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NĂM HỌC 2025-2026
Môn: TIẾNG ANH

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

(Đề thi gồm 13 trang)

Ngày thi: 10/01/2026

I. LISTENING (4.0 points)
Part 1. You will hear a conversation between a man and a staff in an office-for-lease agency. Complete
the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER taken from the
recording for each answer on your answer sheet. (2.0 points)
REQUEST FOR COMMERCIAL LEASE
Example
Name:

Mr. Rich

Company:

ICT Industry

Preferred location:

city center

Near:

(1) ____________

Size:

12,000 m2

Number of staff:

40 (26 workers in (2) ____________ offices)

Special needs:

wheelchair access, parking for (3) ____________

Moving date:

during the month of July

Available facilities & Requirements:


Good (4) ____________ access



Large (5) ____________



Removal of some (6) ____________



(7) ____________ kitchen - make bigger



Turn the office near the entrance into (8) ____________



New: paint work, light, (9) ____________, carpet



Minimum length of lease: (10) ____________ (with right of renewal)

Part 2. You will hear a radio interview in which a psychologist, Colin Fraser, talks about cultural
identity. Write the letter A, B, or C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions. (1.0 point)
11. When discussing his own cultural identity, Colin reveals ____________.
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A. his resilience to changing cultures
B. his ability to adapt
C. his feeling of alienation
12. What does Colin regard as the defining aspect of a person's cultural identity?
A. The sense of birthright
B. The emotion it generates
C. The symbols of tradition
13. The influence of a culture can be attributed to ____________.
A. the dissemination of wisdom
B. knowledge of one's background
C. the practice of archaic rituals
14. According to the conversation, Colin ____________.
A. addresses the issues raised by conflicting cultures
B. advocates the celebration of heritage
C. highlights the differences in societies
15. According to Colin, what makes a culture successful on the global scene?
A. Its capacity for tolerance
B. Its aptitude for resolving conflicts
C. Its ability to be self-effacing
Part 3. You will hear two students talking to a physio-therapist. What comments do the speakers make
about each treatment or service? Choose FIVE answers from the box. Write the correct letter A–G
next to questions 16–20 on your answer sheet. (1.0 point)
Comments

Treatments and services

A. It strengthens the whole body.
B. It is the most popular.

16. Manual therapy

____________

C. It requires special sportswear.

17. Stability training

____________

D. It is the most effective.

18. Electrotherapy

____________

E. It is best done in the evening.

19. Video analysis

____________

F. It is rarely used.

20. Workstation analysis

____________

G. It is particularly good for the lung.
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4.0 points)
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Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best
completes each of the following sentences.
21. Every Christmas of my childhood was the same. My father ____________ home late for dinner, weighed
down with presents for the family.
A. would come

B. was used to coming

C. was coming

D. had come

22. The legislation must be applied ____________ someone's ethnic origins.
A. in view of

B. irrespective of

C. in lieu of

D. on account of

23. The energy derived from non-renewable fossil fuels has been increasingly produced in one location and
transported to another, ____________.
A. as is the case with most automobile fuels

B. like has the case with most automobile fuels

C. that is the case with most automobile fuels

D. so the case with most automobile fuels

24. They decided to cancel the classical concert ____________ and simply because it cost too much to
organize.
A. truly

B. fully

C. utterly

D. purely

25. ____________ has gone back to teaching surprises not only members of his family but also his
colleagues.
A. It is the professor that

B. Though the professor

C. That the professor

D. The professor

26. We all tried to convince our teacher to change his mind about the school trip and he finally
____________.
A. caught on

B. set out

C. got through

D. came round

27. ____________ by the council, various projects for constructing new schools are under implementation in
the region.
A. Having been approved

B. To have been approved

C. To have approved

D. Having approved

28. The endless parade of ____________ on television has made today's young girls obsessed with their
bodies.
A. celebrities enhancing surgically

B. surgically-enhanced celebrities

C. enhanced-surgically celebrities

D. surgical celebrities enhanced

29. After a number of incidents with the police, we decided to close down the club altogether. But now I
think that maybe we ____________ it open.
A. can't have kept

B. should have kept

C. must have kept

D. might not have kept

30. It is disquieting that there has been an increased ____________ of cancer near the nuclear power station.
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A. appearance

B. accidence

C. persistence

D. incidence

31. During the current economic crisis, a lot of companies are trying to economize ____________ not taking
on new staff.
A. on

