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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HÓA ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN LAM SƠN NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (Dùng cho thí sinh thi vào lớp chuyên Anh) Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) Ngày thi: 23/5/2024 (Đề thi có 05 phần, gồm 11 trang) PART A: LISTENING (20 points) Section 1 Questions 1 - 5. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. The new product is developed based on an existing one. 2. The product is aimed at men and women aged 18-40. 3. The new design is supposed to enable users to handle with only one hand. 4. The regular size has already been on the market while the travel size will be launched in a few months. 5. They will make a Gantt chart of the project next month. Section 2 Questions 6 – 15. Fill in each blank with ONLY ONE WORD taken from the listening passage. 6. Because of jet lag, you may find that even an expensive hotel room can be empty and __________. 7. According to the research, customers of hotels basically need __________ and inviting surroundings. 8. The company carried out research into many types of __________. 9. The __________ of the hotel does not seem to be of any importance to customers. 10. In fact, __________ travelers don’t want the expensive serviced apartments that one company provides. 11. Instead, they need a __________ modern kitchen besides sleeping and living accommodation. 12. They hope this company can set a __________ throughout the world. 13. Hotels should take into consideration customers’ need to __________ everyday lives. 14. If hotels can meet customers’ need of being pampered and taken care of, they may feel like being a __________. 15. Some examples of small treats for customers are shampoo, soap, and __________. Section 3 Questions 16 - 20. Choose the most suitable answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions. LABELS GIVING NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION ON FOOD PACKAGING 16. What was Jack’s attitude to nutritional food labels before this project? A. He thought they were too long.
2 B. He didn’t read everything on them. C. He thought they were too complicated. D. He claimed that there were peanuts in everything he bought. 17. Alice says that before doing this project, __________. A. she was only interested in the number of calories. B. she was too lazy to read food labels. C. she was unaware of what certain foods contained. D. she was used to reading food labels carefully. 18. When discussing supermarket brands of pizza, Jack agrees with Alice that __________. A. he will hesitate before buying pizza again. B. the nutritional label is misleading. C. the list of ingredients was shocking. D. the information on the labels is exactly transparent. 19. Jack prefers the daily value system to other labelling systems because it is __________. A. more accessible. B. more logical. C. more understandable. D. more comprehensive. 20. What surprised both students about one flavor of crisps? A. The product did not contain any meat. B. The labels did not list all the ingredients. C. The percentage of artificial additives given was correct. D. The producers got away with using forbidden additives. PART B: PRONUNCIATION (5 points) Questions 21 - 23. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each question and write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. 21. A. asthma B. thought C. pathway D. maths 22. A. merchant B. mermaid C. sergeant D. commercial 23. A. exhausted B. exercise C. extra D. exhibition Questions 24 - 25. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each question and write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. 24. A. fantastic B. perfection C. computer D. fascinate 25. A. synonymous B. necessity C. investiture D. secondary
3 PART C: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (25 points) Questions 26 - 30. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 26. It is essential that the method of teaching (INNOVATE) _____________ by the teachers. 27. He is exhausted. He (RUN) _____________ around the whole afternoon trying to clean the house before the guests arrive. 28. It (BE) _____________ very late, they decided to stay at home. 29. I would like (GIVE) _____________ the chance to explain my point of view but they weren’t interested. 30. The police are stopping all the cars. I think they (LOOK) _____________ for the escaped prisoner. Questions 31 - 35. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. Write the answers on your answer sheet. 31. The two nations finally agreed to sign a(n) (AGGRESSIVE) _____________ pact to normalize their diplomatic relations. 32. Fishing is said to be the most popular (PARTICIPATE) _____________ sport in the UK. 33. The history of the territory is (PICTURE) _____________ illustrated in the book. 34. Nowadays almost everything can be (COMPUTE) _____________ thanks to the use of technology. 35. The children of (PROTECT) _____________ parents often do not develop the skills they need to take care of themselves when they leave home. Questions 36 - 40. There are six mistakes in the passage. Find out and correct them. Write the answers on your answer sheet. The first one has been done for you as an example. Example: was → were In the early days of mountaineering, questions of safety, standards of practice, and environmental impact was not widely considered. The sport gained traction following the successful 1786 ascent of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe, by two French mountaineers, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard. This event established the beginning of modern mountaineering, so the sole consideration over the next hundred years was the success or failure of climbers in reaching the summit and claiming the prestige of having made the first ascent. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, however, developments in technology spurred debate regarding climbing practices. Of particular concern in this era was the introducing of pitons (metal spikes that climbers hammer into the rock face for leverage) and the use of belaying techniques. A few, such as Italian climber Guido Ray, supported these methods as ways to render climbing less burdensome and more ‘acrobatic’. Other felt that they were only of value as a safety net if all else failed. Austrian Paul Preuss went so far as to eschew all artificial aids, scaling astonishing heights using only his shoes and his bare hands. Albert Mummery, the well-known British mountaineer and author who climbed the European Alps, and, more famously, the
4 Himalayas, where he died at the age of 39 attempting a notoriously difficult ascent, developed the notion of ‘fair means’ like a kind of informal protocol by which the use of ‘walk-through’ guidebooks and equipment such as ladders and grappling hooks were discouraged. Questions 41 – 50. Choose the word that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 41. Beneath the streets of a modern city __________ of walls, columns, cables, pipes, and tunnels required to satisfy the needs of inhabitants. A. the existing network B. exists the network C. where exists D. the network’s existence 42. The controversy has been __________ by the arrival of foreign businesses which are seen as a threat to the local economy. A. risen B. charged C. fuelled D. inspired 43. The children felt disappointed because first, their parents promised to take them to Disneyland, and then they __________ on their word. A. played down B. went back C. came off D. drew out 44. - Jimmy: “You must have found reading my essay very tiring.” - Kate: “__________” A. You are welcome. B. At all costs. C. Just in case. D. Not in the least. 45. He was __________ unaware of what was happening around him. A. blissfully B. bitterly C. absolutely D. drastically 46. Recently, the company has received a __________ of complaints from the customers about poor products. A. barrage B. pack C. pool D. bank 47. It must be true. I heard it straight from the __________ mouth. A. cat’s B. camel’s C. dog’s D. horse’s 48. __________ to the unaided eye, ultraviolet light can be detected in a number of ways. A. Although is invisible B. Even though it invisible C. Despite invisible D. Although invisible 49. __________ motivate learning is well documented. A. That is computers B. Computers that C. That computers D. It is those computers 50. My parents always had a happily __________ attitude to my staying out late in the evening. A. cold-blooded B. long-suffering C. easy-going D. thick-skinned