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ĐỀ THI THI THỬ SỐ 5 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (Chuyên)
(Đề thi có 9 trang) Ngày thi: 18/05/2025
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

Điểm Chữ ký và họ tên CB Chữ ký và họ tên CB SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số Bằng chữ chấm thi 1 chấm thi 2 (do Ban phách ghi)

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tài liệu nào. Cán bộ coi thi không giải thích gì thêm.
LISTENING:
PART I
For question 1-10, you will hear five short extracts in people are talking about an occasion
when they came into contact with a well-known celebrity. While you listen, you must complete
BOTH tasks. You will hear the recording TWICE.
Task One Task Two
For questions 1- 5, choose from the list (A- H) For questions 6-10, choose from the list (A- H)
what each speaker says about coming into the opinion each speaker gives about the
contact with a celebrity. celebrity.
A. I failed to recognise A. He/She became
the person. more agitated than
B. I realised I had necessary.
forgotten something. B. He/She enjoyed
Speaker 1 _____ (1) C. I insisted on Speaker 1 _____ (6) causing trouble.
Speaker 2 _____ (2) something. Speaker 2 _____ (7) C. He/She appeared
Speaker 3 _____ (3) D. I was upset by Speaker 3 _____ (8) totally at ease.
Speaker 4 _____ (4) personal criticism. Speaker 4 _____ (9) D. He/She expected too
Speaker 5 _____ (5) E. I had been given Speaker 5 _____ (10) much privacy.
incorrect information. E. He/She seemed
F. I was pleasantly insincere.
surprised. F. He/She wasn’t able
G. I refused a request. to cope with fame.
H. I was amused by G. He/She talked down
something. to me.
H. He/She eventually
accepted the
regulations.

PART II: For questions 11-18, you will hear an explorer called Richard Livingstone talking
about a trip he made in the rainforest of South America. Complete the sentences with NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER.

A Trip to the Rainforest

Richard and Matthew abandoned their boat because they couldn’t get past a (11) _____________
They decided to walk through the jungle as far as the (12) _____________ marked on the map.
Richard says that during the walk, they were always both (13) _____________.
The first sign of human activity that they found was a (14) _____________.
In a deserted camp, they found some soup made from unusual (15) _____________
Richard says that by the time they had reached the camp, they were lacking in (16) _____________.
Richard says that after the meal, they began to feel (17) _____________ about what they’d done.
Before leaving the camp, they left the sum of (18) _____________ to thank their host.
PHONETICS
Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
19. A. wretchedly B. unreservedly C. unabashedly D. advisedly
20. A. nothingness B. ghetto C. silhouette D. rhythmic
Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
21. A. analysis B. synthesis C. insipid D. epitome
22. A. preposterous B. indomitable C. vicinity D. adamant
LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
23. I would move heaven and ________ to get the tickets for that concert.
A. earth B. hell C. ground D. sky
24. When Jones stood up and started singing in the restaurant, it made my ________ curl.
A. toes B. hair C. fingers D. Lips
25. He ran ________ over his employees his employees when he thought they weren’t working hard
enough.
A. aspersions B. roughshod C. criticism D. Complaints
26. Polly’s stupid suggestion met with ________ of laughter from the rest of the crew.
A. fits B. hoots C. pangs D. roars
27. I’ve run the whole ________ of emotions from joy to sorrow during the course.
A. gamut B. spectrum C. line D. Flicker
28. _____________, we took a nap and had wonderful dreams.
A. Having the food eaten B. The food eaten C. Eaten the foodD. Eating the foot
29. It was very sunny in Hanoi, but we had a good time _____________.
A. all the more B. all the space
C. all the best D. all the same
30. Jack is ___________ his sister, Jill.
A . every bit as thick as B. just thick as
C. as thick like D. nowhere thick like
31. _______________ that she opened the mystical box sent from Zeus.
A. So curiosity was she B. Such her curiosity was
C. Her curiosity was such D. So curious she was
32. Young people have a tendency to be enthralled by the seemingly ________ march of new technology.
A. indisputable B. inexorable C. inadmissible D. Inadvertent
Write ONE word which can be used appropriately in all three sentences.
33. ___ ______
- It's dangerous to_______ lanes on the motorway without indicating first.
- Although we flicked the _______ a number of times, the machine would not work.
- We will no longer be using the old accounting software after we _______ over to the new software
next month.

