B.

Đề thi Tiếng Anh hệ chuyên

BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO CỘNG HOÀ XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc
Môn thi: TIÊNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
(Dành cho thí sinh thi vào Chuyên Anh)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

I. Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following
questions from 1 to 2. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer
sheet.
1. A. pneumonia B. pseudonym C. preciosity D. psychology
2. A. wisdom B. slight C. tighten D. night
II. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following questions from 3 to 17. Write your answers (A,
B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
3. Look! There’s no point in trying to overturn the decision. It’s all ________.
A. cut and dried B. head and shoulder
C. tooth and nail D. chop and change
4. Buy me a newspaper on your way back, ________?
A. don’t you B. have you C. do you D. will you
5. Mary gave me a ________ box on my last birthday.
A. jewelry metal small square B. metal small jewelry square
C. small square metal jewelry D. square small jewelry metal
6. I was disappointed when I saw the film. It was a real ________.
A. lay-by B. setback C. let-down D. knockout
7. In the early 20th century, physicians discovered that blood transfusions often failed because the blood type of the
recipient was not compatible ________ the donor.
A. to that of B. with that of C. regardless D. with those of
8. She could sleep well ________ the loud music the neighbor played last night.
A. although B. despite C. regardless D. but
9. Our prices are ________ of all flights and accommodation, and represent excellent value.
A. self-catering B. economical C. inclusive D. packed
10. If the level of VAT is ________ this year, small businesses will be affected.
A. raised B. arisen C. risen D. raising
11. They managed to ________ doing the work by pretending to be busy.
A. get out of B. get away with C. make up to D. make off with
12. It was extremely extravagant of us to stay in a luxurious hotel, but we wanted to ________ ourselves.
A. pride B. pledge C. justify D. treat
13. By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a ________ name.
A. housewife B. housekeeper C. house D. household

