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ĐỀ THI MƠN: TI ẾNG ANH L ỚP 12
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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
1. I almost missed my flight because there was a long queue in the dutyfree shop.
A. I could catch my flight if there wasn’t a long queue in the dutyfree shop.
B. A lot of people queued in the dutyfree shop, so I almost missed my flight
C. I caught my flight although I had to wait for long in the dutyfree shop.
D. A long queue in the dutyfree shop didn’t make me miss my flight.
2: Although some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
A. In spite of the cancellation of some events, thousands of people attended the festival
B. No matter how many people attended the festival, some events were cancelled.
C. Despite some cancelled events, thousands of people attended the festival.
D. As some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
3. Some measures should be taken to save the Earth or people will have nowhere to live.
A. If some measures need to be taken to save the Earth, people will have nowhere to live.
B. If we don’t take any measures to save the Earth, people will have nowhere to live.
C. Some measure needs to to taken to save the Earth unless people won’t have anywhere the
live.
D. If we take some measures to save the Earth, there are nowhere for people to live
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.
4. A. practised
B. combined
C. behaved
D. travelled
5. A. slum
B. industrialization
C. fluctuate
D. rural
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions.
6. It is important to keep ourselves clean ____________ germs can cause infections in parts
of our body.
A. although
B. because
C. unless
D. while
7. To reduce use of plastic bags, I can think of two options off the top of my _________.
A. shoulder
B. head
C. knee
D. toes
8. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong ________ down onto the moon, the first person ever
set foot on another planet.
A. stepped
B. was stepping C. has stepped
D. was step
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9. We saw Mary at the party. She ________ a beautiful dress.
A. wears
B. wore
C. has worn
D. was wearing
10.After getting used to my __________ legs, I became obsessed with sports and wanted to
play soccer like all other children of my age.
A. artificial
B. prosthetic
C. fake
D. false
11. Do you know Professor Phan Huy Le whose great achievement was his books on
______ history of Viet Nam in ______ 19th century?
A. Ø / the
B. a/ the
C. the/ the
D. Ø / Ø
12. I think nothing is more interesting than sitting in the sun shine and enjoying the beauty
of ______ nature.
A. Ø
B. a
C. an
D. the
13. Plant shade trees to reduce summer heat ____________ reduce watering needs
in summer months.
A. but
B. and
C. so
D. or
14. We recommend that he__________ with us.
A. goes
B. would go
C. had gone
D. should go
15. It is necessary that he__________ the book
A. find
B. finds
C. found
D. has found
16. The recommendation that all people affected by the storm ____________ immediatelywas
approved.
A. must be evacuated
C. be evacuated
B. ought to be evacuated
D. had to be evacuated
17. The local university has recently introduced to students several ways to go green
____________ has had huge impact on the community.
A. that
B. ,which
C. where
D. which
18. If he gets bored, he just ___________ and looks out the window.
A. looks down
B. switches on
C. drop out of
D. switches off
19. Tom is ____________ steady progress in his recovery.
A. doing
B. getting
C. making
D. having
20. After his father got a wellpaid job at an international company, they moved to a
___________ neightbourhood.
A. respectable
B. respected
C. respectful
D. respect
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.
21. A.urban
B.deplete
C.carbon
D. rural
22. A. initiative
B. prosthetic
C. generous
D. respectable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions.
23. The speaker paused. He wavered to answer the direct question raised by the audience.
A. controlled
B. hesitated
C. continued
D. decided
24. Cutting down on energy use is the best way to help reduce global warming.
A. Decreasing
B. rising
C. consuming
D. Increasing
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
Before the 1500’s, the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers.
One group, the Mandans, lived in the upper Missouri River country, primarily in present
day North Dakota. They had large villages of houses built close together. The tight
arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of
others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from
one year to the next.
The women had primary responsibility for the field. They had to exercise
considerable skill to produce the desired results, for their northern location meant fleeting
growing seasons. Winter often lingered; autumn could be ushered in by severe frost. For
good measure, during the spring and summer, drought, heat, hail, grasshoppers, and other
frustrations might await the wary grower.
Under such conditions, Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering
adversity. They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring, clearing the
land, using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting. From this point until the
first green corn could be harvested, the crop required labor and vigilance.
In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured
fully. This green corn was boiled, dried and shelled, with some of the maize slated for
immediate consumption and the rest stored in animalskin bags. Later in the fall, the people
picked the rest of the corn. They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade, with the
remainder eaten right away or stored for late use in underground reserves. With appropriate
banking of the extra food, the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop
failure and accompany hunger.
The woman planted another staple, squash, about the first of June, and harvested it
near the time of the green corn harvest. After they picked it, they sliced it, dried it, and
strung the slices before they stored them. Once again, they saved the seeds from the best of
the year’s crop. The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco; the latter was the
particular task of the older men.
25. The Mandans built their houses close together in order to ……..
A. protect themselves against the weather
B. guard their supplies of food
C. allow more room for growing corn
D. share farming implements
26. Which of the following processes does the author imply was done by both men and
women?
A. clearing fields B. planting corn
C. harvesting squash
D. harvesting
corn
27. Why does the author believe that the Mandans were skilled farmers?
A. They could grow crops despite adverse weather
B. They developed effective fertilizers
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C. They developed new varieties of corn
D. They could grow crops in most types of soil.
28. The word “them” in the last paragraph refers to …….
A. women
B. slices
C. seeds
D. the Mandans
29. The word “consumption” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ……
A. decay
B. planting
C. conversation
D. eating
30. Which of the following did the Mandans do with the corn picked before it had matured
EXCEPT
A. brewed
B. boiled
C. shelled
D. dried
31. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Various ways corn can be used
B. The agricultural activities of a North American Society
C. The problems encountered by farmers specializing in growing one crop
D. Weather conditions on the western plains
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.
