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TRỰC LỚP 12
NĂM HỌC 2022 - 2023
Đề chính thức Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề gồm 12 trang) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ GIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số: …………………….. Giám khảo 1: …………………………
Bằng chữ: ………………..….... Giám khảo 2: …………………………

SECTION A. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1. You are going to hear a talk. As you listen, fill in the missing information. For
questions 1-15, write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the spaces provided. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
The first item in the news today is the (1)_________ that took place across the country. This
was a crucial vote, which may see a (2)______________ in how the country develops over the
coming years. Overall, a 54.5 per cent voter turnout was registered. This represents an increase
of 11 per cent over the previous election and six per cent above (3)____________ for the past 50
years. There has also been a slight change(4)_______________, with an increase in youth
turnout in the 18- to 24- and 24- to 29-year-old brackets. Despite this (5)___________, young
people are still less likely to vote than older people; 84 per cent of voters in the 70 plus age
group came to the (6)______________.
Moving on, the global (7)______________ ONK today posted quarterly results which were
above forecast. Back in March, Tim Bolling, CEO, (8)_____________ a profit warning over
fears that there would be (9)___ _______ following the recall of their leading product, the 40d
device. In fact, the company posted quarterly (10)___________ of US$14.8 billion which
represents an increase of 11 per cent from the same quarter a year ago. They also
(11)_____________ that they had sold 21 million 40d devices over the quarter. The company
has provided the information that with this level of revenue, there will be a (12)___________ of
34 to 35 per cent, ultimately leading to a US$1.20 per share cash dividend awarded to
(13)__________.
And in our final news item we ask, will we soon be saying goodbye to coins and notes forever?
The (14)____________ trend of using cashless payment options is increasing. There are a
number of reasons for this development. A key reason for this is a growing interest in reducing
the number of items people need to leave their homes with. As almost everyone carries a
smartphone with them, and many people also have smartwatches, the ability to pay for things
using one of these two technologies is particularly (15)________. More and more retailers are
accepting cashless payments and in some cases they've stopped accepting cash altogether.
Your answers:
1. 6. 11.
2. 7. 12.
3. 8. 13.
4. 9. 14.
5. 10. 15.

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Part 2. In this part, you listen to a monologue or text involving interacting speakers and
lasting approximately 3 minutes. There are seven multiple-choice questions. You should
listen to the audio twice.
Listen to a conversation in a tourist information office in Guernsey.
16.  There is a concert on Saturday night at…
A. at the castle B. in the St James concert hall. C. in the Candie Gardens.  
17  The woman says that Hauteville House…
A. was the home of a famous writer.   B. has an excellent café.   C. has beautiful gardens.  
18.  The guided walk in St Peter Port…
A. starts at 1.30 and lasts two hours.  
B. starts at 2.00 and lasts 1.5 hours. 
C. starts at 5.00 and lasts 1.5 hours. 
19. To join the guided walk, visitors must…
A. buy a ticket from the information office
B. meet outside the information office. 
C. phone the walk leaders in advance. 
20.  The man …. the Autumn Walking Festival.
A. has missed   B. plans to take part in  C. is not interested in  
21. What will the man buy?
A. booklet of self-guided walks B. the west coast C. tickets
22.  Tennerfest is a festival to celebrate…
A. history.   B. food.   C. sports.
23.  Tennerfest…
A. has just finished.   B. is happening now.   C. will start soon.  
24. The man can have the menu at the Atlantic at……
A. 10 a.m B. 1.30 p.m C. 2 a.m
25.  The man … the island of Jersey.
A. is definitely interested in visiting   B. may visit  C. does not want to visit  
 Your answers:
16. 18. 20. 22. 24.
17. 19. 21. 23. 25.

SECTION B. LEXICO – GRAMMAR (20 points)

Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write A, B, C
or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. .................had they recovered from the first earthquake when they felt the second tremor.
A. Scarely B. Never C. No sooner D. Just
2. The ........................ feeling at the meeting was that we should go ahead.
A. predicted B. pre-eminent C. predominant D. prefabricated
3. They still haven’t made a decision ______ to the new color scheme.
A. on reflection B. with regard C. in view D. by contrast
4. Although_________, she tried her best to realize her dream of becoming a sports woman.
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5. She was so ill that it was ________ whether she would live or not.
A. win or lose B. come and go C. touch and go D. on and off
6. Their flat is ____ of a place I used to live in
A. mindful B. reminiscent C. memorable D. retrospective
7. This room really could do with another _____ of paint.
A. coat B. jacket C. skin D. sliver
8. I decide to _________ one or two hints that had been dropped at her cocktail party.
A. follow on B. follow through C. follow after D. follow up
9. If ___________, I’ll work in a fast food place like this.
A. need be B. needed to be C. needing to be D. need to be
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
10. Important features of dehydrated foods are their lightness in weight and their compactness.
A. organic B. dried C. frozen D. healthy
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
11. I think having a beer during a meeting with your boss is clearly overstepping the mark.
A. doing a completely acceptable thing. B. making your boss satisfied.
C. do something over. D. behaving in an improper way.
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each
of the following exchanges
12. Jack failed the driving test again.
Jack: “Failed again, I’m afraid.”
You: “______”
A. Well, good luck. B. Oh, hard luck. C. Lucky you. D. I’m not sure.
Your answers:
1. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11.
2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12.

Part 2. Read the passage below, which contains 8 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write
the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes.
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The truth about shopping on Instagram
1 Instagram has had a democratic effect on fashion: there are amount of small brands that are
2 built for the platform, or rather, Instagram built them. They can swerve all the things you
3 usually need to set up a shop (major finance, infrastructure, bricks and mortar) and focus
4 on a good targeted ad strategy. Some have the authentic tang of artisan fashion. Digital
5 natives can discriminate quite easily among a genuine insurgent brand and my non-brand,
6 non-fashion items, partly by reading reviews, partly because they can read the visual
7 language. Paris Starn, creative director of Paris 99, a reputed Los Angeles-based brand,
8 tells me that “a way for designers to use Instagram thoughtfully is to put the same
9 creativity they have into designing into concepting photographs”. Live your values,
10 photograph your stuff in the same spirit like you created it, in other words, and people will
want it. Starn explains: “Our SS19 lookbook shoot used friends of the brand to model and
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11 photograph the clothing, and took place in a decades-old diner, reference the designer’s
12 love for American culture and baking.” You do not have to be a genius to see the
13 difference between those and a super-airbrushed studio shot of some dungarees.
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14 18.
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15 19.
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16 20.
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SECTION C. READING (70 points)

Part 1. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers A, B, C or D in
the corresponding numbered boxes.
Looking for an unforgettable way to celebrate that special occasion? Well, the
(1)______of options open today’s youngster – or even “ oldster” for that matter, is a far
(2)_______ from the traditional party or restaurant visit. No longer is it (3)______ sufficient to
invite your friends round , buy some food and get a barker to produce a cake. No, today’s
birthday boy or girl is looking for something out of the ordinary, ranging from the (4)______
expensive to the downright dangerous. Anything goes, as (5)______ as it is unusual and
impressive.
Top of this year ‘s popular(6)____ are as follows: taking some friends rally driving ,
helicopter lessons, plane trip and parachuting , and hot air ballooning . Then there is always
group bungee jumping or taking your buddies on a stomach – churning , while water
rafting(7)______ down rapids.
The desire of (8)________ celebration is not restricted to the (9)________ . I recently
met an octogenarian who celebrated (10)_______ the milestone of eighty by having a fly lesson.
Of course, if you have money the world is your oyster. A very rich relation of mine flew fifty of
his friends to a Caribbean island (11)______ the passing of his half century. Unfortunately I was
only a (12)_______ relation.
Undoubtedly, the more traditional forms of celebration do continue to (13)__________
the less extravagant or less adventurous among us. However, with my own half century looming

