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Năm học : 2016-2017
Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
Thời gian làm bài : 120 phút
Số phách:
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PART A: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
(5 pts.)
1.
A. facsimile
B. transfer
C. spacious
D. fax
______
2.
A. swallow
B. switch
C. sweet
D. sword
______

3.
A. scenic
B. extinct
C. decrease
D. coexist
______
4.
A. agreed
B. boxed
C. based
D. listened
______
5.
A. off
B. of
C. if
D. fly
______
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in each group.
(5 pts.)
1.
A. appreciate
B. experience
C. embarrassing
D. situation
_____
2.
A. excited
B. interested
C. confident

D. memorable
_____
3.
A. floppy
B. embrace
C. cotton
D. idol
_____
4.
A. complain
B. destroy
C. terrify
D. imagine
_____
5.
A. carefully
B. correctly
C. seriously
D. personally
_____
PART B: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I.Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in
the box provided. (20 pts.)
1. The weather is going to change soon; I feel it in my _____.
A. body
B. legs
C. skin
D. bones
2. Before the invention of the Internet, people couldn’t _____ of such universal access to information.
A. reminisce

B. conceive
C. contemplate
D. access
3. ___________, Americans eat a light breakfast. They don’t eat a lot of food in the morning.
A. By and large
B. Fair and square
C. Ins and outs
D. Odds and ends
4. There has been a recommendation that Peter _____ the president of the country.
A. will be elected
B. be elected
C. is elected
D. was elected
5. For a whole month, Muslims ________eating and drinking during daylight hours.
A. abstain from
B. keep from
C. stay from
D. stand from
6. TV advertising in the late afternoon tends to _____ young children.
A. target
B. point
C. focus
D. aim
7. He traveled _____ for 20 years and then he decided to return home.
A. farther away
B. far from it
C. far and wide
D. farthest of all
8. No matter how angry he was, he would never _____ to violence.
A. refuse

B. resort
C. resist
D. resolve
9. Simon .............................in me on the understanding that I wouldn't tell anyone else.
A. confided
B. intimated
C. confessed
D. disclosed

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10. If you want to be a rock star, talent helps, but what it really ……..….. down to is luck.
A. boils
B. revolves
C. centers
D. refines
11. That argument is no good: it won’t ………………
A. hold water
B. blossom
C. make water
D. pass water
12. If you get measles, you will ……………….in spots.
A. break out
B. break up
C. break
D. break down
13. Insults roll off him like water ………………
A. down a drain
B. on a tin roof

C. into the river
D. off a duck’s back
14. Go to the Chinese ………………and bring back a grilled pork chop.
A. carry-away
B. carry-on
C. take-away
D. fast-courses
15. As a result of government …………….., more jobs were lost.
A. cut-aways
B. cut-backs
C. cuttings
D. drop-backs
16. No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $ 5.000 can’t be ................ of the target.
A.far
B. broad
C. wide
D. distant
17. She insisted that the reporter _______ her as his source of information.
A. not mention
B. doesn’t mention
C. hadn’t mentioned
D. didn’t mention
18. Look, will you stop ______ in and let me finish my sentence!
A. plugging
B. pushing
C. butting
D. moving
19. We put his rude manner ______ ignorance of our British customs.
A. up to
B. down to

C. off at
D. up with
20. I would rather you _______ the office phone for personal purpose.
A. shouldn’t have used B. shouldn’t use C. not to use
D. didn’t use
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II. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following passage. Write your answer in the
box provided. (5 pts.)
Mount Mulanje in Malawi is the highest mountain in (1. CENTRE) Africa, part of a range which
comprises no fewer than twenty peaks over 2,500 meters. The range is readily (2. ACCESS) by road and a day’s
drive allow a (3. LEISURE) circumnavigation. More energetic visitors, particularly walkers and climbers, are

rewarded with an experience that is (4.FORGET).
Mulanje is a (5. BREATH) sight, visible for miles around. The giant slab of rock appears to protrude
almost vertically from the plain. This impression is borne out by the existence of the longest sheer rock-face in
Africa, demanding for even the most skilled (6. MOUNTAIN). The explanation for this dramatic geography lies
in the rock: hard granite, very (7. RESIST) to erosion, which contrasts with the softer rocks of the plains.
Most visitors remain on the lower, gentler slopes, making use of forest huts for overnight
accommodation. The trek up the foothills, along clearly defined paths, is not overly (8. CHALLENGE) but may
take up to a week. As the climate cools gradually, almost (9. PERCEPTIBLE), with every few meters of altitude
gained, so the full diversity of fauna and flora is revealed in all its (10. SPLENDID).
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III. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or particle. (5 pts.)
1. We’re all very obliged _________________you
2. He escaped by passing himself ___________________ as a guard.

