SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI

TỈNH YÊN BÁI TUYỂN SINH THPT NĂM 2020

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ SỐ 1 Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm 08 trang) Ngày thi:

Số phách
Điểm của bài thi Họ, tên và chữ kí của giám khảo (do chủ tịch HĐCT
ghi)
Bằng số: Giám khảo 1:

Bằng chữ: Giám khảo 2:

(Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi)

PART I: LISTENING (2 points)
 Phần nghe có 2 bài, mỗi bài được nghe 2 lần.
 Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe là một đoạn nhạc.
 Trước mỗi phần nghe, thí sinh có 30 giây để đọc bài.
Question 1: You are going to hear a woman calling an agency about accommodation she wants
to rent. Write NO more than TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer. (1 point)
Good Moves Accommodation Agency
Call taken by: (1) ________________________
Name: (2) ________________________
Telephone: (3) ________________________
Heard about us from: (4) A ________________________
Number of people: (5) ________________________
Preferred location: wants to be close to (6) ________________________
Price: maximum (7) £ ________________________ per person (including (8) __________________)
Additional notes:
I suggested Flat 3 at (9) 57________________________ Road in Bampton.
I will send further details to customer by (10) ________________________

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 2: You will hear a teacher talking to a group of students. Choose the answer which fits
best according to what you hear. (0.5 point)
1. Why is tonight’s disco special?
A. It’s the last week of the course. B. It starts earlier than usual. C. It’s Sam’s birthday.
2. Where will the football match take place?
A. in a park B. at the sports center C. at Henry’s College
3. After the football match, the students will _____.
A. go to a pizza restaurant B. have a party at the college C. celebrate on the beach
4. The train to Thomton leaves at _____.
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 A. 12.15 B. 12.45 C. 1.20
5. What should the students bring to the picnic?
A. drinks B. bread rolls C. glasses
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Question 3: You will hear a piece of news about children strike worldwide. Listen and complete
the passage with NO more than TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer. (0.5 point)
Children are going on strike worldwide. They are unhappy because their countries are not
doing enough to fight (1) ____________________. There is a growing movement called School Strike
for Climate. Students are (2) ____________________ classes to take part in street protest. Many
protests are outside government buildings. The movement began in August 2018 when Swedish
student Greta Thunberg protested in Sweden. Photos of her (3) ____________________ on social
media. Students are now copying her.
Strikes have taken place across Europe, North America and Australia. Students held banners
reading, "Why learn without a future?" and "Like the (4) ____________________, we rise." A
worldwide strike is planned for March 15. Not everyone supports the students. Australia's leader
called for "more learning in schools and less activism". A (5) ____________________ wrote: "If
children must wag their fingers at older generations for some imaginary sin, I wish they'd do it at the
weekend."
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
PART II: PHONETICS ( 0.5 point)
Question 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (0.3 point)
1. A. cloth B. bath C. smooth D. thank
2. A. feasible B. feather C. feast D. feature
3. A. item B. idiom C. idle D. idol
Your answers:
1. 2. 3.
Question 2: Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the rest. (0.2 point)
1. A. relax B. wonder C. problem D. special
2. A. exception B. linguistics C. paragraph D. identify
Your answers:
1. 2.
PART III: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (4 points)
Question 1: Choose the best option to complete the following sentences. (1 point)
1. ______ the parents ______ the son have gone on holiday.
A. Both – and B. Neither – nor C. Either – or D. Not only – but also
2. The professor told me that I was doing well, ______ my final grade was awful.
A. so B. therefore C. in spite of D. yet – but
In spite of N/ Ving
3. Most people are ______ than their parents used to be.
A. more well off B. better off C. better up D. more well up
Wealthy/ rich / well-off
4. He always faints at the ______ of blood.
A. view B. sight C. scene D. scenery
5. ______ my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t get into this mess now.
A. Had you taken B. If you took C. Were you to take D. Should you take
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6. You should have filled ______ the application form by now.
A. with B. on C. of D. out
7. They had pasta with some ______.
A. local spicy delicious tomato sauce B. delicious spicy local tomato sauce
C. tomato spicy local delicious sauce D. spicy delicious local sauce tomato
8. A waiter talked to her customer in a restaurant.
The waiter: “Would you like to order now?”
The customer: “______.”
A. Yes, I love beef steak B. Yes, I’d like beef steak
C. It’s excellent D. Yes, a table for five please
Book/ reserve + a table
9. Peter: “I am sitting an important exam tomorrow.”
Mary: “Gook luck! I’ll keep my ______ crossed for you.”
A. eyes B. fingers C. arms D. hands
Keep one’s fingers crossed for sb
10. They insisted that everyone ______ late for the meeting.
A. not be B. did not come C. would not be D. weren’t
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 2: Choose the word that has the CLOSEST meaning to the underlined part. (0.3 point)
1. Poor working condition has triggered the workers’ strike.
A. prevented B. caused C. discouraged D. ordered
2. Some plants have developed the ability to disguise themselves by blending in with the environment
that surrounds them.
A. hide B. grow C. give D. move
3. He is the sole American in the room, all others are Vietnamese.
A. completely lonely B. truly unique C. all alone D. only one
Your answers:
1. 2. 3.

