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ĐỀ THI QUỐC GIA THEO CHUẨN CẤU TRÚC BỘ GIÁO DỤC (7)
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1. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 25.
Question 1. Anne: "Do you have a copy of The Last Leaf"[*]?
 Bill: "You are........luck. I have just one copy left"
A. by 	B. in 	C. of 	D. at
Question 2. Since the flood the number of homeless people........dramatically.
A. are increasing 	B. had increased 	C. increase 	D. has increased
Question 3. Can you make yourself.......in French?
A. understood 	B. understand 	C. to understand D. understanding
Question 4. Today many species of plant and animal are in .........of extinction.
A. danger 	B. endangered 	C. endanger 	D. dangerous
Question 5. If the current rate of deforestation continues, the world's rainforests. 
within 100 years.
A. would vanish 	B. vanish 	 C. will vanish D. would have vanished
Question 6. At first she was trained to be.....scriptwriter, but later she worked as.....secretary.
A. the - a 	B. a - a 	C. the - the 	 D. a - the
Question 7. "Don't look so worried! You should take the leader's comment with........"
A. a teaspoon of salt 	B. a cup of salt 	C. a dose of salt D. a pinch of salt
Question 8. Three pounds of butter........in this recipe.
A .needs 	B. need 	C. are needed	D. is needed
Question 9. Our project was successful........its practicality.
A. in terms of 	B. with a view to 	C. regardless 	D. on behalf of
Question 10. Of the two new students, one is friendly and........
A. the others are not 	B. the other is not 
C. another is unfriendly 	D. other lacks friendliness
Question 11. There is one person to.......I owe more than I can say..
A. whom 	B. who 	C. that 	D. whose
Question 12. After a good night's sleep I woke up feeling as fresh as......and eager to start a new day.
A. a fruit 	B. a daisy 	C. a flower 	D. a maiden
Question 13. Mary is sixteen years old. She is.......young to get married.
A. too 	B. so 	C. such 	D. enough
Question 14. ........is the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment.
A. Extinction 	B. Biodiversity 	C. Habitat 	D. Conservation
Question 15. Since we.........to working so hard, can we rest for a while?
A. don't used 	B. aren't used 	C. don't use 	D. not use
Question 16. - Kate: "How lovely your cats are!" ~ David: "............."
A. Really? They are 	B.Thank you, it is nice of you to say so
C. Can you say it again? 	D. I love them, too
Question 17. Peter was ejected after committing five personal.......in water sport game yesterday.
A. mistakes 	B. faults 	C. fouls 	D. errors
Question 18.Toxic chemicals in the air and land have driven many species to the ........of extinction.
A. tip 	B. edge 	C. verge 	D. border 
Question 19. She ran.......an interesting article about fashion while she was reading the newspaper.
A. after 	B. across 	C. away 	D. out
Question 20. It's essential that every student.......all the lectures.
A. attends 	B. attend 	C. has attended 	D. attended
Question 21. It's a secret. You..........let anyone know about it.
A. mustn't 	B. needn't 	C. mightn't 	D. may not
Question 22. When Tet holiday comes, Vietnamese people often feel inclined to .........their houses.
A. do up 	B. do in 	C. do through 	D. do over
Question 23. - Anne:" Make yourself at home" ~ John: "............"
A. Thanks! Same to you 	B. That's very kin	D. Thank you
C. Not at all. Don't mention it 	D. Yes, Can I help you?
Question 24. He managed to keep his job.......the manager had threatened to sack him.
A. therefore 	B. although	C. unless 	D.despite
Question 25. It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver.....in the crash.
A.are injured 	B. was injured 	C. were injured 	D. have been injured
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from pronunciation in each of the following questions from 26 to 27.
Question 26. A. leaves 	B. brings 	C. looks 	D. plays
Question 27. A. watched 	B. promoted 	C. invited 	D. decided
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions from 28 to 30.
Question 28. A. require 	B. consist 	C. achieve 	D. system
Question 29. A. intervention 	B. necessary 	C. intellectual 	D. productivity
Question 30. A. intensity 	B. accurate 	C. erosion 	D. miraculous
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions from 31 to 32.
Question 31. We went away on holiday last week, but it rained day in day out.
A. every single day 	B. every other day 	
C. every second day 	D. every two days
Question 32. We can use either verbal or non-verbal forms of communication.
A. using gesture 	B. using speech
C. using verbs 	D. using facial expressions
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions from 33 to 34.
