Đề luyện thi Tiếng Anh lớp 10 số 43

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KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 10 – THPT NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề thi dành cho học sinh trường THPT Chuyên)
Đề thi gồm: 06 trang
PART A: LISTENING
I. You’ll hear two students, Ann and Chris talking about post graduate courses in music.
Listen and give short answer to the questions from 1 to 10. You will listen to the conversation
TWICE.
1. Which college does Chris suggest would be best?
2. What entry requirements are common to all colleges?
3. How much does the course at Leeds Conservatory of Contemporary Music cost?
4. What other expenses are payable to the colleges?
5. When is the deadline of The Academy in London?
Which facilities do the colleges have?
Choose five answers from the box and write the correct letter, A – G, next to questions 6-10.
Colleges
6. Northdown College
7. The Academy in London
8. Leeds Conservatory and Contemporary Music
9. The Henry Music Institute
10. The James Academy of Music
II. You will hear a conversation about technology.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
You will hear the conversation TWICE.
The Antarctic Polar View project maps Antarctic sea ice by using (1)_________.
Problems to navigate through the water:
- the safety of the ship
- the speed of the ship
- the (2)________ of the ship

NVSAT Satellite:
- Collect data
- Identify difference between open water and (3)________.
Scientists can see surface of sea clearly by using (4)________.
Helicopter:
- Advantage: - map the ice in the air
- look for (5)________.
- Disadvantages: - much more difficulty
- (6)__________ .
The colour of the map is (7)_________.
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Facilities
A. large garden
B. multiple sites
C. practice rooms
D. recording studio
E. research facility
F. student carteen
G. technology suite
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Problems of sending pictures in Antarctic ship: (8)__________.
Measure to the problem: (9)________ images into JPEG 2000 format.
The equipment scientists need for mapping is a (10)_________ on ship.
PART B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR
III. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete the sentences.
1. This man is so arrogant that he is completely ________ to all criticism.
A. impervious B. unaware C. regardless D. unconscious
2. There’s no danger in using this machine as long as you _______ to the safety regulations.
A. comply B. adhere C. observe D. abide
3. I haven’t got the time to do my homework, _______ help you with yours.

A. apart from B. leaving aside C. let alone D. not counting
4. ________ that’s happened is a waste of time.
A. Regret something B. Something to regret
C. Something regretted D. Regretting something
5. Different cultures _______ dreams in different way.
A. interpret B. express C. associate D. interfere
6. “_____________” – “Not really”
A. I don’t like that new movies.
B. Would you like to watch a cartoon or a documentary?
C. Would you recommend the new movie at the Odeon?
D. How often do you go to the movies?
7. The public _______ does not know enough about AIDS.
A. at once B. at times C. at first D. at large
8. British and Australian people share the same language, but in other aspects they are as different as ____.
A. chalk and cheese B. salt and pepper C. cats and dogs D. here and there
9. _______be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.
A. Hydroelectric power B. When hydroelectric power
C. Should hydroelectric power D. Hydroelectric power should
10. I feel it an honor ________ to speak about expedition.
A. to ask B. to be asked C. be asked D. having asked
11. It is essential that every student ________ the exam before attending the course.
A. passes B. would pass C. passed D. pass
12. _______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does over head is merely an optical illusion.
A. The Moon B. The Moon which C. When the Moon D. That the Moon
13. ________advertising is so widespread, it has had an enormous effect on the people’s lives.
A. Since B. The reason why C. Why D. On account of
14. There are many opportunities for career_______ if you work for that company.
A. system B. succession C. progression D. sequence
15. I used to like football very much, but I’ve already _______ interest lately.
A. missed B. lost C. done without D. failed

16. – Would you like a beer?
- Not while I’m _______.
A. in the act B. in order C. on duty D. under control
17. It was so foggy that the climbers couldn’t _______ the nearby shelter.
A. make out B. break out C. take out D. run out
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18. She was a hungry as a _______.
A. farmer B. hunter C. beggar D. fighter
19. All these sweater are extremely _______ by local residents of a small Scottish island.
A. well – knit B. well – founded C. well – made D. well – worn
20. We bought some _________.
A. German lovely old glass B. old lovely German glass
C. German old lovely glass D. lovely old German glass
IV. There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Find and then correct them. You should also
write the line of the mistakes.
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Anthony Masters was a writer in exceptional gifts and prodigious energy. He began his eventful
and versatile career like a teenager, when he was expelled from school for organizing a revolt