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(14)_____ the horizon I would not say no to a weekend in Paris and a meal at the Eiffel Tower. I
can (15)______dream. Perhaps by the time I’m eighty I’ll be able to afford it.
1. A. scale B. degree C. range D. variance
2. A. real B. cry C. spot D. point
3. A. hoped B. decided C. marked D. considered
4. A. perfectly B. dearly C. outrageously D. explicitly
5. A. soon B. well C. long D. far
6. A. experiments B. extravagances. C. exposures D. expenses
7. A. ride B. travel C. voyage D. crossing
8. A. adventure B. adventuring C. adventurism D. adventurous
9. A. adolescents B. teenagers C. youth D. young
10. A. attaining B. arriving C. reaching D. getting
11. A. to mark B. marking C. marked D. mark
12. A. distant B. remote C. faraway D. slight
13. A. pacify B. satisfy C. distract D. absorb
14. A. in B. at C. on D. to
15. A. however B. but C. nevertheless D. anyway
(From 36 tests to pass entrance exam to university)
Your answers:
1. 4. 7. 10. 13.
2. 5. 8. 11. 14.
3. 6. 9. 12. 15.
Part 2. Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word. Write the answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes.
LIVING IN SPACE
A camera that can see through clothes, skin and even walls without X-rays has been developed
in what’s (16)_______ called one of the first great technologcal breakthroughs of the 21st century.
The “terahertz“ camera, still in prototype form, is (17)______ rapid development by scientists in
Oxfordshire. It is likely to have many applications, ranging (18)_______medical scanning to
identifying concealed weapons on airline passengers. Unlike with X-rays, patients are (19) ______
exposed to potentially harmful radiation. (20) _______ ,the camera detects a form of energy
waves which are naturally emitted (21)______ all objects. The existence of (22) _______ waves
has been recognised for a long time, but the technology needed to capture them on camera has so
(23) ______been too complex and expensive. Now a team of scientists has succeeded in
(24)______ a prototype in just three months. The first image (25)_______ was captured by the
device revealed the outline of a human hand, clearly visible despite being hidden under a thick
book. If such a device could be mass produced, there could be one in every doctor's surgery,
offering a completely safe new window into the human body. Disease or tissue damage could be
detected at a much (26)_______ stage. increasing the chances of successful treatment. The
technology will be controversial, (27)______, as the camera could reveal body shape beneath

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clothing (28)_____ the subject's permission, or even knowledge. Civil liberties groups will,
therefore, probably object to its (29)______ used on the grounds that it invades the individual's
(30)____________.
Your answers:

16. 19. 22. 25. 28.

17. 20. 23 26. 29.
18. 21. 24. 27. 30.

Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes.
In the late eighteenth century, battles raged in almost every corner of Europe, as well as in the
Middle East, South Africa, the West Indies, and Latin America. In reality, however, there was
only one major war during this time, the war between Britain and France. All other battles were
ancillary to this larger conflict, and were often at least partially related to its antagonists’ goals
and strategies. France sought total domination of Europe. This goal was obstructed by British
independence and Britain’s efforts throughout the continent to thwart Napoleon; through
treaties, Britain built coalitions ( not dissimilar in concept to today’s NATO) guaranteeing
British participation in all major European conflicts.
These two antagonists were poorly matched, insofar as they had very unequal strengths:
France was predominant on land, Britain at sea. The French knew that, short of defeating the
British navy, their only hope of victory was to close all the ports of Europe to British ships.
Accordingly, France set out to overcome Britain by extending its military domination from
Moscow to Lisbon, from Jutland to Calabria. All of this entailed tremendous risk, because
France did not have the military resources to control this much territory and still protect itself
and maintain order at home.
French strategists calculated that a navy of 150 ships would provide the force necessary to
defeat the British navy. Such a force would give France a three-to-two advantage over Britain.
This advantage was deemed necessary because of Britain’s superior sea skills and technology,
and also because Britain would be fighting a defensive war, allowing it to win with fewer forces.
Napoleon never lost sight of his goal, because Britain represented the last substantial
impediment to his control of Europe. As his force neared that goal, Naponeon grew
increasingly impatient and began planning an immediate attack.
However, Britain anticipated Napoleon’s imminent invasion and decided that its only hope
was to take the offensive immediately. “ Napoleon,” the British general Wellington once
observed, “ never in his life had the patience for a defensive war.” Indeed, in all ventures
Napoleon tried to take the offensive on all fronts, and at all costs. Had he earlier postponed the
Russian expedition, for example, he might not only have conquered Russia, but might also have
conserved enough power to command the continent. In the end, the British gambit succeeded,
and Britain’s sea power overwhelmed Napoleon’s forces.
31. The main purpose of this passage is to ……………
A. summarize the prelude to the naval conflict between France and England
B. prove that Britain’s superior naval power was effective in conquering Europe.
C. demonstrate the futility of a land power trying to block ports effectively
D. trace the history of social relations between England and France.
32. The word “ ancillary” in line 4 is closest in meaning to…………………..

