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KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2024

ĐỀ THI THAM KHẢ O Bà i thi: NGOẠ I NGỮ ; Mô n thi: TIẾ NG ANH 07
(Đề thi gồm 04 trang) Thời gian làm bài. 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Họ và tên thí sinh:……………………………………………………………………. SBD:…………………………
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. clean B. center C. climb D. conquer
Question 2: A. lake B. play C. shape D. many
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 3: Global warming results in climate change and extreme weather patterns.
A. brings about B. makes for C. looks for D. gives away
Question 4: I'm sorry I can't go to the movies with you this weekend - I'm up to my ears in work.
A. very idle B. very busy C. very scared D. very bored
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 5: About 95 percent of all animals are invertebrates which can live anywhere, but
most, like the starfish and crabs, live in the ocean.
A. with backbones B. with ribs C. without ribs D. without backbones
Question 6: If you say bad things about the person who give a job you bite the hand that feeds you.
A. be unfriendly B. be ungrateful C. be thankful D. be devoted
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 7: Why does he need to make such heavy ______ of a simple task?
A. climate B. storm C. weather D. cloud
Question 8: I am considering ______ my job. Can you recommend a good company?
A. changing B. to move C. to change D. moving
Question 9: Helen will finish all her work ______.
A. as soon as her boss returns B. after her boss had returned
C. while her boss was returning D. before her boss returned
Question 10: Playing basketball is ______ than playing badminton.
A. easier B. most easy C. the easiest D. more easy
Question 11: The toy-gun ______ of recycled plastic looks very much like a real one.
A. make B. made C. Which make D. making
Question 12: No one on the plane was alive in the accident last night, ______?
A. wasn't he B. weren't they C. were they D. was he
Question 13: Monica was so angry about the noise her neighbors were making that she refused to
______ it anymore.
A. get away with B. put up with C. run away with D. cut down on
Question 14: My neighbour is ______ photographer. Let's ask him for advice about color film.
A. a B. an C. the D. 0 (no article)
Question 15: The talks were meant to break down ______ between the two groups.
A. wall B. gate C. ice D. fence
Question 16: I don't know how long it ______ me to be as popular with girls as my brother is.
A. uses B. takes C. demands D. expects
Question 17: I was most ______ of his efforts to help me during the crisis.
A. appreciate B. appreciable C. appreciation D. appreciative
Question 18: I'm not really keen ______ spicy food, but I'll give it a try.
A. in B. about C. on D. of
Question 19: If people paid a little more attention to the environment, the Earth ______ greener.
A. would be B. will be C. would have been D. had been
Question 20: The singer is famous all over the country ______ she sings and dances beautifully.
 A. because of B. despite C. because D. although
Question 21: Timmy dropped the ______ on doing this task again because of his carelessness. I
can't stand him anymore.
A. pin B. needle C. bottom D. ball
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 22: A. effort B. actor C. perform D. area
Question 23: A. disappear B. recommend C. entertain D. fortunate
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 24: Facebook allow you to send messages and post status updates to keep in touch with
friends and family.
A. and B. to keep C. allow D. status updates
Question 25: Many places of history, scientific, cultural, or scenic importance have been
designated national monuments.
A. history B. cultural C. Many D. been designated
Question 26: Just as the performance ended, all the concertgoers rose to his feet and applauded.
A. rose B. Just as C. his feet D. ended
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 27: I last saw my aunt and her husband years ago.
A. I saw my aunt and her husband for years.
B. I haven’t seen my aunt and her husband for years.
C. I have seen my aunt and her husband for years.
D. I didn’t see my aunt and her husband years ago.
Question 28: “Why were you absent last week?” the teacher asked Tom.
A. The teacher asked Tom why he was absent the week before.
B. The teacher asked why Tom has been absent the week before.
C. The teacher didn’t know why Tom was absent the previous week.
D. The teacher asked why Tom had been absent the week before.
Question 29: It is not necessary for you to water these plants every day.
A. You can’t water these plants every day. B. You needn’t water these plants every day.
C. You must water these plants every day. D. You would water these plants every day.
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 30: Jenifer rejected the job offer. She now regrets it.
A. Jenifer regrets not having rejected the job offer.
B. If only Jenifer didn’t reject the job offer.
C. Jenifer wishes she hadn’t rejected the job offer.
D. Jenifer regrets to reject the job offer.
Question 31: The weather was terrible. We put off our trip.
A. Had the weather not been terrible, we would not have cancelled our trip.
B. Were the weather terrible, we would cancel our trip.
C. Only if the weather had not been terrible would we cancel our trip.
D. But for the weather had been bad, we would not have cancelled our trip.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the most suitable respone to complete
each of the following exchanges.
Question 32: Kathy and Kim are friends. They have just finished lunch in a restaurant.
- Kathy: “The food is great. I'll get the bill.” - Jim: “________.”
A. Don't mention it B. It’s nothing C. No, this is on me D. Yes, speak to you soon
Question 33: Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.
- Billy: “How's the coffee here?” - Bobby:“ ________.”
 A. It's a little better now that I've got a car B. As a matter of fact, I'm not interested
C. It's a little bitter, to tell the truth D. No, 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 for each of the blanks.
Interpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know, and we rely as
much on what they seem to be telling is, as on the (34) ______ words they say. Facial expression
and tone of voice we obvious ways of showing our reaction to something, and it may well be that
we unconsciously (35) ______ view that we are trying to hide. The art of being tactful lies in picking
up these signals, realizing what the other person is trying to my, and acting so that they are not
embarrassed in any way. For example, we may understand that they are in fact reluctant to
answer our question, and so we stop pressing them. Body movements, (36) ______, may also
indicate feelings, and interviewers often pay particular attention to the way a candidate for a job
walks into the room and its down. However, it is not difficult to present the right kind of
appearance, while (37) ______ many employers want to know relates to the candidate's character
traits, and psychological stability. This raises the awkward question of whether job candidates
should be asked to complete psychological tests, and the further problem of whether such tests
actually produce reliable results. For (38) ______ people, being asked to take part in such a test
would be an objectionable intrusion into their private lives.
Question 34: A. actual B. actually C. action D. actualize
Question 35: A. feel B. address C. express D. show
Question 36: A. at least B. for instance C. over all D. in general
Question 37: A. which B. that C. what D. this
Question 38: A. much B. many C. each D. every
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.
There are many African tribes but, for many people, the Masai are the most well-known.
They are famous for their bright red clothing and their ceremonies with lots of music and dancing.
Probably, one of the most colorful ceremonies is the festival of "Eunoto," when the teenage boys of
the Masai become men.
Eunoto lasts for many days and Masai people travel across the region to get to a special
place near the border between Kenya and Tanzania. The teenage boys who travel with them are
called "warriors." This is a traditional name from the past when young men fought with other
tribes.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the teenagers paint their bodies while their mothers
start to build a place called the "Osingira," a sacred room in the middle of the celebrations. Later,
the senior elders from different tribes will sit inside this place and, at different times, the boys go
inside to meet them. Later in the day, the boys run around the Osingira, going faster and faster
each time.
The teenagers also have to alter their appearance at Eunoto. Masai boys' hair is very long
before the ritual but they have to cut it off. In Masai culture, hair is an important symbol. For
example, when a baby grows into an infant, the mother cuts the child's hair and gives the child a
name. At a Masai wedding, the hair of the bride is also cut off as she becomes a woman. And so, at
Eunoto, the teenage boy's mother cuts his hair off at sunrise.
On the final day, the teenagers meet the senior elders one more time. They get this advice:
"Now you are men, use your heads and knowledge." Then, people start to travel back to their
homes and lands. The teenagers are no longer warriors. They are adult men and now they will get
married and have children. Later in life, they will be the leaders of their communities.
(Adapted from "Life" by John Hughes, Helen Stephenson and Paul Dummett)
Question 39: What is the passage mainly about?
A. The journey by Masai teenage boys to the festival of Eunoto
B. The reasons for the Masai's popularity over other African tribes
C. The ceremony that marks the beginning of Masai boys' adulthood
D. The importance of Eunoto in African people's lives
Question 40: The word "them" in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. their mothers B. the boys C. different tribes D. the senior elders
Question 41: The word “alter" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. differ B. distinguish C. maintain D. change
Question 42: According to the passage, what do the teenage boys do at Eunoto?
A. Changing their clothes B. Fighting with other tribes
C. Painting their bodies D. Receiving new names
Question 43: According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The Masai teenage boys are given advice from senior elders before attending Eunoto.
B. Eunoto is the ceremony for both Masai teenage boys and girls.
C. The Masai teenage boys will become adults and get married after attending Eunoto.
D. Eunoto lasts for a day across the region between Kenya and Tanzania.
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.
Many flowering plants woo insect pollinators and gently direct them to their most fertile
blossoms by changing the color of individual flowers from day to day. Through color cues, the
plant signals to the insect that it would be better off visiting one flower on its bush than another.
The particular hue tells the pollinator that the flower is full of far more pollen than are
neighboring blooms. That nectar-rich flower also happens to be fertile and ready to disperse its
pollen or to receive pollen the insect has picked up from another flower. Plants do not have to
spend precious resources maintaining reservoirs of nectar in all their flowers. Thus, the color-
coded communication system benefits both plants and insects.
For example, on the lantana, a flower starts out on the first day as yellow, when it is rich
with pollen and nectar. Influenced by an as-yet-unidentified environmental signal, the flower
changes color by triggering the production of the pigment anthromyacin. It turns orange on the
second day and red on the third. By the third day, it has no pollen to offer insects and is no longer
fertile. On any given lantana bush, only 10 to 15 percent of the blossoms are likely to be yellow
and fertile. But in tests measuring the responsiveness of butterflies, it was discovered that the
insects visited the yellow flowers at least 100 times more than would be expected from the
haphazard visitation. Experiments with paper flowers demonstrated that the butterflies were
responding to color cues rather than, say, the scent of the nectar
In other types of plants, blossoms change from white to red, others from yellow to red,
and so on. These color changes have been observed in some 74 families of plants.
Question 44: What is the best title of the reading passage?
A. The Beauty of Nature B. Adaptation of the Wild
C. Evolution Process in Plants D. Plants and Insects Interaction
Question 45: The word "haphazard" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. dangerous B. fortunate C. expected D. random
Question 46: The passage implies that insects would be most attracted to lantana blossoms ______.
A. when they turn orange B. on the first day that they bloom
C. on the third day that they bloom D. after they produce anthromyacin
Question 47: The color-coded communication system is good for ______.
A. plants and insects B. all the flowers C. plant resources D. all insects species
Question 48: The word "woo" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. frighten B. attract C. trap D. deceive
Question 49: The word "others" in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. blossoms B. plants C. colors D. families
Question 50: The purpose of the experiments involving paper flowers and painted flowers is
______.
A. to support the ideas that insects respond to the changing color of flowers
B. to strengthen the idea that butterflies are attracted by the smell of flowers
C. to prove that flowers do not always need pollen to reproduce
D. to demonstrate how insects change color depending on the type of flowers they visit
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