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

HẢI PHÒNG Năm học 2020-2021

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (Chuyên)

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PART ONE: PHONOLOGY

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. seedbed B. feedback C. attendee D. committee
2. A. carriages B. whistles C. costumes D. assures
3. A. poultry B. salmon C. shoulder D. calcium
4. A. enrich B. enlarge C. enlist D. enterprise
5. A. crooked B. sacred C. washed D. jagged
6. A. danger B. ransom C. ancient D. manger
7. A. bargain B. gelatin C. fragile D. margarine
8. A. protect B. profess C. proverb D. profound
9. A. chauffeur B. brochure C. parachute D. charter
10. A. beardie B. rehearse C. hearsay D. endearment
II. Choose the word whose main stress position is placed differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. destroy B. involve C. distract D. comment
2. A. conquest B. canteen C. parade D. campaign
3. A. severe B. diverse C. fertile D. mature
4. A. overhear B. overcharge C. overcoat D. overact
5. A. prestigious B. ascertain C. construction D. substantial
6. A. intellectual B. stability C. geocentric D. interference
7. A. spontaneity B. centenarian C. argumentative D. metabolism
8. A. domineering B. interrupt C. reconcile D. picturesque
9. A. inoffensive B. disheartening C. uncritical D. implausible
10. A. archaeology B. continental C. photosynthesis D. entrepreneur
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. There are no problems with Dan. He seems ______ after in a proper way.
A. to be looking B. to have looked C. to have been looked D. to look
2. In hot and sunny weather, man acclimatizes by eating less, drinking more liquids, and ______.
A. skin changes that darken B. experiencing a darkening of the skin
C. his skin may darken D. darkening their skin
3. Trade ______ from bad to worse and staff ______ redundant now.
A. have gone – is made B. has gone – are being made
C. went – have made D. had gone – are made
4. Nancy: “Would you mind posting this letter for me on the way to the shopping mall, Betty?”
Betty: “______”
A. No problem. Give it to me before I go. B. Yes, I post it for you.
C. Never mind. You don’t have to do it now. D. It is very kind of you to say so.
5. ____ snow that covers the top of the mountain is ____ beautiful sight.
A. Ø - a B. The - a C. Ø - Ø D. The - the
6. It is a federal law _____ vaccinated before entering the first grade.
A. for children be B. that children will be C. that children be D. requires children to be
7. The campers were asked to throw all recyclable trash into ______.
A. the green big plastic bag B. the big plastic bag green
C. the green plastic bag D. the big green plastic bag
8. There was no one downstairs, so the woman turned off the lights and decided that she ______ things.
A. must have imagined B. can't have imagined
C. should have imagined D. needn’t have imagined
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9. Of the two films we watched last night, “The Avengers” is ______.
A. more interesting B. as interesting C. the more interesting D. the most interesting
10. If you need to ______ the teacher’s attention, just put your hand up.
A. pull B. obtain C. take D. attract
11. ______, ultraviolet light can be detected in a number of ways.
A. Although being invisible B. Even though it invisible
C. Despite invisible D. Although invisible
12. People tend to become less ______ to new ideas as they grow older.
A. receptive B. available C. attractive D. hospitable
13. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a(n) ______ guarded secret.
A. closely B. deeply C. highly D. entirely
14. Extensive forests, abundant wildlife, and spectacular mountain ______ are among the attractions of Glacier National
Park.
A. scene B. scenery C. sights D. views
15. The two small companies are going to ______ due to economic crisis.
A. mix B. meet C. merge D. blend
16. My sunburnt skin made me feel rather ______ for the first few days of the holiday.
A. self-confident B. self-centred C. self-conscious D. self-contained
17. The girl was over the ______ when she won a scholarship to study in the United States.
A. sky B. sun C. moon D. planet
18. This speech needs to be set ______ our country in the 1970s.
A. with regard to B. with a view to C. in consideration of D. in the context of
19. Daisy really liked the dress she found for her sister’s wedding. However, she decided to ______ for a better
deal.
A. sell out B. shop around C. ring up D. shell out
20. The fumes were so thick that she was ______ for breath.
A. heart-to-heart B. body and soul C. flesh and blood D. skin and bone
II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences. (10 pts)
1. (EXPOSE) to direct sunlight for long periods of time is dangerous to our skin.Exposure
2. A lack of fertilizer had (POOR) the soil.impoverished
3. In critical situations, they often lose because they play so (PROFESSION).unprofessionally
4. The referee’s (PART) in the game was admirable.impartiality
5. Our efforts to persuade her proved (FRUIT) - she accepted to come in the end! fruitful
6. A crowd of (STAND) gathered at the scene of the crash, leading to a hold-up on the motorway.bystanding
7. You don’t need to read the instruction manual since the use of the camera is (EXPLAIN).Self-explanatory
8. We (ESTIMATE) how long it would take to get to the stadium, so we were ten minutes late for the
event.underestimated
9. You can’t get burnt with these dishes because they are (HOT). heatproof