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3. He’s quite careless ________________ danger.
4. When she sets ________ ________ an examination, she always tries to avoid crossing the part of a woman.
5. I’ve been so anxious _________________ you.
6. She refused to be a party _______________________ any violence.
7. Embarrassment rooted her _______________________ the spot.
8. This service is free ___________________ charge.
9._________________ the devil and the deep blue sea.
10. We cannot afford to take risks when people’s lives are ________________ stake.
IV. Underline and correct ten mistakes in the following passage. Write the corrections in the column on the
right. (10 pts.)
Research has found that children took on a supermarket trip make a purchase L1………………
request every two minutes. More than $200 million a year is now spent on advertising L2………………
directly to children, most of them on television. That figure is likely to increase and it L3 ……………..
is in the supermarket aisles that the investment is most likely to be successful. For L4 ……………..
children, the reasons behind their parents’ decisions about that they can and cannot L5 ……………..
afford are often unclear and arguments about how bad sugar is for your teeth are L6 ……………..
inconvincing when compared with the attractively and emotionally persuasive L7 ……………..
advertising campaigns.
L8 ………………
According to Susan Dibb of the National Food Alliance, ‘Most parents concerned L9 ……………..
about what they give their children to eat and have ideas about what food is healthy – L10 ……………
although those ideas are not always accurate. Obviously, such a dialogue among L11 ……………
parents and children is a good thing, because if the only information children are L12 ……………
getting about productivity is from TV advertising, they are getting a very one-side L13 ……………
view. Parents resent the fact that they are competing with the advertising industry and L14 …………….
are forced into the position of repeated disappointing their children.’ The Independent L15 …………….
Television Commission, which regulates TV advertising, prohibits advertisers from L16 ……………
telling children to ask their parents to buy products.
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PART C: READING
I.Read the following passage and answer the questions by choosing the options A, B, C or D. Write your
answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (10 pts.)
EXOTIC AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
When you hear someone bubbling enthusiastically about an exotic species, you can safely bet the speaker
isn’t an ecologist. This is a name for a resident of an established community that was deliberately or
accidentally moved from its home range and became established elsewhere. Unlike most imports, which can’t
take hold outside their home range, an exotic species permanently insinuates itself into a new community.
Sometimes the additions are harmless and even have beneficial effects. More often, they make native
species endangered species, which by definition are extremely vulnerable to extinction. Of all species on the
rare or endangered lists or that recently became extinct, close to 70 percent owe their precarious existence or
demise to displacement by exotic species. Two examples are included here to illustrate the problem.
During the 1800s, British settlers in Australia just couldn’t bond with the koalas and kangaroos, so they
started to import familiar animals from their homeland. In 1859, in what would be the start of a wholesale
disaster, a northern Australian landowner imported and then released two dozen wild European rabbits
(Oryctolagus cuniculus). Good food and good sport hunting – that was the idea. An ideal rabbit habitat with no
natural predators was the reality.
Six years later, the landowner had killed 20,000 rabbits and was besieged by 20,000 more. The rabbits
displaced livestock, even kangaroos. Now Australia has 200 to 300 million hippityhopping through the southern

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half of the country. They overgraze perennial grasses in good times and strip bark from shrubs and trees during
droughts. You know where they’ve been; they transform grasslands and shrub lands into eroded deserts. They
have been shot and poisoned. Their warrens have been plowed under, fumigated, and dynamited. Even when
all-out assaults reduced their population size by 70 percent, the rapidly reproducing imports made a comeback
in less than a year. Did the construction of a 2,000-mile-long fence protect Western Australia? No. Rabbits
made it to the other side before workers finished the fence.
In 1951, government works introduced a myxoma virus by way of mildly infected South American

rabbits, its normal hosts. This virus causes myxomatosis. The disease has mild effects on South American
rabbits that coevolved with the virus but nearly always had lethal effects on O. cuniculus. Biting insects, mainly
mosquitoes and flenses against the novel virus, the European rabbits dies in droves. But, as you might expect,
natural selection has since favored rapid growth of populations of O. cuniculus resistant to the virus.
In 1991, on an uninhabited island in Spencer Gulf, Australian researchers released a population of rabbits
that they had injected with a calcivirus. The rabbits died quickly and relatively painlessly from blood clots in
their lungs, hearts, and kidneys. In 1995, the test virus escaped from the island, possibly on insect vectors. It has
been killing 80 to 95 percent of the adult rabbits in Australian regions. At this writing, researches are now
questioning whether the calcivirus should be used on a widespread scale, whether it can jump boundaries and
infect animals other than rabbits (such as humans), and what the long – term consequences will be.
A vine called kudzu (Puerarialobata) was deliberately imported from Japan to the United States, where it
faces no serious threats from herbivores, pathogens, or competitor plants. In temperate parts of Asia, it is a well
– behaved legume with a well – developed root system. It seemed like a good idea to use it to control erosion on
hills and highway embankments in the southeastern United States. (A) With nothing to stop it, though, kudzu’s
shoots grew a third of a meter per day. Vines now blanket stream banks, trees, telephone poles, houses, and
almost everything else in their path. Attempts to dig up or burn kudzu are futile. Grazing goats and herbicides
help, but goats eat other plants, to, and herbicides contaminate water supplies. (B) Kudzu could reach the Great
Lakes by the year 2040.
On the bright side, a Japanese firm is constructing a kudzu farm and processing plant in Alabama. The
idea is to export the starch to Asia, where the demand currently exceeds the supply. (C) Also, kudzu may
eventually help reduce logging operations. (D) At the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers report that
kudzu might become an alternative source for paper.
1. Based on the information in paragraph 1, which of the following best explains the term “exotic species”?
A. Animals or plants on the rare species list
B. A permanent resident in an established community
C. A species that has been moved to a different community
D. An import that fails to thrive outside of its home range
2. The world itself in the passage refers to
A. most imports
B. new community

C. home range
D. exotic species
3. The word bond in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. move
B. connect
C. live
D. fight
4. According to the author, why did the plan to introduce rabbits in Australia fail?
A. The rabbits were infected with a contagious virus.
B. Most Australians did not like the rabbits.
C. No natural predators controlled the rabbit population. D. Hunters killed the rabbits for sport and for food.
5. All of the following methods were used to control the rabbit population in Australia EXCEPT
A. They were poisoned.
B. Their habitats were buried.
C. They were moved to deserts.
D. They were surrounded by fences
6. Why does the author mention mosquitoes and fleas in paragraph 5?
A. Because they are the origin of the myxoma virus B. Because they carry the myxoma virus to other animals
C. Because they die when they are infected by myxomaD. Because they have an immunity to the myxoma virus

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7. According to paragraph 6, the Spencer Gulf experiment was dangerous because
A. insect populations were exposed to a virus
B. rabbits on the island died from a virus
C. the virus may be a threat to humans
D. some animals are immune to the virus
8. Why does the author give details about the kudzu farm and processing plant in paragraph 8?
A. To explain why kudzu was imported from abroad

