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ĐỀ THI CHUYÊN ANH TỈNH PHÚ THỌ NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) — Hùng Vương — 150 phút — 8 trang
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
II Phonetics (1–5)
Paper III–IV. Key Sở.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.
- subtle
- plumber
- bombard
- combing
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.
- woolen
- foodie
- footage
- hooker
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.
- menace
- furnace
- preface
- necklace
Stress (4) · committee / refugee / referee / attendee
- committee
- refugee
- referee
- attendee
Stress (5) · geographical / international / undergraduate / obligatory
- geographical
- international
- undergraduate
- obligatory
III Lexico-grammar (6–40)
Paper V 1–35. Key Sở.
Having walked through the swamps for miles, _______.
- plasters and drugs were found to cure the injured pilgrims
- the pilgrims were relieved to see lit houses in the distance
- shrubs prevented pilgrims from getting to their destination
- there was not even a drop of water in the pilgrims’ flasks
Mr. and Mrs. Brown _______ their golden anniversary… last Sunday, but… earthquake… destroyed their plan.
- were going to hold
- would be holding
- was just holding
- had held
we _______ that, for there was no CD player
- mustn’t have done
- didn’t have to do
- needn’t have done
- couldn’t have done
That ChatGPT is so intelligent an AI that it can be able to perform well nearly all tasks _______ us worried…
James: “_______ I have yet to talk to her.” (Why didn’t she say anything?)
- That’s not fair.
- Search me!
- Don’t mention it.
- Cut it off.
Had Lam read unit 7…, he _______ unruffled when being asked… now.
- wouldn’t feel
- wouldn’t have felt
- would have felt
- would feel
Not only Jane’s friends but also her sister _______ in completely with her story…
- has been taken
- have been taken
- was taken
- were taken
a far cry from its _______ jungle
- lush primeval large
- lush large primeval
- primeval lush large
- large lush primeval
_______ as the representative at the conference, she felt extremely proud
- Having been chosen
- Having chosen
- To have been chosen
- On choosing
Her condition… was described as _______, which made her family so worried.
- dissatisfied
- satisfied
- satisfactory
- unsatisfactory
working parents _______ their being absent all day by giving children money
- make out
- make out of
- make up
- make up for
the situation has become more confusing _______.
- of late
- for now
- in a while
- shortly
the war broke out… and _______.
- interfered
- intervened
- involved
- interacted
not only _______ his followers but also moved his rivals
- depressed
- inspired
- overlooked
- rejected
turning on his _______ lights
travel to Ba Dinh Square to _______ President Ho Chi Minh
- pay court to
- pay homage to
- pay attention to
- pay a price for
first round of interviews only really serves to _______ the very weakest of applicants
- tide over
- beat about
- bark out
- weed out
The hospital staff pulled out all the _______ to make sure the children had a wonderful day.
- stops
- plugs
- barricades
- roadblocks
what he said had a _______ of truth about it
the police are checking _______ anyone who was there at the time
It was just what the _______ ordered.
- scientist
- expert
- healer
- doctor
authorities will _______ him from jail
- relieve
- release
- rehabilitate
- remove
editors might work a 12-hour day with no _______.
- come-down
- let-up
- crackdown
- let-down
I was _______ surprised by the excellent customer service.
- pleasantly
- totally
- sharply
- seriously
keep your eyes _______ for that book
Its only redeeming _______ is that it’s quite short.
- factor
- element
- aspect
- feature
doesn’t want him to _______ a habit of using the office phone
Because of an unfortunate _______, your order was not dispatched…
- hindrance
- oversight
- negligence
- transgression
extraneous activities — CLOSEST
- irrelevant
- excessive
- overextended
- exceptional
came in twos and threes — OPPOSITE
- they came in abundance
- they came with two or three friends
- they came in groups of two or three
- quite a few of spectators came
A deadly hush fell over the board of directors as they realized they had made a decision that put the company on the verge of bankruptcy.
- deadly
- board of directors
- made
- on the verge
The duties of the secretary are to make the minutes…
- duties
- are to make
- the
- meetings
…incurable diseases so that they get to its root causes…
- is helping
- previously
- so that
- its
…laughed at a question about running again in another six years.
- Speaking to
- were announced
- laughed at
- in
…they got less than 2% and about 6% respectably.
- included
- reality TV host
- less than
- respectably
IV Cloze — Mercator (41–50)
Paper VII. Key Sở.
When Gerard Mercator was born in 1512, the geography of the globe still (1) ______ a mystery. It was unclear whether America was part of Asia, if there was a vast (2) ______ of sea at the top of the world or if Australia was connected to Antarctica.
Mercator’s childhood was spent chiefly in Rupelmonde… his geographical imagination was (3) ______ by the ships which passed… The first was the ability to gather, (4) ______ and co-ordinate the geographical information… He also had to be able to imagine himself suspended (5) ______ the heavens…
The main reason why Mercator’s name is familiar is the Mercator Projection: the solution he (6) ______ to represent the spheroidal surface of the globe on a two-dimensional plane. It is less well known that Mercator was the first man to conceive of mapping the (7) ______ surface of the planet or that he (8) ______ the idea of multiple maps being presented in bound books, to which he gave the name “Atlas”.
