ĐỀ THI THỬ LẦN 01 KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2024

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following
questions.
Question 1. It’s very likely that the company will accept his application.
A. The company needs accept his application.
B. The company might accept his application.
C. The company must accept his application.
D. The company should accept his application.
Question 2. I last ate this kind of food five years ago.
A. I haven’t eaten this kind of food for five years.
B. I ate this kind of food for five years.
C. I didn’t eat this kind of food five years ago.
D. I have eaten this kind of food for five years.
Question 3. “What did you take part in the game show The Road to Mount Olympia for?” she said to me.
A. She asked me what had you ever taken part in the game show The Road to Mount Olympia for.
B. She wanted to know what I have taken part in the game show The Road to Mount Olympia for.
C. She wanted to know what I took part in the game show The Road to Mount Olympia for.
D. She asked me what I had taken part in the game show The Road to Mount Olympia for.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following
questions.
Question 4. His parents are satisfied with his result when he was at high school yesterday.
A. His B. are C. with D. was
Question 5. Her weight has increased remarkably since they began receiving treatment.
A. Her weight B. remarkably C. they D. receiving
Question 6. Alike light waves, microwaves may be reflected and concentrated elements.
A. Alike B. waves C. may be D. concentrated

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.
Have you ever wondered how hot the peppers you eat are or why some peppers can set your mouth on
fire? Well, the Scoville Scale can help you answer these questions.
The Scoville scale is named after its creator, Wilbur L. Scoville (1865-1942), and is used to measure the
amount of capsaicin, the chemical compound found in peppers that gives them their heat. It is also used to
measure other plants which produce spicy chemicals. For instance, the resin spurge, a cactus-like plant native to
Morocco, produces a chemical substance called resiniferatoxin, which is a thousand times hotter on the Scoville
scale than pure capsaicin.
The scale measures the hotness of peppers in units known as Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The number of
SHUs in a pepper or hot sauce gives us an idea of the amount of capsaicin present in a pepper. So, of course, a
low rating indicates little or no heat while a high rating means that a pepper is extremely spicy.
To determine the number of Scoville Heat Units, an extract of capsaicin oil from a dried pepper is mixed
with a solution of water and sugar to the point where a panel of human taste-testers can’t detect the heat of the
pepper. The pepper is then assigned a Scoville Heat Unit according to the dilution required for the “burn” to no
longer be sensed. For example, if a pepper rates at 5,000 Scoville Heat Units, then the extract must be diluted in
sugar water 5,000 times before the heat is not detectable anymore.
(Adapted from quepasafoods.com)
Question 7: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Why some peppers can be extremely hot
B. The inventor of the Scoville scale
C. Plants that produce the most spicy chemicals
D. How the spiciness of peppers is measured
Question 8: The word “It” in paragraph 2 refers to ___________.
A. scale B. amount C. compound D. heat
Question 9: The word “indicates” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. reveals B. announces C. signifies D. proposes

