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ĐỀ THI CHUYÊN ANH TỈNH KHÁNH HÒA NĂM HỌC 2025-2026

TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) — 150 phút — 8 trang — ngày 04/6/2025

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

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I. USE OF ENGLISH — Part 1 (Questions 1–20)

Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.

Lucy has been under considerable __________ lately because she has a lot of personal problems.

I said hello to Jill, but she __________ me completely.

She joined the local tennis club, __________ members were teenagers.

Tim was forced to leave his job, but he got a generous golden __________.

There are __________ environmental problems that the governments and individuals should join hands to tackle.

Many a __________ it difficult to avoid the interference of mass media in their private life.

It’s very __________ of you to offer me your seat, but really I’m quite happy to stand.

The clients demanded that the post office __________ earlier.

Schoolchildren are gifted at __________ nicknames for their teachers.

She got the job __________ of considerable competition.

Jim says he’s changed, but a leopard can’t change its __________, you know.

I haven’t been playing pickleball for __________ years.

There isn’t enough room for us, __________ any guests.

He couldn’t have been in his right __________ saying that he can fly.

After years of working together, the partners found themselves __________ linked.

__________ we understand his reasons, we cannot condone his behaviour.

__________ it not for your help, I would never be able to manage.

He works hard, but __________ of his health.

Children are always trying to find out __________ they can go with a new teacher.

__________ what he says, observe what he does.

I. USE OF ENGLISH — Part 2 Word formation (21–30)

Use the word in capitals to form a word that fits each blank.

AIR-CONDITIONERS
The American inventor W.H. Carrier (0. DEVELOPMENT) developed the first air-conditioning unit in 1902. Since then the (21. POPULAR) __________ of air-conditioners has increased rapidly. Given people’s (22. ABLE) __________ to function in the heat, air-conditioners provide them with a feeling of comfort. That is why the (23. LIKELY) __________ of even more people installing air-conditioners for personal use in the (24. PRIVATE) __________ of their own home will increase (25. CONSIDER) __________.
But what do they do? The aim is to (26. STABLE) __________ the temperature in a room. This is accomplished by the (27. PRESENT) __________ of a fan, which also removes dusts and odours from the air and controls the humidity. The (28. EFFICIENT) __________ of an air-conditioner depends on the power of its fan. Nowadays there is a great (29. VARY) __________ of air-conditioners on the market which are bound to cover each person’s (30. MATERIAL) __________ needs.

W.H. Carrier (0. DEVELOPMENT) developed the first air-conditioning unit in 1902. Since then the (21. POPULAR) __________ of air-conditioners has increased rapidly. Given people’s (22. ABLE) __________ to funct

_ to function in the heat, air-conditioners provide them with a feeling of comfort. That is why the (23. LIKELY) __________ of even more people installing air-conditioners for personal use in the (24. PRIVATE) __

(23. LIKELY) __________ of even more people installing air-conditioners for personal use in the (24. PRIVATE) __________ of their own home will increase (25. CONSIDER) __________. But what do they do? The aim

air-conditioners for personal use in the (24. PRIVATE) __________ of their own home will increase (25. CONSIDER) __________. But what do they do? The aim is to (26. STABLE) __________ the temperature in a room. T

_____ of their own home will increase (25. CONSIDER) __________. But what do they do? The aim is to (26. STABLE) __________ the temperature in a room. This is accomplished by the (27. PRESENT) __________ of a fan

do? The aim is to (26. STABLE) __________ the temperature in a room. This is accomplished by the (27. PRESENT) __________ of a fan, which also removes dusts and odours from the air and controls the humidity. Th

_________ of a fan, which also removes dusts and odours from the air and controls the humidity. The (28. EFFICIENT) __________ of an air-conditioner depends on the power of its fan. Nowadays there is a great (29. VA

ICIENT) __________ of an air-conditioner depends on the power of its fan. Nowadays there is a great (29. VARY) __________ of air-conditioners on the market which are bound to cover each person’s (30. MATERIAL)

(29. VARY) __________ of air-conditioners on the market which are bound to cover each person’s (30. MATERIAL) __________ needs.

I. USE OF ENGLISH — Part 3 Error correction (31–40)

Identify 10 grammatical mistakes and write corrections.

DEEP FAKES
The term “deep fake” describes videos or images that are edited with artificial intelligence (AI). Essentially, deep fakes are media created by AI that convincingly place a person, or part of a person, such as his or her face, into an image or video. Originally, this produced poor-quality images. Therefore, deep-fake technology has now reached the point which it has many practical uses. Ad companies, in particular, are interested in the technology due to it can give them a competitive edge. One obvious application of deep fakes for advertisers is to recreate living and deceasing celebrities. Doing so can run a company into legal issues, but when permission is granted, there are countless possibility. Advertisers have even added deep-fake advertisements to television programs. The fashion industry is joining in as well, looking to use deep-fake programs creating fashion ads in which runway models’ faces are replaced with our own. Social-media apps such as Snapchat have also added filters that utilize the technology. Although relative new, deep-fake media is definitely stay here. Companies are already discovering its advantages in terms of development costs and accessibility. Perhaps in future, deep-fake ads will become a regular form of advertisement.

