Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 THPT Chuyên năm học 2016-2017 - Sở GD & ĐT Vĩnh Phúc

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SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC 
KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2016-2017 
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 
Dành cho thí sinh thi vào lớp chuyên Tiếng Anh và chuyên Tiếng Pháp 
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề. 
Họ và tên thí sinh:.. Số báo danh:.. 
PART A: LISTENING (2.0 points) 
Part 1. You are going to listen to a conversation between a university admissions officer and a 
prospective student. The recording will be played twice. 
Questions 1-5. Complete the form below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS. 
Questions 6-10. Answer each of the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. 
6. What is the applicant’s current job?
7. Which university course has she already completed? 
8. Why might the student not get on the MBA course? 
9. What is her second choice? 
10. Which department will contact the applicant? 
Part 2. Listen to the recording twice and complete the following sentences using ONE word or 
number for each gap. 
Jim recommends Pagagnini to the whole (1)_____________. 
Jim saw a Pagagnini concert last year in (2)_____________. 
As well as classical music, Pagagnini play rock, (3)_____________, country and Western. 
Jim says the Pagagnini show has no (4)_____________. 
The first performance of Rhythm of the Dance was in (5)_____________ in Norway. 
More than (6)_____________ million people have seen Rhythm of the Dance live on stage. 
Jim suggests listeners look at the section entitled (7)_____________ gallery on the Rhythm of the Dance website. 
The name of the first show that the Cirque Éloize performed at the Regent Theatre was (8) “______________”. 
Some performers in ID appear on (9)_____________ and Rollerblades. One review of ID says it is full 
of originality, energy and (10)_____________. 
PART C: LEXICO-GRAMMAR (2.5 points) 
I. Write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the 
following questions. 
1. How long have you been looking for____________? 
 A. employee B. employer C. employment D. employ 
2. To____________ photography professionally requires a lot of skills. 
 A. do B. make C. commit D. carry 
3. We made her an excellent offer, but she____________ it. 
 A. turned B. rejected C. accepted D. denied 
4. That old building is going to be____________ and a new library will be built in its place. 
 A. pushed off B. pulled down C. pushed in D. pulled through 
5. You are not allowed to bring coffee into the examination room, ____________? 
 A. do you B. aren’t you C. don’t you D. are you 
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 
Name: Anne (1)______________. 
D.O.B: (2)___________________________1981. 
Address: (3)__________________________Simon Place, Brighton. 
Contact number: (4)___________________________. 
Mobile: (5)____________________________. 
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6. When we met that day in Paris, I didn’t know that he was married____________ Barbara. 
 A. with B. to C. in D. of 
7. This is____________ the most difficult job I have ever tackled. 
 A. by far B. by the way C. by all means D. by rights 
8. ____________ about gene-related diseases has increased is welcome news. 
 A. Scientific knowledge B. It was scientific knowledge 
C. Through scientific knowledge D. That scientific knowledge 
9. Members of the rock group were asked to modify their behavior____________ leave the hotel. 
 A. or else B. unless C. lest D. in case 
10. He___________ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play instead. 
 A. should have gone B. shouldn’t have gone 
 C. needn’t have gone D. must have gone 
11. Richard has invited Ann to his study group tonight, but she has refused. What would Richard be 
most likely to say in response to Ann’s refusal? 
 Ann: “I’m afraid I can’t go tonight. I’m just not in the mood for it!” 
 Richard: “____________________!” 
 A. Off you go B. You are out C. Suit yourself D. Good for you 
12. ____________ to the Senate than he began to face some of the realities of being a U.S. senator. 
 A. No sooner had Obama been elected B. No sooner Obama had been elected 
 C. No sooner had Obama elected D. No sooner Obama had elected 
13. Vietnam’s renowned rocker Tran Lap, ____________ died of cancer on 17 March 2016, will be 
honored with a posthumous medal for his contribution to the country’s music industry. 
 A. that B. who C. whom D. whose 
14. ____________ his brother, Tom is active and friendly. 
 A. Dislike B. Alike C. Unlike D. Liking 
15. Through generations, despite many____________, some Huong Canh families have successfully 
preserved their traditional job of clay pot and tile making. 
 A. out and about B. odds and ends C. ins and outs D. ups and downs 
16. ____________ awful coffee she makes! 