B. in

C. by

D. for

32. It was an extremely hostile article which cast ____________ on the conduct of the entire cabinet.
A. criticism

B. aspersions

C. disapproval

D. shadows

33. He had very bad skin as a teenager, and it made him painfully ____________.
A. self-confident

B. self-centred

C. self-conscious

D. self-evident

34. A ____________ of dirt and oil lay over the surface of the pond.
A. piece

B. charm

C. flock

D. film

35. My mother always tells me that I should ____________ the things I believe in, no matter how others
perceive them.
A. stick up for

B. stand up to

C. take up with

D. come up to

36. Anyone who lies under oath will be charged with ____________ the course of justice.
A. diverting

B. perverting

C. inverting

D. converting

37. Over half of the population of this earthquake-stricken area are living ____________.
A. on the house

B. on the tenterhooks

C. on the breadline

D. on the cards

38. She was dismissed from her job, which was a real kick in the ____________ after all the work she had
done.
A. head

B. teeth

C. leg

D. back

39. Two students are talking about their assignment.
- Tim: "We should add more photos to the slide show in our history presentation next week."
- Laura: "____________. They will make our presentation more vivid."
A. Sorry, I have to check my diary

B. That's exactly what I was going to say

C. I'd love to but I just can't now

D. That's true. I understand what you feel

40. Jane is a student in Ms. Smith's writing class. She is asking for Ms. Smith's comments on her last essay.
- Jane: "You must have found reading my essay very tiring."
- Ms. Smith: "____________. I enjoyed it."
A. Not in the least

B. Just in case

C. At all costs

D. You are welcome

III. READING (8.0 points)
Part 1. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (2.0 points)
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THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS

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Heartbreak, that age-old tormentor, has found an unlikely shrine in the form of the Museum of
Broken Relationships. Nestled in the charming streets of Zagreb, Croatia, this establishment is a testament to
love that has (41) ____________ pear-shaped, a mausoleum of discarded affections, and, quite possibly, the
most healing tourist attraction on the planet. Forget stuffy art galleries (42) ____________ with landscapes
you can barely decipher. Here, you can gaze at the tangible remains of romantic disasters, each accompanied
by an anonymous donor's (43) ____________ candid explanation of its significance.
The museum, which first opened its doors in 2006, owes its origins to a classic case of ex-lovers
turning lemons into lemonade - or, in this case, turning misery into museum (44) ____________. Croatian
artists Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić, having parted ways, found themselves (45) ____________ the
existential question: what do you do with the remains of a broken relationship? Burn it? Bury it? Donate it to
charity? (46) ____________ they did something altogether more poetic. They built a home for these relics,
creating a space where the lovelorn could offload their emotional (47) ____________, both literal and
metaphorical.
The concept is fairly simple: people donate objects from past relationships - a sweater, a teddy bear,
an engagement ring that never quite (48) ____________ its destiny - and pen a short but gut-punching
explanation of its woeful back story. Some objects radiate (49) ____________ sorrow, like a blue chiffon
blouse worn on the day a husband announced his departure. Others are laced with wry humour, like an axe,
which one (50) ____________ lover used to systematically destroy their ex's furniture over a series of
therapeutic evenings.
41. A. gone