B. To argue that the decision to plant kudzu was a good one
C. To give a reason for kudzu to be planted in Asia
D. To offer partial solutions to the kudzu problem
9. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the author’s opinion about exotic species?
A. Exotic species should be protected by ecologists.
B. Importing an exotic species can solve many problems.
C. Ecologists should make the decision to import an exotic species.
D. Exotic species are often disruptive to the ecology.
10. Look at (A), (B), (C), (D) in the last two paragraphs. Where the following sentence could be best inserted in
the passage
(A), (B), (C), or (D)? Asians use a starch extract from kudzu in drinks, herbal medicines, and candy.
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II. Read the text below and write one word in each space to complete it. Write your answer in the box
provided. (10 pts.)
Society has changed in many ways since the introduction of computers, and people's lives at home and
at the office have been (1) ________ . Most people are working for fewer hours per week than they (2)
________ to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are becoming much more interested in (3) ________
people spend this extra leisure time. One recent report stated that (4) ________ the number of hobbies had not
increased; each hobby had become more specialized.
A second (5) ________ is that nowadays, many managers would rather spend time with their families
than stay (6) ________ in the office every day. Home life seems to be just as important as working. Some

companies now make managers (7) ________ their annual holidays even if they don't want to, because this
leads to such an (8) ________ in their performance if they have some rest.
In spite of these changes, some people are working harder than ever before. The standard of exams is
getting higher, and increased competition is (9) ________ it harder to get into university than it was 20 years
ago. School children and students are now having to work so hard that in many cases they work (10) ________
hours than their parents.
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PART D: WRITING
I.
Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays
the same. (10 pts.)
1. I have frequently made stupid mistakes like that.
=> Many's...........................................................................................................................................................
2. I rarely sleep in the afternoon.
=> I’m not in ……………………………………….......................................................................................…
3. You think that fat people are always jolly, but you are wrong.
=> Contrary ........................................................................................................................................................
4. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder came out.

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=> Not for …………………………………………...........................................................................................
5. Erika said I had caused the accident.
=> Erika blamed .................................................................................................................................................
6.My grandfather had completely forgotten that he phoned me last night. (RECOLLECTION)
=> My grandfather didn’t have ……………………...........................................................................................
7. Many customs restrictions within the EC have been abolished.
(AWAY)
=> Many customs.................................................................................................................................................
8. At the moment I can’t afford to buy a new car.
(QUESTION)
=> At the moment.................................................................................................................................................
9. Students at the school are not allowed to go into the Rainbow Disco.
(BOUNDS)
=> The Rainbow Disco...........................................................................................................................................
10.When they broke the news, she stayed perfectly calm and controlled.
(HAIR)
=> When they broke the news ………………………………………...............................................................
II. Write a composition about the following topic:
Food-safety violations, including using improved fertilizers and toxic chemicals to produce foods, are
increasing at an alarming rate. What suggestions would you give to solve these problems?
You should write about 250 words. (20 pts.)
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KEY
ĐỀ THI THỬ MÔN TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
Total points: 100

PART A
I. (5 pts. )
II. (5 pts.) 1D

1C
2A

2D
3B

3A
4C

4B
5B

5B

PART B
I. (20 pts.)

1D
11A

2B
12A

3A
13D

4B
14C

5A
15B

6A

16C

7C
17A

8B
18C

9A
19B

10A
20D

II. (5 pts.)

1. central
6. mountaineer(s)

2. accessible
7. resistant

3. leisurely
8. challenging

4. unforgettable
9. imperceptibly

3.about/
of

5.about/
for

7.to

5. breath-taking
10. splendor / (our)

III. (5 pts.)
1.to

2.off

4. out,
for

6. to

8. of

9.between 10. at

IV. (10 pts.)
Research has found that children took on a supermarket trip make a purchase
request every two minutes. More than $200 million a year is now spent on advertising
directly to children, most of them on television. That figure is likely to increase and it
is in the supermarket aisles that the investment is most likely to be successful. For
children, the reasons behind their parents’ decisions about that they can and cannot
afford are often unclear and arguments about how bad sugar is for your teeth are

inconvincing when compared with the attractively and emotionally persuasive
advertising campaigns.
According to Susan Dibb of the National Food Alliance, ‘Most parents
concerned about what they give their children to eat and have ideas about what food is
healthy – although those ideas are not always accurate. Obviously, such a dialogue
among parents and children is a good thing, because if the only information children
are getting about productivity is from TV advertising , they are getting a very one-side
view . Parents resent the fact that they are competing with the advertising industry and
are forced into the position of repeated disappointing their children.’ The Independent
Television Commission , which regulates TV advertising, prohibits advertisers from
telling children to ask their parents to buy products.

L1…taken…
L2………………
L3 …it……..
L4 ……………..
L5 …what……..
L7.unconvincing
L7 attractive
L8
L9
L10 are concerned
L11 …
L12... between
L13 products /
L13 one-sided
L15 repeatedly
L16 ......
L17 .......

PART C
I. (10 pts.)
1C

2D

3B

4C

5C

6B

7C

8D

9D

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II. (10 pts.)
1. affected/
influenced
6.late

2.used

3.how

4.(al)though

5.finding/ change

7.take

8.improvement

9. making

10. longer

PART D
I. (10 pts.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Many's the time that I have made stupid mistakes like that .
I’m not in a / the habit of sleeping in the afternoon.

Contrary to your thought/ belief/ opinion/what you think, fat people are not always jolly.
Not for another five years did the the whole truth about the murder come out.
Erika blamed me for causing/ having caused the accident.
My grandfather didn’t have any recollection of phoning me last night.
Many customs restrictions within the EC have been done away with.
At the moment me / my buying a new car is out of the question.
The Rainbow Disco is out
of bounds to Ss at the school.
10. When they broke the news, she did not turn a hair.

II. (20 pts.)
1. Content: 10 pts - a provision of all main ideas and details as appropriate.
2. Language: 5 pts – a variety of vocabulary and structures
3. Presentation: 5 pts – coherence, cohesion, and style…

THE END.