Question 3: Choose the word that has the OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined part. (0.2 point)
1. In most countries, compulsory military service doesn’t apply to women.
A. mandatory B. essential C. optional D. required
2. She had a cozy little apartment in Boston.
A. uncomfortable B. warm C. lazy D. dirty
Your answers:
1. 2.
Question 4: Give the correct tense/ form of the verbs in brackets. (0.5 point)
Climbers Queued on Mount Everest on Wednesday
Hundreds of climbers (1. hope) __________ to make it to the summit of the world’s tallest
mountain were forced to queue for hours in freezing temperatures at high altitude this week because
congestion (2. build up) __________ on Mount Everest.
The delays (3. link) __________ to the deaths of at least three people on the mountain so far,
according to local media. An American man, an Indian man and a woman all died as they descended,
various sources said. Donald Lynn Cash, 54 and from Utah, (4. collapse) __________ while taking
photographs at the summit and died as he (5. take down) __________ the mountain by Sherpas,
according to Pioneer Adventure, his expedition’s organizer.
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Question 5: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the following text. (1 point)
Family bike fun
National Bike Week was celebrated last week in a (1. memory) ______ way with a Family Fun
Day in Larkside Park. The event (2. proof) ______ to be highly successful with over five hundred
people attending.
Larkside Cycling Club brought along a (3. vary) ______ of different bikes to demonstrate the
(4. enjoy) ______ that family members of all ages can get from group cycling. Basic cycling (5. safe)
______ was taught using conventional bikes.
There were also some rather (6. usual) ______ bikes on display. One-wheelers, five-wheelers and even
one which could carry up to six (7. ride) ______, were used for fun.
The club also gave information on how cycling can help to reduce (8. environment) ______ damage.
They also provided suggestions as to how people could substitute the bike for the car for daily
journeys. The overall message was that cycling is great family fun and an excellent (9. alternate)
______ to driving. By the end of the day over a hundred people had signed up for (10. member)
______
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART IV: READING COMPREHENSION. (2.5 points)
Question 1: Read the passage and choose a suitable word to fill in each blank. (1 point)
The oldest leather shoe in the world
Archaeologists (1) ______ that a perfectly preserved 5,500-year-old shoe has been discovered
in a cave in Armenia in south-west Asia. It is (2) ______ to be the oldest leather shoe ever found.
The shoe was made of a single piece of leather, stitched at the front and back, and was shaped
to (3) ______ the wearer’s foot. It had been (4) ______ with grasses, either for warmth or to make
sure it kept its shape. ‘The shoe is relatively small but we can’t say for (5) ______ whether it was
worn by a man or a woman,’ says Dr Ron Pinhasi, an archaeologist on the research (6) ______ ‘We
thought at first that it was about 600-700 years old because it was in such good shape.’
Shoes of this type from later periods have turned (7) ______ in archaeological excavations in
various places in Europe, and shoes of a very similar design were still being used on the Aran Islands
off the west coast of Ireland as (8) ______ as the 1950s. It’s (9) ______ a style which (10) ______
popular for thousands of years.
1. A. report B. describe C. inform D. tell
2. A. accepted B. regarded C. assessed D. believed
3. A. match B. fit C. suit D. keep
4. A. stuffed B. loaded C. pushed D. blocked
5. A. clear B. specific C. true D. certain
6. A. class B. force C. team D. company
7. A. over B. into C. up D. about
8. A. recently B. lately C. presently D. immediately
9. A. correctly B. exactly C. precisely D. obviously
10. A. held B. stood C. remained D. lasted
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 2: Read the following passage and choose the best answers. (1 point)