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Question 10: According to paragraph 4, how is the number of Scoville Heat Units of a pepper determined?
A. Human taste-testers will eat the pepper until they can no longer taste heat.
B. The pepper will be dried and blended with water and sugar until oil is released.
C. An extract of capsaicin oil from fresh pepper will be diluted using sugar water.
D. Capsaicin oil and sugar water will be mixed until heat is no longer tasted.
Question 11: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. Wilber L. Scoville was the first person to discover capsaicin.
B. Capsaicin and resiniferatoxin are compounds that give peppers their heat.
C. The resin spurge is a chemical substance that is far hotter than capsaicin.
D. The higher the SHU rating of a pepper is, the more spicy it is.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
Question 12. John cannot see off his sister at the airport because he is seriously ill.
A. John’s sister wishes he hadn’t been seriously ill so that he couldn’t see her off at the airport.
B. As long as John could see his sister off at the airport, he couldn’t be seriously ill.
C. If John hasn’t been seriously ill, he can see off her sister at the airport.
D. If John weren’t seriously ill , he could see off his sister at the airport.
Question 13. He started computer programming as soon as he left school.
A. No sooner had he started computer programming than he left school.
B. Hardly had he started computer programming when he left school.
C. No sooner had he left school than he started computer programming.
D. After he left school, he had started computer programming.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 14. The heat wave has lasted for over one month,______ farming dictectly
A. affected B. affecting C. is affecting D. is being affected
Question 15. India is the country with_______ population.
A. the largest B. more large C. large D. larger than
Question 16. As soon as he _______ dinner, he will take the children for a walk to a nearby playground.
A. finishes B. will finish C. had finished D. finished
Question 17. Police said the thieves were obviously well acquainted _______ the alarm system at the department
store.
A. with B. to C. of D. in
Question 18. His parents don’t approve of what he does, _______?
A. do they B. don’t they C. did they D. didn’t they
Question 19. Air pollution is getting more and more serious in ____ big cities such as Hanoi and Beijing.
A. the B. a C. an D. x
Question 20. Yesterday the naval authorities _______ the reports in Friday’s newspapers that they had exploded
three bombs near an unknown submarine.
A. published B. confirmed C. re-stated D. agreed
Question 21. She had been depressed all day but she started to _______ after she heard that she was promoted.
A. turn up B. cheer up C. take up D. break up
Question 22: He got good marks at his exams because he spent almost his time ___________his lessons.
A. revise B. revising C. to revise D. to be revised
Question 23. It’s a good idea in theory, but it’s going to be hard to put it into ________.
A. practice B. trial C. test D. examination
Question 24. Yesterday I _______ in the park when I met a nice girl.
A. was walking B. is walking C. has walked D. has been walking
Question 25. Laura had a blazing _______ with Eddie and stormed out of the house.
A. word B. row C. gossip D. chat
Question 26. The trees _______ more and more in our countryside last year.
A. will plant B. were planted C. are planted D. plant
Question 27. To many children, playing computer games is a form of _______.
A. relax B. relaxingly C. relaxation D. relaxed
Question 28. An important rule in Tim’s family is that they have to pay _______ visits to their grandparents in
the countryside.
A. customary B. normal C. usual D. regular

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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Question 29. A. find B. think C. drive D. mind
Question 30. A. privacy B. pierce C. . advice D. activity
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary
stress in each of the following questions.
Question 31. A. achieve B. happen C. detect D. enroll
Question 32. A. politics B. division C. policemen D. reflection
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Question 33. 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 34. Jack and Peter are talking about their plan for this weekend.
- Jack: “Why don’t we visit the imperial citadel this weekend?” - Peter: “_______.”
A. To learn more about its history B. That’s a great idea
C. Because it is very old D. I couldn’t agree with you more

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions.
Question 35. The ASEAN Foreign Ministers had candid and fruitful discussions on ASEAN’s priorities for the
year ahead, as well as deep exchanges on regional and international developments.
A. frank B. personal C. sincere D. dishonest
Question 36. They are always optimistic although they don’t have a penny to their name.
A. are very poor B. are very rich C. are very mean D. are very healthy

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of
the following questions.
Question 37. We can never feel fulfilled by following someone else’s dreams: independent living is the only way
to find true satisfaction.
A. amused B. frightened C. satisfied D. tired
Question 38. The sun is a powerful energy source, and this energy source can be harnessed by installing solar
panels.
A. depleted B. exploited C. devastated D. expressed

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best
fits each the numbered blanks.
We need to attend to the tree loss because of the following tree benefits. Firstly, trees provide shade for
homes, office buildings, parks and roadways, cooling surface temperatures. They also take in and evaporate water,
(39) ______ cools the air around them. Secondly, trees absorb carbon and remove pollutants from the atmosphere.
Trees also reduce energy costs by $4 billion a year, according to Nowak’s study. “The shading of those trees on
buildings (40) ______ your air conditioning costs. Take those trees away; now your buildings are heating up,
you’re running your air conditioning more, and you’re burning more fuel from the power plants, so the pollution
and emissions go up.” (41) ______, trees act as water filters, taking in dirty surface water and absorbing nitrogen
and phosphorus into the soil. Last but not least, (42) ______ studies have found connections between exposure to
nature and better mental and physical health. Some hospitals have added tree views and plantings for patients as a
result of these studies. Doctors are even prescribing walks in nature for children and families due to evidence that
nature exposure lowers blood (43) ______ and stress hormones. And studies have associated living near green
areas with lower death rates. (Adapted from bbc.com)
Question 39. A. which B. whose C. that D. what
Question 40. A. reduces B. increases C. pays D. values
Question 41. A. However B. Consequently C. Besides D. Afterwards
Question 42. A. much B. every C. each D. many
Question 43. A. stream B. pressure C. line D. drop

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’s an ugly truth to the products we use and the foods we eat: many are made with palm oil, whose
production is responsible for the rapid deforestation of some of the world’s most biodiverse forests, destroying the
habitat of already endangered species. But now the biotech industry says it has come up with a solution – creating
palm oil in a way that doesn’t involve destroying forests.

