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KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM
2024
Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 78
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Họ và tên thí sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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 1. A. easy
B. marine
C. sensible
D. floppy
Question 2. A. reference
B. refusal
C. butterfly
D. industry
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 3. Ben's dreams of a university education went by the board when his father died and
he was forced to earn a living.
A. became possible B. got rejected
C. got prolonged
D. turned into a nightmare
Question 4. Some companies are making strenuous efforts to increase the proportion of women
at all levels of employment.
A. continuous
B. half-hearted
C. determined
D. decisive
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes
the following exchanges.
Question 5. Peter and John, two high school students, are talking about school exams.
- Peter: "I think exams should not be the only way to assess students."
- John: "__________. There are various others like presentations and projects."
A. That's not entirely true B. I share your view C. I totally disagree D. Not at all
Question 6. Two friends are talking to each other at a class reunion.
- Jimmy: "_______________"
- Jack: "I work at the bank."
A. How do you do, Jack?
B. What do you do for a living, Jack?
C. Where did you work, Jack?
D. How are you doing, Jack?
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 7. His work remained obscene for years before it was finally recognized as
groundbreaking and influential.
A. obscene
B. influential
C. recognized
D. groundbreaking
Question 8. She reads the latest issue of her favorite magazine during her commute yesterday.
A. commute
B. reads
C. issue
D. during
Question 9. He bought a new suit so that he could use them for his upcoming job interview.
A. them
B. bought
C. so that
D. upcoming
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 10. I doubt his ability to solve this problem on his own. He'll end up counting on other
people's help.
A. observe
B. question
C. create
D. identify
Question 11. The match was switched from Friday to Sunday due to bad weather.
A. followed
B. changed
C. accessed
D. forced
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the three
in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 12. A. leather
B. thought
C. breath
D. methane
Question 13. A. liberty
B. reliable
C. final
D. revival
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 14. Today, women are increasingly involved ______ the politics.
A. from
B. of
C. with
D. in
Question 15. Students are restrained from eating bananas prior to an exam for ______ of failing
“like sliding on a banana skin”.
A. cheer
B. anger
C. scare
D. fear
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Question 16. She expects that her presentation ______ by many people.
A. will be watched B. was watching
C. will be watch
D. will watch
Question 17. Your mother sometimes buys you a big present, ______?
A. didn't she
B. does she
C. isn't she
D. doesn't she
Question 18. How many means of ______ do you use on a regular basis?
A. communicative B. communicating C. communicate
D. communication
Question 19. We should participate in the movements ______ to conserve the environment.
A. organizing
B. organized
C. are organized
D. to organize
Question 20. We had a very nice meal, ______ vegetables were especially good.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. 0 (no article)
Question 21. It's expected that all members will ______ to the rules of the club.
A. compromise
B. comply
C. concede
D. conform
Question 22. If Bill loses his job at least they have Mary's income to ______ on.
A. fall for
B. fall behind
C. fall back
D. fall under
Question 23. My father has worked as a journalist ______.
A. as he had graduated from the university B. since he graduated from the university
C. for he graduated from the university
D. because he has graduated from the university
Question 24. I've searched ______ for that old photo album, but I can't find it anywhere.
A. high and low
B. straight and narrow C. in and out
D. thick and thin
Question 25. The children ______ loudly when their parents arrived home from work.
A. was playing
B. played
C. playing
D. were playing
Question 26. I don't know how actors manage ______ all those lines.
A. to learn
B. to learning
C. learn
D. learning
Question 27. It is believed that travelling is a good way to expand our ______ of the world.
A. knowledge
B. knowledgeable C. knowledgeably
D. know
Question 28. Maria is ______ with money than her husband, John.
A. carefuller
B. more careful
C. careful
D. more carefuller
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. John last wrote to his girlfriend three years ago.
A. John hasn't written to his girlfriend for three years.
B. John has written to his girlfriend for three years.
C. John had written to his girlfriend for three years.
D. John wrote to his girlfriend three years ago.
Question 30. "What did you do last weekend, Tim?" Alice asked.
A. Alice asked Tim what had he done the previous weekend
B. Alice asked Tim what did he do the previous weekend.
C. Alice asked Tim what he had done previous weekend.
D. Alice asked Tim what he had done the previous weekend.
Question 31. The workers at the factory are required to wear protective clothing.
A. The workers at the factory must wear protective clothing.
B. The workers at the factory may wear protective clothing.
C. The workers at the factory shouldn't wear protective clothing.
D. The workers at the factory needn't wear protective clothing.
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. My father wants to help me with the assignments. He is snowed under with work.
A. If only my father were snowed under with work, he couldn't help me with the assignments.
B. If my father hadn't been snowed under with work, he could help me with the assignments.
C. Provided my father is snowed under with work, he cannot help me with the assignments.
D. If my father weren't snowed under with work, he could help me with the assignments.
Question 33. Women aren't allowed to wear short skirts when entering this temple. There's no
exception whatsoever.
A. By no means are women banned from wearing short skirts when entering this temple.
B. On no occasion were women allowed to wear short skirts when entering this temple.
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C. At no time are women forbidden to wear short skirts when entering this temple.
D. Under no circumstances are women permitted to wear short skirts when entering this
temple.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose
the word or phrase that best fits each other numbered blanks.
One of the most wondrous and iconic animals to walk the Earth, Bengal tigers, (34) ______
are majestic and rare. They're also one of the biggest cat species in the world. On average, Bengals
are larger than (35) ______ tiger species, but the largest tiger ever (36) ______ was a Siberian. As
such, Bengals are considered the second largest tiger species.
