Đề thi IOE tiếng anh lớp 10 vòng 17 năm học 2013 2014

ĐỀ THI IOE TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 VÒNG 17 NĂM HỌC
2013- 2014
Name: ………………………………… Class:
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School: ……………………………………………….…………………..High School.
I. PRONUNCIATION 1m
A. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from
the others.
1.

a. chance

b. teaching

c. chemistry d. children

2.

a. hard

b. start

c. party

d. talk

B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
3. a. Physics

b. History

c. technology

d. Chemistry

4. a. important

b. profession

c. Geography

d. Literature

II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION 3.5
A. Choose the best answer.
5, ..................is the beach? ~ Only five minutes' walk.
a. How long

b. Where

c. How often

d. How far

6, She is interested in teaching.................because she loves working with children.
a. semester

b. communication

c. work

d. profession

7, Don't worry ...............me. I’ll be fine
a. to

b. about

c. with

d. for

8, Our coach was ..................in traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.
a. fastened

b. fixed

c. joined

d. stuck

9, Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations.
a. hobbies

b. professor

c. jobs

d. visits

10, Our main objective is to................. educational standards.

a. avoid

b. enjoy

c. make

d. improve


11, English is an international ....................
a. language

b. means

c. subject

d. profession

12. You shouldn't spend all your time.....................
a. study

b. to study

c. studying

d. studied

13. Would you like......................somewhere for a rest?
a. going

b. to go

c. go

d. to be gone

14. I...................... English for four years
a. have learned b. am learning c. learned

d. has learned

15. The guide encouraged the tourists .............. the ? Prado Museum in Madrid.
a. visit

b. to visit

c. visiting

d. visited

16. Are you looking forward ................... on your cassation?
a. you go .

b. going

c. to going

d. to go

17 Ask and answer questions about your daily routine , using the cues below.

A. action

B. trip

C. way

D. habit

18.I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. 10 minutes

B. 15 minutes

C. 20 minutes

D. 30 minutes

IV. SPEAKING 2m
Complete the following conversations by selecting the suitable sentences from the
box
Both of you play very well.

Good evening, Madam.

Perhaps we could study together.

Nam’s right.

Have you finished revising yet?

$20! That’s too expensive!
I

Lan:

Our examination is just three weeks away. (1) ______________________.

Tam:

No, I haven’t, actually. Whenever I sit down to study, I seem not to concentrate.


Lan:

It’s the same with me. (2) _______________. That might help both of us.

Tam:

Yes! That’s a good idea. When shall we start?
II

Salesgirl: (3) ________________________. Can I help you?
Mrs. Lan: Yes. How much is this hat?
Salesgirl: $20, Madam.
Mrs. Lan: (4) ________________. It’s only a cotton hat and shouldn’t cost more than
$12.
Salesgirl: We have to earn a living, too. But if you take it, I’ll sell it to you for $15.
B. Choose the one option -b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.2m
I (1)_................my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (2)........... in
a remote village (3) ..................the villagers were very poor and the living standard was

low. Sometimes I was very disappointed (4)....................... bad living condition and low
pay. I was really homesick. However, at that time with my youth (5)..................., I tried
my best to devote (6)_......................... to the noblest career, that was "teaching". I loved
my poor little students. They were living in (7)..............................but they could not suffer from empty mind.
I am proud (8)....................._myself to be a teacher, a hard working "boatman" taking my students to the "destination" of knowledge

1. a. begin

b. began

c. have begun d. had begun

2. a. teach

b. to teach

c. teaching

d. taught

3. a. which

b. there

c. when

d. where

4. in spite of

b. because of

c. because

d. though

5, a. enthusiasm

b. movement

c. emotion

d. culture

6, a. me time

b. my career

c. my duty

d. myself

7, a. poor

b. poverty

c. debt

d. shortage

8, a. in

b. on

c. about

d. of

III . Writing: Use the given words to complete the sentences:1.5
Mary Brown / journalist. She / work / weekly magazine / She / travel / a lot / her
job. She / be / many countries / world. Last year / she / fly / South Africa. She / stay


there / a month. Then she / go / New York/ see White house and The Statue of Liberty.
Next month/ travel / Bangkok. She /love / job / much.
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