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

QUẢNG NAM Năm học 2018-2019

Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
Thời gian : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Ngày thi : 09/6/2018

MÃ PHÁCH
(Do chủ tịch HĐ chấm thi ghi)

PHẦN GHI ĐIỂM DÀNH CHO GIÁM KHẢO

SECTION PART Số câu đúng Điểm từng phần
SECTION ONE Part 1: 5 câu x 0.1đ
(1.0 đ) Part 2: 5 câu x 0.1đ
Part 1: 14 câu x 0.1đ
Part 2: 3 câu x 0.1đ
SECTION TWO Part 3: 8 câu x 0.1đ
(3.5 đ) Part 4: 10 câu x 0.1đ
Part 1: 10 câu x 0.1đ
SECTION THREE Part 2: 10 câu x 0.1đ
(2.5 đ) Part 3: 5 câu x 0.1đ
Part 1: 8 câu x 0.1đ
SECTION FOUR Part 2: 6 câu x 0.2đ
(3.0 đ) Part 3: 1.0đ

Tổng
điểm:

Điểm ghi bằng chữ: ..............................................................................................

Chữ ký giám khảo 1: ............................. Chữ ký giám khảo 2: ...................................

Đề thi này gồm 08 trang, được đánh số từ 1-8. Thí sinh kiểm tra cẩn thận số trang trước khi làm bài.
..........................................Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy đề thi này............................................
SECTION ONE: LISTENING (1.0 PT)
PART 1. Listen to the conversation of two students, Tim and Jane. Complete the table
below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.(0.5pt)

TIM JANE

Day of arrival Sunday (1)…………………..

Subject History (2)………………..…
Number of books to read (3)……………………. (4)……………….…
Day of first lecture Tuesday (5)…………………..

Write your answers here:

1
2
3
4
5

PART 2 . Listen to the conversation between a man and a police officer. Choose the
best answer for each question. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (0.5pt)
1. Where was the man coming from when he first saw the UFO?
A. He was returning home from a party.
B. He just got off work when he saw the UFO.
C. He was driving home from a restaurant.
2. What time did the man report the incident to the police?
A. about 12:00 AM
B. about 3:00 AM
C. about 5:00 AM
3. What jumped out in front of the man’s car?
A. a giant deer
B. a strange man
C. a hairy alien
4. What happened next to the man?
A. He walked to a flying saucer.
B. He followed the animal to a plane.
C. He was carried to a spaceship.
5. What does the police officer suggest at the end of the story?
A. They should call the fire department.
B. The man should seek counseling.
C. The man should contact the newspaper.

Write your answers here:

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SECTION TWO: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (3.5 pts)
PART 1. (1.4 pts) For the questions 1-12, choose the best answer (marked A, B, C or D)
to finish each of the following sentences. Write your answers in the numbered boxes
below.
1. Carbon emissions from airplanes and other pollutants ________ to global warming.
A. attribute  B. stem C. spark D. contribute
2. It's no use________children ________ quiet. They are always noisy.
A. to ask / to keep B. asking /keeping C. to ask / keeping D. asking /to keep
3. If it's raining tomorrow, we shall have to ________ the match till Sunday.
A. put away B. put out in C. put off D. put on
4. Who’s responsible for ________ ink over my book?
A. putting B. spreading C. spilling D. pouring
5. Mary, would you please answer ________ phone ?
A. Φ B. the C. a D. an
6. Don't tell Mary your plans or she'll tell everybody. She is always ___ her mouth off.
A. shooting B. talking C. speaking D. eating
7. She ________ in the kitchen when I came.
A. cooks B. was cooking C. is cooking D. cooked
8. The little girl wasted half an hour ___________________for her picture book.
A. look B. looking C. to look D. looked
9. Without ________, natural resources will be used up within a hundred years.
A. preservation  B. conservation C. maintenance D. protection
10. Drinking enough water is a vital part ________it keeps your body functioning properly.
A. but B. although C. because D. or
11. Tom: “Does this jacket belong to you?”
Mary: “No, and I’m not sure _________ it is.”
A. who B. whose C. which D. that
12. Tom: “No one can play football as well as Bill.” –
Peter: “_________”
A. You’re right. He doesn’t play it well. B. No, he doesn’t like football.
C. Yes, he’s a professional player. D. Yes, about once a week.

13. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others. Write your answer in the box numbered below.
A. sauce B. stew C. sugar D. steam

14. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each
of the following questions. Write your answer in the box numbered below.
A. alternative B. variety C. biologist D. academic

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PART 2. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
part in each of the following questions. Write your answers in the numbered boxes
below. (0.3 pt)
1. For those living along the coast, one unusual phenomenon capable of catastrophic
destruction is the tsunami.
A. harmless B. disastrous C. terrific D. wonderful
2. Mr Minh initially refused to take part in the celebration
A. never B. finally C. at first D. always
3. This university was established one hundred years ago.
A. organised B. set up C. appeared D. existed

Write your answers here:

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PART 3. Read the following passage. There are EIGHT mistakes in the passage.
Underline the words that need correction and correct them. Write your answers in the
numbered boxes below. (0) has been done as an example (0.8pt).

