SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN

QUẢNG TRỊ NĂM HỌC 2024 – 2025

Khóa ngày 30 tháng 5 năm 2024
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
(Đề thi có 12 trang)

MÃ PHÁCH
Hội đồng coi thi: ..................................................................... (Do chủ tịch HĐ
phách ghi)
Phòng thi: ….......….... Số báo danh: ....................................

Họ và tên thí sinh: ...……………….………….…..........…….

Ngày, tháng, năm sinh: ....................................................

CÁN BỘ COI THI SỐ 1 CÁN BỘ COI THI SỐ 2
Họ và tên: ....................................................... Họ và tên: .....................................................
Chữ ký: .......................................................... Chữ ký: .........................................................

HƯỚNG DẪN THÍ SINH L ÀM BÀI

● Đề thi gồm có 12 trang (không kể trang phách). Thí sinh phải kiểm tra số tờ đề
thi trước khi làm bài.
● Thí sinh làm toàn bộ bài thi trên đề thi theo yêu cầu của từng phần.
● Thí sinh phải viết câu trả lời vào phần trả lời được cho sẵn ở mỗi phần. Thí sinh
không được ký tên hoặc dùng bất cứ dấu hiệu gì để đánh dấu bài thi ngoài việc làm
bài theo yêu cầu của đề ra. Không được viết bằng mực đỏ, bút chì, không
được viết bằng hai thứ mực. Phần viết hỏng, ngoài cách gạch chéo, không
được tẩy xóa bằng bất kỳ cách gì khác (kể cả bút xóa màu trắng).
● Thí sinh nên làm nháp trước rồi ghi chép cẩn thận vào phần bài làm trên đề thi.
Cán bộ coi thi không phát giấy làm bài thay thế đề thi.
● Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu.

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Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm về đề thi.
 MÃ PHÁCH
Họ và tên, chữ ký của (Do chủ tịch HĐ
ĐIỂM
CÁN BỘ CHẤM THI phách ghi)
Bằng số: Bằng chữ:
1. ......................................................

2. ......................................................

PHẦN ĐỀ THI VÀ BÀI LÀM CỦA THÍ SINH

SECTION A - LISTENING (2.5 points)

Part 1. You will hear two teachers, Andrew and Katie, discussing the coming excursion
of their language class. Listen and answer each question with NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. You will listen twice. Write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.5 points)
1. When is the school excursion?
2. Where are they going?
3. How will the weather be on the day of their excursion?
4. In the activity “Birds of Prey”, what do the students throw into the air?
5. What time will they return?
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Part 2. You will hear a conversation between two friends, Dan and Julie, talking about
the time Julie’s father was on a television quiz show. Listen and decide whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F). You will listen twice. Write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.6 points)
1. At first, the TV producer had wanted Julia’s aunt to go on the quiz show but she didn’t.
2. Julia’s father went to the show in a hired car.
3. Julia’s father prepared for the show by reading encyclopedia.
4. Julia’s father competed against a high school teacher and a bus driver.
5. During the show, the presenter was not friendly.
6. Julia really wants to take part in a quiz show.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Part 3. You are going to hear a man talking about his experiences of eating in other
countries. For each question, choose the best answer A, B or C. You will listen twice. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.6 points)

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1. John chose the title of his book to reflect the fact that ___________
A. every country has different rules of etiquette.
B. diplomats need to be able to eat anything.
C. he often suffered digestive problems.
2. At his first official dinner, John ___________
A. ate what he was given.
B. asked for something different.
C. embarrassed his hosts.
3. The worst food or drink John has been served is ___________
A. dried bat.
B. snake blood.
C. sheep’s eyeball.
4. What makes a food or drink particularly repulsive to John?
A. its taste
B. its smell
C. its appearance
5. What advice does John give to people in a similar situation?
A. Eat the food as quickly as possible.
B. Never eat anything you don’t want to.
C. Imagine you’re eating something else.
6. What would be the most appropriate title for his next book?
A. A businessman’s guide to China
B. Food through the ages
C. Diplomatic disasters.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Part 4. You will hear an anthropologist talking about a recent find. For each question,
complete the sentence with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
taken from the recording. You will listen twice. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes. (0.8 points)
Several fossil skulls were dug up in Ethiopia last (1) ______________________.
There were at least (2) ______________________adult skulls and one that belonged to a
child.
It appears that the people these skulls belong to were (3) ______________________
Anthropologists now believe that Homo sapiens is not (4) ______________________
Neanderthals.
The reason why the Neanderthals (5) ______________________ is not known.
The people whose skulls have been found probably used (6) ____________________.
They also lived in (7) ______________________, a factor which probably helped them
to survive.
The early days of human evolution are still (8) ______________________ to modern
scientists.

