ĐỀ ÔN THI THPT 2021 – Số 23
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
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. translated B. protected C. provided D. employed
Question 2:A. gift B. mile C. kind D. site

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. focus B. receive C. suppose D. invent
Question 4: A. charity B. heritage C. extinction D. wilderness

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: Jane speaks Vietnamese fluently, ______?
A. does she B. doesn’t she C. didn’t she D. isn’t she
Question 6: Gold ______ in California in the nineteenth century.
A. was discovered B. was discovering
C. discovered D. has discovered
Question 7: The local residents suspected the authorities ______ having kept the pollution level secret from the local people.
A. about B. on C. of D. for
Question 8: The more the economy grows, ______ people’s living condition is.
A. better B. best C. the best D. the better
Question 9: Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by ______ rocking chair.
A. a beautiful European wooden B. a beautiful wooden European
C. a wooden European beautiful D. a wooden beautiful European
Question 10:When Linda called last night, I ______ my favourite show on TV.
A. watched B. have watched C. was watching D. am watching
Question 11: ______ his good work and manners, he didn’t get a promotion.
A. Because of B. Because C. Although D. In spite of
Question 12. I’ll take Mariana out to eat ______.
A. as soon as she had finished her exam B. before she finished her exam
C. while she was finishing her exam D. after she has finished her exam
Question 13: ______ photographs of the place, I had no desire to go there.
A. To see B. Seen C. Being seen D. Having seen
Question 14: People didn`t believe his ______ that he had stolen the money in order to give it to charity.
A.explicably B. explanation C.explain D.explicable
Question 15: Andrew ______ greater responsibilities when he was promoted.
A. went over B. put up C. took on D. got over
Question 16: Since I _____ an argument with my brother, we didn`t speak to each other for months.
A. made B.had C.caused D.took
Question 17: The__________ for this position starts at thirty thousand euros per year.
A. wage B. pension C. salary D. income

Question 18: Union leaders feel it is time Cabinet Ministers put their ______ on the table regarding their long-term plans.
A. cards B. hands C. feet D. papers
Question 19: He was given amedalin ______ of his service to thecountry.
A. respect B. knowledge C. recognition D. response

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 20: Her courage not only inspired her followers but moved her rivals as well.
A. depressed B. motivated C. overlooked D. rejected
Question 21: Ray Kurzweil suggests that rapid technological development will lead to the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence.
A. inapplicable B. unavoidable C. unrecognizable D. invisible

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: She didn’t perform all her duties