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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN LAM SƠN
THANH HÓA Năm học 2021-2022
ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 1 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
(Đề thi có 5 phần, gồm 06 trang) (Đề dùng cho thi sinh thi vào Chuyên Anh)
Ngày thi:………… 06/2022
Thời gian: 150 phút
SECTION A – LISTENING (15 pts)
Part 1: Listen to the recording twice then choose A, B or C to best answer the questions.
1. What's the matter with Steve?
A. He has a cold. B. He has the flu. C. He has a stomachache.
2. How long has Steve been sick?
A. since Friday B. since Saturday C. since Sunday
3. How often should Steve take the medicine the doctor prescribes?
A. three times a day with meals B. four times a day before meals C. three times a day after meals
4. What does Carla suggest he do?
A. take herbal medicine B. see another doctor C. eat chicken soup
5. What does Steve decide to do?
A. talk to another friend B. listen to Carla's suggestion C. see the same doctor again
Part 2: Questions 6-15. A new business owner enquires about courses. Listen to the conversation and
complete each gap with no more than THREE words.
BUSINESS NATIONWIDE
Courses available:
Name of Course: (0) Getting Started
Time: Two hours from (6) ……………………………………..
Cost: Free
Course Content: Is starting a business right for me?
Writing a (7) …………………………………….. plan
Some legal issues
Nearest Location: Handbridge
Next Course Date: 20th March
Name of Course: (8) ……………………………………..
Length of course: (9) ……………………………………..
Cost: (10) £ …………………………………… or £20 for recently unemployed
Course Content: Day One: Legal Issues
Day Two: Marketing and Pricing
Day Three: Accounting and (11) ……………………………………..
Nearest Location: Renton
Next Course Date: 5th March or (12) ……………………………………..

CALLER’S DETAILS
Name: (13) ……………………………………..
Address: (14) …………………….……………….., Eastleigh
email: (15) ………………………………@rainbow.com

SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 pts)

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Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same
line. (3 pts)
16. A. massage B. espionage C. advantage D. sabotage
17. A. cherish B. chameleon C. challenge D. champion
18. A. together B. worthy C. ethnic D. though
Question II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each
question. (2 pts)
19. A. preferable B. commentator C. demonstrative D. imitable
20. A. cover B. prevent C. replace D. collapse
SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts)
Question I. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. (8 pts)
21. This is the first time she (enjoy) …………….…… herself in such a party.
22. By the end of next month, the bridge in our neighborhood (build) ...........................................
23. In a few minutes’ time, when the clock strikes six, I (wait) ……………..…….. for you here.
24. When he came home, everybody (sleep) .......................................
25. Their parents (have) .................................. more money, they would send their children to study abroad.
26. It is vital that these application forms (consider) ........................................ carefully.
27. The furniture in the living room has been damaged by the rain. You (close) .................................. the
window last night.
28. We (help) ………….................………………. you but you didn’t tell us that you were in trouble.
Question II. Supply the correct form of the words given. (7 pts)
29. A list of (come)………………… events will be posted on the notice – board
30. The failure of this scheme would have serious (imply) ……………………….
31. Her son is always mischievous and (obey) ……..........……………., which annoys her very much.
32. The Americans are much more concerned than the Indians and the Chinese with physical (attract)
………………………. when choosing a wife or a husband.
33. Fred’s family has suffered from his (expend) ……………..…………..
34. The water from the stream should be (pure) ……….……… before you drink it.
35. John told everyone that he worked for a large company, but the company is (exist) ……………….….
Question III. There are FIVE mistakes in the text (from 36 to 40). Identify each mistake, write it down
and give your correction. (5pts)
Example: Line 1: say→says
WHY I DISLIKE COMPUTER
1Almost everyone say that computers are wonderful and that they are changing our lives for the better by
making everything faster and more reliable, but I am not so sure that this is the case.
The other day I was standing in large department store wait to pay for a couple of films for my camera when
the assistant announced that the computer which controlled the till had stopped to work. I did not think this
5was a big problem and I set off to find other counter, but of course, all the machines are part of the same

system. So there we were: a shop full of customers, money at the ready, waiting to make our purchases, but
it was quite clear that none of the assistants knew what to do. They were not allowed to take our money and
give customers a written receipt, because of the sales would not then have been recorded on the computer
system. In the end, like many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and walked out. Don’t you
10think that’s ridiculous? It would never have happened before computers, and that, for me, is the problem:

