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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 322
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 01 to 07.
REAL-LIFE ROMEOS
When we use the word Romeo for a romantic young man, we hardly think of the character from William Shakespeare's play
Romeo and Juliet. But a sure sign of an author having created a successful character is that the character's name enters the
language and becomes a word. Despite only writing in Spanish, Shakespeare's contemporary Cervantes achieved the feat of
creating a new word in a different language - English, the adjective quixotic. This word comes from the title character of
Cervantes' Don Quixote. It describes a person who has great imagination and makes incredible plans, but whose plans are
unfortunately impossible to achieve.
One author who was particularly successful in seeing his characters enter the language was the novelist Charles Dickens. In
modern English a Scrooge is used to describe someone who is mean and tries to avoid spending money at all. The word
comes from the protagonist of Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, who treats the employees who work
in his office poorly and makes them work in terrible conditions. As well as Scrooge, Dickens also had success with Fagin, the
villain of Oliver Twist. In the novel Fagin controlled a group of child criminals. His name is often used in the press to
describe real-life adult leaders of youthful gangs.
The Victorian era (1837-1901) in which Dickens wrote was a major period for the English novel. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson achieved enormous success with his masterpiece Treasure
Island. Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech. A Jekyll and Hyde character is a person whose
personality can quickly change from being kind to being angry, impolite or aggressive. The name comes from the scientist
protagonist of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde whose strange experiments turn him from man to murderous monster, and back again.
Stevenson was not alone in seeing success from the field of Gothic Horror. At the age of twenty one, Mary Shelley wrote
Frankenstein, and the name of her mad scientist is now used as an adjective to describe any kind of science that seems to be
out of control. Frankenstein foods, for example, is a term that people can understand to describe genetically modified

ingredients.
It does seem strange that villains enter the language more often than heroes. Sometimes in fact these characters need hardly
appear in the original work at all. The television series Big Brother is named after the all-powerful dictator who rules the
London of the future in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother himself is never encountered during the
story: we only ever see his face on posters along with the ominous message 'Big Brother is Watching You'. This is why the
presence of more and more cameras watching the streets, and greater government controls over the everyday lives of people,
has led to the suggestion that we live in a 'Big Brother society'. Interestingly, Orwell achieved the double feat of creating a
character that has entered the language as well as entering the language himself. The word Orwellian is used to describe a
society which tries to control every aspect of people's lives, as happened in the pages of Nineteen Eighty Four. Like the novel,
it's a word that seems to be getting more and more popular all the time.
[From SPOTLIGHT ON FIRST, Exam Booster, Cengage Learning, 2015]

Question 1: How does the writer feel about genetically modified foods?
A. He opposes them.
B. He thinks they taste horrible.
C. He thinks they are an amazing scientific achievement. D. He is undecided.
Question 2: What was Ebenezer Scrooge?
A. a criminal
B. a businessman
C. a hero
D. a very poor man
Question 3: The word 'quixotic'.....
A. is a criticism.
B. is very old-fashioned.
C. can mean one of two things.
D. is a comptiment.
Question 4: What is the effect of the posters of Big Brother?
A. They advertise a television programme.
B. They give people orders.
C. They make people feel nervous

D. They are used in election campaigns.
Question 5: What kind of people use the word 'Fagin'?
A. criminals
B. journalists
C. politicians
D. children
Question 6: What does the writer mean by 'Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech'?
A. The characters spoke very naturally.
B. The characters were named after words people used in their daily lives.
C. The author changed the characters' names to make them more popular.
D. The names of the characters are used by people as part of a common expression.
Question 7: The word “ominous” is opposite in meaning to...…
A. well-timed
B. benevolent
C. auspicious
D. ill-fated
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 8:A. mixture B. future
C. failure
D. measure
Question 9:A. taxi
B. anxiety
C. maximum
D. fox


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 10 to 15.
THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL JOB APPLICATIONS ... EVER!

Job hunting is one of the most stressful times in your life. You can spend hours perfecting a CV or filling in online
application forms. For many people, the result is the same: a polite 'no thank you'. You know you have the personal qualities
to do the job, but you can only show them when you meet your employer face to face. So how can you get that elusive
interview? Here are some of the most surprising ways, and they're all real.
One of the very best was the job applicant who arrived at a company with a takeaway pizza, with his CV printed on the box.
The interview took place while they ate and the applicant got the job before they had finished. In this case, it's important to
pick the right toppings. Crime was the inspiration for Kelly Weihs of Baltimore, USA. Looking for a job as a designer, she
decided to show off her design work with her own CV. She used a series of old fonts and interesting colours to make her CV
look like a nineteenth-century Wanted poster from the Wild West. Her imaginative approach worked and she got the job.
However, it can be risky to make a CV like this. Kelly's poster idea was perfect because she was looking for a job in design.
Other people make less intelligent CV decisions. For example, some job candidates record a video of themselves singing for
their new potential employers, even if they are only applying for a position as a PA. This is never going to work. It's too
obvious that the candidate wants to be in the more exciting world of the music business, not answering the phones all day in
an accountant's offices.
America seems to be the home of the creative CV, no doubt because it has one of the world's largest populations and
thousands of people are competing for every job. Think about the poor managers who have to read through hundreds and
hundreds of applications in a day. It's one of the most boring jobs in the world. Anyone might start thinking about more
interesting things, like a break for coffee. So imagine what happens when you get a free chocolate bar, completely out of the
blue, with a CV wrapped around it. That's was Nick Begley's big idea. Nick printed his CV on a chocolate wrapper with his
skills in the ingredients section. He then placed it around a Nestle Crunch bar and he sent it in. It paid off immediately
because Begley got two job offers and ended up working in ... you guessed it, marketing.
So if you want to stand out from the crowd, try one of these ideas for yourself. Just remember that if you apply for a job at
my company, I hate anchovies and black olives.
Question 10: This blog has been written to......
A. entertain people.
B. train people.
C. criticise people.
D. shock people.
Question 11: When did the applicant with the pizza apply for the job?
A. When he brought the pizza to the company.

B. When he saw the job advertisement online.
C. When they had eaten the whole pizza.
D. When he received the order for the pizza.
Question 12: The video idea may not be successful because......
A. people were shocked by the loud music and the dancing.
B. it was the riskiest idea.
C. it showed the person wanted a different job.
D. nobody watched it.
Question 13: Kelly Weihs got her inspiration from......
A. adverts.
B. history.
C. books.
D. paintings.
Question 14: What does the writer mean by out of the blue in line 20?
A. In the beginning.
B. At the wrong time.
C. Without warning.
D. When you are feeling tired.
Question 15: From the text, we understand that the author's favourite CV idea was......
A. the Wanted poster.
B. the video with singing.
C. the pizza box.
D. the chocolate bar.
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 16: I bet that computer knocked you back several hundred.
A. cost you
B. wasted up to
C. helped you to save
D. won back for you

Question 17: We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
A. unproductive
B. narrow
C. dry
D. not fresh
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 18: He's dead on his feet after the long run.
A. out of his ears
B. got deep feet
C. as fresh as a daisy
D. head over heels
Question 19: Relations between those two nation leaders are said to be cordial.
A. detached
B. frigid
C. amiable
D. friendly
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 20: ~ A: “You seem to have never been bed ridden.” ~ B: “......................”
A. Yes. My eldest sister works as a nurse at the local hospital.
B. I keep fit by going jogging
every day.
C. Never. Only on winter days.
D. Luckily, we got in before the downpour.
Question 21: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “I am. I need to lose some weight.”
A. Have you ever been on a diet?
B. Are you having diabetes?
C. This dress seems too tight on you, Betty.
D. I don’t like girls with fat thighs.

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 22:A. exhaustion B. exercise
C. exchange
D. examine
Question 23:A. maternity B. beautifully
C. generalize
D. comfortable
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 24: Parents can't expect to raise their children without making any sacrifices for them.
A. Children expect their parents to make an awful lot of sacrifices for them.
B. Raising a child is probably the most self-sacrificing thing a person can do.
C. Bringing up children is not always a painless experience for parents.
D. Parents have to be prepared to give up some things for their children while bringing them up.
Question 25: With your qualifications, it would be surprising if you didn't find a job.
A. If you want to find a job, you should become better qualified.
B. The better your qualifications, the more likely you are to find a job.
C. You are so well-qualified that you are almost certain to find a job.
D. I wonder why you haven’t found a job, because you have such good qualifications
Question 26: They were being very secretive about what had happened at yesterday's meeting.
A. Whatever happened at yesterday's meeting, it's obvious that they won’t let it be known by others.
B. They wouldn't give out anything about the things that occurred at the meeting the previous day.
C. They told everyone that whatever had happened at the previous meeting was going to be kept secret.
D. The contents of the meeting held the previous day were confidential, so they refused to talk about them.
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 27 to 33.
WHY MARRIAGE LEADS TO A LONG LIFE

An analysis of the benefits of relationships has confirmed a truth that many have long held to be self-evident: marriage is
good for you. Not only does it ...(27)... physical health in men and mental well-being in women, but the longer it lasts, the
greater the benefits all round, ...(28)... in a longer and more satisfying life. A study ...(29)... millions of people over many
years across seven European countries,has ...(30)... that married couples had mortality rates I0 -15 per cent below the
population as a factor. This figure rises w ith the longevity of a marriage.
The selection hypothesis argues that well-adjusted individuals are more likely to ...(31)... long-term relationships,
suggesting that the determining ...(32)... might not be marriage itself, but more the kind of people who are likely to wed and
stay wed.The authors ofthe study argue that commitment is also ...(33)... to higher living standards, with the associated
network of supportive families,shared friends and healthy lifestyles bringing a range of benefits.
[From: “READY FOR ADVANCED, Coursebook”, Roy Norris. Macmillan, 2018]

Question 27:A. endure
B. enhance
C. enjoy
D. enchant
Question 28:A. improving B. resulting
C. finalizing
D. leading
Question 29:A. implying B. composing
C. consisting
D. involving
Question 30:A. manifested B. revealed
C. exposed
D. considered
Question 31:A. establish B. launch
C. found
D. base
Question 32:A. moment
B. factor
C. part

D. event
Question 33:A. linked
B. joined
C. combined
D. blended
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 34: We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test
tomorrow.
A. carefully
B. better to review
C. on our test
D. have some
Question 35: No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because that there are always traffic jams at rush hour.
A. wants
B. at rush hour
C. because that
D. are
Question 36: Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual labourers.
A. is composed
B. labourers
C. in the
D. Many
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 37: Be quite! It’s rude to.......people when they are speaking.
A. interrupt
B. interfere
C. prevent
D. introduce
Question 38: Sometimes advertising signs.......down during a storm and people are injued by them.

