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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN LAM SƠN
THANH HÓA NĂM HỌC 2023 - 2024
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
(Dùng cho thí sinh thi vào lớp chuyên Anh)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Ngày thi: 27/5/2023
(Đề thi 05 phần, gồm 08 trang)

PART A: LISTENING (20 points)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIẾU

 Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần.
 Thí sinh có 2 phút đề hoàn chỉnh bài sau khi kết thúc 3 phần nghe.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh đã có trong đề thi.

Section 1
Questions 1 — 5. You will hear part of a radio programme about reducing the amount of packaging used
by supermarkets and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). (5 points)
1. Supermarkets are being forced to change their attitude to excessive packaging by not only customers but
also environmental groups.
2. According to the study, around 20% of the people would like to reduce waste.
3. There has been at least one supermarket chain announcing that fresh apples or carrots will no longer be
packaged.
4. Negative publicity will financially hurt the stores continuing to wrap products in throw-away materials.
5. When burnt, all of the waste material from packaging does harm to the environment.

Section 2
Questions 6-15. You will listen to a team meeting about diversity. Fill in each blank with ONE WORD.(10
points)
6. According to Nina, they need to ____________ the diversity in the team because it has grown and become
more diverse in the past year.
7. Diversity is considered not only ____________ but also challenging for some people to respect and value
people's differences.
8. Nina works with people of different ____________, backgrounds, religions, ages.
9. Many people are unaware that some team members may suffer from ____________ due to their
differences.
10. It is necessary to create a workplace charter to promote ____________ , diversity and inclusion.
11. Some workshops could be held to get ideas from employees about how to create a more ____________
workplace.
12. Some team-building sessions could be run for the employees to experience the ____________ of
diversity.
13. Diversity can be considered ____________ due to different opinions and ways of doing things.
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14. If there is no diversity, it will be hard to be creative and to ____________.
15. Stefano is in charge of looking for a ____________ trainer specialising in running workshops and team-
building sessions on diversity and inclusion.

Section 3
Questions 16 — 20. You will hear a discussion about allergies. Choose the most suitable answer to each
of the following questions. (5 points)
16. Which of these possible explanations for the increase in allergies does the programme presenter mention
in her introduction?
A. People’s resistance to allergens is lower than in the past.
B. People are exposed to more dangerous substances than in the past.
C. More new allergens are being released into the environment.
D. Higher levels of stress have made people more prone to allergies.
17. The first caller, Tom suffers from ___________ in spring.
A. seafood allergy B. peanut allergy C. hay fever D. animal hair allergy
18. Arabella, the caller from Amsterdam ___________.
A. thinks she may have passed on her allergy to her children
B. asks how she can minimize the risk of her children having allergies
C. wants to know whether her allergy will continue in the future
D. asks how probable it is that her children will have allergies
19. If both a child's parents have a particular allergy, that child ___________.
A. is more likely to have the same allergy
B. has a less than fifty percent chance of getting the same allergy
C. will probably develop a different allergy
D. is at no greater risk of developing the allergy than any other child
20. According to Dr. Bawadi, some people believe that the increase in asthma among young children may
result from ___________.
A. living in centrally heated or air-conditioned buildings
B. being in areas with very high levels of exhaust fumes
C. spending too much time in hygienic environments
D. receiving medical treatment for other types of illness

PART B: PHONETICS (5 points) -

Questions 21 — 23. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others in the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (3 points)
21. A. culture B. public C. sustain D. butterfly
22. A. upgrade B. presentation C. description D. consumption
23. A. compressed B. advised C. promised D. released

Questions 24 — 25 Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in the same
line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (2 points)
24. A. confident B. assistance C. dynamic D.external
25. A. activity B. invitation C. eliminate D. impossible
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PART C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (25 points) |

Questions 26 - 30. Supply the correct form of verbs in brackets. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
(5 points)
26. The telephone, which is considered to be one of the most useful scientific achievements of the century,
is said (invent) _______________by Alexander Graham Bell.
27. His doctor is trying to get him (admit) _______________to a special hospital where he’ll probably be
looked after.
28. The government has decreed that traffic regulations (introduce) ______________ to schools.
29. Jack (not arrive) ______________ yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me.
30. Upon noticing some suspicious-looking men around the warehouse, the night watchman couldn’t decide
whether (telephone) ___________________ the police or the owner.

