Đề thi chuyên Quảng Nam 2009- Gốc

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
QUẢNG NAM
KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN
Năm học 2009 - 2010
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

PHẦN GHI ĐIỂM DÀNH CHO GIÁM KHẢO
Số câu đúng Điểm từng phần
SECTION ONE
Q.1: 16 câu x 0.125đ
Q.2: 8 câu x 0.125đ
Q.3: 8 câu x 0.125đ
SECTION TWO
Q.1: 8 câu x 0.125đ
Q.2: 8 câu x 0.25đ
SECTION THREE
Q.1: 6 câu x 0.25đ
Q.2: 6 câu x 0.25đ

Tổng
điểm:
Điểm ghi bằng chữ: ...............................................................................................................
Chữ ký giám khảo 1: .................................. Chữ ký giám khảo 2: .......................................
Đề thi gồm 05 trang, được đánh số từ 1-5. Thí sinh kiểm tra cẩn thận số trang trước khi làm bài.
............................................Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi này...............................................
SECTION ONE: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (4.0 PTS).
Question 1. Circle the best option A, B, C or D to finish each of the following
sentences. (2.0 pts):
1. The river divides the city __________ two parts.
A. with B. between C. by D. into

2. When I was younger, I __________ to smoke or drink.
A. wasn’t used B. didn’t used C. never used D. not used
3. “Would you mind turning the fan on?” - “__________.”
A. Yes, please B. No, thank you C. Not at all D. No, I’m not
4. __________ he gets to the airport, he’ll check in his luggage.
A. Wherever B. However C. Although D. As soon as
5. I’d like to __________ a three minute call to London.
A. make B. phone C. set D. do
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6. Your mother never let you cook the meals, __________?
A. didn't she B. did she C. doesn't sheD. does she
7. I wondered __________ the right thing.
A. whether I was doing B. whether I am doing
C. whether was I doing D. if I am doing
8. He has been in hospital ___________last Tuesday.
A. for B. when C. from D. since
9. The test is taking place ___________a week’s time.
A. in B. at C. for D. on
10. Look! That car is __________! Somebody is calling the fire brigade.
A. in fire B. into flame C. on flame D. on fire
11. The fence wasn’t high enough __________ the dog in the garden.
A. was kept B. to keep C. will keep D. in keeping
12. The Japanese car was slightly more expensive but the quality was ___________
better.
A. as B. more C. far D. quite
13. Paolo has recently joined a health club in order to __________ fit.
A. keep B. maintain C. retain D. continue

14. You can borrow this car if you promise to __________ it carefully.
A. look into B. take care about C. look after D. care with
15. After arriving home, they usually __________ their uniforms.
A. take out B. put out C. go off D. take off
16. Her parents made her study very hard for the exam. This means ___________.
A. She was made study very hard for the exam by her parents
B. She was made to study very hard for the exam by her parents
C. Her study was made very hard by her parents for the exam
D. Her study very hard for the exam was made by her parents
Question 2. Match the first part in column A with the second one in column B to
make the conversations. 0 has been done as an example (1.0 pt):
A B
0. How about going to the cinema?
1. You are looking good today!
2. I’ve eaten three plates of chips!
3. He’s a very good chess player.
4. Oh dear, have you lost your pen?
5. I haven’t done my homework
yet.
6. That car nearly knocked me
down.
7. Has Hazel broken her leg?
8. It wasn’t a good idea to argue
with Paul.
a. I know. He could play when he was five years
old.
b. You should have finished it by now.
c. Well, I thought he was wrong.
d. That’s a good idea.
e. You should be more careful when you cross

the road.
f. Oh, thanks, Bill. You are sweet.
g. Actually, I found it last night.
h. You oughtn’t to eat so much!
i. Yes, the doctor said she mustn’t walk on it for
two weeks.
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0- d 1-___; 2-___; 3-___; 4-___;
5-___; 6-___; 7-___; 8-___
Question 3. Complete each of the following sentences with the correct form of the
words in brackets. 0 has been done as an example. (1.0 pt):
0. Hanh is a really friendly girl. (FRIEND)
1. The film has been giving __________ to many generations of children. (ENJOY)
2. In the summer, Hoi An gets rather _____________ because many visitors visit the
city. (CROWD)
3. The Cotswolds is an area of great _____________ in England. (BEAUTIFULLY)
4. The letter was _____________ yesterday but I haven’t received it yet. (SEND)
5. In Britain, women couldn’t study _______________ at universities until the 19
th