against the school uniform. In order to earn a living, he fulfilled his childhood ambition and
took on writing. In 1964, at the age of 23, he published A Pocketful of Rye, a collection of short
stories where freshness of style earned him a distinction of being runner – up in the John
Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, an established and prestigious British – based literacy award.
He made the award two years later with his novel The Seahorse, after which he continued to
display his considerable talent by writing both fiction or non – fiction. The inspiration for many
of his novels came from his experience helping the social excluded: he ran soup kitchens for
drug addicts and campaigned for the civic rights of gypsies and another ethnic minorities. His
non – fiction output was typically eclectic, ranged from biographies to social histories, but it
was a writer of children fiction that Masters outshone his contemporaries. His work contains a
sensitivity which remains unequalled by some other writer of the genre.
Example: Line Mistake Correction
0. Line 1 in of
V. Complete the following sentences with one preposition/particle for each blank.
1. That factory turns ________ hundreds of small appliances everyday.
2. The boss asked me to make _______ the hours I missed last week.
3. The suspect was released from prison _______ bail.
4. Once again poor Colin has been passed _______for promotion.
5. Everyone approved of the scheme, but when we asked for volunteers they all hung _______.
PART C. READING
VI. Complete the following passage by choosing the correct option (A, B, C or D) to fill in blanks.
The Alexandra Palace in north London was built with private funds as a “People’s Palace”.
Serviced by its own station, it was opened in 1873 and was extremely well (1)_______ until, two weeks
after its opening, it burnt down. It was replaced by a slightly larger building which opened in 1875 and
featured, (2)________other things, a splendid organ an Great Hall, which was the size of a football pitch.
Despite the extraordinarily wide range of events (3)_______ there – from dog shows to great concerts and
banquets, from elephant displays to bicycle matches – it always operated at a loss and by 1877 much of the
park around it had been sold to speculative builders, leaving only about half of the original land.
In 1900, a committee was appointed, whose principal duty was to run the palace and park “for the
free use of the people forever.” There were, however, (4)________ to charge for entry so that the

substantial costs could be (5)_______ . The Palace continued, with (6)________ degrees of success, as an
entertainment centre. In the 1930s, it was probably most (7)________ for being the home of the world’s
first high definition television broadcasts.
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In 1980 the building was once more devastated by fire and (8)_______ to a ruin. It was then
decided to (9)_________ it and to create a major exhibition centre with community (10)_______, such as a
restaurant and a health club.
1. A. inhabited B. attended C. crowded D. visited
2. A. among B. between C. from D. around
3. A. performed B. set C. staged D. laid
4. A. powers B. terms C. allowances D. authorities
5. A. fulfilled B. covered C. matched D. made
6. A. unsteady B. varying C. altering D. unsettled
7. A. distinct B. marked C. considerable D. notable
8. A. turned B. converted C. reduced D. wrecked
9. A. recover B. revise C. restore D. reform
10. A. facilities B. conveniences C. supplies D. appliances
VII. Read the passage and choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for the following questions.
While many nineteenth – century reformers hoped to bring about reform through education or by
eliminating specific social evils, some thinkers wanted to start over and remark society by founding ideal,
cooperative communities. The United States seemed to them a spacious and unencumbered country where
models of a perfect society could succeed. These communitarian thinkers hoped their success would lead to
imitation, until communities free of crime, poverty, and other social ills would cover the land. A number of
religious groups, notably the Shakers, practiced communal living, but the main impetus to found model
communities came from nonreligious, rationalistic thinkers.
Among the communitarian philosophers, three of the most influential were Robert Owen, Charles
Fourier, and John Humphrey Noyes. Owen, famous for his humanitarian policies as owner of several
thriving textile mills in Scotland, believed that faulty environment was to blame for human problems and
that these problems could be eliminated in a rationally planned society. In 1852 he put his principles into
practice at New Harmony, Indiana. The community failed economically after a few years but not before

