Kỳ thi tốt nghiệp trung học phổ thông năm 2012 môn thi : tiếng anh – chương trình chuẩn và nâng cao

KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2012
Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH – Chương trình Chuẩn và Nâng cao
Mã đề : 963 
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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 1: People say that these villagers are hospitable.
	A. It is said that these villagers are hospitable.
	B. These villagers are not hospitable as they say.
	C. These villagers are said not to be hospitable.
	D. It is said that these villagers are not hospitable.
Question 2: “If I were you, I would do morning exercise regularly,” said John.
	A. John asked me to do morning exercise regularly.
	B. John prevented me from doing morning exercise regularly.
	C. John congratulated me on doing morning exercise regularly.
	D. John advised me to do morning exercise regularly.
Question 3: I have never eaten this kind of fruit before.
	A. This is the first time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
	B. This is the last time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
	C. I last ate this kind of fruit a long time ago.
	D. I have eaten this kind of fruit for a long time.

Read the following passage adapted from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 4 to 8.
	The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency with national affiliates in almost every country in the world. The Red Cross movement began with the founding of the International Committee for the Relief of (4)______ Wounded in 1863 (now the International Committee of the Red Cross); it was (5) ______ to care for victims of battle (6) ______ wartime, but later national Red Cross societies were created to aid in the prevention and relief of human suffering generally.
	Its peacetime activities include first aid, accident prevention, water (7) ______, training of nurses’ aids, maintenance of maternal and child welfare centers and medical clinics, blood banks, and numerous (8) ______ services. The Red Cross is the name used in countries under nominally Christian sponsorship; the Red Crescent (adopted on the insistence of the Ottoman Empire in 1906) is the name used in Muslim countries.
Question 4: 	A. an	B. one	C. the	D. a
Question 5:	A. done	B. set	C. found	D. established
Question 6:	A. on	B. in	C. before	D. to
Question 7:	A. safely	B. safer	C. safety	D. safe
Question 8:	A. the other	B. another	C. other	D. others

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 9: 	A. medal	B. defend	C. intend	D. compete.
Question 10: 	A. tourists	B. symbols	C. banks	D. steps
Question 11: 	A. water	B. penalty	C. determine	D. question

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 12: I like reading books________ this is a good way to get information.
	A. because	B. because of	C. so that	D. in order to
Question 13: I’ve never seen such an interesting________ before.
	A. performance	B. performative	C. performed	D. performing
Question 14: The harder you try, ________ you get.
	A. the best	B. good	C. better	D. the better
Question 15: Most parents do not allow their children________ out late.
	A. staying	B. stay	C. to stay	D. stayed
Question 16: We have enough food at home so we________ do any shopping today.
	A. need	B. needn’t	C. oughtn’t	D. ought
Question 17: If she________ her husband, he couldn’t have finished his project.
	A. doesn’t help	B. hasn’t helped	C. hadn’t helped	D. won’t help
Question 18: Since the computer________ it has made considerable changes to our daily life.
	A. has invented	B. is invented	C. was invented	D. invented

