ENGLISH 12-HUYNH THUC KHANG HIGH SCHOOL

TRƯỜNG THPT ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP PTTH

HUỲNH THÚC KHÁNG LẦN 1 – NĂM 2017
--------------------- MÔN: Tiếng Anh
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. tertiary B. terminal C. terrific D. territory
Question 2: A. endeavor B. encounter C. confidence D. disaster
Question 3: A. contain B. retain C. sustain D. fountain

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 4: A. number B. able C. climber D. about
Question 5: A. smoothly B. three C. enthusiasm D. think

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 6: Once you have _______ on a price, make sure there are no hidden or extra charges.
A. approved B. agreed C. consented D. confirmed
Question 7: Every person’s ADN is different, ____________ no two fingerprints are the same.
A. such as B. even C. just D. so
Question 8: ‘More coffee? Anybody?’ - ‘________________________.’
A. Yes, please B. I don’t agree, I’m afraid C. I’d love to D. It’s right, I
think
Question 9: I like this essay because it is very _________.
A. imaginable B. imaginary C. imagination D.
imaginative
Question 10: He couldn’t have been in his right _____ saying that he can fly.
A. senses B. minds C. brains D. thoughts
Question 11: Dentists will always try to save teeth rather than take them ___________.
A. off B. down C. out D. over
Question 12: I haven’t got the ________idea what you are talking about.
A. slightest B. dimmest C. smallest D. least
Question 13: I hope the coach will be making a stop for refreshment soon, as I can’t wait to
____ my legs for a few minutes.
A. fracture B. dedicate C. bend D. stretch
Question 14: Mind that the baby shouldn’t touch the knife. It’s a sharp as a __________.
A. sword B. cut C. razor D. blade
Question 15: London’s famous black taxis are a common_______in the streets of the city.

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A. sight B. appearance C. look D. view

Question 16: To everybody’s ___________, the doctor declared the boy was out of danger.
A. soothe B. relief C. peace D. calmness
Question 17: _________he got lost, he started to call for help.
A. To realize B. Realized C. Realizing D. Realize
Question 18: When I first started work, I found her advice_____________.
A. priceless B. worthy C. irreplaceable D. invaluable
Question 19: While aspirin produces fewer________reactions than many other pain-killers, it
offers little relief in case of severe or chronic headache.
A. adverse B. exact C. partial D. addicted
Question 20: Lara found it difficult to live ___________ to her parents’ expectation.
A. up B. in C. down D. out
Question 21: The proportion of elderly people in the population is steadily ________ as they
live longer.
A. growing up B. falling C. rising D. raising
Question 22: He travelled________for twenty years and then he decided to return home.
A. far from it B. farthest of all C. far and wide D. farther
away
Question 23: The handwriting is completely _____________. This note must have been written
a long time ago.
A. indelible B. unfeasible C. inedible D. illegible
Question 24: ‘Have I done something wrong?’
‘I wish you ___________more tactful; you are always offending people.’
A. were being B. had been being C. have been D. were
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 25: It is vitally important that she takes this medication night and morning.
A B C D
Question 26: Had it not been for you help me, I wouldn't have succeeded.
A B C D
Question 27: 36. Rembrandt was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1656, and his possessions
were sale
A B C
D
Question 28: We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some
questions on it on our test tomorrow. A B C D
Question 29: No one has known anything about my promotion, haven’t they?
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t o indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

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Question 30: There are a lot of defects in the machine.

A. interest B. acquisitions C. treatments D. imperfections
Question 31: The school has very strict rules about the dress code.
A. delicate B. firm C. vulnerable D. soft
Question 32: The view of the sunset was incredible.
A. proper B. restless C. flat D. unbelievable
Question 33: Parents should be very careful with their baby’s delicate skin.
A. sufficient B. pretty C. sweat D. fragile.
Question 34: This kind of sand is made by grinding glass.
A. setting B. mixing C. smashing D. shaving