34. ________
- Even the most hardened criminal is entitled to a _______ trial.
- The parents are dark-haired but all the children have got_______ hair and blue eyes.
- The weather forecast for tomorrow is _______ with some scattered shower.
35. _________
- On a Friday night, the _________ in the city centre are crowded with young people.
- I was so hungry after school that I ate two whole _________ of chocolate..
- Some prisoners spend hours looking through the _________at the world outside their.
36. _________
- A professional singer should be able to reach a high_______ like that.
- He left without saying a word and didn't even leave a(n) _______ to explain.
- The lifeguards know just how dangerous the sea can be, so take _______.

Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the passage.
Traffic congestion is now a problem in practically every major city in the world but nobody has yet
found a solution to the seemingly inevitable chaos. A metro system is sadly impractical in most cities
for geographical reasons. Tram systems are (37.WORK) __________ in old cities where narrow, winding
streets make the installation of overhead cables a practical impossibility. Many local governments find
the business of coaxing people into buses and (38. COURAGE) ___________ them from using their cars
easier said than down. And yet it is inconceivable that the situation should be allowed to remain as it
is. The arguments in favor of direct action are now irrefutable if we are ever to prevent (39.PRECEDE)
_____________ levels of pollution and economic chaos. It is astonishing how many people set off to climb
Mount Olympus in completely unsuitable clothing. The weather conditions on the mountain are
notoriously unpredictable but people are fooled into thinking that just because the bottom is sunny,
the summit will be similarly warm and bright. Nothing could be further from the truth. Bearing in
mind that “forewarned is forearmed”, consult the local climbing club about likely conditions before
setting off. Such local knowledge can be absolutely (40. VALUE) ___________ and you would, to put it
mildly, be extremely (41. ADVISE) ____________ to ignore it. Whatever the likely weather, a good pair of
boots is indispensable as is some form of waterproof. And it is a steep climb so it goes without saying
that a reasonable level of fitness is essential.
Fill ONE phrasal-verb in each sentence by using a verb in column A and a particle in column B. You
should use the correct form of the verbs. There are more verbs and partides than necessary.
A B
tip spur forge sink chew into over on ahead off
42.Even though she is unfamiliar with the scholastic programme, she is already _________ with her
study.
43.The more the horses pulled, the deeper the wheels ___________ the mud.
44.If it had not been for her first success _________ her _________ to greater ones, she would not be so
thriving now.
45.As the police had been _____________ about the robbery, they arrived on time to catch the criminals.
46.The entire weekend was spent _____________ the difficult problem.
Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the words/phrases CLOSEST in meaning to underlined
ones in the following questions.

47.After the earthquake, the entrance hall was turned into a makeshift casualty ward
A. permanent B. dilapidated C. provisional D. stable

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the words/phrases OPPOSITE in meaning to underlined

ones in the following questions.
Immediate correction by a language teacher is often counter-productive, as students may
become discouraged to speak at all.
A. isolated B. unproductive C. unfruitful D. effective

