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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021

¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 12
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Đề thi gồm 08 trang, 80 câu trắc nghiệm)

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Listen to the recording and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1. According to the talk, what does presidency mean?
A. The office of the president B. The US president’s room
C. A particular president D. The US president’s position and power
Question 2. The U.S. presidency ______.
A. was not similar to any other position in world history
B. refers to the American Constitution
C. was created in the 17th century
D. was created by Jefferson in the 1700s
Question 3. If a country were a monarchy and ruled by a king or queen, ______.
A. a lot of power was given to one person
B. power belonged to an elected group
C. power was shared between king or queen with representatives
D. voters elected representatives
Question 4. What were the writers of the Constitution concerned about?
A. One person had a lot of power in a democracy
B. Being under the control of a British king
C. Fighting a war for independence against the British
D. Making the country a democracy
Question 5. According to the writers of the Constitution, what could a strong executive become?
A. A curator B. A president C. A tyrant or corrupt D. A king or queen
Question 6. What was the problem of a weak executive branch?
A. The Constitution’s writers argued with each other.
B. It took too much time to ask state legislatures to make national decisions.
C. The problems were resolved.
D. There were conflicting ideas about what the office of the president should be.
Listen to an interview with a health worker about vaccination programmes in less economically
developed countries.
Question 7. The proportion of the world’s children receiving vaccinations is ______.
A. just over two thirds B. just a half
C. just under three quarters D. just over four fifths
Question 8. One achievement mentioned by the expert is that ______.
A. there are only 71 measles cases since 2000
B. polio has almost been eradicated
C. there are 200,000 fewer tetanus cases since the 1980s
D. measles cases have fallen by one quarter
Question 9. The expert warns against ______.
A. both rich and poor children still living in poor conditions
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 B. investing too heavily in immunisation and neglecting other health issues
C. giving children one vaccination and not delivering a full course of injections
D. assuming that recent achievements are sufficient and withdrawing funding
Question 10. According to the expert, many children do not get immunized if they ______.
A. are already sick
B. do not live within an established system
C. can access to health care
D. have proper living conditions
Question 11. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the reason why leaflets are not an effective
means of advertising immunisation programmes because ______.
A. some mothers cannot read
B. they do not reach people in isolated areas
C. there is a shortage of health workers
D. the health worker doesn’t have enough time
Question 12. To ensure that vaccinations reach everyone, it is necessary to ______.
A. have an education programme in place as well
B. teach illiterate women how to read and write
C. pinpoint where the system fails and address these issues
D. only hire health workers who are well trained and trustworthy
Question 13. To solve the storage problem, the expert’s organisation is ______.
A. finding warm places to keep vaccines
B. training health workers how to store vaccines properly
C. creating vaccines that can be stored at any temperature
D. building cheap fridges that work reliably without electricity
Question 14. The expert mentions that computers are necessary to ______.
A. keep knowledge up-to-date B. maintain communications
C. manage the production of vaccines D. manage distribution
Question 15. The expert advises against using vaccines which are ______.
A. cheap B. costly C. unbranded D. not pre-qualified
Question 16. A DALY is ______.
A. the amount of time lost when a person is ill or dies prematurely
B. the loss of earnings due to ill-health and caring for relatives
C. the amount of money a country spends on its health service
D. the amount of time which is well spent on vaccinations
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 17. A. Argentina B. disadvantage C. existential D. nevertheless
Question 18. A. intimacy B. intensity C. Antarctica D. invaluable
Question 19. A. architecture B. manufacture C. agriculture D. literature
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined part in each of the questions.
Question 20. I’ve worked with her for donkey’s years and I still don’t know how to use the photocopier.
A. for good and all B. from the beginning C. from time to time D. for a short time
Question 21. Should the ice caps melt, warm tropical waters will circle the globe and make this a hostile planet.
A. dry B. friendly C. hospitable D. warlike

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 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 22. Quinine, cinnamon and other useful substances are all derived of the bark of trees.
