KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO 10 THPT HỆ CHUYÊN

NĂM HỌC: 2015-2016

Điểm Chữ ký GK
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
Ngày thi: 13 -6 -2015
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

PART I. LISTENING (1.5 points)

Listen to a short talk about healthy eating twice, the fill in each blank with no more than three words and/or a
number
- Very important to eat a (1)_______________. People in Europe and the USA eat (2)_______________ more sugar
now than in 1800
- Try to eat plenty of fesh fruit and vegetables with (3)_______________ servings a day, if possible
- Avoid foods containg a lot of sugar, especially (4)_______________ drinks
- Cut down on fat. Eat lean meat, fish and low-fat (5)_______________
- Eat no more than (6)_______________ eggs a week
- Use lemon juice instead of (7)_______________ in cooking
- Try to eat (8)_______________ three times a day
- The most nutritious fruit is (9)_______________. It contains 165 calories per 100 grams - (10)_______________
protein as milk
Listen to a dialogue Joanne and Rob twice, and circle the correct amswer A, B, C or D
1. Joanne says that visitors to Darwin are often surprised by __________
A. the number of young people B. the casual atmosphere
C. the range of cultures. D. the number of tourists
2. To enjoy cultural activities, the people of Darwin tend to__________
A. travel to southern Australia. B. bring in artists from other areas
C. involve themselves in production D. go to the theatre and opera
3. The Chinese temple in Darwin__________
A. is no longer used for its original purpose
B. was rebuilt after its destruction in a storm.
C. was demolished to make room for new buildings
D. is closed to tourists
4. The main problem with travelling by bicycle is __________
A. the climate B. the traffic
C. the hills
5. What does Joanne says about swimming in the sea?
A. It is essential to wear protective suit.
B. Swimming is only safe during the winter.
C. You should stay in certain restricted areas.
D. You can be trapped in the nets

PART II. PRONUNCIATION, VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (3.5 points)

Circle the word that differs from the others in the position of the primary stress
16. A. economical B. personality C. preparatory D. entertainment
17. A. interrupt B. interview C. intervene D. intimation
18. A. durprising B. astonishing C. amazing D. interesting

Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others
19. A. scissors B. possess C. dissolve D. tosses
20. A. explain B. complain C. certain D. campaign

Circle the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentence
21. The teacher said that I would be able to speak English fluently __________ six months
A. in B. by . since D. till
22. The police began an __________ into the disapperance of the painting five days ago
A. investigation B. investigatory C. investigate D. investigating
23. They are having their house __________ by a construction company
A. to paint B. painting C. being painted D. painted
24. Only after doing his chores __________ to go meet his friends
A. Jim was allowed B. did Jim allow C. was allowed Jim D. was Jim allowed
25. I hope you will __________ notice of what I am going to tell you
A. gain B. keep C. get D. take
26. There were some very strong candidates for the job, but none of them __________ my expectations
A. took B. gave C. made D. met
27. __________ outer space, pur earth looks like a “blue planet”
A. Seen B. Having seen C. Seeing D. Be seen
28. British and Australian people share the same language, but in other aspects they are as different as __________
A. cats and dogs B. chalk and cheese C. salt and pepper D. here and there
29. Even if that laptop is the most expensive in the store, it doesn’t __________ mean that it is the best
A. severely B. valuably C. doubtfully D. necessarily
30. Graham was exhausted. He __________ tennis for an hour
A. had been playing B. played C. has been playing D. was playing

Write an adjective or a noun that is similar in meaning to each of the phrases below
31. not good or pure enough to drink: __________
32. a person who tends to look on the bright side of things: __________
33. lasting or intended to last or be used only for a short-time: __________
34. a room or building used for scientific research, experiment, testing, etc: __________
35. a person who is concerned about protecting the environent: __________

