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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 735
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. petroleum B. electronic
C. equivalent
D. proficiency
Question 2:A. terrorist
B. substantial
C. demolish
D. dramatic
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 3:A. dynasty
B. dyslexia
C. dynamic
D. antonym
Question 4:A. commercial B. financial
C. association
D. social
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 5: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.
A. curious
B. jealous

C. anxious
D. envious
Question 6: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background.
A. provident
B. heedful
C. thoughtful
D. tactful
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: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back of
the hall.
A. to be heard
B. to be hearing
C. hearing
D. being heard
Question 8: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. regulated
B. legitimate
C. requisite
D. enrolled
Question 9: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. feeble
B. faint
C. fragile
D. frail
Question 10: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. As long as
B. No sooner
C. Whenever
D. By the time
Question 11: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.

A. Due to
B. Since
C. Because
D. For
Question 12: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.
A. unsolicited
B. voluntary
C. willing
D. free
Question 13: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. fast
B. furious
C. speedy
D. hectic
Question 14: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. excuses
B. pardon
C. apologies
D. forgiveness
Question 15: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at
home.
A. affording
B. to be afforded
C. having afforded
D. to afford
Question 16: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. native
B. original
C. birth
D. home

Question 17: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. bunch
B. bundle
C. batch
D. collection
Question 18:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. prolong
B. stretch
C. extend
D. search out
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 19: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.
A. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
B. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.
C. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
D. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
Question 20: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
B. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
C. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
D. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.


Question 21: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
B. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.
C. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
D. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.
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 22 to 28.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing
KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA
who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a
bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the
seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of
the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless
conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards
The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a
scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around
20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down
no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return
of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a
bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the
Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a
successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The
Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration
rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]

Question 22: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. extolment
B. excitement and happiness C. ill feeling
D. frustration

Question 23: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the opportunity
B. the plane
C. the exhilaration
D. the trip
Question 24: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. impatient
B. nervous
C. sick
D. keen
Question 25: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. It had no seats.
B. It had no windows.
C. The outside was misleading.
D. The inside was painted white.
Question 26: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
B. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
C. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
D. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
Question 27: Why was this text written?
A. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
B. To encourage young people to take up science.
C. To show scientists what young people can do.
D. To report on a new scientific technique.
Question 28: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
B. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
C. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
D. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.

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 29: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.


A. were collected
B. hanged
C. when
D. The
Question 30: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.
A. and
B. Petroleum
C. mix
D. composed of
Question 31: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve
space by designing skyscrapers.
A. conserve
B. much expensive
C. by designing
D. mid-nineteenth
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.
THE SIMSONS, AMERICAN'S FIRST FAMILY
The Simpsons began life in 1987 as a 30-second cartoon which was broadcast as part of another TV show. But the audience
loved it, and it soon became a world-famous TV series, making superstars of Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson
in over 70 countries. The Simpsons - even though they have very little money, intelligence or even ability - were at one time
called 'the USA's First Family'.
It is remarkable that one of the greatest comedies of all time should feature a bright yellow cast with outrageous hairstyles
and only six fingers each, but The Simpsons is one of TV's finest achievements. If you are one of those people who thought
that The Simpsons was just a cartoon for children, then you are making a big mistake - as any adult Simpsons fan will tell

you. The Simpsons remains one of the funniest, cleverest and most subversive programmes on television. It is astonishingly
inventive, brilliantly written and at times deeply sincere. The fact that it managed to achieve all of this on the normally
conservative Fox Network is another example of its genius.
An average Simpsons episode has more jokes than most sitcoms manage in a whole series. And the jokes appeal to people
from a broad range of ages and cultures, meaning that everyone can find something to laugh about. There is so much going
on that it's often hard to get everything on first viewing. But although the show's creators managed to make the show so
funny, they always focus on characterisation too.
[Adapted from “VENTURE INTO FIRST FOR SCHOOLS, Workbook, Oxford, 2017]

Question 32: The writer mentions that characters in The Simpsons......
A. are now a bit old-fashioned.
B. are very clever.
C. are the reason for the cartoon's success.
D. appeal to both adults and younger viewers.
Question 33: In general, the writer’s attitude is........
A. disinterested.
B. enthusiastic.
C. critical.
D. neutral
Question 34: In the final paragraph, the writer says that the characters......
A. come from different countries.
B. never make fun of religion.
C. are typically American.D. are easy to relate to and understand.
Question 35: According to the text, Homer Simpson......
A. is very similar to his wife.
B. is appealing in spite of his faults.
C. is similar in many ways to Matt Groening.
D. is not as selfish as he appears.
Question 36: The text suggests that the Fox TV Network......
A. did not expect The Simpsons to be successful.

