ĐỀ số 12

ĐỀ THAM KHẢO SỐ 12
(theo mẫu mới nhất 2021)

KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THƠNG NĂM 2021
Mơn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

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. cooked B. danced
C. laughed
D. informed
Question 2: A. cat
B. hat
C. man
D. cake
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. correct B. provide
C. produce
D. finish
Question 4: A. beautiful B. creative
C. national
D. politic
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: You knew his name and his address, ______?
A. haven’t you
B. didn’t you
C. wasn’t you
D. aren’t you

Question 6: The staff ______by the company to watch a safety video every year.
A. are required
B. require
C. are requiring
D. required
Question 7: Toxic chemicals in air, water and land have also driven many species ______the verge of
extinction.
A. of
B. about
C. at
D. to
Question 8: ______ you plan, the better the result will be.
A. The most carefully
B. The carefully
C. The more carefully
D. Carefully
Question 9: Julia looks nice with ______ hair.
A. beautiful long blonde B. beautiful blonde long
C. long beautiful blonde D. blonde long beautiful
Question 10: George ______ a shower when someone suddenly knocked at the door.
A. takes
B. is taking
C. took
D. was taking
Question 11: People should wear facial mask_______ it helps to protect ourselves from harmful
viruses.
A. though
B. because
C. despite
D. because of

Question 12: I will call you and we will go out for dinner _______.
A. as soon as I have finishedmy report
B. when I finished my report
C. after I had finished my report
D. while I was finishing my report
Question 13: ______ together on the project for years, the team members become close with each
other.
A. Being worked
B. To work
C. Having worked
D. Worked
Question 14: Everyone helped during the flood sent many ______ to a charity group.
A. thanks
B. thankful
C. thankfully
D. thanking
Question 15: The child really ________his father even the smallest actions.
A. takes after
B. looks after
C. goes off
D. sits for
Question 16: They ______ends meet when they were young even they had to work hard.
A. came
B. made
C. did
D. had
Question 17: The criminal was sentenced to death because of the _______ of his crime.
A. severity
B. complexity
C. punishment

D. importance
Question 18: New technology is seen as a_____ issue for the next five years and every school will
benefit in some way.
A. marginal
B. central
C. peripheral
D. crucial
Question 19: English is an obligatory subject from sixth grade across Vietnam, but in large cities,
many primary schools demand high _________.
A. capacity
B. competency
C. experience
D. ability
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)or phrase(s)CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.


Question 20: When I was going shopping yesterday, I accidentally met one of my old friends in high
school.
A. repeatedly
B. regularly
C. unexpectedly
D. rarely
Question 21: The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.
A. effects
B. hints
C. demonstrations
D. symptoms
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 22: On Saturday wearing uniforms is optional so I often choose T-shirt and shorts.
A. compulsory
B. voluntary
C. uncomfortable
D. acceptable
Question 23: I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
A. successful
B. hopeful
C. hopeless
D. unsuccessful
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 24: "Where's Loan?"
- " ______ "
A. She is in her room studying
B. She finds it difficult
C. It’s her pleasure
D. She has studied hard recently
Question 25: Sue and Mira are talking about the use of mobile phones in class.
- Sue: “Students should not be allowed to use mobile phones in class. ”
- Mira: “______. This distracts them from studying. ”
A. Not really
B. No way! It’s useful
C. I’m of the opposite opinion
D. I quite agree
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 26 to 30.
Global Warming and You
How is global warming affecting you? Many people in the world would not know how to answer this
question as they do not see any sort of change in climate. The people ___(26)____ do not notice it tend

to live in cities where the climates are already controlled; in essence, they mostly live indoors. If it is
raining, they stay inside. If it is too cold or too hot, they turn on the heat or their air conditioning
___(27)___.
For farmers and others who live closer to the land; ____(28)___, global warming is not something they
are separated from. Although they cannot prove on any given day that the weather, extreme or mild,
has anything to do with climate change, they can say over time that things are beginning to seem
different. They notice that flowers and ___(29)___ plants are blooming earlier in northern regions of
the world’s continents. This ___(30)___ them to change planting times for crops in some cases.
Meanwhile, farmers are facing more floods and droughts in our country and elsewhere.
Question 26: A. when
B. who
C. where
D. which
Question 27: A. respectively B. relatively
C. independently
D. successively
Question 28: A. therefore
B. moreover
C. however
D. because
Question 29: A. every
B. other
C. another
D. one
Question 30: A. does
B. makes
C. causes
D. takes
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 31 to 35.