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14. I wish I hadn’t ________ him for his brother.
A. thought B. considered C. confused D. mistaken
15. Make sure that the memo is sent to ________.
A. all the involved people C. all the people involved
B. all who are involved people D. all of people involved
16. The guest tasted the dessert ________.
A. appreciatively B. appreciative C. appreciated D. appreciation
17. It’s true that older people are a bit ________ when it comes to things like technology, but on the whole I think
they are probably more open-minded than they used to be.
A. out of work B. out of touch C. out of control D. out of order
III. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the
following questions from 18 to 20. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes on
the answer sheet.
18. A. administer B. catastrophe C. intimacy D. laboratory
19. A. accurate B. persevere C. sumptuous D. applicant
20. A. cuisine B. parade C. hotel D. engine
IV. Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions from
21 to 22. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
21. Did she get the better of you in the argument as to whether milk is good for your health?
A. gain an advantage over B. gain a disadvantage over
C. try to beat D. try to be better than
22. Once I realized I was not cut out for the job, I decided to hand in my notice.
A. was laid off by the company B. did not have the necessary qualities and abilities
C. try to beat D. try to be better than
V. Read the text and decide which answer best fits each gap of the following questions from 23 to 32. Write your
answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet. Why people laugh
Sunday May 4th will be World Laughter Day. Dr Madan Kataria, who introduced this annual event, says we need
more laughter in our lives to (0)________ the global rise of stress and loneliness. But surely that strange sound that
we make periodically can’t be the (23)________ to such problems.
If an alien (24)________ to land on our planter and take a stroll among a crowd of earthlings, it would hear a lot of
“ha-ha” noises. It might wonder what purpose this strange habit (25)________. If we ask ourselves what
(26)________ a good laugh, the obvious answer is that it is a response to something funny. But one scientist, Rober
Provine, says humor has surprisingly (27)________ to do with that. Instead, it lies at the (28)________ of such
issues as the perception of self and the evolution of language and social behavior. Rober Provine realized that you
cannot capture (29)________ laughter in the lab because as soon as you place it under scrutiny, it vanishes. So,
instead, he gathered (30)________ by hanging around groups of people, noting when they laughed.
He collected 1,200 laugh episodes - an episode being defined as the comment immediately (31)________ the
laughter and the laughter itself. His analysis of this data revealed some important facts about laughter. “It’s a
message we send to other people - it virtually reveals when we’re by ourselves,” he says. “And it’s not a choice.
Ask someone to laugh and they’ll either try to fake a laugh or say they can’t do it on (32)________.”
0. A. struggle B. combat C. threaten D. contest
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23. A. answer B. means C. response D. question
24. A. should B. were C. had D. are
25. A. served B. asked C. caused D. made
26. A. results B. concludes C. leads D. prompts
27. A. few B. much C. little D. many
28. A. head B. root C. back D. stem
29. A. authentic B. current C. artificial D. contemporary
30. A. noise B. data C. fun D. news
31. A. defining B. following C. paralleling D. preceding
32. A. intention B. support C. command D. accident
VI. Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
from 33 to 34. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
33. A celebrated psychologist who expanded our knowledge of how children think and develop was a Swiss
named Jean Piaget.
A. obscure B. renowned C. prominent D. conservative
34. Downpours had drenched Hanoi all day, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of red-clad spectators.
A. irrigate B. flood C. replenish D. kindle
Read an article about the effects of digital media on people’s minds and choose the best answer to the following
questions from 35 to 40. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer
sheet.
IS THE INTERNET MAKING US STUPID?
In an article in Science, Patricia Greenfield, a development psychologist who runs UCLA’s Children’s Digital
Media Centre, reviewed dozens of studies on how different media technologies influence our cognitive abilities.
Some of the studies indicated that certain computer tasks, like playing video games, increase the speed at which
people can shift their focus among icons and other images on screens. Other studies, however, found that such
rapid shifts in focus, even if performed adeptly, result in less rigorous and ‘more automatic’ thinking.
In one experiment at an American university, half a class of students was allowed to use internet- connected laptops
during a lecture, while the other half had to keep their computers shut. Those who browsed the web performed
much worse on a subsequent test of how well they retained the lecture’s content. Earlier experiments revealed that
as the number of links in an online document goes up, reading comprehension falls, and as more types of
information are placed on a screen, we remember less of what we see
Greenfield concluded that ‘every medium develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others’. Our growing
use of screen-based media, she said, has strengthened visual-spatial intelligence, which can strengthen the ability to
do jobs that involve keeping track of lots of rapidly changing signals, like piloting a plane or monitoring a patient
during surgery. However, that has been accompanied by ‘new weakness in higher-order cognitive process’,
including ‘abstract vocabulary, mindfulness, reflection, inductive problem-solving, critical thinking and
imagination’. We’re becoming, in a word, shallower. Studies of our behavior online support this conclusion.
German researchers found that web browsers usually spend less than ten seconds looking at a page. Even people
doing academic research online tend to ‘bounce’ rapidly between documents, rarely reading more than a page or
two, according to a University College London study. Such mental juggling takes a big toll. In a recent experiment
at Stanford University, researchers gave various cognitive tests to 49 people who do a lot of media multitasking and
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52 people who multitask much less frequently. The heavy multitaskers performed poorly on all tests. They were
more easily distracted, had less control over their attention, and were much less able to distinguish important
information from trivia. The researchers were surprised by the results. They expected the intensive multitaskers to
have gained some mental advantages. That wasn’t the case, though. In fact, the multitaskers weren’t even good at
multitasking. ‘Everything distracts them’, said Clifford Nass, one of the researchers.
It would be one thing if the ill effects went away as soon as we turned off our computers and mobiles, but they
don’t. The cellular structure of the human brain, scientist have discovered, adapts readily to the tools we use to
find, store and share information. By changing our habits of mind, each new technology strengthens certain neutral
pathways and weakens others. The alterations shape the way we think even when we’re not using the technology.
The pioneering neuroscientist Michael Merzenich believes our brains are being ‘massively remodelled’ by our
ever-intensifying use of the web and related media. Not long ago he said that he was profoundly worried about the
cognitive consequences of the constant distractions and interruptions the internet bombards us with. The long-term
effect on the quality of our intellectual lives, he said, could be ‘deadly.
Not all distractions are bad. As most know, if we concentrate too intensively on a tough problem, we can get stuck
in a mental rut. However, if we let the problem sit unattended for a time, we often return to it with a fresh
perspective and a burst of creativity. Research by Dutch psychologist Ap Dijksterhuis indicates that such breaks in
our attention give our unconscious mind time to grapple with a problem, bringing to bear information and cognitive
process unavailable to conscious deliberation. We usually make better decisions, his experiments reveal, if we shift
our attention away from a mental challenge for a time.
But Dijksterhuis’s work also shows that our unconscious thought processes don’t engage with a problem until
we’ve clearly and consciously defined what the problem is. If we don’t have a particular goal in mind, he writes,
‘unconscious thought does not occur’. The constant distractedness that the Net encourages is very different from
the kind of temporary, purposeful diversion of our mind that reflects our thinking. The cacophony of stimuli short-
circuits both conscious and unconscious thought, preventing our minds from thinking either deeply or creatively.
Our brains turn into simple signal- processing units, shepherding information into consciousness and then back
again. What we seem to be sacrificing in our surfing and searching is our capacity to engage in the quieter, attentive
modes of thought that underpin contemplation, reflection and introspection.