Question 33. Thousands are going starving because of the failure of this year’s harvest.
A. hungry 	B. rich 	C. poor 	D. full
Question 34. There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment
A. ease 	B. attraction 	C. consideration 	D. speculation
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction from 35 to 39.
Question 35. Men and women in the Peace Corps (A) work with people in the (B) developing countries to help them (C) improving their (D) living conditions.
Question 36. Although (A) not widely (B) sold, that book is considered to be (C) best book on (D) the subject.
Question 37. (A) Because his sickness (B) he didn't (C) take part in the English competition (D) held last Sunday.
Question 38. I found (A) my new contact lenses (B) strangely at first, but I (C) got used to them (D) in the end.
Question 39. Dreaming, (A) like all other mental processes, (B) it is a product (C) of the brain and (D) its activity.
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 following questions from 40 to 49.
THE PERFORMING ARTS
 In the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the benefit of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or (40)......a musical instrument. As they (41)......up they were taken to public places of entertainment - the theatre, opera, circus or ballet. They looked forward to these (42)......with great (43)......and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers (44)......an endless stream of easily (45).....entertainment, and children quickly accept these m arvelous (46)......as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever. But all is not lost. The (47)......of a TV set may have encouraged a very lazy response from (48)......in their own homes, but the (49)......of those with ambitions to become performing artists themselves does not seem to have been at all diminished. And live performances in public are still relatively popular, albeit with an older, more specialist audience.
Question 40. A. handling 	B. controlling 	C. doing 	D. playing
Question 41. A. developed 	B. brought 	C. advanced 	D. grew
Question 42. A. circumstances B. occasions 	C. incidents 	D. situations
Question 43. A. sensation 	B. action 	C. thrill 	D. excitement
Question 44. A. send 	B. supply 	C. stock 	D. store
Question 45. A. convenient 	B. free 	C. applicable 	D. available
Question 48. A. spectators 	B. viewers 	C. exhibits 	D. appearances
Question 49. A. want 	B. appeal 	C. company 	D. being
Question 46. A. designs 	B. inventions 	C. onlookers 	D. listeners
Question 47. A. presence 	B. attendance 	C. pressure 	D. desire
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 following questions from 50 to 59.
 Although speech is the most advanced form of communication, there are many ways of communicating without using speech. Signals, signs, symbols, and gestures may be found in every known culture. The basic function of signal is to impinge upon the environment in such a way that it attracts attention, as. For example, the dots and dashes of a telegraph circuit. Coded to refer to speech, the potential for communication is very great. Less adaptable to the codification of words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently. Symbols are more difficult to describe than either signals or signs because of their intricate relationship with the receiver's cultural perceptions. In some cultures, applauding in a theater provides performers with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such as waving and handshaking also communicate certain cultural messages.
 Although signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are very useful, they do have a major disadvantage. They usually do not allow ideas to be shared without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver. As a result, means of communication intended to be used for long distances and extended periods are based upon speech. Radio, television, and the telephone are only a few.
Question 50. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Gestures 	B. Signs and signals 	C. Speech 	D. Communication
Question 51. What does the author say about speech?
A. It is dependent upon the advances made by inventors.
B. It is the most advanced form of communication.
C. It is necessary for communication to occur.
D. It is the only true form of communication.
Question 52. All of the following are true EXCEPT...
A. Signals, symbols, signs and gestures are found in every culture
B. Signals, symbols, signs and gestures are very useful
C. Signals, symbols, signs and gestures also have disadvantages
D. Signals, symbols, signs and gestures are used for long distance contact
Question 53.The phrase "impinge upon" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to........
A. prohibit 	B. intrude 	C. vary 	D. improve
Question 54.The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to..........
A. way 	B. environment 	C. function 	D. signal
Question 55. The word "potential" in paragraph 1 could be replaced by........
A. advanced 	B. possibility 	C. organization 	D. signal
Question 56. The word "intricate" in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by........
A. inefficient 	B. complicated 	C. historical 	D. uncertain
Question 57. Applauding was cited as an example of........
A. a signal 	B. a sign 	C. a gesture 	D. a symbol
Question 58.Why were the telephone, radio, and television invented?
A. Because people were unable to understand signs, signals, and symbols.
B. Because people wanted to communicate across long distances.
C. Because people believed that signs, signals, and symbols were obsolete.
D. Because people wanted new forms of communication.
Question 59. It may be concluded from this passage that........
