KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022

I. LISTENING: (2/10 MS)

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR: (2.5/10 MS)
Part 1 (1 M)
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A, B, C or D)
in the numbered boxes.
16. After the harvest, the wheat was sold for export.
A. financial B. excessive C. surplus D. genuine
17. Mary always irons and her clean clothes carefully.
A. folds B. sews C. presses D. hems
18. The new law forbade them from _ of their waste in those containers.
A. incinerating B. disposing C. flushing D. throwing
19. In an _ move, the new headteacher announced that teachers would stop giving students
homework.
A. unproductive B. unprepared C. unprecedented D. unprovoked
20. The region has supply of water due to high annual rainfalls.
A. an extreme B. a relative C. an abundant D. a maximum
21. I didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, I so much noise when I came in.
A. didn’t make B. won’t make
C. wouldn’t have made D. hadn’t made
22. in his yearly review, Mark was certain of getting a raise or perhaps even a
promotion.
A. Performed well B. Having been performed well
C. To have performed well D. Having performed well
23. His letter is full of mistakes. He _ the mistakes carefully before sending it.
A. must have checked B. should have checked
C. could have checked D. can have checked
24. Employees are now aware of their rights and are prepared to _ employers who violate
workplace laws.
A. stand aside B. stand back C. stand for D. stand up to
25. we will lose clients due to the current financial climate, the company is still expected to
reach its target for the quarter.
A. Even though it appears likely that B. Though it likely appears that
C. In spite of the likelihood of D. Nevertheless likely it appears that
Part 2 (0.5 M)
The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms
in the numbered boxes. (0) has been done as an example.
The Role of the Media
Social change is brought about gradual and happens with the consent of the media. If an idea is
worthwhile, the media will jump for the bandwagon and popularise it. They can help to formulated
public opinion by focusing on issues what they deem ‘worthy’, drawing the attention of the person-in-
the-street to an issue which she might never have considered; for example, lack of suitable access for the
disabled in public buildings. Such campaigns can embarrass politicians on a local and national level
and, as a result, the situation can be effectively addressed. Social dramas on television and the silver
screen also serve highlighting problems which exist in our society, and deal with issues such as racism,
sexism and ageism, challenging perceptions and received wise.
0. gradual → gradually
Part 3 (1 M)
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Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals in parentheses to form a word that fits in the
gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
A day without plastic
Many people simply can’t imagine a life without plastic and the fact is that this (36, REMARK) _
material has really made its (37, PRESENT) _ felt since its invention. In a relatively short period
of time, plastic has gone from novelty to dominator. Part of what makes the story of plastic so (38,
COMPEL) is that it now surrounds us in all areas of our lives. Some people,
however, have had enough of plastic, and one (39, HISTORY) _ has proposed that for one day
every year we should all (40, TAKE) _ not to touch anything made of plastic.
This means (41, VARY) countries would not be able to buy anything, except by means of coins, because
their bank notes are printed on plastic, and another (42, SEQUENCE)
would be that no one would be able to use their credit cards. People would have to write in pencil rather
than pen, and nothing could be handled that was wrapped in plastic. It is hoped that this (43, INITIATE)
would be a major (44, BREAK) in making people realise how much
of an (45, INTRUDE) _ plastic is on our lives.
III. READING: (3/10 MS)
Part 1 (0.6 M)
Read the following passage and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best
according to the article. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
Young People’s Love Affair with Mobile Phones
Roger Paire is a specialist researcher who looks at why young people seem addicted to mobile phones.
One thing Roger Paire cannot stand to listen to is the old excuse that young people were brought up with
mobile phones and know no different. ‘This is simply not true. They weren’t born with a mobile phone in
their hand.’ He is steadfast in his belief that young people are no more instinctively adroit at using a
mobile phone than any other age group. ‘All they’re basically doing is socialising. Add to this peer
pressure to have the latest phone and the know-how to use all the apps on it and you have the main
reasons they appear to be more proficient - they use them more often!’
