DHBB chuyên Lương Văn Tụy Ninh Bình 2023 lớp 10

A. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1: Based on the talk you hear, complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer. (10 points)
THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Commenced operation 1st July 1973
Four main constituent parts The Library of the British Museum
Patent Office Library
1. _____________________________
The British Library Document Supply Centre
The British Museum founded in 1753
The British Library receives a copy books
of many journals, magazines and newspapers
2. _____________________________
maps
Famous users of the 3. Vladimir Lenin, Karl Max, Charles Dickens, George
____________________________ Bernard Shaw, and Virginia Woolf
The British Library Document 4. _____________________________
Supply Centre has almost
5.000.000 5. www.__________________________
The British Library’s website
Part 2. You will hear two students, Bella and Tom, discussing an article they have read about
a woman astronaut. For questions 1-5, decide whether the following statements are True (T)
or False (F). (10 pts)
1. The speakers agree that being an astronaut is an unexpected job for woman.
2. Bella particularly admires the astronaut Ellen Ochoa because of her determination to fulfil a
childhood dream.
3. Tom was surprised to learn that people who want to become astronauts should have
experience as aeroplane pilots.
4. Bella thinks the most interesting part of Ellen’s life is coping with unexpected problems.
5. Tom and Bella both now decide to go to some talks on space travel in films and literature.
Part 3. You will hear part of a radio interview with an economist. For questions 1-5, choose
the answer (A, B. C or D), which fits best according to what you hear. (10 pts)
1. According to the Fawcett Society,
A. women would need to work into their eighties to earn as much money as men.
B. good qualifications aren’t necessarily rewarded with high wages.
C. women will never earn as much as men.
D. more women have degrees than men.
2. What is said about careers advice in schools?
A. It has been improved but it is still inadequate.
B. It is now quite good for girls but boys are being neglected.
C. There is no advice for girls that are ambitious.
D. Girls are always encouraged not to be ambitious.
3. According to Jim,
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 A. women are to blame for not insisting on higher wages.
B. new government policies have solved most of the problems.
C. there is nothing more the government can do.
D. women shouldn’t necessarily be encouraged to change their choice of career.
4. A London School of Economics report showed that
A. women who worked part-time found it difficult to get a full-time job later on.
B. after having children, women find it harder to earn as much money as men.
C. women find it hard to find a job after having children.
D. most women want a full-time job after having a child.
5. What does the “stuffed shirt” policy mean?
A. Women are being forced to choose between family commitments and work.
B. Only men can have part-time senior positions.
C. Women don't get the opportunity to train for high-powered jobs.
D. No woman can have a senior position.
Part 4. For questions 1-10, listen to a talk about how curry from India conquered Britain and
supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS
taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided. (20 pts)
Curry is the anglicized version of the Tamil word Kari, meaning a spiced sauce and was
commonly used to describe any 1.______________________ originating from the Indian
subcontinent.
Although the first 2.______________________ of curry was in 1598, it was not until mid-18 th
century that the first known curry recipe was published in Britain.
The first Indian restaurant in Britain, albeit 3.___________________, served a wide range of
dishes.
Chicken curry, which used an elderly fowl, then entered the 4.______________________.
At the early stage, the British curry stuck to Indian spices, blending meaty stews with a variety
of ingredients but, nonetheless, without 5.______________________.
In the 19th century, however, the British curry started to distance from the original recipe, with
mango being replaced by 6.______________________ and ready-made spice mixed with
7.______________________.
Curry only boomed after the second World War when the 8.______________________ resulted
in mass migration to Britain.
In the 1970s, the dish was both 9.____________________, and catered to the tastes of British
people.
In 2001, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook 10.______________________ that chicken
tikka masala, an Indian dish, was a true British national dish.
Your answers:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (40 points)

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Part 1. Choose one of the words marked A, B, C, or D which best completes each of the
following sentences. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (20 points)
1. You will find their house __________ you take a good street map with you.
A. as long as B. even if C. unless D. otherwise
2. ......I'd like to help you out, I'm afraid I just haven't got any spare money at the moment.
A. Much as B. Try as C. Even D. Despite
3. Mr. Nixon refused to answer the questions on the _______ that the matter was confidential.
A. reason B. excuses C. grounds D. foundations
4. “Don’t look so worried! You should take the boss’s remarks with a ______ of salt.”
