ĐỀ CHUẨN MINH HỌA SỐ 9 KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2023

(Đề thi có 05 trang) Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ; Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút không kể thời gian phát đề
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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. watched B. astonished C. closed D. cooked
Question 2: A. nail B. faint C. fail D. fair
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. flashy B. protect C. coffee D. current
Question 4: A. historic B. privacy C. principle D. charity
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: She was 74 years of age ______.
A. in case she was writing her first novel B. as soon as she has written her first novel
C. when she wrote her first novel D. before she had written her first novel
Question 6: Television is an increasingly important means of ______.
A. protection B. communication C. agreement D. membership
Question 7: ______ we make a decision, does anyone want to say anything else?
A. After B. Despite C. Before D. Therefore
Question 8: Acupuncture has long been a part of traditional Chinese ______.
A. currency B. medicine C. communication D. martial art
Question 9: When he was busy with his work, his mother ______ care of his son.
A. was taking B. takes C. will take D. took
Question 10: Who ______ most of the cooking in your house?
A. holds B. deals C. makes D. does
Question 11: She has a ________ face, so she is quite beautiful.
A. oval happy pretty B. happy pretty oval C. pretty oval happy D. pretty happy oval
Question 12: We'll need to ______ some of the budget for travel later in the year.
A. keep back B. keep away C. call back D. call away
Question 13: The colder it is, ______ I get.
A. hungriest B. the hungriest C. hungrier D. the hungrier
Question 14: The meeting is on the fifth and we're hoping everyone will ______.
A. attend B. attention C. attentive D. attentively
Question 15: He learned English ______ listening to the radio.
A. under B. over C. at D. by
Question 16: ________ classical dance for five years, Akiko finally felt ready to perform in
public.
A. Studied B. To study C. Being studied D. Having studied
Question 17: If it is foggy, that sport event __________.
A. will be cancelled B. will cancel C. will be calcelling D. will have cancelled
Question 18: The tabloid press had a ______ day with the latest government scandal.
A. hard B. field C. nice D. great
Question 19: The bank has streamlined systems for switching accounts, ______?
A. had it B. hasn’t it C. has it D. hadn’t it
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 20: In cases of severe mental handicap, constant supervision is recommended.
A. serious B. negative C. opposite D. effective
Question 21: Dozens of valuable works of art disappeared during shipment to the US.
A. awareness B. tension C. confusion D. delivery
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 22: When you fill in the form, please write clearly in black ink.
A. freely B. vaguely C. frankly D. hardly
Question 23: In the initial days and weeks, it was literally a case of living from hand to mouth.
A. sending all the money B. spending a large amount of money
C. saving lots of money D. losing all the money
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 24: Nam is talking to his father about the driving test the next week.
Nam: “Do you think I can pass my driving test next week?”
Nam’s father: “__________”
A. Don’t pass it. B. Go ahead. You can!
C. No way. D. No, you can’t.
Question 25: Trang is asking her father for permission to use the car.
Trang: “May I borrow your car tonight?”
Trang’s father: “__________”
A. Yes, you can’t. B. No, it’s mine.
C. I’d love to. D. I’m afraid you can’t.
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 26 to 30.
Jet lag occurs when you travel across multiple time zones and have trouble adjusting to the
new schedule. After traveling a long distance by air, your circadian (26) ________ may still be
aligned with the previous time zone. Your body may expect to sleep when it is daytime in the
new time zone or be awake when you are supposed to sleep.
Jet lag is a temporary condition. It may begin (27) ________ you travel across at least two
time zones. The severity of the jet lag depends on how many time zones (28) ________ you
crossed and which direction you travelled. Flying east is usually more difficult of an adjustment
than westward travel. It is estimated that it takes one day per time zone for your body clock to
fully adjust to local time.
You may have a difficult time functioning when you are jet lagged. You may not feel
awake and alert when you need to do your job, socialize or sightsee. Anyone of any age can have
jet lag, although older adults are likely to have (29) ________ severe jet lag, and may need a
much longer time to (30) ________ . Some people are able to adjust more quickly than others to
rapid shifts in time zones. Pilots, flight attendants and business travellers are most likely to have
jet lag due to their lifestyle.
Question 26: A. corners B. rhythms C. degrees D. tickets
Question 27: A. after B. but C. before D. until
Question 28: A. whom B. when C. that D. who
Question 29: A. another B. many C. every D. more
Question 30: A. recover B. respond C. connect D. cancel
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 31 to 35.
Cloud computing services are operated from giant datacentres around the world. AWS
divides this up by 'regions' and 'availability zones'. Each AWS region is a separate geographic
area, like EU (London) or US West (Oregon), which AWS then further subdivides into what it
calls availability zones (AZs). An AZ is composed of one or more datacentres that are far enough
apart that in theory a single disaster won't take both offline, but close enough together for
business continuity applications that require rapid failover. Each AZ has multiple internet
connections and power connections to multiple grids: AWS has over 50 AZs.
Google uses a similar model, dividing its cloud computing resources into regions which
are then subdivided into zones, which include one or more datacentres from which customers can
run their services. It currently has 15 regions made up of 44 zones: Google recommends
customers deploy applications across multiple zones and regions to help protect against
unexpected failures.
Microsoft Azure divides its resources slightly differently. It offers regions which it
describes as is a "set of datacentres deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected
through a dedicated regional low-latency network". It also offers 'geographies' typically
containing two or more regions, that can be used by customers with specific data-residency and
compliance needs "to keep their data and apps close". It also offers availability zones made up of
one or more data centres equipped with independent power, cooling and networking.
Question 31: What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Separate AWS Region According to Geographic Areas
B. Cloud computing region and computing availability zone
C. Cloud computing resources of Google
D. How Microsoft Azure divides its resources
Question 32: According to paragraph 1, datacentres in an AZ are neither too far nor too near
from one another because ______.