B. tends to put on more traditional programmes.
C. regularly shows a lot of cartoons.
D. was enthusiastic about The Simpsons at the start.
Question 37: A former US President's remarks about the show were......
A. supportive.
B. amusing.
C. inaccurate.
D. damaging.
Question 38: The creators of The Simpsons......
A. make sure the jokes are easy to understand.
B. care about the characters as much as the comedy.
C. occasionally repeat the same jokes.
D. make fun of other situation comedies.
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: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
B. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me.
C. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
D. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.
Question 40: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
B. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
C. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
D. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
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 41 to 46.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK

Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow.
Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen
levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
Plants also play an important ...(41)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(42).... Every plant
requires certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the
world where such conditions are present. Many ...(43)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher
foreign species have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could
be extinct by 2080.
It was in ...(44)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project
aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction.
Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to
produce new samples. The ...(45)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now
extinct in the wild.
As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from
25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(46)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough.
Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the
project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot singlehandedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively
protecting the environment!
Question 41:A. duty
B. post
C. role
D. task
Question 42:A. threat
B. risk
C. danger
D. warning
Question 43:A. unique
B. lone
C. solitary
D. single

Question 44:A. defence B. response
C. explanation
D. answer
Question 45:A. total
B. full
C. whole
D. complete
Question 46:A. admit
B. declare
C. allow
D. reveal
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 47: ~ A: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “...............”
A. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
B. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
C. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.
D. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
Question 48: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.
B. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs.
C. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels.
D. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
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 49: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
A. been in the dark
B. basked in sunshine
C. had the blues
D. been in a mood

Question 50: The two rooms were virtually identical.
A. different
B. hybrid
C. same
D. various
The End


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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 212
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(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 1: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background.
A. tactful
B. provident
C. thoughtful
D. heedful
Question 2: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.
A. anxious
B. curious
C. jealous
D. envious
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 3:A. association B. commercial
C. social
D. financial
Question 4:A. dyslexia
B. dynamic
C. dynasty
D. antonym
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 5: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me.
B. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
C. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.
D. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
Question 6: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
B. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
C. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
D. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
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:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. prolong
B. extend
C. stretch
D. search out
Question 8: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. furious
B. hectic
C. speedy
D. fast

Question 9: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. excuses
B. apologies
C. pardon
D. forgiveness
Question 10: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.
A. Because
B. For
C. Since
D. Due to
Question 11: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. faint
B. feeble
C. fragile
D. frail
Question 12: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back
of the hall.
A. being heard
B. to be heard
C. to be hearing
D. hearing
Question 13: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at
home.
A. to afford
B. affording
C. to be afforded
D. having afforded
Question 14: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. batch
B. bunch

C. bundle
D. collection
Question 15: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. By the time
B. As long as
C. No sooner
D. Whenever
Question 16: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.
A. willing
B. voluntary
C. free
D. unsolicited
Question 17: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. original
B. birth
C. home
D. native
Question 18: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. requisite
B. regulated
C. enrolled
D. legitimate
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 19: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.


B. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
C. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.

D. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
Question 20: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.
A. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
B. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
C. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
D. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.
Question 21: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.
B. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
C. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
D. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
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 22: ~ A: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “.................”
A. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
B. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
C. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
D. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.
Question 23: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs. B. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
C. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.
D. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels.
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 29.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK
Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow.
Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen
levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
Plants also play an important ...(24)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(25).... Every plant
requires certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the

world where such conditions are present. Many ...(26)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher
foreign species have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could
be extinct by 2080.
It was in ...(27)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project
aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction.
Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to
produce new samples. The ...(28)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now
extinct in the wild.
As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from
25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(29)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough.
Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the
project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot singlehandedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively
protecting the environment!
Question 24:A. duty
B. post
C. task
D. role
Question 25:A. threat
B. risk
C. warning
D. danger
Question 26:A. solitary
B. unique
C. lone
D. single
Question 27:A. explanation B. answer
C. response
D. defence
Question 28:A. total
B. complete

C. full
D. whole
Question 29:A. declare
B. admit
C. reveal
D. allow
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 30: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.
A. The
B. when
C. were collected
D. hanged
Question 31: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.
A. and
B. Petroleum
C. composed of
D. mix


Question 32: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve
space by designing skyscrapers.
A. mid-nineteenth
B. conserve
C. by designing
D. much expensive
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 39.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing

KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA
who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a
bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the
seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of
the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless
conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards
The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a
scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around
20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down
no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return
of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a
bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the
Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a
successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The
Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration
rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]

Question 33: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. keen
B. sick
C. impatient
D. nervous
Question 34: Why was this text written?
A. To encourage young people to take up science.

B. To report on a new scientific technique.
C. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
D. To show scientists what young people can do.
Question 35: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
B. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
C. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
D. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
Question 36: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. The outside was misleading.
B. It had no windows.
C. The inside was painted white.
D. It had no seats.
Question 37: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the trip
B. the plane
C. the exhilaration
D. the opportunity
Question 38: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
B. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
C. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.
D. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
Question 39: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. ill feeling
B. excitement and happiness C. frustration
D. extolment
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 40: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.

A. been in the dark
B. been in a mood
C. had the blues
D. basked in sunshine
Question 41: The two rooms were virtually identical.


A. hybrid
B. various
C. different
D. same
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 42 to 48.
THE SIMSONS, AMERICAN'S FIRST FAMILY
The Simpsons began life in 1987 as a 30-second cartoon which was broadcast as part of another TV show. But the audience
loved it, and it soon became a world-famous TV series, making superstars of Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson
in over 70 countries. The Simpsons - even though they have very little money, intelligence or even ability - were at one time
called 'the USA's First Family'.
It is remarkable that one of the greatest comedies of all time should feature a bright yellow cast with outrageous hairstyles
and only six fingers each, but The Simpsons is one of TV's finest achievements. If you are one of those people who thought
that The Simpsons was just a cartoon for children, then you are making a big mistake - as any adult Simpsons fan will tell
you. The Simpsons remains one of the funniest, cleverest and most subversive programmes on television. It is astonishingly
inventive, brilliantly written and at times deeply sincere. The fact that it managed to achieve all of this on the normally
conservative Fox Network is another example of its genius.
An average Simpsons episode has more jokes than most sitcoms manage in a whole series. And the jokes appeal to people
from a broad range of ages and cultures, meaning that everyone can find something to laugh about. There is so much going
on that it's often hard to get everything on first viewing. But although the show's creators managed to make the show so
funny, they always focus on characterisation too.
[Adapted from “VENTURE INTO FIRST FOR SCHOOLS, Workbook, Oxford, 2017]