A. only some cultures have signs, signals, and symbols
B. signs, signals, symbols, and gestures are forms of communication
C. symbols are very easy to define and interrupt
D. waving and handshaking are not related to culture
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 following questions from 60 to 64.
 In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States had tremendous natural resources that could be exploited in order to develop heavy industry. Most of the raw materials that are valuable in the manufacture of machinery, transportation facilities, and consumer goods lay ready to be worked into wealth. Iron, coal, and oil - the basic ingredients of industrial growth - were plentiful and needed only the application of technical expertise, organizational skill, and labour.
 One crucial development in this movement towards industrialization was the growth of the railroads. The railway network expanded rapidly until the railroad map of the United States looked like a spider's web, with the steel filaments connecting all important sources of raw materials, their places of manufacture, and their centers of distribution. The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only by connecting these major centers, but also by themselves consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron, and coal.
 Many factors influenced emerging modes of production. For example, machine tools, the tools used to make goods, were steadily improved in the latter part of the nineteenth century - always with an eye to speedier production and lower unit costs. The products of the factories were rapidly absorbed by the growing cities that sheltered the workers and the distributors. The increased urban population was nourished by the increased farm production that, in turn, was made more productive by the use of the new farm machinery. American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe.
 The labour that ran the factories and built the railways was recruited in part from American farm areas where people were being displaced by farm machinery, in part from Asia, and in part from Europe. Europe now began to send tides of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe - most of whom were originally poor farmers but who settled in American industrial cities. The money tofinance this tremendous expansion of the American economy still came from European financiers for the most part, but the American were approaching the day when their expansion could be financed in their own "money market".
Question 60. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The history of railroads in the United States.
B .The major United States industrial centers.
C. Factors that affected industrialization in the United States.
D.The role of agriculture in the nineteenth century.
Question 61. The word "themselves" in the paragraph 2 refers to.........
A. sources 	B. centers 	C. railroads 	D. places
Question 62. According to the passage, all of the following were true of railroads in the United States in the nineteenth century EXCEPT that.......
A. they connected important industrial cities.
B. they were necessary to the industrialization process,
C. they were expanded in a short time.
D. they used relatively small quantities of natural resources.
Question 63. Which of the following in NOT true of United States farmers in the nineteenth century?
A. They lost some jobs because of mechanization.
B .They were unable to produce sufficient food for urban areas.
C. They raised their productivity by using new machinery.
D. They sold food to European countries.
Question 64. The word "ran" in the paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to.........
A. operated 	B. hurried 	C. constructed 	D. owned
II. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN.
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
Question 1. It's the first time I've been to a Dalat flower festival.
 I haven't..................................................................
Question 2. "Be careful! Don't poke fun at that dog," he said.
 He warned..............................................................
Question 3. Although the play received good notices, not many people went to see it.
 Despite...................................................................
Question 4. Without water, no life would exist on this planet.
 If .........................................................................
Question 5. The landowner answered the door only after we had knocked ten times.
 Only after...............................................................
Part II. Write a paragraph about the following topic: 
 “Is homework harmful of helpful?” 
 You should write at least 140 words.
The End
ANSWER KEY
1B
9A
17C
25B
33D
41D
49D
57D
2D
10B
18C
26C
34A
42B
50D
58B
3A
11A
19B
27A
35C
43D
51B
59B
4A
12B
20B
28D
36C
44B
52D
60C
5C
13A
21A
29B
37A
45D
53B
61C
6B
14B
22D
30B
38B
46B
54D
62D
7D
15B
23B
31A
39B
47A
55B
53B
8D
16B
24B
32B
40D
48B
56B
64A
Question 1. I haven't been to a Dalat flower festival before.
Question 2. He warned against poking fun at that dog.
Question 3. Despite good notices[‘] being given to the play, not many people went
 to see it.
Question 4. If there were no water, no life would exist on this planet.
Question 5. Only after we had knocked ten times did the landowner answered the door. 
SAMPLE WRITING
 Some parents, students and even some teachers feel that it is unfair to assign students homework. As far as I am concerned, I advocate students’ doing homework for the following reasons.
