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Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 THPT chuyên lam sơn
Thanh hoá Năm học 2004-2005
Đề chính thức Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề.)
Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. It (be) my birthday tomorrow.
2. I (not play) football since I (break) my leg.
3. I (telephone) Bill as soon as I (get) home this evening.
4. It was eleven oclock and we .. (just go) to bed when the telephone ..(ring).
5. I.(think) your fathers health..(improve) so much since I.(see) him last.
Question 2: Fill each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital
letters
1. ACT
a. We must take . before things get worse.
b. Dont worry about the volcano. Its been for years.
c. She said she wanted to be a television . .
2. BASE
a. My grandfather only had a very .. education.
b. The organization is run on a voluntary ..
3. CONTINUE
a. His latest book is a .. of his previous one.
b. The train service was . because it wasnt used by many people.
c. Peter couldnt get much work done as he was being interrupted by people
telephoning him.
4. Compare
a. Im just a beginner in .. with her.
b. What happened two years ago is not really . in the situation now.
Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable
preposition.
1. There has been a university in Oxford .. more than eight hundred years.
2. They have been married 2001.

3. From 1992 last year we had a flat in the center of town.
4. Can you wait for a few minutes ... Im ready ?
5. I havent spoken to Bill ... we were at school.
Question 4
:
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only
ONE word in each space.
A good memory is a great (1) in learning a language. Everybody learns his
own language by .2. what he hears when he is a small child, and some
children like boys and girls who live 3 with their 4. seem to learn
.5. languages almost as easily as ..6 . In school, its not so
.7 to learn a second language because the pupils have so little 8 for it,
and they are busy 9.. other 10 as well.
The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our
mind with something ……12…… we know already, or which we easily remember
because we have a picture of it in our ……13…… . That is why it is ……14…….. to
learn words in sentences, not by ……15…… , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word
means when we first use it…
Question 5:
a- Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
1- Each birthday is an occasion for various members of the family and friends …..
(together / to gather / to show )
2- The essay …( reminds/ remembers / makes ) him of his family members and friends.
3- … (Rush-hours / Traffic-lights / Traffic-jams) usually happen in the busiest areas of
the city.
4- We heard the birds … (sang / singing / to sing ) a beautiful song.
5- He tries to avoid … (took / take / taking ) his lesson.
b- Correct the mistake in the following sentences.
1. Here she comes the new employee.
2. She isn’t thought she is a nine year old girl.

3. Can you remember when did he left ?
4. We bought a new furniture for the living-room.
5. We saw several kinds birds at the wildlife preserve.
Question 6:
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. Nobody has heard of John since he went to live in America.
John ………………………………………………………..
2. It was dark when we arrived because the journey took a very long time.
……… so ……… that ………..
3. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol.
Carol congratulated ……………………………………………….
4. He felt ill to get up.
He did not …………………………………..
5. I was sitting next to a boy in the exam. He told me the answers.
The boy I ……………………………………………………….
6. The days get colder and colder.
Each day …………………………
7. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t.
Learning to drive is ………………………………………….
8. If I take the job I’ll have to move to London.
Taking the job will ………………………………………………
9. A week ago today we were in China.
This …………………………………..
10. Mary hasn’t finished her work yet.
Mary is ……………………………….
Hä vµ tªn thÝ sinh: ………………………………….. Sè b¸o danh: ................
Ch÷ ký cña gi¸m thÞ: 1........................................ 2..........................................
Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo đáp án - hdc đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10
THPT lam sơn

Thanh hoá Năm học 2004-2005

Môn: Tiếng Anh ( Đề chính thức )
A- Đáp án
Question 1: ( 10 points )
1. is
2. have not played / broke
3. will telephone / get
4. had just gone / rang
5. think / has improved / saw
Question 2
:
( 10 points )
1. a- action b. inactive c. actress
2. a. basic b. basis
3. a. continuation b. discontinued c. continually
4. a. comparison b. comparable
Question 3: ( 5 points )
1. for
2. since
3. until
4. until
5. since
Question 4
:
( 15 points )
1. help 6. one 11. way
2. remembering 7. easy 12. which
3. abroad 8. time 13. mind
4. parents 9. with 14. better

5. two 10. subjects 15. themselves
Question 5
:
( 10 points )
a. 1- to gather
2- reminds
3- traffic-jams
4- singing
5- taking
b. 1- Here she comes Here comes (without she)
2- She isnt thought she is She isnt thought to be
3- when did he left ? when he left ? (without did )
4- We bought a new We bought new (without a)
5- We saw several kinds birds We saw several kinds of birds
Question 6:

( 10 points )
1. John has not been heard of since he went to live in America.
2. The journey took so long that it was dark when we arrived.
3. Carol congratulated Ron on passing his driving test.
4. He did not feel well enough to get up.
5. The boy I was sitting next to in the exam told me the answers.
6. Each day it gets colder.
7. Learning to drive is not as difficult as I thought it would be.
8. Taking the job will mean moving to London.
9. This time last week we were in China.
10. Mary is still working.

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Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 THPT chuyên lam sơn
Thanh hoá Năm học 2005-2006
Đề d bị Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề.)
Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. A lot of people (kill) by aids recently, and I wish nobody (die) any more.
2. He kept (ring) up and (ask) for an explanation and she didnt know what (do) about
him.
3. + You look exhausted.
+ Yes, I (play) tennis, and I (not play) for many years so Im not used to it.
4. since his wife (die) he (take) to (smoke) a lot.
Question 2: Fill each blank with the correct form of the word in brackets.
Camping is the 1(idea) kind of holiday for many young people. What could
be nicer ? Just imagine spending 2(end) day under the sun, by the sea or under the
mountains without any 3(responsible). All you need to do is to find a 4(suit) site
and pitch the tent. Those who like to be 5(adventure) can go hiking in the
mountains. Others looking for a 6(please) and relaxing holiday, will find it by the
sea.
Camping is also an 7(economy) alternative to hotels and 8(expense)
restaurants. In addition, cooking can be fun on the .........9........(tradition) camp - fire.
Its not so surprising then, that camping is gaining in 10(popular).
Question 3:
a- Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
1- Each birthday is an occasion for various members of the family and friends ..
(together / to gather / to show )
2- The essay ( reminds/ remembers / makes ) him of his family members and friends.

3- (Rush-hours / Traffic-lights / Traffic-jams) usually happen in the busiest areas of
the city.
4- We heard the birds (sang / singing / to sing) a beautiful song.
5- He tries to avoid (took / take / taking) his lesson.
b- Correct the mistake in the following sentences.
1- Here she comes the new employee.
2- She isnt thought she is a nine year old girl.
3- Can you remember when did he left ?
4- We bought a new furniture for the living-room.
5- We saw several kinds birds at the wildlife preserve.
Question 4
:
Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only
ONE word in each space.
Television is one of mans most important 1 of communication. It brings
2 and sounds from the 3 into millions of homes. A person with a TV set can sit in
his house and 4 the President 5 a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see
a war being fought and watch statement try to bring about peace 6 TV, home
viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands.