Đề Thi TNTHPTQG (9)
(Năm 2025)

Trương Văn Ánh (Biên soạn)

I. 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. agile

B. reply

C. gyp

Question 2: A. trays

B. says

C. bays

D. file
D. days

II. 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. apprehension B. apprenticeship
C. contaminate
D. conventional
Question 4: A. attendance
B. apparent
C. cosmetic
D. delicate

III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Not only _____ among the largest animals that ever lived, but they are
also among the most intelligent.
(A) are whales (B) whales (C) some whales (D) they are whales
6. Fish are the most ancient form of vertebrate life, and _____ all other
vertebrates.
(A) from them evolved (B) evolved them (C) to evolve (D) they are
evolved
7. _____ 350 species of sharks, and although they are all carnivorous,
only a few species will attack people.
(A) About (B) Where about (C) There are about (D) About the

8. Deserts are arid land areas where _____ through evaporation than is
gained through precipitation.
(A) the loss of more water (B) loses more water
(C) is more water lost
(D) more water is lost
9. When goshawk chicks are young, _____ parents share in the hunting
duties and in guarding the nest.
(A) the both
(B) both
(C) both of
(D) and both

IV. Read the following advertisement/ school announcement and mark the letter A, B, C or D on
your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Opportunities for (10) ________ work in Southoe village Library
 one thing you could do is get involved (11) ________ collecting books
(times to be arranged)
 another thing you could help is to keep records of books up to date
 Library is in the west Room in the village hall
Help for individuals needed next week
 Mrs Carroll needs (12) ________ lift to the hospital
• Work in the garden at Mr Selsbury's house
Question 10.
A. volunteers
B. voluntary C. voluntarily
D. volunteered
Question 11.
A. on B. of C. with
D. in
Question 12.
A. the B. no article C. an D. a

Business operation will resume as normal (13)_______ 3rd of May. Many thanks for
your kind (14)_______ and being appreciative with this situation. On this occasion,
we would like to thank you for your support and cooperation in the year 2023 and
look forward to receiving your continuing assistance in 2024.
Should you have (15)_______ questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Wish you and your family a healthy, happy and successful holiday.
Best regards,
Question 13: A. on B. in C. at
Question 14: A. attentive
B. attend
Question 15: A. few B. any C. many

D. about
C. attention
D. a lot

D. attentively

V. 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.
• In the professional or career world, a gap year is a year before going to college or university
and after (16)__________________ taking a year off before going into graduate school after
completing a bachelor as an undergraduate.(17)_________________, students may engage
in advanced academic courses, extra-academic courses and non-academic courses, (18)
____________________, language studies, learning a trade, art studies, volunteer work,
travel, internships, sports and more. Gap years are sometimes considered a way for students
to become independent and (19) ___________________ prior to engaging in university life.
• Australians and New Zealanders have a tradition of travelling overseas independently at a
young age. In New Zealand, (20 )__________________. Sometimes, an OE is limited to one
year, but often Australians and New Zealanders will remain overseas for three to five years,
with many working short-term in service industry jobs to fund their continuing travels.

Question 16.
A. high school finishing or

B. finishing high school or

C. finishing high school and D. having finished high school or

Question 17.
A. During this time B. When this time C. To this time

D. Having this time

Question 18.
A. however yearlong pre-college math courses

B. like yearlong pre-college math courses

C. because yearlong pre-college math courses

D. such as yearlong pre-college math courses

Question 19.
A. learning a great deal of responsibility

B. learn a great deal of responsibility

C. learnt a great deal of responsibility D. learns a great deal of responsibility
Question 20.
A. this is known as “doing an OE” (Overseas Experience)
B. which is known as “doing an OE” (Overseas Experience)
C. it is known about “doing an OE” (Overseas Experience)
D. what is known as “doing an OE” (Overseas Experience

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct arrangement of the sentences to make a meaningful
paragraph/letter in each of the following questions.
Question 21.
a. Next, could you inform me if SGV Vocational school offers any discounts for students who are
financially disadvantaged.
b. Finally, I would like to enquire about the daily wage for the apprenticeship provided by SGV
Vocational School. It would be great if you could provide me with more information.
c. Dear Sir
I am writing to ask more information about applying for the tour guide training courses offered
by SGV Vocational School.
d. Firstly, lease let me know if there are any particular requirements for admittance, such as
passing a test, in order to join in the tour guide training courses.
e. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
A. c-b-a-d-e
B. c-d-b-a-e
C. d-b-a-c-e
D. c-d-a-b-e