Complete the following passage by writing the correct form of the words given in brackets
A recent front-page in the British press revealed a truly (36. sensation)__________ music discovery – six Haydn
piano sonatas had been found in Germany.
(37. Apparentness)__________, the long-lost sonatas were discovered by a German music teacher in the home of an
elderly lady. (38. Strange)__________ enough, the manuscripts, which have been pronounced genuine by several
eminent (39. musicological)__________, were not made (40. availabilty)__________ in their original form, so no
(41. science)__________ tests could be carried out in order to verify their (42. authentic)__________. The musical
world was thrown into a state of great excitement by this news. (43. Prepare)__________ were made for a
prestigious recording of the sonatas, and an (44. author) __________ ariticle was published in the BBC’s Music
Magazine. Since then, however, a note of doubt has crept in, and experts now say that unless the
(45.origin)__________ are handed over very soon, the manuscripts must be regarded as a forgery, albeit a very
clever one.

Complete each of the following sentences using the correct form of phrasal verbs from the vbox. There are two
extra ones
fall out seize up let off stand for take in stand over bring in
46. Since Sarah __________ with her next door neighbor, she had been sad
47. I can’t concentrate with him __________ me like that
48. If a machine stops moving or working normally, you can say that it has __________
49. Don’t be __________ by products claiming to help you to lose weight in a week
50. Sally was __________ with a warning by the police because it was her first offence

PART III. READING COMPREHENSION (2.5 points)

Read the article below. Five sentences havve been removed from it. Choose from the sentences A-F the one which
fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need to use

According to a recent study, whereas plastic bags were rarely seen at sea in the late eighties and early nineties, they
are now being found almost everywhere across the planet, from Spitsbergen in the Arctic to the South Atlantic close
to Antarctica. They are among the 12 items of rubbish most often found in coastal clean-ups.
(51)__________Windblown plastic bags are so common in Africa that a small industry has appeared: harvesting
bags and using them to make hats and other items, with one group of people collecting 30,000 per month. In some
developing countries they are a major nuisance in blocking the drainage systems of towns and villages.

What matters is what happens to them after use. Enormous numbers end up being buried or burnt, which is an
enormous waste of the oil products which have gone into their manufacture. (52)__________ Turtles mistake them
for their jellyfish food and choke on them; birds mistake them for fish with similar consequences; dolphins have
been found with plastic bags preventing them breathing properly.

The wildlife film-maker Rebecca Hosking was shocked by the effects of the bags on birds on the Pacific island of
Midway. She found that two-fifths of the 500,000 albatross chicks born each year die, the vast majority from
swallowing plastic that their parents have mistakenly brought back as food. Many local residents and shopkeepers
joined in, and the idea of getting rid of them completely soon spread to other towns and villages.

Although some people remain unconvinced, it does seem possible that the entire country could eventually become
plastic-bag free. Who could have imagined half-a-century ago that our public places would one day all become
cigarette-smoke free? Or that we would all be using lead-free petrol? Who would have thought even a decade ago
that about two-thirds of us would by now be actively involved in recycling? (53)__________

What is needed is a general change in consumer attitudes, towards the habit of using re-usable shopping bags. Older
people will remember how this used to be entirely normal as every household had a 'shopping bag', a strong bag
which was used to carry items bought in the daily trip to the shops. (54)__________ Today, many of us tend to drive
to the supermarket once a week and fill up the car with seven days' worth of supplies, for which plastic bags, of
course, are fantastically useful. It's a hard habit to break.

However, there has already been a big drop in plastic bag use, partly because the leading supermarkets and other
shopkeepers are making a major effort to help us give up the habit, with a whole variety of new ideas.
(55)__________ It is clear that habits are starting to change; reusable bags are more visible than they were even two
years ago.

Many believe there should be a tax on plastic bags, and the governments of a number of countries are considering
the idea. What people have in mind is the example of Ireland, where a tax of €0.22 was introduced on all plastic
bags, the first of its kind in the world.

A. Major changes in public opinion and behaviour can certainly
occur.
B. On land they are everywhere, too.
C. These range from cheap 'bags for life' offers to bag-free check-
outs.
D. Worse still, billions get into the environment, especially the
ocean environment, where they become a terrible threat to
wildlife.
E. But there was a very different pattern of household
shopping then: the purchase of a much smaller number
of items, on a daily basis, after a walk to small, local
shops.
F. She realised then that it was too late to do anything
about this man-made disaster.