A. blew
B. blow
C. were blown
D. are blown
Question 39: He.......me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
A. suggested
B. convinced
C. advised
D. insisted
Question 40: There are many........on television where a team of people have to arnsver questions.
A. riddles
B. quizzes
C. puzzles
D. inquiries
Question 41: When he left school, Tom decided to.......a priest instead of studying languages.
A. train for
B. study for
C. change to
D. become
Question 42: Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily.......you up for the night.
A. put
B. keep
C. take
D. set


Question 43: He is known.......a man who keeps his word.
A. in
B. for
C. at

D. as
Question 44: ~ "You look so exhausted." ~ "I.......round the town all day."
A. ran
B. had run
C. had been running
D. have been running
Question 45: I am late because my alarm clock never.......this morning.
A. rang out
B. came on
C. went off
D. turned on
Question 46: I walked away as calmly as I could......they thought I was the thief.
A. to avoid
B. in case
C. owing to
D. or else
Question 47: His.......had always been to become an architect.
A. imagination
B. want
C. direction
D. ambition
Question 48: The tenants were.......not to disturb other tenants after 1 p.m.
A. requested
B. appealed
C. demanded
D. informed
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: No one knows what colour dinosaurs were. No sample of their skin has survived.
A. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were which is because no sample of their skin has survived.

B. No sample of dinosaurs' skin has survived because no one knows what colour they were.
C. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were because no sample of their skin has survived.
D. Because no one knows what colour dinosaurs were, no sample of their skin has survived.
Question 50: We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.
A. We find it quite easy to share secrets, being friends for years.
B. Being friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets.
C. We have been friends for years so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.
D. Having been friends for years, we find quite easy to share secrets between us.
The End


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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 778
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. comfortable
B. maternity
C. beautifully
D. generalize
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 3: I bet that computer knocked you back several hundred.
A. wasted up to
B. cost you

C. won back for you
D. helped you to save
Question 4: We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
A. not fresh
B. narrow
C. dry
D. unproductive
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 5:A. maximum B. fox
C. taxi
D. anxiety
Question 6:A. failure
B. mixture
C. measure
D. future
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7: Sometimes advertising signs.......down during a storm and people are injued by them.
A. are blown
B. blow
C. blew
D. were blown
Question 8: When he left school, Tom decided to.......a priest instead of studying languages.
A. study for
B. change to
C. become
D. train for
Question 9: I walked away as calmly as I could......they thought I was the thief.
A. to avoid
B. or else

C. in case
D. owing to
Question 10: He.......me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
A. suggested
B. insisted
C. convinced
D. advised
Question 11: ~ "You look so exhausted." ~ "I.......round the town all day."
A. had run
B. had been running
C. ran
D. have been running
Question 12: He is known.......a man who keeps his word.
A. as
B. at
C. in
D. for
Question 13: The tenants were.......not to disturb other tenants after 1 p.m.
A. requested
B. demanded
C. appealed
D. informed
Question 14: There are many........on television where a team of people have to arnsver questions.
A. quizzes
B. inquiries
C. puzzles
D. riddles
Question 15: Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily.......you up for the night.
A. put
B. keep

C. set
D. take
Question 16: Be quite! It’s rude to.......people when they are speaking.
A. interrupt
B. interfere
C. introduce
D. prevent
Question 17: His.......had always been to become an architect.
A. direction
B. imagination
C. ambition
D. want
Question 18: I am late because my alarm clock never.......this morning.
A. came on
B. went off
C. turned on
D. rang out
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 19 to 25.
REAL-LIFE ROMEOS
When we use the word Romeo for a romantic young man, we hardly think of the character from William Shakespeare's play
Romeo and Juliet. But a sure sign of an author having created a successful character is that the character's name enters the
language and becomes a word. Despite only writing in Spanish, Shakespeare's contemporary Cervantes achieved the feat of
creating a new word in a different language - English, the adjective quixotic. This word comes from the title character of
Cervantes' Don Quixote. It describes a person who has great imagination and makes incredible plans, but whose plans are
unfortunately impossible to achieve.
One author who was particularly successful in seeing his characters enter the language was the novelist Charles Dickens. In
modern English a Scrooge is used to describe someone who is mean and tries to avoid spending money at all. The word
comes from the protagonist of Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, who treats the employees who work
in his office poorly and makes them work in terrible conditions. As well as Scrooge, Dickens also had success with Fagin, the

villain of Oliver Twist. In the novel Fagin controlled a group of child criminals. His name is often used in the press to
describe real-life adult leaders of youthful gangs.
The Victorian era (1837-1901) in which Dickens wrote was a major period for the English novel. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson achieved enormous success with his masterpiece Treasure
Island. Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech. A Jekyll and Hyde character is a person whose
personality can quickly change from being kind to being angry, impolite or aggressive. The name comes from the scientist
protagonist of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde whose strange experiments turn him from man to murderous monster, and back again.
Stevenson was not alone in seeing success from the field of Gothic Horror. At the age of twenty one, Mary Shelley wrote


Frankenstein, and the name of her mad scientist is now used as an adjective to describe any kind of science that seems to be
out of control. Frankenstein foods, for example, is a term that people can understand to describe genetically modified
ingredients.
It does seem strange that villains enter the language more often than heroes. Sometimes in fact these characters need hardly
appear in the original work at all. The television series Big Brother is named after the all-powerful dictator who rules the
London of the future in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother himself is never encountered during the
story: we only ever see his face on posters along with the ominous message 'Big Brother is Watching You'. This is why the
presence of more and more cameras watching the streets, and greater government controls over the everyday lives of people,
has led to the suggestion that we live in a 'Big Brother society'. Interestingly, Orwell achieved the double feat of creating a
character that has entered the language as well as entering the language himself. The word Orwellian is used to describe a
society which tries to control every aspect of people's lives, as happened in the pages of Nineteen Eighty Four. Like the novel,
it's a word that seems to be getting more and more popular all the time.
[From SPOTLIGHT ON FIRST, Exam Booster, Cengage Learning, 2015]

Question 19: The word “ominous” is opposite in meaning to...…
A. ill-fated
B. auspicious
C. benevolent
D. well-timed
Question 20: What was Ebenezer Scrooge?

A. a criminal
B. a hero
C. a businessman
D. a very poor man
Question 21: How does the writer feel about genetically modified foods?
A. He opposes them.
B. He is undecided.
C. He thinks they taste horrible.
D. He thinks they are an amazing scientific achievement.
Question 22: What kind of people use the word 'Fagin'?
A. criminals
B. children
C. politicians
D. journalists
Question 23: The word 'quixotic'.....
A. is very old-fashioned.
B. is a criticism.
C. can mean one of two things.
D. is a comptiment.
Question 24: What is the effect of the posters of Big Brother?
A. They are used in election campaigns.
B. They give people orders.
C. They make people feel nervous
D. They advertise a television programme.
Question 25: What does the writer mean by 'Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech'?
A. The author changed the characters' names to make them more popular.
B. The characters spoke very naturally.
C. The names of the characters are used by people as part of a common expression.
D. The characters were named after words people used in their daily lives.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following

exchanges.
Question 26: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “I am. I need to lose some weight.”
A. Have you ever been on a diet?
B. This dress seems too tight on you, Betty.
C. Are you having diabetes?
D. I don’t like girls with fat thighs.
Question 27: ~ A: “You seem to have never been bed ridden.” ~ B: “......................”
A. Yes. My eldest sister works as a nurse at the local hospital. B. I keep fit by going jogging every day.
C. Luckily, we got in before the downpour.
D. Never. Only on winter days.
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 28 to 34.
WHY MARRIAGE LEADS TO A LONG LIFE
An analysis of the benefits of relationships has confirmed a truth that many have long held to be self-evident: marriage is
good for you. Not only does it ...(28)... physical health in men and mental well-being in women, but the longer it lasts, the
greater the benefits all round, ...(29)... in a longer and more satisfying life. A study ...(30)... millions of people over many
years across seven European countries,has ...(31)... that married couples had mortality rates I0 -15 per cent below the
population as a factor. This figure rises w ith the longevity of a marriage.
The selection hypothesis argues that well-adjusted individuals are more likely to ...(32)... long-term relationships,
suggesting that the determining ...(33)... might not be marriage itself, but more the kind of people who are likely to wed and
stay wed.The authors ofthe study argue that commitment is also ...(34)... to higher living standards, with the associated
network of supportive families,shared friends and healthy lifestyles bringing a range of benefits.
[From: “READY FOR ADVANCED, Coursebook”, Roy Norris. Macmillan, 2018]

Question 28:A. enchant
B. endure
C. enhance
Question 29:A. finalizing B. leading
C. resulting
Question 30:A. involving B. implying

C. consisting
Question 31:A. manifested B. considered
C. revealed
Question 32:A. establish B. found
C. launch
Question 33:A. part
B. event
C. moment
Question 34:A. combined B. linked
C. joined
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE
word(s) in each of the following questions.

