SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI ĐỀ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT NĂM 2023

CỤM TRƯỜNG THPT Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề)
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(Đề thi có 05 trang)

Họ, tên thí sinh:………………………………….. Mã đề thi 601

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 1: Your experience with oil well fires will be invaluable to the company in case of trouble.
A. worthless B. useless C. priceless D. insensible
Question 2: The working environment was so bad that Minh eventually decided to hand in his notice.
A. try his best B. give up his job
C. be given a better job D. notify the boss
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A solution needs to be found as soon as possible, because the epidemic has become more
rampant.
A. rapid B. dramatic C. controlled D. violent
Question 4: I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
A. started to sleep B. became conscious C. stayed awake D. went to sleep
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: Building thousands of years ago, the ancient palace is popular with modern tourists.
A. ago B. popular with C. the ancient D. Building
Question 6: John congratulated us with our excellent results although we didn’t know each other very well.
A. excellent B. each other C. with D. although
Question 7: Science, with its invention and discoveries, have revolutionized man’s life.
A. with its B. man’s life.
C. Science D. have revolutionized
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 in each of the following questions.
Question 8: A. employment B. confidence C. memory D. interview
Question 9: A. support B. award C. provoke D. threaten
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 10: Everyone was watching the little dog. They were greatly amused at it.
A. Everyone was greatly amused at the little dog they were watching.
B. Everyone felt great and amused when the little dog was watching them.
C. The little dog was watching everyone with great amusement.
D. The little dog was greatly amused by the way everyone was watching it.
Question 11: Sara wrote the text. She selected the illustration as well.
A. In order to select the illustration, Sara had to write the text.
B. Not only did Sara write the text but she also selected the illustration.
C. If Sara had written the text, she would have selected the illustration.
D. The text Sara wrote was not as good as illustration she selected.
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 12: James and Henry are talking about Henry’s boss.
- James: “Your boss looks like the aggressive type.”
- Henry : “_______.”
A. Right. He’s so quiet B. Really? I’ve never seen him lie
C. Yes, he’s quite gentle D. Yes, he really wants to get ahead
Question 13: Peter and Mary are talking about Sarah.
- Peter: “Sarah doesn’t seem very happy at the moment. Does she find the course difficult?”
- Mary: “_______.”
A. Yes, I think she’s going to drop out and get a job
B. Yes, she’s happy
C. No, she’s going to drop out and get a job
D. No, the course is difficult
Read 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 14 to 18.
The Internet has truly transformed how students do their homework. (14)______ homework today
still means spending time in the library, it’s for a different reason. Rather than using books for research,
students today are (15) ______ to the Internet to download enormous amounts of data available online.
In the past, students were limited to their school’s (16) ______ of books. In many cases, they got to
the school library and found out that someone had already taken the books they needed. Nowadays, such
inconvenience can be avoided since the Internet never runs out of information. Students, however, do
have to make sure that the information they find online is true. Teachers have also benefited from the
homework which is done (17) ______ the Internet. They do not need to carry students’ papers around with
them anymore. This is because online (18) ______ allow students to electronically upload their
homework for their teachers to read and mark. Of course, this also means that students can no longer use the
excuse that the dog ate their homework!
Question 14: A. But B. While C. Because D. For
Question 15: A. searching B. connecting C. looking D. linking
Question 16: A. selective B. select C. selectively D. selection
Question 17: A. for B. in C. on D. at
Question 18: A. sources B. materials C. systems D. structures
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 19 to 25.
According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may become recognized
as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer
leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may
gradually emerge as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are
usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.
Although leaders are often thought to be people with unusual personal ability, decades of research
have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there
is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common; rather, virtually any person may be
recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.
Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research
suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals.
Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group
members look to instrumental leaders to “get things” done. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is
leadership that emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s member. Expressive leaders are less
concerned with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group members and
attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them. Group members expect expressive leaders to
maintain stable relationships within the group and provide support to individual members.
Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group members. They
give orders and may discipline group members who inhibit attainment of the groups goals. Expressive
leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to others in the group. They offer sympathy when
someone experiences difficulties or is subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with
humor, and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the differences in these two roles
suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members; instrumental
leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a more distant respect.
Question 19: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. How leadership differs in small and large groups
B. The role of leaders in social groups
C. How social groups determine who will lead them
D. The problems faced by leaders
Question 20: Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A. Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.
B. Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.
C. A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on leadership.
 D. A person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader in another group.
