ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề dùng cho thí sinh thi vào Chuyên Nga-Pháp)

Thời gian: 150 phút

(Đề thi có 4 phần, gồm 6 trang)

PART A: PHONETICS (5 points)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others in the same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (3 points)
1. A. delicate B. concentrate C. private D. accurate
2. A. debt B. nib C. absorb D. absent
3. A. recite B. reconcile C. refund D. reproduce
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in the
same line and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (2 points)
1. A. potential B. recommend C. understand D. volunteer
2. A. attractive B. chocolate C. decorate D. balcony
PART B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (45 points)
I. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write the answers on your
answer sheet. (15 points)
1. This time next week, they (sit)______on the train to Paris.
2. “Romeo and Juliet” is a very interesting play (write)______by Shakespeare.
3. Bill is still a bad driver although he (drive)______ cars for six years.
4. Why are you laughing? Tom (tell)______you his funny story again?
5-6. Mrs. Wood always (talk)______to her children as if they (be)______adults.
7-8. Tom (finish)______this course when his mother (return) ______next month.
9-10. Yesterday we (catch)_____the last bus if we (leave)_____the cinema five
minutes earlier.
11. I didn’t get home until after midnight last night. Otherwise I (return)___your call.
12. Our classmates couldn’t help (laugh)__when they heard the teacher’s funny story.
13. What a shame that it (decide)______ to cancel the school play!
14-15. He refused (admit)______that he (steal)______that bicycle.
II. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Choose the underlined
part that needs correcting and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (5 points)
1. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar with driving a car.
A B C D
2. Measles are one of the infectious diseases that children get.
A B C D
3. The skin receives nearly the third of the blood pumped out by the heart.
A B C D
4. I have never seen such spectacular a festival in my life.
A B C D
5. He is a considerate and generous man who is not only loved by his family but also
by all his friends. A B C
D
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III. Supply the correct form of the capital words in brackets. Write the answers on
your answer sheet.(10 points)
1. The teachers praised Mary for her _______presentation. (IMPRESS)
2. Nothing is as important to Fiona as her work. She is a ____. (WORK)
3. He gave no _______ for his absence. (EXPLAIN)
4. I can’t stand his _______. His work is late again. (RESPONSIBLE)
5. He treated them with _______ . (GENEROUS)
6. The church was damaged in the war but it has now been ___. (BUILD)
7. There are a few ______in the village after a sudden tornado. (SURVIVE)
8. I like this machine because it works very _____. (EFFECT)
9. Good news! The scientists have _____predicted the direction of the storm.
(SUCCESS)
10. The earthquake last month was really ______. (DEVASTATE)

