TRƯỜNG TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG ĐỀ THI OLYMPIC MÔN CHUYÊN

CHUYÊN HẠ LONG DÀNH CHO HỌC SINH THCS LẦN THỨ NHẤT
(Đề thi có 10 trang) Ngày thi: 31/3/2024
Môn: Tiếng Anh
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- Bài nghe hiểu gồm 04 phần.

- Thí sinh nghe và trả lời câu hỏi theo yêu cầu; mỗi phần được nghe 02 lần.
- Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.

A. LISTENING (5.0 points)

Part 1. You will hear a radio interview with Barry Gribbs about a youth festival. For questions 1-10,
complete the sentences with a word or short phrase. (2.0 points)
International Youth Festival
The interview is taking place at the (1) _____________________, where the festival is held annually.
Barry says that the festival will go for (2) _____________________.
Barry says that the Showcase is always the (3) _____________________ event of the festival.
Not all of the acts will appear in the Showcase as there are (4) _____________________ of them.
Barry advises people to look in the festival catalogue for information about venues,
(5) ______________.
This year, festival goers will be able to watch dance troupes (6) _____________________.
Barry informs the listeners that (7) _____________________ from the area will be putting on the
theatre productions.
In addition to the athletics stadium, events will take place (8) _____________________.
Barry says festival goers won‟t pay more than (9) _____________________ for a show.
If you buy a (10) _____________________, you can get a huge discount.
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Part 2. You will hear a psychologist being interviewed about friendship. For questions 11-15, choose
the correct letter (A, B, C or D) that fits best according to what you hear. (1.0 point)
11. From three to five years old, children ________
A. are happy to play alone. B. prefer to be with their family.
C. have rather selfish relationships. D. have little idea of ownership.
12. From age five to eight or ten, children ________
A. change their friends more often. B. decide who they want to be friends with.
C. admire people who don‟t keep to rules. D. learn to be tolerant of their friends.
13. According to Sarah Browne, adolescent ________
A. may be closer to their friends than to their parents.
B. develop an interest in friends of the opposite sex.
C. choose friends with similar personalities to themselves.
D. want friends who are dependable.
14. Young married people ________
A. tend to focus on their children. B. often lose touch with their friends.
C. make close friends less easily. D. need fewer friends than single people.
15. In middle or old age people generally prefer ________
A. to say in touch with old friends. B. to see younger friends more often.
C. to have friends who live nearby. D. to spend more time with their friends.

Your answer
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 3. You will hear a talk about motivation. For questions 16-20, decide whether the following
statements are True (T) or False (F) according to the recording. (1.0 point)
16. We try to motivate workers in the same way that we try to motivate our children.
17. In the Glucksberg experiment, the people who were offered a reward finished faster than people
who were not offered one.
18. In Ariely's experiment, people were more creative when they were concentrating on achieving a
goal.
19. In the future, jobs will require workers to be more creative.
20. People always work better when they start the day later and work into the night.

Your answer:
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Part 4. You will hear five people talking about their lifestyles. For questions 21-25, choose from the
list (A-H) the main advantage of the lifestyle mentioned by each speaker. Use the letters only once.
There are three extra letters which you do not need to use. (1.0 point)
A putting knowledge to good use
B working fewer hours Speaker 1 21.
C seeing customers‟ positive reactions Speaker 2 22.
D having a lifestyle similar to the one in his/her homeland Speaker 3 23.
E getting roles he/she could never have expected Speaker 4 24.
F enjoying colleagues‟ company Speaker 5 25.
G living in the fast lane
H experiencing rural life

