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KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2023

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH

(Đề thi có 07 trang)

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Mã đề thi 401

Họ, tên thí sinh: ...............................................................................
Số báo danh: ....................................................................................

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 1:

Hong and Mike are in the school canteen.

- Hong: “______?”
- Mike: “Here you are.”
A. Can you sit here

B. Can you play basketball

C. Can you speak Japanese, please

D. Can you pass the salt, please

Question 2:

Peter and Khanh are talking about learning foreign languages.

- Peter: “I think students should learn two foreign languages when they are at school.”
- Khanh: “______. It helps them communicate with more people and broaden their minds.”
A. I quite agree with you

B. I don't think it's a good idea

C. That's not a good idea

D. I quite disagree with you

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 3:

A. post

B. cold

C. sport D. home

Question 4:

A. chorus

B. chairman

C. chicken

D.

children
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 stress in each of the following questions.
Question 5:

A. important

B. terrific

C. exciting D. confident

Question 6:

A. arrive

B. require

C. connect D. follow

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 7:

Returning home after the earthquake, Simon saw that his house was extremely

chaotic.
A. organised
Question 8:

B. tidy

C. messy

D. neat

My uncle dreams of having a new house, so he plans to save up for it.
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A. leaves

B. moves

C. intends

D. quits

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 9:

He had some business to do in a foreign country, but his company denied

responsibility to pay for his expenses.
A. accepted
Question 10:

B. refused

C. avoided

D. neglected

I think you should apologise to Mary. What you commented on her new hairstyle

yesterday was really below the belt.
A. fair and unkind

B. fair and cruel

C. fair and kind

D. cruel and kind

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 11:

The Youth International Conference ______ by a lot of young people from

around the world.
A. was attending
Question 12:
A. was driving
Question 13:

B. attended

C. attends

D. was attended

The man ______ home when his car broke down.
B. drives

C. has driven

D. is driving

Although the students in my class have been learning English for three months,

they can ______ confidently with foreigners.
A. communicative
Question 14:
A. the
Question 15:
A. younger than
Question 16:
A. are they
Question 17:

B. communicate

C. communicatively

D. communication

We have travelled to almost every tourist attraction in ______ Africa.
B. an

C. Ø (no article)

D. a

Binh is 1.80 meters tall, and Linh is 1.65 meters tall. Binh is ______ Linh.
B. older than

C. taller than

D. shorter than

Her parents are working on the farm, ______?
B. don't they

C. do they

D. aren't they

The foreign teacher was speaking so fast. Nga couldn't ______ the main contents

of his lesson.
A. call for
Question 18:

B. go on

C. note down

D. make up

The journalist is talking about having a new ______ published in the local

newspaper next week.
A. editor
Question 19:

B. documentary

C. cartoon

D. article

It's not difficult ______ her to go to work because the office is near her home.
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A. on
Question 20:

B. for

C. towards

D. to

______ a job in a small company, he turned it down and kept on applying for a

more suitable one.
A. Offered
Question 21:

B. Having offered

C. Offering

D. To offer

Before you decide to purchase that car, it is crucial that you should look into it

carefully. It's unwise to buy a pig ______.
A. in a pack
Question 22:
A. sound
Question 23:
A. to come
Question 24:

B. in a roll

C. in a rack

D. in a poke

Nam is trying to break the ______ of staying up too late.
B. habit

C. option

D. race

She promised ______ to my birthday party, but she didn't.
B. come

C. coming

D. to coming

It is uncommon for the director to ______ power to his finance manager to make

financial.
A. authorise
Question 25:

B. stimulate

C. navigate

D. delegate

We will inform you ______.

A. as soon as we have the interview result

B. as soon as we were having the interview result

C. as soon as we had the interview result

D. as soon as we had had the interview result

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 26:

The boy band had just finished their first live performance. All the audiences at

the theatre gave them a loud round of applause.
A. No matter when the boy band finished their first live performance did all the audiences at the theatre give
them a loud round of applause.
B. Had it not been for the boy band's first live performance, all the audiences at the theatre would have
given them a loud round of applause.
C. Not until all the audiences at the theatre gave them a loud round of applause did the boy band finish their
first live performance.
D. Barely had the boy band finished their first live performance when all the audiences at the theatre gave
them a loud round of applause.
Question 27:

The gold ring was expensive. I couldn't afford to buy it.

A. If the gold ring had been cheaper, I can't have afforded to buy it.
B. If the gold ring had been less expensive, I could have afforded to buy it.
C. If the gold ring had been cheaper, I couldn't have afforded to buy it.
D. If the gold ring had been more expensive, I could have afforded to buy it.
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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:

Mark started learning Spanish seven years ago.

A. Mark has learned Spanish for seven years.
B. Mark has started learning Spanish since seven years.
C. Mark has learned Spanish since he was seven years old.
D. Mark started learning Spanish when he was seven years old.
Question 29:

“I helped the old lady cross the road,” said the teacher.

A. The teacher said I helped the old lady cross the road.
B. The teacher said she helped the old lady cross the road.
C. The teacher said she would help the old lady cross the road.
D. The teacher said she had helped the old lady cross the road.
Question 30:

Students are not allowed to bring food into the computer room.

A. Students wouldn't bring food into the computer room.
B. Students won't bring food into the computer room.
C. Students mustn't bring food into the computer room.
D. Students needn't bring food into the computer room.
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 31:

Their pioneering research showed that the learning motivation of the two groups

of learners was
A
quite distinctive from each other, and the comparative group whose learning motivation was stronger
performed
B

C

better than the control group.
D
Question 32:
price.