B. made

C. become

D. turned

42. A. filling

B. having filled

C. filled

D. to be filled

43. A. heartbreakingly

B. heartbroken

C. heartbreak

D. heartbrokenly

44. A. exhibition

B. curation

C. installation

D. preservation

45. A. scrambling with

B. grappling with

C. stumbling upon

D. grasping at

46. A. Albeit

B. Thus

C. Instead

D. Moreover

47. A. carriage

B. luggage

C. package

D. baggage

48. A. fulfilled

B. manifested

C. confounded

D. perceived

49. A. visible

B. irritable

C. digestible

D. palpable

50. A. scorning

B. scorned

C. scornful

D. bescorn

Part 2. Read the following passage and fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on your answer sheet. (2.0 points)
The contemporary digital landscape has birthed a ubiquitous term that resonates with the anxieties of
our interconnected age – the “Fear of Missing Out” or FOMO. A concept not even (51) ____________ the
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horizon a decade ago, FOMO has become a pervasive force fueled by the boom of technology and the
omnipresence of social media platforms. In an era (52) ____________ the first thing many of us do upon
waking is reaching for our phones, the fear of missing out on the unknown has insidiously seeped (53)
____________ our daily lives, thereby shaping our perceptions and interactions.
Our daily commute, (54) ____________ a time for contemplation or appreciating the surroundings,
has become an opportunity to relieve the fear of missing out. Stuck in traffic or halted at a red light, our
reflex is not to absorb the changing scenery or appreciate the nuances of the present (55) ____________ to
instinctively check our phones for notifications, unread messages, or missed calls. Even the seemingly
peaceful moments like the conclusion of a flight are not (56) ____________ from the clutches of FOMO.
Before the cabin crew announces that we can switch on our cell phones, the cabin is already shining with the
blue hue of screens. Passengers hurriedly (57) ____________ up their devices, driven by the fear that they
might have missed something crucial during the duration of the flight.
Furthermore, FOMO has become entwined with the need to align with the perceived “it crowd”. The
constant pressure to participate in what everyone else is doing shapes our choices, often (58) ____________
to blind conformity. In this process, people may (59) ____________ themselves embracing trends or
activities not because they genuinely resonate with them but out of the fear of being (60) ____________ out.
This fear-driven conformity can penetrate various aspects of our lives from the products we consume to the
life choices we make, creating a scenario where individuals may compromise their authentic preferences and
priorities.
Part 3. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions. (2.0 points)
NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN HIDE PAINTING
The artistic development and diversity of a society are largely determined by the different physical
mediums available to it. Having no technology for the production of paper or canvas, the Native North
Americans turned to the painting of animal hides as a major form of artistic expression. Occasionally this
took the form of painting hides intended to be used exclusively as art, but far more frequently it
involved the decoration of everyday or ceremonial objects made of hide, which were abundant in
Native North American cultures. Shields, tepee coverings, and hide clothing were decorated with hide
paintings. Hide painting was a laborious process. First, the hide had to be cured and treated with a clear
preservative coating that would retain the original color of the hide. Then an outline was scratched in the soft
leather. Once the outline was finished, paints made of minerals and plants were applied to add color.
Native North American hide painting takes on many forms and styles, as might be expected of such a
diverse region. Yet, it is possible to identify three distinct traditions that seem to appear in nearly all tribal
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hide paintings. The first is historical or biographical in subject matter and most commonly appears on
ceremonial robes. (This form of hide painting seems to have been almost exclusively the province of male
artists. It is highly informational in nature, and the aesthetic qualities of these hide paintings are of secondary
importance. [A] Biographical and historical hide paintings record the fortunes, exploits, and hardships of a
tribe or individual. In this way they are similar to the picture writing of other pre-literate cultures. [B]
Another tradition in hide painting can be termed visionary painting. [C] Visionary hide paintings are
mystical or religious in nature. [D] They either tell of a visionary experience, or are attempts to seek out such
a supernatural connection. Astrological motifs and representations of animistic spirits are common in
visionary hide painting. Shields and tunics are common mediums for visionary painting. This may reflect an
attempt to invoke the aid of supernatural forces for protection and victory in battle. Tepees also often bear
visionary art. This may be seen once again as an attempt to procure supernatural protection for the residents.
The final major tradition in hide painting was primarily produced by women. Highly symbolic and
abstract in nature, their art represents some of the most sophisticated examples of hide painting. Symbolic
hide painting employs the use of geometric shapes to create complex symmetric patterns. Boxes, triangles,
and hourglass shapes all feature prominently in symbolic hide painting. One of the most interesting aspects
of this form of hide painting is its use of negative space. A highly advanced artistic technique, the use of
negative space requires the carefully planned placement of unpainted sections of the hide so that they also
form a design that corresponds to the painted designs.
As with all aspects of Native American life, hide painting was greatly affected by contact with white
settlers who were pushing westward during the 1800s. Initially, these changes were mostly material in
nature. White settlers brought access to paper, canvas, and better paints and brushes, all of which were
incorporated into Native American art. As they began to adopt linen clothing, they simply transferred their
hide painting onto this new material. In latter years, however, white culture began to influence the
conventions of the art itself. White Americans ran an aggressive campaign to marginalize Native American
culture and traditions. Native American children were educated not in their own communities, but in
government-run schools with the goal of instilling white values and sensibilities in them. This white
influence inevitably began to be seen in hide painting as these children grew up to take the artistic mantle
from their elders.
(Adapted from TOEFL-ibt)
61. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the
passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. Hides were sometimes painted for nothing more than artistic expression, but most often everyday
or ceremonial items made of hide were decorated.
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used them as everyday ceremonial items because they were so common.
C. Native American cultures frequently decorated their ceremonial objects and everyday items with
hide paintings because they were so common.
D. Although the Native Americans intended their hide paintings to be art, they frequently came to be
seen as everyday objects because they were so abundant.
62. All of the following are mentioned as steps in hide painting EXCEPT ____________.
A. hunting animals for hides

