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TRƯỜNG THPT KINH MÔN II

KỲ THI THỬ TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA
NĂM 2018 (LẦN 2)
Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Họ, tên thí sinh: .........................................................................
Số báo danh: .............................................................................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. mistake
Question 2. A. friends

B. mystery
B. volunteers

C. particular
C. picnics

D. castle
D. destroys

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. bother
B. parade
C. figure
D. culture
Question 4. A. preferential

B. calculation
C. conventional
D.apprehension
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 5. The more you listen to classical music, _____________.
A. the less you understand it
B. the more do you understand it
C. the less it do you understand
D. the more you understand it
Question 6. By the end of next month, my family in this town for three years.
A. have lived
B. will live
C. will have lived
D. will have been lived
Question 7. My mom keeps __________around my bedroom while I’m at school as she thinks I hide
something from her.
A. nosing
B. scouting
C. hanging
D. playing
Question 8. The last man
the office is always Mr. Nixon.
A. left
B. who leave
C. to leave
D. leaving
Question 9. It is essential that everyone ______alert and ready to make ready to take actions.
A. stay
B. stays

C. will stay
D. stayed
Question 10. If the world’s tropical forests continue to disappear at their present rate, many animal
species___________extinct.
A. became
B. will become
C. would have become
D. would become
Question 11. I don’t think the situation will be any better, _________?
A. do I
B. will it
C. don’t I
D. won’t it
Question 12. The new building at the corner of the street will have to be pulled down as it hasn’t been
built to be __________
A. Proof-quaking
B. proof - quake
C. quake-proof
D. quaking- proof
Question 13. Despitethe initial_________result, they decided to go on with the proposed scheme.
A. courage
B. courageous
C. discouraged
D.


discouraging
Question 14. GMC series of products________from children’s toys to sports equipment.
A. differ
B. separate

C. include
D. range
Question 15: Judging from Susana’s reactions, I’m not sure how much of the professor’s explanation
she __________.
A. took in
B. got across
C. put through
D. brought up
Question 16. ____________Helena had to think about it twice though she did not want to quit her
current job.
A. It was so attractive job offer that
B. The job offer was such attractive one
C. The job offer was so attractive that
D. So attractive the job offer was that
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 17. Wow, I’m all at sea with these new regulations.
A. satisfied
B. talented
C. confused
D. impatient
Question 18. She came to the meeting late on purpose so she would miss the introductory speech.
A. aiming at
B. intentionally
C. reasonably
D. with a goal
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 19. Everybody loves Whitney since she is outgoing and gregarious.
A. unsociable

B. unreliable
C. hospitable
D. industrious
Question 20.
Maria: “I don’t need to do well this semester so I’ve been doing the minimum amount of work
necessary to pass.”
Michael: “Oh dear. That’s playing with fire. You could be walking a fine line between enjoying
yourself and failing your subject.”
A. to be taking too many risks
B. to be very confident
C. to be an ultimate loser
D. to be on safe side
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 21: Two people are talking with each other at the tea break of a seminar.
Tom: “This is a pretty good seminar so far, huh?
Anna: “
_______________”
A. Yes, I like it. Prentice Hall always delivers good seminars.
B. You need to sign up for the new seminar. It is coming.
C. No, I missed that one. Who was the speaker?
D. By the way, what is your company doing?
Question 22: Two people are talking with each other about their jobs. Michael: “I’m a mechanic; I
work in a garage on Tran Hung Dao Street.” Charlotte: “A mechanic?____________”
A. What do you do for a living?
B. Thanks for the chat. I have to get back to work now.


