SỞ GDĐT HẢI DƯƠNG ĐỀ GIỚI THIỆU THI TUYỂN SINH THPT CHUYÊN

NĂM HỌC 2023-2024

MÔN: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Đề thi gồm 9 trang)
Ngày thi: … tháng 6 năm 2023

A. LISTENING
Part 1. Listen and choose the correct answers
1. Where does the man think he left his wallet?

2. What is tomorrow’s talk at the Nature Society about?

3. What will the woman order for lunch?

4. How did the woman find out about the exhibition?

5. What is the woman’s brother doing?

Part 2: You will hear an interview with an engineer called Roger Moffat, whose
working life has changed dramatically over the last ten years, write the letter A, B, C
or D on your answer box below to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
6. The interviewer says that Roger is the kind of person who
A. is reluctant to try something different.
B. does not want to spend his money.
C. enjoys entertaining others
D. is happy to reveal the tricks of his trade.
7. How did Roger feel initially about what happened ten years ago?
A. angry B. resigned C. disinterested D. depressed
8. What does Roger feel is the greatest benefit of running his own business?
A. He arranges his free time as he pleases.
B. He gets on better with other people.
C. He is free of an environment he disliked.
D. He has more leisure time than before.
9. What is Roger’s attitude towards his future?
A. He considers his position to be no less secure than before.
B. He thinks he’ll be more vulnerable than he used to be.
C. He’d feel financially more secure working for someone else.
D. He considers himself too old to change direction again.
10. What does Roger find most satisfying about the ‘tools of his trade’?
A. They are intricate beyond belief. B. They are the creations of colleagues.
C. They are theoretical in design. D. They are exciting to contemplate.
Part 3: You will hear part of an interview with a scientist called Mark Pontin about
weather patterns. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
for each blank. Write your answers in the answer box below.
Mark Pontin works at an organization in (11) _______________.
The USA has recently experienced a record number of (12) _______________.
In Sri Lanka, there has been usually (13) _______________.
There are concerns about what effect this will have on the (14) _______________ there.
There have been very (15) _______________ in England and Wales.
Part 4 . Listen to part of a radio program. Decide whether the information in each
sentence is true or false.
16.Data mining has only just been discovered.
17.Data mining is the same as information retrieval.
18.Shops use data mining to hire more professional staff.
19.Data from crime reports was not enough to fight crime effectively.
20.Police use data mining to identify possible future crime spots.
B. VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, LANGUAGE FUNCTION
I. Choose the word or phrase that would best complete each sentence (2pts)
21. People living abroad are not ______ to enter for this competition.
A. capable B. enable C. eligible D. permissible
22. The escaped prisoner fought ______ before he was finally overpowered.
A. foot and mouth B. heart and soul C. head over heels D. tooth and nail
23. David is the captain of the school baseball team, ___his father before him.
A. as well as B. similar to C. just like D. such as
24. Once the air warms up, the snow should start to ______
A. liquefy B. thaw C. defrost D. dissolve
25. After months of bitter arguing the couple had to accept that they were ______
A. incompatible B. disaffected C. incongruous D. dissident
26. Our hosts had prepared a ______ meal with seven courses to celebrate our arrival.
A. generous B. lavish C. spendthriftD. profuse
27. They are happily married although, of course, they argue ______
A. on the occasion B. from day to day C. every now and then D. most times
28. I was proud to be ______ out for special praise for my performance.
A. separated B. selected C. singled D. distinguished
29. When we got to the box office the question of who should pay ______
A. came B. arose C. appeared D. raised
30. The 10% rise in the cost of living is almost unbelievable until one looks at it in the
______ of world price rises.
A. relationship B. context C. significance D. situation
31. It never _______ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered.
A. crossed B. came C. spunk D. passed
32. _______ broken into when we were away on holiday.
A. It was our house B. We had our house
C. Thieves had our house D. Our house had
33. Lisa: “Have you been able to reach Peter?” -Gina:“ ”
A. That’snoapproval. B. Yes, I’ve known him for years.
C. No, the lineis busy. D. It’s much toohigh.
34. Jane: “Would you rather have coffee or orange juice?” -Susan:“ ”
A. Ilikeboth. B. I have either. C. Either, please.D. I’d rather to have coffee.
 35 Peter: "Hi, David, do you think it's possible for you to have a talk sometime today?"
- David: “ ”
A. I'd love to, but I've got a pretty tight schedule today.
B. No more time for me. I have to work with myboss.
C. I wish I had been free yesterday to have time withyou.
D. Excuse me; however, I'm so busy all day frommorning.
II. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correction (0.5
pts)
36. Upon reaching the destination, a number of personnel is expected to
change their reservations and proceed toHawaii.
A. reaching B. is C.to change D. proceedto
37. However type of raw materials is used in making paper, the process is essentially the
same.
A.However B. is used C. paper D.essentially
38. There were too many books on the shelves that I didn’t know which one tochoose.
A.on B. to choose C.were D.too
39. They had a discussion abouttraining not only the new employees but also giving
them somechallenges.
A.about B. training not only C.giving D. some challenges
40. The University of Kentucky has held this prestigious title until 1989, when itwas
granted to the University of Georgia.
A.has held B. It C.was granted D. to
III. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets.
41. Everyone should try to maintain their ____________. DIVIDE
42. My friends started going out late to nightclubs so I decided to _________myself from
the group. SOCIAL