Today, wild Bengal tigers are animals that only live in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and
Nepal. (37) ______ there are more Bengals than any other tiger subspecies on the Indian
subcontinent, the populations are endangered. Conservation efforts are working to some degree,
but they're not (38) ______ the poaching, deforestation, and human encroachment that has
devastated wild tiger habitats over the past 50 years.
Question 34. A. which
B. who
C. whom
D. that
Question 35. A. another
B. others
C. the other
D. other
Question 36. A. recorded B. considered
C. known
D. preserved
Question 37. A. Therefore B. Although
C. However
D. Because
Question 38. A. outpacing B. outdancing
C. outbidding
D. outbreaking
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 study was set up to examine the old marriage advice about whether it's more important
to be happy or to be right. Couples therapists sometimes suggest that in an attempt to avoid
constant arguments, spouses weigh up whether pressing the point is worth the misery of marital
discord. The researchers from the University of Auckland noticed that many of their patients
were adding stress to their lives by insisting on being right, even when it worked against their
well-being.
The researchers then found a couple who were willing to record their quality of life on a
scale of 1 to 10. They told the man, who wanted to be happy more than right, about the purpose of
the study and asked him to agree with every opinion and request his wife had without complaint,
even when he profoundly didn't agree. The wife was not informed of the purpose of the study and
just asked to record her quality of life. Things went rapidly downhill for the couple. The man's
quality-of-life scores fell, from 7 to 3, over the course of the experiment. The wife's scores rose
modestly, from 8 to 8.5, before she became hostile to the idea of recording the scores. Rather than
creating harmony, the husband's agreeableness led to the wife becoming increasingly critical of
what he did and said (in the husband's opinion). After 12 days he broke down, and the study was
called off because of “severe adverse outcomes.”
The researchers concluded, shockingly, that humans need to be right and acknowledged as
right, at least some of the time, to be happy. They also noted this was further proof that if given
too much power, humans tend to “assume the alpha position and, as with chimpanzees, they
become very aggressive and dangerous.” It is often said that there can be no peace without justice,
and that's true of domestic sphere. Obviously the results are to be taken with extreme caution,
since this was just one couple with who-knows-what underlying issues beforehand. But the
study's chief author, Dr. Bruce Arroll, maintains that the question of happiness vs. rightness,
theoretically, could be settled by scientific inquiry with a wider sample. “This would include a
randomized controlled trial,” he says. “However, we would be reluctant to do the definitive study
because of the concern about divorce.”
(Adapted from
https://healthland.time.com)
Question 39. The word “critical” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. unequal
B. agreeable
C. disapproving
D. encouraging
Question 40. The word “They” in paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A. results
B. humans
C. chimpanzees
D. researchers
Question 41. The word “discord” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. disloyalty
B. disagreement
C. understanding
D. status
Question 42. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 5?
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A. Further research on the issue will definitely be conducted with a larger sample.
B. The findings of the study are inconclusive due to its limited sample.
C. Studies of this kind will ultimately lead to divorce among the subjects.
D. The researchers are willing to continue the study despite its bad influence.
Question 43. Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. It's Worth Listening to Experts for a Happy Marriage
B. Expert Advice: It Pays to be Kind rather than to be Right
C. Marriage Experiment: It's Better to be Right than Happy
D. It Makes Sense to Avoid Marriage Conflicts
Question 44. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The woman in the study was kept in the dark about its aim.
B. It was anticipated that people need to be regarded as right to be happy.
C. Having too much power in hand may lead to aggression among people.
D. In domestic sphere, peace can hardly be maintained without justice.
Question 45. In paragraph 1, the study was conducted in order to ______.
A. see if people are happy in their marriage
B. find out the best advice for couples
C. test an old piece of advice on marriage
D. illustrate how to live a happier life
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.
In a world with increasing levels of carbon in the atmosphere, these new findings imply
that warmer weather and longer growing seasons will not allow temperate deciduous trees to
take up more carbon dioxide. The study's predictive model suggests that by 2100, when tree
growing seasons are expected to be between 22 and 34 days longer, leaves will fall from trees
between three and six days earlier than they do now.
This has significant implications for climate change modelling. If we accept that the
amount of carbon taken up by deciduous trees in temperature countries like the UK will remain
the same each year regardless of the growing season, carbon dioxide levels will rise more quickly
than was previously expected. The only way to change this will be to increase the capacity of trees
to absorb carbon.
Plants that aren't limited by the amount of nitrogen available may be able to grow for
longer in the warming climate. These are the trees which can take nitrogen from the air, such as
alder. But these species will still lose their leaves at roughly the same time as always, thanks to
less daylight and colder temperatures. But on the upside, with the prospect of some trees losing
their leaves earlier and others losing them at the time they do now, there might be the prospect
of prolonged autumnal colours – and more time for us to kick through the leaves.
(Adapted from https://theconversation.com/)
Question 46. According to the passage, carbon and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ______.
A. will rise more slowly than was previously expected
B. cannot be taken up more by temperate deciduous trees
C. has been decreasing in the world
D. cannot be absorbed by increasing the capacity of trees
Question 47. The word prospect in paragraph 4 mostly means ______.
A. relation
B. revolution
C. responsibility
D. possibility
Question 48. The word they in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. leaves
B. six days
C. growing seasons
D. trees
Question 49. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Nitrogen From the Air
B. Earlier Autumn Colours
C. Growing Season in the UK
D. Autumn and Growing Seasons
Question 50. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Some trees will lose leaves at the time they do now.
B. Plants may grow for longer in the warming climate.
C. Tree growing seasons may be 22 to 34 days longer.
D. Alder will never lose their leaves.
_____HẾT_____
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