KÌ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG

NĂM HỌC 2015 – 2016, KHÓA NGÀY 12/ 06/ 2015

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH  (Môn chuyên)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank (2 pts)
1. _______ could only have been made by someone incompetent.
A. How serious a mistake B. Such serious mistake
C. So serious is this mistake D. So serious a mistake
 
2 . She insisted that the report____________ as his source of information.
A. ot be mentioned B. not to mention
C. not mentioning D. not mention
 
3. _______ traveling is educational, it can also be stressful and expensive.
A. Since B. Providing C. While       D. Even
4. They arrived home only to find their house_________ in their absence.
A. was burgled B. has burgled
C. had been burgled D. was burgling
 
5. There isn’t a_______ of truth in his words. What a liar!
A. wealth B. trace C. pack    D. grain
6. Don’t count your_______ before they’re hatched.
A. ducklings B. chickens C. puppies        D. birds
7. Manh: Should I buy a new bike or a used one?
Dung: Buy______ you can afford.
A. the one whichever B. which one that
C. those that D. whichever one
 
8. Dung: “Merry Christmas!”
Manh: “_______”
A. You, too B. Merry Christmas,
C. You are welcome D. You bet.
 
9. I hope everything is OK. They_________ several hours ago.
A. would have called B. supposed to call
C. must have called D. were to have called
10. He was a great athlete when he was younger. He now still_____________ if he
hadn’t had that accident.
A. would have been B. had been   C. will be  D. would be
11. After a month-long investigation, the police still aren’t sure who____________
A. is blamed by them B. do they blame
C. to lay the blame on         D. to be blaming
 
12. The food wasn’t bad, but I’d to go somewhere else next time.
A. rather B. prefer C. better     D.  liked
13. The company is famous for making sturdy work clothes that can ___________ hard
wear.
A. stand up for B. stand up to C. stand in for D. stand up against
14. Employees are advised to take_______ of the changes in the company policy.
A. hold B. effect C.  root    D. notice
15. The day their first child was bom, the new parents were___________ with joy.
A. overpowered B. overtaken C. overcome   D.  overthrown
16. By the time you finish your job, everyone________
A. has gone B. will have gone C. had gone       D. was going
17. The ,______ child is forever asking questions. He !s incredibly curious.
A. acquisitive B. acquitted C. inquisitive     D. exquisite
 
18. If you think you are right, then . Don’t let him bully you into changing your mi
A. stand your ground B.  hit it off
C. kick the bucket D. give the green light
 
19. At the end of the broadcast, the TV station received a_______ of complaints.
A. hurricane B. tsunami C. tornado      D. torrent
20. Dung: “Stop talking. You are so noisy.”
Manh: “_____ He is the noisiest in this class.”
A. Why not? B.  Look, who’s talking
C. You can say that again D. You bet!
21. A: “Have you told your dad what’s bothering you?
B: “I’d______ in you than in my parents.”
A. rather to confide B. better confide
C. rather my confiding D. sooner confide
 
22. ________ is over your head is just an exaggeration.
A. That this entrance exam B. When this entrance exam
C. This entrance exam which D. This entrance exam
23. When I decided to study two foreign languages at the same time, I knew I ______
off more than I could chew.
A. took B. bit C. cut       D. broke
24. My visit was supposed to be a surprise but my sister__________ it away.
A. gives takes B. takes    C. brings      D. shows
25. _______ he couldn’t solve that mathematical
A. As intelligent as was he B. Intelligent as he was
C. So intelligent was he D. Although he is intelligent
 
26. The test was given_________ short notice, so we all couldn’t finish it well.
A. by B. in C. for D. on 
27. Things would have been better_________ to my advice.
A. you not listened B. were you listened
C. had you listened D. if you listened
28. They will hold a party________ their son’s 16th birthday.
A. in recognition B. in celebration to
C. with a view to celebrate D. in celebration of
29. Where have you been? I’ve been trying to get________ of you all day.
A. touch B. hold C. contact D. rid
30. The break-in turned out to be________ because it made us more aware of
the insecurity of the neighbourhood.
A. a Jack of all trades B. a storm in a teacup
C. a blessing in disguise D. a matter of life and death
 
