ĐỀ thi chuyên vào 10

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ĐỀ SỐ 01
(Đề thi vào lớp 10 chuyên THPT, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, năm học 2002 – 2003)
(Thời gian: 150 phút)
I. Find out the correct form of the verbs in the box.
1. When I (buy)...... my new house I (ask)...... for a telephone. The Post Office (tell) me (wait)......, but I
(wait)...... a year now and my phone still (not come).......
2. When I (get)....... back after lunch, Jean (tell)..... me that somebody (phone)...... when I (be)...... out.
3. I (stay)...... in England for a few weeks now. You see, I (be) a businessman and I (want) to improve my
English. I (attend) a special course in business English at the moment. The course (last).... three weeks.
II. Find out the correct form of the verbs in the box.
Architects responsible for the (1. construct) of many skyscrapers believe that a fall building must always
have a certain minimum (2. wide) but that there is no limit to its absolute (3. high). This means that the
skyscrapers of the future are likely to be even taller. Engineers agree with this, but there is (4. agree) over the
best shape for the tall, slim buildings. The effects of wind (5. press) mean that cylindrical designs have enjoyed
some (6. popular) in recent years, and these are quite pleasing to be eyes. (7. fortunate), however, the ideal
shape is an ugly square with heavily rounded corners.
Would these tall building of the future offer more than a (8. wonder) view? Some believe tall towers
could contain all the (9. require) for modern living. The (10. inhabit) of these vertical villages would travel up
and down between their home and work zones and would rarely need to journey to ground level.
III. Find suitable words to fill each blank.
Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest (1)...... of your life. Do I stay on at (2).....
and hopefully go on to university later? Do I leave and start (3)......... or beginning a training course?
The decision (4)........ yours, but it may be worth remembering two (5)......... There is more unemployment

among people (6)......... haven't been to university, and people who have the right skills will have a big
advantage in the competition for (7)......... If you decide to go straight into a job, there are many opportunities
(8)......... training. Getting qualifications will help you to get more quickly in many careers, and evening classes
allow you to learn while you earn. Starting work and taking a break to study (9).......... you are older is another
possibility. This way, you can (10)......... up money for your student days, as well as getting practical work
experience.
IV. Find out and correct the mistakes.
1. These lessons are very interested.
2. They are looking forward to see her again.
3. There is a few water in the pot.
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4. Last week he had his head. phone repair at that shop.
5. He didn't go to that meeting, was he?
V. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each question following the passage o the basic of what is
stated or implied in that passage.
Harvard University is situated along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The
university is now a sprawling complex of more than four hundred buildings, housing classrooms, laboratories
and libraries.
The Harvard faculty has produced 27 Nobel laureates and more than 20 winners of the prestigious
Pulitzer Prize. Today the university has more than 16,000 students and over 2,300 full-time faculty members.

Harvard is consistently ranked as one of the best schools in America and the world. And it is considered a
leading international research institution. The university owners its reputation as a centre for academic
excellence to its professional and graduate schools, as well as to its undergraduate program. The Medical, Law,
Business and Divinity schools are leaders in their fields, attracting top students around the world.
Beginning in the 1930s, Harvard made a conscious effort to recruit students from all over the United
Stated, not just the eastern part of the nation. More recently, the University has pursued policies to increase the
number of women and minority students on campus. A long tradition of modification and change continues, but
the commitment to excellence remains at the heart of Harvard education.
1. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The Harvard University has won 27 Nobel Prizes.
B. The Harvard graduates have won 27 Nobel Prizes.
C. The Harvard Faculty has won more than 20 Pulitzer Prizes.
D. The Harvard graduates have won 27 Nobel Prizes but no Pulizer Prizes.
2. Harvard includes three of the following except.................
A. professional school

B. graduate program

C. job training program

D. undergraduate program

3. Three of the following are the famous schools in Harvard. Which is the exception?
A. Medical School

B. Mathematics School

C. Divinity School

D. Business School

4. Since 1930s, Harvard has fried hard to enroll students from.............
A. all over the United States

B. all over the world

C. eastern part of the country

D. western part of Europe
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Cơ sở 1: số 41 ngõ 168 Kim Giang, Hoàng Mai, HN .
ĐT: 043.5597963/0979.487.406 (Ms. Xuân Quý, MA).
Email:

Cơ sở 2: Tầng 1 sân sau tòa nhà I9, Thanh Xuân Bắc, HN.
ĐT: 043.542866/0979.587.407 (Ms. Xuân Quý, MA).

