MINH NHÍ-MINH PHÁT KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2023

Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

ĐỀ SỐ 2 Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
(Đề thi có 04 trang)

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. scholar B. charity C. chemistry D. chaos
Question 2: A. intend B. compete C. medal D. defend
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. purchase B. ladder C. forest D. police
Question 4: A. organize B. devastate C. sacrifice D. deliver
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: Tom, _________ from the company, is now facing legal charges.
A. was fired B. fired C. firing D. was firing
Question 6: Playing basketball is _______ than playing badminton.
A. easier B. most easy C. the easiest D. more easy
Question 7: You will receive an automatic email notification ________.
A. as soon as you completed your online profile
B. once your profile is available online
C. after your profile will be available online
D. when you finished your online profile
Question 8: I'm not really interested _______ watching horror movies.
A. in B. on C. about D. of
Question 9: The number of rare animals is decreasing so rapidly, ________ ?
A. is it B. isn't it C. doesn't it D. does it
Question 10: She needs __________ new phone because her old one was broken.
A. Ø (no article) B. an C. the D. a
Question 11: If you put your money in a bank now, you may get 8% _______ annually.
A. interest B. profit C. money D. income
Question 12: I could hear voices but I couldn't ________ what they were saying.
A. bring about B. turn up C. try out D. make out
Question 13: John is planning ___________ to the gym after work today.
A. go B. to go C. going D. went
Question 14: Could I pick your _______ on the subject before the meeting?
A. intellect B. head C. mind D. brains
Question 15: When the old man ________ past the park, he saw some children playing football.
A. was walking B. is walking C. walked D. walks
Question 16: I didn’t _______ to see my aunt when I was in Paris.
A. take B. make C. get D. meet
Question 17: The application form ________ to the university before May 31st.
A. must send B. must be sending C. sent D. must be sent
Question 18: Rapid ________ happened during the period of industrialization in Europe and North
America the 19th and early 20" centuries.
 A. urbanized B. urbanize C. urbanization D. urbanizing
Question 19: The judge _______ the pedestrian for the accident.
A. accused B. charged C. sued D. blamed
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: Maria and Alex are talking about the environment.
- Maria: “Our environment is getting more and more polluted. Do you think so?”
- Alex: “ ________ . It's really worrying.”
A. I don't think so. B. I'll think about that.
C. I don't agree D. I can't agree with you more.
Question 21: A student is asking the librarian to help her to fax a report.
- Student: “Could you help me to fax this report?”
- Librarian: “ ________ ”
A. Certainly, what's the fax number? B. It's very kind of you to say so.
C. Sorry, I have no idea. D. What rubbish! I don't think it's helpful.
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: With the final examinations coming very soon his anxiety was rising to almost unbearable limits.
A. joy B. boredom C. confidence D. apprehension
Question 23: He was too wet behind the ears to be in charge of such a difficult task.
A. full of sincerity B. full of experience
C. without money D. lack of responsibility
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: The natives were angry when the foreigners came to their country and took over their land.
A. tourists B. migrants C. members D. locals
Question 25: I am now reconciled with two of my estranged siblings - not just my older brother, but my sister,
whom I hadn't spoken to for 17 years,
A. opposed B. contactable C. truthful D. harmonized
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: I am pretty sure Dan is at home because the lights are on
A. Dan may be at home because the lights are on
B. Dan needn't be at home because the lights are on.
C. Dan can't be at home because the lights are on
D. Dan must be at home because the lights are on
Question 27: We last visited my uncle two years ago
A. We have two years to visit my uncle.
B. We have visited my uncle for two years,
C. We haven't visited my uncle for two years.
D. We didn't visit my uncle two years ago.
Question 28: "I met her two days ago," said Tim
A. Tim said that he had met her two days before.
B. Tim said that he had met her two days ago
C. Tim said that I met her two days before
D. Tim said that I met her two days ago
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: Most workers seem to be happy with its new working conditions.
A B C D
Question 30: My mother and her friends always went out together every weekend.
A B C D
Question 31: The party has won a historical victory at the polls.
A B C D