A. What B. What a C. How a D. How 
17. I told them to keep quiet but they continued____________ a noise. 
A. to make B. making C. to do D. doing 
18. We are going to stay with____________. 
A. a relative of we B. relative of us C. a relative of ours D. one of our relatives' 
19. Regular exercise and good diet will bring____________ fitness and health. 
A. about B. up C. to D. from 
20. Mike: “I have bought you a toy. Happy birthday to you!” 
 Jane: “____________________” 
 A. The same to you. B. Have a nice day! 
C. What a pity! D. What a lovely toy! Thanks. 
II. Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs 
correcting. 
1. The issue was so controversial, but they were able to settle it in the end of the discussion. 
 A. was B. but C. able D. in the end 
2. Studies by B. F. Skinner indicate that reward positively reinforces behavior and makes that 
behavior likely more to recur. 
 A. Studies by B. reinforces C. and D. likely more 
3. A food additive is any chemical that food manufacturers intentional add to their products. 
 A. additive B. that C. intentional D. products 
4. Although the old fisherman was exhausted, but he managed to reel the giant marlin in by nightfall. 
 A. fisherman B. but C. to reel D. nightfall 
5. Long ago there used to be a beautiful island on the Atlantic Ocean. 
 A. on B. Long ago there C. used to be D. the Atlantic Ocean 
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III. Complete the following passage with the correct form of the word given in CAPITALS to the 
right of each line. 
PART C: READING (3.0 points) 
I. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate 
the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
Icebergs are among nature’s most spectacular creations, and yet most people have never 
seen one. A vague air of mystery envelops them. They come into being somewhere-in faraway, frigid 
waters, amid thunderous noise and splashing turbulence, which in most cases no one hears or sees. 
They exist only a short time and then slowly waste away just unnoticed. 
 Objects of sheerest beauty, they have been called. Appearing in an endless variety of shapes 
they may be dazzlingly white, or they may be glassy blue, green or purple, tinted faintly or in darker 
hues. They are graceful, stately, inspiring in calm, sunlit seas. But they are also called frightening 
and dangerous, and that they are, in the night, in the fog, and in storms. Even in clear weather one 
is wise to stay a safe distance away from them. Most of their bulk is hidden below the water, so their 
underwater parts may extend out far beyond the visible top. Also, they may roll over unexpectedly, 
churning the waters around them. 
 Icebergs are parts of glaciers that break off, drift into the water, float about awhile, and 
finally melt. Icebergs afloat today are made of snowflakes that have fallen over long ages of time. 
They embody snows that drifted down hundreds, or many thousands, or in some cases maybe a 
million years ago. The snows fell in the polar region and on cold mountains, where they melted only 
a little or not at all, and so collected to great depths over the years and centuries. 
 As each year’s snow accumulation lay on the surface, evaporation and melting caused the 
snowflakes slowly to lose their feathery points and become tiny grains of ice. When new snow fell 
on top of the old, it too turned to icy grains. So blankets of snow and ice grains mounted layer upon 
layer and were of such great thickness that the weight of the upper layers compressed the lower 
ones. With time and pressure from above, the many small ice grains joined and changed to larger 
crystals, and eventually the deeper crystals merged into a solid mass of ice. 
1. The word which in the first paragraph refers to_____________. 
A. turbulence B. icebergs C. creations D. waters 
2. The author states that icebergs are rarely seen because they are_____________. 
A. surrounded by fog B. hidden beneath the mountains 
C. located in remote regions of the world D. broken by waves soon after they are formed 
3. The passage mentions all of the following colors for icebergs EXCEPT_____________. 
A. yellow B. blue C. green D. purple 
4. The attitude of the author toward icebergs is one of____________. 
A. disappointment B. humor C. disinterest D. wonder 
THE KING IN THE CAR PARK 
We are used to reading about mysteries in detective novels, but a real-
life mystery was (1)___________ solved by archaeologists when they 
found a skeleton under a car park in a British city. The (2)___________ of 
the remains was of particular (3)___________ as they turned out to be 
those of the famous King of England, Richard III. (4)___________, most 
monarchs have a formal (5)___________ and their bones are placed in 
cathedrals or abbeys, but the final resting place of Richard had been 
(6)___________. The search to find his body had been a long one. Now, 
(7)___________ have formally identified the bones as those of Richard, 
comparing his DNA with that of another (8)___________. Tests have also 
proven that Richard’s spinal deformity was not as bad as they had 
(9)___________ thought. However, his reputation of being a 
(10)___________ still stands and the mystery of what really happened to 
his two nephews remains unsolved. 
