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ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 675
Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề
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 from 01 to 05.
Not everything looks lovelier the longer and closer its inspection. But Saturn does. It is gorgeous through Earthly telescopes.
However, the 13 years of ...(1)... observation provided by Cassini, an American spacecraft, showed the planet, its moons and
its remarkable rings off better and better, ...(2)... finer structures, striking novelties and greater drama.
Cassini’s observations, which ended in September, 2018 when the craft was ...(3)... into Saturn’s atmosphere, also provided
further evidence that, as might be expected of such delicate beauty, the rings are quite new ...(4)... the world. This idea is not
novel, but has been put on a firmer footing than before. And a new theory proposes that the cataclysm which created the rings
may also have ...(5)... into being quite a few of Saturn’s moons.
[Adapted from: The ECONOMIST, March 24, 2018]

Question 1:A. close
B. near
C. abide
D. next
Question 2:A. revealing
B. viewing
C. seeing
D. looking
Question 3:A. hit
B. beaten
C. crushed
D. crashed

Question 4:A. with
B. for
C. to
D. towards
Question 5:A. got
B. come
C. run
D. brought
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 6: I think he's still coming to terms with the death of his father.
A. friendly with
B. living through
C. trying to forget
D. in agreement with
Question 7: Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.
A. stay unmoved
B. be quiet
C. get agitated
D. go motionless
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 8: After the guests had left we were allowed to eat the.......cakes.
A. missed
B. additional
C. remaining
D. left
Question 9: I don’t think you should be so......with the children. Watching television for half an hour a day won’t do them
any harm.
A. stubborn
B. thoughtful

C. reliable
D. strict
Question 10: A good way of.......food is keeping it in. a fridge.
A. extending
B. preserving
C. enduring
D. prolonging
Question 11: When I entered the room, the children were......over the last orange
A. participating
B. discussing
C. squabbling
D. consulting
Question 12: Don’t be so.....! He was only joking.
A. sensible
B. insensitive
C. sensitive
D. senseless
Question 13: Just think! Next month you’ll be......and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.
A. in your teens
B. in your teenage
C. teen-ager
D. at your teens
Question 14: My sister has just.......sixteen.
A. become
B. completed
C. had
D. turned
Question 15: The conspirators were plotting the.......of the government.
A. catastrophe
B. disaster

C. overthrow
D. demolition
Question 16: It was very......of you to lend us your car for the whole week.
A. ambitious
B. thoughtless
C. generous
D. modest
Question 17: Many Asian countries still rely on rice as the.......
A. winning
B. staple
C. capital
D. superior
Question 18: The sight of so many sweets made the children’s mouth.......
A. wet
B. moisten
C. drip
D. water
Question 19: The dish had a very interesting taste as it was..... with lemon.
A. spiced
B. flavoured
C. pickled
D. seasoned
Question 20: ~ "Another cup of coffee?" ~ "No, but thanks.........."
A. not at all
B. you for all
C. for all
D. all the same
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 21:A. supernatural B. computation

C. redundancy
D. explanation
Question 22:A. disappear
B. documentary
C. experience
D. understand
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 23: Mary has found that she has time on her hands, so she is taking a college course.
A. is qualidied enough
B. enjoys herself
C. feels free to do
D. has nothing to do
Question 24: I couldn't see anything shameful in what I had done.
A. shameless
B. blameworthy
C. virtuous
D. deplorable


Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 25: ~ A: ".................." ~ B: "I'll answer it right away."
A. Will you ring him up at 5 pm?
B. Why don't you write to him soon?
C. There's someone at the door.
D. Please take this message for him.
Question 26: ~ A: "They lost a lot of money on their investment." ~ B: "..................."
A. Well done! I should have invested more.
B. Tough luck - they should have been more careful.

C. No wonder they're living like a king.
D. Why didn't they ask Tom for a loan?
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 27:A. palace
B. case
C. debate
D. replace
Question 28:A. gift
B. gigantic
C. general
D. danger
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 from 29 to 35.
THE BODY CLOCK
Why is it that flying to New York from London will leave you feeling less tired than flying to London from New York? The
answer may be a clear case of biology not being able to keep up with technology.
Deep inside the brain there is a "clock" that governs every aspect of the body's functioning: sleep and wake cycles, levels of
alertness, performance, mood, hormone levels, digestion, body temperature and so on. It regulates all of these functions on a
24-hour basis and is called the circadian clock (from the Latin, circa "about" + dies "day").
This body clock programmes us to be sleepy twice a day, between 3-5 a.m and again between 3-5 p.m. Afternoon tea and
siesta times are all cultural responses to our natural biological sleepiness in the afternoon.
One of the major causes of the travellers’ malady known as jet lag is the non-alignment of a person's internal body clock
with clocks in the external world. Crossing different time zones confuses the circadian clock, which then has to adjust to the
new time and patterns of light and activity. To make matters more complex, not all internal body functions adjust at the same
rate. So your sleep/wake may adjust to a new time zone at one rate, while your temperature adjusts at a different pace. Your
digestion may be on a different schedule altogether.
Though we live in a 24-hour day, the natural tendency of the body clock is to extend our day beyond 24 hours. It is contrary
to our biological programming to "shrink” our day. That is why travelling in a westward direction is more body-clock
friendly than flying east. NASA studies of long haul pilots showed that westward travel was associated with significantly

better sleep quantity and quality than eastward flights.
When flying west, you are "extending” your day, thus travelling in the natural direction of your internal clock. Flying
eastward will involve "shrinking” or reducing your day and is in direct opposition to your internal clock's natural tendency.
One of the more common complaints of travellers is that their sleep becomes disrupted. There are many reasons for this:
Changing time zones and schedules, changing light and activity levels, trying to sleep when your body clock is programmed
to be awake, disruption of the internal circadian clock and working longer hours.
Sleep loss, jet lag and fatigue can seriously affect our ability to function well. Judgement and decision-making can be
reduced by 50%, attention by 75 percent, memory by 20 percent and communication by 30 percent.
It is often suggested that you adjust your watch as soon as you board a plane, supposedly to try to help you adjust to your
destination's schedule as soon as you arrive. But it can take the body clock several days to several weeks to fully adjust to a
new time zone.
So, our body clock truly can "govern" us.
Question 29: The direction you fly in
A. affects the degree of jet lag
B. alters your body's natural rhythms
C. extends or shrink your body clock
D. helps you sleep better
Question 30: The word “disrupted” is closest in meaning to.....
A. distroyed
B. prevented
C. damaged
D. corrupted
Question 31: Jet lag......
A. upsets our body's rhythms.
B. makes our body clock operate badly.
C. extends the hours of our body clock.
D. causes our body clock to change.
Question 32: On the subject of avoiding jet lag the article......
A. makes no suggestions B. suggests changing the time on your watch
C. says there is nothing you can do

D. proposes gradually adjusting your body clock
Question 33: According to the article......
A. various factors stop us sleeping when we fly
B. jet lag can affect different abilities differently
C. travellers complain about the negative effects of flying
D. flying seriously affects our judgement and decision-making
Question 34: The main function of the body clock is to......
A. regulate the body's functions.
B. govern all the body's responses.
C. help us sleep.
D. help us adapt to a 24-hour cycle.
Question 35: The pronoun “it” in the last sentence refers to....
A. take the body clock several days
B. to adjust to the destination's schedule