achieving a number of social successes. Fourier, a commercial employee in France, never visited the
United States. However, his theories of cooperative living influenced many Americans through the writings
of Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man explained Fourierism and its self-sufficient associations
of phalanxes. One or more of these phalanxes was organized in every Northern state. The most famous
were Red Bank, New Jersey, and Brook Farm, Massachusetts. An early member of the latter was the author
Nathaniel Hawthrone. Noyes founded that the most enduring and probably the oddest of the utopian
communities, the Oneida Community of upstate New York. Needless to say, none of these experiments had
any lasting effects on the patterns of American society.
1. Which of the following is not given in the passage as one of the general goals of communitarian
philosophers?
A. To remark society. B. To spread their ideas throughout the United States.
C. To establish ideal communities. D. To create opportunities through education.
2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the world impetus?
A. stimulus B. commitment C. drawback D. foundation
3. Why does the author mention Nathaniel Hawthorne?
A. He founded Brook Farm in Massachusetts.
B. He was a critic of Charles Fourier.
C. He wrote book that led to the establishment of model communities.
D. He was at one time a member of the Brook Farm community.
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4. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the world phalanxes?
A. classes B. grades C. unions D. generations
5. The author implies that, for readers, the conclusion of the passage is ______.
A. obvious B. surprising C. absurd D. practical
VIII. Read the following passage and decide which paragraph contains the pieces of information
from 1 to 5. There are more paragraphs than needed.
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
A. Since moving consumers has emerged about once every generation. Each such innovation
has changed the industry irreversibly; each has been accompanied by a period of fear mixed with
exhilaration. The arrival of digital technology, pictures were invented a century ago, a new way of

distributing entertainment to which translates music, pictures, and texts into the zeros and ones of
computer language, marks one of those periods.
B. This may sound familiar, because the digital revolution, and the explosion of choice that
would go with it, has been heralded for some time. In 1992, John Malone, chief executive of TCI, an
American cable giant, welcomed the ‘500-channel universe’. Digital television was about to deliver
everything except pizzas to people’s living rooms. When the entertainment companies tried out the
technology, it worked fine – but not at a price that people were prepared to pay.
C. Those 500 channels eventually arrived but via the Internet and the PC rather than through
television. The digital revolution was starting to affect the entertainment business in unexpected
ways. Eventually it will change every aspect of it, from the way cartoons are made to the way films
are screened to the way people buy music. That much is clear. What nobody is sure of is how it will
affect the economics of the business.
D. New technologies always contain within them both threats and opportunities. They have the
potential both to make the companies in the business a great deal richer, and to sweep them away.
Old companies always fear new technology. Hollywood was hostile to television, television terrified
by the VCR. Go back far enough, points out Hal Varian, an economist at the University of California
at Berkeley, and you find publishers complaining that ‘circulating libraries’ would cannibalize their
sales. Yet whenever a new technology has come in, it had made more money for existing
entertainment companies. The proliferation of the means of distribution results, gratifyingly, in the
proliferation of dollars, pounds, pesetas and the rest to pay for it.
E. All the same, there is something in the old companies’ fear. New technologies may not
threaten their lives, but they usually change their role. Once television became widespread, film and
radio stopped being the staple form of entertainment. Cable television has undermined the power of
the broadcasters. And as power has shifted the movie studios, the radio companies and the television
broadcasters have been swallowed up. These days, the grand old names of entertainment have more
resonance than power. Paramount is part of Viacom, a cable company; Universal, part of Seagram, a
drinks-and-entertainment company; MGM, once the roaring lion of Hollywood, has been reduced to a
whisper because it is not part of one of the giants. And RCA, once the most important broadcasting
company in the world, is now a recording label belonging to Bertelsmann, a large German
entertainment company.