43. New immigrants have been successfully ______into the community. SIMILAR
44. He wanted Jill to give up her life of alcohol and __________. DESTROY
45. College ________have increased for the past years in. DROP
C. READING.
I. Complete the passage with the phrases/ sentences given.
A. Most of the letters from home contained just everyday events concerning my
parents and their friends.
B. We had been corresponding for 29 years but had never met.
C. It didn‟t matter how short or untidy they were as long as they were letters.
D. Notes are appreciated, but how much better to have a year‟s supply of news!
E. Poor handwriting can spoil your enjoyment of a letter.
F. But instead of harming the relationships, letter writing seemed to improve them.
G. She and my son have penfriends of their own in Texas, organised by my penfriend.
H. More important, if she hadn't replied, we would be the poorer for it.
Drop me a line!
In our fast world of phones, emails and computers, the old-fashioned art of letter
writing is at risk of disappearing altogether. Yet, to me, there is something about
receiving a letter that cannot be matched by any other form of communication. There is
the excitement of its arrival, the pleasure of seeing who it is from and, finally, the
enjoyment of the contents.
Letter writing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It probably began
with the little notes I would write to my mother. My mother, also, always insisted I write
my own thank-you letters for Christmas and birthday presents. 46._________
When I left home at 18 to train as a doctor in London, I would write once a week,
and so would my mother. Occasionally my father would write and it was always a joy to
receive his long, amusing letters. 47._________Of course, we also made phone calls but it
is the letters I remember most.
There were also letters from my boyfriends. In my youth I seemed to attract people who
had to work or study away at some time and I was only able to stay in touch by
correspondence. 48._________ I found that I could often express myself more easily in
writing than by talking.
I love the letters that come with birthday or Christmas cards.49._________
And it‟s even nicer when it‟s an airmail envelope with beautiful stamps. My overseas
letters arrive from Mangala in Sri Lanka, from someone I trained with over 20 years ago,
and I have a penfriend in Australia and another in Vancouver.
Then there‟s the lady who writes to me from France. If we hadn‟t started talking in a
restaurant on the way home from holiday, if my husband hadn‟t taken her photo and if I
hadn‟t asked her for her address, I would never have been able to write to her.
50._________As it is, we now have a regular correspondence. I can improve my
French (she speaks no English); we have stayed at her home twice and she has stayed
with us.
My biggest letter-writing success, however, came this summer, when my family and I
stayed with my American penfriend in Texas. Everyone was amazed that a
correspondence could last so long. The local press even considered the
correspondence worth reporting on the front page. I am pleased that my children are
carrying on the tradition. Like my mother before me, I insist they write their own
thank-you letters. My daughter writes me little letters, just as I did to my mother.
However convenient communicating by email may appear to be, I strongly urge readers
not to allow letter writing to become another “lost art‟.
II. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C, D best fits each
space.
Very few of us would admit putting much trust in horoscopes and the fact that the
movements of astronomical bodies (51) _________ to earthly occurrences affecting
peoples’ everyday lives.
We all know about the zodiac signs which reflect the position of the sun, the moon
and the planets at the moment of a man’s birth and about the peculiar characteristics (52)
_________ to them by astrologers. We say we will take these phenomena with a (53)
_________ of salt while we keep running our eyes over them in every tabloid we (54)
_________ our hands on. Most frequently, we expect horoscopes to predict the future, to
restore our optimistic mood with a piece of comforting information or to (55) _________
our ego by confirming the superlative features that we tend to attribute to our zodiacs.
However, there’s no scientific evidence to (56) _________ the assumption that
human existence is so closely (57) _________ with the parameters of the celestial bodies.
Our curiosity in horoscopes may, then, (58) _________ our sheer fascination with the
unexplained or the unpredictable as well as in the enticing insight into the future that the
horoscopes offer, thus establishing the sense of our (59) _________ an extreme power
over our own lives. An addition explanation is that humans tend to have a soft (60)
_________ for any form of flattery, which is the fact to which astrologers and the
horoscope writers seem to attach the greatest deal of weight.
51. A. rely B. correspond C. match D. compare
52. A. identified B. associated C. incorporated D. ascribed
53. A. speck B. pinch C. grain D. scrap
54. A. settle B. draw C. grab D. lay
55. A. boost B. escalate C. revitalize D. improve
56. A. conclude B. concede C. corroborate D. Confound
57. A. fused B. adhered C. coalesced D. intertwined
58. A. stem B. crop C. rear D. dawn
59. A. disposing B. wielding C. effecting D. committing
60. A. pin B. dot C. spot D. nick
III. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C, or D best fits each
space.
The response of most animals when suddenly faced with a predator is to flee. Natural
selection has acted in a variety of ways in different species to enhancethe efficacy of the
behaviours, known as "flight behaviours" or escape behaviours that are used by prey in
fleeing predators. Perhaps the most direct adaptation is enhanced light speed and agility.
Adaptations for speed, however, are likely to require sacrifices biter attributes, so we
might expect only some species to adopt a simple fast flight strategy.
Another way of enhancing the effectiveness of flight is to move in an erratic and
unpredictable way. Many species, like ptarmigans, snipes, and various antelopes and
