Đề thi tuyển sinh 10 chuyên tiếng Anh 3

®Ò TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 chuyªn
Năm học 2007-2008
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài : 150 phút

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Question 1: Combine the sentences using the words in the brackets ( 2.5p):
1. Your girlfriend could not come to the party. This was a pity. ( which )
2. She had a cold . She went in the rain . ( so )
3. It was extremely cold . We could not go out. ( so cold that )
4. He was ill. He could not go to work yesterday. ( because of )
5. The man gives very good lectures . All the students in the school admire
him. ( whom)
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2......................................................................................................................
3.........................................................................................................................
4. ......................................................................................................................
5. .......................................................................................................................
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Question II: Complete each sentence by filling in each blank with one
suitable word ( 2.0 p).
Television is an important invention of the 20
th
century. It has been ….(1)….
popular that now we can’t imagine what life would be like if …(2) … were no television.
Television is a major means of communication. It …(3)… pictures and sounds
from around the world into millions of home. Through television, …(4)… can see and
learn about people, places and things in faraway lands. Television widens our
knowledge by introducing us to new ideas which may lead us to new hobbies and
recreations.
In addition …(5)… the news, television provides us with a variety of programmes

that can satisfy …(6)… taste. Most people now seem to like spending their evenings …
(7)… television. It is more convenient for them to sit at …(8)… watching television than
to go out for amusements elsewhere.
1- …………… 2- ………….... 3- ……………… 4- ………………
5- …………… 6- ……………. 7- ……………… 8- ………………
Question III : Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense (2.0p)
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Fishing is my favorite pastime. I usually ( 1- spend) hours on the river without (2- catch)
anything. But it ( 3- not worry) my. “You ( 4- should / give ) up ( 5- fish)” . – Some of my
friends say. “ It is a waste of time”. But they ( 6- not know ) that I am not really fond of
fish . I only ( 7 - enjoy) ( 8- sit) alone in a boat and doing nothing .
1- …………… 2- ………….... 3- ……………… 4- ………………
5- …………… 6- ……………. 7- ……………… 8- ………………
Question IV: Choose one of given words in the brackets to fill in each
space in the passage (2.5p)
discovery, technology, coastal, impossible,
existence, storage, fish men, unable, unaware,
length
Commercial fishing has been carried out since the middle ages. Before that is
was …(1)… to keep fish for long periods, but the development of …(2)… methods such
as drying and salting made it possible for …(3)… to go on fishing trips further away. In
fact, although Europeans were completely …(4)… of America’s …(5)… , they were
already fishing near its coast. They were, however, still …(6)… to keep fish fresh for any
…(7)… of time.
All this changed as a result of the new …(8)… advances in refrigeration in 19
th
century. Soon the …(9)… water of Africa and the Mediterranean was full of Northern
European fishing boats. In the twentieth century, scientific …(10)… made during the

second world war were used for discovering large group of fish.
1- ……….. 2- …………… 3- …………… 4-………… 5- …………
6- .………. 7- …………... 8- …………... 9- ………… 10- ……….
Question V: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it
means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it( 2.5p)
1- The train couldn’t run because of the snow.
The snow …………………………………………………………………………………
2- She asked John how he liked her new dress.
” How ……………………………………………………………………………………..
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3- “ Can I borrow your typewriter, Janet?” ask Peter.
Peter asked if …………………………………………………………………………….
4- He could not afford to buy the car.
The car …………………………………………………………………………………….
5- Unless some one has a key, we can’t get into the house.
We can only get ………………………………………………………………………….

6- How long is it since they bought the house?
When ………………………………………………………………………………………
7- The zoo-keepers feed the lions at 3 p.m every day.
The lions …………………………………………………………………………………...
8- Susan started keeping a diary 5 year ago.
Susan has …………………………………………………………………………………
9- This is the most delicious cake I have ever tasted.
I have ……………………………………………………………………………………..
10- They are building a new block of houses down the street.
A ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Question VI: Give the correct form of the words in brackets(2.0p)
1- People were fascinated by her ( admire) ( perform)
2- The school children have played on the school band with great ( pleasant)

3- The child’s (ill) is not so ( hope) as you thought. He will get well soon.
4- Everything had been ready before the ( participate) arrived.
5- I had my trousers ( long) because they were too short.
6- Some parents worry about their children’s ( addict) to computer games.
1- ……………………. 2- …………………… 3- ……………………..
4- ……………………. 5- …………………… 6- ……………………..
Question VII: Fill in the blank with appropriate prepositions (3.0p)
1- The novels …………. Shakespeare is popular ………….. adults.
2- I'm going to discuss it ………… them tomorrow.
3- I dreamed ………… prehistory monster last night.
4- What did the boy do …………… a living.
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5- As soon as I arrived …………... London, I called …………. my friend to ask him
to give me a sightseeing ride …………… the city.
6- I'm sorry, I wasn’t there last night. I was ill …………… bed.
7- I was absent ……….. class yesterday, too. I'm afraid I'll get a bad mark ………
English because I'm not good ……………. it at all.
Question VIII: Find the mistakes in these sentences and correct them (1.5p)
1- Lan is a friend of mine. I know him for a long time.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2- The students requested their teacher read the story aloud.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
3- The weather is awful. It is raining all day.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
4- I had these photos take by a good photographer.
……………………………………………………………………………………………..
5- “ Do you still smoke?” – No, I gave it up, I don’t smoke for years.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
6- They started laughing excited.
……………………………………………………………………………………………

Question IX: Read the passage carefully then do the excise below ( 2.0p)
COMPUTER GOOD OR BAD
For good or bad, computers are now a part of our daily life. With a price of a
small home computer now as low as $ 50, experts predict that before long all schools
and businesses and most families in the rich part of the world will own a computer of
some kind. Among general public, computers arouse strong feeling people either love
them or hate them.
The computer-lovers talk about how useful computer can be in business, in
education and in the home. Apart from all the games, you can do your accounts on
them, learn language from them, write letters on them, and in some places even do your
shopping with them. Computers, they say, will also bring more leisure, as more and
more unpleasant jobs are taken over by computerized robots.
They latter, on the other hand, argue that computers bring not leisure but
unemployment. They worry that people who spend all the time talking to computers will
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forget how to talk to each other. Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually
take over from human beings altogether.
Find the words or phrases in the passage that
means :
1- Soon …………………………. 2- have (got) ……………………….
3- Besides ………………………… 4- do/ undertake …………………….
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