ĐỀ LUYỆN THI TỐT NGHIỆP THPT 21
MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12 - Thời gian làm bài 60 phút

I. PHONETICS
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in
each group.
1. a. young b. about c. account d. sound
2. a. astronaut b. anchor c. spaceman d. capsule
3. a. Christmas b. anchor c. chemistry d.
cheque
4. a. deliver b. different c. diagram d. disease
5. a. hurl b. pull c. June d.
would
6. a. allow b. how c. account d. country
7. a. trade b. payment c. relation d. bank
8. a. value b. change c. actual d.
transaction
9. a. holder b. bore c. important d. score
10. a. credit b. service c. letter d. specified
2. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. a. farmer b. farewell c. factory d. fairy
2. a. cattle b. country c. canal d.
cover
3. a. money b. machine c. many d.
mother
4. a. borrow b. agree c. await d.
prepare
5. a. government b. condition c. Parliament d.
fortunate
II. VOCABULARY
1. Choose the best answer

_____ is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the average (5. _____ from October to
March is not too high. The most (6. _____ sights are pyramids at Giza. However, it is also
pleasant to (7. _____ Alexandria, Port Said and several other places and do as much (8._____ as
possible in the time available. A (9. _____ to Luxor is an unforgettable experience, and there are
frequent (10. _____ there from Cairo.
1. a. explorers b. voyagers c. tourists d.
passengers
2. a. people b. town c. nation d.
population
3. a. principal b. head c. state d.
capital
4. a. temperature b. climate c. condition d.
position
5. a. weather b. measure c. climate d.
temperature
6. a. famous b. known c. visited d.
asked
7. a. search b. require c. examine d. visit
8. a. viewing b. seeing c. sightseeing d.
looking
9. a. picnic b. trip c. guide d.
entertainment
10. a. flights b. travels c. journeys d. trips
III. GRAMMAR. Choose the best answer
1. Tuberculosis _____ an infectious disease.
a. was b. has been c. would be d. is
2. Pasteur _____ in the 19th century.
 a. was living b. lived c. had lived d. has lived
3. Since 1980, scientists the world over _____ a lot of things to fight against AIDS.
 a. have done b. are doing c. did d. had

 a. Did it begin b. Has it begun c. Had it begun d.
Would it begin
15. My daughter saw an elephant this morning but she _____ one before.
 a. had never seen b. has never seen c. never sees d. never
had seen
16. I _____ in Da Nang before I moved to Dong Nai.
 a. have been living b. have lived c. had lived d. had
been living
17. There are many ways _____ to Rome.
 a. is leading b. are leading c. leading d. led
18. I just want to know what you _____ at this time tomorrow afternoon.
 a. are going to do b. will be doing c. are doing d. do
19. I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work I _____ .
 a. shall finish b. will finish c. shall have finished d. have
finished
20. Tarkiss worked hard so that he _____ himself.
 a. can support b. could support c. is able to support d. may support
IV. USE OF ENGLISH
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
1. Our new television (A. came with a (B. ninety-days warranty (C. on all electrical (D.
components.
2. It is (A. difficult to get used (B. to sleep in a tent after (C. having a soft, comfortable bed
(D. to lie on.
3. The director felt (A. badly about (B. not giving Mary the position (C. that she (D. had
sought with his company.
4. Tom and Mark hope (A. go skiing (B. in the mountains this weekend (C. if the weather
(D. permits.
5. (A. The political candidate talked as if she (B. has already (C. been elected (D. to the
presidency.
6. (A. They wanted him (B. understand that they wanted (C. some milk and (D. sandwiches.

5. Which of the following statements is not true?
 a. Galileo was interested in the stars
 b. Galileo made an instrument to study the stars
 c. Galileo proved that the earth and the planets moved around the sun.
 d. Galileo discovered that the stars which moved were not really stars
VI. STRUCTURES
Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
1. Somebody cleans the room every day.
 a. The room every day is cleaned. b. The room is every day cleaned.
 c. The room is cleaned every day. d. The room is cleaned by somebody
every day.
2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.
 a. All flights because of fog were cancelled.
 b. All flights were cancelled because of fog.
 c. All flights were because of fog cancelled.
 d. All flights were cancelled by them because of fog.
3. People don't use this road very often.
 a. This road is not used very often. b. Not very often this road is not
used.
 c. This road very often is not used. d. This road not very often is
used.
4. Somebody accused me of stealing money.
 a. I was accused by somebody of stealing money. b. I was accused of stealing
money.
 c. I was accused of stealing money by somebody. d. I was accused stealing
money.
5. How do people learn languages?
 a. How are languages learned? b. How are languages learned
by people?
 c. How languages are learned? d. Languages are learned how?