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Năm học: 2014 - 2015
ĐỀ THI: TIẾNG ANH
LỚP 10
(Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút)

PART A. LISTENING
I. Listen and choose the best answer. (10 pts)
1. Paddy is interested in the sports programme because……………….
A. he needs a qualification to teach PE.
B. he wants to improve his general teaching skills.
C. he has been told to attend it.
2. The swimming course concentrates on ……………….
A. competitive swimming.
B. teaching beginners.
C. technical aspects of swimming.
3. Paddy is interested in the equestrian course because……………….
A. he thinks it will help him get better employment.
B. there is great interest in this sport in his present school.
C. he has always been interested in riding.
4. The beginners on the equestrian course will be taught……………….
A. basic horsemanship.
B. only dressage and show jumping.

C. only flat work and show jumping.
5. When is the deadline for enrolment?
A. mid-April
B. late April
C. early May
II. Listen to part of a radio programme. Decide whether the information in
each sentence is true or false.(10 pts)
1. Data mining has only just been discovered.
2. Data mining is the same as information retrieval.
3. Shops use data mining to hire more professional staff.
4. Data from crime reports was not enough to fight crime effectively.
5. Police use data mining to identify possible future crime spots.
III. You will hear a report about dolphins. Write NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS for each answer.(20 pts)
Dolphins have been known to protect swimmers from sharks by getting into a
(1) ________.
Dolphins and humans have (2) ________ of the same size.
Swimming with dolphins can help common problems like (3) ________.


Some people think dolphins are able to recognize human (4) ________.
Dolphins have been used to teach children (5) ________.
Swimming with dolphins is used (6)__________ in projects with children.
In one jaw, dolphins have as many as (7) ________.
Dolphins can maintain a fast pace in the water for (8) ________ without
stopping.
Dolphins make use of (9) _______ to find fish.
Dolphins can be caught in (10)________ or damaged by pollution.
PART B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the

sentences.(10 pts)
1. She saw ________ the deception immediately.
A. round
B. past
C. into
D. through
2. Lack of sleep over the last few months is finally ________ Jane.
A. catching up with
B. getting on with
C. coming over
D. putting on
3. Please don’t ________ it amiss if I make a few suggestions for improvement.
A. think
B. assume
C. take
D. judge
4. - "Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer?"
- "______"
A. Do you think I would?
B. I wouldn't. Thank you.
C. Yes, you're a good friend.
D. Yes, I'd love to. Thanks.
5. If I make a fool of myself in front of my friends, I’ll never ________ it down.
A. let
B. give
C. settle
D. live
6. Because of his poor health, it took him along time to ________ his bad cold.
A. throw off
B. throw away

C. throw down
D. throw over
7. He is late for every conference without ________.
A. suspicion
B. fail
C. doubt
D. delay
8. The woman’s clothes gave no ________to her origin.
A. sign
B. signal
C. clue
D. hint
9. In spite of his poor education, he was the most ________ speaker.
A. articulate
B. ambiguous
C. attentive
D. authoritarian
10. Sheila couldn’t attend the meeting as the date ________ with her holidays.
A. clashed
B. struck
C. opposed
D. occurred
11. Her refusal to join us is nothing ________ of ridiculous.
A. less
B. more
C. short
D. far
12. I don’t want lots of excuses, I just want to hear the ________ truth.
A. clear
B. pure

C. right
D. plain
13. It was with a ________ heart that she said goodbye to all her colleagues.
A. solemn
B. heavy
C. dismal
D. grim
14. When facing problems, it is important to keep a sense of ________ .
A. proportion
B. introspection C. relativity
D. comparison
15. “But son,” I told him , “you ’re my own_______.
A. heart to heart B. body and soul C. flesh and blood D. skin and bone


16. Seeing her mother shot by a terrorist left an _______impression on the
young child’s mind.
A. instant
B. indelible
C. indefinite
D. infinite
17. Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention
__________ .
A. limit
B. duration
C. span
D. time
18. “Another cup of coffee?” — “No, but thanks
__________.
A. not at all

B. for all
C. all the same
D. you for all
19. _______ are a form of carbon has been known since the late eighteenth
century.
A. Diamonds
B. Because diamonds
C. That diamonds
D. Diamonds, which
20. One of the tenets of New Criticism is that a critic need not tell readers
_____ about a story.
A. which thinking B. what to think
C. that thinking
D. to think what
II. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and
correct them. (10 pts)
Oxford is a city with such a mind-blowing reputation that many who come
here find them intimidated by the place and can’t wait to leave, while others,
taking with it like a duck to water, find themselves returning again and again.
The college lawns provide a gorgeous backdrop to seriously study, and in the
right light, on a sunny winter’s morning saying, one feels as if one is floated on
air, such is the sense of unreality. Oxford may like to pretend that it is at the
intellectual hub of things, but in many ways it is no less than a sleepy backwater
where, to mix metaphors, transitory students, the cream of their generation, wait
for the wings, allowing their talents to flourish before moving off into the
industrial or political fast-lane. Much of this is the myth, of course. Hardship
and hard work are very much part and parcel of student life. The level-headed
get through the three years’ hard grind by simple putting their shoulders to the
wheel before going on to fairly average jobs. Only for the tiny minor is Oxford
the first step on the ladder to fame and fortune.