Therefore, deep-fake technology has now reached the point which it has many practical uses. — sửa: Therefore → However

Therefore, deep-fake technology has now reached the point which it has many practical uses. — sửa: which → where

Ad companies, in particular, are interested in the technology due to it can give them a competitive edge. — sửa: due to → because

One obvious application of deep fakes for advertisers is to recreate living and deceasing celebrities. — sửa: deceasing → deceased

Doing so can run a company into legal issues, but when permission is granted, there are countless possibility. — sửa: possibility → possibilities

The fashion industry is joining in as well, looking to use deep-fake programs creating fashion ads in which runway models’ faces are replaced with our own. — sửa: creating → to create

The fashion industry is joining in as well, looking to use deep-fake programs creating fashion ads in which runway models’ faces are replaced with our own. — sửa: our → your

Although relative new, deep-fake media is definitely stay here. — sửa: relative → relatively

Although relative new, deep-fake media is definitely stay here. — sửa: stay here → here to stay

Perhaps in future, deep-fake ads will become a regular form of advertisement. — sửa: in future → in the future

II. READING — Part 1 Open cloze (41–50)

Fill each blank with ONE suitable word.

Who needs punctuation? Everyone does. If you remove all the punctuation marks from any passage of writing, you will be left with a long string of (41) __________ that is very hard to understand or read aloud. Without full stops and capital letters, you would not know (42) __________ one sentence ended and the next one began. Without commas and quotation marks you might not be able to (43) __________ the difference between direct speech and (44) __________ speech. Here is an example: ‘Tom said, “I have no friends.”‘ This means that Tom thinks he does not have any friends. Take away (45) __________ punctuation and you are left with ‘Tom said I have no friends’, which has a different meaning altogether.
You may think you do not use punctuation when you speak, (46) __________ you do. Read this sentence aloud: ‘She ate a worm.’ If you replace the full stop with an (47) __________ mark and say it again, in a disgusted tone of voice, you will probably put more stress (48) __________ the words “ate” and “worm”. If you replace the full stop with a question mark instead, your (49) __________ will change. Your voice will go up on the word “worm” (50) __________ that you cannot believe anyone would do such a thing.

II. READING — Part 2 Multiple-choice cloze (51–60)

Choose the best answer for each blank.

On your bike!
If you are getting fed up wasting time looking for parking space, my (51) __________ to you is to consider the bicycle as an alternative (52) __________ of transport. Cycling is probably the cheapest and healthiest way of getting (53) __________ in our congested city centers. Although it is convenient and environmentally desirable, it can be an unattractive (54) __________ on a cold wintry morning. It is much easier to (55) __________ onto a nice warm bus or jump into your car, though the sight of cyclists as they weave their way in and out of the traffic may fill you with (56) __________ as you sit waiting in yet another traffic jam. In spite of the fact that worsening pollution is getting many people (57) __________, causing more and more health problems, and while it is fashionable to express one’s (58) __________ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to (59) __________ the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars. Although cycling is not as (60) __________ as it looks at first sight, there are more and more accidents involving cyclists.

II. READING — Part 3 Chamonix (61–70)

Match paragraphs A–H (61–65); choose TWO hotel measures A–E (66–67); complete sentences with ≤2 words (68–70).

White Mountain, Green Tourism
The French Alpine town of Chamonix has been a magnet for tourists since the 18th century. But
today, tourism and climate change are putting pressure on the surrounding environment.
Marc Grainger reports.
A. The town of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc sits in a valley at 1,035 metres above sea level in the Haute-
Savoie department in south-eastern France. To the northwest are the red peaks of the Aiguilles Rouges
massif; to the south-east are the permanently white peaks of Mont Blanc, which at 4,810 metres is
the highest mountain in the Alps. It’s a typical Alpine environment, but one that is under increasing
strain from the hustle and bustle of human activity.
B. Tourism is Chamonix’s lifeblood. Visitors have been encouraged to visit the valley ever since it
was discovered by explorers in 1741. Over 40 years later, in 1786, Mont Blanc’s summit was finally
reached by a French doctor and his guide, and this gave birth to the sport of alpinism, with Chamonix
at its centre. In 1924, it hosted the first Winter Olympics, and the cable cars and lifts that were built
in the years that followed gave everyone access to the ski slopes.
C. Today, Chamonix is a modern town, connected to the outside world via the Mont Blanc Road
Tunnel and a busy highway network. It receives up to 60,000 visitors at a time during the ski season,
and climbers, hikers and extreme-sports enthusiasts swarm there in the summer in even greater
numbers, swelling the town’s population to 100,000. It is the third most visited natural site in the
world, according to Chamonix’s Tourism Office and, last year, it had 5.2 million visitor bed nights -
all this in a town with fewer than 10,000 permanent inhabitants.
D. This influx of tourists has put the local environment under severe pressure, and the authorities in
the valley have decided to take action. Educating visitors is vital. Tourists are warned not to drop
rubbish, and there are now recycling points dotted all around the valley, from the town centre to