People have defined ‘skyscraper’ in a number of ways over the years: an ornament on the top of a
building, a high-flying bird, a very tall man and a sail at the top of a mast. At the end of the nineteenth
century, the word was used to refer to buildings of ten storeys or more. Later, a lift was used to take
people up to the higher floors, as in the most famous skyscraper, the Empire State Building. During the
middle ages, the people living in the cities of northern Europe began to build great cathedrals.Tall
spires were added to make these churches higher and bring them closer to heaven.
In the nineteenth century, as cities grew more crowded with people looking for work, the value of land
rocketed. New businesses were starting and in order to make room for offices on a small plot of land,
it was necessary to build higher. But the problem was that to put up a stone building of such height, the


walls on the ground floor would have to be more than two metres thick to hold the weight of the
building. So another material was required to make skyscrapers possible.
About this time, three buildings were put up that used iron or steel to support great weight with safety.
They were the Crystal Palace in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Brooklyn Bridge in New
York. From then on, architects started to experiment with buildings that had steel frames and they have
made huge progress. Today, the tallest skyscrapers are a hundred storeys or more, compared to the first
ten storeys skyscrapers, which seem tiny.
Question 31: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Why skyscrapers were needed.
B. The most famous skyscrapers in the world today.
C. The people who designed skyscrapers.
D. Problems during construction of skyscrapers.
Question 32: In the middle ages, people built tall churches because ________ .
A. they were more beautiful
B. they felt like approaching God
C. they took in more people
D. they started to build great cathedrals
Question 33: The word "rocketed" in paragraph 2 mostly means ________ .
A. rose

B. dropped
C. fluctuated
D. drew
Question 34: The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ________ .
A. buildings
B. architects
C. frames
D. skyscrapers
Question 35: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Taller buildings were necessary because land was expensive.
B. The problem with making a tall building with stone was its weight.
C. Skyscrapers were needed as houses for the poor.
D. In the past, the word ‘skyscraper’ had different meanings.
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 36 to 42.
Scientists have identified two ways in which species disappear. The first is through ordinary or
“background” extinctions, where species that fail to adapt are slowly replaced by more adaptable life
forms. The second is when large numbers of species go to the wall in relatively short periods of
biological time. There have been five such extinctions, each provoked by cataclysmic evolutionary
events caused by some geological eruption, climate shift, or space junk slamming into the Earth.
Scientists now believe that another mass extinction of species is currently under way – and this time
human fingerprints are on the trigger.
How are we are doing it? Simply by demanding more and more space for ourselves. In our assault on
the ecosystems around us we have used a number of tools, from spear and gun to bulldozer and
chainsaw. Certain especially rich ecosystems have proved the most vulnerable. In Hawaii more than
half of the native birds are now gone – some 50 species. Such carnage has taken place all across the
island communities of the Pacific and Indian oceans. While many species were hunted to extinction,
others simply succumbed to the „introduced predators’ that humans brought with them: the cat, the
dog, the pig, and the rat.
Today the tempo of extinction is picking up speed. Hunting is no longer the major culprit, although

rare birds and animals continue to be butchered for their skin, feathers, tusks, and internal organs, or
taken as savage pets. Today the main threat comes from the destruction of the habitat of wild plants,
animals, and insects need to survive. The draining and damming of wetland and river courses threatens
the aquatic food chain and our own seafood industry. Overfishing and the destruction of fragile coral
reefs destroy ocean biodiversity. Deforestation is taking a staggering toll, particularly in the tropics
where the most global biodiversity is at risk. The shinking rainforest cover of the Congo and Amazon
river basins and such place as Borneo and Madagascar have a wealth of species per hectare existing
nowhere else. As those precious hectares are drowned or turned into arid pasture and cropland, such
species disappear forever.
(Source: Final Countdown Practice Tests by D.F Piniaris, Heinle Cengage Learning, 2010 )
Question 36.What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Human activity and its impact on a mass extinction of species


B. The two ways in which species disappear
C. The tempo of extinction of species today
D. Deforestation as a major cause of mass extinctions of species
Question 37.The word assault in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. development
B. attack
C. effort
D. influence
Question 38.All of the following are mentioned as a form of habitat destruction EXCEPT ________.
A. destroying coral reefs B. cutting down forests
C. damming wetlands and rivers
D. hunting rare birds and animals
Question 39.What was the main threat to biodiversity in Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific and
Indian oceans until recently?
A. tools used by human beings
B. human assault on ecosystems

C. vulnerable rich ecosystems
D. hunters and introduced predators
Question 40.The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. species
B. oceans
C. predators
D. humans
Question 41.The word butchered in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. raised
B. traded
C. cooked
D. killed
Question 42.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. the current mass extinction is different from the other five in that it is caused by humans
B. hunting is the major contributing factor that speeds up the extinction of species
C. habitat destruction makes a minor contribution to the current mass extinction of species
D. it’s impossible for scientists to identify the causes of mass extinctions of species
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 43: When we were in Canada, we play basketball almost every day.
A
B
C
D
Question 44: If Jane calls, ask for their number so I can call her back.
A
B
C
D
Question 45: The selling manager is an absolutely unforgetful man with a nice smile and

A
B
C
attractive white teeth always on his face.
D
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 46: The last time she had a swim was five years ago.
A. She had had a swim five years ago.
B. She has had a swim for five years.
C. She hasn’t had a swim for five years.
D. She was having a swim five years ago.
Question 47: "Don't cross the road there" she said to the children.
A. She allowed the children not to cross the road there.
B. She threatened the children not to cross the road there.
C. She warned the children not to cross the road there.
D. She advised the children to cross the road there.
Question 48: You are not permitted to use your mobile phone during the test.
A. You should use your mobile phones during the test.
B. You may use your mobile phone during the test.
C. You mustn’t your use mobile phones during the test.
D. You needn’t your use mobile phones during the test.
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 49: My laptop is broken. I need it for my online learning.
A. If my laptop is not broken, I could use it for my online learning.
B. In case my laptop was not broken, I could use it for my online learning.
C. If only my laptop had not been broken, I could have used it for my online learning.
D. I wish my laptop were not broken, I could use it for my online learning.

