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Đề 2
KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
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. adventure	 	B. future	C. mature	D. figure
Question 2: A. young 	B. plough 	C. couple 	D. cousin
 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. open	B. happen	C. offer	D. begin
Question 4: A. difficulty 	B. simplicity 	C. discovery 	D. commodity 
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 5: I didn’t feel like to go to church this morning because it was raining hard
 A B C D
Question 6: Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
	A B C D
Question 7: The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted for the insight, poetic style, and sensitive she 
A	B	 C
demonstrates in her works.
 D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
Question 8. He managed to climb over the wall without ______ .
	A. seeing	B. being seen 	 C. to see	D. to be seen.
Question 9: My responsibility is to _________ my little brothers. 
	A. take care of	B. join hands	C. take over	D. work together
Question 10: In Vietnam, two or more ________ may live in a home. 
	 A. generations	B. generous	 C. generation	D. generators
Question 11: __________ candidates are likely to succeed in job interviews. 
	 A. Nervous 	B. Self-conscious 	 C. Self-doubt 	D. Self-confident 
Question 12: A good essay must _______contain enough interesting ideas and specific exam but also have good organization. 
	A. in addition 	B. either 	C. not only	D. as well 
Question 13: She should ___________ in the garage when we came around, which would explain why she didn't hear the bell.
	A. work 	B. be working 	C. have worked	D. have been working
Question 14: The choir stood in four rows according to their ________ heights.
	A. respected	B. respective	C. respectable	D. respectful
Question 15: No longer__________ cut the grass. I have just bought a lawn mower.
 A. do I have to 	B. I do have to	C. I have to	D. have I do to
Question 16: My cousin obviously didn't _____ much of an impression on you if you can't remember meeting her.
	A. do	B. make	C. create	D. build
Question 17: It was very difficult to _______ what he was saying about the noise of the traffic.
	A. pick up	B. make up	C. turn out	D. make out
Question 18: I was glad when he said that his car was __________.
	A. for my use	B. at my disposal	C. for me use	D. at my use
Question 19: ____ the exception ____ the little baby, everybody in my family has to jog every morning.
 A. With / to	B. With / of	C. In / of	D. By / of
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 20: : John: "Congratulations! You did great. Mary: - " ___________.”
	 A. It’s nice of you to say so. B. It’s my pleasure. C. You’re welcome.	D. That’s okay.
Question 21: Minh : " My first English test was not as good as I expected " Thomas : " _________."
A. Good Heavens! 	 B. Never mind , better job next time! 
 C. That's brilliant enough!	D. It's okay . Don't worry
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 22: I’m a bit wary of giving people my address when I don’t know them very well.
	A. cautious	B. upset 	C. willing 	D. capable 
Question 23. I received housing benefit when I was unemployed.
	A. out of work 	B. out of fashion 	C. out of order D. out of practice
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 24: “That is a well-behaved boy whose behaviour has nothing to complain about” 
 A. good behavior	B. behaving improprely	 C. behaving nice	D. behaving cleverly
Question 25: After five days on trial, the court found him innocent of the crime and he was released.
	A. benevolent 	B. innovative 	C. naive	D. guilty
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 started working for the company a year ago. 
A. I’ve been in this company a year ago. 	
B. It’s a year since I started working for the company. 
C. It’s the company that I started work a year ago. 	
D. It’s a year that I work for the company. 
Question 27: My sister didn’t leave the car key, so I couldn’t pick her up at the airport. 
	A. If my sister left the car key, I would pick her up at the airport. 
	B. If my sister had left the car key, I would have picked her up at the airport. 
	C. If my sister have left the car key, I would have picked her up at the airport. 
	D. If my sister had left the car key, I could pick her up at the airport. 
Question 28: They went out in spite of the heavy rain. 
A. Although it rains heavily, they went out. 
B. Although it rained heavy, they went out. 
C. Although it rained heavily, they went out. 
D. Although it rains heavy, they went out. 
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 29: I received a letter this morning. It really upset me. 
A. I received a letter this morning really upset me. 
B. I received a letter this morning which really upset me. 
C. I received a letter this morning in which really upset me. 
D. I received a letter this morning from which really upset me.
Question 30: We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.
We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.
Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.
We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.
We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet from 31 to 35. 
Environmental Concerns
	Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (31) _____ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world carries on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (32) _____ resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (33) _____ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover completely. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a result, the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (34) _____ increasingly heavy demands on it. 
	The Earth's natural resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (35) _____ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources, they will go indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.
Question 31: A. Although 	B. Yet 	 C. Still 	D. Despite
Question 32: A. individual 	 B. alone 	 C. very 	D. solitary 
Question 33: A. neither 	 B. sooner 	 C. rather	D. either 
Question 34: A. making 	 B. doing 	 C. having 	D. taking 
Question 35: A. maintain	 B. stay 	 C. hold 	D. keep 
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. 
 Ocean water plays an indispensable role in supporting life. The great ocean basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amount, about 80,000 cubic miles of water are sucked into the atmosphere each year by evaporation and returned by precipitation and drainage to the ocean. More than 24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the continents. This vast amount is required to replenish the lakes and streams, springs and water tables on which all flora and fauna are dependent. Thus, the hydrosphere permits organic existence.
