THI TỐT NGHIỆP QUỐC GIA
TEST 12a
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.
Question 1: A. invites
B. comes
C. arrives
D. loves
Question 2: A. interaction
B. initiative
C.
hospitality D. activity
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the word that differs from the other three in each position of
primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. effort
B. actor
C. perform
D. area
Question 4. A. disappear
B. recommend
C.
entertain
D. fortunate

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. After standing in the sun for more than an hour,
two of the people in the queue ______ out and they
__________to after some women threw water in their faces.
A. turned/went B. put/threw
C. came/turned
D. passed - came
Question 6. We expect Mai _____ to the airport late as the
plane will take off in 15 minutes.
A. to come B. not to come
C. not coming
D.
coming
Question 7. Befriending can offer volunteers the opportunity
to provide support and friendship to a person who may be
going _____ a difficult period.
A. up B. on C. off D. through

Question 8. _____ noodles are a precooked and usually dried
block invented by Japanese.
A. Instantaneous B. Instance C. Instant D. Instantly
Question 9. Christmas Eve is _____ best time for Japanese
youngsters to go out for _____ special, romantic evening.
A. a-a B. the-a
C. the-the D. a-the
Question 10. Though _____ many centuries ago, the palace
remains practically intact.
A. building B. to build C. built
D. people built
Question 11. I didn't know you were asleep. Otherwise, I
_____ so much noise when I came in.
A. didn't make
B. wouldn't have made C. won't
make D. don't make
Question 12. The little girl started crying. She _____ her doll,
and no one was able to find it for her.
A. has lost B. had lost C. was losing
D. was lost

Question 13. The house was empty when I arrived. They
__________.
A. must have gone to bed
B. should have gone
to bed
C. would have gone to bed
D. need have gone to
bed
Question 14. If the bride's father _____ the car for the
wrong time, she _____ at the Church by now.
A. hadn't booked/would have been B. didn't
book/would have been
C. hadn't booked/would be
D. hadn't booked/had
been
Question 15. John will never buy you a drink - he's far too
_____.
A. tight-fisted
B. pig-headed
C. highly-strung

Question 16. Study much harder ________.
A. if you will pass the exam
B. unless you pass the exam
C. or you won't pass the exam D. and you pass the exam
Question 17. The ___ polluted atmosphere in some industrial
regions is called "smog".
A. widely B. largely C. fully
D. heavily
Question 18. They are conducting a wide ___ of surveys
throughout Vietnam.
A. collection B. range
C. selection D. group
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.

Question 19. The company will only employ competent
engineers, so they want to see evidence of their work as well
the references from previous employers.
A. ambitious
B. unqualified
C. proficient
D.
inconvenient
Question 20. The protesters were angry with the council's
plan to do away with a lovely old building and put a car park
there instead.
A. destroy B. replace C. remain D. keep
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21. Unfortunately, the sunny intervals we were
promised have been few and far between.
A. unusual B. extraordinary C. rare
D. frequent

Question 22. On Saturday wearing uniform is optional, so I
often choose T-shirt and shorts.
A. acceptable
B. compulsory
C. uncomfortable D.
voluntary
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 23. Speech sounds are produced as a continuous
sound signal rather than discreet units.
A. Speech B. discreet C. are produced D. signal
Question 24. His family goes usually to the same place for
dinner on Saturday nights.
A. the same B. goes usually
C. for D. on
Question 25. Having been identified the causes of global
warming, scientists have worked out some solutions to

A. worked out
B. Having been identified
C. to reduce
D. of
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the
following questions.
Question 26. Sue and Anne are talking about their future
plans.
Sue: “I am not interested in the idea of taking a gap year and
going backpacking in Nepal.”
Anne: “ Well, _____________.”
A. I am
B. help yourself C. neither do I D. that's life
Question 27. Laura and Annie are saying goodbye.
Laura: “Goodbye Annie. See you next week!”
Annie: “_______!”
A. So far
B. Cheers C. So long D. Don't worry

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 28. It's such a pity my mother can't attend my birthday party.
A. If only my mother could attend my birthday party.
B. If only my mother had attended my birthday party.
C. I am very sorry that my mother didn't attend my birthday party.
D. I wonder why my mother can't attend my birthday party.
Question 29. Fansipan is the highest mountain in the Indochinese
Peninsula.
A. There are some mountains in the Indochinese Peninsula higher than
Fansipan.
B. The Indochinese Peninsula includes one of the highest mountains on
earth.
C. The highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula is exclusive
Fansipan.
D. No mountains in the Indochinese Peninsula are higher than Fansipan.
Question 30. We have some minutes to spare so you don't have to be
hurried.
A. There is no need for you to be hurried as we have time to spare.