D. enjoy
D. improving
D. composing
D. exposed
D. base
D. factor
D. blended
in meaning to the underlined


Question 35: He's dead on his feet after the long run.
A. head over heels
B. as fresh as a daisy
C. out of his ears
D. got deep feet
Question 36: Relations between those two nation leaders are said to be cordial.
A. detached

B. frigid
C. amiable
D. friendly
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 37 to 42.
THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL JOB APPLICATIONS ... EVER!
Job hunting is one of the most stressful times in your life. You can spend hours perfecting a CV or filling in online
application forms. For many people, the result is the same: a polite 'no thank you'. You know you have the personal qualities
to do the job, but you can only show them when you meet your employer face to face. So how can you get that elusive
interview? Here are some of the most surprising ways, and they're all real.
One of the very best was the job applicant who arrived at a company with a takeaway pizza, with his CV printed on the box.
The interview took place while they ate and the applicant got the job before they had finished. In this case, it's important to
pick the right toppings. Crime was the inspiration for Kelly Weihs of Baltimore, USA. Looking for a job as a designer, she
decided to show off her design work with her own CV. She used a series of old fonts and interesting colours to make her CV
look like a nineteenth-century Wanted poster from the Wild West. Her imaginative approach worked and she got the job.
However, it can be risky to make a CV like this. Kelly's poster idea was perfect because she was looking for a job in design.
Other people make less intelligent CV decisions. For example, some job candidates record a video of themselves singing for
their new potential employers, even if they are only applying for a position as a PA. This is never going to work. It's too
obvious that the candidate wants to be in the more exciting world of the music business, not answering the phones all day in
an accountant's offices.
America seems to be the home of the creative CV, no doubt because it has one of the world's largest populations and
thousands of people are competing for every job. Think about the poor managers who have to read through hundreds and
hundreds of applications in a day. It's one of the most boring jobs in the world. Anyone might start thinking about more
interesting things, like a break for coffee. So imagine what happens when you get a free chocolate bar, completely out of the
blue, with a CV wrapped around it. That's was Nick Begley's big idea. Nick printed his CV on a chocolate wrapper with his
skills in the ingredients section. He then placed it around a Nestle Crunch bar and he sent it in. It paid off immediately
because Begley got two job offers and ended up working in ... you guessed it, marketing.
So if you want to stand out from the crowd, try one of these ideas for yourself. Just remember that if you apply for a job at
my company, I hate anchovies and black olives.
Question 37: This blog has been written to......

A. train people.
B. shock people.
C. entertain people.
D. criticise people.
Question 38: The video idea may not be successful because......
A. people were shocked by the loud music and the dancing. B. it showed the person wanted a different job.
C. it was the riskiest idea.
D. nobody watched it.
Question 39: From the text, we understand that the author's favourite CV idea was......
A. the chocolate bar.
B. the video with singing.
C. the pizza box.
D. the Wanted poster.
Question 40: When did the applicant with the pizza apply for the job?
A. When he saw the job advertisement online.
B. When he brought the pizza to the company.
C. When he received the order for the pizza.
D. When they had eaten the whole pizza.
Question 41: What does the writer mean by out of the blue in line 20?
A. At the wrong time.
B. When you are feeling tired.
C. Without warning.
D. In the beginning.
Question 42: Kelly Weihs got her inspiration from......
A. paintings.
B. history.
C. adverts.
D. books.
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 43: Parents can't expect to raise their children without making any sacrifices for them.
A. Parents have to be prepared to give up some things for their children while bringing them up.
B. Raising a child is probably the most self-sacrificing thing a person can do.
C. Children expect their parents to make an awful lot of sacrifices for them.
D. Bringing up children is not always a painless experience for parents.
Question 44: They were being very secretive about what had happened at yesterday's meeting.
A. Whatever happened at yesterday's meeting, it's obvious that they won’t let it be known by others.
B. The contents of the meeting held the previous day were confidential, so they refused to talk about them.
C. They told everyone that whatever had happened at the previous meeting was going to be kept secret.
D. They wouldn't give out anything about the things that occurred at the meeting the previous day.
Question 45: With your qualifications, it would be surprising if you didn't find a job.
A. You are so well-qualified that you are almost certain to find a job.
B. The better your qualifications, the more likely you are to find a job.
C. I wonder why you haven’t found a job, because you have such good qualifications
D. If you want to find a job, you should become better qualified.


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 46: Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual labourers.
A. Many
B. is composed
C. in the
D. labourers
Question 47: No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because that there are always traffic jams at rush hour.
A. wants
B. are
C. at rush hour
D. because that
Question 48: We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test

tomorrow.
A. on our test
B. better to review
C. have some
D. carefully
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: We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.
A. We have been friends for years so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.
B. Having been friends for years, we find quite easy to share secrets between us.
C. We find it quite easy to share secrets, being friends for years.
D. Being friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets.
Question 50: No one knows what colour dinosaurs were. No sample of their skin has survived.
A. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were which is because no sample of their skin has survived.
B. No sample of dinosaurs' skin has survived because no one knows what colour they were.
C. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were because no sample of their skin has survived.
D. Because no one knows what colour dinosaurs were, no sample of their skin has survived.
The End


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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 234
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. exchange
B. exercise
C. exhaustion
D. examine
Question 2:A. generalize B. beautifully
C. comfortable
D. maternity
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 3: With your qualifications, it would be surprising if you didn't find a job.
A. You are so well-qualified that you are almost certain to find a job.
B. If you want to find a job, you should become better qualified.
C. The better your qualifications, the more likely you are to find a job.
D. I wonder why you haven’t found a job, because you have such good qualifications
Question 4: Parents can't expect to raise their children without making any sacrifices for them.
A. Children expect their parents to make an awful lot of sacrifices for them.
B. Raising a child is probably the most self-sacrificing thing a person can do.
C. Parents have to be prepared to give up some things for their children while bringing them up.
D. Bringing up children is not always a painless experience for parents.
Question 5: They were being very secretive about what had happened at yesterday's meeting.
A. The contents of the meeting held the previous day were confidential, so they refused to talk about them.
B. They wouldn't give out anything about the things that occurred at the meeting the previous day.
C. They told everyone that whatever had happened at the previous meeting was going to be kept secret.
D. Whatever happened at yesterday's meeting, it's obvious that they won’t let it be known by others.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: I walked away as calmly as I could......they thought I was the thief.
A. in case
B. to avoid
C. or else
D. owing to

Question 7: Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily.......you up for the night.
A. put
B. keep
C. take
D. set
Question 8: The tenants were.......not to disturb other tenants after 1 p.m.
A. appealed
B. demanded
C. requested
D. informed
Question 9: He is known.......a man who keeps his word.
A. for
B. at
C. as
D. in
Question 10: His.......had always been to become an architect.
A. ambition
B. want
C. direction
D. imagination
Question 11: When he left school, Tom decided to.......a priest instead of studying languages.
A. study for
B. train for
C. change to
D. become
Question 12: He.......me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
A. insisted
B. advised
C. suggested
D. convinced

Question 13: I am late because my alarm clock never.......this morning.
A. went off
B. turned on
C. rang out
D. came on
Question 14: There are many........on television where a team of people have to arnsver questions.
A. riddles
B. puzzles
C. inquiries
D. quizzes
Question 15: Be quite! It’s rude to.......people when they are speaking.
A. introduce
B. prevent
C. interrupt
D. interfere
Question 16: Sometimes advertising signs.......down during a storm and people are injued by them.
A. blow
B. were blown
C. blew
D. are blown
Question 17: ~ "You look so exhausted." ~ "I.......round the town all day."
A. ran
B. had run
C. had been running
D. have been running
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 18: I bet that computer knocked you back several hundred.
A. cost you
B. won back for you

C. helped you to save
D. wasted up to
Question 19: We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
A. not fresh
B. unproductive
C. narrow
D. dry
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 20: No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because that there are always traffic jams at rush hour.
A. are
B. wants
C. because that
D. at rush hour
Question 21: Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual labourers.
A. Many
B. is composed
C. labourers
D. in the


Question 22: We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test
tomorrow.
A. carefully
B. better to review
C. have some
D. on our test
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 23: Relations between those two nation leaders are said to be cordial.

