DE THI THPT DE KHONG KEY

ĐỀ SỐ 1
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. followed
B. exploited
C. packaged
D. reserved
Question 2: A. literature
B. important
C. available
D. conservation
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the
primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. methodical
B. academic
C. compulsory
D. commercially
Question 4: A. unfortunately
B. agricultural
C. university
D. representative
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: Electric wires carry current for lighting and outlets designing for household appliances.
A.Electric
B. carry current
C. lighting
D. designing
Question 6: Technology is define as the tools, skills, and methods that are necessary to produce goods.
A. is define
B. the tools

C. that are
D. to produce
Question 7: The planet Mercury rotates slow than any other planet except Venus.
A. rotates
B. slow
C. other planet
D. except
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8: Hair fingernails, and toenails ____ from the skin.
A. forming
B. forms
C. formed
D. are formed
Question 9: Paul Samuelson was the first American to won the Nobel Prize in ____.
A. economy
B. economic
C. economical
D. economics
Question 10: It's amazing how Jenny acts as though she and Darren ____ serious problems at the moment.
A. aren't having
B. weren't having
C. hadn't had
D. hadn't been having
Question 11: Drying flowers is the best way ____ them.
A. preserved
B. by preserving
C. preserve
D. to preserve
Question 12: ____ charge for ____ excess luggage is £10 ____ kilo.
A. The; an; a

B. The; 0; a
C. 0; 0; a
D. 0; an; the
Question 13: Everything is ____ you. I cannot make ____ my mind yet.
A. out off/ on
B. up to/ up
C. away from/ for
D. on for/ off
Question 14: Your father is very kind ____ David.
A. with
B. to
C. for
D. of
Question 15: How are you ____ on with your work? - It's Ok.
A. calling
B. getting
C. laying
D. looking
Question 16: Spain has little good farmland and lacks many ____ raw materials.
A. important industry
B. industrious and important
C. important industrial
D. important industries
Question 17: Professional gardeners appreciate flowers for their ____ gorgeous colors, and pleasant fragrance.
A. attractively shaped
B. shape and attract
C. shaped attractively
D. attractive shapes
Question 18: Jane only makes cakes with the ____ butter.
A. best unsalted Danish

B. unsalted best Danish
C. Danish best unsalted
D. best Danish unsalted
Question 19: ____ warfare duties primarily to males' was imperative when combat was hand-to-hand.
A. Assigning
B. Assigned
C. They who assigned
D. That they were assigning
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following
exchanges.


Question 20: - Laura: “I have got a couple of questions I would like to ask you.”
- Maria: “____”
A. Of course not, it's not costly.
B. Right, fine away.
C. What's up?
D. Not at all.
Question 21: A. Thank you. I couldn't have finished my presentation without your help.
B. ____
A. Forget about it. I didn't mean so.
B. I highly appreciate what you did.
C. It doesn't matter anyway.
D. Never mind.
Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
Question 22: A wedding is a meaningful event.
A. sad
B. sorrowful
C. important

D. unimportant
Question 23: She was a devoted teacher. She spent most of her time teaching and taking care of her students.
A. polite
B. lazy
C. honest
D. dedicated
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 24: Designers could move away from conservative styles and promote the swimsuits that revealed a
body's physical attributes.
A. hid
B. distorted
C. blocked
D. disrupted
Question 25: Lunar years were inconvenient for agricultural purposes.
A. useful
B. ideal
C. proper
D. practical
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following
questions.
Question 26: "Why don't we go out for drinks?", said Jenny.
A. Jenny recommended why we went out for drinks.
B. Jenny said why they didn't go out for drinks.
C. Jenny suggested going out for drinks.
D. Jenny asked why they didn't go out for drinks.
Question 27: Donald could not help weeping when he heard the bad news.
A. Donald could not stop himself from weeping at the bad news.
B. Donald could not allow himself to sweep at the bad news.
C. Donald could not help himself and so he wept.

D. Donald could not help himself because he was weeping.
Question 28: He got over his illness in three months.
A. It took to get over his illness in three months.
B. It took three months for him to get over his illness.
C. It took him three months to get over his illness.
D. It took three months for his illness to get over.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the
following questions.
Question 29: The coffee was not strong. It didn't keep us awake.
A. The coffee was very strong, but it couldn't keep us awake.
B. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake.
C. The coffee was not good enough for us to keep awake.
D. We were kept awake although the coffee was not strong.
Question 30: You don't try to work hard. You will fail in the exam.
A. Unless you don't try to work hard, you will fail in the exam.
B. Unless you try to work hard, you won't fail in the exam.
C. Unless you try to work hard, you will fail in the exam.


