ĐỂ THI LỚP 10 CHUYÊN-NÊN XEM(2)

Full name:……………………….
School:…………………………..
Class:……………………………
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SELECTION ENGLISH TEST 3
Time allowed: 90 minutes
Total: 120 points
A. PHONETICS
Question I: In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second
syllable is stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed (2 points)
1/ A. person B. enough C. picture D. people
2/ A. poem B. father C. lucky D. designer
3/ A. modern B. novel C. musician D. lovely
4/ A. addition B. special C. curly D. frequent
5/. A. public B. occasion C. player D. problem
Question II: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. Tamil B. baggy C. casual D. article
2. A. cupboards B. cigarettes C. maps D. ghosts
3. A. great B. bread C. break D. steak
4. A. dropped B. looked C. laughed D. raised
5. A .cook B. flood C. book D. woman
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.(20 p)
1. His parents never allowed him .........
a. any smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. some smoke
2. I hope he doesn’t keep us ..............
A. to wait B. waiting C. for waiting D. wait
3. The boy .............next to me is very good at English.
A. is sitting B. sitting C. sits D. sat
4. ............are easy to dissolve.

A. Plastic bags B. Banana leaves C. Glass bottles D. Tins and cans
5. Does the grass need ...................................?
A. be cut B. cut C. cutting D. to cut
6. You ‘d better .......................... harder.
A. working B. worked C. to work D. work
7. The boy forgot __________________the newspaper for his father on his way home.
A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought
8. When I questioned him, he finally _________________stealing my pen.
A. admitted B. accused C. accepted D. confessed
9. No one in our class ____________________his opinion.
A. agree to B. agree with C. agrees to D. agrees with
10. The boy came __________________a cold walking in the rain for too long.
A. up against B. up with C. down with D. along with
11. The sky is getting dark. It____ rain is on its way.
A. looks B. looks like C. seems to D. will be
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11. The sky is getting dark. It____ rain is on its way.
A. looks B. looks like C. seems to D. will be
12. The house is …….at the corner of a busy street.
A. situated B. placed C. stood D. put
13.I have never……..any experience of living in the countryside.
A. had B. wished C. done D. made
14. How did you get to Hawaii? - We …………………… a plane.
A. made B. took C. did D. fly
15. I don't like the wine. It _________ so sweet.
A. takes B. looks C. sounds D. feels
Part 2: Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
1. Are you going to spend your weekend in the countryside?
A. Do you consider to spend your weekend in the countryside?

B. How about to spend your weekend in the countryside?
C. Will you spending your weekend in the countryside?
D. Have you planed on spending your weekend in the countryside?
2. Shall we take a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi An town?
A. What about take a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi an town?
B. What about taking a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi an town?
C. What about taking a trip to Da Nang and visiting Hoi an town?
D. What about we take a trip to Da Nang and visit Hoi an town?
3. It is cheaper to go by train than by air.
A. going by air is cheaper than going by train.
B. going by air is as cheap as going by train.
C. going by train is cheaper than going by air.
D. going by train is not cheap.
4. Do you consider staying at home & playing cards tonight?
A. Let's staying at home & playing cards tonight.
B. Let's stay at home & play cards tonight.
C. Let's stay at home & playing cards tonight.
D. Let's staying at home & play cards tonight.
5. People say that playing football is the most interesting
A. The most important thing is playing football.
B. Playing football is said to be the most interesting.
C. It was said that playing football is the most interesting.
D. It is said that playing football was the most interesting
Part 3:(10 pts) Complete the sentences by giving the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. She sent her best wishes for my future………………….. HAPPY
2. It’s one of the most …………………..films I’ve ever seen. ENJOY
3. We should use paper as ………………………… as we can. ECONOMY
4. The old theater of our city is being enlarged and ………………… MODERN
5. The discussion made a deep ………………… upon the pupils. IMPRESS
6. Our house is ………………..by several burglar alarms. PROTECTION