Question 50.Peter arrived at the fashion show. He then realized that she had left the ticket at
home.
A. Not until Peter arrived at the fashion show did he realize that she had left the ticket at home.
B. Having realized that he had left the ticket at home, Peter arrived at the fashion show
C. Had Peter realized that he had left the ticket at home, he wouldn’t arrive at the fashion show.
D. Only after Peter realized that she had left the ticket at home did he arrive at the fashion show.


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.
Question 1: A. cooked
B. danced
C. laughed
D. informed
Phát âm đuôi “ed”
Question 2: A. cat
B. hat
C. man
D. cake
Nguyên âm
A. cat /kæt/ B. hat /hæt/ C. man /mæn/
D. cake /keɪk/
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. correct
B. provide
C. produce
D. finish

Trọng âm từ có 2 âm tiết
A. /kə´rekt/
B. /prə'vaid/
C. /prɔ'dju:s/
D. /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
Question 4: A. beautiful
B. creative
C. national
D. politic
Trọng âm từ có 3 âm tiết
A. /'bju:təful/
B. /kri´eitiv/
C. /'næʃnəl/
D. /'pɔlitik/
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: You knew his name and his address, ______?
A. haven’t you
B. didn’t you
C. wasn’t you
D. aren’t you
Kiến thức: Câu hỏi đuôi
The film is ==> isn’t it?
Question 6: The staff are required by the company to watch a safety video every year.
A. are required
B. require
C. are requiring
D. required
Câu bị động thì hiện tại đơn
Question 7: Toxic chemicals in air, water and land have also driven many species ______the verge of

extinction.
A. of
B. about
C. at
D. to
Kiến thức: Giới từ
Giải thích: drive sth to the verge of: đẩy ….đến bờ, rìa của ….
Question 8: ______ you plan, the better the result will be.
A. The most carefully
B. The carefully
C. The more carefully
D. Carefully
So sánh kép: The + comparative..., the comparative...
Question 9: Julia looks nice with ______ hair.
A. beautiful long blonde
B. beautiful blonde long
C. long beautiful blonde
D. blonde long beautiful
Trật tự tính từ
OpSAShCOMP
Opinion- Size- Age- Shape- Colour- Origin- Material – Purpose
beautiful (opinion) long (size) blonde (colour)
Question 10: George ______ a shower when someone suddenly knocked at the door.
A. takes
B. is taking
C. took
D. was taking
Thì Quá khứ đơn + quá khứ tiếp diễn
George __ đang tắm ___khi ai đó đột ngột gõ cửa.
Question 11: People should wear facial mask_______ it helps to protect ourselves from harmful viruses.

A. though
B. because
C. despite
D. because of
Kiến thức: Liên từ
Giải thích:
A. though: mặc dù + Clause ( mệnh đề)
B. because: bởi vì + Clause (mệnh đề)


C. despite: mặc dù + N/ NP/ V-ing
D. because of: bởi vì + N/ NP/ V-ing
Sau chỗ trống là 1 mệnh đề: it helps to protect ourselves from harmful viruses
Dịch: Mọi người nên đeo mặt nạ bởi vì có giúp họ bảo vệ chính họ từ những virus gây hại
Question 12: I will call you and we will go out for dinner _______.
A. as soon as I have finishedmy report
B. when I finished my report
C. after I had finished my report
D. while I was finishing my report
Kiến thức: Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian
Giải thích: Sự kết hợp giữ thì TLĐ – HTHT
Mệnh đề trạng ngữ, Cấu trúc as soon as để diễn tả một hành động mà đã được thực hiện
ngay tức thì sau một hành động khác trong tương lai.
Mệnh đề 1 + as soon as + Mệnh đề 2
Thì tương lại đơn
Thì hiện tại đơn/hiện tại hoàn thành
Question 13: ______ together on the project for years, the team members become close with each other.
A. Being worked
B. To work
C. Having worked

D. Worked
Rút gọn mệnh đề trạng ngữ. Mệnh đề chủ động  Having Vpp/ Ving
Đã cùng nhau thực hiện dự án trong nhiều năm, các thành viên trong nhóm trở nên thân thiết với
nhau.
Question 14: Everyone helped during the flood sent many ______ to a charity group.
A. thanks
B. thankful
C. thankfully
D. thanking
Kiến thức: Từ loại
Giải thích: sau many + N
A. danh từ
B. tính từ
C. trạng từ
D. V-ing
Question 15: The child really ________his father even the smallest actions.
A. takes after
B. looks after
C. goes off
D. sits for
Kiến thức: Cụm động từ
A. takes after: giống
B. looks after: chăm sóc
C. goes off: rung, đổ chuông
D. sits for: thay cho
Dịch: Đứa trẻ thực sự giống với bố nó dù là những chi tiết nhỏ nhất.
Question 16: They ______ends meet when they were young even they had to work hard.
A. came
B. made
C. did