A. other B. substances C. the bark of trees D. derived of
Question 23. Cell membrance, when exposing to electrical impulses, can absorb medicine.
A. can absorb B. electrical C. exposing D. Cell membrance
Question 24. She made some very complementary remarks about my English, which was encouraging to me.
A. complementary B. about C. made D. encouraging
Question 25. In outer space, spacecraft can be maneuvered by means small steering rockets.
A. In B. can be maneuvered C. by means D. steering
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.
Composers today use a wider variety of sounds than ever before, including many that were once
considered undesirable noises. Composer Edgard Varese (1883-1965) called this the ‘liberation of
sound…the right to make music with any and all sounds’. Electronic music, for example, made with the aid
of computers, synthesizers, and electronic instruments, may include sounds that in the past would not have
been considered musical.
Environmental sounds, such as thunder, and electronically generated hisses and blips can be
recorded, manipulated, and then incorporated into a musical composition. But composers also draw novel
sounds from voices and non-electronic instruments. Singers may be asked to scream, laugh, groan, sneeze,
or to sing phonetic sounds rather than words. Wind and string players may lap or scrape their instruments. A
brass or woodwind player may hum while playing, to produce two pitches at once; a pianist may reach inside
the piano to pluck a string and then run a metal blade along it. In the music of the Western world, the
greatest expansion and experimentation have involved percussion instruments, which outnumber strings and
winds in many recent compositions. Traditional percussion instruments are struck with new types of beaters;
and instruments that used to be considered unconventional in Western music, tom-toms, bongos, slapsticks,
maracas, are widely used .
In the search for novel sounds, increased use has been made in Western music of Microtones. Non-
Western music typically divides and intervals between two pitches more finely than Western music does,
thereby producing a greater number of distinct tones or micro tones, within the same interval. Composers
such as Krzysztof Penderecki create sound that borders on electronic noise through tone clusters, closely
spaced tones played together and heard as a mass, block, or band of sound . The directional aspect of sound
has taken on new importance as well. Loud speakers or groups of instruments may be placed at opposite
ends of the stage, in the balcony, or at the back and sides of the auditorium. Because standard music notation
makes no provision for many of these innovations, recent music scores may contain graph like diagrams,
new note shapes and symbols, and novel ways of arranging notation on the page.
Question 26. The passage suggests that Edgard Varese is an example of a composer who ______.
A. criticized electronic music as too noise like
B. modified sonic of the electronic instruments he used in his music
C. wrote music with environmental themes
D. believed that any sound could be used in music
Question 27. The word ‘it’ in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A. string B. piano C. blade D. music
Question 28. According to the passage, which of the following would be considered traditional elements of
Western music?
A. Microtones B. Pianos C. Tom-toms and bongos D. Hisses
Question 29. The word ‘thereby’ in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. by this means B. in return for C. by the way D. in spite of
Question 30. According to the passage, Krzysztof Pederecki is known for which of the following practices?
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 A. Combining traditional and nontraditional instruments
B. Using tones that are clumped together
C. Seating musicians in unusual areas of an auditorium
D. Playing Western music for non-Western audiences
Question 31. The word ‘wider’ in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. more extensive B. more controversial
C. more distinctive D. more impressive
Question 32. According to the passage, which of the following types of instruments has played a role in
much of the innovation in Western music?
A. brass B. woodwind C. string D. percussion
Question 33. In paragraph 3, the author mentions diagrams as an example of a new way to ______.
A. indicate how particular sounds should be produced
B. chart the history of innovation in musical notation
C. explain the logic of standard musical notation
D. design and develop electronic instruments
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions.
THE FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS
Anybody who says they can reliably forecast the future of newspapers is either a liar or a fool. Look
at the raw figures, and newspapers seem doomed . Since 2000, the circulation of most UK national dailies
has fallen by between a third and a half. The authoritative Pew Research Center in the USA reports that
newspapers are now the main source of news for only 26 percent of US citizens as against 45 percent in
2001. There is no shortage of prophets who confidently predict that the last printed newspaper will be safely
buried within 15 years at most.
