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LẦN THỨ XII, NĂM 2019

ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10

ĐỀ TRƯỜNG THPT Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
CHUYÊN Ngày thi:13 /7/2022
HUỲNH MẪN ĐẠT
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(Đề thi gồm 18 trang)

Điểm
Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Số phách
Bằng số Bằng chữ

Full Name:_____________________________________________________
Attendance number:____________________________________________

I. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: You will hear a conversation between a Scottish student called John and a Finish student
called Pirkko about the Tampere Student Games in Finland. For questions 1-5, complete the
notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer
in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)

Tampere Student Games

Dates of the games: (1) _______.
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 Cost of taking part (2) _______ euros per day each.
Entry fee includes competition entrance, meals and (3) _______.
Hotel (4) _______ has a special rate during the games.
Hotel is close to (5) _______.
Website address: www.sellgames.com

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: You will hear a woman asking a tutor for more information about a Media Studies
course at a university. Listen and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
(10 points)
6. Louise worked at a radio station for about 4 years.
7. Louise wants to do a Masters because employers like post-graduate qualifications.
8. It will take 4 years to do the Masters part-time rather than the modular route.
9. To join the course, Louis must have research experience and a completed thesis.
10. Students can find the details on funding on the university website.
Your answers:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: For questions 11-15, listen to a radio discussion in which two writers, Tom Blake and
Sally Beauchamp, talk about their careers and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which
fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes provided. (10 points)
11. What does Tom say about wanting to be a writer?
A. He had no idea that he would become a writer.
B. It was something he’d made up his mind to be.
C. It was always a possibility as a career.

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 D. He had no idea how one became a writer.
12. What did it take Tom a long time to understand about American writers?
A. the importance of romance in their daily lives
B. the fact that their lives mirrored his own so closely
C. the influence that other people had on their writing
D. The practical considerations of time and money
13. How did Sally begin writing?
A. She was urged to write by her parents.
B. She became a journalist like her parents.
C. Early on she started to keep a journal.
D. Negative experiences created a need to express herself.
14. What does Sally say about journalism?
A. It provides her with story ideas.
B. It gives her less time for fiction.
C. It doesn’t bring in enough money.
D. It interferes with family life.
15. What aspect of the writing life do they both agree on?
A. It’s important for writers to have wide experience.
B. Writing fiction doesn’t provide a reliable income.
C. Writers tend to become self-absorbed and egocentric.
D. Journalism is the best way into becoming a writer.
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 4: You will hear part of a radio talk for young people about animals communicating
with each other. For questions 1-10, complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20
points)

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 Bees do a (16) _______ to communicate where to find food.
Although parrots seem to speak, they are only (17) _______ the human sounds.
Primates can communicate a few (18) _______ using simple sounds.
Monkeys have not been observered to use any kind of (19) _______.
Although dolphins can make vowel sounds, they cannot accurately imitate our (20) _______.
Amazingly, dolphins demonstrate an (21) _______ of when to use phrases.
The sounds made by whales contain (22) _______ than human speech.
The songs of the bottle-nosed whale have many of the (23) _______ of human speech.
The unique grammatical nature of human language arose due to life in (24) _______.
Indeed, a young child needs enough (25) _______ with other people to develop speech.

Your answers:

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

II. LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR (40 points)

Part 1. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write
your answers in the numbered boxes provided. (20 points)

