ĐỀ THI THỬ 08                  KỲ THI THỬ TỐT NGHIỆP THPT NĂM 2024
(Đề thi có 04 trang)             Bài thi: NGOẠI NGỮ, Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
                                   Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề
Họ, tên thí sinh: ……………………………
Số báo danh: ……………………………….
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which
differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of
the following questions.
Question 1. A. maintenance                     B. industry         C. chemistry     D.
department
Question 2. A. visit           B. inform       C. pollute          D. refuse
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 3. Mike meets Mary in their class after Mary has had her hair cut.
- Mike: "What an attractive hairstyle you have got, Mary!"
- Mary: “ ______ ”
   A. I don't like your sayings              B. Thank you very much. I am afraid
   C. You are telling a lie                  D. Thank you for your compliment
Question 4. Two students, Anna and Linda, are talking about cyberbullying.
- Anna: “I believe that children should be provided guidance on how to deal with
cyberbullying.”
- Linda: “______ This can help them have more enjoyable experiences on the Internet.”
   A. Actually, I quite agree anymore.       B. Sorry, but you’re right.
   C. No doubt.                              D. I don’t think you’re correct.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 5. A. lake            B. play         C. mass             D. wave
Question 6. A. honest          B. horror       C. honor            D. hour
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 7. It used to be assumed that jellyfish were among the simplest life forms,
as it had no brain or central nervous system.
   A. nervous             B. assumed         C. among              D. it
Question 8. She attends a close friend’s party in a luxurious restaurant yesterday.
   A. attends             B. luxurious       C. in                 D. close
Question 9. Many distinguishable scholars agreed that the strategic decision the
government had made to help curb the spread of the virus was unreasonable.
   A. strategic           B. distinguishable C. unreasonable       D. curb
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 10. Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and
water, and fertile soil for agriculture.
   A. contamination       B. fertilizer      C. variety            D. destruction
Question 11. More than one million shopkeepers are up in arms against the new
minimum tax. They are threatening a day's closure in protest.
   A. happy               B. satisfied       C. excited            D. angry
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
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Question 12. During the emergency, many staff volunteered ______ through the
weekend.
   A. to working          B. work               C. working            D. to work
Question 13. ______ well, both of my friends failed in the grammar exam last week.
   A. Not having prepared                                             B.      Having   not
prepared
   C. Not having been prepared                  D. Having not been prepared
Question 14. Measures are being ______ to reduce crime in the city.
   A. taken               B. made               C. put                D. done
Question 15. I love my aunt, but she'll talk your ______ off if you let her!
   A. head                B. knee               C. hand               D. eye
Question 16. His mother won’t let him watch his favourite program ______.
   A. until he finishes the housework           B. as soon as he will finish the housework
   C. once he finished the housework            D. after he had finished the housework
Question 17. I reported to the police that my stamp collection ______ the week
before.
   A. stole               B. had been stolen C. had stolen            D. has stolen
Question 18. We need to be at ______ airport in just over an hour.
   A. Ø ( no article)     B. an                 C. a                  D. the
Question 19. He became accustomed ______ living in the countryside.
   A. by                  B. on                 C. to                 D. with
Question 20. They used to have some ______ rows over bringing up children.
   A. blazing             B. scorching          C. intense            D. shining
Question 21. When she ______ homework in her room, her phone rang.
   A. have done           B. was doing          C. did                D. had done
Question 22. The leader of the explorers had the great ______ in his native guide.
   A. confidence          B. confidentially     C. confident          D. confidential
Question 23. He seldom goes to bed late, ______ ?
   A. does he             B. is he              C. isn’t he           D. doesn’t he
Question 24. The local council has decided to ______ a concert to raise money for
cancer charities.
   A. put on              B. run through        C. come up            D. take up
Question 25. I felt so scared. It was ______ movie I’ve ever watched.
   A. horrifying                B. more horrifying                    C.       the    most
horrifying                D. the more horrifying
Question 26. A new government policy is designed to help people on low ______ .
   A. winnings            B. earnings           C. savings            D. proceeds
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 27 to 31.
