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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO VĨNH PHÚC ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Đề thi có 08 trang KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - CHUYÊN (Dành cho thí sinh thi vào lớp chuyên Tiếng Anh và chuyên Tiếng Pháp) Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) PART A. LISTENING. You will listen to each section TWICE. Section 1. Questions 1-10. Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. COUNCIL YOUTH SCHEME APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FOR GROUP PROJECT Name Ralph Pearson Contact address Telephone number 1. _______________________ Drayton DR6 8AB 01453 586098 Name of group Description of group Community Youth Theatre Group amateur theatre group (2. ____________________ members) involved in drama activities and 3. ______________________ Amount of money requested Description of project Money needed for 4. ______________________________ to produce a short 5. _____________ play for young children • 6. ____________________ for scenery • costumes • cost of 7. ______________________ • 8. ____________________________ • Sundries How source of funding will be credited acknowledged in the 9. ____________________________ given to audience Other organisations approached for funding (and outcome) National Youth Services- money was 10. _____________________________ Section 2. Questions 11-15. Listen to the talk and choose the correct answer A, B or C. 11. We are all present hedonists ___________. A. at school B. at birth
2 C. while eating and drinking 12. American boys drop out of school at a higher rate than girls because ___________. A. they need to be in control of the way they learn B. they play video games instead of doing school work C. they are not as intelligent as girls 13. Present-orientated children ___________ . A. do not realise present actions can have negative future effects B. are unable to learn lessons from past mistakes C. know what could happen if they do something bad, but do it anyway 14. If Americans had an extra day per week, they would spend it ___________. A. working harder B. building relationships C. sharing family meals 15. Understanding how people think about time can help us ___________. A. become more virtuous B. work together better C. identify careless or ambitious people Section 3. Questions 16-20. You will hear an interview with a young film director, Lauren Casio. Listen and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. 16. Lauren was encouraged to follow a career as a film because her teacher ____________. A. could see that she had potential B. found her early attempts highly original C. were impressed by her level of motivation D. appreciated her ability to work within a budget 17. How does Lauren respond when asked about critics of film school? A. She think they would benefit from going to one. B. She defends the record of the one that she attended. C. She agrees that it's less useful for certain types of work. D. She regrets that it is the only option for poorer students. 18. Lauren didn't start making full-length feature films sooner because________________. A. she wanted to be sure of her ability first B. she had a bad experience with an early attempt
3 C. she wasn't lucky enough to have the opportunity D. she didn't manage to find the financial backing she needed 19. How does Lauren feel now about the film Hidden Valley Dreams? A. She regrets the setting she chose for it. B. She regards it as being far from perfect. C. She's surprised that it's proved so popular. D. She wishes she'd spent more time on the plot. 20. How does Lauren feel when she goes to give talks in schools? A. She feels unsure whether to reveal her humble background. B. She feels worried that she might give the kids unrealistic ambitions. C. She feels slightly uncomfortable with the idea of being a role model. D. She feels concerned that she may not command the respect of the students. PART B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR. Section 1. Questions 1-20. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. 1. ______ a scholarship, I entered the frightening and unknown territory of private education. A. To award B. To be awarded C. Having awarded D. Having been awarded 2. If you ______ a habit of investing some of your spare income, you'll be pleasantly surprised how much can build up. A. make B. get C. break D. become 3. The reason for the sitter's smile in the Mona Lisa is still something of _______. A. a paradox B. an enigma C. a deception D. an illusion 4. Bill's mother won't let him go out with his friends _______. A. after he had finished his homework B. once he finished his homework C. until he has finished his homework D. when he finished his homework 5. The volunteers involved in the sustainability project live in a small settlement designed as a ________ society where everyone is equal. A. classic B. classy C. classical D. classless 6. The locks to the doors of the building are controlled _______. A. mainly B. centrally C. solidly D. completely 7. Let's ________ the grammar one more time before the test.
4 A. go down with B. go over C. go off D. go back 8. Having never worked on a major newspaper before, he was all at ________ when he first started. A. loss B. water C. coast D. sea 9. Medicine ______ in the pharmacy on the ground floor is cheap and good. A. is brought B. brought C. is bringing D. bringing 10. A: “This computer program would be a great way to brush up on my Italian, wouldn't it?” B: “________ with your pronunciation.” A. It was because it can't help B. What it can't do is help C. All it can't help is D. The thing that it can't help 11. The bank is reported in the local newspaper _____ in broad daylight yesterday. A. to be robbed B. to have been robbed C. robbed D. having been robbed 12. Many young people in the West are expected to leave ______ could be life's most important decision - marriage - almost entirely up to luck. A. what B. that C. which D. who 13. They're unhappy about the extra hours they've been asked to work and they're making _____ about it. A. a song and dance B. an album and show C. a record and ballet D. a track and tango 14. He's so ambitious that he'll do anything to _____ his career, even at the expense of others. A. enlarge B. widen C. further D. expand 15. The announcement about job losses has ______ consequences for the firm. A. hard-hitting B. far-reaching C. never-ending D. wide-ranging 16. This disagreement is likely to ______ relations between the two countries. A. disaffect B. alienate C. sour D. estrange 17. She seems to be angry with the whole world. She's got a chip _______. A. on her shoulder B. in her bonnet C. under her hat D. between the ears 18. _______ your effort and talent, we wonder if you can work full time for us. A. In the event that B. Regardless of C. With respect to D. On behalf of 19. Why he killed himself seems a secret, ________? A. didn't he B. doesn't he C. doesn't it D. didn't it? 20. Due to the nature of the earthquake, a much larger _______of the population might be affected. A. segment B. density C. division D. totality Section 2. Questions 1-5.