Đề thi thử THPT Quốc Gia môn Tiếng Anh có đáp án ( đề 12 ) - cô Hoàng Xuân

Đề luyện thi THPT Quốc Gia - Năm 2023 - Đề 12 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài : 60phút Gv: Cô Hoàng Xuân
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. initiate B. ideal C. item D. identify Question 2: A. holiday B. honest C. height D. hobby
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. number B. assure C. travel D. rapid Question 4: A. catastrophe B. agriculture C. dictionary D. supervisor
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: The conference was organized for all of the ________ teachers in the city. A. history B. historic C. historical D. historian
Question 6: He ______ the plants. If he had, they wouldn’t have died.
A. needn’t have watered
B. can’t have watered C. shouldn’t water D. must have watered
Question 7: Remember to appreciate what your friends do for you. You shouldn’t take them ______. A. as a rule B. as usual C. out of habit D. for granted
Question 8: ________ in the diet is especially important for vegetarians.
A. Enough protein is obtained
B. Obtaining enough protein
C. They obtain enough protein
D. By obtaining enough protein
Question 9: Luggage may be placed here ______ the owner’s risk. A. at B. by C. under D. with
Question 10: Red Ribbon Week, a national campaign to keep young people from using drugs, ________. A. Annually in October
B. annually in October each year
C. takes place annually in October
D. taking place annually in October
Question 11: Hundreds of workers have been ______ due to financial problems at the factory. A. sacked B. retired C. resigned D. made redundant
Question 12: _____ we expected, the new manager failed to do much to change the firm’s financial situations. A. As B. That C. So D. Such
Question 13: Old people like the slow ______ of life in the countryside. Trang 1

A. step B. speed C. space D. pace
Question 14: How ______ sugar do you want? – Not _____, just ______. A. many/many/little
C. much/ much/ a little B. many/many/a few D. much/ much/ few
Question 15: Not until about a century after Julius Caesar landed in Britain _____ actually conquer the island. A. the Romans did B. did the Romans C. the Romans D. the Romans had
Question 16: What a pity I was away! If only the fax _______ me an hour earlier. A. did reach B. would reach C. reached D. had reached
Question 17: Carbon dioxide may be absorbed by trees or water bodies, or it may stay in the atmosphere
when ______, while it is only in the atmosphere that chloroflouro carbons find their home.
A. by releasing emissions from cars
B. released from car emissions
C. cars that release emissions
D. emissions are released by cars
Question 18: I’ll give this dictionary to _____ wants to have it. A. anyone B. whatever C. everyone D. whoever
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.
Question 19: A: “It’s very kind of you to help me out, John.”
- B: “______________________________”
A. You can say that again.
B. I’m glad you like it.
C. That’s the least I could do. D. Thanks a million.
Question 20: Helen: “Would you rather go to the beach or to the mountains? - Kim: “___________”.
A. That’s very nice of you.
B. The beach definitely. C. I’d love to go.
D. Thanks for the mountains.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21: Although he is recognized as one of the most brilliant scientists in his field, Professor
White cannot seem to make his ideas understood in class. A. get his ideas down B. recall his ideas C. summarize his ideas
D. get his ideas across
Question 22: His plan was rejected because it just wasn’t feasible. A. unrealistic B. inconceivable C. attainable D. attractive
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 23: We have achieved considerable results in the economic field, such as high economic
growth, stability and significant poverty alleviation over the past few years. Trang 2