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A. secondary B. central C. subsequent D. harmful
33. The word “ antagonists” in line 5 is closest in meaning to “…………………”
A. people B. enemies C. navies D. kings
34. According to the passage, France’s ultimate goal during the wars was to ………….
A. secure its borders, which were contested by neighbors.
B. protect Europe from British domination
C. develop a stronger navy
D. take control of the entire continent
35. According to the passage, the British army fought France……………..
A. only at sea
B. in almost all of France’s European offensives
C. only when Britain’s borders were attacked
D. in the West Indies and South Africa, but nowhere else
36. It can be inferred that France’s efforts to close the continent’s ports ……………
A. guaranteed its later victory over Britain
B. was entirely unattainable
C. increased the chances of a successful rebellion at home
D. required it to conquer South Africa as well
37. The word “ impediment” in line 22 is closest in meaning to ……………..
A. comment B. residue C. dismemberment D. obstacle
38. According to the passage, France believed a large advantage was necessary to defeat the
British navy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:…………..
A. The British navy had superior sailors.
B. The British were engaged in several other wars at the time.
C. The British would be fighting defensively.
D. The British possessed better ships and weaponry than did the French.
39. It can be inferred from the passage the British general Wellington ……………
A. had no respect for Napoleon’s skills as a general
B. enjoyed gambling
C. expected to gain as advantage by forcing Napoleon to fight defensively.
D. opposed Britain’s participation in defense treaties with other European countries.
40. The word “ gambit” in line 31 is closest in meaning to “…………….”
A. calculated risk B. virtual reality
C. refreshing change D. dubious victory
Your answers:
31. 33. 35. 37. 39.
32. 34. 36. 38. 40.

Part 4. The reading passage has eight paragraphs, A-G. Choose the correct heading for
paragraphs A-G from the list of headings below.
The US City and the Natural Environment
A. While cities and their metropolitan areas have always interacted with and shaped the natural
environment, it is only recently that historians have begun to consider this relationship. During
our own time, the tension between natural and urbanized areas has increased, as the spread of
metropolitan populations and urban land uses has reshaped and destroyed natural landscapes and
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B. The relationship between the city and the natural environment has actually been circular, with
cities having massive effects on the natural environment, while the natural environment, in turn,
has profoundly shaped urban configurations. Urban history is filled with stories about how city
dwellers contended with the forces of nature that threatened their lives. Nature not only caused
many of the annoyances of daily urban life, such as bad weather and pests, but it also gave rise
to natural disasters and catastrophes such as floods, fires, and earthquakes. In order to protect
themselves and their settlements against the forces of nature, cities built many defenses
including flood walls and dams, earthquake-resistant buildings, and storage places for food and
water. At times, such protective steps sheltered urbanites against the worst natural furies, but
often their own actions – such as building under the shadow of volcanoes, or in earthquake-
prone zones – exposed them to danger from natural hazards.

C. City populations require food, water, fuel, and construction materials, while urban industries
need natural materials for production purposes. In order to fulfill these needs, urbanites
increasingly had to reach far beyond their boundaries. In the nineteenth century, for instance, the
demands of city dwellers for food produced rings of garden farms around cities. In the twentieth
century, as urban populations increased, the demand for food drove the rise of large factory
farms. Cities also require fresh water supplies in order to exist – engineers built waterworks, dug
wells deeper and deeper into the earth looking for groundwater, and dammed and diverted rivers
to obtain water supplies for domestic and industrial uses. In the process of obtaining water from
distant locales, cities often transformed them, making deserts where there had been fertile
agricultural areas.

D. Urbanites had to seek locations to dispose of the wastes they produced. Initially, they placed
wastes on sites within the city, polluting the air, land, and water with industrial and domestic
effluents. As cities grew larger, they disposed of their wastes by transporting them to more
distant locations. Thus, cities constructed sewerage systems for domestic wastes. They usually
discharged the sewage into neighboring waterways, often polluting the water supply of
downstream cities. The air and the land also became dumps for waste disposal. In the late
nineteenth century, coal became the preferred fuel for industrial, transportation, and domestic
use. But while providing an inexpensive and plentiful energy supply, coal was also very dirty.
The cities that used it suffered from air contamination and reduced sunlight, while the cleaning
tasks of householders were greatly increased.

E. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, reformers began demanding urban
environmental cleanups and public health improvements. Women's groups often took the lead in
agitating for clean air and clean water, showing a greater concern than men in regard to quality
of life and health-related issues. The replacement of the horse, first by electric trolleys and then
by the car, brought about substantial improvements in street and air sanitation. The movements
demanding clean air, however, and reduction of waterway pollution were largely unsuccessful.
On balance, urban sanitary conditions were probably somewhat better in the 1920s than in the
late nineteenth century, but the cost of improvement often was the exploitation of urban
hinterlands for water supplies, increased downstream water pollution, and growing automobile
congestion and pollution.

F. In the decades after the 1940s, city environments suffered from heavy pollution as they
sought to cope with increased automobile usage, pollution from industrial production, new
varieties of chemical pesticides and the wastes of an increasingly consumer-oriented economy.
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Cleaner fuels and smoke control laws largely freed cities during the 1940s and 1950s of the
dense smoke that they had previously suffered from. Improved urban air quality resulted largely
from the substitution of natural gas and oil for coal and the replacement of the steam locomotive
by the diesel-electric. However, great increases in automobile usage in some larger cities
produced the new phenomenon of smog, and air pollution replaced smoke as a major concern.

G. During these decades, the suburban out-migration, which had begun in the nineteenth century
with commuter trains and streetcars and accelerated because of the availability and convenience
of the automobile, now increased to a torrent, putting major strains on the formerly rural and
undeveloped metropolitan fringes. To a great extent, suburban layouts ignored environmental
considerations, making little provision for open space, producing endless rows of resource-
consuming and fertilizer-dependent lawns, contaminating groundwater through leaking septic
tanks, and absorbing excessive amounts of fresh water and energy. The growth of the outer city
since the 1970s reflected a continued preference on the part of many people in the western world
for space-intensive single-family houses surrounded by lawns, for private automobiles over
public transit, and for the development of previously untouched areas. Without better planning
for land use and environmental protection, urban life will, as it has in the past, continue to
damage and stress the natural environment.
Questions 41-47
The passage has seven sections, A-G. Choose the correct heading for each section from the
list of headings below. Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 41-47. Three of the headings
do not fit.
List of headings
i  Legislation brings temporary improvements
ii  The increasing speed of suburban development
iii  A new area of academic interest
iv  The impact of environmental extremes on city planning
v  The first campaigns for environmental change
vi  Building cities in earthquake zones
vii  The effect of global warming on cities
viii  Adapting areas surrounding cities to provide resources
ix  Removing the unwanted by-products of city life
x  Providing health information for city dwellers
41) Paragraph A  ___
42) Paragraph B  ___
43) Paragraph C  ___
44) Paragraph D  ___
45) Paragraph E  ___
46) Paragraph F  ___
47) Paragraph G  ___
Your answers:
41. _________ 43. ________ 45. _________ 47. __________
42. _________ 44. ________ 46. __________

Questions 48-50
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? Write
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NOT GIVEN, if there is no information on this
48. In the nineteenth century, water was brought into the desert to create productive farming
land.  
49. Women were often the strongest campaigners for environmental reform.  
50. Reducing urban air and water pollution in the early twentieth century was extremely
expensive. 
Your answers:
48. ______ 49. ______ 50. ______

SECTION D. WRITING (60 points)

Part 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use
the word given in capital letters and the word mustn’t be altered in any way.
1. It’s unfortunately that the construction of the building will not be finished as originally
planned. (LONGER)

→ The construction of the building ………………………………………...… unfortunate. 

2. . Peter grimaced as he swallowed the foul-tasting medicine. (PULLED)
→ Peter …………………………………………………… …… the foul-tasting medicine.
3. I do not mind at all if you film my wedding speech.(OBJECTION)
→ …………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Students at the school are not allowed to go into the Rainbow Disco. BOUNDS
→ The Rainbow Disco ……………………………………………………. at the school.
5. This is a subject that Jack and I disagree about. (EYE)
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Part 2. A friend of yours has just decided to change her aspiration from natural science into
social science. She has written to you asking for some advice about how to prepare well for the
national high school exam . Write a letter (80- 100 words) to your friend giving him/her a few
pieces of advice that you think are useful. Use your name and address as Nguyen Minh Chau –
68 Minh Khai Street, Vinh City, Nghe An Province.

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Part 3: Write an essay of about 350 words on the following topic.

There has recently been many arguments over the issue of communication between
teachers and students via social media sites, in particular on Facebook. Some people believe that
a teacher should not be his or her students’ Facebook friend. To what extent do you agree or
disagree with the opinion?

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