Dành cho thí sinh thi vào các trường: THPT Chuyên Phan Ngọc Hiển
ĐỀ THI CHUYÊN ANH TỈNH CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
TIẾNG ANH (chuyên) — 07 trang — 23/06/2022
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
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A. Listening Part 1 — Tour of Thailand
Complete the notes. You will hear twice. (không có audio — theo transcript/key TDK)
Transcript — A. Listening Part 1 — Tour of Thailand (TTS từ transcript)
Next you will head into the jungle for a four-day trek to Chiang Mei. You will visit important cultural sites and spend an exciting day riding an elephant through the jungle. After that, there is more adventure, as you will spend three days canoeing along the rivers of the Phang Nga National Park. After that you will probably want to relax and we have the perfect place for it. The island of Koh Samui has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. After three days on this island paradise you will fly back to Bangkok before heading for home.
This is the perfect opportunity to see the best of Thailand on a short holiday. Throughout your tour you will stay in comfortable accommodation and you will have an English-speaking guide with you at all times. The total cost of the package, including return flights from London, is just £1850. Call today and make your reservation.
Length of holiday: (1) __________ days
Chiang Mai: 4 days trekking including a ride on a(n) (3) __________
Koh Samui: 3 days relaxing on (4) __________
Cost: £(5) __________ including return flight from London
A. Listening Part 2 — Volcanoes
Circle A, B or C. (không có audio — theo transcript/key TDK)
Transcript — A. Listening Part 2 — Volcanoes (TTS từ transcript)
B: Thank you ...
A: Dr. Purdy, what would you say is the most striking thing about volcanoes?
B: Well, volcanoes are a very powerful natural phenomenon. And of course they can cause a village with hundreds of people to disappear in seconds. But for me, what is most amazing about them is the fact that they can erupt at any time, without any warning ...
A: Yes ...
B: But now scientists are working on the idea that volcanic eruptions are related to the moon ...
A: The moon? Can this be possible?
B: Well, they think that the moon may affect volcanic eruptions. For example, a volcano is more likely to erupt when there is a full moon. This is a very old idea, but it has never been tested until recently ...
A: I see ...
B: But not all volcanoes are dangerous killers ...
A: Really?
B: Take Mount Etna, in Sicily. Everybody has heard of Mount Etna. It's called the "Friendly Giant", not because it's big - though it is - but because its lava moves very slowly. This gives people time to escape. It's not a killer volcano ... even though it looks terrible during its eruptions ...
A: Oh, I didn't know that about its lava ...
B: It's true. Also, people have recorded the deaths caused by Mount Etna for over three thousand years, and it has only killed seventy-three people in all that time. That's not very many when you think about it, though there was a large eruption in sixteen sixty-nine ... but nobody recorded any deaths ...
A: Amazing ...
B: Volcanoes are always changing ... for example, the cone, that's the channel the lava flows through, can close up and a new cone can form. A new cone is actually a new volcano. On the site of Mount Fuji in Japan, there were two other volcanoes there before the present one ...
A: Amazing!
B: Mount Fuji is actually a very popular place for tourists, including the Japanese. It has about four hundred thousand visitors a year. In the summer, there can be twenty thousand a day ...
A: And can you tell us about the word "volcano" itself?
B: Yes ... it comes from the Italian word "vulcano" which means "burning mountain", and from the Latin "Vulcanus". All "burning mountains", like Vesuvius and Mount Fiji, were given this name, but the name "Vulcanus" was first given by the Romans to Mount Etna because they thought that it was the home of the god Vulcanus ...
The most striking thing about volcanoes is the fact that __________.
- they can kill a large number of people very quickly
- you never know when they will erupt
- they have enormous power
The idea that the moon affects volcanic eruptions is __________.
- old
- recent
- impossible
Mount Etna is called the “Friendly Giant” because __________.
- everyone has heard of it
- it is very big
- it rarely kills people
Mount Etna has killed __________.
- 73 people
- 69 people
- 3,000 people
Mount Fuji in Japan is the __________.
- 2nd volcano on that site
- 1st volcano on that site
- 3rd volcano on that site
B. Phonetics — Pronunciation (11–13)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs in pronunciation from the other three.
Pronunciation (11) · tangle / dangerous / battle / calculate
- tangle
- dangerous
- battle
- calculate
Pronunciation (12) · looked / watched / opened / stepped
- looked
- watched
- opened
- stepped
Pronunciation (13) · occasion / measure / skyscraper / erosion
- occasion
- measure
- skyscraper
- erosion
B. Phonetics — Stress (14–15)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress.
Stress (14) · shallow / insect / worship / canoe
- shallow
- insect
- worship
- canoe
Stress (15) · benefit / pesticide / cinema / guitarist
- benefit
- pesticide
- cinema
- guitarist
C. Lexico-grammar Part 1
Choose A–D.
New York, __________ population reached 10 million by 1930, was the world’s first megacity.