III. Fill in each of the blanks a suitable preposition (10 pts)
1. The doctor is busy right now, but she could probably fit you ______ later.
2. It was a good idea, but I am afraid it didn’t quite come______
3. I couldn’t pin Ann ______ to a definite answer.
4. His heart attack was brought ______by too much stress at work.
5. The victims of the industrial accident should, ______ rights, be compensated
by the factory owners.
6. As nobody seems to know what to do next, may I put ______ a proposal?
7. I’m sorry to hear that Dick and Peter have fallen ______.They were such
good friends.
8. He was taken ______by her aggressive attitude.
9. His business has gone ______, and he has lost everything.
10.My husband brought me some flowers today. He must be ______ something!


IV. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets. (15 pts)
1. The government’s policy on arms is shocking. It is quite _____ (defend)
2. Despite going to German classes twice a week, I don’t feel I’m making much
_____ with the language. (head)
3. John always knows how to _______the party with his jokes. (lively)
4. The fire-prevention system is _____ by any small increase in temperature.
(active)
5. The government’s ______ approach has brought criticism. (compromise)
6. Your presence has enriched our lives________(measure).
7. She won the first prize in the contest due to her________(persuade)
8. All________ must be received before July 20th 2007. (apply)
9. The women employed in the mines were ______ young and married.
(dominance)
10. The outcome of the election is a ______ conclusion. (go)
VI. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets. (15 pts)

The Meaning of Dreams
Until the twentieth century most scientists argued that dream were nothing but a
random jumble of completely (1) COMPREHEND ……. images remaining
from the sensory accumulation of our daily lives. Since the idea that dreams
have meaning in their own way became popular, (2) PSYCHOLOGY……….
have proposed (3) COUNT ……. theories to explain the logic of dreams.
The bewildering nature of this logic reflects the primary source of the dreams
outside the tidy confines of the conscious mind. A dream can be a response to
events in the outside world, or it can (4) ORIGIN …… within, expressing
aspects of the dreamer’s deep-seated feelings; it can fulfil desires or highlight
unresolved emotions in the dreamer’s life. Not (5) EXPECT……, the
contradictions implicit in these complex processes are reflected in the syntax of
dreams. Often (6) ENIGMA……., halting and fragmentary, the language of
dreams can warp time, bringing together historical and contemporary figures. It
can mix the familiar with the (7) KNOW……., and work fantastic
transformations by its own band of magic. Scenes in dreams merge (8)
MYSTERY……. into one another, as in certain movies. People or animals may
fly or inanimate things may move (9) DEPEND…… and talk. It is out of such
complex and contrary (10) HAPPEN…… that the meanings of dreams have to
be teased.
PART C. READING
I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
space. (15 pts)
A Powerful Influence
There can be no (1)…..at all that the internet has made a huge difference to our
lives. Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the
internet, hardly (2)….. doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents
are (3)…..to find out why the internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it

can be (4)…..for their children. Should parents worry if their children are
spending that much time (5)…..their computer?
Obviously, if children are bent over their computers for hours,(6)…..in some
game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and
children could decide how much use the child should (7)…..of the internet, and
the child should give his or her (8)…..that it won’t interfere with homework. If
the child is not holding to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic
(9)…… Dealing with a child’s use of the Internet is not much different from
(10)…..any other sort of bargain about behaviour.
Any parent who is (11)…..alarmed about a child’s behavior should make an
appointment to (12)…..the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the
screen does not (13)…..affect a child’s performance at school. Even if a child is
(14)…..crazy about using the internet, he or she is probably just (15)…..through
a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

A
A
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A
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A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

doubt
always
worried
harming
staring at
supposed
do
word
rules
dealing
widely
speak
possibly
absolutely

going

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

reason
rarely
concerned
harmful
glancing at
occupied
have
promise
procedures
negotiating
heavily
discuss

necessarily
more
passing

C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C

purpose
never
curious
hurting
looking
interested
make
vow
regulations
having

seriously
talk
probably
quite
travelling

D
D
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motive
ever
hopeful
hurtful
watching
absorbed
create
claim

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arranging
broadly
debate
consequently
a lot
walking

II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with one suitable word.
(15 pts)
Endangered species
The future of African elephant depends on man. No (1)______ can human
beings and wild animals live in (2)______throughout vast areas of the continent
as was possible in days gone by, for man’s needs have increased as well as his
numbers. There are regions, such as the Congo forests and the equatorial Sudan,
(3)______ the old relationship may remain for a few more years or even
generations, but in general it has gone. Conservation, (4)______it is to be
effective, must be a positive, constructive policy, and it is (5)______ thinking to
imagine otherwise, particularly in the case of the elephant. And if this is not yet
true of the whole of Africa, it soon will be, for the increase in the human
population is almost universal. Where human beings and wild animals find (6)
______ in competition with each other, the animals will lose. Even if (7)______


appears to be enough room for both, man will not tolerate (8)______ long a
situation in which elephants and other creatures make even occasional raids on
his fields of food or economic crops. For many years (9)______ has been a
major cause of conflicting interests and (10)______ of the reasons why so many
elephants have been shot to control their numbers.
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to