B. You should be hurried as we have no time to spare.
C. It is necessary for you not to be hurried as we have time to spare.
D. You must not be hurried as we have plenty of time to spare.
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 31. Marie didn't turn up at John's birthday party. I feel so sorry
for that.
A. If only Marie turn up at John's birthday party.
B. I wish Marie had turned up at John's birthday party.
C. I wished Marie wouldn't turn up at John's birthday party.
D. It's a shame Marie had turned up at John's birthday party.
Question 32. Their team performed excellently at the elimination
tournament. They didn't win the trophy nevertheless.
A. Subsequent to their performance at the elimination tournament, they
afraid to win the trophy excellently.
B. Were it not for their excellent performance at the elimination
tournament, they wouldn't have won the trophy.

C. Notwithstanding their excellent performance at the
elimination tournament, they didn't win the trophy.
D. Given that they didn't win the trophy, their performance at
the elimination tournament was however excellent.
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.
Amparo Lasén, the Spanish sociologist who conducted the
study found that Londoners use their cell phones the least in
public. If they are with others, they prefer to let calls be
answered by voice mail (a recorded message) and then they
check for messages later. If the English do answer a call on
the street, they seem to dislike talking with others around.
They tend to move away from a crowded sidewalk and seek
out a place (33) ________ they cannot be heard, such as the

They seem to feel that the danger of the traffic is (34)
___________ to the risk of having their conversation be
overheard. This has led to a behavior that Laser has called
"clustering." At a busy time of day on the streets of London,
you may find small crowds of cell phone users grouped
together, each one talking into a cell phone. Even when it is
raining—as it is often in London—people still prefer not to
hold their conversations where others could hear. They talk
(35) _____________ their umbrellas or in a doorway.
In Paris, however, there are stricter rules about how and
when to use cell phones. It is not considered polite to use a
phone in a restaurant, (36) ______________, though it might
be acceptable in the more informal setting of a café. One
special custom that has developed in cafés seems unique to
Paris. Young women often place their cell phones on the table
beside them to signal that they are expecting someone.

When the friend arrives, the phone is (37)
_____________. In fact, the French are generally very
disapproving of phone use in public and are quick to
express that disapproval, even to strangers.
(Adapted from “Advanced Reading Power” by
Beatrice S. Mikulecky and Linda Jeffries)
Question 33. A. which B. when C. where D. what
Question 34. A. preferable B. prefer C. preference
D. preferential
Question 35. A. on B. under C. in D. after
Question 36. A. for examples B. moreover C.
nevertheless
D. for instance
Question 37. A. put away B. put back
C. put
down
D. put aside

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.
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to
learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each
on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a
great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the
second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest
son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he
called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
The second son said no – it was covered with green buds and
full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was laden
with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful,
it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son
disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and dropping

with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right,
because they had each seen but one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by
only one season, and that the essence of who they are – and
the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life – can
only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If
you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of
your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your
fall.
Don't judge a life by one difficult season. Don't let the pain
of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
(source: https://www.beliefnet.com)

Question 38. Which best serves as the title for the
passage?
A. The Seasons of Life B. The Observation of a Tree
C. Father and Four Sons D. Love all the Seasons in a Year
Question 39. According to the paragraph 2, what did the
second son see in his turn?
A. The tree was gloomy, withered and crooked.
B. The tree was in buds and teeming with vigor.
C. The tree was blossoming and gave off a sweet scent.
D. The tree was bountifully fruitful, brimming with life
force.
Question 40. The word “laden” in paragraph 2 is closest in
meaning to __________.

A. loaded B. decorated
C. enhanced
D. given
Question 41. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to
__________.
A. the four sons B. green buds
C. trees, people D.
the pleasure, joy and love
Question 42. According to the paragraph 4, what is the
lesson the father wanted to impart to his children?
A. Moral lessons can come from the most unexpected and
ordinary things.
B. No matter what season it is outside, you always have to
cherish it.
C. The old age of humans is similar to the winter of nature.
D. Persevere through the difficulties and better times are
sure to come sometime sooner or later.