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Your answers:
1. 5.
2. 6.
3. 7.
4. 8.
SECTION B - LEXICO & GRAMMAR (1.5 points)
Part 1. For each sentence, choose one answer A, B, C or D that best fits each blank. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.5 points)
1. Betty was given a ___________ scarf on her 14th birthday.
A. nice blue square C. square blue nice
B. blue nice square D. nice square blue
2. Yesterday, Mike was given a detention. He ___________ something wrong.
A. must do B. should do C. must have done D. should have done
3. I wish I _________ in the countryside – I would have enjoyed the peace of summer
evenings there.
A. live B. lived C. would live D. had lived
4. ___________makes the mountain-patrol team’s job interesting and fulfilling.
A. Assisting climbers and trekkers in distress
B. Climbers and trekkers in distress are assisted
C. Assistance is given to climbers and trekkers that are in distress
D. Climbers and trekkers in distress
5. Your daughter may not do her best at mathematics and chemistry, but she definitely
___________ at English literature.
A. improves B. accomplishes C. excells D. masters
6. Hats like this may have been fashionable in the 1960s, but now they are ________ the
times.
A. beneath B. behind C. under D. over
7. When I started to study archaeology, I knew _________ no Latin, but within a year, I
could read it rather well.
A. scarcely B. barely C. entirely D. virtually
8. Our chances of coming in time for the meeting are rather _________.
A. slim B. sparse C. tiny D. weak
9. When I was a teenager, I had a ________ on one of my classmates.
A. passion B. fancy C. crush D. fondness
10. I ________ one of your friends at the disco last night.
A. ran into B. went out C. came off D. pulled up
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Part 2. In each sentence, there is ONE error. Choose the underlined part A, B, C or D
that needs correcting, then correct it. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0). (0.5 points).
Example: 0. The (A) last time we (B) visited the Statue of Liberty (C) is 3 years (D) ago.
1. Michael recommended that his son (A) does a (B) twenty-minute workout (C) every
morning to (D) stay healthy.
2. (A) Blowing out birthday candles is an ancient test (B) to see if a growing child is (C)
enough strong to blow out (D) a greater number each year.
3. For a (A) better memory, I prefer (B) having an (C) early night (D) rather than staying
up late.
4. I wonder (A) if you (B) could tell me how (C) do you work this (D) ticket machine.
5. Transplanting organs (A) such as hearts and kidneys (B) has proved (C) more easily
than (D) transplanting muscles.
Your answers:
0. C 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Part 3. For each sentence, supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.5 points)
1. Just ignore such a minor (SHORT) ____________ and you will agree that the
heating system is quite efficient.
2. The local hospital is trying to raise funds for (ADVANTAGE) ____________
patients.
3. The (BREAK) ____________ of war has made thousands of people homeless.
4. The movement has actively (POWER) _____________ women and given them
confidence in themselves.
5. When Angelia knew that she would be laid off, she began shaking (CONTROL)
_____________.
Your answers:
1. 4.
2. 5.
3.
SECTION C - READING (2.5 points)
Part 1. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only
one word in each blank. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
(0.5 points)
BLOGAHOLICS
The word ‘blog’ is short for ‘weblog’ and is a frequently-updated Internet journal that is
intended for (1)_______ general public to read. Blogs have become popular (2)_______
they give their authors, bloggers, their own voice on the Internet. It’s a place where ordinary
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(3)_______ a list of links to favourite websites. Many people use a blog to organise
(4)_______ thoughts, while others may become so ‘famous’ that they attract international
audiences of thousands.
Professional as well as amateur journalists often use blogs to publish breaking
(5)_______ , while personal bloggers may share their everyday concerns and inner thoughts
(6)_______ the rest of the world. (7)_______ , blogging is not only putting your thoughts on
the web, but also hearing back from and communicating with like-minded people.
For many people, blogging is just a hobby, but for others, it can become an obsession.
Bloggers (8)_______ fall into this group can feel compelled to write several times a day
and become anxious if something (9)_______ them from blogging. Some of these people
blog at home and at work using their laptops while travelling. As with other addicts, these
people spend more and more of their time on their obsessions and end (10)_______