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SỞ GIÁ O DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
AN GIANG

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10

Năm học: 2015 - 2016
Khóa ngày: 18/ 6/ 2015 MÔN:
TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
(Thí sinh làm bài trên giấy thi; đề thi có 02 trang)

I - Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (0.5 point)
1. A. trip
B. river
C. life
D. city
2. A. rested
B. hiked
C. dressed
D. advanced
II - Choose the word that has the different stress. (0.5 point)
1. A. city
B. poem
C. advice
2. A. uniform
B. assistant
C. collection

D. Children
D. professor

III - Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences. (2.0 points)
1. Neil Armstrong, who first walked .....................the moon, lived in the USA.
A. in
B. on

C. at
D. above
2. My grandmother used to .................... us folktales.
A. tells
B. told
C. telling
D. tell
3. This bicycle .................... ten years ago.
A. makes
B. made
C. is made
D. was made
4. - H e l l o . Y o u m u s t b e M a r y a m . - ....................
A. That's all right. Thanks
B. That's OK. I must be.
C. That's right. I am
D. Oh, yes, very much.
5. I am very proud .................... my school.
A. from
B. at
C. of
D. off
6. .................... a dentist, Mike is very concerned about having healthy teeth.
A. Because
B. He is
C. As
D. That he is
7. "I have an idea. Let's go for a swim on Sunday afternoon". - "....................”
A. OK, what time? B. You're kidding
C. I know

D. I'm sure
8. I'd love to play football .................... I have to complete an assignment.
A. but
B. and
C. because
D. or
IV - Read the passage and choose the correct answer. (1.0 point)
Among the festivals celebrated by some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival, also known as the MidAugust Festival. A large number of small round moon cakes are eaten on this day, and children enjoy carrying colorful
paper lanterns that come in all shapes; the more popular ones are shaped like fish, rabbits and butterflies. According to
them, the moon shines brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival. As the moon rises, tables are placed outside
the house and women make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss ?
A. Festivals
B. Rice-cooking festival
C. Lunar new year
D. Mid-August Festival
2. The phrase " Mid-August Festival" can be replaced by_______________
A. Mid-Autumn Festival
B. Early-Autumn Festival
C. Late-Autumn Festival
D. Autumn Festival
3. What types of food do Asian people usually eat on this day?
A. moon cakes
B. sticky-rice cake
C. fruit
D. fish
4. What is NOT mentioned in the passage ?
A. paper lanterns
B. moon shines
C. moon cakes

D. lion-dancing


V - Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) for each blank. (1.0 point)
Newspapers, magazines, and books are the written media. Newspapers are one of the main sources for
spreading news and events (1) .................... the world.
Radio and television supply information and entertainment to the public. Motion pictures are one of the most
(2) .................... forms of entertainment. Movies can also teach people many other subjects.
The multimedia computer helps students learn about a particular topic in a (3) .................... of ways.
When we use the Internet, we can give and get a lot of information very (4) .................... .
1.
A. all
B. throughout
C. out
D. on
2.
A. right
B. interested
C. expensive
D. popular
3.
A. variety
B. difference
C. change.
D. kind
4.
A. exactly
B. correctly
C. secretly
D. quickly

VI - Give the correct form of the word in the bracket. (1.0 point)
1. She is ......................... in her job, so she is very rich.
2. In a few year's time, our houses will be ......................... by solar energy.
3. ......................... are now very interested in tidal power.
4. She ......................... disagreed with what we said.

(SUCCESS)
(HOT)
(SCIENCE)
(VIOLENT)

VII - Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. (2.0 points)
1. Let's invite the Browns to the party on Sunday.
—> He suggested .................................................................................
2. How long have you worked as a designer?
—> When did you .................................................................................
3. I don't know enough about the machine, so I can't mend it myself.
—> If .................................................................................
4. His brother invited all the students in my class to his party.
—> All the students in my class .................................................................................
VIII - Use the following suggested words and phrases to write a complete letter. (2.0 points)
Dear Liz,
1. It/ be/ long time/ since/ I/ last/ hear/ you.
.................................................................................

2. You/ like/ come/ stay/ me/ cottage/ countryside?
.................................................................................

3. What about/ come/ end/ next month?
.................................................................................

4. I / looking/ forward/ see/ you.
.................................................................................
Yours, Mary
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT
Năm học: 2016 – 2017
Môn: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi có: 02 trang

Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi, không làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi này.
Câu I. Chọn một phương án A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác
với các từ còn lại. (1,0 điểm)
1. A. cleaned
B. walked
C. laughed
D. helped
2. A. students
B. books
C. maps
D. names
3. A. bag

B. map
C. safe
D. hat
4. A. chorus
B. machine
C. mechanic
D. scholarship
Câu II. Chọn một phương án đúng nhất A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ hoặc cụm từ thích hợp để
hoàn thành các câu sau. (3,0 điểm)
1. He will take us to the airport, ___________?
A. doesn't he
B. won't he
C. don't I
D. will he
2. Are you looking forward ___________abroad on your vacation?
A. to go
B. going
C. to going
D. you go
3. He wanted to know why ___________away.
A. she goes
B. does she go
C. did she go
D. she went
4. She is out of work. She gets ___________every week but it isn't much.
A. benefit unemployment
B. employment benefit
C. unemployment benefit
D. benefit unemployed
5. I won’t go ___________ you explain everything to me.

A. unless
B. although
C. because
D. if
6. She learns English badly but he learns it___________ than her.
A. badly
B. more badly
C. better
D. worse
7. We should ___________ all the lights when leaving our room.
A. turn off
B. turn up
C. turn on
D. turn to
8. Maria’s English is excellent. She speaks English ___________.
A. perfect
B. perfective
C. perfectively
D. perfectly
9. She is the girl who ___________ money.
A. enjoys to spend
B. enjoys spending
C. enjoy to spend
D. enjoy spending
10. “You are a great singer, Maria!”
“Thanks, Peter. ___________.”
A. That’s very nice of you to say so
B. I’m an awful singer
C. Let’s have a celebration
D. Well done

11. Do you know the lady ___________daughter is standing over there?
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. whose
12. My brother is not used to ___________ up early. He is late for school very often.
A. get
B. got
C. getting
D. having got
Câu III. Tìm một lỗi sai trong bốn phần gạch chân A, B, C hoặc D trong các câu sau đây.
(1,0 điểm)
1. The boy who lives on Le Loi street like playing the guitar.
A
B
C
D
2. We suggested avoid walking in the rain.
A
B
C
D
3. I’m pleased that you are working hardly for the exam.
A B
C
D
4. Almost of trees in this plantation had to be cut down and burned as a result of the storm.
A
B
C