C. to board a plane
D. to fully adjust to a new time zone
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 from 36 to 42.
TEEN EDITOR AIMS HIGH
At the age of 13, Kenya Jordana James makes the rest of the world look lazy. In 2001, she started a magazine called
Blackgirl. Aimed at teenagers, it covers history, culture, lifestyle and entertainment news. Blackgirl now has thousands of
readers, both subscribers who receive their copy at home and people who buy the magazine from newsagents.
Kenya's idea for the 20-page magazine came out of boredom with the magazines on sale. "I read a lot of publications that
all said the same thing," she explained. Kenya has created a magazine that gives positive messages to African-American
teenagers. She has interviewed celebrities like Lauryn Hill, singer with the hip-hop band The Fugees, and Venus and Serena
Williams. She has also written about a wide range of serious subjects.
Blackgirl was not Kenya's first business project. She earned $1,200 selling cakes to her neighbours. She used the money she
had made to develop her plan for the magazine. She also had to find other people who would put money into the magazine, as

well as advertisers. "At first it was hard, but as you get older, these things become easier," she said.
Kenya has appeared on American TV and this has helped to make her more well-known. Not giving up has been the reason
for her success.
"Children can do anything that they set their mind to," she says. With three adults and a team of teenagers working with
her, Kenya has clear ideas about her future. 'I would like to continue the magazine, set up a clothes label, and become a
midwife and deliver babies," she explained. Until then, Kenya realises she must continue to live with her family. "I am a child
and my mum makes sure I clean up my room and I go to school each day. "Having a publication is just one thing that I do,"
she says.
Question 36: What does Kenya say about getting money for the magazine?
A. It was difficult at the beginning because she was young.
B. People bought her cakes, but they didn’t buy the magazine.
C. She wasn’t old enough to borrow money from people.
D. It’s easy to borrow money from advertisers.
Question 37: What does the writer say about Blackgirl magazine?
A. It has a lot of readers but isn’t very popular with teenagers.
B. It covers a range of subjects and has a lot of readers.
C. Reading magazines makes teenagers lazy.
D. In 2001, it was the only magazine for black teenagers.
Question 38: Why did Kenya have the idea for a new magazine?
A. The other magazines were very repetitive.
B. She thought teenagers were boring.
C. She was interested in celebrities.
D. She wasn't interested in serious subjects.
Question 39: Why did the writer write this text?
A. To describe why teenagers read magazines
B. To describe an inspiring teenager.
C. To give young people advice on money.
D. To talk about the media.
Question 40: How does Kenya feel about her future?
A. She wants to have children.

B. She wants to give up the magazine.
C. She wants to live with her family.
D. She wants to do lots of different things.
Question 41: The phrase “set their mind to” is closest in meaning to......
A. try to remember
B. bear in mind
C. learn by heart
D. make decisive effort to do
Question 42: The word “deliver”can be replaced by......
A. bring to customers
B. help to give birth to
C. make products
D. take care of
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 43: He's got married three times in life. There's some rumour about it.
A. It is rumoured that he has got married three times in life.
B. He was rumoured to have got married three times in life.
C. People rumour that he has got married three times in life.
D. He is rumoured to get married three times in life.
Question 44: Wear your helmet. You may be fined on the way.
A. Unless you wear your helmet, you won't be fined on the way.
B. You should wear your helmet in case you may be fined on the way.
C. If you don't wear your helmet, you may be fined on the way.
D. Not wearing your helmet, you will be fine travelling on the way.
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 45: I'm very glad that you’ve done lots of progress this semester.
A. very glad
B. progress

C. lots of
D. done
Question 46: Vietnam Airline regrets informing passengers that flight VN 851 to Hue is postponed due to bad weather.
A. due to
B. postponed
C. to
D. informing
Question 47: Supersonic flight is flight that is faster the speed of sound.


A. that
B. of sound
C. faster
D. Supersonic
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 48: That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved.
A. That bad effect of smoking on our health has been proved.
B. That smoking, which has a bad effect on our health, has been proved.
C. Smoking badly affects our health is true.
D. It has been proved that smoking is harmful for our health.
Question 49: You can try as hard as you like but you won't succeed.
A. You can hardly try as you like, but you won’t succeed.
B. You won’t succeed because you can’t try as hard.
C. Although you won’t succeed, you can try as hard as you like.
D. However hard you can try, you won’t succeed.
Question 50: Kathy couldn’t figure out what was the matter with Charles.
A. It wasn’t clear to Kathy what Charles’s problem was.
B. Charles told Kathy she couldn’t solve the maths problem.
C. It seemed that Charles was angry at Kathy.

D. Charles had nothing to say to Kathy.
The End


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(Đề gồm có 04 trang)

ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 142
Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. supernatural B. redundancy
C. computation
D. explanation
Question 2:A. disappear
B. experience
C. documentary
D. understand
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 3: Supersonic flight is flight that is faster the speed of sound.
A. of sound
B. faster
C. that
D. Supersonic
Question 4: I'm very glad that you’ve done lots of progress this semester.
A. progress

B. very glad
C. done
D. lots of
Question 5: Vietnam Airline regrets informing passengers that flight VN 851 to Hue is postponed due to bad weather.
A. due to
B. informing
C. to
D. postponed
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 6: You can try as hard as you like but you won't succeed.
A. You won’t succeed because you can’t try as hard.
B. However hard you can try, you won’t succeed.
C. Although you won’t succeed, you can try as hard as you like.
D. You can hardly try as you like, but you won’t succeed.
Question 7: That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved.
A. That bad effect of smoking on our health has been proved.
B. That smoking, which has a bad effect on our health, has been proved.
C. Smoking badly affects our health is true.
D. It has been proved that smoking is harmful for our health.
Question 8: Kathy couldn’t figure out what was the matter with Charles.
A. It seemed that Charles was angry at Kathy.
B. It wasn’t clear to Kathy what Charles’s problem was.
C. Charles had nothing to say to Kathy.
D. Charles told Kathy she couldn’t solve the maths problem.
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 9: Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.
A. be quiet
B. go motionless

C. get agitated
D. stay unmoved
Question 10: I think he's still coming to terms with the death of his father.
A. in agreement with
B. trying to forget
C. friendly with
D. living through
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 11: The sight of so many sweets made the children’s mouth.......
A. drip
B. water
C. moisten
D. wet
Question 12: When I entered the room, the children were......over the last orange
A. participating
B. squabbling
C. consulting
D. discussing
Question 13: Just think! Next month you’ll be......and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.
A. in your teenage
B. in your teens
C. at your teens
D. teen-ager
Question 14: Many Asian countries still rely on rice as the.......
A. staple
B. capital
C. winning
D. superior
Question 15: My sister has just.......sixteen.
A. become

B. completed
C. turned
D. had
Question 16: It was very......of you to lend us your car for the whole week.
A. thoughtless
B. generous
C. modest
D. ambitious
Question 17: I don’t think you should be so......with the children. Watching television for half an hour a day won’t do them
any harm.
A. reliable
B. thoughtful
C. strict
D. stubborn
Question 18: The dish had a very interesting taste as it was..... with lemon.
A. pickled
B. seasoned
C. flavoured
D. spiced
Question 19: After the guests had left we were allowed to eat the.......cakes.
A. additional
B. left
C. missed
D. remaining
Question 20: A good way of.......food is keeping it in. a fridge.
A. extending
B. preserving
C. prolonging
D. enduring
Question 21: ~ "Another cup of coffee?" ~ "No, but thanks.........."

