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ĐỀ THI CHUYÊN ANH TỈNH YÊN BÁI NĂM HỌC 2025-2026

TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) — 8 trang

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

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PART I. LISTENING — Question 1 (Accident report)

Listen to a conversation and complete the notes. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. You will hear the recording TWICE.

Listening Part 1
Transcript — Listening Part 1
Witness Rita Stansfield left work at 1:00, accident closer to 1.15. Three young people in a red Ford Fiesta, driver’s door damaged, registration Y48BYW, drove towards the town centre. Traffic lights at the junction out of order. Address 19 Althorpe Road, Bradford. Phone 0232 566788.
ACCIDENT REPORT
Time of accident: (1) ______
Driver failed to stop at the junction of Monks Road and High Street.
There were (2) ______ people in the car, all around 20 years old.
The car hit a woman on her bicycle.
The car was last seen heading towards the (3) ______.
The (4) ______ at the junction are out of order.
Model: Ford Fiesta Colour: (5) ______ One (6) ______ is damaged.
Registration number: (7) ______
Witness name: (8) Rita ______ Address: (9) 19 ______ Road Telephone: (10) ______

PART I. LISTENING — Question 2 (Penny Greer)

You will hear an interview with photographer Penny Greer. Choose the best answer A, B or C. You will hear the recording TWICE.

Listening Part 2
Transcript — Listening Part 2
College taught Penny how to use light. She specialised in weddings to be a fly on the wall and break traditional rules. Most bookings now come from monthly postcards to a mailing list of new brides. Best shots when people are comfortable and stop acting. Advice: shoot as much as you can; the more you shoot, the more you grow.

How did a college course in photography most affect Penny?

Penny decided to specialize in wedding photography because she ______.

Penny currently gets most of her customers through ______.

Penny says she gets the photographs she wants when people ______.

Penny advises young photographers to ______.

PART I. LISTENING — Question 3 (Sunburn)

Listen to a Science Kid Show about preventing sunburn. Complete each space with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER. You will hear the recording TWICE.

Listening Part 3
Transcript — Listening Part 3
Sun rays can harm skin. Blood rushes to damaged skin; skin can peel off. Lighter skin burns more easily. Clothes should block sunlight. Peak hours 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Sunscreen: lotion, cream or spray; soaks up or reflecting rays. Put on at least 10 minutes before going out; reapply after swimming.
HOW TO PREVENT SUNBURN
• Some (1) ______ of the sun can damage skin.
• The body sends more (2) ______ to damaged skin; skin may (3) ______.
• People with (4) ______ sunburn more easily.
• Wear clothes that completely (5) ______ the sunlight.
• Avoid peak sun between (6) ______ a.m. and 4 p.m.
• Sunscreen can be a (7) ______, a cream, or a spray.
• Sunscreens soak up or (8) ______ harmful rays.
• Apply at least (9) ______ before going out.
• Reapply after getting sweaty or (10) ______.

Even though the (1) ______ of the sun feel warm…

People with (4) ______ get sunburnt more easily

PART II. PHONETICS (Questions 26–30)

26–28: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 29–30: Choose the word with a different stress pattern.

Pronunciation (26) · island / bustle / sustain / landscape

Pronunciation (27) · imagine / discipline / determine / Valentine

Pronunciation (28) · hesitation / recognition / combination / confirmation

Stress (29) · machine / resort / police / access

Stress (30) · attendance / candidate / habitat / property

PART III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR — Question 1 (Questions 31–40)

Choose the best option to complete each sentence.

When ______ to explain his mistake, the student cleared his throat nervously.

The ______ top my mom wants to buy me doesn’t suit me at all; it’s just not my style.

Counsellors recommend that teenagers ______ their career paths as soon as they reach 18.

He has an obvious advantage over other candidates because he is bilingual ______ English and Chinese.

Maria: “It was very kind of you to help me out, John.” John: “______”

I could not turn in my assignment paper before the deadline because my laptop suddenly ______ last night.