A. they have to be able to avoid disaster and ensure rapid failover
B. they have multiple internet connections and power connections
C. they have multiple grids of AWS
D. they are divided into 'regions' and 'availability zones'
Question 33: The word “similar” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. available B. capable C. comparable D. remarkable
Question 34: The word “which” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. Microsoft Azure B. resources C. datacentres D. regions
Question 35: According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as a feature of
Microsoft Azure?
A. It offers availability zones made up of only one data centre.
B. It offers regions which it describes as is a set of datacentres.
C. Its datacentres are deployed within a latency-defined perimeter.
D. It offers geographies typically containing two or more regions.
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.
As Hubble orbits Earth, the Fine Guidance Sensors lock onto stars. The Fine Guidance
Sensors are part of the Pointing Control System and aim Hubble in the right direction. The
telescope can lock onto a target that is one mile away without moving more than the width of a
human hair.
Once the target is acquired, Hubble's primary mirror collects light. The mirror can collect
about 40,000 times more light than the human eye. The light bounces off the primary mirror to
the secondary mirror. The secondary mirror focuses the light back through a hole in the primary
mirror. From there, the light shines to Hubble's scientific instruments. Each instrument has a
different way of interpreting the light.
Hubble has five scientific instruments which include cameras and spectrographs. A
spectrograph is an instrument that splits light into its individual wavelengths.
The Wide Field Camera 3 is Hubble’s main camera. It studies everything from the
formation of distant galaxies to the planets in the solar system. The camera can see three
different kinds of light: near-ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared. But Hubble can only see each
kind of light one at a time. Human eyes can see visible light. Near-ultraviolet and near-infrared
are just beyond what our eyes can see.
The Advanced Camera for Surveys captures images of large areas of space. These images
have helped scientists study some of the earliest activity in the universe.
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph reads ultraviolet light. This spectrograph studies how
galaxies, stars and planets formed and changed.
The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph helps scientists determine the temperature,
chemical composition, density and motion of objects in space. It also has been used to detect
black holes.
The Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, or NICMOS, sees objects in
deep space by sensing the heat they emit. It captures images and it is also a spectrograph.
NICMOS helps scientists study how stars, galaxies and planetary systems form.
Question 36: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. the Fine Guidance Sensors B. Hubble's primary mirror
C. The Advanced Camera for Surveys D. What Instruments Are on Hubble?
Question 37: The word “instruments” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. apartments B. apparatuses C. collections D. communities
Question 38: In paragraph 2, the light shone to Hubble's scientific instruments will be ______.
A. interpreted by the instruments B. targeted by Hubble's primary mirror
C. made visible to human eye D. observed through a hole
Question 39: The word “distant” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. remote B. sturdy C. shadowy D. awesome
Question 40: The word “It” in paragraph 7 refers to ______.
A. temperature B. chemical composition
C. Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph D. space
Question 41: Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. A target can be locked onto one mile away by the telescope.
B. Light cannot be split into its individual wavelengths by a spectrograph.
C. Hubble can see each kind of light one at a time.
D. Images captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys will be used to study activities in the
universe.
Question 42: Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 7?
A. NICMOS can see objects in deep space by sensing the heat only.
B. NICMOS captures images like an ordinary camera.
C. The way stars, galaxies and planetary systems form can be studied with NICMOS.
D. NICMOS helps scientists reach stars and other galaxies earlier.
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 43: The ancient Britons inhabited this parts of England before the Roman invasion.
A. The B. this C. before D. invasion
Question 44: A dangerous number of radioactivity was released into the environment last
month.
A. number of B. was released C. the D. last month
Question 45: When I reach there, the highest building had been destroyed by the storm!
A. reach B. the C. destroyed D. the
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 46: “If I were you, I wouldn’t go abroad at this time,” he said.
A. He reminded me not to go abroad at this time.
B. He informed me not to go abroad at that time.
C. He advised me not to go abroad at that time.
D. He inquired me not to go abroad at this time.
Question 47: It’s not good for you to drive at that high speed.
A. You may drive at that high speed. B. You needn’t drive at that high speed.
C. You must drive at that high speed. D. You shouldn’t drive at that high speed.
Question 48: The police started investigating the case a week ago.
A. The police didn’t investigate the case a week ago.
B. The police haven’t investigated the case for a week.
C. The police have investigated the case for a week.
D. The police started to investigate the case for a week.
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 49: I can’t sing that English song. I really want to sing it with my favourite singer.
A. Although I can’t sing that English song, I will sing it with my favourite singer.
B. I wish I could sing that English song and could sing it with my favourite singer.
C. Since I can’t sing that English song, I can sing it with my favourite singer.
D. Though I can’t sing that English song, I will be able to sing it with my favourite singer.
Question 50: The doctor's waiting room was bright. It was cheerful with yellow walls and
curtains.
A. Not only was the doctor's waiting room bright but it was also cheerful with yellow walls and
curtains.
B. However the doctor's waiting room was, it was cheerful with yellow walls and curtains.
C. No sooner had the doctor's waiting room been bright than it was cheerful with yellow walls and curtains.
D. Had it not been for the doctor's bright waiting room, it wouldn’t have been cheerful with
yellow walls and curtains.
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ĐÁP ÁN
1.C 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.D
11.B 12.A 13.D 14.A 15.D 16.D 17.A 18.B 19.C 20.A
21.D 22.B 23.C 24.B 25.C 26.B 27.A 28.C 29.D 30.A
31.B 32.A 33.C 34.D 35.A 36.D 37.B 38.A 39.A 40.C
41.B 42.C 43.B 44.A 45.A 46.C 47.D 48.C 49.B 50.A