neglecting their families, their friends and their jobs.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2. Read the text below and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each blank.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.5 points)
CRITICISM
It can take a long time to become successful in your chosen field, (1)_______ talented
you are. One thing you have to be (2)_______ of is that you will face criticism along the
way. The world is full of people who would rather say something negative than positive. If
you’ve made up your (3)_______to achieve a certain goal, such as writing a novel, don’t let
the negative criticism of others prevent you from reaching your target, and let constructive
criticism have a positive (4)_______on your work. If someone says you’re totally
(5)_______in talent, ignore them. That’s negative criticism. If, however, someone
(6)_______you to revise your work and gives you good reasons for doing so, you should
consider their suggestions carefully. There are many film stars who were once out of
(7)_______. There are many famous novelists who made a complete (8)_______of their
first novel – or who didn’t , but had to keep on approaching hundreds of publishers before
they could get it published. Being successful does depend on luck, (9)_______ a certain
extent. But things are more likely to (10)_______well if you preserve and stay positive.
1. A. whether B. despite C. though D. however
2. A. alert B. aware C. intelligent D. clever
3. A. mind B. brain C. thought D. idea
4. A. outcome B. result C. effect D. consequence
5. A. lacking B. short C. missing D. absent
6. A. suggests B. advises C. proposes D. explains
7. A. business B. job C. work D. career
8. A. garbage B. trash C. rubbish D. mess
9. A. on B. to C. with D. for
10. A. come into B. deal with C. put off D. turn out
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Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3. Read the text below and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each of the
following questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.5
points)
‘Forget the kind of macho astronauts you are used to seeing in films – space travel to
faraway solar systems will probably be a family affair conducted by married couples and
their kids,’ says US anthropologist, John Moore.
‘The family has the kind of natural organisation to deal with the tensions likely to
characterise space trips of 200 years or longer to settle remote planets,' says Moore. 'We are
less likely to go crazy in space and more likely to accomplish our missions by using crews
that are organised along family lines.’
‘Whenever colonisation is done on Earth, it is always by people looking for a better life.
All of the colonisations that I know about have been done by families, especially young
couples.’
In the past, astronauts had to be specially trained and physically very fit to survive in very
small space capsules, but spacecraft size is no longer a constraint, making it possible to take
ordinary people such as midwives, electricians and cleaners. For a space crew that is going
to colonise space and reproduce for many generations, these kinds of people will be just as
important as space technologists.
Starting with a population of childless married couples also works best on board a
spaceship because it will give the initial crew a few years to adjust to their new
surroundings without the distraction and responsibility of caring for children. People may be
horrified at the idea that children will be living and dying in space, with their only images of
Earth coming from pictures and videos. But, says John Moore, parents have always made
choices affecting their children’s lives.
‘We change jobs, we move to another town, we emigrate to a foreign country. If we
educate space kids properly, I think one day they might say, “Gosh, I’m sure glad I’m on
this spaceship and not back on dirty old Earth.”’
According to Moore, a starting population of 150 to 180 would best sustain itself at the
same rate over six to eight generations. Every person would have the opportunity to be
married - with a choice of at least ten possible spouses within three years of their age – and
to be a parent.
Ideally, the group should share social and cultural values. ‘Having some people
accustomed to monogamy and others to plural marriages would create some confusion when
it becomes time for the sons and daughters of the first generation to marry,’ says Moore.
‘Designing morals for people on such a fantastic voyage is problematic because people on
Earth would have little influence once the crew is on its own. If the space crew decides on a
system of slavery for some and privilege for others, there is little the planners on Earth will
be able to do to prevent it.’