each question. (15pts)
The first scientific attempt at coaxing moisture from a cloud was in 1946,
when scientist Vincent Schaefer dropped 3 pounds of dry ice from an airplane
into a cloud and, to his delight, produced snow. The success of the experiment
was modest, but it spawned optimism among farmers and ranchers around the
country. It seemed to them that science had finally triumphed over weather.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. Although there were many
cloud-seeding operations, during the late 1940s and the 1950s, no one could say
whether they had any effect on precipitation. Cloud seeding, or weather
modification as it came to be called, was dearly more complicated than had been
thought. It was not until the early 1970s that enough experiments had been done
to understand the processes involved. What these studies indicated was that only
certain types of clouds are amenable to seeding. One of the most responsive is
the winter orographic cloud, formed when air currents encounter a mountain
slope and rise. If the temperature in such a cloud is right, seeding can increase
snow yield by 10 to 20 percent.
There are two major methods of weather modification. In one method, silver
iodide is burned in propane-fired ground generators. The smoke rises into the
clouds where the tiny silver-iodide particles act as nuclei for the formation of ice
crystals. The alternate system uses airplanes to deliver dry-ice pellets. Dry ice
does not provide ice-forming nuclei. Instead, it lowers the temperature near the
water droplets in the clouds so that they freeze instantly—a process called
spontaneous nucleation. Seeding from aircraft is more efficient but also more
expensive.
About 75 percent of all weather modification in the United States takes
place in the Western states. With the population of the West growing rapidly,
few regions of the world require more water. About 85 percent of the waters in
the rivers of the West comes from melted snow. As one expert put it, the water
problems of the future may make the energy problems of the 70s seem like
child’s play to solve. That’s why the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, along with

state governments, municipal water districts, and private interests such as ski
areas and agricultural cooperatives, is putting increased effort into cloudseeding efforts. Without consistent and heavy snowfalls in the Rockies and
Sierras, the West would literally dry up. The most intensive efforts to produce
precipitation was during the West’s disastrous snow drought of 1976-77. It is
impossible to judge the efficiency of weather modification based on one crash
program, but most experts think that such hurry-up programs are not very
effective.


1. What is the main subject of the passage?
A. The scientific contributions of Vincent Schaefer
B. Developments in methods of increasing precipitation
C. The process by which snow crystals form
D. The effects of cloud seeding
2. The word spawned in line 4 is closest in meaning to
A. intensified
B. reduced
C. preceded
D. created
3. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the term
weather modification?
A. It is not as old as the term cloud seeding.
B. It has been in use since at least 1946.
C. It refers to only one type of cloud seeding.
D. It was first used by Vincent Schaefer.
4. According to the passage, winter orographic clouds are formed
A. on relatively warm winter days
B. over large bodies of water
C. during intense snow storms
D. when air currents rise over mountains

5. To which of the following does the word they in line 21 refer?
A. Water droplets
B. Clouds C. Ice-forming nuclei
D. Airplanes
6. When clouds are seeded from the ground, what actually causes ice crystals to
form?
A. Propane
B. Silver-iodide smoke
C. Dry-ice pellets
D. Nuclear radiation
7. Clouds would most likely be seeded from airplanes when
A. it is important to save money
B. the process of spontaneous nucleation cannot be employed
C. the production of precipitation must be efficient
D. temperatures are lower than usual
8. What does the author imply about the energy problems of the 1970s?
A. They were caused by a lack of water.
B. They took attention away from water problems.
C. They may not be as critical as water problems will be in the future.
D. They were thought to be minor at the time but turned out to be serious.
9. The author mentions agricultural cooperatives (line 31) as an example of
A. state government agencies
B. private interests
C. organizations that compete with ski areas for water
D. municipal water districts
10. It can be inferred from, the passage that the weather-modification project of
1976-77 was
A. put together quickly B. a complete failure
C. not necessary
D. easy to evaluate

IV. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings
below.(15pts)
List of headings
i. American water withdrawal
ii. Economic pricing
iii. What the future holds
iv. Successful measures taken by some
v. The role of research
vi. The thirsty sectors
vii. Ways of reducing waste
viii. Interdependence of natural resources
ix. The demands of development
x. The consequences for agriculture
THE WATER CRISIS
1
Per capita water usage has been on an upward trend for many years. As
countries industrialise and their citizens become more prosperous, their
individual water usage increases rapidly. Annual per capita water withdrawals in
the USA, for example, are about 1,700 cubic metres, four times the level in
China and fifty times the level in Ethiopia. In the 21st century, the world’s
limited supply of renewable fresh water is having to meet demands of both
larger total population and increased per capita consumption. The only
practicable ways to resolve this problem in the longer term economic pricing in
conjunction with conservation measures.
2
Agriculture consumes about 70% of the world’s fresh water, so improvements
in irrigation can make the greatest impact. At present, average efficiency in the
use of irrigated water in agriculture may be as low as 50%. Simple changes

could improve the rate substantially, though it is unrealistic to expect very high
levels of water-use efficiency in many developing countries, faced as they are
with a chronic lack of capital and a largely untrained rural workforce. After
agriculture, industry is the second biggest user of water and, in terms of value
added per litre used, is sixty times more productive than agriculture. However,
some industrial processes use amounts of water. For example, production of 1
kg of aluminium might require 1,500 litres of water. Paper production too is
often very water-intensive. Though new processes have greatly reduced
consumption, there is still plenty of room for big savings in industrial uses of
water.
3
In rich countries, water consumption has gradually been slowed down by price
increases and the use of modem technology and recycling. In the USA,
industrial production has risen fourfold since 1950, while water consumption
has fallen by more than a third. Japan and Germany have similarly improved
their use of water in manufacturing processes. Japanese industry, for example,


