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ĐỀ KHẢO SÁT NĂNG LỰC NĂM 2020
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MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12
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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. astonished

B. rubbed

C. erased

D. used

Question 2: A. scholarship

B. chemist

C. cheerful

D. ache

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. attraction B. satisfactory

C. occupation

D. disappointment

Question 4: A. production B. satisfy

C. mistaken

D. however

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that
needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 5:. My responsible in the family is to wash dishes after meals.
A

B

C

D

Question 6: She is most beautiful woman that I have ever met.
A

B

C

D

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: The woman wonders ……………. doing well at school.
A. whether her children are

B. whether her children were

C. if her children were

D. her children are if

Question 8: In the South, …………….. development concentrated on rice cultivation, and
nationally, rice and rubber were the main items of export.
A. industrial

B. agricultural

C. mining

D. textile

Question 9: The government is aiming ………. 50% reduction ……….. unemployment.
A. at/ in

B. to/ in

C. at/ of

D. for/ of

Question 10: ……………. he arrived at the bus stop when the bus came.

A. Hardly had

B. No sooner had

C. No longer has

D. Not until had

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Question 11: You’ll probably come……. the problems of culture shocks when you study
abroad.
A. up with

B. up to

C. down with

D. up against

Question 12: I……. the garden. No sooner had I finished watering it than it came down in
torrents.
A. shouldn’t have watered

B. mustn’t have watered

C. can’t have watered

D. needn’t have watered

Question 13: If Nam had passed the GCSE examination, he……. to take the entrance
examination to the university.
A. would have been allowed

B. would have allowed

C. will have allowed

D. would allow

Question 14: I must warn you I am not used to……. so rudely.
A. speak

B. be spoken

C. speak to me

D. being spoken to

Question 15: Look! The yard is wet. It………last night.
A. had to rain

B. ought to rain

C. must have rained

D. should have rained

Question 16: John congratulated us……. our exam with high marks.

A. on passing

B. for passing

C. to pass

D. on pass

Question 17:……………….the distance was too far and the time was short, we decided to
fly there instead of going there by train.
A. To discover

B. Discovered

C. To have discovered D. Discovering

Question 18: …….......you study,......marks you will get.
A. The harder - the best

B. The harder - the better

C. The more - the much

D. The hardest - the best

Question 19: It is time every student......harder for the coming exam.
A. work

B. works

C. should work

D. worked

Question 20: With the help of German experts, the factory produced......cars in 2016 as the year
before.
A. as twice as many B. as twice many
many

C. as many as twice

D.

twice

as

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Question 21: The United States consists of fifty states, .......has its own government.
A. each they

B. each of which

C. they each

D. each of that

Question 22: Internet.......has helped bloggers share their experiences and opinions easily and

quickly.
A. connector

B. connectivity

C. connection

D. connecting

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response
to completeeach of the following exchanges.
Question 23: Hạnh: I don’t know what tailor’s that can make such a beautiful dress for you,
Hiền!
Hiền: ……. , Hạnh. I’ve finally found a style that suits me so much.
A. Never mind

B. Go to the canteen with me

C. I’m glad you like it

D. Nice to see you

Question 24: Thành: I really enjoy your public speaking skills.
Nga: Your English is really good, too.
Nga: ……. , Thành. Thank you very much for your sincere compliment. You made me try
much harder.
A. It’s very kind of you to say so

B. That’s not your work

C. I’m certainly very famous for those things D. Yes, of course. It’s me!
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 25: In England, schooling is compulsory for all children from the age of 5 to 16.
A. put into blush
Question 26:
organization.

