UBND TỈNH KON TUM SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH 10 NĂM HỌC 2025 – 2026 Môn: TIẾNG ANH (Chuyên) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi: 04/06/2025

Điểm		Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2	SỐ PHÁCH (Do Hội đồng chấm thi ghi)
Bằng số	Bằng chữ

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I. LISTENING (2,0 points)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

• Bài nghe gồm 2 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 30 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc phần nghe có nhạc hiệu.
• Mọi hướng dẫn được đọc trong băng nghe (Bằng tiếng Anh).

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Part 1. (1,0 pt)
For questions 1-5, you will hear an interview in which Harry Bulford, a jazz musician and radio presenter, is talking about his life and work. Choose the answer A, B, or C which best fits according to what you hear. Write your answers in the boxes provided in your answer part.

1. What first attracted Harry to jazz?

A. An understanding of its emotional appeal.

B. His brother’s enthusiasm for it.

C. Seeing it performed well.

2. Harry says he went to music college because he wanted to ________.

A. become a composer

B. have a break from jazz

C. fulfil his father’s expectations

3. Regarding the question about whether he is Britain’s top trumpeter, Harry reveals that he is ________.

A. proud to be praised so highly

B. keen to improve his skills even further

C. embarrassed on behalf of other players

4. What does Harry enjoy about touring with his band?

A. Getting feedback from fans.

B. Working with fellow-musicians.

C. The challenge of the tough schedule.

5. For Harry, one disadvantage of being a professional performer is that ________.

A. he has had problems caused by a fluctuating income

B. his social circle tends to be limited

C. his frequent absences from home have affected his family life

Your answers:

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.

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Part 2. (1,0 pt)
For questions 6-15, listen to Professor Manson talking about “Sleeping for exam success” and complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided in your answer part.

6. Professor Manson remembers having a never – ending chain of exams and ________ at school but didn’t organize her revision time very well.
7. Revising for an exam the night before can help the ________, but a good night sleep is even better.
8. There is a clear link between ________.
9. Most students in the class sleep between ________ hours, whereas the recommended amount for 14 – to – 17 – year – olds is more.
10. While we’re asleep, the body checks that all our vital functions such as growth, circulatory systems and our ________ are in good working order.
11. Sleep helps the body regulate its vital functions and also gives the ________ a chance to restructure information.
12. However, as you’re probably aware, we don’t always ________.
13. Memory consolidation is improved by ________ information again and again.
14. Memory consolidation takes place during stages of ________ sleep.
15. The best way to help you pass your exams is to learn the ________ in a fun, interesting way.

Your answers:

6.	11.
7.	12.
8.	13.
9.	14.
10.	15.

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II. USE OF LANGUAGE (3,0 points)

Part 1. (1,5 pts)
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. Write your answers in the boxes provided in your answer part.

1. A. ecosystem
2. B. technology
3. C. economic
4. D. orientation

2. A. considerable
3. B. represent
4. C. atmosphere
5. D. customer

Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress. Write your answers in the boxes provided in your answer part.

3. A. feature
4. B. reserve
5. C. burden
6. D. railroad

4. A. combination
5. B. academic
6. C. scientific
7. D. astronomy

Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Write your answer in the boxes provided in your answer part.

5. Traveling abroad is an excellent way to ________ different cultures.

A. integrate

B. explore

C. watch

D. practice

6. City planners should create more walking ________ in urban areas to promote a healthier lifestyle among residents.

A. ways

B. routes

C. paths

D. alleys

7. This job requires strong ________ skills as you have to do many things at the same time.

A. multitasking

B. IT

C. teamwork

D. problem-solving

8. We hired a ________ to take pictures of the farm from the sky.

A. 3D printing technician	B. vertical farmer
C. drone pilot	D. virtual security guard

9. Air, food and water are ________ to human beings.

A. unquestionable

B. indispensable

C. undeniable

D. indebted

10. You will have to ________ if you want to pass the final exam.

A. pull your socks up	B. work miracles
C. take the trouble	D. have a hand in

11. By the time you receive this letter, I ________ for Quang Ngai.

A. have left

B. will have left

C. would have left

D. will leave

12. She has a collection of ________ coins.

A. old valuable Vietnamese	B. old Vietnamese valuable
C. valuable Vietnamese old	D. valuable old Vietnamese

13. Earl was one of the first American artists ________ landscapes.

A. painting

B. painted

C. to paint

D. for painting

14. The higher the pollution becomes, ________ animals lose their natural habitats.

A. many

B. more

C. the more

D. the most

15. The teacher recommended that he ________ his composition as soon as possible.

A. finish writing	B. finished writing
C. should finish to write	D. finishes writing

Your answers:

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
6.	7.	8.	9.	10.
11.	12.	13.	14.	15.

