SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH

TỈNH THÁI NGUYÊN LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 202…-202…

Môn: Tiếng Anh
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề chính thức

Điểm Giám khảo số 1 Giám khảo số 2 Số phách

(Họ tên, chữ ký) (Họ tên, chữ ký) (Do chủ tịch hội đồng
ghi)
(Bằng số) (Bằng chữ)

Đề thi này gồm 8 trang.

Chú ý:
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.
- Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi này.
- Giám thị không được giải thích gì thêm.

PART I: LISTENING
SECTION 1: Question 1-5: Complete the form below.
Customer Details:
- They will be coming to London on (1) ____________
- He's going with his sister and his (2) ____________
- Tour Details: Bus Tour
- The cost is (3)_________£ for adults and (4)___________ £ for children

SECTION 2: Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Days Entertainment activities Transportation
Tuesdays - learning to make (5)____________ - mini bus
- having a (6)____________concert
Wednesdays - enjoying mountain view (7)__________
- exploring a tropical (8) ____________ shuttle bus

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Thursdays - having a fancy dinner (10)_________
- watching a spectacular display
of (9)____________

Your answer
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

SECTION 3: Questions 11-14

Answer the questions below. Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
Online Exchange Business
11. The website is organised by
A. family memebrs B. friends C. businessmen
12. How long has the website been operated?
A. about 3 weeks B. about 3 months C. about 6 months
13. How many registered users are there in the website?
A. 1000 B. 1500 C. 2000
14. Which country has the most users in the website?
A. Ireland B. UK C. Canada
Questions 15-16: Choose the letters, A-E: Which TWO things are most popular among users?
A. Children's books В. Textbooks С. Computer games
D. Toys E. Tools

SECTION 4: Questions 17-20: Complete the sentences below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

17. The website will sort out _______items to help those who can't decide
what to exchange.
18. Do not bother because everyone's _________is different.

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 19. Users will give_______ on the completion of exchanges.
Criteria
 the quality of the item
 the ease of communication
 the 20. ________of delivering

Your answer
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20

PART I: PHONETICS
Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
21. A. mouths B. cloths C. booths D. months
22. A. debt B. nib C. absorb D. absent
23. A. famous B. nervous C. favourite D. mountain
24. A. ancient B. ancestor C. anchor D. ankle
25. A. home B. tomb C. comb D. dome
Your answer
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

PART III: LEXICO – GRAMMAR

Question I: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences.
26. Peter: “I’ve got to go, Betty. So long." Betty: “So long, Peter. And _________”
A. be careful B. don’t hurry C. take care D. don’t take
27. John: “How lovely your house is!” Jack: “__________”
A. I love it, too. B. Thank you, it’s nice of you to say so.
C. Can you say that again? D. Really? It is.
28. Without his lawyer, he refused ______ by the police.
A. questioning B. being questioned C. to question D. to be questioned
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29. She took a course in fine arts_________ starting her own business in interior design.
A. with a view to B. in terms of C. in order to D. with preference to
30. Henry was really a silly boy when we were at high school. I still remember_______ very stupid
questions.
A. him asking B. him to ask C. asking him D. his being asked
31. Susan was sad because she wasn’t invited to any social events. She felt ________.
A. turned out B. left out C. omitted out D. gone out
32. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is_____ the law.
A. beyond B. over C. above D. Onto
33. By the end of this March he________ here for 20 years
A. has been living B. will have been living
C. will live D. will be living
34. He’d rather_________ long at the party.
A. I did not stay B. me not to stay C. I do not stay D. me did not stay
35. __________a lot of clothes, he sent them to poor children.
A. Had collected B. Because having collected
C. Because of he collected D. Having collected
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

Question II. Write the correct form of each bracketed word on your answer sheet.
BOOK PUBLICISTS
The courteous smile of an author selling books, signing copies or chatting on television
shows can be (36. DECEIVE) ___________. Behind the scenes of the book tour that has become
as much a part of the modern (37. SELL) ___________ as print and paper,the writer may be a
(38. CONTEND)___________for a Golden Dartboard Award. This is the Oscar for authors (39.
ALLEGE) ___________ behaving badly, an informal award nominated by the weary, sometimes
(40. TRAUMA)____________, publicists who travel from city to city garnering publicity and
sales. They call themselves “babysitters” as they tend to the fragile egos and (41.
CONVENTION) ____________ demands of authors. Among the most feared (42. ASSIGN)
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___________ for the publicists are the feminist writer who is remembered for yelling at her
publicists in public and in (43. COLOUR) ____________language, and the thriller writer whose
publicists report that they have instructions from his publisher to speak only when spoken to. One
(44. SURVIVE)____________of a tour with him, who nominated him for a Golden Dartboard,
says: “He treats us all as his (45. INFER)____________.”
Your answer
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

