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

THỪA THIÊN HUẾ NĂM HỌC 2018-2019

Khóa ngày 02 tháng 6 năm 2018
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
(Đề thi có 08 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Điểm Họ tên và chữ ký giám khảo 1: Mã phách

(Bằng số và bằng chữ)

Họ tên và chữ ký giám khảo 2:

*Ghi chú: - Học sinh làm bài trên đề thi và không ghi gì vào phần trên;
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
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I. LISTENING (20 points)
The listening test has TWO parts. You will hear each part TWICE. At the beginning
of each part, you will have time to read the questions and at the end of each part,
you will have time to complete your answers.
Part 1: (10 points)
You will hear a talk on the subject of travel in the 21 st century. For questions 1-10,
complete the notes.
World Tourism Organization predicts:
- number of holiday trips will rise by 1. _______________ per year
- tourism will become a bigger industry than 2. _______________
How tourism will change:
- most 20th-century tourists chose 3. _______________ holidays
- what 21st-century tourists will want:
+ type of accommodation: 4. _______________
+ chance to try: local 5. _______________ and _______________
+ travel around by: 6. _______________
Type of holiday that will become more popular:
- visiting more than one 7. _______________
- activity included, e.g. 8. _______________
Reasons for changing holiday habits:
- changes in people’s 9. _______________ lives
- information available from 10. _______________

Part 2: (10 points)

You will hear a conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee about the
holiday vacation.

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Questions 11-13
Choose the correct answer to the following questions. Only ONE answer is possible
for each question.
11. Which member or members of the speaker's family have health problems?
A. The speaker B. The speaker's parents
C. The speaker's father and younger sister D. None of the speaker's family does.
12. Why didn't the family go to Rotorua?
A. They couldn't afford it.
B. They wanted to go somewhere with friends.
C. Because of health problems
D. Because they wanted to go somewhere new.
13. How did the speaker's family first find out about the Waiwera spa?
A. From people they met in their hometown B. From the Internet
C. From people they met in Rotorua D. From a travel agent

Questions 14-16
Complete the sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR NUMBERS for
each gap.
14. Altogether, the number of people in the speaker's holiday group was
_______________________.
15. One of the children from the other family was a ______________________________
than the speaker.
16. Before leaving, the speaker and his family got information from the Internet and a
_____________.

Questions 17-20
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each
answer.
17. What did the speaker especially like about the holiday?

18. Where were the children most of the time?

19. How does the speaker describe the people at the resort?

20. Which activities didn't the speaker participate in, even though those activities were
available?

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (10 points)

For each of the following questions, circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) to fill the
blank.
1. Don’t take that road. There’s always very_______ traffic along there.
A. heavy B. strong C. powerful D. hard
2. This tea is too _______ for me. Could you bring me some hot water?
A. strong B. thick C. hard D. heavy
3. _______ has caused many so-called man-made disasters.

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 A. Forestry B. Forest C. Deforestation D. Forestall
4. Since he failed his exam, he had to _______ for it again.
A. make B. sit C. pass D. take
5. Young children didn’t use to be _______ towards elderly people.
A. dishonest B. disrespectful C. inattentive D. untrustworthy
6. All workers on the factory floor must wear protective boots and safety goggles, and
there can be no _______ to this rule.
A. excesses B. exceptions C. expectations D. excuses
7. His father retired early _______ his health.
A. on behalf of B. ahead of C. on account of D. in my view
8. This car was the most expensive purchase I’ve ever_______.
A. made B. taken C. put D. done
9. Thanks to my friends’ ______ remarks, my essays have been improved.
A. constructive B. construction C. constructor D. construct
10. My friend eventually decided to quit her job, _______ upset me a lot
A. that B. when C. which D. who
11. Tom refused _______ to school. He preferred driving himself.
A. to drive B. to be driven C. driving D. being driven
12. _______ my shyness, they refused to give me the job as a receptionist.
A. Despite B. As for C. Instead of D. Due to
13. Don’t drop your sweet wrapper on the floor, _______?
A. do you B. aren’t you C. will you D. won’t you
14. If John hadn’t sold his car, he _______ you to the station now.
A. would drive B. would have driven C. will drive D. drives
15. Susie and Fran _______ in on us last night, so I had to quickly defrost a pizza.
A. turned B. went C. came D. dropped
16. Not having written about the required topic, _______ a low mark.
A. the teacher gave me B. my presentation was given
C. I was given D. the teacher gave
17. It is imperative _______ what to do when there is a fire.
A. that everyone know B. he must know about
C. that he knew D. we knew
18. “The inflation rate in Greece is five times _______ my country,” he said.
A. as high as that in B. as much as
C. more than D. as many as that in
19. Vietnam's rice export this year will increase _______ about 10%, compared with that of
last year.
A. with B. at C. by D. on

