BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KÌ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2023

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. think B. therefore C. theater D. thank
Question 2: A. find B. kind C. wind D. blind
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. extinct B. nature C. global D. threaten
Question 4: A. performance B. interview C. computer D. emotion

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:That woman _______ to my wife is our local Member of Parliament.
A. talked B. talk C. who talking D. talking
Question 6: My sister thinks she's _______than me, but I don't agree!
A. as intelligent B. more intelligent C. most intelligent D. intelligent
Question 7:I will accompany you to the park _______.
A. after I have finished my work B. when I had finished my work
C. before I finished my work D. as soon as I finished my work
Question 8: It's great you got that job - you should be proud _______ yourself.
A. on B. at C. of D. in
Question 9: John walked to school, _______?
A. didn’t he B. did he C. wasn’t he D. does he
Question 10: Jim wants to go to _______ USA, but he hasn't got enough money for the trip.
A. the B. an C. a D. ∅ (no article)
Question 11: I’m going to have to take these clothes off - I'm ______ to the skin!
A. humid B. soaked C. watery D. damp
Question 12: When you enter the house, _______your shoes and put on your slippers.
A. turn on B. look after C. get over D. take off
Question 13: She promised _______ the report as soon as possible.
A. read B. to read C. reading D. reads
Question 14: Jan is finally getting a chance to go on her trip of a life time, a holiday to Australia!
She was over the _______when I spoke to her.
A. moon B. sun C. ocean D. earth
Question 15: Jacquie’s contact lens popped out while she _______tennis.
A. is playing B. were playing C. was playing D. played
Question 16: Reading a lot _______ a real difference to your IELTS score.
A. takes B. does C. has D. makes
Question 17: My house is too old, so it_______next month.
A. will be repaired B. is repaired C. repaired D. repairs
Question 18: Many men believe that bringing up children is the _______ of women.
A. responsible B. responsibility C. responsibly D. irresponsible
Question 19:The shop is giving away a sample pack to every _______.
A. guest B. passenger C. customer D. client

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following
exchanges.
Question 20: Julia and Phoebe is talking about Peter.
- Julia: ‘Peter was born and brought up in Hastings and he must know it very well.’
- Phoebe: ‘______. He even couldn’t tell me where to have some street food there.’
A. I can’t agree with you more. B. You must be right.
C. I'm of the opposite opinion D. I don't think that's a good idea
Question 21: Mary invited her friend, Sarah, to have dinner out that night and Sarah accepted.
- Mary: “Shall we eat out tonight?”
- Sarah: “_______.”
A. It's kind of you to invite B. That's a great idea
C. You are very welcome D. That's acceptable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the

underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22:Though I persuaded my boss to solve a very serious problem in the new management
system, he just made light of it.
A. discovered by chance B.completely ignored
C. treated as important D. disagreed with
Question 23: I think it’s impossible to abolish school examinations. They are necessary to
evaluate students’ progress.
A. continue B. stop C. extinguish D. organize

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 24: He was admitted to hospital in critical condition, but is now off the danger list.
A. important B. serious C. healthy D. curable
Question 25:The new college is intended to improve the life chances of children in the inner city.
A. productions B. communities C. questions D. opportunities

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: It wasn’t necessary for you to bring anything for tea, but thank you.
A. You need to bring something for tea.
B. You can’t bring anything for tea.
C. You needn’t have brought anything for tea.
D. You mustn’t have brought anything for tea.
Question 27: The last time they visited their grandparents was 6six months ago.
A. They haven’t visited their grandparents for six months.
B. They have visited their grandparents for six months.
 C. They didn’t visit their grandparents six months ago.
D. They haven’t visited their grandparents since June.
Question 28: “I am preparing a presentation for my geography class”, Nam said.
A. Nam said I was preparing a presentation for my geography class.
B. Nam said he was preparing a presentation for my geography class.
C. Nam said I was preparing a presentation for his geography class.
D. Nam said he was preparing a presentation for his geography class.

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 29: Peter’s sister gets married to a rich businessman two years ago.
A. gets B. a C. businessman D. years
Question 30: A good artist like a good engineer learns as much from their mistakes as from
successes.
A. like B. as C. their D. from
Question 31:Her grief for her dead husband was somewhat alleviated after she had heard my
comfortable words.
A. grief B. dead C. alleviated D. comfortable

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 32: The candidate was offered the job because of his excellent answers.
A. If it hadn’t been for the candidate’s excellent answers, he couldn’t have got the job.
B. The job was offered to the candidate although he couldn’t answer the questions.
C. The candidate answered the questions so excellently that he might get the job.
D. Because it was such a good job, the candidate tried to answer the questions excellently.
Question 33: She received the exam results. She immediately phoned her mom.
A. She immediately phoned her mom that she would receive the exam results.
B. No sooner had she phoned her mom than she received the exam results.
C. No sooner had she received the exam results than she phoned her mom.
D. She received the exam results immediately after she phoned her mom.

