Đề thi thử vào lớp 10 môn Tiếng Anh chuyên trường THPT Hà Nội Amsterdam năm 2015

TRUNG TÂM BỒI DƯỠNG VĂN HÓA
HANOI-AMSTERDAM
ĐỀ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN THPT
Năm học: 2015 - 2016
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy này)
(Không được dùng bất cứ loại từ điển hay tài liệu nào)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each
group. (5 pts.)
1. A. Cave B. Have C. Behave D. Pave ___
2. A. Receipt B. Recall C. Recollect D. Recover ___
3. A. Card B. Heard C. Hearth D. Heart ___
4. A. Abuse B. Refuse C. Fuss D. Future ___
5. A. Adventure B. Future C. Mature D. Figure ___
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in the list.
(5 pts.)
1. A. Admirable B. Accessible C. Compatible D. respiratory ____
2. A. Humane B. Unite C. Colleague D. canteen ____
3. A. Descent B. Dissent C. Discontent D. content ____
4. A. Eradicate B. Kilometer C. Characterize D. communism ____
5. A. Technical B. Origin C. Agriculture D. cathedral ____
PART B: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in
the box provided. (15 pts.)
1. A number of oil tankers have been laid ……………. recently.
A. on B. down C. up D. in
2. The inscription on the tombstone had been worn ………by the weather and could scarcely be read.
A. away B. off C. out D. on
3. ………………second thoughts, I’d rather not go out tonight.
A. With B. In C. On D. Under

4. The new hairdryer does not comply ………………British safety standard.
A. to B. with C. against D. on
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5. Many books were not available to the public because of government ……………… .
A. omission B. inhibition C. compensation D. censorship
6. The woman accused of shoplifting was found not guilty and was …………………. .
A. excused B. liberated C. acquitted D. interned
7. He is a(n) …………….authority on the subject.
A. prominent B. expert C. eminent D. quality
8. My car was so old that I could only sell it for ……………… .
A. rubbish B. scrap C. debris D. waste
9. Not only ………………in the project, but he also wanted to become the leader.
A. did Jack involve B. had Jack been involved
C. was Jack involved D. Jack was involved
10. I felt a bit …………… and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.
A. out of sorts B. on the mend C. over the worst D. under the fevers
11. The school was closed for a month because of a serious ……………of fever.
A. outcome B. outburst C. outset D. outbreak
12. I don’t think he’s ever been there, ……………… ?
A. do I B. has he C. have I D. hasn’t he
13. They had a four-day holiday, then began work ……………….
A. on end B. out of bounds C. in proportions D. in earnest
14. He is a tough politician – he knows how to …………… the storm.
A. run down B. keep up C. ride out D. push back
15. On entering the nursery I stumbled on the wooden blocks ……………… all over the carpet.
A. plunged B. scattered C. settled D. tossed
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
II. Fill in the blank with a suitable noun to form the idiomatic expression. Write your answer in the box

provided. (5 pts.)
1. I’d like to take ______________ of this opportunity to explain the difficulty I’ve met.
2. She decided to set _____________ to these letters because they weren’t necessary.
3. Don’t have ____________ in what he says. He is a liar.
4. For generations our people got ___________ over many enemies and drove them away.
5. He left home without taking ______________ of anybody.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
III. Give the correct form of the word given in parentheses. Write your answer in the box provided. (10
pts.)
1. The attack in the city center last night (example) the kind of behavior amongst young people that many object
to.
2. This matter is very (confidence). Don’t discuss it outside the office.
3. You shouldn’t interrupt someone in (sentence).
4. I want to make sure all my (depend) will be financially secure if I’m incapacitated in any way.
5. There was a heavy (pour) yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the church Garden Party.
6. There is a risk factor with all medication, but honestly the risk with this particular drug is (neglect).
7. A (dominate) friend is one who likes power.
8. Suddenly without (provoke), the dog sank its teeth into my leg.
9. Street-fights are an everyday (occur) in this area of the city.
10. I really believe that it would be a major mistake to (crime) any drugs that are currently illegal.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. Match the verb in box A with the word(s) in box B to form a phrasal verb, and then fill it in each
blank to complete the sentence. Be sure to use the correct verb tense and form. Write your answer in the
box provided. (5 pts.)
A put, apprise, go, crease, stem, fall, pull,
center, brood, carry
B from, over, away, off, on, of, up, back on,
through, in for
1. The problem ____________________________ the government’s lack of action.