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20. _______ our children may be, we cannot go picnicking in this weather.
A. Though excited B. Excited as
C. Because of excitement D. In spite of excitement
III. READING (25 points)
Part 1: Read the following passage, choose and circle the best answer (A, B, C or D)
to fill in each of the blanks. (5 points)
Alison closed the door of her small flat and put down her briefcase. It had been another
exhausting day at the travel agency where she worked, and she was looking forward to
being alone. There was an interesting program she wanted to watch on television later in
the evening. She had just started preparing her dinner when there was a knock at her
door.
‘Oh, no. Who on earth could that be?’ she muttered. She went to the door and looked
through the ‘spy hole’. A man of about sixty was standing there. It took her a few seconds
to realize who he was. He lived in the flat below. They had passed on the stairs once or
twice and had exchanged the usual greetings. He had a long, thin face with two large front
teeth that made him look like a rabbit.
‘Sorry to bother you, but...uh...there’s something I’d like to...er...talk to you about,’ he
mumbled when she opened the door. Alison hesitated but then asked him to come in.
Then she noticed the dog. Alison detested dogs, particularly big ones. This one was a very
old and very fat bulldog.
The man went into her small living room and sat down on the sofa. The dog followed
him and climbed up on the sofa next to him. Its mouth was open and it was breathing
heavily. Alison saw several drops of the dog’s saliva fall on the light green material that
covered the sofa.
‘Do you mind if I smoke?’ the man asked. Without waiting for an answer, he lit a
cigarette.
‘You must be wondering why I’ve come. Well, I hope you won’t be offended, but...’ he
stopped suddenly and coughed. His face went very red. Another cough exploded from
somewhere very deep inside him. He pulled a dirty, grey handkerchief out of his pocket
and spat into it. Some ashes from his cigarette fell on the floor. He looked around the
room. Alison glanced at her watch. The man seemed to have forgotten what he wanted to
say.
‘Nice place you’ve got here,’ he said at last.
1. How do you think Alison felt when she heard the knock at her door?
A. afraid B. irritated C. pleased D. curious
2. Who was the man at the door?
A. Someone she worked with B. A friend who needed advice
C. A complete stranger D. A neighbor she hardly knew
3. What do you think Alison said to herself when she saw the dog?
A. ‘I wish he hadn’t brought that dog in here.’
B. ‘Oh, what a nice dog!’
C. ‘I wonder what’s wrong with the poor thing.’
D. ‘I like some dogs but not this one.’
4. Why did the man want to talk to Alison?
A. He had forgotten to tell her something.