now recycles more than 75% of process water. However, industrial water
consumption is continuing to increase sharply in developing countries. With
domestic and agricultural demands also increasing, the capacity of water supply
systems is under growing strain.
4
Many experts believe that the best way to counter this trend is to impose water
charges based on the real cost of supplies. This would provide a powerful
incentive for consumers to introduce water-saving processes and recycling. Few
governments charge realistic prices for water, especially to farmers. Even in rich
California, farm get water for less than a tenth of the cost of supply. In many
developing countries there is virtually no charge for irrigation water, while
energy prices are heavily subsidised too (which means that farmers can afford to

run water pumps day and night). Water, which was once regarded as a free gift
from heaven, is becoming a commodity which must be bought and sold on the
open market just like oil. In the oil industry, the price increases which hit the
market in the 1970s, coupled with concerns that supplies were running low, led
to new energy conservation measures all over the world. It was realised that
investing in new sources was a far more costly option than improving efficiency
of use. A similar emphasis on conservation will be the best and cheapest option
for bridging the gap between water supply and demand.
5
One way to cut back on water consumption is simply to prevent leaks. It is
estimated that in some of the biggest cities of the Third World, more than half of
the water entering the system is lost through leaks in pipes, dripping taps and
broken installations. Even in the UK, losses were estimated at 25% in the early
1990s because of the failure to maintain the antiquated water supply
infrastructure. In addition, huge quantities of water are consumed because used
water from sewage pipes, storm drains and factories is merely flushed away and
discharged into rivers or the sea. The modern approach, however, is to see used
water as a resource which can be put to good use - either in irrigation or, after
careful treatment, as recycled domestic water. Israel, for instance, has spent
heavily on used water treatment.
Soon, treated, recycled water will account for most farm irrigation there. There
are other examples in cities such as St Petersburg, Florida, where all municipal
water is recycled back into domestic systems.
6
Another way of conserving water resources involves better management of the
environment generally. Interference with the ecosystem can have a severe effect
on both local rainfall patterns and water run-off. Forest clearings associated with
India’s Kabini dam project reduced local rainfall by 25%, a phenomenon
observed in various other parts of the world where large-scale deforestation has
taken place. Grass and other vegetation acts as a sponge which absorbs rainfall

both in the plants and in the ground. Removal of the vegetation means that
rainfall runs off the top of the land, accelerating erosion instead of being
gradually fed into the soil to renew ground water.


7
Global warming is bound to affect rainfall patterns, though there is considerable
disagreement about its precise effects. But it is likely that, as sea levels rise,
countries in low-lying coastal areas will be hit by seawater penetration of ground
water. Other countries will experience changes in rainfall which could have a
major impact on agricultural yield - either for better or for worse. In broad
terms, it is thought that rainfall zones will shift northwards, adding to the water
deficit in Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean - a grim prospect
indeed.
Questions 8 - 10
Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each answer.
Other ways of protecting supplies are to reduce water loss resulting from
8.______ in the supply systems and to find ways of utilising used water. Longer
term measures, such as improved environmental 9.______would protect the
ecosystem and ensure the replenishment of ground water for future generations.
Without such measures, future supplies are uncertain, especially when global
warming is expected to interfere with rainfall patterns and to worsen the 10.
______already suffered by many countries today.
PART D: WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way
that their meanings remain unchanged. (15pts)
1. It was his lack of confidence that surprised me.
What……………………………………………….
2. He got over his operation very quickly.

He made a…………………………………………
3. Everybody was honoured by the boss with the exception of one clerk.
All but……………………………………………..
4. The writer’s writing style contrasted sharply with his spoken language.
There…………………………………………………………….
5. The gun going off was the signal for everyone to panic.
As soon as…………………………………………………….
6. He deals calmly with everything. (stride)
7. Many companies were immediately affected by the new regulations. (effect)
8. Being her only niece, Mary is very precious to her. (apple)
9. I used to be familiar with every corner of this school. (hand)
10. John and she arrived in Ho Chi Minh City at the same time. (coincided)
II. Paragraph writing.(25pts)
Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are
more important than saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or
disagree with this point of view? Use specific reasons and examples to support
your answer. (150 words)


SỞ GD&ĐT BẮC NINH

KỲ THI OLYMPIC

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẮC NINH

KHU VỰC DH-ĐBBB

Tổ Ngoại ngữ

Năm học: 2014 - 2015

ĐỀ ĐỀ NGHỊ

ĐỀ THI: TIẾNG ANH, LỚP 10

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(Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút)
ĐÁP ÁN

PART A. LISTENING
I. Listen and choose the best answer (10 pts)
1. B

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. C

II. Listen to part of a radio programme. Decide whether the information in
each sentence is true or false.(10 pts)
1. F

2. F

3. F

4.T

5.T

III. You will hear a report about dolphins. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS for each answer.(20 pts)
1. circle

2. (a) brain(s)

