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BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
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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 738
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Số báo danh:
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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 1 to 5.
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


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 6: A. threaten B. collect C. begin D. destroy
Question 7: A. computer B. animal C. natural D. educate Trang 2/4 - Mã đề thi 738
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: Tom asked Janet where ______ the previous Sunday.
A. she had been B. had she been C. she has been D. has she been
Question 9: These secretaries were the only people ______.
A. got a pay rise B. to get a pay rise C. be getting pay rise D. get pay rise

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
Question 10: Could you please _______ my laptop while I am out?
A. take off B. look up C. take after D. look after
Question 11: My children ______ interested in kangaroos lately.
A. were becoming B. become C. have become D. will become
Question 12: Michael ______ water sports when he was younger.
A. used to playing B. is used to play C. used to play D. is used to playing
Question 13:
For this job you will need a good ______ of both Italian and Spanish.
A. know B. knowing C. knowledgeable D. knowledge
Question 14:
The harder you try, ______ you get.
A. the best B. the better C. good D. better
Question 15: We have enough food at home so we ______ do any shopping today.

Question 28: Bill: “Let’s stop for a drink.”
Bruce: “______”
A. Nice to meet you. B. Long time no see.
C. Sorry, we’ve got little time. D. You’re welcome.
Question 29: The panda’s ______ habitat is the bamboo forest.
A. naturalize B. naturally C. nature D. natural
Question 30: Most parents do not allow their children ______ out late.
A. stayed B. to stay C. staying D. stay
Question 31: The national football team ______ every effort to win the match yesterday.
A. did B. set C. held D. made
Question 32: She played ______ confidently but her timing was not good.
A. piano B. a piano C. an piano D. the piano

Mark the letter A, B, C, or 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 33: The washing machine I have just bought is very simple to use.
A. difficult B. easy C. boring D. interesting
Question 34: How many countries took part in the last Olympic Games?
A. succeeded B. participated C. hosted D. performed

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 35 to 39.
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 (35)______ Wounded in 1863 (now the International Committee of the
Red Cross); it was (36)______ to care for victims of battle (37)______ 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 (38)______, training of nurses'
aids, maintenance of maternal and child welfare centers and medical clinics, blood banks, and
numerous (39)______ services. The Red Cross is the name used in countries under nominally


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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 45: “If I were you, I would do morning exercise regularly,” said John.
A. John congratulated me on doing morning exercise regularly.
B. John prevented me from doing morning exercise regularly.
C. John asked me to do morning exercise regularly.
D. John advised me to do morning exercise regularly.
Question 46: I have never eaten this kind of fruit before.
A. This is the first time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
B. I last ate this kind of fruit a long time ago.
C. I have eaten this kind of fruit for a long time.
D. This is the last time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
Question 47: People say that these villagers are hospitable.
A. These villagers are said not to be hospitable.
B. These villagers are not hospitable as they say.
C. It is said that these villagers are hospitable.
D. It is said that these villagers are not hospitable.

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 48: A. penalty B. determine C. water D. question
Question 49: A. intend B. medal C. compete D. defend
Question 50: A. symbols B. steps C. banks D. tourists

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