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B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (4.0 points)
Part 1. Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer that best fits each of the blanks in the
following questions. (2.0 points)
1. If he does not repay the money, they will, as a last _______, take him to the court.
A. attempt B. solution C. resort D. initiative
2. It is advisable that she _______ care of her ill mother.
A. take B. takes C. took D. would take
3. The _______ lay with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing
with so many people.
A. mistake B. error C. fault D. foul
4. You _______ to the doctor‟s. You just had your check-up last week.
A. didn‟t need to go B. didn‟t have to go C. needn‟t go D. needn‟t have gone
5. Police are _______ significant progress in fighting computer crime.
A. doing B. making C. taking D. putting
6. The woman was _______ from hospital only a week after her operation.
A. discharged B. admitted C. expelled D. banished
7. Florida, _______ as the Sunshine State, attracts many tourists every year.
A. is known B. knowing C. that is known D. known
8. I asked him to keep an eye _______ my suitcase while I was gone.
A. into B. on C. at D. for
9. The team‟s coach insisted on a program of _______ training before the big game.
A. rigorous B. complicated C. slack D. vigorous
10. The building was demolished before a crowd of nearly 200 _______.
A. audiences B. onlookers C. viewers D. spectators
11. _______ are considered humorous is mainly due to his characters‟ use of slang.
A. That Myan‟s stories C. Myan‟s stories, which
B. Myan‟s stories D. Because Myan‟s stories
12. Though considered the king sport in many parts of the world, soccer has never really _______.
A. taken up B. caught on C. went ahead D. worked out
13. Two close friends Tom and Kyle are talking about Kyle’s upcoming birthday.
Tom: “Can I bring a friend to your birthday party?” Kyle: “_________”
A. It‟s my pleasure. C. I really appreciate you saying that.
B. The more the merrier. D. Don‟t mention it.
14. All building work must be carried out _______ safety regulations.
A. in terms of C. with reference to
B. in compliance with D. on account of
15. The search for a new vaccine will _______ priority over all other medical research.
A. make B. get C. give D. take
16. _______ for your support, I could not have finished the task.
A. If hadn‟t it been B. Not had it been C. It had not been D. Had it not been
17. I try to set a(n) _______ for my employees by always arriving to work on time.
A. standard B. example C. model D. image
18. Two friends Peter and Linda are talking about pets.
Peter: “Well, cats are very good at catching mice around the house.”
Linda: “________.”
A. Nothing more to say C. You can say that again
B. Yes, I hope so D. No, dogs are very good, too
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19. He was against the idea to start with, but he soon _______ when he realized how much money
he‟d get.
A. made a difference C. changed his tune
B. faced the music D. spilled the beans
20. She was caught cheating in the race. _______ , she was disqualified.
A. Explicitly B. Accordingly C. Incredibly D. Fundamentally
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Part 2. Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of
the following sentences. (1.0 point)
21. The number of students attending universities to study economics have increased steadily in
A B C D
the last few years.
22. Food prices have raised so rapidly in the past few months that some families have been forced
A B C
to alter their eating habits.
D
23. There are twenty species of wild roses in North America, all of which have prickly stems, pinnate
A B
leaves, and large flowers, which usually smell sweetly.
C D
24. It is estimated that a scientific principle has a life expectation of approximately a decade before
A B
it was drastically revised or replaced by newer information.
C D
25. With the victory over Germany in the final match, Brazil became the first team winning the trophy
A B C
five times.
D
26. His application for a visa was turned off not only because it was incompletely and incorrectly
A B C
filled out but also because it was written in pencil.
D
27. Owing to their superior skills, highly competitive athletes have been known to win contests
A B C
and break records, even when suffered from injuries, physical disorders, and infections.
D
28. The vacuum tube did an important contribution to the early growth of radio and television.
A B C D
29. Though artist Tatun was totally blind in one eye and had only slight vision in another, he became
A B C
an internationally renowned jazz musician.
D
30. Though formally close friends, they have now been estranged from each other due to some
A B C
regrettable misunderstandings.
D

