UBND TỈNH BẮC NINH ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

------------------------------- Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (dành cho thí sinh chuyên Tiếng Anh)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 06 trang) -----------------------------

(Thí sinh làm bài ra tờ giấy thi)

Họ và tên thí sinh: ..................................... Số báo danh: ……………………………

PART A. LISTENING (20 POINTS)

I. You are going to hear two women talking about a holiday in France. For each question,
choose the correct answer. (5 pts)
1. Paula's friend says that ____________________.
A. she has been ill. B. Paula doesn't look very well. C. she's pleased to see Paula.
2. Before the trip, Paula _____________________.
A. was enthusiastic about it.
B. wanted to go to the Lake District.
C. didn't tell anybody she was going.
3. Before Mark and Paula went to Paris, _____________.
A. Mark's boss didn't want him to go.
B. Paula arranged for somebody to look after the hamster.
C. Paula's sister promised to look after the children.
4. The journey across the Channel _____________.
A. was very smooth. B. was unpleasant for Paula. C. lasted eight hours.
5. The return trip from Paris was ____________.
A. disturbed by a flood. B. an enjoyable experience. C. earlier than planned.

II. You will hear a conversation between a man, Marcus and a woman, Cora, who work in the
same office. Decide if each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F) according to
what you hear. (5 pts)
6. Cora disagrees with Marcus about the cause of the traffic jams.
7. Marcus agrees that cycling to work would be good for him.
8. Marcus believes employers should provide buses.
9. Marcus agrees to try coming to work by bus tomorrow.
10. Cora wonders how Marcus can get out of bed in the mornings.

III. Listen to the conversation and complete the gaps. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS taken from the recording for each gap. (10 pts)

SAFARI HOLIDAY
● Holiday begins on (11) ________________.
● Minimum age is (12) ___________.
● Each day group covers (13) _____ of the Serengeti plains.
● Holiday costs (14) _________ per person sharing
● All food included except (15) _____________.
● More information is available at www. (16) ___________ .com
● Price is inclusive of (17) ___________.

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 ● The holiday promoter offers a (18) ____________ of your money back if all the animals
on the list are not spotted.
● Tour is popular, so travelers are advised to (19) ________.
● A (20) ________ of 500 dollars is required to secure your place.

PART B. PHONETICS (5 POINTS)

I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the
other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (2.5 pts)
1. A. naked B. crooked C. packed D. wicked
2. A. inclusion B. decision C. compulsion D. provision
3. A. mealtime B. teaser C. gearshift D. beachwear
4. A. threaten B. earth C. healthy D. northern
5. A. exhaust B. handkerchief C. heiress D. exhibition

II. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of primary stress in each of the following questions. (2.5 pts)
1. A. remember B. facility C. politics D. precaution
2. A. auspicious B. religious C. hazardous D. suspicious
3. A. education B. community C. entertainment D. generation
4. A. settle B. protect C. compose D. relate
5. A. accuracy B. interestingly C. efficiency D. dangerously

PART C. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (25 POINTS)