F. Part of the reason why incumbents got pushed aside was that they did not see what was
coming. But they also faced a tighter regulatory environment than the present one. In America, laws
preventing television broadcasters from owning program companies were repealed earlier this
decade, allowing the creation of vertically integrated businesses. Greater freedom, combined with a
sense of history, prompted the smarter companies in the entertainment business to re-invent
themselves. They saw what happened to those of their predecessors who were stuck with one form of
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distribution. So, these days, the powers in the entertainment business are no longer movie studios, or
television broadcasters, or publishers; all those businesses have become part of bigger businesses
still, companies that can both create content and distribute it in a range of different way.
G. Out of all this, seven huge entertainment companies have emerged – Time Warner, Walt
Disney, Bertelsmann, Viacom, News Corp, Seagram and Sony. They cover pretty well every bit of
the entertainment business except pornography. Three are American, one is Australian, one Canadian,
one German and one Japanese. ‘What you are seeing’, says Christopher Dixon, managing director of
media research at PaineWebber, a stockbroker, ‘is the creation of a global oligopoly. It happened to
the oil and automotive businesses earlier this century; now it is happening to the entertainment
business. ‘It remains to be seen whether the latest technology will weaken those great companies, or
make them stronger than ever.
1. the fact that a total transformation is going to take place in the future in the delivery of all form of
entertainment
2. the confused feelings that people are known to have experienced in response to technological innovation
3. the fact that some companies have learnt from the mistakes of others
4. the contrasting effects that new technology can have on existing business
5. the high cost to the consumer of new ways of distributing entertainment
IX. Complete the following passage by filling one word for each blank.
All tournament chess games are played with a chess clock – that is two clocks joined together.
When one player makes his move, he presses the button which stops his clock and starts his opponent’s
clock. (1)_________fails to keep the time limit, no (2)________ what the position on the board, loses the
game.
Weekend tournaments with a fast time limit and long sessions of play of (3)________ to twelve

hours a day are very strenuous and result in fatigue and time troubles. The play is quite sharp. Active,
attacking chess is the (4)________ of the day and it is difficult to maintain (5)_________ sustained, precise
defense against such play. A score of the game must be (6)_________ as play goes on. Each move is
written down on a score sheet, which has to be handed to the tournament officials at the end of each round.
The only thought in everybody’s head is to win. Talent and youth – that’s (7)_________ is needed for
success at chess, with the (8)________ on youth. Some approach the board with a slow, purposeful manner
(9)________ giving you a second glance – you simply don’t count. The seem to imply that the outcome is a
foregone conclusion for them; you (10)_______ need to accept it with good grace.
PART D. WRITING
X. Rewrite the following sentences using the word given and so that it has the same meaning to the
original one.
1. I think you should try to be as optimistic as you can. SIDE
2. We are looking forward to watching the program. WAIT
3. Your attitude will have to change if you want to succeed. LEAF
4. He’s not sure whether to go or not. MINDS
5. I don’t intend to sell this house. INTENTION
XI. With 250-300 words, write about the following topic:
The problems of mobile phones outweigh the benefits.
Do you agree with the above statement? Give reasons for your answer with relevant examples from
your knowledge and experience.
THE END
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề thi dành cho học sinh trường THPT Chuyên)
PART A. LISTENING – 2.0 pt
I. 1.0 pt (0.1/item)
1. The Henry Music Institute 6. E
2. a face-to-face interview/ an interview 7. B
3. 6,000 pound a year 8. C

4. the charges for applying/ application fee 9. G
5. January 30
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10. D
II. 1.0 pt (0.1/item)
1. satellites 6. time consumption
2. efficiency 7. (shades of) grey
3. (the) sea ice 8. (poor) Internet connection
4. radar 9. compress
5. leads 10. laptop
PART B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (2.5 pt)
III. 1.0 pt (0.05 pt/item)
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B
16. C 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. D
IV. 1.0 pt (0.1 pt/item)
Qs Line Mistake Correction
1 2 like as
2 4 on up
3 5 where whose
4 7 made won
5 8 or and
6 9 social socially
7 10 another other
8 11 ranged ranging
9 12 children children’s
10 13 some any
V. 0.5 pt (0.1/item)
1. out 2. up 3. on 4. over 5. back

PART C. READING (3.0 pt)
VI. 1.0 pt (0.1/tem)
1. B 2. A 3, C 4, A 5. B
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. A
VII. 0.5 pt (0.1/item)
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A
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VIII. 0.5 pt (0.1/item)
1. C 2. A 3. F 4. D 5. B
IX. 1.0 pt (0.1/item)
1. whoever/who 2. matter 3. up 4. order 5. a/any
6. kept 7. what 8. emphasis 9. without 10. only
PART D. WRITING (2.5 pt)
X. 0.5 pt (0.1/item)
1. I think you should look on the bright side.
2. We can’t wait to watch the program.
3. You will have to turn over a new leaf if you want to succeed.
4. He’s in two minds about whether to go or not.
5. I have no intention of selling this house.
XI. 2.0 pt
- The writing passage should be well-organized: introduction, body and ending of the passage: 0.25 pt
- The ideas should be clarified with relevant and specific examples: 1 pt
- The writing passage is supposed to be free of grammatical and spelling errors: 0.75 pt
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