A. detached
B. friendly
C. amiable
D. frigid
Question 24: He's dead on his feet after the long run.
A. got deep feet
B. as fresh as a daisy
C. out of his ears
D. head over heels
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 25 to 31.
WHY MARRIAGE LEADS TO A LONG LIFE
An analysis of the benefits of relationships has confirmed a truth that many have long held to be self-evident: marriage is
good for you. Not only does it ...(25)... physical health in men and mental well-being in women, but the longer it lasts, the
greater the benefits all round, ...(26)... in a longer and more satisfying life. A study ...(27)... millions of people over many
years across seven European countries,has ...(28)... that married couples had mortality rates I0 -15 per cent below the
population as a factor. This figure rises w ith the longevity of a marriage.
The selection hypothesis argues that well-adjusted individuals are more likely to ...(29)... long-term relationships,
suggesting that the determining ...(30)... might not be marriage itself, but more the kind of people who are likely to wed and
stay wed.The authors ofthe study argue that commitment is also ...(31)... to higher living standards, with the associated
network of supportive families,shared friends and healthy lifestyles bringing a range of benefits.
[From: “READY FOR ADVANCED, Coursebook”, Roy Norris. Macmillan, 2018]

Question 25:A. endure
B. enhance
C. enjoy
D. enchant
Question 26:A. improving B. finalizing
C. resulting
D. leading

Question 27:A. consisting B. implying
C. involving
D. composing
Question 28:A. manifested B. exposed
C. considered
D. revealed
Question 29:A. launch
B. base
C. establish
D. found
Question 30:A. part
B. factor
C. moment
D. event
Question 31:A. blended
B. joined
C. combined
D. linked
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 32 to 38.
REAL-LIFE ROMEOS
When we use the word Romeo for a romantic young man, we hardly think of the character from William Shakespeare's play
Romeo and Juliet. But a sure sign of an author having created a successful character is that the character's name enters the
language and becomes a word. Despite only writing in Spanish, Shakespeare's contemporary Cervantes achieved the feat of
creating a new word in a different language - English, the adjective quixotic. This word comes from the title character of
Cervantes' Don Quixote. It describes a person who has great imagination and makes incredible plans, but whose plans are
unfortunately impossible to achieve.
One author who was particularly successful in seeing his characters enter the language was the novelist Charles Dickens. In
modern English a Scrooge is used to describe someone who is mean and tries to avoid spending money at all. The word
comes from the protagonist of Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, who treats the employees who work

in his office poorly and makes them work in terrible conditions. As well as Scrooge, Dickens also had success with Fagin, the
villain of Oliver Twist. In the novel Fagin controlled a group of child criminals. His name is often used in the press to
describe real-life adult leaders of youthful gangs.
The Victorian era (1837-1901) in which Dickens wrote was a major period for the English novel. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson achieved enormous success with his masterpiece Treasure
Island. Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech. A Jekyll and Hyde character is a person whose
personality can quickly change from being kind to being angry, impolite or aggressive. The name comes from the scientist
protagonist of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde whose strange experiments turn him from man to murderous monster, and back again.
Stevenson was not alone in seeing success from the field of Gothic Horror. At the age of twenty one, Mary Shelley wrote
Frankenstein, and the name of her mad scientist is now used as an adjective to describe any kind of science that seems to be
out of control. Frankenstein foods, for example, is a term that people can understand to describe genetically modified
ingredients.
It does seem strange that villains enter the language more often than heroes. Sometimes in fact these characters need hardly
appear in the original work at all. The television series Big Brother is named after the all-powerful dictator who rules the
London of the future in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother himself is never encountered during the
story: we only ever see his face on posters along with the ominous message 'Big Brother is Watching You'. This is why the
presence of more and more cameras watching the streets, and greater government controls over the everyday lives of people,
has led to the suggestion that we live in a 'Big Brother society'. Interestingly, Orwell achieved the double feat of creating a
character that has entered the language as well as entering the language himself. The word Orwellian is used to describe a
society which tries to control every aspect of people's lives, as happened in the pages of Nineteen Eighty Four. Like the novel,
it's a word that seems to be getting more and more popular all the time.
[From SPOTLIGHT ON FIRST, Exam Booster, Cengage Learning, 2015]


Question 32: What kind of people use the word 'Fagin'?
A. politicians
B. children
C. criminals
D. journalists
Question 33: The word “ominous” is opposite in meaning to...…

A. ill-fated
B. well-timed
C. auspicious
D. benevolent
Question 34: How does the writer feel about genetically modified foods?
A. He thinks they are an amazing scientific achievement. B. He opposes them.
C. He thinks they taste horrible.
D. He is undecided.
Question 35: What is the effect of the posters of Big Brother?
A. They are used in election campaigns.
B. They advertise a television programme.
C. They make people feel nervous
D. They give people orders.
Question 36: What was Ebenezer Scrooge?
A. a criminal
B. a businessman
C. a hero
D. a very poor man
Question 37: The word 'quixotic'.....
A. can mean one of two things.
B. is a comptiment.
C. is a criticism.
D. is very old-fashioned.
Question 38: What does the writer mean by 'Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech'?
A. The names of the characters are used by people as part of a common expression.
B. The characters were named after words people used in their daily lives.
C. The author changed the characters' names to make them more popular.
D. The characters spoke very naturally.
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 39: We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.
A. Being friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets.
B. Having been friends for years, we find quite easy to share secrets between us.
C. We find it quite easy to share secrets, being friends for years.
D. We have been friends for years so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.
Question 40: No one knows what colour dinosaurs were. No sample of their skin has survived.
A. No sample of dinosaurs' skin has survived because no one knows what colour they were.
B. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were because no sample of their skin has survived.
C. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were which is because no sample of their skin has survived.
D. Because no one knows what colour dinosaurs were, no sample of their skin has survived.
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 41:A. taxi
B. anxiety
C. fox
D. maximum
Question 42:A. failure
B. future
C. measure
D. mixture
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 43: ~ A: “You seem to have never been bed ridden.” ~ B: “......................”
A. I keep fit by going jogging every day.
B. Luckily, we got in before the downpour.
C. Never. Only on winter days.
D. Yes. My eldest sister works as a nurse at the local hospital.
Question 44: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “I am. I need to lose some weight.”
A. I don’t like girls with fat thighs.
B. Have you ever been on a diet?

C. Are you having diabetes?
D. This dress seems too tight on you, Betty.
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 45 to 50.
THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL JOB APPLICATIONS ... EVER!
Job hunting is one of the most stressful times in your life. You can spend hours perfecting a CV or filling in online
application forms. For many people, the result is the same: a polite 'no thank you'. You know you have the personal qualities
to do the job, but you can only show them when you meet your employer face to face. So how can you get that elusive
interview? Here are some of the most surprising ways, and they're all real.
One of the very best was the job applicant who arrived at a company with a takeaway pizza, with his CV printed on the box.
The interview took place while they ate and the applicant got the job before they had finished. In this case, it's important to
pick the right toppings. Crime was the inspiration for Kelly Weihs of Baltimore, USA. Looking for a job as a designer, she
decided to show off her design work with her own CV. She used a series of old fonts and interesting colours to make her CV
look like a nineteenth-century Wanted poster from the Wild West. Her imaginative approach worked and she got the job.
However, it can be risky to make a CV like this. Kelly's poster idea was perfect because she was looking for a job in design.
Other people make less intelligent CV decisions. For example, some job candidates record a video of themselves singing for
their new potential employers, even if they are only applying for a position as a PA. This is never going to work. It's too
obvious that the candidate wants to be in the more exciting world of the music business, not answering the phones all day in
an accountant's offices.
America seems to be the home of the creative CV, no doubt because it has one of the world's largest populations and
thousands of people are competing for every job. Think about the poor managers who have to read through hundreds and


hundreds of applications in a day. It's one of the most boring jobs in the world. Anyone might start thinking about more
interesting things, like a break for coffee. So imagine what happens when you get a free chocolate bar, completely out of the
blue, with a CV wrapped around it. That's was Nick Begley's big idea. Nick printed his CV on a chocolate wrapper with his
skills in the ingredients section. He then placed it around a Nestle Crunch bar and he sent it in. It paid off immediately
because Begley got two job offers and ended up working in ... you guessed it, marketing.
So if you want to stand out from the crowd, try one of these ideas for yourself. Just remember that if you apply for a job at
my company, I hate anchovies and black olives.

Question 45: This blog has been written to......
A. shock people.
B. criticise people.
C. entertain people.
D. train people.
Question 46: When did the applicant with the pizza apply for the job?
A. When he saw the job advertisement online.
B. When they had eaten the whole pizza.
C. When he brought the pizza to the company.
D. When he received the order for the pizza.
Question 47: The video idea may not be successful because......
A. people were shocked by the loud music and the dancing. B. nobody watched it.
C. it was the riskiest idea.
D. it showed the person wanted a different job.
Question 48: What does the writer mean by out of the blue in line 20?
A. When you are feeling tired.
B. At the wrong time.
C. In the beginning.
D. Without warning.
Question 49: From the text, we understand that the author's favourite CV idea was......
A. the chocolate bar.
B. the pizza box.
C. the Wanted poster.
D. the video with singing.
Question 50: Kelly Weihs got her inspiration from......
A. history.
B. books.
C. adverts.
D. paintings.
The End

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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề gồm có 04 trang)

ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 421
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. comfortable B. maternity
C. beautifully
D. generalize
Question 2:A. exhaustion B. exchange
C. exercise
D. examine
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 3: I bet that computer knocked you back several hundred.
A. cost you
B. won back for you
C. wasted up to
D. helped you to save
Question 4: We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
A. narrow
B. unproductive
C. not fresh
D. dry

