BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017

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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 pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. sponsored B. answered C. enjoyed D. completed

Question 2: A. typist B. typical C. typing D. stylish
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. describe B. chapter C. wonder D. easy

Question 4: A. understand B. television C. improvement D. introduce

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 5: In spite of their frightening appearance, the squid is shy and completely harmless.
A B C D
Question 6: One of the most popular holiday is Thanksgiving, which is celebrated in November.
A B C D
Question 7: The girl whom about we are talking used to be a Miss World.
A B C D

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: Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and ________.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicator
Question 9: In _______ most social situations, _______ informality is appreciated.
A. Ø / Ø B. the / an C. a / the D. the /a
Question 10: The larger a drop of water, __________freezing temperature.
A. the higher its B. the highest C. higher then its D. its higher
Question 11: The washing-machine has broken down again. I think we should get_________.
A. a new B. a new one C. other new D. new one
Question 12: _________we were lost, he offered to show us the way home.
A. Thought B. Thinking C. To think D. Think
Question 13: He _________missed the train. He was just in time to catch it.
A. near B. nearly C. nearest D. mostly
Question 14: It was just a friendly get-together. Everyone was wearing_________clothes. No one needed to be
well-dressed.
A. formal B. casual C. unimportant D. unfriendly
Question 15: I don't understand this point. Could you please__________?
A. explain to me it B. explain me with it C. explain it to me D. explain it for me
Question 16: The twins used to play rugby when they were four year old, ________ ?
A. don’t they B. didn’t they C. didn’t used they D. did they
Question 17: .........that the hope for cancer control may lie in the use of vaccine.
A. To believe B. It is believed C. Believing D. The belief

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Question 18: Bricks ________ from many different types of clay.
A. were making B. can be made C. are to make D. can make
Question 19: Billy hasn't been working; he won't_______his examinations.
A. get off B. get through C. keep up D. keep off
Question 20: In the past the trip _______ very rough and often dangerous, but things _______ a great deal in
the last hundred and fifty years.
A. was / have changed B. is / change
C. had been / will change D. has been / changed
Question 21: When I _______ home last night, I _______ that Jane _______ a beautiful candlelight dinner.
A. had arrived / discovered / prepared
B. was arriving / had discovered / was preparing
C. have arrived / was discovering / had prepared
D. arrived / discovered / was preparing

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 22: Two friends Daisy and Mary are talking about Mary’s new hair.
Daisy: - What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!
Mary: - _______
A. Thank you very much. I am afraid. B. You are telling a lie.
C. Thank you for your compliment. D. I don't like your sayings.
Question 23: Two friends Nancy and Rose are talking
Nancy: - “__________.”
Rose: - “Oh, it’s great!”
A. How is the journey like? B. Would you like the journey?
C. What do you like about the journey? D. What do you think of the journey?

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: Suddenly, Julia jumped out of the car and sprinted for the front door.
A. walked hurriedly B. ran very fast C. move slightly D. ran slowly
Question 25: The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed.
A. advanced B. sprinted C. played D. excluded

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 26: I can’t stand people who treat animals cruelly.
A. cleverly B. gently C. reasonably D. brutally
Question 27: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.
A. puts off B. looks for C. attends to D. approves of

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 28: “I’m awfully sorry, Carol, but I’ve broken your watch”, said Jim.
A. Jim apologized to Carol to breaking her watch.
B. Jim apologized to Carol to break her watch.
C. Jim apologized to Carol for breaking her watch.
D. Jim apologized for Carol to break her watch.
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Question 29: If you don’t wake up early, you can’t catch the first bus to the city center.
A. You have to wake up early to catch the first bus to the city center.
B. You don’t have to wake up early to catch the first bus to the city center.
C. You have to not wake up early to catching the first bus to the city center.
D. You haven’t to wake up early to catch the first bus to the city center.
Question 30: Please don’t talk so loudly while I’m studying.
A. I’d rather you don’t talk so loudly while I’m studying.
B. I’d rather you not to talk so loudly while I’m studying.
C. I’d rather you didn’t talk so loudly while I’m studying.
D. I’d rather you not talking so loudly while I’m studying.
Question 31: As he grows older, he becomes increasingly intelligent.
A. The older he grows, the more intelligent he becomes.
B. The older he grew, the more intelligent he becomes.
C. The oldest he grows, the more intelligent he becomes.
D. The older he grows, more intelligent he becomes.

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 32: We like the computer. We bought it yesterday.

