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KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM
2024
Bài thi. NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 041
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 your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 01. Do you remember Daisy? I ran ______ her on the way to work.
A. in
B. across
C. by
D. down
Question 02. Luckily, the rain ______ so we were able to play the match.
A. watered down
B. gave out
C. held off
D. got away
Question 03. I asked Angela to run the office while I'm gone
I know I can depend on her.
A. unless
B. although
C. therefore
D. since
Question 04. The girl ______ behind you is one of the best at English in our school.
A. stands
B. stood
C. is standing
D. standing
Question 05. Be sure to ______ a real effort to answer all the questions the interviewer asks you.
A. hide
B. set
C. make
D. train
Question 06. Park Hang-seo, who is the head coach of ______ Vietnam national football team, is a
new idol of many people.
A. the
B. 0 (no article)
C. a
D. an
Question 07. My mother often ______ our mistakes, whereas my father is very strict and punishes
us for even the slightest one.
A. appreciates
B. avoids
C. enjoys
D. overlooks
Question 08. She is never willing ______ any personal questions.
A. answer
B. to answer
C. answering
D. answered
Question 09. If he made a mistake by telling her a lie, he ______ punished.
A. isn't
B. doesn't be
C. will be
D. would be
Question 10. His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He is very ______.
A. open-minded
B. narrow-minded C. absent-minded
D. kind-hearted
Question 11. Everybody is tired of watching the same commercials on TV every night, ______?
A. are they
B. don't they
C. aren't they
D. haven't they
Question 12. We regret to tell you that the materials you ordered are ______.
A. out of practice
B. out of stock
C. out of reach
D. out of work
Question 13. I suggest our rooms ______ before Tet Holiday.
A. be decorated
B. should decorate C. is decorated
D. were decorated
Question 14. The architects have made ______ use of glass and transparent plastic.
A. imagine
B. imagination
C. imaginative
D. imaginatively
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 15. It's ages since I last did such an important test.
A. I last did such an important test for ages.
B. I had last done such an important test for ages ago.
C. I won't do such an important test for ages.
D. I haven't done such an important test for ages.
Question 16. Students are not allowed to bring food into the computer room.
A. Students wouldn't bring food into the computer room.
B. Student won't bring food into the computer room.
C. Students mustn't bring food into the computer room.
D. Students needn't bring food into the computer room.
Question 17. “The flight to Canada was cancelled yesterday evening.” he said to me.
A. He told me that the flight to Canada had been cancelled the previous evening.
B. He told me that the flight to Canada has been cancelled the previous evening.
C. He told me that the flight to Canada was cancelled yesterday evening.
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D. He told me that the flight to Canada had been cancelled yesterday evening.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined the word whose
underlined part differs from the other in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 18. A. thick
B. though
C. thought
D. think
Question 19. A. flood
B. spoon
C. moon
D. soon
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Mobile phones emit microwave radio emissions. Investigators are questioning whether
exposure to these radio waves might (20) ______ to brain cancer. So far, the figures are not final.
The precise evidence does not enable us to say in certain that mobile phones are definitely safe.
On the other hand, recent research has not yet (21) ______ clear adverse effect associated with
the prolonged use of mobile phones.
Many studies are now going on in numerous countries. Some of the results are
contradictory but (22) ______ have shown an association between mobile phone use and cancer.
However, these studies are preliminary and the issue need further, long – term investigation.
(23) ______ the scientific data is more definite, it is advisable for people to try not to use
mobile phone for long periods of time. Don't think that hands free phones are any safer either. At
the moment, research is in fact showing the opposite and they may be just as hazardous. It is also
thought that young people (24) ______ bodies are still growing may be at particular risk.
Question 20. A. bring
Question 21. A. created
Question 22. A. the another
Question 23. A. When
Question 24. A. whose