Questions 31 - 35. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write the answers on your answer
sheet. (5 points)
31. My parents find TV commercials nowadays _______________ annoying and (POWER)
often trite and tasteless, particularly those awful ads for motorcars.
32. When he was litle, Nola. ___________about having a boyfriend who was the (ROMANTIC)
prince of an exotic kingdom.
33. Many foreign photographers visiting Vietnam capture ___________ of modern (SHOOT)
Hanoi.
34. I felt I couldn't cope with the situation and was in desperate need of some (ASSURE)
_______________
35. Many people suffering from seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression (DEPRESS)
triggered by living in artificial conditions, may need to take ______________ drug.

Questions 36 — 40. There are six mistakes in the passage. Find out and correct them. Write the answers
on your answer sheet. The first one has been done for you as an example. (5 points)
Example: Line 1: at -> in
Line
1 Bad posture normally starts at our teenage years when we slouch around
with our mates trying to look cool. But hands up those who now while
away their days sitting in front of a computer where it’s all too easy to
neglect something as essential as good posture.

5 As we grow older, these poor habits are exacerbated, but by putting

action immediately we can not only look and feel better but also protect
our body for the future. Make sure you sleep in a firm mattress at night.
Avoid lying flat on your back, instead try sleeping in a curled position
on your side. The current revival in platform shoes doesn’t help and wear
10 shoes with heels more than several centimetres high is just asking for
trouble. Don’t load everything into a bag that you wear on one shoulder
or you’ll be lopsided. Distribute the weight even by wearing a rucksack
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or a bag around your waist. When you get home from a day’s studying
or work it's so tempting to slump on the sofa in front of the television.
15 Sitting in this way may feel comfortable but one prevents you from
breathing properly. Try to sit upright with the stomach pulled firmly in.

Questions 41 — 50. Choose the word/ phrase that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences and
write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (10 points)
41. There is no doubt that this volume is ______________ for those interested in the syntax of free word
order.
A. significance B. of greatly significance
C. of great significant D. in great significant
42. I don't think he’s ever been there, ___________?
A. has he B.do I C. have I D. hasn' he
43. That woman suffered from depression _____________ by overwork and ill-health.
A. coming about B. taken up C. brought on D. put through
44. Cynthia and Victor are talking about their plan.
- Cynthia: “Hi, Victor. Do you think it's possible for us to have a talk sometime today?"
- Victor: “I’d love to, but____________”
A. it's pretty tight schedule today. B. I'm pretty tight schedule today.
C. it has a pretty tight schedule today. D. I've got a pretty tight schedule today:
45. Linda was_____________out of 25 applicants for the position of Managing Director.
A. short-changed B. shorted-sighted C. short-listed D. short-handed
46. Are you planning to _____________ the 100 metres race?
A. go in for B. go out to C. go out for D. go over to
47. The group’s legal advisers said they were _____________ the initiative to tackle online privacy issues.
A. doing B. leading C. making D. taking.
48. Mr. Brown's under the _____________ to decide by the end of the month whether to move his company.
A. horse B. gun C. tree D. table
49. 1 checked my paper thoroughly before handing it in to the examiner _____________I might make
spelling mistakes.
A. so that B. fear that C.in that D. lest
50. I heard ____________ that Peter has been dropped from the football team.
A. on the grapevine B. under your feet C. in the woods D. on the olive branch

PART D: READING (30 points)

Questions 51 - 58. Read the following passage then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. Write the
answers on your answer sheet. (8 points)
Contrary to popular belief, one does not have to be a trained programmer to work online.
Of course, there are plenty of jobs available for people with high-tech computer skills, but the growth of
new media has opened (51) ______________ a wide range of Internet career opportunities requiring only
a minimal level of technical expertise. Probably one of the most well-known online job opportunities is the
job of webmaster. (52) ___________ , it is hard to define one basic job description for this position. The
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qualifications and responsibilities depend on what tasks a particular organization needs a (53)
__________________to perform.
To specify the job description of a webmaster, one needs to identify the hardware and
(54)_______________ that the website will manage to run on. Different types of hardware and software
require different skill sets to manage (55) ____________. Another key factor is whether the website will
be running internally or externally. Finally, the responsibilities of a webmaster also (56) _________ on
whether he or she will be working independently, or whether the firm will provide people to help. All of
these factors need to be considered before one can create requiring in-depth (57) ______________of the
latest computer applications. However, there are also online jobs available for which traditional skills
remain in high (58) _____________. Content jobs require excellent writing skills and a good sense of the
web as a "new media".