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 A large number of inventions require years of arduous research and development before they
are perfected. For instance, Thomas Edison had to make more than 1,000 attempts to invent the
incandescent light bulb before he finally succeeded. History is replete with numerous other examples
of people trying, yet failing, to make inventions before they eventually succeeded. Yet some
inventions have come about through hard work but simply by accident.
In most cases, when someone unintentionally invented something, the inventor was attempting to
create something else. For example, in the 1930s, chemist Roy Plunkett was attempting to make a new
substance that could be used to refrigerate items. He mixed some chemicals together. Then, he put
them into a pressurized container and cooled the mixture. By the time his experiment was complete, he
had a new invention. It was not a new substance that could be used for refrigeration though. In stead,
he had invented Teflon, which is today most commonly used to make nonstick pots and pans.
Similarly, decades earlier, John Pemberton was a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia. He was attempting
to create a tonic that people could use whenever they had headaches. While he was not successful in
that endeavor, he managed to invent Coca-Cola, the world-famous carbonated soft drink.
Scientists have also made crucial discoveries by accident when they were conducting experiments. In
1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, an antibiotic, in this manner. He discovered some
mold growing in a dish with some bacteria. He noticed that the bacteria seemed to be avoiding the
mold. When he investigated further, he determined some of the many useful properties of penicillin,
which has saved millions of lives over the past few decades. Likewise, in 1946, scientist Percy
Spencer was conducting an experiment with microwaves. He had a candy bar in his pocket, and he
noticed that it suddenly melted. He investigated and learned the reason why that had happened. Soon
afterward, he built a device that could utilize microwaves to heat food: the microwave oven.
1. Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
A. History’s Most Important Inventions
B. Accidental Inventions and Discoveries
C. How to Become a Great Inventor
D. You Don’t Always Get What You Want
2. The word arduous is closest in meaning to ______.
A. detailed B. tough C. specific D. constant
3. The phrase replete with is closest in meaning to ______.
A. aware of B. inspired by C. full of D. concerned about
4. What does the word It refer to?
A. the mixture B. the inventor C. his experiment D. a pressurized container
5. The word endeavor is closest in meaning to ______.
A. research B. dream C. request D. attempt
6. What does the author say about Teflon?
A. People first used it as a refrigeration device.
B. It was created many years before Coca-Cola.
C. The man who made it was a pharmacist.
D. It is used for kitchenware nowadays.
7. Who was John Pemberton?
A. The person who made Teflon
B. The creator of Coca-Cola
C. The man who discovered penicillin
D. The inventor of the microwave
8. The author uses Alexander Fleming as an example of ______.
A. one of the most famous inventors in history
B. a person who made an accidental scientific discovery
C. someone who became a millionaire from his invention
D. a man who dedicated his life to medical science
9. What does the author imply about penicillin?