Question 42: A former US President's remarks about the show were......
A. amusing.
B. damaging.
C. supportive.
D. inaccurate.
Question 43: The creators of The Simpsons......
A. occasionally repeat the same jokes.
B. make sure the jokes are easy to understand.
C. make fun of other situation comedies.
D. care about the characters as much as the comedy.
Question 44: According to the text, Homer Simpson......
A. is appealing in spite of his faults.
B. is similar in many ways to Matt Groening.
C. is not as selfish as he appears.
D. is very similar to his wife.
Question 45: The text suggests that the Fox TV Network......
A. was enthusiastic about The Simpsons at the start.
B. regularly shows a lot of cartoons.
C. tends to put on more traditional programmes.
D. did not expect The Simpsons to be successful.
Question 46: In the final paragraph, the writer says that the characters......
A. are easy to relate to and understand.
B. come from different countries.
C. never make fun of religion.
D. are typically American.
Question 47: The writer mentions that characters in The Simpsons......
A. are very clever.
B. are the reason for the cartoon's success.
C. are now a bit old-fashioned.
D. appeal to both adults and younger viewers.

Question 48: In general, the writer’s attitude is........
A. critical.
B. neutral
C. disinterested.
D. enthusiastic.
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 49:A. equivalent B. petroleum
C. electronic
D. proficiency
Question 50:A. substantial B. dramatic
C. demolish
D. terrorist
The End


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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 823
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. petroleum B. electronic
C. proficiency
D. equivalent
Question 2:A. dramatic

B. substantial
C. demolish
D. terrorist
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 03 to 09.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing
KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA
who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a
bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the
seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of
the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless
conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards
The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a
scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around
20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down
no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return
of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a
bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the
Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a
successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The
Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration
rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]

Question 3: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. extolment
B. ill feeling
C. frustration
D. excitement and happiness
Question 4: Why was this text written?
A. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
B. To report on a new scientific technique.
C. To show scientists what young people can do.
D. To encourage young people to take up science.
Question 5: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. It had no seats.
B. The outside was misleading.
C. The inside was painted white.
D. It had no windows.
Question 6: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
B. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.
C. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
D. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
Question 7: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the plane
B. the exhilaration
C. the opportunity
D. the trip
Question 8: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
B. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
C. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
D. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.

Question 9: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. impatient
B. sick
C. keen
D. nervous


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 10: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. home
B. original
C. birth
D. native
Question 11: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. bunch
B. bundle
C. batch
D. collection
Question 12: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.
A. For
B. Because
C. Since
D. Due to
Question 13: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at
home.
A. having afforded
B. to afford
C. to be afforded
D. affording
Question 14:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.

A. prolong
B. stretch
C. search out
D. extend
Question 15: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. enrolled
B. regulated
C. legitimate
D. requisite
Question 16: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.
A. willing
B. voluntary
C. unsolicited
D. free
Question 17: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back
of the hall.
A. hearing
B. to be hearing
C. to be heard
D. being heard
Question 18: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. hectic
B. fast
C. furious
D. speedy
Question 19: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. faint
B. frail
C. fragile
D. feeble

Question 20: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. No sooner
B. Whenever
C. By the time
D. As long as
Question 21: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. forgiveness
B. apologies
C. pardon
D. excuses
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 22: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.
A. curious
B. envious
C. jealous
D. anxious
Question 23: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background.
A. thoughtful
B. heedful
C. provident
D. tactful
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 24: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
A. been in a mood
B. had the blues
C. been in the dark
D. basked in sunshine
Question 25: The two rooms were virtually identical.

A. hybrid
B. different
C. same
D. various
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 26 to 32.
THE SIMSONS, AMERICAN'S FIRST FAMILY
The Simpsons began life in 1987 as a 30-second cartoon which was broadcast as part of another TV show. But the audience
loved it, and it soon became a world-famous TV series, making superstars of Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson
in over 70 countries. The Simpsons - even though they have very little money, intelligence or even ability - were at one time
called 'the USA's First Family'.
It is remarkable that one of the greatest comedies of all time should feature a bright yellow cast with outrageous hairstyles
and only six fingers each, but The Simpsons is one of TV's finest achievements. If you are one of those people who thought
that The Simpsons was just a cartoon for children, then you are making a big mistake - as any adult Simpsons fan will tell
you. The Simpsons remains one of the funniest, cleverest and most subversive programmes on television. It is astonishingly
inventive, brilliantly written and at times deeply sincere. The fact that it managed to achieve all of this on the normally
conservative Fox Network is another example of its genius.
An average Simpsons episode has more jokes than most sitcoms manage in a whole series. And the jokes appeal to people
from a broad range of ages and cultures, meaning that everyone can find something to laugh about. There is so much going
on that it's often hard to get everything on first viewing. But although the show's creators managed to make the show so
funny, they always focus on characterisation too.
[Adapted from “VENTURE INTO FIRST FOR SCHOOLS, Workbook, Oxford, 2017]

Question 26: The writer mentions that characters in The Simpsons......