Question 59-66 Read the passage and choose the most suitable word from the ones given below to fill in
each gap. Write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (8 points)

The biologist’s role in society as well as his moral and ethical responsibility in the discovery and
development of new ideaas has (59) _____________to a reassessment of his social and scientific value
systems. A scientist can no longer ignore the consequences of his discoveries; he is as concerned with the
possible misuses of his findings as he is with the basic research in which he is (60) _________. This
emerging social and political role of the biologist and all other scientists requires a weighing of values that
cannot be done with the accuracy or the (61) ______________ of a laboratory balance. As a member of
society, it is neccessary for biologist now to redefine his social obligations and his functions, particularly
in the field of making judgments about (62) __________ethical problems as man’s control of his
enviroment or his manipulation of genes to direct further evolutionary development.
As a result of recent discoveries (63) hereditary mechanisms, genetic engineering, by which human
traits are made to order, may soon be a reality. As desirable as it may seem to be, such an accomplishment
would entail many value judgments. Who would decide, for example, which traits should be selected for
change? In cases of genetic (64)__________ and disease, the desirability of the change is obvious, but the
possibilities for social misuse are so numerous that they may far outweigh the benefits.
Probably the greatest biological problem of the future, as it is of the present, will be to find ways to
curb environmental pollution (65) ___________interfering with man’s constant effort to improve the
quality of his life. Many scientists believe that underlying the spectre of pollution is the problem of surplus
human population. A rise in population necessitates an increase in the operations of modern industry, the
waste products of which increase the pollution of air, water, and soil. The question of how many people the
resources of the Earth can support is one of (66) ________ importance.
59. A. taken B. led C. added D. brought
60. A. involved B. submerged C. engulfed D. committed
61. A. subjectivity B. recommendation C. objectivity D. proposal
62. A.either B.as C.so D. such
63. A. connecting B. concerning C. relating D. composing
64. A. qualities B. arrangements C. normalities D. deficiencies
65. A. without B.beyond C. against D. by
66. A. humble B. enormous C. critical D. tremendous
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Questions 67 — 74. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question that follows. Write A,
B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (8 points)
Go is a game that has been around for 3000 years. It is widely accepted as the most challenging
strategy game taht exists. It takes years of playing for several hours every day to master the game. In other
words, even though it has simple rules, it is not a simple game to excel at. Surprise! Deep Mind managed
to create a machine that could master the game, without being programmed with explicit rules and without
being taught by a professional Go player. AlphaGo mainly played against itself and learned from this self-
play. At its core, it learned like a human learns, by looking at the board, evaluating the options, making
moves, and learning from mistakes – it just did it a lot faster than any human can.
This is extremely exciting because, at its core, what it means is that computer seientists have had all
the tools they needed to do this for years. Neural networks have been known about and discussed since the
middle of the last century. All it really took was simple getting creative with them, applying them in new
ways. AlphaGo beating the world’s best Go player proves that AI has the potential to do anything, It can
learn anything and understand anything, and from that learning and understanding it can accomplish what
humans can accomplish in a much shorter period of time.
You're probably wondering what this all means. We're much closer to the dream of an AI best friend
than most of us would have dared to imagine a few years ago. AlphaGo can learn the most complex,
intuition and creativity based logic game known to man and it didn’t do so through a finite database or
search trees alone. It leamed from practice and experience, just like we do, and the ability to create amazing
new solutions to ancient puzzle suggests a realm of digital creativity never before fathomed. AlphaGo is
not like other game playing Ais that have come before it. It is the future of intelligent and intuitive machines,
one that we plan to turn toward more than just board games. From practical applications to that friend
you've been hoping for, AlphaGo is sure to be the first of a new generation of self-learning intuitive AIs
that
go above and beyond the limited calculating capacities of its older siblings and contemporaries. The AI
winter is over.
(Source: https://medium.com)
67. Which best serves as the ttle for the passage?
A. The real values of the advent of Artificial Intelligence.
B. AlphaGo is a big game changer for Artificial Intelligence.
C. What is still lacking in the research of Artificial Intelligence?
D. Can Artificial Intelligence replace a friend or a playmate?
68. According to the passage, the following statements are true, EXCEPT _________
A. AlphaGo is a revolutionary project among the other game-playing machines.
B. Go is an ancient strategy game dating back about 3000 years of history.
C. AlphaGo is widely considered one of the most challenging strategy games.
D. AlphaGo was programmed and developed by Deep Mind.
69. The word “explicit” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________
A. graphic B. specific C. implicit D. positive
70. The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to __________.
A. tools B. ways C. neural networks D. scientists
71. The word “realm” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to __________.
A. orbit B. discipline C. domain D. empire
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72. How did AlphaGo learn the game which it plays?
A. Solely from a finite database. B. Via creating new puzzles.
C. By creating new puzzles. D. Through practice and experience.
73. According to paraphraph 3, what does AlphaGo NOT employ as an AI game machine?
A. Replication of human emotions B. Vast database of board arrangements.
C. Tree data structure for searching. D. Self-improvement through experience.
74. Which of the following statements can be infered from the passage?
A. AlphaGo’s combination of computational power and human reasoning is applicable to countless
purposes.
B. AlphaGo is designed to be a breakthrough yet unfortunately leads AI research to another dead-end.
C. AlphaGo is as intelligent and superior as the previous game-playing AI machines invented.
D. With rules and guidance from a skillful Go player, AlphaGo can beat all the champions in the world.

