SỞ GDĐT LÂM ĐỒNG KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017

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Make the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. humor B. honest C. hotel D. hurry
Question 2: A. ploughs B. laughs C. coughs D. hopes

Make the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from
the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. category B. accompany C. experience D. compulsory
Question 4: A. unexpected B. optimistic C. education D. responsible

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 5: The professor together with his three students have been called to court.
A B C D
Question 6: During your job interview, you should communicate natural with the interviewer.
A B C D
Question 7: The closer it gets to December 21, the first day of winter, the shortest the days become.
A B C D

Make the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions:
Question 8: The executive said that he had to have a rest because the _________of work was too great.
A. height B. pressure C. order D. attempt
Question 9: In most _________ developed countries, up to 50% of _________ population enters
higher education at some time in their lives.
A. Ø / Ø B. the / Ø C. Ø / the D. the / a
Question 10: The rooms in Stars Hotel are _______ Patterson Hotel.
A. larger than that of B. larger than those in
C. larger than in D. larger than
Question 11: By the time you get back, I_____ all my correspondence and then I____ you with yours.
A. will have finished/ can help B. will finish/ can have helped
C. will be finished/ have helped D. have finished/ have helped
Question 12: Governments have enacted laws to protect wildlife _____ commercial trade and overhunting.
A. from B. without C. for D. at
Question 13: I know we had an argument, but now I'd quite like to ____________.
A. look down B. bring up C. fall out D. make up
Question 14: _____ you had to find a new job, what would you like to do?
A. Provided B. Supposing C. So D. Though
Question 15: _____appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical
illusion.
A. That the moon B. The moon C. The moon which D. When the moon
Question 16: Some endurance events may be rescheduled if such high pollution levels_____ a health risk to
most athletes.
A. pose B. present C. run D. face

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Question 17: It’s a matter of life and death. As a consequence, we will give it serious _________.
A. review B. mind C. opinions D. consideration
Question 18: The students were slow to_________ , but gradually they began to understand.
A. catch in B. catch away C. catch on D. catch out
Question 19: Since television came into _________ , it has become a competitor with the motion pictures.
A. use B. force C. practice D. life

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable respond to
complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 20: A: “What are you going to do this weekend?” - B: “_________”
A. I don’t like going out. B. We’ve planned to visit my grandparents.
C. I’m very tired. D. It’s a good idea.
Question 21: Gavin: “Remember to return the newspaper to my father.”
Jenny: “_________.”
A. I will B. Why not C. I won’t D. Not at all

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: Nations that live in concord are nations that live together in peace.
A. conflict B. harmony C. conformity D. happiness
Question 23: She decided to remain celibate and devote her life to helping the homeless and orphans.
A. divorced B. single C. separated D. married

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 24: We have lived there for years and grown fond of the surroundings. That is why we do
not want to leave.
A. haunted by the surroundings B. loved the surroundings
C. possessed by the surroundings D. planted many trees in the surroundings
Question 25: Such problems as haste and inexperience are a universal feature of youth.
A. marked B. separated C. shared D. hidden
Mark the letter A, B, C, or Don your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions.
Question 26: Soil erosion is a result of forests being cut down carelessly.
A. That forests are being cut down carelessly results from soil erosion.
B. Soil erosion contributes to forests being cut down carelessly.
C. Soil erosion results in forests being cut down carelessly.
D. That forests are being cut down carelessly leads to soil erosion.
Question 27 : She prefers going to the library to staying at home.
A. She would rather go to the library than stay at home.
B. She likes nothing better than going to the library.
C. She does not like either going to the library or staying at home.
D. She stays at home instead of going to the library.
Question 28: She did not study hard enough to win the scholarship.
A. She studied hard but she could not win the scholarship.
B. Winning the scholarship did not make her study harder.
C. She could have won the scholarship if she had studied harder.
D. It was very hard for her to win the scholarship.

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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 29: John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.
A. John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill.
B. Because of his illness, John shouldn't have been here yesterday.
C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.
Question 30: He was poor. He helped quite a lot of people in the village.
A. He was poor so he helped quite a lot of people in the village.
B. Being poor but he helped quite a lot of people in the village.
C. Though he was poor but he helped quite a lot of people in the village.
D. Poor though he was, he helped quite a lot of people in the village.

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 31 to 35.
Stories about how people somehow know when they are being watched have been going around for years.
However, few (31)_____ have been made to investigate the phenomenon scientifically. Now, with the
completion of the largest ever study of the so-called staring effect, there is impressive evidence
(32)________this is a recognizable and genuine sixth sense. The study involved hundreds of children. For the
experiments, they sat with their eyes covered and with their backs to other children, who (33)_______to either
stare at them or look away. The results consistently showed that the children who could not see were able to tell
when they were being stared at. In a total of 18,000 trials carried out worldwide, the children (34) ________
sensed when they were being watched almost 70% of the time. The experiment was repeated with the added
precaution of putting the children who were being watched outside the room, (35) ___ from the starers by the
windows. This was done just in case there was some cheating going on, with the children telling each other
whether they were looking or not. This prevented the possibility of sounds being transmitted between the
children.