B. preserving the hide

C. outlining a design

D. applying color

63. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that ____________.
A. there were more male artists than female artists who engaged in hide painting
B. not all Native American tribes engaged in hide painting
C. North America had a wide variety of different tribes
D. North American tribes kept very accurate historical records
64. According to paragraph 2, how does biographical hide painting correspond with the picture writing of
other cultures?
A. It merely deals with topics of personal importance to the artist.
B. It focuses more on imparting facts than creating good art.
C. It served as an essential form of communication.
D. It was occasionally practiced by the educated elite.
65. The word “This” in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.
A. The abundance of animal spirits in visionary hide painting
B. The placement of visionary paintings on shields
C. The attempts of Native Americans to connect to the supernatural
D. The religious nature of visionary hide paintings
66. According to the passage, what distinguishes symbolic hide painting from other forms of hide painting?
A. Its depiction of women in its artistic scenes
B. Its popularity with white settlers
C. The relative sophistication of its techniques
D. Its placement on tepees
67. Based on the information in paragraph 4, the term “negative space” can best be explained as
____________.
A. the contrast of painted and unpainted sections of a picture to create additional forms
B. the carefully planned placement of one's artistic subject matter
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D. the use of advanced artistic techniques to create largely symbolic art
68. Look at the four squares [A], [B], [C], or [D] that indicate where the following sentence could be added
to the passage. “While the actions of the figures in these paintings are easily identified, the paintings
themselves show little sophistication.” Where would the sentence best fit?
A. [A]

B. [B]

C. [C]

D. [D]

69. According to the passage, when did the conventions of hide painting begin to show white influence?
A. When Native Americans started to utilize the art products of white settlers
B. When white settlers started to show commercial interest in hide painting
C. When Native American youths educated by whites began to take up hide painting
D. When white settlers began to imitate the hide paintings of Native Americans
70. According to the passage, what would one most likely find painted on a Native American shield?
A. Scenes of the warrior's victories