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.

More than 200 reindeer have died of starvation on the Norwegian
archipelago of Svalbard, with scientists blaming their deaths on
climate change. The wild deer carcasses were found on the Arctic
islands this summer by researchers from the Norwegian Polar
Institute (NPI), which said it had never logged so many deaths at
once in 40 years of monitoring the animals' population level. “It's
scary to find so many dead animals,” project leader Ashild Onvik
Pedersen told state broadcaster NRK. “This is an example of how
climate change affects nature. It is just sad.”
Svalbard's capital Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on earth, is
thought to be warming quicker than any other settlement on the
planet, climate scientists warned earlier this year. The milder
temperatures in the region led to unusually heavy rainfall in
December, leaving a thick layer of ice when the precipitation froze.

This meant the reindeer could not dig through the
hardened tundra to reach the vegetation they graze on in
their usual pastures, the NPI said. Svalbard's reindeer have
been observed eating seaweed and kelp when food is
scarce, but these are less nutritious and cause them
stomach problems.
A relatively high number of calves born last year increased
the death toll, as the youngest and weakest are often the
first to die in harsh conditions. “Some of the mortality is
natural because there were so many calves last year. But
the large number we see now is due to heavy rain, which is
due to global warming,” said Ms Onvik Pedersen.
A team of three scientists spent 10 weeks investigating
population of the Svalbard reindeer earlier this year.
Researchers warned the decline of reindeer would cause

unwanted plant species, currently kept in check by the
animals' grazing, to spread across Arctic ecosystems in
Europe, Asia and North America.
Arctic reindeer and caribou populations have declined 56
per cent in the last two decades, a report by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last year. The
report said food security was partly to blame for falling
herd numbers, while warmer summers could also put the
animals at greater risk of diseases spread by flies and
parasites. The average temperature in Longyearbyen has
risen by 3.7C since 1900, more than three times the global
average increase of about 1C. In 2016, the entrance to the
town's “Doomsday” seed vault – which stores specimens of
almost all the world's seeds – was flooded following heavy
rainfall.

Question 43. Which could best serve as the title of the
passage?
A. Climate change – The main cause for the death of
hundreds of reindeer.
B. Global warming – What are the effects on nature?
C. Reindeer – The most vulnerable animals on the Arctic
islands.
D. Climate change – What are the reasons?
Question 44. The word “logged” in paragraph 1 is closest in
meaning to ______________.
A. cut down B. damaged C. recorded D. discovered
Question 45. The following are true about capital
Longyearbyen, EXCEPT ___________.
A. It is believed to be the most quickly warming settlement
on earth.

B. People in Longyearbyen suffered unusually heavy rain at
the end of the year.
C. It is the northernmost town on our planet.
D. The reindeer here couldn't stand the low temperature
when the precipitation froze.
Question 46. The word “scarce” in paragraph 2 could be
best replaced by __________.
A. inappropriate B. insufficient
C. abundant
D. unlimited
Question 47. What does the word “these” in paragraph 2
refer to?
A. seaweed and kelp
B. Svalbard's reindeer
C.
their usual pastures
D. milder temperatures
Question 48. According to Ms. Onvik Pedersen, why is the
death rate of reindeer so high this year?

A. Because of the high number of calves born.
B.
Because of heavy rain.
C. Because of natural selection.
D. Because of the
shortage of vegetation.
Question 49. Which statement is TRUE according to the
last paragraphs?
A. After over 2 months investigated, reindeer populations
were reported to decrease because of the increase of
unwanted plant species.
B. Nearly a half of reindeer populations have reduced in
the last two decades.
C. Besides the scarcity of food, diseases are also the cause
of reindeer's mortality.
D. The average temperature of the Earth has increased by
3.7C since 1990.

Question 50. It can be inferred from the passage that
______________.
A. Arctic reindeer play the most important role in the
Arctic ecosystems.
B. the Arctic ecosystems are altering worse because
of the global warming.
C. the clearest effect of climate change is the limit of
food chain in the nature.
D. the harsh weather in Arctic islands only damages
the new-born calves.

Good luck!