B. cause
B. demonstrated
B. the others
B. Until
B. that

C. produce
C. proved
C. other
C. Provide
C. with

D. lead
D. caused
D. another
D. As
D. as

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 25. Flats which are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far between in
the current context of economic crisis.
A. non–standard
B. non–existent
C. uncommon
D. unusual
Question 26. Gerry didn't go on the expedition – he made up that part of the story.
A. narrated
B. invented
C. unfolded
D. recounted
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.
Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things
happening in society. However, there is a place where readers can find some good news. That
place is the website called HappyNews. The man behind HappyNews is Byron Reese. Reese set up
HappyNews because he thought other news sources were giving people an unbalanced view of the
world. Reese said about HappyNews, “The news media gives you a distorted view of the world by
exaggerating bad news, misery, and despair. We're trying to balance out the scale.”
Not everyone agrees with Reese's view, though. Many people think that news sources have
a responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people. People need to know about issues or
problems in today's society. Then they are better able to make informed decisions about things
that affect their daily lives. Reese said that HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning
about issues or problems. HappyNews is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today's world.
By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 unique readers.
About 60 percent of those readers were women. Something else unique makes HappyNews
different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet. Unlike
many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mail from its readers on a daily basis.
Question 27. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. “Newspapers vs. Online News”
B. “Why Women Like HappyNews”
C. “Good News for a Change”
D. “Byron Reese Tells People How to Be Happy”
Question 28. How is HappyNews different than other news sources?
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A. Its stories are not about bad things.
B. The website only has stories about women.
C. All of the stories are written by Reese. D. HappyNews does not exaggerate its stories.
Question 29. The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. problems
B. people
C. sources
D. issues
Question 30. Why might some people NOT like HappyNews?
A. Reese's stories are about misery and despair.
B. Some sources give a balanced view.
C. The stories are from around the world.
D. It doesn't tell them about important issues or problems.
Question 31. What does “exaggerating” mean in this reading?
A. improving
B. worsening
C. explaining
D. editing
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 questions.
Question 32. Chris doesn't have enough time. He can't travel to Ha Long Bay for his holiday.
A. If only Chris had had enough time, he could have traveled to Ha Long Bay for his holiday.
B. If Chris had enough time, he could travel to Ha Long Bay for his holiday.
C. Provided Chris has enough time, he can travel to Ha Long Bay for his holiday.
D. Chris can travel to Ha Long Bay for his holiday in case he doesn't have enough time.
Question 33. They left the concert hall. The fire alarm went off right afterwards.
A. They were leaving the concert hall when the fire alarm went off.
B. No sooner had they left the concert hall than the fire alarm went off.
C. They left the concert hall just as the fire alarm went off.
D. The fire alarm had gone off before they left the concert hall.
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 34. Though I persuaded my boss to solve a very serious problem in the new
management system, he just made light of it.
A. disagreed with
B. discovered by chance C. completely ignored D. treated as
important
Question 35. On Saturday wearing uniforms is optional so I often choose T-shirt and shorts.
A. compulsory
B. voluntary
C. uncomfortable
D. acceptable
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 36. A. diversity
B. environment
C. optimistic
D. assimilate
Question 37. A. require
B. danger
C. enroll
D. promote
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 38. John and Tim are talking about future jobs.
- John: “What kind of job would you like?” - Tim: “________.”
A. That will do
B. Any time after next week
C. Any of them are OK
D. Anything to do with computer
Question 39. Tung gave Tuan a compliment on his shoes.
- Tung: "Your shoes are terrific, Tuan. The colour quite suits you." - Tuan: “________”
A. I'm glad you like them.
B. Really?
C. Do you like them?
D. You must be kidding. My shirt is nice, isn't it?
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.
In the history of technology, computers and calculators were innovative developments.
They are essentially different from all other machines because they have a memory. This memory
stores instructions and information. In a calculator, the instructions are the various functions of
arithmetic, which are permanently remembered by the machine and cannot be altered or added
to. The information consists of the numbers which are keyed in.
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An electronic pocket calculator can perform almost instant arithmetic. A calculator
requires an input unit to feed in numbers, a processing unit to make the calculation, a memory
unit, and an output unit to display the result. The calculator is powered by a small battery or by a
panel of solar cells. Inside is a microchip that contains the memory and processing units and also
controls the input unit, which is the keyboard, and the output unit, which is the display.
The input unit has keys for numbers and operations. Beneath the key is a printed circuit
board containing a set of contacts for each key. Pressing a key closes the contacts and sends a
signal along a pair of lines in the circuit board to the processing unit, in which the binary code for
that key is stored in the memory. The processing unit also sends the code to the display. Each key
is connected by a different pair of lines to the processing unit, which repeatedly checks the lines
to find out when a pair is linked by a key.
The memory unit stores the arithmetic instructions for the processing unit and holds the
temporary results that occur during calculation. Storage cells in the memory unit hold the binary
codes for the keys that have been pressed. The number codes, together with the operation code
for the plus key, are held in temporary cells until the processing unit requires them.
When the equal key is pressed, it sends a signal to the processing unit. This takes the
operation code - for example, addition - and the two numbers being held in the memory unit and
performs the operation on the two numbers. After the addition is done, the result goes to the
decoder in the calculator's microchip. This code is then sent to the liquid crystal display unit,
which shows the result, or output, of the calculation.
Question 40. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To discuss innovative developments in technology
B. To compare computers and calculators with other machines
C. To summarize the history of technology
D. To explain how a calculator works
Question 41. What can be inferred about machines that are not calculators or computers?
A. They cannot store information in a memory.
B. They are less expensive than computers.
C. They are older than computers.
D. They have simple memory and processing units.
Question 42. The word “innovative” in paragraph 1 could best replaced by ______.
A. important
B. recent
C. revolutionary
D. complicated
Question 43. In what part of the calculator are the processing and memory units?
A. The output unit B. The microchip
C. The solar cells
D. The battery
Question 44. According to the passage, one function of the memory unit is ______.
A. to alter basic arithmetic instructions B. to store temporary results during calculation
C. to control the keyboard
D. to send codes to the display unit
Question 45. The word “This” in paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. the equal key
B. the plus key
C. the memory unit D. the processing unit
Question 46. The word “contacts” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. commands
B. locations
C. codes
D. connections
Question 47. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE about calculators?
A. Calculator and computers have a memory.
B. Calculators require a lot of instructions to operate quickly.
C. Sending codes takes place only in the memory unit of a calculator.
D. Pressing a key activates a calculator.
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 48. It is believed that in the near future robots will be used to doing things such as
cooking.
A. such as
B. It is believed
C. be used to doing D. in the near future
Question 49. The Vietnamese is hard-working, intelligent and brave.
A. Vietnamese
B. is
C. intelligent
D. brave
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Question 50. Bacteria lived in the soil play a vital role in recycling the carbon and nitrogen needed
by plants.
A. lived
B. vital role
C. recycling
D. needed
______HẾT_____

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