KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2023

ĐỀ LUYỆN 1: MÔN TIẾNG ANH

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. thief B. theme C. their D. thick
Question 2: A. different B. intelligent C. profession D. president

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. future B. prosper C. include D. venture
Question 4: A. surrender B. prestigious C. privilege D. sufficient

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: Nate couldn’t persuade Annie ______ with him on the business trip.
A. go B. going C. to go D. to going
Question 6: Staying in a hotel may cost ______ renting a room in a homestay.
A. twice as much as B. as twice much as
C. two-time more than D. twice much as
Question 7: When the robbery happened, the security guard ______! It was unbelievable!
A. slept B. was sleeping C. had slept D. was slept
Question 8: At first, no one believed she was a pilot, but her documents ______ color to her
statements.
A. provided B. got C. borrowed D. lent
Question 9: If something urgent has ______ up, please call me immediately and I will help you.
A. picked B. come C. kept D. brought
Question 10: Unless you ______look after your new car, it ______ very long.
A. don't - last B. don't - won't last C. X -won't last D. didn't - wouldn't last
Question 11: I was proud to ______ as a member of the organization.
A. choose B. chose C. being chosen D. be chosen
Question 12: She had to hand in her notice ______ advance when she decided to leave the job.
A. in B. from C. with D. to
Question 13: The equipment in our office needs ______.
A. modern B. modernizing C. modernized D. modernization
Question 14: As far as I know Jim, and according to what his mum told me about him, he hates
chess and never plays it, ______ ?
A. didn't he B. will he C. does he D. didn't she
Question 15: Oceans are home to a myriad of sea creatures, many of ______ provide humans
with sources of food.
A. whom B. which C. that D. where
Question 16: Several infrastructures ______ by the storm have been rebuilt.
A. destroys B. destroying C. destroyed D. be destroyed
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Question 17: Students and young people in Hanoi are willing to get involved in helping the old
and ______ people.
A. childlike B. childish C. children D. childless
Question 18: Luckily, I ______ a new pair of shoes since I found mine at the bottom of my
suitcase.
A. hadn't to buy B. needed not to buy
C. didn't need to buy D. needn't have bought
Question 19: It required the combined mastermind of mankind to ............... the wheel.
A. discover B. perform C. encounter D. invent

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 20: Rose is talking to Lisa when they are staying in their bedroom.
- Rose: “Would you mind turning down the speaker? I’m working!”
- Lisa: “______.”
A. Yes, I’m working, too. B. Sorry. I’ll do it now.
C. Thank you. I’m pleased. D. No, I won’t be working.
Question 21: Ann is calling to her Professor’s office to ask about the assignment.
- Ann: “Hello, I’d like to speak to Professor Phạm, please.”
- Office clerk: “______.”
A. I’m afraid I don’t know. B. Why? I’ll call again later.
C. Sorry. Can I take a rest? D. Sure, I’ll put you through.

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: The consequences of the food were disastrous due to the lack of warning.
A. physical B. damaging C. beneficial D. severe
Question 23: Tim has to burn the midnight oil in order to be well-prepared for the coming
exams.
A. go to bed early B. cram up C. work late D. skip the class

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
Question 24: Certain courses in this university are compulsory; others are optional.
A. voluntary B. free C. elective D. mandatory
Question 25: Among all students of class 12I, John has a thorough knowledge of the history of
music.
A. practical B. scientific C. profound D. wonderful

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 26: It is such a serious environmental problem that everybody is concerned about it.
A. Such is the serious environmental problem that everybody is concerned about it.

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B. So is the serious environmental problem that everybody is concerned about it.
C. So is a serious environmental problem that everybody is concerned about it.
D. Such is a serious environmental problem that everybody is concerned about it.
Question 27: My colleague helped me write the report.
A. I got my colleague to help me write the report.
B. My colleague did not want to assist me with my report.
C. I got my colleague’s report without writing.
D. I had my colleague wrote the report.
Question 28: “I have just seen your mother this morning”. Mai said to Nam.
A. Mai told Nam I have just seen your mother this morning.
B. Mai told Nam she had just seen his mother that morning.
C. Mai told Nam she has just seen his mother that morning.
D. Mai told Nam he had just seen her mother that morning.