Yet one of the few reliable facts of history is that old media have a habit of surviving. An over-
exuberant New York journalist announced in 1935 that books and theatre ‘have had their day’ and the daily
newspaper would become ‘the greatest organ of social life’. Theatre dully withstood not only the newspaper,
but also cinema and then television. Radio has flourished in the TV age; cinema, in turn, has held its own
against videos and DVDs. Even vinyl records have made a comeback, with online sales up 745 percent
since 2008.
Newspapers themselves were once new media, although it took several centuries before they became
the dominant medium for news. This was not solely because producing up-to-date news for a large
readership over a wide area became praticable and economic only in the mid-19th century, with the steam
press, the railway and the telegraph. Equally important was the emergence of the idea that everything around
us is in constant movement and we need to be updated on its condition at regular intervals - a concept quite
alien in the medieval times and probably also to most people in the early modern era . Now, we expect
change. To our medieval ancestors, however, the only realities were the passing of the seasons, punctuated
by catastrophes such as famine, flood or disease that they had no reliable means of anticipating. Life, as the
writer Alain de Botton puts it, was ‘ineluctably cyclical’ and ‘the most important truths were recurring’.
Journalism as a full-time trade from which you could hope to make a living hardly existed before the
19th century. Even then, there was no obvious reason why most people needed news on a regular basis,
whether daily or weekly. In some respects, regularity of newspaper publication and rigidity of format was,
and remains, a burden. Online news readers can dip in and out according to how they perceive the urgency
of events. Increasingly sophisticated search engines and algorithms allow us to personalise the news to our
own priorities and interests. When important stories break, internet news providers can post minute-by-
minute updates. Error, misconception and foolish speculation can be connected or modified almost
constantly. There are no space restrictions to prevent narrative or analysis, and documents or events cited in
news stories can often be accessed in full. All this is a world away from the straitjacket of newspaper
publication. Yet few of any providers seem alive to the new medium’s capacity for spreading understanding
and enlightenment.
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 Instead, the anxiety is always to be first with the news, to maximise reader comments, to create heat
and sound and fury and thus add to the sense of confusion. In the medieval world what news there was was
usually exchanged amid the babble of the market place or the tarven, where truth competed with rumour,
mishearing and misunderstanding. In some respects, it is to that world that we seem to be returning.
Newspapers have never been very good- or not as good as they ought to be- at telling us how the world
works. Perhaps they now face extinction. Or perhaps , as the internet merely adds to what de Botton
discribes as our sense that we live in ‘an improvable and fundamentally chaotic universe’, they will discover
that they and they alone can guide us to wisdom and understanding.
Question 34. Which phrase in the second paragraph has the same meaning as ‘held its own against’?
A. flourished B. made a comeback C. had their day D. withstood
Question 35. What does the writer suggest is the main advantage of online news sites?
A. The flexibility of the medium B. The ease of access for their users
C. The breadth of their potential readership D. The accuracy of the reporting
Question 36. The word ‘alien’ in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.
A. acceptable B. ridiculous C. strange D. absurd
Question 37. In the third paragraph, the writer stresses the importance of ______.
A. a shift in people’s attitudes towards the outside world
B. certain key 19th century advances in mechanisation
C. the competition between newspapers and more established media
D. the challenges of news distribution in the pre-industrial era
Question 38. What point is the writer making in the second paragraph?
A. Existing media are not necessarily replaced by new ones.
B. Public enthusiasm for new types of media is often unpredictable.
C. It is inevitable that most media technologies will have a limited life.
D. The best media technologies tend to be the most long-lasting.
Question 39. The word ‘recurring’ in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.
A. emerging B. happening again C. astonishing D. maintaining
Question 40. In the first paragragh, the writer is presenting ______.
A. his interpretation of a current trend
B. reasons for the decline in newspaper readership
C. his prediction on the future of print journalism
D. evidence that supports a widespread view
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word in each of the following questions.
Question 41. The fighter plane gave pivotal assistance to the ground forces that were surrounded by the enemy.