C. You must do a lot of work and get very dirty.
D. What sort of job do you have?

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 23 to 27.
Population in the world is currently (2017) growing at a rate of around 1.12 % per year (down from
1.14% in 2016). The current average population increase is estimated (23)___________ 83 million
people per year.
Annual growth rate reached its (24) _________in the late 1960s, when it was at around 2%. The rate
of increase has nearly halved since then, and will continue to decline in the (25) _____years. It is
estimated to reach 1 % by 2023, less than 0.5% by 2025, and 0.25% in 2076 (a yearly addition of 27
million people to a population of 10.7 billion). In 2100, it should be only 0.09%, or an addition of only
10 million people to a total population of 11.2 billion.
World population will (26) ________continue to grow in the 21st century, but at a much slower rate
compared to the recent past. World population has doubled (100% increase) in 40 years from 1959 (3
billion) to 1999 (6 billion). It is now estimated that it will take (27)____nearly 40 years to increase by
another 50% to become 9 billion by 2037.
Question 23. A. about
B. around
C. at
D. with
Question 24. A. height
B. tip
C. top
D. peak
Question 25. A. coming
B. going
C. to come
D. to go
Question 26. A. however
B. therefore
C. furthermore
D. notwithstanding

Question 27. A. another
B. other
C. the other
D. each other
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 28 to 34.
We celebrated Earth Day in my city last week. The idea of this special day began in the 1960s when
life was very different. Few people talked or even thought about the environment. Most people had no
idea how dirty our air and water were. This attitude bothered Gaylord Nelson, who was a senator in the
US government, and he had an idea. If people around the world knew that the planet was in danger,
they might work harder to save it, so he just needed to get their attention. The first Earth Day was just
in the United States but it led to events every year all around the world on April 22 or the nearest
weekend, depending on where you are.
In my town, last Saturday afternoon lots of people rode their bikes from the park, around the town
together and back to the park, taking as much time as they possibly could, so that the cars had to wait.
Then we talked to all the drivers in cars which just had one person in them, to explain how wasteful
that is and how much pollution it causes. The idea was to make people think about how much they use
their cars. In other places, people collected plastic bags for a week and then made a pile of them in the
town square. You can do anything as long as it makes people of all ages come together for a few hours
and talk about the environment. Last year we had a big music event for young people. Some people
said it was a waste of time, but there was information for people to read and announcements between
the bands about how to help protect the environment.
Question 28. What is the main purpose of the passage?


A. to encourage people to take part in this year’s Earth Day
B. to explain why Earth Day happens every year
C. to compare the success of different events on Earth Day
D. to offer advice to people arranging an Earth Day event
Question 29. According the passage, Earth Day began because__________.

A. people had started to worry about damage to the environment
B. different governments decided it was a good idea
C. one man wanted people to know about the planet’s problems
D. people were working hard to make the air and water cleaner
Question 30. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Gaylord Nelson travelled around the world to persuade people to arrange events on the first Earth
Day.
B. Earth Day events are on the same day in countries around the world.
C. Many more countries take part in Earth Day now than when it first began.
D. The first Earth Day was a disappointment to the organizers.
Question 31. What can be inferred about the people in Nelson’s time?
A. They were like to socialize.
B. They were unaware of environmental problems.
C. They bothered Nelson with problems in the Senate.
D. They made water dirty without knowing.
Question 32. What happened on Earth Day this year in the writer’s city?
A. Cars were not allowed in the city center.
B. People cycled slowly through the streets.
C. There was a talk about the pollution made by cars.
D. Cars had to have more than one person in them.
Question 33. What does the word “them” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. cars
B. bags
C. people
D. places
Question 34. What does the writer think is the most important thing about Earth Day events?
A. That they should attract young people.
B. That people should become involved in them.
C. That there should be some music.
D. That they should last all day.

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 42.
Learning means acquiring knowledge or developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is
common to think of learning as something that takes place in school, but much of human learning
occurs outside the classroom, and people continue to learn throughout their lives.
Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to
manipulate toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds,
tastes, and smells in their environments. They learn how to interact with their parents, siblings, friends,


and other people important to their world. When they enter school, children learn basic academic
subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics. They also continue to learn a great deal outside the
classroom. They learn which behaviors are likely to be rewarded and which are likely to be punished.
They learn social skills for interacting with other children. After they finish school, people must learn
to adapt to the many major changes that affect their lives, such as getting married, raising children, and
finding and keeping a job.
Because learning continues throughout our lives and affects almost everything we do, the study of
learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate
children. Psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other human-service workers need to
understand how certain experiences change people’s behaviors. Employers, politicians, and advertisers
make use of the principles of learning to influence the behavior of workers, voters, and consumers.
Learning is closely related to memory, which is the storage of information in the brain. Psychologists
who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage takes place,
and how the brain later retrieves knowledge when we need it. In contrast, psychologists who study
learning are more interested in behavior and how behavior changes as a result of a person’s
experiences.
There are many forms of learning, ranging from simple to complex. Simple forms of learning involve
a single stimulus. A stimulus is anything perceptible to the senses, such as a sight, sound, smell, touch,
or taste. In a form of learning known as classical conditioning, people learn to associate two stimuli
that occur in sequence, such as lightning followed by thunder. In operant conditioning, people learn by