Questions 75-80. Read the following passage and choose the most suitable phrase from A-G to fill in
each gap. There is one extra sentence that you don’t need to use. Write the answers on your answer sheet.
(6 points)
A. Reuse your plastic bags and recycle as much as you can.
B. Drink bottles, shopping bags, toiletries and even clothes are made with plastic.
C. The results are disastrous, but it isn’t too late to change.
D. In total, they visited 20 locations around the world during the four years it took them to make the
film.
E. It is a documentary that looks at the impact that plastic waste has on the environment.
F. In the second half, the filmmakers look at what we can do to reverse the tide of plastic flowing
around the world.
G. These are contrasted with scenes of polluted cities and dumps full of plastic rubbish.

A Plastic Ocean is a film to make you think. Think, and then act. We need to take action on our
dependence on plastic. We’ve been producing plastic in huge quantities since the 1940s. (75)
_____________. We live in a world full of plastic, and only a small proportion is recycled. What happens
to all the rest? This is the question the film A Plastic Ocean answers. (76) ____________ Spoiler alert: the
impact is devastating.
The film begins as a journey to film the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale. But during the
journey the filmmakers (journalist Craig Leeson and environmental activitst Tanya Streeter) make the
shocking discovery of a huge, thick layer of plastic floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This prompts
them to travel around the world to look at other areas that have been affected.
(77) ___________. The documentary premiered in 2016, and is now on streaming services such as
Netflix. It’s very clear that a lot of research went into the film. There are beautiful shots of the seas and
marine life. (78) _____________. We see how marine speices are being killed by all the plastic we are
dumping in the ocean. The message about our use of plastic is painfully obvious.
But the film doesn’t only present the negative side. (79) ____________. They present short-term and
long-term solutions. These including avoiding plastic containers and “single-use” plastic products as much
as possible. (80)__________. The filmmakers also stress the need for governments to work more on
recycling programmes, and look at how technology is developing that can convert plastic into fuel.
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(www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish)
PART E: WRITING (20 points)
Questions 81 — 85. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as
the sentence printed above it. Write the answers your answer sheet. (5 points)
81. His parents encouraged him; that's why Tom could succeed in his career.
-> But for _________________________________________________________
82. It's almost nine months since Mr. John stopped subscribing to that magazine.
-> Mr.John cancelled ________________________________________________
83. I'm sure you're wondering why I haven't phoned you for so long.
-> You must _______________________________________________________
84. Immediately after winning the race, Sandy began training for the next one.
-> No sooner _____________________________________________________
85. I have never seen a dancer as talented as Helena.
-> Helena is by ___________________________________________________

Questions 86 — 90. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the given words so that it keeps the
same meaning. Do not change the form of the words given. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (5
points)
86. I forgot his birthdy last week and do not know how to make it up to him. (AMENDS)
-> I _____________________________________________________________
87. They have discovered some interesting pieces of information. (LIGHT)
-> Some _________________________________________________________
88. When they broke the news, Sally stayed perfectly calm and controlled. (HAIR)
-> When _________________________________________________________
89. We had a long discussion about the problem but we could not solve it. (LENGTH)
-> We ____________________________________________________________
90. Jack didn’t mention our previous conversation at all. (REFERENCE)
-> Jack ___________________________________________________________

Essay writing (10 points)

Many people think that social networks such as Facebook and Tiktok have negative impacts on teenagers’
life nowadays.
To what extent do you agree or disagree? Write an essay of 200-220 words to express your own ideas and
include any relevant examples from your own knowledge orexperience.

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