D
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Câu IV. Viết dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc trong các câu sau. (1,0 điểm)
1. We (know)_____________ Betty since she moved to our neighborhood.
2. The children are interested in (take) _____________ to the zoo on Sunday.
3. You (watch) _____________ TV when your father came home last night?
4. My parents want me (pass) _____________ the entrance exam to High Secondary School.
Câu V. Viết dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc để hoàn chỉnh các câu sau. (1,0 điểm)
1. President Barrack Obama was __________ greeted by Vietnamese people. (warm)
2. One of the developments of television is ____________TV.
(act)
3. Good __________ is essential in a large organization.
(communicate)
4. This village was __________ three years ago.
(electric)
Câu VI. Chọn một phương án đúng nhất A, B, C hoặc D để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn
sau. (1,0 điểm)
There are many ways of spending free time in Australia. Some people are fond of riding in
Snowy Mountain or riding a surfboard in Queensland. (1)__________ love watching kangaroos and
koalas in wild forests. My sister says she only enjoys watching Sydney (2)__________ the skywalk.
But I myself like going to the Sydney Opera House (3)__________ the great opera singers of the
world can be heard. If you are bored with listening to the opera singing, there will always be at least
two or three other shows to (4)__________ your taste.
1. A. Many
B. Others
C. Another
D. Other
2. A. near

B. out
C. from
D. to
3. A. which
B. that
C. at where
D. where
4. A. suit
B. make
C. provide
D. give
Câu VII. Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời câu hỏi bên dưới. (1,0 điểm)
Scientists have known a lot about the earth. They understand how mountains are made and
what a volcano is. The following example is about volcanic eruptions. Mt. Vesuvius in Italy and
Mt. St. Helens in the USA are both famous mountains. They are both volcanoes. A volcano is a
mountain that is open at the top. Smoke and hot air come out of the hole. Sometimes, very hot rock
also comes out of the mountain. That can make trouble for people nearby. This is what happened
with Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. St. Helens. Hot rock poured out of Mt. Vesuvius and covered the town
of Pompeii in 79 AD. Everyone in the town was killed. The Mt. St. Helens volcano didn’t kill
many people.
1. What is a volcano?
2. Are the Mt. Vesuvius and the Mt. St. Helens both famous volcanoes in Italy?
3. What happened to the people in the town of Pompeii in 79 AD?
4. Did the Mt. St. Helens volcano kill everyone?
Câu VIII. Hoàn chỉnh các câu sau sao cho nghĩa của câu không thay đổi so với câu đã in ở
trước đó. (1,0 điểm)
1. He spent an hour watering the flowers yesterday.
 It ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Anna types more carefully than me.
 I …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. People used to write everything by hand.
 Everything…………...…………………………………………………………………………………
4. She hasn’t phoned me for three months.
 The last…………...……………………………………………………………………………………
_______ Hết _______
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………………… Số báo danh: ……………………….
Cán bộ coi thi không phải giải thích gì thêm.
Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển./.
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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2016 – 2017
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN TIẾNG ANH

Hướng dẫn chấm có: 01 trang.
Câu I. Chọn một phương án A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác với
các từ còn lại. (1,0 điểm)
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. B
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Câu II. Chọn một phương án đúng A, B, C hoặc D ứng với từ hoặc cụm từ thích hợp để hoàn
thành các câu sau. (3,0 điểm)
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. A

6. D
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. D
12. C
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Câu III. Tìm một lỗi sai trong bốn phần gạch chân A, B, C hoặc D trong các câu sau đây.(1,0 điểm)
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Câu IV. Viết dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc trong các câu sau. (1,0 điểm)
1. have known
2. being taken
3. Were (you)/…watching 4. to pass
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Câu V. Viết dạng đúng của từ trong ngoặc để hoàn chỉnh các câu sau. (1,0 điểm)
1. warmly
2. interactive
3. communication
4. electrified
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Câu VI. Chọn một phương án đúng nhất (A, B, C hoặc D) để điền vào chỗ trống trong đoạn văn
sau. (1,0 điểm)
1. B
2. C
3. D

4. A
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Câu VII. Đọc đoạn văn sau và trả lời câu hỏi. (1,0 điểm)
1. It/ A volcano is a mountain that is open at the top/ has a hole at the top.
2. No, they aren’t.
3. Everyone (in the town) was killed (by the Mt. Vesuvius volcano) (in 79 AD).
They/The people in the town of Pompeii were all killed (by the Mt. Vesuvius volcano) (in 79 AD).
4. No, It didn’t.
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Câu VIII. Hoàn chỉnh các câu sau sao cho nghĩa của câu không thay đổi so với câu đã in ở trước
đó. (1,0 điểm)
1. It took him an hour to water the flowers yesterday.
2. I don’t/do not type as/ so carefully as Anna (does).
3. Everything used to be written by hand.
4. The last time she phoned me was three months ago.
0,25 điểm cho mỗi câu trả lời đúng
Chú ý: - Thí sinh làm bài cách khác với Hướng dẫn chấm mà đúng thì tổ chấm thống nhất cho điểm
tương ứng với biểu điểm của Hướng dẫn chấm.
- Bài thi được chấm theo thang điểm 10, lấy đến 0,25 điểm; Không quy tròn điểm.
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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2016 – 2017
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Dành cho tất cả các thí sinh
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề.

Họ và tên thí sinh:…………………………………………………..……………… Số báo danh:………..…………
PART A. PHONETICS
I. Write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
is pronounced differently from the other three in each of the following questions.
Câu 1. A. kites
B. laughs
C. behaves
D. outskirts
Câu 2. A. many
B. sandy
C. candy
D. badly
Câu 3. A. though
B. throw
C. through
D. thought
II. Write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose primary stress
is different from the other three in each of the following questions.
Câu 4. A. environment
B. understanding
C. population
D. conservation
Câu 5. A. tomorrow
B. deliver
C. difficult
D. remember
PART B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR
I. Write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Câu 1. After each period, we have a___________ break.

A. five minutes
B. five- minute
C. fifth- minute
D. fifth- minutes
Câu 2. The man___________ to your sister is my uncle.
A. is talking
B. was talking
C. who is talking
D. talked
Câu 3. Although he coughed badly, he___________ no effort to stop smoking.
A. make
B. do
C. made
D. has
Câu 4. She asked me if I___________ a laptop computer the following day.
A. buy
B. will buy
C. bought
D. would buy
Câu 5. If Mr. John___________ rich, he would travel around the world.
A. is
B. will be
C. was
D. were
Câu 6. My sister is very___________ of spiders.
A. terror
B. terrify
C. terrified
D. terrifying
Câu 7. They explained___________ him how they should operate the machine.