Read the following passage and mark the letter А, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (34) _________ up about 10 percent of the
population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the
right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in
your right hand. What (35)_________ someone to become a lefthand? Scientists aren‟t exactly
sure, but research points to a complex makes between genes and environment. While no exact set
of “leftie genes” have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have (36)
_________ left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in
righties vs. lefties. But no matter (37) _________ it is that drives someone to use their antipodal
paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that left-handed people tend
to have. (38) _________ for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out
there - it‟s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help put an end to leftie
discrimination once and for all.

Question 34:
A. consist B. account C. hold D. make
Question 35:
A. causes B. makes C. gets D. does
Question 36:
A. much B. more C. other D. some
Question 37:
A. which B. who C. what D. that
Question 38:
A. so B. however C. athough D. but

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.
PASSPORTS
We tend to think of the passport as ordinary and natural, a common fact of existence. But in reality,
the passport is a relatively modern invention and its development has been spurred by war and social
conflict.
In the new global war on terror, the technology of the passport will once again be upgraded. In the
not- so- distant future, travelers heading out of Australia will have a passport, equipped, not just with the
usual small color photograph, but with some form of biometric identification. It may be a scan of the
passport holders' right iris for example, since each iris is unique and unmistakable, and can be rendered in
digital form as a complex set of numbers and stored in a database. So no one need ever be mistaken for
anyone else again. Passport fraud will be all but eliminated - and in the words of political scientist and
historian of the passport, John Torpey, we may all become prisoners of our own identities.
In this age of jumbo jets and mass tourism, it has become easier and easier to move about the world.
But as the physical restrictions on travel are reduced, so the bureaucratic barriers and filters on human
movement are refined. The success of any given journey will depend on what kind of passport, if any, you
hold.
(Adapted from Complete IELTS Reading Texts: Essential Practice for High Band Scores by JJ.P
Williams/Onlearn)

Question 39: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. the development of the passport B. the technology of the passport
C. the tourism passport D. the color photograph passport
Question 40: Which one of the following statements is not suggested by the author?
A. War has contributed to the development of passports. B. Passports have been popular since
ancient times.
C. Social conflict has helped create a need for passports. D. Passports are considered normal.
Question 41: What recent event has brought about further developments in the passport?
A. War. B. The United Nations.
C. Social conflict. D. The war on terror.
Question 42: What does the word "It" in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Biometric identification B. Photograph
C. Technology D. Passport
Question 43: What could the verb "eliminated" in paragraph 2 be best replaced?
A. delayed B. detected
 C. canceled D. stopped

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.
Hotels were among the earliest facilities that bound the United States together. They were both creatures
and creators of communities, as well as symptoms of the frenetic quest for community. Even in the first
part of the nineteenth century, Americans were Line already forming the habit of gathering from all
corners of the nation for both public and private, business and pleasure purposes. Conventions were the
new occasions, and hotels were distinctively American facilities making conventions possible. The first
national convention of a major party to choose a candidate for President (that of the National Republican
party, which met on December 12, 1831, and nominated Henry Clay for President) was held in Baltimore,
at a hotel that was then reputed to be the best in the country. The presence in Baltimore of Barnum's City
Hotel, a six-story building with two hundred apartments, helps explain why many other early national
political conventions were held there.
In the longer run, too, American hotels made other national conventions not only possible but pleasant
and convivial. The growing custom of regularly assembling from afar the representatives of all kinds of
groups- not only for political conventions, but also for commercial, professional, learned, and vocational
ones- in turn supported the multiplying hotels. By mid-twentieth century, conventions accounted for over
a third of the yearly room occupancy of all hotels in the nation; about eighteen thousand different
conventions were held annually with a total attendance of about ten million persons. Nineteenth-century
American hotelkeepers, who were no longer the genial, deferential “hosts” of the eighteenth-century
European inn, became leading citizens. Holding a large stake in the community, they exercised power to
make it prosper. As owners or managers of the local “palace of the public,” they were makers and shapers
of a principal community attraction. Travelers from abroad were mildly shocked by this high social
position.
(Adapted from https://123doc.net/doc_search_title/1535018-reading-toefl-500-pdf.htm

Question 44: What is the main topic of the passage?

A. How American hotels differed from European hotels
B. Why conventions are held at hotels
C. The importance of hotels in American culture
D. The size of early American hotels
Question 45: The word “bound” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. led B. tied
C. protected D. strengthened
Question 46:The word “assembling” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. gathering B. motivating
C. announcing D. contracting
Question 47: The word “ones” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. hotels B. kinds
C. representatives D. conventions
Question 48:The National Republican party is mentioned in paragraph 1 as an example of a group
_______.
A. from Baltimore B. of learned people
C. owning a hotel D. holding a convention
Question 49:It can be inferred from the passage that early hotelkeepers in the United States were
_______.
A. active politicians B. European immigrants
C. professional builders D. influential citizen
Question 50:Which of the following statements about early American hotels is NOT mentioned
in the passage?
A. Travelers from abroad did not enjoy staying in them.
B. Conventions were held in them.
C. People used them for both business and pleasure.
D.They were important to the community.

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