A. are very clever.
B. are now a bit old-fashioned.
C. appeal to both adults and younger viewers.
D. are the reason for the cartoon's success.

Question 27: A former US President's remarks about the show were......
A. damaging.
B. inaccurate.
C. supportive.
D. amusing.
Question 28: The text suggests that the Fox TV Network......
A. did not expect The Simpsons to be successful.
B. tends to put on more traditional programmes.
C. regularly shows a lot of cartoons.
D. was enthusiastic about The Simpsons at the start.
Question 29: In the final paragraph, the writer says that the characters......
A. come from different countries.
B. are typically American.
C. never make fun of religion.
D. are easy to relate to and understand.
Question 30: In general, the writer’s attitude is........
A. disinterested.
B. neutral
C. critical.
D. enthusiastic.
Question 31: According to the text, Homer Simpson......
A. is very similar to his wife.
B. is similar in many ways to Matt Groening.
C. is not as selfish as he appears.
D. is appealing in spite of his faults.
Question 32: The creators of The Simpsons......
A. make fun of other situation comedies.
B. care about the characters as much as the comedy.
C. make sure the jokes are easy to understand.
D. occasionally repeat the same jokes.

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 33: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.
A. hanged
B. The
C. when
D. were collected
Question 34: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve
space by designing skyscrapers.
A. much expensive
B. conserve
C. by designing
D. mid-nineteenth
Question 35: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.
A. mix
B. Petroleum
C. and
D. composed of
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 36 to 41.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK
Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow.
Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen
levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
Plants also play an important ...(36)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(37).... Every plant
requires certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the
world where such conditions are present. Many ...(38)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher
foreign species have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could
be extinct by 2080.
It was in ...(39)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project

aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction.
Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to
produce new samples. The ...(40)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now
extinct in the wild.
As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from
25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(41)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough.
Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the
project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot singlehandedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively
protecting the environment!
Question 36:A. role
B. post
C. task
D. duty
Question 37:A. warning B. risk
C. threat
D. danger
Question 38:A. solitary
B. lone
C. single
D. unique
Question 39:A. defence
B. answer
C. explanation
D. response
Question 40:A. complete B. total
C. whole
D. full
Question 41:A. reveal
B. allow
C. declare

D. admit
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 42: ~ A: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “..................”
A. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
B. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
C. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.
D. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
Question 43: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
B. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs.
C. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.
D. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels.
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. dynasty
B. antonym
C. dynamic
D. dyslexia
Question 45:A. commercialB. financial
C. association
D. social
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: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
B. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.
C. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.

D. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
Question 47: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
B. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.
C. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
D. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
Question 48: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.
A. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.
B. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
C. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
D. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
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: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
B. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
C. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
D. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
Question 50: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
B. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.
C. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
D. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me.
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 168
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 word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 01 to 06.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK
Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow.
Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen
levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
Plants also play an important ...(1)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(2).... Every plant requires
certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the world where
such conditions are present. Many ...(3)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher foreign species
have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could be extinct by
2080.
It was in ...(4)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project
aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction.
Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to
produce new samples. The ...(5)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now
extinct in the wild.
As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from
25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(6)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough.
Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the
project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot singlehandedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively
protecting the environment!
Question 1:A. role
B. task
C. duty
D. post
Question 2:A. warning

B. danger
C. risk
D. threat
Question 3:A. solitary
B. lone
C. unique
D. single
Question 4:A. explanation B. answer
C. response
D. defence
Question 5:A. total
B. full
C. complete
D. whole
Question 6:A. declare
B. allow
C. admit
D. reveal
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 7:A. dynamic
B. dyslexia
C. antonym
D. dynasty
Question 8:A. association B. financial
C. commercial
D. social
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 9: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back of
the hall.

A. being heard
B. to be hearing
C. to be heard
D. hearing
Question 10: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. pardon
B. apologies
C. excuses
D. forgiveness
Question 11: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. speedy
B. furious
C. fast
D. hectic
Question 12: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. Whenever
B. No sooner
C. As long as
D. By the time
Question 13:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. prolong
B. search out
C. stretch
D. extend
Question 14: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. feeble
B. frail
C. faint
D. fragile
Question 15: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at

home.
A. affording
B. to afford
C. to be afforded
D. having afforded
Question 16: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.
A. voluntary
B. willing
C. free
D. unsolicited
Question 17: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. original
B. birth
C. native
D. home


Question 18: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. requisite
B. regulated
C. enrolled
D. legitimate
Question 19: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.
A. For
B. Due to
C. Because
D. Since
Question 20: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. bunch
B. batch

C. bundle
D. collection
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 21: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
B. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
C. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
D. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
Question 22: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
B. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me.
C. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
D. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.
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 23: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve
space by designing skyscrapers.
A. conserve
B. much expensive
C. mid-nineteenth
D. by designing
Question 24: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.
A. were collected
B. hanged
C. The
D. when
Question 25: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.
A. composed of
B. mix

C. Petroleum
D. and
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 26 to 32.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing
KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA
who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a
bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the
seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of
the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless
conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards
The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a
scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around
20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down
no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return
of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a
bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the
Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a
successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The
Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration
rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]

Question 26: Why was this text written?

A. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
B. To report on a new scientific technique.
C. To show scientists what young people can do.
D. To encourage young people to take up science.