It’s understandable that Paire gets annoyed about this. He was the first to study the effect of mobile
phones on people, especially the young. He’s been known to speak out vociferously
against certain fictions that have grown up around the use of them. He’s concentrated particularly on
clarifying the many reasons why the young rely on mobile phones so heavily, having taken a much closer
look at the situation than any other researcher.
His most recent research has been about why youngsters send so many text messages, especially in the
evening, to people they have been with all day. ‘It’s not just a case of communicating
information,’ explains Roger, ‘It’s more subtle than that.’ For example, six out of ten girls text their
female friends, just to say ‘Hello’, whereas less than half of boys do the same. Some kids send up to fifty
text messages a day because they see them as functional and efficient. It’s the whole convenience of them
- they sort of fit into those small gaps you have in your day when you have a few minutes with nothing to
do!
Paine also investigated how teenagers manage to send so many text messages a day when they are in
school for so many hours. ‘That’s easy to explain. Teenagers always try to get round the rules and
defy teachers, despite the ban on mobile phones in the classroom; a ban I might add,
that’s imposed by adults. It confirmed for me how important texting is to teens, and really it’s still passing
notes in class, but via digital means.’
Roger’s research also confirmed that teenagers make and receive far fewer phone calls than text
messages. Older people are more likely to do the opposite, with an actual call being seen as more
personal than a text message. Youngsters mainly make or receive calls from their parents, but texts rule
when it comes to contacting their peers.
Most young people are constantly connected to the Internet and Facebook through their mobile phone.
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The constant updating of their friends’ status seems to be irritating and unnecessary to many, but for
teens it’s vital, especially as regards their close friends. ‘They also see their mobile phone as a constant
companion,’ says Roger. It’s become an extension of their body. Meet a teenager and you’ll meet their
mobile phone! It’s sort of glued to them. Most teenagers I spoke to sleep with it on their pillow or right
next to the bed, they eat with it on their lap or by the plate, it goes to the bathroom with them and it must
be visible when they have a shower. You’ll find that older people aren’t this enamoured of their phone,
and will, for example, leave it downstairs when they go for a shower.
Next time you’re in a café or restaurant where there are young people, have a good look at them to see
how they’re interacting. Every one of them will be playing with their mobile phone, either reading or
sending a text message, playing a game on it, checking their online status or just playing with and
touching the phone. ‘They seem to be totally oblivious to the fact that they’re doing it,’ Paire observes,
‘and they do it while they’re communicating with the people they’re sitting with. Nobody seems to get
upset by the fact that the others are paying more attention to
their mobile phones instead of living in the present!’
Paire adds, ‘I did start to wonder if they ever turn their mobile phones off, and thus socialise in real
time, so to speak. There doesn’t appear to be any sort of code amongst them as to when the mobile
phone is intrusive or when it is rude or inappropriate to use it. In fact, teenagers refer to their mobile
phone as ‘a device’; a device not only for communication, but also a clock, a music
player, a camera, a link to the Internet and social media, and a vital and indispensable part of their life!
