BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2021

ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢO Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
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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 the pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. borrowed B. prevented C. contained D. explored
Question 2: A. enter B. reply C. before D. previous
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 3: A. secret B. happy C. careful D. polite
Question 4: A. attention B. certainty C. article D. exercise
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: When Tom called me last night, I ______ my favourite film in the living room.
A. was watching B. watched C. had watched D. watch
Question 6: There are a lot of interesting films on Netflix, ______?
A. aren’t it B. doesn’t it C. aren’t there D. doesn’t there
Question 7: The money raised in the appeal ______ to help those in need in remote areas.
A. will use B. will be used C. is using D. uses
Question 8: I’m getting concerned _____ the dog because he hasn’t eaten all day.
A. with B. about C. of D. to
Question 9: ______ people drive, the more accidents happen.
A. Faster B. The faster C. Fastest D. The fastest
Question 10: I really love the ______ cat that Mrs Emily bought for her daughter yesterday.
A. lovely white British shorthair B. British white lovely shorthair
C. lovely white shorthair British D. white lovely shorthair British
Question 11: Many Indians still celebrated religious festivals ______ the risk of being contracted the
Covid-19.
A. because of B. due to C. although D. despite
Question 12: ______, she decided to throw a huge house-warming party.
A. After she had bought a new house B. By the time she buys a new house
C. Before she bought a new house D. As soon as she buys a new house
Question 13: ______ after a sleepless night, David felt a bit under the weather.
A. To get up B. Got up C. Having got up D. Being got up
Question 14: The opera “Aida” was ______ written for the opening of the Cairo opera house in 1871.
A. speciality B. specify C. special D. specially
Question 15: The electricity will be ______ for ten minutes while the workmen test the circuit.
A. breaking out B. going off C. turning on D. making out
Question 16: It’s my honour to ______ a speech at my brother’s wedding.
A. create B. form C. carry D. give
Question 17: They demanded a huge ______ for the return of the little girl whom they had kidnapped.
A. bribe B. ransom C. wage D. deposit
Question 18: Most parents are horrified when they discover their children have been ______ truant
from school.
A. playing B. committing C. abiding D. admitting
Question 19: It is believed that shouting at a crying child just adds ______ to the fire.
A. gas B. fuel C. fume D. water

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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: Johnny is so ingenious - he can make the most remarkable sculptures from the most
ordinary materials.
A. skilful B. active C. sincere D. wonderful
Question 21: The new plan will provide strong incentives for young people to improve their skills.
A. motivation B. ambition C. pleasures D. solidarity
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: We must grasp every opportunity to cement economic ties with other countries.
A. promote B. accelerate C. loosen D. strengthen
Question 23: Given that her voice is very weak and not so special, her ambition to become a famous
singer is simply a pipe dream.
A. an impractical hope B. a real nightmare C. a terrible situation D. a realistic wish
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
Question 24: A student is asking the librarian to help her to fax a report.
- Student: “Could you help me to fax this report?”
- Librarian: “______”
A. It’s very kind of you to say so. B. Sorry, I have no idea.
C. Certainly, what’s the fax number? D. What rubbish! I don’t think it’s helpful.
Question 25: Joana and Petty are talking about celebrities.
- Joana: “Do you think celebrities nowadays tend to focus more on wealth rather than achievements?”
- Petty: “______. This will set bad examples for young people.”
A. It’s out of the question B. I think you’re right on this
C. Not at all D. I don’t think so
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.
DRESSING FOR SUCCESS
Whether you like it or not, when you go for a job interview your personal appearance will be
judged as an expression of who you are. Just from looking at you, the interviewer will
start (26) ______ an opinion about your capabilities, your attitude to work and how well you might fit
in with their organisation. The right image is (27) ______ that helps the interviewer visualise you as
one of their team and (28) ______ them that you could represent their company. So, find out about the
company dress code prior to the interview, or see how people are dressed on their corporate website.
(29) ______, even if you get the image right, it may not necessarily be remarked on. The
interviewer will just sense that you ‘look right’, and feel open to being convinced that you are the right
person for the job. But if you get it wrong, it can be very difficult to overcome the negative
impression (30) ______ you may already have made.
Question 26: A. shaping B. forming C. making D. settling
Question 27: A. some B. any C. one D. another
Question 28: A. convinces B. emboldens C. reassures D. clarifies
Question 29: A. Moreover B. Besides C. Therefore D. However
Question 30: A. who B. where C. that D. when
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.
Scientists at a Texas university have successfully cloned a cat for the first time. DNA obtained
from a female donor cat named Rainbow was transplanted into an egg cell whose nucleus and
chromosomes had been previously removed. The egg cell was then implanted into a surrogate mother,
Allie. Sixty-six days later, a kitten, later named Copy Cat, was born. The breakthrough in cloning a
household pet was greeted with excitement by pet lovers, many of whom have already “banked” their
pets’ DNA and even made financial contributions to the university in the hope of one day obtaining a
clone. The news was also welcomed by scientists interested in the preservation of endangered species.

