SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO
THANH HOÁ
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

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KHẢO SÁT CHẤT LƯỢNG
LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2016 - 2017
Môn: Tiếng Anh - Chương trình chuẩn
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 05 trang)
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Read the following passage 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 8.
In the last couple of decades, self–help books have been a publishing phenomenon, often topping the
bestseller lists. Readers have believed their advice on how to do a wide variety of things, from becoming
successful and rich to improving their relationships. If you are facing a particular problem in your life,
there is a host of self-help books for you. If you have the idea that you want to improve yourself in some
way, there are any number of self-help titles just waiting to advise you. If you want a successful career, no
problem – step-by-step guides will tell you exactly what to do. But, despite their enormous success, there’s a
question many people ask: do these books actually do what they claim to?
Obviously, as in any field of publishing, some self-help books are better than others. Some may be
based on actual research and case studies – there’s some substance to them that suggests they can, at least to
some extent, be taken seriously. Others, however, amount to little more than psychobabble – empty nonsense
dressed up as serious psychological understanding. These books bombard the reader with a mass of
meaningless jargon, disguising the fact that they have nothing to say and it would be a waste to buy them.
It’s the latter category that has given self-help books a bad name among critics of the genre.
The kind of advice given in self-help books is often more or less the same. What really amount to
pretty standard statements are made in many of them. But, does this advice stand up to scrutiny?

Question 6: In the second paragraph, the author expresses a preference for self-help books which ____
A. are based on serious research.
B. don’t use any jargon at all.
C. discuss psychology seriously.
D. bombard the reader with a mass of jargon.
Question 7: According to paragraph 2 self-help books containing a lot of “psychobabble” ______
A. are seldom popular with readers.
B. have affected the reputation of all self-help books.
C. exist in greater numbers than other kinds of self-help book.
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D. have less information than other books.
Question 8: What can be inferred about self-help books connected with happiness?
A. They are the most popular kind of self-help book.
B. They vary more than other kinds of self-help book.
C. There is evidence to support some of the advice they give.
D. Psychologists like to study them.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 9: The writer was ______ to her characters as animals and showed us their journey through animal
eyes.
A. faithful
B. faithfulness
C. faithfully
D. faith
Question 10: Members of my family share the household chores; Dad is always willing to ______ a hand
with cooking and washing up.
A. give
B. make

A. admits
B. attaches
C. attributes
D. plays
Question 17: Recent research has shown that plant and animal extinction leads to ______ loss of
biodiversity.
A. an
B. a
C. the
D. some
Question 18: The country is rapidly losing its workers as ______ people are emigrating.
A. the most and the most
B. the more and the more
C. more and more
D. most and most
Question 19: On Friday night some of our friends came to the party and ______ for the weekend.
A. fell behind
B. waited up
C. stayed on
D. kept up
Question 20: The final year at the secondary school is the time for teenagers to get ______ thinking about
choosing jobs.
A. off with
B. by in
C. behind with
D. down to
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 21 to 25.
Have you ever heard of river rafting? This water sport, though previously (21) ______ unknown is
beginning to gain some attention to this country, especially among watersports enthusiasts.

C. or
C. wanted
C. form

D. relate
D. put
D. for
D. applied
D. shape

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each
of the following exchanges.
Question 26: Jennifer and Sheila are talking about the ASEAN region.
- Jennifer: “ It is really a region of diverse cultures and religions.”
- Sheila: “______”
A. I’m sorry to hear that
B. Absolutely
C. You’ve got to be kidding
D. It’s alright.
Question 27: Sally wanted to end a conversation with Roger.
- Sally: “ Gosh, I can’t believe how late it is. I really must be going!”
- Roger: “ ______”
A. Ok. See you.
B. You are welcome.
C. I’m glad you like it.
D. Sorry to keep you waiting.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34.
From recent studies we now know that crocodiles possess an extremely unusual form of haemoglobin
– the substance which carries oxygen in the blood. As a result, this has a direct effect on the length of time

C. crocodiles breathe in more air.
D. crocodiles drown their victims
Question 32: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Crocodiles have a substance that humans do not have.
B. Crocodiles can stay underwater for a long time.
C. Research workers want to reproduce a kind of haemoglobin.
D. Scientists now can produce artificial blood.
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Question 33: Why does the author use the phrase “without any need to breathe in more air” in paragraph
2?
A. to emphasize the value of the unusual haemoglobin.
B. to illustrate the way crocodiles use oxygen.
C. to explain why crocodiles hold their breath.
D. to argue that crocodiles can stay underwater.
Question 34: Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Artificial blood is difficult to produce.
B. Haemoglobin helps to stay long underwater.
C. Crocodiles possess an unusual form of haemoglobin. D. Scientists learn from crocodiles.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
Question 35: The man for who the police are looking robbed the bank yesterday.
A
B
C
D
Question 36:English, together with Literature and Maths, are compulsory subjects in the national curriculum
A
B

B. forceful
C. effective
D. mild
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.
Question 42: He will go to an interview the next time. He will remember to bring along his qualifications
with him.
A. He will remember to bring along his qualifications with him the next time he goes to an interview.
B. He will remember his qualifications when he goes to an interview the next time.
C. He goes to an interview and then he will bring along his qualifications with him.
D. Once he goes to an interview, he will bring along his qualifications with him.
Question 43: Nam has studied English only for several months. He can make himself understood.
A. Nam understands English well after he has learned it for only several months.
B. Nam can make himself understood as he has studied English only for several months.
C. Although Nam has studied English only for several months, he can make himself understood.
D. As Nam has studied English only for several months, he understands himself.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in
the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 44: A. office
Question 45: A. September

B. signal
B. commence

C. instance
C. national

D. Tom was upset about not ringing Bill earlier.

________THE END_________

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