IV.Choose the word/ phrase that best fits the gap in each of the following sentences
and write A, B, C or D on your answer sheet. (15 points)
1. It was the longest film I have ever seen. It _________three hours.
A. lasted B. stayed C. finished D. completed
2. I haven’t got a very good ________of direction, so I easily get lost.
A. mood B. sense C. state D. sensibility
3. When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to cut _______ the
gas supply to the flat.
A. off B. out C. down D. across
4. Tim was the last person _______the class yesterday.
A. to leave B. left C. who leaves D. leaving
5. It was cold outside, so she ______her coat and went out.
A. turned on B. put on C. switched on D. put off
6. The gun went _____as he was cleaning it, but luckily he wasn’t hurt.
A. out B. by C. over D. off
7. Do you have time to discuss your work now or are you _______to leave?
A. thinking B. planned C. around D. about
8. ______parrots are native to tropical regions is true.
A. All B. That all C. Since all D. Why all
9. I must go to the dentist and _______.
A. get my teeth to take care of B. take care of my teeth
C. my teeth be taken care of D. get my teeth taken care of
10. She refused to eat meat under any ____.
A. occasions B. circumstances C. opportunities D. reasons
11. ______, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Thanks to the difficult homework B. Despite the homework was difficult
C. Difficult as the homework was D.As though the homework was difficult
12. The flower girl wore a ______dress at the wedding ceremony last night.
A. silk pretty white B. white pretty silk
C. pretty white silk D. pretty silk white
13. ___with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all.
A. Comparison B. Compare them
C. If you compare D. When compared
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14. Everyone can join our club, _______ age and sex.
A. not mention B. in case of C. in place of D. regardless of
15. Mary: “ Shall we eat out tonight?”
Sarah: “_______”
A. That’s a great idea. B. That’s acceptable.
C. You’re very welcome. D. It’s kind of you to invite.
PART C: READING (30 points)
I. Read the text and choose the most suitable word/phrase from the ones given
below to fill in each gap. Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (10 points)
Air pollution, or dirty air is (1) _______by many things. Great clouds of smoke
come from (2) _______chimneys. Cars (3)_____ smoke and fumes into the air.
Burning waste fills the air (4) _______bits of dirt. Even burning leaves adds smoke to
the air. Smoke of all kinds is bad to (5) _______and can do great harm to the body.
Many countries have made laws (6) _______limit the amount of fumes cars can
exhaust into the air. They also set limits on pollution from power plants and factories.
(7) _______scientists have not yet been able to stop air pollution, they have found
ways to make cars and factories (8) _______fuels more cleanly. People are also more
careful than they once (9) _______. For example, they have stopped burning fallen
leaves in the autumn. We will still have a long way to go. (10) _______if we all work
together, we can solve the problem.
1. A. made B. caused C. done D. invented
2. A. factory B. factory’s C. factories D. factories’
3. A. move B. pass C. push D. send
4. A. of B. on C. for D. with
5. A. breath B. breathing C. breathe D. breathed
6. A. for B. on C. with D. to
7. A. But B. Although C. However D. Yet
8. A. fire B. set fire C. burn D. light
9. A. have B. have been C. been D. were
10. A. So B. So that C. But D. Because
II. Read the text and choose the best answer to each question that follows. Write A,
B, C, or D on your answer sheet. (5 points)
Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He
was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of 14. Several years
later he spent one year in Mexico before attending Columbia University in New York.
For a few years after that, he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the
world and writing some poems. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln
University, where he won the Witter Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After
graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia with the help of a Guggenheim
fellowship. His novels included Not without Laughter (1930) and The Big Sea (1940).
He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published several collections of poems.
The collections included The Weary Blues (1926), The Dream Keeper (1932),
Shakespeare in Harlem (1942), Fields of Wonder (1947), One Way Ticket (1947), and
Selected Poems (1959). A man of many talents, Hughes was also a lyricist, a librettist,
and a journalist. As an older man in the 1960s, he spent much of his time collecting
poems from Africa and from African-Americans to popularize black writers. Hughes
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is one of the most accomplished writers in American literary history, and he is seen as
one of the artistic leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, the period when a neighborhood
that was predominantly black produced a flood of great literature, music, and other art
forms depicting daily city life for African-Americans.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The life of Langston Hughes. B. The Harlem Renaissance.
C. African-American writers. D. American twentieth-century writers.
2. Where was Langston Hughes born?
A. Spain B. New York
C. Missouri D. North Carolina
3. What provided Hughes with assistance for his travel to Spain and Russia?
A. his job as a reporter. B. his career as a soldier.
C. a literary fellowship. D. a college study program.
4. According to the author, what did Hughes do during the later years of his life?
A. write short stories B. popularize African-American writers
C. advocate racial quality D. write about life in Harlem
5.Which of the following can best substitute for the word "depicting" in the passage?
A. congratulating B. blessing
C. screening D. portraying
III. Read the following passage and choose the most suitable phrase from A–G to
fill in each gap. There is one example for you. There is one extra phrase that you
don’t need to use. Write the answers on your answer sheet. (5 points)
A. Just as with radio in earlier days
B. increased attendance at the actual events
C. person responsible for developing it
D. glimpse of far–away places
E. popularity of travel programs
F. movements of the figures
G. As a home entertainment
Example: 0 – C
While radio broadcasting was still in its infancy, the marvel of television was
already being developed. The first step towards its invention was taken in 1873 but
the (0)______was John Logie Baird. In 1926, he gave the first demonstration of a
television picture.
(1)______, television rapidly became more popular than any other form. A
news broadcast became more immediate when people could actually see the scene in
question and the (2)______. Films could be viewed in the comfort of the home and
variety shows were also available. One of the advantages of travel programs was the
(3)______which many viewers would not otherwise have seen. Though much of the
entertainment was of a popular kind like quiz competitions, some remarkable cultural
programs were also broadcast. (4)______, the publicity given to actors and actresses
on the screen meant that a group of personalities became familiar in every household.
One of the most popular programs was the televised coverage of sport and an
interesting result of the television broadcast was the (5)______. How far this was due
to a growth in interest in the game and how far out of the spectators’ desire to appear
on the screen is not clear.
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IV. Read the following passage then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. Write
the answers on your answer sheet. (10 points)
Have you decided it’s time to part with all those old books that you haven’t
(1)____for years, or all those CDs you never listen to? One way to profit from the
things you no longer (2)______ is to sell them. Over the last few years, there has been
an enormous increase in the number of people who (3)_____ things online through
services like ebay. It can be a fun way of (4)_______ money and you are bound to
enjoy it. Here’s (5)_______ it works.
Having decided to sell your things, you need to set up an ebay account. Then,
you need to tell people (6)____ the things you are selling look like. You can also add
photographs so that people take more notice of your (7)_______. People visiting the
website can then offer you money (8)______ your things. The person who promises to
pay the (9)______ money wins the auction. (10)_______ you’ve got just the right
thing for sale that someone is looking for, you can make a fortune!