Question 22.  
a. Sounds good! Now let's decide on a social issue. Is the top problem facing teens today
peer pressure, body shaming, or bullying?
c. Hmm. I think this time we should focus on a problem teens struggle with every day
because this won't be a big campaign. However, we'll try to use your ideas for another
project, Mai.
b. Well, bullying, peer pressure, and body shaming, for instance, are major problems among
teenagers today although many people don't feel comfortable talking about them.
d. I agree with you. Hmm... so Mark, what do you think? Should we focus our campaign on a
general social issue or one affecting mainly teens?
e. Can you give us some examples?
f. I think it's bullying because it's very common today, and ...
A. b-e-d-a-c-f
B. e-b-d-c-a-f
C. f-d-a-e-b-c
D. b-d-e-a-f--c

VII. 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.
The modem comic strip started out as ammunition in a newspaper war between giants
of the American press in the late nineteenth century. The first full-color comic strip
appeared in January 1894 in the New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer. The first
regular weekly full-color comic supplement, similar to today's Sunday funnies, appeared
two years later, in William Randolph Hearst's rival New York paper, the Morning Journal.
Both were immensely popular, and publishers realized that supplementing the news with
comic relief boosted the sale of papers. The Morning Journal started another feature in
1896, the "Yellow Kid," the first continuous comic character in the United States, whose
creator, Richard Outcault, had been lured away from the World by the ambitious
Hearst. The "Yellow Kid" was in many ways a pioneer. Its comic dialogue was the strictly
urban farce that came to characterize later strips, and it introduced the speech balloon
inside the strip, usually placed above the characters' heads.

The first strip to incorporate all the elements of later comics was Rudolph
Dirks's "Katzenjammer Kids," based on Wilhelm Busch's Max and Moritz, a
European satire of the nineteenth century. The "Kids" strip, first published in
1897, served as the prototype for future American strips. It contained not
only speech balloons, but a continuous cast of characters, and was divided
into small regular panels that did away with the larger panoramic scenes of
most earlier comics.
Newspaper syndication played a major role in spreading the popularity of
comic strips throughout the country. Though weekly colored comics came
first, daily blackand-white strips were not far behind. They first appeared in
the Chicago American in 1904. It was followed by many imitators, and by
1915 black-and-white comic strips had become a staple of daily
newspapers around the country.

23. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) A comparison of two popular comic strips (B) The differences
between early and modern comic strips
(C) The effects of newspapers on comic strip stories
(D) Features of early comic strips in the United States
24. Why does the author mention Joseph Pulitzer and William
Randolph Hearst?
(A) They established New York's first newspaper.
(B) They published comic strips about the newspaper war.
(C) Their comic strips are still published today.
(D) They owned major competitive newspapers.

25. The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the
following reasons?
(A) They provided a break from serious news stories. (B) Readers
enjoyed the unusual drawings.
(C) Readers could identify with the characters.
(D) They were
about real-life situations.
26. To say that Richard Outcault had been "lured away from” the World by
Hearst means which of the following?
(A) Hearst convinced Outcault to leave the World.
(B) Hearst fired Outcault from the World.
(C) Hearst warned Outcault to leave the World.
(D) Hearst wanted Outcault to work for the World.

27. The word “it” in line 12 refer to
(A) The “Yellow Kid” (B) dialogue
(C) Farce
(D) balloon
28. The word "prototype" in line 17 is closest in meaning to
(A) Story
(B) humor
(C) Drawing
(D) model
29. The word "staple" in line 24 is closest in meaning to
(A) regular feature
(B) popular edition
(C) new version
(D) huge success

VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Social parasitism involves one species relying on another to raise its young. Among
vertebrates, the best known social parasites are such birds as cuckoos and cowbirds; the
female lays an egg in a nest belonging to another species and leaves it for the host to rear.
The dulotic species of ants, however, are the supreme social parasites. Consider, for
example, the unusual behavior of ants belonging to the genus Polyergus. All species of this
ant have lost the ability to care for themselves. The workers do not forage for food feed their
brood or queen, or even dean their own nest. To compensate for these deficits, Polyergus
has become specialized at obtaining workers from the related genus Formica to do these
chores.
In a raid, several thousand Polyergus workers will travel up to 500 feet in search of a
Formica nest, penetrate it, drive off the queen and tier workers, capture the pupal brood,
and transport it back to their nest. The captured brood is then reared by the resident
Formica workers until the developing pupae emerge to add to the Formica population,
which maintains the mixed-species nest The Formica workers forage for food and give it to
colony members of both species. They also remove wastes and excavate new chambers as
the population increases.