A. We like the computer which we bought it yesterday
B. We like the computer we bought which yesterday
C. We like the computer we bought yesterday
D. The computer we like we bought yesterday
Question 33: A man answers the phone. He said Tom was out.
A. A man answers the phone said Tom was out.
B. A man who answers the phone said Tom was out.
C. A man, whom answers the phone, said Tom was out.
D. A man, who answer the phone, said Tom was out
Question 34: Although both his legs were broken in the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it
exploded.
A. Despite his legs were both broken the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
B. Despite his two broken legs, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded.
Question 35: My friend’s absence. I have to copy the lesson for him.
A. Because my friend’s is absence, I have to copy the lesson for him.
B. Because of my friend is absence; I have to copy the lesson for him.
C. Because my friend is absent, I have to copy the lesson for him.
D. Because my friend’s absence; I have to copy the lesson 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 36 to 40.

Books are written to provide knowledge and good books enrich the mind. By putting ourselves under the
influence of superior mind, we (36) ______ our mental powers. (37) _______ good books, we learn that people
everywhere are the same, in all ages, and in all places. This knowledge improves our love (38) _______ others
and helps us to live in peace with them. We also recognize that the world was made not only for man alone but
for every creature that can feel hunger and thirst, warmth and cold.
Though it may be possible for us to travel (39) ________ the world and see the things happening today,
it is not possible for us to see the things that happened in the past. But good books (40) ________ us to see not
only into the most remote regions of the world today, but also into the world in which our ancestors lived.

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Question 36: A. set B. improve C. accelerate D. move
Question 37: A. Through B. By C. On D. At
Question 38: A. with B. of C. forward D. into
Question 39: A. over B. throughout C. on D. through
Question 40: A. help B. make C. let D. suggest

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 41 to 45.

Every year students from many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children.
Others are teenagers, many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English
just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not many are lucky
enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.

Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls
learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and mathematics and
English. In England or America, or Australia many boys and girls study their own language, which is English,
and Mathematics, and another language, perhaps French, or German, or Spanish.

Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their
higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English
because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

Question 41: According to the writer.

A. English is popular in much of the world B. Only adults learn English.
C. English is useful only to teenagers. D. No children like learning English
Question 42: Many people learn English by……...
A. taking with the film stars B. hearing the language in the office
C. watch video only D. working hard on their lessons.
Question 43: Many boys and girls learn English because……....
A. they have to study their own language B. their parents make them
C. English can give them a job D. It is included in their courses
Question 44: Many adults learn English because……...
A. Most of their books are in English B. It helps them in their work
C. Their work is useful D. They want to go abroad
Question 45: In America or in Australia, many schoolchildren study.........
A. Their own language and no foreign language
B. English and mathematics only.
C. Such foreign languages as French, German and Spanish
D. English as a foreign language

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 46 to 50.

Every second, 1 hectare of the world's rainforest is destroyed. That' equivalent to two football fields. An
area the size of New York City is lost every day. In a year, that adds up to 31 million hectares - more than the
land area of Poland. This alarming rate of destruction has serious consequences for the environment; scientist
estimate, for example, that 137 species of plant, insect or animal become extinct every day due to logging. In
British Columbia, where, since 1990, thirteen rainforest valleys have been clear-cut, 142 species of salmon have
already become extinct, and the habitats on grizzly bears, wolves and many other creatures are threatened.
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Logging, however, provides jobs, profits, taxes for the government and cheap products of all kinds for
consumers, so the government is reluctant to restrict or control it.
Much of Canada's forestry production goes towards making pulp and paper. According to the Canadian
Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of the world's wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If
these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved. Recently, a
possible alternative way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a
plant called hemp.
Hemp has been cultivated by many cultures for thousands of yours. It produces fiber, which can be made
into paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope. For centuries, it was essential to the economies of many countries
because it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the
establishment of a world-wide trading network would not have been feasible without hemp. Nowadays, ships'
cables are usually made from wire or synthetic fibers, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of
hemp should be revived for the production of paper and pulp. According to its proponents, four times as much
paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the
large-scale cultivation of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada's forests.

Question 46: How long does it take for 100 hectares of rainforest to be destroyed?
A. less than two minutes B. about an hour C. two hours D. a day
Question 47: Why is pulp and paper production important to Canada?
A. Canada needs to find a way to use all its spare wood.
B. Canada publishes a lot of newspapers and books.
C. Pulp and paper export is a major source of income for Canada.
D. Producing paper is the only industry in Canada.
Question 48: Who is suggesting that pulp and paper could be produced without cutting down trees?
A. the logging industry B. the government
C. the environmental lobby D. the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
Question 49: Why was the plant hemp essential to world-wide trade in the past?
A. Ships' ropes were made from it B. Hemp was a very profitable export
C. Hemp was used as fuel for ships D. Hemp was used as food for sailors.
Question 50: Why do agriculturalists think that hemp would be better for paper production than trees?
A. It is cheaper to grow hemp than to cut down trees.
B. More paper can be produced from the same area of land.
C. Hemp produces higher quality paper.
D. All are correct

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