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ĐỀ THI CHUYÊN ANH TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN TRẦN PHÚ HẢI PHÒNG 2022-2023

TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) — 150 phút — 6 trang

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

Kết quả

Listening I — Marta (1–5)

Choose A–D. TWICE. (Transcript in hai-phong-chuyen.transcripts.txt)

Listening I — Marta (1–5)
Transcript — Listening I — Marta (1–5)
Man: Today I’m talking to Marta Stanston, who runs her own ‘mobile’ restaurant. Marta, how did you get into the restaurant business?
Marta: Well I learnt to cook at college. I always wanted to open my own restaurant – but had no money. So I got a job as a chef. I had all sorts of ideas for new dishes, which the staff thought would sell, but the guy who owned the place wasn’t interested. That’s when a friend told me about the ‘mobile restaurant’ idea. It sounded great.
Man: Tell us about it.
Marta: Well, it works like this: you decide on a menu – obviously you have to be able to cook – then you advertise it so people can book a meal. The most amazing thing is all the advertising’s done through social-networking websites. People set up tables in their sitting-room, or in a city car park, an empty factory – anywhere in fact. And because you know how many people you’re cooking for, food doesn’t get wasted.
Man: So why was it good for you?
Marta: Well, various reasons. Like, I could buy all the ingredients without risk because you make customers pay in advance. The greatest advantage, though, is by having a maximum of ten customers, I didn’t need to hire a waiter. Then, of course, I could prepare everything at home – just take a camping gas cooker with me, plus some plates, glasses, knives and forks.
Man: Do you never run into problems?
Marta: The whole experience is fun. People watch you cook and the atmosphere’s relaxed. I did one meal on a beach which almost went wrong because I didn’t think about the wind blowing sand into people’s food. Fortunately, I’d brought a large umbrella to protect myself from the sun, so I put it around their table instead!
Man: And you sometimes use your own flat?
Marta: If the weather’s bad, people come to my home instead, but it gets very crowded. Even though I’ve actually got enough chairs and a big table, it’s not ideal. I was worried we might disturb the neighbours, but they’ve been alright about it. I love the temporary feel of the mobile idea, so home’s not really what it’s about.

What did Marta dislike about her first job?

At first, what did Marta find most surprising about mobile restaurants?

For Marta, the best thing about mobile restaurants was ______.

Marta had difficulty serving food on a beach because of ______.

Marta tries to avoid serving meals in her home because ______.

Listening II — Dolls (6–15)

ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

Listening II — Dolls (6–15)
Transcript — Listening II — Dolls (6–15)
Dolls have always fascinated me, and that’s why, five years ago, I was delighted to be offered the job of running a doll museum. Dolls have existed for thousands of years, and the earliest dolls we know about were found in graves in ancient Egypt. I only wish we could get one or two for our museum, but we haven’t unfortunately got anything as old as that in the museum. All the same, we have got examples from Europe from the twelfth century, but my favourite early dolls are actually from the seventeenth century. They interest me not just because they are early, or fairly early, but also because of the clothes they’re wearing. They have their original clothes, and from them we know what the owners wore, since dolls in those days were always dressed like their owners. They were made of the only material readily available for things like this at the time: solid wood, and they were painted in great detail. In fact, on the best examples, like the ones in the museum, the detail includes the seventeenth-century make-up. Dolls like these were very expensive then, and only the very rich could afford them. These days, they’re popular with collectors and if you want one today, you have to pay anything up to ten thousand pounds for a doll in perfect condition from this time! By the way, what makes them so valuable is that, as far as a collector is concerned, a doll is only worth collecting if it’s in perfect condition, and that means having the original clothes. Doll collecting has become very fashionable since the museum opened, with people interested in dolls from every period, including later dolls. There’s great interest in nineteenth-century examples, when dolls were no longer made of wood, but began to have soft bodies and real hair. They were very delicate and few have survived, meaning such a doll would be worth about two thousand pounds, perhaps a bit more. Later, in the nineteenth century, you could often take off the doll’s hair. If you can, you can often see the maker’s name underneath, and of course the right one increases a doll’s value. There was a really big change in dolls at the beginning of the twentieth century. In the museum we have one of the earliest examples, from about 1909, of a doll that’s a model of a baby. Previously all dolls, the earlier ones, were little adults. That’s just one of the changes that have occurred in the last hundred years. Another, again, is to do with what dolls are made of. Although dolls with soft bodies continued, after about 1930, plastic began to be used. In fact, dolls from the 1930s and 40s are now very popular with collectors, some of them selling for very, very high prices.