Question 27: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. impatient
B. sick
C. nervous
D. keen
Question 28: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
B. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.
C. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
D. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
Question 29: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the opportunity
B. the exhilaration
C. the plane
D. the trip
Question 30: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. excitement and happiness
B. extolment
C. ill feeling
D. frustration
Question 31: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
B. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
C. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.

D. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
Question 32: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. It had no seats.
B. The outside was misleading.
C. The inside was painted white.
D. It had no windows.
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 33: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
A. basked in sunshine
B. been in the dark
C. had the blues
D. been in a mood
Question 34: The two rooms were virtually identical.
A. various
B. hybrid
C. different
D. same
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 35: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
B. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels.
C. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.
D. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs.
Question 36: ~ A: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “..................”
A. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
B. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
C. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
D. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.

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 43.
THE SIMSONS, AMERICAN'S FIRST FAMILY
The Simpsons began life in 1987 as a 30-second cartoon which was broadcast as part of another TV show. But the audience
loved it, and it soon became a world-famous TV series, making superstars of Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson
in over 70 countries. The Simpsons - even though they have very little money, intelligence or even ability - were at one time
called 'the USA's First Family'.
It is remarkable that one of the greatest comedies of all time should feature a bright yellow cast with outrageous hairstyles
and only six fingers each, but The Simpsons is one of TV's finest achievements. If you are one of those people who thought
that The Simpsons was just a cartoon for children, then you are making a big mistake - as any adult Simpsons fan will tell
you. The Simpsons remains one of the funniest, cleverest and most subversive programmes on television. It is astonishingly
inventive, brilliantly written and at times deeply sincere. The fact that it managed to achieve all of this on the normally
conservative Fox Network is another example of its genius.
An average Simpsons episode has more jokes than most sitcoms manage in a whole series. And the jokes appeal to people
from a broad range of ages and cultures, meaning that everyone can find something to laugh about. There is so much going
on that it's often hard to get everything on first viewing. But although the show's creators managed to make the show so
funny, they always focus on characterisation too.
[Adapted from “VENTURE INTO FIRST FOR SCHOOLS, Workbook, Oxford, 2017]

Question 37: According to the text, Homer Simpson......
A. is not as selfish as he appears.
C. is appealing in spite of his faults.
Question 38: In general, the writer’s attitude is........
A. critical.
B. enthusiastic.

B. is similar in many ways to Matt Groening.
D. is very similar to his wife.
C. disinterested.

D. neutral


Question 39: The text suggests that the Fox TV Network......
A. was enthusiastic about The Simpsons at the start.
B. regularly shows a lot of cartoons.
C. did not expect The Simpsons to be successful.
D. tends to put on more traditional programmes.
Question 40: A former US President's remarks about the show were......
A. inaccurate.
B. damaging.
C. supportive.
D. amusing.
Question 41: The writer mentions that characters in The Simpsons......
A. appeal to both adults and younger viewers.
B. are now a bit old-fashioned.
C. are the reason for the cartoon's success.
D. are very clever.
Question 42: In the final paragraph, the writer says that the characters......
A. are easy to relate to and understand.
B. come from different countries.
C. are typically American.D. never make fun of religion.
Question 43: The creators of The Simpsons......
A. make fun of other situation comedies.
B. occasionally repeat the same jokes.
C. make sure the jokes are easy to understand.
D. care about the characters as much as the comedy.
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 44:A. petroleum B. proficiency

C. electronic
D. equivalent
Question 45:A. demolish B. substantial
C. dramatic
D. terrorist
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: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.
A. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
B. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
C. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.
D. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
Question 47: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.
B. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
C. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
D. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
Question 48: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
B. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.
C. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.
D. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
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 49: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background.
A. tactful
B. provident
C. heedful
D. thoughtful
Question 50: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.

A. jealous
B. anxious
C. envious
D. curious
The End


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NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 352
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 00 to 00.
THE SIMSONS, AMERICAN'S FIRST FAMILY
The Simpsons began life in 1987 as a 30-second cartoon which was broadcast as part of another TV show. But the audience
loved it, and it soon became a world-famous TV series, making superstars of Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson
in over 70 countries. The Simpsons - even though they have very little money, intelligence or even ability - were at one time
called 'the USA's First Family'.
It is remarkable that one of the greatest comedies of all time should feature a bright yellow cast with outrageous hairstyles
and only six fingers each, but The Simpsons is one of TV's finest achievements. If you are one of those people who thought
that The Simpsons was just a cartoon for children, then you are making a big mistake - as any adult Simpsons fan will tell
you. The Simpsons remains one of the funniest, cleverest and most subversive programmes on television. It is astonishingly
inventive, brilliantly written and at times deeply sincere. The fact that it managed to achieve all of this on the normally
conservative Fox Network is another example of its genius.
An average Simpsons episode has more jokes than most sitcoms manage in a whole series. And the jokes appeal to people
from a broad range of ages and cultures, meaning that everyone can find something to laugh about. There is so much going

on that it's often hard to get everything on first viewing. But although the show's creators managed to make the show so
funny, they always focus on characterisation too.
[Adapted from “VENTURE INTO FIRST FOR SCHOOLS, Workbook, Oxford, 2017]

Question 1: According to the text, Homer Simpson......
A. is very similar to his wife.
B. is not as selfish as he appears.
C. is similar in many ways to Matt Groening.
D. is appealing in spite of his faults.
Question 2: In the final paragraph, the writer says that the characters......
A. are typically American.B. come from different countries.
C. are easy to relate to and understand.
D. never make fun of religion.
Question 3: The text suggests that the Fox TV Network......
A. did not expect The Simpsons to be successful.
B. tends to put on more traditional programmes.
C. was enthusiastic about The Simpsons at the start.
D. regularly shows a lot of cartoons.
Question 4: The creators of The Simpsons......
A. make fun of other situation comedies.
B. occasionally repeat the same jokes.
C. make sure the jokes are easy to understand.
D. care about the characters as much as the comedy.
Question 5: A former US President's remarks about the show were......
A. inaccurate.
B. amusing.
C. supportive.
D. damaging.
Question 6: The writer mentions that characters in The Simpsons......
A. are the reason for the cartoon's success.

