THI TỐT NGHIỆP QUỐC GIA
TEST 1
TRƯƠNG VĂN ÁNH
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SÀI GÒN

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.
Question1: A. halt B. Calm C. chalk D. culture
Question 2: A. decorate
B. passionate C.
undergraduate D. temperate
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.
Question 4.
objectively

A. impatient B. arrogant C. familiar
D. uncertain
A. forgettable B. philosophy C. humanism D.

Choose the word /phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each sentence below.
Question 5. The USA is one of the most culturally diverse
countries in the world.
A. similar B. identified C. alike
D. varied
Question 6. She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.
A. came into
B. went leisurely
C.
went quickly D. dropped by
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the underlined part the needs correction in each of
the following questions.
Question 7. They asked us whether we thought that the
statistics had presented fairly and accurately
A. whether B. thought C. had presented D. fairly

Question 8. Sam found it hard to concentrate on his work because the
noise.
A. it B. concentrate
C. work
D. because
Question 9. Ms. Phuong hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the
tennis tournaments.
A. hardly never
B. an C. to play
D. in
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 from 10 to 11.
Question 10: They finished one project. They started working on the next.
A. Not until did they start working on the next project then they finished
one.
B. Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the
next
C. Only if they had finished one project did they start working on the next
D. Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the
next.

Question 11: The proposal seemed like a good idea. The manager
refused it.
A. Since the proposal seemed like a good idea, the manager refused it.
B. The manager refused the proposal though it seemed like a good idea.
C. The proposal didn't seem like a good idea, so the manager didn't
accept it.
D. The manager didn't like to proposal because it didn't seem a good
idea.
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 12 to 13.
Question 12: I prefer secure jobs because I don't like keeping on moving
and changing all the time.
A. challenging B. demanding C. stable D. safe
Question 13: When he passes the entrance exam, his parents will be
walking on air.
A. extremely happy B. extremely light
C. feeling extremely unhappy D. feeling extremely airy

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 14: My uncle's company made a very good profit
in _______________.
A. the 1990 B. 1990s
C. 1990's
D. the 1990s
Question 15: Unless you ______________ all of my
questions, I can't do anything to help you.
A. answered B. answer C. don't answer D. are answering
Question 16: He_____ a terrible accident while he _______
along Ben Luc Bridge.
A. see / am walking B. saw / was walking
C. was seeing / walked D. have seen / were walking
Question 17: We all felt cold, wet and hungry; ________ ,
we were lost.
A. moreover B. although C. however D. so that

Question 18: The public are concerned ___________ the
increasing crime rates in the city.
A. with B. at C. about D. for
Question 19: Standing on top of the hill, ______________.
A. people have seen a castle far away B. lies a castle in the
middle of the island
C. a castle can be seen from the distance D. we can see a
castle in the distance
Question 20: ____ one of the most beautiful forms of
performance art, ballet is a combination
of dance and mime performed to music
A. Being considering B. Considering C. Considered D. To
consider
Question 21: Peter opened the door of cellar _________,
wondering what he might find.
A. cautious B. cautiously
C. cautional D. cautionally

Question 22: Although they tried to hide it, it was ___ that
they didn't like their unwelcome guest.
A. foolish B. basic
C. obvious D. vigorous
Question 23: Larry was so _____ in his novel that he forgot
about his dinner cooking in the oven.
A. absorbed B. attracted C. drawn
D. obliged
Question 24: Park Hang-seo, who is the head coach of ___
Vietnam national football team, is a new idol of many
people.
A. Ø B. a C. the
D. an
Question 25: ___ , she fainted and it was half an hour
before she came round again.
A. On hearing the news B. To have heard the news
C. She had heard the news D. Just heard the news

Question 26: Do you have any objections ___ this new road
scheme?
A. for B. with
C. at D. to
Question 27: ___ New York is not the capital of the USA, it
is the home of the United Nations.
A. In spite of B. Because C. Although D. Otherwise
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 28 to 32.
The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the
communications industry. Although Samuel B. Morse
succeeded in making the invention useful in 1837, it was
not until 1843 that the first telegraph line of consequence
was constructed. By 1860 more than 50,000 miles of lines
connected people east of the Rockies. The following year,
San Francisco was added to the network.

The national telegraph network fortified the ties between
East and West and contributed to the rapid expansion of
the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor
schedules and routes. Furthermore, the extension of the
telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam–
driven rotary printing press by Richard M.
Hoe in 1846, revolutionized the world of journalism. Where
the business of news gathering had been dependent upon
the mail and on hand–operated presses, the telegraph
expanded the amount of information a newspaper could
supply and allowed for more timely reporting. The
establishment of the Associated Press as a central wire
service in 1846 marked the advent of a new era in
journalism.

Question 28: The main topic of the passage is .
A. the history of journalism
B. the origin of the national telegraph
C. how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion
of railroads
D. the contributions and development of the telegraph
network
Question 29: The word "gathering" in the second
paragraph refers to .
A. people B. information C. objects D. substances

Question 30: The author's main purpose in this passage is to .
A. compare the invention of the telegraph with the invention of the
steam–driven rotary press
B. propose new ways to develop the communications industry
C. show how the electric telegraph affected the communications
industry
D. criticize Samuel B. Morse
Question 31: It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. Samuel Morse did not make a significant contribution to the
communications industry
B. Morse's invention did not immediately achieve its full potential
C. The extension of the telegraph was more important than its
invention
D. Journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the
communications industry