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 “Over the last 30 years, 50% of palm oil plantation growth has come at the hands of deforestation of
tropical forest and peatland,” says Shara Ticku, founder of C16 Biosciences, one of the biotech firms pioneering a
synthetic, or lab-created, type of palm oil. “That is really the core of the problem we’re trying to solve.” The
company’s research is still in a pre-commercial stage, but there has been significant interest. Earlier this year, it
received a $20m investment from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a fund backed by billionaires like Bill Gates
and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.
At C16 Biosciences, genetically-engineered microbes are used to convert food waste and industrial by-
products into a product that is chemically very similar to natural palm oil. “It’s a yeast, we feed it sugars, then the
yeast grows and they’re able to produce large amounts of oil within their cells, and we have to squeeze out that oil
or extract it,” Ms Ticku says. This is how the firm’s synthetic palm oil is created. At the moment, the focus of C16
Biosciences is on creating a prototype, and getting feedback from companies that might choose to use it in their
products.
However, the challenges are substantial. To succeed commercially and at scale, the synthetic alternative
must first be capable of mimicking natural palm oil’s versatility, making it a suitable replacement in everything
from food to household products. Cost is obviously another issue. It is calculated that synthetic palm oil will be
between two to three times more expensive than its natural version, and that’s the best scenario.
Added to that are the doubts consumers in many markets have about eating anything that might contain an
ingredient derived from genetically modified microbes. If these challenges are not overcome, a synthetic palm oil
may only make a small dent in natural palm oil’s global production, especially considering that the World Wide
Fund for Nature (WWF) has estimated that consumption worldwide will rise to between 264 and 447 million
tonnes by 2050.
That, however, is not putting off C16 Bioscience’s Shara Ticku: “We believe that with our technology
platform, at a scale of hundreds of thousands of kilograms annually, we will be cost competitive with palm oil. If
we can get enough people to change then there is no longer any justified reason for burning forest to produce this
vegetable oil, and that is a success.”
(Adapted from bbc.com)
Question 44: Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. This Company Is Making Palm Oil In Their Own Lab, But How?
B. A New Alternative To Palm Oil That Could Help Save Forests
C. How Is Palm Oil So Useful But Destructive At The Same Time?
D. Why This New Chemical Product Can Replace Palm Oil Soon
Question 45: According to paragraph 2, which of the following is TRUE about C16 Biosciences?
A. It is trying to increase palm oil plantation growth without destroying forests.
B. It is the first biotech company to conduct research on alternatives to palm oil.
C. It will soon do research on the commercial stage thanks to financial support.
D. It has already captured the attention of famous billionaires such as Bill Gates.
Question 46: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ___________.
A. problem B. company C. stage D. interest
Question 47: How is C16 Biosciences’ synthetic palm oil produced, according to paragraph 3?
A. Food waste or industrial by-products are genetically engineered to make large amounts of oil.
B. Microbes and sugars are used to help yeast produce large amounts of natural palm oil.
C. Scientists directly extract oil from a product produced with genetically-engineered microbes.
D. Oil is obtained from a type of yeast made from food waste and industrial by-products.
Question 48: The word “mimicking” in paragraph 4 can be best replaced by ___________.
A. revitalizing B. duplicating C. imitating D. impersonating
Question 49: The phrase “derived” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. invented B. isolated C. disconnected D. utilized
Question 50: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. If we keep using palm oil, most species on the planet will go extinct due to habitat destruction.
B. A synthetic palm oil will succeed commercially once it can be used in a wide variety of products.
C. Consumers generally do not believe in products whose development involves genetic modification.
D. Shara Ticku thinks that palm oil will no longer be produced when enough people change their minds.

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