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 Thinking about these issues is not as far-fetched as you might think. Experts predict that
such a space mission will take place within the next hundred years.
1. Which of the following would be a good title for this passage?
A. Marriages on a spaceship
B. Distant space travel better as family affair
C. How to behave on a spaceship
D. The roles of astronauts
2. What makes families especially suited to long-distance space travel?
A. They are good at organising.
B. They are naturally better than other groups of people.
C. They will be able to cope with the stress of space travel.
D. They can settle down better in new situations.
3. Why will more ordinary people probably go on space flights in the future?
A. Space travellers will no longer need to be specially trained.
B. There will be a greater need for people with useful abilities.
C. Space travellers will not need to be especially fit.
D. Modern spacecraft will be much bigger than spacecraft in the past.
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Crews need to get used to their environment before having children.
B. Space technologists will play the most significant role among a space crew.
C. Marriages should only be arranged for some people on a spaceship.
D. People on earth will be able to affect the behaviour of space travelllers.
5. The article suggests that long-distance space travel _______.
A. is a theoretical possibility
B. will probably start within the next century
C. could be a disaster
D. will be a fantastic adventure
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 4. You are going to read the article about the activities organised by different
schools for Environmental Awareness Day. Answer the questions by choosing from the
schools (A-D). The schools may be chosen MORE THAN ONCE. Write your answers
in the corresponding numbered boxes. (0.5 points)
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS DAY
A. Plumpton High School
This school decided to arrange a variety of activities, some aimed at achieving a better
understanding of environmental problems, and others designed to be of practical help. For
instance, the school magazine brought out a special edition on the subject, full of articles
and stories where pupils expressed their feelings about the threats facing our environment.
In another attempt to find out for themselves how serious these threats really are, the pupils
decided to study the problem of pollution by making a survey, run by the Science
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held a sponsored walk and handed over £750 to the World Wildlife Fund. Pupils prepared a
campaign to ban cars from the city centre and reduce traffic congestion. They cycled
through the city and handed out brochures about the benefits of cycling and walking. This
gained a lot of publicity for the school.
B. Cresswell College
The staff and students at Cresswell College held a meeting and discussed a number of
suggestions. The most popular suggestion turned out to be the most practical one; it was
decided that the local environment should be brightened up. Teams were sent out to plant
flowers and young trees on areas of land in the neighbourhood. Within the school, the senior
students prepared a report monitoring the progress of species threatened with extinction. It
was hoped that this would help publicise the problem. As part of that project, a leading
expert on wild birds was invited to come and give a talk about the dangers faced by these
creatures. He explained the importance of the food chain and asked people to support local
wildlife reserves.
C. Smithson Institute
This school had already been involved in some projects connected with the environment,
though naturally efforts were increased for Environmental Awareness Day. For the last two
years the school had been studying the effects of changes in climatic patterns around the
world and how these can affect wildlife. A film about those magnificent marine mammals,
whales, was shown to the whole school as part of Environmental Awareness Day, which
was received with great enthusiasm by pupils. Meredith Summers, architect, was invited to
talk about how pollution can destroy historic buildings in the region. Following that, pupils
decided to launch a campaign for the restoration of the medieval square in the city centre
and asked local authorities to support them financially.
D. Halliwell Comprehensive
The pupils at this inner-city comprehensive school felt that the best way to mark
Environmental Awareness Day would be to help people in the area understand how
important the environment is to them. One suggestion that was greeted with enthusiasm was
to measure the levels of noise in Stanley Road, a busy local shopping street. The
information was then placed on a website that the school had started. In an effort to provide
direct assistance to people who are working to save the environment, a jumble sale was held
at the school, and £1,000 was donated to the local office of the Wildlife Rescue Service.
Finally, the school took pupils to the coastal marshes of Easton-on-Sea. Many pupils
reported afterwards that they had never realised how terrible the effects of pollution could
be on coastal wildlife.
Which school(s)
1. started a project about endangered species?
2. is located in the centre of the city?
3. became well known after Environmental Awareness Day?
4. provided online information about the environment?
5. asked a specialist to give a talk?
6. asked pupils to write about environmental problems?