B. are very clever.
C. are now a bit old-fashioned.
D. appeal to both adults and younger viewers.
Question 7: In general, the writer’s attitude is........
A. enthusiastic.
B. disinterested.
C. neutral
D. critical.
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 8:A. substantial B. terrorist
C. demolish
D. dramatic
Question 9:A. electronic B. petroleum
C. proficiency
D. equivalent
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 10:A. commercialB. financial
C. association
D. social
Question 11:A. antonym B. dynamic
C. dyslexia
D. dynasty
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 12: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.
A. jealous
B. curious
C. envious

D. anxious
Question 13: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background.
A. heedful
B. provident
C. tactful
D. thoughtful
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 14: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. pardon
B. excuses
C. apologies
D. forgiveness


Question 15: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. By the time
B. Whenever
C. As long as
D. No sooner
Question 16: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. enrolled
B. requisite
C. regulated
D. legitimate
Question 17:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. stretch
B. prolong
C. extend
D. search out
Question 18: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.

A. voluntary
B. unsolicited
C. willing
D. free
Question 19: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. original
B. birth
C. native
D. home
Question 20: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. feeble
B. faint
C. fragile
D. frail
Question 21: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. batch
B. collection
C. bundle
D. bunch
Question 22: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at
home.
A. to be afforded
B. having afforded
C. affording
D. to afford
Question 23: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back
of the hall.
A. to be hearing
B. being heard
C. hearing

D. to be heard
Question 24: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. speedy
B. fast
C. hectic
D. furious
Question 25: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.
A. For
B. Due to
C. Because
D. Since
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: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “................”
A. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
B. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.
C. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
D. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
Question 27: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs. B. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.
C. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
D. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels.
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 28: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
B. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.
C. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
D. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
Question 29: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.

A. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
B. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.
C. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
D. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
Question 30: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.
B. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
C. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
D. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 31 to 37.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing
KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA
who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.


Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a
bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the
seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of
the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless
conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards
The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a
scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around
20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down
no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return
of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a

bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the
Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a
successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The
Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration
rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]

Question 31: Why was this text written?
A. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
B. To show scientists what young people can do.
C. To encourage young people to take up science.
D. To report on a new scientific technique.
Question 32: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. nervous
B. keen
C. impatient
D. sick
Question 33: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
B. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.
C. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
D. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
Question 34: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. frustration
B. ill feeling
C. excitement and happiness D. extolment
Question 35: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
B. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.

C. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
D. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
Question 36: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. It had no seats.
B. The outside was misleading.
C. It had no windows.
D. The inside was painted white.
Question 37: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the exhilaration
B. the opportunity
C. the plane
D. the trip
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 38: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
A. been in the dark
B. been in a mood
C. basked in sunshine
D. had the blues
Question 39: The two rooms were virtually identical.
A. various
B. hybrid
C. same
D. different
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 40: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve
space by designing skyscrapers.
A. mid-nineteenth
B. by designing

C. conserve
D. much expensive
Question 41: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.
A. The
B. were collected
C. hanged
D. when
Question 42: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.


A. composed of
B. and
C. mix
D. Petroleum
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 43 to 48.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK
Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow.
Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen
levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
Plants also play an important ...(43)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(44).... Every plant
requires certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the
world where such conditions are present. Many ...(45)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher
foreign species have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could
be extinct by 2080.
It was in ...(46)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project
aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction.
Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to
produce new samples. The ...(47)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now
extinct in the wild.

As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from
25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(48)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough.
Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the
project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot singlehandedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively
protecting the environment!
Question 43:A. duty
B. post
C. task
D. role
Question 44:A. risk
B. warning
C. danger
D. threat
Question 45:A. single
B. lone
C. unique
D. solitary
Question 46:A. response B. defence
C. answer
D. explanation
Question 47:A. total
B. whole
C. full
D. complete
Question 48:A. allow
B. reveal
C. admit
D. declare
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: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
B. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me.
C. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
D. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.
Question 50: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
B. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
C. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
D. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
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 353
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 correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: He has a wide circle of Mends and so leads a fairly......social life.
A. fast
B. speedy
C. hectic
D. furious
Question 2: By the end of our holiday, we had spent too much money......any souvenirs for our friends and relatives at
home.
A. to be afforded

B. having afforded
C. affording
D. to afford
Question 3:. I'd like to.....a warm welcome to our visitors from abroad.
A. prolong
B. search out
C. stretch
D. extend
Question 4: Please accept my.....for not coming to the meeting last week.
A. apologies
B. pardon
C. forgiveness
D. excuses
Question 5: We’ve lived here for five years but I still miss my.....town.
A. original
B. native
C. birth
D. home
Question 6: ......Joseph pays his bill in a restaurant, he gives some extra money to the waiter or waitress as a tip,
A. No sooner
B. Whenever
C. By the time
D. As long as
Question 7: One can become a member of this club only on paying the....fee.
A. enrolled
B. regulated
C. legitimate
D. requisite
Question 8: He made a very.....excuse for not attending the meeting.
A. feeble