D. Unless do you try to work hard, you will fail in the exam.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that
best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
Royal Residences
Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse are the official (31) ____ of the
Sovereign and as such, serve as both home and office for the Queen, whose personal flag flies (32) ____
her Majesty is in residence.
These buildings are used extensively for State ceremonies and official entertaining and are opened to the
(33) ____ as much as these commitments allow. They are furnished with fine pictures and (34) ____ of
art from the Royal Collection, assembled over four centuries by successive sovereigns. Many of the
State Apartments and rooms at the official residences have been in continuous use since their concept on

and many of the paintings are (35) ____ in the rooms for which they were originally intended.
Question 31: A. venues
B. residences
C. situations
D. occupation
Question 32: A. whatever
B. however
C. whoever
D. whenever
Question 33: A. humans
B. public
C. peoples
D. strangers
Question 34: A. paintings
B. statues
C. works
D. jobs
Question 35: A. created
B. explored
C. produced
D. displayed
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 36 to 42.
A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker. The first is the broad area
of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a
group or an individual and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts
and ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by
the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular
or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a
group, a person's tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels,

the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may believe them. Here
the participant's tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of
concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by
the acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its
own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and
in the case of singing, the music, in combination with the performer's skills, personality, and ability to
create empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication. Second,
the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image, perception of others, and emotional health.
Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive, outgoing,
or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the facade or mask
of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. How a speaker perceives
the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can drastically alter the tone
of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is evidenced in the voice
by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the angry, and by dull and
lethargic qualities of the depressed.
Question 36: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The function of the voice in performance
B. Communication styles
C. The connection between voice and personality
D. The production of speech
Question 37: What does the author mean by stating that, “At interpersonal levels, tone may reflect ideas and
feelings over and above the words chosen”?
A. Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
B. The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.


C. A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.
D. Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas.
Question 38: The word "derived” is closest in meaning to ____.
A. discussed

B. prepared
C. registered
D. obtained
Question 39: Why does the author mention “artistic, political, or pedagogic communication”?
A. As examples of public performance.
B. As examples of basic styles of communication.
C. To contrast them to singing.
D. To introduce the idea of self-image.
Question 40: According to the passage, an exuberant tone of voice mat be an indication of a person's ____.
A. general physical health
B. personality
C. ability to communicate
D. vocal quality
Question 41: According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide ____.
A. hostility
B. shyness
C. friendliness
D. strength
Question 42: According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?
A. lethargy
B. depression
C. boredom
D. anger
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 43 to 50.
U.N. Abandons Treaty to Ban Cloning
U.N. diplomats abandoned efforts to draft a treaty that would outlaw human cloning. They will likely
settle for a weaker statement, and won't seek a widespread ban, officials said. The debate began when
Italy introduced a document into the U.N. to stop any attempt at cloning human life. The Belgians
objected to the use of the term “human life” in the document, because they feared it would put a stop to

all forms of human cloning.
[1] There is near universal support among the United Nations' 191 members for a ban on reproductive
cloning-creating cloned babies. [2] Many countries have wrestled over whether to allow cloning for stem
cell and other types of research. [3] Indeed, many researchers believe that stem cells could be used to
repair nerve tissue or cure diseases, including Alzheimer's. [4] Stem cells are taken from embryos and
cloned, but extracting these cells kills the embryo. Opponents say that this is equal to murder.
Question 43: What is the main topic of this passage?
A. a disagreement on cloning
B. the definition of "life"
C. reasons why cloning should be banned
D. the arguments against cloning babies
Question 44: Which of the following best describes the organization of this passage?
A. a chronological listing of steps used in cloning
B. a discussion of ways to use cloning for better health
C. a description of nations' opinions about cloning and reasons for those opinions
D. none of the answers
Question 45: The word "it" in-the text refers to ____.
A. a ban
B. an attempt at cloning human life
C. use of the phrase "human life”
D. research
Question 46: Which of the following can be inferred from his passage?
A. The production of cloned babies will probably be banned.
B. No one knows what life is or when life begins.
C. Cloning for medical research will probably be banned.
D. Most diseases will be cured through cloning.
Question 47: Why are some countries "wrestling" over whether to ban cloning or not?
A. Because it is a very harmful process.
B. Because they don't want to upset the U.N.
C. Because the issue is morally and legally difficult.

D. Because they want to fight with other countries over cloning.


Question 48: The phrase "universal support” means ____.
A. every country is against the issue
B. every country is for the issue
C. there are equal numbers for and against the issue.
D. none of the answers
Question 49: The word "extracting” in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. growing
B. removing
C. curing
D. killing
Question 50: Which is the best place for the following sentence?
“Another type of cloning is the cause of the controversy.”
A. [1]
B. [2]
C. [3]
D. [4]