Đề thi thử Tốt nghiệp THPT Tiếng Anh 2025-2026 Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An lần 3 có đáp án

Read the following leaflet and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.

Navigating Cyberspace: A Security Guide for Students

Accessing the Internet offers a profound connection to global knowledge, but maintaining your online safety requires personal responsibility. Currently, the digital landscape provides immense learning opportunities and quick access to information. (1) ______, navigating the virtual world without basic awareness can expose your accounts to hackers, compromise your privacy, and ultimately culminate (2) ______ severe psychological distress caused by cyberbullying. To stay conscious of digital protection, students should remember to:

• Minimize sharing of sensitive information and question the safety of (3) ______ unfamiliar links, rather than only the most obvious ones, before clicking.
• Adopt a (4) ______ through consistent, careful adherence to cybersecurity guidelines.
• Use appropriate privacy settings to avoid (5) ______ consequences during the exploration of social media platforms.
• Make consistent, informed choices to support account security, data privacy, and a positive long-term digital footprint.

By applying these principles regularly, students can keep cybercriminals and digital threats at (6) ______ throughout their academic years and beyond. This will also strengthen personal privacy, educational focus, and overall long-term digital stability significantly.

(Source: Synthesized from CISA, UNICEF and eSafety Commissioner online safety guidelines for students and teens)

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 7 to 16.

We are living through a boom in “shadow education” – the strategic proliferation of private tutoring paralleling mainstream schooling. Picture a classroom where profound literary analysis is replaced by rigid formulas for writing essays. True intellectual cultivation always necessitates profound reflection alongside acceptable failures. Far easier is it for the lucrative tutoring industry to standardize complex thought processes, reducing subjects into foolproof templates that guarantee high exam scores while systematically starving genuine curiosity.

This algorithmic pedagogy meets adolescents everywhere. Language institutes promote vocabulary memorization devoid of cultural context, whilst science camps focus strictly on bypassing multiple-choice distractors. [I] Private supplementary tutoring is not historically novel, yet its current incarnation has mutated into a psychological arms race. It originally served as a safety net for struggling learners, but erupted as the middle class equated relentless drilling with guaranteed upward mobility. Faced with hyper-competitive university quotas, anxious teenagers internalize the belief that their worth is inextricably linked to standardized metrics. Such cognitive conditioning is so entrenched that progressive educators are struggling to reclaim holistic learning, yet pedagogical reform lags behind parental panic. [II] The phenomenon exemplifies a broader crisis. After years of subtly exploiting fear, tutoring conglomerates realized that explicitly promoting rote learning is pedagogically indefensible. They have therefore adopted a “critical thinking” camouflage, advertising pseudo-analytical worksheets while silently expanding their rigid, drill-based curriculums.

Why does this matter? Shadow education and algorithmic learning share a detrimental outcome: they systematically dismantle the creative resilience urgently required to navigate unpredictable modern economies. [III] Whereas overt memorization invites academic criticism, standardized tutoring tricks students into believing that mastering exam hacks equates to profound brilliance. Under this collective illusion, the motivation to pursue authentic, unstructured exploration evaporates, and the paradigm shifts needed to foster true innovation are suppressed indefinitely. [IV] Shadow education thus functions as a cognitive straitjacket, marching youth toward intellectual conformity with a tune of comforting efficiency. Dismantling this parallel pedagogy is imperative if algorithmic test-taking is to be replaced by authentic, intellectually rigorous exploration.

(Source: Synthesized from UNESCO/IIEP materials by Mark Bray on shadow education and private supplementary tutoring, with additional ideas from research on rote learning and critical thinking in private tutoring)

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the following questions from 17 to 24.

When modern clothing brands merge digital platforms into a single “trend network,” they use data tools to make youth marketing far more effective. Social media algorithms, influencer feeds, and online trackers build a live, shared picture of style preferences, color shifts, and fabric demands. Because everyone works on the same data, brands can set launch dates, determine when to restock, and track consumer reactions in real time. What once depended on guesswork is now driven by verifiable information.

With AI technology, brands can accurately map out their target audience and create customised clothing lines. Fast fashion companies change their designs on the fly, automated systems push ads to targeted demographics, and smart factories produce garments only where data shows a trend. Because clothes match exactly what teenagers want, profits rise while unsold inventory falls. Trials report considerable savings on materials, time, and shipping – benefits that companies maximize at the season's end.

Waste management is becoming just as precise for eco-conscious youth. Specialised apps track wardrobe usage every month, and style platforms predict vintage, minimalist, or oversized trends. Automated alerts remind users to donate or swap unused garments to local thrift stores and stop when a closet is full, slashing clothing waste and shopping bills. The result is a steadier personal style in changing seasons, fewer microplastics washed away, and a smaller fashion footprint for the whole community. Smart thrifting also helps limit impulse buying, reducing overall consumption.

The journey from factory to wardrobe is equally digital. Cloud platforms record fabric origins, factory conditions, and delivery times the moment they change, while blockchain records freeze each entry so eco-conscious customers can rely on it. Analytic tools browse the records to indicate weak points in the supply chain, forecast resale prices, and suggest better wardrobe plans for the next season to young shoppers. This makes youth fashion both expressive and sustainable.

(Source: Synthesized from McKinsey, UNEP, European Parliament and The Guardian materials on AI-driven fashion, fast fashion waste, sustainable textiles and digital wardrobe tracking)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best arrangement of utterances or sentences to make a meaningful exchange or text in each of the following questions from 25 to 29.

Read the following piece of news and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 30 to 35.

Vietnam’s Evolving University Admissions

In recent years, to align with international educational standards, Vietnam's higher education system has witnessed a growing (30) ______ of prestigious universities shifting towards diverse enrollment methods. Instead of relying solely on high school graduation scores, independent competency assessments are now designed to measure candidates' critical thinking and problem-solving skills (31) ______.

(32) ______ by Vietnam’s national universities and other leading institutions over the past few years, these standardized exams represent a significant shift away from rote memorization. Earning high scores in these specialized assessments is currently considered a (33) ______ criterion for early admission.

Across the country, there is a growing consensus (34) ______ relying on multiple evaluation methods offers a fairer chance for all applicants. Ultimately, these innovative admission strategies help well-rounded Vietnamese students (35) ______ from the crowd and confidently pursue global opportunities.

(Source: Synthesized from MOET, VNU and HUST official materials on Vietnam’s 2025 university admissions and competency-based assessment exams)

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.

The process of sorting through the various global trends on offer and determining which best aligns with Vietnamese identity is inevitably complex and individual personality traits will determine the eventual decision. Some youths undertake a process of extensive cultural evaluation, in which information is sought about a series of foreign lifestyles, (36) ______. Other youngsters with no patience to explore a variety of cultural choices (37) ______, for the sake of their own convenience rather than trying to guarantee that they adopt the most suitable one. This is known as limited cultural processing.

Many locals engage in routinised traditional behaviour, in which their daily customs change relatively little over time. (38) ______. Also, some generations who have been content with a particular local festival or traditional craft in the past may opt for the exact same experience again.

Finally, some youths will embrace foreign pop culture on impulse. (39) ______. It is, in fact, a pattern of behaviour that is becoming increasingly prevalent — to the dismay of cultural educators, who then have less scope for forward planning and reduced opportunities to gain from promoting deep-rooted heritage in the short term. (40) ______, particularly when “stagnant traditions” need to be revitalised at short notice through sudden viral global phenomena.

(Source: Synthesized and localized from consumer decision-making models in Holloway and Humphreys’ The Business of Tourism, with additional ideas from studies on Vietnamese youth identity in the context of globalization and digital transformation)