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 5:A. maximum B. taxi
C. anxiety
D. fox
Question 6:A. measure
B. failure
C. mixture
D. future
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 7: His.......had always been to become an architect.
A. want
B. imagination
C. direction
D. ambition
Question 8: There are many........on television where a team of people have to arnsver questions.
A. puzzles
B. riddles
C. inquiries
D. quizzes
Question 9: ~ "You look so exhausted." ~ "I.......round the town all day."
A. have been running
B. ran
C. had been running
D. had run
Question 10: Be quite! It’s rude to.......people when they are speaking.
A. interfere
B. introduce
C. prevent
D. interrupt

Question 11: I am late because my alarm clock never.......this morning.
A. went off
B. turned on
C. came on
D. rang out
Question 12: Sometimes advertising signs.......down during a storm and people are injued by them.
A. were blown
B. blow
C. blew
D. are blown
Question 13: When he left school, Tom decided to.......a priest instead of studying languages.
A. train for
B. become
C. change to
D. study for
Question 14: He.......me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
A. convinced
B. insisted
C. suggested
D. advised
Question 15: The tenants were.......not to disturb other tenants after 1 p.m.
A. demanded
B. informed
C. appealed
D. requested
Question 16: He is known.......a man who keeps his word.
A. in
B. as
C. for
D. at

Question 17: Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily.......you up for the night.
A. set
B. take
C. keep
D. put
Question 18: I walked away as calmly as I could......they thought I was the thief.
A. in case
B. or else
C. to avoid
D. owing to
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 19: Relations between those two nation leaders are said to be cordial.
A. frigid
B. amiable
C. detached
D. friendly
Question 20: He's dead on his feet after the long run.
A. got deep feet
B. as fresh as a daisy
C. head over heels
D. out of his ears
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 21: No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because that there are always traffic jams at rush hour.
A. wants
B. because that
C. at rush hour
D. are
Question 22: Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual labourers.

A. in the
B. Many
C. labourers
D. is composed
Question 23: We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test
tomorrow.
A. have some
B. better to review
C. on our test
D. carefully
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 24 to 30.
WHY MARRIAGE LEADS TO A LONG LIFE
An analysis of the benefits of relationships has confirmed a truth that many have long held to be self-evident: marriage is
good for you. Not only does it ...(24)... physical health in men and mental well-being in women, but the longer it lasts, the


greater the benefits all round, ...(25)... in a longer and more satisfying life. A study ...(26)... millions of people over many
years across seven European countries,has ...(27)... that married couples had mortality rates I0 -15 per cent below the
population as a factor. This figure rises w ith the longevity of a marriage.
The selection hypothesis argues that well-adjusted individuals are more likely to ...(28)... long-term relationships,
suggesting that the determining ...(29)... might not be marriage itself, but more the kind of people who are likely to wed and
stay wed.The authors ofthe study argue that commitment is also ...(30)... to higher living standards, with the associated
network of supportive families,shared friends and healthy lifestyles bringing a range of benefits.
[From: “READY FOR ADVANCED, Coursebook”, Roy Norris. Macmillan, 2018]

Question 24:A. endure
B. enjoy
C. enhance
D. enchant

Question 25:A. resulting B. leading
C. finalizing
D. improving
Question 26:A. implying B. involving
C. consisting
D. composing
Question 27:A. revealed B. considered
C. exposed
D. manifested
Question 28:A. found
B. launch
C. establish
D. base
Question 29:A. moment
B. event
C. factor
D. part
Question 30:A. blended
B. combined
C. joined
D. linked
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 31: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “I am. I need to lose some weight.”
A. Are you having diabetes?
B. Have you ever been on a diet?
C. I don’t like girls with fat thighs.
D. This dress seems too tight on you, Betty.
Question 32: ~ A: “You seem to have never been bed ridden.” ~ B: “......................”
A. Yes. My eldest sister works as a nurse at the local hospital. B. Never. Only on winter days.

C. I keep fit by going jogging every day.
D. Luckily, we got in before the downpour.
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 33 to 38.
THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL JOB APPLICATIONS ... EVER!
Job hunting is one of the most stressful times in your life. You can spend hours perfecting a CV or filling in online
application forms. For many people, the result is the same: a polite 'no thank you'. You know you have the personal qualities
to do the job, but you can only show them when you meet your employer face to face. So how can you get that elusive
interview? Here are some of the most surprising ways, and they're all real.
One of the very best was the job applicant who arrived at a company with a takeaway pizza, with his CV printed on the box.
The interview took place while they ate and the applicant got the job before they had finished. In this case, it's important to
pick the right toppings. Crime was the inspiration for Kelly Weihs of Baltimore, USA. Looking for a job as a designer, she
decided to show off her design work with her own CV. She used a series of old fonts and interesting colours to make her CV
look like a nineteenth-century Wanted poster from the Wild West. Her imaginative approach worked and she got the job.
However, it can be risky to make a CV like this. Kelly's poster idea was perfect because she was looking for a job in design.
Other people make less intelligent CV decisions. For example, some job candidates record a video of themselves singing for
their new potential employers, even if they are only applying for a position as a PA. This is never going to work. It's too
obvious that the candidate wants to be in the more exciting world of the music business, not answering the phones all day in
an accountant's offices.
America seems to be the home of the creative CV, no doubt because it has one of the world's largest populations and
thousands of people are competing for every job. Think about the poor managers who have to read through hundreds and
hundreds of applications in a day. It's one of the most boring jobs in the world. Anyone might start thinking about more
interesting things, like a break for coffee. So imagine what happens when you get a free chocolate bar, completely out of the
blue, with a CV wrapped around it. That's was Nick Begley's big idea. Nick printed his CV on a chocolate wrapper with his
skills in the ingredients section. He then placed it around a Nestle Crunch bar and he sent it in. It paid off immediately
because Begley got two job offers and ended up working in ... you guessed it, marketing.
So if you want to stand out from the crowd, try one of these ideas for yourself. Just remember that if you apply for a job at
my company, I hate anchovies and black olives.
Question 33: The video idea may not be successful because......
A. people were shocked by the loud music and the dancing.

B. it was the riskiest idea.
C. it showed the person wanted a different job.
D. nobody watched it.
Question 34: From the text, we understand that the author's favourite CV idea was......
A. the pizza box.
B. the Wanted poster.
C. the video with singing.
D. the chocolate bar.
Question 35: Kelly Weihs got her inspiration from......
A. history.
B. books.
C. adverts.
D. paintings.
Question 36: What does the writer mean by out of the blue in line 20?
A. At the wrong time.
B. Without warning.
C. When you are feeling tired.
D. In the beginning.
Question 37: This blog has been written to......
A. train people.
B. entertain people.
C. shock people.
D. criticise people.
Question 38: When did the applicant with the pizza apply for the job?


A. When he brought the pizza to the company.
B. When they had eaten the whole pizza.
C. When he saw the job advertisement online.
D. When he received the order for the pizza.

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 45.
REAL-LIFE ROMEOS
When we use the word Romeo for a romantic young man, we hardly think of the character from William Shakespeare's play
Romeo and Juliet. But a sure sign of an author having created a successful character is that the character's name enters the
language and becomes a word. Despite only writing in Spanish, Shakespeare's contemporary Cervantes achieved the feat of
creating a new word in a different language - English, the adjective quixotic. This word comes from the title character of
Cervantes' Don Quixote. It describes a person who has great imagination and makes incredible plans, but whose plans are
unfortunately impossible to achieve.
One author who was particularly successful in seeing his characters enter the language was the novelist Charles Dickens. In
modern English a Scrooge is used to describe someone who is mean and tries to avoid spending money at all. The word
comes from the protagonist of Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, who treats the employees who work
in his office poorly and makes them work in terrible conditions. As well as Scrooge, Dickens also had success with Fagin, the
villain of Oliver Twist. In the novel Fagin controlled a group of child criminals. His name is often used in the press to
describe real-life adult leaders of youthful gangs.
The Victorian era (1837-1901) in which Dickens wrote was a major period for the English novel. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson achieved enormous success with his masterpiece Treasure
Island. Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech. A Jekyll and Hyde character is a person whose
personality can quickly change from being kind to being angry, impolite or aggressive. The name comes from the scientist
protagonist of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde whose strange experiments turn him from man to murderous monster, and back again.
Stevenson was not alone in seeing success from the field of Gothic Horror. At the age of twenty one, Mary Shelley wrote
Frankenstein, and the name of her mad scientist is now used as an adjective to describe any kind of science that seems to be
out of control. Frankenstein foods, for example, is a term that people can understand to describe genetically modified
ingredients.
It does seem strange that villains enter the language more often than heroes. Sometimes in fact these characters need hardly
appear in the original work at all. The television series Big Brother is named after the all-powerful dictator who rules the
London of the future in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother himself is never encountered during the
story: we only ever see his face on posters along with the ominous message 'Big Brother is Watching You'. This is why the
presence of more and more cameras watching the streets, and greater government controls over the everyday lives of people,
has led to the suggestion that we live in a 'Big Brother society'. Interestingly, Orwell achieved the double feat of creating a

character that has entered the language as well as entering the language himself. The word Orwellian is used to describe a
society which tries to control every aspect of people's lives, as happened in the pages of Nineteen Eighty Four. Like the novel,
it's a word that seems to be getting more and more popular all the time.
[From SPOTLIGHT ON FIRST, Exam Booster, Cengage Learning, 2015]

Question 39: The word 'quixotic'.....
A. is a criticism.
B. is very old-fashioned.
C. can mean one of two things.
D. is a comptiment.
Question 40: What does the writer mean by 'Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech'?
A. The author changed the characters' names to make them more popular.
B. The names of the characters are used by people as part of a common expression.
C. The characters were named after words people used in their daily lives.
D. The characters spoke very naturally.
Question 41: What kind of people use the word 'Fagin'?
A. politicians
B. journalists
C. children
D. criminals
Question 42: What was Ebenezer Scrooge?
A. a criminal
B. a hero
C. a very poor man
D. a businessman
Question 43: What is the effect of the posters of Big Brother?
A. They are used in election campaigns.
B. They make people feel nervous
C. They give people orders.
D. They advertise a television programme.