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.
INTELLIGENT TESTS
School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take. They find out how
much knowledge we have (35) . But do they really know how much intelligent we
are? After all, isn’t it a (36) that some people who are very successful academically don’t
have any (37) sense?
Intelligence is the speed (38) which we can understand and (39) to
new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientists are now preparing
(40) computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, for the present tests
are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.
A person’s IQ is his intelligence as it is measured by a special test. The most common IQ tests
are (41) by Mensa, an organization that was founded in England in 1946. By 1976 it (42)
1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 worldwide,
largely in the US.
People taking the tests are judged in relation to an average score of 100, and those who
score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This (43) at 2% of the population. Anyone from the
age of six can take the tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer
them if allowed enough time. But that’s the problem- the whole (44) of the tests is
that they’re against the clock.
Question 35: A. fetched B. gained C. attached D.
caught
Question 36: A. case B. fact C. circumstance D.
truth
Question 37: A. natural B. bring C. sharp D.
common
Question 38: A. on B. to C. in D. at
Question 39: A. accord B. react C. answer D. alter
Question 40: A. advanced B. forward C. ahead D.
upper

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Question 41: A. appointed B. commanded C. run D.

steered
Question 42: A. held B. had C. kept D.
belonged
Question 43: A. adds up B. turns to C. comes up D.
works out
Question 44: A. reason B. point C. matter D.
question

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 45 to 54.
For all their great diversity of shapes and sizes, glaciers can be divided into two essential
types: valley glaciers, which flow downhill from mountains and are shapes by the constraints of
topography, and ice sheets, which flow outward in all directions from domelike centers of
accumulated ice to cover vast expanses of ice that covered the earth eons ago. In a few of these
glaciers the oldest ice is very ancient indeed; the age of parts of the Antarctic sheet may exceed
500,000 years.
Glaciers are born in rocky wombs above the snow line, where there is sufficient winter
snowfall and summer cold for snow to survive the annual melting. The long gestation period of a
glacier begins with the accumulation and gradual transformation of snowflakes. Soon after they
reach the ground, complex snowflakes are reduced to compact, roughly spherical ice crystals, the
basic components of a glacier. As new layers of snow and firn, snow that survives the melting of
the previous summer, accumulate, they squeeze out most of the air bubbles trapped within and
between the crystals below. This process of recrystallization continues throughout the life of the
glacier.
The length of time required for the creation of glacier ice depends mainly upon the
temperature and the rate of snowfall. In Iceland, where snowfall is heavy and summer
temperatures are high enough to produce plenty of meltwater, glacier ice may come into being in
a relatively short time-say, ten years. In parts of Antarctica, where snowfall is scant and the ice
remains well below its melting temperature year-round, the process may require hundreds of
years.
The ice does not become a glacier until it moves under its own weight, and it cannot
move significantly until it reaches a critical thickness-the point which the weight of the piled-up
layers overcomes the internal strength of the ice and the friction between the ice and the ground.
This critical thickness is about 60 feet. The fastest moving glaciers have been gauged at not
much more than two and a half miles per year, and some cover less than 1/100 inch in that same
amount of time. But no matter how infinitesimal the flow, movement is what distinguishes a
glacier from a mere mass of ice.
Question 45: This passage is mainly discusses
A. the size and the shape of glaciers B. the formation of glaciers
C. why glaciers move D. two types of glaciers

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Question 46: The word “constraints” in line 2 is closest in meaning to

A. restrictions B. height C. beauty D. speed
Question 47: Why does the author mention the Antarctic ice sheet in the first paragraph?
A. It is a slow-moving glacier. B. One would expect glaciers in this part
of the world.
C. It contains some of the oldest ice in existence. D. It is an example of a well-formed
ice sheet.
Question 48: In order to describe the development of glaciers, the author uses the analogy of
A. birth B. snowflakes C. crystals D. Iceland
Question 49: The phrase “This process” in line 11 refers to
A. air bubbles being trapped below B. snow and firn compressing
the ice crystals
C. formation of firn from snow that is about to melt D. melting of summer snow
Question 50: The word “trapped” in line 11 is closest in meaning to
A. enclosed B. hunted C. formed D. stranded

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