Cô Vũ Thị Mai Phương CHUẨN BỊ TRƯỚC KÌ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
Trang 1Cô Vũ Thị Mai Phương
CHUẨN BỊ TRƯỚC KÌ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
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
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
agricultural production
hardworking at school
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Trang 2Question 15 The director was his anger by being aggressive towards his employees
A can’t have been B should have been C must have been D needn’t have been
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions
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
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
- Lucy: “Wow Your new bag looks so nice!” - Linda: “ ”
- Luke: “Life at university is worse than I thought.”
- Peter: “ _ I’ve always been under pressure to meet the deadline.”
Trang 3Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30
ARTHRITIS
Arthritis is a general term for aches and pains in the body's joints Most types of arthritis involve the deterioration of cartilage, (26) _ is an essential material covering the ends of the bones in the joint When the healthy cartilage wears out, it becomes rough and this causes (27) when the joint moves This condition is more common among the elderly, but (28) _ people can be sufferers from childhood Apart from traditional painkillers, little or no treatment is available (29) , ambitious scientists have designed artificial joints that can replace the painful, worn-out ones These new joints could prove very (30) _ to arthritis sufferers Although some believe that joint replacement may be costly, numerous patients are anxiously waiting for this medical breakthrough
(Adapted from Use of English B2 for All Exams by E Moutsou)
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
Almost everybody has had acne Acne, also known as pimples or zits, is a normal part of growing up When kids reach puberty, their bodies experience many changes As the levels of hormones in teenagers’ bodies change, teenagers frequently develop pimples Additionally, many people continue to have pimples after puberty What can a teenager or an adult do to cure pimples? Unfortunately, many cures people think will work on pimples are really just myths
Many people believe that popping pimples is the best way to get rid of them Popping a pimple will
actually push the germs further under the skin, which can cause more redness and pain, or even turn into an infection For that reason, doctors who specialize in skin problems normally encourage people not to pop their pimples Also, do you think that washing your face frequently will help get rid of pimples? Of
course, washing your face is a good idea, but washing your face too much could irritate the skin more,
making the pimples even worse
Another widely believed myth is that not wearing makeup can help reduce a person’s chance of developing pimples In fact, some kinds of makeup or face creams actually have special medicine in them to fight pimples As a result, not all of them are bad for you
Another myth is that stress can cause acne Stress comes in many forms, like a big exam at school or problems with friends While it is true that stress can cause a person’s skin to create extra oil, this extra oil does not necessarily cause more pimples
(Adapted from Reading Challenge 2nd Edition by Casey Malarcher and Andrea Janzen)
Trang 4Question 32 According to paragraph 1, what is indicated about pimples?
A Pimples are not a problem for most teenagers
B Babies can develop pimples if their levels of hormones increase
C Pimples only appear when people reach 30
D Both adults and teenagers can get pimples
B We can totally avoid stress at school which causes pimples
C Washing your face too much can help get rid of pimples easily
D Several types of face creams can be helpful in curing pimples
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
When stand-up comedian Nat Luurtsema hit the ripe old age of 28, she found herself living back in
her parents' house in the Hertfordshire town of Watford For six long months she languished amid the
boy-band posters of her childhood bedroom, and traipsed round, like a reluctant toddler, after her mum in the supermarket 'When I moved back I really felt I had messed up, she says 'I was so lonely I started blogging about it That turned out to be my saving grace Loads of people started getting in touch saying they were in the same position; I even had emails from high-flying corporate managers saying they were back with mum The response was amazing I stumbled upon a zeitgeist.' Luurisema, it soon became clear, was part of a 'boomerang generation' - the group of young adults who have found themselves returning to the family nest
According to parenting expert Sue Atkins, the nature of the experience is dictated by how well a new set of boundaries is established, "Given the chance, these young adults will revert back to being teenagers again, he claims In order to stop any regression, Atkins proposes that parents say 'This is a new phase of
your life now and it's going to be different.' 'They have to sit down and have a conversation about them
paying their way and what is acceptable and what is not Then follow up on it and make sure they're not taken for a ride
It's interesting that, whatever the circumstances, everyone Nat talked to had a firm moving out date usually within a year-and-a-half-both for their own sanity and to avoid imposing on their parents For Luurtsema, it was around the six-month mark that she knew her time in Watford had to come to an end Actress Gemma Swead, 27, moved back in with her parents after she'd been working in Los Angeles for three years Having now been with them for a year and a half, she says 'There was no question about me going back In fact, it was just kind of assumed I would I am very, very close to both parents She
set-concedes, however, that the fact that they want to know everything - not in a controlling way - means
they can get a little bit on top of me If I'm down, they will want to know if everything is all right And they repeat things just to make sure I've heard So now, if one of them asks me the same question more than once I just pretend I didn't hear it But at the same time I wouldn't change any of it Right now I am totally focused on my career I wouldn't be able to do what I'm trying to do without them.”
Trang 5It does make you wonder what impact this might have in the future Are we heading for an era where adolescence stretches right through the twenties? Are these "kids' going to be holding down jobs while still getting their shirts washed and meals cooked? Or will it create a new, modern family structure with stronger, more adult bonds between generations and a chance for some of your parents' terrible memories of you as a stroppy teen to be extinguished?
(Adapted from Ready for Advanced by Roy Norris, Amanda French with Miles Hordern)
B Back to the Nest
D Living with Parents without Moving
living at home, she _
A felt reluctant about revealing all her personal details
B was surprised to be contacted by people she knew from work
C felt humiliated by some of the comments she received
D was relieved to discover that others were in a same situation
A Nat Luurtsema was totally comfortable when she moved back to live with her parents
B Sue Atkins maintains that adults who move back in with their parents tend to behave immaturely
C Gemma Swead resents the way her parents attempt to restrict her personal freedom
D People who talked to Nat Luurtsema were reluctant to move out of their parents’ home
A Gemma Swead had never expected to live with her parents again once she had left
B Young adults in the future will become more lethargic when living with their parents
C The significance of parental role will eventually diminish in years to come
D Living arrangements in the future may mean that the relationship between parents and adult children improves
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
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Trang 6Question 45 Some readers opine that while suspension plays a major part in a story, knowing the ending can make the process of reading more pleasurable
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
A I didn’t finish the test as quickly as Tim
B I finished the test much more quickly than Tim
C Tim finished the test more slowly than me
D Tim was the quickest person to finish the test
A Max said to Becca he didn’t deliberately hear your story
B Max told Becca he hadn’t deliberately heard her story
C Max told Becca he had deliberately heard your story
D Max said Becca he hadn’t deliberately heard her story
A It was assumed that burning fossil fuels triggers climate change
B People assume that climate change would be caused by burning fossil fuels
C Burning fossil fuels is assumed to derive from climate change
D Climate change is assumed to result from burning fossil fuels
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
A If only Phillip had used his phone during the exam
B Phillip regrets having used his phone during the exam
C Phillip would regret it unless he used his phone during the exam
D If Phillip didn’t use his phone during the exam, he wouldn’t regret it now
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C In view of their decision to mass-produce organic foods, consumer demand for them was very great