ĐỀ SỐ 12 STANDARD 12

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Mark 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. utensil B. upscale C. rub D. club
Question 2: A. systems B. interviews C. letters D. interests
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 3: A. forbid B. technique C. permit D. mattress
Question 4: A. industry B. inflation C. initial D. appointment
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 5: The speaker failed to get his message _________ to his audience.
A. around B. in C. across D. out
Question 6: Within a couple of hours, a very important ________ on the new tax policy will be
made.
A. announce B. announcement C. announcer D. announcing
Question 7: I _________ you provided that you promise to be more careful from now on.
A. will help B. had helped C. would have helped D. would help
Question 8: The police wanted to know who _________ the businessman.
A. murdered B. had murdered C. to murder D. murdering
Question 9: _________ the storm, the ship couldn’t reach its destination on time.
A. Because of B. Incase of C. In spite of D. But for
Question 10: Working hours will fall to under 35 hours a week, _________?
A. will they B. won’t they C. won’t it D. will it
Question 11: I wish my brother _________ while he was doing the washing up.
A. didn’t whistle B. wouldn’t be whistling
C. hadn’t whistled D. couldn’t have whistled
Question 12: It appears that, by 2050, world population _________ twice as much as it is now.
A. would rise B. will have risen C. will be rising D. will rise
Question 13: The device was the most important navigation instrument _________ in the last
millennium.
A. to be invented B. inventing C. being invented D. to invent
Question 14: I considered _________ the job but in the end I decided against doing it.
A. to take B. taking C. to be take D. took
Question 15: I need to _________ some money from my savings account to my current account.
A. transfer B. transmit C. transport D. move
Question 16: Advocates of shiftwork in modem offices claim that it does have its _________
sometimes.
A. purposes B. reasons C. conveniences D. uses
Question 17: In today’s competitive world, everyone needs a regular holiday to _________ their
batteries.
A. refill B. rectify C. recast D. recharge
Question 18: We’ll keep you _________ of any further changes in the examination specifications.
A. noticed B. mailed C. announced D. posted

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Question 19: The economic situation makes many people unwilling to take the _________ and
open their own businesses.
A. initiative B. bull C. plunge D. opportunity
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 20: It is said that you can intimidate your enemies by speaking in a low voice and
carrying a big stick.
A. frighten B. attack C. harass D. make peace with
Question 21: The two companies were going to merge, but one of them backed out at the last
minute.
A. kept the promise B. move away
C. broke an agreement D. confirmed the deal
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: I’m afraid I’m getting cold feet about this scheme as I’m not sure it’s such a good
idea.
A. feeling worried B. feeling relaxed C. feeling doubtful D. feeling anxious
Question 23: Research into hydrogen technology was facilitated by money from Congress.
A. impeded B. simplified C. promoted D. accelerated
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each
of the following exchanges.
Question 24: Tom and Laura are talking about the new resort.
- Tom: “I think the new resort will ruin the environment.”
- Laura: “_________”
A. I don’t think that’s a good idea. B. Don’t you think so?
C. I quite agree. D. Let’s go there.
Question 25: - Ben: “_________”
- Jane: “Never mind.”
A. Congratulations! How wonderful!
B. Sorry for staining your carpet. Let me have it cleaned.
C. Thank you for being honest with me.
D. Would you mind going out for dinner next Sunday?
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 26 to 30.
The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between adults
and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning, (26)
________ youngsters insist that their favourite sounds help them concentrate. Now a study shows
that the grown-up (27) ________ right all long. Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students
wrote essays with and without music in the background. They found that the sounds (28) ________
progress down by about six words per hour. “This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to cope
with listening and writing at the same time,” said Dr. Sarah Randall. She also came to the
conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals. “All types of
music had the same effect,” she said in her report.
“One’s ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be interfered by both vocal and
instrumental music,” she added. Dr. Randall claimed the research (29) ________ that the idea that
music could improve performance was wrong. “Writing an essay is a complex task. You are
recalling information and putting it in order. An additional stimulus in the form of music is bound
to distract. But music is not the only distraction. What is particularly (30) ________ is that more
and more teenagers are studying in front of the television.”
Question 26: A. whereas B. unlike C. besides D. despite