I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions. (10 pts)
1. You don't have to decide now, you can __________.
A. put it aside B. call it off C. tear it up D. think it over
2. I have just bought a _____ shirt for you, son. I hope you will like it.
A. blue cotton beautiful new B. beautiful new blue cotton
C. new beautiful cotton blue D. cotton beautiful blue new
3. In the hotel lobby the detective caught _______ of the man he had been hired to follow.
A. glance B. view C. vision D. sight
4. The first people to live in _______ Hawaii were the Polynesians, who sailed there in large canoes
from other Pacific Islands about 2,000 years ago.
A. now where is B. the place is now C. now this is D. what is now
5. Mr. Brown has kindly agreed to spare us some of his _____ time to answer our questions.
A. valuable B. worthy C. costly D. beneficial
6. It's hard to _______ on less than a million Vietnam dong a month.
A. make a mess B. make up your mind
C. make ends meet D. make a fuss
7. Mr. Dawson was given the award in ____ of his services to the hospital.
A. spite B. charge C. recognition D. sight
8. When the manager of our company retires, the deputy manager will _____ that position.
A. stand for B. take over C. catch on D. hold on
9. I think I should have _________ your mother while I was passing.
A. dropped in on B. come up with C. got on with D. run into
10. She could ______ in the garden when we came around, which would explain why she didn't
hear the bell.
A. work B. be working
C. have worked D. have been working
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11. The chairman requested that ____________.
A. the members studied the problem more carefully
B. the problem was more carefully studied
C. with more carefulness the problem could be studied
D. the members study the problem more carefully
12. The boy _________ having had anything to do with the break-in.
A. refused B. denied C. objected D. rejected
13. Mr. Albert is intelligent but he ______ common sense.
A. fails B. lacks C. misses D. lacks of
14. The referee _________ the coin to decide which team would kick the ball first.
A. cast B. tossed C. threw D. caught
15. It was ________ easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.
A. purposefully B. exceedingly C. relatively D. normally
16. Don't let a good chance _______.
A. go by B. go off C. go down D. go over
17. A lot of progress has been ______ since the country became independent.
A. created B. done C. built D. made
18. Our project was successful _________ its practicality.
A. in terms of B. with a view to C. regardless D. on behalf of
19. On the battle field ___________.
A. lay the tanks B. laid the tanks C. did the tanks lie D. the tanks lay
20. I wrote to them a fortnight ago but ___________ I have not had a reply.
A. as yet B. those days C. so long D. just now

II. Give the correct tense/form of the verb in each bracket. (5 pts)
- Come to see me at 5 this afternoon. I (1. not arrive) ______ home until 4:30.
- I'm sure you (2. forget) ________ me by the time I (3. be) ________ back in five years.
- We've lost the camera. If we (4. lock) ______ the car window, we (5. not give) ________ them the
opportunity to break in.
- Tom had a lucky escape. He (6. kill) __________ when a car crashed into the front of his house.
- Mr. Brown expected (7. offer) ______ the job in Spain.
- Is it important that we (8. be) _________ on time for the meeting tonight?
- The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom (9. drive) _________ at 50 miles at that time.
He (10. not drive) __________ so fast.

III. Give the correct form of the word in each bracket. (5 pts)
Not all the creatures on the (1. DANGER) __________ species list are doomed to
extinction, as the story of the giant panda has shown. Their whole (2. EXIST) ________ was
considered to be in jeopardy some years ago, but now, after becoming the most (3. INFLUENCE)
_________ symbol of nature conservation, things are looking up. Their plight highlights how (4.
POPULATE) _____ can impact natural (5. DIVERSE) ______ and should serve as a reminder that
the unique habitats of these incredible creatures are simply (6. REPLACE) ________. The good
news is that whilst there may be unwillingness to halt development and (7. GROW) _________ for
the sake of nature alone, many people are beginning to understand that (8. SUSTAIN) _________
can aid development by bringing economic benefits, through eco tourism for example, to
communities that are home to pandas. Such an (9. ARRANGE) _______ would not only serve to
protect the pandas, but also (10. RICH) __________ the lives of the inhabitants in the local
communities.

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IV. Each of the following sentences has one word/phrase that is not correct. Identify and
correct it. (5 pts)
1. When asbestos fibers are breathed in, they make damage to our lungs,
2. There's no resemble between Gary and Mark, even though they are brothers.
3. What I told her a few days ago were not the solutions to most of her problems.
4. The earth is the only planet with a large number of oxygen in its atmosphere.
5. The pilot and the crew divided the life preservers between the twenty frantic passengers.

PART D. READING (25 POINTS)

1. Read the text below and choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following
passage. (5 pts)
Radar is an electronic device that can see great distances (1) _______ fog, rain, snow, cloud,
and darkness. It can find and (2) __________ locate missiles, aircrafts, ships, cities, rainstorms, and
mountains. Radar uses radio waves, (3) ________ light waves, which the human eye uses in
seeing. This makes it (4) _________ for radar to locate many kinds of objects at (5)______ greater
distances than the eye can see. Radar became an important military device during World War
II. Today, networks of radar lookout stations guard the United States and Canada 24 hours a
day against (6) _________ missiles and airplanes. Patrol planes and ships (7) ___________ the
oceans with radar for hostile ships and aircrafts. Airports use radar to (8) ________ planes safety to
earth in fog or storms. Ships use it to steer clear of other (9) _________ or icebergs. Radar helps
weathermen warn of (10) __________ hurricanes or tornadoes.
1. A. because of B. despite C. though D. although
2. A. rightly B. exact C. accurately D. accurate
3. A. instead of B. in addition C. in stead D. in addition to
4. A. possibility B. possible C. possibly D. able
5. A. by far B. farther C. far D. further
6. A. long range B. low range C. ranged D. length range
7. A. use B. find C. seek D. search
8. A. find B. take C. guide D. guidance
9. A. vessel B. vessels C. sail D. sails
10. A. to approach B. approaches C. approach D. approaching