46. What point does Roger Paire make in the first paragraph about mobile phones?
A. They are the new form of social communication for all age groups.
B. They form a fundamental part of young people’s social interaction.
C. They are not thought of as something to be used by older people.
D. They have become a way of teaching young people how to be social.
47. In the second paragraph, what is said about Paire’s research into the use of mobile phones?
A. He has investigated several myths about them.
B. It has focused on people’s attitudes towards mobile phones.
C. It has been a collaborative process with other researchers.
D. It has revealed the reasons why there are so many users.
48. The sentence ‘It’s more subtle than that.’ in paragraph 3 refers to Paire’s view that
A. today’s teenagers like to annoy teachers just like previous generations.
B. texting is an undemanding way to stay constantly in touch with friends.
C. teenagers’ attitudes to text messaging are similar to those of adults.
D. teachers tend not to respect teenagers’ need to pass notes to each other.
49. The phrase ‘glued to them’ in paragraph 6 means that Paire
A. understands why teenagers cannot bear to be parted from their phone.
B. feels that for young people mobile phones are indispensable.
C. regards himself as someone who must always carry a mobile phone.
D. believes more research on mobile phone companionship is needed.
50. What point is Paire making about young people in social situations?
A. How important it is for them to check their text messages.
B. How they do not realise their behaviour is discourteous.
C. How unaware they are of not socialising with their friends enough.
D. How easy it is for others to misinterpret their behaviour.
51. Paire uses the word ‘device’ in the last paragraph to emphasise the view that
A. young people have unrealistic expectations about mobile phones.
B. teenage mobile phone users have no control over themselves.
C. his research has helped to reveal what the young really think.
D. teens see mobile phones as encompassing everything they need.
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Part 2 (0.9 M)
You are going to read extracts related to children and their development. For questions 52- 60,
choose from the sections of the article (A-E). The sections may be chosen more than once. Write
your answers in the numbered boxes. In which section are the following mentioned?
52. the insecurity created by being inexperienced at child rearing
53. finding ways to improve therapies for adults mistreated in childhood
54. someone who only considered their own feelings about an upcoming event
55. recognising levels of educational ability
56. the susceptibility of neglected children to particular disorders
57. how external conditions can relate to maturation
58. having to accept an inability to see things from others’ perspective
59. the variety of ways to ensure educational development
60. how rudimentary a child’s perspective can be
A. Tears and Fears
Like many parents I had not fully appreciated the emotional upheaval going to school for the first time
involves for a child. I had tended to focus on my own feelings, and notwithstanding my
awareness that this was a major step in my daughter’s life, my own reluctant acceptance of this as a rite
of passage which signalled the end of babyhood had preoccupied me to the exclusion of all else. Never
once did I imagine she would have any objections.
To be fair to myself, this was partly because, having gone back to work relatively soon after she was born,
had had to leave her at home in the care of a childminder from a very early age, so she was quite a sociable
child. What I had failed to appreciate, though, was the strong sense of place young children possess. To my
daughter, what mattered, perhaps more than anything else, was
the shift to a new, possibly threatening environment. Perhaps it is impossible for adults, to
understand how primitive small children still are in their reactions to the world around them. The
world is unchanging, permanent and any alteration can represent an enormous tragedy.
B. Growing up
My friends were quite envious of my having famous parents. That set me apart. At other times
though, I could be terribly embarrassed by the fact that my parents weren’t the same as everyone else’s.
I think that growing up you want to fit into some pattern, but you don’t see a big enough picture to know
what that pattern really is. You just see a very narrow social pattern into which you have been put and if
you are spilling out over that in some way, it can be very embarrassing for a child.
I would love childhood to mean a sort of free growing, but in reality it never is because all children have
dark corners which they keep to themselves. There is never that openness – it’s just the nature of the
beasts, both parents and children. The one cannot actually see life from the perspective of the other, and
so the ‘dark corners’ become caverns of misunderstanding at times. It’s only when you’re grown up that
you can actually come to terms with those misunderstandings and see your parents as they really are.
Similarly, parents looking at children see them as people they love, people they have to protect from the
world and people for whom they have their particular expectations. There are of course marvellous
moments of great happiness; but there are also inescapable pains and disappointments.
C. Early Literacy Development
This great resource gives the latest information on emerging reading and writing skills. You will get
facts and background information to help you identify the stages of literacy development as well as
strategies to facilitate them for future academic success. Learn about the characteristics and factors that
promote or inhibit reading acquisition and writing development. This resource covers:
- stages in early reading and writing
- characteristics of delay and ‘at risk’ factors
- reading and writing facilitation strategies
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- literacy activities
- suggestions for working with parents and families
- lists of picture books
D. Post-Traumatic Stress
Child maltreatment is a major health problem in the United States, with, according to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, more than half a million cases of child abuse documented in
2010. It is well established that exposure to trauma greatly increases an individual’s long-term
vulnerability to psychiatric problems. Besides being linked to the development of post-traumatic stress
disorder, it has been found that a high level of adult patients suffering from major depression, panic
disorder and personality disorder were abused, either physically or psychologically, as children.
