UBND TỈNH THÁ I NGUYÊ N THI TUYỂ N SINH VÀ O LỚ P 10

SỞ GIÁ O DỤ C VÀ ĐÀ O TẠ O NĂ M HỌ C 2023 – 2024

MÔ N THI: TIẾ NG ANH
(Dành cho thí sinh thi vào chuyên Anh)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút; không kể thời gian giao đề
(Đề thi gồm có 06 trang)
Mã đề thi: 501

Họ , tên thí sinh: .....................................................................

Số bá o danh: ..........................................................................

PHẦ N TRẮ C NGHIỆ M (Thí sinh làm bài trên phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm)

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. teaching B. treatment C. repeat D. unhealthy
Question 2: A. sensitive B. supply C. universal D. reserved
Question 3: A. ancient B. capable C. danger D. angle
Question 4: A. ache B. exchange C. stomach D. architect
Question 5: A. criteria B. interactive C. certificate D. initiate

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose primary stress
differs from that of the other three in each of the following questions.
Question 6: A. property B. computer C. imagine D. horizon
Question 7: A. emotional B. sympathetic C. responsible D. indifferent
Question 8: A. misunderstand B. misbehaviour C. environmental D. characteristic
Question 9: A. officer B. musician C. triangle D. pianist
Question 10: A. economy B. economics C. peninsula : bả n đả o D.
advisory

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 11: Not much happened, ______?
A. did they B. didn’t it C. did it D. didn’t they
Question 12: At that moment everybody was busy looking for Father Francis, but the old man was ______.
A. found nowhere B. nowhere found
C. nowhere to be found D. being found nowhere
Question 13: I am reading this novel. By the time you come back from work, I ______.
A. shall have finished B. shall finish
C. will finish D. have finished
Question 14: Edward has found a bigger flat and is ______ move into it.
A. about to B. ready for C. on the way (to ving) D. near to
Question 15: Last year, she earned ______ her brother.
A. twice more than B. twice as more as
C. twice as many as D. twice as much as

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Question 16: The organs of taste are the ______ that are mainly located on the tongue.
A. groups of cells, are taste buds B. taste buds, are groups of cells
C. taste buds, which is groups of cells D. taste buds, groups of cells
Question 17: It is possible to organize housework so as to ______ inefficiency, but not monotony.
A. deplete B. make less C. minimize D. make more
Question 18: The doctor gave him ______ examination to discover the cause of his collapse.
A. an exact B. a whole C. a thorough D. a universal
Question 19: The players’ protest ______ no difference to the referee’s decision at all.
A. made B. caused C. did D. created
Question 20: No matter ______, Mozart was an accomplished composer while still a child.
A. how it seems remarkable B. how remarkable it seems
C. it seems remarkable how D. how seems it remarkable
Question 21: You’ve got to be ______ certainty before you decide.
A. deathly B. dear C. dead D. badly
Question 22: She gave me two mangoes but ______ of them was ripe.
A. none B. all C. both D. not all
Question 23: The essay was difficult to read because the handwriting was so______.
A. intelligible B. periodical C. combustible : dễ chá y D. illegible
Question 24: She preferred to go out ______ home.
A. than to stay B. rather than stay
C. than staying D. rather than to stay
Question 25: Many of the jobs which have been created in this area can be directly ______ to tourism.
A. attracted B. dedicated C. supported D. attributed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct preposition or adverb
particle to complete each of the following questions.
Question 26: Parts of the mountain road have been washed ______ after the floods.
A. through B. away C. off D. from
Question 27: After the accident, he tried very hard to catch ______ his friends at school.
A. with for B. up to C. up with D. with at
Question 28: Too many factories dispose ______ their waste by pumping it into rivers and the sea.
A. out B. away C. off D. of
Question 29: The instructor warned the students ______ swimming alone in the pool.
A. against B. to C. out of D. from
Question 30: Television can make things memorable for the reason that it presents
information ______ an effective way.
A. over B. in C. on D. with
Question 31: Instead of staying around the house all day, you should be out there looking ______ a job.
A. after B. at C. into D. for
Question 32: The police are going to look ______ the disappearance of the child.
A. around B. through C. into D. after
Question 33: It is interesting to take ______ a new hobby such as collecting stamps or going fishing.
A. over B. on C. up D. in
Question 34: The doctors say it may take him a long time to get ______ the shock.
A. past B. above C. over D. through
Question 35: ______ the circumstances, I was unable to do anything about it.