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 7. organised a trip to the coast?
8. is studying changes in general weather conditions?
9. encouraged the use of bicycles?
10. decided to protect a local historical site?
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 5. You are going to read an article about children who spend too much time at the
computer. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H for each part (1-5) of
the article. There are TWO EXTRA headings which you do not need to use. There is
an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes. (0.5 points)
A. Stop those computers now!
B. The type of child at risk
C. Our children are in danger!
D. When the problem disappears
E. Teachers - watch for the signs!
F. How the habit is broken
G. Parents on the lookout
H. How affected children act
A PRICE TO PAY
Danger when a computer becomes your best friend
0. C
Many of Britain’s children are becoming computer addicts, according to leading education
specialists. Such children then lose interest in anything else and become withdrawn and
introverted.
1.
‘These children are unable to relate to friends and family or express their feelings,’ says Mrs
Noel Janis-Norton, a specialist at treating problem children and adults. They behave badly at
school and at home – and when desperate parents forbid them to use computers, they find
ways to use the computers in secret and deceive their parents. The result is that they often
fail school tests and lose friends. But they do not care. The computer has become their best -
and sometimes their only - friend.
2.
Mrs Janis-Norton says children who have difficulty communicating are hit by this problem.
‘A child who is energetic and outgoing is unlikely to become a computer addict, although
any kind of child can enjoy the computer,’ she says. ‘There’s a very big difference between
use and abuse. Often the problem continues into the late teens and sometimes into adult life,
where the addict becomes increasingly shut off from reality.’
3.
Mrs Janis adds: ‘The situation changes when they have less to be anxious about. Many grow
out of it when they leave home. Like any other nervous condition, such as asthma, it hardly
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exists in the summer holidays.’
4.
Tony Miller, one of the teachers’ union spokesmen, says parents should limit the amount of
time their children spend at the machines. He adds: ‘Very young children take to computers
like fish to water. It seems to be like the problem of obsessive TV- watching.’ One parent
was woken at 5 a.m. by a strange bleeping noise. She later discovered it was her addict son
at his computer.
5.
Mrs Janis-Norton claims a high success rate with her unique system which involves
teaching the parents as well as the child. It is a similar problem to gambling or drug
addiction. She says: ‘With the parents, we examine all the issues that come up in a child’s
day – food, bedtime, co-operation, homework, the tone of voice children use when talking
to their parents, and sweets. We teach parents how to be in charge of the situation, how to be
positive, firm and consistent. We give the child extra lessons in whatever subjects they’re
weak in. By slowly getting the children off the machines, and replacing computers with
other activities and more confidence, the habit is broken.’
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SECTION D - WRITING (2.5 points)
Part 1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
THREE AND FIVE WORDS, including the word given. Write your answers in the
space provided. There is an example at the beginning (0) (0.5 points)
Example: (0). I really hate it when people speak to me like that.
BEING
I really object …………………………………like that.
Answer: (0) I really object to being spoken to like that.
1. Jane is so good at speaking French that everyone thinks she comes from Paris.
SPEAK
So …………………………………………………………………… that everyone thinks
she comes from Paris.
2. People say that the west of the country suffered very badly in the storm.
SAID
The west of the country ………………………………………………………………
very badly in the storm.
3. Regarding the future of the company, the staff members need to undergo more training.
TO
When …………………………………………………………………… the future of the
company, the staff members need to undergo more training.
4. It isn’t possible for me to take you to the party tonight.
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 It …………………………………………………………..............for me to take you to
the party tonight.
5. “Do your homework first, and then you can go to the cinema,” said Jim’s mother.
LONG
Jim’s mother agreed to let him go to the cinema ………………………………………...
his homework first.
Part 2. Essay writing (2 points)
“Vocational training should be included in the secondary school curriculum.”
Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion.
Write your essay in the space provided.
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