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KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM
2023
Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 011
Thời gian làm bài. 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Họ và tên thí sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following sentences.
Question 01: A. good
B. moon
C. groom
D. food
Question 02: A. chance
B. check
C. machine
D. beaches
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 03: A. courageous B. institute
C. character
D. internet
Question 04: A. cancer
B. treatment
C. disease
D. tissue
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 05: All participants have to put on their national costumes during the festival.
A. flags 
B. clothes
C. anthems
D. identity
Question 06: Car owners who live by the sea are well aware of the havoc that salt water causes to
a car's finish.
A. care
B. maintenance
C. destruction
D. service
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 07: Daniel is responsible ______ checking the passengers as they get onto the plane, so he
must have seen the suspect.
A. for
B. with
C. at
D. to
Question 08: I have to try hard day by day so as to win a place at ______ university later.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. 0 (no article)
Question 09: Mary will have finished all her work ______.
A. as soon as her boss returned
B. until her boss will return
C. by the time her boss returns
D. when he-r boss will return
Question 10: I don't think she thought very hard before deciding to leave her job, ______?
A. didn't she
B. don't I
C. do
D. did she
Question 11: Archie doesn't even ______ an effort to help out around the house.
A. solve
B. address
C. do
D. make
Question 12: The players were cheered by their ______ as they came out of the pitch.
A. supporters
B. public
C. viewers
D. audience
Question 13: The temple was destroyed in the violent ______ of 1470 B.C.
A. eruption
B. erupting
C. erupts
D. erupt
Question 14: I ______ some old love letters while I was clearing out a cupboard.
A. went into
B. turned on
C. took off
D. ran across
Question 15: Engineers at Red Motors have just created the corporation's first car ______ by solar
energy.
A. power
B. powered
C. powering
D. to power
Question 16: I tried ______ the bus, but I missed it.
A. catch
B. catching
C. to catch
D. caught
Question 17: My mom were cooking when I ______ home yesterday afternoon.
A. came
B. was coming
C. come
D. had come
Question 18: She didn't walk home by herself ______ she knew that it was dangerous.
A. because of
B. because
C. despite
D. although
Question 19: There will not be any redundancies in the ______ future.
A. foreseeable
B. known
C. foreseen
D. predictable
Question 20: If I ______ you, I would refuse his invitation to the gathering.
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A. were
B. had been
C. was
D. am
Question 21: Just mentioning his ex-wife's name was like waving a red rag in front of ______.
A. a buffalo
B. a horse
C. a pig
D. a bull
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable complete each
of the following exchanges.
Question 22: Daniel and Anthony are discussing the causes of air pollution.
Daniel: “I think urbanization has led to air pollution.” Anthony: “__________.”
A. Can I help you?
B. I don't think so. I can't agree with you more
C. I can't agree with you more.
D. Absolutely. I am not with you there.
Question 23: It's time for Patricia and Sandra go to school.
Patricia: “Do you think it is about to rain?”
Sandra: “__________.”
A. It's hopeless.
B. I hope not.
C. I don't hope.
D. I don't hope so.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in
meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 24: My boss doesn't mind what time I start or finish work.
A. My boss does not tell me what time I should start or finish work.
B. It makes no difference to my boss what time I start or finish work.
C. My boss and I are of one mind about what time I start or finish work.
D. I do not tell my boss what time I start or finish work because he has a lot in his mind.
Question 25: The last time he was here was in 2019.
A. It is in 2022 he was last here.
B. He didn't be here in 2022.
C. He hasn't been here in 2022.
D. He hasn't been here since 2022.
Question 26: “What will we do next week mom?” the boy asked.
A. The boy asked his mom what they would do the next week.
B. The boy asked his mom what they will do the next week.
C. The boy asked his mom what would they do the next week.
D. The boy asked his mom what we would do the next week.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that it
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the questions.
Question 27: She called me this morning at the office and we chat briefly about the project for a
while.
A. lengthily
B. seriously
C. shortly
D. privately
Question 28: You guys can go ahead! Once I've finished my work I'll be there in two shakes.
A. lately
B. slowly
C. briefly
D. shortly
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 sentences.
Question 29: The car driver in front stopped so suddenly. Therefore, the accident happened.
A. If the car driver in front didn't stop so suddenly, the accident wouldn't happen.
B. Had the car driver in front not stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn't have
happened.
C. Had the car driver in front stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn't have happened.
D. Were the car driver in front stopped suddenly, the accident would have happened.
Question 30: All are eligible for the contest. There is no discrimination of race and sex.
A. All are eligible for the contest despite the discrimination of race and sex.
B. All are eligible for the contest, when it comes to race and sex.
C. All are eligible for the contest, regardless of race and sex.
D. All are eligible for the contest due to the discrimination of race and sex.
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 31: The boy has a lot of toy cars, but he never plays with it.
A. has
B. but
C. never
D. it
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Question 32: The spokesman had an uphill struggle to find an explanation that was readily
intelligent to the layman.
A. spokesman
B. uphill
C. intelligent
D. layman.
Questions 33: She borrows a lot of English books from the school library last week.
A. borrows
B. of
C. from
D. library
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 following questions.
Who talk more men or women? Most people believe that women talk more. However,
linguist Deborah Tannen, who has studied the communication style of men and women, says that
this is a stereotype.  According to Tannen, women are more verbal - talk more in private
situations, where they use conversation as the “glue” to hold relationships together. But, she says,
men talk more in public situations, where they use conversation to exchange information and gain
status. Tannen points out that we can see these differences even in children. Little girls often play
with one "best friend", their play includes a lot of conversation. Little boys often play games in
groups; their play usually involves more doing than talking. In school, girls are often better at
verbal skills, boys are often better at mathematics. 
A recent study at Emory University helps to shed light on the roots of this difference.
Researchers studied conversations between children aged 3-6 and their parents. They found
evidence that parents talk very differently to their sons than they do to their daughters. The
startling conclusion was that parents use more language with their girls. Specifically, when
parents talk with their daughters, they use more descriptive language and more details. There is
also far more talk about emotions, especially with daughters than with sons. 
Questions 34: Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph? 
A. Little girls and little boys have different ways of playing. 
B. Women talk more than men on the whole. 
C. It's a stereotype that women talk more than men. 
D. Women talk more in private, and men talk more in public. 
Questions 35: The word "they" in the first paragraph refers to ______. 
A. situations
B. men
C. women
D. men and women
Questions 36: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Parents use more language to talk with their daughters. 
B. Parents give more love to their daughters than their sons. 
C. Boys don't like showing their emotions. 
D. Boy's play usually involves more talking than doing. 
Questions 37: Which word could best replace "startling" in the second paragraph?
A. beginning
B. annoying
C. interesting
D. surprising
Questions 38: Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Women use conversation as the "glue" to hold relationships together. 
B. One little girl often plays with many of her best friends. 
C. Parents talk to their sons and their daughters very differently.
D. Men use conversation to exchange information and gain status. 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose
to the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
It is great to have pen-pals. In my opinion, friendship is among the meaningful relations in
our life. Many of my friends have pen-pals and they correspond regularly. A friend of mine once
got a letter from the school mailbox and told me a lot of (39) ______ things about her pen-pal. That
made me excited and I was eager to have one. Therefore, I got online and did some chatting. I was
lucky to get to know a very nice Australian girl (40) ______ name was Jenny. She and I are the same
age and we have a lot of things in (41) ______.
Although my English was not very good at first, we were able to understand each other quite
well. My English has improved a lot. Jenny has never been to Viet Nam. However, she thinks well of
our country and our people. When she comes to Viet Nam, I will (42) ______ her to some interesting
places, especially our World Heritage Sites, such as Ha Long Bay, Hoi An Ancient Town, My Son
Tower. Through her mail, she tells me (43) ______ her country. Thanks to Jenny, I know more and
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more about Australia. I hope to be an exchange student in Australia some day and we will be able to
meet.
Questions 39: A. interests
Questions 40: A. whom
Questions 41: A. popular
Questions 42: A. bring
Questions 43: A. about