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Part 2. ERROR IDENTIFICATION (1,0 pt)
The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers in the boxes provided in your answer part.

Line	HOW MUSIC AFFECTS YOUR CHILD
1	Most obviously, those exposing to weekly general music classes or private
2	instrumental or vocal lessons will find an outlet for their creativity and self-express.
3	However, a closer, more-scientific look at music will show that the advantages are
4	indeed much great than just creativity. Researches have showed that learning
5	musical instruments or merely learning how reading music assists children in
6	developing higher thinking skills. The child who learns to understand the aspects of
7	reading music, including notation, key signatures, and other items found on a piece
8	of music, as well as the child who develops the ability following the sequence of
9	notes, is using the same portion of the brain that is used in mathematics thinking.
10	Gifted musicians are often gifted mathematicians as well. Those who study music
11	diligently also develop self-discipline. The serious music student who sets up time
12	to practice each day will help to develop similar positive habits in other subjects.
13	Organizational skills are better, grades are higher, and children learn what it takes
14	to excel at something. Participate in group musical activities builds teamwork skills
15	which are essential to create good products. Music is indeed the universe language,
16	but it also helps children to learn about cultural heritage, their own as well as others’,
17	and gives them an insight with history.

Your answers:

Line	Mistake	Correction	Line	Mistake	Correction
16.			21.
17.			22.
18.			23.
19.			24.
20.			25.

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Part 3. (0,5 pt)
For questions 26-30, write the correct form of the word given in CAPITALS at the end of each sentence. Write your answers in the boxes provided in your answer part.

26. The effective operation of the social services depends on ________ qualified social workers. (PROFESSION)
27. The United States of America is an increasingly ________ society with residents from all over the world. (CULTURE)
28. She’s a (n) ________ teacher who makes learning fun. (ENTHUSE)
29. Good job opportunities seem to be a main ________ for many people who choose to live in the city. (PRIORITIZE)
30. Whatever happens, don’t let this failure ________ you. (HEART)

Your answers:

26.	27.	28.
29.	30.

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III. READING COMPREHENSION (3,0 points)

Part 1. (0,5 pt)
Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap (1-5). Use only ONE WORD in each gap. Write your answers on your answers part.

We all want to live in a clean and green world and breathe fresh (1) ________. For this kind of environment, we desperately need a fossil fuel-free world. Scientists are toiling hard to come up (2) ________ alternative fuels which can replace conventional ones. One such study was presented at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. This study throws interesting light on the first economical, eco-friendly process to (3) ________ algae oil into biodiesel fuel. The scientists are quite hopeful that one day America will become independent from fossil fuels. Ben Wen is the lead researcher of this study and vice president of United Environment and Energy LLC, Horseheads, New York. (4) ________ to him, “This is the first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil. It (5) ________ much less than conventional processes because you would need a much smaller factory, there have no water disposal costs, and the process is considerably faster.”

Your answers:

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.

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Part 2. (0,5 pt)
For questions 6-10, Read the text and choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which you think best fits according to the text. Write your answers on your answers part.

In most discussions of cultural diversity, attention has focused on visible explicit aspects of culture, such as languages, dresses, foods, religions, music, and social rituals. Although they are important, these visible expressions of culture, which are taught deliberately and learned consciously, are only the tip of the iceberg of culture. Much of culture is taught and learned implicitly, or outside awareness. Thus, neither cultural insiders nor cultural outsiders are aware that certain invisible aspects of their culture exist.

Invisible elements of culture are important to us. For example, how long we can be late before being impolite, what topics we should avoid in a conversation, how we show interest or attention through listening behaviour, what we consider beautiful or ugly. These are all aspects of culture that we learn and use without being aware of it. When we meet other people whose invisible cultural assumptions differ from those we have learned implicitly, we usually do not recognize their behaviours as cultural in origin.

Differences in invisible culture can cause problems in cross – cultural relations. Conflicts may arise when we are unable to recognize others’ behavioural differences as cultural rather than personal. We tend to misinterpret that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences.

Formal organizations and institutions such as schools, hospitals, workplaces, governments, and the legal systems are collection sites for invisible cultural misunderstandings. For example, if we met a man in a courthouse who was wearing exotic clothes, speaking a language other than ours, and carrying food that looked strange, we would not assume that we understood his thoughts and feelings or that he understood ours. Yet when such a man is dressed similarly to us, speaks our language, and does not differ from us in other obvious ways, we may fail to recognize the invisible cultural differences between us. As a result, mutual misunderstandings may arise.

6. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To explain the importance of invisible aspects of culture.

B. To describe cultural diversity as an unavoidable feature of the modern society.

C. To explain why cross cultural conflicts occur.

D. To point out that much of culture is learned consciously and formally.

7. The phrase “the tip of the iceberg” in paragraph 1 means that ________.

A. other cultures seem too cold to us

B. visible aspects of culture are learned in formal environment

C. we usually focus on the highest forms of culture

D. most aspects of culture cannot be seen

8. The word “those” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.

A. people from a different culture

B. topics that should be avoided

C. people who speak a different language

D. invisible cultural assumptions

9. It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that conflicts arise when ________.

A. people think cultural differences are personal

B. people compete with those from other cultures

C. one culture is more invisible than another culture

D. some people recognize more cultural differences than others

10. Which of the following conclusions does the passage support?

A. Cultural diversity has nothing to do with such aspects as languages, religions and foods.

B. Misunderstandings often result from different cultural behaviours to the same things.

C. Schools are one of the places where the cultural differences hardly cause problems.

D. Behavioural differences should be considered something personal and subjective.

Your answers:

6.	7.	8.	9.	10.

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Part 3. (1,0 pt)
Read the article. For questions 11 – 20, choose your answers from the sections A-D. You may choose any of the sections more than once.

In which section are the following mentioned?	Your answers
a group of foods that changed the way an area of the world cooked	11
a period of time when access to food was restricted	12
a comparison of the process of producing a substance with that used for some other foods, too	13
the global popularity of a particular food	14
an interest in discovering more about unfamiliar types of food	15
the discrepancy between the amount of a type of food produced and the demand for it	16
a substance that reinforces the savoury aspect of food	17
a way of determining the strength of a foodstuff	18
using literary forms to talk about food dishes	19
worries about the ethical future of a food industry	20

A. Monosodium Glutamate

Good food is one of life’s pleasures and even 1,200 years ago, oriental cooks knew that food tasted better when prepared with a soup stock made from a type of seaweed. But it was only in 1908 that Japanese scientists identified the ingredient responsible for enhancing flavour.

That ingredient is known today by its scientific name, monosodium glutamate. It is often referred to as MSG and it is an amino acid found in virtually all foods. The bound form is linked to other amino acids in proteins and is manufactured in the human body. The free form of glutamate in foods enhances food flavours. Tomatoes, cheese, and mushrooms are just some free glutamate rich foods. Free glutamate content increases during ripening, bringing out a fuller taste in many foods and is made as a flavour enhancer by a fermentation process similar to that used for making soy sauce and vinegar.

People have long known about the four basic tastes – sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. But now a fifth basic taste called umami has been recognized. This is imparted to foods by glutamate and is responsible for the savoury taste of many foods, such as tomatoes and cheese.

B. Organic Food & Business!

Organic farmers pride themselves on fostering sustainable agriculture, but it remains to be seen if the industry’s rapid growth is in fact sustainable. One challenge facing the industry is to bring the price of organic products more in line with those of conventional products. The price of organic ingredients is improving but demand still outpaces supply. However, supply issues are overshadowed by the fact that the organic foods sector continues to grow faster than the food industry as a whole, fundamentally due to the natural alliance between organic crops and processed foods. Firstly, organic foods earmarked for processing do not have to be as cosmetically perfect as their fresh counterparts. In addition, freezing or tinning reduces many of the shelf-life problems associated with fresh produce. It was only a question of time before mainstream food companies woke up to these synergies.

The pioneers of the organic food industry view the growing presence of major food companies in their markets as a mixed blessing. Many smaller companies fear that the ideals of organic agriculture will be compromised. Others think major food companies will help persuade consumers to buy organic products through the power of their branding.

C. Chillis

Capsicums, commonly known as chillis, come in all dimensions and colours from the tiny, pointed, extremely hot, bird’s eye chillis, to the large, mild, fleshy peppers like the Anaheim. Indigenous to Central and South America, and the West Indies, they were cultivated long before the Spanish conquest, which was the eventual cause of their introduction to Europe. Chillis along with tomatoes, avocados, vanilla and chocolate changed the flavours of the known world. Today, there are around 400 different varieties of chillis grown. They are easy to cultivate and are one of the world’s most widely distributed crops, available for sale at most food outlets.

In 1902, a method was developed for measuring the strength of a given variety of capsicum, ranking it on a predetermined scale. This originally meant tasting the peppers, but nowadays it can be done more accurately with the help of computers to rate the peppers in units to indicate parts per millions of capsaicin. This potent chemical not only causes the fiery sensation, but also triggers the brain to produce endorphins, natural painkillers that promote a sense of well-being.

