Đề minh họa thi vào lớp 10 Tiếng Anh năm 2026 Sở GD&ĐT Đồng Tháp (chuyên) có đáp án - Đề 1

LISTENING COMPREHENSION - QUESTIONS 1 – 16: (4pts)

(Instructions: Listen to the recording and answer the questions. You will hear each part of the recording TWICE)

Now turn to Section 1

Why did the lecturer choose to focus on the Pleasanton Town Market? 

The Town Market originally made a large profit selling ________. 

The money that the marketers made contributes to local ________. 

Market sales plummeted due to a lack of viable ________. 

Mayor John C. Wiley decided the Clock tower would be used as a ________ in the early stages of the uprising. 

Which thing is NOT MENTIONED as the objects? 

Which thing is NOT MENTIONED as research methods? 

Which thing is NOT MENTIONED as the problems? 

SECTION 2: Questions from 9 to 16

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each number

Penguins in Africa

Appearance and lifestyle:

• They are also called Jackass Penguins for the sound they make.

• The (Question 9:) ______ of their body remains constant.

• They restrict their (Question 10:) ______ on land from dusk till dawn.

• They cannot fly because they have heavy (Question 11:) ______.

• They nest under (Question 12:) ______ They eat tree roots.

Predators:

- seals

- (Question 13:) ______

- seagulls (eat the penguin chicks)

Threats:

• They lose (Question 14:) ______ in winter.

• They are fighting for nesting (Question 15:) ______ and food because of human activities.

• In order to improve survivorship, it is helpful to increase the (Question 16:) ______ of their genes.

• The (Question 9:) ______ of their body remains constant.

• They restrict their (Question 10:) ______ on land from dusk till dawn.

• They cannot fly because they have heavy (Question 11:) ______.

• They nest under (Question 12:) ______ They eat tree roots.

- (Question 13:) ______

• They lose (Question 14:) ______ in winter.

• They are fighting for nesting (Question 15:) ______ and food because of human activities.

• In order to improve survivorship, it is helpful to increase the (Question 16:) ______ of their genes.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. (0.75 pt).

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. (0.75 pt).

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. (0.75 pt).

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.75 pt)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.75 pt)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.75 pt)

QUESTIONS 23-26: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, but some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a cross (✓ ) in the space provided on your answer sheet. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word on your answer sheet. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). (1.0 pt)

have cooked their food on wood or coal fires, which could be difficult to

control. Many homes did not have a running water, so people used wells

or rivers where to get water for drinking and washing. In the countryside,

children often helped their parents with farming and took care of animals.

QUESTIONS 27-30: Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (1.0 pt)

The area's most important early (27) thus set a pattern that has continued for centuries.

There is a general belief amongst people, apparently quite unconnected with whether or not they've been there (28) that Florida is a good place to go.

In fact, it is almost (29) not to enjoy yourself in Florida today

Some of the world's most popular tourist attractions are located in the state whose (30) beaches welcome 40 million people each year.

QUESTIONS 31-34: Complete the passage with the correct tense of the verbs given in the brackets (1.0 pt).

Not (know) _______ the language, he couldn't understand the question.

As they remembered (warn) _______ about the danger of getting lost in the forest, the tourists closely followed the tour guide.

The wife said that she hadn't heard from her husband since he (leave) _______ her.

It turned out that we (rush) _______ to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours.

QUESTIONS 41-50: Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions below (2.5 pts).

El Nino and Seabirds

A. Rhythm of the seasons cannot always be relied upon. At times the tropical Pacific Ocean and large expanses of the global atmosphere seem to be marching to the beat of a different drummer, disrupting the normal patterns of countless species of plants and animals along with hundreds of millions of human beings. So they want to anticipate these occasional lapses in the march of the seasons and help societies plan accordingly, scientists are seeking to understand these competing rhythms: the strongest of which is the alternation between the “normal climate” and a different but still recurrent set of climatic conditions in the Pacific region called El Nino.

B. Seabirds are prominent and highly visible components of marine ecosystems that will be affected by global climate change. The Bering Sea region is particularly important to seabirds; populations there are larger and more diverse than in any similar region in North America - over 90% of seabirds breeding in the continental United States are found in this region. Seabirds, so named because they spend at least 80% of their lives at sea, are dependent upon marine resources for food. As prey availability changes in response to climatically driven factors such as surface sea temperature and extent of sea ice, so will populations of seabirds be affected.

C. Seabirds are valued as indicators of healthy marine ecosystems and provide a “vicarious use value” or existence value - people appreciate and value seabirds simply because they are there and enjoy them through venues such as pictures, nature programs, and written accounts without ever directly observing seabirds in their native environment. A direct measure of this value is demonstrated by Federal legislation that established specific national wildlife refuges to protect seabirds and international treaty obligations that provide additional protection for seabirds. Seabirds are also an important subsistence resource for many who live within the Bering Sea Region. Furthermore, the rich knowledge base about seabirds makes them a valuable resource as indicator species for measurement of change in the marine environment.