- which
- who
- where
- whose
I bought my wife a(n) __________ hat
- beautiful large copper Italian
- beautiful large Italian copper
- beautiful copper large Italian
- Italian beautiful large copper
Mr. Thanh hoped __________ to join the club.
- inviting
- being invited
- to invite
- to be invited
she couldn’t gain __________ to any university
- acceptance
- admission
- adoption
- entrance
Our outstanding players made __________ work of Thailand…
- short
- large
- long
- wide
There’s hardly anything that can be done to reduce pollution, __________?
- is there
- isn't there
- can it
- can't it
If you had taken my advice, you __________ in such difficulties now.
- wouldn't have been
- won't be
- wouldn't be
- hadn't been
Phong always gets up early every morning __________ he’s not late for his work.
- so that
- even though
- because
- as soon as
I will have your car __________ by the end of the day.
- to repair
- repair
- repaired
- repairing
Alex: Thanks for the nice gift… Michelle: __________
- Not at all.
- Welcome! I'm glad you like it.
- Actually speaking, I myself don't like it.
- All right! Do you know how much it costs?
C. Lexico Part 2 — Prepositions
One preposition each blank.
A Japanese meal consists __________ rice, miso soup…
you should give __________ your bad habits
My father still hasn't really got __________ the death of my mother.
your daughter does not take __________ you at all
Johnny sometimes calls __________ his grandparents in the countryside.
C. Lexico Part 3 — Word form
Form of the word in brackets.
excessive (1. EMIT) __________ of greenhouse gases
some countries may finish (2. COMPLETE) __________ in the near future
various (3. COMMON) __________ weather conditions
causes (4. EVAPORATE) __________ of more water
technological (5. ADVANCE) __________ and deforestation
C. Lexico Part 4 — Error
Underlined mistake A–D.
a ten-days trip from the North to the South
- daily life
- on a
- ten-days
- to the South
cut down to produce timber and clearing land for farms
- In Southeast Asia
- have been cut down
- clearing
- industries
The number of articles published… are really amazing
- number
- published
- are
- amazing
technologies for the fourth industrious revolution
- large enterprises
- established
- to develop
- industrious
try to look it on in the dictionary
- what
- means
- to look
- on
D. Reading Part 1 — Sơn Đoòng T/F
True or False.
Thanks to Good Morning America on ABC, a large number of people around the world will know Son Doong Cave.
- True
- False
The film crew met a lot of problems from the local authorities.
- True
- False
The number of people climbing Mount Everest is the same as that exploring Son Doong Cave.
- True
- False
The exploration tour is so hard that it requires tourists to have good physical and mental health.
- True
- False
Tourists can explore the cave in several months.
- True
- False
D. Reading Part 2 — Cloze children & books
Choose A–D.
- scarcely
- rarely
- slightly
- really
Wise parents will have a (2) __________ attitude
- cheerful
- contented
- relaxed
- hopeful
- bright
- thrilling
- energetic
- stimulating
- material
- sense
- produce
- amusement
- provoke
- encourage
- provide
- attract
- properly
- worthily
- perfectly
- equally
- set
- band
- group
- limit
(8) __________ viewing of programs designed for young children can be useful
- cautious
- choice
- approved
- discriminating
- illustrate
- extend
- feature
- possess
- revival
- dimension
- option
- existence
D. Reading Part 3 — Great horned owls
Choose A–D.
What is the topic of this passage?
- Mating rituals of great horned owls
- Raising a family of great horned owls
- Habits of young great horned owls
- Nest building of great horned owls
“a resonant hoot” is closest in meaning to __________.
- a sound
- an offering of food
- an instrument
- a movement
It can be inferred that the courtship __________.
- happens in the fall
- takes place on the ground
- involves the male alone
- is an active process
great horned owls __________.
- may inhabit a previously used nest
- are discriminate nest builders
- need big nests for their numerous eggs
- build nests on tree limbs
which is the mother owl’s job?
- To build the nest
- To initiate the courtship ritual
- To sit on the nest
- To feed the young
“precious charges” refers to __________.
- the hawks and crows
- other nesting owls
- the nest
- the eggs
young owlets eat everything EXCEPT __________.
- insects
- other small birds
- small mammals
- nuts and seeds
“they” in the last paragraph refers to __________.
- the adult birds
- the wise old men
- the prey
- the young birds
What can be inferred about the adult parents?
- They are lazy and careless about feeding the small owlets.
- They probably don't see their young after November.
- They don't eat while they are feeding their young.
- They are sorry to see their young leave home.
“weary of” is closest in meaning to __________.
- become sad about
- support
- are attracted to
- tire of
E. Writing
Summary + paragraph.
Read “Cultural Evolution” and summarise it in YOUR OWN WORDS (~60 words). Do not copy the original.
Today many teenagers depend much on other people. In about 120–180 words, write a paragraph about how to live independently.