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Question 27: A. has been B. have been C. were D. had been
Question 28: A. slowed B. reduced C. lowered D. decreased
Question 29: A. pointed B. displayed C. demonstrated D. presented
Question 30: A. worrying B. worried C. worryingly D. worries
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 31 to 35.
Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New
York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to
his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people,
Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at the time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and
left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team.
He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain American’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner
from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame,
was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always lives a
"natural": a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner
grace. That was Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He
played without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams
and drank to forget his father’s early death. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and accelerated the
advance of liver cancer. Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and
admired him hoping for a recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
Question 31: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mickey Mantle as the greatest baseball player of all time
B. Mickey Mantle’s success and private life full of problems
C. Mickey Mantle and his career as a baseball player
D. Mickey Mantle and the history of baseball
Question 32: According to the passage, Mantle could _________.
A. hit with the bat on either side of his body
B. bat better with his left hand than with his right hand
C. hit the ball to score from a long distance
D. give the most powerful hit in his team
Question 33: The word “this” in paragraph 2 refers to _________.
A. Mantle’s being a fast and powerful player
B. Mantle’s being a wonderful athlete
C. Mantle’s being fascinated by many people
D. Mantle’s being a "switch-hitter”
Question 34: It can be inferred from the passage that for most Americans _________.
A. success in Mantle’s career was difficult to believe
B. success in Mantle’s career was unnatural
C. Mantle had to be trained hard to become a good player
D. Mantle had a lot of difficulty achieving fame and success
Question 35: The word “fulfill” in paragraph 4 mostly means _________.
A. do something in the way that you have been told
B. achieve what is hoped for, wished for, or expected
C. do what you have promised or agreed to do
D. get closer to something that you are chasing

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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 36 to 42.
Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of
time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there
in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the
sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to
pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.
There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most
accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans
can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit
of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modem theorists suggest
that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar
information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the
chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage. When making a conscious effort to
memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in “rote rehearsal”. By
repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this
type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops
rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not handy,
people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the
dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget
the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the
short term to long term memory.
A better way is to practice “elaborate rehearsal”. This involves assigning semantic meaning to
a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.
Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be
done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term
memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved
by prompting. The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be
retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of
memorization.
Question 36: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Rote rehearsal and elaborate rehearsal B. How the STM works and ways to optimize it
C. How to retrieve information from STM D. How people can remember things
Question 37: According to paragraph 1, how do memories get transferred to the STM?
A. They revert from the long term memory.
B. They get chunked when they enter the brain.
C. They enter via the nervous system.
D. They are filtered from the sensory storage area.
Question 38: The word “elapses” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. passes B. appears C. continues D. wastes
Question 39: All of the following are mentioned as places in which memories are stored EXCEPT
________.
A. maintenance area B. long term memory
C. sensory storage area D. STM
Question 40: Why does the author mention a dog’s bark?
A. To give an example of a type of memory
B. To compare with another sound that is loud like a doorbell
C. To prove that dogs have better memories than humans
D. To provide a type of interruption
Question 41: The word “This” in paragraph 3 refers to _________.
A. information B. long-term memory

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 C. a better way D. elaborate rehearsal
Question 42: Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?
A. A memory is kept alive through constant repetition.
B. Multiple choice exams are the most difficult.
C. The working memory is the same as the short term memory.
D. Cues help people to recognize information.
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 43: I would rather that they not travel during the bad weather, but they insist that
A B C
they must return home today.
D
Question 44: The better you are at English, the more chance you have to get a job.
A B C D
Question 45: One of the greatest factors hindering efficient farming and agricultural development
A B
since the war have been the lack of information.
C D
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 46: If I were in your shoes, I would let him go.
A. I suggest that you let him go.
B. I was wearing your shoes and would like to let him go.
C. I advise you to wear your shoes and let him go.
D. I would like to be in your shoes so I could let him go.
Question 47: Our plans for an excursion to London have been spoilt by the weather.
A. Because of the bad weather, our excursion to London was put off later.
B. Our plans for an excursion to London have fallen through because the weather was so bad.
C. The bad weather was the reason that made our excursion to London have been fallen over.
D. Our plans for an excursion have fallen away because the weather was bad.
Question 48: Unlike her friends, she disagreed strongly with the idea of moving abroad.
A. Her friends were in favor of the idea of moving abroad - that is why she disagreed strongly
with them.
B. Different from her friends, she was opposed to the idea of moving abroad.
C. She disliked her friends, and didn’t support the idea of moving abroad.
D. She disagreed strongly with her friends, who came up with the idea of moving abroad.
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 49: They are my two sisters. They aren’t teachers like me.
A. Unlike me, neither of my two sisters aren’t teachers.
B. They are my two sisters, both of those are teachers like me.
C. They are my two sisters, neither of whom is teacher like me.
D. Unlike me, both of my two sisters are teachers.
Question 50: The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.
B. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.
C. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.
D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.