10. After taking an IQ test, students will be (QUALIFY) separated into three different classes. qualitatively
III. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle to complete each of the following sentences. (10
pts)
1. Advances __in____ technology will result ____in__ more leisure time for working people.
2. A lot of young people are seen ___with___ this new hairstyle, which seems to be catching ___on___.
3. They agreed to the policy ___on___ the understanding that it would be ___to___ their benefit.
4. Peter won’t do anything __without____ asking his mother first. She’s really got him __under____ her
thumb.
5. Just look at these old photographs. I came _across_____ them when I was clearing ___out___ an old
bookcase.
6. That conservationist is going to bring ___on___ a book __about____ wildlife habitat next month.
7. ___From___ my point of view, the changes ___in___ the education system have been to good effect.
8. Anne is sorry to let you _down_____ for not attending your party tonight, but she’s in bed __with____ a
cold.
9. He was wounded ____in__ the shoulder by a bullet fired __from____ the upstairs window.
10. The stores marked ___up___ the products just before selling them ___at___ a discount.
IV. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the
corresponding
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 numbered boxes. Number 0 is an example. (10 pts)
0. Line 1: number → amount
LINE RAIN MAKING

1 When it rains, it doesn't always pour. During a typical storm, a comparatively small number of the locking-
2 locked up moisture in each cloud reaches the ground like-as rain. So the idea that human intervention - a
3 rain dance, perhaps - might encourage the sky to give out a little additional water has been around in-
4 since prehistoric times. More recently, would-be rain-makers have attempted direct intervention, by
5 lobbing various chemicals out of aeroplanes in the-an effort to wring more rain from the clouds, a practice
6 knowing-known as 'cloud seeding'.
7 Yet such techniques, which were first developed in the 1940s, are notoriously difficult to evaluate. It is
8 hard to ascertain, for example, how much rain would have fallen anyway. So, though-despite much
9 anecdotal evidence of the advantages of cloud seeding, that-which has led to its adoption in more than
10 40 countries around the world, as far as scientists are concerned, results are still inconclusive. That could
11 be about to changing-change. For the past three years, researchers have been carrying on-out the most
12 extensive and rigorous evaluation of a revolutionarily-revolutionary new technique which will substantially
13 boost the volume of rainfall.
The preliminary findings of their experiments indicate that solid evidence of the technique's effectiveness
is now within the scientists' grasp.
PART THREE: READING
I. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. (10 pts)
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority packages. The first
company of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when he was only 28 years
old. Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an economics class
when he was a student at Yale University. The term paper reputedly received a less-than-stellar grade because of
the infeasibility of the project that Smith had outlined. The model that Smith proposed had never been tried; it was a
model that was efficient to operate but at the same time was very difficult to institute.
Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger system
and could, therefore, focus on how to deliver packages most efficiently. His strategy was to own his own planes so
that he could create his own schedules and to ship all packages through the hub city of Memphis, a set-up which
resembles the spokes on the wheel of a bicycle. With this combination of his own planes and hub set-up, he could
get packages anywhere in the United States overnight.
What made Smith’s idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before the
company could begin operations. He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night and
deliver them to Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations; he needed a
fleet of trucks to deliver packages to and from the various airports; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place
to handle the operation. Smith had a $4-million inheritance from his father, and he managed to raise an additional
$91 million dollars from venture capitalists to get the company operating.
When Federal Express began service in 1973 in 25 cities, the company was not an immediate success, but
success did come within a relatively short period of time. The company lost $29 million in the first 26 months of
operations. However, the tide was to turn relatively quickly. By late 1976, Federal Express was carrying an average
of 19,000 packages per night and had made a profit of $3.6 million.
1. The most appropriate title for this passage is ______.
A. The Capitalization of Federal Express
B. The Importance of Business Studies
C. The Implementation of a Successful Business
D. The Problem and Frustrations of a Business Student
2. What is stated in the passage about Smith’s term paper?
A. Its grade was of only average standard.
B. It was written by a student of Smith’s.
C. Smith submitted it through a delivery service.
D. The professor thought it had great potential.
3. What was a key idea of Smith’s?
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 A. That he should focus on passenger service.
B. That passenger service had to be efficient.
C. That packages could be delivered on other companies’ planes.
D. That package delivery should be separate from passenger service.
4. A “hub city” in paragraph 2 is CLOSEST in meaning to ______.
A. a large city with small cities as destinations
B. a city that is the final destination for many routes
C. a city where many bicycle routes begin
D. a centralized city with destinations emanating from it
5. It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it ______.
A. had a large number of passenger aircraft
B. was near the middle of the country
C. already had a large package delivery service
D. was a favourite passenger airport
6. The pronoun “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. aircrafts B. airports C. packages D. destinations
7. It is NOT mentioned in the passage that, in order to set up his company, Smith needed ______.
A. faculty B. personnel C. trucks D. airplanes
8. How long did it take Federal Express to become profitable?
A. One year B. Two years C. Three years D. Six years
9. Which paragraph explains what made Smith’s model effective?
A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Last paragraph
10. The tone of the passage in describing Smith’s accomplishments is ______.
A. unflattering B. unconvincing C. ironic D. sincere

II. Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. (5 pts)
Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world’s universities, came from very
inauspicious and humble beginnings.
This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth. Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100
graduates of England’s prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in the New
World were determined that their sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had
had. Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher learning, the General Court of Massachusetts
appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of 1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land
for the school; this land was in an area called Newetowne, which was later renamed Cambridge after its English
cousin and is the site of the present-day university.
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighbouring town of Charlestown, died
from tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college. In spite of the fact
that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in
appreciation for what he had done. The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today’s
standards, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the
college.
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to
serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students. Although the
staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence, the entire teaching staff consisted of the president
and three or four tutors.
1. The main idea of this passage is that ______.
A. Harvard is one of the world’s most prestigious universities
B. what is today a great university started out small
C. John Harvard was key to the development of a great university
D. Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts
2. The passage indicates that Harvard is ______.
A. the oldest universities in the world
B. one of the oldest universities in the world
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 C. one of the oldest universities in America
D. the oldest university in America
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who travelled to the Massachusetts colony were _____.
A. rather rich
B. rather undemocratic
C. rather well-educated
D. rather supportive of the English government
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard?
A. What he died of
B. Where he was buried
C. Where he came from
D. How much he bequeathed to Harvard
5. The passage implies that ______.
A. Henry Dunster was an ineffective president
B. someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster
C. Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty
D. the position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years

III. Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. (10 pts)
Adolescence always has been and always will be (1) ___a__ very difficult time in life. You are lost
somewhere (2) ____between__ childhood and adulthood, but still, this is the time in life when you have to
break free from the conformity of your peers to find your self. Some people argue that it’s more difficult to be young
today than it (3) __used____ to be. Is this true, and in that case, why?
In modern society, teenagers are pressured to mature (4) ___far___ more quickly than one or two hundred
years ago. Today, minors at a very early stage have to make decisions regarding education, often bearing upon
their future careers. In the past, children were expected to (5) ___follow___ in the footsteps of their parents, (6)
___that___ is to say, the son was supposed to take up the profession of his father, while the daughter was
expected to stay at home to take care of (7) ___such ___ domestic duties as cooking and cleaning. Furthermore,
today it’s much more difficult to find your place in society as cities grow, crime increases, and the anonymity people
experience grows as (8) __well____. It becomes more difficult to find and cultivate your own ideals and values.
On the (9) __other____ hand, the adolescent of today have greater opportunities than ever before. In the
past, if your father was a blacksmith or a farmer, in ten years, so would you be. Today, teenagers have the
possibility to (10) __fulfill____ all their dreams and ambitions.
IV. Read the passage below and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the blanks. (5 pts)
TALKING RUBBISH
Reduce! Re-use! Recycle! The message hits Canadian consumers through all the media. As newcomers
from Sri Lanka, we compare the situation here with the one back home. We may not be the most environmentally
(1) ______ citizens in the world but, compared with this, we do not have a rubbish problem - yet.
Like many shoppers in Colombo, my partner Shahid and I used to have a cane basket we took along with us to
the Sunday market or pola every week. No environmentalist could have complained about it. You need a good strong
basket at the pola. There are no supermarket carts to push around. Most items - rice, flour, vegetables, fruit, biscuits,
eggs - are bought bit by bit or wrapped (2) ______ newspaper. At (3) ______, we would carry one plastic bag
separately. For eggs, we took a reusable plastic tray with us.
When income (4) ______ are low, people need to buy in small quantities. It is quite normal to ask for an
envelope, two eggs or 100 grams of sugar. The (5) ______ is that, for the most part, urban consumers in Sri Lanka
cannot afford the luxury of waste. Most people do not buy more from the grocers than they know they will (6)
______ consume. They re-use
(7) ______ they can and are loath to discard bags, jars, tins or boxes that can be put to other uses.
But in recent years, Western-style supermarkets have begun to spring up in Colombo. They (8) ______ the
evidence of a clean, efficient, streamlined service to customers. A (9) ______ of imported goods, dressed up in their
layers of attractive, colourful packs beckons from the shelves. These are the (10) ______ products that demand your
attention on the TV advertisements. Along with them, Sri Lanka, like so many other developing countries, may have
imported a problem that once never existed.
1. A. qualified B. concerned C. worried D. experienced
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2. A. with B. on C. in D. by
3. A. maximum B. most C. highest D. best
4. A. rates B. amounts C. sizes D. levels
5. A. point B. case C. example D. question
6. A. absolutely B. purposefully C. actually D. completely
7. A. whenever B. however C. wherever D. whatever
8. A. sort out B. rule out C. hold out D. try out
9. A. set B. range C. store D. band
10. A. very B. just C. likely D. similar

PART FOUR: WRITING

I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one. (10 pts)
1. People think that city life in the 21st century offers them a lot of advantages.  City life in the 21st century
is thought to offer people a lot of advantages
2. It wasn’t necessary for you to go to so much trouble on my behalf.  You needn’t have gone to
so much trouble on my behalf
3. She’s very patient and loyal. That’s why she hasn’t left her company.  If it weren’t for her
patience and loyalty, she would have left her company
4. The workers started jumping for joy the moment the announcement of a pay rise was made.................... No sooner
Had the announcement of a pay rise been made than
5. His condition improved so rapidly that he was discharged from the hospital early. ..................... There was
Such a rapid improvement in his condition that he was discharged from the hospital early
6. The woman bears a strong resemblance to someone else that I used to know.  The woman reminds
Me of someone else that I used to know.
7. Scientists in the world are trying very hard to find a cure for this infectious disease.  Enormous
Efforts
8. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.  The more qualifications ....
You can amass, the more successful you will become in the academic field
9. The young man gave up his job to pursue his own interests despite his high salary. .................. No matter
How high his salary was, the young man gave up his job to pursue his own interests.....................
10.People were aware of the damage to the environment when many species had  It was the
Extinction of many species that raised people’s awareness of the damage to the environment

II. Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one, using
the
word given in brackets. Do not change this word in any way. (10 pts)
1. After Covid-19, many people find it increasingly difficult to live on the money they earn. (ENDS) make
both ends meet 
2. The fridge was absolutely empty yesterday.
(LEFT)
 There was absolutely nothing left in the fridge yesterday.
3. “I don’t approve of people who tell lies,” said Jack. (EXPRESSED)..................
Jack expressed his disapproval of people who tell lies
4. Anna complained about the tourism services throughout the holiday. (ENTIRE)  ....................
Anna spent her entire holiday complaining about the tourism services.
5. I felt relaxed at her house as her parents treated me so well. (EASE)  ....................
I felt at ease with the good treatment of her parents.
6. She’s always criticizing her children in front of their friends. (DOWN)  ....................
She is always doing her children down in front of their friends
7. John has a lot of experience in travelling, so he can arrange this trip very easily. (EYES)  .................
John has a lot of experience in travelling, so he can arrange this trip with his eyes shut.
8. His football team has been defeated for the eighth time this season. (SUFFERED)  ....................
His football team has suffered from its eighth defeat this season.
9. None of us was expecting to have a fifteen-minute test on English this morning. (BLUE)  ....................
The fifteen-minute test on English this morning was out of the blue for all of us
10.Jane’s father became extremely angry when he knew she had broken his crystal vase. (STACK)......
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Jane’s father blew his stack when he knew she had broken his crystal vase.

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