đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 trường thpt PBC năm 2023 -2024
đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 trường thpt PBC năm 2023 -2024
SECTION A: LISTENING
Phần thi nghe gồm 3 phần, mỗi phần được phát 2 lần.
Mở đầu và kết thúc phần thi nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thời gian thí sinh làm bài đã được tính trong
nội dung trong địa CD của phần thi nghe.
Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng tiếng Anh) đã có trong nội dung trong đĩa CD của phần thi
nghe.
PART 1. Listen and complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer. You will listen twice. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
CLIMATE CHANGE
HUMAN FACTORS
Cutting down trees for (1) ___________
Industrial Revolution
(2) ___________
Increase in population and deforestation
KNOWN EFFECTS
Over previous 130 years: temperature has increased by 0.6 °C
Since Industrial Revolution: CO₂ has increased by 30% and methane has increased by (3)
___________ (from mining, animals, rice paddies)
N2O has increased (from (4) ___________ especially fertilizer, waste management, car exhausts)
Greenhouse Effect gases form (5) ___________ → heat trapped → Earth warms up
FUTURE EFFECTS
1. Rise in sea levels → ice melting
Sea level Number of people at risk
1998 levels (6) ___________
+50 cm 92 million
+1 metre (7) ___________
2. Change in (8) ___________ → more arid areas → population movement to cities
3. Increase in pests and (9) ___________ e.g. malaria
4. Change in ecosystems:
shift in (10) ___________ -some die, others multiply
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deserts get hotter and bigger
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART 2. You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about where they live.
(WHILE LISTENING TO EACH SPEAKER, YOU MUST COMPLETE BOTH TASKS, TASK 1 AND TASK 2
AT THE SAME TIME). You will listen twice. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
TASK 1. For questions 1-5, choose from the list (A-H) where each speaker currently lives.
A. in a cottage in a village E. in a room in a relative's house
B. above a shop in a town F. in a house in the suburbs
C. in a converted railway station G. on a farm
D. in a top-floor city flat H. in a houseboat
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. Speaker 1: 2. Speaker 2: 3. Speaker 3: 4. Speaker 4: 5. Speaker 5:
TASK 2. For questions 6-10, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker finds difficult about
the place where they live.
A. It can be noisy. F. The area has a reputation for being
B. Parking is difficult. boring.
C. The rent is expensive. G. It doesn't have interesting views from
D. It's a long journey to work. the windows.
E. It lacks storage space. H. The building is in poor repair.
YOUR ANSWERS:
6. Speaker 1: 7. Speaker 2: 8. Speaker 3: 9. Speaker 4: 10. Speaker 5:
PART 3. You will hear a conversation between two students and a geology professor talking
about a field trip they have just returned from. For question 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D)
which fits best according to what you hear. You will listen twice. Write your answers in the
boxes provided.
1. What do Cathy and Jason agree was disappointing?
A. the length of the field trip
B. the number of people participating
C. the type of accommodation they had
D. the level of support from the tutors
2. They both think they benefited from the field trip by learning.
A. not to get distracted
B. to consider other people's opinions
C. to trust his own judgement
D. not always to follow his first idea
3. How does Cathy feel about her project?
A. She is not certain that she chose the topic wisely. Cheyen by
B. She thinks she has done as well as she can.
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C. She wonders if her approach to the topic is mistaken.
D. She hopes she has done some original work.
4. What do they agree about the field trip in relation to the rest of their course?
A. It brought the subject to life.
B. It was enjoyable without contributing significantly to their understanding.
C. It was useful but should have been shorter.
D. Its timing has negatively affected other aspects of their studies.
5. What does Jason suggest about the impact of the field trip on his feelings about geology?
A. It has revived his initial enthusiasm for the subject.
B. It has reinforced his reservations about geology as a career.
C. It has demonstrated to him that he lacks some skills that geology requires.
D. It has raised fresh doubts about his enjoyment of the subject.
YOUR ANSWERS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SECTION B: LEXICO-GRAMMAR
PART 1. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer A,
B, C or D in the boxes provided.
1. While teachers at the school are not particularly strict, they are never ___________ with students
who skip classes or cheat on the tests.
A. formal B. Disciplined C. Lenient D. adverse
2. The board proposes that the majority of this year's profits ______ in new product development.
A. will be invested B. be invested C. to be invested D. are investing
3. Eventually our choice of resort will ___________ to how far we are willing to travel in order to get
there.
A. come down B. rule out C. step up D. set back
4. I'm worried because they ___________ by midnight and it's already 2.00 am.
A. had better be at home B. were supposed to have been home
C. have to have been home D. ought to be in the home
5. Losing my job was a ___________. I would never have found this one if it hadn't happened.
A. bleeding heart B. breath of fresh air C. blessing in disguise D. bone to pick with
6. Mathematics helps meteorologists to predict the weather more accurately, to calculate the
speed of storms, and ___________.
