SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI KHẢO SÁT NĂNG LỰC ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI

. TỈNH QUẢNG NINH NĂM HỌC 2023-2024

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH ĐIỂM PHẦN THI
Thời gian thi: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 02/03/2024
Đề thi gồm có 11 trang
 Thí sinh KHÔNG được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.
 Giám thị coi thi KHÔNG giải thích gì thêm.
I. LISTENING (25 points)
HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU:
 Bài nghe gồm 4 phần, mỗi phần thí sinh được nghe 2 lần. Trước mỗi phần nghe sẽ có thời gian để thí
sinh đọc câu hỏi.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a conversation between a girl called Julia and her father, about choosing
a course at university and decide the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. Julia wants to choose a course as soon as possible.
2. Julia’s father thinks that studying business may be boring.
3. Julia’s father believes Julia’s friend is making a wrong choice.
4. Julia’s father thinks she might find studying business too difficult.
5. Julia is keen to take her father’s suggestions into consideration.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a managing director of a company called Stevenson welcoming a group
of students and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for
each answer.
6. What kind of goods does Stevenson’s now specialise in manufacturing, according to Julia?
____________________________________________________
7. When did Stevenson finish being an apprentice?
____________________________________________________
8. For what industry was Stevenson’s plan originally to manufacture components?
____________________________________________________
9. What is not ideal for modern machinery and production methods?
____________________________________________________
10. According to Julia, what are said to be carried out with the site she mentioned over the next five years?
____________________________________________________

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Part 3. For questions 11-15, listen to a radio interview with Tony Little, who makes wildlife films and works
for a wildlife conservation organisation called The Nature Trust and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or
D which fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided.
11. Tony thinks the hardest challenge he faces is _______.
A. to publicise what The Nature Trust does
B. to expand the range of people volunteering
C. to interest local group in a variety of activities
D. to persuade his relatives to join The Nature Trust
12. What does Tony thinks about the use of plastic?
A. He knows it will be difficult to change people’s attitudes to it.
B. He takes it for granted.
C. He believes it causes the biggest problem to wildlife.
D. He worries that there is no way of preventing plastic waste.
13. Tony hopes that his new website Nature Talk will help people learn _______.
A. about different animal habitats B. what to do to save the environment
C. which animals are endangered D. how to watch animals in the wild
14. What disadvantage does Tony mention about having a career as a cameraman?
A. it is often badly-paid B. it is very boring
C. it can be hard to find enough work D. it usually involves long hours
15. What would Tony like to do in the future?
A. to help save the tiger and polar bear
B. to raise people’s awareness of conserving wildlife
C. to publicise the dangers facing a variety of species
D. to produce more films for TV about animals
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about cyber security and complete the following summary. Write
NO MORE THAN ONE WORD taken from the recording for each blank. Write your answers in the
numbered spaces provided.
The Internet is likened to a house whose residents are advised to be well-aware of possible
(16) ________________ before moving in. It is also impossible for residents to (17) ________________ the
house. The reason for the insecurity of the Internet lies in its original purpose. The development of the Internet
is similar to that of a small room transformed into a (18) ________________. From a network in which the
originally bulky (19) ________________ could transmit information to each other, the Internet has thrived
since the advent of personal computers in the 1980s. This rapid development entails problems such as data
erasure from a computer or personal identity being stolen caused by viruses and (20) ________________. It is
hard to get rid of such inherent (21) ________________ in the architecture of the Internet. Such weaknesses
are then exploited by criminals, authorities and (22) ________________ to serve their own goals. As wishful
thinking, a perfectly secure Internet might require users to key in lengthy passwords besides their (23)
________________ proof of identity and necessitate storing data in servers placed in well-protected (24)
________________ built on another planet. For all mentioned (25) ________________, the risk of hackers still

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exists. Luckily enough, though the Internet still has flaws, there are simple things users can do to protect
themselves.

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