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 A. To B. Under C. With D. For

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 36: Gilbert Newton Lewis, a chemist, helped to develop the modern electron theory
of valence, a theory explains the forces holding atoms together in molecules.
A. a B. together C. develop D. explains
Question 37: The American Indians killed the buffalo only when necessity to obtain food,
clothing and shelter.
A. killed B. only C. necessity D. clothing
Question 38: Tropical forests exist close to the equator, which both high temperature and
abundant rainfall occur all year round.
A. close B. Tropical C. which D. abundant
Question 39: The Smiths are very proud of that their son always gets high marks in his courses.
A. courses B. their C. of D. in
Question 40: I sympathize with your complaint but there is nothing I can do for it.
A. with B. complaint C. there is D. do for
Question 41: We called the baseball park up to ask that when the game was scheduled to
begin that afternoon.
A. up B. that C. afternoon D. scheduled
Question 42: In the United States, among 60 percent of the space on the pages of newspapers
is reserved for advertising.
A. is reserved B. advertising  advertisements
C. among D. of the space
Question 43: The critics often have so strange taste in films and plays.
A. so strange B. often C. in D. and
Question 44: Some relatives of mine like staying at their own cabins on Lake Omega every
summer holidays.  holiday
A. of mine B. staying C. on D. holidays
Question 45: If you like water sports your visiting to Lake Eildon will certainly be enjoyable.
A. your visiting B. enjoyable C. sports D. certainly

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct phrasal verb to complete
each of the following sentences.
Question 46: Before I send this article to the editor, I’d be grateful if you could _____ it for me.
A. go through B. break through C. look up D. take over
Question 47: He is not rich at all. He only earns enough to ______.
A. get up B. get on C. get through D. get by
Question 48: Mike ______ sailing after he made friends with Harry.
A. went in for
B. put in for : hỏ i,yêu cầ u cô ng khai
C. got in for
D.came in for : cam chịu,hứ ng chịu
Question 49: It was so foggy that the drivers couldn’t ______ the traffic signs.
A. make out B. keep out C. take out D. break out
Question 50: They haven’t ______ any plan to deal with rising unemployment.

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 A. come up against B. come upon C. come up with D. come away
Question 51: I tried to write the second essay as well, but I ______ time.
A. ran up B. ran out of C. ran off D. ran into
Question 52: After you have ______ the costume you like best, it’ll take a week to get it done.
A. turned down B. kept away C. put off D. picked out
Question 53: Perhaps we could try and ______ our little misunderstanding.
A. polish off : finish B. work for C. clear up D. go under

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 54 to 63.
SAFETY FIRST
Most fashion designers do not have safety in mind when they pick out material for
clothes. But when choosing material for sports clothes, it is very important to be safety (54)
______. This is particularly true with (55) ______ to clothes for extreme sports. Luckily, a team of
scientists has recently developed a material that (56) ______ safety concerns into account. This
fabric, which (57) ______ a layer of silicone, is now being used to make clothing for extreme
sports because it has a special quality. It (58) ______ soft unless the wearer is (59) ______ in an
accident of some kind. When this happens, the material immediately hardens to protect the
wearer from injury, becoming soft again moments later.
The people developing the material are sure that it will make a major (60) ______ to
sports safety in general. In addition, they also (61) ______ that it will be important for other
purposes. For example, it could be used for the (62) ______ of workers in the construction
industry, protecting them from injury on a building site.
Clearly, this new material has raised the (63) ______ for safety performance in clothes.
What is more, because it is soft and flexible, it is easy to make the clothing both comfortable
and fashionable.
Question 54: A. proof B. conscious C. aware D. concern
Question 55: A. regard B. relation C. attention D. interest
Question 56: A. puts B. gets C. takes D. makes
Question 57: A. includes B. controls C. consists D. holds
Question 58: A. lasts B. remains C. continues D. comes
Question 59: A. involved B. occurred C. survived D. worried
Question 60: A. contribution B. rise C. increase D. donation
Question 61: A. observe B. react C. deny D. anticipate
Question 62: A. profit B. gain C. loss D. benefit
Question 63: A. score B. standard C. ideal D. point
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 64 to 70.
HE KNOWS TOO MUCH
Dick Sterling put the phone down. His hands were trembling. He was furious with
himself for failing to persuade his boss in Delhi, Keith Lennox, to support him and was
disgusted at the mixture of veiled threats and vague promises Lennox had made. “He knows
too much” - the words still rang in his ears. He wondered, not for the last time, just what it was