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 B. He wanted to tell her how nice her flat was.
C. The text doesn’t tell us.
D. He wanted to apologize for offending her.
5. What do you think was Alison’s general impression of the man after he came in?
A. She had no feeling about him at all.
B. She thought he was very interesting.
C. She liked him but not his dog.
D. He had some very annoying habits.
Part 2: Read the following passage, choose and circle the best answer (A, B, C or D)
to fill in each of the blanks. (10 points)
A village (0) B the foothills of the Italian Alps that sees no sun for nearly three
months a year is to (1) _______ its winters by using a giant mirror to reflect sunshine onto
its main square.
This week, the 197 inhabitants of Viganella, which is buried in the (2) _______ Antroma
valley, north of Turin, will gather for the arrival of a tailor-made sheet of steel 8m wide and
5m high. It will be flown by helicopter to a (3) _______ spot on the mountainside.
The mayor, Pierfranco Midali, who is spearheading the project, is (4) _______ that the
hamlet will no longer have to suffer from the (5) _______ absence of direct sunlight for 83
days a year, from November 11 to February 2.
Midali first set the ball rolling with a (6) _______ he made seven years ago, after the
commissioned a sundial for the facade of the parish church. He told the architect who
made this that if he could (7) _______ of a solution to bring the sun to Viganella, he would
(8) _______ it all the way.
Weighing more than a ton, and (9) _______ on the nearby Colna Peak, the mirror will
reflect the sun's rays onto the village square half a mile away and light up an area of 30
square metres for at least six hours a day. The mirror's maker has (10) _______ it will
stand up to the strongest winds and will last at least 30 years.

0. A. at B. in C. under D. around
1. A. enlighten B. reduce C. brighten D. lift
2. A. narrow B. thin C. shallow D. brief
3. A. concluded B. designated C. best D. specialized
4. A. confident B. endured C. convincing D. ascertaining
5. A. full B. intact C. complete D. whole
6. A. word B. comment C. saying D. speech
7. A. draw B. decide C. make D. think
8. A. hold B. carry C. support D. stand
9. A. held B. positioned C. lain D. dropped
10. A. insured B. thought C. guaranteed D. hoped

Part 3: Read the following passage and think of the word which best fits each
space. Use only ONE word in each space. (10 points)

A recent study has given new hope to people suffering (1) _______ heart
complaints. Up to now, most people with high (2) _______ pressure or with high levels of

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cholesterol in the blood have been prescribed pharmaceutical drugs, which they have to
(3) _______ permanently. Deterioration in their situation can lead to an operation or even
a heart replacement. Obviously, surgery carries serious risk, (4) _______ it is also true that
the drugs are not without their problems, since they are known to have serious side effects
and may (5) _______ lead to cancer.
The new study draws on the observation that very (6) _______ animals have heart
problems, and suggests that the reason (7) _______ this is that animals are capable of
producing vitamin C, something that humans are incapable of doing. Since it cannot be
generated internally, the (8) _______ source of vitamin C for human is their food.
Unfortunately, modern diets often have insufficient vitamins and (9) _______ essential
elements, and so they need to be supplemented with specific pills. In normal doses these
do not have any serious side effects, and it seems that in the long term they might even
(10) _______ the drugs that until now have been the only viable treatment.

IV. WRITING (25 points)

Part 1: For each question, complete the second sentence in such a way that it is as
similar in meaning as possible to the one printed before it. (5 points)
1. She is proud that she is such a good DJ.
→ She prides ..........................................................................................................
2. Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for this disease.
→ Enormous ................................................................................................................
3. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
→ Martin’s ................................................................................................................. .
4. Although Mary was exhausted, she agreed to join in the activity.
→ Exhausted ..............................................................................................................
5. The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately.
→ Such ......................................................................................................................
Part 2: For each question, complete the second sentence in such a way that it has the
closest meaning to the original one, using the WORD given. DO NOT change
this word. You must use between three and five words, including the word
given. (5 points)
1. It’s been months since I last spoke with Paul. CONTACT
→ I haven’t ……………………………..............…………………………….. Paul for months.
2. Becky didn’t tell you because she assumed you already knew. GRANTED
→ Becky didn’t tell you because she ……..…....…………………………you already knew.
3. Our teacher doesn’t like it when we leave the classroom without asking first.
APPROVE
→ Our teacher doesn’t ……………....………..…………the classroom without asking first.
4. We found it difficult to choose. WAS
→ It …………….......................................................……………………..for us to make.

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5. They’ve postponed the meeting until January to give the management team longer to
decide. OFF
→The meeting………………………..........................…………..until January to give the
management team longer to decide.
Part 3: Within from 250 to 300 words, write a short composition on the following
topic. (15 points)
Do you support the following opinion: "High level jobs should be done by men."?
Give your reasons.
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