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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
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Họ và tên thí sinh:…………………………………………………..……………… Số báo danh:………..…………
PART A. LISTENING
Part1.You are going to hear somebody giving their opinion about the media and its influence
on society. For questions 1 – 10, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
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The three forms of media are TV, radio and (1)___________________.
Politicians use the media during political (2)___________________.
Entertainers use it to stay in the (3)___________________.
The percentage of people who did not have a particular point of view about the privacy
of celebrities was (4)___________________.
The most influential form of media is (5)___________________.
We can be deceived by TV when we are shown carefully selected (6)___________________.

A. passionate
B. dispassionate
C. passion
D. passionately
2.I enjoy walking to school, but on rainy days I_________ to going by bus.
A. would rather
B. resort
C. commit
D. prefer
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3. This is a photograph of the school I_________ when I lived in Swindow.
A. went
B. studied
C. attended
D. joined
4. The train was_________ by a heavy snowfall.
A. held out
B. held off
C. held up
D. held back
5. The people in my class, _________ are very friendly.
A. most of international students
B. the most international students
C. almost international students
D. mostly international students
6. Doctors advise people who are deficient_________ Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.
A. from
B. for

A. leaf
B. book
C. chapter
D. page
14. He's been very sick. His doctor insisted that he_________ in bed this week.
A. stays
B. stay
C. would stay
D. will stay
15. According to some historians, if Napoleon had not invaded Russia, he_________ the rest of the
world.
A. would have conquered
B. conquered
C. had conquered
D. would conquer
16. He was so mean that he could not bear to_________ the smallest sum of money for the charity
appeal.
A. part with
B. let out
C. give in
D. pay off
17. We_________ for three hours and are very tired.
A. have been walkingB. are walking
C. were walking
D. had been walking
18. _________ weather! We can't go out for a walk now.
A. What a terrible
B. How a terrible
C. What terrible
D. How terrible



A.An
B. to pump
C. throughout
D. their
5. Since vitamins are contained in a wide variety of foods, people seldom lack of most of them.
A. are
B. in a
C. variety of
D. lack of
III.Complete the following passage with the correct form of the word given in CAPITALS.
MY FAVORITE PLACE
This may be a surprising choice as it’s not comfortable or obviously (1. APPEAL)___________. I’m
sure many people gravitate towards the (2. GRAND)___________ of Venice or the beauty of Sydney
but the place that does it for me is a remote valley in Iceland. Far from anything man-made, it
was created by a (3. VIOLENCE)___________ catastrophe. It would have been a challenging place
to live under any circumstances but thousands of years ago a volcanic (4. ERUPT)___________
under a glacier caused a flood that carved out a huge canyon. (5. TOWER)___________ walls of
rock on either side protect the valley from the (6. STRONG)___________ of the ferocious Arctic
winds. Here a forest has grown up in a (7. SHELTER)___________ area of calm. I find that it has its
own (8. ATMOSPHERE)___________ identity, which some may find (9. PLEASE)___________ or even
threatening. However, it draws me back time after time. I stay in the campsite and it gives me
new perspective on my everyday life. It makes me appreciate the formidable power and
(10.ESCAPE)___________ force of nature.
PART C. READING
I.Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the following questions.
In 1900, the United States had only three cities with more than a million residents- New
York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. By 1930, it had ten giant metropolises. The newer ones



A. The development of the Southern California oil fields
B. Factors contributing to the growth of Los Angeles
C. The growth of cities in the United States in the early 1900's
D. Industry and city planning in Los Angeles
3. The author characterizes the growth of new large cities in the United States after 1900 as
resulting primarily from_________.
A.new economic conditions
B. images of cities shown in movies
C. a large migrant population
D. new agricultural techniques
4. The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to_________.
A. vision
B. agricultural potential
C. aqueduct
D. water
5. According to the passage, the Southern California oil fields were initially exploited due
to_________.
A. an increase in the use of gasoline engines in North America
B. a desire to put unproductive desert land to good use
C. the fuel requirements of Los Angeles' rail system
D. innovative planning on the part of the city founders
6. The phrase "apace with" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. apart from
B. anew with
C. as fast as
D. at the middle of
7. The word "meteoric" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.
A. controversial

7. ________ likes the way the books reflect what’s going on in the world?
8. ________ admires the way the author is not influenced by what is expected?
9. ________ prefers books that show the feelings of the author?
10. ______
is impressed by the consistent high standard of an author’s books?
A. John Harvey on Peter Temple
I started reading Temple’s books about 10 years ago, and at the time it was fairly straightforward
crime fiction set in Australia, a lot of it with a horse-racing background. The books were OK, but not
exceptional. Then suddenly with The Broken Shore, he just hit something quite different and
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moved up a level. He is writing the kind of books I‘ve spent 20 years trying to write, and writing
them better than I do. He’s using crime fiction not just to tell a story, but to say something about
today’s society. He really gets the connections between politics, the police and the media right. I
love the writing – it‘s really taut and a lesson in how to say a lot without being too wordy.
B. Sara Paretsky on Liza Cody
There is a lot of good, stylish writing out there that puts me off because it’s unfelt. I’m looking for
someone who has a gift for storytelling, and who is willing to do the hard work of digging into the
emotional aspect of life. Liza Cody does that, and she takes a lot of risks. She doesn’t just do the
easy thing to be recognized in the marketplace; she goes where the story and emotion takes her.
For instance, she had to self-publish her most recent book, Ballad of A Dead Nobody, because no
one in the industry was willing to. These days, you’re told you have to create a brand or a series,
with a recognizable link. She is willing to turn her back on that and focus on what her inner voice is
telling her.
C. Mark Billingham on Michael Connelly
The first Connelly book I read was The Poet, his first standalone novel and a big breakthrough for
him. By then, he had written four books in his Harry Bosch series, which I went back to read. He
has maintained a level of quality through a long-running series – an incredibly difficult thing to
achieve. People talk about how you create suspense, tricks such as cliffhangers and reveals, but

fishing. (2)__________. Also, in an attempt to control hunting, individual whales are logged on a DNA
register so that they can be identified.
The value of “lethal sampling”, that is, the practice of killing whales in order to study them, is
highly contentious issue. (3)__________. On the other hand, opponents say this information is not
strictly necessary, and moreover, there are better ways to get it. The selling of whale meat from the
lethal sampling to fish markets is purportedly to help fund the research. This claim, however, is
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disrupted by opponents as being a cover for illegal whaling. Now there is evidence to support their
views.
A team of scientists, led by Professor Scott Baker, have used DNA to analyse samples of sushi
from restaurants in Los Angeles and Seoul. The sushi was found to be made from the illegallytraded meat of protected whale species. The results of the study were handed over to local and
national authorities and have since resulted in criminal proceedings against the Los Angeles
restaurant.
The researcher used DNA sequencing to identify the species of whale and then used DNA
profiling – the same technique used to identify human individuals in criminal forensics – to identify
the source of the meat. (4)__________. In addition, some of the meat purchased in Seoul came from
Antarctic minke whales, a species which is not local to South Korea and must have therefore also
been traded illegally.
Although Japanese authorities keep a DNA register of each whale destined to be sold
commercially, this information is not available for monitoring purposes. (5)__________. As the
authors state, “The illegal trade of products from protected species of whales, presumably taken
under a national permit for scientific research, is a timely reminder of the need for independent,
transparent and robust monitoring of any future whaling”.
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B.
C.
D.
E.

Every year an increasing number of students are doing their higher education abroad.
Do you think the benefits of this development outweigh the problems associated with it?
Write 250-300 words.
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