A. for the wind to blow determines B. causes the wind blowing to determine
C. to determine what causes the wind to D. determine the wind's blowing
blow
7. He promised me an Oxford dictionary and to my great joy, he ___________ his word.
A. stood by B. stuck at C. went back on D. held onto
8. Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to indicate the words CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined ones in the following sentence.
With their exceptional teamwork, the Vietnamese female football team managed to pull off an
impressive comeback in the final minutes of the match and secure the gold medal.
A. score a goal B. execute successfully
C. take a break D. face difficulties
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9. Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to indicate the words OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined ones in the following sentence.
He's a very good worker but he's sometimes a bit slow on the uptake. You have to explain
everything twice.
A. hear things easily B. understand things easily
C. understand things with difficulty D. hard of hearing
10. Choose the best answer from A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to
complete the following exchange.
Jack: "Would you mind sending those flowers to Ms. Jolly?"
Linda: “___________”
A. She wouldn't mind B. No, I can handle it myself
C. Not at all. I'll do it now D. I would if I were you
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART 2. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify and correct the mistakes. Write your
answers in the boxes provided.
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1 Bullying is hard to control and it affects millionmillions of teenagers every day. In the
2 past,
3 it mainlymostly happened at school or in public places, but nowadays the Internet makes it
4 possible for bullies to reach its their victims at home. We call it cyberbullying when a bully
5 teases or threatens someone online. Experts believe that mostly Almost all children and
6 teenagers will experience bullying at some point in their lives.
7 Most people know that if someone bullies you, you can say tell a teacher or a parent.
8 But what should you do if you see bullying happening to someone else? People try to ignore
9 bullying become bystanders: they stand by and see bullying happen, but don't do anything
10 to stop it. Sometimes bystanders are frightened of the bullies, or they're embarrassed for
11 about telling their parents or a teacher. Other reason is that they just feel confused about
12 what to do. But if you don't do anything, bullies think that their behavior is not bad. They
13 think that people don't mind, and more bullying happen. That's why we need to be up-
14 standers. Up- standers say "no" to bullies because bullying is inacceptable!
15 Bullying is hard to stop so together, we can stop it by being up-standers, not
bystanders.
(Adapted from Oxford Metro Student's Book)
YOUR ANSWERS:
Mistake Line Correction Mistake Line Correction
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
SECTION C: READING
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PART 1. Read the following passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
CHANGING COUNTRIES
Seeking a new life and hoping for a significant (1) ______ in their standard of living, foreign
workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first
immigrants arriving from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass
bands, but the dream of a new life soon (2) ______ sour for many. Attracted by the promise to earn
good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was often one of low wages and, in many (3)
______ unemployment. Some did not adapt (4) ______ to life in a country of cold weather, cold
welcomes and discrimination. The (5) ______ of West Indian immigrants moved into the inner cities,
areas that were already fraught with social tensions caused by poverty and (6) ______ housing. There
were cases of open hostility towards the newcomers; in 1958, riots (7) ______ out in Notting Hill,
West London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.
Yet despite the numerous difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did manage to
(8) ______ to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and prospering. Their
contribution had the effect not only of speeding up the (9) ______ of economic change in the postwar
period, it also (10) ______ Western Europe into a multiracial society.
1. A. switch B. change C. modification D. variation
2. A. turned B. converted C. switched D. changed
3. A. occasions B. examples C. ways D. cases
4. A. closely B. greatly C. easily D. normally
5. A. most B. percentage C. majority D. number
6. A. poor B. low C. few D. weak
7. A. broke B. carried C. came D. started
8. A. amend B. adjust C. turn D. alter
9. A. growth B. motion C. pace D. step
10. A. transformed B. transferred C. modified D. shifted
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
WORD in each space. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
EATING IN THE MODERN AGE
Eating in the industrialized world (1) ___has___ changed quite significantly in recent decades
and it continues to be deeply affected by two apparently contradictory trends. The (2) __problem____
is the growing tendency to consume what is known (3) _as_____ fast food. In the modern era, when
spare time is a rare commodity and convenience is the (4)____most_____ desirable quality in any
product, fast food chains flourish, frozen and ready-made foods in the supermarket are consumed
(5) alarming quantities, and people are growing fatter and falling victim to heart disease more than
(6) ___ever___ before.
However, an opposing trend in the realm of food consumption is also discemible - the
increasing demand for healthier foods. Health experts and consumers are now realising the benefits
of livestock raised (7) ___up___ the aid of hormones and crops grown without chemical fertilisers.
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Unfortunately, the cost of organic foods is high, and so it is mainly the educated rich who
consume (8) __it____ . This adds a demographic dimension to the problem of good health since, (9)
____by__ and large, the health benefits of organic products are not available to those who might need
them most, (10) __especially____ the young and the elderly.