B. interesting
B. who
B. need
B. take
B. for

C. interested
C. whose
C. mind
C. carry
C. with

D. interestingly
D. that
D. common
D. hold
D. from

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Today, text-messaging has probably become young people's most common form of
communication. Some teachers think that because of this, young people are not writing correctly
at school. They fear that once students get used to it, they will find it hard to switch back to using
correct grammar and spelling. How did things begin this way?
It all began with e-mail, online chat rooms, and games. Then step by step young people
made sentences, phrases and words shorter. As text-messaging continued to become popular,
people invented more and more words. Today, it is like a real language with its own grammar
and vocabulary. The growth of text-messaging has raised an important question: As students
become fluent in text messaging, do their writing skills suffer?
People have different ideas about the effects of text-messaging on students' writing skills.
Some say that students are losing the ability to write long, correct sentences. Others say that textmessaging is having a good effect on the language students use in then schoolwork. It shows that
they are creative and good at expressing themselves. And if students can keep the two systems
separate - one for text messaging and one for school - this will help students appreciate reading
and writing more.
Some people suggest that one way to reduce the bad effects of text-messaging is to find
ways to use technology as a positive learning tool. For example, students can be allowed to type
their assignments in a cell phone message and send them to their teachers, but they must type
correctly. In this way, students are using the technology that they are familiar with to
communicate in a form of language suitable for schoolwork. It shows students that textmessaging is fine for social communication, but correct grammar and spelling are necessary for
communication in school.
(Adapted from Strategic Reading by Richards and Eckstut-Didier)
Questions 44: Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. What is Text-messaging Doing to Students' Writing?
B. How have Schools Changed Technology?
C. What can be Done to Increase the Quality of Text-messaging?
D. How can Teachers Teach Text-messaging?
Questions 45: The word switch in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. give
B. change
C. look
D. send
Questions 46: The word invented in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. explained
B. created
C. described
D. guessed
Questions 47: According to paragraph 3, how can text-messaging affect students' writing?
A. Students no longer use handwriting for their schoolwork.
B. Students' ability to write long, correct sentences is gradually decreasing.
C. Students will lose interest in their school writing.
D. Students are losing their creativity in writing.
Questions 48: The word them in paragraph 4 refers _______.
A. effects
B. people
C. students
D. assignments
Questions 49: Which of the folio wing is NOT true according to the passage?
A. People have different opinions about the effects of text-messaging on students writing.
B. Correct grammar and spelling are important for communication in school.
C. Text-messaging has probably become the most common form of communication for young
people.
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D. Text-messaging is like a real language with its own grammar and vocabulary.
Questions 50: Questions 43: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage.
A. Text-messaging has been accepted as an official language.
B. Text-messaging can help students write more correctly.
C. Students should know how to use standard language in all circumstances.
D. Students should know how to use text-messaging properly for their purposes.
______HẾT_____

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