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TẠO LẦN THỨ I - NĂM HỌC 2019– 2020

TỈNH NINH BÌNH Môn: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
(Đề thi gồm có 05 trang) Mã đề thi 001
Họ tên thí sinh:.............................................Số báo danh:........................
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. steak B. break C. great D. threaten
Question 2: A. decided B. stopped C. watched D. cooked
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. abandon B. attractive C. perception D. recommend
Question 4: A. punish B. admire C. native D. Teacher
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 5: He has travelled to most every country in the word so he is very knowledgeable
about many cultures.
A. has B. most C. in D.
knowledgeable
Question 6: I always will remember our childhood which brought us a lot of unforgettable
memories.
A. always will remember B. which C. a lot of D.
unforgettable
Question 7: New laws should enact to reduce the pressure of heavy traffic in the city center.
A. New B. should enact C. heavy D. in
Mark 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 forest fires in Australia have _____ a catastrophic impact on people’s life,
biodiversity and climate change.
A. had B. given C. got D. taken
Question 9: According to 24h VTV news, the number of road accidents caused by drinking
alcohod has decreased dramatically since new laws _____ into force on January 1st, 2020.
A. changed B. turned C. came D. occurred
Question 10: _____ we had enough money, my husband refused to buy a new car.
A. Because B. In spite of C. Because of D. Although
Question 11: Emily has set her _____ on becoming a well-known scientist.
A. heart B. feet C. brain D. head
Question 12: _____ the can, my hand was cut.
A. Having tried to open B. Trying to open
C. As I was trying to open D. While trying to open
Question 13: Responding to the recent _____ of nCov, VietNam is giving high priority to the
prevention and combat of this epidemic.
A. outbreak B. outset C. outcome D. outburst
Question 14: Once _____ fossil fuels wil take millions of years to reform.
A. has used up B. is used up C. used up D. using up
Question 15: What makes you think that you are qualified _____ this job?
A. at B. of C. with D. for
Question 16: Alice doesn’t recall _____ to Bill’s party last weekend.
A. to invite B. to be invited C. inviting D. having
been invited
Question 17: There are a lot of _____ jobs available in this town.
A. attract B. attractive C. attraction D. attractively
Question 18: If the current rate of deforestration continues, the world’s rainforest _____ within
100 years.
A. would vanish B. will vanish
C. would have vanished D. vanished
Question 19: The price of pork in Viet Nam had risen _____ a few months before the Lunar
New Year of 2020.
A. utterly B. totally C. sharply D. effectively
Question 20: The ambulance quickly arrived and took _____ injured to a nearby hospital.
A. an B.  (no article) C. the D. a
Question 21: Lora didn’t want to go to the cinema with us because she _____ that film.
A. had seen B. sees C. is seeing D. has seen
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to
complete each of the following questions.
Question 22: Lan is talking to Nam about one source of study on YouTube.
- Lan: “I think SunEnglish is a good channel for us to prepare for the National Exam.”
- Nam: “_______________. It is very information and useful”
A. I’m not sure about that B. You can say that again

C. I can’t agree with you more D. I’m considering what you say
Question 23: Tom is showing his gratefulness to Paul for his help.
- Tom: “It was very kind of you to help me out, Paul”
- Paul: “___________________”
A. That was the least I could do. B. You can say that again.