B. put on clothes

C. put into force

D. taken off

Those girls are totally unaware that they are being made use of by this

A. taken for granted

B. spoken ill of

C. made fun of

D. taken advantage of

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 27: Now, when so many frogs were killed, there were more and more insects.
A. lesser and lesser

B. fewer and fewer

C. lesser and fewer D. less and less

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Question 28: I’d like to pay some money into my bank account.
A. withdraw some money from

B. put some money into

C. give some money out

D. leave some money aside

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 29: He last met his old classmates two years ago.
A. Two years have passed and he has met his classmates recently.
B. He hasn't met his old classmates since two years.
C. His classmates and he didn't meet two years ago.
D. It is two years since he last met his old classmates.
Question 30: "It was so kind of you to give me the flowers," Lan said to Minh.
A. Lan thanked Minh to give her the flowers.
B. Lan thanked Minh on giving her the flowers.
C. Lan thanked Minh for giving her the flowers.
D. Lan thanked Minh to be kind to give her the flowers.
Question 31: People say Chinese food is the best in the world
A. Chinese food is said to be the best in the world
B. I agree that Chinese food is the best in the world

C. Chinese food is eaten all over the world
D. No food in the world is eaten as much as Chinese food
Question 32: It is the earth's gravity that gives us our weight.
A. If there were not the earth's gravity, we would be weightless.
B. Due to the earth's gravity we cannot weigh anything.
C. We are overweight because of the earth's 'gravity.
D. The earth's gravity is given weight by people.
Question 33: The firemen had to break the door down.
A. The firemen shouldn’t have broken the door down.
B. It was necessary for the firemen to break the door down.
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C. Breaking the door down required the help of the firemen.
D. It was against the law that the fire men broken the door down.
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
When you first arrive in a foreign culture, often your first reaction is completely positive.
Everything seems exciting, different and fascinating. It’s an (34) ……… If you are just on a
short holiday, you will probably never leave this phase.(35)………….,if you stay longer,your
attitude can start to change. As you start to realize how little you really understand the new
culture,life can get frustrating. People misunderstand what you are trying to say,or they may
laugh (36)……… you when you say something in correctly. Even simple things, like posting a
letter, can seem very difficult to you. Thus, you are likely to get angry or upset when things go
wrong. With time, though, you start to adjust to become more comfortable with the differences
and better able to handle frustrating situations. Your (37) ……. of humor reappears. Finally,
you may feel enthusiastic about the culture once again, enjoy living in it, and even prefer certain
aspects of the culture to your own.
(Adapted from Navigate –Coursebook, OUP 2015)
Question 34: A. adventure

B. adventurous

C. adventurer

D. adventurously

Question 35: A.Therefore

B. Or

C. However

D. Nor

Question 36: A. on

B. at

C. for

D. of

Question 37: A. taste

B. sense

C. touch

D. sound

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.
A ghostly animal creeps silently through a Florida swamp. It’s a rare type of big cat known as a
Florida panther, one of only 80 to 100 such panthers left in the world. Scientists must work to
save these remaining panthers from extinction, but their secretive nature is making it difficult.
They are attaching a special transmitter to each Florida panther so they can follow their
movements, range, and habits. The technology these transmitters use is called satellite tracking.
The scientists are dedicated professionals, but they are not pioneers. Their colleagues before
them have attached tiny transmitters to many different kinds of wild animals, including birds,
fish, and big cats. So the Florida scientists are using their methods. Firstly, they must trap and
tranquillize the panther. Then, the transmitter is attached to a harness and strapped to the
panther’s body. Each harness is custom designed and manually adjusted for panthers so it fits
comfortably. Scientists don’t want the transmitter to interfere with the panther’s natural habits.
The point of tracking them is to find out as much as they can about their natural habits.
Once the tracking transmitter is in place, the information it records is sent to an orbiting
satellite.The satellite can see the transmitter that is attached to the panther, even when it is out
of sight of a biologist on the ground. The satellite collects information from the transmitter
about the panther’s exact location. Once the information is received, it is transmitted back to
Earth so it can be recorded by the scientists.
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Scientists can use the information in many different ways. They can follow the panthers on the
ground and observe their behavior. Alternatively, they can use the information to determine the
panthers’ ranges and to understand their social patterns. They can also track how environmental
changes like weather conditions affect their movements and health. All this information can be
used to provide ideal conditions for the endangered panthers.It can alsobeused to protect the
panthers from danger.
In the end, the panther silently slips away through the trees. Around its shoulders a transmitter