A. teaspoon B. pinch C. gray D. dose
5. I caught the last bus by the skin of my _________.
A. teeth B. leg C. neck D. mouth
6. The police ____ off the street when the bomb had gone off.
A. cordoned B. battened C. fastened D. shuttered
7. She doesn’t like to keep anything hidden: she always _________ her mind.
A. talks B. speaks C. tells D. says
8. We were under no _________ about how difficult it would be to achieve our aims.
A. fantasies B. daydreams C. illusions D. deceptions
9. The local authorities need to _________ down on illegal parking, in my opinion.
A. hit B. force C. move D. crack
10. The doctor thought he had got over the worst, but his condition suddenly _________.
A. deteriorated B. dismantled C. dissolved D. disintegrated
11. I’ve got such a _________ headache that I can’t concentrate on the lecture.
A. beating B. drumming C. hammering D. throbbing
12. _________ cars usually have special and unique things that the owners wish to have.
They are certainly more expensive.
A. Man-made B. Custom-made C. Well-kept D. Well-dressed
13. He is too _____ a gambler to resist placing a bet on the final game.
A. instant B. compulsive C. spontaneous D. continuous
14. The train _______ the bay and then turned inland for twenty miles.
A. coasted B. skirted C. edged D. sided
15. The smoke _________ from the burning tires could be seen from miles.
A. bulging B. radiating C. billowing D. sweeping
16. We intend this to be a(n) _________ project, taking us into the next decade.
A. constant B. incessant C. steady D. ongoing
17. Mr. Parris said he’d like _________ by Monday, if that’s possible.
A. finished the report B. the report finished
C. the report will be finished D. have the report finished
18. _______ at his lessons, he couldn’t catch up with his classmates.
A. Hardly as he worked B. Hard as he worked C. Hard as he do D. Hard as he
was
19. I came.......an old friend while I was in the park.
A. in B. across C. over D. for
20. If you don’t like this pen. Take .................. . There are some left in the box.
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A. another B. one other C. others D. the other
Part 2. Complete each sentence with one suitable particle or preposition. Write your answer
in the box provided. (10 points)
1.Something’s cropped _________, I am afraid I won’t be able to make it this afternoon.
2. They are planning to wind ________ their operation in Greece and concentrate on Eastern
Europe.
3. Tina is an authority _________ Byzaantine architecture.
4. His sense of fun has rubbed _________ his children.
5.– “ Will the concert start soon?”
_ “ It should get _________ way any minute now.”
6. Being rich doesn’t count _________ much on a desert island.
7. The company’s announced it’s laying _________ 1,000 workers.
8. Could you lend me some money to tide _________ me to the end of the month?
9. If the business does well, I’ll hopefully be able to take _________ a part-time assistant in the
spring.
10. When I was younger I wanted to be an air pilot but I soon went _________ the idea when I
realised I hated flying.
Part 3. Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITAL to form a word that fits in the
space. (10 points)
The woman twists and contorts her body, wheeling and spinning spectacularly across the room,
her voice rising in (1. ECSTASY)_________ whoops and yells then dropping to mournful
moans and grunts before she collapses in a heap on the floor. And then it's my turn.
I came here seeking a brief escape from the stresses and strains of everyday modern life. But
right now my (2. INSTINCT) _________ stress flight response is in full throttle and urging me
to sprint for the door, run like hell, anything rather than stand up and perform spontaneous
singing and dancing in front of a rather forbidding (3. SORT) _________ of complete
strangers. But there is no graceful way out. And something about the trance-like beat of the
African drums, the (3. EARTH) _________ hum of the harmonium, combined with the
soothing candle-lit glow of the room and - perhaps most of all - the serene (5. ASSURE)
_________ of our teacher compels me to stay put.
This is natural voice therapy. The workshops are meant to release hidden emotions and (6.
ANXIOUS) _________, and promote relaxation and mental healing through singing. Using a
mixture of mantra, Sanskrit chanting, Indian scales and pure (7. IMPROVISE) _________,
coupled with movement and balance drawn from various cultures, the aim is to 'free the inner
voice'. Of course, singing is already (8. NATURE) _________ to most of us. We all know the
(9. LIFT) _________ boost of singing in harmony with others, while hearing the blues can
evoke grief in anyone. But is there more to singing than this (10. TRANSIT ) _________
change of mood?
C. READING (60 points)
Part 1. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks (15 points)
A LANGUAGE EXPERIMENT
Language is thought to be a (n) (1) ................... for transmitting the information within
thoughts. One experiment used to demonstrate this idea (2) ................. subjects to listen to a
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short passage of several sentences, then to repeat the passage. Most people will accurately
convey the (3)................... of the passage in the sentences they produce, but will not come close
to repeating the sentences verbatim. It appears that two (4).................... are occurring. Upon
hearing the passage, the subjects convert the language of the passage into a more abstract
representation of its meaning, which is more easily (5).................... within memory. Then in
order to recreate the passage, the subject (6).................. this representation and converts its
meaning back into language.
This separation of thought and language is less intuitive than it might be because
language can be a powerful (7).................. with which to manipulate thoughts. It provides a
mechanism to internally rehearse, critique and (8)...................thoughts. This internal form of
communication is (9)................... for a social animal and could certainly be, in part, responsible
(10)………….. the strong selective pressures for improved language use.
1. A. indication B. mechanism C. obligation D. invention
2. A. requires B. obtains C. demands D. promotes
3. A. hunch B. hub C. gist D. precision
4. A. transformations B. instigations C. iterations D. applications
5. A. stored B. reminded C. acquired D. retrieved
6. A. supplies B. discovers C. reveals D. recalls
7. A. boon B. prompt C. tool D. motive
8. A. obscure B. modify C. reflect D. accept
9. A. incidental B. insignificant C. essential D. definitive
10. A. for B. to C. with D. as
Part 2. Read the following text and fill in the blank with ONE suitable word. Write your
answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
Food for a future
Jon Wynne-Tyson was an original thinker whose best-known book “Food for a future”
was published in 1975. In this classic work, a case was put forward for (1) ____________ can
only be described as a more responsible and humane attitude towards the world’s food
resources. It had gradually (2) ____________ clear to Wynne-Tyson that the economics and
ecology of meat production did not make sense. What justification was (3) ____________, he
argued, for using seven tonnes of cereal to produce one tonne of meat?
Even today, the book’s succinct style makes it compulsively readable. (4) ____________
his approach is basically an emotional one, Wynne- Tyson goes to great lengths to back (5)
____________ every statement with considerable supporting evidence and statistical data.
Thus, even (6) ____________ of us who are widely read on the subject of vegetarianism will
gain fresh insights from this book. It is generally agreed that his most skillful achievement is the
slow revelation of his main thesis (7) ____________ the arguments unfold. The book concludes
that a move away from an animal-based diet to one which is based on plant sources is inevitable
in the long-term, in (8) ____________ of the fact that there is no sound nutritional, medical or
social justification for meat eating. (9) ____________ of whether you agree with such a
conclusion or not, the book certainly makes (10) ____________ fascinating read.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Part 3. (làm rồi)
Part 4. Read the passage and answer the questions from 1-10 (15 points)
Read the passage and do the tasks that follow
Stars without the stripes.
Managing cultural diversity is a core component of most masters programs these days. The
growth of Japanese corporations in the sixties and seventies reminded us that there were other
models of business than those taught by Harvard professors and US-based management
consultants. And the cultural limits to the American model have more recently been in
underlined by developments in Russia and central Europe over the past decade.
Yet in Britain, we are still more ready to accept the American model of management than most
other European countries. As a result, UK managers often fail to understand how business
practices are fundamentally different on the Continent. One outcome is that many mergers and
acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures between British and European companies do
not achieve their objectives and end in tears.
Alternatively, managers may avoid a merger or joint venture which makes sense from a hard-
nosed strategic point of view because they fear that different working practices will prevent
their goals from being achieved.
Essentially, Anglo-Saxon companies are structured on the principles of project management. In
the eighties, companies were downsized, with tiers of management eliminated. In the nineties,
management fashion embraced the ideas of business process re-engineering, so organizations
were broken down into customer-focused trading units. Sometimes these were established as
subsidiary companies, at other times as profit-and-loss or cost centers.
Over the past ten years, these principles have been applied as vigorously to the UK public
sector as to private-sector corporations. Hospitals, schools, universities, social services
departments, as well as large areas of national government, now operate on project management
principles — all with built-in operational targets, key success factors, and performance-related
reward systems.
The underlying objectives for this widespread process of organizational restructuring have been
to increase the transparency of operations, encourage personal accountability to become more
efficient at delivering service to the customer, and directly relate rewards to performance.
The result is a management culture which is entrepreneurially oriented and focused almost
entirely on the short term, and highly segmented organizational structures — since employee
incentives and rewards are geared to the activities of their own particular unit.