The first known dolls were found in graves in ______ Egypt.

The earliest dolls in the museum date from the ______ century.

Early European dolls were dressed like their ______.

Dolls from the 17th century were made of ______ wood…

17th-century dolls may cost as much as ______ pounds each.

Collectors look for examples in perfect condition, with their ______ clothes.

19th-century dolls had soft bodies and ______ hair.

If you can take off the doll's hair, you may see the maker's name ______.

Before the 20th century, all dolls were ______ adults, not babies.

From the 1930s, dolls were made of ______.

Word form (16–25)

Correct form of the word in brackets.

Many of the heroes … have been (MEMORY) ______ in the names of streets.

The women employed in the mines were (DOMINANCE) ______ young and unmarried.

His grandmother's good looks and youthful energy (LIE) ______ her 60 years.

…classes out of choice rather than (COMPEL) ______.

financial advice that is (CONTRADICT) ______ and confusing

Hundreds of (EVACUATE) ______ from the war zone…

waiting for the doctor's (DIAGNOSE) ______

It is (ADVISE) ______ to travel to areas affected by radioactive pollution.

She stood there completely (EXPRESS) ______

Jack got into a lot of trouble for (PERSIST) ______ breaking school rules.

Prepositions (26–35)

Suitable preposition or particle (often two per item).

weigh ______ their options … don’t lose sight ______ what’s important

check all your files ______ the screen, then back them all ______ onto a storage device

pay ______ meals is like getting blood ______ of a stone

rebuild the system ______ the ground ______

succeed ______ the throne when she passes ______

the city was ______ the brink ______ a crisis

tell ______ his face that he was angry ______ something

knowledgeable ______ History, but she’s ignorant ______ Maths

failed to catch ______ to what the teacher was explaining. It was quite ______ her ability

sat ______ a train … staring vacantly ______ space

Error correction — Dolphins (36–45)

10 mistakes (example 0: the → a).

Scientists studying the species of dolphin called bottlenose dolphins has made an interesting discovery. Each of the dolphins in the group the scientists studied has their own name, consisting of a series of whistles. As many animals can copy and learn complicated sequences of sounds, few species are capable of associating particular sounds to specific individuals or things. Dolphins use sounds when they communicate for a variety of reasons, include leading other dolphins to places where food is available and showing how friendly or aggressively they are feeling. Dolphins mainly use their names, known as “signature whistle”, when they are travelling, to let the others in their group know where are they. And when a group of dolphins comes across another group while out at sea, they appear to use them like a means of greeting each other, exchanging information before the groups join. The whistles also used when mothers and their young get separated.

Scientists studying the species of dolphin called bottlenose dolphins has made an interesting discovery. — sửa: dolphins has made an interesting discovery → has → have

Each of the dolphins in the group the scientists studied has their own name, consisting of a series of whistles. — sửa: Each of the dolphins … has their own name → their → its

As many animals can copy and learn complicated sequences of sounds, few species are capable of associating particular sounds to specific individuals or things. — sửa: As many animals can copy …, few species are capable → As → Although

As many animals can copy and learn complicated sequences of sounds, few species are capable of associating particular sounds to specific individuals or things. — sửa: associating particular sounds to specific individuals → to → with

Dolphins use sounds when they communicate for a variety of reasons, include leading other dolphins to places where food is available and showing how friendly or aggressively they are feeling. — sửa: for a variety of reasons, include leading other dolphins → include → including

Dolphins use sounds when they communicate for a variety of reasons, include leading other dolphins to places where food is available and showing how friendly or aggressively they are feeling. — sửa: how friendly or aggressively they are feeling → aggressively → aggressive

Dolphins (36–45) — known as “signature whistle”

Dolphins (36–45) — know where are they

Dolphins (36–45) — use them like a means of greeting

The whistles also used when mothers and their young get separated. — sửa: The whistles also used when mothers… → also used → are also used

Open cloze — holiday phone (46–55)

ONE word each gap.

