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Năm học 2008 – 2009 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh lớp 12 thpt
(Đề thi gồm có 08 trang)
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Điểm bằng số:

Điểm bằng chữ: Họ tên, chữ ký GK 1:

Họ tên, chữ ký GK 1: Số phách

Part I. phonetics

Question 1: Pick out the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of
other words.

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4. They were playing their music at ………volume and distributing.
A. utter B. supreme C. total D. full
5. I have had a ……….of misfortunes.
A. success B. continuation C. repetition D. succession
6. Only hotel guests have the……… of using the private beach.
A. occasion B. privilege C. permission D. possibility
7. The drunken soldier was ……… crazily from one side of the street to the other.
A. marching B. racing C. staggering D. scrambling
8. You can talk to him until you’re …… in the face, but he still won’t understand.
A. white B. green C. yellow D. blue
9. I can’t understand Keith, he’s a funny sort of………
A. individual B. figure C. human D. one
10. They have no idea at all………
A. where he has gone B. which place he has gone
C. where did he go D. where has he gone

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Question 2: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Ever since the day I decided to move to London, I have been worrying whether the decision
I …(1)… ( take ) was the right one. As I have already sold my house and …(2)… ( arrange ) a
new job, It is too late to change my mind. However, since then I have heard a lot of negative things
about living in the capital, and lately some of them have begun to bother me. I …(3)… ( grow up )
in a fair small town and I have spent all my life there. I …(4)… ( already want) to live in big city
and so when my company …(5) ( offer) me a job in their London office, I grabbed at the chance.
But according to a program I …(6)…( just hear) on the radio, more and more people …(7)…
(stop) working in London recently, and a lot of large companies have chosen to move away from
the centre . Of course I (8)…( tell ) my parents that I am moving and they (9) ( accept )my
decision, but when I told my friends they seemed rather shocked. Since then I…(10)… (hope)

one of whose mental state will suffer. The study also found that
when man donates in domestic arguments, they often end up
trying to avoid from the real issue, or to become silent and
withdrawn. This has effect of making the wife feel anxious and
depressed. As a person’s mental state there is closely linked to
their physical as well being, it is clear that the dynamics of
family relationship help to determine health in general

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10. Part III. READING

Question 1: Choose the most suitable word for each space
Someone once described that age we live in as that of a vanishing world, one in which the
familiar is constantly disappearing for ever and technological change if often difficult to
…(1)…with. So it should come as no surprise to most of us to hear that yet another part of everyday
life is …(2)…to go forever. Still, when I read recently that within the next decade money as we
…(3)…it will probably cease to exits in technologically advanced countries, I had to read the article
twice to make sure it wasn’t April 1
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…(4)…to Professor Gerry Montague of the Institute for
Economic Reform, the familiar coins and banknotes will soon be replaced entirely by credit cards of
various kinds. And the shop of the future (the ‘retail outlet’ ads Prof. Montague puts it) will be
…(5)… directly to the network of banking computers. The assistant will simply key in your bank
account code number and the amount you have spent, and thank you politely. You won’t have to
dig deep in your …(6)…for change or pretend at the pub that you have left your money at home.
You may not even have a number for your account as such, as the computer may by then be able to
read your handprint. So no more credit card frauds either. But I am afraid that I shall
…(7)…money. I have felt strongly attached to it, ever since I received my first pocket money when
I was five, and kept it in a money- box. Even if my credit card of the future will able to tell me
exactly how much …(8)…power I have left in the computer files, even if it lights up and plays a

the more inexcusable was that, in addition to being morally wicked, it didn’t even pay off
handsomely.
Thanks to the natural resources of the country, every American, until quite recently, could
reasonably look forward to making more money than his father, so that, if he made less, the fault
must be his; he was either lazy or inefficient. What an American values, therefore, is not the
possession of money as such, but his power to make it as proof of his manhood; once he has proved
himself by making it, it has served its function and can be lost or given away. In no society in
history have rich men given away so large a part of their fortunes. A poor American feels guilty at
being poor, but less guilty than an American renter who had inherited wealth but is doing nothing to
increase it; what can the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?
1. Which of the following can be concluded from the first paragraph?
A. Those who have a lot of money enjoy real freedom.
B. Money is made either consciously or unconsciously.
C. Some European acquire money and power without even being conscious of it.
D. Some people not only want to get rich but wish others to be poor.
2. To an American, money means …………
A. The freedom to do whatever he likes B. proof of ability and manhood
C. diligence and efficiency D. both B and C
3. The author seems to believe that the natural resources in the U.S. are …………
A. poor B. limited C. rich D. on the increase
4. In the passage, the word “fortunes” (Para.2 and 3) is used twice. What does it mean?
A. luck B. good opportunities C. wealth D. p
ower
5. In the author’s opinion, an American renter …………
A. should feel more guilty than a poor American
B. should feel content with this inherited wealth
C. is even lazier and more inefficient than a poor American
D. will take to drink if he does nothing to increase his wealth

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10. Question 4: Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with one word from the list. Use
each word once.

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Gold is a measure of wealth which is recognized all over the world. For centuries it was the
foundation of the international monetary system and even today, it …(1)…one of the most
important components of a country’s foreign currency reserves.
What …(2)…gold attractive is that it has a value of its own for both industrial and
ornamental purposes, …(3)…paper bank notes, which are worthless …(4)…themselves. As a result,
gold is bought as an …(5)…in times of financial uncertainty.
Until the 1930s, several European currency were based on the Gold Standard, which meant
that the value of a …(6)… of currency was fixed in …(7)…of a stated quantity of gold. People
could freely …(8)…any bank notes they had for gold. In 1931, world- wide financial problems
…(9)…the Gold Standard to be dropped. Then, in 1935, the USA, France and the UK …(10)…the
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7. We could have walked to the station, it was so near. A taxi wasn’t at all necessary. ( enough )
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8. There is no need to telephone me when you arrive. ( bother )
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9. Is it really advisable to freeze this sort of food? ( should )
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10. Nobody would let me go into hospital to see the survivors. ( allowed )
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Question 2: Write about the following topic:
“ Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Modern technology is creating a
single world culture. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.” You should write
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