1 Michael Faraday, (1791 - 1867) was an England scientist who contributed to the
fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Although Faraday received little
formal education, he was one of the most influential scientist in history, and historians
of science refer to him as having been the best experimentalist in the history of
5 science.The young Michael Faraday, who was the third of fourth children, having
only the most basic school education, had to educate himself. At fourteen, he became
the apprentice to George Riebau, a local bookbinder and bookseller. During his
seven-years apprenticeship he read many books, including Isaac Watts' The
Improvement of the Mind, and he enthusiastical implemented the principles and
10 suggestions contained therein.
In 1812, in the age of twenty, and at the end of his apprenticeship, Faraday attended
lectures by the eminent English chemistry Humphry Davy. Faraday subsequently sent
Davy a three-hundred-page book based on notes that he had taken during these
lectures. Davy's reply was immediate, kind, and favourable. When one of the Royal
15 Institution's assistants was sacking, Davy was asked to find a replace, and appointed
Faraday as Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution.

Write your answers here:

Questions Line Mistakes Correction
0 1 England English
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 PART 4. Use the word given in the box to the right of the text to form a word that fits in
the same numbered space in the text. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below.
(0) has been done for you as an example. (1.0 pt)
0. ORIGIN
The (0) _________ Olympic Games began in Ancient Greece in 776 BC in
Olympia. The Games were very popular and were held (1)_____________ 1. REGULAR
every four years until AD 393 when they were stopped by the Roman
Emperor. The (2)____________ games were started again in Athens in 1896. 2. MODERNIZE
The Games have become the World’s most important international athletics
(3) _______________, in which the best athletes spend years training in 3. COMPETE
(4)________________ for this great event. Sports range from basketball to 4. PREPARE
horse riding. Perhaps the most (5)________________ track and field event is 5. CHALLENGE
the decathlon. Athletes take part in ten (6)_______________ running, jumping 6. DIFFER
and throwing events.
Almost every nation sends a team to the Olympic Games and one of the
ideas is that the Games encourage (7)_______________ between countries. 7. FRIEND
(8)________________ sports lovers travel thousands of miles to watch the 8. DEDICATE
Games and most (9)______________ athletes want the chance of winning an 9. AMBITION
Olympic medal. Such an (10)___________ can make them known throughout 10. ACHIEVE
the world.
Write your answers here:
0. original
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.

SECTION THREE: READING (2.5pts)

PART 1: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each
numbered gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (0) has been done for
you as an example. (1.0 pt)
POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
Pottery is artistic and practical at the same time. Pottery may have started out as
(0)_______useful, but it was not long before early potters began to (1)_______their
imaginations. Simple pots became beautiful. The (2) _______of pottery is a long one. We
know that as early as 7,000 years ago pottery was being made (3)_______the Near East.
By 5500 BC the latest potters were working in Iran. In the Far East ancient Chinese
potters had (4)_______their characteristic techniques by about 5000 BC. In the Americas,
early civilisations had highly artistic and (5) _______pottery traditions. Certain traditions
in pottery are admired more (6)_______others. The pottery of Classical Greece, for
example, or the Chinese tradition, which (7)_______so many centuries, has been admired
and imitated a great deal. The Chinese were responsible for the majority of the
(8)_______advances in making pots, especially decoration and the making of the
porcelain. For much of the 16th and 17th centuries the efforts of potters in Europe were

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given over to trying to (9)_______out how the Chinese made porcelain. In Europe the
method was finally (10)_______in Meissen in Germany.
0. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
1. A. employ B. work C. use D. utilise
2. A. story B. record C. tale D. account
3. A. on B. in C. at D. of
4. A. grown B. discovered C. found D. developed
5. A. unique B. sole C. lone D. single
6. A. as B. than C. then D. like
7. A. took B. needed C. lasted D. continued
8. A. skilled B. systematic C. specialised D. technical
9. A. find B. know C. learn D. found
10. A. revealed B. invented C. defined D. discovered
Write your answers here:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B

PART 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below. (0) has been
done for you as an example. (1.0 pt)
Volcanic eruption has been a constant threat to our natural (0) _______for millions
of years, but seldom in recent times (1) _______a volcano erupted with the ferocity of
Krakatau. Krakatau, (2)_______ is a volcanic island group in Indonesia, erupted on 27 th
August 1883. Not only was the explosion (3)_______loud that it was heard as far away
(more than 3,000 km) as Perth in Australia, (4)_______ it is also recognized as
(5)_______the loudest sound (6)_______recorded. Ten thousand people in the region were
killed, many (7)_______in the enormous tsunamis which the eruption produced –tsunamis
which eventually reached South Africa and the English Channel. The explosion also had a
major effect on the (8)_______world’s weather system. The volcanic dust in the
atmosphere reduced the (9)_______of sunlight reaching the earth’s surface, reducing
global temperatures by more than one degree centigrade. Only after five years had passed
(10) _______global temperatures begin to normal.