1. With over 30 years’ experience, John is the channel’s _______ reporter

A. antique B. primitive C. veteran D. antique
2. Egypt is a fantastic country for tourists. It’s absolutely _______in history.
A. soaked B. drenched C. steeped D. saturated
3. I’d give up my job _______if only I could find a better one.
A. at one swoop B. at the drop of a hat
C. on the dot D. on the spur of the moment
4. Unsalted butter is best for this recipe, but _______, margarine will do.
A. except that B. for all of which C. failing that D. given that
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5. In some countries, confrontation between police and strikers on _______has become a
feature of life in the eighties.
A. dole queues B. picket lines C. back benches D. assembly lines
6. It would set a bad ______ if we changed the rules just for one student.
A. precaution B. infringement C. precedent D. manifestation
7. Living as a foreigner in such a(n) _______ place as this, it is hardly surprising that I get
started at walking down the street; I stand out like a sore thumb.
A. eminent B. convivial C. extraneous D. homogeneous
8. If the contract has not been signed by witnesses, it is considered _______.
A. null and void B. nook and cranny C. neck and neck D. nip and tuck
9. The country is an economic ______ with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
A. lost cause B. false dawn C. dark horse D. basket case
10. Most frequently, the earthquake lasts 30 to 60 seconds, so usually there is no time to avert
the mortal ______ once the shaking starts.
A. upkeep B. upturn C. upshot D. upswing
11. There is no point in phoning him. He’s certain _______by now.
A. to leave B. to have left C. left D. having left
12.“The President says the company is making more cars this year than last year.”
“_______attribute the increase in productivity?”
A. Does he B. What to C. To what does he D. What does he
13. "Why has Dave resigned his job?" "It was my suggestion _______his education."
A. why didn't he continue B. him to continue
C. that he continue D. he continues
14. Mr. Parris said he’d like_______ by Monday, if that’s possible.
A. the report finished B. finished the report
C. the report will be finished D. have the report finished
15. _______the US superiority at that time, it was probable that any threatened US response
would have deterred the Soviet Union.
A. If B. Given C. Although D. Since
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16. _______as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideals of the period in which it
was created.
A. Ranks B. The ranking C. To be ranked D. For being ranked
17. I’ve yet ______ a person as Theo.
A. to meet as infuriating B. to have met such infuriating
C. been meeting as infuriating D. been meeting such infuriating
18. It turned out that we _______rushed to the airport as the flight was delayed by several
hours.
A. needn’t have B. shouldn’t have C. mustn’t have D. hadn’t
19. Not until the seventeenth century ______ to measure the speed of light.
A. anyone did even attempt B. did anyone even attempt
C. even did anyone attempt D. did even attempt anyone
20.______, we went swimming.
A. Being a hot day B. It was a hot day
C. The day being hot D. Due to a hot day

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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Part 2. Use the word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences to form a word
that fits suitably in the blank. Write your answers in the numbered boxes provided. (10
points)

1. The government imposed a _______ tax on some industries. (FALL)

2. The role of clouds is one of the big conundrums of _______. (CLIMATE)
3. There are a lot of _______ articles in this newspaper. Why not read it? (NEWS)
4. The editorial section of the paper tends to be _______ and rarely contains any criticism.
(GOVERN)
5. They paid little attention to the _______ of the pieces. (FRAGMENT)
6. Whatever happens, don't let this failure _______ you. (HEART)
7. His professional judgement was coloured by his personal _______. (PATHETIC)
8. It is _______ summer, but it's rather autumnal today. (THEORY)
9. Chrissy tossed the junk mail in the bin and in doing so, she (WIT) _______ made a joke of
the lives of people she would.
10. He was very (CONTEMPT) _______ of popular writers, whom he described as having no
talent.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. Give each of the following sentences a preposition that fits suitably in the blank.
Write your answers in the numbered boxes provided. (10 points)

1. The judge reminded the witness that he was still _______ oath.
2. As the day wore _______, John grew more and more impatient.

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3. He is a leader _______ name only: his deputy has effectively taken over.
4. He walked _______ a great job straight after university because his father is a big fish in city
politics.
5. My mum draws heavily _______ her teaching experience each time she gives a presentation.
6. I’m trying to arrange an interview with the editor but it’s difficult to pin him _______ to an
exact time.
7. Jane is out in the garden mulling _______ a problem to do with work.
8. The room fell silent when Johnson, unaware of the couple's history, brought _______ the
subject of divorce.
9. The prime minister has come _______ fire during this election campaign for being slow to
respond to events.
10. There have been concerns as to why the Board didn't act _______ a recommended pay raise.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. READING (60 points)

