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KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM
2023
Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 74
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Họ và tên thí sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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. thick
B. thought
C. think
D. though
Question 2: A. nature
B. table
C. labour
D. passion
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. happy
B. canal
C. ready
D. concert
Question 4: A. fortunate
B. decision
C. important
D. remember
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: When fuels burn, it produce smoke and invisible gases that mix with clouds.
A. it
B. fuels
C. invisible
D. mix
Question 6: When I see her yesterday, I invited her to come to my house.
A. invited
B. house
C. to
D. see
Question 7: While he provides interesting examples from the past and present to support his
views, the argument is often lost in the torturous language.
A. interesting
B. argument
C. lost
D. torturous
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8: There has been a great increase in retail sales, ______?
A. isn't it
B. isn't there
C. doesn't it
D. hasn't there
Question 9: Hair fingernails, and toenails ______ from the skin.
A. forming
B. forms
C. formed
D. are formed
Question 10: Your father is very kind ______ David.
A. with
B. to
C. for
D. of
Question 11: The English test was a little bit ______ than I thought it would be at first.
A. the easier              B. more easy              C. easiest                   D. easier
Question 12: In order to build his enormous sand castle, ______ artists had to use 1000 tons of
sand.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. 0 (no article)
Question 13: I ______ work last week, but I changed my mind.
A. would start
B. had started
C. have started
D. was going to start
Question 14: Drying flowers is the best way ______ them.
A. preserved
B. by preserving
C. preserve
D. to preserve
Question 15: She didn't participate in the contest ______ her lack of confidence.
A. because
B. because of
C. since
D. despite
Question 16: ______ warfare duties primarily to males was imperative when combat was hand-to-hand.
A. Assigning
B. Assigned
C. Who assigned
D. That assigning
Question 17: Paul Samuelson was the first American to won the Nobel Prize in ______.
A. economy
B. economic
C. economical
D. economics
Question 18: After the first hard days, he eventually ______ with his work.
A. called on
B. got on
C. laid down
D. looked up
Question 19: You made a mistake by telling her a lie. It would be better now if you ______ to her.
A. hadn't lied
B. didn't lie
C. don't lie
D. hasn't lied
Question 20: I really must go and lie down for a while; I've got a ______ headache.
A. cutting
B. splitting
C. ringing
D. cracking
Question 21: Schooling is compulsory for all Vietnamese children ______ from six to fourteen.
A. age
B. aged
C. at age
D. on age
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Question 22: Why don't you cut down all the ______ to make a path?
A. underground
B. undercover
C. undercurrent
D. undergrowth
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following exchanges.
Question 23: Laura wanted to ask Maria a question.
- 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 24: Liz thanked Marx for having helped her with the presentation.
- Liz: “Thank you. I couldn't have finished my presentation without your help”.
- Marx: “________.”
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, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 25: They tried in vain to save enough money to buy a house and so finally they rented
one.
A. without money B. without trial
C. without success D. without work
Question 26: 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 27: These days, many people only read printed newspapers once in a while as they
tend to access information online.
A. regularly
B. attentively
C. occasionally
D. selectively
Question 28: 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 29: He started learning French six years ago.
A. He has learnt French for six years.
B. He last learned French for six years.
C. He didn't learn French six years ago.
D. He has started learning French for six years.
Question 30: "Where are you studying now?" asked my friend.
A. My friend asked me where I was studying then.
B. My friend asked me where was I studying at that time.
C. My friend asked me where I were studying then.
D. My friend asked me where are you studying now.
Question 31: It is unnecessary for us to worry about our final exam results.
A. We needn't worry about our final exam results.
B. We must worry about our final exam results.
C. We would worry about our final exam results.
D. We can't worry about our final exam results.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences
in the following questions.
Question 32: 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. If the coffee had been strong enough, it would have kept 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 33: Pauline was interested in the project. It was not abandoned.
A. No sooner had Pauline been interested in the project than it was abandoned.
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B. Only when Pauline was interested in the project was it abandoned.
C. Not until Pauline was interested in the project that it was abandoned.
D. Had Pauline not been interested, the project would have been abandoned.
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 34 to 38.
Students going to stay with a host family in another country usually have to make a
number of cultural adjustments. They may find it difficult to (34) ______ friendships with the
children in the family and they will certainly have to get used to a variety of new things, including
food, the climate and the language. An extra difficulty may be the different expectations (35) ______
the host parents have of them in comparison with their own parents.
They may be unprepared for the (36) ______ that they are expected to help with the
housework, or come home earlier in the evenings than they ever would at home. They may not
have as (37) ______ independence as they are used to, and they may sometimes be surprised by the
behaviour of the children in the family who, although usually friendly and welcoming may
sometimes seem a little immature. (38) ______, language exchange students generally enjoy
themselves and often form lasting friendships.
(Adapted from Complete First for Schools by Guy Brook-Hart and Helen Tiliouine)
Question 34: A. form
Question 35: A. where
Question 36: A. list
Question 37: A. much
Question 38: A. Therefore

B. land
B. whose
B. truth
B. lot
B. However

C. force
C. which
C. time
C. a few
C. For example

D. shape
D. whom
D. fact
D. many
D. Otherwise

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 39 to 45.
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 39: What does the passage mainly discuss?
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A. Communication styles
B. The function of the voice in performance
C. The production of speech
D. The connection between voice and
personality
Question 40: The word “itself” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. the rhythm
B. voice
C. the language
D. a tone
Question 41: 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 42: The word “drastically” in paragraph 2 mostly means ______.
A. automatically
B. exceptionally
C. naturally
D. commonly
Question 43: According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide ______.
A. hostility
B. shyness
C. friendliness
D. strength
Question 44: According to the passage, what does a constricted and harsh voice indicate?
A. lethargy
B. depression
C. boredom
D. anger
Question 45: The word “derived” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. cracked
B. originated
C. divided
D. expanded
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 46 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.
There is near universal support among the United Nations' 191 members for a ban on
reproductive cloning-creating cloned babies. Many countries have wrestled over whether to allow
cloning for stem cell and other types of research. Indeed, many researchers believe that stem cells
could be used to repair nerve tissue or cure diseases, including Alzheimer's. Stem cells are taken
from embryos and cloned, but extracting these cells kills the embryo. Opponents say that this is
equal to murder.
Question 46: 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 47: The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. a ban
B. an attempt at cloning human life
C. use of the phrase “human life”
D. research
Question 48: 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 49: 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 50: The word “extracting” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. growing
B. removing
C. curing
D. killing
____HẾT____
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