B. frail
C. faint
D. fragile
Question 9: The organization is mainly staffed by.....workers.
A. free
B. voluntary
C. willing
D. unsolicited
Question 10: ......the noise in her dormitory, Marie went to the library to finish her essay.
A. For
B. Because
C. Since
D. Due to
Question 11: If you wait a moment, there’ll be another......of loaves, fresh from the oven.
A. bundle
B. collection
C. batch
D. bunch
Question 12: I barely understood anything at the lecture because the speaker's voice was not loud enough......at the back
of the hall.
A. being heard
B. to be heard
C. hearing
D. to be hearing
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 13: At first, I found skating difficult. I finally became accustomed to it.
A. I finally became accustomed skating, although it was difficult at first.
B. I found skating difficult at first; as a result, I finally became accustomed to it.
C. Finally I became accustomed to skating not as difficult as I found it.

D. Despite being difficult as I found at first, skating became accustomed to me.
Question 14: Please remove those desks and benches. We need room for dancing tonight.
A. Why not removing those desks and benches to another room for the dancing tonight?
B. We need room to put those desks and benches for dancing tonight.
C. Let’s remove those desks and benches to make room for dancing tonight.
D. Those desks and benches need removing to another room so as to dance tonight.
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 15: By the mid-nineteenth century, land was much expensive in large city that architects began to conserve
space by designing skyscrapers.
A. mid-nineteenth
B. by designing
C. conserve
D. much expensive
Question 16: The suits were hanged in the closet when they were collected from the cleaners.
A. when
B. were collected
C. The
D. hanged
Question 17: Petroleum is composed of a complex mix of hydrogen and carbon.
A. mix
B. and
C. Petroleum
D. composed of
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 18: ~ A: “.................” ~ B: “You mean like we’re doing right now?”
A. Can you wash my feet right now, Tom?
B. Alice was always talking about people behind their backs.
C. It seems Mum’s moving her bowels.

D. Someone is trying to reach us on the phone.


Question 19: ~ A: “Boy, there are a lot of people out here tonight.” ~ B: “......................”
A. The Festival is expected to be next Sunday, isn’t it?
B. OK. Walking there takes 10 minutes.
C. Yeah, it gets pretty crowded on weekends.
D. Right. It’s cold outside at this time of the year.
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 20 to 26.
SCIENCE FLYING IN THE FACE OF GRAVITY
It looked just like another aircraft from the outside. The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964, a Boeing
KC-135 refuelling tanker, based on the 707. But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA
who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.
Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded from floor to ceiling, it looked a
bit like a lunatic asylum. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls eerily illuminated it. Most of the
seats had been taken out, apart from a few at the back, where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of
apprehension.
For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of
the European Space Agency. The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weighfless
conditions.
For the next two hours the Boeing's flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lost its reason, shooting upwards
The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a
scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane in to a 45-degree climb which lasted around
20 seconds. Then the engines cut out and we became weightless. Everything became confused, and left or right, up or down
no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return
of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a
bump. Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the
Dutch, who wanted to discover why cats always land on their feet. Then it was the German team, who conducted a
successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The

Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.
After two hours of going up and down in the plane doing experiments, the predominant feeling was one of exhilaration
rather than nausea. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.
[From: “OBJECTIVE FCE, Workbook, 4th Ed, Annette Capel, Cambridge, 2015]

Question 20: According to the writer, how did the young scientists feel at the beginning of the flight?
A. impatient
B. sick
C. keen
D. nervous
Question 21: What did the pilot do with the plane?
A. He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.
B. He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.
C. He climbed and then made the plane turn over.
D. He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.
Question 22: What was the point of being weightless?
A. To preparethe young scientists for future work in space.
B. To seewhat conditions arelike in space.
C. To show the judges of the competition what they could do.
D. To allow the teamsto try out their ideas.
Question 23: What does the writer say about the plane?
A. The inside was painted white.
B. The outside was misleading.
C. It had no seats.
D. It had no windows.
Question 24: What does 'it' in the last sentence refer to?
A. the exhilaration
B. the plane
C. the trip
D. the opportunity

Question 25: Why was this text written?
A. To show scientists what young people can do.
B. To report on a new scientific technique.
C. To encourage young people to take up science.
D. To describe the outcome of a scientific competition.
Question 26: The word exhilaration is closest in meaning to ......
A. ill feeling
B. excitement and happiness C. frustration
D. extolment
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 27: John's nose was really put out of joint when Jane was promoted and he wasn't.