PART D: WRITING (20 points)

I. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
Write the answers on your answer sheet. (5 points)
1. “You’d better not swim too far from the shore”, the lifeguard said to us.
 The lifeguard advised _______________________________________.
2. The woman was terribly upset. Her dog was run over.
 The woman whose__________________________________________.
3. He continued his story even though no one was listening.
 He went __________________________________________________.
4. “ I must see the manager!” he cried.
 He insisted________________________________________________.
5. Although the play received good notices, not many people went to see it.
 Despite __________________________________________________.
II. Rearrange the given words to make meaningful sentences. Write the answers on
your answer sheet. (5 points)
1. dangerous/ The/ earthquake/ most/ in/ Japan/ in/ 1923/ occurred/.
2. Mrs. Thoa/tired/ was/ Although/ helped/ Tuan/ she/ homework/ his/ with/.
3. is /occurs /January/ festival /Tet /early /which /in/ a /late /or /February/.
4. you /marverlous/ were /experience /board/ If /now/,/ you/ on/ would /those/ things/.
5. difficult /aspects /of /What/ learning /you/ English /do /find/ most/?
III. Make sentences using the given words. Write the answers on your answer
sheet. (5 points)
1. snow/ keep/ fall/ and/ workmen/ tired/ try/ keep/ roads/ clear.
2. advantage/ have/ car/ that/ you/ not/ rely/ public transport.
3. he/ wish/ know/ English/ well.
4. watch/ television/ can / educational.
5. I/ suggest/ use/ public/ buses/ instead/ motorbikes.
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IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it contains the capital word at
the end of the sentence and keeps the same meaning. Write the answers on your
answer sheet. (5 points)
1. I fell asleep as the film was so boring. (SUCH)
2. The boy said that he hadn’t done anything wrong. (DENIED)
3. I couldn’t go to work because of the transport strike. (PREVENTED)
4. Everyone but Jane failed to produce the correct answer. (SUCCEEDED)
5. He spoke confidently and that impressed me. (WHICH)

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 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
(Gồm có 3 trang) (Dùng cho đề thi chuyên Nga-Pháp)
Ngày thi: 13 tháng 06 năm 2015
Thời gian: 150 phút

PART A: PHONETICS (5 points)

I. Pronunciation (3 points)
1. B 2.A 3. B
II. Stress (2 points)
1. A 2. A

PART B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (45 points)

I. Verb form (15 points)
1. will be sitting 9. could/ would have caught
2. written 10. had left
3. has driven/ has been driving 11. would have returned
4. Has Tom been telling 12. laughing
5. talks 13. has been decided
6. were 14. to admit
7. will have finished 15. had stolen
8. returns

II. Error identification (5 points)

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B

III. Word formation (10 points)

1. impressive 6. rebuilt
2. workaholic 7. survivors
3. explanation 8. effectively
4. irresponsibility 9. successfully
5. generosity 10. devastating
IV. Multiple choice (15 points)

1. A 4. A 7. D 10. B 13. D
2. B 5. B 8. B 11. C 14. D
3. A 6. D 9. D 12. C 15. A
PART C: READING (30 points)
I. Cloze reading (10 points)
1. B 3. D 5. C 7. B 9. D
2. A 4. D 6. D 8. C 10. C

II. Reading comprehension 1 (5 points)

1. A 2. C 3. C 4.B 5.D

III. Reading comprehension 2 ( 5 points)

1. G 2. F 3. D 4. A 5. B

IV. Gap filling (10 points)

1. read 6. what
2. want/ need/ use/ like 7. advertisement
3. sell 8. for
4. making/ earning 9. most
5. how 10. If

PART D: WRITING (20 points)

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I. Rewriting 1 (5 points)
1. The lifeguard advised us not to swim too far from the shore.
2. The woman whose dog was run over was terribly upset.
3. He went on with his story even though no one was listening.
He went on telling his story even though no one was listening.
4. He insisted on seeing the manager.
5. Despite the good notices the play received, not many people went to see it.
Despite the fact that the play received good notices, not many people went to see it.
Despite receiving/having received good notices, not many people went to see the play.

II. Rearrangement (5 points)

1. The most dangerous earthquake occurred in Japan in 1923.
2. Although Mrs. Thoa was tired, she helped Tuan with his homework.
3. Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
4. If you were on board now, you would experience those marverlous things.
5. What aspects of learning English do you find most difficult?

III. Sentence building (5 points)

1. The snow kept falling and the workmen grew/ became/ got/ felt/ were tired of trying to keep the roads clear.
2. The/ One advantage of having/ owning a car is (that) you do not have/ need to rely on public transport.
The advantage of having a private car is (that) you do not have/ need to rely on public transport.
The advantage of having your own car is (that) you do not have/ need to rely on public transport.
One of the advantages of having/ owning a car is (that) you do not have/ need to rely on public transport.
3. He wishes he knew English well.
4. Watching television can be (very) educational.
To watch television can be (very) educational.
5. I suggest using public buses instead of (using) motorbikes.

IV. Rewriting 2 (5 points)

1. It was such a boring film that I fell asleep.
2. The boy denied doing/ having done anything wrong.
3. The transport strike prevented me from going to work.
4. No one but Jane succeeded in producing the correct answer.
Only Jane succeeded in producing the correct answer.
5. He spoke confidently, which impressed me.
The thing which impressed me was the confident way in which he spoke.
The confident way in which he spoke impressed me.

* Lưu ý:
- Tổng điểm toàn bài là 100 điểm, mỗi câu trả lời đúng được 1 điểm.
- Quy đổi điểm bài thi về thang điểm 10.

Điểm bài thi = Tổng số câu đúng

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