Passport, money, tickets; these are all essential items to pack when you’re off on a family holiday. A mobile phone, (1) ______, is a different matter, especially if everyone at work has the number. Theoretically, it (2) ______ to be possible for stressed-out managers to have a phone-free fortnight without interruptions. In reality, go to any Mediterranean beach hotel where British families stay, and you’ll be confronted by the pathetic sight of husbands and fathers wandering around the pool (3) ______ mobile phones clamped to their ears, saying things (4) ______: “It’s in the third drawer down, next to the pencils,” or “I thought that contract went off last Wednesday.”
To the sensitive observer, (5) ______ is a tragic contrast between the beauty of the surroundings, with the family all enjoying themselves together, and a large number of work issues under discussion. To (6) ______ matters worse, these poor fathers probably end up paying for the call that’s come between them and quality time with the family. Some, it’s true, do try to resist the pull of the phone, carrying it around with them but leaving it (7) ______ off until they get back to the hotel. The trouble is, they spend the whole day wondering (8) ______ might have called, and then the whole evening in a (9) ______ of frustration because everyone has now left the office and they can’t get back to them for (10) ______ sixteen hours.

Writing transformations (56–65)

Same meaning.

I am sure it wasn't the manager you saw yesterday…
It can't ______

Although it was expected that he would stand for election, he didn’t.
Contrary to ______

Collecting celebrities’ autographs gives the children a lot of pleasure.
The children derive ______

What caused the old man to change his mind about the inheritor?
What was the ______

We will stand by you whenever you're in trouble.
Should ______

“I received $200,000 in bribes,” he admitted.
He testified to ______

Mr. Smith is the most dedicated teacher I have ever met.
I’ve yet ______

People say that the bus driver was talking on the phone at the time of the crash.
The bus driver is said ______

The peculation was only brought to light after the accounts had been checked.
Only after ______

I promise that I won't tell anybody what you've told me.
I give you ______

Keyword transformations (66–70)

Max 6 words including the given word.

Her daughter is determined to become a brain surgeon. (HEART)
Her daughter has ______ becoming a brain surgeon.

Is it possible to walk from the hotel to the city center? (WITHIN)
Is the city center ______ the hotel?

I don't mind what you wear so long as it's appropriate… (CONSEQUENCE)
______ what you wear so long as it's appropriate for the occasion.

The new salesman tried to fulfill every requirement his director had. (TUNE)
The new salesman tried to dance ______

Given that he has no experience, will Frank be able to do this job? (AFFECT)
Will Frank’s ______ ability to do this job?

Phonology (71–80)

1–5 pronunciation; 6–10 stress. (Paper 1–10)

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

silent letter different

final vowel different

Stress (76) · architectural / enthusiasm / anonymity / simultaneous

Stress (77) · inhabitable / unprofitable / unacceptable / immeasurable

Stress (78) · downpour / downsize / downfall / downwind

Stress (79) · entrepreneur / ambassador / indebtedness / psychiatrist

Stress (80) · deceitful / aesthetic / external / inventory

Grammar MCQ (81–100)

Paper items 11–30.

______, including climate…, wetlands may be mossy, grassy, or wooded.

______ so incredible is that these insects successfully migrate…

I detest ______ but I often have to wait for the dentist…

the presenter put them in the ______

If only people in our parents’ generation ______ the school facilities that we have today.

Emma: “______” (We’ll never get a table at such short notice.)

Six novels a year? He's certainly a ______ writer.

a ______ debated issue

Increased traffic in cities these days ______ widening the roads.

This research is important ______ it is to look into some alternative sources…

the theory they've been working on just doesn’t ______

move to a(n) ______ house in Hempstead

near ______ Ganges river, in a small town under ______ Himalayas

she always finds at least one ______ of dust

Nothing went wrong …, ______?

______ as a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the ideas of the period…

Nebraska has floods in some years, ______.

talking at cross ______

People being overweight ______ the risk of having heart diseases.

robots would ______ boring low-paid factory jobs

Reading — gift-giving (101–110)

Paper 31–40.