READING
Read the passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D which best fits each of the gaps.
US OPTS OUT OF G7 PLEDGE STATING PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD IS 'IRREVERSIBLE'
The US has refused to sign up to a G7 pledge that calls the Paris climate accord the “irreversible”
global tool to address climate change. The G7 environment ministers issued a final repor tafter their
twoday meeting in Bologna, the first since the US announced it was withdrawing from the Paris
climate agreement. In a (49) ___________ to the G7 report, the US said on Monday it would not join with
the other six countries in reaffirming their Paris commitments, but said it was taking action on its own
to reduce its carbon footprint. As a result, the US said it would not join those sections of the report on
climate and multilateral development banks. The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency,
Scott Pruitt, attended the first few hours of the (50) _________ on Sunday, but left to attend a cabinet.
meeting in Washington. Presenting the report, Italy’s environment minister, Gian Luca Galletti, called
the Paris accord “irreversible, non-negotiable and the only instrument possible to (51) __________
climate change”. He said the other G7 countries hoped to continue constructive dialogue with the US
but insisted on the Paris parameters. “Everything else for us is excluded,” he said. The 2015 Paris
agreement aims to prevent the Earth from heating up by 2C since the start of the industrial (52)
____________ As the world has already warmed about 1.1C since the industrial revolution, the accord
aims to ensure the (53) __________ is not breached with each nation curbing heat-trapping emissions
49.A. foothold B. footnote C. footprint D. footage
50.A. peaks B. summit C. climax D. pinnacle
51.A. resist B. clash C. grapple D. combat
52.A. age B. era C. time D. epoch
53.A. boundary B. frontier C. threshold D. standard
Read the passage and fill in each of the following numbered blank with ONE suitable word.
Copyright is the inalienable, legally secured right to publish, reproduce, and sell the matter and form
of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. Copyright is designed (54) ___________ to protect an
artist, publisher, or other owner against any unauthorised copying of his works - as by reproducing
the work in any material form, publishing it, performing it in public, filming it, broadcasting it, causing
it to be distributed to subcribers or making any adaptation of the work. A copyright supplies a
copyright holder with a kind of ownership over the created material, which assures him of both
control over its use and the monetary benefits derived from it. Historically, copyrights grew (55)
_________ of the same system as royal patent grants, by which certain authors and printers were given
the exclusive right to publish books and other materials. The basic purpose of such grants was not to
protect authors' or publishers' rights but to (56)
___________ government revenue and to give governing authorities control over publicised contents.
The Statute of Anne, passed in England in 1710, was a (57) __________ in the history of copyright law as
it recognised that authors should be the (58) __________ beneficiaries of copyright law. Today, the Berne
Convention of 1886 and the Universal Copyright Convention of 1955 protect rights on an
international level recognised in all countries.

In the following magazine article,five paragraphs have been removed. Read and choose,jrom the
paragraphs A-F, the one which fits each gap. There is ONE extra paragraph which you do not
need to use.

Is Kieron Britain’s most exciting artist?

Peter Stanford watches an amazing seven-year-old artist at work.
All the time we are talking, Kieron Williamson is busy sketching on the pad in front of him with
quick, fluid movements of his pencil. He is copying from a book of pen and ink illustrations by Edward
Seago, the twentieth-century British artist, before he adds touches of his own to the sketches.
(59)_______.
Kieron is clearly caught up in what he is doing, his blonde head a study in concentration as he
kneels in the from room of his family home. But he’s not so distracted that he doesn’t sometimes look
me in the eye and put me right. ‘You’ve added a bit more detail here,’ I say, as he is reproducing
Seago’s sketch of an old man in an overcoat. ‘Seago’s’, I explain, ‘is lighter.’ ‘Not lighter,’ Kieron
corrects me. ‘You call it looser. Loose and tight. They’re the words.’ Seven-year-olds don’t often give
adults lessons in the terminology of fine art.
(60)_______.
Kieron actually can and does, and has been hailed as a ‘mini-Monet’, on account of his neo-
impressionist style, or the next Picasso. Recently, buyers from as far afield as South Africa and
America queued up outside his modest local art gallery – some of them camping out all night — to
snap up 33 paintings in just 27 minutes, leaving Kieron ?150,000 better off. How did it feel? ‘Very
nice,’ he replies politely. ‘Did you talk to any of the buyers?’ ‘Yes, they kept asking me what else I do.’
And what did you tell them? ‘That I go to school, that I play football for my school and that I am the
best defender in the team.’
(61)_______.
His exhibition, the second to sell out so quickly — has brought him a lot of attention. Several
American TV networks have filmed him in the family flat already and today a camera crew is squeezed
into the front room with me, Kieron’s mum, Michelle, his younger sister, Billie-Jo and two sleeping cats
(62)_______.
“These are ones I did last night when I was watching the television with Billie-Jo,” he says, handing
me a sketchbook. It falls open on a vibrant fairground scene. Kieron finds the page in the Seago book
that inspired him. There is the same carousel, but he has added figures, buildings and trees in his
drawing in the sketchbook.
(63)_______.
As accomplished as Kieron’s paintings are, part of their appeal is undoubtedly the story of
precocious talent that goes with them. If he’s doing similar work when he’s 28, it may prompt a
different reaction.
Michelle Williamson is aware of this. ‘I fully expect Kieron in a few years’ time to focus on
something else as closely as he is focusing on art right now,’ she says. ‘Football or motor racing. There
may well be a lot more ahead for him than art.’
But Kieron is having none of it. He looks up sharply from his sketching. “If I want to paint,” he says,
“I’ll paint.”
A. But then Kieron Williamson is not your average boy. Aside from his precocious articulacy, he is
singlehandedly illustrating that familiar remark, made by many a parent when confronted with a
prize-winning work of modern art, that ‘my seven-year-old could do better than that’
B. Standard seven-year-old boy stuff there. Kieron, however, is being hailed as a child prodigy. ‘They
only come along once in a generation,’ artist Carol Pennington tells me later, as she explains how
she helped nurture this early-blooming talent, ‘and Kieron is that one.’
C. An example is his pastel Figures at Holkham, an accomplished composition with big blues skies, a
line of sand dunes framing to either side and two figures, one with a splash of red in the centre to
draw the eye in. There is such an adult quality to his work that you can’t help wondering if
someone older has been helping him.
D. Yet, in the centre of the melee, Kieron seems utterly oblivious and just gets on with what he does
every day, often rising at 6 a.m. to get on to paper a picture that is bursting to get out of his head.
He will be painting every day of the school holidays, relishing the freedom denied him during term
time.
E. Each one takes him only a few minutes – horses, figures huddling in a tent, men and women in
unusual costumes. ‘I’m going to do this one, then this one, then this one,’ he tells me, ‘but not this
one – the eves aren’t looking at anyone – or this one – it’s too messy.’
F. This, it is clear, is no mechanical exercise in reproduction. To underline the point, Kieron takes it
back off me and adds a smudge of dark under one of the groups of people.
Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow
The unstoppable spirit of inquiry