3. stress

4.feelings

5. to read

7. 52 teeth

8. two days

9. sound waves/

10.fishing

(around them)
6. as a reward

high-pitched noises nets
PART B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the sentences. (10

pts)
1. D

2. A

3. C

4.D

5. D

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. A

10. A

11. C

12. D

13. B

14. A

15. C

16. B

17. C

18. C

19. C

20. B

II. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and correct
them . (10 pts)
Oxford is a city with such a mind-blowing reputation that many who come here
find themselves intimidated by the place and can’t wait to leave, while others,


taking to it like a duck to water, find themselves returning again and again. The
college lawns provide a gorgeous backdrop to serious study, and in the right light,
on a sunny winter’s morning say, one feels as if one is floating on air, such is the
sense of unreality. Oxford may like to pretend that it is at the intellectual hub of
things, but in many ways it is no more than a sleepy backwater where, to mix
metaphors, transitory students, the cream of their generation, wait in the wings,
allowing their talents to flourish before moving off into the industrial or political
fast-lane. Much of this is a myth, of course. Hardship and hard work are very much
part and parcel of student life. The level-headed get through the three years’ hard
grind by simply putting their shoulders to the wheel before going on to fairly
average jobs. Only for the tiny minority is Oxford the first step on the ladder to
fame and fortune.
III. Fill in each of the blanks a suitable preposition (10 pts)

1. in

2. off

3. down

4. on

6. forward

7. out

8. aback

9. under

5. by
10. after

IV. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets. (15 pts)
1. indefensible

2. headway

3. enliven

4. activated

5. uncompromising

6. immeasurably

7. persuasiveness

8. applications

9. predominantly

10. foregone

VI. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets. (15 pts)
1.

2.

3. countless

4. originate

incomprehensible psychologists
6.

enigmatic/ 7. unknown

enigmatical

5.
unexpectedly

8.

9.

10.

mysteriously

independently

happenings

PART C. READING
I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
space. (15 pts)
1. A

2. D

3. C

4.B

5. A

6. D

7. C

8. A

9. D

10. B

11. C

12. B

13. B

14. A

15. A


II. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the passage with one suitable word. (15
pts)
1. longer

2. harmony

3. where

4. if

5. wishful

6. themselves

7. there

8. for

9. this

10. one

III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to
each question. (15pts)
1. B

2. D

3. A

4. D

5. A

6. B

7. C

8. C

9. B

10. A

IV. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings

below.
1. ix

2.vi

8. leaks

3. iv

4.ii

9.management

5. vii

6.viii

7 .iii

10.water deficit

PART D: WRITING
I. Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way that
their meanings remain unchanged. (15pts)
1. What surprised me was his lack of confidence.
2. He made a very quick recovery from his operation.
3. All but one clerk were honoured by the boss.
4. There was a sharp contrast between the writer’s writing style and his spoken
language.
5. As soon as the gun went off, everyone started to panic.

6. He takes everything in his stride.
7. The new regulations had an immediate effect on many companies.
8. Being her only niece, Mary is the apple of her eye.
9. I used to know this school like the back of my hand.
10. John’s arrival in Ho Chi Minh City coincided with hers.

II. Paragraph writing
1. Organization: (5 points)
+ Three parts (topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence)
+ Topic sentence: consists of topic and controlling idea.


+ Concluding sentence: summarizes the main supporting ideas / restates the topic
sentence and gives personal opinion.
2. Content, coherence and cohesion: (12 points)
+ Supporting sentences: support directly the main idea stated in the topic sentence
and provide logical, persuasive examples.
+ Use of transition signals appropriately.
3. Language use and accuracy: (8 points)

LISTENING SCRIPTS
I. Listen and choose the best answer
P = Paddy K = Kate
P: Excuse me, I've come to enquire about your summer school courses. My
name's Paddy Deans. Please call me Paddy.
K: OK, Paddy, I'm at your disposal. Are you talking about concen-trating on one
subject or do you want to study a number of different subjects? And are we talking
about graduate studies or preparation for graduate studies? We can also give you
advice on a new career, but we're not in the field of I Management or anything like
that.

P: No, nothing like that. I was more interested in your sports programmes. You
see, I'm a PE teacher, and I've just got a new post. There's no compulsion to do
this, but I really want to improve on my teaching and coaching techniques, if yon
see what I mean. I believe you have an excellent swimming programme, for
example.
K:That’s right. Most of our instructors reached international level.Our course is
designed to enhance the technical aspects of and the strategy for each participant.
Technical stretching and dry land training, training principles development are
integral parts of the programme, so it’s for someone who has reached a good
standard of swimming. Each athlete will be videotaped and receive a DVD with
stroke analysis.
P:That sounds like just what I'm looking for. What will I need for the course?


K:Swimming trunks, towel, swim cap, flippers, goggles and a pillow and bed
linen for the week.
P:Right, I understand. Now, would there be any chance of taking equestrian events
? My new school is horse-riding mad, and to be honest I've never sat on a horse in
my life, although I like horses.
K:Well, you’ve come to the right place, Paddy, and naturally we can a horse for
you. We have a very well-respected equestrian camp, and don't worry if you're a
complete beginner - there are no end of other people in your shoes this year for
some reason.
P: What sort of things would I do?
K: Well, the beginners would start off with basic horsemanship, how to sit on a
horse, how to make it obey simple instructions. But don't worry. One of our
instructors will have a long chat with you and define realistic goals. Are you
interested in dressage, flat work or show jumping?
P: To be honest I haven't the faintest idea.
K: That’s fine. You can watch the experienced riders and try a bit of everything.