Write your answers here:

0. environment
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
PART 3: Read the text and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the
following questions. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below.(0.5 pt)

According to airline industry statistics, almost 90 percent of airline accidents are

survivable or partially survivable. But passengers can increase their chances of survival by
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learning and following certain tips. Experts say that you should read and listen to safety
instructions before takeoff and ask questions if you have uncertainties. You should fasten
your seat belt low on your hips and as tightly as possible. Of course, you should also know
how the release mechanism of your belt operates. During takeoffs and landings, you are
advised to keep your feet flat on the floor. Before takeoff, you should locate the nearest
exit and an alterative exit and count the rows of seats between you and the exits so that you
can find them in the dark if necessary. In the event that you are forewarned of a possible
accident, you should put your hands on your ankles and keep your head down until the
planes comes to a complete stop. If smoke is present in the cabin, you should keep your
head low and cover your face with napkins, towels, or clothing. If possible, wet these for
added protection against smoke inhalation. To evacuate as quickly as possible, follow crew
commands and do not take personal belongings with you. Do not jump on escape slides
before they are fully inflated, and when you jump, do so with your arms and legs extended
in front of you. When you get to the ground, you should move away from the plane as
quickly as possible, and never smoke near the wreckage.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. Procedures for evacuation aircraft.
B. Guidelines for increasing aircraft passenger survival.
C. Airline industry accident statistics.
D. Safety instructions in air travel.
2. According to the passage, which exits should an airline passenger locate before takeoff?
A. The ones with counted rows of seats between them.
B. The nearest one.
C. The two closest to the passenger’s seat
D. The ones that can be found in the dark
3. It can be inferred from the passage that people are more likely to survive fires in
aircrafts if they _____________.
A. don’t smoke in or near a plane
B. read airline safety statistics
C. wear a safety belt
D. keep their heads low
4. Airline passengers are advised to do all of the following EXCEPT
A. ask questions about safety
B. locate the nearest exit
C. fasten their seat belts before take-off
D. carry personal belongings in an emergency
5. The word “inflated” in bold is closest in meaning to ___________
A. expanded B. lifted C. assembled D. increased
Write your answers here:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

SECTION FOUR: WRITING (3.0 pts)

PART 1: This is a letter from a man to his boss, asking for an increase in salary. Make
any changes and additions where necessary to build the sentences from the following

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sets of words and phrases into a complete letter. Note carefully from the example what
kind of alterations need to be made. Write each sentence in the space provided. (0.8 pt)
EXAMPLE: When Jane / be / young / she / want / be/ nurse.
ANSWER: When Jane was young, she wanted to be a nurse.
Dear Sir,
1. I / beg / you / consider / pay / me/ increase/ my salary.
__________________________________________________________________________
2. I / be / member/ your staff / past / two years.
__________________________________________________________________________
3. My salary/ when / I / appoint/ be/ £150/ month.
__________________________________________________________________________
4. Since then / there / be / rise / 20% / cost / living.
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Throughout / period/ I / trust/ you / satisfy/ my work.
__________________________________________________________________________
6. I / be / glad/ have / opportunity / greater / responsibility.
__________________________________________________________________________
7. And I / be/ willing / move / any other office / your company.
__________________________________________________________________________
8. I / be / confident/ you/ give / favourable/ reply/ this application.
__________________________________________________________________________
Yours faithfully,

PART 2: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one,
using the word given in capital. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. You must use
between THREE and SIX words, including the word given. (0)has been done for you as
an example. (1.2 pts)
0. I haven’t seen my brother since he left for Australia. (LAST)
The last time I saw my brother was when he left for Australia.
1. I didn’t agree with the idea. (FAVOUR)
I ________________________________ the idea.
2. I was too scared to tell him what I really thought. ( COURAGE)
I ________________________________ to tell him what I really thought.
3. I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not. ( MIND)
I haven’t ______________________________ whether to move or not.
4. Peter didn’t listen to what his doctor told him. ( NOTICE)
Peter took ______________________________ advice.
5. You’re tired because you stayed up very late last night. ( IF)
You wouldn’t be tired ______________________________ to bed early last night.
6. I offered to help but she said “ No, thanks”. ( TURNED)
She ______________________________ of help.

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PART 3: There are a lot of festivals in your country every year. Write a paragraph
(about 120 words) about the festival you like best. (1.0 pt)
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