forming an association between a behavior and its consequences (reward or punishment). People and
animals can also learn by observation – that is, by watching others perform behaviors. More complex
forms of learning in clued learning languages, concepts, and motor skills.
Question 35. According to the passage, which of the following is learning in broad view comprised
of?
A. Acquisition of academic knowledge
B. Acquisition of social and behavioral skills
C. Knowledge acquisition and ability development
D. Knowledge acquisition outside the classroom
Question 36. According to the passage, what are children NOT usually taught outside the classroom?
A. Literacy and calculation
B. Interpersonal communication
C. Life skills
D. Right from wrong
Question 37. Getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job are mentioned in
paragraph 2 asexamples of ____________.
A. the situations in which people cannot teach themselves
B. the changes to which people have to orient themselves
C. the areas of learning which affect people’s lives
D. the ways people’s lives are influenced by education
Question 38. Which of the following can be inferred about the learning process from the passage?
A. It is more interesting and effective in school than that in life.


B. It becomes less challenging and complicated when people grow older.
C. It plays a crucial part in improving the learner’s motivation in school.
D. It takes place more frequently in real life than in academic institutions.
Question 39. It can be inferred from the passage that social workers, employers, and politicians
concern themselves with the study of learning because they need to____________.
A. understand how a stimulus relates to the senses of the objects of their interest

B. change the behaviors of the objects of their interest towards learning
C. thoroughly understand the behaviors of the objects of their interest
D. make the objects of their interest more aware of the importance of learning
Question 40. The word “retrieves” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. recovers
B. generates
C. creates
D. gains
Question 41. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Psychologists studying learning are interested in human behaviors.
B. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with how the stored knowledge is used.
C. Psychologists studying memory are concerned with the brain’s storage of knowledge.
D. Psychologists are all interested in memory as much as behaviors.
Question 42. The passage mainly discusses______________.
A. simple forms of learning
B. practical examples of learning inside the classroom
C. general principles of learning
D. application of learning principles to formal education
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 43. To grow well, a tree must be well-suited to the area where is it planted.
A
B
C
D
Question 44. Not until recent has interest in synthetic fuels been revived.
A
B
C
D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 46. Had the advertisement for our product been better, more people would have bought
it.
A. Not many people bought our product because it was so bad.
B. Our product was of better quality so that more people would buy it.
C. Fewer people bought our product due to its bad quality.
D. Since our advertisement for our product was so bad, fewer people bought it
Question 47. Last year we went to Mexico for the first time.
A. It was last year when we first went to Mexico.
B. We had never gone to Mexico before last year.
C. Last year is the first time we have gone to Mexico.
D. Last year is the first time we had gone to Mexico.
Question 48. “Would anyone like to express an opinion on the matter?”, said he.


A. He asked everyone whether they would like to express an opinion on the matter.
B. He asked everyone as if someone would like to express their opinion on the matter.
C. He doubted that everyone would like to express an opinion on the matter.
D. He wondered that everyone would like to express an opinion on the matter.
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. The stranger had a wild look in her eyes. It was hard to tell if she was frightened or
simply crazy.
A. The wild look in her eyes made it hard to tell if the stranger was frightened or simply crazy.
B. Because it was hard to tell the stranger if she was frightened or simply crazy, a wild look in her eyes
was observed.
C. With the wild look in her eyes, the stranger found it hard to tell if she was frightened or simply
crazy.
D. Despite the wild look in her eyes, the stranger was frightened or simply crazy.

Question 50. I think I should have cooked more food. There’s nothing left now.
A. I should not have cooked so much food.
B. I regret cooking too much food now.
C. I did not cook much food and I think it is ok now.
D. I did not cook much food and I think it was amistake.

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