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KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM
2023
Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 007
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 word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 01: A. temple
B. center
C. fever
D. letter
Question 02: A. sandy
B. start
C. settle
D. sugar
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 03: On our trip to Italy, we crossed ______ Atlantic Ocean.
A. the 
B. an 
C. a 
D. 0 (zero article)
Question 04: It was difficult for him to buy good shoes because he had such a big ______ of feet.
A. couple
B. number
C. size
D. pair
Question 05: He won't begin reading ______.
A. if he had plenty of time
B. unless he has plenty of time
C. unless he had no time
D. unless he didn't have time
Question 06: When we arrived in Paris, it was ______ with rain.
A. running
B. failing
C. dropping
D. pouring
Question 07: They didn't have ______ in their suitcase for all the things they had bought on holiday.
A. size
B. room
C. place
D. area
Question 08: The fewer bags you take, ______ trouble you will have en-route.
A. the little
B. the fewer
C. the less
D. the least
Question 09: My sister is an expert on wildlife and its ______.
A. conserve
B. preserve
C. conservation
D. reservation
Question 10: She ______ her husband's job for his ill-health
A. accused
B. caused
C. blamed
D. claimed
Question 11: Those who don't ______ their colleagues are sometimes isolated at their jobs.
A. go by with
B. take up with
C. get along with
D. make up for
Question 12: Let's go out for a social gathering tonight, ______?
A. do we
B. shall we
C. shan't we
D. will we
Question 13: This ring is only made of plastic so it's quite ______.
A. priceless
B. invaluable
C. worthless
D. valuable
Question 14: This cloth ______ very thin, so let's use it to make our shirts.
A. feels
B. touches
C. holds
D. handles
Question 15: It looks like they're going to succeed ______ their present difficulties.
A. because of
B. despite
C. even though
D. yet
Question 16: Will you take care of my little dog when I am ______ duty?
A. over
B. away
C. on
D. at
Question 17: We made a mistake, but there's no point in ______.
A. crying over spilled milk
B. taking it for granted
C. turning over a new leaf
D. paying through the nose for it
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 18: A. prediction B. dedicate
C. demonstrate
D. regular
Question 19: A. happy
B. matter
C. canal
D. borrow
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 20: She is always diplomatic when she deals with angry students.
A. outspoken
B. firm
C. tactful
D. strict
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Question 21: Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify
stars according to brightness.
A. categorize
B. shine
C. diversify
D. record
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 22: In big cities, animals should be kept under control.
A. out of order
B. out of hand
C. out of dispute
D. out of discipline
Question 23: The situation in the country has remained relatively stable for a few months now.
A. constant
B. ignorant
C. changeable
D. objective
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 24: Nam and Huy are talking about their school subjects.
~ Nam: "I don't think English is too hard to study." ~ Huy: "___________."
A. Neither do I
B. I don't neither
C. I do either
D. I do too
Question 25: Duy and Huong have just completed their physical test.
~ Duy: "How nice! You performed so beautifully!" ~ Huong: "___________"
A. Thank you. But I am not so sure.
B. Thank you. But I don't think I did well.
C. Thank you. It's very encouraging.
D. Thank you. I am happy you like me.
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.
IMPORTANT MISSING
There is usually one important subject missing from most school timetables. Very few
students are (26) ______ how to organize their learning, and how to make the best use (27) ______
their time. Let's take some simple examples. Do you know how to look up words in a dictionary,
and do you understand all the information the dictionary contains? Can you take (28) ______
quickly, and can you understand them afterwards? For some reason, many schools give learners
no help with these matters. Teachers (29) ______ ask students to memorize pages from books tell
them to write ten pages, but don't explain how to do it. Learning by heart can be useful, but it is
important to have a genuine understanding of a subject. You can waste (30) ______ time
memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.
Question 26: A. taught
Question 27: A. on
Question 28: A. advice
Question 29: A. which
Question 30: A. a few