The true extent of the Polyergus ants' dependence on the Formica becomes
apparent when the worker population grows too large for the existing nest. Formica
scouts locate a new nesting site, return to the mixed-species colony, and recruit
additional Formica nest mates. During a period that may last seven days, the
Formica workers carry to the new nest all the Polyergus eggs, larvae, and pupae,
every Polyergus adult, and even the Polyergus queen.
Of the approximately 8,000 species of ants in the world, all 5 species of Polyergus
and some 200 species in other genera have evolved some degree of parasitic
relationship with other ants.
30. Which of the following statements best represents the main idea of the
passage?
(A) Ants belonging to the genus Formica are incapable of performing certain tasks.
(B) The genus Polyergus is quite similar to the genus Formica.
(C) Ants belonging to the genus Polyergus have an unusual relationship with ants
belonging to the genus Formica.
(D) Polyergus ants frequently leave their nests to build new colonies.

31. The word "raise" in line 1 is closest in meaning to
(A) Rear
(B) lift
(C) collect
(D) increase
32. The word "it" in line 3 refers to
(A) Species
(B) nest
(C) egg
(D) female
33. Which of the following is a task that an ant of the genus Polyergus might do?
(A) Look for food.
(B) Raid another nest
(C) Care for the young. (D) Clean its
own nest.
34. The word "recruit" in line 20 is closest in meaning
(A) Create
(B) enlist
(C) endure
(D) capture
35. What happens when a mixed colony of Polyergus and Formica ants becomes too large?
(A) The Polyergus workers enlarge the existing nest.
(B) The captured Formica workers return to their original nest.
(C) The Polyergus and the Formica build separate nests.
(D) The Polyergus and the Formica move to a new nest.

IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answers to each of the questions from 36 to 40.
Every drop of water in the ocean, even in the deepest parts, responds to the forces that
create the tides. No other force that affects the sea is so strong. Compared with the
tides, the waves created by the wind are surface movements felt no more than a
hundred fathoms below the surface. The currents also seldom involve more than the
upper several hundred fathoms despite their impressive sweep. The tides are a
response of the waters of the ocean to the pull of the Moon and the more distant Sun.
In theory, there is a gravitational attraction between the water and even the outermost
star of the universe. In reality, however, the pull of remote stars is so slight as to be
obliterated by the control of the Moon and, to a lesser extent, the Sun. Just as the
Moon rises later each day by fifty minutes, on the average, so, in most places, the time
of high tide is correspondingly later each day. And as the Moon waxes and wanes in its
monthly cycle, so the height of the tide varies. The tidal movements are strongest when
the Moon is a sliver in the sky, and when it is full. These are the highest flood tides and
the lowest ebb tides of the lunar month and are called the spring tides.

At these times the Sun, Moon, and Earth are nearly in line and the pull of the two
heavenly bodies is added together to bring the water high on the beaches, to send its surf
upward against the sea cliffs, and to draw a high tide into the harbors. Twice each month,
at the quarters of the Moon, when the Sun, Moon and Earth lie at the apexes of a
triangular configuration and the pull of the Sun and Moon are opposed, the moderate tidal
movements called neap tides occur. Then the difference between high and low water is
less than at any other time during the month.
36. What is the main point of the first paragraph?
(A) The waves created by ocean currents are very large.
(B) Despite the strength of the wind, it only moves surface water.
(C) Deep ocean water is seldom affected by forces that move water.
(D) The tides are the most powerful force to affect the movement of ocean water.
37. The word "felt" in line 4 is closest in meaning to
(A) based
(B) dropped
(C) detected
(D) explored

38. It can be inferred from the passage that the most important factor in determining
how much gravitational effect one object in space has on the tides is
(A) Size (B) distance
(C) Temperature (D) density
39. What is the cause of spring tides?
(A) Seasonal changes in the weather
(B) The gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon when nearly in line with the Earth
(C) The Earth's movement around the Sun
(D) The triangular arrangement of the Earth, Sun, and Moon
40. According to the passage, all of the following statements about tides are true
EXCEPT:
(A) The time of high tide is later each day.
(B) Tides have a greater effect on the sea than waves do.
(C) The strongest tides occur at the quarters of the Moon.
(D) Neap tides are more moderate than spring tides.

KEY
TEST 9
1C
2B
11D 12D
21D 22B
31A 32C

3A
13A
23D
33B

4D
14C
24D
34B

5A
15B
25A
35D

6A
16B
26A
36D

7C
17A
27A
37C

8D
18D
28D
38B

9B
19B
29A
39B

10B
20A
30C
40C

Good luck!