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Page 1 of 10 UBND TỈNH HÀ NAM SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2024 – 2025 Môn: Tiếng Anh (Đề chuyên) Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút ( Đề thi gồm 10 trang, thí sinh làm trực tiếp vào đề thi) Điểm của bài thi Họ tên, chữ ký cán bộ chấm thi SỐ PHÁCH Bằng số: Cán bộ chấm thi 1: (Do Hội đồng phách ghi) Bằng chữ: Cán bộ chấm thi 2: SECTION A. LISTENING ( 20 points) Part I. Listen to the recording and complete the note with ONE WORD OR A NUMBER. Write your answers in the numbered spaces in the box. ( 10 points) Job Details from Employment Agency  Position:  (1) __________  Location Fordham (2) __________ Centre  (3) __________ Road, Fordham Work involves ● dealing with enquiries ● making (4) __________ and reorganising them ● maintaining the internal (5) __________ ● general administration Requirements ● (6) __________ (essential) ● a calm and (7)__________ manner ● good IT skills Other information ● a (8)__________ job – further opportunities may be available ● hours: 7.45 a.m to (9)__________ p.m Monday to Friday ● (10)__________ is available onsite Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part II. You will hear a radio interview with a woman called Ivana Thomas, whose father wrote natural history articles for newspapers and magazines and choose the correct answer (A, B, or C). (5.0 points) 1. Why was Ivana’s father pleased to be asked to write a weekly newspaper column? A. He was bored with the other work he was doing. B. He had to support a growing family. C. He had made the suggestion to the newspaper.
Page 2 of 10 2. Why did Ivana’s father find his job in a museum frustrating? A. He wasn’t interested in sea creature. B. He wasn’t good at detailed work. C. He wasn’t able to study a range of things. 3. What did Ivana’s father encourage his children to do on visit to the countryside? A. Take photographs of rare things they saw. B. Take notes about anything interesting they found. C. Draw the ordinary creatures they observed. 4. What was different about the articles Ivana’s father wrote in his later years? A. He wrote fewer of them than before. B. He rewrote some of his previous articles. C. He responded to his readers’ questions. 5. What does Ivana particularly remember about her father? A. His sense of curiosity B. The interesting talks he gave. C. How ambitious he was Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part III. You will hear a conversation between a man, Marco, and his wife, Sarah, about a film they have just seen at the cinema. Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, write T for true and write F for false if it is incorrect.(5.0 points) Statements T F 1 Sarah was expecting to enjoy the film. 2 Marco and Sarah agree that the city in the film was London. 3 Marco feels that the length of the film made it rather boring. 4 Sarah was upset about how some of the audience behaved during the film. 5 Sarah was disappointed with the way the main actor performed. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SECTION B. PHONETICS (10 points) Part I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest. (5.0 points) 1. A. fixture B. wilderness C. examine D. strike 2. A. scholarship B. cherish C. chaos D. chorus 3. A. naked B. beloved C. needed D. masked 4. A. exaggerate B. existence C. exhibition D. exhaustion 5. A. celestial B. infectious C. residential D. initiate Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (5.0 points) 1. A. exclude B. comment C. event D. expire 2. A. police B. hotel C. common D. reduce 3. A. period B. cultural C. advocate D. consider
Page 3 of 10 4. A. applicant B. magazine C. expertise D. represent 5. A. accessible B. perseverance C. magnificent D. considerate Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SECTION C. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 points) Part I. Choose the word, phrase or expression which best completes each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the numbered spaces given below. ( 10 points) 1. Doctors advise people who are deficient __________Vitamin C to eat more fruits and vegetables. A. of B. for C. in D. with 2. Her father is a (n) ______________drinker. He is always drinking alcohol and many other spirits. A. deep B. addictive C. strong D. heavy 3. Professor Alan insisted that every student ____________their report by Friday. A. finish B. finishes C. had finished D. finished 4. I could not turn in my assignment paper according to deadline because my word processor suddenly __________last night. A. fell down B. broke down C. tore down D. turned down 5. This job ___________working very long hours even at the weekend when you are called to. A. consists B. includes C. involves D. contains 6. There was ___________evidence to bring charges against the man. A. insubstantial B. inferior C. ineffective D. insufficient 7. The thick fog ______________ out any possibility of our plane taking off before moring. A. ruled B. struck C. stampled D. crossed 8. It must be true because ____________. A. A little bird told me that B. I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth C. the shoes have a big mouth D. the walls have ears 9. They had a four-day holiday, and then began to work __________. A. on end B. at their wits’ end C. in earnest D. in proportion 10. He won the case on an appeal by a(n) ___________decision, which ecouraged other actors to struggle for an authentic implement of the copy right. A. landmass B. landscape C. landslip D. landmark Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Part II. Give the correct form of the given words in the brackets to complete the sentences below. Write your answers in the numbered spaces given below. (5.0 points) 1. The anti-doping association believes that all sports must be free of drug ___________. USE 2. The political activist had been_____________for 5 years before he was finally released, thanks to a long struggle by his supporters. PRISON 3 In most countries worldwide, it is ___________to own a gun without a special license. LEGAL 4. Japan rapidly became _____________ in the late nineteenth century. INDUSTR Y 5. A smart phone is a (n) _____________ device. It is versatile and can perform various functions. MIRACLE 6. Due to climate change, weather patterns are now ____________. We can almost PREDICT