Question III: Each sentence below contains a mistake. Pick it out and correct it.
46. The harder he tried, the best he danced before the large audience.
47. They can make every effort to find out more about what their families came from and what
they did in the past.
48. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester.
49. There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in Italy.
50. So little I knew about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me.
51. The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists by cafes have left the
housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.
52. In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being
attracted by the idea of looking back into the past.
53. Anthropologists assert that many of the early American Plains Indians did not engage in
planting crops but to hunt, living primarily on buffalo meat.
54. It is essential that the temperature is not elevated to a point where the substances formed
may become unstable and decompose into its constituent elements.
55. Some bacteria are extremely harmful, while the others are regularly used in producing
cheeses, crackers, and many other foods.
Your answer
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

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PART IV: READING
Question I. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits
each gap.
In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase into happiness. The researchers
have come up a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.
First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in
other words, happiness (56) _______ in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite
strongly with the main dimensions of personalities: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics
are less so.
Second, people often report good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In
particular, friends are a great (57) ______ of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do
together, partly because of the way friends use positive non-verbal (58) ______ such as
caressing and touching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (59) ______
relationships can also form the basis of lasting happiness.
Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (60) ______ overall satisfaction, and vice versa -
perhaps this is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (61) ______ both ways. Job
satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but (62)_____ by social
interactions with co-workers. Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause of
unhappiness.
Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (63) ______ than most
other causes of happiness. Activities (64) _____ sport and music, and participation in voluntary
work and social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of the (65)
______themselves, but also because of the social support of other group members – it is very
strong in the case of religious groups.
56. A. runs B. arrives C. goes D. descends

57. A. source B. origin C. base D. meaning

58. A. movements B. signals C. slogans D. motions

59. A. near B. tight C. close D. heavy

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60. A. consists of B. applies to C. counts on D. contributes to

61. A. works B. effects C. makes D. turns

62. A. too B. as well C. also D. plus

63. A. check B. power C. choice D. control

64. A. so B. such C. like D. thus

65. A. facilities B. activities C. exercises D. amenities

Your answer
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to the
text.
Ralph Earl was born into a Connecticut farm family in 1751. He chose early to become a
painter and looked for what training was available in his home state and in Boston. Earl was
one of the first American artists to paint landscapes. Among his first paintings were scenes
from the Revolutionary War battles of Lexington and Concord. In 1778 Earl went to London to
study with Benjamin West for four years.

When Earl returned to the United States, he was jailed for fourteen months
for outstanding debts. While still a prisoner, he painted portraits of some of New York City’s
most elegant society women and their husbands. After his release, he took up the trade
of itinerant portrait painter, working his way through southern New England and New York.
Earl didn’t flatter his subjects, but his portraits show a deep understanding of them, perhaps
because he had sprung from the same roots.

Among Earl’s most famous paintings is his portrait of Justice Oliver Ellsworth and his
wife, Abigail. To provide counterpoint to the severity of the couple, he accurately details the
relative luxury of the Ellsworth's interior furnishings. The view through the window behind

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them shows sunlit fields, well-kept fences, and a bend of the Connecticut River. One of the
Earl’s paintings is something of an anomaly. Reclining Hunter, which for many years was
attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, shows a well-dressed gentleman resting beneath a tree. In
the foreground, he displays a pile of birds, the result of a day’s hunt. The viewer can also see a
farmer’s donkey lying in the background, another of the hunter’s victims. This outrageously
funny portrait couldn’t have been commissioned-no one would have wanted to be portrayed in
such an absurd way. However, this painting uncharacteristically shows Earl’s wit as well as his
uncommon technical skills.

66. What is the author’s main purpose?

A. To discuss the life and work of an American painter

B. To compare the art of Ralph Earl and Thomas Gainsborough

C. To trace Ralph Earl’s artistic influences

D. To describe the art scene in New York in the late eighteenth century

67. Which of the following NOT given in the passage as a subject of one of Earl’s paintings?

A. People B. Landscapes C. Battle scenes D. Fruit and flowers

68. Which of the following could be substituted for ‘outstanding’ (line 7) without changing the
meaning of the sentence?

A. excellent B. shocking C. unpaid D. illegal

69. The author uses the phrase ‘sprung from the same roots’ (line 11) to indicate that Ralph
Earl and his subjects ________.

