Đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 môn tiếng anh trường quốc học Huế năm học 2008- 2009 pot

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THỪA THIÊN HUẾ

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
( Đề thi gồm 05 trang)
KÌ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 CHUYÊN QUỐC HỌC
Môn : TIẾNG ANH - Năm học: 2008 - 2009
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút


I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 30 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D (10 points)
1. It is the most beautiful building the world.
A. around B. of C. in D. at
2. If you come to the cinema, your friend with you.
A. bring B. get C. invite D. take
3. I’m sorry I missed the meeting yesterday. I didn’t well.
A. feel B. fell C. felt D. feeling
4. We discussed the problem but we a final decision.
A. don’t reach B. won’t reach C. hadn’t reached D. didn’t reach
5. Tom, write carefully and don’t any mistakes!
A. do B. have C. give D. make
6. Sue can’t come to the party she’s broken her leg.
A. although B. because C. because of D. so
7. rush hour, the roads in the city are very busy.
A. While B. During C. Through D. On
8. Kate a great time in France and doesn’t want to come back.
A. is having B. has C. had D. had had
9. If you forty cigarettes a day, you would cough a lot.

A. smoke B. smoked C. would smoke D. smoking
10. When I went back to my home town after many years, I was surprised that it changed so
much.
A. has B. had C. was D. is
Part 2: Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition: (10 points)
1. We’ll have to use the stairs. The lift is of order.
2. Surely Peter can’t do all that work his own.
3. Turn right the traffic lights and you’ll see the cinema.
4. This letter is full mistakes. Could you write it again, please?
5. You' re very different your brother.
6. Parents are responsible educating their children.
7. Could you explain this rule me?
8. Helen is excited winning the prize.
9. I am very busy my lessons and tasks today.
10. Who's the woman dressed green?

Part 3: 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.The first one has been done for you :(0) (10 points)
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WHERE TO EAT

It’s hard to find a place to eat which satisfies the whole family. (0) Perfection is not
an easy thing to find when it comes to restaurants. I remember my parents taking me
as a child to the most (1) restaurant they could find. They
didn’t think it was worth spending a lot of money on someone who had no table
manners!
Today the choice of restaurants is so great, however, that total
(2) is rare. It’s difficult to explain exactly what I’m looking

for in a restaurant. It’s certainly not (3) surroundings,
although I must admit that I’m usually (4) to go into a place
which looks dirty or dingy. In these days of fast food, it takes a lot of (5)
to persuade my own children that a bowl of salad is every
bit as tasty as a burger and chips! Some parents I know (6)

taking their children to fast food restaurants, but I’ve always made an effort to go
and see just what’s available in those places. I can’t honestly say that some of the
experiences were so good that they were (7) , but at least I
feel I have given the fast food chains a try. I would like to be able to say that we go
out to dinner once a week. (8) , this is not the case. We
either seem to be too busy, or decide that it’s more (9) to have a
family meal at home, which is probably for the best! But one thing is certain, I am
still as (10) about food as I ever was, and intend to remain
so!

PERFECT

EXPENSE


DISAPPOINT
LUXURY
WILLING

DETERMINE

LIKE

FORGET

FORTUNATE
SATISFY

ENTHUSIASM


II. READING COMPREHENSION: ( 35 points)
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D: (15 points)
HEDGEHOGS THREATEN WILDLIFE

There are so many threats to the wildlife on our planet nowadays that we are rarely surprised when we are
(1) about another one. (2) , some people might find it difficult to (3) that small
creatures (4) hedgehogs would be the cause, rather than the victims, of one of these threats. One
resident of an island which (5) off the west coast of Scotland (6) how this extraordinary
situation has come about. It appears that hedgehogs are not native to the islands. They were introduced by
a gardener who thought they (7) be an effective way of controlling the slug population. There are
now so (8) hedgehogs on the island that they are putting many rare birds at (9) because
they eat birds’ eggs. The hedgehogs, it seems, are (10) , so what are the local people going to do
(11) it ? One group of conservationists tried to transport hedgehogs to the mainland. The plan
might have (12)…………if residents on the mainland hadn’t pointed out that the hedgehogs would
(13)…………just as much of a threat on the mainland as on the island. But, unless action is (14)
…………soon, the continuing increase in the hedgehog population will (15) …………in the
disappearance of certain rare species of birds.
1. A. mentioned B. explained C. told D. said
2. A. Even B. Although C. Yet D. However
3. A. believe B. convince C. suppose D. consider
4. A. so B. such C. like D. as
5. A. extends B. lies C. covers D. stretches

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6. A. described B. commented C. talked D. meant
7. A. should B. can C. ought D. would
8. A. largely B. much C. many D.far
9. A. danger B. risk C. trouble D. difficulties
10. A. anywhere B. everywhere C. anything D. nothing
11. A. with B. about C. to D. for
12. A. beaten B. won C. caught D. succeeded
13. A. change B. become C. return D. move
14. A. made B. done C. taken D. held
15. A result B. lead C. cause D. turn
( Note: hedgehog: con nhím)
Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in
each space. (15 points)
LOST AND FOUND