D. had
Giải thích: Thành ngữ, cấu trúc “make ends meet”: kiếm đủ sống
Question 17: The criminal was sentenced to death because of the _______ of his crime.
A. severity
B. complexity
C. punishment
D. importance
Tên tội phạm đã bị kết án tử hình vì mức độ nghiêm trọng của tội ác của anh ta
The severity of crime
Question 18: New technology is seen as a_____ issue for the next five years and every school will
benefit in some way.
A. marginal
B. central
C. peripheral
D. crucial
Sự kết hợp từ theo nghĩa phù hợp : Công nghệ mới được coi là một vấn đề quan trọng trong năm
năm tới và mọi trường học sẽ được hưởng lợi theo một cách nào đó
A. nhỏ, không quan trọng
B. trung tâm
C. ngoại vi
D. quan trọng
Question 19: English is an obligatory subject from sixth grade across Vietnam, but in large cities, many
primary schools demand high _________.


A. capacity
B. competency
C. experience
D. ability
Sự kết hợp từ theo nghĩa phù hợp :Tiếng Anh là một môn học bắt buộc từ lớp sáu trên khắp Việt

Nam, nhưng ở các thành phố lớn, nhiều trường tiểu học đòi hỏi khả năng cao
capacity (n): sức chứa, dung tích
competency (n): năng lực
experience (n): kinh nghiệm
ability (n): khả năng
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)or phrase(s)CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 20: When I was going shopping yesterday, I accidentally met one of my old friends in high
school.
A. repeatedly
B. regularly
C. unexpectedly
D. rarely
Từ đồng nghĩa accidentally = unexpectedly: tình cờ, bất ngờ
Khi tôi đang đi mua sắm ngày hôm qua, tơi vơ tình gặp một trong những người bạn cũ của tôi ở
trường trung học.
A. liên tục B. thường xuyên C. bất ngờ D. hiếm khi
Question 21: The teacher gave some suggestions on what could come out for the examination.
A. effects
B. hints
C. demonstrations
D. symptoms
Từ đồng nghĩa, suggestions = hints: gợi ý
Giáo viên đã đưa ra một số gợi ý về những gì có thể đưa ra cho bài kiểm tra.
A. hiệu ứng B. gợi ý C. trình diễn D. triệu chứng
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 22: On Saturday wearing uniforms is optional so I often choose T-shirt and shorts.
A. compulsory
B. voluntary

C. uncomfortable
D. acceptable
Từ trái nghĩa optional # compulsory: không bắt buộc # bắt buộc
Vào thứ bảy, mặc đồng phục là không bắt buộc nên tôi thường chọn áo phông và quần đùi.
A. bắt buộc B. tự nguyện C. không thoải mái D. chấp nhận được
Question 23: I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
A. successful
B. hopeful
C. hopeless
D. unsuccessful
Từ trái nghĩa, thành ngữ “home and dry” # successful: thành cơng # thất bại
Tơi có thể nhìn thấy vạch đích và nghĩ rằng tơi đã thành công.
A. thành công B. hy vọng C. vô vọng D. không thành công
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 24: "Where's Loan?" - "She ______ "
A. She is in her room studying
B. She finds it difficult
C. It’s her pleasure
D. She has studied hard recently
Câu giao tiếp
"Loan đâu?" - "Bà ấy ______ "
A. Cô ấy đang ở trong phịng của cơ ấy học bài
B. Cơ ấy cảm thấy khó khăn
C. Đó là niềm vui của cô ấy
D. Cô ấy đã học chăm chỉ gần đây
Question 25: Sue and Mira are talking about the use of mobile phones in class.
- Sue: “Students should not be allowed to use mobile phones in class. ”
- Mira: “______. This distracts them from studying. ”
A. Not really

B. No way! It’s useful
C. I’m of the opposite opinion
D. I quite agree
Đáp lại quan điểm ý kiến
Sue và Mira đang nói về việc sử dụng điện thoại di động trong lớp.
- Sue: “Học sinh không được phép sử dụng điện thoại di động trong lớp. ”
- Mira: “______. Điều này làm họ mất tập trung vào việc học. ”


A. Khơng hẳn
B. Khơng thể nào! Nó hữu ích
C. Tơi có quan điểm ngược lại
D. Tơi hồn tồn đồng ý
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 26 to 30.
Global Warming and You
How is global warming affecting you? Many people in the world would not know how to answer this
question as they do not see any sort of change in climate. The people ___(26)____ do not notice it tend to
live in cities where the climates are already controlled; in essence, they mostly live indoors. If it is
raining, they stay inside. If it is too cold or too hot, they turn on the heat or their air conditioning
___(27)___.
For farmers and others who live closer to the land; ____(28)___, global warming is not something they
are separated from. Although they cannot prove on any given day that the weather, extreme or mild, has
anything to do with climate change, they can say over time that things are beginning to seem different.
They notice that flowers and ___(29)___ plants are blooming earlier in northern regions of the world’s
continents. This ___(30)___ them to change planting times for crops in some cases. Meanwhile, farmers
are facing more floods and droughts in our country and elsewhere.
Question 26: A. when
B. who
C. where