A. lived in the same town B. were about the same age

C. were equally successful D. had the same background

70. According to the passage, one of the distinguishing features of the portrait of Oliver and
Abigail Ellsworth is the contrast between ________.

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 A. the plainness of the figures and the luxury of the furnishings

B. the two styles used to paint the two figures

C. the sunlit fields and the dark interior

D. the straight fences and the curving Connecticut River

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

PART 4: WRITING
Question I. Finish each second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the words given in the brackets.
71. I’m sure it was Tom who cleared everything up. (MUST)
=>__________________________________________________________________
72. We weren’t surprised by his success. (NO SURPRISE)
=>__________________________________________________________________
73. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended. (HAD IT)
=>__________________________________________________________________
74. John didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing. (NOT UNTIL)
=>__________________________________________________________________
75. “Don’t break my doll, John or I will scream” said Mary (THREATENED)
=>__________________________________________________________________
Question II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN.
76. “Congratulations! You’ve succeeded in the interview, Mary,” my mother told me.
=> My mother ___________________________________________________________
77. She is proud of being such a good cook.
=> She prides____________________________________________________________
78. My father hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month.

=> It’s ___________________________________________________________________

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79. Even though some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
=> Despite _______________________________________________________________
80. Tom is working on two jobs right now, so he doesn’t have time to help you.
=>Were Tom ______________________________________________________________
Question III: Today, many parents tend to hire tutors to teach their children at home for
better study results. In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of
learning with a tutor? (81 - 100)
Write a paragraph of about 150 words to express your ideas.
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KEY -DAP ÁN
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
TỈNH THÁI NGUYÊN LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 202…-202…

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 Môn: Tiếng Anh
(Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề chính thức

Điểm Giám khảo số 1 Giám khảo số 2 Số phách

(Họ tên, chữ ký) (Họ tên, chữ ký) (Do chủ tịch hội đồng ghi)
(Bằng số) (Bằng chữ)

Đề thi này gồm 08 trang.

Chú ý:
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.
- Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi này.
- Giám thị không được giải thích gì thêm.
A. LISTENING
Hướng dẫn phần thi nghe hiểu:
- Nội dung nghe gồm 02 phần.
- Mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có tín hiệu nhạc.
- Hướng dẫn làm bài chi tiết cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.
PART I: LISTENING
SECTION 1: Question 1-5: Complete the form below.
Customer Details:
- They will be coming to London on (1) ………July 10th………
- He's going with his sister and his (2) …………parents
- Tour Details: Bus Tour
- The cost is (3) ……………..29 £ for adults and ……………14 (4) £ for children
SECTION 2: Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Days Entertainment activities Transportation
Tuesdays - learning to make 5). fish dishes - mini bus

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 - having a (6). piano concert
Wednesdays - enjoying mountain view (7). Helicopter
- exploring a tropical (8). Cretan garden shuttle bus
Thursdays - having a fancy dinner (10). Cable car
- watching a spectacular display of 9. Fire work
SECTION 3: Questions 11-14
Answer the questions below. Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
Online Exchange Business
11. The website is organised by
A. family memebrs B. friends C. businessmen
12. How long has the website been operated?
A. about 3 weeks B. about 3 months C. about 6 months
13. How many registered users are there in the website?
A. 1000 B. 1500 C. 2000
14. Which country has the most users in the website?
A. Ireland B. UK C. Canada
Questions 15-16: Choose TWO letters, A-E: Which TWO things are most popular among
users?
A. Children's books В. Textbooks С. Computer games
D. Toys E. Tools
SECTION 4: Questions 17-20: Complete the sentences below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

17. The website will sort out ____popular___items to help those who can't
decide what to exchange.
18. Do not bother because everyone's ____taste_______is different.
19. Users will give_____feedback__ on the completion of exchanges.
Criteria
 the quality of the item

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  the ease of communication
 the 20. _____speed____of delivering