2. The argument is_____________________________ whether or not to lower the age limit.
3. Don’t waste time _____________________________ your past failures.
4. I’m afraid there is no milk left; we have to ______________________ dried milk for our tea.
5. Tom got ___________________________ by the music and wouldn’t stop singing.
6. I’m going to stay at university and try to ____________________ getting a job for a few years.
7. Her husband has been ____________________________ the good news about their son.
8. She swims so well that she really should ___________________________ the competition.
9. I almost _____________ when I heard Tim was going to be playing Romeo in the school play.
10. He is in a critical condition in hospital, so we’re all praying he’ll ______________________.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
V. Underline ten mistakes in the following sentences and correct them. Write the correction in the box
provided. (5 pts.)
1. Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to prepare them for mounting.
2. At the start of the seminar, they gave us a number of handouts and a little nice folder to keep them all in.
3. Stephen Crane’s story is a clinical portrayal of a man as an animal trapped by the fear and hunger.
4. Time is precious. Let us do the most of it to enrich our knowledge.
5. Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.
6. Because of the snow storm and the road blocks, the air force dropped food close the city.
7. They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
8. Our new neighbors had been living in Arizona for ten years before moved to their present house.
9. Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.
10. When I entered the room, I found my younger brother stand on the kitchen table.
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
PART C: READING
I. Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C or D)

in the box provided. (14 pts)
What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3
rd
.
It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the
Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of
deserts are actually made up of sand …4….
The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail.
The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall. In other words,
more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground. So, in …9… deserts, you’re
mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is
comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.
It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great
Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest
hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so
hot but in common with the Sahara, they …14… considerably at night.
An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way
they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause.
1. A. jumps B. leaps C. rises D. springs
2. A. country B. continent C. territory D. pole
3. A. terrain B. plain C. horizon D. nature
4. A. hills B. dunes C. piles D. slopes
5. A. base B. landscape C. ground D. soil
6. A. wildlife B. agriculture C. precipitation D. alteration
7. A. moisture B. drops C. dampness D. drizzle
8. A. setting B. atmosphere C. environment D. surroundings
9. A. extreme B. Mediterranean C. typical D. polar
10. A. left B. disappeared C. blown D. removed
11. A. globe B. sphere C. atlas D. orb
12. A. contain B. expand C. cover D. cross

13. A. obtains B. reaches C. stretches D. raises
14. A. cool B. fall C. freeze D. decrease
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 12. 13.
II. The passage has eight phrases left out. Decide which phrase (A-L) from the list should go in each gap.
Write the letter in the space provided. There are more phrases than gaps. Write your answer in the box
provided. (8 pts.)
RECYCLING PLASTICS
One of the most difficult wastes to recycle is mixed plastics, (1) __________. Plastic manufacturers turn their
own offcuts into granules that are melted down for reuse.They can also reuse any single, pure thermoplastic
materials, (2) ____________. The British firm Meyer-Newman of Gwent recycles complete telephones into
new ones. But mixed plastics have unpredictable properties and low structural strength because (3)
___________. So it is difficult to make a material with good and predictable properties from mixed plastic
wastes.
One answer is compatibiliser. This is an octopus-like molecule in which each arm represents a section of
different polymer, that in turn (4) ____________. Stirred into a mixture of molten plastic, each arm of the
octopus grabs and reacts chemically with a molecule of the one polymer in the mixture. The result is an alloy
rather than a mixture. It is strong because of intra-molecular bonding and has highly predictable properties, so
it is potentially reusable.
During the past two or three years, many plastic manufacturers have (5) ___________. But perhaps the most
advanced, ‘Bennet’, was produced independently two years ago, after 15 years of research, by the Dutch
engineer Der Groep. His invention is already being used widely, largely in secret (6) __________.
Bennet is made up of short sections of several polymers representing the arms of octopus, each is able to link
the molecules of a different polymer in the mixture. The reliable strength of the plastic ‘alloys’ made with
Bennet suggests that (7) _____________.
The vehicle recycling industry is keen to recycle more plastics. Despite the environmental benefits, they fear
that the steady increase in the use of reclaimable plastics will make it uneconomic to recover vehicles from the
metals they contain. Some car manufacturers, such as BMW and Mercedes, are now designing products and
requesting components that are easier to recycle: (8)____________.
A. is characteristic of a different plastic