D. Writing about Cooking

Two cookery writers are often credited with the present revival of interest in food and cooking. Elizabeth David discovered her taste for good food when she lived with a French family for two years. After returning to England, she learnt to cook so that she could reproduce some of the food that she had come to appreciate in France. Her first book appeared when rationing was still in force after the war and most of the ingredients she had so lovingly described were not available. At the time her book was read rather than used, and it created a yearning for good ingredients and for a way of life that saw more in food than mere sustenance. Her later books confirmed her position as the most inspirational and influential cookery writer in the English language. She shared with Jane Grigson an absorbing interest inthe literature of cookery.

Jane Grigson was brought up in the north-east of England, where there is a strong tradition of good eating, but it was not until she began to spend time in France that she became really interested in food. She was renowned for her fine writing on food and cookery, often catching the imagination with a deftly chosen fragment of history or poetry, but never failing to explain the ‘why’ as well as the ‘how’ of cookery.

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Part 4. (1,0 pt)
You are going to read an article about the surveillance through CCTV cameras. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning of this article (00). Write your answers on your answers part.

• A. These record every letter that you type on the keyboard: your passwords, your e-mails, your bank account numbers and more
• B. Perhaps, governments are using even more powerful satellites to watch their citizens.
• C. But these cameras don’t just watch criminals; they watch all of us, almost all of the time
• D. Shops say that this technology helps to catch shoplifters – but only by treating everybody as a potential criminal.
• E. Today, there are more than four million CCTV cameras across the country
• F. It is clear that personal privacy is more important than catching
• G. It is even possible to work out your exact location.

SOMEBODY IS WATCHING YOU

The first CCTV cameras appeared in Britain in 1953, and by the 1960s there were already a few cameras in major streets in London. 00. __E__ There’s one camera for every fourteen people. The cameras are there to film dangerous or illegal behaviours.

With new software they can automatically recognize the faces of known criminals, and a new kind of CCTV in the Netherlands can detect angry voices and automatically warn the police of trouble. 21. ________. Every time we go into a shop, or use a cash point machine, or travel on public transport a camera records our actions.

The amount of surveillance in towns and cities across Britain is increasing. Some goods in shops now have RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags attached to them. When you pick up one of these items, the RFID tag sends a radio message to a CCTV camera and the camera starts filming you. 22. ________.

Cameras and tags are not the only ways of monitoring our actions. Every time you make or receive a call on your mobile phone, the phone company knows the number of the phone you are calling and how long the call lasts. 23. ________. The police often use this information when they’re investigating serious crimes.

And what about satellites? Are they watching us from space? How much can they see? Anybody with a computer can download Google Earth and get satellite photos of the entire world. 24. ________.

Even when you are at home, you are not necessarily safe from surveillance. When you use your computer to visit websites, you are probably sending and receiving cookies without realizing it. Cookies transfer information from your computer to the website and, in theory, could record which websites you visit. Or perhaps somebody has secretly installed a keystroke logging program on your computer. 25. ________. Modern technology is making it easier and easier to stay in contact, but it is also making it nearly impossible for us to hide.

Your answers:

21.	22.	23.	24.	25.

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IV. WRITING (2,0 points)

Part 1. (1,0 pt)
Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. I realized how much I loved Kon Tum after I had left it.
   → Only after ______________________________________________________________________.
2. People think that the company is planning a new advertising campaign.
   → The company __________________________________________________________________.
3. You may be very intelligent, but you should be careful about this test.
   → No matter how ________________________________________________________________.
4. “You didn’t pay attention to what I said,” the teacher said to the boy.
   → The teacher accused _____________________________________________________________.
5. They constantly encouraged her, which made her job easier.
   → Their _________________________________________________________________________.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. You must use NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS, including the word given.

6. My brother gets on well with his classmates.
   → My brother is _________________________ his classmates. (TERMS)
7. My sister got some builders to repair and decorate her house this summer.
   → My sister _________________________ by some builders this summer. (UP)
8. It’s possible that someone stole your purse when we were in the restaurant.
   → Your purse _________________________ when we were in the restaurant. (MIGHT)
9. In the next few years, we’ll probably hear more about the environmental issues.
   → In the next few years, we _________________________ more about the environmental issues. (LIKELY)
10. She managed to catch the bus at the last possible moment.
    → She managed to catch the bus by _________________________. (TEETH)

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Part 2. (1,0 pt)
Should students use AI tools like ChatGPT to do homework? With your own knowledge or experience, write an essay (at least 150 words) to express your opinions.

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