PART II: PHONETICS

Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
21. A. mouths B. cloths C. booths D. months
Đáp án B phát âm là /ð/, các đáp án còn lại là /θ/
21. A. through B. enough C. rough D. tough
Đáp án A phát âm là âm câm, các đáp án còn lại là /f/
23. A. famous B. nervous C. favourite D. mountain
Đáp án D phát âm là /aʊ/, các đáp án còn lại là /eɪ/
24. A. ancient B. ancestor C. anchor D. ankle
Đáp án A phát âm là /eɪn/, các đáp án còn lại là /ˈæŋ/
25. A. home B. tomb C. comb D. dome
Đáp án C phát âm là /uː/, các đáp án còn lại là /əʊ/
PART III: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
Question I: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences.
26. Peter: “I’ve got to go, Betty. So long." Betty: “So long, Peter. And _________”
A. be careful B. don’t hurry C. take care D. don’t take
Tớ phải đi đây, tạm biệt Betty!
Đáp án A: Hãy cẩn thận (Không phù hợp ngữ cảnh)
Đáp án B: Đừng vội vàng (Không phù hợp ngữ cảnh)
Đáp án C: Hãy bảo trọng (Phù hợp với ngữ cảnh)
Đáp án D: Đừng lấy, đừng làm (không phù hợp)
27. John: “How lovely your house is!” Jack: “__________”
A. I love it, too. B. Thank you, it’s nice of you to say so.
C. Can you say that again? D. Really? It is.
Ngôi nhà của bạn trông đẹp làm sao!