5. Harvard has managed to increase the number of......... students on campus.
A. top

B. Asian

C. women and minority

D. women and black

VI. Choose the one best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.

Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food. But they do not really know what they are
talking about because they rarely get a chance (1).......... it. Most of the (2)......... in large towns have foreign
(3)........... who serve foreign food (4).......... visitors are invited (5)......... in and English home their (6).........
often feel they must (7)............. them something foreign and exotic.
Those of us who (8).......... know English food are aware that at its best in can be (9)........... very good. On
the other (10).......... it is true to say that it is sometimes terrible. Part of the problem is that we are not really
interested in food. we eat to live, we do not live to eat. So we don't generally (11).......... the necessary time and
effort which are needed to cook really good meals. We (12)....... food that is simple and easy to cook, (13)..........
ready prepared food which only needs (14).......... before eating.
You can find the best food in the country away from the large towns, where life is (15).......... and people
are not in such a hurry. But, of course, most visitors come to London. They come because they are interested in
shopping and sightseeing. They do not come to find the food. So why should they complain about it?
1. A. to think

B. to cook

C. to eat

D. to fetch

2. A. dining-rooms

B. dining-halls

C. restaurants

D. stores

3. A. owners

B. visitors

C. eaters

D. guests

4. A. The

B. When

C. No

D. Any

5. A. drinking

B. eat

C. to eat

D. to drink

6. A. masters

B. owners

C. host

D. keepers

7. A. fetch

B. take

C. carry

D. offer

8. A. do

B. did

C. don't

D. didn't

9. A. hardly

B. really

C. never

D. point

10. A. side

B. way

C. hand

D. point

11. A. cost

B. spend

C. kill

D. occupy

12. A. would rather

B. prefer

C. hate

D. take

13. A. or

B. nor

C. but

D. neither

14. A. heat

B. heated

C. heating

D. hot

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Cơ sở 1: số 41 ngõ 168 Kim Giang, Hoàng Mai, HN .
ĐT: 043.5597963/0979.487.406 (Ms. Xuân Quý, MA).
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Cơ sở 2: Tầng 1 sân sau tòa nhà I9, Thanh Xuân Bắc, HN.
ĐT: 043.542866/0979.587.407 (Ms. Xuân Quý, MA).

15. A. slower

C. slowly

B. quicker

D. quickly

VII. Use these given words to fill the blanks.
A. when

B. missed

C. went

D. because

E. discover

F. catch

G. angry

H. late

I. ran

J. clock

I had a very bad day yesterday. Everything (1) wrong. In the morning, my alarm (2) didn't ring so I woke
up an hour (3)........... In such a hurry that I burned my hand (4) I was making breakfast. Then I ran out of the
house to (5) the 8.30 bus, but of course (6) it. I was very unhappy (7) my teacher gets (8) if anyone is late for
class. I (9) three miles to the school only to (10) that it was Sunday.
VIII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that its means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it.→
1. Who does this book belong to?
- Whose................................................................................
2. I didn't learn my lesson so I got a bad mark.
- If I.....................................................................................
3. She started work for that company a year ago.
- She's been...........................................................................
4. It's a pity I didn't take my doctor's advice
- I wish.................................................................................
5. It is a three hour drive from Hanoi to Haiphong.
- It takes...............................................................................

IX. Complete the sentences below using the provided words and phrases.
1. Albert Einstein/ born/1897/ Germany/ die/ 1955
- ..............................................................................................
2. He/ graduate/ University of Zurich/ 1905
- ..............................................................................................
3. 1919/ win/ the Nobel Prize/ Physics.
- ..............................................................................................
4. 1919 to 1933/ live/ Germany/ travel/ lot/ talk/ scientists.

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Cơ sở 1: số 41 ngõ 168 Kim Giang, Hoàng Mai, HN .
ĐT: 043.5597963/0979.487.406 (Ms. Xuân Quý, MA).
Email:

Cơ sở 2: Tầng 1 sân sau tòa nhà I9, Thanh Xuân Bắc, HN.
ĐT: 043.542866/0979.587.407 (Ms. Xuân Quý, MA).

- ..............................................................................................
5. 1933/ leave Germany/ United States/ live/ until/ death.
- ..............................................................................................

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