gazelles, flee from predators in a characteristic zigzag fashion. Rapid unexpected changes
in flight direction make it difficult for a predator to track prey.
In some species, like the European hare, erratic zigzagflight might be more effective
in the presence of predators that are faster than they are and straight light more effective
against predators that are slower. One observation that supports this suggestion is the
recorded tendency for slow-flying black-beaded gulls, which are normally able to escape
predators by means of direct flight, to show frequent changes in flight direction when they
spot a peregrine falcon (peregrinesare adept at capturing flying birds).
A quite different way of enhancing escape by flight is to use so-called "flash"
behaviour. Here, the alarmed prey flees for a short distance and then "freezes." Some
predators are unexcited by immobile prey, and a startling flash of activity followed by
immobility may confuse them. "Flash" behaviour is used in particular by frogs
and orthopteraninsects, which make conspicuous jumps and then sit immobile. In some
species, "flash" behaviour is enhanced by the display of bright body markings. Good
examples of insects with colourful markings are the red and yellow underwing moths. At
rest, both species are a cryptic brown color. When they fly, however, brightly coloured
hind wings are exposed, which render the moths highly conspicuous. Similarly, some
frogs and lizards have brightly coloured patches or frills that may serve a 'flash" function
when they move quickly. Some species even appear to possess "flash" sounds. The loud
buzzing and clicking noises made by some grasshoppers when they jump may serve to
emphasize the movement.
61. The word "enhance" in line 2 is closest in meaning to...........
A. encourage B. resist C. increase D. reveal
62. The description of the prey's movement as "zigzag" suggests that the movement
is.......
A. reliable B. fast C. constant D. unpredictable
63. It can be inferred from the passage that the European hare.........
A. is faster than most of its predators
B. is capable of two kinds of flight
C. is more likely to escape using straight flight
D. is preyed upon by gulls and falcons
64. The behaviour of black-beaded gulls is most comparable to that of.......
A. gazelles B. European hares C. peregrine falcons D. frogs
65. It can be inferred that black-beaded gulls change direction when they spot a peregrine
falcon for which of the following reasons?
A. The falcons are faster than the gulls.
B. The gulls want to capture the falcons.
C. The falcons are unpredictable.
D. The gulls depend on the falcons for protection.
66. The word "alarmed" in line 18 is closest in meaning to..........
A. moving B. selected C. frightened D. exhausted
67. All of the followings are mentioned as characteristics of "flash" behaviour
EXCEPT...........
A. brief conspicuous activity B. immobility
C. bright body markings D. aggressive fighting
68. The phrase "in particular" in line 20 is closest in meaning to...........
A. especially B. with difficulty C. expertly D. frequently
69. The hind wings of red and yellow underwing moths function in a way that is most
similar to...........
A. the hind wings of peregrine falcons
B. the zigzag flight of European hares
C. the colored patches on frogs
D. the clicking of grasshoppers
700. Why does the author mention "grasshopper" in the last line?
A. To contrast animals that "flash" with animals that "freeze".
B. As an example of an animal whose "flash" behaviour is a sound.
C. To compare the jumping behaviour of insects and reptiles.
D. As an example of a predator that moths escape by using "flash" behavior.
IV. Read the following passage and choose T (True) or F (False)
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
A recent survey has shown that the number of people in the United Kingdom who do not
intend to get internet access has risen. These people, who are know as 'net refuseniks',
make up 44% of UK households, or 11.2 million people in total.
The research also showed that more than 70 percent of these people said that they were
not interested in getting connected to the internet. This number has risen from just over
50% in 2005, with most giving lack of computer skills as a reason for not getting internet
access, though some also said it was because of the cost. More and more people are
getting broadband and high speed net is available almost everywhere in the UK, but there
are still a significant number of people who refuse to take the first step.
The cost of getting online is going down and internet speeds are increasing, so many see
the main challenge to be explaining the relevance of the internet to this group. This would
encourage them to get connected before they are left too far behind. The gap between
those who have access to and use the internet is the digital divide, and if the gap continues
to widen, those without access will get left behind and miss out on many opportunities,
especially in their careers.
1. High speed internet is not available everywhere in the UK.
2. Both costs and speeds are increasing.
3. Many people think that getting the costs down is the key to this problem.
4. The digital divide is widening in the UK.
5. Not having access to the internet will only affect people's careers.
D. WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible
in meaning to the sentence printed before it. Do not change the form of the given
word.
1. Mary is far superior to me in terms of technical knowledge. (match)
=> When it comes _____________________________________________ for Mary.
2. Anthony wasn’t at all discouraged by this bad experience. (put)
=> This bad experience ___________________________________________ least.
3. Redundancy has caused a lot of domestic problems.
=> Many a _______________________________________________
4. The film didn’t come up to my expectations.
=> The film fell _______________________________________________
5. Since she couldn’t get through to the police, she ran next door for help.
=> Not ___________________________________________________.
II. This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.