Clarifying what follows from trauma and classifying the various types of abuse may provide pertinent
information which could lead to better means of treatment for those individuals who were maltreated as
children.
E. Child Development
It’s not surprising that the majority of first time parents find parenthood something of a daunting
prospect. With no experience of what awaits them when raising a child, it’s natural that they will be
plagued by endless questions, seeking reassurance about the developmental progress of their child.
However, it’s worth remembering that not all questions about development can be answered with
absolute precision. When is the right time for an infant to start walking and talking? There are some
parameters to what is regarded as a normal time scale but there are no absolute hard and fast rules.
Every developmental stage, whether it be emotional, physical, psychological or intellectual is affected
by a myriad of different factors. These include environmental ones such as nutrition, home background
and the amount of stimulation a child receives. There are also genetic factors, too, and to what extent
they may be exacerbated by environmental effects is a matter of some debate.

Part 3 (0.5 M)
Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Write
your answers in the numbered boxes.
WRITING
The most important sign system ever invented on our planet is writing. Some may disagree and point
out that speech, (61) , is a sign system too, and one which is clearly more important than
writing. Such an objection, however, (62) the point. Whether or not speech is a product
of nature or of the human mind has been (63) debated since early times, but there is general
agreement that writing is an artefact. Many linguists believe that people are born to speak. A belief
strongly supported by the fact that there is no (64) society which lacks speech. If we ever find one,
which has (65) anthropologists’ attention so far, then we would be forced to alter
our conception of humanity drastically, or else to exclude that society from our species.
61. A. meanwhile B. by the way C. furthermore D. after all
62. A. loses B. misses C. sidesteps D. dodges
63. A. hotly B. tightly C. sharply D. firmly
64. A. notable B. renowned C. notorious D. known
65. A. diverted B. passed C. escaped D. slipped
Part 4 (1 M)
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each
gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes.
GRAMMAR
A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motor show - full of potential but
temporarily inactive. To put the car on the road a complex of things is required including fuel, a
controller at the wheel and knowledge of the rules of the road. To get a word moving we (66)
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 the things that come (67) _ the heading of grammar. Grammar describes words in action.
It classifies words into parts of speech, lists the changes of form that words can undergo when (68)
contact with other words and examines the placing of the totality of words needed for the
expression of thought. Because grammar (69) like a science and yet does not
behave like one (words often jump (70) _ of their classificatory cages), teachers and textbook-
writers have been accused of digging too (71) into it. A lot of out-of-date conceptions become
fossilised in grammar-books, and their writers do not like to admit this. Nor does the
inertia of teachers or the examiner’s love of (72) unambiguous encourage them to revise
the thirty-third edition. It is best to let things carry (73) as they are; let sleeping dogmas lie.
The pupil-examinees do not want (74) __ light on grammar; they merely want to (75) rid
of it.
IV. WRITING: (2.5/10 MS)
Part 1 (0.5 M)
Finish each of the second sentences in such a way that they have the same meaning as the
original ones, using the words given. Do not change the words given.

76. There’s a chance Alan will be there; if so, I’ll ask him.
→ Should........................................., I’ll ask him.
77. Your only hope of making the train is if you take a taxi.
→ Only by..........................the train.
78. They think that Stone Age man inhabited these caves.
→ These caves ………………
79. If the power fails, there are some candles in the hall cupboard. (EVENT)
→ There are some candles in the hall cupboard.......................a power failure.
80. The dog stole the sausages while the butcher was busy. (OFF)
→ The butcher was too busy............................the sausages.

Part 2 (2 MS)
It has been suggested that all teenagers in your country should be required to perform five hours
of unpaid work each week with organizations that help the local community. This work would be
an addition to their normal schoolwork and homework. What is your opinion of this plan? What
are its advantages and disadvantages?

Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion and support your answer with relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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