A. all the same
B. for all
C. not at all
D. you for all


Question 22: The conspirators were plotting the.......of the government.
A. disaster
B. catastrophe
C. overthrow
D. demolition
Question 23: Don’t be so.....! He was only joking.
A. sensitive
B. sensible
C. senseless
D. insensitive
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 24: Mary has found that she has time on her hands, so she is taking a college course.
A. feels free to do
B. enjoys herself
C. is qualidied enough
D. has nothing to do
Question 25: I couldn't see anything shameful in what I had done.
A. blameworthy
B. deplorable
C. virtuous
D. shameless
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 from 26 to 30.

Not everything looks lovelier the longer and closer its inspection. But Saturn does. It is gorgeous through Earthly telescopes.
However, the 13 years of ...(26)... observation provided by Cassini, an American spacecraft, showed the planet, its moons and
its remarkable rings off better and better, ...(27)... finer structures, striking novelties and greater drama.
Cassini’s observations, which ended in September, 2018 when the craft was ...(28)... into Saturn’s atmosphere, also provided
further evidence that, as might be expected of such delicate beauty, the rings are quite new ...(29)... the world. This idea is not
novel, but has been put on a firmer footing than before. And a new theory proposes that the cataclysm which created the rings
may also have ...(30)... into being quite a few of Saturn’s moons.
[Adapted from: The ECONOMIST, March 24, 2018]

Question 26:A. abide
B. close
C. next
D. near
Question 27:A. seeing
B. looking
C. revealing
D. viewing
Question 28:A. crashed
B. crushed
C. beaten
D. hit
Question 29:A. for
B. towards
C. with
D. to
Question 30:A. brought
B. got
C. come
D. run
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 from 31 to 37.
THE BODY CLOCK
Why is it that flying to New York from London will leave you feeling less tired than flying to London from New York? The
answer may be a clear case of biology not being able to keep up with technology.
Deep inside the brain there is a "clock" that governs every aspect of the body's functioning: sleep and wake cycles, levels of
alertness, performance, mood, hormone levels, digestion, body temperature and so on. It regulates all of these functions on a
24-hour basis and is called the circadian clock (from the Latin, circa "about" + dies "day").
This body clock programmes us to be sleepy twice a day, between 3-5 a.m and again between 3-5 p.m. Afternoon tea and
siesta times are all cultural responses to our natural biological sleepiness in the afternoon.
One of the major causes of the travellers’ malady known as jet lag is the non-alignment of a person's internal body clock
with clocks in the external world. Crossing different time zones confuses the circadian clock, which then has to adjust to the
new time and patterns of light and activity. To make matters more complex, not all internal body functions adjust at the same
rate. So your sleep/wake may adjust to a new time zone at one rate, while your temperature adjusts at a different pace. Your
digestion may be on a different schedule altogether.
Though we live in a 24-hour day, the natural tendency of the body clock is to extend our day beyond 24 hours. It is contrary
to our biological programming to "shrink” our day. That is why travelling in a westward direction is more body-clock
friendly than flying east. NASA studies of long haul pilots showed that westward travel was associated with significantly
better sleep quantity and quality than eastward flights.
When flying west, you are "extending” your day, thus travelling in the natural direction of your internal clock. Flying
eastward will involve "shrinking” or reducing your day and is in direct opposition to your internal clock's natural tendency.
One of the more common complaints of travellers is that their sleep becomes disrupted. There are many reasons for this:
Changing time zones and schedules, changing light and activity levels, trying to sleep when your body clock is programmed
to be awake, disruption of the internal circadian clock and working longer hours.
Sleep loss, jet lag and fatigue can seriously affect our ability to function well. Judgement and decision-making can be
reduced by 50%, attention by 75 percent, memory by 20 percent and communication by 30 percent.
It is often suggested that you adjust your watch as soon as you board a plane, supposedly to try to help you adjust to your
destination's schedule as soon as you arrive. But it can take the body clock several days to several weeks to fully adjust to a
new time zone.
So, our body clock truly can "govern" us.
Question 31: On the subject of avoiding jet lag the article......

A. makes no suggestions
B. proposes gradually adjusting your body clock
C. says there is nothing you can do
D. suggests changing the time on your watch
Question 32: Jet lag......
A. makes our body clock operate badly.
B. upsets our body's rhythms.
C. extends the hours of our body clock.
D. causes our body clock to change.
Question 33: The main function of the body clock is to......
A. govern all the body's responses.
B. help us adapt to a 24-hour cycle.


C. regulate the body's functions.
D. help us sleep.
Question 34: According to the article......
A. flying seriously affects our judgement and decision-making
B. jet lag can affect different abilities differently
C. travellers complain about the negative effects of flying
D. various factors stop us sleeping when we fly
Question 35: The direction you fly in
A. extends or shrink your body clock
B. alters your body's natural rhythms
C. helps you sleep better
D. affects the degree of jet lag
Question 36: The word “disrupted” is closest in meaning to.....
A. damaged
B. distroyed
C. corrupted

D. prevented
Question 37: The pronoun “it” in the last sentence refers to....
A. take the body clock several days
B. to fully adjust to a new time zone
C. to board a plane
D. to adjust to the destination's schedule
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 from 38 to 44.
TEEN EDITOR AIMS HIGH
At the age of 13, Kenya Jordana James makes the rest of the world look lazy. In 2001, she started a magazine called
Blackgirl. Aimed at teenagers, it covers history, culture, lifestyle and entertainment news. Blackgirl now has thousands of
readers, both subscribers who receive their copy at home and people who buy the magazine from newsagents.
Kenya's idea for the 20-page magazine came out of boredom with the magazines on sale. "I read a lot of publications that
all said the same thing," she explained. Kenya has created a magazine that gives positive messages to African-American
teenagers. She has interviewed celebrities like Lauryn Hill, singer with the hip-hop band The Fugees, and Venus and Serena
Williams. She has also written about a wide range of serious subjects.
Blackgirl was not Kenya's first business project. She earned $1,200 selling cakes to her neighbours. She used the money she
had made to develop her plan for the magazine. She also had to find other people who would put money into the magazine, as
well as advertisers. "At first it was hard, but as you get older, these things become easier," she said.
Kenya has appeared on American TV and this has helped to make her more well-known. Not giving up has been the reason
for her success.
"Children can do anything that they set their mind to," she says. With three adults and a team of teenagers working with
her, Kenya has clear ideas about her future. 'I would like to continue the magazine, set up a clothes label, and become a
midwife and deliver babies," she explained. Until then, Kenya realises she must continue to live with her family. "I am a child
and my mum makes sure I clean up my room and I go to school each day. "Having a publication is just one thing that I do,"
she says.
Question 38: What does the writer say about Blackgirl magazine?
A. It has a lot of readers but isn’t very popular with teenagers.
B. In 2001, it was the only magazine for black teenagers.
C. Reading magazines makes teenagers lazy.

D. It covers a range of subjects and has a lot of readers.
Question 39: Why did Kenya have the idea for a new magazine?
A. She wasn't interested in serious subjects.
B. She was interested in celebrities.
C. She thought teenagers were boring.
D. The other magazines were very repetitive.
Question 40: The phrase “set their mind to” is closest in meaning to......
A. bear in mind
B. try to remember
C. make decisive effort to do D. learn by heart
Question 41: What does Kenya say about getting money for the magazine?
A. People bought her cakes, but they didn’t buy the magazine.
B. It’s easy to borrow money from advertisers.
C. It was difficult at the beginning because she was young.
D. She wasn’t old enough to borrow money from people.
Question 42: How does Kenya feel about her future?
A. She wants to live with her family.
B. She wants to have children.
C. She wants to do lots of different things.
D. She wants to give up the magazine.
Question 43: Why did the writer write this text?
A. To talk about the media.
B. To describe why teenagers read magazines
C. To describe an inspiring teenager.
D. To give young people advice on money.
Question 44: The word “deliver”can be replaced by......
A. help to give birth to B. bring to customers
C. take care of
D. make products
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 45: He's got married three times in life. There's some rumour about it.
A. He is rumoured to get married three times in life.
B. It is rumoured that he has got married three times in life.
C. He was rumoured to have got married three times in life.