A. to
B. with
C. for
D. about
Câu 8. The government should do something to help___________.
A. the poors
B. the poor ones
C. poor
D. the poor
Câu 9. They have learnt English___________ 2005.
A. to
B. from
C. for
D. since
Câu 10. The teacher told his students___________ the mistakes again.
A. not make
B. not to make
C. don’t make
D. won’t make
Câu 11. There’s nothing good on TV. Why don’t you turn it___________?
A. on
B. down
C. off
D. up
Câu 12. ___________ the teacher reminded her not to talk so much in class, she kept on doing that.
A. Although
B. But
C. And
D. So
Câu 13. Tom: “Why don’t we go for a picnic this weekend?”

Mary: “_______________________”
A. What do you suggest?
B. Yes, please.
C. How’s that?
D. That’s a good idea.
Câu 14. Tim: “Would you mind lending me your dictionary?” Paul: “_______________________.”
A. Yes, let’s
B. Great
C. No, of course not D. Yes. Here you are
Câu 15. It’s no use___________ a language if you don’t try to use it.
A. to learn
B. learned
C. learning
D. Learn
Câu 16. He asked me___________.
A. what my phone number
B. what my phone number were
C. what my phone number was
D. what was my phone number
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Câu 17. She drove so___________ that she had an accident.
A. careful
B. carefully
C. careless
D. carelessly
Câu 18. ___________ his mental illness, the boy can’t keep pace with his classmates.
A. Although
B. Despite

C. Because
D. Because of
Câu 19. Ann: “How well you are playing!”
Peter: “___________________”
A. Say it again. I like to hear your words. B. I think so. I’m proud of myself.
C. Really? I’ve got it.
D. Many thanks. That’s a nice compliment.
Câu 20. Vietnamese people are very___________.
A. friend
B. friendliness
C. friendly
D. friendship
II. Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correcting.
Câu 21. A cure for the common cold, causing by a virus, has not been found.
A. causing
B. for
C. a virus
D. has not
Câu 22. They are planning on attending the convention next month, and so I am.
A. planning on
B. attending
C. next
D. so I am
Câu 23. Today was such beautiful day that I couldn’t bring myself to complete all my chores.
A. myself
B. such beautiful
C. my chores
D. to complete
Câu 24. My sister enjoys read about wild animals and natural mysteries.

A. read
B. enjoys
C. natural
D. wild animals
Câu 25. I saw the men, the women, and the cattle which went to the field.
A. which
B. saw
C. the women
D. went to
III. Put the words in brackets into the correct forms.
Câu 26. She looks (ATTRACT)____________ in her new coat
Câu 27. Thousands of people have been made (HOME)____________ by the war.
Câu 28. Your shirt is rather white in (COMPARE)____________ with his.
Câu 29. Teenagers are now (FASHION)____________ dressed.
Câu 30. Like beverage cans and bottles, this (PRODUCE)____________ can be recycled.
PART C. READING
I. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My village was never a big village, nor was it particularly successful or well-known. It was a
place where simple people worked on their land, tending citrus groves and running poultry farms.
The most exotic plantation grew avocados, and a palm tree nursery was something of an attraction.
The village was established by a group of Greek immigrants in 1937 in what was then known
as British-controlled Palestine. When we first moved here, one could still hear some Greek in the
street, the local store sold original Greek delicacies and from time to time we were invited to sit on
a neighbor’s porch and share some ouzo at the end of a working day.
In the last few years, my village has changed dramatically. Very few people work in agriculture
now; they can no longer support their families growing oranges and chicken. As a result, they must
find their income outside the village and rent out their land or sell their little family farms
altogether. Some of the land is still used for agriculture, but no longer for the family farms. Now it
is the agriculture of luxuries.

Câu 1. What was true about the writer’s village?
A. It was a big village.
B. It was successful.
C. It was famous.
D. It was established by the Greek.
Câu 2. According to the passage, what did the people in the village NOT do?
A. Worked on their land.
B. Tended citrus groves.
C. Raised animals on the farms.
D. Grew avocados.
Câu 3. The founders of the village were immigrants from____________.
A. Palestine
B. Greece
C. Britain
D. family farms
Câu 4. What can best describe the change of the village recently?
A. The change is very fast.
B. The change is very slow.
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C. The change is normal.
D. There is not much change.
Câu 5. How do the villagers earn their living now?
A. They grow oranges and chicken.
B. They run family farms.
C. They work in the inside villages.
D. They hire out their land or sell their farms.
II. Complete the passage by filling in each blank with ONE suitable word.
Jeans are very popular with young people all (06)__________ the world. Some people say that

jeans are the “uniform” of youth, but they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started
almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa was
(07)__________ “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman in California began selling
pants (08)__________ of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s
pants” (09)__________ popular with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years (10)__________, Levis
began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the US
and Europe began wearing jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.
III. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Most paper is made from wood. When trees are cut down, they are transported (11)__________
land or water to paper (12)__________. Here they are cut down (13)__________ pieces and crushed up.
This wood (14)__________ is then dried on a machine and made into paper. Paper-making is an
important British (15)__________ , and paper from Britain is exported to South Africa, Australia and
many other (16)__________. Some of the wood (17)__________ in British paper-making industry comes
from trees grown in Britain, Norway, etc. One tree is needed for (18)__________ 400 copies of a typical
40-page newspaper. If half the adults in Britain each buys one daily paper, this (19)__________ up
over 40,000 trees a day. Trees are being cut down (20)__________ than they are being replaced.
Câu 11. A. by
Câu 12. A. bins
Câu 13. A. from
Câu 14. A. pieces
Câu 15. A. industry
Câu 16. A. things
Câu 17. A. worked
Câu 18. A. all
Câu 19. A. makes
Câu 20. A. fewer

B. with
B. mills

B. to
B. paper
B. factory
B. countries
B. began
B. some
B. uses
B. less

C. on
C. baskets
C. into
C. flour
C. company
C. parts
C. used
C. many
C. does
C. faster

D. into
D. dumps
D. by
D. pulp
D. household
D. regions
D. ended
D. every
D. cuts
D. more slowly

PART D. WRITING
I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
one printed before it.
Câu 1. As I get older, I want to travel less.
→ The older ____________________________________________________.
Câu 2. He has never met a more kind-hearted person than Mary.
→ Mary _________________________________________________________.
Câu 3. “If I were you, I would buy a new car, Harry.”, he said.
→ He advised __________________________________________________.
Câu 4. It’s two years since I last spoke to her.
→ I ______________________________________________________________.
Câu 5. I don’t have enough time to finish this work.
→ I wish ________________________________________________________.
II. Paragraph writing: Write a paragraph of 100-120 words about what can be done to make your
school a clean and green place.
———— HẾT————
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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2016-2017
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Dành cho thí sinh thi vào lớp chuyên Tiếng Anh và chuyên Tiếng Pháp
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề.