century. (MEDICAL)
6. The president made a _______________ on New Year’s Day. (SPEAK)
7. If you talk so _____________ in English, I can’t understand you. (FAST)
8. It’s easy to make the mistake of using the equipment ______________.
(CORRECT)
SECTION TWO: READING (3.0 PTS).
Question 1. Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE or TWO words only. 0
has been done as an example .(1.0 pt):
Sue Hamilton is a very ambitious girl. In two years’ (0) time she will have
completed her degree. Then she plans to go to the USA (1)__________ she can earn

lots of money. Her dream is to set up her (2)__________ business selling the jewellery
she designs. She says that she expects to (3)__________ her fortune before she is
thirty so she can retire. However, in case things don’t work out, she is considering
(4)__________ a partner in her brother’s firm. She has worked (5)__________ him
during her vacations and she says she (6) __________ mind doing that again. Her
brother is a very successful accountant and is always trying to tempt her into working
with him. Sue thinks she (7) __________ give it a go. Otherwise she will just wait and
see (8) __________ comes along.
Question 2. Fill in the blanks numbered 1-8 with the words and expressions given
in the box. Two of them aren’t used. 0 has been done as an example (2.0 pts):

A. They are older than me
B. I’m very noisy
C. But when my husband retired
D. There aren’t many people on the roads
E. We were married after a year and a half
F. Here, we have neighbors
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G. I don’t like English people
H. I live in a village now
I. But my husband enjoys being at home
J. I always stay at home
K. I’m becoming more like the English
I met my husband in Singapore at a party. (0) E , and lived there for about
two and a half years. (1)_____ about 18 months ago, we came back to England.
It’s difficult here. I feel I am living in the 1940s, not the 1990s. (2)_____, so it
is entirely different from Singapore. It’s too quiet. I am used to the noise. In
Singapore, we live in an apartment in a big block. (3)_____ but we hardly ever see
them.
The friends I have here are mainly from the tennis club. (4)_____ and they all

have children. Usually we only meet for tennis. They hardly ever even go out with
each other. People only seem to go out with their families, if at all. (5)_____ after six
o’clock. It’s very strange.
Maybe in London it might be different: I could go to the disco every night.
(6)_____. I’ve hardly socialized at all.
I’m very different to my husband. For a start, (7)_____ but he is very quiet.
Sometimes he tells me to be quiet or I’ll disturb the neighbors. When my sister was
here, I started telling her, ‘Shhh, you’ll disturb the neighbors.’ Perhaps (8)_____. I
hope not.
Before I left, my father said: ‘Nothing is better than Singapore.’
SECTION THREE: WRITING (3.0 PTS).
Question 1. Use the word given in bold in brackets to finish the second sentence so
that it has the similar meaning to the first one. Don’t change the forms of the given
words. 0 has been done as an example. (1.5 pts):
0. “Do you know how to get to the town center?” she asked me. (way)
She asked me If I knew the way to the town centre.
1. This room is too small for two people to live. (enough)
This _________________________________________________ .
2. “Where have I left my keys, Dung?”, asked Nam. (where)
Nam _________________________________________________.
3. Languages are my best subject at school. (better)
I am _________________________________________________.
4. If you don’t take good care of those shoes, they won’t last for long. (look)
Unless _________________________________, they won’t last for long.
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5. I was taught Italian by a very good teacher. (who)
The __________________________________________________________.
6. As a school boy, he often played football in the school team. (to)
He ___________________________________________________________.
Question 2. Make any changes and additions when necessary to build the sentences

from the following sets of words and phrases. 0 has been done as an example (1.5
pts):
0. I/ use/ live/ this house/ when/ young.
I used to live in this house when I was young.
1. It/ necessary/ students/ wear uniforms/ they/ school/.
__________________________________________________________________
2. About five million/ bottle/ champagne/ produced/ France/ next year/.
__________________________________________________________________
3. I/ now/ tired/ since/I /stay/ late/ do/ homework/.
__________________________________________________________________
4. That/ one/ most/ interesting/ books/I/ read/.
__________________________________________________________________
5. Know/ how/ use/ computer/ very important nowadays/.
__________________________________________________________________
6. He/ show/ photograph/ hotel/ stay/ holiday/.
__________________________________________________________________
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