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
PART 3. Read the passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to each of the following
questions. Write your answers in the boxes provided.
1. What view does the artist Jake Chapman put forward about art galleries, according to the passage?
A. Parents think they are too difficult for children to understand.
B. Parents overestimate their value.
C. Children learn little about art by visiting them.
D. Children tend not to enjoy visiting them.
2. According to the writer, 'progressives' believe that galleries __________.
A. should be organized with children in mind
B. should prioritize children over adults
C. should encourage children to paint more themselves
D. should not restrict how children behave
3. In the third paragraph, the writer says that very young children __________.
A. can be taught to judge the quality of a painting
B. are not ready to appreciate abstract art
C. are reluctant to criticize paintings
D. are attracted only to paintings showing scenes of real life
4. According to the passage, during the writer's visits to art galleries as a young child, __________.
A. her parents told her which paintings were noteworthy
B. she accumulated knowledge of a large number of paintings
C. she was surprised at her parents' knowledge of art
D. she was encouraged to evaluate art
5. What point does the writer make in the last paragraph?
A. Parents need to learn more about art appreciation.
B. Gallery rules need to be enforced more strictly.
C. Not all parents can appreciate art.
D. Adults should be more tolerant of children's behavior in galleries.
6. According to the passage, an idea recurring in the text is that __________.
A. both adults and children behave badly in galleries
B. children know as much about art as their parents
C. it takes time for children to learn to appreciate art
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D. galleries are not doing enough to help children understand art
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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assumed that the end is good in a moral sense. When I ask fire science students to articulate the
end, or purpose, of their field, they eventually generalize to something like, 'The safety and
welfare of society,' which seems right. As we have seen, someone could use the very same
knowledge of means to achieve a much less noble end, such as personal profit via destructive,
dangerous, reckless activity. But we would not call that firefighting. We have a separate word for
it: arson. Similarly, if you employed the 'principles of marketing' in an unprincipled way, you
would not be doing marketing. We have another term for it: fraud. Kant gives the example of a
doctor and a poisoner, who use the identical knowledge to achieve their divergent ends. We would
say that one is practicing medicine, the other, murder.
Questions 1-6
The reading passage has six sections A-F. Choose the correct heading for each section from the
list of headings below.
LIST OF HEADINGS
i. Courses that require a high level of commitment
ii. A course title with two meanings
iii. The equal importance of two key issues
iv. Applying a theory in an unexpected context
v. The financial benefits of studying
vi. A surprising course title
vii. Different names for different outcomes
viii. The possibility of attracting the wrong kind of student
1. Section A _____vi_______
2. Section B __viii__________
3. Section C ____ii________
4. Section D ____iv________
5. Section E _____iii_______
6. Section F ______vii______
Questions 7-10
Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage.
THE 'ARSON FOR PROFIT' COURSE
This is a university course intended for students who are undergraduates and who are studying
(7) _fire science___________.The expectation is that they will become (8) __investigators__________
speacializing in arson. The course will help them to detect cases of arson and find (9)
_____evidence_______ of criminal intent, leading to successful (10) ___prosecution_________in the
courts.
Questions 11-14
Do the following statements agree with the views of the reading passage?
YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
11. It is difficult to attract students onto courses that do not focus on a career. NOT GIVEN
12. The 'Arson for Profit' course would be useful for people intending to set fire to buildings. YES
13. Fire science is too academic to help people to be good at the job of firefighting.NO
14. The writer's fire science students provided a detailed definition of the purpose of their
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studies.NO
YOUR ANSWERS:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
SECTION D: WRITING
PART 1.
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence before it.
1. He only recognized how bad his situation was when he received the letter of announcement.
→ Not until _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
2. Jack doesn't know all the answers, though he pretends to.
→ Jack acts _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in
such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change
the form of the given word. You must use between THREE and SIX words, including the word
given.
3. He would do almost anything to win the girl's heart. (LENGTHS)
→ He would ___________________________________________________________________________________ the girl's heart.
4. You have said exactly the right thing. (NAIL)
→ You have ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
5. Since she met that boy, she's been thinking only about him. (WRAPPED)
→ Since she met that boy, she's ______________________________________________________________________________ .
PART 2. Your school is organizing an event on Vietnamese Teacher's Day. Write a letter to the
organizers (100-120 words).
In your letter, you should:
ask what topics you would like them to cover,
ask why it would be interesting for students;
ask questions about the arrangement.
Use your name and address as Nguyen Van Nam-32 Minh Khai Street, Vinh City, Nghe An Province.
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PART 3. Write an essay (at least 250 words) on the following topic:
Studies suggest that many teenagers these days prefer socializing online to meeting one
another in person.
Why do you think this is the case? What measures could be taken to encourage teenagers to
spend more time meeting one another in person?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.
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