D. which
Kiến thức: Đại từ quan hệ
- who: thay cho danh từ chỉ người; đóng vai trò chủ ngữ trong mệnh đề quan hệ
- which: thay cho danh từ chỉ vật; đóng vai trị chủ ngữ/tân ngữ trong mệnh đề quan hệ
- when: thay cho danh từ chỉ thời gian; when + S + V
- where: thay cho danh từ chỉ nơi chốn; where + S + V
Thay thế cho the people nên đại từ quan hệ là who
Question 27: A. respectively B. relatively
C. independently
D. successively
A. respectively (adj): lần lượt, theo thứ tự
B. relatively (adj): tương đối
C. independently (adj): 1 cách độc lập
D. successively (adj): liên tục, lần lượt
If it is too cold or too hot, they turn on the heat or their air conditioning ___(27)___.
Nếu trời q lạnh hoặc q nóng, họ sẽ bật lị sưởi hoặc máy lạnh ___ (27) ___.
Question 28: A. therefore B. moreover
C. however
D. because
Kiến thức: Liên từ
Giải thích: For farmers and others who live closer to the land; however, global warming is not
something they are separated from. (Tuy nhiên, với nông dân và những người sống gần
các vùng đất trồng hơn, sự nóng lên tồn cầu khơng phải thứ khơng liên quan đến
họ.)
Question 29: A. every
B. other
C. another
D. one
Giải thích: other plants (những kế hoạch khác)
Question 30: A. does

B. makes
C. causes
D. takes
Cause sth/sb to V: gây ra
This causes them to change planting times for crops in some cases. (Điều này buộc họ phải
thay đổi thời điểm trồng cấy vụ mùa trong một số trường hợp.)
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 31 to 35.
People have defined ‘skyscraper’ in a number of ways over the years: an ornament on the top of a
building, a high-flying bird, a very tall man and a sail at the top of a mast. At the end of the nineteenth
century, the word was used to refer to buildings of ten storeys or more. Later, a lift was used to take
people up to the higher floors, as in the most famous skyscraper, the Empire State Building. During the
middle ages, the people living in the cities of northern Europe began to build great cathedrals. Tall spires
were added to make these churches higher and bring them closer to heaven.


In the nineteenth century, as cities grew more crowded with people looking for work, the value of land
rocketed. New businesses were starting and in order to make room for offices on a small plot of land, it
was necessary to build higher. But the problem was that to put up a stone building of such height, the
walls on the ground floor would have to be more than two metres thick to hold the weight of the building.
So another material was required to make skyscrapers possible.
About this time, three buildings were put up that used iron or steel to support great weight with safety.
They were the Crystal Palace in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
From then on, architects started to experiment with buildings that had steel frames and they have made
huge progress. Today, the tallest skyscrapers are a hundred storeys or more, compared to the first ten
storeys skyscrapers, which seem tiny.
Question 31: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Why skyscrapers were needed.
B. The most famous skyscrapers in the world today.
C. The people who designed skyscrapers.

D. Problems during construction of skyscrapers.
Ý chính của bài là gì?
A. Tại sao cần có những tịa nhà chọc trời.
B. Những tòa nhà chọc trời nổi tiếng nhất thế giới hiện nay.
C. Những người thiết kế các tòa nhà chọc trời.
D. Sự cố trong q trình xây dựng các tịa nhà chọc trời.
Question 32: In the middle ages, people built tall churches because ________ .
A. they were more beautiful
B. they felt like approaching God
C. they took in more people
D. they started to build great cathedrals
Vào thời trung cổ, người ta xây dựng những nhà thờ cao bởi vì ________.
A. họ đẹp hơn B. họ cảm thấy như đến gần Chúa
C. họ thu nhận nhiều người hơn D. họ bắt đầu xây dựng những thánh đường lớn
During the middle ages, the people living in the cities of northern Europe began to build great
cathedrals. Tall spires were added to make these churches higher and bring them closer to
heaven.
Trong thời kỳ trung cổ, những người sống ở các thành phố ở Bắc Âu bắt đầu xây dựng các thánh
đường lớn. Những ngọn tháp cao đã được thêm vào để làm cho những nhà thờ này cao hơn và
đưa chúng đến gần thiên đường hơn.
Question 33: The word "rocketed" in paragraph 2 mostly means ________ .
A. rose
B. dropped
C. fluctuated
D. drew
Từ "rocketed" trong đoạn 2 chủ yếu có nghĩa là ________.
A. tăng B. giảm C. dao động D. rút ra
In the nineteenth century, as cities grew more crowded with people looking for work, the value
of land rocketed
Vào thế kỷ 19, khi các thành phố ngày càng đơng đúc với những người tìm việc làm, giá trị của