halfway up the mountains. An internet blog reports environmental news in the town, and the ‘green’
message is delivered with all the tourist office’s activities.
E. Low-carbon initiatives are also important for the region. France is committed to reducing its carbon
emissions by a factor of four by 2050. Central to achieving this aim is a strategy that encourages
communities to identify their carbon emissions on a local level and make plans to reduce them.
Studies have identified that accommodation accounts for half of all carbon emissions in the Chamonix
valley. Hotels are known to be inefficient operations, but those around Chamonix are now cleaning
up their act. Some are using low-energy lighting, restricting water use and making recycling bins
available for guests; others have invested in huge projects such as furnishing and decorating using
locally sourced materials, using geothermal energy for heating and installing solar panels.
F. Chamonix’s council is encouraging the use of renewable energy in private properties too, by
making funds available for green renovations and new constructions. At the same time, public- sector
buildings have also undergone improvements to make them more energy efficient and less wasteful.
For example, the local ice rink has reduced its annual water consumption from 140,000 cubic metres
to 10,000 cubic metres in the space of three years.
G. Improving public transport is another feature of the new policy, as 80 percent of carbon emissions
from transport used to come from private vehicles. While the Mont Blanc Express is an ideal way to
travel within the valley - and see some incredible scenery along the route - it is much more difficult
to arrive in Chamonix from outside by rail. There is no direct line from the closest airport in Geneva,
so tourists arriving by air normally transfer by car or bus. However, at a cost of 3.3 million euros a
year, Chamonix has introduced a free shuttle service in order to get people out of their cars and into
buses fitted with particle filters.
H. If the valley’s visitors and residents want to know why they need to reduce their environmental
impact, they just have to look up; the effects of climate change are there for everyone to see in the
melting glaciers that cling to the mountains. The fragility of the Alpine environment has long been a
concern among local people. Today, 70 percent of the 805 square kilometres that comprise
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is protected in some way. But now, the impact of tourism has led the
authorities to recognise that more must be done if the valley is to remain prosperous: that they must
not only protect the natural environment better, but also manage the numbers of visitors better, so that
its residents can happily remain there.

Part 3 Chamonix (61–70) — Which paragraph contains: item 61?

Part 3 Chamonix (61–70) — Which paragraph contains: item 62?

Part 3 Chamonix (61–70) — Which paragraph contains: item 63?

Part 3 Chamonix (61–70) — Which paragraph contains: item 64?

Part 3 Chamonix (61–70) — Which paragraph contains: item 65?

Part 3 Chamonix (61–70) — ONE way hotels reduce carbon (A–E)

ANOTHER way hotels reduce carbon (A–E)

The first people to discover the Chamonix valley were __________.

Public areas, such as the __________ in Chamonix, are using fewer resources.

The __________ on the mountains around Chamonix provide visual evidence of global warming.

II. READING — Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80)

T/F/NG (71–76); match features to methods A–D (77–80).