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 Đáp án A: Tôi cũng thích nó (Không phù hợp ngữ cảnh)
Đáp án B: (Cảm ơn bạn. Bạn thật tốt khi nói như vậy (Phù hợp ngữ cảnh)
Đáp án C: Bạn có thể nói lại được không (Không phù hợp với ngữ cảnh)
Đáp án D: Thật à? (không phù hợp)
28. Without his lawyer, he refused ______ by the police.
A. questioning B. being questioned C. to question D. to be questioned
Không có mặt của luật sư, anh ấy từ chối trả lời các câu hỏi của cảnh sát.
Đáp án A, B: Sai về ngữ pháp, sau refuse là “to + V0”
Đáp án ở dạng chủ động ( không phù hợp với “by”, bị động)
Đáp án đúng là D
29. She took a course in fine arts_________ starting her own business in interior design.
A. with a view to B. in terms of C. in order to D. with preference to
Cô ấy đã tham gia một khóa học mỹ thuật với mục đích bắt đầu việc kinh doanh của mình trong
thiết kế nội thất.
Đáp án A: Với mục đích làm gì
Đáp án B: Xét về mặt…
Đáp án C: Để làm gì
Đáp án D: Có liên quan đến…
30. Henry was really a silly boy when we were at high school. I still remember________ very stupid
questions.
A. him asking B. him to ask C. asking him D. his being asked
Đáp án là A. Cấu trúc: remember + someone + V-ing: nhớ ai đó đã làm gì …
Các đáp án khác không phù hợp
31. Susan was sad because she wasn’t invited to any social events. She felt ________.
A. turned out B. left out C. omitted out D. gone out
Đáp án B:: left out = bị bỏ rơi, bị chừa ra
Dịch nghĩa: Susan đã rất buồn vì cô không được mời tới bất kỳ sự kiện xã hội nào. Cô ấy đã
cảm thấy bị bỏ rơi.
B. turned out = bị đuổi ra
C. C. omitted out : không có cụm động từ này
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D. D. gone out = được gửi đi
32. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is_____ the law.
A. beyond B. over C. above D. Onto
Tất cả chúng ta đều tuân thủ, không ai đứng trên luật pháp cả
Cụm từ “above the law” đúng trên luật pháp. Các đáp an A, B, D không phù hợp
33. By the end of this March he______ here for 20 years
A. has been living B. will have been living
C. will live D. will be living
Đáp án C. Tương lai tiếp diễn diễn tả 1 hành động bắt đầu trong quá khứ, tiếp diễn đến 1 thời điểm
xác định trong tương lai: Cấu trúc by + time + S + will + have + been + Ving….
34. He’d rather_________ long at the party.
A. I did not stay B. me not to stay C. I do not stay D. me did not stay
Đáp án đúng A. Cấu trúc would rather+ S + V(Past tense): Mong ước không có thật ở hiện tại
Anh ấy mong tôi không ở bữa tiệc lâu.
35. __________a lot of clothes, he sent them to poor children.
A. Had collected B. Because having collected
C. Because of he collected D. Having collected
Gom được nhiều quân áo, anh ấy đã gửi cho những trẻ em nghèo
Cấu trúc lược bỏ đồng chủ ngữ: Having + V3/ed
Đáp án đúng D.
Question II. Write the correct form of each bracketed word on your answer sheet.
BOOK PUBLICISTS
The courteous smile of an author selling books, signing copies or chatting on television
shows can be (36. DECEIVE) _______. Behind the scenes of the book tour that has become as
much a part of the modern (37. SELL) _______ as print and paper,the writer may be a (38.
CONTEND) _______ for a Golden Dartboard Award. This is the Oscar for authors (39.
ALLEGE) _______ behaving badly, an informal award nominated by the weary, sometimes (40.
TRAUMA) _______, publicists who travel from city to city garnering publicity and sales. They
call themselves “babysitters” as they tend to the fragile egos and (41. CONVENTION)
_______demands of authors. Among the most feared (42. ASSIGN) _______ for the
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publicists are the feminist writer who is remembered for yelling at her publicists in public and in
(43. COLOUR) _______language, and the thriller writer whose publicists report that they have
instructions from his publisher to speak only when spoken to. One (44. SURVIVE) _______ of a
tour with him, who nominated him for a Golden Dartboard, says: “He treats us all as his (45.
INFER) _______”
36. Đáp án: deceptive ( từ cần điền là tính từ đứng sau tobe)
37. Đáp án: bestseller ( Từ cần điền là danh từ, đứng sau tinh từ, mang nghĩa được chú ý,
bán chạy)
38. Đáp án: contender ( từ cần điền là danh từ, vì đứng sau “a”)
39. Đáp án: allegedly ( từ cần điền là trạng từ)
40. Đáp án: traumatized ( từ cần điền là động từ)
41. Đáp án: unconventional ( Tính từ, đứng trước danh từ)
42. Đáp án: assignments (danh từ ở dạng số nhiều)
43. Đáp án: colourful (tính từ, vì đứng sau nó là một danh từ language)
44. Đáp án: survivor (từ cần điền là danh từ)
45. inferiors(từ cần điền là danh từ)
Question III: Each sentence below contains a mistake. Pick it out and correct it.
1. The harder he tried, the best he danced before the large audience. => the better (cấu trúc:
the comparative + S + V, the comparative + S + V)
2. They can make every effort to find out more about what their families came from and what
they did in the past. => where (phù hợp với ngữ cảnh)
3. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester. =>
his/ her (phù hợp chủ ngữ each)
4. There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in Italy. =>
omitting article (danh từ không đếm được new, không dùng mạo từ)
5. So little I knew about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me. => did I
know (cấu trúc đảo ngữ)
6. The replacement of shops such as the groceries and chemists by cafes have left the
housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping. => has (phù hợp chủ ngữ số ít the
replacement)
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7. In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being
attracted by the idea of looking back into the past. => to ( động từ attact to)
8. Anthropologists assert that many of the early American Plains Indians did not engage in
planting crops but to hunt, living primarily on buffalo meat. => hunting (quy tắc song song)
9. It is essential that the temperature is not elevated to a point where the substances formed
may become unstable and decompose into its constituent elements. => not be/ should not be
(cấu trúc It + Adj + that + S + (should) + V0)
10. Some bacteria are extremely harmful, while the others are regularly used in producing
cheeses, crackers, and many other foods. => omitting article (không dùng the trước others)

PART III: READING

Question I. Read the passage and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one
word in each gap.
In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase into happiness. The researchers
have come up a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.
First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in
other words, happiness (56) _______ in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite
strongly with the main dimensions of personalities: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics
are less so.
Second, people often report good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In
particular, friends are a great (57) ______ of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do
together, partly because of the way friends use positive non-verbal (58) ______ such as
caressing and touching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (59) ______
relationships can also form the basis of lasting happiness.
Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (60) ______ overall satisfaction, and vice versa -
perhaps this is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (61) ______ both ways. Job
satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but (62)_____ by social
interactions with co-workers. Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause of
unhappiness.