đất đai đã tăng vọt
Question 34: The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ________ .
A. buildings
B. architects
C. Frames
D. skyscrapers
From then on, architects started to experiment with buildings that had steel frames and they
have made huge progress
Kể từ đó, các kiến trúc sư bắt đầu thử nghiệm với các tịa nhà có khung thép và họ đã đạt được
những tiến bộ vượt bậc
Question 35: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Taller buildings were necessary because land was expensive.
B. The problem with making a tall building with stone was its weight.
C. Skyscrapers were needed as houses for the poor.
D. In the past, the word ‘skyscraper’ had different meanings.
Theo đoạn văn, điều nào sau đây KHÔNG đúng?
A. Các tịa nhà cao hơn là cần thiết vì đất đắt. In the nineteenth century, as cities grew more


crowded with people looking for work, the value of land rocketed
B. Vấn đề của việc làm một tòa nhà cao bằng đá là trọng lượng của nó.
But the problem was that to put up a stone building of such height, the walls on the ground floor
would have to be more than two metres thick to hold the weight of the building.
C. Những tòa nhà chọc trời cần thiết để làm nhà cho người nghèo.
D. Trong quá khứ, từ 'nhà chọc trời' có nhiều nghĩa khác nhau.
People have defined ‘skyscraper’ in a number of ways over the years: an ornament on the top of
a building, a high-flying bird, a very tall man and a sail at the top of a mast
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 36 to 42.
Scientists have identified two ways in which species disappear. The first is through ordinary or

“background” extinctions, where species that fail to adapt are slowly replaced by more adaptable life
forms. The second is when large numbers of species go to the wall in relatively short periods of
biological time. There have been five such extinctions, each provoked by cataclysmic evolutionary
events caused by some geological eruption, climate shift, or space junk slamming into the Earth.
Scientists now believe that another mass extinction of species is currently under way – and this time
human fingerprints are on the trigger.
How are we are doing it? Simply by demanding more and more space for ourselves. In our assaulton
the ecosystems around us we have used a number of tools, from spear and gun to bulldozer and
chainsaw. Certain especially rich ecosystems have proved the most vulnerable. In Hawaii more than
half of the native birds are now gone – some 50 species. Such carnage has taken place all across the
island communities of the Pacific and Indian oceans. While many species were hunted to extinction,
others simply succumbed to the „introduced predators’ that humans brought with them: the cat, the
dog, the pig, and the rat.
Today the tempo of extinction is picking up speed. Hunting is no longer the major culprit, although
rare birds and animals continue to be butchered for their skin, feathers, tusks, and internal organs,
or taken as savage pets. Today the main threat comes from the destruction of the habitat of wild plants,
animals, and insects need to survive. The draining and damming of wetland and river courses
threatens the aquatic food chain and our own seafood industry. Overfishing and the destruction of
fragile coral reefs destroy ocean biodiversity. Deforestation is taking a staggering toll, particularly in
the tropics where the most global biodiversity is at risk. The shinking rainforest cover of the Congo
and Amazon river basins and such place as Borneo and Madagascar have a wealth of species per
hectare existing nowhere else. As those precious hectares are drowned or turned into arid pasture and
cropland, such species disappear forever.
(Source: Final Countdown Practice Tests by D. F Piniaris, Heinle Cengage Learning, 2010)
Question 36. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Human activity and its impact on a mass extinction of species
B. The two ways in which species disappear
C. The tempo of extinction of species today
D. Deforestation as a major cause of mass extinctions of species
Đoạn văn chủ yếu thảo luận về cái gì?

A. Hoạt động của con người và tác động của nó đến sự tuyệt chủng hàng loạt của các loài vật
B. Hai cách mà các loài vật biến mất
C. Tốc độ tuyệt chủng của các loài vật ngày nay
D. Phá rừng là nguyên nhân chính dẫn đến sự tuyệt chủng hàng loạt của các lồi vật
Thơng tin: Scientists have identified two ways in which species disappear.
Tạm dịch: Các nhà khoa học đã xác định được hai cách mà các loài vật biến mất.
Question 37. The word assault in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. development
B. attack
C. effort
D. influence
Từ “assault” ở đoạn 2 gần nghĩa nhất với _______.
assault (n): sự tấn cơng, cơng kích
A. development (n): sự phát triển
B. attack (n): sự tấn công
C. effort (n): sự nỗ lực


D. influence (n): sự ảnh hưởng
=> assault = attack
Thông tin: In our assault on the ecosystems around us we have used a number of tools, from
spear and gun to bulldozer and chainsaw.
Tạm dịch: Trong cuộc tấn công vào các hệ sinh thái xung quanh chúng ta, chúng ta đã sử dụng
một số công cụ, từ giáo và súng cho đến máy ủi và cưa máy.
Question 38. All of the following are mentioned as a form of habitat destruction EXCEPT ________.
A. destroying coral reefs
B. cutting down forests
C. damming wetlands and rivers
D. hunting rare birds and animals
Tất cả những điều sau đây được đề cập đến như một hình thức hủy hoại môi trường sống