B. graduated
B. at
B. notes
B. who
B. a lot of

C. learned
C. for
C. sights
C. where
C. many

D. educated
D. of
D. time
D. whom
D. few

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 31: He behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me a lot.
A. What almost surprised me was the strange way he behaved.
B. I was almost not surprised by his strange behaviour.
C. His behaviour was a very strange thing, that surprised me most.
D. He behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much.
Question 32: As soon as he arrived at the airport, he called home.
A. Calling home, he said that he had arrived at the airport.
B. He arrived at the airport sooner than he had expected.
C. No sooner had he arrived at the airport than he called home.
D. He arrived at the airport and called me to take him home.
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 33: We had to put off our wedding until September.
A. Our wedding until September had to be postponed.
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B. Not until September did we have to put off our wedding.
C. Our wedding had to be postponed until September.
D. It was not until September that our wedding had to be put off.
Question 34: “When did you paint this wall?” she said to me.
A. She asked me when you had painted that wall.
B. She asked me when I painted that wall.
C. She asked me when did I paint that wall.
D. She asked me when I had painted that wall.
Question 35: Although my father's always busy, he often helps me with my homework.
A. My father's always busy, but he often helps me with my homework.
B. My father's always busy, so he often helps me with my homework.
C. My father's always busy because he often helps me with my homework.
D. My father's always busy, and he often helps me with my homework.
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.
Originator of the Montessori method of education for preschool children, Maria Montessori,
was the first woman to receive a medical degree in Italy. After receiving her degree in 1894, she
worked with subnormal children as a psychiatrist at the University of Rome. It was there that she
pioneered in the instruction of retarded children, especially through the use of an environment
rich in manipulative materials. The success of Maria's program with restarted children led her to
believe that the same improvements could be made in the education of normal preschool
children. This led her to open the first day care centre in Rome. With its success, similar
institutions were opened in other parts of Europe and in the United States.
In the early part of the 20 th century, however, interest in the Montessori method declined
because of those who argued that education should be more disciplined. But by the late 1950's,
the Montessori method experienced a renaissance, and in the 1960's the American Montessori
Society was formed. The chief components of the Montessori method are self-motivation and
auto-education. Followers of the method believe that a child will learn naturally if put in an
environment with the proper materials. The teacher acts as observer and only interferes if help is
needed. Educators in this system are trying to reverse the traditional system of an active teacher
and passive class. Its success is being felt in most Western countries.
Question 36: What is the best title for this passage?
A. A New System of Education.
B. Educating Subnormal Children.
C. The Montessori Method.
D. Self-Motivation.
Question 37: The author implies that Maria Montessori believes that ______.
A. children will learn by themselves
B. teachers should be very active
C. children need strong discipline
D. it is important that teachers instruct children
Question 38: The word "Its" in the last sentence refers to ______.
A. the traditional system's
B. the child's
C. Montessori method's
D. the passive class
Question 39: The word "declined" in paragraph 2 mostly means ______.
A. increased
B. uploaded
C. rose
D. decreased
Question 40: In 1894, Maria Montessori ______.
A. disciplined retarded children
B. opened a new day care centre
C. taught normal preschool children
D. worked as a psychiatrist
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.
According to recent scientific theory, it is probable that life will develop on planets that
have a favorable environment - planets similar to ours, which orbits stars like our sun. Since
there are about 400 billion stars in our galaxy alone, that means there are a huge number of
planets like ours that could sustain life. Planets with advanced civilizations are likely to be widely
scattered throughout the universe. In the past four decades, humans on Earth have begun to
search for these civilizations. This search is called SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial
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Intelligence, and it has been conducted largely by searching for radio waves emitted from
civilizations on other planets.
In 1960, Dr. Frank Drake made the first attempt at SETI, by conducting a radio search using
an 85-foot antenna of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in West Virginia. This search,
called Project Ozma, observed two stars about 12 light years away. Since that time, more than 60
searches have been conducted by dozens of astronomers in at least eight countries.
All searches, thus far, have faced many limitations: they used equipment that lacked
sensitivity, they did not search frequently, they covered little of the sky, or they could search for
only a few types of signals or in a few directions. The searches did turn up signals of unknown
origin, but data collected in these searches were often processed long after the observation. In
order to be sure that a signal is from another civilization, it has to be independently verified and
shown to originate from a point beyond the solar system. Later searches for the unknown signals
turned up nothing.
Project Phoenix, the latest SETI, is more comprehensive than any of those previous
experiments and proves to overcome all these problems. Project Phoenix uses the world's largest
antennas. This allows it to scrutinize the regions around 1,000 nearby Sun-like stars, and
immediately test candidate signals. It is important that Project Phoenix continue to be upgraded,
because radio interference from Earth sources is growing, and may soon interfere with our ability
to detect possible extra-terrestrial signals. In order to overcome this growing interference, ever
better antenna systems are being developed.
Question 41: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Possible explanation for radio signals of unknown origin.
B. Efforts to search for signals from extra-terrestrial civilizations.
C. The life stories of scientists involved in SETI.
D. The origin of life on other planets.
Question 42: What is TRUE about Project Ozma?
A. It used the space station's 85-foot antenna.
B. It lasted only 12 years.
C. It was conducted by astronomers from eight countries.
D. It was the first SETI.
Question 43: The word “favorable” in paragraph 1 mostly means _______.
A. life-supporting
B. food-containing C. manlike
D. man-made
Question 44: The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A. search
B. signal
C. civilization
D. datum
Question 45: Which of the following would NOT distinguish Project Phoenix from previous SETI
experiments?
A. It uses larger antennas.
B. It tests candidate signals quickly.
C. It is comprehensive.
D. It covers little of the sky.
Question 46: The word “scrutinize” in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by _______.
A. process
B. establish
C. examine
D. orbit
Question 47: Which of the following may be Project Phoenix's limitation?
A. Its inaccurate detection caused by radio interference from Earth sources
B. Its equipment's lack of sensitivity
C. Its infrequent searches
D. Its limited search directions
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: My brother has always helped me in time of need, and I wish that he was here now.
A. was here
B. in time
C. has always
D. of need
Question 49: One out of the every eight balloons in the world are launched in New Mexico.
A. in
B. are launched
C. every
D. One
Question 50: Most of the language used by teenagers today, especially email and text messages, is
almost unintelligent to elderly people.
A. language
B. text messages
C. unintelligent
D. elderly
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