Part 1. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions. Write your answers in the numbered boxes
provided. (15 points)

While most desert animals will drink water if confronted with it, for many of them the
opportunity never comes. Yet all living things must have water, or they will expire. The
herbivores find it in desert plants. The carnivores slave their thirst with the flesh and blood of
living prey. One of the most remarkable adjustments, however, has been made by the tiny

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kangaroo rat, who not only lives without drinking but subsists on a diet of dry seeds containing
about 5% free water. Like other animals, he has the ability to manufacture water in his body by
a metabolic conversion of carbohydrates. But he is notable for the parsimony with which he
conserves his small supply by every possible means, expending only minuscule amounts in his
excreta and through evaporation from his respiratory tract.

Investigation into how the kangaroo rat can live without drinking water has involved
various experiments with these small animals. Could kangaroo rats somehow store water in
their bodies and slowly utilize these resources in the long periods when no free water is
available from dew or rain? The simplest way to settle this question was to determine the total
water content in the animals to see if it decreases as they are kept for long periods on a dry diet.
If they slowly use up their water, the body should become increasingly dehydrated, and if they
begin with a store of water, this should be evident from an initial high water content. Results of
such experiments with kangaroo rats on dry diets for more than 7 weeks showed that the rats
maintained their body weight. There was no trend toward a decrease in water content during the
long period of water deprivation. When the kangaroo rats were given free access to water, they
did not drink water. They did nibble on small pieces of watermelon, but this did not change
appreciably the water content in their bodies, which remained at 66.3% to 67.2% during this
period.

This is very close to the water content of dry-fed animals (66.5%), and the availability of
free water, therefore, did not lead to any ‘storage’ that could be meaningful as a water reserve.
This makes it reasonable to conclude that physiological storage of water is not a factor in the
kangaroo rat’s ability to live on dry food.

1. What is the topic of this passage?

A. Kangaroo rats. B. Water in the desert.
C. Desert life. D. Physiological experiments.

2. The word ‘expire’ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. become ill B. die C. shrink D. dehydrate

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3. Which of the following is NOT a source of water for the desert animals?
A. Desert plants.
B. Metabolic conversion of carbohydrates in the body.
C. The blood of other animals.
D. Streams.

4. The word ‘it’ in the first paragraph refers to ______.

A. a living thing B. the desert C. the opportunity D. water

5. The author states that the kangaroo rat is known for all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. the economy with which it uses available water
B. living without drinking water
C. breathing slowly and infrequently
D. manufacturing water internally

6. The word ‘parsimony’ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. intelligence B. desire C. frugality D. skill

7. It is implied by the author that desert animals can exist with little or no water because of
______.
A. less need for water than other animals
B. many opportunities for them to find water
C. their ability to eat plants
D. their ability to adjust to the desert environment

8. The word ‘deprivation’ in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. preservation B. renewal C. examination D. withholding

9. According to the passage, the results of the experiments with kangaroo rats showed that
______.
A. kangaroo rats store water for use during dry periods
B. kangaroo rats took advantage of free access to water

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 C. there was no significant change in body weight due to lack of water or accessibility to
water
D. a dry diet seems detrimental to the kangaroo rat’s health

10. The word ‘access’ in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. right B. method C. opportunity D. entrance

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one
word in each space. Write your answers in the numbered boxes provided. (15 points)