NGOẠI TRỪ _____.
A. việc phá hủy các rạn san hô
B. việc chặt phá rừng
C. xây đập ở đầm lầy và sơng ngịi
D. săn bắn các lồi chim và động vật quý hiếm
Có thể thấy cả ba phương án A, B và C đều đề cập đến việc phá hủy/ gây tổn hại đến rạn san hô,
rừng, đầm lầy và song ngịi vốn là mơi trường sống của nhiều loài động vật.
Question 39. What was the main threat to biodiversity in Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific and
Indian oceans until recently?
A. tools used by human beings
B. human assault on ecosystems
C. vulnerable rich ecosystems
D. hunters and introduced predators
Mối đe dọa chính đối với đa dạng sinh học ở Hawaii và các đảo khác ở Thái Bình Dương và Ấn
Độ Dương cho đến gần đây là gì?
A. những cơng cụ được con người sử dụng
B. cuộc tấn cơng của lồi người vào hệ sinh thái
C. hệ sinh thái phong phú dễ bị tổn thương
D. thợ săn và kẻ săn mồi được du nhập
Thông tin: In Hawaii more than half of the native birds are now gone – some 50 species. Such
carnage has taken place all across the island communities of the Pacific and Indian oceans.
While many species were hunted to extinction, others simply succumbed to the ‘introduced
predators’ that humans brought with them: the cat, the dog, the pig, and the rat.
Tạm dịch: Ở Hawaii, hơn một nửa số lượng chim bản địa đã biến mất - khoảng 50 loài. Cuộc
tàn sát như vậy đã diễn ra trên khắp các quần đảo của Thái Bình Dương và Ấn Độ Dương. Trong
khi nhiều loài bị săn bắn đến tuyệt chủng, những loài khác chỉ đơn giản là bị khuất phục trước
“những kẻ săn mồi được du nhập” mà con người mang theo: mèo, chó, lợn và chuột.
Question 40. The word “them”in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. species
B. oceans

C. predators
D. humans
Từ “them” trong đoạn 2 đề cập đến _______.
A. loài vật
B. đại dương
C. động vật ăn thịt
D. con người
Thông tin: While many species were hunted to extinction, others simply succumbed to the
‘introduced predators’ that humans brought with them: the cat, the dog, the pig, and the rat.
Tạm dịch: Trong khi nhiều loài bị săn bắn đến tuyệt chủng, những loài khác chỉ đơn giản là bị
khuất phục trước “những kẻ săn mồi được du nhập” mà con người mang theo: mèo, chó, lợn và
chuột.
Question 41. The word butchered in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. raised
B. traded
C. cooked
D. killed
Từ “butchered” ở đoạn 3 gần nghĩa nhất với _______.
butchered: bị giết
A. raised: bị nâng lên
B. traded: được trao đổi, mua bán


C. cooked: được nấu
D. killed: bị giết
=> butchered = killed
Thông tin: Hunting is no longer the major culprit, although rare birds and animals continue to
be butchered for their skin, feathers, tusks, and internal organs, or taken as savage pets.
Tạm dịch: Săn bắn khơng cịn là thủ phạm chính, mặc dù các loài chim và động vật quý hiếm
tiếp tục bị giết để lấy da, lông, ngà và các cơ quan nội tạng, hoặc được coi là thú cưng man rợ.

Question 42. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. the current mass extinction is different from the other five in that it is caused by humans
B. hunting is the major contributing factor that speeds up the extinction of species
C. habitat destruction makes a minor contribution to the current mass extinction of species
D. it’s impossible for scientists to identify the causes of mass extinctions of species
Có thể được suy ra từ đoạn văn rằng_
__.
A. sự tuyệt chủng hàng loạt hiện nay khác với năm trường hợp khác ở chỗ nó do con người gây
ra
B. săn bắn là yếu tố chính góp phần làm tăng tốc độ tuyệt chủng của các lồi
C. sự hủy hoại mơi trường sống chỉ là một phần nhỏ vào sự tuyệt chủng hàng loạt của loài hiện
nay
D. các nhà khoa học không thể xác định được nguyên nhân gây ra sự tuyệt chủng hàng loạt của
các lồi
Thơng tin:
- There have been five such extinctions, each provoked by cataclysmic evolutionary events
caused by some geological eruption, climate shift, or space junk slamming into the Earth.
Scientists now believe that another mass extinction of species is currently under way – and this
time human fingerprints are on the trigger.
=> chọn A
- Hunting is no longer the major culprit, although rare birds and animals continue to
be butchered for their skin, feathers, tusks, and internal organs, or taken as savage pets. => loại B
- Today the main threat comes from the destruction of the habitat of wild plants, animals, and
insects need to survive. => loại C
- Scientists have identified two ways in which species disappear. => loại D
Tạm dịch:
- Đã có năm cuộc tuyệt chủng như vậy, mỗi sự kiện bị gây ra bởi các sự kiện tiến hóa thảm khốc
bởi một số vụ phun trào địa chất, biến đổi khí hậu hoặc rác vũ trụ rơi xuống Trái đất. Các nhà
khoa học hiện tin rằng một cuộc tuyệt chủng hàng loạt khác đang tiếp diễn - và lần này thì có
dính dáng đến bàn tay con người.