35. What do we learn about Patricia Greenfield’s research in the first paragraph?
A. It did not produce consistent patterns in connection with computer use.
B. It focused on problems resulting from the use of media technologies.
C. It involved collating the results of work done by other people.
D. It highlighted differences between people when using their computers.
36. Two of the experiments mentioned in the second paragraph concerned
A. the amount of attention people pay to what they see on computers.
B. the connection between computer use and memory.
C. the use and non-use of computers for studying
D. changes that happen if people’s computer use increases.
37. One of Greenfield’s conclusions was that
A. too much emphasis has been placed on the benefits of computer use.
B. people do not care about the effects of computer use on their minds
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C. computer use has reduced a large number of mental abilities.
D. certain claims about the advantages of computer use are false
38. One of the pieces of research mentioned in the fourth paragraph indicated that
A. people read online material less carefully than other material.
B. beliefs about the effectiveness of multitasking are false.
C. some people are better at multitasking than others.
D. ‘mental juggling’ increases the mental abilities of only a few people.
39. What is the writer’s purpose in the fifth paragraph?
A. to present opposing views on the consequences of use of new media technology.
B. to advise on how to avoid the bad effects of new media technology.
C. to summarize the findings of the previously-mentioned research.
D. to warn about the damage done by use of new media technology.
40. The writer mentions Ap Dijksterhuis’s research in order to make the point that
A. problem-solving can involve very complex mental processes.
B. not all research supports beliefs about the dangers of computer use.
C. the mind functions in ways that computers cannot.
D. uninterrupted concentration on something is not always a good thing.
VII. Read the article about teenagers. Five paragraphs have been removed. Choose from the paragraphs (A-F)
the ones which best fit each gap of the following questions from 41 to 45. There is one extra paragraph which
you do not need to use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
Rebels with a Cause
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The
ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or
vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is to ignore them. And while some may see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius. Because the people, who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
41. ________
Typically, there is not a lot of praise to be heard for teenagers. But teenage rebellion and risk-taking is a natural
result of the development of the brain, and a necessary step to reach adulthood. Our teenage years are like no other
period in our lives, and we should view this stage as a unique opportunity rather than only a time of drama and
danger.
42. ________
For example, one of the best things about being a teen is having an amazing ability to learn, and this is a positive
side effect of being willing to take risks. Teens are less afraid of failure, and one of the biggest limitations people
face in life is the tendency not to try something new because they might fail. Teens, however, are wide open to
trying new things.
43. ________
This sensitivity can make teens highly motivated at tasks that interest them. And while the task that interests them
might be playing video games, it could also be playing the guitar, writing poetry, or even learning about physics. It
is the age when obsessive practice is the easiest it will ever be, and that practice is one aspect of genius.
44. ________