    The world is getting smaller, at least when it comes to language. More and more
people speak the three most common languages: English, Spanish, and Mandarin. As
a result, local languages are being forgotten. As cultures adjust to these changes, and
languages aren't taught to children or spoken at home, these local languages are
slowly disappearing.
    A language is said to be in trouble when less than 30 percent of children in the
community speak it. It is considered a dying language. If children no longer learn to
use a language, it will have fewer and fewer speakers over time and, eventually, the
language will be gone. Why keep languages alive? Languages hold the key to
understanding a culture's beliefs and values. According to Dr. Cumberland, who is
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working to save Assiniboine, a Native American language, a dying language needs a
dictionary and people to understand and record its grammar. Most importantly, you
need to listen to those who still speak the language. This can be very difficult,
especially if there are very few speakers of the language left. For example, when
researchers were working to save the language Ayapaneco in Mexico, it was hard for
them to record anything because the last two people on Earth who could speak the
language refused to speak to each other! Today, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists more than 3,000 languages that
may disappear by the end of this century. Some of the languages still have a few
million speakers and may survive. Unfortunately, hundreds of languages have fewer
than 25 speakers remaining and may soon be lost forever.
Question 27. What is the main idea of this reading?
  A. Many languages are disappearing around the world.
  B. Most people speak English, Spanish, and Mandarin.
  C. Languages help us understand other cultures.
  D. People should learn new languages.
Question 28. Why are local languages being spoken less and less?
  A. Children do not talk to their grandparents.
  B. People who know the language don't want to speak to each other.
  C. People use computers to communicate now.
  D. People prefer to learn and speak more common languages.
Question 29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
  A. The last two people who could speak Ayapaneco liked to speak to each other.
  B. To save a dying language, it is necessary to listen to people who still speak it.
  C. Fewer and fewer people speak local languages.
  D. According to UNESCO, more than 3,000 languages may go extinct by the end of
  this century.
Question 30. When is a language considered to be dying?
  A. when it doesn't have a dictionary
  B. when it is only spoken by old people
  C. when less than 30 percent of local children learn it
  D. when about 50 percent of local people speak it
Question 31. The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
  A. researchers        B. speakers            C. local people       D. languages
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 32. Joe is not here with us. He will know how to fix this technical issue.
  A. We wish Joe were here with us and fix this technical issue.
  B. If only Joe were here with us to help fix this technical issue.
  C. Joe will know how to fix this technical issue even if he is not here with us.
  D. Provided that Joe is here with us, he won’t know how to fix this technical issue.
Question 33. The food was disgusting. We complained to the manager .
  A. Only when the food was disgusted did we complain to the manager.
  B. Disgusting though the food was, we complained to the manager of the
  restaurant.
  C. No sooner had we complained to the manager than the food was quite
  disgusting.
  D. Had it not been for the disgusting food, we wouldn’t have complained to the
  manager .
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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 34 to 40.
     Due to the nature of our business, it's sometimes necessary that our staff work at
night. Night shifts can be particularly demanding on employees’ well-being and health.
This can include disruption to the body clock, fatigue, sleeping difficulties, disturbed
appetite and digestion, reliance on sedatives or stimulants, and other symptoms of ill
health. To combat this, we do not have employees on night shifts for extended
periods. This is because workers’ bodies will just have started to adapt to the new
pattern.
     We find rotation shifts every two to three days are best for workers and weekly or
fortnightly rotations are the least comfortable for workers. Forward-rotating programs
(moving from morning to afternoon to night shifts) are better than backward-rotating
ones in terms of sleep loss and tiredness.
     If someone works at night, there are rules covering the hours they work. Night-
time working hours are usually between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. – but this can be flexible
and should be discussed between you and us. To qualify as night working, the night
time period must be no more than 8 hours long and include the period between
midnight and 5 a.m. Any of our staff under 18 years are not allowed to be night
workers.
     We must make sure that you don't work more than an average of 8 hours in a 24-
hour period. We must also keep records of any night workers’ working hours to prove
they aren't exceeding night working limits, and we must keep the records for at least
2 years. These records can be inspected by you at any time on request.