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 29: My husband is considerable enough not to comment on my interest in doing so
many odd things in my life.
A. considerable B. on C. so D. odd
Question 30: I found it difficult to learn a new language, but I manage to take a German course
last year.
A. it B. to learn C. manage D. take
Question 31: Plastics is useful and scientists discovered their new uses during the 1950’s and
1960’s in medicine, space, research, industry, and architecture.
A. their B. uses C. and D. industry
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 32: I didn’t take his advice, so I didn’t succeed in that job.
A. If I took his advice, I would succeed in that job.
B. If I had taken his advice, I wouldn’t have succeeded in that job.
C. If I hadn’t taken his advice, I would have succeeded in that job.
D. If I had taken his advice, I would have succeeded in that job.
Question 33: She agreed to marry John. Soon afterwards, she began to have serious doubts.
A. Had she not agreed to marry John, she wouldn’t have begun to have serious doubts.
B. No sooner had she agreed to marry John than she began to have serious doubts.
C. Hardly she had agreed to marry John when she began to have serious doubts.
D. She hardly has serious doubts about John, so she agreed to marry him.

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 34 to 38.
Tribal tourism is a (34)_____ new type of tourism. It involves travelers going to remote
destinations, staying with local people and (35)_____ about their culture and way of life. They
stay in local accommodation, share facilities with local people, and join in with meals and

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celebrations. At the moment, less than one percent of holidays are tribal tourism holidays, but
this is set to change.
Tribal tourism is often compared with foreign exchange visits. (36)_____, a foreign
exchange involves staying with people who often share the same values. Tribal tourism takes
visitors to places (37)_____the lifestyle is very different from that in their home location. Those
who have been on tribal holiday explain that experiencing this lifestyle is the main (38)_____.
They say that it offers them the chance to live in a way they never have before.
(Adopted from “Complete IELTS” by Rawdon Wyatt)
Question 34: A. relative B. relatively C. relation D. related
Question 35: A. learning B. learn C. to learn D. learnt
Question 36: A. Therefore B. Consequently C. However D. Additionally
Question 37: A. who B. which C. when D. where
Question 38: A. attraction B. opportunity C. relaxation D. activity

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 39 to 43.
One day, a middle-aged man asked a taxi to take him to see Chelsea play Arsenal at
football. He told the driver "Stamford Bridge", the name of Chelsea's stadium, but he was
delivered instead to the village of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire. Of course, he missed the match.
What had happened? With the Sat-Nav system in place, the driver in this story felt he did
not need to know where he was going. He confidently outsourced the job of knowing this
information to the Sat-Nav. Using an Internet search engine takes a broadband user less than a
second. And with smartphones at hand, people will be online almost all of the time.
The same could be true of university education. Today, the average student seems not to
value general knowledge. If asked a factual question, they will usually click on a search engine
without a second thought. Actually knowing the fact and committing it to memory does not seem
to be an issue, it's the case with which we can look it up.
However, general knowledge has never been something that you acquire formally.
Instead, we pick it up from all sorts of sources as we go along, often absorbing facts without
realizing it. The question remains, then: is the Internet threatening general knowledge? When I
put that to Moira Jones, an expert in designing IQ tests, she referred me to the story of the
Egyptian god Thoth. It goes like this: Thoth offers writing as a gift to the king of Egypt,
declaring it an "elixir of memory and wisdom." But the king is horrified, and tells him: "This
invention will induce forgetfulness in the souls of those who have learned it, because they will
not need to exercise their memories, being able to rely on what is written."
Who wants to be a millionaire finalist David Swift, responding to the same question,
recognizes that there was a problem of young people saying: "I don't need to know that", but he
is far more excited about the educational potential of the Internet. "There is so much more
information out there, giving people opportunities to boost their general knowledge."
After all, the Internet might just help us to forget more and more. But meanwhile, the
continuing popularity of quizzes and game-shows shows us that general knowledge is strong
enough to remain.
(Adapted from English Unlimited by Adrian Doff and Ben Gok)