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: My father wants to help me with the assignments. He doesn't have time.
A. If my father had had time, he could help me with the assignments.
B. Provided my father has time, he cannot help me with the assignments.
C. My father wishes he had time so that he could help me with the assignments.
D. If only my father had time, he couldn't help me with the assignments.
Question 33: She tested positive for Covid-19. She isolated herself to protect other people in her community.
A. Had she tested positive for Covid-19, she would have isolated herself to protect other people in her
community,
B. Not only did she test positive for Covid-19 but she also isolated herself to protect other people in her
community.
C. Only when had she tested positive for Covid-19, she isolated herself to protect other people in her
community.
D. No sooner had she tested positive for Covid-19 than she isolated herself to protect other people in her
community.
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.
CITIES GOING GREEN
As more and more people concentrate in cities, planners are looking for ways to transform cities into better
living spaces, (34) ________ can be done by improving existing infrastructure while also creating more public
(35) ________ that are both beautiful and green. This can be hard to accomplish, especially in cities with a
haphazard fashion. Some cities have been created with the idea of a green city as the goal.
One such city, Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates, aims to become a model for (36) ________ cities to
follow. It is being known as a truly green city that relies strictly on renewable sources such as solar energy to
provide all of its energy needs. (37) ________ , it will be a zero waste city in which everything that is used can be
recycled. Whether it will truly (38) ________ its goal remains to be seen, but it will also act as an experiment for
environmentally friendly areas to be tested.
Question 34: A. why B. when C. which D. that
Question 35: A. rooms B. places C. spaces D. breaks
Question 36: A. other B. every C. one D. another
Question 37: A. Therefore B. In addition C. although D. However
Question 38: A. accompany B. access C. account D. accomplish
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.
Culture is the lens with which we evaluate everything around us; we evaluate what is proper or improper,
normal or abnormal, through our culture. If we are immersed in a culture that is unlike our own, we may
experience culture shock and become disoriented when we come into contact with a fundamentally different
culture. People naturally use their own culture as the standard to judge other cultures; however, having our own
judgment could lead us to discriminate other cultural values which are different from our own because we do not
understand them.
Cultural diversity is important because our country, workplaces, and school increasingly consist of various
cultural, racial, and ethnic groups. We can learn from one another, but first we must have a level of understanding
about each other in order to facilitate collaboration and cooperation. Learning about other cultures helps us
understand different perspectives within the world in which we live and helps dispel negative stereotypes and
personal biases about different groups.
 In addition, cultural diversity helps us recognize and respect "ways of being" that are not necessarily our own,
so that we interact with others, we can build bridges to trust, respect, and understanding across cultures.
Furthermore, this diversity makes our country a more interesting place to live, as people from diverse cultures
contribute language skills, new ways of thinking, new knowledge, and different experiences.
(Adapted from https://www.purdueglobal.edu/)
Question 39: Which could be the best title for the passage?
A. How can we learn from culture? B. What is the function of culture?
C. How do people use own culture? D. Why is cultural diversity a "good thing"?
Question 40: The word "which" in paragraph 1 refers to ________
A. cultural values B. other cultures C. judgment D. standard
Question 41: Which of the following is TRUE about the main reason for discrimination?
A. Making judgment B. Immersed in a culture
C. Valuating everything D. Contacting with a different culture
Question 42: The word "dispel" in paragraph 2 mostly means ________
A. realize B. remove C. contain D. discuss
Question 43: According to the passage, which of the following do people from diverse cultures NOT contribute
to a country?
A. new ways of thinking B. a more interesting place
C. language skills D. different experiences
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
If you go back far enough, everything lived in the sea. At various points in evolutionary history, enterprising
individuals within many different animal groups moved out onto the land, sometimes even to the most parched
deserts, taking their own private seawater with them in blood and cellular fluids. In addition to the reptiles, birds,
mammals and insects which we see all around us, other groups that have succeeded out of water include
scorpions, snails, crustaceans such as woodlice and land crabs, millipedes and centipedes, spiders and various
worms. And we mustn’t forget the plants, without whose prior invasion of the land, none of the other migrations
could have happened.
Moving from water to land involved a major redesign of every aspect of life, including breathing and
reproduction. Nevertheless, a good number of thoroughgoing land animals later turned around, abandoned their
hard-earned terrestrial re-tooling, and returned to the water again. Seals have only gone part way back. They show
us what the intermediates might have been like, on the way to extreme cases such as whales and dugongs. Whales
(including the small whales we call dolphins) and dugongs, with their close cousins, the manatees, ceased to be
land creatures altogether and reverted to the full marine habits of their remote ancestors. They don’t even come
ashore to breed. They do, however, still breathe air, having never developed anything equivalent to the gills of
their earlier marine incarnation. Turtles went back to the sea a very long time ago and, like all vertebrate
returnees to the water, they breathe air. However, they are, in one respect, less fully given back to the water than
whales or dugongs, for turtles still lay their eggs on beaches.
There is evidence that all modem turtles are descended from a terrestrial ancestor which lived before most of
the dinosaurs. There are two key fossils called Proganochelys quenstedti and Palaeochersis talampayensis dating
from early dinosaur times, which appear to be close to the ancestry of all modem turtles and tortoise. You might
wonder how we can tell whether fossil animals lived in land or in water, especially if only fragments are found.
Sometimes it’s obvious. Ichthyosaurs were reptilian contemporaries of the dinosaurs, with fins and streamlined
bodies. The fossils look like dolphins and they surely lived like dolphins, in the water. With turtles it is a little less
obvious. One way to tell is by measuring the bones of their forelimbs.
Question 44: Which of the following best serves as the main idea for the passage?
A. The relationship between terrestrial species and marine creatures.
B. The reasons why species had to change their living place.
C. The evidences of the time marine animals moved to land.
D. The evolution of marine species in changing places to live.
Question 45: As mentioned in paragraph 2, which of the following species returned to the water least completely?
 A. Manatees B. Whales C. Dugongs D. Turtles
Question 46: The word “ceased” in paragraph 2 mostly means _______.
A. got familiar B. soon became
C. stopped happening or existing D. began to happen or exist
Question 47: The word “incarnation” in paragraph 2 could be best replaced by _______.
A. evolution B. ancestor C. natural selection D. embodiment
Question 48: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Apart from breathing and breeding, marine species were expected to change nothing to live on land.
B. Seals are able to live on land and in the water.
C. Some terrestrial habits were remained when the species reverted to water life.
D. Proganochelys quenstedti and Palaeochersis talampayensis appear to be close to the ancestry of all modern
turtles and tortoise.
Question 49: What does the word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. dolphins B. fragments C. ichthyosaurs D. turtles
Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. it’s clear to determine the living places of all species through the fragments found
B. the body features of the fossil animals help scientists to distinguish the terrestrial and marine species
C. turtles’ ancestor and dinosaurs became extinct contemporarily
D. the fossils of turtles and tortoises might have the similar appearances with dolphins