Question 44: The word “ominous” is opposite in meaning to...…
A. benevolent
B. well-timed
C. auspicious
D. ill-fated
Question 45: How does the writer feel about genetically modified foods?
A. He opposes them.
B. He is undecided.
C. He thinks they are an amazing scientific achievement. D. He thinks they taste horrible.
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: Parents can't expect to raise their children without making any sacrifices for them.
A. Raising a child is probably the most self-sacrificing thing a person can do.
B. Children expect their parents to make an awful lot of sacrifices for them.
C. Bringing up children is not always a painless experience for parents.
D. Parents have to be prepared to give up some things for their children while bringing them up.


Question 47: They were being very secretive about what had happened at yesterday's meeting.
A. Whatever happened at yesterday's meeting, it's obvious that they won’t let it be known by others.
B. The contents of the meeting held the previous day were confidential, so they refused to talk about them.
C. They wouldn't give out anything about the things that occurred at the meeting the previous day.
D. They told everyone that whatever had happened at the previous meeting was going to be kept secret.
Question 48: With your qualifications, it would be surprising if you didn't find a job.
A. The better your qualifications, the more likely you are to find a job.
B. You are so well-qualified that you are almost certain to find a job.
C. I wonder why you haven’t found a job, because you have such good qualifications
D. If you want to find a job, you should become better qualified.
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: No one knows what colour dinosaurs were. No sample of their skin has survived.
A. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were because no sample of their skin has survived.
B. Because no one knows what colour dinosaurs were, no sample of their skin has survived.
C. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were which is because no sample of their skin has survived.
D. No sample of dinosaurs' skin has survived because no one knows what colour they were.
Question 50: We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.
A. Having been friends for years, we find quite easy to share secrets between us.
B. We have been friends for years so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.
C. Being friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets.
D. We find it quite easy to share secrets, being friends for years.
The End


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NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 782
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. generalize
B. comfortable
C. maternity
D. beautifully
Question 2:A. examine
B. exchange
C. exhaustion

D. exercise
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 3: ~ A: “You seem to have never been bed ridden.” ~ B: “......................”
A. Never. Only on winter days.
B. Yes. My eldest sister works as a nurse at the local hospital.
C. Luckily, we got in before the downpour.
D. I keep fit by going jogging every day.
Question 4: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “I am. I need to lose some weight.”
A. I don’t like girls with fat thighs.
B. This dress seems too tight on you, Betty.
C. Are you having diabetes?
D. Have you ever been on a diet?
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: There are many........on television where a team of people have to arnsver questions.
A. quizzes
B. puzzles
C. riddles
D. inquiries
Question 6: I walked away as calmly as I could......they thought I was the thief.
A. or else
B. owing to
C. in case
D. to avoid
Question 7: His.......had always been to become an architect.
A. ambition
B. want
C. imagination
D. direction
Question 8: The tenants were.......not to disturb other tenants after 1 p.m.

A. appealed
B. demanded
C. informed
D. requested
Question 9: Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily.......you up for the night.
A. keep
B. put
C. set
D. take
Question 10: He is known.......a man who keeps his word.
A. for
B. at
C. in
D. as
Question 11: Sometimes advertising signs.......down during a storm and people are injued by them.
A. were blown
B. blow
C. blew
D. are blown
Question 12: I am late because my alarm clock never.......this morning.
A. came on
B. rang out
C. turned on
D. went off
Question 13: He.......me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
A. suggested
B. insisted
C. convinced
D. advised
Question 14: When he left school, Tom decided to.......a priest instead of studying languages.

A. study for
B. train for
C. change to
D. become
Question 15: ~ "You look so exhausted." ~ "I.......round the town all day."
A. had run
B. had been running
C. ran
D. have been running
Question 16: Be quite! It’s rude to.......people when they are speaking.
A. interfere
B. introduce
C. prevent
D. interrupt
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 17 to 22.
THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL JOB APPLICATIONS ... EVER!
Job hunting is one of the most stressful times in your life. You can spend hours perfecting a CV or filling in online
application forms. For many people, the result is the same: a polite 'no thank you'. You know you have the personal qualities
to do the job, but you can only show them when you meet your employer face to face. So how can you get that elusive
interview? Here are some of the most surprising ways, and they're all real.
One of the very best was the job applicant who arrived at a company with a takeaway pizza, with his CV printed on the box.
The interview took place while they ate and the applicant got the job before they had finished. In this case, it's important to
pick the right toppings. Crime was the inspiration for Kelly Weihs of Baltimore, USA. Looking for a job as a designer, she
decided to show off her design work with her own CV. She used a series of old fonts and interesting colours to make her CV
look like a nineteenth-century Wanted poster from the Wild West. Her imaginative approach worked and she got the job.
However, it can be risky to make a CV like this. Kelly's poster idea was perfect because she was looking for a job in design.
Other people make less intelligent CV decisions. For example, some job candidates record a video of themselves singing for
their new potential employers, even if they are only applying for a position as a PA. This is never going to work. It's too
obvious that the candidate wants to be in the more exciting world of the music business, not answering the phones all day in

an accountant's offices.
America seems to be the home of the creative CV, no doubt because it has one of the world's largest populations and
thousands of people are competing for every job. Think about the poor managers who have to read through hundreds and
hundreds of applications in a day. It's one of the most boring jobs in the world. Anyone might start thinking about more
interesting things, like a break for coffee. So imagine what happens when you get a free chocolate bar, completely out of the
blue, with a CV wrapped around it. That's was Nick Begley's big idea. Nick printed his CV on a chocolate wrapper with his


skills in the ingredients section. He then placed it around a Nestle Crunch bar and he sent it in. It paid off immediately
because Begley got two job offers and ended up working in ... you guessed it, marketing.
So if you want to stand out from the crowd, try one of these ideas for yourself. Just remember that if you apply for a job at
my company, I hate anchovies and black olives.
Question 17: The video idea may not be successful because......
A. it was the riskiest idea.
B. it showed the person wanted a different job.
C. nobody watched it.
D. people were shocked by the loud music and the dancing.
Question 18: When did the applicant with the pizza apply for the job?
A. When they had eaten the whole pizza.
B. When he received the order for the pizza.
C. When he brought the pizza to the company.
D. When he saw the job advertisement online.
Question 19: Kelly Weihs got her inspiration from......
A. paintings.
B. history.
C. books.
D. adverts.
Question 20: What does the writer mean by out of the blue in line 20?
A. Without warning.
B. When you are feeling tired.

C. In the beginning.
D. At the wrong time.
Question 21: This blog has been written to......
A. shock people.
B. entertain people.
C. train people.
D. criticise people.
Question 22: From the text, we understand that the author's favourite CV idea was......
A. the Wanted poster.
B. the pizza box.
C. the video with singing.
D. the chocolate bar.
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 23: Relations between those two nation leaders are said to be cordial.
A. amiable
B. frigid
C. detached
D. friendly
Question 24: He's dead on his feet after the long run.
A. got deep feet
B. head over heels
C. as fresh as a daisy
D. out of his ears
VI. 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 25: We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test
tomorrow.
A. better to review
B. carefully

C. have some
D. on our test
Question 26: No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because that there are always traffic jams at rush hour.
A. wants
B. because that
C. are
D. at rush hour
Question 27: Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual labourers.
A. labourers
B. in the
C. Many
D. is composed
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 28 to 34.
WHY MARRIAGE LEADS TO A LONG LIFE
An analysis of the benefits of relationships has confirmed a truth that many have long held to be self-evident: marriage is
good for you. Not only does it ...(28)... physical health in men and mental well-being in women, but the longer it lasts, the
greater the benefits all round, ...(29)... in a longer and more satisfying life. A study ...(30)... millions of people over many
years across seven European countries,has ...(31)... that married couples had mortality rates I0 -15 per cent below the
population as a factor. This figure rises w ith the longevity of a marriage.
The selection hypothesis argues that well-adjusted individuals are more likely to ...(32)... long-term relationships,
suggesting that the determining ...(33)... might not be marriage itself, but more the kind of people who are likely to wed and
stay wed.The authors ofthe study argue that commitment is also ...(34)... to higher living standards, with the associated
network of supportive families,shared friends and healthy lifestyles bringing a range of benefits.
[From: “READY FOR ADVANCED, Coursebook”, Roy Norris. Macmillan, 2018]

Question 28:A. enchant
B. enhance
C. enjoy
D. endure

Question 29:A. leading
B. finalizing
C. resulting
D. improving
Question 30:A. consisting B. implying
C. composing
D. involving
Question 31:A. exposed
B. considered
C. manifested
D. revealed
Question 32:A. found
B. launch
C. base
D. establish
Question 33:A. factor
B. moment
C. event
D. part
Question 34:A. blended
B. combined
C. linked
D. joined
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 35 to 41.
REAL-LIFE ROMEOS
When we use the word Romeo for a romantic young man, we hardly think of the character from William Shakespeare's play
Romeo and Juliet. But a sure sign of an author having created a successful character is that the character's name enters the
language and becomes a word. Despite only writing in Spanish, Shakespeare's contemporary Cervantes achieved the feat of
creating a new word in a different language - English, the adjective quixotic. This word comes from the title character of