Read the following text and circle the correct answer (A, B, C or D) which best firs each gap
Tourism is the fastest-growing industry in the world. As well as bringing prosperity to an area, however, it can also
destroy the qualities which (56)__________ visitors in the first place. If it is not carefully controlled, tourism can
also (57)__________ problems for local people, as is shown by various examples from around the world

When Phuket in Thailand first became a popular tourist (58)__________, people there were unable to cope with the
increase in rubbish that two millions visiotrs a year (59)__________ and a huge incinerator had to be built in the
countryside to deal with it. New hotels at Goa in India caused a huge increase in water consumption,
(60)__________ many local people to walk considerable distances to get clean water. And Egypt’s desert
landscapes are being destroyed by the litter dropped by tourists. Moving sands are difficult to clean, and the white
desert to the west of the Nile Valley may be permanently (61)__________
It’s encouraging, therefore, to read about the (62)__________ of certain tour companies who are organizing
environmental holidays in some of the worst hit areas. Regular tours now go to places (63)__________ the
Himalayas and Atlas mountains in North Africa with the (64)__________ of combining a bit of sightseeing with the
chance to help (65)__________ some of the mess left by previous visitors.

56. A. convinced B. persuaded C. attracted D. appealed

57. A. create B. form C. lead D. invent
58. A. position B. destination C. terminus D. departure
59. A. reject B. produce C. establish D. involve
60. A. encouraging B. making C. forcing D. urging
61. A. injured B. touched C. influnced D. affected
62. A. efforts B. obstacles C. strains D. duties
63. A. as well as B. as for C. such as D. so as to
64. A. hope B. plan C. wish D. aim
65. A. rub out B. care for C. clear up D. break off

Read the following text and fill each blank with a suitable word
Twenty years ago, kids in school had never even heard of the internet. Now, I'll bet you can't find a single person in
your school who hasn't at least heard of it. In fact, many of us use it on a (66)__________ basis and even have
access to it from our homes! The 'net' in internet really stands for network. A network is two or more computers
connected together so that information can be (67)__________, or sent from one computer to another. The internet
is a vast resource for all types of information. You may enjoy using it to do research for a school project,
(68)__________ your favorite songs or communicating with friends and family. Information is (69)__________
through web pages that companies, organizations and individuals create and post. It's kind of like a giant
(70)__________ board that the whole world uses! But since anyone can put anything on the internet, you also have
to be careful and use your best (71)__________ and a little common sense.
Just because you read something on a piece of paper someone sticks on a bulletin board doesn't mean it's good
information, or even correct, for that matter. So you have to be sure that whoever (72)__________ the information
knows what they're talking about, especially if you're doing reserach! But what if you're just emailing people? You
still have to be very careful. If you've never met the person that you're (73)__________ with online, you could be on
(74)__________ ground! You should never give out any personal information to someone you don't know, not even
your name! And just like you can't believethe information on every website out there, you can't rely on what
(75)__________ you 'meet' on the internet tell you either. Just like you could make up things about yourself to tell
someone, someone else could do the same to you!
PART IV. WRITING (2.5 poitns)
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence
76. Neil remembered to pack everything except his toothbrush
The only thing ............................................................................................................................................
77. Peter hadn’t expected to see so many foreigners at the party
It came as ....................................................................................................................................................
78. Jacqui and I were sitting by ourselves at the back of the coach
Jacqui and I.................................................................................................................................................
79. We will do everything possible to avoid a disaster
Everything ..................................................................................................................................................
80. Exhaustion prevented any of the runners from finishing the race
So................................................................................................................................................................

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given in
brackets. Do not change the word given
81. Sarah rang because she was worried about us (rung)
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82. There was no point in statying at the party because my friends had left (worth)
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83. Terry was rude, but Sue got her revenge on him (being)
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84. If you are not careful, you are going to be dismissed (sack)
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85. I am looking for a job which is commensurate with my abilities (level)
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86-100. In about 200 words, write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of living in the modern world
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