DE THI VAO LOP 10 CHUYEN ANH 1

ĐỀ THI VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN ANH
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I. Choose the word whose bold part is
pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. booksB. slidesC. proofs D. months
2. A. jagged
B. beloved C. rugged D. needed
3. A. smooth
B. toothC. threat D. breath
4. A. hopper
B. rhythm C. SarahD. Langhorne
5. A. compromise B. minus C. Christmas D.
Christ


II. Choose the word whose stress is different from
the others.
6. A. alone B. attach C. birthmark D. regret
7. A. preserveB. pollute C. peptic D. involve
8. A. intensityB. intimacyC. investigate D.
alternative
9. A. apprehension B. apprenticeship C.
contaminate D. conventional
10. A. attendance B. apparent C. cosmetic D.
delicate

III. Read the following passage, then choose the
correct answer to questions.
Of the six outer planets, Mars, commonly called
the Red Planet, is the closest to the earth. Mars,
4,200 miles in diameter and 55% of the size of
the earth, is 34,600,000 miles from the earth,
and 141,000,000 miles from the sun. It takes this
planet, along with its two moons, Phobos and
Deimos, 1,88 years to circle the sun, compared
to 365 days for the earth.


For many years, Mars had been through thought
of as the planet with the man-made canals,
supposedly discovered by an Italian astronomer,
Schiaparelli, in 1877. With the United States
spacecraft Viking I’s landing on Mars in 1976, the
man-made canal theory was proven to be only a
myth.
Viking I, after landing on the soil of Mars,
performed many scientific experiments and took
numerous pictures.


The pictures showed that the red color of the
planet is due to the reddish, rocky Martian soil. No
biological life was found, though it had been
speculated by many scientists. The Viking also
monitored many weather changes including violent
dust storms. Some water vapor, polar ice and

permafrost (frost below the surface) were found,
indicating that at one time there were significant
quantities of water on this distant planet. Evidence
collected by the spacecraft shows some present
volcanic action, though the volcanoes are believed
to be dormant, if not extinct.


11. The passage mainly tells us about_____
A. The earth
B. Mars C. Viking I
D. The
solar system
12. Which of the following is not true?
A. Mars has two moons.
B. It takes longer for Mars to circle the sun
than it takes the earth.
C. Martian soil is rocky.
D. Mars is larger than the earth.


13. In the passage it is implied that _________.
A. the earth rotates faster than Mars does
B. the earth rotates more slowly than Mars does
C. the earth rotates as fast as Mars does
D. the earth rotates as slowly as Mars does
14. The Viking I exploration accomplished all of the
following except
A. performing scientific experiments
B. collecting information showing volcanic action

C. monitoring weather conditions
D. discovering large quantities of polar ice and
permafrost


15. What does the Red Planet mean?
A. The sun B. The earth C. The moon
Mars

D.


IV. Read the following passage. Write T for the sentence
which has the same idea of the reading, F for the wrong,
and NI for the one that is not mentioned in the reading at
all.
Why did English become the international language? In the
middle of the nineteenth century, French was the
international language. Then Britain became very powerful
in the world. England started colonies in North America and
India in the seventeenth century. By 1900 England also had
colonies in other parts of Asia, Africa, and South Pacific. The
people in the colonies had to use English. Slowly, it became
more important than French internationally. After the
Second World War, the United States became very
powerful, and even more people began to learn English.


16.___ English has been the only international
language since the nineteenth century.

17.___ England started a colony in India in the
17th century.
18.___ People were forced to use their native
languages in the colonies.
19.___ The U.S became very strong after World
War II.
20.___ French gradually became more popular
than English.


V. Fill in the blank with ONE correct word.
People all over the world (21) _______ rice.
Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South
America eat (22) _______every day of their
lives. Some people eat almost nothing but rice.
Rice (23) _______ a kind of grass. There are
more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Most kinds are
water plants. (24) _______grow rice in many
countries, even in the southern part of the
Soviet Union (25) _______ in eastern Australia.


No one really knows (26) _______rice came
from. Some scientists think (27) _______it
started to grow in two places. They think that
one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands
of years ago. Someone (28) _______china
wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago. Another
kind probably grew (29) _______ West Africa.
Other scientists think rice came from India, (30)

_______ Indian travelers took it to other parts of
the world.


VI. Choose the best answer from the four options
given (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each
sentence.
31. The reason __________ most of those people very
extreme is not clear to people of other religions.
A. why
B. for which
C. which
D. Both A and B
32. The Vietnamese, from this time on, will always
remember September The Second, 1945, __________
Uncle Ho declared the foundation of The Democratic
Republic of Vietnam.
A. which
B. on which
C. when
D. Both B and C


33. That a lot of teenagers have committed
crimes nowadays is really our food ________
thought.
A. in
B. on
C. for
D. at

34. Since the early age, her only cherished wish
has been ___________ overseas, and she has
tried her best to get that goal.
A. study
B. to study
C.
studying
D. All are correct


35. People in Ho Chi Minh city were very happy
and felt relieved when the gangster and the
members of his underground society
__________.
A. arrested
B. have been arrested C. had
been arrested D. were arrested
36. From the helicopter the old soldier sees the
river _______________ he used to row a small
boat.
A. where
B. along which
C. that
D. Both A and B


37. Coming to Lang Son town, tourists can not
stand ___________ in three-star hotel Phuong
Nam, which is the most beloved in Lang Son
province.

A. live
B. living
C. to live
D. lived
38. The Trem river, ____________ was made
into a film, flows windingly through U Minh
forest.
A. that
B. which
C. where
D. Both A and B


39. Waving to the people saying, "Goodbye",
_______________ left the quay in a hurry for
Nam Can.
A. the boat
B. the ship
C. the
businessman D. Both A and B
40. Simple compositions in elementary level
consist of
describing things, animals and
people.
A. showing
B. telling
C.
depicting
D. imagining

VII. Read the following paragraphs about booking a
flight.
When you want to book a flight to certain place, visit your
nearest travel agent. Tell the travel agent the date when
you want to travel and the destination to which you want
to go. The travel agent will then type this information into
a small computer. After checking everything on the
computer screen, he/she will send this information to a
central computer. This central computer contains all
information about books and destinations, and sends a
reply, showing which are the most suitable flights. It also
shows whether the flights are fully booked or not. The
information which is now shown on the small computer
screen is continually changing as other bookings are
made in the other parts of the world.


Travel agent now types in your booking. Then the
computer will ask for your name and address as
well as for certain other information. It will also
ask how you will pay for your ticket (by cheque or
by credit card). Next, the computer confirms the
booking and makes a request for payment. When
you have paid for your ticket, the travel agent
types this information into the computer as well.
When you have paid for your ticket, the travel
agent types this information into the computer as
well. Finally, some computers print out a ticket
before you leave the travel agent’s.