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Adults might view this as naivety, after all, making changes happen in society is extremely difficult, could be a
waste of time, and would probably upset people. However, we can be sure that if no one bothers to try, change is
impossible. And while change might be scary, and risky, it is not always bad. In fact, sometimes it is essential.
45. ________
Adults might view this as naivety, after all, making changes happen in society is extremely difficult, could be a
waste of time, and would probably upset people. However, we can be sure that if no one bothers to try, change is
impossible. And while change might be scary, and risky, it is not always bad. In fact, sometimes it is essential.
A. In addition, teens' brains are very sensitive to reward, and this also helps them learn. Succeeding at a task gives
teens a powerful incentive for repeating, and remembering, rewarding behaviors.
B. Essentially, what we can learn from this isn't that teens necessarily have better memories than adults, but rather
the way in which they remember is different. They are able to connect different things and build a richer
understanding of the world.
C. And, although not essential, even teenage rebellion against family authority has a good side. Researchers have
found that teens who argued with their parents were more likely to resist peer pressure to drink. It turns out that the
family home is a safe place for teens to practice standing up for what they believe in.
D. This quote could easily be used to describe teens that rebel against authority, are emotional and make impulsive
decisions. But, like the crazy ones, they are also creative, committed to doing things their own way, and are often
agents of social change.
E. It's true that it's a dangerous age. For example, teen drivers are three times more likely than adults to be involved
in a fatal accident. And while this issue is real, let's not overlook the fact that not all risk-taking is negative.
F. Another positive aspect of teenage risk-taking is their belief that they can change society. They are more likely
than adults to speak out for what they think is right or find innovative solutions to problems.
VIII. Read the following passage and answer the following questions from 46 to 55. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
YOUTH WORKS
As the pace of today's working life blurs the line between personal time and work time, it increasingly mixes
personal lifestyle and work style. And as companies concentrate on attracting and keeping a younger workforce for
its technical skills and enthusiasm for change, office culture is becoming an extension of youth culture. This may
be no bad thing. Along with the company games room come things that matter deeply to young people;
opportunity, responsibility, respect. For most of human history the middle-aged have ruled. With years came
wisdom, experience, connections and influence. Rarely did they change jobs, years of loyal service counted most.
However, in the future, older workers will not disappear, or even reduce in numbers, but they will have to share
power with fresh-faced youths.
There have been a number of reasons for this change; the most dramatic of these is technology. Children have
always been more expert than their parents at something, but usually a game or a fashion, not the century's most
important business tool. The Internet has triggered the first industrial revolution in history to be led by the young.
This is the age group that created Netscape, the first commercial web browser, Napster, the music-sharing
technology that shocked the music industry; Yahoo! and many of the other web giants. Though there have been
youth revolutions before, none of them made the leap from teen bedroom to boardroom the way the Internet has.
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youth behind. They got a haircut, and probably a suit or at least a tie. Now the same hair, same clothes, even nearly
the same hours apply to office and home.
Had it not been for the Internet, this change could not have happened. However, it did not happen because of the
Internet only, the corporate restructuring of the 1980s and 90s broke down traditional hierarchies. In many
companies, rigid seniority-based hierarchies have given way to hierarchies based on merit. No longer are the
abilities to navigate internal bureaucracies and please your superiors the most valued skills. Today's employees are
free agents who stay with companies only as long as they feel challenged and rewarded; moving from job to job is
now a sign of ambition and initiative. Today's young people are valued as workers for different reasons than their
predecessors: they welcome change; they think differently, they are independent; they are entrepreneurial; they
want opportunity more than money and security and finally, they demand respect.
This revolution is not just about the young. Youth itself is being redefined. Increasingly, 35- year-olds listen to the
same music as 20-year-olds, dress like them and even look almost like them. Never before has there been a time
when there was so little difference between age groups. Imagine a society converging on an age somewhere
between 20 and 30, and you have a fair picture of New York or San Francisco now, with other American cities not
far behind.
The rise of the young is a good thing, not least because it gives people at their most creative stage in life more
opportunity to put their ideas and energy into practice. But will there be a takeover by the young? A good place to
look for an answer is Microsoft. Microsoft's most important employees are not its managers, but individual
programmers. They have great independence in choosing how to do their job. By and large, the managers' task is
not to tell the programmers what to do, but to clear obstacles from the path they choose. Microsoft workers are
valued most for their ability to think for themselves, they are trusted to find their own solutions to business
problems. Managers hold back, knowing that the more specific their order, the more it is likely to undermine their
employees' ability to find creative solutions. So they concentrate on the diplomatic tasks that most of the
independent young programmers are not much good at: coordinating with other teams, resolving conflicts,
motivating people and ensuring that everybody is happy. Microsoft starts to look like a model for the workplace of
the future: programmers tend to be in their twenties and early thirties, whereas the managers are about a decade
older. Many of the managers are former programmers who reached a point where they no longer wanted to sleep
under their desk. The effect of all this is that youth and youth qualities apparently dominate, but the experience and
maturity of older employees is put to good use too.
Decide whether the statements reflect the claims of the writer.
Write YES NO
NOT GIVEN
if the statement reflects the claims of the writer.
if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer.
if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
46. The number of older workers in companies will decline.
47. The Internet is the most important development since the industrial revolution.
48. In many companies, the ability to make the superiors pleased is not one of the most valued skills any longer.
49. In many companies, the ability to make the superiors pleased is not one of the most valued skills any longer.
Complete the summary below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE words or a number.