This business model has also required the development of new personal skills. We are now
encouraged to lead, rather than to manage by setting goals and incentive systems for staff. We
have to be cooperative team members rather than work on our own. We have to accept that, in
flattened and decentralized organizations, there are very limited career prospects. We are to be
motivated by target-related rewards rather than a longer-term commitment to our employing
organization.
This is in sharp contrast to the model of management that applies elsewhere in Europe. The
principles of business process re-engineering have never been fully accepted in France,
Germany, and the other major economies; while in some Eastern European economies, the
attempt to apply them in the nineties brought the economy virtually to its knees, and created
huge opportunities for corrupt middle managers and organized crime.
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Instead, continental European companies have stuck to the bureaucratic model which delivered
economic growth for them throughout the twentieth century. European corporations continue to
be structured hierarchically, with clearly defined job descriptions and explicit channels of
reporting. Decision making, although incorporating consultative processes, remains essentially
top-down.
Which of these two models is preferable? Certainly, the downside of the Anglo- American
model is now becoming evident, not least in the long-hours working culture that the application
of the decentralized project management model inevitably generates.
Whether in a hospital, a software start-up or a factory the breakdown of work processes into the
project—driven targets leads to over-optimistic goals and underestimates of the resources
needed. The result is that the Success of projects often demands excessively long working hours
if the targets are to be achieved.
Further, the success criteria, as calibrated in performance targets, are inevitably arbitrary and
the source of ongoing dispute. Witness the objections of teachers and medics to the
performance measures applied to them by successive governments. This is not surprising. In a
factory producing cars the output of individuals is directly measurable, but what criteria can be
used to measure output and performance in knowledge-based activities such as R&D labs,
government offices, and even the marketing departments of large corporations?
The demands and stresses of operating according to the Anglo-American model seem to be
leading to increasing rates of personnel burn-out. it is not surprising that managers queue for
early retirement. In a recent survey, just a fifth said they would work to 65. This could be why
labor market participation rates have declined so dramatically for British 50 year-olds in the
past twenty years.
By contrast, the European management model allows for family-friendly employment policies
and working hours directives to be implemented. It encourages staff to have a long-term
psychological commitment to their employing organizations. Of course, companies operating
on target-focused project management principles may be committed to family-friendly
employment policies in theory. But, if the business plan has to be finished by the end of the
month, the advertising campaign completed by the end of next week, and patients pushed
through the system to achieve measurable targets, are we really going to let down our ’team’ by
clocking out at 5 p.m. and taking our full entitlement of annual leave? Perhaps this is why we
admire the French for their quality of life.
Questions 1-4
Do the following statements agree with the writer’s views in Reading Passage? Write
YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NO, if the state does not agree with the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage
1. Attempts by British and mainland European firms to work together often fail.
2. Project management principles discourage consideration of long-term issues.
3. There are good opportunities for promotion within segmented companies.
4. The European model gives more freedom of action to junior managers.
Questions 5-10
Complete the summary below. Choose the answers from the box and write the corresponding

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words in boxes 5-9 on your answer sheet. There are more choices than spaces, so you will not
need to use all of them.
Adopting the US model in Britain has had negative effects. These include the 5………………..
hours spent at work, as small sections of large organizations struggle to 6……………….
unrealistic short-term objectives. Nor is there 7…………………. on how to calculate the
productivity of professional, technical, and clerical staff, who cannot be assessed in the same
way as 8……………… employees. In addition, managers within this culture are finding the
9………………….of work too great, with 80% reported to be unwilling to carry on working
until the normal retirement age.
List of words
argument temperature reach manufacturing increasing able
office pressure negative predict declining agreement
Question 10: Choose the correct letter A, B, C, or D. Which of the following statements best
describes the writer’s main purpose in Reading Passage?
A. to argue that Britain should have adopted the Japanese model of management many years ago
B. to criticize Britain’s adoption of the US model, as compared to the European model.
C. to propose a completely new model that would be neither American nor European
D. to point out the negative effects of the existing model on the management of hospitals in
Britain
D. WRITING (50 points)
Part 1: Chart description (20 pts)
The pie charts below show the result of a survey of children's activities. The first graph
shows the cultural and leisure activities that boys participate in, whereas the second graph
shows the activities in which the girls participate.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant. Your writing should be at least 150 words.

Part 2. Write an essay of about 250 words on the following topic (30 points)
Many countries want to host international sports event, while other countries think that
hosting sports events has more problems than benefits. Discuss both views and give your
opinion.
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