     If you agree to working at night for us, the agreement will be put in writing. If you
are to begin working at night, we must perform a health assessment before you
become a night worker and on a regular basis after that. Usually, this is just done with
a questionnaire, which was created in collaboration with qualified health professionals.
If there are any health questions regarding your health and night work, we will offer
you a follow-up examination by a health professional if you still wish to work nights.
Question 34. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
   A. It is reasonable for us to work on a night shift in order that we can get extra
   income.
   B. Night working can be available at any time on workers’ request.
   C. We should look into specific regulations relating to night workers if we want to
   work on a night shift.
   D. We should take part in many programs in which we can work on night shifts for a
   long time.
Question 35. Which of the following could best serve as the topic of the passage?
   A. Rules for Considering Time Working.
   B. Notes for Employees Considering Night Time Working
   C. Night shifts have great impacts on workers' well-being and health
   D. What should we do when going on business?
Question 36. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
   A. The company must retain records relating to night workers’ hours for leastwise 2
   years.
   B. Backward-rotating shift schedules are best for minimizing employees’ fatigue.
   C. The maximum length of a night shift at the company is 24 hours.
   D. Under existing regulations, nighttime working hours are required to be from 11
   p.m. to 6 a.m.
Question 37. The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______
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   A. Night time working hours                B. rules
   C. the hours                               D. someone works at night
Question 38. The word “exceeding” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______
   A. reducing           B. outpacing         C. decreasing         D. preceding
Question 39. The word “sedatives" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______
   A. anaesthetics       B. alcohol           C. painkillers        D. tranquillisers
Question 40. In paragraph 5, who were consulted when creating the health
assessment questionnaire?
   A. night workers                           B. qualified health professionals
   C. a health assessment                                           D. lead assessors
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 41. Urbanization has many adverse effects on the structure of society as
gigantic concentrations of people compete for limited resources.
   A. harmful            B. disadvantageous C. unlucky              D. favorable
Question 42. Although he had prepared carefully for the IELTS speaking test, he got
cold feet when asked an array of questions with abstract concepts.
   A. had a fever        B. stayed confident C. became aggressive         D. got nervous
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 43. It’s ten years since I came back to my hometown.
   A. I last come back to my hometown ten years ago.
   B. I haven’t come back to my hometown for ten years.
   C. I have come back to my hometown for ten years.
   D. The last time I came back to my hometown was ten years.
Question 44. “What will you do this evening, John?” Mark asked.
   A. Mark asked John what he would do that evening.
   B. Mark wanted to know what John would do this evening.
   C. Mark wanted to know what she and John would do that evening.
   D. Mark asked John what John did that evening.
Question 45. It is impossible for you to buy a penthouse with little money.
   A. You can’t buy a penthouse with little money.
   B. You are able to buy a penthouse with little money
   C. You have to buy a penthouse with little money.
   D. You will buy a penthouse with little money.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer
sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each other numbered
blanks.
    With the widespread availability of the internet and the development of social
media, communication consumption has a decidedly personal character, (46) ______
the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells calls mass self-communication. Apart from
this, people have also studied computer-mediated communication since the
technology first became available in the 1970s. Early studies focused on
teleconferencing, and how interactions between large groups of strangers differ from
interactions with known partners. (47) ______ studies were concerned with whether
communication methods lacking nonverbal cues could influence the meaning and
quality of social interactions. Today, people have (48) _______ to both text-based and
visual information, so those studies are no longer useful. Information is now ( 49)
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______in many directions and methods, and audiences can vary from one person to
many thousands. (50) ______, everyone with an internet connection can be a content
creator and media source. As a result, social interaction has been becoming
individualized more than ever before.
Question 46. A. who        B. what           C. which         D. that
Question 47. A. The other B. Others          C. Other         D. Another
Question 48. A. means      B. access         C. tool          D. admit
Question 49. A. distributed                  B. collected     C. spread D. made
Question 50. A. In addition                  B. Yet           C. Meanwhile     D.
However
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