A. eradication B. aggravation C. prevention D. reduction
Question 24: I take my hat off to all those people who worked hard to get the contract. A. admire B. congratulate C. treasure D. disregard
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 25 to 29.
It is true that keeping fit will benefit a person’s health in many ways. It has become clear in recent years,
that a large number of people are doing less and less exercise and this is now causing many serious
illnesses, putting a strain on doctors and hospitals. However, some experts believe that too much exercise
can do just as much (25) ________.
Although it is true that moderate exercise such as walking can be very beneficial to a person’s health, it is
not the only one factor (26) _______ keeps us healthy. Diet is also extremely important and I would argue
that it is probably even more important than exercise, although the ideal is for both of these factors to
work together. It seems to me that many people are unwilling to put in the effort required to become fitter.
(27)_______, too much exercise can also cause problems. So people are urged to take moderate exercise
and eat moderately healthily rather than embarking on extreme diets and training. In too many instances,
ultra-fit people have had heart attacks or dropped down dead.
In all, governments need to find ways of (28) ________ people to take responsibility for their own health.
People need to realize that eating healthy food does not have to cost a (29) ________, nor is it difficult to
prepare healthy meals themselves. People need to be better educated about their health. Question 25. A. ruin B. destruction C. damage D. hurt Question 26. A. who B. when C. which D. what Question 27. A. For example B. However C. Therefore D. In fact Question 28. A. motivating B. motivational C. motivate D. motivation Question 29. A. benefit B. wealth C. treasure D. fortune
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 30 to 34.
A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker. The first is the broad area of
communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, communicating with a group
or an individual and specialized communication through performance. A person conveys thoughts and
ideas through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the
rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms that are flowing and regular or
uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group,
a person's tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. At interpersonal levels, the tone
may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may belie them. Here, the
participant„s tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, lack of
concern or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which are usually discernible by the Trang 3


acute listener. Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own
techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture. The motivation derived from the text, and in the
case of singing, the music, in combination with the performer's skills, personality, and ability to create
empathy will determine the success of artistic, political, or pedagogic communication.
Second, the voice gives psychological clues to a person's self-image, perception of others, and emotional
health. Self-image can be indicated by a tone of voice that is confident, pretentious, shy, aggressive,
outgoing, or exuberant, to name only a few personality traits. Also the sound may give a clue to the
facade or mask of that person, for example, a shy person hiding behind an overconfident front. How a
speaker perceives the listener's receptiveness, interest, or sympathy in any given conversation can
drastically alter the tone of presentation, by encouraging or discouraging the speaker. Emotional health is
evidenced in the voice by free and melodic sounds of the happy, by constricted and harsh sound of the
angry, and by dull and lethargic qualities of the depressed.
Question 30: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The function of the voice in performance
B. Communication styles
C. The connection between voice and personality
D. The production of speech
Question 31: What does the author mean by staring that, "At interpersonal levels, tone may reflect ideas
and feelings over and above the words chosen"?
A. Feelings are expressed with different words than ideas are.
B. The tone of voice can carry information beyond the meaning of words.
C. A high tone of voice reflects an emotional communication.
D. Feelings are more difficult to express than ideas.
Question 32: The word "Here" in the passage refers to ________.
A. interpersonal interactions B. the tone C. ideas and feelings D. words chosen
Question 33: The word "derived" in line 13 is closest in meaning to ________. A. prepared B. registered C. discussed D. obtained
Question 34: According to the passage, an overconfident front may hide _______. A. hostility B. shyness C. friendliness D. strength
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 35 to 42.
By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice was
still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the
growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers
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freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York,
Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their
own use. This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the
modern refrigerator, had been invented.
Making an efficient ice box was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth
century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was
rudimentary. The commonsense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting
was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early
efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not
until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and
circulation needed for an efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track.
He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown
was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he
found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a
premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox,
Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.
Question 35: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The influence of ice on the diet
B. The development of refrigeration
C. The transportation of goods to market
D. Sources of ice in the nineteenth century
Question 36: According to the passage, when did the word "icebox" become part of the language of the United States? A. In 1803
B. Sometime before 1850
C. During the Civil War
D. Near the end of the nineteenth century
Question 37: The phrase "forward-looking" in line 4 is closest in meaning to ______. A. progressive B. popular C. thrifty D. well-established
Question 38: The author mentions “fish” because _________.
A. many fish dealers also sold ice
B. fish was shipped in refrigerated freight cars
C. fish dealers were among the early commercial users of ice
D. fish was not part of the ordinary person's diet before the invention of the icebox
Question 39: The word "it" in the first paragraph refers to ________. A. fresh meat B. the Civil War C. ice D. a refrigerator
Question 40: According to the passage, which of the following was an obstacle to the development of the icebox? Trang 5