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

PART A: LISTENING (2.0 points)
Part 1. You are going to listen to a conversation between a university admissions officer and a
prospective student. The recording will be played twice.
Questions 1-5. Complete the form below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS.
Name: Anne (1)______________.
D.O.B: (2)___________________________1981.
Address: (3)__________________________Simon Place, Brighton.
Contact number: (4)___________________________.
Mobile: (5)____________________________.
Questions 6-10. Answer each of the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
6. What is the applicant’s current job?
7. Which university course has she already completed?
8. Why might the student not get on the MBA course?
9. What is her second choice?
10. Which department will contact the applicant?
Part 2. Listen to the recording twice and complete the following sentences using ONE word or
number for each gap.
Jim recommends Pagagnini to the whole (1)_____________.
Jim saw a Pagagnini concert last year in (2)_____________.
As well as classical music, Pagagnini play rock, (3)_____________, country and Western.
Jim says the Pagagnini show has no (4)_____________.
The first performance of Rhythm of the Dance was in (5)_____________ in Norway.
More than (6)_____________ million people have seen Rhythm of the Dance live on stage.
Jim suggests listeners look at the section entitled (7)_____________ gallery on the Rhythm of the Dance website.
The name of the first show that the Cirque Éloize performed at the Regent Theatre was (8) “______________”.
Some performers in ID appear on (9)_____________ and Rollerblades. One review of ID says it is full
of originality, energy and (10)_____________.
PART C: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (2.5 points)
I. Write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.

1. How long have you been looking for____________?
A. employee
B. employer
C. employment
D. employ
2. To____________ photography professionally requires a lot of skills.
A. do
B. make
C. commit
D. carry
3. We made her an excellent offer, but she____________ it.
A. turned
B. rejected
C. accepted
D. denied
4. That old building is going to be____________ and a new library will be built in its place.
A. pushed off
B. pulled down
C. pushed in
D. pulled through
5. You are not allowed to bring coffee into the examination room, ____________?
A. do you
B. aren’t you
C. don’t you
D. are you
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6. When we met that day in Paris, I didn’t know that he was married____________ Barbara.
A. with

B. to
C. in
D. of
7. This is____________ the most difficult job I have ever tackled.
A. by far
B. by the way
C. by all means
D. by rights
8. ____________ about gene-related diseases has increased is welcome news.
A. Scientific knowledge
B. It was scientific knowledge
C. Through scientific knowledge
D. That scientific knowledge
9. Members of the rock group were asked to modify their behavior____________ leave the hotel.
A. or else
B. unless
C. lest
D. in case
10. He___________ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead.
A. should have gone
B. shouldn’t have gone
C. needn’t have gone
D. must have gone
11. Richard has invited Ann to his study group tonight, but she has refused. What would Richard be
most likely to say in response to Ann’s refusal?
Ann: “I’m afraid I can’t go tonight. I’m just not in the mood for it!”
Richard: “____________________!”
A. Off you go
B. You are out
C. Suit yourself

D. Good for you
12. ____________ to the Senate than he began to face some of the realities of being a U.S. senator.
A. No sooner had Obama been elected
B. No sooner Obama had been elected
C. No sooner had Obama elected
D. No sooner Obama had elected
13. Vietnam’s renowned rocker Tran Lap, ____________ died of cancer on 17 March 2016, will be
honored with a posthumous medal for his contribution to the country’s music industry.
A. that
B. who
C. whom
D. whose
14. ____________ his brother, Tom is active and friendly.
A. Dislike
B. Alike
C. Unlike
D. Liking
15. Through generations, despite many____________, some Huong Canh families have successfully
preserved their traditional job of clay pot and tile making.
A. out and about
B. odds and ends
C. ins and outs
D. ups and downs
16. ____________ awful coffee she makes!
A. What
B. What a
C. How a
D. How
17. I told them to keep quiet but they continued____________ a noise.
A. to make

B. making
C. to do
D. doing
18. We are going to stay with____________.
A. a relative of we B. relative of us
C. a relative of ours D. one of our relatives'
19. Regular exercise and good diet will bring____________ fitness and health.
A. about
B. up
C. to
D. from
20. Mike: “I have bought you a toy. Happy birthday to you!”
Jane: “____________________”
A. The same to you.
B. Have a nice day!
C. What a pity!
D. What a lovely toy! Thanks.
II. Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correcting.
1. The issue was so controversial, but they were able to settle it in the end of the discussion.
A. was
B. but
C. able
D. in the end
2. Studies by B. F. Skinner indicate that reward positively reinforces behavior and makes that
behavior likely more to recur.
A. Studies by
B. reinforces
C. and
D. likely more

3. A food additive is any chemical that food manufacturers intentional add to their products.
A. additive
B. that
C. intentional
D. products
4. Although the old fisherman was exhausted, but he managed to reel the giant marlin in by nightfall.
A. fisherman
B. but
C. to reel
D. nightfall
5. Long ago there used to be a beautiful island on the Atlantic Ocean.
A. on
B. Long ago there
C. used to be
D. the Atlantic Ocean
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III. Complete the following passage with the correct form of the word given in CAPITALS to the
right of each line.
THE KING IN THE CAR PARK
We are used to reading about mysteries in detective novels, but a reallife mystery was (1)___________ solved by archaeologists when they
found a skeleton under a car park in a British city. The (2)___________ of
the remains was of particular (3)___________ as they turned out to be
those of the famous King of England, Richard III. (4)___________, most
monarchs have a formal (5)___________ and their bones are placed in
cathedrals or abbeys, but the final resting place of Richard had been
(6)___________. The search to find his body had been a long one. Now,
(7)___________ have formally identified the bones as those of Richard,
comparing his DNA with that of another (8)___________. Tests have also

proven that Richard’s spinal deformity was not as bad as they had
(9)___________ thought. However, his reputation of being a
(10)___________ still stands and the mystery of what really happened to
his two nephews remains unsolved.