A. jealous
B. anxious
C. envious
D. curious
Question 28: Our family made discreet enquiries about her boyfriend’s background.
A. provident
B. heedful
C. thoughtful
D. tactful
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 29 to 34.
THE MILENNIUM SEED BANK
Every living creature depends on plants to survive. Plants are the basis of the ecosystems in which animals live and grow.
Plants provide human beings with food, materials and medicines. Environmentally, plants are essential for renewing oxygen
levels and protecting us from floods and drought.
Plants also play an important ...(29)... in culture and art. The world's plant life, however, is under ...(30).... Every plant

requires certain conditions in order to grow. Climate change and human exploitation are rapidly reducing the areas of the
world where such conditions are present. Many ...(31)... and useful wild plants are struggling to survive because tougher
foreign species have been brought into their habitats. In fact, experts predict that up to half of the world's plant species could
be extinct by 2080.
It was in ...(32)... to this that the Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank was set up in 2000 in Sussex, England. The project
aims to gather and maintain samples of seeds from wild plants all around the world to insure against their extinction.
Collected seeds are stored at sub-zero temperatures. The collection is kept alive by periodically germinating the seeds to
produce new samples. The ...(33)... number of seeds collected reached one billion in 2007 including many from plants now
extinct in the wild.
As global threats increase, the project directors hope, together with their international partners, to have banked seeds from
25% of the world's plant species by 2020. Yet, the directors are the first to ...(34)... that simply collecting seeds is not enough.
Even if a plant becomes extinct in the wild, the reasons behind this loss would have to be known and dealt with before the
project could successfully reintroduce the plant into the wild. So the Seed Bank is a great resource, but it cannot singlehandedly save the world's plant life. The only long-term solution is for all of us to turn over a new leaf and start actively
protecting the environment!
Question 29:A. post
B. role
C. task
D. duty
Question 30:A. risk
B. danger
C. threat
D. warning
Question 31:A. unique
B. solitary
C. single
D. lone
Question 32:A. defence
B. answer
C. explanation
D. response

Question 33:A. whole
B. complete
C. full
D. total
Question 34:A. reveal
B. declare
C. allow
D. admit
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.
THE SIMSONS, AMERICAN'S FIRST FAMILY
The Simpsons began life in 1987 as a 30-second cartoon which was broadcast as part of another TV show. But the audience
loved it, and it soon became a world-famous TV series, making superstars of Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie Simpson
in over 70 countries. The Simpsons - even though they have very little money, intelligence or even ability - were at one time
called 'the USA's First Family'.
It is remarkable that one of the greatest comedies of all time should feature a bright yellow cast with outrageous hairstyles
and only six fingers each, but The Simpsons is one of TV's finest achievements. If you are one of those people who thought
that The Simpsons was just a cartoon for children, then you are making a big mistake - as any adult Simpsons fan will tell
you. The Simpsons remains one of the funniest, cleverest and most subversive programmes on television. It is astonishingly
inventive, brilliantly written and at times deeply sincere. The fact that it managed to achieve all of this on the normally
conservative Fox Network is another example of its genius.
An average Simpsons episode has more jokes than most sitcoms manage in a whole series. And the jokes appeal to people
from a broad range of ages and cultures, meaning that everyone can find something to laugh about. There is so much going
on that it's often hard to get everything on first viewing. But although the show's creators managed to make the show so
funny, they always focus on characterisation too.
[Adapted from “VENTURE INTO FIRST FOR SCHOOLS, Workbook, Oxford, 2017]

Question 35: The writer mentions that characters in The Simpsons......
A. appeal to both adults and younger viewers.
B. are now a bit old-fashioned.

C. are very clever.
D. are the reason for the cartoon's success.
Question 36: According to the text, Homer Simpson......
A. is appealing in spite of his faults.
B. is very similar to his wife.
C. is similar in many ways to Matt Groening.
D. is not as selfish as he appears.
Question 37: The creators of The Simpsons......
A. care about the characters as much as the comedy.
B. make sure the jokes are easy to understand.
C. occasionally repeat the same jokes.
D. make fun of other situation comedies.


Question 38: The text suggests that the Fox TV Network......
A. tends to put on more traditional programmes.
B. did not expect The Simpsons to be successful.
C. was enthusiastic about The Simpsons at the start.
D. regularly shows a lot of cartoons.
Question 39: In general, the writer’s attitude is........
A. disinterested.
B. neutral
C. enthusiastic.
D. critical.
Question 40: In the final paragraph, the writer says that the characters......
A. are easy to relate to and understand.
B. come from different countries.
C. never make fun of religion.
D. are typically American.
Question 41: A former US President's remarks about the show were......

A. amusing.
B. damaging.
C. inaccurate.
D. supportive.
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 42: The two rooms were virtually identical.
A. various
B. different
C. hybrid
D. same
Question 43: Daddy must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.
A. basked in sunshine
B. been in a mood
C. had the blues
D. been in the dark
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 44:A. petroleum B. equivalent
C. electronic
D. proficiency
Question 45:A. dramatic
B. terrorist
C. substantial
D. demolish
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: His boss told him he was fired and ordered him to leave immediately.
A. His boss told him he had got the sack and said he should leave immediately.
B. Being fired, his boss gave him a sack and told him to go away as fast as possible.

C. His boss was burned by a fire and he wanted to leave in a sack quickly.
D. His boss said he needed fire for his sack, so he had to leave at once.
Question 47: Adam can’t wait to go snowboarding next week.
A. Going snowboarding next week is deeply borne in Adam’s mind.
B. Adam, not waiting till next week, has decided to go snowboarding.
C. Adam's really looking forward to going snowboarding next week.
D. Adam’s impatient with waiting to go snowboarding next week.
Question 48: The flight attendant told us to shut down our computers in preparation for landing.
A. We were told by the flight attendant to switch off as the plane was preparing to land.
B. While attending the flight, were asked to turn off our computers as the plane was ready to land.
C. Because the plane was about to land, the flight attendant ordered us to stop using our computers.
D. She told us to stop talking on our computers for the plane to prepare its landing.
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 49:A. dynamic
B. dynasty
C. antonym
D. dyslexia
Question 50:A. association B. social
C. financial
D. commercial
The End