Now write a letter (60-80 words) answering your friend’s questions.

III.Some people say that poor students or students who come from rural areas often
find it difficult to have access to university education. What should be done to solve
this problem?
Write a paragraph (160-180 words) and give your opinion.

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SỞ GDĐT HẢI DƯƠNG HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
ĐỀ GIỚI THIỆU THI TUYỂN SINH THPT CHUYÊN
NĂM HỌC 2023- 2024
Môn:T.Anh
(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm 4 trang)

I. Hướng dẫn chung

Thang điểm chấm 100, sau khi chấm xong
II. Đáp án và thang điểm

Phần Câu Nội dung Điểm

A. I 1.B 5
LISTENING 2.B
1x5
3.A
4.C
5.A
II 6C 5
7D
8C 1x5
9A
10C
III 11. Switzerland 5
12. tornadoes
1x5
13. heavy rainfall
14. economy
15. strong winds

IV 16. F 5
17. F
18. F 1x5
19.T
20.T
B. I 21C 15
VOCABULA 22D
23C 1x15
RY,
24B
GRAMMAR,
25A
LANGUAGE 26B
FUNCTION 27C
28C
29B
30B
 31A
32B
33C
34C
35A
II 36B 5
37A
1x5
38D
39B
40A
III 41. individuality 5
42. Dissociate
1x5
43. Assimilated
44. self-destruction
45. Dropouts

C. I 46. C 5
READING. 47. A
48. F 1x5
49. D
50. H

II 51B 10
52D
53B 1x10
54D
55A
56C
57D
58A
59B
60C
III 61C 10
62D
63B 1x10
64B
65A
66C
67D
68A
69C
70B
IV 71F 5
72F
73F 1x5
 74T
75F
D. I 1…… to technical knowledge, I am no
WRITING match ……
2. ……didn’t put Anthony off in
the……
3. Many a domestic problem has been
caused by redundancy.
4. The film fell short of my expectations.
5. Not being able to get through to the
police, she ran next door for help.

II Tổng 10 điểm. Có phương án chấm phù 10

hợp với nội dung của đề.
+ Task fulfillment : 4 points
- Fulfill the task with relevant
information
- Include important details
+ Organization: 2 points
- Easy to follow.
- Information connected effectively
+ Language: 4 points
- Accurate grammar
- Accurate and appropriate
vocabulary
- A variety of structure types
- Correct spelling, punctuation
( sai 1 lỗi ngữ pháp hoặc 2 lỗi chính tả
giảm 1.0 điểm)
III + Content: 7 points 15
- Viewpoint is relevant and clear
- Enough ideas with examples
+ Organization: 1points
- Easy to read, well-organized
- Overall meaning is clear
+ Grammar/Vocabulary/ Spelling:
7points
- Accurate grammar
- Accurate and appropriate
vocabulary
- A variety of sentence structures
- Correct spelling, punctuation