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1 BỘ ĐỀ THI NÂNG CAO B2-C2 ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 18 (Đề thi có 7 trang) KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 50 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề Họ, tên thí sinh: …………………………………………… Số báo danh: ………………………………………………. Mã đề: 1126 Read the following article and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6. Vietnam’s wartime epic Red Rain has reconfigured expectations for domestic blockbusters. In just a fortnight, ticket sales surged past a historic benchmark, propelled by dense showtimes and breathless wordofmouth. The production, mounted on a vast riverside backlot, reconstructs the Second Battle of Quang Tri with an almost ethnographic care for detail – uniform textures, radio chatter, and the logistics of trench warfare. Yet beyond spectacle, the screenplay follows a composite platoon whose members, drawn from disparate provinces, learn to fight as one. Industry trackers report that Hanoi alone contributed (1) _______ of total receipts, while occupancy rates elsewhere remained unusually high. The director, Dang Thai Huyen, (2) _______ technical ambition with narrative restraint: major setpieces were captured with up to seven synchronized cameras, but the editing refuses gratuitous bombast. Since its premiere, the film has shattered records once held by Mai, a drama. Viewers (3) _______ the work’s unsentimental humanism and its refusal to caricature fear. Shot on a fiftyhectare set straddling the Thach Han River, the project employed heavy (4) _______ and period armoury, which demanded exhaustive safety drills. The cast, (5) _______ include a conservatory student who forfeits study abroad to enlist, are written with unusual clarity about motives and doubt. Analysts predict the film could (6) _______ Mai within weeks to become the highestgrossing Vietnamese release on record. (Adapted from VnExpress International, “Vietnam War film ‘Red Rain’ becomes fastest to reach $19M box office milestone”) Question 1. A. a few B. a third C. one in three D. the bulk Question 2. A. balance B. balances C. balanced D. balancing Question 3. A. praised B. praise C. be praising D. been praised Question 4. A. acoustics B. choreography C. cinematography D. pyrotechnics Question 5. A. which B. who C. whose members D. of whom Question 6. A. edge away from B. edge past C. pull ahead of D. outstrip Read the following article and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 7 to 12. A shallow but violent quake ripped through eastern Afghanistan near midnight, levelling hamlets and pitching families into open fields as aftershocks gnawed at nerves. Rescue crews probed unstable mounds where mudbrick homes had folded along fault lines. Helicopters ferried the wounded to overstretched clinics; elders wrapped the dead in white and read the last prayers. (7) ________, authorities warned that casualty figures could climb as access roads remained choked with rockfall. The epicentre lay less than 30 kilometres from Jalalabad at a depth where tremors translate into maximal surface damage, according (8) ________ seismologists. In Kunar, reports counted (9) ________ fatalities and thousands more injured; neighbouring districts recorded additional losses. Aid groups flagged bottlenecks in delivering tents, water purifiers, and analgesics to the worsthit valleys. Most dwellings in the region are (10) ________ mudbrick structures – cheap, heatholding, but treacherously brittle when shaken. Public messaging grew (11) ________, urging people to