Cervantes' Don Quixote. It describes a person who has great imagination and makes incredible plans, but whose plans are
unfortunately impossible to achieve.
One author who was particularly successful in seeing his characters enter the language was the novelist Charles Dickens. In
modern English a Scrooge is used to describe someone who is mean and tries to avoid spending money at all. The word
comes from the protagonist of Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, who treats the employees who work
in his office poorly and makes them work in terrible conditions. As well as Scrooge, Dickens also had success with Fagin, the
villain of Oliver Twist. In the novel Fagin controlled a group of child criminals. His name is often used in the press to
describe real-life adult leaders of youthful gangs.
The Victorian era (1837-1901) in which Dickens wrote was a major period for the English novel. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson achieved enormous success with his masterpiece Treasure
Island. Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech. A Jekyll and Hyde character is a person whose
personality can quickly change from being kind to being angry, impolite or aggressive. The name comes from the scientist
protagonist of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde whose strange experiments turn him from man to murderous monster, and back again.
Stevenson was not alone in seeing success from the field of Gothic Horror. At the age of twenty one, Mary Shelley wrote
Frankenstein, and the name of her mad scientist is now used as an adjective to describe any kind of science that seems to be
out of control. Frankenstein foods, for example, is a term that people can understand to describe genetically modified
ingredients.
It does seem strange that villains enter the language more often than heroes. Sometimes in fact these characters need hardly
appear in the original work at all. The television series Big Brother is named after the all-powerful dictator who rules the
London of the future in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother himself is never encountered during the
story: we only ever see his face on posters along with the ominous message 'Big Brother is Watching You'. This is why the
presence of more and more cameras watching the streets, and greater government controls over the everyday lives of people,
has led to the suggestion that we live in a 'Big Brother society'. Interestingly, Orwell achieved the double feat of creating a
character that has entered the language as well as entering the language himself. The word Orwellian is used to describe a
society which tries to control every aspect of people's lives, as happened in the pages of Nineteen Eighty Four. Like the novel,
it's a word that seems to be getting more and more popular all the time.
[From SPOTLIGHT ON FIRST, Exam Booster, Cengage Learning, 2015]

Question 35: What kind of people use the word 'Fagin'?
A. journalists
B. criminals
C. children
D. politicians
Question 36: What is the effect of the posters of Big Brother?
A. They advertise a television programme.
B. They give people orders.
C. They are used in election campaigns.
D. They make people feel nervous
Question 37: How does the writer feel about genetically modified foods?
A. He thinks they are an amazing scientific achievement. B. He is undecided.
C. He opposes them.
D. He thinks they taste horrible.
Question 38: What does the writer mean by 'Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech'?
A. The author changed the characters' names to make them more popular.
B. The characters were named after words people used in their daily lives.
C. The characters spoke very naturally.
D. The names of the characters are used by people as part of a common expression.
Question 39: The word 'quixotic'.....
A. can mean one of two things.
B. is very old-fashioned.
C. is a comptiment.
D. is a criticism.
Question 40: What was Ebenezer Scrooge?
A. a hero
B. a very poor man
C. a businessman
D. a criminal
Question 41: The word “ominous” is opposite in meaning to...…

A. auspicious
B. ill-fated
C. well-timed
D. benevolent
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 42: We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
A. not fresh
B. dry
C. narrow
D. unproductive
Question 43: I bet that computer knocked you back several hundred.
A. helped you to save
B. wasted up to
C. cost you
D. won back for you
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 44:A. fox
B. anxiety
C. maximum
D. taxi
Question 45:A. mixture
B. measure
C. future
D. failure
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: Parents can't expect to raise their children without making any sacrifices for them.
A. Bringing up children is not always a painless experience for parents.

B. Children expect their parents to make an awful lot of sacrifices for them.
C. Raising a child is probably the most self-sacrificing thing a person can do.


D. Parents have to be prepared to give up some things for their children while bringing them up.
Question 47: With your qualifications, it would be surprising if you didn't find a job.
A. If you want to find a job, you should become better qualified.
B. The better your qualifications, the more likely you are to find a job.
C. You are so well-qualified that you are almost certain to find a job.
D. I wonder why you haven’t found a job, because you have such good qualifications
Question 48: They were being very secretive about what had happened at yesterday's meeting.
A. They wouldn't give out anything about the things that occurred at the meeting the previous day.
B. They told everyone that whatever had happened at the previous meeting was going to be kept secret.
C. The contents of the meeting held the previous day were confidential, so they refused to talk about them.
D. Whatever happened at yesterday's meeting, it's obvious that they won’t let it be known by others.
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: No one knows what colour dinosaurs were. No sample of their skin has survived.
A. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were which is because no sample of their skin has survived.
B. Because no one knows what colour dinosaurs were, no sample of their skin has survived.
C. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were because no sample of their skin has survived.
D. No sample of dinosaurs' skin has survived because no one knows what colour they were.
Question 50: We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.
A. We have been friends for years so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.
B. Having been friends for years, we find quite easy to share secrets between us.
C. We find it quite easy to share secrets, being friends for years.
D. Being friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets.
The End

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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 922
Thời gian: 60 phút - không tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. examine
B. exhaustion
C. exchange
D. exercise
Question 2:A. maternity
B. beautifully
C. generalize
D. comfortable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 3: ~ A: “You seem to have never been bed ridden.” ~ B: “......................”
A. Never. Only on winter days.
B. Yes. My eldest sister works as a nurse at the local hospital.
C. I keep fit by going jogging every day.
D. Luckily, we got in before the downpour.
Question 4: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “I am. I need to lose some weight.”
A. Are you having diabetes?
B. I don’t like girls with fat thighs.
C. This dress seems too tight on you, Betty.
D. Have you ever been on a diet?

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 5: No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because that there are always traffic jams at rush hour.
A. at rush hour
B. are
C. wants
D. because that
Question 6: We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions on it on our test tomorrow.
A. on our test
B. have some
C. carefully
D. better to review
Question 7: Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual labourers.
A. in the
B. Many
C. is composed
D. labourers
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 8: We drove through a barren, rocky landscape.
A. not fresh
B. dry
C. narrow
D. unproductive
Question 9: I bet that computer knocked you back several hundred.
A. cost you
B. helped you to save
C. won back for you
D. wasted up to
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 10: He's dead on his feet after the long run.
A. out of his ears
B. as fresh as a daisy
C. head over heels
D. got deep feet
Question 11: Relations between those two nation leaders are said to be cordial.
A. amiable
B. detached
C. frigid
D. friendly
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 12 to 17.
THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL JOB APPLICATIONS ... EVER!
Job hunting is one of the most stressful times in your life. You can spend hours perfecting a CV or filling in online
application forms. For many people, the result is the same: a polite 'no thank you'. You know you have the personal qualities
to do the job, but you can only show them when you meet your employer face to face. So how can you get that elusive
interview? Here are some of the most surprising ways, and they're all real.
One of the very best was the job applicant who arrived at a company with a takeaway pizza, with his CV printed on the box.
The interview took place while they ate and the applicant got the job before they had finished. In this case, it's important to
pick the right toppings. Crime was the inspiration for Kelly Weihs of Baltimore, USA. Looking for a job as a designer, she
decided to show off her design work with her own CV. She used a series of old fonts and interesting colours to make her CV
look like a nineteenth-century Wanted poster from the Wild West. Her imaginative approach worked and she got the job.
However, it can be risky to make a CV like this. Kelly's poster idea was perfect because she was looking for a job in design.
Other people make less intelligent CV decisions. For example, some job candidates record a video of themselves singing for
their new potential employers, even if they are only applying for a position as a PA. This is never going to work. It's too
obvious that the candidate wants to be in the more exciting world of the music business, not answering the phones all day in
an accountant's offices.
America seems to be the home of the creative CV, no doubt because it has one of the world's largest populations and
thousands of people are competing for every job. Think about the poor managers who have to read through hundreds and

hundreds of applications in a day. It's one of the most boring jobs in the world. Anyone might start thinking about more
interesting things, like a break for coffee. So imagine what happens when you get a free chocolate bar, completely out of the
blue, with a CV wrapped around it. That's was Nick Begley's big idea. Nick printed his CV on a chocolate wrapper with his
skills in the ingredients section. He then placed it around a Nestle Crunch bar and he sent it in. It paid off immediately
because Begley got two job offers and ended up working in ... you guessed it, marketing.
So if you want to stand out from the crowd, try one of these ideas for yourself. Just remember that if you apply for a job at
my company, I hate anchovies and black olives.
Question 12: This blog has been written to......


A. criticise people.
B. shock people.
C. entertain people.
D. train people.
Question 13: Kelly Weihs got her inspiration from......
A. paintings.
B. history.
C. adverts.
D. books.
Question 14: From the text, we understand that the author's favourite CV idea was......
A. the video with singing.
B. the chocolate bar.
C. the Wanted poster.
D. the pizza box.
Question 15: The video idea may not be successful because......
A. it was the riskiest idea.
B. people were shocked by the loud music and the dancing.
C. it showed the person wanted a different job.
D. nobody watched it.
Question 16: What does the writer mean by out of the blue in line 20?