The president of the Royal Society, Martin Rees, celebrates the long history of one of Britain’s greatest
institutions.
A. The Royal Society began in 1660. From the beginning, the wide dissemination of scientific ideas
was deemed important. The Society started to publish Philosophical Transaction, the first scientific
journal, which continues to this day. The Society’s journals pioneered what is still the accepted
procedure whereby scientific ideas are subject to peer review – criticised, refined and codified into
‘public knowledge’. Over the centuries, they published Isaac Newton’s researches on light, Benjamin
Franklin’s experiments on lightning, Volta’s first battery and many of the triumphs of twentieth
century science. Those who want to celebrate this glorious history should visit the Royal Society’s
archives via our Trailblazing website.

B. The founders of the Society enjoyed speculation, but they were also intensely engaged with the
problems of their era, such as improvements to timekeeping and navigation. After 350 years, our
horizons have expanded, but the same engagement is imperative in the 21st century. Knowledge
has advanced hugely, but it must be deployed for the benefit of the ever-growing population of our
planet, all empowered by ever more powerful technology. The silicon chip was perhaps the most
transformative single invention of the past century; it has allowed miniaturisation and spawned the
worldwide reach of mobile phones and the internet. It was physicists who developed the World
Wide Web and, though it impacts us all, scientists have benefited especially.

C. Traditional journals survive as guarantors of quality, but they are supplemented by a blogosphere
of widely varying quality. The latter cries out for an informal system of quality control. The internet
levels the playing fields between researchers in major centres and those in relative isolation. It has
transformed the way science is communicated and debated. In 2002, three young Indian
mathematicians invented a faster scheme for factoring large numbers -something that would be
crucial for code-breaking. They posted their results on the web. Within a day, 20,000 people had
downloaded the work, which was the topic of hastily convened discussions in many centres of
mathematical research around the world. The internet also allows new styles of research. For
example, in the old days, astronomical research was stored on delicate photographic plates; these
were not easily accessible and tiresome to analyse. Now such data (and large datasets in genetics
and particle physics) can be accessed and downloaded anywhere. Experiments and natural events
can be followed in real-time.

D. We recently asked our members what they saw as the most important questions facing us in the
years ahead and we are holding discussion meetings on the ‘Top Ten’. Whatever breakthroughs are
in store, we can be sure of one thing: the widening gulf between what science enables us to do and
what it’s prudent or ethical actually to do. In respect of certain developments, regulation will be
called for, on ethical as well as prudential grounds. The way science is applied is a matter not just
for scientists. All citizens need to address these questions. Public decisions should be made, after
the widest possible discussion, in the light of the best scientific evidence available. That is one of the
key roles of the Society. Whether it is the work of our Science Policy Centre, our journals, our
discussion meetings, our work in education or our public events, we must be at the heart of helping
policy-makers and citizens make informed decisions.