is sending signals via satellite to a dedicated biologist. The biologist is using the information the
transmitter provides to save the Florida panthers from extinction. With the help of satellite
tracking these beautiful cats have a better chance of survival in the modern world.
(Adapted from )
Question 38: What is the passage mainly about?
A.Scientists dedicated to saving Florida panthers.
B. Different methods of tracking Florida panthers.
C.Theuse of atracking device to protect Florida panthers.
D. Florida panthers' secretive nature and habits.
Question 39: According to the passage,what information does the satellite collect from the
transmitter?
A.The chance of panthers’survival.

B.The panther’s exact location.

C.The biologists on the ground.

D.The total number of panthers.

Question 40: According to the passage, which of the following about the tracking transmitter
is NOT true?
A.Scientists use the information the transmitter provides to save the panther.
B.The transmitter helps scientists learn about the panther’s habits.
C.The transmitter is fastened to the panther’s body for tracking purposes.
D.The Florida panther is the first animal to be attached with the transmitter.
Question 41: The phrase"tranquillize the panther"in paragraph 2 could be best replaced
by…….
A.feed the panther properly

B. make the panther calm

C. put the panther in a cage

D. handle the panther carefully

Question 42: The phrase"custom designed"in paragraph 2 probably means…….
A. specially made for panthers

B.function according to a acustom

C. skilfully created by hands

D.created by famous designers
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Question 43: The word "they" in paragraph 4 refers to…….
A.the panthers’ ranges

B.the transmitters

C.the panthers

D.the scientists

Question 44: What can be the best title of the reading passage?
A. Keeping Track

B. Information Transmitter

C. Animal Tranquilizer

D. Understanding Wildlife

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.
On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than
they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such
organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50%
from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girl log
half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981
to 25%.
“ Children are affected by the same time crunch that affects their parents,” says Sandra
Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children’s timetable. A chief season, she says, is that
more mothers are working outside the home. ( Nevertheless, children in both double- income
and “male breadwinner” households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their
parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with single
mother.)
All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful
way a child explores the world and learns about himself”, says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at
Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the
young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spend only hours a
week engaging in it.
The chidren sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television.
But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If they
are spendingless time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading.
Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week
reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time?
(Source: gzyy.cooco.net.cn/testdetail/171581)
Question 45: The author is concerned about the fact that American kids are…………..

A. involved less and less in household work
B. spending more and more time watching TV
C. engaged in more and more organized activities
D. increasingly cared for by their working mothers
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Question 46: What does Sandra Hofferth mean by mentioning “the same time crunch”?
A. Children have little time to play with their parents.
B. Both parents ans children suffer from lack of leisure time.
C. Both parents and children have troublr managing their time.
D. Children are not taken good care of by their working parents.
Question 47: According to the author a child develops better if he/she…………….
A. has plenty of time reading and studying
B. is free to interact with his/her working parents
C. is left to play with his/her peers in his/her own way
D. has more time taking part in school activities
Question 48: The word “unstructured” in the passage probably means………..
A. invaluable

B. impractical

C. not costly

D. not organized

Question 49: They word “they” in the passage that…………….
A. parents

B. kids

C. efforts

D. books

Question 50: We can infer from the passage that………………..
A. most parents believe reading to be of benefit to children
B. efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful
C. most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off
D. organized activities omprove children’s intelligence

ANSWER KEYS
1A
11D
21B
31A
41B

2C
12D
22C
32A
42A

3A
13A
23C
33B
43D

4B
14D
24A
34A
44A

5A
15C
25C
35C
45C

6A
16A
26D
36B
46B

7A
17B
27B
37B
47C

8B
18B
28A
38A
48D

9C
19D
29D
39B
49B

10A
20D
30C
40D
50A

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