D. People rumour that he has got married three times in life.
Question 46: Wear your helmet. You may be fined on the way.
A. Unless you wear your helmet, you won't be fined on the way.
B. Not wearing your helmet, you will be fine travelling on the way.
C. You should wear your helmet in case you may be fined on the way.
D. If you don't wear your helmet, you may be fined on the way.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 47: ~ A: "They lost a lot of money on their investment." ~ B: "..................."
A. Well done! I should have invested more.
B. Why didn't they ask Tom for a loan?
C. Tough luck - they should have been more careful.
D. No wonder they're living like a king.
Question 48: ~ A: ".................." ~ B: "I'll answer it right away."
A. Please take this message for him.
B. Will you ring him up at 5 pm?
C. Why don't you write to him soon?
D. There's someone at the door.
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 49:A. replace
B. debate
C. case

D. palace
Question 50:A. danger
B. gift
C. general
D. gigantic
The End


SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề gồm có 04 trang)

ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 878
Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. redundancy B. explanation
C. computation
D. supernatural
Question 2:A. disappear
B. understand
C. documentary
D. experience
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 3: ~ A: "They lost a lot of money on their investment." ~ B: "..................."
A. Tough luck - they should have been more careful.
B. No wonder they're living like a king.

C. Well done! I should have invested more.
D. Why didn't they ask Tom for a loan?
Question 4: ~ A: ".................." ~ B: "I'll answer it right away."
A. Will you ring him up at 5 pm?
B. Please take this message for him.
C. Why don't you write to him soon?
D. There's someone at the door.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: Just think! Next month you’ll be......and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.
A. in your teenage
B. teen-ager
C. at your teens
D. in your teens
Question 6: Don’t be so.....! He was only joking.
A. senseless
B. sensitive
C. insensitive
D. sensible
Question 7: The dish had a very interesting taste as it was..... with lemon.
A. flavoured
B. seasoned
C. pickled
D. spiced
Question 8: The conspirators were plotting the.......of the government.
A. demolition
B. overthrow
C. disaster
D. catastrophe
Question 9: ~ "Another cup of coffee?" ~ "No, but thanks.........."
A. all the same

B. you for all
C. not at all
D. for all
Question 10: I don’t think you should be so......with the children. Watching television for half an hour a day won’t do them
any harm.
A. reliable
B. thoughtful
C. stubborn
D. strict
Question 11: Many Asian countries still rely on rice as the.......
A. winning
B. capital
C. superior
D. staple
Question 12: A good way of.......food is keeping it in. a fridge.
A. prolonging
B. enduring
C. extending
D. preserving
Question 13: The sight of so many sweets made the children’s mouth.......
A. moisten
B. water
C. drip
D. wet
Question 14: When I entered the room, the children were......over the last orange
A. participating
B. squabbling
C. consulting
D. discussing
Question 15: My sister has just.......sixteen.

A. completed
B. had
C. turned
D. become
Question 16: It was very......of you to lend us your car for the whole week.
A. thoughtless
B. ambitious
C. modest
D. generous
Question 17: After the guests had left we were allowed to eat the.......cakes.
A. additional
B. remaining
C. missed
D. left
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 18:A. palace
B. case
C. replace
D. debate
Question 19:A. general
B. gift
C. danger
D. gigantic
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 20: Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.
A. go motionless
B. stay unmoved
C. be quiet

D. get agitated
Question 21: I think he's still coming to terms with the death of his father.
A. living through
B. trying to forget
C. in agreement with
D. friendly with
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 22: You can try as hard as you like but you won't succeed.
A. You won’t succeed because you can’t try as hard.
B. However hard you can try, you won’t succeed.
C. You can hardly try as you like, but you won’t succeed.
D. Although you won’t succeed, you can try as hard as you like.
Question 23: That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved.
A. It has been proved that smoking is harmful for our health.


B. That bad effect of smoking on our health has been proved.
C. That smoking, which has a bad effect on our health, has been proved.
D. Smoking badly affects our health is true.
Question 24: Kathy couldn’t figure out what was the matter with Charles.
A. It seemed that Charles was angry at Kathy.
B. Charles told Kathy she couldn’t solve the maths problem.
C. Charles had nothing to say to Kathy.
D. It wasn’t clear to Kathy what Charles’s problem was.
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: Mary has found that she has time on her hands, so she is taking a college course.
A. has nothing to do
B. enjoys herself

C. is qualidied enough
D. feels free to do
Question 26: I couldn't see anything shameful in what I had done.
A. blameworthy
B. deplorable
C. shameless
D. virtuous
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 27: Wear your helmet. You may be fined on the way.
A. Unless you wear your helmet, you won't be fined on the way.
B. Not wearing your helmet, you will be fine travelling on the way.
C. If you don't wear your helmet, you may be fined on the way.
D. You should wear your helmet in case you may be fined on the way.
Question 28: He's got married three times in life. There's some rumour about it.
A. People rumour that he has got married three times in life.
B. It is rumoured that he has got married three times in life.
C. He was rumoured to have got married three times in life.
D. He is rumoured to get married three times in 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 from 29 to 35.
TEEN EDITOR AIMS HIGH
At the age of 13, Kenya Jordana James makes the rest of the world look lazy. In 2001, she started a magazine called
Blackgirl. Aimed at teenagers, it covers history, culture, lifestyle and entertainment news. Blackgirl now has thousands of
readers, both subscribers who receive their copy at home and people who buy the magazine from newsagents.
Kenya's idea for the 20-page magazine came out of boredom with the magazines on sale. "I read a lot of publications that
all said the same thing," she explained. Kenya has created a magazine that gives positive messages to African-American
teenagers. She has interviewed celebrities like Lauryn Hill, singer with the hip-hop band The Fugees, and Venus and Serena
Williams. She has also written about a wide range of serious subjects.
Blackgirl was not Kenya's first business project. She earned $1,200 selling cakes to her neighbours. She used the money she

had made to develop her plan for the magazine. She also had to find other people who would put money into the magazine, as
well as advertisers. "At first it was hard, but as you get older, these things become easier," she said.
Kenya has appeared on American TV and this has helped to make her more well-known. Not giving up has been the reason
for her success.
"Children can do anything that they set their mind to," she says. With three adults and a team of teenagers working with
her, Kenya has clear ideas about her future. 'I would like to continue the magazine, set up a clothes label, and become a
midwife and deliver babies," she explained. Until then, Kenya realises she must continue to live with her family. "I am a child
and my mum makes sure I clean up my room and I go to school each day. "Having a publication is just one thing that I do,"
she says.
Question 29: What does the writer say about Blackgirl magazine?
A. It covers a range of subjects and has a lot of readers.
B. Reading magazines makes teenagers lazy.
C. In 2001, it was the only magazine for black teenagers.
D. It has a lot of readers but isn’t very popular with teenagers.
Question 30: What does Kenya say about getting money for the magazine?
A. It was difficult at the beginning because she was young.
B. It’s easy to borrow money from advertisers.
C. She wasn’t old enough to borrow money from people.
D. People bought her cakes, but they didn’t buy the magazine.
Question 31: How does Kenya feel about her future?
A. She wants to have children.
B. She wants to give up the magazine.
C. She wants to do lots of different things.
D. She wants to live with her family.
Question 32: The phrase “set their mind to” is closest in meaning to......
A. learn by heart
B. make decisive effort to do C. try to remember
D. bear in mind
Question 33: Why did the writer write this text?
A. To describe an inspiring teenager.

