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ĐỀ THI CHUYÊN ANH TỈNH BÀ RỊA – VŨNG TÀU NĂM HỌC 2024-2025

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II. Lexico-Grammar (MCQ)

CIRCLE the best answer to each of the questions.

Circle the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

Circle the word which differs from the other three in position of primary stress.

The inspector's function is not merely to __________ judgement, but also to suggest improvements to public services.

He drew the short __________ and had to clean the classrooms, which made him exasperated.

Children tend to __________ continually for what they want, so parents should be strict to help them have better manners.

__________ modeling is actually hard work.

Research groups were trying to __________ the government into giving money for the project to computerize the library system.

By law, tenants are jointly and __________ liable for payment of the rent.

When her parents are away, her oldest brother __________. He has to make sure that she won't come to any harm while she's in his care.

__________ we stood at the door and waited for Jim to pick us up.

Built by __________ Romans in 90 AD, the amphitheatre of Arles in __________ southwest France became __________ fortress with four towers after __________ fifth century.

CIRCLE A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined word(s) that needs correcting. The ability to attribute failure and success to factors outside yourself is a crucial characteristic of optimism and results in more managerial reaction to events.

CIRCLE A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined word(s) that needs correcting. It is perfectly normal for brothers and sisters to fall out with one another over small things. But you should not try to let incidents like these have too big effect on your relationship.

Mary and Peter are in a restaurant.
- Mary: "The food is great. I'll get the bill."
- Peter: "__________."

III. Word formation (Staycation)

Supply the appropriate forms of the words in brackets.

A GREAT STAYCATION
Holidays at home are usually a last (1. COURSE) __________ when all other options have been ruled out for one reason or another, but in these tough times when money is perhaps tighter than ever before, the grim reality that the stay-at-home vacation maybe the only realistic alternative is one that more and more of us are faced with. However, this does not have to mean a miserable time in the same old (2. ROUND) __________ you are in for the other 355-odd days of the year. For those willing to think outside the box a little, there are, in fact, a (3. MULTIPLE) __________ of possibilities that should be explored. Ever thought about a house swap, for example? The house swap is the ultimate holiday recession buster. And there are now websites on which (4. MIND) __________ individuals, couples and families looking to get a flavor of the life lived in someone else's home can hook up and start house swapping.
Okay, so it's not the two weeks in Gran Canaria you might have hoped for, but staying in someone else's (5. RESIDE) __________ for a few days at least, whether it be ten, fifty or one hundred miles away, sure beats slouching around at home on your own sofa.

(COURSE) Holidays at home are usually a last ______

(ROUND) in the same old ______

(MULTIPLE) a ______ of possibilities

(MIND) ______ individuals, couples and families

(RESIDE) staying in someone else's ______

IV. Open cloze (Portions)

Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.

TOO MUCH ON OUR PLATES
An increasing proportion of the population are overweight, probably due to increased prosperity, cheaper food and changing dietary habits. One noticeable example of this is that portion sizes (1) __________ increased dramatically over the last 30 years. What's more, we are losing the ability to judge how large an "appropriate portion" should be. There is now so much food on our plates that if we eat up everything that is put in front of us, as our parents taught us to do, the (2) __________ are we will put on weight. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University investigating the factors that lead to obesity looked at the role portion size (3) __________ in determining how much people eat. In order to test this, researchers set the lunch table for four days for two groups of men and women. One group was given a plate (4) __________ containing a pre-measured portion. The others were handed an empty plate and allowed to serve themselves from the same-sized portions presented in a dish. Whether the participants put the food on their own plates or not, the larger the portion in front of them, the more they ate. Even if we think we are in control of what we eat, we all have the same innate (5) __________ to portion size. No matter how hungry we are, we eat more if we are given more.

V. Guided cloze (Language)

Read the passage below, and CIRCLE the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each numbered blank.

DIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE
All languages have the same purpose - to communicate thoughts - and yet they achieve this single aim in a variety of ways. There is, it appears, no feature of grammar or syntax that is indispensable or universal. The ways of dealing with matters of number, tense, gender and the (1) __________ are wondrously various from one tongue to the next. Many languages manage without quite basic grammatical or lexical features, (2) __________ others burden themselves with remarkable complexities.
Not only have various speech communities devised different languages, but also different cultural predispositions to (3) __________ with them. Speakers from the Mediterranean region, for instance, like to put their faces very close, relatively speaking, to those they are (4) __________. A common scene when people from southern Europe and northern Europe are standing together talking is for the latter to spend the entire conversation falling back, to try to gain some space, and for the former to keep advancing to close the (5) __________. Neither speaker may even be aware of it.

VI. Reading 1 — Video games in education

Read the passage and CIRCLE the best answer to each of the questions.

USING VIDEO GAMING IN EDUCATION
It has become conventional wisdom that spending too much time playing video games has a detrimental effect on children's studies and their social development. However, some educationalists are now questioning this theory and are using video games as effective educational tools thus bridging the gap between recreational and educational activities.
Due to the sophisticated nature of today's games, teachers are able to justify the inclusion of video and online games for many pedagogical reasons. There may, for example, be sociological, psychological, and ethical implications built into the gameplay. Harvey Edwards, who teaches IT classes in London, was one such educator who decided to use video games in his lessons. To do this, he chose Minecraft, an online game in which players create and develop imaginary worlds. He was somewhat uneasy about attempting such an unconventional approach, not because of some students' unfamiliarity with the game but rather due to them not being able to make sense of what he was trying to do with it. He worried that it might interfere with his learners' focus, but he couldn't have been more surprised by the results.
Minecraft is an example of a 'sandbox game', in which gamers roam around and change a virtual world at will. Instead of having to pass through numbered levels to reach certain places, there's full access from start to finish. The original version can be adapted to control which characters and content are left in. Each student can then be allocated tasks – such as housebuilding, locating items or problem-solving – which they must complete within the game. Elements of more general skills can be subtly incorporated into the lessons, such as online politeness and safety, teamwork and resolving differences. Edwards feels that presenting such lessons in the context of a game students probably already know and enjoy enables him to connect with them at greater depth, and in more motivational ways.
Bolstered by his success, Edwards introduced his approach to another school nearby. He recalls that the first couple of sessions didn't live up to his expectations. Those who had played Minecraft before were keen for others to adopt their own style of play. Unsurprisingly, this assortment of styles and opinions as to how the game should proceed were far from harmonious. However, the sessions rapidly transformed into something more cohesive, with the learners driving the change. With minimal teacher input, they set about choosing leaders and established several teams, each with its own clearly-defined role. These teams, now party to clear common goals, willingly cooperated to ensure that their newborn world flourished, even when faced with the toughest of challenges.
'Human' inhabitants in a Minecraft 'society' are very primitive and wander around the imaginary world, waiting for guidance from players. This dynamic bears a resemblance to traditional education, an observation highlighted by Martina Williams, one of the leaders of the group. 'Through the game, we were no longer passive learners in the classroom, being told what and how to learn, but active participants in our own society. The leaders, meanwhile, had a vision for their virtual world as a whole, encouraging everyone to play their part in achieving the group's goals. Through creating their own characters and using these to build their own 'world', students will have gained some experiential understanding of societal structure and how communities work.
But not everyone is convinced by video games' potential academic value. While many progressive commentators cite extensive evidence to maintain that video games encourage collaboration and build problem-solving skills, more traditional factions continue to insist they are a distraction that do not merit inclusion in any curriculum. Even less evangelical cynics, who may grudgingly acknowledge games have some educational benefit, assert that this is only the case in the hands of creative educators. However, the accusation most often levelled at video games is that they detract from the social aspect of the classroom, particularly taking part in discussions. Dr Helen Conway, an educational researcher, argues that video games can be used to promote social activities. 'Students become animated talking about the game and how to improve their gameplaying and problem-solving skills,' she says. 'I find it strange, this image that many people have,' Conway says. Children are often totally detached from their peers when undertaking more traditional activities, like reading books, but we never suggest that books are harmful because they're a solitary experience.