The man bought the old painting and then resold them to a collector at a higher
A

Question 33:

B

C

D

They give a good presentation on how to adopt a green lifestyle last week.
A
B
C
D

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.
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Getting work experience is a good way for young people who are still at school to see whether they would
enjoy a particular career. Future employers like to know about their work experience (34) ______ they think is
important for them in the process of recruiting employees. And young people get the chance to consider (35)
______ possibilities for a future career with working professionals. In addition, they will find these
professionals' advice specially helpful when thinking about the different choices they will have to (36) ______.
Work experience often involves uncomfortable situations, (37) ______ people who are in such situations
can learn how to behave appropriately in front of clients and how to respond to things in the workplace.
Appearance is also important and they need to dress suitably whether they are going for a job as an engineer or
an IT specialist, or a job which is perhaps less technical but equally (38) ______, such as medical doctor or a
teacher.
(Adapted from Complete First for Schools)

Question 34:

A. who

B. which

C. when D. where

Question 35:

A. each

B. many

C. none D. one

Question 36:

A. build

B. fill

C. do

D. make

Question 37:

A. nor

B. for

C. but

D. either

Question 38:

A. confusing

B. commanding

C. demanding

D.

understanding
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.
Device-centred communication has become almost universal over the past twenty years. More than three
quarters of people in the world now own a mobile device, and more than half communicate via social
networking.
It is now hard to imagine a world without mobile devices consisting of such things as mobile phones,
laptops and tablets. They allow us to stay in touch with a large network of friends, no matter where they are.
But many experts say that communicating with a device is nothing like talking with someone in person. “Body
language, eye contact and tone of voice can tell us so much,” psychologist Mary Peters says. “And none of
those exist on a device. Even video chat removes many subtle clues.”
We don't know to what extent these technologies will permanently change the way people interact. People
will always want to meet up with others in small and large groups. Indeed, it is fair to say that social media
makes it easier than ever before for people to organise social events. However, there is still a danger that
device-centred communication may have a negative long-term impact on the way people interact with each
other on a day-to-day basis.

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We must not, therefore, lose sight of the need to focus on the actual people around us, and remember that
they deserve our real – not virtual – attention. The idea of a culture where people always have a screen between
them sounds a bit funny, because deep understanding comes when we see the reactions on other people's faces.
(Adapted from Solutions)

Question 39:

The passage is mainly about ______.

A. the development of device-centred communication
B. the impact of device-centred communication
C. the definition of device-centred communication
D. the misunderstanding of device-centred communication
Question 40:
A. mobile phones
Question 41:

The word They in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
B. tablets

C. mobile devices

D. laptops

In paragraph 2, in her statement about the advantages of communicating in

person, Mary Peters mentioned all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. body language
Question 42:
A. come down
Question 43:

B. eye contact

C. handshake

D. tone of voice

The word meet up in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
B. get together

C. get away

D. come away

According to paragraph 4, deep understanding appears when ______.

A. we communicate through social networking

B. we interact with modern technology

C. we care about our virtual friends

D. we see the reactions on the faces of other people

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.
A recent survey into how teenagers in a Southeast Asian country spend their free time has come up with
what some people regard as a surprising finding: many of those surveyed reported that they would rather stay at
home and do things indoors than go out and experience real-life adventures. One in four teenagers surveyed
believed that online experiences were as fulfilling as real life, and more than half were actually afraid of trying
new experiences. When asked about their most memorable experience over the previous ten months, nearly
30% of boys said 'playing a new video game', while 10% of all teenagers said it was watching a new TV series.
On asking for more detailed information, researchers found that 20% of boys and 22% of girls said they had
never had a real-life adventure.
It would be easy to blame technological advances for these findings. After all, today's teenagers have
many more indoor activities to choose from than did their parents. About half a century ago, children were
expected to spend more of their free time outside. But researchers do not put the blame wholly on technology.
To members of older generations, these findings are worrying, because it means that young people
increasingly rely on virtual reality and are consequently missing out on real outdoor activities such as mountain
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climbing, kayaking, etc., which have always been regarded as both enjoyable and character- building. The
surveyed adults said they thought today's youth were more protected than they had been when they were
growing up. Giving examples of this protection, more than half said they would not let their teenage children
hitchhike or go on holiday without an adult. Seven in ten said they would not even allow teenagers to get into a
taxi on their own. It is not clear whether adults believe the world is more dangerous than it used to be or
whether they do not trust today's youngsters to look after themselves.
(Adapted from Cambridge English First for Schools)

Question 44:

Which of the following can be the main idea of the passage?

A. Thorough research on teenagers' online games and outdoor activities
B. Teenagers' free-time activity preferences and adults' concerns
C. Viewpoints on teenagers' free-time adventures and online games
D. Fears and tensions encountered by teenagers and adults' concerns
Question 45:
A. frightening
Question 46:
A. movements
Question 47:
A. outdoor activities
Question 48:

The word fulfilling in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
B. satisfying

C. devastating

D. discouraging

The word advances in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
B. advantages

C. barriers

D. developments

The word they in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
B. young people

C. older generations

D. surveyed adults

According to paragraph 3, the older generations are worried about ______.

A. the young's preferences for outdoor activities

B. the young's reliance on virtual reality

C. the young's ignorance about virtual reality

D. the young's lack of indoor activities

Question 49:

Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. One fourth of the surveyed teenagers believed online experiences in their free time were as pleasing as
real life.
B. The older generations surveyed thought that today's teenagers were more protected than they had been.
C. The majority of teenagers surveyed enjoyed real outdoor activities in their leisure time.
D. Researchers do not put all the blame on technology for causing teenagers' lack of real-life experiences.
Question 50:

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. Many adults think that the present world is as dangerous as it used to be.
B. Many adults are doubtful about their children's ability to take care of themselves.
C. Virtual life is considered to be more and more challenging for teenagers in the present world.
D. The majority of teenagers surveyed believed virtual reality was as interesting as the real life.

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