B. To talk about the media.


C. To describe why teenagers read magazines
D. To give young people advice on money.
Question 34: Why did Kenya have the idea for a new magazine?
A. She was interested in celebrities.
B. She wasn't interested in serious subjects.
C. The other magazines were very repetitive.
D. She thought teenagers were boring.
Question 35: The word “deliver”can be replaced by......
A. make products
B. help to give birth to
C. bring to customers
D. take care of
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 36: Supersonic flight is flight that is faster the speed of sound.
A. that
B. Supersonic
C. of sound
D. faster
Question 37: Vietnam Airline regrets informing passengers that flight VN 851 to Hue is postponed due to bad weather.
A. to
B. informing
C. postponed
D. due to
Question 38: I'm very glad that you’ve done lots of progress this semester.
A. progress
B. done

C. very glad
D. lots of
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 from 39 to 43.
Not everything looks lovelier the longer and closer its inspection. But Saturn does. It is gorgeous through Earthly telescopes.
However, the 13 years of ...(39)... observation provided by Cassini, an American spacecraft, showed the planet, its moons and
its remarkable rings off better and better, ...(40)... finer structures, striking novelties and greater drama.
Cassini’s observations, which ended in September, 2018 when the craft was ...(41)... into Saturn’s atmosphere, also provided
further evidence that, as might be expected of such delicate beauty, the rings are quite new ...(42)... the world. This idea is not
novel, but has been put on a firmer footing than before. And a new theory proposes that the cataclysm which created the rings
may also have ...(43)... into being quite a few of Saturn’s moons.
[Adapted from: The ECONOMIST, March 24, 2018]

Question 39:A. close
B. next
C. abide
D. near
Question 40:A. viewing
B. seeing
C. looking
D. revealing
Question 41:A. crashed
B. hit
C. beaten
D. crushed
Question 42:A. for
B. towards
C. to
D. with
Question 43:A. brought

B. got
C. come
D. run
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 from 44 to 50.
THE BODY CLOCK
Why is it that flying to New York from London will leave you feeling less tired than flying to London from New York? The
answer may be a clear case of biology not being able to keep up with technology.
Deep inside the brain there is a "clock" that governs every aspect of the body's functioning: sleep and wake cycles, levels of
alertness, performance, mood, hormone levels, digestion, body temperature and so on. It regulates all of these functions on a
24-hour basis and is called the circadian clock (from the Latin, circa "about" + dies "day").
This body clock programmes us to be sleepy twice a day, between 3-5 a.m and again between 3-5 p.m. Afternoon tea and
siesta times are all cultural responses to our natural biological sleepiness in the afternoon.
One of the major causes of the travellers’ malady known as jet lag is the non-alignment of a person's internal body clock
with clocks in the external world. Crossing different time zones confuses the circadian clock, which then has to adjust to the
new time and patterns of light and activity. To make matters more complex, not all internal body functions adjust at the same
rate. So your sleep/wake may adjust to a new time zone at one rate, while your temperature adjusts at a different pace. Your
digestion may be on a different schedule altogether.
Though we live in a 24-hour day, the natural tendency of the body clock is to extend our day beyond 24 hours. It is contrary
to our biological programming to "shrink” our day. That is why travelling in a westward direction is more body-clock
friendly than flying east. NASA studies of long haul pilots showed that westward travel was associated with significantly
better sleep quantity and quality than eastward flights.
When flying west, you are "extending” your day, thus travelling in the natural direction of your internal clock. Flying
eastward will involve "shrinking” or reducing your day and is in direct opposition to your internal clock's natural tendency.
One of the more common complaints of travellers is that their sleep becomes disrupted. There are many reasons for this:
Changing time zones and schedules, changing light and activity levels, trying to sleep when your body clock is programmed
to be awake, disruption of the internal circadian clock and working longer hours.
Sleep loss, jet lag and fatigue can seriously affect our ability to function well. Judgement and decision-making can be
reduced by 50%, attention by 75 percent, memory by 20 percent and communication by 30 percent.
It is often suggested that you adjust your watch as soon as you board a plane, supposedly to try to help you adjust to your

destination's schedule as soon as you arrive. But it can take the body clock several days to several weeks to fully adjust to a
new time zone.
So, our body clock truly can "govern" us.
Question 44: Jet lag......
A. makes our body clock operate badly.
B. extends the hours of our body clock.
C. causes our body clock to change.
D. upsets our body's rhythms.
Question 45: On the subject of avoiding jet lag the article......


A. proposes gradually adjusting your body clock
B. suggests changing the time on your watch
C. says there is nothing you can do
D. makes no suggestions
Question 46: The direction you fly in
A. extends or shrink your body clock
B. helps you sleep better
C. affects the degree of jet lag
D. alters your body's natural rhythms
Question 47: The main function of the body clock is to......
A. help us sleep.
B. govern all the body's responses.
C. regulate the body's functions.
D. help us adapt to a 24-hour cycle.
Question 48: According to the article......
A. jet lag can affect different abilities differently
B. flying seriously affects our judgement and decision-making
C. various factors stop us sleeping when we fly
D. travellers complain about the negative effects of flying

Question 49: The word “disrupted” is closest in meaning to.....
A. prevented
B. distroyed
C. corrupted
D. damaged
Question 50: The pronoun “it” in the last sentence refers to....
A. to board a plane
B. to adjust to the destination's schedule
C. take the body clock several days
D. to fully adjust to a new time zone
The End


SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề gồm có 04 trang)

ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 161
Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề
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 1:A. experience B. disappear
C. documentary
D. understand
Question 2:A. computation B. supernatural
C. redundancy
D. explanation
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 3:A. replace
B. debate
C. palace
D. case
Question 4:A. general
B. gigantic
C. gift
D. danger
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: The sight of so many sweets made the children’s mouth.......
A. wet
B. water
C. moisten
D. drip
Question 6: After the guests had left we were allowed to eat the.......cakes.
A. left
B. additional
C. remaining
D. missed
Question 7: The conspirators were plotting the.......of the government.
A. demolition
B. catastrophe
C. overthrow
D. disaster
Question 8: I don’t think you should be so......with the children. Watching television for half an hour a day won’t do them
any harm.
A. stubborn
B. reliable
C. thoughtful

D. strict
Question 9: The dish had a very interesting taste as it was..... with lemon.
A. seasoned
B. flavoured
C. pickled
D. spiced
Question 10: Don’t be so.....! He was only joking.
A. insensitive
B. sensible
C. sensitive
D. senseless
Question 11: When I entered the room, the children were......over the last orange
A. consulting
B. participating
C. squabbling
D. discussing
Question 12: It was very......of you to lend us your car for the whole week.
A. modest
B. ambitious
C. thoughtless
D. generous
Question 13: A good way of.......food is keeping it in. a fridge.
A. preserving
B. enduring
C. extending
D. prolonging
Question 14: My sister has just.......sixteen.
A. completed
B. turned
C. had