A. reliable B. significant C. compulsory D. necessary
Question 42. Holding copyright provides the only legal remedy against unauthorised copying.
A. redress B. relief C. treatment D. preparation
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. No matter how hard Fred tried to lose weight, he did not succeed .
A. Fred tried very hard to lose weight and succeeded .
B. Try as Fred might, he could not lose weight.
C. It was hard for Fred to lose weight because he never succeeded.
D. It did not matter whether Fred could lose weight.
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 A. There are several categories of people who are under obligation to pay the new tax.
B. There are several categories of people who are exempt by paying the new tax.
C. There are several categories of people who are exempt from paying the new tax.
D. There are several categories of people who mustn’t pay the new tax.
Question 45. You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
A. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen.
B. You didn't persuade him to change because of his mind.
C. You should persuade him to change his mind.
D. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t.
Question 46. The woman was too weak to lift the suitcase.
A. Such was her weakness that the woman couldn’t lift the suitcase.
B. So weak the woman was that she couldn’t lift the suitcase.
C. The woman shouldn’t have lifted the suitcase as she was weak.
D. Weak though the woman was, she could lift the suitcase.
Question 47. He is an authority on primitive religion.
A. He has authority over the people who practise primitive religion.
B. He has official permission to practice primitive religion.
C. He has a great influence on the people who practise primitive religion.
D. He is famous for his vast knowledge of primitive religion.
Question 48. Due to the fact that the demand for tea was very high in the 19th century, its price was
astronomical.
A. In the 19th century the price for tea didn’t increase despite the demand .
B. It was its astronomical price which decreased the demand for tea in the 19th century.
C. The demand for tea was so high in the 19th century that its price was enormous.
D. It was not until the 19th century that the demand for tea started to increase.
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 49. Viva and Bob have been reading about the wonders of the world .
Viva: “Would you say The Great Wall is among the seven man- made wonders of the world?”
Bob: “______”
A. Do you say so? B. There’s no doubt about that.
C. That’s the least I could do. D. I’m glad you like it.
Question 50. Elizabeth has worked with her colleague on a project for a long time and they feel a little tired.
Laurie: “Then, let’s call it a day, shall we?”
Elizabeth: “______”
A. All right. See you later.
B. I think we have. Is there anything else to discuss?
C. I’d love to, and I’ve got a pretty tight schedule today.
D. I’m sorry I can’t. Maybe we can finish it tomorrow.
Question 51. Frank and Brandy are talking about Brandy's last vacation.
Frank: "I learned that you had an amazing vacation last summer. Did you go with your parents?"
Brandy: "________. I went with my cousins. We had a blast!"
A. That's right B. Of course not
C. Certainly with my friends too D. Oh, no. That's unbelievable

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 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 52. Jack has won a jackpot prize. 10% of it was donated to flooded areas.
A. Jack has won a jackpot prize, 10% which was donated to flooded areas.
B. Jack has won a jackpot prize, which was donated 10% to flooded areas.
C. Jack has won a jackpot prize, which of 10% was donated to flooded areas.
D. Jack has won a jackpot prize, 10% of which was donated to flooded areas.
Question 53. I owed Bill a favor. I agreed to help him.
A. If I hadn’t owed Bill a favor, I would have agreed to help him.
B. It was only because I owed Bill a favor that I agreed to help him.
C. Although I owed Bill a favor, I agreed to help him.
D. I only agreed to help Bill because I owed him some money.
Question 54. She gave in her notice. She planned to start her new job in January.
A. Her notice was given in order for her to start her new job in January
B. She gave in her notice with a view to starting her new job in January.
C. Her notice was given in with an aim to start her new job in January.
D. She gave in her notice, plan to start her new job in January.
Question 55. His wife phoned him early in the morning. She didn’t want him to forget to bring along the
document.