B. A history of the warrior's tribe

C. Abstract, geometrical forms

D. Animals and stars

Part 4. Read the text and do the tasks that follow. (2.0 points)
GOLD DUSTERS
by Jennifer S. Holland
They are the Earth's pollinators and they come in more than 200,000 shapes and sizes.
A. Row upon row, tomato plants stand in formation inside a greenhouse. To reproduce, most flowering
plants depend on a third party to transfer pollen between their male and female parts. Some require extra
encouragement to give up that golden dust. The tomato flower, for example, needs a violent shake, a
vibration roughly equivalent to 30 times the pull of Earth's gravity, explains Arizona entomologist Stephen
Buchmann. Growers have tried numerous ways to rattle pollen from tomato blossoms. They have used
shaking tables, air blowers and blasts of sound. But natural means seem to work better.
B. It is no surprise that nature's design works best. What's astonishing is the array of workers that do it: more
than 200,000 individual animal species, by varying strategies, help the world's 240,000 species of flowering
plants make more flowers. Flies and beetles are the original pollinators, going back to when flowering plants
first appeared 130 million years ago. As for bees, scientists have identified some 20,000 distinct species so
far. Hummingbirds, butterflies, moths, wasps and ants are also up to the job. Even non-flying mammals do
their part: sugar-loving opossums, some rainforest monkeys, and lemurs in Madagascar, all with nimble
hands that tear open flower stalks and furry coats to which pollen sticks. Most surprisingly, some lizards,
such as geckos, lap up nectar and pollen and then transport the stuff on their faces and feet as they forage
onward.
C. All that messy diversity, unfortunately, is not well suited to the monocrops and mega-yields of modern
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commercial farmers. Before farms got so big, says conservation biologist Claire Kremen of the University of
California, Berkeley, “we didn't have to manage pollinators. They were all around because of the diverse
landscapes. Now you need to bring in an army to get pollination done.” The European honeybee was first
imported to the US some 400 years ago. Now at least a hundred commercial crops rely almost entirely on
managed honeybees, which beekeepers raise and rent out to tend to big farms. And although other species of
bees are five to ten times more efficient, on a per-bee basis, at pollinating certain fruits, honeybees have
bigger colonies, cover longer distances, and tolerate management and movement better than most insects.
They're not picky – they'll spend their time on almost any crop. It's tricky to calculate what their work is
truly worth; some economists put it at more than $200 billion globally a year.
D. Industrial-scale farming, however, may be wearing down the system. Honeybees have suffered diseases
and parasite infestations for as long as they've been managed, but in 2006 came an extreme blow. Around
the world, bees began to disappear over the winter in massive numbers. Beekeepers would lift the lid of a
hive and be amazed to find only the queen and a few stragglers, the worker bees gone. In the U.S., a third to
half of all hives crashed; some beekeepers reported colony losses near 90 percent. The mysterious culprit
was named colony collapse disorder (CCD) and it remains an annual menace – and an enigma.
E. When it first hit, many people, from agronomists to the public, assumed that our slathering of chemicals
on agricultural fields was to blame for the mystery. Indeed, says Jeff Pettis of the USDA Bee Research
Laboratory, “we do find more disease in bees that have been exposed to pesticides, even at low levels.” But
it is likely that CCD involves multiple stressors. Poor nutrition and chemical exposure, for instance, might
wear down a bee's immunities before a virus finishes the insect off. It's hard to tease apart factors and
outcomes, Pettis says. New studies reveal that fungicides – not previously thought toxic to bees – can
interfere with microbes that break down pollen in the insects' guts, affecting nutrient absorption and thus
long-term health and longevity. Some findings pointed to viral and fungal pathogens working together. “I
only wish we had a single agent causing all the declines,” Pettis says, “that would make our work much
easier.”
F. However, habitat loss and alteration, he says, are even more of a menace to pollinators than pathogens.
Claire Kremen encourages farmers to cultivate the flora surrounding farmland to help solve habitat
problems. “You can't move the farm,” she says, “but you can diversify what grows in its vicinity: along
roads, even in tractor yards.” Planting hedgerows and patches of native flowers that bloom at different times
and seeding fields with multiple plant species rather than monocrops “not only is better for native
pollinators, but it's just better agriculture,” she says. Pesticide-free wildflower havens, adds Buchmann,
would also bolster populations of useful insects. Fortunately, too, “there are far more generalist plants than
specialist plants, so there's a lot of redundancy in pollination,” Buchmann says. “Even if one pollinator drops
out, there are often pretty good surrogates left to do the job.” The key to keeping our gardens growing
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strong, he says, is letting that diversity thrive.
G. Take away that variety, and we'll lose more than honey. “We wouldn't starve,” says Kremen. “But what
we eat, and even what we wear – pollinators, after all, give us some of our cotton and flax – would be
limited to crops whose pollen travels by other means.” “In a sense,” she says, “our lives would be dictated by
the wind.” It's vital that we give pollinators more of what they need and less of what they don't, and ease the
burden on managed bees by letting native animals do their part, say scientists.
(Adapted from National Geographic Magazine)
For questions 71-76, choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings
below. Write appropriate number (i-x) in boxes 71-76 on your answer sheet.
NB There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.
List of Headings
i. Looking for clues
ii. Blaming the beekeepers

E.g: Paragraph A - v

iii. Solutions to a more troublesome issue

71. Paragraph B ____________

iv. Discovering a new bee species

72. Paragraph C ____________

v. An impossible task for any human

73. Paragraph D ____________

vi. The preferred pollinator

74. Paragraph E ____________

vii. Plant features designed to suit the pollinator

75. Paragraph F ____________

viii. Some obvious and less obvious pollen carriers

76. Paragraph G ____________

ix. The undesirable alternative
x. An unexpected setback
For questions 77-80, complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken
from the passage for each answer on your answer sheet.
77. Both ____________ were the first creatures to pollinate the world's plants.
78. Monkeys transport pollen on their ____________.
79. Honeybees are favored pollinators among bee species partly because they travel ____________.
80. A feature of CCD is often the loss of all the ____________.
IV. WRITING (4.0 points)
Part 1. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the first
sentence, using the cues at the beginning of each sentence and the word in brackets. Do not change the
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form of the given word. Write your answers on your answer sheet. (1.0 point)
81. It is a widespread assumption that George was wrongly accused.
→ George is.....................................................................................................................................................
82. Grace lost all his hope; he decided to stop his business.
→ So................................................................................................................................................................
83. Henry eventually accepted that he would never be famous.
→ In the end, Henry came...............................................................................................................................
84. Unfortunately, the electricity went off at the best part of the concert. (SWING)
→ Unfortunately, the electricity.......................................................................................................................
85. The politician was ashamed of his careless mistake and tried to pretend it hadn't happened. (CARPET)
→ The politician was ashamed of................................................................................................................