I'm sure something will grab your fancy.
P: Great. By the way, what's the enrolment deadline for all this?
K: Well, we've just extended it by a week, so it's now Mav 2nd.
P: Fine.
II. Listen to part of a radio programme. Decide whether the information in
each sentence is true or false.
What’s the connection between a lower crime rate, the price of shampoo at your local shop
and the cure for cancer? The answer is data mining. How do you know where the next
crime is most likely to be committed, which products to offer your customers or where to
search for new cures? All the answers are there at our fingertips, in the mountains of text
and data which have become accessible to all computer users. The problem now is how to
extract those precious bits of knowledge from the wealth of available information. That’s
where data mining comes in. Data mining is digging deep on the Internet for information
and statistics and trying to establish a link between them. It isn’t a new thing, but with


faster and cheaper hardware and flexible software, it is now possible to get the answers
almost instantaneously.
People often think that data mining is just an easy way to find information on the web.
They think of using keywords to search the web for relevant pages. That’s a mistake. That
process is called Information Retrieval, which is like surfing the net to pull out the
documents you are interested in and push away the others.
In contrast, data mining is a way to examine a collection of documents and discover
information not contained in any individual document. Rather, the researcher seeks
relationships between the content of multiple texts and then sets about linking this
information toptherto form a new hypothesis. One field which benefits greatly from data
mining is medical research. A large and growing database of medical journal articles exists
in digital format. Because there are so many of them, it’s unlikely that any researcher could
read, and remember, their contents.
Data mining is there to enable researchers to find possible links in published research

findings, even across disciplines.
Data mining is also an increasingly popular strategy for traders. For example, one large
department store has analysed its consumer data to ask what type of consumer is in which
part of their store and when. Finding out that professionals hit the grocery stores at
lunchtime for ready-made foods can be crucial. It helps to determine the number of staff or
the best times to replenish certain aisles.
Policing is another excellent example of how data mining can be useful. In one American
town the police department was drowning in crime even though they had a mass of data
from 911 calls and crime reports. They couldn’t connect the dots and see a pattern of
behaviour. Using sophisticated software they started overlaying crime reports with other
data, such as weather, traffic, sports events and paydays. The data was analysed and
something interesting emerged. Robberies went up on paydays near cheque cashing points
in specific neighbourhoods. Pretty soon police were on top of things and predicting where
crime was most likely to occur. Major crime rates dropped 40 per cent in just two years.
These tools are not yet perfect, but they are being developed by the major universities. And
the researchers are promising that very soon we will be able to ask questions and quickly
receive answers which have, so far, been out of our reach.


III. You will hear a report about dolphins. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS for each answer.

And for our last news item today, a special report from Diane Hassan on an animal that is
rapidly becoming known as 'man’s best friend’, the dolphin. Last week, a twenty-eightyear-old diver who went swimming in the Red Sea with a group of dolphins learnt the hard
way just how caring' these creatures can be. When the diver was suddenly attacked by a
shark, they saved him by forming a circle around him and frightening the shark away.
It’s not the first time such a rescue has happened and it’s been known for some
time that dolphins will do for humans what they do for their own kind. They are, in
fact, the only animals in the world whose brains match ours in terms of size, and
their intelligence and ability to feel emotion continue to fascinate scientists and

doctors alike. For some time now, their healing powers have been well known. A
swim with a group of dolphins, for example, is a recognised 'medical’ activity for
everyday problems such as stress. But some dolphins are playing a far more
serious medical role for us than that.
Amanda Morton, who suffered from a life-threatening illness, argued that being with
dolphins saved her life because they were able to read her feelings. 'They knew how I was
feeling,’ she was quoted as saying. And it's the idea that they actually ‘cafe’, that they are
gentle, happy creatures that want to befriend us, which has led to projects with children as
well. In one such project, dolphins are being used to help children who are slow learners
learn to read. The dolphins do things like carrying small boards on their noses. These
boards show words or pictures which the children are asked to identify. When the children
get it right, they spend more time swimming with the dolphins and touching them and they
see this as a reward. So what is it that makes contact with dolphins so powerful? They
certainly have an engaging smile ... in each jaw they have up to fifty-two teeth, but rather
than frightening us to death, it's one of the warmest greetings in the world! They're also
fantastic swimmers to watch ... the spotted dolphin has been observed reaching twenty
miles an hour and keeping this up for two days at a time. And they know they're good at it
so they show off in front of humans by diving in and out of the water and showing us just
how much fun they’re having.


They’re great communicators too. They make all kinds of fascinating high- pitched noises.
They catch fish, for example, by sending out sound waves which tell them everything they
need to know - where it is, what it is and how big it is.
The only creatures that concern dolphins, in fact, are sharks and man. We don't necessarily
harm them on purpose, but we trap them in fishing nets and we pollute the water they
swim in. Pollution, in fact, is one of the dolphin’s greatest problems. So with all the good
they do for us, isn't it time we started caring about them?

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ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH- KHỐI 10
Năm 2015
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
Đề này có 11 trang

A. LISTENING: (40 pts)
Part 1: You will hear a lecture about Crocodylus niloticus and its living habits. Choose the
correct letter A,B or C for question 1 - 5 (10 pts)
1. The student thought there were no crocodiles in Northern Africa because
A. North Africa contains very little wildlife for the crocodile to prey on.
B. she found no mention in the literature of their existence there.
C. there is very little water in North Africa
2. Crocodiles live in groups of about
A. 20.
B. 38.
C. 46.
3. African crocodiles usually live in areas with
A. hot, dry climates
B. hot, wet rainforests
C. warm, wet climates
4. Crocodiles in dry areas live in caves located
A. Underground
B. in mountainsides
C. underwater
5. What change caused changes in crocodile populations in North Africa?