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 Although scientists now have the technology to clone animals, Copy Cat’s birth came only after
several unsuccessful attempts at cloning a cat. Researchers first tried using skin cells from a donor cat
to create a clone, but only one pregnancy resulted out of 188 embryos, and this ended in a miscarriage.
Scientists then tried using cells from cats’ ovarian tissue. Out of 87 such embryos, only Copy Cat
survived. Although comparable to the success rate in sheep, cows, goats and pigs, these odds must be
reduced to make pet cloning feasible.
Animal rights activists claim that pet cloning is dangerous for the animals involved, and that it
could needlessly increase the pet population of the country. Also, activists say that believing cloning
will bring the same animal back is a fallacy.
Although Copy Cat’s coat colour is similar to Rainbow’s and a genetic match confirms that she
is indeed a clone, her behaviour and personality are very different. Rainbow is reserved, while Copy
Cat is playful and curious. In reality, social environment and upbringing are more likely to determine
the personality of an animal than genetic material and blood type.
Question 31: Which of the following is the main purpose of this passage?
A. advocate further research into pet cloning
B. present the mixed blessings associated with cloning pets
C. generate funds for the university’s pet cloning project
D. encourage pet lovers to bank their pets’ DNA
Question 32: What is Allie’s relationship to Copy Cat?
A. She provided the donor cells used to create Copy Cat.
B. She was cloned from Copy Cat’s DNA.
C. She has the same personality as Copy Cat.
D. She gave birth to Copy Cat.
Question 33: According to the passage, what important fact should pet lovers keep in mind before
cloning their pet?
A. Banking a pet’s DNA is expensive.
B. Cloning will bring back the same animal.
C. The clone could be different from the original animal.
D. Cloning sheep, cows and pigs is easier than cloning a cat.
Question 34: The word “fallacy” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. misconception B. imagination C. ubiquity D. nonsense
Question 35: According to the passage, which factor is most important in determining a pet’s
behaviour?
A. Its DNA B. Its donor tissue
C. Its milieu D. Its surrogate mother
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.
Whether it’s awe, fear, or simply fascination, people love things that are big. So, it’s no surprise
that Deep Blue, a 20-foot-long great white shark and the largest ever captured on camera, makes
headlines anytime she’s spotted. But beyond the sensationalism associated with such stories, experts
say superlative giants have plenty of science to teach us too.
“Is there value in just telling a story about a big shark? No,” says Chris Fischer, founding
chairperson of Ocearch, a data-collection organization that has tagged and tracked some of the largest
great whites on Earth. Fischer says that if such an animal is safely captured, sampled, tagged, and
released, then it can be useful to science. Tracking a large female like Deep Blue, for instance, can
reveal “where great white sharks mate, where they gestate, and where they give birth,” says
Fischer. And for a species vulnerable to extinction, such as the great white, this is crucial data for
figuring out how to best protect the fish and boost its numbers.
At the same time, today’s measurements can be used to show how living species have changed in
response to hunting, fishing, and other human impacts. ”If you look at historical records for some of
these animals, like manta rays and whale sharks, you’ll see that they used to be significantly larger
than the ones we see presently in our oceans,” says Andrea Marshall, a National Geographic Society
explorer. And according to her, this means that we’ve fished out all of the largest, oldest, most mature