It is difficult for us now to be surprised by maps, so many are there, and of (9) ______ detail and coverage, but we should bear in mind that Mercator lived at a time when such knowledge was far from (10) ______. He was the man who altered our worldview forever.
- remained
- continued
- maintained
- endured
- territory
- distance
- range
- expanse
- raised
- reared
- supplied
- nourished
- congregate
- amass
- assimilate
- construct
- framed
- contrived
- devised
- schemed
- pioneered
- initiated
- led
- prepared
- typical
- common
- routine
- normal
IV Reading — Madison Square Garden (51–60)
Paper VIII. Key Sở.
Madison Square Garden, a world-famous sporting venue in New York City, has actually been a series of buildings in varied locations rather than a single building in one spot. In 1873, P.T. Barnum built Barnum’s Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome at the corner of Madison Avenue and 26th Street, across from Madison Square Park. Two years later, the bandleader Patrick Gilmore bought the property, added statues and fountains, and renamed it Gilmore’s Gardens. When Cornelius Vanderbilt bought the property in 1879, it was renamed Madison Square Garden.
A second very lavish Madison Square Garden was built at the same location in 1890… lasted until 1924 when it was torn down to make way for a forty-storey skyscraper.
When the second Madison Square Garden had been replaced… Tex Rickard raised six million dollars to build a new Madison Square Garden… on 8th Avenue and 50th Street… served primarily as an arena for boxing prize fights and circus events until it outgrew its usefulness by the late 1950s.
A new location was found for a fourth Madison Square Garden, atop Pennsylvania Railroad Station… This current edifice… does retain the traditional name Madison Square Garden. However, the name is actually quite a misnomer. The building is not located near Madison Square, nor does it have the flowery gardens that contributed to the original name.
The main point is that Madison Square Garden _______.
- was P.T. Barnum's major accomplishment
- is home to many different sporting events
- was named after an adjacent park
- has had a varied history in various locations
Which paragraph discusses the third location?
- The first paragraph
- The second paragraph
- The third paragraph
- The last paragraph
“venue” in paragraph 1
- an exhibit of various products
- a conference for an environmental issue
- an organization owning a series of sports buildings
- a place where people meet for an organized event
Patrick Gilmore _______.
- purchased the property… in 1973
- named the property that he bought Madison Square Garden
- made improvements to the property that he bought
- sold the property to Cornelius Vanderbilt seven years later
“lavish” is closest in meaning to
- modest
- modern
- luxurious
- unusual
The name Gilmore’s Gardens was used in _______.
- 2 years
- 4 years
- 7 years
- 11 years
“it” in paragraph 3 refers to
- a circus event
- Square Garden
- Square Park
- a boxing prizefight
most likely at Rickard’s Garden
- A monkey show
- A book fair
- A football match
- A singing contest
“arena” in paragraph 3 is most likely
- conference
- an organization
- a stadium
- a competition
inferred about the current MSG
- It is above a transportation center.
- It is across from Madison Square Park.
- It has incredible gardens.
- It is on Madison Avenue.
IV Open cloze — ChatGPT (61–70)
Paper IX. Key Sở.
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot system that OpenAI released in November to (1) ______ off and test what a very large, powerful AI system can accomplish. You can ask it countless questions and often will get (2) ______ answer that’s useful. For example, you can ask it encyclopedia questions like, “Explain Newton’s laws of (3) ______.” You can tell it, “Write me a poem.” Then, you ask it to write a computer program that (4) ______ show you all the different ways you can arrange the letters of a word.
ChatGPT doesn’t (5) ______ know anything. It’s an AI that’s trained to recognize patterns in vast swaths of text harvested (6) ______ the Internet, then further trained with human assistance to deliver more useful, better dialog. The answers you get may sound plausible and even authoritative. (7) ______, they might well be entirely wrong, as OpenAI warns.
Chatbots have been of interest for years to companies looking for ways to help customers get (8) ______ they need and to AI researchers trying to tackle the Turing Test…
But chatbots have a lot of baggage, as companies have tried with limited success to use them (9) ______ of humans to handle customer service work. A study of 1,700 Americans, sponsored by a company called Ujet, (10) ______ technology handles customer contacts, found that 72% of people found chatbots to be a waste of time.
V Transformations (71–75)
Paper X. Key Sở.
When she arrived at the airport, Thuy Tien, Miss Grand was warmly welcomed by her fans.
On her ______
The reason why I was given a promotion was that Laurence recommended me.
But ______
The staff hated Frank's new policies intensely and so went on strike.
So intense ______
I'm just about to give up this diet because it's not working at all.
I'm on the ______
Julia soon calmed down and explained her problem.
Julia soon pulled ______
V Keyword transformations (76–80)
Paper XI. Key Sở.
If she hadn't interfered, there would have been no problems. (SMOOTHLY)
Without her ______
He realized how much he cared for her only when she had been away for a long time. (HOME)
Her prolonged ______
He would spend his very last penny trying to ingratiate himself with his father-in-law. (EXPENSE)
In his ______
I don't mind which make of car you choose. (CONSEQUENCE)
It is of ______
People who often talk too much about unimportant things do not appeal to me. (DONKEY)
I’m not in ______
V Paragraph (81)
About 150 words: qualities needed to live in harmony in an extended family.
In about 150 words, write a paragraph about qualities a person needs to live in harmony in an extended family.