D. become
Question 15: Just think! Next month you’ll be......and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.
A. at your teens
B. teen-ager
C. in your teens
D. in your teenage
Question 16: ~ "Another cup of coffee?" ~ "No, but thanks.........."
A. all the same
B. you for all
C. not at all
D. for all
Question 17: Many Asian countries still rely on rice as the.......
A. winning
B. capital
C. staple
D. superior
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 from 18 to 22.
Not everything looks lovelier the longer and closer its inspection. But Saturn does. It is gorgeous through Earthly telescopes.
However, the 13 years of ...(18)... observation provided by Cassini, an American spacecraft, showed the planet, its moons and
its remarkable rings off better and better, ...(19)... finer structures, striking novelties and greater drama.
Cassini’s observations, which ended in September, 2018 when the craft was ...(20)... into Saturn’s atmosphere, also provided
further evidence that, as might be expected of such delicate beauty, the rings are quite new ...(21)... the world. This idea is not
novel, but has been put on a firmer footing than before. And a new theory proposes that the cataclysm which created the rings
may also have ...(22)... into being quite a few of Saturn’s moons.
[Adapted from: The ECONOMIST, March 24, 2018]

Question 18:A. close
B. abide
C. near

D. next
Question 19:A. revealing B. looking
C. seeing
D. viewing
Question 20:A. crushed
B. hit
C. beaten
D. crashed
Question 21:A. for
B. towards
C. with
D. to
Question 22:A. come
B. got
C. run
D. brought
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 from 23 to 29.
THE BODY CLOCK
Why is it that flying to New York from London will leave you feeling less tired than flying to London from New York? The
answer may be a clear case of biology not being able to keep up with technology.
Deep inside the brain there is a "clock" that governs every aspect of the body's functioning: sleep and wake cycles, levels of
alertness, performance, mood, hormone levels, digestion, body temperature and so on. It regulates all of these functions on a
24-hour basis and is called the circadian clock (from the Latin, circa "about" + dies "day").


This body clock programmes us to be sleepy twice a day, between 3-5 a.m and again between 3-5 p.m. Afternoon tea and
siesta times are all cultural responses to our natural biological sleepiness in the afternoon.
One of the major causes of the travellers’ malady known as jet lag is the non-alignment of a person's internal body clock
with clocks in the external world. Crossing different time zones confuses the circadian clock, which then has to adjust to the

new time and patterns of light and activity. To make matters more complex, not all internal body functions adjust at the same
rate. So your sleep/wake may adjust to a new time zone at one rate, while your temperature adjusts at a different pace. Your
digestion may be on a different schedule altogether.
Though we live in a 24-hour day, the natural tendency of the body clock is to extend our day beyond 24 hours. It is contrary
to our biological programming to "shrink” our day. That is why travelling in a westward direction is more body-clock
friendly than flying east. NASA studies of long haul pilots showed that westward travel was associated with significantly
better sleep quantity and quality than eastward flights.
When flying west, you are "extending” your day, thus travelling in the natural direction of your internal clock. Flying
eastward will involve "shrinking” or reducing your day and is in direct opposition to your internal clock's natural tendency.
One of the more common complaints of travellers is that their sleep becomes disrupted. There are many reasons for this:
Changing time zones and schedules, changing light and activity levels, trying to sleep when your body clock is programmed
to be awake, disruption of the internal circadian clock and working longer hours.
Sleep loss, jet lag and fatigue can seriously affect our ability to function well. Judgement and decision-making can be
reduced by 50%, attention by 75 percent, memory by 20 percent and communication by 30 percent.
It is often suggested that you adjust your watch as soon as you board a plane, supposedly to try to help you adjust to your
destination's schedule as soon as you arrive. But it can take the body clock several days to several weeks to fully adjust to a
new time zone.
So, our body clock truly can "govern" us.
Question 23: The main function of the body clock is to......
A. help us adapt to a 24-hour cycle.
B. help us sleep.
C. regulate the body's functions.
D. govern all the body's responses.
Question 24: The direction you fly in
A. affects the degree of jet lag
B. alters your body's natural rhythms
C. extends or shrink your body clock
D. helps you sleep better
Question 25: The word “disrupted” is closest in meaning to.....
A. damaged

B. distroyed
C. corrupted
D. prevented
Question 26: Jet lag......
A. extends the hours of our body clock.
B. causes our body clock to change.
C. upsets our body's rhythms.
D. makes our body clock operate badly.
Question 27: According to the article......
A. flying seriously affects our judgement and decision-making
B. various factors stop us sleeping when we fly
C. travellers complain about the negative effects of flying
D. jet lag can affect different abilities differently
Question 28: On the subject of avoiding jet lag the article......
A. proposes gradually adjusting your body clock
B. says there is nothing you can do
C. makes no suggestions
D. suggests changing the time on your watch
Question 29: The pronoun “it” in the last sentence refers to....
A. to adjust to the destination's schedule
B. to board a plane
C. to fully adjust to a new time zone
D. take the body clock several days
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 30: I couldn't see anything shameful in what I had done.
A. blameworthy
B. shameless
C. deplorable
D. virtuous

Question 31: Mary has found that she has time on her hands, so she is taking a college course.
A. is qualidied enough
B. feels free to do
C. has nothing to do
D. enjoys herself
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 32: ~ A: "They lost a lot of money on their investment." ~ B: "..................."
A. Well done! I should have invested more.
B. Tough luck - they should have been more careful.
C. Why didn't they ask Tom for a loan?
D. No wonder they're living like a king.
Question 33: ~ A: ".................." ~ B: "I'll answer it right away."
A. Please take this message for him.
B. Why don't you write to him soon?
C. There's someone at the door.
D. Will you ring him up at 5 pm?
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 from 34 to 42.
TEEN EDITOR AIMS HIGH


At the age of 13, Kenya Jordana James makes the rest of the world look lazy. In 2001, she started a magazine called
Blackgirl. Aimed at teenagers, it covers history, culture, lifestyle and entertainment news. Blackgirl now has thousands of
readers, both subscribers who receive their copy at home and people who buy the magazine from newsagents.
Kenya's idea for the 20-page magazine came out of boredom with the magazines on sale. "I read a lot of publications that
all said the same thing," she explained. Kenya has created a magazine that gives positive messages to African-American
teenagers. She has interviewed celebrities like Lauryn Hill, singer with the hip-hop band The Fugees, and Venus and Serena
Williams. She has also written about a wide range of serious subjects.
Blackgirl was not Kenya's first business project. She earned $1,200 selling cakes to her neighbours. She used the money she

had made to develop her plan for the magazine. She also had to find other people who would put money into the magazine, as
well as advertisers. "At first it was hard, but as you get older, these things become easier," she said.
Kenya has appeared on American TV and this has helped to make her more well-known. Not giving up has been the reason
for her success.
"Children can do anything that they set their mind to," she says. With three adults and a team of teenagers working with
her, Kenya has clear ideas about her future. 'I would like to continue the magazine, set up a clothes label, and become a
midwife and deliver babies," she explained. Until then, Kenya realises she must continue to live with her family. "I am a child
and my mum makes sure I clean up my room and I go to school each day. "Having a publication is just one thing that I do,"
she says.
Question 34: Why did Kenya have the idea for a new magazine?
A. She wasn't interested in serious subjects.
B. She thought teenagers were boring.
C. She was interested in celebrities.
D. The other magazines were very repetitive.
Question 35: Why did the writer write this text?
A. To describe an inspiring teenager.
B. To describe why teenagers read magazines
C. To give young people advice on money.
D. To talk about the media.
Question 36: What does Kenya say about getting money for the magazine?
A. She wasn’t old enough to borrow money from people.
B. People bought her cakes, but they didn’t buy the magazine.
C. It was difficult at the beginning because she was young.
D. It’s easy to borrow money from advertisers.
Question 37: How does Kenya feel about her future?
A. She wants to live with her family.
B. She wants to do lots of different things.
C. She wants to have children.
D. She wants to give up the magazine.
Question 38: What does the writer say about Blackgirl magazine?