The Search for Other Earths
Within the last hundred years we have reached the limits of the Solar System, identifying, plotting
and mapping the planets which revolve around our sun.
Today the search is on for planets beyond our small pocket of the galaxy, and astronomers are
coming up with new ways to locate and describe these exoplanets. The results have come in thick and
fast, astounding scientists and capturing the imagination of the public and researchers alike.
By the 2nd century BC, Babylonian astronomers had already identified the inner planets, Mercury,
Venus, and Mars, as well as the outer planets, Jupiter and Saturn, although at that time it was still
believed that these celestial bodies, as well as the Sun, revolved around the Earth. These discoveries
were achieved through direct observation of the night sky. In 1781, Herschel observed what he
initially believed to be a comet, but it was later identified as the seventh planet, Uranus. The discovery
of Neptune, in 1846, marked the first time that a planet was found through mathematical prediction,
rather than direct observation.
Exoplanets, planets which are beyond the Solar System and in orbit around another star, are
notoriously hard to observe. The main problem is that the amount of light reflected by the planet is
tiny in comparison with that of the star it orbits. Imagine trying to see the glow of a firefly sitting next
to a car headlight and you have some idea of the magnitude of the challenge faced by astronomers.
Even our best telescopes, which are able to see far-away objects in detail, have difficulty separating
the observable light from planets from that of their parent star, which may be one million times
brighter. Although a few large planets outside the Solar System have been found by direct imaging,
the vast majority have been discovered indirectly.
One of the main methods used is known as the transit method. In this method, which is used by
the Kepler orbital telescope, the candidate stars are observed over an extended period. The telescope
remains static and monitors the amount of light from a large number of stars at the same time. If a
planet in orbit around a candidate star passes directly in front of it, the light level will drop by a
fractional amount. This drop in light level can be detected by the telescope, and further analysis can
be done to determine the size and orbital period of the planet.
Another method is known as the Doppler wobble method. This refers to a technique which relies
on observing the movement of the star as the planet orbits around it, pulling the star from side to side.
This allows astronomers to observe the planet indirectly and obtain information about its size, mass,
and orbit.
A third method is known as gravitational lensing. This technique makes use of the gravity of a star
to magnify the observable light of a second star directly behind it. Small changes in the magnification
of the rearmost star allow much smaller planets to be detected than with the transit method. It can
also detect planets which orbit further away from their parent star.
Although it has been suggested that planets may exist in orbit around other stars for centuries,
these new methods of proving their existence have yielded some surprising results. Based on
observations of our own solar system, it was predicted that exoplanets would follow a similar pattern
in terms of their size, composition and distribution. Since the discovery of the first exoplanet in 1992,
however, thousands of exoplanets have been discovered in just a few decades, radically changing our
understanding of planetary systems and the galaxy itself.
One of the most surprising discoveries was that of the so-called “hot Jupiters.” These are large gas
giants which orbit very closely to their parent star. Using our own system as a model, we would
expect that such large bodies would only form far away from the star, but early discoveries by the
Kepler telescope changed our understanding of this.
Astronomers have also been shocked by the wide range of planetary types. Again, based on our
own solar system, it was assumed that most planetary systems would be made up of small rocky inner
planets and large outer gas giants, but observations have revealed a cornucopia of exoplanets. Rocky
planets the size of Neptune, for example, have been identified and dubbed “super-Earths” by both
scientists and the media.
Of course, the discovery of exoplanets naturally draws us to speculate on the existence of life
beyond our solar system. Focusing on this, scientists look at planets which orbit within what is known

as the habitable zone. This region varies with the type of star, and is often called the “Goldilocks
Zone” because it is not too hot, not too cold, but just right to support life. Researchers have been able
to detect atmosphere on some of the exoplanets, and the presence of gases, such as oxygen, hydrogen
and methane, as well as water has been proven through spectrographic analysis. Other planetary
features, such as volcanoes, tectonic plate movements and magnetic fields, have also been conjectured
to exist on a number of exoplanets.
Of course, given the distance to these exoplanets, travelling to them may well prove to be beyond
the ability of humans for the next hundreds of years. Yet, by exploring through these techniques, we
have expanded our understanding of planetary formation and of the observable universe. So, next
time you gaze up at the night sky in wonder at the billions of stars, remember that there are planets
orbiting those stars too, and just perhaps an undiscovered form of intelligent life is staring down back
at you.

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Statement 71: T / F / NG

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Statement 72: T / F / NG

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Statement 73: T / F / NG

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Statement 74: T / F / NG

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Statement 75: T / F / NG

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Statement 76: T / F / NG

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Feature 77 matches method…

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Feature 78 matches method…

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Feature 79 matches method…

Part 4 Exoplanets (71–80) — Feature 80 matches method…

III. WRITING — Part 1 Sentence completion (81–85)

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.

It seems unbelievable, but he’s learned that long poem by heart.
→ Unbelievable __________

You are allowed to play in my garden if you promise not to do anything wrong.
→ So long __________

Andy is terribly bored with his new occupation.
→ Andy finds __________

His father made him study Latin at the age of three.
→ At the age of three, he __________

If you practise more regularly, you will become more skilful.
→ Without __________

III. WRITING — Part 2 Key-word transformation (86–90)

Use the word given. Use between THREE and FIVE words including the word given.

My son broke the teapot by accident. (MEAN)
→ My son __________ the teapot.

It was a mistake not to accept her offer. (DOWN)
→ I shouldn’t __________ her offer.

The heavy downpour brought their picnic to an abrupt end. (SHORT)
→ They had to __________ because of the heavy downpour.

The factory has been able to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% in the last year. (SUCCEEDED)
→ The factory __________ back its CO2 emissions by 50% in the last year.

She is proud of being able to write persuasive essays. (ABILITY)
→ She prides __________ to write persuasive essays.

III. WRITING — Part 3 Essay

Write at least 250 words.

Tourism is an important industry which has developed the economies of countries in many parts of the world. What effect has tourism had on local communities? Give reasons and examples. Write at least 250 words.

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