E. Our science isn’t dogma. Its assertions are sometimes tentative, sometimes compelling; noisy
controversy doesn’t always connote balanced arguments; risks are never absolutely zero, even if
they are hugely outweighed by potential benefits. In promoting an informed debate, the media are
crucial. When reporting a scientific controversy, the aim should be neither to exaggerate risks and
uncertainties, nor to gloss over them. This is indeed a challenge, particularly when institutional,
political or commercial pressures distort the debate. Scientists often bemoan the public’s weak
grasp of science — without some ‘feel’ for the issues, public debate can’t get beyond sloganising. But
they protest too much: there are other issues where public debate is, to an equally disquieting
degree, inhibited by ignorance. The Royal Society aims to sustain Britain’s traditional strength in
science, but also to ensure that wherever science impacts on people’s lives, it is openly debated.
Questions 64-70: Choose from the sections of the article (A-E). The sections may be chosen more than
once. In which section of the article are the following mentioned?
64. a belief that a certain development has 67 a particular development that requires
been of particular use to scientists ________ urgent action to improve it _______
65. the variety of ways in which the Royal 68. a resource for information on past scientific
Society encourages people who are not discoveries _______
scientists to consider scientific issues _______ 69. a lack of understanding of scientific matters
66. a rapid reaction to research being made among people in general _______
public _______ 70. a system that the Royal Society introduced
_______
WRITING (20 points)
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the original one. Write
your answer in the spaces provided. (0.8 pts)
71. If anyone succeeds in solving the problem, it will probably be him.
 He is the most_________________________________________________
72. Mr. Foster asked me to write this letter to you.
 It is at _________________________________________________
73. Regarding payment, most major credit cards are acceptable.
 As far as _________________________________________________
74. My parents think that I should go to university rather than start a job immediately.
 My parents would prefer _________________________________________________
Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the given one. Use the given
word in brackets. Do not change the bold word.
75. An apple a day may benefit your health (WONDERS)
An apple a day may____________________________________________________________________
76. The university entrance examination system has long been a fiercely debatable subject in our
country
(BONE)
The university entrance examination system _________________________________________________
77. Vietnamese firms need to prepare plans to adapt to Industrial Revolution 4.0.
(HIGH)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
78. Never forget that the customer is always right.
(BORNE)
There _________________________________________________________the customer is always right.
79. It is impossible to predict how long it will take to do this. (TELLING)
There ____________________________________________________________time it will take to do this.

For questions 80-85 read the following informal message in which someone describes an
unpleasant hotel stay to a friend. Use the information in the message to complete the numbered
gaps in the formal letter. Use NO MORE THAN TWO words for each gap. The words you need do
not occur in the informal note.
Informal note
Dear Sarah,
What a ghastly trip I had! I have to write to the travel operators and tell them off. You’d think they
could get the facts straight in their recent booklet. But no. The hotel rooms were supposed to be three-
star, and I was supposed to get all my meals. At least, that’s what they promised, but I even had to pay
extra for dinner, and the Mediterranean was nowhere in sight. What a dump that hotel was, providing
nothing but a swimming pool. I told their man on the spot but he just said that everything in the
brochure was kosher and correct, and it was all my fault for not checking. But I did! No doubt about it.
I want all my money back. Slim chance, though. Oh, misery!
Formal letter of complaint:
Dear Sir, I write to complain about the package tour to Marbella booked through your company on
the 15th July for the period 10-16 September. The holiday is advertised on page 34 of your (80)
_________brochure. The information given in the brochure completely misrepresented the reality.
According to your brochure, the accommodation should have been three-star, with (81) _________ and
double room with sea view. However, the hotel I stayed in had no stars at all. It was an ordinary
pension. The room itself was cramped, even though it contained only one single bed. It faced away
from the sea to a noisy and crowded side street. A (82) __________ had to be paid for an evening meal.
To make matters worse, the hotel had no amenities no swimming pool or private beach, both of which
were promised by your misleading brochure. On top of everything else, when I took the matter up
with your representative, Mr. Greg Morton, he did nothing at all. He said I should have (83) __________
the details of the brochure when I booked. In fact, I did so, as far as I was able, by asking my travel
agent. He assured me I could rely on the (84) __________ your brochure. He was wrong. I write to you in
the expectation of a (85) __________ of the £650.00 I paid. Yours faithfully,
Write an academic essay of about 250 words on the following topic.
Vocational training should be included in the secondary school curriculum.” To what extent do you
agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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