 The hydrosphere has strange characteristics because water has properties unlike those of any other liquid. One anomaly is that water upon freezing expands by about 9 percent, whereas most liquids contract on cooling. For this reason, ice floats on water bodies instead of sinking to the bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere would soon be frozen solidly, except for a thin layer of surface melt water during the summer season. Thus, all aquatic life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm and cold currents, which moderates climate, would be notably absent.
 Another outstanding charateristic of water is that water has a heat capacity which is the highest of all liquids and solids except ammonia. This characterisitc enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat, thereby often preventing climatic extremes. In addition, water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. It is this characteristic which helps make oceans a great storehouse for minerals which have been washed down from the continents. In several areas of the world these minerals are being commercially exploited. Solar evaporation of salt is widely practised, potash is extracted from the Dead Sea, and magnesium is produced from sea water along the American Gulf Coast.
Question 36: The author’s main purpose in this passage is to ___________.
A. illustrate the importance of conserving water B. describe the properties and uses of water
C. compare water with other liquids D. explain how water is used in commerce and industry
Question 37: The phrase “this vast amount” in line 4 of paragraph 1 refers to __________ .
A. 80,000 million cubic miles of water	B. 24,000 cubic miles of rain
C. 80,000 cubic miles of water	D. 300 million cubic miles of water
Question 38: The word “replenish” in paragraph 1 can best replaced by ________ .
A. fill again	B. replace	C. evaporate	D. form
Question 39: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characterisitic of water?
A. Water can absorb heat	B. Water is good solvent.
C. Water contracts on cooling	D. Water expands when it is frozen
Question 40: The word “outstanding” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________ 
 A. exceptionally good	 B. special	C. amusing	D. important
Question 41: The author organizes the passage by _______.
A. juxtaposition of true and untrue ideas	B. comparison and contrast
C. general statement followed by examples	D. hypothesis and proof
Question 42: Which of the following statements would be the most likely to begin the paragraph immediately following the passage?
A. Water has the ability to erode land
B. Droughts and flooding are two types of disasters associated with water
C. Another remarkably property of ice is its strength
D. Magnesium is widely used in metallurgical processes
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 43 to 50. 
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own". 
 	In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields: cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a-year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers-and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. 
Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years ahead.
Question 43: What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the business world.
B.The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
C. Women are better at small business than men are.
D. Women today are opening more business of their own.
Question 44: The word “excluded” is closest meaning to _________ .
A. not permitted in B. often invited to C. decorators of D. charged admission to
Question 45: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business world EXCEPT _________ .
A.Women were required to stay at home with their families.
B. Women lacked ability to work in business.
C.Women faced discrimination in business.
D.Women were not trained in business.
Question 46: The word “that” refers to _________. 
A. a woman becomes chairman of the board. 
B. Women working hard
C. Women achieving advanced degrees 
D. Women believing that business is a place for them.
Question 47: According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s _________ .
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.
B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
D. were unable to work hard enough to success in business.
Question 48: The author mentions the “ shoesbox under the bed” in order to _________ .
A. Show the frugality of women in business
B. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig
C. Point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig’s business were limited
D. suggest that the company needed to expand
Question 49: The expression “ keep tabs on” is closest meaning to _________ .
A. recognize the appearance of B. keep records of
C. provide transportation for D. pay the salaries of
Question 50: It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that business operated by women are small because ________ .
A. Women prefer a small intimate setting. B. Women can’t deal with money.
C. Women are not able to borrow money easily. D. many women fail at large businesses.
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ĐÁP ÁN Đề 2
KỲ THI TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG QUỐC GIA NĂM 2017
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
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: C. mature	
Question 2: B. plough 	
 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: D. begin
Question 4: A. difficulty 
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 5: I didn’t feel like to go to church this morning because it was raining hard
 A B C D
Question 6: Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
	A B C D
Question 7: The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted for the insight, poetic style, and sensitive she 
A	B	 C
demonstrates in her works.
 D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
Question 8. B. being seen 	
Question 9: A. take care of	
Question 10: A. generations	
Question 11: D. Self-confident 
Question 12: C. not only 
Question 13: D. have been working
Question 14: A. respected	
Question 15: A. do I have to 	
Question 16: B. make	
Question 17: C. turn out
Question 18: B. at my disposal	
Question 19: B. With / of	
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 20: A. It’s nice of you to say so. 
Question 21: B. Never mind , better job next time! 
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 22:	A. cautious 
Question 23.	A. out of work 	
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 24: B. behaving improprely
Question 25: D. guilty
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: B. It’s a year since I started working for the company. 
Question 27: B. If my sister had left the car key, I would have picked her up at the airport. 
Question 28: C. Although it rained heavily, they went out. 
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 29: B. I received a letter this morning which really upset me. 
Question 30: B.Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.
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 31 to 35. 
Question 31: B. Yet 	
Question 32: C. very 	
Question 33: D. either 
Question 34: A. making 	 
Question 35: D. keep 
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. 
 Question 36: B. describe the properties and uses of water
Question 37: B. 24,000 cubic miles of rain
Question 38: A. fill again	
Question 39: C. Water contracts on cooling	
Question 40: B. special	
Question 41: C. general statement followed by examples	
Question 42: A. Water has the abi