The first time Edwards used a game in his classes, he was __________.

The writer suggests that Minecraft is a good choice of educational game because __________.

Which of the following words in the fourth paragraph is used to convey a feeling of approval?

In the fifth paragraph, the writer draws a comparison between a Minecraft 'society' and __________.

In the sixth paragraph, the writer feels that critics of video games in education __________.

The words 'this image' in the sixth paragraph refer to __________.

VI. Reading 2 — Io and Titan

Read the passage and CIRCLE the best answer to each of the questions.

IO AND TITAN
A satellite of the largest planet in the Solar System, Io is one of the four largest moons known as the "Galilean moons" of Jupiter and orbits closest to the planet. Not much was known about Io until 1979 when the United States conducted Voyager exploratory missions. The missions discovered that the moon had no impact craters, which scientists considered unusual because they had expected the opposite. Io possesses the characteristics of a fairly young moon, however, with a molten iron core and more than 400 active volcanoes. Thus, any collisions with objects from outer space would not manifest themselves through craters and other blemishes, as Io's exterior is being paved again and again by lava flows. Io's silicate surface is very colorful, mostly shades of orange because of the presence of sulphur and its compounds. Io's atmosphere is very thin and consists mostly of sulphur dioxide.
Io's discovery by Galileo Galilei in 1610 played an enormous part in scientific development in the 17th and 18th centuries. Io and its companion moons gave scientists a reason to adopt the Copernican system over the Ptolemaic system, which insists that the Earth was at the center of the Solar System. Galileo observed that the moons never left the vicinity of Jupiter, which proved that not everything revolved around the Earth.
Titan is the largest of Saturn's 57 moons. Unlike Io, Titan orbits Saturn in the outermost part, but sometimes skirts in and out. Discovered by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Titan's atmosphere is dense, which makes it difficult to study Titan even with telescopes. The Cassini-Huygens mission in 2005 determined that Titan has liquid hydrocarbon lakes near the North Pole. The surface of Titan shows large regions of dark terrain, which are actually extensive plains covered with sand dunes formed by the strong winds of the satellite. The exploratory mission also discovered that Titan has a fully developed atmosphere unlike the other satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. Titan's air is predominantly made up of nitrogen along with other hydrocarbon elements, which are the basis of building amino acids necessary for the formation of life. Titan's atmosphere may be similar to that of the early Earth. On that account, if life were able to develop on Titan, it would give model for the evolution of life on the Earth.

What is the main idea of the passage?

The word 'exterior' in the passage is CLOSEST in meaning to __________.

According to the passage, the discovery of Io was significant because __________.

The author mentions Titan's 'hydrocarbon elements' in order to __________.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the study of Titan?

VII. Sentence transformation

Complete each sentence, using the word(s) in brackets without changing the original meaning. DO NOT change the word(s) given.

She says she's rarely been as happy as she was on the day she graduated. (days)
→ She describes her ________________________________________________________________ of her life.

Looking at Joan's holiday snaps made Rita want to travel abroad. (whetted)
→ Joan's holiday snaps _________________________________________________________________ travel.

There are so many different styles of ethnic cuisine to choose from these days. (spoilt)
→ These days, we _____________________________________________________________ to ethnic cuisine.

If you need her to, she can prepare a delicious meal in about half an hour. (rustle)
→ Should the ________________________________________________ a delicious meal in about half an hour.

You were wrong to scold the child in front of the others. (off)
→ You ought _____________________________________________________________ in front of the others.

VIII. Writing

In 120-150 words, express your opinion on this topic.

Should children be allowed to make their own choice about eating habits? (120–150 words)

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