A. When you are feeling tired.
B. In the beginning.
C. Without warning.
D. At the wrong time.
Question 17: When did the applicant with the pizza apply for the job?
A. When he received the order for the pizza.
B. When they had eaten the whole pizza.
C. When he saw the job advertisement online.
D. When he brought the pizza to the company.
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 18: They were being very secretive about what had happened at yesterday's meeting.
A. They wouldn't give out anything about the things that occurred at the meeting the previous day.
B. They told everyone that whatever had happened at the previous meeting was going to be kept secret.
C. The contents of the meeting held the previous day were confidential, so they refused to talk about them.
D. Whatever happened at yesterday's meeting, it's obvious that they won’t let it be known by others.
Question 19: With your qualifications, it would be surprising if you didn't find a job.
A. If you want to find a job, you should become better qualified.
B. You are so well-qualified that you are almost certain to find a job.
C. I wonder why you haven’t found a job, because you have such good qualifications
D. The better your qualifications, the more likely you are to find a job.
Question 20: Parents can't expect to raise their children without making any sacrifices for them.
A. Raising a child is probably the most self-sacrificing thing a person can do.
B. Bringing up children is not always a painless experience for parents.
C. Children expect their parents to make an awful lot of sacrifices for them.
D. Parents have to be prepared to give up some things for their children while bringing them up.
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 21 to 27.
REAL-LIFE ROMEOS
When we use the word Romeo for a romantic young man, we hardly think of the character from William Shakespeare's play

Romeo and Juliet. But a sure sign of an author having created a successful character is that the character's name enters the
language and becomes a word. Despite only writing in Spanish, Shakespeare's contemporary Cervantes achieved the feat of
creating a new word in a different language - English, the adjective quixotic. This word comes from the title character of
Cervantes' Don Quixote. It describes a person who has great imagination and makes incredible plans, but whose plans are
unfortunately impossible to achieve.
One author who was particularly successful in seeing his characters enter the language was the novelist Charles Dickens. In
modern English a Scrooge is used to describe someone who is mean and tries to avoid spending money at all. The word
comes from the protagonist of Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, who treats the employees who work
in his office poorly and makes them work in terrible conditions. As well as Scrooge, Dickens also had success with Fagin, the
villain of Oliver Twist. In the novel Fagin controlled a group of child criminals. His name is often used in the press to
describe real-life adult leaders of youthful gangs.
The Victorian era (1837-1901) in which Dickens wrote was a major period for the English novel. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson achieved enormous success with his masterpiece Treasure
Island. Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech. A Jekyll and Hyde character is a person whose
personality can quickly change from being kind to being angry, impolite or aggressive. The name comes from the scientist
protagonist of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde whose strange experiments turn him from man to murderous monster, and back again.
Stevenson was not alone in seeing success from the field of Gothic Horror. At the age of twenty one, Mary Shelley wrote
Frankenstein, and the name of her mad scientist is now used as an adjective to describe any kind of science that seems to be
out of control. Frankenstein foods, for example, is a term that people can understand to describe genetically modified
ingredients.
It does seem strange that villains enter the language more often than heroes. Sometimes in fact these characters need hardly
appear in the original work at all. The television series Big Brother is named after the all-powerful dictator who rules the
London of the future in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother himself is never encountered during the
story: we only ever see his face on posters along with the ominous message 'Big Brother is Watching You'. This is why the
presence of more and more cameras watching the streets, and greater government controls over the everyday lives of people,
has led to the suggestion that we live in a 'Big Brother society'. Interestingly, Orwell achieved the double feat of creating a
character that has entered the language as well as entering the language himself. The word Orwellian is used to describe a


society which tries to control every aspect of people's lives, as happened in the pages of Nineteen Eighty Four. Like the novel,

it's a word that seems to be getting more and more popular all the time.
[From SPOTLIGHT ON FIRST, Exam Booster, Cengage Learning, 2015]

Question 21: The word “ominous” is opposite in meaning to...…
A. benevolent
B. ill-fated
C. auspicious
D. well-timed
Question 22: What was Ebenezer Scrooge?
A. a businessman
B. a very poor man
C. a hero
D. a criminal
Question 23: How does the writer feel about genetically modified foods?
A. He thinks they are an amazing scientific achievement. B. He thinks they taste horrible.
C. He opposes them.
D. He is undecided.
Question 24: What does the writer mean by 'Stevenson also brought two of his characters into everyday speech'?
A. The characters were named after words people used in their daily lives.
B. The author changed the characters' names to make them more popular.
C. The characters spoke very naturally.
D. The names of the characters are used by people as part of a common expression.
Question 25: What kind of people use the word 'Fagin'?
A. politicians
B. criminals
C. children
D. journalists
Question 26: What is the effect of the posters of Big Brother?
A. They advertise a television programme.
B. They make people feel nervous

C. They give people orders.
D. They are used in election campaigns.
Question 27: The word 'quixotic'.....
A. is a criticism.
B. is a comptiment.
C. can mean one of two things.
D. is very old-fashioned.
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 28: We have been friends for years. It is quite easy to share secrets between us.
A. Being friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets.
B. We find it quite easy to share secrets, being friends for years.
C. We have been friends for years so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.
D. Having been friends for years, we find quite easy to share secrets between us.
Question 29: No one knows what colour dinosaurs were. No sample of their skin has survived.
A. No sample of dinosaurs' skin has survived because no one knows what colour they were.
B. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were because no sample of their skin has survived.
C. Because no one knows what colour dinosaurs were, no sample of their skin has survived.
D. No one knows what colour dinosaurs were which is because no sample of their skin has survived.
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 30:A. failure
B. measure
C. mixture
D. future
Question 31:A. maximum B. anxiety
C. taxi
D. fox
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 32 to 38.

WHY MARRIAGE LEADS TO A LONG LIFE
An analysis of the benefits of relationships has confirmed a truth that many have long held to be self-evident: marriage is
good for you. Not only does it ...(32)... physical health in men and mental well-being in women, but the longer it lasts, the
greater the benefits all round, ...(33)... in a longer and more satisfying life. A study ...(34)... millions of people over many
years across seven European countries,has ...(35)... that married couples had mortality rates I0 -15 per cent below the
population as a factor. This figure rises w ith the longevity of a marriage.
The selection hypothesis argues that well-adjusted individuals are more likely to ...(36)... long-term relationships,
suggesting that the determining ...(37)... might not be marriage itself, but more the kind of people who are likely to wed and
stay wed.The authors ofthe study argue that commitment is also ...(38)... to higher living standards, with the associated
network of supportive families,shared friends and healthy lifestyles bringing a range of benefits.
[From: “READY FOR ADVANCED, Coursebook”, Roy Norris. Macmillan, 2018]

Question 32:A. enchant
B. enjoy
C. enhance
D. endure
Question 33:A. finalizing B. improving
C. resulting
D. leading
Question 34:A. consisting B. involving
C. composing
D. implying
Question 35:A. revealed B. considered
C. exposed
D. manifested
Question 36:A. found
B. establish
C. launch
D. base
Question 37:A. event

B. moment
C. part
D. factor
Question 38:A. linked
B. combined
C. blended
D. joined
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 39: I am late because my alarm clock never.......this morning.
A. went off
B. turned on
C. came on
D. rang out
Question 40: There are many........on television where a team of people have to arnsver questions.


A. riddles
B. quizzes
C. inquiries
D. puzzles
Question 41: Sometimes advertising signs.......down during a storm and people are injued by them.
A. were blown
B. blow
C. are blown
D. blew
Question 42: Be quite! It’s rude to.......people when they are speaking.
A. interfere
B. interrupt
C. prevent
D. introduce

Question 43: His.......had always been to become an architect.
A. imagination
B. want
C. ambition
D. direction
Question 44: I walked away as calmly as I could......they thought I was the thief.
A. owing to
B. to avoid
C. in case
D. or else
Question 45: He is known.......a man who keeps his word.
A. for
B. in
C. at
D. as
Question 46: When he left school, Tom decided to.......a priest instead of studying languages.
A. study for
B. become
C. train for
D. change to
Question 47: The tenants were.......not to disturb other tenants after 1 p.m.
A. requested
B. informed
C. demanded
D. appealed
Question 48: Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home, as we can easily.......you up for the night.
A. put
B. keep
C. take
D. set

Question 49: ~ "You look so exhausted." ~ "I.......round the town all day."
A. ran
B. had run
C. had been running
D. have been running
Question 50: He.......me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
A. insisted
B. suggested
C. convinced
D. advised
The End
BONUS
HOME, SWEET HOME
A Poem by John Howard Payne
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!
An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain;
Oh, give me my lowly thatched cottage again!
The birds singing gayly, that come at my call -Give me them -- and the peace of mind, dearer than all!
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!
I gaze on the moon as I tread the drear wild,
And feel that my mother now thinks of her child,
As she looks on that moon from our own cottage door
Thro' the woodbine, whose fragrance shall cheer me no more.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!

There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!
How sweet 'tis to sit 'neath a fond father's smile,
And the caress of a mother to soothe and beguile!
Let others delight mid new pleasures to roam,
But give me, oh, give me, the pleasures of home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!
To thee I'll return, overburdened with care;
The heart's dearest solace will smile on me there;
No more from that cottage again will I roam;
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet, home!
There's no place like home, oh, there's no place like home!