THI TỐT NGHIỆP QUỐC GIA
TEST 3
TRƯƠNG VĂN ÁNH
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SÀI GÒN

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position
of the primary stress in each of the following questions
from 1 to 2.
Question 1: A. reflect B. contain C. purchase D. suggest
Question 2: A. possession B. politics C. decision D. refusal
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the option that best complete each of the
following questions.
Question 3: Demands have been ____ for the immediate
distribution of food to the refugees.
A. taken B. made C. done D. given
Question 4: His name is on the ____ of my tongue, but I just
can't think of it.
A. point B. edge C. tip D. end

Question 5: ____by the brain and nerves, the nervous
system allows us to move, talk, and feel emotions.
A. led B. leading C. having been led D. lead
Question 6: I don't need a car; we live ___ easy reach of the
shops.
A. within B. upon C. at D. towards
Question 7: They _____ hard to solve the maths problem
when Ted came up with the answer.
A. have tried B. are trying C. were trying D. tried
Question 8: The meat price _____ so high now if it hadn't
been for the African swine fever months ago.
A. won't be B. wouldn't have been C. isn't D. wouldn't be
Question 9: A fire must have readily available supply of
oxygen. _____, it will stop.
A. Consequently B. However C. Furthermore D. Otherwise

Question 10: The jokes Jack tells are as old as _________.
A. the hills B. the mountains C. the oceans D. the earth
Question 11: When finding a new house, parents should
_________ all the conditions for their children's
education and entertainment.
A. keep pace with B. make room for C. get rid of D. take into
account
Question 12: Ms. Brown asked me _________ in my class.
A. how many students there were B. were there how many
students
C. how many students were there D. there were how many
students
Question 13: After David _________ his homework, he
went straight to bed.
A. had finished B. has finished C. was finished D. finished

Question 14: _________, we would have been
forced to sack him.
A. Were he not to resign B. If he resigned
C. Had he not resigned D. If he had resigned
Question 15: Students also have the opportunity to
choose from a wide range of _________ courses in
the university.
A. optional B. unique C. compulsory D. limited
Question 16: I'd rather _________ to the party with
my parents because there was nothing interesting
there.
A. hadn't been invited B. not have been invited
C. haven't been invited D. not be invited

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 17: A. blood B. food
C. mood
D. boot
Question 18: A. missed
B. hoped
C. washed D.
removed
 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 19: Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately
regrets what he said. He is always putting his foot in his
mouth.
A. speaking indirectly B. saying embarrassing things
C. doing things in the wrong order D. making a mistake

Question 20: In spite of her embarrassment before Rodya's
urgent and challenging look, she could not deny herself that
satisfaction.
A. hard B. curious C. demanding D. difficult
Choose the option that best completes each of the
following exchanges from 21 to 22:
Question 21: Jim: “This dictionary is for you. I hope you will
find it useful.”
Mai: “__________.”
A. No problem! B. Thanks. I'll do it C. Thanks. It's very kind
of you D. Yes, please
Question 22: Kate: “How lovely your cats are!”
David: “__________.”
A. I love them, too. B. Thank you, it is nice of you to say so.
C. Can you say it again? D. Really? They are

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the
following questions.
Question 23. We paid for the meal. We wanted to say sorry for what we
had done.
A. We paid for the meal in order to say sorry for what we had done.
B. In order to pay for the meal, we wanted to say sorry for what we had
done.
C. The meal we paid for is what we want to say sorry for
what we had done. D. We paid for the meal although we wanted to
say sorry for what we had done.
Question 24. He works in the same office with two women. They are
very beautiful and tactful.
A. The two women's beauty and tact explain why he wants to work at
their office.
B. He works in the same office with two women
who are very beautiful and tactful.
C. The offices where he and the two very beautiful and tactful women
work are the same. D. Working in the same office with the two
beautiful women makes him very tactful.

Blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
show the underlined part that needs correction Question
25: Televisions are now an everyday feature of most
households in the United States, and television viewing is
the number of one activity leisure.
A. everyday B. activity leisure C. most households D.
television viewing
Question 26: New sources of energy have been looking for
as the number of fossil fuels continues to decrease.
A. New sources B. been looking C. fossil D. continues
Question 27: Almost poetry is more enjoyable when it is
read aloud.
A. is more B. Almost C. it is D. enjoyable

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 28: His second venture, a software firm, is
booming and will soon be ready to take on more staff.
A. adopt B. dismiss C. prepare D. employ
Question 29: The smell of chalk always evokes memories of
my school days.
A. revises B. brings C. recalls D. catches

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 30: “My company makes a large profit every year. Why don't
you invest more money in it?” my friend said to me.
A. My friend instructed me how to put more money into his company.
B. I was asked to invest more money in my friend's company.
C. My friend persuaded me to invest more money in his company.
D. My friend suggested his investing more money in his company.
Question 31: “If you don't pay the ransom, we'll kill your boy,” the
kidnappers told us.
A. The kidnappers threatened to kill our boy if we refused to pay the
ransom.
B. The kidnappers promised to kill our boy if we refused to pay the
ransom.
C. The kidnappers pledged to kill our boy if we did not pay the ransom.
D. The kidnappers ordered to kill our boy if we did not pay the
ransom.