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we are beginning to depend on these machines for so complete that we simply cannot manage without them
anymore.
Question IV. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10 pts)
41. Hoang Anh Gialai football fans ……………….. for joy when their team scored the first goal.
A. came B. jumped C. burst D. moved
42. Tam will see you if you use the office telephone without permission. She has eyes like a …………
A. fox B. hawk C. goose D. bird
43. The management are making ………………… to increase the company’s efficiency.
A. moves B. steps C. measures D. deeds
44. This cloth …………………………. very thin
A. feels B. touches C. handles D. holds
45. Health workers are at higher risk from a novel corona virus ................... they come into contact with
patients more often than the general public.
A. Even though B. in spite of C. in that D. because of
46. Her second venture, a software firm, is booming and will soon be ready to.......................more staff.
A. get on B. depend on C. put on D. took on
47. There are plenty of................... solutions that have been tried and tested successfully in many countries.
A. off the beam B. on the house C. off the peg D. on the shelf
48. Coming into the classroom, the teacher saw a sea .................... warm smiles.
A. of B. in C. on D. with
49. It is common knowledge that cats can see in ....................... dark.
A. an B. a C. the D. O (no article)
50. Nobody is aware of the problem,______.
A. are they B. aren't they C. is it D. isn't
SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)
Question I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in
each space (10pts)
A SMALL PET
Miniature dogs that fit in your handbag have been popular 51.__________a long time but now
there’s a new must have mini animal: the micro dog. This could 52.________the new pet for the family 53.
______has everything. According to breeder Jane Croft they make fantastic pets 54. ______they are very
low maintenance and don’t make much noise. They are easy to toilet train and once you have bond with
them, they are very loving. In fact with training they can be intelligent and well-behaved pets.
55.______popular belief, they are clean animals and do not smell. They need outdoor space though and
regular exercise so they are not ideal for families living in small flats.
Miniature pigs 56.____________first developed for medical research in Europe before being
introduced as pets in the USA in the 1980s. Since 57.__________the animals have been used
58._________scientists throughout the world and are now becoming a fashionable pet in Europe. Scientists
have used miniature pigs in all sorts 59.___________studies including organ transplantation. Miniature pigs
are better for medical research 60.________normal breeds of pigs because they don’t have the same weight
and health problems large pigs do. They will make better pets too for the same reasons.
Question II. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each
space. (10 pts)