ACADEMIC OVERDRIVE

Student life is becoming increasingly difficult. Not only are students expected to perform
and complete within the class, but also to (1) _______ time and energy to extra-curricular
activities as well as struggle with an increasing load of homework. The push to get into the top
universities has caused many overachieving students to (2) _______ on heavier workloads and
more challenging classes.
This push, however, doesn’t end once students reach (3) _______. In fact, when they reach
the top places they have worked so hard to get into, many students are forced to work even
harder than they did in high school. Once in the top universities, the (4) _______ is on to secure
place into the top graduate school. But it doesn’t end there. Once students have graduated with
best results, they find that they must continue to overextend themselves in order to secure the
top (5) _______ in their particular field. Such is the emphasis in academic success.
There are many who claim that this entire system is wrong because it puts too much (6)
_______ on measuring achievement and not enough on true learning. This in turn has inevitable
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(7) _______ on the students themselves. In such a high-pressure learning environment, those
that find the pressure overwhelming have nowhere to turn. In an academic world (8) _______
only by academic success, many students begin to feel a low sense of worth, yet they fear to
turn to anyone for help as this world would be perceived as a signal of failure, an (9) _______
to cope with that which other students appear to have no problem. This can be particularly hard
for foreign students as they find themselves isolated (10) _______ familiar cultural or family
ties in their new environment and thus they concentrate solely on their work.
Perhaps the main thing to remember is that although it is important to study hard, school
life should also be fun.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions. Write your answers in the numbered boxes
provided. (15 points)

NOISE POLLUTION

Noise is more than a mere nuisance. At certain levels and durations of exposure, it can
cause physical damage to the eardrum, and (1) ______ in temporary or permanent hearing loss.
In addition to causing hearing loss, (2) ______ noise exposure can also (3) ______ blood
pressure and pulse rates, cause irritability, anxiety, and mental fatigue, and interfere with sleep,
recreation, and personal communication. Noise pollution control is, therefore, (4) ______
importance in the workplace and in the community.

Noise effects can be (5) ______ by a number of techniques, for example, increasing the
distance or blocking the path between the noise source and the recipient, reducing noise levels
at the source, and (6) ______ recipients with earplugs or earmuffs. Increasing path distance is
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very effective because, as a sound wave spreads outward from the source, the fixed (7) ______
of energy in the wave is dissipated over an ever-expanding wave front. Path barriers (8) ______
walls, ceilings, and floors can be effective by absorbing as well as reflecting sound energy.
Special earmuffs are (9) ______ to protect industrial and construction workers. The best way
(10) ______ noise pollution is to reduce the sound levels at the source, for instance, by
improving design, muffling machinery and engines, and properly maintaining and lubricating
machinery to reduce vibrations.

1. A. bring B. result C. create D. affect

2. A. exceedingly B. excess C. excessively D. excessive
3. A. enlarge B. maximize C. raise D. rise
4. A. for B. of C. at D. within
5. A. done B. created C. brought D. minimized
6. A. protecting B. protect C. protected D. protects
7. A. kind B. type C. amount D. number
8. A. as B. such as C. like D. or
9. A. available B. ready C. accessible D. enough
10. A. prevent B. preventing C. for preventing D. to prevent

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 4. Read the passage and do the tasks below. Write your answers in the numbered
boxes provided. (15 points)

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 KEEP TAKING THE TABLETS

In the opening pages of Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug. Diarmuid
Jeffreys describes this little white pill as ‘one of the most amazing creations in medical history,
a drug so astonishingly versatile that it can relieve headache, ease your aching limbs, lower
your temperature and treat some of the deadliest human diseases’.

Its properties have been known for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptian physicians used
extracts from the willow tree as an analgesic, or pain killer. Centuries later the Greek physician
Hippocrates recommended the bark of the willow tree as a remedy for the pains of childbirth
and as a lever reducer. But it wasn't until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that salicylates
the chemical found in the willow tree became the subject of serious scientific investigation. The
race was on to identify the active ingredient and to replicate it synthetically. At the end of the
nineteenth century a German company, Friedrich Bayer & Co, succeeded in creating a
relatively safe and very effective chemical compound, acetylsalicylic acid, which was renamed
aspirin.

The late nineteenth century was a fertile period for experimentation, partly because of the
hunger among scientists to answer some of the great scientific questions, but also because those
questions were within their means to answer. One scientist in a laboratory with some chemicals
and a test tube could make significant breakthroughs whereas today, in order to map the human
genome for instance, one needs ‘an army of researchers. a bank of computers and millions and
millions of dollars.