The theme park we went to last week was fantastic; the entrance ______ was a bit high though.

You had your house decorated, ______?

______ angry he was, he would never resort to violence.

I don’t want to burden my daughter with more problems; she’s got too much ______.

PART III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR — Questions 2–3 Synonym / Antonym (Questions 41–45)

41–43: closest in meaning. 44–45: opposite in meaning.

In second language learning, readers should try to figure out the meaning of new words from the context. (CLOSEST)

Persuading him to accept our proposal is like getting blood from a stone. He never changes his mind. (OPPOSITE)

When several companies showed interest in buying the film rights to his novels, he knew he had hit the jackpot. (CLOSEST)

Jane’s very modest, always playing down her success. (OPPOSITE)

Peter lost his head when he suddenly woke up and saw the house on fire. (OPPOSITE)

PART III. LEXICO-GRAMMAR — Question 4 Word form (Questions 46–55)

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words in brackets. Passage: fireworks in Ho Chi Minh City celebrating 50 years of reunification.

Ho Chi Minh City – At exactly 9 p.m. on Wednesday, brilliant fireworks lit up the skyline of Ho Chi Minh City, (1) ______ by cheers and applause from thousands of (2) ______. The city hosted high-altitude firework displays at two (3) ______: the Sai Gon River Tunnel area and Ben Duoc Temple. For fifteen minutes, the skies sparkled with an awe-inspiring showcase of pyrotechnics. The event formed part of a wider programme of (4) ______ and sporting activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the (5) ______ of the South and National (6) ______ (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2025). Excited spectators captured the dazzling spectacle, many sharing a deep sense of (7) ______ and joy as they marked the (8) ______ milestone. Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, from Thai Binh, said: “This is my first time seeing fireworks in Ho Chi Minh City. I wanted to enjoy every moment of the (9) ______ occasion with my family. This is definitely a(n) (10) ______ experience.”

(1. greeting) brilliant fireworks lit up the skyline, ______ by cheers

cheers and applause from thousands of (2. reside) ______

firework displays at two (3. locate) ______

a wider programme of (4. culture) ______ and sporting activities

the 50th anniversary of the (5. liberate) ______ of the South

and National (6. reunify) ______ (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2025)

sharing a deep sense of (7. proud) ______ and joy

as they marked the (8. history) ______ milestone

every moment of the (9. commemorate) ______ occasion

This is definitely a(n) (10. forget) ______ experience.

PART IV. READING — Question 1 Cloze (Questions 56–65)

Read the passage and choose a suitable word to fill each blank.

When faced with some new and possibly bewildering technological changes, most people react in one of two ways. They (1) __________ from anything new, either claiming that it is unnecessary or too complicated or that it somehow makes life less than human. Or they learn to (2) __________ to the new invention, and eventually (3) __________ how they could possibly have existed without it. Take computers as an example. For many of us, they still represent a (4) __________ to our freedom, and give us a frightening sense of a future in which all (5) __________ will be taken by machines. This may be because they seem mysterious, and difficult to understand. Ask most people what they can use a home computer for, and you usually get (6) __________ answers about how ‘they give you information’. In fact, even those of us who are familiar with computers, and use them in our daily work, have very (7) __________ idea of how they work. But it does not take long to learn how to operate a business programme, even if things occasionally go wrong (8) __________ no apparent reason. Presumably, much the same happened when the telephone and the television became widespread. What seems to alarm most people is the speed of technological change, rather than change itself. And the (9) __________ that are made to new technology may well have a point to them, since change is not always an improvement. As discovered during power cuts, there is a lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire, and forms of entertainment, such as books or board games, that don’t have to be (10) __________ in to work.

PART IV. READING — Question 2 (Questions 66–75)

Read the passage and choose the best answers.