A. Reading magazines makes teenagers lazy.
B. It has a lot of readers but isn’t very popular with teenagers.
C. It covers a range of subjects and has a lot of readers.
D. In 2001, it was the only magazine for black teenagers.
Question 39: The phrase “set their mind to” is closest in meaning to......
A. learn by heart
B. try to remember
C. make decisive effort to do D. bear in mind
Question 40: The word “deliver”can be replaced by......
A. bring to customers
B. help to give birth to
C. make products
D. take care of
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 41: I think he's still coming to terms with the death of his father.
A. friendly with
B. living through
C. in agreement with
D. trying to forget
Question 42: Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.
A. go motionless
B. be quiet
C. stay unmoved
D. get agitated
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 43: Kathy couldn’t figure out what was the matter with Charles.
A. Charles told Kathy she couldn’t solve the maths problem.
B. Charles had nothing to say to Kathy.

C. It seemed that Charles was angry at Kathy.
D. It wasn’t clear to Kathy what Charles’s problem was.
Question 44: That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved.
A. Smoking badly affects our health is true.
B. That bad effect of smoking on our health has been proved.
C. It has been proved that smoking is harmful for our health.
D. That smoking, which has a bad effect on our health, has been proved.
Question 45: You can try as hard as you like but you won't succeed.
A. Although you won’t succeed, you can try as hard as you like.
B. However hard you can try, you won’t succeed.
C. You can hardly try as you like, but you won’t succeed.
D. You won’t succeed because you can’t try as hard.


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 46: Supersonic flight is flight that is faster the speed of sound.
A. Supersonic
B. of sound
C. that
D. faster
Question 47: Vietnam Airline regrets informing passengers that flight VN 851 to Hue is postponed due to bad weather.
A. informing
B. to
C. postponed
D. due to
Question 48: I'm very glad that you’ve done lots of progress this semester.
A. progress
B. done
C. lots of

D. very glad
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 49: Wear your helmet. You may be fined on the way.
A. Not wearing your helmet, you will be fine travelling on the way.
B. If you don't wear your helmet, you may be fined on the way.
C. Unless you wear your helmet, you won't be fined on the way.
D. You should wear your helmet in case you may be fined on the way.
Question 50: He's got married three times in life. There's some rumour about it.
A. He is rumoured to get married three times in life.
B. People rumour that he has got married three times in life.
C. It is rumoured that he has got married three times in life.
D. He was rumoured to have got married three times in life.
The End


SỞ GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề gồm có 04 trang)

ÔN THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
NĂM HỌC 2017- 2018
MÔN TIẾNG ANH ~ MÃ ĐỀ 258
Thời gian: 60 phút - khơng tính thời gian giao đề
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: After the guests had left we were allowed to eat the.......cakes.
A. additional
B. remaining
C. left
D. missed

Question 2: The conspirators were plotting the.......of the government.
A. catastrophe
B. demolition
C. disaster
D. overthrow
Question 3: When I entered the room, the children were......over the last orange
A. consulting
B. discussing
C. squabbling
D. participating
Question 4: I don’t think you should be so......with the children. Watching television for half an hour a day won’t do them
any harm.
A. thoughtful
B. reliable
C. strict
D. stubborn
Question 5: Just think! Next month you’ll be......and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.
A. in your teens
B. teen-ager
C. at your teens
D. in your teenage
Question 6: It was very......of you to lend us your car for the whole week.
A. generous
B. thoughtless
C. ambitious
D. modest
Question 7: A good way of.......food is keeping it in. a fridge.
A. preserving
B. prolonging
C. extending

D. enduring
Question 8: The dish had a very interesting taste as it was..... with lemon.
A. pickled
B. flavoured
C. spiced
D. seasoned
Question 9: My sister has just.......sixteen.
A. had
B. completed
C. become
D. turned
Question 10: The sight of so many sweets made the children’s mouth.......
A. water
B. moisten
C. drip
D. wet
Question 11: Don’t be so.....! He was only joking.
A. senseless
B. sensible
C. sensitive
D. insensitive
Question 12: Many Asian countries still rely on rice as the.......
A. capital
B. winning
C. superior
D. staple
Question 13: ~ "Another cup of coffee?" ~ "No, but thanks.........."
A. not at all
B. you for all
C. all the same

D. for all
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 from 14 to 20.
THE BODY CLOCK
Why is it that flying to New York from London will leave you feeling less tired than flying to London from New York? The
answer may be a clear case of biology not being able to keep up with technology.
Deep inside the brain there is a "clock" that governs every aspect of the body's functioning: sleep and wake cycles, levels of
alertness, performance, mood, hormone levels, digestion, body temperature and so on. It regulates all of these functions on a
24-hour basis and is called the circadian clock (from the Latin, circa "about" + dies "day").
This body clock programmes us to be sleepy twice a day, between 3-5 a.m and again between 3-5 p.m. Afternoon tea and
siesta times are all cultural responses to our natural biological sleepiness in the afternoon.
One of the major causes of the travellers’ malady known as jet lag is the non-alignment of a person's internal body clock
with clocks in the external world. Crossing different time zones confuses the circadian clock, which then has to adjust to the
new time and patterns of light and activity. To make matters more complex, not all internal body functions adjust at the same
rate. So your sleep/wake may adjust to a new time zone at one rate, while your temperature adjusts at a different pace. Your
digestion may be on a different schedule altogether.
Though we live in a 24-hour day, the natural tendency of the body clock is to extend our day beyond 24 hours. It is contrary
to our biological programming to "shrink” our day. That is why travelling in a westward direction is more body-clock
friendly than flying east. NASA studies of long haul pilots showed that westward travel was associated with significantly
better sleep quantity and quality than eastward flights.
When flying west, you are "extending” your day, thus travelling in the natural direction of your internal clock. Flying
eastward will involve "shrinking” or reducing your day and is in direct opposition to your internal clock's natural tendency.
One of the more common complaints of travellers is that their sleep becomes disrupted. There are many reasons for this:
Changing time zones and schedules, changing light and activity levels, trying to sleep when your body clock is programmed
to be awake, disruption of the internal circadian clock and working longer hours.
Sleep loss, jet lag and fatigue can seriously affect our ability to function well. Judgement and decision-making can be
reduced by 50%, attention by 75 percent, memory by 20 percent and communication by 30 percent.
It is often suggested that you adjust your watch as soon as you board a plane, supposedly to try to help you adjust to your
destination's schedule as soon as you arrive. But it can take the body clock several days to several weeks to fully adjust to a
new time zone.

So, our body clock truly can "govern" us.
Question 14: The main function of the body clock is to......