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7. Television is one of the cheapest forms of ……………………… ENTERTAIN
8. I had a marvelous holidays and our trip in Nha Trang was.................................... FORGET
9. She is always ……………………… and polite in front of the elders. BEHAVE
10. Our teacher is a ………………... It seems as if he is always ready HOT
to shout.
11. Drinking will ……....…………. your ability to perform well on the stage. BAD
12. If you break law, you can be ………......………….. PRISONER
13. Don't …misunderstand............................me. I really want to come to your party but I can't .
UNDERSTAND
14. This knife is ……............…... It doesn’t cut at all. USE
15. I’ve been told some....................................news. SURPRISE
C. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1: Choose the world (a, b, c or d) that the best fits each of the blank spaces.(10 p)
Society has changed in many ways (1)...................the introduction of computers, and
people’s lives at home and at the office have been (2).................... Most people are working for
fewer hours per week than they (3)..................., and manufacturers and advertising agencies are
becoming much more interested in how people spend this extra leisure time. One recent report stated
that, (4)...................the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby had become much more
specialized.
A second finding is that (5)..................., many managers would (6)...................spend time
with their families than (7)...................late in the office every day. Home life is seen
(8)...................as important as working. Some companies now (9)...................managers take their
annual holidays (10)...................they don’t want to, because this leads to quite an improvement
(11)...................their performance if they have some rest.
(12).......................these changes, some people are working harder than (13)....................
The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is making it harder to get into
university than it was 20 years (14).................... Schoolchildren and students are now having to work
(15)...................hard that in many cases they work longer hours than their parents.
1. A. since B. by C. because D. for

2. A. damaged B. changed C. transferred D. affected
3. A. did B. had to C. used to D. want to
4. A. since B. if C. although D. because
5. A. nowadays B. lastly C. recently D. lately
6. A. like B. rather C. better D. prefer
7. A. to stay B. to live C. live D. stay
8. A. be B. being C. to be D. been
9. A. make B. ask C. advise D. force
10. A. unless B. however C. even if D. as
11. A. on B. for C. in D. to
12. A. In addition to B. Instead of C. In spite of D. In place of
13. A. ever before B. lately C. ever since D. never before
14. A. early B. ago C. from now D. ahead
15. A. very B. too C. as D. so
Part 2: Read the text carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word.(15 p)
The need for money (1)………... from the fact that different people in society produce
different things. This (2)……………that people (3)……...on each other for goods
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and (4)…………….Let us take the (5)……………of a farmer who produces more food than he
requires and a carpenter who earns a (6)…………..by selling the tables and chairs that he has made.
It will be obvious that (7)……………some means of exchange is found, the farmer will not be able
to get (8)………..of his surplus food and the carpenter, having nothing to eat, will (9)………..to
death! Clearly, the possible means of exchange for them to use will be barter – in other (10)
…………to exchange a certain amount of one kind of goods ((11)………..say flour) for a certain
amount of another (tables or chairs, in this case).
Obviously, barter can (12)…………only in a very simple society. In an (13)……………
society one cannot go around carrying things in the (14)………that he can exchange them for the
right things he needs.
So, we need something that will stand for the goods and services that we want to exchange.
That (15)………….for the origin of money.

D. WRITING
Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the same as the first
1. My father bought this clock 30 years ago.
This clock………………………….............……….
2. I’ve never met a more beautiful women than hers.
She is ………………………….......…………….
3. Do we have to write all the questions ?
Need…………………………...................………?
4. I can't cook as well as my mother does.
My mother …………………………….............………….
5. Does your brother use the Internet every day?
Your brother …………………………………?
6. Mary was too excited to sleep.
Mary was so ………………………...................…
7. He regrets telling her the truth.
He wishes...............................................................
8. Her voice is so beautiful that everyone admires it.
She ........................................................................
9. How long is it since they bought the house ?
When..........................................................................?.
10. It would be difficult for me to finish the work by the weekend.
I would have…………………………………………………..

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SELECTION ENGLISH TEXT 3
ANSWER KEYS
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A. PHONETICS
Part 1 : In three of these words the first syllable is stressed. In the fourth the second syllable
is stressed. Find the word in which the second syllable is stressed (2 points)

1 2 3 4 5
B D C A B
Part 2: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in
each group. (5 pts)
1 2 3 4 5
D A B D B
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.(20 p)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
C B B A C D B A D C B A A B A
Part 2: Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
1 2 3 4 5
D C C B B
Part 3:(10 pts) Complete the sentences by giving the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. happiness 2. enjoyable 3. Economically
4. modernized 5. impression 6. protected
7. entertainment 8. UNFORGETTABLE 9. well-behaved
10. hot-tempered 11. worsen 12. imprisoned
13. misunderstand 14. useless 15. surprising
C. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1: Read the text carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word.(15 p)
1. comes 2. means 3. depend
4. food 5. example 6. living
7. unless 8. rid 9. starve
10. words 11. let’s 12. work
13. advanced 14. hope 15. accounts
Part 2: Choose the world (a, b, c or d) that the best fits each of the blank spaces.(10 p)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A D C B A B D C A C C C A B D
D. WRITING

Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the same as the first
1. This clock was bought by my grandfather 30 years ago.
2. She is the most beautiful women I’ve ever met.