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1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH BÀ RỊA - VŨNG TÀU ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN NĂM HỌC 2024-2025 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút Ngày thi: 07/06/2024 (Hướng dẫn có 10 trang) I. LISTENING (2.0 pts.) PART 1. You will hear a discussion in which two biologists, Ian Cartwright and Angela Sharpe, talk about conservation and the public's perception of it. Listen TWICE and CHOOSE the best answer. 1. According to Ian, why aren't people easily convinced of the importance of protecting endangered species? A. They find it difficult to understand the concept. B. They are presented with information that is too vague. C. They do not believe human activity causes extinction. D. They think that conservationists are exaggerating the situation. 2. Angela says that eco-tourism has been successful because __________. A. it provides locals with a long-term source of income. B. it has been properly managed by governments in developing countries. C. it encourages people to have more respect for nature. D. it is affordable for a large number of people from developed countries. 3. The story Ian tells about how economists determined the value of the environment highlights __________. A. what a complex subject economics can be. B. the ease with which false promises are made. C. why companies get away with polluting lakes. D. people's ignorance of nature's role in their lives. 4. What explanation does Angela give for people being indifferent to the destruction of the ecosystem? A. They believe scientists will fix the problem. B. The vast majority do not suffer too much when it happens. C. They consider the exploitation of environmental resources necessary. D. They think the cost of replacing unrecognized benefits has been overestimated. 5. The species Ian refers to __________. A. indicate how fast an ecosystem is likely to collapse. B. only live in one specific ecosystem. C. are extremely sensitive to environmental change. D. appear to be in the greatest danger of extinction.


4 fact, a (3. multiple) __________ of possibilities that should be explored. Ever thought about a house swap, for example? The house swap is the ultimate holiday recession buster. And there are now websites on which (4. mind) __________ individuals, couples and families looking to get a flavor of the life lived in someone else's home can hook up and start house swapping. Okay, so it's not the two weeks in Gran Canaria you might have hoped for, but staying in someone else's (5. reside) __________ for a few days at least, whether it be ten, fifty or one hundred miles away, sure beats slouching around at home on your own sofa. (Adapted from Succeed in Cambridge English) IV. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. (1.0 pt.) TOO MUCH ON OUR PLATES An increasing proportion of the population are overweight, probably due to increased prosperity, cheaper food and changing dietary habits. One noticeable example of this is that portion sizes (1) __________ increased dramatically over the last 30 years. What's more, we are losing the ability to judge how large an "appropriate portion" should be. There is now so much food on our plates that if we eat up everything that is put in front of us, as our parents taught us to do, the (2) __________ are we will put on weight. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University investigating the factors that lead to obesity looked at the role portion size (3) __________ in determining how much people eat. In order to test this, researchers set the lunch table for four days for two groups of men and women. One group was given a plate (4) __________ containing a pre-measured portion. The others were handed an empty plate and allowed to serve themselves from the same-sized portions presented in a dish. Whether the participants put the food on their own plates or not, the larger the portion in front of them, the more they ate. Even if we think we are in control of what we eat, we all have the same innate (5) __________ to portion size. No matter how hungry we are, we eat more if we are given more. (Adapted from Mastermind) V. Read the passage below, and CIRCLE the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each numbered blank. (0.5 pt.) DIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE All languages have the same purpose - to communicate thoughts - and yet they achieve this single aim in a variety of ways. There is, it appears, no feature of grammar or syntax that is indispensable or universal. The ways of dealing with matters of number, tense, gender and the (1) __________ are wondrously various from one tongue to the next. Many languages manage without quite basic grammatical or lexical features, (2) __________ others burden themselves with remarkable complexities.