II. Read the text below and fill each blank with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
WILL TECHNOLOGY REPLACE SCHOOLS?
Some people believe that soon schools will no longer be necessary. These people say that
because of the Internet and other new technology, there is no longer any need for school buildings,
formal classes, or (1) __________. Perhaps this will be true one day, but it is hard for me to imagine
a world without (2) ___________. In fact, we need to look at how we can use new technology to
make schools (3) _________, not to eliminate them.
We should invent a new kind of school that is linked to libraries, museums, science centers,
laboratories, and even companies. Experts could give (4) ___________ on videos or over the
Internet. TV networks and local stations could develop programming about things students are
actually (5) ___________ in school.
Is this just a dream? No. Already there are several towns where this is beginning to (6)
_______. Blacksburg, Virginia, is one of them. Here the (7) ________ city is linked to the Internet,
and learning can take place at home, at school and in the (8) ____________. Businesses provide
programmes for the schools and the community. The schools provide computer labs for people
without their own (9) ___________ at home. Because everyone can use the Internet, older people
participate as much as younger ones, and everyone can visit distant libraries and museums as easily
as (10) ___________ ones.
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III. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions. (10 pts)
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary,
both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in
streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can
have a bad effect on both the bright and the not so bright child. After all, it can be quite
discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is
only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils
to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we
find that mixed ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning. In our classrooms, we
work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to
cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal
problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to
communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teachers.
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and
assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching
when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills
they need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can do advanced work; it does not
matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them
every encouragement to attain this goal.

1. The phrase "held back" in the first paragraph means "___________”

A. made to lag behind in study B. forced to study in lower classes
C. prevented from advancing D. made to remain in the same classes
2. The author argues that a teacher's chief concern should be the development of the pupils'
_________.
A. total personality B. learning ability and communicative skills
C. intellectual abilities D. personal and social skills
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Group work provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.
B. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability.
C. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.
D. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.
4. The author's purpose of writing this passage is to _________.
A. recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
B. argue for teaching bright and not so bright pupils in the same class
C. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
D. offer advice on the proper use of the school library
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is an advantage of mixed ability
teaching?
A. Pupils can be hindered from an all round development.
B. Formal class teaching is the important way to give the pupils essential skills such as
those to be used in the library.
C. A pupil can be at the bottom of a class.
D. Pupils as individuals always have the opportunities to work on their own.

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PART E. WRITING (25 POINTS)
1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. (5 pts)
1. House prices have risen dramatically this year.
=> There has …………………………………………………………………...
2. We could not have succeeded without my father's money.
=> If it …………………………………………………………………...
3. Mark may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
=> Mark's poor …………………………………………………………………...
4. Someone stole the old lady's handbag.
=> The old lady was …………………………………………………………………...
5. That dress has only the slightest mark on it.
=> I can barely …………………………………………………………………...

II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word given. Do not change the word given. (5 pts)
1. Declan was angry because Claire arrived late. (time)
=> …………………………………………………………………...
2. Mark can't wait to use his new computer games console. (forward)
=> …………………………………………………………………...
3. It's possible that the thieves entered the building through the windows. (broken)
=> …………………………………………………………………...
4. My friend took no notice of my advice. (deaf)
=> …………………………………………………………………...
5. There is nothing new about crimes of passion. (hills)
=> ……………………………………………………………………

III. Essay Writing: (15 pts)

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Using the mobile phone at
secondary school should be banned."?
Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion, using specific details and
examples to support your answer.

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