Tiêu đề ĐỀ THI HSG ANH 10 THPT HAI BÀ TRƯNG - VĨNH PHÚC 2023-2024.pdf ✅

1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT HAI BÀ TRƯNG (Đề thi gồm 07 trang) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2023-2024 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 10 Thời gian: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) PART A. LISTENING (6 POINTS) Bài nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần thí sinh được nghe 2 lần. Thí sinh làm theo hướng dẫn của giám thị. Part I: You will hear a tour guide talking to some new guests at their hotel. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. Write your answers on the answer sheet. THE RIVERSIDE HOTEL Tour Guide: - The office is (1) _____________ the reception desk. Meals: - Breakfast is (2) _____________ in the Green Room from 7.00 a.m to 9.00 a.m on the (3) _____________ floor of the hotel. Food for trips: - collect from the (4) _____________ at 9.00 a.m. Dinner: - hotel restaurant famous for its (5) _____________ dishes. - The restaurant has a/an (6) _____________ view of the river. Riverboat Trip: Day: - (7) _____________ Time: - afternoon and evening The dinner place: - on (8) _____________ Cost of Holiday: - Everything is included except (9) _____________. Facilities: - It's possible to use the hotel (10) _____________ from 6:30 a.m. until 10:00p.m. Part II: You will hear a woman called Lucy talking on the radio about a new magazine. For each question, choose the correct answer. 11. What is Lucy’s main reason for starting a new magazine? A. She was asked to do B. She wanted more writing experience C. She wanted to produce her own magazine 12. The magazine is different from a local newspaper because of _____________. A. what is looks like B. what it contains C. where you can buy it 13. The first half of the magazine helps people to _____________.
2 A. choose leisure activities B. keep up to date with world news C. plan holidays around Britain 14. The restaurants in the reports are chosen because _____________. A. readers recommend them B. people have complained about them C. the journalists have tried them 15. In the second half of the magazine, you can find _____________. A. reviews of local artists’ work B. articles about local people C. articles to help local businesses. Part III. Questions 16-20 Listen and label the map below. Write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 16-20. 16. _____________ bus stop 17. _____________ train station 18. _____________ tube entrance 19. _____________ transport ticket office 20. _____________ taxi rank PART B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (3 POINTS) Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. 21. Of the two sisters, Linda is _____________. A. beautiful B. the more beautiful C. the most beautiful D. more beautiful 22. _____________ I’ve told him not to go out with those people, but he wouldn’t listen. Just let him face the music now! A. Many a time B. Many the time C. Quite a time D. or a time 23. Rumors going round, Mr. Long is _____________ Head of the Department. A. in the proximity of B. in line for
3 C. in adjacent to D. in view of 24. Susan got a feeling that Tom liked her, but she soon realized that was just _____________. A. pinky thoughts B. wishful thinking C. blessing thoughts D. imaginary thinking 25. Doctors advise _____________ too many hours watching television. A. not to spend B. not being spent C. not spending D. not spend 26. _____________ is very essential. A. You take an English course B. That you take an English course C. Though you take an English course D. What you take an English course 27. An easy way to perform your banking _____________ is via e-banking. A. exchanges B. commissions C. expenses D. transactions 28. But for the fog, we _____________ our destination ages ago. A. would have reached B. would reach C. reached D. had reached 29. She was so frightened that she was shaking like _____________. A. jelly B. a flag C. the wind D. a leaf 30. I know we're told to shuck our routines and live spontaneously, but I’m _____________ - it’s just easier when you know exactly how each day will pan out. A. a creature of habit B. a soft touch C. a clock-watcher D. a couch potato 31. _____________ we leave at 3:00, we should get there by 5:30. A. To assume B. Having assumed C. Assuming D. Assumed 32. William crept _____________ on Lisa and put his hands over her eyes. A. up B. out C. off D. by 33. As the drug took _____________, the patient became quieter. A. effect B. force C. influence D. action 34. It is necessary that you _____________ here at 9 am tomorrow. A. may be B. will be C. be D. would be 35. I didn’t want to make a decision _____________, so I said I’d like to think about it. A. in one go B. there and then C. at a stroke D. on and off PART C. READING (9 POINTS) Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. There can be no (36) _____________ that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer. Far from becoming (37) _____________, online shoppers are very demanding. Overpriced merchants with poor
4 services should beware. Gone are the days when stores could charge what they liked for goods and get away with it. The same, too, for shady manufacturers: smarter consumers know which products have a good (38) _____________ and which do not, because online they now read not only the sales (39) _____________ but also reviews from previous purchasers. And if customers are disappointed, a few (40) _____________ of the mouse will take them to places where they can let the world know. Nowadays there is nothing more damning than a flood of negative comments on the internet. However, the big boys, as always, are ahead of the game. Some companies are already adjusting their business models to take account of these trends. The stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance, are more like brand showrooms than shops. They are there for people to try out (41) _____________ and to ask questions to knowledgeable staff. Whether the products are ultimately bought online or offline is of secondary importance. Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is (42) _____________ turning from being primarily a bookseller to becoming a (43) _____________ retailer by letting other companies sell products on its site, rather like a marketplace. During America’s Thanksgiving weekend last November, Amazon's sales of consumer electronics in the United States (44) _____________ its book sales for the first time in its history. Other transformations in the retail business are (45) _____________ to follow. 36. A. query B. examination C. question D. proposal 37. A. complacent B. dissatisfied C. competent D. compassionate 38. A. distinction B. resolution C. opinion D. reputation 39. A. bubble B. message C. blare D. blurb 40. A. taps B. clucks C. clicks D. prods 41. A. devices B. tools C. emblems D. schemes 42. A. mistakenly B. rapidly C. unreasonably D. secretly 43. A. mass B. block C. lump D. chunk 44. A. receded B. excluded C. repressed D. exceeded 45. A. tied B. secured C. bound D. fastened Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE WORD for each space. Are you looking forward to another busy week? You should be according (0) to some experts. They argue that the stress encountered in (46) _____________ daily lives is not only good for us, but essential to survival. They say that the (47) _____________ to stress, which creates a chemical called adrenalin, helps the mind and body (48) _____________ act quickly in emergencies. Animals and human beings use it to meet the hostile conditions (49) _____________ exist on the planet.