My father considered (0) himself to be a lucky man. He wasn’t rich or famous, but he was lucky. (1)
he lost anything, he was usually (2) to find it again. (3)
such example was a fountain pen, a present from my mother on (4)
… wedding anniversary. We had had a family day out in the mountains. My brother,
(5) was about ten years old at the time, and I enjoyed going to a lake where you could
hire a boat and row out across the water. (6) had once been a village in the valley, but
the valley had been flooded in order (7) create a reservoir for a city many miles away.
When the water was clear, you could still make out the top of the church spire and the walls of houses. (8)
we were returning home that night, my father discovered that he had lost his treasured
fountain pen. About two weeks later, he announced that in spite (9) the gloomy
weather, we were going back to the lake for the day. We were surprised, but said nothing. We set
(10) about nine in the morning, and as (11) as we arrived at the
lake, we headed (12) the spot where we had had our picnic on the previous occasion.

As we were deciding whether to hire a boat for the afternoon or (13) , my father gave
a shout. There, lying on the ground, was a pen. There was (14) doubt at all in my mind
that (15) was the pen he had lost two weeks beforehand.

Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions. (5 poínts)

Meetíngs can waste a great deal of time. But you can make your meeting run more smoothly by
following a few simple rules. First, have an agenda. This will help keep you focused on what is important.
Next, decide who needs to be involved. More people means less efficient discussion. Finally, keep the
discussion moving. Thank each speaker as he or she finishes and move on to the next speaker. This
encourages people to make their remarks short. And don’t forget: what happens after a meeting is more
important than what happens during the meeting. The skills used then are more professional and less
procedural. So no matter how well you run a meeting, it is the work that gets done after the meeting that is
important.
1. What is one way to run a meeting well?
A. Watch how your manager run meetings. B. Minimize the number of participants.
C. Let the group make decisions. D. Let everyone speak.
2. What is the purpose of a meeting agenda?
A. To keep the speakers organized. B. To allow free discussion
C. To send to others in advance D. To keep focused on improtant items
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3. How should you receive other people’s comments at a meeting?
A. Try to keep others from talking. B. Thank them and move on.
C. Give them as much time as they want. D. Respond in detai to all comments.
4. How should people state their ideas?
A. Succinctly B. Quietly C. Wordily D. Encouragingly
5. The author states that
A. meetings should be held more frequently.
B. all meetings should be in the morning.

C. no one should receive credit for their work.
D. the real work is accomplished after the meeting.

III. WRITING: ( 35 points)
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one, by using the
word given.( Do not change the word given.) ( 10 points)

1. There was too little time to go back home for my umbrella. not
There ……………………………………………… …………………………….
2. It was necessary to book concert tickets well in advance. be
Concert tickets ………………………………………… ……………………….
3. What interests you about this city? find
What …………………………………………………………… ……………….?
4. I regret not studying harder at school. only
If …………………………………………………………… ………………
5. Could you come and collect me from the station? up
Would you mind ……………………… ……………………………………… ?
6. Are you interested in sports ? tell
Can you ………………………………………… ………………………………?
7. They had extinguished the fire by the time the fire brigade arrived. put
The fire . ……………………………………… …………………………………
8. I’m sure you were proud of your son’s success. must
You ………………………………………………………… …………………
9 I started studying English three years ago. for
I . ……………………………………………………… …………………………
10. The football players’ training is still going on. finished
The football players …………………………… …………………………………

Part 2: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some
have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (


) by the number. If a line has a
word which should not be there, write the word by the number.
( 15 points)

ADVENTURE IN PERU

0 I’ve just been to see a film is called Touching the Void. It’s
00 about two climbers who decided to go climbing in the mountains
1 in Peru. It took them two days to reach the mountain they
2 had been decided to climb because it was in such a remote place.
3 They left a companion and the most of their supplies at a base camp,
4 optimistically thinking about they would be back in a couple of
0 … is….
00 …….
1 ………
2 ………
3 ………
4 ………
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5 days. After a difficult climb, they reached at the top of
6 the mountain. It was then that everything started to go wrong.
7 Because of one climber had broken his leg, he had to be
8 lowered down the mountain by means of a rope. His leg it was so
9 much painful that he couldn’t stand on it. After a very exciting bit
10 of the film, which I won’t describe, he found by himself alone
11 at the bottom of a crevasse. He managed to climb out and eventually
12 crawl to safety. The cold was so intense that he got frostbite in his hands,
13 but he was carried on, dragging himself down a glacier and across rocks.

14 When he arrived at the base camp, his friends were too amazed to see him.
15 They couldn’t believe that in despite his broken leg, he had managed to reach the
camp.
5 ………
6 ………
7 ………
8 ………
9 ………
10 ……
11 ……
12 ……
13 … …
14 ……
15 ……

Part 3: Write an essay ( at least 200 words) on the following topic: (10 points)

There have been many technological developments in the 20th century, for example in transport,
telecommunications and health.
What technological development do you think has been the most important ? How has it changed
people's lives ? Have all the changes been positive ?
Give reasons for your answer.

(You can write on the back of this page 
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