Question 21: The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus on ______.
A. sharing responsibility with group members
B. achieving a goal
C. identifying new leaders
D. ensuring harmonious relationships
Question 22: The word “collective” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. typical B. necessary C. shared D. particular
Question 23: It can be understood that ______.
A. Leaders are sometimes chosen formally or informally
B. There is lots of tension and conflict in an election of a leader in the family
C. It has been said that there must be a set of personal qualities that all leaders have in common
D. There is usually an election to choose leaders in a family as well as in larger groups
Question 24: The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people can become leaders
EXCEPT ______.
A. specific leadership training B. formal election process
C. recruitment D. traditional cultural patterns
Question 25: Paragraphs 3 and 4 organize the discussion of leadership primarily in terms of ______.
A. cause and effect analysis B. narration of events
C. examples that illustrate a problem D. comparison and contrast
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to complete each of the
following sentences with the words or phrases provided.
Question 26: Children who are isolated and lonely seem to have poor language and _______.
A. communicate B. communication C. communicative D. communicator
Question 27: The weather is_______ nice that the children want to stay outside all day.
A. very B. so C. too D. such
Question 28: I had a red-_______day yesterday.
A. tape B. letter C. pepper D. wood
Question 29: The company is believed_______a lot of money last year.
A. to have lost B. to be losing C. lost D. to lose
Question 30: The Lake District, _______ was made a national park in 1951, attracts a large number of
tourists every year.
A. what B. where C. which D. that
Question 31: When _______ as the new manager of the company, Mr. Smith knew he had a lot of things to
do.
A. have appointed B. appoint C. appointing D. appointed
Question 32: The new manager _______very strict rules as soon as he had taken over the position.
A. settled down B. wrote down C. laid down D. put down
Question 33: Are you satisfied _______ your record?
A. for B. at C. with D. from
Question 34: The number of working women _______ from 49% in 1980 to nearly 65% in China today.
A. is increasing B. has increased
C. has been increased D. have increased
Question 35: Despite considerable advancements in the medical field nowadays, some diseases are
_______.
A. dangerous B. dead C. supernatural D. incurable
Question 36: It is becoming _______ for me to lose weight.
A. the more difficult B. the most difficult
C. more and more difficult D. more difficult than
Question 37: In the _______ agriculture, farmers try to limit the use of chemicals and fertilizers.
A. supporting B. conserving C. sustainable D. preserving
Question 38: _______ the weather forecast, it will rain heavily later this morning.
A. According to B. On account of C. Due to D. Because of
Question 39: We had to wait for a long time to get our visa, _______?
A. did we B. didn’t we C. hadn’t we D. had we
Question 40: _______, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Difficult as the homework was
B. Thanks to the difficult homework
 C. Despite the homework was difficult
D. As though the homework was difficult
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 41: A. furious B. rubbish C. frustrate D. punctual
Question 42: A. destroys B. affects C. cells D. stipends
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 47.
The period from the late 1930s to the middle 1940s is known as the Golden Age of comic books. The
modern comic book came about in the early 1930s in the United States as a giveaway premium to promote
the sales of a whole range of household products such as cereal and cleansers. The comic books, which
were printed in bright colors to attract the attention of potential customers, proved so popular that some
publishers decided to produce comic books that would come out on a monthly basis and would sell for a
dime each. Though comic strips had been reproduced in publications prior to this time, the Famous Funnies
comic book, which was started in 1934, marked the first occasion that a serialized book of comics was
attempted.
Early comic books reprinted already existing comic strips and comics based on known characters;
however, publishers soon began introducing original characters developed specially for comic books.
Superman was introduced in Action Comics in 1938, and Batman was introduced a year later. The
tremendous success of these superhero comic books led to the development of numerous comic books on a
variety of topics, though superhero comic books predominated. Astonishingly, by 1945 approximately 160
different comic books were being published in the United States each month, and 90 percent of U.S children
were said to read comic books on a regular basis.
(Source: Preparation Course for the Toefl Test)
Question 43: What is the main focus of this passage?
A. How to produce comic books B. Batman
C. Superhero comics D. The history of comic books
Question 44: The word “premium” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. preparation B. introduction C. incentive D. publication
Question 45: The word “which” in paragraph 1 refers ______.
A. publications B. comic trips
C. a serialized book of comics D. the Famous Funnies comic book
Question 46: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The comic books were printed in bright colors.
B. Superman was first presented in Action Comics in 1938.
C. The Famous Funnies comic book was the first comic strip.
D. The modern comic book appeared in the early 1930s in the United States.
Question 47: Which of the following was published after Action Comics?
A. The Famous Funnies B. Superman C. Batman D. Superhero
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning
to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Question 48: It is not necessary to bring skis as they are included in the package.
A. You may bring skis as they are not included in the package.
B. You must not bring skis as they are included in the package.
C. You do not have to bring skis as they are included in the package.
D. You should bring skis as they are not included in the package.
Question 49: “You’re always making terrible mistakes", said the teacher.
A. The teacher complained about his students’ making terrible mistakes.
B. The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes.
C. The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes.
D. The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes.
Question 50: The doctor spent twenty minutes examining the patient.
A. It took the doctor twenty minutes to examine the patient.
B. It took the doctor twenty minutes to examining the patient.
C. It took the doctor twenty minutes examining the patient.
D. It took the doctor twenty minutes examine the patient.