B. developed their own compatibilisers
C. which has never been achieved despite substantail government investment in research
D. often used in wrappers and containers
E. they could be used in high-grade, high-cost applications such as car bumpers
F. it does not have sufficient rigidity
G. for example, car bumpers made from one material instead of up to seven
H. always been sceptical about recycling plastics
I. as manufacturers do not want to be seen to be using recycled plastics in their quality products
J. for example, steel suspension systems and car bodies
K. such as polythene that are not chemically cross-linked
L. the different plastics in the mixture are not bonded at a molecular level
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
PART D: WRITING
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.
(8 pts.)
1. I don’t understand one word of this document.(head)
 I can’t _____________________________________________________________________.
2. Erika didn’t mention her illness at all. (reference)
 Erika made _________________________________________________________________.
3. Did anything about his behavior seem unusual to you? (strike)
 Did anything about his behavior _________________________________________________?
4. He was arrested when they caught him driving a stolen car. (act)
 Being ______________________________________________________________________.
5. She was just as good as they had thought. (up)
 She definitely ________________________________________________________________.
6. Tony didn’t feel like dancing that night. (mood)
 Tony _______________________________________________________________________.
7. You’re going to enjoy tonight! (treat)
 You’re _____________________________________________________________________!
8. Why do you think you are allowed to criticize me like that? (gives)

 What do you think ___________________________________________________________?
II. Write about the following topic:
Violence is increasing at an alarming rate in many schools. In what ways can this problem be overcome?
You should write at least 200 words. (20 pts.)
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ĐÁP ÁN
PART A
I. (5 pts.) 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C
II. (5 pts.) 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D
PART B
I. (15 pts.)
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. C 8. B
9. C 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. D 14.C 15.B XXX
II. (5 pts.)
1. advantage 2. fire 3. faith 4. victory 5. leave
III. (10 pts.)

1. exemplified/exemplifies 2. confidential 3. mid-sentence
4. dependants 5. down-pour 6. negligible
7. domineering 8. provocation 9. occurrence
10. decriminalize
IV. (5 pts.)
1. Stems/ Stemmed from
2. centered on
3. brooding over
4. fall back on
5. carried away
6. put off
7. apprising/ apprised of
8. go in for
9. creased up
10. pull through
V. (5 pts.)
1. know => knows
2. little nice => nice little
3. the fear => fear
4.do => make
5. never => ever
6. close => close to
7. what did happen => what happened
8. moved => they moved ormoving
9. are => is
10. stand => standing
PART C
I. (14 pts.)
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A
8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A

II. (8 pts.)
1 - D 2 – K 3 - L 4 - A 5 - B 6 - I 7 - E 8 - G
PART D
I. (8 pts.)
1. I can’t make head or tail of this document.
2. Erika made no reference to her illness.
3. Did anything about his behavior strike you as (being) unusual?
4. Being caught in the act of driving a stolen car, he was arrested.
5. She definitely came up to their expectations.
6. Tony wasn’t in the mood/ was in no mood to dance/ for dancing that night.
7. You’re in for a treat tonight!
8. What do you think gives you the right to criticize me like that?
II. 20pts.
1. Content: 10 pts - a provision of all main ideasand details as appropriate.
2. Language: 5pts – a variety of vocabulary and structures
3. Presentation: 5pts – coherence, cohesion, and style…
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