A. govern all the body's responses.
B. help us adapt to a 24-hour cycle.
C. help us sleep.
D. regulate the body's functions.
Question 15: Jet lag......
A. makes our body clock operate badly.
B. upsets our body's rhythms.
C. extends the hours of our body clock.
D. causes our body clock to change.
Question 16: According to the article......
A. jet lag can affect different abilities differently
B. various factors stop us sleeping when we fly
C. travellers complain about the negative effects of flying
D. flying seriously affects our judgement and decision-making
Question 17: The word “disrupted” is closest in meaning to.....
A. damaged
B. corrupted
C. prevented
D. distroyed
Question 18: The direction you fly in
A. helps you sleep better
B. affects the degree of jet lag
C. alters your body's natural rhythms
D. extends or shrink your body clock
Question 19: On the subject of avoiding jet lag the article......
A. proposes gradually adjusting your body clock

B. suggests changing the time on your watch
C. makes no suggestions
D. says there is nothing you can do
Question 20: The pronoun “it” in the last sentence refers to....
A. to fully adjust to a new time zone
B. to board a plane
C. to adjust to the destination's schedule
D. take the body clock several days
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 21: Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.
A. get agitated
B. be quiet
C. stay unmoved
D. go motionless
Question 22: I think he's still coming to terms with the death of his father.
A. living through
B. trying to forget
C. friendly with
D. in agreement with
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 23: I couldn't see anything shameful in what I had done.
A. blameworthy
B. shameless
C. virtuous
D. deplorable
Question 24: Mary has found that she has time on her hands, so she is taking a college course.
A. has nothing to do
B. is qualidied enough

C. feels free to do
D. enjoys herself
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 25:A. computation B. redundancy
C. explanation
D. supernatural
Question 26:A. documentary B. understand
C. experience
D. disappear
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 27: ~ A: "They lost a lot of money on their investment." ~ B: "..................."
A. No wonder they're living like a king.
B. Tough luck - they should have been more careful.
C. Why didn't they ask Tom for a loan?
D. Well done! I should have invested more.
Question 28: ~ A: ".................." ~ B: "I'll answer it right away."
A. There's someone at the door.
B. Why don't you write to him soon?
C. Will you ring him up at 5 pm?
D. Please take this message for him.
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 from 29 to 33.
Not everything looks lovelier the longer and closer its inspection. But Saturn does. It is gorgeous through Earthly telescopes.
However, the 13 years of ...(29)... observation provided by Cassini, an American spacecraft, showed the planet, its moons and
its remarkable rings off better and better, ...(30)... finer structures, striking novelties and greater drama.
Cassini’s observations, which ended in September, 2018 when the craft was ...(31)... into Saturn’s atmosphere, also provided
further evidence that, as might be expected of such delicate beauty, the rings are quite new ...(32)... the world. This idea is not
novel, but has been put on a firmer footing than before. And a new theory proposes that the cataclysm which created the rings

may also have ...(33)... into being quite a few of Saturn’s moons.
[Adapted from: The ECONOMIST, March 24, 2018]

Question 29:A. next
B. close
C. abide
D. near
Question 30:A. revealing B. looking
C. viewing
D. seeing
Question 31:A. hit
B. beaten
C. crashed
D. crushed
Question 32:A. for
B. with
C. towards
D. to
Question 33:A. come
B. brought
C. got
D. run
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 34: I'm very glad that you’ve done lots of progress this semester.


A. very glad
B. done
C. progress

D. lots of
Question 35: Supersonic flight is flight that is faster the speed of sound.
A. that
B. faster
C. Supersonic
D. of sound
Question 36: Vietnam Airline regrets informing passengers that flight VN 851 to Hue is postponed due to bad weather.
A. due to
B. informing
C. to
D. postponed
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 37:A. replace
B. debate
C. palace
D. case
Question 38:A. danger
B. gift
C. gigantic
D. general
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 from 39 to 45.
TEEN EDITOR AIMS HIGH
At the age of 13, Kenya Jordana James makes the rest of the world look lazy. In 2001, she started a magazine called
Blackgirl. Aimed at teenagers, it covers history, culture, lifestyle and entertainment news. Blackgirl now has thousands of
readers, both subscribers who receive their copy at home and people who buy the magazine from newsagents.
Kenya's idea for the 20-page magazine came out of boredom with the magazines on sale. "I read a lot of publications that
all said the same thing," she explained. Kenya has created a magazine that gives positive messages to African-American
teenagers. She has interviewed celebrities like Lauryn Hill, singer with the hip-hop band The Fugees, and Venus and Serena

Williams. She has also written about a wide range of serious subjects.
Blackgirl was not Kenya's first business project. She earned $1,200 selling cakes to her neighbours. She used the money she
had made to develop her plan for the magazine. She also had to find other people who would put money into the magazine, as
well as advertisers. "At first it was hard, but as you get older, these things become easier," she said.
Kenya has appeared on American TV and this has helped to make her more well-known. Not giving up has been the reason
for her success.
"Children can do anything that they set their mind to," she says. With three adults and a team of teenagers working with
her, Kenya has clear ideas about her future. 'I would like to continue the magazine, set up a clothes label, and become a
midwife and deliver babies," she explained. Until then, Kenya realises she must continue to live with her family. "I am a child
and my mum makes sure I clean up my room and I go to school each day. "Having a publication is just one thing that I do,"
she says.
Question 39: What does the writer say about Blackgirl magazine?
A. It has a lot of readers but isn’t very popular with teenagers.
B. In 2001, it was the only magazine for black teenagers.
C. It covers a range of subjects and has a lot of readers.
D. Reading magazines makes teenagers lazy.
Question 40: What does Kenya say about getting money for the magazine?
A. It was difficult at the beginning because she was young.
B. People bought her cakes, but they didn’t buy the magazine.
C. It’s easy to borrow money from advertisers.
D. She wasn’t old enough to borrow money from people.
Question 41: The phrase “set their mind to” is closest in meaning to......
A. make decisive effort to do B. learn by heart
C. try to remember
D. bear in mind
Question 42: Why did Kenya have the idea for a new magazine?
A. She wasn't interested in serious subjects.
B. She was interested in celebrities.
C. She thought teenagers were boring.
D. The other magazines were very repetitive.

Question 43: The word “deliver”can be replaced by......
A. take care of
B. bring to customers
C. make products
D. help to give birth to
Question 44: Why did the writer write this text?
A. To give young people advice on money.
B. To talk about the media.
C. To describe an inspiring teenager.
D. To describe why teenagers read magazines
Question 45: How does Kenya feel about her future?
A. She wants to have children.
B. She wants to give up the magazine.
C. She wants to live with her family.
D. She wants to do lots of different things.
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 46: You can try as hard as you like but you won't succeed.
A. Although you won’t succeed, you can try as hard as you like.
B. You can hardly try as you like, but you won’t succeed.
C. However hard you can try, you won’t succeed.
D. You won’t succeed because you can’t try as hard.
Question 47: That smoking has a bad effect on our health has been proved.
A. That bad effect of smoking on our health has been proved.
B. That smoking, which has a bad effect on our health, has been proved.
C. It has been proved that smoking is harmful for our health.


D. Smoking badly affects our health is true.
Question 48: Kathy couldn’t figure out what was the matter with Charles.

A. It wasn’t clear to Kathy what Charles’s problem was.
B. Charles told Kathy she couldn’t solve the maths problem.
C. Charles had nothing to say to Kathy.
D. It seemed that Charles was angry at Kathy.
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 49: He's got married three times in life. There's some rumour about it.
A. He was rumoured to have got married three times in life.
B. People rumour that he has got married three times in life.
C. It is rumoured that he has got married three times in life.
D. He is rumoured to get married three times in life.
Question 50: Wear your helmet. You may be fined on the way.
A. You should wear your helmet in case you may be fined on the way.
B. Unless you wear your helmet, you won't be fined on the way.
C. If you don't wear your helmet, you may be fined on the way.
D. Not wearing your helmet, you will be fine travelling on the way.
The End