D. The most abundant breeding species in Alaska are northern fulmars, storm-petrels, kittiwakes, murres, auklets and puffins. These species also form the largest colonies. Fulmars, storm-petrels and kittiwakes are surface feeders, picking their prey from the surface or just below the surface; murres, auklets, and puffins dive for their food. Fulmars nest primarily on island groups in and around the Bering Sea. They take a wide variety of prey (e.g., fish, squid, zooplankton, jellyfish) from the surface or just below the surface. Storm-petrels are strictly nocturnal and nest below ground in either burrows or crevices between rocks. They forage on zooplankton and squid; in some areas they are dependent upon small fish such as capelin and sand lance caught at the surface. Black-legged kittiwakes are widespread throughout Alaska, Canada and Eurasia while red-legged kittiwakes are found only in the Bering Sea region. Both are surface feeders although black-legged kittiwakes feed primarily on small fish and forage over the continental shelf and shelf break; red-legged kittiwakes feed primarily on myctophids and will forage beyond the shelf break.

E. Marine mammals have exhibited similar signs of food stress in recent years. Harbor seals at Tugidak Island in the Gulf of Alaska declined by about 85% between 1976 and 1988. Steller sea lion populations declined by 36% in the Gulf of Alaska between 1977 and 1985, and by another 59% between 1985 and 1988. Northern fur seals declined about 35% by 1986 from their average numbers in the 1970s, although numbers had rebounded somewhat (20%) by 1990. Associated with the declines in Steller sea lions are declines in birth rate, fewer breeding females, fewer pups, decreased adult body condition, decreased juvenile survival, and a change in population age structure.

F. Walker noticed that monsoon seasons with low-index conditions are often marked by drought in Australia, Indonesia, India, and parts of Africa. He also claimed that low-index winters tend to be unusually mild in western Canada. One of his British colleagues chided him in print for suggesting that climatic conditions over such widely separated regions of the globe could be linked. In his reply Walker predicted, correctly, that an explanation would be forthcoming, but that it would require a knowledge of wind patterns above ground level, which were not routinely being observed at that time.

G. The need for long-term time series. It seems obvious that without good baseline data ornithologists are doomed to be surprised by the arrival of El Nino every few years. Even when ornithologists and ecologists are at hand to take advantage of an incoming El Nino, lack of preexisting data, and of monitoring afterwards, makes it difficult to understand responses of birds to the successive El Nino, La Nina, and “normal” years. Indeed, according to Jaksic, during the last century there were 12 El Nino years and 12 La Nina years, thus leaving about 76 ‘normal’ years in between. Thus, by heavily concentrating attention on only 12% of the time span El Nino, and of neglecting possibly another 12%, ornithologists are essentially ignoring what happens during 76% of the time. This situation may be remedied only as long as data are logged on a regular or continuous basis, that is, as long-term time series. The recipe prescribed by Schreiber & Schreiber to understand El Nino, effects on birds still stands: ‘…carry out long-term studies that will shed further light on the interactions between global atmospheric cycles, oceanographic phenomena, and avian populations.’

H. Populations of seabirds in Alaska are larger and more diverse than any similar region in the Northern Hemisphere. The extensive coastal estuaries and offshore waters of Alaska provide breeding, feeding and migrating habitats for 66 species of seabirds. At least 38 species of seabirds, over 50 million individuals, breed in Alaska. Eight Alaskan species breed only here and in adjacent Siberia. Five additional species range through the North Pacific, but their populations are concentrated in Alaska. In addition to breeding grounds, Alaskan waters also provide important wintering habitat for birds that breed in Canada and Eurasia. Shearwaters, which breed in the southern hemisphere, are the most numerous species in Alaskan waters during the summer.

I. As another indication that food has been limiting in recent years, several largescale die-offs of seabirds, mostly surface-feeding species, have been observed in the Gulf of Alaska during the last decade, most notably in 1983, 1989 and 1993. But Hatch thinks that it is too early to decide the these die-offs reports are somehow connected with effect of El Nino. Byrd and Tobish believe that high rainfall can affect survival of chicks in earthen burrows, and incidence of big storms with high winds during the chick-rearing period can cause mortality for chicks of species nesting on cliff- ledges, but this view has not been considered as convincing evidence.

Why do scientists want to investigate El Nino phenomenon at the beginning of the passage?

Why do scientists use seabirds as important subjects when observing climate change world-widely?

What happened for marine mammals that live in Tugidak Island in Gulf of Alaska?

According to J. Walker, what happens in the monsoon seasons notably?

In paragraph F, what is closest in meaning to “chided”? 

In paragraph G, what is closest in meaning to “avian”? 

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the passage?

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage?

Number of Shearwaters in the southern hemisphere feed most during the summer.

The largescale die-offs of seabirds were observed in the Gulf of Alaska in the twenty-first century.

Paragraph C

Paragraph D

Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given in such a way that their meaning will not change (2.0 pts).

This train should have left 30 minutes ago.

-> This train was ____________________________.

It is your duty to tell him what to do.

-> You are ____________________________.

He helped us, so we were able to survive.

-> But for ____________________________.

We are proud of what our country has achieved in recent years.

-> We take ____________________________.

They must prioritize their study.

-> Priority must ____________________________.

They report that the forest fire killed countless wild animals.

-> Countless wild animals ____________________________.

This morning I didn’t have breakfast, so I’m hungry now.

-> If ____________________________.

Although the questions are very difficult, my closest friend can answer them.

-> No matter ____________________________.