Your answer:
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
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Part 3. Give the correct form of the words in capital letters. Write your answers in the spaces
provided. (1.0 point)
31. She stood there completely (EXPRESS) ___________________, so I had no idea at all what she
was thinking.
32. A (MOTIVATE) ___________________ learner is less likely to retain the content of the lesson
than one who is enthusiastic.
33. There are many complaints about the (ADEQUATE) ____________________ of facilities for the
handicapped.
34. I‟m a bit of a (PERFECT) ______________________, so I can spend all day agonizing over
which choice of two words to use.
35. The car in front was going very slowly, so John (TAKE) ____________________ it.
36. Mrs. Stone is an (EXPECT) ____________________ mother. Her baby is due next month.
37. If I hadn‟t (ECONOMY) _____________________ on food and water, we wouldn‟t have
survived a single day in the cave.
38. Lisa is very (PHOTO) ____________________. She always manages to look good in photographs.
39. Today, a term in prison doesn‟t seem to act as much of a (DETER) ________________ to
potential criminals.
40. She looked in on the baby (PERIOD) ___________________ to check that it was all right.
C. READING (6.0 points)
Part 1. Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. (1.6 points)
The ready-meal capital of Europe
In recent years, ready-made meals have (1) ___________ Britain‟s eating habits. Britons now spend
four times as much as the Italians on ready-made meals and six times more than the Spanish. Demand
for instant meals has increased across Europe as a (2) ___________ but why has Britain become the
(3) ___________ European capital of ready-made food, second only in the world to America?
Convenience is part of the attraction. A recent survey found that 77 percent of purchasers said they
only bought ready meals when they did not have time to cook. The ready-made meal boom also
reflects changing social (4) ___________ in Britain. More people live alone and so are less likely to be
(5) ___________ to cook. And with families eating together less often, ready meals allow people to eat
what they want when they want. Julia Michna, of Marks and Spencer, says that ready meals also
reflect changing (6) ___________ in food. „Brian‟s multiculturalism has brought a (7) ___________
range of restaurants than other European countries, and ethnic cuisines, which people are often scared
of cooking from (8) ___________, are far more popular. One quarter of chilled meals are Indian, and
nearly one in five are Chinese.
1. A. amended B. transformed C. transferred D. adopted
2. A. conclusion B. total C. result D. whole
3. A. undisputed B. unclassified C. undefeated D. unclaimed
4. A. drifts B. biases C. trends D. moves
5. A. offended B. bothered C. worried D. disturbed
6. A. desires B. likings C. tastes D. wishes
7. A. harder B. longer C. higher D. wider
8. A. scratch B. beginning C. outset D. initial
Your answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Part 2. Fill the gap with ONE suitable word (1.4 points)
What do you call a ….?
Let‟s face it, there are some pretty weird and wonderful entries on the list of names for living
creatures. Some might give you a very clear picture of (9) _______________ to expect when you look
at it! A blobfish has to be round, right? You won‟t find leafy sea dragons on (10) _______________,
will you? In the 18th century, science (11) _______________ the important step of giving species two-
part Latin names, such as Homo Spiens, (12) _______________ a view to allowing people around the
world to communicate unambiguously. To a certain extent, the system, known as “binomial
nomenclature”, has (13) _______________ its job. Names often give a clear indication of origin
(japonica), colour (azurea) or size (nana). On the other hand, it has produced some fun terms, to say
the least, like Wunderpus photgenicus or more recently, Heteropoda davidbowie, apparently (14)
_______________ of the singer‟s contribution to the arachnid world. The more you swot up (15)
_______________ this fascinating subject, the more you‟ll learn (and chuckle), believe me! I‟ve just
discovered that there‟s a creature called, believe it or not, a “fried egg jellyfish”!
Part 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 22. (1.4 points)
Biological diversity has become widely recognized as a critical conservation issue only in the
past two decades. The rapid destruction of the tropical rain forests, which are the ecosystems with the
highest known species diversity on Earth, has awakened people to the importance and fragility of
biological diversity. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is
important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems. As the human
population continues to expand, it will negatively affect one after another of Earth‟s ecosystems. In
terrestrial ecosystems and in fringe marine ecosystems (such as wetlands), the most common problem
is habitat destruction. In most situations, the result is irreversible. Now humans are beginning to
destroy marine ecosystems through other types of activities, such as disposal and runoff of poisonous
waste; in less than two centuries, by significantly reducing the variety of species on Earth, they have
irrevocably redirected the course of evolution.
Certainly, there have been periods in Earth‟s history when mass extinctions have occurred. The
extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by some physical event, either climatic or cosmic. There have
also been less dramatic extinctions, as when natural competition between species reached an extreme
conclusion. Only 0.01 percent of the species that have lived on Earth have survived to the present, and
it was largely chance that determined which species survived and which died out.
However, nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is
altering the physical and chemical world and demolishing the environment. In fact, there is wide
agreement that it is the rate of change humans are inflicting, even more than the changes themselves,
that will lead to biological devastation. Life on Earth has continually been in flux as slow physical and
chemical changes have occurred on Earth, but life needs time to adapt-time for migration and genetic
adaptation within existing species and time for the proliferation of new genetic material and new
species that may be able to survive in new environments.

16. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The variety of species found in tropical rain forests
B. The cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs
C. The time required for species to adapt to new environments
D. The impact of human activities on Earth‟s ecosystems
17. The word “jolting” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.
A. illuminating B. unknown C. shocking D. predicted
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18. What does the word “they” in the passage refer to?
A. ecosystems B. humans C. species D. activities
19. The author mentions all the following as examples of the effect of humans on the world‟s
ecosystems EXCEPT ______.
A. damage to marine ecosystems
B. habitat destruction in wetlands
C. the introduction of new varieties of plant species
D. destruction of the tropical rain forests
20. The author mentions the extinction of the dinosaurs in the 2nd paragraph to emphasize that ______.
A. not all mass extinctions have been caused by human activity
B. actions by humans could not stop the irreversible process of a species‟ extinction
C. Earth‟s climate has changed significantly since the dinosaurs‟ extinction
D. the cause of the dinosaurs‟ extinction is unknown
21. According to the passage, natural evolutionary change is different from changes caused by humans
in which changes caused by humans ______.
A. affect fewer ecosystems B. are occurring at a much faster rate
C. are reversible D. are less devastating to most species
22. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?
A. The extinction of a few species is an acceptable consequence of human progress.
B. Technology will provide solutions to problems caused by the destruction of ecosystems.
C. Human influence on ecosystems should not be a factor in determining public policy.
D. Humans should be more conscious of the influence they have on ecosystems.

