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1 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO BẮC GIANG ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN BẮC GIANG NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Ngày thi: 05/6/2024 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề LƯU Ý: - Đề thi gồm 11 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi. - Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào. I. LISTENING (20 pts) Part 1. You will hear a woman phoning to make a theater booking. Listen and complete the note below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. You will listen ONCE only. (8 pts) Rental Property Application Form Name: Susan Smith Phone number: (1) _____________ (mobile) Email address: Susansmith@ (2) _____________ Current address: 234 Becketts Road Brisbane. 4054 New Zealand Employer: Auckland Hospital Occupation: a (3) _____________ Rental start date: 8th February Preferred property type: ⚫ first preference: a house with a (4) _____________ ⚫ second preference, an apartment with a big (5) _____________ Bedrooms: two Furnishings: a (6) _____________ is required Maximum rent: (7) $ _____________ per week Preferred location: near the (8) _____________ Part 2. You will hear someone talking about the Westbay Music Festival. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B or C. You will listen TWICE. (5 pts) Question 1. The first Westbay Festival _____________. A. involved 12 bands B. took place in 1980 C. lasted for one full day Question 2. The festival _____________ A. will attract a bigger crowd this year
2 B. goes on for a whole weekend C. is aimed at adults and children Question 3. The Big Smile Stage includes appearances by _____________. A. local comedians only B. a top American entertainer C. famous TV stars Question 4. What can you do inside the Big Blue Tent? A. read the latest music biographies B. watch thrillers on Saturday and Sunday nights C. watch films about rock music Question 5. The presenter especially likes the fact that you can buy _____________. A. unusual CDs B. presents for other people C. outdoor clothes Part 3. Listen to a conversation and choose the correct answer A, B or C. You will isten TWICE. (5 pts) Question 1. Who does Mr James want to speak to? A. Mrs Adams. B. Brian. C. Neither of them. Question 2. What does Mr James want to speak about? A. A fight outside the bakery. B. An amusing event. C. An incident involving Brian. Question 3. How is Mr James sure it was Brian he saw? A. He recognized Brian's jacket. B. He recognized Brian's orange hair. C. Brian was standing underneath a street light. Question 4. Brian wants to leave his mum out of the argument because _____________. A. his mother is too tired to discuss the matter B. he is ashamed of what he has done C. he thinks he's old enough to fight his own battles Question 5. Why is Mr James particularly bothered by what he saw? A. Several neighbors were injured as a result. B. He believes that it causes tension in the neighbourhood. C. He thinks it will lower the tone of the neighbourhood. Question 6. Why does Mr James drop the matter? A. He realizes he should mind his own business. B. He realizes that he is not going to win the argument. C. He realizes it wasn't Brian's fault. Question 7. What is the relationship between Mrs Adams and Mr James?
3 A. They are relatives. B. They are neighbours. C. They are colleagues. ---THE END OF THE LISTENING--- II. Write the letter A, B, C or D in the given numbered spaces to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. (10 pts) Question 1. If he _____________ his IT skills, he _____________ a job easily. A. improved/ would have got B. didn't improve/ would get C. improved/ would get D. didn't improve/ will get Question 2. It's no good pretending. You've got to _____________ reality. A. come up to B. face up to C. come up with D. get round to Question 3. The future of the company will depend crucially _____________ how consumers respond. A. on B. for C. with D. of Question 4. Children usually turn to their parents rather than _____________ for protection from threats in environment. A. They turn to other figures of authority B. authority figures to other C. to other figures of authority D. their turning to other figures of authority Question 5. Le and Hoa are talking about music. Le: "I think music can heal our soul and enhance our mood." Hoa: "_____________. Listening to music is an effective way to release stress and bring us good feelings.” A. It's hard to say so B. I completely agree C. I'm afraid it is not true D. I like music, too Question 6. When difficulties _____________, we shouldn't give up trying. A. lift B. rise C. raise D. arise Question 7. Today's children eat more junk food and get less exercise than previous generation’s children. It is not surprising, _____________, that rates of childhood obesity are on the increase. A. in case B. otherwise C. however D. therefore Question 8. After months of hard work, the team finally turned _____________ and launched their new product successfully. A. a blind eye B. over a new leaf C. a deaf ear D. the corner Question 9. England is one of the few countries _____________ people drive on the left. A. that B. which C. who D. where Question 10. The mass media are _____________ of communication, such as books, newspapers, recordings, radio, movies, television, mobile phones and the Internet.
4 A. models B. parts C. types D. means III. Read the following passage and think of the word which best fits each of the numbered blanks. Write your answers in the given numbered spaces. Use only ONE word for each blank. (8 pts) Around 5% of British households now have at least one family member who is vegetarian, (1) _____________ means that in the region of 3 million British people are vegetarians. About 25% of all females between the ages of 16 and 24 are vegetarian. Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish or poultry. Among the many reasons (2) _____________ being a vegetarian are health, compassion for animals, and religious beliefs. A vegetarian diet can meet all known nutrient (3) _____________. The key to a healthy vegetarian diet, as with (4) _____________ other diet, is to eat a wide variety of foods, including fruits, vegetables, plenty of leafy greens, whole-grain products, nuts, seeds and legumes. Sweets and fatty foods should be limited. Statistically, if you choose (5) _____________ diet, you are choosing an option which should boost your chances of living a long and healthy life. But why? The reason is that a good vegetarian diet contains more carbohydrate, more vitamin C and more fibre (6) _____________ one where a high proportion of the calories come from meat. There is documentary evidence of (7) _____________ Vegetarian Day being as early as 1936, but National Vegetarian Week as we know it today has its roots in the National Vegetarian Day held by the Vegetarian Society in October 1991. It proved (8) _____________ successful that they extended it to a whole week. IV. The passage below contains 10 errors. UNDERLINE and WRITE your correction in the column provided. (10 pts) Although only a small percentage of the electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by the Sun is ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the number that is emitted would be enough to cause severe damage for most forms of life on Earth were it all to reach the surface of the earth. Unfortunately, all of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation does not reach the earth because a layer of oxygen, called the ozone layer, encircling the earth in the stratosphere at a altitude of about 15 miles above the earth. The ozone layer absorbs much of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation and prevents them from reaching the Earth. Ozone is a form of oxygen in which each molecule consists of three atoms (O 3 ) instead of the two atoms (O 2 ) usually finding in an oxygen molecule. Ozone forms in the stratosphere in a process that initiates by ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. UV radiation from the Sun splits oxygen molecules with two atoms into free oxygen atoms, and each of these unattached oxygen atoms then joins up with an oxygen molecule