What happens psychologically when one is lost at sea? Why does one person survive while another perishes? Is there a personality type that makes one person better at handling the elements, fear and loneliness? Until recently, science has been completely in the dark about what makes a survivor. Now experts are intensifying their search to demystify the psychology of survival, analysing personality traits among people who triumph over life-threatening crises, and those who succumb.

In a life-threatening situation, the brain immediately triggers a state of shock, sending alarms through the body. Your emergency response system shifts into gear. Blood pressure rises, muscles tense, adrenalin pumps. If you survive initially, you then shift mental gears to longer-term planning – whatever you have to do to survive. Next you go into the resistance phase; a chronic coping state, in which the body tries to maintain balance in the face of threat, danger and deprivation.

Later, one of two things happens: you enter an exhaustion phase, in which the coping mechanisms is overwhelmed, you lose strength, and die – as often happens – or you persevere long enough and get rescued or escape the situation. Who survives, it turns out, is not determined by age, physical stamina, or experience. Although one would expect people who are fitter to be the best candidates to make it back alive, the mind, that great trickster, is not ruled by logic.

Last summer, for example, a sailboat sank. It was being steered by Nicholas Abbott, who often transported pleasure boats from the Caribbean to New York. With him was his friend, Janet Culver, a reserved woman, not a risk-taker, making her first long-distance cruise. If you worked for an insurance agency, you would bet Abbott would be the one to return alive. Yet he is the one who died. After 10 days adrift in a tiny dinghy, battling 16-foot waves and thundershowers, Abbott – hungry, thirsty, and delirious – said he was going to swim home, jumped overboard and drowned. Culver, covered with sun blisters and too weak to sit, would not give up. “Each day I stayed alive was another chance to be rescued,” she told me. “Something deep inside told me to hang on one more day.” While Abbott let his depression get the better of him, Culver evaluated his situation in small, manageable increments. She kept her mind open. It is important to remain mentally active, dwelling on positive things. “Don’t give up”, say the experts. “Drive your thoughts to things that make you happy. Have fantasies. In other words, play games with your mind. Don’t let it play tricks on you, which experts say it does.

The mind goes from hope for rescue, to isolation, to depression. These feelings come, go and vary in order. You have a better chance of survival with other people there. Just being able to say “I’m not going to do what he’s doing” helps handle negative thinking. Highly destructive is the “last chance” phenomenon: rescue is visible, but they don’t see you. You start thinking “That was my only chance; they won’t be back again!” Then you feel doomed. In the end, long-term exposure causes delirium. You start drinking salt water, which causes more delusions. In the cold, people sometimes start shedding garments and a trail of clothes is found. Paradoxically, these people interpret their coldness as warmth.

Researchers studying people who triumph over life-threatening crises are finding survivors share common personality traits: high self-esteem and optimism. Often the difference in mental, rather than physical toughness determines who will endure. Survivors often have a strong belief system outside themselves, in family and religion. Once you give into the sense of abandonment, you give up. Survivors tend to be tenacious in a self-preserving way. They do the right things under pressure. Even though Culver was technically less skilled at sea, she didn’t lose her head. Abbott panicked, left the safest position, and exposed himself to death. The experts attribute this fighting spirit to an immeasurable factor. They can measure weight, age, sex, swimming ability, flotation, quality of clothing – finite things. But they can’t measure the will to live. The only true measure of it is who stares into the abyss and doesn’t blink.

Until recently, scientists ______ in extreme situations.

Which best replaces the phrase triumph over?

According to the writer, ______.

Why is it surprising that Janet Culver survived?

Why does the writer mention an insurance agency?

Which has the closest meaning to doomed?

What does the word it refer to?

Why can’t scientists measure the will to live?

Which has the closest meaning to panicked?

What do you think is the best title of the passage?