C. I’m glad to receive your help. D. You are very kind, thanks.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 24: A few years ago, a fire devastated much of an overcrowed part of the city.
A. rehabilitated B. reformed C. occured D. destroyed
Question 25: As they were attacked by the powerful enemy, the captain ordered his men to fall
back.
A. battle B. retreat C. defend D. attack
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 26: My parents dont’t see eye to eye with me about my choice of current job. They
want me to find a better one.
A. approve B. disagree C. support D. concern
Question 27: Psychologists who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge,
where this storage takes place, and how the brain latter retrieves knowledge when we need it.
A. recovers B. generates C. creates D. rejects
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 28: Richard runs faster that any students in his class.
A. Other students in Richard’s class run faster than he does.
B. No one in Richard’s class can run as fast as he does.
C. Richard is the fastest runner in his school.
D. Richard runs as fast as other students in his class.
Question 29: “Why were you absent from the class yesterday?” The teacher said to Andrew
A. The teacher wanted to know why Andrew was absent from the class the previous day.
B. The teacher wondered why Andrew has been absent from the class the day before.
C. The teacher asked Andrew why he had been absent from the class the day before.
D. The teacher told Andrew why had he been absent from the class the previous day.
Question 30: I’m sure it wasn’t Charles you saw yesterday because he was staying with me at
that time.
A. It mustn’t have been Charles you saw yesterday because he was staying with me at that time.
B. It can’t have been Charles you saw yesterday because he was staying with me at that time.
C. It mightn’t be Charles you saw yesterday because he was staying with me at that time.
D. It shouldn’t be Charles you saw yesterday because he was staying with me at that time.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions.
Question 31: Brain registered for the course. He received the scholarship right after that.
A. Brain registered for the course soon after he had received the scholarship.
B. Rather than receive the scholarship, Brain registered for the course.
C. Hardly had Brain registered for the course when he received the scholarship.
D. Receiving the scholarship actually helped Brain to register for the course
Question 32: Arnold didn’t attend Lora’s birthday party. He regrets it now.
A. Arnold would rather have attended Lora’s birthday party.
B. If Arnold attended Lora’s birthday party, he would regret it.
C. Arnold wishes he attended Lora’s birthday party.
D. Arnold regrets having attended Lora’s birthday party.
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.
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a (33) _____ foundation for a
peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. (34) _____ at the current time, 1 in 5 women and
girls between the ages of 15 and 49 have reported experiencing physical or sexual violence by an
intimate partner within a 12-month period and 49 countries currently have no laws (35) _____
women from domestic violence. Progress is occuring regarding harmful practices such as child
marriage and FGM (Female Genital Multilation), (36) _____ has declined by 30% in the past
decade, but there is still much work to be done to completely eliminate such practies.
Providing women and girls with equal (37) _____ to education, health care, decent work,
and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable
economies and benefit societies and humanity at large. Implementing new legal frameworks
regarding female equality in the workplace and the eradication of harmful practices targeted at
women is crucial to ending the gender based discrimination prevalent in many countries around
the world.
Question 33: A. necessarily B. necessity C. necessary D. necessitate
Question 34: A. Obviously B. Frankly C. Luckily D.
Unfortunately
Question 35: A. caring B. protecting C. looking D. watching
Question 36: A. which B. whose C. who D. that
Question 37: A. key B. course C. access D. connection
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 numbered blanks.
It used to be that people would drink coffee or tea in the morning to pick them up and get
them going for the day. Then cola drinks hit the market. With lots of caffeine and sugar, these
beverages soon became the pick-me-up of choice for many adults and teenagers. Now drink
companies are putting out so-called "energy drinks." These beverages have the specific aim of
giving tired consumers more energy.
One example of a popular energy drink is Red Bull. The company that puts out this
beverage has stated in interviews that Red Bull is not a thirst quencher. Nor is it meant to be a
fluid replacement drink for athletes. Instead, the beverage is meant to revitalize a tired
consumer's body and mind. In order to do this, the makers of Red Bull, and other energy drinks,
typically add vitamins and certain chemicals to their beverages. The added chemicals are like
chemicals that the body naturally produces for energy. The vitamins, chemicals, caffeine, and
sugar found in these beverages all seem like a sure bet to give a person energy.
Health professionals are not so sure, though. For one thing, there is not enough evidence
to show that all of the vitamins added to energy drinks actually raise a person's energy level.
Another problem is that there are so many things in the beverages. Nobody knows for sure how
all of the ingredients in energy drinks work together.
Dr. Brent Bauer, one of the directors at the Mayo Clinic in the US, cautions people about
believing all the claims energy drinks make. He says, “It is plausible if you put all these things
together, you will get a good result.” However, Dr. Bauer adds the mix of ingredients could also