A. They were driven away by a fierce predator
B. Crocodiles evolved from desert creatures to wetland creatures
C. North Africa used to be wetland but slowly turned to desert over time
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Part 2: You will hear two students talking to their professor about presentations. For question 610, choose True (T) or False (F) for each sentence (10 pts)
6. The population has declined more rapidly than the sales of both oil and cheese in New
Zealand
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7. The same situation for both products has happened in Colombia
8. “Kostig” is the most expensive brand in Italy
9. Germans love to make jokes and give the nation the name “The land of Chocolate”
10. Bruce will investigate the packaging process of cookies and the effects of the materials on
sales.
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Part 3: You will hear a session on how to choose flooring materials. For question 11 – 20, fill in
the blanks with a word, a number or a short phrase (write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for
each answer) (20 pts)
*Source:
- There are some man-made materials like (11)………………………
- Before being used, material undergoes (12)……………………
- Wood should be cut and (13)…………….....
- Stone should be cut and (14)…………………
*Selection:
- Aside from environmental factors, one should take (15)………………into account during
construction.
- Some properties of materials affect mood, such as (16)…………………, texture, and color.
- Use a mathematical formula to choose the type of wood, because (17)………………are
subjective, which are ambiguous in verbal description.
* Relectance rate:
- Polished silver = almost 1.0
- White – painted plastic = approximately (18)………………
- Quarry tile = approximately (19)……………………
- (20)……………………..= almost 0.0
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: (60 POINTS)
Part 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each
of the following questions (10 pts)
1. This medicine is ______ by many doctors world-wide.
A. introduced
B. endorsed
C. produced

D. encouraged
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2. Our leaflets are printed on ______ papers in order to be environmental friendly.
A. recycled
B. reformed
C. remade
D. reconstructed
3. Joyce enjoys reading ______ stories – those about true happenings.
A. autobiography B. unimaginative
C. fictional

D.non-fictional

4. She simply _______ attending meetings.
A. attests
B. protests

C. retests

D. detests

5. She left him as he was heavily in ______ .
A. debt
B. overdraft

C. loan

D. credit

6. He has finally ______ the difficult task.
A. achieved
B.accomplished

C. overcome

D. succeed

7. The carpet _______ was held at the hotel; everyone was keen to bid.
A. sale
B. tender
C. auction
D. exhibition
8. There are different ______ in our class.
A. tribes
B. cliques

C. circles

D. troupes

9. Are the meals and ______ included in the tour package?
A.accommodation B. stay
C. resorts

D. squatting

10. Classical music is very ______ compared to heavy metal and rock.

A. relaxing
B. confronting
C. consoling

D.soothing

11. The mental patient was sent to the _______ after he assaulted his own mother.
A. jail
B. hospital
C. camp
D.asylum
12. The teacher gave me some ______ advice on which college to enrol.
A. nonsensical
B. sound
C. loud
D. preposterous
13. I seem to be ______ in energy this morning.
A. bereft
B. short
C. lack

D. low

14. I have told her that I am not going to go ahead with my plans ______ she may think.
A. whether
B.whatever
C. however
D. despite
15. The best way of writing a composition in a foreign language is to try and write ______
thinking in your own language.

A. unless
B.except
C. without
D. apart from
16. Recent EC legislation is aimed at removing trade ______ between member states.
A. barriers
B. walls
C. boundaries
D. fences
17. The tabloid newspapers, which are engaged in a ______ war, are all trying to print the most
sensational stories to improve sales.
A. press
B. paper
C. trading
D. circulation
18. However good Schoenberg ______ have been, I still find his modern music very difficult to
appreciate.
A. could
B. may
C. should
D. would
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19. There are very few artists who have ______ much material success in their own lifetimes.
A. enjoyed
B. disposed
C. possessed
D. realized
20. No _______ how hard he tries, he always seems to make the same grammartical mistakes.

A. importance
B. effect
C. matter
D. question
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Part 2: There are 10 errors in the passage below. Find and correct them. Write the errors and
corrections in the box the follow the passage. (10 pts)
The best way to learn English is to come to class regular and do your homework. If you miss
several days of classes, for any reason, you cannot keep up with the other students. The Language
and Culture Centre is a seriously academic program in intensive English and wants all of its
students to success. Therefore, students are expected to attend all classes regularly, do all
classroom assign, meet all class requirements, and make academic progresses. Students who do not
meet these standards may be placed on probation. Students placed on academic probation with
meet their teacher(s) and with either or both the Associate Director and Foreign Student Advice.
Students will be informed in writing of the terms and length of their probation.
Students who have 30 hours of absences are in danger of being placed on academic
probation. Students fail to meet the terms of their probation will be terminated from the LCC for
the remaining of the semester. This will also likely result in loss of student status with the US
Immigration and National Service.
Mistakes

Corrections

Mistakes

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Corrections

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Part 3: Put in suitable prepositions and adverb particles. (10 pts)