But an understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry is not enough on its
own to explain how society innovates. In the nineteenth century, scientific advance was closely
linked to the industrial revolution. This was a period when people frequently had the means,
motive and determination to take an idea and turn it into reality. In the case of aspirin that
happened piecemeal - a series of minor, often unrelated advances, fertilised by the century’s
broader economic, medical and scientific developments, that led to one big final breakthrough.

The link between big money and pharmaceutical innovation is also a significant one.

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Aspirin’s continued shelf life was ensured because for the first 70 years of its life, huge
amounts of money were put into promoting it as an ordinary everyday analgesic. In the 1970s
other analgesics, such as ibuprofen and paracetamol, were entering the market, and the
pharmaceutical companies then focused on publicising these new drugs. But just at the same
time, discoveries were made regarding the beneficial role of aspirin in preventing heart attacks,
strokes and other afflictions. Had it not been for these findings, this pharmaceutical marvel may
well have disappeared.

So the relationship between big money and drugs is an odd one. Commercial markets are
necessary for developing new products and ensuring that they remain around long enough for
scientists to carry out research on them. But the commercial markets are just as likely to kill off
certain products when something more attractive comes along. In the case of aspirin, a potential
‘wonder drug' was around for over 70 years without anybody investigating the way in which it
achieved its effects, because they were making more than enough money out of it as it was. If
ibuprofen or paracetamol had entered the market just a decade earlier, aspirin might then not be
here today. It would be just another forgotten drug that people hadn't bothered to explore.

None of the recent discoveries of aspirin's benefits were made by the big pharmaceutical
companies; they were made by scientists working in the public sector. “The reason for that is
very simple and straightforward,” Jeffreys says in his book. “Drug companies will only pursue
research that is going to deliver financial benefits. There's no profit in aspirin any more. It is
incredibly inexpensive with tiny profit margins and it has no patent anymore, so anyone can
produce it.” In fact, there's almost a disincentive for drug companies to further boost the drug,
he argues, as it could possibly put them out of business by stopping them from selling their
more expensive brands.

So what is the solution to a lack of commercial interest in further exploring the

therapeutic benefits of aspirin? More public money going into clinical trials, says Jeffreys. ‘If I
were the Department of Health, I would say "this is a very inexpensive drug. There may be a lot
of other things we could do with it." We should put a lot more money into trying to find out.’

Jeffreys’ book which not only tells the tale of a ‘wonder drug’ but also explores the nature of
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innovation and the role of big business, public money and regulation reminds us why such
research is so important.

Questions 1-5. Complete each sentence with the correct ending A-G from the box below.

1 Ancient Egyptian and Greek doctors were aware of

2 Frederick Bayer & Co were able to reproduce
3 The development of aspirin was partly due to the effects of
4 Aspirin might have become unavailable without
5 The way in which aspirin actually worked was not investigated by

A. the discovery of new medical applications.

B. the negative effects of publicity.
C. the large pharmaceutical companies.
D. the industrial revolution.
E. the medical uses of a particular tree.
F. the limited availability of new drugs.
G. the chemical found in the willow tree.

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Questions 6-10. Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading
Passage?

YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

6 For nineteenth-century scientists, small-scale research was enough to make important

discoveries.
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7 The nineteenth-century industrial revolution caused a change in the focus of scientific
research.
8 The development of aspirin in the nineteenth century followed a structured pattern of
development.
9 In the 1970s sales of new analgesic drugs overtook sales of aspirin.
10 Commercial companies may have both good and bad effects on the availability of
pharmaceutical products.

Your answers:

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

IV. WRITING (50 points)

Part 1: Chart description (20 points)

The pie charts below show the devices people in the 18 to 25 age group use to watch television
in Canada in two different years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons
where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Pie charts

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Part 2: Essay writing (30 points)

“Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other
important professions.” Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair.
Discuss both these views and give your opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.”
Write at least 250 words.
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