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of them. And that, in turn, means conservationists have some serious work to do to restore species
back to their original state.
All of this is very important because being big is not always a boon for these animals. Take the
alligator gar, a prehistoric-looking freshwater fish of the U.S. South that can grow longer than eight
feet and tip the scales at more than 300 pounds. ”Once they reach a certain size, there are very few
predators that can eat them,” says Solomon David, an aquatic ecologist at Nicholls State University in
Louisiana. But even a full-grown alligator gar is no match for a human with a compound bow. David
says far too many of the impressive fish are now being killed as trophies, and this has negative
consequences for the rare and threatened species.
There’s also another good reason for documenting the biggest of the big: They can tell us about
the past. “Really big animals are really useful data points,” say Stephanie Drumheller-Horton, who
studies ancient crocodile relatives at the University of Tennessee. For instance, when trying to figure
out what the 40-root Sarcosuchus imperator - nicknamed SuperCroc - ate during the Cretaceous period
millions of years ago, it’s worthwhile to study the diet of today’s largest crocs and make calculated
predictions from there.
Question 36: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Why are people always so interested in the biggest animals?
B. The fascinating things huge animals can tell us about the past.
C. How scientists and conversationists are protecting giant species?
D. What can the world’s most gigantic animals teach scientists?
Question 37: According to paragraph 2, why is the information gathered from tracking Deep Blue is
important for great white sharks?
A. Because it helps scientists predict where great white sharks will mate.
B. Because it shows exactly how people should protect great white sharks.
C. Because it gives people information on where great whites gestate and where they give birth.
D. Because it provides data helping scientists to find ways to increase the number of great whites.
Question 38: The word “them” in paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A. impacts B. records C. animals D. oceans
Question 39: The word “boon” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. pleasure B. advantage C. luxury D. favour
Question 40: Which of the following is NOT TRUE, according to the passage?
A. People are always very interested in Deep Blue because it is the biggest shark in history.
B. Measurements and records showed that it would not be easy for people to restore species.
C. It is almost impossible for predators to hunt the alligator gar once they have fully grown.
D. The SuperCroc’s diet can be predicted by studying the diet of today’s biggest crocodiles.
Question 41: The word “worthwhile” in paragraph 5 can be best replaced by ______.
A. constructive B. valuable C. lucrative D. reassuring
Question 42: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Most people do not agree with the viewpoint that large animals can have scientific value.
B. The best way to help species return to their original state is to completely ban fishing.
C. The alligator gar is being hunted more and more because people know how rare they are.
D. Examining the biggest animals of today may help us learn more about their ancestors.
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 43: Physics is one of her favourite subjects when she was at secondary school.
A B C D
Question 44: Sharks can detect minute electrical discharges coming from its preys.
A B C D
Question 45: We need an explanation that is readily intelligent to ordinary people, who are not
A B C
very knowledgeable about the subject.
D

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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: John began playing the piano 10 years ago.
A. John didn’t play the piano 10 years ago. B. John has played the piano for 10 years.
C. John used to play the piano 10 years ago. D. John doesn’t play the piano anymore.
Question 47: “You ought to take a break, Andrew”, said Matthew.
A. Matthew advised Andrew to take a break. B. Matthew asked Andrew to take a break.
C. Matthew suggested Andrew to take a break D. Matthew suggested Andrew took a break.
Question 48: Every student is required to write an essay on the topic.
A. Every student might write an essay on the topic.
B. Every student must write an essay on the topic.
C. They require every student can write an essay on the topic.
D. Every student should write an essay on the topic.
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: The car driver in front stopped so suddenly. Therefore, the accident happened.
A. If he car driver in front didn’t stop so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t happen.
B. If the car driver in front hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t have happened.
C. If the car driver in front hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident would have happened.
D. If the car driver in front had stopped suddenly, the accident would have happened.
Question 50: Harry had packed his luggage. After that, he loaded it into the car and set off for the
airport.
A. Packing his luggage, Harry loaded it into the car and set off for the airport.
B. Only after Harry had packed his luggage, did he load it into the car and set off for the airport.
C. No sooner had Harry packed his luggage when he loaded it into the car and set off for the
airport.
D. Not until had Harry packed his luggage did he load it into the car and set off for the airport.

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