1. After four weeks of working in a school, he realized he wasn’t cut out _____ teaching. He
didn’t have enough patience.
2. The Chairman called _____ Mr. Smith to second the motion.
3. Stop wasting time! Get to my office _____ the double.
4. Now that Mary’s forty, she thinks she’s _____ the hill.
5. The children worked _____ a will to finish the project on time.
6. I memorized the speech, word _____ word.
7. The boss was really hot _____ the collar when you told him you lost the contract.
8. I have to study day and night to keep _____ top.
9. I’m afraid you’re base when you state that this problem will take care _____ itself.
10. You can do anything you want _____ reason.
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Part 4: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given in parentheses.
(15 pts)
1. A mother has to be a nurse, house keeper, shopper, cook, teacher, etc… She plays a
__________ role. (LATERAL)
2. A witness can legally refuse to give evidence to avoid ___________ (CRIME).
3. To avoid _________ on the journey we’d better pack these glasses in either cotton wool of
soft paper. (BREAK)
4. She has a _________ attitude towards life. (CARE)
5. The illegal payments were discovered by a journalist working _________(COVER).
6. Does she have any _________ experience? (MANAGE)
7. These policies could cause severe economic and social _________ (LOCATE)
8. We can’t make a decision based on __________ and guesswork. (HEAR)
9. He was in a job where he felt __________ and undervalued. (APPRECIATE)
10. The document provided a _________ for a lot of useful discussion. (BOARD)
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Part 5: Complete the passage with the correct form of the words given in parentheses (15pts)
Global warming could cause (1. DRY)_______ and possibly famine in China, the source of
much of Hong Kong’s food, by 2050, a new report predicts. Hong Kong could also be at risk from
flooding as sea level rose. The report recommends building sea-walls around (2. LOW) _______
areas such as the new port and airport (3. RECLAIM) _______. Published by the World Wide
Fund for Nature (WWF), the report, which includes work by members of the Chinese Academy of
(4.METEOR) _______ Sciences, uses the most recent projections on climate change to point to a
(5.GLOOM) _______ outlook for China.
By 2050 about 30 to 40 percent of the country will experience changes in the type of
(6.VEGETABLE) _______ it supports, with tropical and subtropical forest conditions shifting
northward and hot desert conditions rising in the west where currently the desert is (7.
TEMPERATURE) _______. Crop - growing areas will expand but any benefit is expected to be
negated by increased evaporation of (8.MOIST) _______, making it too dry to grow crops such as
rice. The (9. GROWTH) _______season also is expected to alter, becoming shorter in southern and
central China, the mainland’s (10.BREAD) _______ . The rapid changes make it unlikely that
plants could adapt.
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C. READING COMPREHENSION: (60 POINTS)
Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
(15 pts)
MUSIC IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Outdoor entertainment has a long history in countries with a warm climate. In ancient
Greece, for example, plays were (1) _______ in large open arenas. Today, audiences enjoy
concerts of classical, opera, pop and rock music in outdoor (2) _______ . These are usually less
formal and restrictive for the listeners than a stuffy concert hall, and a warm, starry night (3)
_______ a unique atmosphere.
Music heard inside a building is (4) _______ to different acoustics. Sound vibrations are (5)
_______ from a musical instrument or voice to the eardrum and the building's structure can (6)
_______ these vibrations, which we then experience as an echo. Obstructions such as pillars can
(7) _______ vibrations, and hard surfaces resonate or vibrate, (8) _______ the sound, while carpets
and curtains may (9) _________ and deaden voices and music.
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The music at open-air concerts, on the other hand, must often compete with the noise of
traffic, bird song or wind and thunder. A strong wind can carry the sound away and a sudden
summer storm can drown out the music altogether. In addition, if there is any risk of rain, all
instruments and sound equipment must be housed under (10) _______ to avoid the danger of
electrocution. Once these problems are overcome, outdoor concerts allow people the opportunity to
enjoy a wide range of live music in the fresh air.
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A.performed
A. localities
A. builds
A.liable
A. transmitted
A. reflect
A. harm
A. twisting
A. absorb
A. enclosure

B.sergeant

B. circumstances
B. forms
B. subject
B.played
B. exhibit
B. halt
B. bending
B. attract
B. shade

C. executed
C. surroundings
C. composes
C.related
C.directed
C. produce
C. impede
C. distorting
C. withdraw
B. wrapper

D. held
D. backgrounds
D.creates
D. adapted
D.broadcast
D. register
D. prevent
D. adjusting
D. detain

D. cover

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Part 2: Complete the passage with one suitable word for each gap (15 pts)
Are you frowning as you read this? Habitual frowners may not even be aware that their
foreheads are creased, and will need to touch their brows to (1) _______ out. A permanent frown is
forbidding and unattractive, yet it is veryeasy to get into the (2) _______ of frowning. You can stop
yourself by placing your hand on your forehead to check whether your brow is smooth when you
happen to be reading or watching television. In this way, you can begin to unlearn a negative piece
of body language – and if you suffer from headaches, you should find yourself suffering from them
much (3) _______.

Smiling at yourself may make you feel a (4) _______ self-conscious – but it works! Next
time you are (5) _______ the weather, physically or emotionally, you can test for (6) ______ the
therapeutic powers of smiling. Each (7) _______ the expression fades from your face, try again and
again until you begin to notice an improvement in yourself. In a large number of cases, this
simpletechnique will produce noticeable benefits (8) ______ a short space of time – and it’s free.
As well as cheering yourself up, smiling at someone else can help (9) ______ of you to feel
better, for a smile tends to call forth an answering smile. One of the reasons why we are attracted to
smiling faces is because they can affect our autonomic nervous system. Facial expressions and
moods are catching, since we are not simply registering that someone is cheerful or cross – we are
experiencing the same emotion. If you are always surrounded by miserable people with long faces,
you are more than (10) _______ to suffer depressive feeling yourself eventually.
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