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 The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between adults and
children. Parents and teachers (61)______ maintain that silence is important when learning, (62)______
youngsters insist that their favourite sounds help them concentrate.
Now a study shows that the grown-ups have been right all long. Psychologists in Florida tested how
fast students wrote essays with and without music in the (63)______. They found that the sounds slowed
progress down by about sixty words per hour. “This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to cope
(64)______ listening and writing in the same time,” said Dr Sarah Randall. She also (65)______ to the
conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals. “All types of music had
the same effect,” she said in the report. “One’s ability to pay (66)______ to write fluently is likely to be
disturbed by both vocal and instrumental music,” she added.
Dr Randall claimed the research (67)______ that the idea that music could improve performance was
wrong. “Writing an essay is a complex task. You are recalling information and putting it in (68)______. An
additional stimulus in the form of music is bound to distract. But music is not the only (69)______. What is
(70)______ worrying is that more and more teenagers are studying in front of the television.”
61. A. likely B. lively C. alive D. alike
62. A. besides B. because C. whereas D. despite
63. A. setting B. background C. surrounding D. circumstance
64. A. about B. to C. up D. with
65. A. came B. drew C. arrived D. reached
66. A. attendance B. intention C. attention D. intensity
67. A. investigated B. demonstrated C. concentrated D. devastated
68. A. order B. turn C. line D. time
69. A. distracted B. distraction C. distractor D. distracting
70. A. particularly B. informally C. officially D. respectively
Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions below. (10 pts)
Unlike buried treasure and some minerals, fossils are usually not valuable in themselves. However, most of
the fossils you find will be of greatest value to you. They will help you learn much about the geologic
history of the earth and its inhabitants.
If it were not for fossils, we would have no way of knowing about the animals that once roamed the earth or
that once crawled on the bottom of the ancient seas. In fact, we would not even know for sure that there were
once seas in some regions if it were not for the many fossils of sea animals that we find there.
You can look at some fossils and see for yourself the shape of the ancient animals. Even if you collect only
bits of one kind of fossil, you may still be able to tell what it looked like. Making sense out of fossil bits is a
little like working a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes you will lose pieces, but you can still recognize the picture
and even use your imagination to fill in the missing details. The habits of ancient sea animals are not so easy
to determine. Therefore, scientists study the structure and the habits of similar living animals to learn what
the ancient ones must have been like. There are some things, however, that neither the study of fossils nor
the study of living animals can tell us. For example, no one knows what colour most ancient sea animals
were. Also, since the soft parts disappeared soon after death, many details of their internal structure are
unknown. So the pictures of ancient sea creatures (as well as dinosaurs!) are what scientists think the
animals looked like. Reconstructing the life of an ancient sea animal on the basis of fossil evidence and the
characteristics of similar living animals is a little like relying on circumstantial evidence in court.
71. This passage is mainly about animals that________ .
A. have very tough hides B. once lived on the earth
C. inhabit the seas of today D. are becoming extinct
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72. With the help of fossils we can .
A. reconstruct life of the past B. predict the future
C. explain the changes of the seasons D. save some species of animals from extinction
73. Many details of ancient animals are lacking because_________ .
A. many species have not been found
B. volcanic disasters have permanently buried many fossils
C. many fossils lie in deep water and cannot be recovered
D. soon after death the soft parts of the body decay
74.To “determine” in the passage is closest in meaning to________ .
A. come across B. study C. find out D. imitate
75. This passage implies that a scientist’s evaluation of the past is based on____________ .
A. laboratory experiments with live animals B. a few facts mixed with a lot of opinions
C. predictions made in the past and present D. field studies of our society
IV. Read the following passage and choose the most suitable phrase from A to F to fill in each gap. There
is one extra phrase that you don’t need to use. Write the answers on your answer sheets. (5 pts)
A. travel as more and more countries are taking action to fight COVID-19
B. stay away from crowded places
C. presents a significant threat to the industry as a whole
D. shrink by up to 25 percent
E. cause great damage to humans and property
F. has warned that the coronavirus could threaten its survival
The coronavirus pandemic could cut up to 50 million jobs worldwide in the travel and tourism industry. This
is according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The tourism industry could (76) .….…...
Many people are staying at home and not travelling. Many people cannot (77) .……... This action includes
closing borders, requiring people self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in a country, and banning flights
from other countries. The head of the WTTC said the pandemic, “clearly (78) ……….., to those employed
within it, and those wishing to continue travelling.”
The tourism industry makes up 10 percent of the world’s GDP and jobs. It is one of the industries hardest hit
by the COVID-19 virus. Airlines, cruise ships and hotels have suffered big losses. Korean Air (79) …….
Australia’s Qantas has reduced its international flights by nearly 25 percent because of the outbreak. World-
famous sites are deserted. This could cause restaurants and cafes to go out of business as tourists (80)
………. Tourism is a key industry in Hawaii. Experts there predict that over half of Hawaii’s hotel rooms
will be empty over the next few months. The WTTC said the tourism would take 10 months to recover after
the virus.
SECTION E: WRITING (20 pts)
Question I. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed above it. (5 pts)
81. Not many of the people in Britain speak a single word of my language
Hardly …………………………………………………………………………………………….
82. What has this experience taught you?
→What conclusions ……………………………………………………………………………...?
83. Bill was about to speed when he saw the patrol man.
→Bill was on ……………………………………………………………………………………..
84. She wore headphones in order not to disturb anyone

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→She wore headphones lest………………………………………………………………………
85. It’s rumored that we will have a new manager.
→Rumor has ………………………………………………………………………………………
Question II. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one, using the
words given. (5 pts)
86. Ill health resulted in his inability to do the job. (COPE)
He was ……………………………………………………………………………..……………….
87. When Mary was pregnant, all she wanted to eat was jelly. (CRAVING)
Mary ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
88. I think you should be tolerant of other people’s weaknesses. (ALLOWANCES)
I think you should …………………………………………………………………………………..
89. He’s certainly not stupid. (MEANS)
He is …………………………………………………………………………………………………
90. The café was in a mess and we had to redecorate it. (DO)
The café was ……………………………………………………………………………………….
Question III. Write a paragraph 100 - 150 words (10 pts)
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? “Grades (marks) encourage students to learn”.
…………….. THE END ……………….