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 A. Doctors seldom use it nowadays.
B. Some people are not affected by it.
C. It is an invaluable medical supply.
D. Mold combines with bacteria to make it.
10. Penicillin was discovered in ______?
A. 1928 B. the 1930s C. 1946 D. the 1920s
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 3. You are going to read a newspaper article about the Australian airline Qantas. Five
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A – F the one which
fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. (0.5 point)
QANTAS
The Australian airline Qantas was founded in 1920. Queensland and Northern Territories
Aerial Services, from which the word Qantas derives, is the longest-serving airline in the English-
speaking world and the second longest-serving airline world-wide. Although it is now well-respected
as an international carrier which flies people around the world in style, the airline's origins were rather
more humble.
The airline was formed by two former Australian Flying Corps officers, W. Hudson Fysh and
P.J. McGuniness. They were keen to enter a contest with a prize of £10,000 for the first Australian to
fly from England to Australia in less than 28 days. Unfortunately, they were prevented from entering
the race by the death of the man who had offered to provide money to pay their expenses. 1. ______
It took Fysh and McGuiness fifty-one days to plan the route, travelling by car through the
thinly populated territory on poorly built roads that were often flooded in the wet season. 2. ______
After a chance meeting with Fergus McMaster, a wealthy cattle farmer who agreed to give
them financial support, Fysh and McGuiness were on their way to making their dream of connecting
far-distant parts of the continent by air a reality. 3. ______
On November 2, 1922, a larger plane was bought by Qantas and the airline's first regular mail
and passenger flights began between Charleville and Cloncurry. Qantas' services grew throughout the
1920s. An important landmark along the way came in March 1928 when Qantas was contracted to
operate the first flying doctor service to sick people in remote parts of the country. 4. ______
In 1934 the airline changed its name to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd, reflecting its desire to
expand beyond the borders of Australia. Air mail services first to Singapore and soon after to Britain
began in 1935. It was in the same year that the airline carried its first overseas passenger on a flight
from Brisbane to Singapore.
In 1947 Qantas became a national airline when the government purchased the company. In
December of that year the airline's first passenger service between Sydney and London was
introduced. 5. ______
Important changes in the airline industry announced in 1992 meant that aviation reforms would
result in Qantas and Australian, the airline which links cities within Australia, becoming one. Qantas
bought Australian and agreed to the new name: Qantas, The Australian Airline.

A. In the following years more overseas passenger services were introduced linking Australia with
countries all over the world - Japan, Hong Kong, South Africa, the United States.
B. Australian were at first in favour of joining Qantas but eventually decided to remain independent.
C. However, they were asked by the government to plan a route and landing sites across the Northern
Territory and Western Australia that would be used for the race.
D. The service flew 255 patients more than 30,000 kilometres in its first year.
E. In 1920 they bought their first plane and then a second one soon after and for the first two years of
Qantas' life, the planes were used as an air taxi service and for pleasure flights.
F. Their experience on the journey convinced them that air travel was a necessity in such a huge
country with often inhospitable terrain.
Your answers:

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PART V: WRITING (2 points)
Question 1: Rewrite the sentences beginning with the given words/phrases. (0.3 point)
1. We finished dinner and, a few moments later, Mrs. Jones arrived on the doorstep.
Hardly _______________________________________________________________
2. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
Despite my ___________________________________________________________
3. It seems that no one predicted the correct result.
No one seems _________________________________________________________
Question 2: Rewrite the sentences with the given words so that their meanings stay the same.
(0.2 point)
1. Teaching doesn’t suit her. (cut)
She _________________________________________________________________
2. No one told James the news although it was necessary to do so a long time ago. (should)
James _________________________________________________________________

Question 3: Essay writing (1.5 points)

Write about what makes a happy successful student in the 21st century.
In about 250 words, write an essay to express your opinion. Use reasons and relevant examples to
support your writing.
You may include some of the following ideas: necessary factors, skills, personality traits and so on.

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