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KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2012
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Chương trình Chuẩn và Nâng cao
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút. Mã đề thi 516
Họ, tên thí sinh:
Số báo danh:
. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 1: The harder you try, ______ you get.
A. the best B. better C. good D. the better
Question 2:
The vegetables ______ in this supermarket are always fresh.
A. which sells B. sells C. which sold D. sold
Question 3: Since the computer ______ it has made considerable changes to our daily life.
A. was invented B. has invented C. invented D. is invented
Question 4: We have enough food at home so we ______ do any shopping today.
A. needn't B. oughtn’t C. need D. ought
Question 5: Mary: “What a nice dress you’re wearing, Jane!”
Jane: “______”
A. Never mind. B. Thank you. C. Not at all. D. That’s too bad.

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Question 18: Bill: “Let’s stop for a drink.”
Bruce: “______”
A. You’re welcome. B. Sorry, we’ve got little time.
C. Nice to meet you. D. Long time no see.
Question 19: I like reading books _______ this is a good way to get information.
A. so that B. in order to C. because D. because of
Question 20: This novel is supposedly based ______ a true story.
A. on B. with C. of D. up
Question 21: The government ______ the earthquake victims with food, clothes and medicine.
A. carried B. provided C. gave D. offered
Question 22: She played ______ confidently but her timing was not good.
A. an piano B. piano C. a piano D. the piano
Question 23: For this job you will need a good ______ of both Italian and Spanish.
A. know B. knowledgeable C. knowledge D. knowing

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 24: A. computer B. educate C. natural D. animal
Question 25: A. begin B. collect C. destroy D. threaten

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 26: People say that these villagers are hospitable.
A. It is said that these villagers are not hospitable.
B. These villagers are said not to be hospitable.
C. It is said that these villagers are hospitable.
D. These villagers are not hospitable as they say.
Question 27: “If I were you, I would do morning exercise regularly,” said John.
A. John asked me to do morning exercise regularly.

Question 35: Tom asked Janet where ______ the previous Sunday.
A. had she been B. has she been C. she had been D. she has been

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 36 to 40.
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 (36)______ Wounded in 1863 (now the International Committee of the
Red Cross); it was (37)______ to care for victims of battle (38)______ 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 (39)______, training of nurses'
aids, maintenance of maternal and child welfare centers and medical clinics, blood banks, and
numerous (40)______ 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 36: A. a B. the C. an D. one
Question 37: A. set B. found C. done D. established
Question 38: A. in B. to C. on D. before
Question 39: A. safe B. safety C. safely D. safer
Question 40: A. another B. the other C. others D. other

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 questions from 41 to 45.
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

A. more important B. more pleasant C. more convenient D. more exciting
Question 45: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People often sit and chat before a meal they are invited for.
B. People don’t hold any parties to celebrate a particular event.
C. People often hold garden parties on informal occasions.
D. People don’t invite each other for a drink before a meal in a country village.

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: People consider it rude to point about anyone.
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: She is attending a three-day conference on AIDS education, doesn’t she?
A B C D
Question 50: The boy which was given first prize in the contest was very happy.
A B C D THE END

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