Question 32: According to the passage, which of the
following is NOT true about the growth of the
communications industry?
A. Morse invented the telegraph in 1837.
B. People could use the telegraph in San Francisco in 1861.
C. The telegraph led to the invention of the rotary printing
press.
D. The telegraph helped connect the entire nation.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your
answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the numbered
blanks.
THE LIFE OF COUNTRY VET
Don Strange, who works as a vet in northern England, leads a busy life.
As well as having to treat pets which are unwell, he often visits farms
where problems of (33) kinds await him. He has lost (34) _____of the
number of times he has been called out at midnight to give advice to a
farmer with sick sheep or cows.
Recently, a television company chose Don as the subject of a
documentary program it was making about the life of a country vet.
The program showed the difficult situations Don faces every day such
as helping a cow to give birth or winning the trust of an aggressive dog
(35)______needs an injection. Not all of Don‟s patients are domestic
animals, (36) , and in the program people saw him helping an owl
which had a damaged wing. It also showed Don holding a meeting with
villagers concerned about the damage a new road might do to their
(37)______ environment.

Question 33: A. various B. variety C. variation D. varied
Question 34: A. count B. score C. memory D. patience
Question 35: A. whose B. which C. of which D. who
Question 36: A. yet B. however C. although D. therefore
Question 37: A. nearby B. area C. local
D. close

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 38: I'd prefer Ben to teach me to how to ski.
A. I fancy skiing with Ben as my teacher.
B. How to ski with Ben as my teacher is my favourite.
C. I'd like better to be taught to ski by Ben.
D. I'd rather Ben taught me how to ski.
Question 39: Getting tickets to the festival was a nice
gesture.
A. The festival was so good to make a gesture with the
tickets.
B. You were so nice to make a gesture with the tickets to
the festival.
C. You made a kind gesture to get the tickets to the festival.
D. It was kind of you to get tickets to the festival.

Question 40: It was difficult for me to see in the dark cave.
A. It's very dark in the cave for me to see everything.
B. The cave is too difficult for me to see in the dark.
C. I find it too dark and difficult to see the cave.
D. I hardly can see in the dark cave.
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 41. – Bob: “Our team has just won the last
football match.”
- Peter : “ __”
A. Yes, I guess it's very good. B. Well, that's very surprising!
C. Yes, it's our pleasure. D. Good idea. Thanks for the news.

Question 42. This is the communicative exchange at an
electric shop.
- The shop assistant. “This is my last portable CD player. I'll
let you have it for sixty dollars.”
- Steven: “ ?”
A. Could you possibly give me fifty dollars B. Can you tell me
your favourite type of music
C. Could you give me a discount D. Could you give me your
last CD
Read the 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 50.

The sculptural legacy that the new United States inherited
from its colonial predecessors was far from a rich one, and
in fact, in 1776 sculpture as an art form was still in the hand
of artisans and craftspeople. Stone carvers engraved their
motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious icons of
death into the gray slabs that we still see standing today in
old burial grounds. Some skilled craftspeople made
intricately carved wooden ornamentations for furniture or
architectural decorations, while others carved wooden shop
signs and ships' figureheads. Although they often achieved
expression and formal excellence in their generally primitive
style, they remained artisans skilled in the craft of carving
and constituted a group distinct from what we normally
think of as "sculptors" in today's use of the word.

On the rare occasion when a fine piece of sculpture was
desired, Americans turned to foreign sculptors, as in the
1770's when the cities of New York and Charleston, South
Carolina, commissioned the Englishman Joseph Wilton to
make marble statues of William Pitt. Wilton also made a
lead equestrian image of King George III that was created in
New York in 1770 and torn down by zealous patriots six
years later. A few marble memorials with carved busts,
urns, or other decorations were produced in England and
brought to the colonies to be set in the walls of churches as in King's Chapel in Boston. But sculpture as a high art,
practiced by artists who knew both the artistic theory of
their RenaissanceBaroque-Rococo predecessors and the
various technical procedures of modeling, casting, and
carving rich three-dimensional forms, was not

known among Americans in 1776. Indeed, for many years
thereafter, the United States had two groups from which to
choose - either the local craftspeople or the imported talent
of European sculptors.
The eighteenth century was not one in which powered
sculptural conceptions were developed. Add to this the
timidity with which unschooled artisans originally trained as
stonemasons, carpenters, or cabinetmakers – attacked the
medium from which they sculpture made in the United
States in the late eighteenth century.

Question 43: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. There was a great demand for the work of eighteenthcentury artisans.
B. American sculptors were hampered by a lack of tools and
materials.
C. Skilled sculptors did not exist in the US in the 1770‟s.
D. Many foreign sculptors worked in the US after 1776.
Question 44: It is stated in the first paragraph that the
sculptural legacy that the new United States had from
colonial times was ______.
A. not great B. plentiful C. very rich D. not countable
Question 45: The phrase “turned to” in paragraph 2 is
closest in meaning to ______.
A. castigated B. censored C. consulted D. hired

Question 46: The work of which of the following
could be seen in burial ground?
A. stone carves B. carpenters C. cabinetmakers D.
European sculptors
Question 47: The word “they” in the passage refers
to ______.
A. wooden ornamentations B. skilled craftspeople
C. architectural decorations D. wooden shop signs
Question 48: The word "commissioned" in
paragraph 2 refers to _________.
A. enabled B. allowed C. conferred D. empowered

Question 49: What can be inferred about the importation
of marble memorials from England? A. Such
sculpture was expensive to produce locally than to import.
B. Such sculpture was as prestigious as those made locally.
C. Such sculpture was not available in the US.
D. The materials found abroad were superior.
Question 50: How did the work of American carvers in
1776 differ from that of contemporary sculptors?
A. It was less time-consuming. B. It was more expensive.
C. It was less refined. D. It was more dangerous.
Good luck!