown," she says. "Right from the beginning, my boss was very keen to develop me. My job title is the same as it was when I started but the duties have changed. From mainly typing and telephone work, I have progressed to doing most of the correspondence and budgets. I also have to deal with a variety of queries, coming from chairmen of large companies to people wanting to know how to start their own business. Brenda involves me in all her work but also gives me specific projects to do and events to organize."

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

The sooner you leave, the earliest you will arrive at your destination.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

In my opinion, he maybe elected because he is honest, knowledgeable and competent.

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After Nam will finish his degree, he intends to work in his father's company.

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to this sentence.

People say that prevention is better than cure.

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to this sentence.

The coffee was not strong, so it didn't keep us awake.

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to this sentence.

Neil wishes he hadn't sold his car.

Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.

I don't think you left your keys at school. You haven't been there today.

Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.

Laura practiced playing the instrument a lot. She could hardly improve her performance.

Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.

Challenges also bring about opportunities. Prof. Yunyan Liu at Southwest University pointed 40.1attooutdown that the lockdown period can be a valuable opportunity to promote teacher-parent collaboration and 40.2enhancedenhanceenhancementenhancing parents' engagement in children's education (CNSECE, 2020).
As parents are forced to home-educate children, they are in desperate need of guidance and support. The daily communication between parents and kindergarten teachers is a rare opportunity to deepen 40.3amongmutualofbetween understanding and strengthen the teacher-parent relationship.
Chinese kindergarten teachers have been creating and sharing a great many of online resources for parents, including guidance on setting up daily routines and caring for children’s physical and mental health, suggestions of self-care for parents, play activities for children’s learning and so on. Some activities are designed to encourage parent-child interaction whereas others are designed to solely engage children 40.4toforsoso that parents can have some free time on their own.
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Kindergarten teachers have reported some enhanced partnerships with parents in educating and caring for young children, Dr. Chily Song, a practitioner leader in Shenzhen, said that many of their parents had gained a better understanding of learning through play as they observed their children’s development in parent-child play activities.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

She's a bit down in the dumps because she's got to take her exams again.

Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in the following question.

"That is a well-behaved boy whose behaviour has nothing to complain about."

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.