RECENT 
DISCOVER 
INTERESTING 
TRADITION 
BURRY 
KNOW 
SCIENCE 
DESCEND 
ORIGIN 
CRIME 
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5. According to the passage, icebergs originate from a buildup of_____________. 
A. turbulent water B. feathers 
C. underwater pressure D. snowflakes 
6. The word that in the second paragraph refers to_____________. 
A. bad weather B. icebergs being frightening and dangerous 
C. clear weather D. how icebergs look in the seas 
7. According to the passage, icebergs are dangerous because they_____________. 
A. usually melt quickly B. can turn over very suddenly 
C. may create immense snowdrifts D. can cause unexpected avalanches 
8. In the last paragraph, the expression from above in the fourth paragraph refers to_____________. 
A. sunlit seas B. polar regions 
C. weight of mountains D. layers of ice and snow 
9. The word merged in the fourth paragraph in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to____________. 
A. became B. combined C. included D. consisted 
10. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? 
A. The Melting of Icebergs B. The Nature and Origin of Icebergs 
C. The Size and Shape of Icebergs D. The Dangers of Icebergs 
II. Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate 
the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. 
CHANGING COUNTRIES 
 Seeking a new life and hoping for a significant (1)______________ in their standard of living, foreign 
workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first 
immigrants arriving (2)______________ the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed 
by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (3)______________ sour for many. 
 Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was 
often one of (4)______________ wages and, in many (5)______________, unemployment. There were times 
when the newcomers encountered open hostility; in 1958, riots (6)______________ out in Notting Hill, 
west London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants. 
 Yet despite the (7)______________ difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did 
manage to (8)______________ to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and 
prospering. Their contribution had the effect not only of speeding up the (9)______________ of 
economic change in the post-war period, it also (10)______________ Western Europe into a multiracial 
society. 
 1. A. switch B. change C. modification D. variation 
 2. A. from B. to C. in D. at 
 3. A. turned B. converted C. switched D. moved 
 4. A. little B. small C. short D. low 
 5. A. occasions B. examples C. ways D. cases 
 6. A. broke B. carried C. came D. started 
 7. A. several B. high C. numerous D. heavy 
 8. A. fit B. adjust C. match D. suit 
 9. A. growth B. motion C. pace D. step 
 10. A. transformed B. transferred C. modified D. shifted 
III. Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with ONE suitable word. 
THE COMPUTER MOUSE 
 When is a mouse not a mouse? When it sits on your desk and controls your on-screen cursor. 
The computer mouse is a pointing device (1)____________ has a flat bottom, a shaped top with buttons 
on and – perhaps – a cable connecting the mouse to the computer. The mouse moves (2)____________ 
the surface of the desk, and the cursor copies this movement on the screen. The first computer 
mouse had wheels that made contact (3)____________ the working surface. The name ‘mouse’ 
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(4)____________ adopted because all earlier models had a long cord, and this, together with the shape, 
made it look something (5)____________ the furry little animal of the same name. 
The person who invented the mouse, and so was responsible (6)____________ changing the 
way computers worked, was an American (7)____________ Douglas Engelbart. In fact, he invented 
many devices, including ones attached (8)____________ the chin or nose, to point at the screen. 
However, his computer mouse soon proved to be much more convenient and far simpler to use. His 
first attempt (9)____________ producing a mouse was in 1964, but it was large, heavy and difficult to 
move. A few years later, in 1968, his improved mouse (10)____________ its first public appearance and 
rapidly became a huge success. 
PART D: WRITING (2.5 points) 
I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the 
one printed before it. The word provided (if any) must not be altered in any way. 
1. Celine has always been fond of classical music. (TASTE) 
→ Celine________________________________________________________________________. 
2. They cannot watch this film because they are not adults yet. (UNDER) 
→ Since_________________________________________________________________________. 
3. It’s a pity you didn’t ask us to spend more time with you. 
→ If only _______________________________________________________________________. 
4. She hasn’t spoken much since the day she met the President. 
→ Little_________________________________________________________________________. 
5. People think that someone started the fire deliberately. 
→ The fire______________________________________________________________________. 
II. Essay writing 
Vietnamese educators are divided on whether the current system of high schools for the 
gifted should be maintained. Whilst some argue that the system may promote unhealthy 
competition or unnecessary stress among students, and therefore should be abolished, many others 
have praised the merits of those schools and voiced strong approval of their existence. 
What advantages can schools for the gifted offer to their students and to the society? 
Write 250-300 words. 
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