have a negative impact on the body. “We just don't know at this point,” he says.             
(Source: Reading Challenge 2, Casey Malarcher & Andrea Janzen, Compass Publishing)
Question 38: The beverages mentioned in the first paragraph aim to give consumers________.
A. more choices B. more energy  C. more caffeine   D. more sugar
Question 39: The word “it” in the second paragraph refers to _____.
A. Red Bull B. the company    C. one example   D. thirst
quencher
Question 40: The word “plausible” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A. reasonable B. impossible    C. unlikely D. typical
Question 41: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. It has been scientifically proved that energy drinks work.
B. The makers of Red Bull say that it can revitalize a person.
C. Bauer does not seem to beleive the claims of energy drink makers.
D. Colas have been on the market longer than energy drinks.
Question 42: What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Teenagers should not choose energy drinks.
B. Red Bull is the best energy drink for athletes.
C. Caffeine is too bad for people to drink every day.
D. It is uncertain whether energy drinks are healthy.
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 numbered blanks.
Human beings are plagued by all kinds of diseases and millions of people die from them.
Many of these diseases such as diabetes, polio, whooping cough and diphtheria can be fatal and
in the past, people used to die from them. However, with modern technology and a lot of
research, scientists and doctors have come up with various ways to cure these diseases, and
consequently, many lives are saved.
In doing the medical research, doctors have come face to face with many problems. One
such problem is the opposition that comes from animal activists. They are against the inhuman
treatment of animals. They argue that in conducting their medical research, doctors put animals
through a very painful process and this should be stopped. According to the fiercest animal
activists, nothing justifies the use of animals in medical experiments, even if lives might be
saved.
To get their message across, animal activists are even willing to resort to the use of
violence. Many animal protection groups, like the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), have broken
into laboratories illegally to 'rescue' animals. They take away whatever animals they can find and
free them. These people also make their case by threatening the researchers. They vandalize
medical equipment, and in the most serious cases, they even use bombs.
In stealing the animals, the activists are actually hindering the progress of medicine. In
many cases, the animals were part of research for the cure for various diseases and visual defects
in babies. Cures for problems that people face, therefore, come slower and in the waiting period,
more people die.
Researchers have come up with many cures in the process of working with animals and
on animals. Organ transplants are so common today, but we forget they became only possible
after they were tested on animals. Doctors were able to come up with a cure for river blindness, a
disease that affects millions of people in South America and Africa. These are only a few
examples, and there are many more. In spite of what animal activists think, most researches do
not treat animals cruelly. In fact, mistreated animals which are in agony will affect the quality of
research so that results obtained are not really reliable. Thus, researchers do try to treat animals
as well as possible.
In the long run, animal activists can cause serious damage to the future of medicine. With
their persistent campaigning, much of the public supports their cause. People with AIDS or
cancer need doctors to do research to save their lives, and often it is a case where animal research
is crucial before nay cure can be found.
Question 43: The benefit of animal activists is that animals _____.
A. should experience no pain in experiments
B. must be treated well so that they can do research 
C. can be used in experiments to cure human diseases
D. should not be sacrificed in experiments
Question 44: According to paragraph 3, animal activists may resort to the use of violence _____.
A. to debate about their case B. to stand up for the researchers   

C. to cure the animals D. to defend their cause

Question 45: The phrase “resort to” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. refuse to take drastic action B. turn to something as another
choice
C. take full advantage of D. come to a decision on second
thoughts
Question 46: Thanks to tests on animals, doctor succeeded in _____.
A. treating animals as well as possible B. discovering river blindness
C. finding a cure for river blindness D. revealing what animal activists
think
Question 47: Which of the following might NOT be the purpose of doing medical research?
A. Making better medicine for the rich B. Developing medical equipment
C. Finding the cure of diseases D. Improving the well-being of
humans
Question 48: The highlighted word “they” in paragraph 5 refers to _____.
A. researchers B. animals C. many cures D. organ
transplants
Question 49: Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. Animal activists are against cruelty to animals used in research.
B. River blindness is a disease that affects millions of people.
C. Fatal diseases like diabetes and AIDS are things of the past.
D. A result of the campaign by animal activists is getting people’s support.
Question 50: Which of the following would be author probably agree with?
A. Animal activists are doing a good job for the community.
B. Organ transplants are impossible unless they are carried out on animals.
C. Animal research is essential to find a remedy for fatal diseases.
D. With modern technology, doctors can now cure all kinds of disease.
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