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that Vish, the officer manager of the factory, knew. How could it be so important that the
company's position in India could be threatened by it? It simply didn't make sense. Dick
glanced at his watch. Four o'clock. He called for his driver, Gopal, and asked to be driven
home. He'd had enough for the day.
Dick sat gloomily in the back of the car, going over in his mind the events which had led
up to the present crisis. How had he got himself into this impossible situation? It should never
have happened, yet somehow, looking back, it seemed inevitable. Perhaps he was beginning to
believe in fate?
He had arrived three years earlier to take over as general manager of Trakton's factory in
Madras. India was, of course, only one of the many countries in which Trakton operated. Dick had
been transferred to Madras from Nigeria in fact, after a series of other overseas appointments.
Each of the overseas factories had a general manager appointed from headquarters to oversee the
management of the local workforce. In India this had worked particularly well. The Indian staff
was highly-trained and efficient. They were also generally easy to work with; the company's
enlightened industrial relations policy had made sure of that. Salaries were higher than the
average; there was a good pension scheme and generous health insurance benefits. Trakton
boasted that it had not lost a day in strikes for over fifteen years.
Dick had found his senior Indian colleagues particularly good to work with. They knew
their jobs inside out and were clearly committed to the company. Many of them had been with
Trakton for the whole of their working lives, starting in the factory and working their way up
to become managers. They were a good team.
The only exceptions had been Visvanathan, or “Vish” as he was known, the office
manager, and his wife Molly. Molly was in charge of the Personnel Department. For reasons
Dick had only gradually understood, Vish and Molly were regarded by the rest of the senior
staff as somehow “special”. They behaved as if they had special privileges and expected other
staff to defer to them. Dick slowly realised that they controlled other staff members through a
combination of threats and promises. Given their positions, they could make life very difficult
for anyone who opposed them. Likewise, they could make life easy for those who did what
they wanted.
Dick knew that this sort of behaviour happened to varying degrees in every culture and
didn't think much of it. Indeed, in the first few weeks after his arrival, both Vish and Molly had
been all smiles and helpfulness. They had invited Dick and his wife Sally to dinner too. Their
newly-built house was in the fashionable, up-and-coming Kalakshetra Colony, close to the sea.
Dick had been suitably impressed by the expensively-furnished house, which was full of the
most modern household equipment. He had half-wondered, innocently, whether Vish had had
to borrow money to pay for it all.
Question 64: What was Dick’s reaction to his conversation with Lennox?
A. He appeared calm but in fact was very angry.
B. Dick did not want to stay at work any longer.
C. He was angry with his boss for breaking his promises.
D. He regretted not telling Lennox what Vish knew.
Question 65: When he was in his car, Dick thought that ______.
A. he could not have prevented the situation from occurring
B. somebody else might help him handle the situation
C. he could deal with the situation relatively easily
D. the situation was not as serious as it at first appeared
Question 66: Before Dick took charge of the Madras factory, ______.
A. he had never worked for Trakton before
B. he had been working at Trakton’s headquarters
C. he had spent three years doing another job in India

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 D. he had had a number of jobs in different countries
Question 67: What is meant by “enlightened” in paragraph 3?
A. given very little importance by the bosses
B. based on the aim of making maximum profit
C. costing the employers much less than it used to
D. showing an understanding of people’s needs
Question 68: A lot of the bosses at Trakton ______.
A. were keen to leave the firm B. had not deserved promotion
C. had been manual workers D. disliked each other intensely
Question 69: What does the word “those” in paragraph 5 refer to?
A. other employees at the factory B. the office manager and his wife
C. staff in the most senior positions D. Dick Sterling and Keith Lennox
Question 70: How did Dick feel about the way Vish and Molly treated the other employees?
A. He had never known anything similar before.
B. He realized this occurred throughout the world.
C. He was extremely worried about its possible effects.
D. He thought that this only happened in India.

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