Đề thi thử tốt nghiệp THPT năm học 2012 – 2013

 position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
A. initiate	B. diversify	C. appreciate	D. beautify
A. development	B. entertainment	C. education	D. nationality
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The ________ to make quick decisions is vital in an emergency.
	A. knowledge	B. ability	C. talent	D. skill
The Smiths, _______ house had been destroyed in the explosion, were given rooms in a hostel.
	A. which	B. who	C. whose	D. that
As we continued traveling north, the weather got _______. Eventually, everything we saw was frozen.
	A. more and more cold	B. more cold	C. the colder	D. colder and colder
We will never __________ the wonderful winter holiday we had in Britain.
	A. forget	B. remind	C. revise	D. reflect
The baby is crying! Will you ________ while I prepare his milk?
	A. look him up	B. look after him	C. care about him	D. make him up
The thief is said to have broken ________ the house through the bathroom window.
	A. through	B. off	C. into	D. down
The movie itself wasn’t very good, ________ I liked the music.
	A. and	B. or	C. but	D. so
The hotel was so awful that we wrote a letter of _______ to the travel agency when we got back.
	A. relief	B. warning	C. thanks	D. complaint
It was a nasty memory. Do you remember both of us wearing sunglasses to avoid ___________ by the supervisors? [nasty: disgusting]
	A. being recognized	B. to be recognized	C. to recognize	D. recognizing
We have to be careful with the technology we develop, _________ we could find ourselves facing serious environmental problems.
	A. although	B. otherwise	C. whereas	D. however
________ extreme bad weather in the mountains, we’re no longer considering our skiing strip.
	A. Despite	B. Since	C. Due to	D. Because
Mohandas K. Gandhi, ______ Mahatma, lived a noble life of fasting and poverty in order to work for peace and independence.
	A. that was called 	B. called 	C. was called	D. calling
John would have studied medicine if he ________ to a medical school.
	A. had been admitted	B. would have admitted	C. had admitted	D. would admit
______ me a favour! Can you pick up my suit from the dry cleaner’s tomorrow?
	A. Make	 B. Help	C. Assist	D. Do
-Helen: “________ detective stories?” -Paul: “In my opinion, they are very good for teenagers.”
	A. What do people feel about	B. Are you fond of
	C. How about	D. What do you think about
The appearance of one or several species may result in the loss of __________.
	A. biology	B. biodiversity	C. diversity	D. university
-Jim: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”	
	-Laura: “________________”
	A. Well, that’s very surprising.	B. There’s no double about it.
	C. Yes, it’s an absurd idea.	D. Of course not. You bet!
I have never played table tennis before. This is the first time I ________ to play.
	A. have tried	B. had tried	C. am trying	D. try
Today we can find many _______ farms in our country.
	A. mechanic	B. mechanize	C. mechanized	D. mechanization
Mary _________ lazy preparing her lesson last night.
	A. shouldn’t have been	B. should have been	C. shouldn’t be	D. should be
As a result of Japan’s economic growth, many political difficulties have ______.
	A. experienced	B. lifted	C. raised	D. arisen
Lan has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for ________ sick.
	A. no article	B. the	C. a	D. an
-Tom: “Why don’t we buy Tim a book as a birthday present?” –Jill: “________”
	A. Tim will be fourteen next week.	B. What a good idea!
	C. I don’t think I will do it.	D. Do you like it?
_____ difficult a test is given, that brilliant student succeeds in getting good scores.
	A. Whatever	B. Whenever	C. Wherever	D. However
Although some societies are ________ undeveloped, their languages – from a linguist’s point of view – are very complex.
	A. technology	B. technological	C. techonologically	D. technologist
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Not anything can stop us from doing our best to save the endangered species.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
Traveling abroad has always proved very appealed to me.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
It is probable that a well-developed memory is crucial in the learn of a foreign language.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
Because there are less members present tonight than there were last night, we must wait until the
 	A 	B 	C
next meeting to vote. 
 	D
There are many interesting topics to be discussing at the English-speaking club.
 	A 	B 	C 	D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_________, his television would not be so loud.
	A. If Rafael studies	B. Unless Rafael was studying
	C. Had Rafael being studied	D. Were Rafael studying
__________ received law degrees as today.
	A. Never so many women have	B. So many women never have
	C. Never have so many women	D. Never so have many women
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 35 to 39.
Experiments have proved that children can be interested in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at (35)_______ their breath under water even before they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long (36)_______ they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular (37)_______ these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them (38)_______ to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole (39)_______ of the pool without coming up for breath even once. Whenever they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
A. keeping	B. holding	C. compressing	D. getting
A. ago	B. since	C. before	D. then
A. with	B. to	C. among	D. for
A. would rather	B. had better	C. involve	D. prefer
A. border	B. form	C. length	D. distance
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
A. mechanic	B. scholarship	C. champagne	D. chemist
A. throughout	B. overweight	C. brought	D. enough
A. agriculture	B. diverse	C. service	D. certainty
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.
 “Why don’t you get your hair cut, Gavin?” said Adam.
	A. Adam advised Gavin to cut his hair.	B. Gavin was suggested to have a haircut.
	C. It was suggested that Adam get Gavin’s hair cut.
	D. Adam suggested that Gavin should have his hair cut.
We couldn’t have managed without my father’s money.
	A. Hadn’t it been for my father’s money, we couldn’t have managed.
	B. We could have managed with my father’s money.
	C. If we could managed, my father’s money would be there.
	D. If we couldn’t have managed, we would have had my father’s money.
I’m sorry I interrupted your speech in the middle.
	A. I’m sorry to interrupted your speech in the middle.
	B. I apologized for having interrupted your speech in the middle.
	C. Your speech is very sorry for being interrupted in the middle.
	D. It’s my pity to interrupt your speech in the middle.
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..
Our demand for water is constantly increasing. Every year there are more and more people in the world. Factories turn out more and more products and need more and more water. We live in a world of water. But almost all of it – about 97% - is in the oceans. This water is too salty to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. Only about 3% of the world’s water is fresh. Most of this water is not easily available to man because it is locked in glaciers and icecaps.
There is as much water on earth today as there ever was or will ever be. Most of the water we use finds its way to the oceans. There, it is evaporated by the sun. It then falls back to the earth as rain. Water is used and reused again. It is never used up. Although the world as a whole has plenty of fresh water, some regions have a water shortage. Rain does not fall evenly over the earth. Some regions are always too dry, and others too wet. A region that usually gets enough rain may suddenly have a serious dry spell and another region may be flooded with too much rain.
All of the following statements can be inferred from the text EXCEPT _______
	A. We need more and more water.
	B. The population of the world is increasing every year.
	C. Most of the world’s water is locked in glaciers and icecaps.
	D. Factories also need more water.
Which of the following is NOT true about the world’s water?
	A. The vast majority of the world’s water is ocean (or salty) water.
	B. Ocean water is salty enough to be used for driking, farming, and manufacturing.
	C. Most fresh water is locked in glaciers and icecaps.
	D. The percentage of fresh water is very small.
What can be inferred abou water?
A. The amount of water on earth is always the same.
	B. Water will probably be exhausted.	C. Water can be used once only.
	D. Most of the water we use is rain water.
It can be inferred from the text that ______________
	A. No region in the world suffers from a lack of fresh water.
	B. Rain does not fall equally everywhere on earth.
	C. The world has plenty of fresh water in comparison with salty water.
	D. A region that usually g