RECENT
DISCOVER
INTERESTING
TRADITION
BURRY
KNOW
SCIENCE
DESCEND
ORIGIN
CRIME

PART C: READING (3.0 points)
I. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Icebergs are among nature’s most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never
seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being somewhere-in faraway, frigid
waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most cases no one hears or sees.
They exist only a short time and then slowly waste away just unnoticed.
Objects of sheerest beauty, they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of shapes
they may be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy blue, green or purple, tinted faintly or in darker
hues. They are graceful, stately, inspiring in calm, sunlit seas. But they are also called frightening
and dangerous, and that they are, in the night, in the fog, and in storms. Even in clear weather one
is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden below the water, so their
underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they may roll over unexpectedly,
churning the waters around them.

Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about awhile, and
finally melt. Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time.
They embody snows that drifted down hundreds, or many thousands, or in some cases maybe a
million years ago. The snows fell in the polar region and on cold mountains, where they melted only
a little or not at all, and so collected to great depths over the years and centuries.
As each year’s snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the
snowflakes slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. When new snow fell
on top of the old, it too turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted layer upon
layer and were of such great thickness that the weight of the upper layers compressed the lower
ones. With time and pressure from above, the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger
crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into a solid mass of ice.
1. The word which in the first paragraph refers to_____________.
A. turbulence
B. icebergs
C. creations
D. waters
2. The author states that icebergs are rarely seen because they are_____________.
A. surrounded by fog
B. hidden beneath the mountains
C. located in remote regions of the world D. broken by waves soon after they are formed
3. The passage mentions all of the following colors for icebergs EXCEPT_____________.
A. yellow
B. blue
C. green
D. purple
4. The attitude of the author toward icebergs is one of____________.
A. disappointment B. humor
C. disinterest
D. wonder
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5. According to the passage, icebergs originate from a buildup of_____________.
A. turbulent water
B. feathers
C. underwater pressure
D. snowflakes
6. The word that in the second paragraph refers to_____________.
A. bad weather
B. icebergs being frightening and dangerous
C. clear weather
D. how icebergs look in the seas
7. According to the passage, icebergs are dangerous because they_____________.
A. usually melt quickly
B. can turn over very suddenly
C. may create immense snowdrifts
D. can cause unexpected avalanches
8. In the last paragraph, the expression from above in the fourth paragraph refers to_____________.
A. sunlit seas
B. polar regions
C. weight of mountains
D. layers of ice and snow
9. The word merged in the fourth paragraph in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to____________.
A. became
B. combined
C. included
D. consisted
10. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The Melting of Icebergs
B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs

C. The Size and Shape of Icebergs
D. The Dangers of Icebergs
II. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
CHANGING COUNTRIES
Seeking a new life and hoping for a significant (1)______________ in their standard of living, foreign
workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first
immigrants arriving (2)______________ the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed
by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (3)______________ sour for many.
Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was
often one of (4)______________ wages and, in many (5)______________, unemployment. There were times
when the newcomers encountered open hostility; in 1958, riots (6)______________ out in Notting Hill,
west London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.
Yet despite the (7)______________ difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did
manage to (8)______________ to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and
prospering. Their contribution had the effect not only of speeding up the (9)______________ of
economic change in the post-war period, it also (10)______________ Western Europe into a multiracial
society.
1. A. switch
2. A. from
3. A. turned
4. A. little
5. A. occasions
6. A. broke
7. A. several
8. A. fit
9. A. growth
10. A. transformed

B. change

B. to
B. converted
B. small
B. examples
B. carried
B. high
B. adjust
B. motion
B. transferred

C. modification
C. in
C. switched
C. short
C. ways
C. came
C. numerous
C. match
C. pace
C. modified

D. variation
D. at
D. moved
D. low
D. cases
D. started
D. heavy
D. suit
D. step

D. shifted

III. Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONE suitable word.
THE COMPUTER MOUSE
When is a mouse not a mouse? When it sits on your desk and controls your on-screen cursor.
The computer mouse is a pointing device (1)____________ has a flat bottom, a shaped top with buttons
on and – perhaps – a cable connecting the mouse to the computer. The mouse moves (2)____________
the surface of the desk, and the cursor copies this movement on the screen. The first computer
mouse had wheels that made contact (3)____________ the working surface. The name ‘mouse’
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(4)____________ adopted because all earlier models had a long cord, and this, together with the shape,
made it look something (5)____________ the furry little animal of the same name.
The person who invented the mouse, and so was responsible (6)____________ changing the
way computers worked, was an American (7)____________ Douglas Engelbart. In fact, he invented
many devices, including ones attached (8)____________ the chin or nose, to point at the screen.
However, his computer mouse soon proved to be much more convenient and far simpler to use. His
first attempt (9)____________ producing a mouse was in 1964, but it was large, heavy and difficult to
move. A few years later, in 1968, his improved mouse (10)____________ its first public appearance and
rapidly became a huge success.
PART D: WRITING (2.5 points)
I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
one printed before it. The word provided (if any) must not be altered in any way.
1. Celine has always been fond of classical music. (TASTE)
→ Celine________________________________________________________________________.
2. They cannot watch this film because they are not adults yet. (UNDER)
→ Since_________________________________________________________________________.
3. It’s a pity you didn’t ask us to spend more time with you.
→ If only _______________________________________________________________________.

4. She hasn’t spoken much since the day she met the President.
→ Little_________________________________________________________________________.
5. People think that someone started the fire deliberately.
→ The fire______________________________________________________________________.
II. Essay writing
Vietnamese educators are divided on whether the current system of high schools for the
gifted should be maintained. Whilst some argue that the system may promote unhealthy
competition or unnecessary stress among students, and therefore should be abolished, many others
have praised the merits of those schools and voiced strong approval of their existence.
What advantages can schools for the gifted offer to their students and to the society?
Write 250-300 words.
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