 Firstly, homework allows students to practise what they have gained from lectures in class. Secondly, it can bring families closer together as students may ask their parents help on their homework. Thus, students are able to get a better understanding of any parts they get stuck on. Thirdly, doing homework will prepare students for the big end tests or final exams. If a child does poorly on an assignment ,then they will learn what is necessary to do well on the next test. It also provides students with the opportunity to practise what they are expected to perform well in school. And last but not least, homework allows parents to see how their children are being educated and when they should give help. For all those reasons, it is worth setting homework for students. [165 words]
[*] THE LAST LEAF, by O. Henry
 In a small part of the city west of Washington Square, the streets have gone wild. They turn in different directions. They are broken into small pieces called “places.” One street goes across itself one or two times. A painter once discovered something possible and valuable about this street. Suppose a painter had some painting materials for which he had not paid. Suppose he had no money. Suppose a man came to get the money. The man might walk down that street and suddenly meet himself coming back, without having received a cent! This part of the city is called Greenwich Village. And to old Greenwich Village the painters soon came. Here they found rooms they like, with good light and at a low cost.
 Sue and Johnsy lived at the top of a building with three floors. One of these young women came from Maine, the other from California. They had met at a restaurant on Eighth Street. There they discovered that they liked the same kind of art, the same kind of food, and the same kind of clothes. So they decided to live and work together. That was in the spring.
 Towards winter a cold stranger entered Greenwich Village. No one could see him. He walked around touching one person here and another there with his icy fingers. He was a bad sickness. Doctors called him Pneumonia. On the east side of the city he hurried, touching many people; but in the narrow streets of Greenwich Village he did not move so quickly.
 Mr. Pneumonia was not a nice old gentleman. A nice old gentleman would not hurt a weak little woman from California. But Mr.
Pneumonia touched Johnsy with his cold fingers. She lay on her bed almost without moving, and she looked through the window at the wall of the house next to hers.
 One morning the busy doctor spoke to Sue alone in the hall, where Johnsy could not hear.
 “She has a very small chance,” he said. “She has a chance, if she wants to live. If people don’t want to live, I can’t do much for them. Your little lady has decided that she is not going to get well. Is there something that is troubling her?”
 “She always wanted to go to Italy and paint a picture of the Bay of Naples,” said Sue.
 “Paint! Not paint. Is there anything worth being troubled about? A man?”
 “A man?” said Sue. “Is a man worth—No, doctor. There is not a man.”
 “It is weakness,” said the doctor. “I will do all I know how to do.
But when a sick person begins to feel that he’s going to die, half my work is useless. Talk to her about new winter clothes. If she were interested in the future, her chances would be better.”
 After the doctor had gone, Sue went into the workroom to cry.
 Then she walked into Johnsy’s room. She carried some of her painting materials, and she was singing. Johnsy lay there, very thin and very quiet. Her face was turned toward the window. Sue stopped singing, thinking that Johnsy was asleep. Sue began to work. As she worked she heard a low sound, again and again. She went quickly to the bedside. Johnsy’s eyes were open wide. She was looking out the window and counting—counting back.
“Twelve,” she said; and a little later, “Eleven”; and then, “Ten,” and, “Nine”; and then, “Eight,” and, “Seven,” almost together.
 Sue looked out the window. What was there to count? There was only the side wall of the next house, a short distance away. The wall had no window. An old, old tree grew against the wall. The cold breath of winter had already touched it. Almost all its leaves had fallen from its dark branches.
 “What is it, dear?” asked Sue.
 “Six,” said Johnsy, in a voice still lower. “They’re falling faster now.
Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It hurt my head to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only five now.”
 “Five what, dear? Tell your Sue.”
 “Leaves. On the tree. When the last one falls, I must go, too. I’ve known that for three days. Didn’t the doctor tell you?”
 “Oh, I never heard of such a thing,” said Sue. “It doesn’t have any sense in it. What does an old tree have to do with you? Or with your getting well? And you used to love that tree so much. Don’t be a little fool. The doctor told me your chances for getting well. He told me this morning. He said you had very good chances! Try to eat a little now.
And then I’ll go back to work. And then I can sell my picture, and then I can buy something more for you to eat to make you strong.”
 “You don’t have to buy anything for me,” said Johnsy. She still looked out the window. “There goes another. No, I don’t want anything to eat. Now there are four. I want to see the last one fall before night. Then I’ll go, too.”
 “Johnsy, dear,” said Sue, “will you promise me to close your eyes and keep them closed? Will you promise not to look out the window until I finish working? I must have this picture ready tomorrow. I need the light; I can’t cover the window.”
 “Couldn’t you work in the other room?” asked Johnsy coldly.
 “I’d rather be here by you,” said Sue. “And I don’t want you to look at those leaves.”
 “Tell me as soon as you have finished,” said Johnsy. She closed her eyes and lay white and still. “Because I want to see the last leaf fall.