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Question 39: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. The Age of the Robot?
B. Novel Applications of the Sat Nav System
C. New Perspectives on Tertiary Education
D. The End of General Knowledge?
Question 40: Why did the middle-aged man miss the football match?
A. Because the Sat-Nav in his car was out of order
B. Because the taxi driver was over-dependent on technology
C. Because he did not remember the directions to the stadium
D. Because the search engine in the taxi failed to work
Question 41: The word outsourced in paragraph 2 mostly means
A. exchanged B. assigned C. submitted D. imposed
Question 42: The word that in paragraph 4 refers to ………..
A. general B. knowledge C. the Internet D. the question
Question 43: The word induce in paragraph 4 mostly means ……………
A. ease B. limit C. promote D. cause
Question 44: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. Young people do not seem to bother themselves with memorizing factual information.
B. General knowledge tends to have been mainly acquired through formal schooling.
C. The majority of undergraduates are reluctant to look for answers to factual questions online.
D. On being offered the gift of writing, the king of Egypt was hopeful about its potential.
Question 45: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Many universities worldwide have switched to virtual platforms for learning and teaching
B. Moira Jones is not positive about the potential of the Internet in general knowledge
acquisition.
C. When it comes to IQ tests, the ability to recall factual information is of little importance.
D. David Swift believes that informal acquisition of knowledge has been overrated these days.

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 44 to 50.
Most of us have taken a selfie at one time or another, be it a photo of ourselves in a
beautiful place, during a performance by our favorite band, or on a memorable night out with
friends. But today, more and more people are putting their lives at risk in an attempt to get the
most shocking pictures to share on social media. In several cases, this action has had disastrous
consequences.
Take, for example, the Spaniard who was killed by a bull while he was taking a selfie
during the annual bull run in a village near his hometown, or the Singaporean tourist who died
when he fell from cliffs on the coast of Bali. Such incidents have led to the death toll from selfie-
related incidents reaching double figures for the first time in 2015, overtaking the number of
victims of shark attacks.
Despite the risks, social media is full of pictures featuring near misses that could have
been fatal under other circumstances. Under the caption 'Most dangerous selfie ever', a woman
posing at a stadium can be seen narrowly avoiding being hit in the head by a baseball

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approaching her. Yet the photo has received thousands of 'likes', and the comments below it
suggest that this behavior is something to be admired.
In response to the increasing threat posed by the selfie, the authorities have started to take
action. The Russian Interior Ministry, for instance, has launched a public education campaign
advising selfie-takers against balancing on dangerous surfaces or posing with their pets, among
other things. But if instructions like this are really necessary, then perhaps it is about time we
asked ourselves which is more important, a 'like' or a life?
(Adapted from Solutions - Third Edition by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)
Question 46: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Posing with Animals
B. Dying for a Selfie
C. A Ban on Selfie-taking
D. Negative Trends in Photography
Question 47: According to paragraph 1, people try to get outrageous pictures mainly to ______.
A. warn other people
B. share them with others
C. keep lovely memories with friends
D. show off their beautiful lives
Question 48: The word overtaking in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. being less than
B. becoming greater than
C. competing with
D. becoming better than
Question 49: The word it in paragraph 3 refers to ______
A. a baseball B. the head C. the photo D. a stadium
Question 50: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Taking a selfie with pets is considered the most dangerous.
B. Pictures of near misses are popular on social media.
C. Action has been taken to warn selfie-takers against dangerous situations.
D. There was an increase in the number of selfie-related deaths in 2015.
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