Question 19: Mary: “What a nice dress you’re wearing, Jane!”
	Jane : “________ “
	A. That’s too bad.	B. Never mind.	C. Not at all.	D. Thank you.
Question 20: My children ________ interested in kangaroos lately.
	A. become	B. will become	C. have become	D. were becoming
Question 21: The panda’s________ habitat is the bamboo forest.
	A. naturalize	B. natural	C. nature	D. naturally
Question 22: Students should pay________ to what their teachers say.
	A. respect	B. attention	C. care	D. notice
Question 23: Could you please________ my laptop while I am out?
	A. take off	B. look up	C. take after	D. look after
Question 24: This novel is supposedly based________ a true story.
	A. on	B. up	C. with	D. of
Question 25: Mrs. Smith, ________ has a lot of teaching experience, is going to join our school in September.
	A. whom	B. that	C. who	D. whose
Question 26: She played________ confidently but her timing was not good.
	A. the piano	B. an piano	C. a piano	D. piano
Question 27: Michael________ water sports when he was younger.
	A. used to play	B. is used to playing	C. used to playing	D. is used to play
Question 28: Jack: “I’m going to take a five-day trip to Rome.”
	Jill: “________ “
	A. The same to you.	B. Yes, let’s.	C. No, of course not	D. Have a good time
Question 29: The government ________ the earthquake victims with food, clothes and medicine.
	A. carried	B. gave	C. offered	D. provided
Question 30: The national football team________ every effort to win the match yesterday.
	A. did	B. made	C. held	D. set
Question 31: I’ll stay behind after the party and help you________ .
	A. give in	B. turn on	C. wash up	D. give up
Question 32: The vegetables________ in this supermarket are always fresh.
	A. which sold	B. sold	C. sells	D. which sells
Question 33: For this job you will need a good________ of both Italian and Spanish.
	A. knowledge	B. knowledgeable	C. know	D. knowing
Question 34: Bill “Let’s stop for a drink”
	 Bruce: “_________”	 
	A. Sorry, we’ve got little time	B. You’re welcome.
	C. Long time no see.	D. Nice to meet you. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to Indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
Question 35: Tom asked Janet where _____ the previous Sunday.
	A. had she been	B. she had been.	C. she has been	D. has she been
Question 36: These secretaries were the only people _______.
	A. got a pay rise	B. get pay rise	
	C. to get a pay rise	D. be getting pay rise

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to Indicate the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 37: The washing machine I have just bought is very simple to use.
	A. boring	B. interesting	C. easy	D. difficult
Question 38: How many countries took part in the last Olympic Games?
	A. hosted	B. performed	C. participated	D. succeeded

Read the following passage adapted from Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary 2004, and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the question from 39 to 43.
	The most usual way to entertain friends at home is to invite them for a meal, either in the evening or at lunchtime on a Sunday. In smaller communities, for example a country village, people also invite each other for a drink before a meal, for morning coffee or afternoon tea.
	When guests are invited for a meal, they often sit and chat while they have a drink before the meal, and coffee is usually served afterwards. Several friends are sometimes invited at once to make a small party. These parties are almost always informal. Formal occasions, when written invitations are sent out and people dress formally, rarely take place in people’s homes, although they did in the past.
	Larger parties are arranged to celebrate a particular event. Children’s birthdays are often celebrated with a tea party for the child’s friends. The meal will often be followed by party games. Parties are held to celebrate a person’s coming of age (formerly at 21 but now at 18), a couple’s silver wedding anniversary (after 25 years of marriage), a couple’s engagement and New Year’s Eve. In the USA a person’s 40th birthday in often marked with a special celebration. A house – warming party is sometimes held to invite friends to one’s new home.
	In summer, if the weather is fine, people may hold a barbecue in the garden. A much grander, more formal occasion is a garden party, held in the afternoon, when tea is served.

Question 39: When are written invitations sent out?
	A. On a Sunday morning.	B. On formal occasions.
	C. On informal occasions.	D. On a Sunday evening.
Question 40: Nowadays, parties are held to celebrate a person’s coming of age when they are_______
	A. 21	B.18	C. 40	D. 25
Question 41: What is the purpose of a house-warming party?
To mark a person’s 40th birthday.
To entertain the child’s friends.
To celebrate a couple’s wedding anniversary.
To invite friends to one’s new home.
Question 42: The word ‘grander’ in paragraph 4 mostly means _____.
	A. more convenient	B. more important	
	C. more exciting	D. more pleasant
Question 43: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
People don’t invite each other for a drink before a meal in a country village.
People don’t hold any parties to celebrate a particular event.
People often sit and chat before a meal they are invited for.
People often hold garden parties on informal occasions.

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 44: A. natural	 B. computer C. animal D. educate
Question 45: A. threaten	 B. collect C. begin D. destroy

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 46: Every student in my class are good at English.
	 A B C D
Question 47: She is attending a three-day conference on AIDS education, doesn’t she?
 A B C D
Question 48: I think it’s importance for us to find solutions to our problem.
 A B C D
Question 49: The boy which was given first prize in the contest was very happy.
 A B C D
Question 50: People consider it rude to point about anyone.
 A B C D
Phan Kì Hanh 
(Trung tâm LTĐH Vĩnh Viễn – TP.HCM)