Your answer
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

Part 4. The following reading passage has five paragraphs, A-E. Read the paragraphs and choose
the correct heading for each paragraph from the list below. There are more headings than
paragraphs, so you will not use them all. Write the number of the heading in the corresponding
provided space. (1.6 points)

List of headings
i. Social impact
ii. Management decisions 23. Paragraph A: _______
iii. Flexibility of technology 24. Paragraph B: _______
iv. Wasted time on the road 25. Paragraph C: _______
v. Technology keeping us at home 26. Paragraph D: _______
vi. Benefits of all 27. Paragraph E: _______
vii. Keeping it clean
viii. Time for a change
WORKING FROM HOME
A. Can you feel your anxiety and stress levels increasing every time you get caught in a traffic jam?
Do you find it difficult to control your tongue when your boss points out your shortcomings yet again?
Do you yearn for state-of-the-art technology in your home that you haven't had to pay for? If you are
shouting an enthusiastic “Yes!” in answer to these questions, then it could be time to make a career
and life change that may not even require you to quit your job. Just suggest to your boss that you wish
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 to become one of the new breeds of executives whose office is based at home.
B. Working from home is a relatively new phenomenon but is becoming an increasingly popular
option with both businesses and employees. The technology available to us means that we no longer
need to be in the same office building as our colleagues to communicate effectively with each other. E-
mail, video conferencing, mobile telephones and more, mean that we can do business just as
efficiently, regardless of our location.
C. Companies may choose to employ a proportion of their staff as home-based workers, as, of course,
a workforce set up in such a way requires far less office space and fewer parking facilities. The fixed
costs of a business can be dramatically reduced. Employees can enjoy the added benefits of freedom to
schedule the day as they choose and freedom to spend more time at home with their families.
D. We can even go so far as to say that the working-from-home phenomenon could be one of the
answers to the pollution problems which the modern world has inflicted upon itself. Fewer people
travelling to work every day equals fewer cars. Fewer cars, of course, equate to lower CO2 levels in
the atmosphere.
E. But what are the drawbacks to working at home? For many of us, work is a means of escaping our
nearest and dearest and making our own mark on the world. The relationships we have with our
colleagues are a significant part of our life - after all, full-time workers spend a third of their day in
their workplace. Some people who work from home feel that they are actually much more productive
and can get tasks done in a much shorter time than in an office environment. Others, however, may be
demotivated by the isolation and find it difficult to get down to tasks which have a more intangible
deadline.
Questions 28-30
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage ?
In the numbered boxes below, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

28. Individuals experiencing increased anxiety and stress due to traffic jams and difficulties with their
boss may benefit from working from home.
29. Home-based workers allow companies to insignificantly reduce fixed costs.
30. Working from home could be a solution to pollution problems by reducing the number of cars on
the road.

Your answer
28. 29. 30.

D. WRITING (5.0 points)

Part 1. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before
it. (1.0 point)
1. It is quite unnecessary to answer his letter.
 There‟s _________________________________________________________________.
2. The reason they didn‟t give him the job was because he couldn‟t use a computer.
 Had it ________________________________________________________________.
3. My sister got Jim to repair the fence that fell over in the garden.
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  My sister had the ________________________________________________________.
4. I suppose he has won the championship.
 He must_________________________________________________________________.
5. As Christmas gets closer, she gets excited.
 The ____________________________________________________________________.
Part 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not
change the word given in the blanket. Write between two to five words. (1.0 point)
6. Why do I have to do all the hard work? (donkey)
 Why do I have ________________________________________________work?
7. I‟ll do everything I possibly can to help you. (power)
 I‟ll do_________________________________________________________ to help you.
8. “You must have another piece of apple pie, Alice,” said Grandson. (on)
 Grandson _________________________________________________ piece of apple pie.
9. Don‟t leave your car unlocked, whatever you do. (no)
 Under ____________________________________________________your car unlocked.
10. We ought to suggest a solution to the problem before it is too late. (up)
 It‟s about __________________________________with a solution before it is too late.

Part 3. Write a paragraph. (3.0 points)

Write a paragraph of about 160-180 words to suggest some strategies to maintain good health.

Write your paragraph in the space below.

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- Học sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, thiết bị điện tử khi làm bài.
- Giám thị không giải thích thêm.

Giám thị (ký & ghi họ tên):…………………………………..……

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