32. Peter and Jane are discussing how to go green at home.
Peter: “What do you think are green activities at home.”
Jane: “________”
A. Ask my parents to buy me a motorcycle.
B. I totally agree with you.
C. Clean surface with natural products.
D. We should take part in hunting activities.
33. Mark: “_________”
Jenny: "I think there are various reasons."
A. What do you think about reasons for urbanization?
B. Do you mind if I think about reasons for urbanization?
C. I'd like to invite you to think about reasons for urbanization.
D. Would you mind thinking about the reasons for urbanization?
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.
34.He was born in the Philippines, but he moved to an European country when he was a
child.
A. an
B. the Philippines
C. moved
D. when
35. It is necessary that an employee has to finish his work on time.
A. is
B. has to finish
C. an
D. on
36. We were at home having our anniversary dinner when my uncle was calling to
congratulate US last night.
A. were
B. having
C. was calling
D. when
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.
37. Jose wants to try out for the baseball team. He does not know when tryouts will be held.
A. Jose wants to try out for the baseball team but he does not know when tryouts will be
held.
B. Although Jose wants to try out for the baseball team, but he does not know when tryouts
will be held.
C. Jose wants to try out for the baseball team because he does not know when tryouts will
be held.
D. Jose wants to try out for the baseball team though he does not know when tryouts will be
held.
38. Jim passed the university entrance exam. This made everyone surprised.
A. Jim who passed the university entrance exam made everyone surprised.
B. Jim passed the university entrance exam, which made everyone surprised.
C. Jim, who passed the university entrance exam made everyone surprised.
D. Jim passed the university entrance exam which made everyone surprised.
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
What’s at stake in the 21st century, Edward o. Wilson argues in “The Future of Life.”
is nothing less than the integrity of the planet and the magnificence of life itself. Al current
rales, half of the Earth’s plants and animal species will cease to exist by the end of the
century, forever impoverishing the human experience, materially and spiritually.
Wilson argues that the central challenge facing humanity in the new century is to
raise the standard of living of the world's growing poor, while preserving as much of the rest
of life as possible. He’s optimistic that by 2100 our impact on the biosphere will begin to
wane, largely because our population will finally be shrinking, instead of rising. But
between now and then, humanity and the rest of life must pass through what Wilson calls
“the bottleneck”, a time of intensifying population and environmental pressures. The stakes
are enormous.
People are threatened because we may overwhelm the natural systems we depend on.
China, the epicenter of population pressure, is already backed against a wall. More people
require more food and irrigation, but the country is using up its freshwater supply. There are
lots of practical reasons to protect the natural world. By one estimate, it provides humanity
with $33 billion a year in free ecosystem services including resource production, climate
regulation, and pollution removal. In recent years, many rare or nearly extinct species have
been discovered to contain chemical or genetic innovations that can be used to treat diseases
or improve crop production.
39. The main idea of the passageis …………
A. The necessities as well as the ways f or saving our planet
B. The threat to our planet in the 21st century
C. The central challenge lacing humanity in the new century
D. The intensifying population and environmental pressures
40. According to Wilson, the integrity of the planet and the magnificence of life
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itself………….
A. will be at stake in the near future
B. are being neglected now so they will cease to exist
C. are at stake in the 21st century
D. will disappear by the end of the 21st century
41. The following sentences are NOT mentioned
A. There are lots of practical reasons to protect the natural world in China
B. China provides humanity with $33 billion a year in free ecosystem services.
C. In recent years, many rare or nearly extinct species can be used to treat diseases or
improve crop production
D. People are threatened because we have completely depended on. the natural systems and
can’t overcome them.
42. The word "wane " in the 2ndparagraph could he best replaced by
A. stop
B. decrease
C. continue
D. increase
43. It's true, according to Wilson, to say that people………….
A. have to preserve as much of the rest of life as possible
B. are facing challenge such as raising the world's standard of living
C. must pass through a time of intensifying population and environmental pressures
D. All are correct
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
EDUCATING OUR MOBILE CHILDREN
_
One of the greatest concerns parents have when facing an international move is
“What schooling will be available to my child? Will my child be disadvantaged
academically as a result of this move?”. (44) ____________ this fear is certainly strongest
in families moving overseas for the first time, even those who may be more experienced
often have concerns about their children’s education. Dr. Ernest Mannino, Director of the
State Department’s Office of Overseas Schools, and Dr. Keith Miller, Deputy Director of
the office, spoke candidly about some of the common concerns parents have regarding the
education of their children. Dr. Mannino and Dr. Miller (45) ____________ parents against
making assumptions about their children's education. To make an educated choice, parents
need to (46) ____________ through schooling issues and to research post schools as far in
advance of a move as possible.
Children (47) ____________ are internationally mobile have many choices of
schools to attend. In most major cities, (here are schools based on the U.S., French, German,
and British systems. Some parents also choose to become their children's teachers through
home education. Which school is appropriate for your child is an individual decision based
on (48) ____________ factors.
44. A. However
B. Because
C. Although
D. Therefore
45. A. discourage
B. advise
C. oppose
D. caution
46. A. put
B. think
C. fall
D. come
47. A. whose
B. which
C. who
D. whom
48. A. many
B. most of
C. little
D. a great deal of
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.
49. Rooney has been a bit under the weather, so he missed training this week.
A. well
B. sunny
C. rainy
D. busy
50. Urbanization has resulted in massive problems besides the benefits.
A. major
B. serious
C. minor
D. few
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