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Question 11: By depositing his money into a savings account, he can earn 5% interest annually.
Question 12: I couldn't make out what the speaker was saying because the microphone was too far away.
Question 14: I'd love to pick your mind about your experiences traveling around the world.
Question 16: I'd I got to meet my favorite actor at the movie premiere.
Question 19: My boss blamed me for the mistake in the report, even though it wasn't my fault.
Question 22: The thought of giving a speech in front of a large audience filled me with anxiety.
Question 23: The new intern is talented, but still wet behind the ears when it comes to the company's
procedures and policies.
Question 24: The natives of the island were friendly and welcoming to the tourists.
Question 25: After a long period of disagreement, the two sides finally reconciled their differences and
reached a compromise.

BẢNG KIỂM TRA BÀI

1. interest rate:_____________
2. make _________ = understand
3. bring _________: gây ra
4. turn up:_________________
5. try out:_________________
6. Pick someone's __________: xin lời khuyên của ai
7. ____________to do sth = have the opportunity to do sth
8. __________ somebody for something:khiển trách, đỗ lỗi
9. anxiety: ____________
10. wet behind the ____________ quá non nớt; ít kinh nghiệm
11. native: ___________
12. migrant: ___________
13. tourist:____________
14. reconcile
15. historical: ________________________ / historic: ________________________
16. accomplish: _______________