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In today's workplace (50)________ and work are becoming mixed and older workers are losing power in their
companies. The most important reason for this is (51)________ which has allowed fresh-faced youths to enter the
workplace and make changes. A second reason was the changes made to company (52)________ in the 80s and 90s
which emphasized (53)________ over seniority. The final reason is that values have changed. Today's workers
want opportunity more than (54)________. Another effect is that older people are behaving like younger people
with society's average age between 20 and 30 in some US cities. At Microsoft, the manager's role is not to give
workers orders but to (55)________ from their way and help them discover solutions to business problems.
IX. Read the text below and use ONE word which best fits each gap of the following questions from 56 to 65.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
Britain has gone mad for bananas. Over the past 12 months, Britons have consumed an unprecedented 3.5 billion
pieces of the tropical fruit, forcing the (56)________ apple into second place. The nation's banana boom is one of
the most remarkable nutritional trends of recent years, a guide not only to the growing (57)________ consciousness
of the British people but also to the country's economic health. (58)________ is amazing is that bananas were
virtually unheard of during the 19th century and even up until the end of the 1920s (59)________ anyone in Britain
had tasted or (60)________ seen them. Early attempts to introduce them to northern countries had met with failure
because by the time they had been shipped to Britain, they had rotted (61)________ recognition. However, thanks
to the development of refrigerated shipping, all this changed. Refrigerated shipping meant that then, as now,
bunches of imported bananas could arrive in good condition at (62)________ houses in dockyards where they were
stored. The first commercial refrigerated shipment arrived 100 years ago, triggering an enthusiasm from
(63)________ Britons have never looked back.
"The banana has everything going for it”, says Jeanette Scott of the Banana Group marketing organization. "It's
easy to open, it is packed (64)________ energy and vitamins and is low in calories. It is also a first-class cure for
upset stomachs and it stabilizes blood (65)________, so its popularity should not be seen as that surprising.”
X. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap of the following
questions from 66 to 75. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
The American painter George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925) was the only son of an elderly couple who
(66.EXAMPLE)________ the Midwestern values of honest business practice and strict morality. From earliest
childhood, he seemed determined to become an artist. Before graduating from Ohio State University, and in the
face of stiff parental (67.OPPOSE)________ he moved to New York to study art. There he was strongly
influenced by "The Eight", or American Ashcan School. For the (68. REMAIN)________ of his life, his work was
characterized by realist subject matter, (69.LIE)________ which was a traditional approach to composition. He
was also fascinated by the various systems of color (70.RELATE)________ that painters were using at the time,
and studied them in detail. The truly outstanding work that he produced in these early days
(71.SHADOW)________ and contributed to much of his later painting.
Despite his identification with common, even low-life themes, he was elected an associate of the
(72.PRESTIGE)________ National Academy at the exceptionally early age of 27. One of the reasons the
Academy honored Bellows, while (73.HOLD)________ approval from many of the other members of “The Eight",
was the fact that there were unmistakable references to the old masters in Bellows' work. He was one of the few
artists who (74.INSTINCT)________ combined a modern verve and energy with an appreciation of
(75.ART)________ tradition, and his almost universal appeal was therefore not surprising.

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XI. Finish each of the following sentences from 76 to 80 in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
76. It was such a difficult task that expert assistance was required.
⇒ So_________________________________________________________________________
77. He is unlikely to be promoted.
⇒ There______________________________________________________________________
78. Susan tries hard, but she doesn’t get anywhere.
⇒ However___________________________________________________________________
79. They believe that the manager absconded with the company's pension fund money.
⇒ The manager________________________________________________________________
80. "Please, please don't tell anyone you've seen me!" the boy said to me.
⇒ The boy begged_____________________________________________________________
XII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. Do not
change the word given. You must use between THREE and SIX words, including the word given. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet.
81. She is certainly not a good cook. (MEANS)
⇒ She ____________________________________________gook cook.
82. I could tell by the tone of his voice how serious the situation was. (HOME)
⇒ The tone of his voice _________________________________how serious the situation was.
83. No one stands a chance of beating him in this year’s championship. (FOREGONE)
⇒ It’s _________________________________ that he will win this year’s championship.
84. We ask travelers not to use their mobile phones when they pass through security. (REFRAIN)
⇒ Travelers _________________________________ their mobile phones when they pass through security.
85. The festival was so well organized that everything went smoothly. (CLOCKWORK)
⇒ Everything at the festival _________________________________thanks to the excellent organization.
XIII. Recently young people are said to be the “Welcome Generation” as they are willing to face any difficulties.
Write a paragraph of about 140 words about how people of your age in your country deal with challenges in
their life. Write your paragraph on the answer sheet.

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