Question 32: “Don't forget to tidy up the final draft before
submission,” the team leader told us.
A. The team leader simply wanted us to tidy up the final draft before
submission.
B. The team leader ordered us to tidy up the final draft before
submission.
C. The team leader reminded us to tidy up the final draft before
submission.
D. The team leader asked us to tidy up the final
draft before submission.
Question 33: “You shouldn't have leaked our confidential report to
the press, Frank!” said Jane.
A. Jane accused Frank of having cheated the press with their
confidential report.
B. Jane criticized Frank for having disclosed their confidential report
to the press.
C. Jane blamed Frank for having flattered the
press with their confidential report.
D. Jane suspected that Frank had leaked their confidential report to
the press.

Question 34: “Mum, please don't tell dad about my mistake,” the boy
said.
A. The mother was forced to keep her son's mistake as a secret when
he insisted.
B. The boy requested his mother not to talk about his mistake any
more.
C. The boy begged his mother not to tell his father about his mistake.
D. The boy earnestly insisted that his mother tell his father about his
mistake.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your
answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 35 to 39.
In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented”
farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go
around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters”
used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of
years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels
together and make them bigger, we can use them to move things.

In the last few centuries, things have begun to move faster. Take a 20thcentury invention like the aeroplane, for example. The first acroplane
flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12 seconds, and the plane only
went 37 metres. It can't have been very exciting to watch, but that
flight changed the world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across
the Atlantic, and only fifty years after that, men walked on the moon.
Technology is now changing our world faster and faster. So what will
the future bring?
One of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have
just invented an amazing new material called graphene, and soon we
will use it to do lots of things. With graphene batteries in your mobile,
it will take a few seconds to charge your phone or download a
thousand gigabytes of information! Today, we make most products in
factories, but in the future, scientists will invent living materials. Then
we won't make things like cars and furniture in factories - we will grow
them! Thirty years ago, people couldn't have imagined social media like
Twitter and Facebook.

Now we can't live without them. But this is only the start.
Right now, scientists are putting microchips in some
disabled people's brains, to help them see, hear and
communicate better. In the future, we may all use these
technologies. We won't need smartphones to use social
media or search the internet because the internet will be in
our heads! More people will go into space in the future,
too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred years
from now, there may be many hotels in space. One day, we
may get most of our energy from space too. In 1941, the
writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in
space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have
listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a
space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines
above the clouds!

Question 35: The writer says that in the past ________ .
A. most inventions were to do with farming B. people didn't
want to use wheels C. it took time for new ideas to change
things D. people didn't invent many things
Question 36: Why does the writer use the example of the
aeroplane?
A. Because he thinks it's the most
important invention in history. B. To show how an invention
developed quickly.
C. To explain how space travel started.
D. To explain why transport changed in the 20th century.
Question 37: What does the writer say about the future of
communication?
A. We can't know what the most popular social media will be.
B. Microchips will become faster.
C. We won't need devices like smartphones. D. We won't use

Question 38: What does the writer say about space solar
power?
A. It's much easier to build a solar power station in space
than on Earth.
B. It's a science fiction idea, and nobody really thinks it will
work.
C. People tried it in 1941, but they didn't succeed.
D. It's an old idea, but people are only starting to develop it
now.
Question 39: The best title for the article would be
________ .
A. Man in space B. Progress now and then
C. Will computers rule the world? D. More and more
inventions

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.
In the early twentieth century, an American woman named Emily Post
wrote a book on etiquette. This book explained the proper behavior
Americans should follow in many different social (40) ______, from
birthday parties to funerals. But in modern society, it is not simply to
know the proper rules for behavior in your own country. It is necessary
for people (41) ______ work or travel abroad to understand the rules of
etiquette in other cultures as well. Cultural (42) _______ can be found in
such simple processes as giving or receiving a gift. In Western cultures, a
gift can be given to the receiver with relatively little ceremony. When a
gift is offered, the receiver usually takes the gift and expresses his or her
thanks. (43) ______, in some Asian countries, the act of gift-giving may
appear confusing to Westerners. In Chinese culture, both the giver and
receiver understand that the receiver will typically refuse to take the gift
several times before he or she finally accepts it. In addition, to (44)
_______respect for the receiver, it is common in several Asian cultures to
use both hands when offering a gift to another person.

Question 40: A. locationsB. situations C. positions D.
conditions
Question 41: A. whom B. where
C. whose D. who
Question 42: A. different B. differently
C. differences
D. differ
Question 43: A. HoweverB. MoreoverC. Otherwise
D.
Therefore
Question 44: A. take
B. show
C. feel
D. get

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 45: Telomeres are the tiny caps on the ends of
chromosomes that protect our DNA from damage during
cell division.
A. guard B. shape C. attack D. save
Question 46: If you say bad things about the person who
give a job you bite the hand that feeds you.
A. be unfriendly B. be ungrateful C. be thankful D. be
devoted

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 47 to 48.
Question 47: Why did Danny decide to enter the marathon? Danny's
totally unfit.
A. Why did Danny, whose total unfit, decide to enter the marathon?
B. Why did Danny decide to enter the marathon, who's totally unfit?
C. Why did Danny, who's totally unfit, decide to enter the marathon?
D. Why did Danny decide to enter the marathon who's totally unfit?
Question 48: His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to
apply to that prestigious university.
A. His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure
to apply to that prestigious university.
B. Failing to apply to that prestigious university, his academic record at
high school was poor.
C. His academic record at high school was poor because he didn't apply
to that prestigious university.
D. His academic record at high school was poor, as a result, he failed to
apply to that prestigious university.

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 49: The first postage stamps issued in New York
City in 1842.
A. issued B. stamps C. the first D. in
Question 50: When I will see her tomorrow, I will tell her the
truth. I'm sure she will be very happy.
A. truth B. will tell C. will see D. happy

Good luck!