Question 31: A. tries B. attempts C. measures D. aims

Question 32: A. which B. what C. that D. how
Question 33: A. are told B. tell C. told D. were told
Question 34: A. correct B. correctly C. correction D. incorrect
Question 35: A. separated B. split C. divided D. parted

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 36 to 42.

Telecommuting is some form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For
employees whose job involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location
of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is
completed, employees can dial the office computer and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey
in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are
rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published “The
Portable Executive” as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn’t telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many
managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the
country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby
complicating the manager’s responsibilities.

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 It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are reluctant to accept the
opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they
will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some
people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from
the office.
Question 36: With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned ?
A. The advantages of telecommuting. B. A definition of telecommuting.
C. An overview of telecommuting. D. The failure of telecommuting.
Question 37: How many Americans are involved in telecommuting ?
A. More than predicted in Business Week. B. More than 8 million.
C. Fewer than estimated in USA Today. D. Fewer than last year.
Question 38: The phrase “of no consequence” means ________.
A. unimportant B. of no use C. of no good D. irrelevant
Question 39: The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuting EXCEPT_______.
A. the opportunities for advancement. B. the cost of building a new system of supervising.
C. the lack of interaction with a group. D. the work place in the home.
Question 40: The word “ them” refers to __________.
A. systems B. telecommuters C. executives D. responsibilities
Question 41: The reason why telecommuting has not become popular is that the employees ________.
A. need regular interaction with their families.
B. feel that a work area in their home is away from the office.
C. are ignorant of telecommuting.
D. are worried about the promotion if they are not seen at the office.
Question 42: When Business Week published “ The Portable Executive “, it implied that _________.
A. there was resistance on the part of many managers about telecommuting.
B. systems for managing telecommuters were not effective.
C. the trend for telecommuting was optimistic.
D. most telecommuters were satisfied with their work.

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 43 to 50.

In the 1960s, the World Health Organization (WHO) began a campaign to eradicate the mosquitoes that
transmit the disease malaria. It was a noble goal, since malaria kills an estimated 3 million people each year in
the world's tropical regions, predominantly southern Africa, WHO led an effort to spray the mosquitoes' habitat
with a chemical pesticide-a poison used to kill insects-called DDT. Early results were promising, and the
mosquito was eliminated from the edge of its native range. The effort soon faltered, however, and the
eradication was dropped. How could a tiny mosquito thwart the best efforts of a large group of well-funded
scientists?
Situations like this one have occurred dozens of times in the last several decades. In a common scenario,
whenever a new type of pesticide is used to control agricultural pest, the early results are encouraging. A
relatively small amount of the poison dusted onto a crop may kill 99% of the insects. However, the relatively
few survivors of the first pesticides wave are insects with genes that somehow enable them to resist the
chemical attack. The poison kills most members of the insect population, leaving only the resistant individuals
to reproduce. And when they do, their offspring inherit the genes for pesticide resistance. In each generation, the
proportion of pesticide-resistant individuals in the insect population increases, making subsequent sprayings less
and less effective.
Since the widespread use of chemical pesticides began in the 1940s, scientists have documented pesticide
resistance in more than 500 species of insects. The problems such insects pose through their impact on

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agriculture and medicine are just some of the many ways that evolution has a direct connection to our daily
lives. Everywhere, all the time, populations of organisms are making fine adaptations to local environments

through the evolutionary process of natural selection. Given the dynamics of the Earth and its life, it is not
surprising that even the kinds of organisms on the planet-the species-have changed over the time.

Question 43: The word "eradicate" in the first paragraph could be best replaced by_______
A. pass on B. increase C. find out D. kill off
Question 44: A tiny mosquito thwarted the best efforts of a large group of scientists_______
A. with little money B. with lots of money
C. with lots of experience D. with modern facilities
Question 45: The increase of pesticide-resistant insects________.
A. makes later sprayings more expensive B. makes it more convenient for future sprayings
C. makes subsequent sprayings impossible D. makes later sprayings less effective.
Question 46: Relatively few insects have genes that________.
A. make them vulnerable B. enable them to attack the pesticide
C. prevent them from resisting the chemical attack D. allow them to survive the pesticide
Question 47: The word "documented" in the third paragraph means_______
A. recorded B. noticed C. viewed D. reviewed
Question 48: According to the passage, the problems caused by insects show_______.
A. their influence on agriculture and medicine
B. the direct link between evolution and our life
C. fine adaptations to local environments
D. their impact on environment
Question 49: Natural selection________.
A. allows living objects to adapt to the environment B. processes the environment
C. evolves the environment D. is dynamic
Question 50: The passage was written most probably to_______.
A. review the development of pesticides
B. show the dynamics of nature through persistent pests
C. provide evidence about the pesticide resistance of insects
D. warn readers against the pesticide resistance of insects

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