I have done enough waiting. I have done enough thinking. I want to go sailing down, down, like one of those leaves.”
“Try to sleep,” said Sue. “I must call Behrman to come up here. I want to paint a man in this picture, and I’ll make him look like Behrman. I won’t be gone a minute. Don’t try to move till I come back.” Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the first floor of their house. He was past sixty. He had had no success as a painter. For forty years he had painted, without ever painting a good picture. He had always talked of painting a great picture, a masterpiece, but he had never yet started it.
 He got a little money by letting others paint pictures of him. He drank too much. He still talked of his great masterpiece. And he believed that it was his special duty to do everything possible to help Sue and Johnsy.
Sue found him in his dark room, and she knew that he had been drinking. She could smell it. She told him about Johnsy and the leaves on the vine. She said that she was afraid that Johnsy would indeed sail down, down like the leaf. Her hold on the world was growing weaker. Old Behrman shouted his anger over such an idea.
 “What!” he cried. “Are there such fools? Do people die because leaves drop off a tree? I have not heard of such a thing. No, I will not come up and sit while you make a picture of me. Why do you allow her to think such a thing? That poor little Johnsy!”
“She is very sick and weak,” said Sue. “The sickness has put these strange ideas into her mind. Mr. Behrman, if you won’t come, you won’t. But I don’t think you’re very nice.”
 “This is like a woman!” shouted Behrman. “Who said I will not come? Go. I come with you. For half an hour I have been trying to say that I will come. God! This is not any place for someone so good as Johnsy to lie sick. Some day I shall paint my masterpiece, and we shall all go away from here. God! Yes.”
 Johnsy was sleeping when they went up. Sue covered the window, and took Behrman into the other room. There they looked out the window fearfully at the tree. Then they looked at each other for a moment without speaking. A cold rain was falling, with a little snow in it too. Behrman sat down, and Sue began to paint. She worked through most of the night.
 In the morning, after an hour’s sleep, she went to Johnsy’s bedside. Johnsy with wide-open eyes was looking toward the window. “I want to see,” she told Sue. Sue took the cover from the window. But after the beating rain and the wild wind that had not stopped through the whole night, there still was one leaf to be seen against the wall. It was the last on the tree. It was still dark green near the branch. But at the edges it was turning yellow with age. There it was hanging from a branch nearly twenty feet above the ground.
 “It is the last one,” said Johnsy. “I thought it would surely fall during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today, and I shall die at the same time.”
 “Dear, dear Johnsy!” said Sue. “Think of me, if you won’t think of yourself. What would I do?” But Johnsy did not answer. The most lonely thing in the world is a soul when it is preparing to go on its far journey. The ties that held her to friendship and to earth were breaking, one by one.
 The day slowly passed. As it grew dark, they could still see the leaf hanging from its branch against the wall. And then, as the night came, the north wind began again to blow. The rain still beat against the windows.
 When it was light enough the next morning, Johnsy again commanded that she be allowed to see. The leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was cooking something for her to eat.
 “I’ve been a bad girl, Sue,” said Johnsy. “Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I was. It is wrong to want to die. I’ll try to eat now. But first bring me a looking-glass, so that I can see myself. And then I’ll sit up and watch you cook.”
An hour later she said, “Sue, some day I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.”
The doctor came in the afternoon. Sue followed him into the hall outside Johnsy’s room to talk to him.
 “The chances are good,” said the doctor. He took Sue’s thin, shaking hand in his. “Give her good care, and she’ll get well. And now I must see another sick person in this house. His name is Behrman. A painter, I believe. Pneumonia, too. Mike is an old, weak man, and he is very ill. There is no hope for him. But we take him to the hospital today. We’ll make it as easy for him as we can.”
 The next day the doctor said to Sue: “She’s safe. You have done it. Food and care now—that’s all.” And that afternoon Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay. She put one arm around her.
 “I have something to tell you,” she said. “Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was ill only two days. Someone found him on the morning of the first day, in his room. He was helpless with pain.”
“His shoes and his clothes were wet and as cold as ice. Everyone wondered where he had been. The night had been so cold and wild.
 “And then they found some things. There was a light that he had taken outside. And there were his materials for painting. There was paint, green paint and yellow paint. And—“Look out the window, dear, at the last leaf on the wall. Didn’t you wonder why it never moved when the wind was blowing? Oh, my dear, it is Behrman’s great masterpiece—he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.”
O. Henry, the American writer