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 Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (63) ______ than most
other causes of happiness. Activities (64) _____ sport and music, and participation in voluntary
work and social clubs of various kinds, can give great joy. This is partly because of the (65)
______themselves, but also because of the social support of other group members – it is very
strong in the case of religious groups.
56. A. runs B. arrives C. goes D. descends

57. A. source B. origin C. base D. meaning

58. A. movements B. signals C. slogans D. motions

59. A. near B. tight C. close D. heavy

60. A. consists of B. applies to C. counts on D. contributes to

61. A. works B. effects C. makes D. turns

62. A. too B. as well C. also D. plus

63. A. check B. power C. choice D. control

64. A. so B. such C. like D. thus

65. A. facilities B. activities C. exercises D. amenities

Your answer
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to the
text.
Ralph Earl was born into a Connecticut farm family in 1751. He chose early to become a
painter and looked for what training was available in his home state and in Boston. Earl was
one of the first American artists to paint landscapes. Among his first paintings were scenes
from the Revolutionary War battles of Lexington and Concord. In 1778 Earl went to London to
study with Benjamin West for four years.
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 When Earl returned to the United States, he was jailed for fourteen months
for outstanding debts. While still a prisoner, he painted portraits of some of New York City’s
most elegant society women and their husbands. After his release, he took up the trade
of itinerant portrait painter, working his way through southern New England and New York.
Earl didn’t flatter his subjects, but his portraits show a deep understanding of them, perhaps
because he had sprung from the same roots.

Among Earl’s most famous paintings is his portrait of Justice Oliver Ellsworth and his
wife, Abigail. To provide counterpoint to the severity of the couple, he accurately details the
relative luxury of the Ellsworth's interior furnishings. The view through the window behind
them shows sunlit fields, well-kept fences, and a bend of the Connecticut River. One of the
Earl’s paintings is something of an anomaly. Reclining Hunter, which for many years was
attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, shows a well-dressed gentleman resting beneath a tree. In
the foreground, he displays a pile of birds, the result of a day’s hunt. The viewer can also see a
farmer’s donkey lying in the background, another of the hunter’s victims. This outrageously
funny portrait couldn’t have been commissioned-no one would have wanted to be portrayed in
such an absurd way. However, this painting uncharacteristically shows Earl’s wit as well as his
uncommon technical skills.

66. What is the author’s main purpose?

A. To discuss the life and work of an American painter

B. To compare the art of Ralph Earl and Thomas Gainsborough

C. To trace Ralph Earl’s artistic influences

D. To describe the art scene in New York in the late eighteenth century

67. Which of the following NOT given in the passage as a subject of one of Earl’s paintings?

A. People B. Landscapes C. Battle scenes D. Fruit and flowers

68. Which of the following could be substituted for ‘outstanding’ (line 7) without changing the
meaning of the sentence?
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 A. excellent B. shocking C. unpaid D. illegal

69. The author uses the phrase ‘sprung from the same roots’ (line 11) to indicate that Ralph
Earl and his subjects ________.

A. lived in the same town B. were about the same age

C. were equally successful D. had the same background

70. According to the passage, one of the distinguishing features of the portrait of Oliver and
Abigail Ellsworth is the contrast between ________.

A. the plainness of the figures and the luxury of the furnishings

B. the two styles used to paint the two figures

C. the sunlit fields and the dark interior

D. the straight fences and the curving Connecticut River

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

PART 4: WRITING
Question I. Finish each second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the words given in the brackets.
71. I’m sure it was Tom who cleared everything up. (MUST)
=>Tom must have cleared/ tidied everything up.
72. We weren’t surprised by his success. (NO SURPRISE)
=>It came as no surprise to us (to hear) (that) he had been successful.
73. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended. (HAD IT)
=>Had it not been for the attendance/appearance/presence of a famous film star, the party would
have been a failure/ would not have been a success.
74. John didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing. (NOT UNTIL)
=>Not until John received the offer of promotion in writing did he celebrate.
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75. “Don’t break my doll, John or I will scream” said Mary (THREATENED)
=>Mary threatened to scream if John broke her doll.
Question II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN.
76. “Congratulations! You’ve succeeded in the interview, Mary,” my mother told me.
=> My mother congratulated me on succeeding in the interview.
77. She is proud of being such a good cook.
=> She prides herself on her cooking / being a good cook.
78. My father hasn’t smoked cigarettes for a month.

=> It’s a month since my father last smoked cigarettes.

79. Even though some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
=> Despite Despite the cancellation of some events, thousands of people attended the festival.
80. Tom is working on two jobs right now, so he doesn’t have time to help you.
=>Were Tom not working two jobs right now, he would have time to help you.
Question III: Today, many parents tend to hire tutors to teach their children at home for
better study results. In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of
learning with a tutor? (81 - 100)
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