Every day, millions of shoppers hit the stores in full force – both online and on foot – searching excitedly for the perfect gifts. Last year, Americans spent over $30 billion at retail stores in the month of December alone. Aside from purchasing holiday gifts, most people regularly buy presents for other occasions throughout the year, including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and baby showers. This frequent experience of gift-giving can engender ambivalent feelings in gift-givers. Many relish the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds with one’s closest peers. At the same time, many dread the thought of buying gifts; they worry that their purchases will disappoint, rather than delight, the intended recipients.
Anthropologists describe gift-giving as a positive social process, serving various political, religious, and psychological functions. Economists, however, offer a less favourable view. According to Waldfogel (1993), gift-giving represents an objective waste of resources. People buy gifts that recipients would not choose to buy on their own, or at least not spend as much money to purchase (a phenomenon referred to as “the deadweight loss of Christmas”). This “deadweight loss” suggests that gift-givers are not very good at predicting what gifts others will appreciate. That in itself is not surprising to social psychologists. Research has found that people often struggle to take account of others’ perspectives – their insights are subject to egocentrism, social projection, and multiple attribution errors. What is surprising is that gift-givers have considerable experience acting as both gift-givers and gift-recipients, but nevertheless tend to overspend each time they set out to purchase a meaningful gift.
In the present research, we propose a unique psychological explanation for this overspending problem, i.e. that gift-givers equate how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift (the more expensive the gift, the stronger a gift-recipient’s feelings of appreciation). Although a link between gift price and feelings of appreciation might seem intuitive to gift-givers, such an assumption may be unfounded. Indeed, we propose that gift-recipients will be less inclined to base their feelings of appreciation on the magnitude of a gift than givers assume.
Why do gift-givers assume that gift price is closely linked to gift-recipients’ feelings of appreciation? Perhaps givers believe that bigger (that is, more expensive) gifts convey stronger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration. According to Camerer (1988) and others, gift-giving represents a symbolic ritual, whereby gift-givers attempt to signal their positive attitudes toward the intended recipient and their willingness to invest resources in a future relationship. In this sense, gift-givers may be motivated to spend more money on a gift in order to send a “stronger signal” to their intended recipients. As for gift-recipients, they may not construe smaller or larger gifts as representing smaller or larger signals of thoughtfulness and consideration.

Main idea?

“construe” most probably means

“many” in paragraph 1 refers to

examples of occasions highlight the

“ambivalent” most nearly means

the assumption made by gift-givers may be

Camerer and others are cited in order to

social psychologists would describe deadweight loss as

people value gift-giving because they feel it

tone of the author

Cloze — teenage airline (111–120)

Paper 41–50.

Martin Halstead is a young entrepreneur, best known for having managed to launch his own airline at the age of eighteen. Martin started his first business (41) ______, making flight simulators for use in pilot training, while he was still a fifteen-year-old schoolboy, and at seventeen he left school to (42) ______ as a pilot. It was whilst on the course that Martin realised that (43) ______ of just being a pilot, he’d like to run an airline business, and so he (44) ______ up with the idea for AlphaOne Airways. Martin (45) ______ planned to fly between Oxford and Cambridge, and there was considerable public (46) ______ in the idea. But when a big investor (47) ______ out at the last minute, Martin was left with no option but to think again. But he was not to be (48) ______. In November 2005, he relaunched the company, this time planning flights from the Isle of Man to Edinburgh. The first flight departed on November 7th, carrying invited guests and media in an aircraft Martin had leased from another company. (49) ______ the airline suspended operations in January 2006, AlphaOne Airways had carried some forty fare-paying passengers on the route, and Martin had fulfilled his dream. It was perhaps his naivety and youth that allowed him to ignore the problems and barriers that someone older may have seen as a brick wall (50) ______ in the way of achievement.

Reading — surveys (121–125)

Paper 51–55.

A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows, these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many “person on the street” interviews on local television news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only the people who appear at a certain location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory workers, depending on which area the newspeople select. Second, television interviews tend to attract outgoing people who are willing to appear on air, while they frighten away others who may feel intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercise great care in the wording of questions. An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand. It must also be specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicit the type of information desired. Surveys can be indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly, and the questions are worded accurately.
There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because most people find it more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire. In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probe for a subject’s underlying feelings and reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.

The passage mainly discusses

one advantage of live interviews over questionnaires

“they” in paragraph 2 refers to

“elicit” is closest in meaning to

most important for an effective survey (paragraph 3)

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