- Việc săn bắn khơng cịn là ngun nhân chính nữa, mặc dù các lồi chim và động vật quý hiếm
tiếp tục bị đánh cắp để lấy da, lông, ngà và các cơ quan nội tạng, hoặc được coi như những con
thú cưng hung dữ.
- Ngày nay, mối đe dọa chủ yếu đến từ sự phá hủy môi trường sống của thực vật hoang dã, động
vật và côn trùng cần để tồn tại.
- Các nhà khoa học đã xác định được hai cách mà các loài vật biến mất.
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 43: When we were in Canada, we play basketball almost every day.
A
B
C
D
Lỗi dùng thì:
When we were in Canada (khi chúng tơi ở Canada- thì q khứ) khơng thể dùng thì hiện tại cho
vế còn lại (play)
Question 44: If Jane calls, ask for their number so I can call her back.
A
B
C
D
Lỗi dùng đại từ nhân xưng.
Jane (nữ- số ít)==> phải dùng tính từ sở hữu "her" thay vì "their"


Question 45: The selling manager is an absolutely unforgetful man with a nice smile and
A
B
C
attractive white teeth always on his face.

D
Kiến thức: cặp từ dễ nhầm lẫn
Forgetful = often forgetting things (khơng có từ unforgetful)
Sửa: unforgetful : ==> unforgettable: khơng thể quên
Dịch: The selling manager is an obsolutely unforgetful man with a nice smile and attractive
white teeth always on his face. (Người quản lý hàng là 1 người đàn ông khơng thể qn vì ơng
ln có 1 nụ cưới đẹp và đầy hấp dẫn với hàm răng trắng trên khuôn mặt)
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 46: The last time she had a swim was five years ago.
A. She had had a swim five years ago.
B. She has had a swim for five years.
C. She hasn’t had a swim for five years.
D. she was having a swim five years ago.
Viết lại câu dùng thì hiện tại hồn thành
- Lần cuối làm gì đó  Đã KHƠNG làm .. trong bao lâu/ kể từ ...
Lần cuối cùng cô đi bơi là cách đây 5 năm.
C. Cô ấy đã không bơi trong năm năm.
Question 47: "Don't cross the road there" she said to the children.
A. She allowed the children not to cross the road there.
B. She threatened the children not to cross the road there.
C. She warned the children not to cross the road there.
D. She advised the children to cross the road there.
Câu gián tiếp với động từ nối
"Đừng băng qua đường ở đó" cơ nói với bọn trẻ.
A. allow: cho phép
B. threaten: đe dọa
C. warn: cảnh báo
D. advise: khuyên
Question 48: You are not permitted to use your mobile phone during the test.

A. You should use your mobile phones during the test.
B. You may use your mobile phone during the test.
C. You mustn’t your use mobile phones during the test.
D. You needn’t your use mobile phones during the test.
Kiến thức: Động từ khuyết thiếu
Giải thích: You are not permitted: Bạn khơng được phép = musn’t: cấm, không được phép
A. Bạn nên sử dụng điện thoại trong khi làm bài thi
B. bạn có thể sử dụng điện thoại trong khi làm bài thi
C. Bạn không được phép sử dụng điện thoại trong khi làm bài thi
D. Bạn không cần sử dụng điện thoại trong khi làm bài thi
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 49: My laptop is broken. I need it for my online learning.
A. If my laptop is not broken, I could use it for my online learning.
B. In case my laptop was not broken, I could use it for my online learning.
C. If only my laptop had not been broken, I could have used it for my online learning.
D. I wish my laptop were not broken, I could use it for my online learning.
Câu chỉ điều ước
Câu cho sẵn ở thì hiện tại  điều ước ở quá khứ đơn
Máy tính xách tay của tơi bị hỏng. Tơi cần nó cho việc học trực tuyến của tôi.


D. Tơi ước máy tính xách tay của tơi khơng bị hỏng, tơi có thể sử dụng nó cho việc học trực
tuyến của mình.
Question 50. Peter arrived at the fashion show. He then realized that she had left the ticket at home.
A. Not until Peter arrived at the fashion show did he realize that she had left the ticket at home.
B. Having realized that he had left the ticket at home, Peter arrived at the fashion show
C. Had Peter realized that he had left the ticket at home, he wouldn’t arrive at the fashion show.
D. Only after Peter realized that she had left the ticket at home did he arrive at the fashion show.
Kiến thức: Đảo ngữ

Giải thích: Peter đến buổi biểu diễn thời trang. Sau đó anh ta nhận ra anh ta đã để tấm vé ở nhà.
A. Mãi cho đến khi Peter đến buổi biểu diễn thời trang thì anh ta nhận ra anh ta đã để tấm vé ở
nhà.
B. Nhận ra đã để vé ở nhà, Peter đã đến buổi biểu diễn thời trang.
C. Nếu Peter nhận ra đã để quên vé ở nhà, anh ấy sẽ không đến buổi biểu diễn thời trang.
D. Chỉ sau khi Peter nhận ra đã để quên vé ở nhà, anh ấy đã đến buổi biểu diễn thời trang.