A. His wife phoned him early in the morning when she didn’t want him to bring along the document.
B. His wife phoned him early in the morning lest he would forget to bring along the document.
C. His wife phoned him early in the morning so that she wanted him to bring along the document.
D. His wife phoned him early in the morning though she didn’t want him to forget to bring along the
document.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 56. The speech was ______ by the music coming from the next room. We couldn’t hear a word
she said .
A. broken out B. drowned out C. pulled out D. dropped out
Question 57. I don't want to ask the question, but it is the big ______ in the room.
A. problem B. animal C. elephant D. matter
Question 58. If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to ______ your authority so often.
A. affirm B. inflict C. maintain D. assert
Question 59. The earthquake ______ 6.5 on the Richter scale.
A. measured B. achieved C. counted D. weighed
Question 60. The children ______ by social networks are likely to suffer from depression and other health
problems.
A. obsessing B. who obsessed C. are obsessed D. obsessed
Question 61. The factory is working below ______ because of the shortage of essential materials.
A. scope B. capacity C. range D. denstiy
Question 62. Four miles off the southern coast of Massachusetts ______, a popular summer resort.
A. where the island of Martha’s Vineyard lie B. lies the island of Martha’s Vineyard
C. the island of Martha’s Vineyard lies there D. does the island of Martha’s Vineyard lie
Question 63. She is reported to be ______ a spectator.
A. an athlete more than B. more an athlete than
C. an athlete of more than D. more of an athlete than
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Question 64. They were at the stadium with us last night, so they ______ at the theatre then.
A. needn’t have been B. might have been
C. mustn’t have been D. can’t have been
Question 65. Ebola virus disease which is ongoing in West Africa is a severe, often fatal illness, with a
______ rate of up to 90%.
A. dying B. mortal C. dead D. fatality
Question 66. The Martins have confirmed their strong ______ to charity actions by donating a lump sum of
money again.
A. assignment B. compliance C. commitment D. reliance
Question 67. Travellers will need some cash in ______ currency but they can use their credit cards.
A. local B. current C. real D. area
Question 68. It’s Prime Minister’s right to ______ an election at any time he likes
A. nominate B. submit C. call D. summon
Question 69. You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper _____.
A. archives B. files C. records D. collections
Question 70. ______, we missed our plane.
A. The train is late B. The train being late C. To be late D. The train was late
Question 71. Offices, too, will go ______ with the result that paper will almost completely disappear.
A. electrified B. well C. wrong D. electronic
Question 72. We did our best to fix the broken computer but our efforts bore no ______.
A. end B. fruit C. luck D. success
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 73. A. width B. bathroom C. method D. bathing
Question 74. A. candidate B. considerate C. associate D. adequate
Question 75. A. booked B. wicked C. naked D. beloved
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that
best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The popular writer J. K. Rowling has agreed to end her part in the destruction of the world’s forests
by having her books printed on paper which is environmentally friendly. The multi-millionaire author,
whose novels about a teenage wizard have _____(76)_____ 6.5 million trees so far, is one of a number of
high-profile authors who have pledged their support for the environment by stipulating that only recycled
paper should be used for their books. Techniques _____(77)_____ in Canada mean that, for the first time,
paper made from such materials as office waste paper can be used to make books. The Canadian edition of
Rowling’s last book was printed without chopping down a single tree, saving an _____(78)_____ 40,000 of
them. In the past, it was difficult to print books on recycled paper because the paper was not strong enough
to withstand a lifetime’s reading. Technological advances mean that paper which is manufactured from
waste materials is now just as _____(79)_____ as paper made from virgin fiber in terms of quality and
strength. Despite the high cost of developing recycled paper that has the required strength and whiteness
needed for books, there will not necessarily be a price rise for the readers. _____(80)_____, publishers are
likely to compensate for the higher paper cost by using cheaper book covers, as happened in Canada.
Question 76. A. exhausted B. erased C. consumed D. absorbed
Question 77. A. led B. inaugurated C. pioneered D. founded
Question 78. A. evaluated B. estimated C. established D. assessed
Question 79. A. durable B. firm C. persistent D. substantial
Question 80. A. Moreover B. Instead C. However D. Therefore
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