PART IV. READING — Question 3 Headings (Questions 76–80)

Choose the correct heading (A–F) for each paragraph. There is one extra heading.
A. How chance contributes to conditions being right
B. Concern about the changing environment
C. The process of photographing animals at night is getting easier
D. How human developments are affecting wildlife
E. A season that may seem unsuitable for photographers
F. No longer too expensive

Night Photography in Autumn

[1] November in the northern hemisphere is not the most inspiring of months for the photographer. The days shorten appreciably as winter approaches and the last autumn leaves are blown free by high winds and frequent rain. Nature seems dormant, as many birds have long since flown to climates, fungi break through the earth, and many animal species sleep until spring’s warm awakening. It would seem a good time also to put the camera to bed and forget about photography until the first snowfall. Well, not quite. With the days being shorter and daylight less bright, November is an excellent month to turn your attention to what can be found in the long darkness from dusk to dawn. In the nocturnal hours a vast number of life forms still thrive, and provide a completely different set of subjects to those the daylight hours present.

[2] As the most noticeable object in the night sky, the moon is an obvious subject when making your initial attempts at night photography. The timing of an evening moonrise is important to know because, not only does it vary according to the time of year, but the moon always appears largest at this point, when it is closest to the horizon. To capture the moon at its brilliant best, you need a bit of luck too: a time when its brightest phase – a full moon – coincides with the ideal weather forecast of a cloudless night sky. The moon is not a direct light source such as the sun or the stars; instead, it is reflecting the light of the sun hitting its surface. On such a night, a full moon will reflect only about ten percent of the sunlight, but that is still enough to illuminate buildings, trees, bridges and other landscape features.

[3] With today’s cameras, far detail can be rendered. Whole constellations consisting of thousands of points of starlight filling the frame and even galaxies such as our own Milky Way can be captured. This is a type of night photography for which few of us had suitable equipment a decade ago, but now it has become accessible to all photographers, thanks to the much improved, affordable technology. However, photographers choosing to shoot the moon may be less concerned by this, as they tend to prefer to use telephoto lenses to magnify the size of the moon, particularly when it is low in the sky and can be shown in relation to a landmark or recognisable structure within the frame.

[4] Of course, the nocturnal world offers other subjects closer to the ground, some that are even familiar to us by day. As cities and towns spread further into our green spaces, some wild animals move further afield to escape our intrusions, while others adapt to their new urbanised surroundings. In European cities, sightings of foxes at night are increasingly common, as they thrive thanks to the cover of darkness and a ready supply of residents’ waste bins, which they use as feeding stations. Deer and wild boar are larger mammals that have also adapted to the urban fringes in recent years, emerging from the cover of parks and nearby forests to forage in residential gardens by night.

[5] Such is the proliferation of urban wildlife that some photographers now specialise on documenting the nocturnal animals that have developed a taste for city nightlife. The improvement in camera technology that has made night sky images more accessible has also extended the creative repertoire of the wildlife photographer. It is now possible to photograph some wild species at night, or soon after dusk, without having to always resort to the use of specialist equipment. More exciting still is how the techniques of astro-photography and the wildlife camera-trap have combined in recent years, to produce images of nocturnal animals against a background of a star-studded night sky. This marriage of two photographic genres has created an innovative style of night photography.

Question 3 Headi — Paragraph 1 ______

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Question 3 Headi — Paragraph 5 ______

PART V. WRITING — Questions 1–2 Sentence transformation (Questions 81–85)

Rewrite the sentences as instructed.

You were wrong to tell off the child in front of the others.
→ You should ______

She agreed to go out to dinner with him because she assumed he was not married.
→ Had she ______

They said that two Vietnamese students had won gold medals in the 59th Mendeleev Olympiad.
→ Two Vietnamese students were ______

Any complaint email from customers must be dealt with before any other matters. (PRIORITY)
→ Any complaint email from customers ______ over other matters.

Good night’s sleeps are very good for mental health. (WONDERS)
→ Good night’s sleeps ______ mental health.

PART V. WRITING — Question 3 Essay (Question 86)

In about 250 words, write an essay to express your opinion. Use reasons and relevant examples.

Some people believe that students are losing their self-study skill due to technological advances and busy school life. Do you agree with the statement?

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