31. My new hiking boots will be great once I’ve_________ them_______ .
A. broken – in B. put –        through  C. taken – to D. fixed-up
32. We admire his________ to his students.
A. generosity B. sympathy C. assumption D. thoughtfulness
33. _______ , the meeting__________
A. After we have sat down B.  All of us having taken the seats
C. Our having seated D. Once we had been sat down
34. _______ he tried to fix the machine.
A. Not being a computer expert notwithstanding
B. Despite of not being a computer expert
C. Though no computer expert
D. In spite of being no computer expert
35. The draw took place yesterday but the competition winners__________ .
A. are yet to be announced B. haven’t been being announced
C. are as yet to have been announced D. haven’t announced yet
36. I had_______ on my face after I remembered the wrong day for her birthday party.
A. egg B. sugar              C. salt    D.  tomatoes
37. The tickets cost only a small amount of money _________
A. off his head B. by head       C. offhand D. per head
38. The robbery is being_______ .
A. broken out    B. taken on       C.  looking into D. putting in 
39. The book you are looking for is out of_______ .
A. order B. print        C. the question D. work
40. He was too tired to mow the lawn, so he_________ one of his sons to do it.
A. had B. made          C. got      D. took
II. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank in the following
passage. (1.5 pts)
On a yearly (1)______ , the USA is afflicted by hurricanes on the east coast, flooding in
the Midwest, forest fires, earthquakes and any number of tornadoes, blizzards and
storms. Historically, the weather has (2)_________ as harsh a chord in people’s lives as
any we feel today. Historians list the four major events to wreak devastation
(3)________ the country as the Chicago fire in 1871, the Johnstown flood and the
Galveston hurricane of 1900, and San Francisco earthquake in 1906. These
(4)_______ provide a flavor of the havoc that natures storms have wrecked on
humanity, and our reactions to them. Galveston, Texas, (5) _______ on the island of
Galveston in the gulf of New Mexico, (6)_________ on industry and exports. Its over
30,000 citizens in the early 1900’s were generally economically successful and
comfortable with existing conditions. (7)___________ the ill-fated morning of Sept. 7,
1900, the people of Galveston enjoyed their life on the remote island. (8)______
weather watchers had been following a (9)_______ storm* in the Atlantic for several
days and were warning of the (10)_____________ danger of a hurricane. Unfortunately,
people (11)_________ the warnings. A day after the hurricane had hit the island, all that
(12)____________ of the beautiful city was, a mass of crumbled buildings, debris and
hopeless survivors (13)___________ aimlessly with the stench of rotting flesh all
around. However, a few days later, that the city was beginning to heal became (14)
______________  everywhere – soon new buildings were (15) _______ the burned,
and the lifeblood of the ravaged city was returning.
1. A. foundation B. theory C. basis D. institution
2. A. punched B. struck C. pinched D. played
3. A. on B. at C. with D. for
4. A. dangers B. risks C. threats D. catastrophes
5. A. lied B. placed C.located D. built
6. A. flourishes B. thrives C. grows D. develops
7. A. After B. Up to then C. So far D. Until
8. A. Therefore B. Correspondingly C. However D. Consequently
9. A. growing B. enlarging C. massive D. stretching
10. A. potential B. embedding C. intending D. impending
11. A. refused B. rejected C. ignored D. denied
12. A. remained B. existed C. lingered D. maintained
13. A. wandered B. to wander C. were wandering D. wandering
14. A. concealed B. notorious C. obscure D. evident
15. A. overwhelming B. rebuilding C. designing D. refurbishing
III. Identify the mistake in each sentence below. (0.5 pts)
1. Tropical (A) forests exist close (B) to the equator, which (C) both high temperature
and abundant (D) rainfall occur all year round.
2. The Smiths are very proud of (A) that their (B) son always gets high marks in (C)
his courses.(D)
3. We called the baseball park up (A) to ask that (B) when the game was scheduled (C) to
begin that afternoon.(D)
4. The American Indians killed (A) the buffalo only (B) when necessity (C) to obtain
food,  clothing (D) and shelter.
5. Some relatives of mine (A) like staying (B) at their cabin on (C) Lake Omega
every summer holidays.(D)
6. In the United States among 60 (A) percent of the space (B) on the pages
of newspapers is reserved (C) for advertising.(D)
7. Gilbert Newton Lewis, a (A) chemist, helped to develop (B) the modem electron
theory of valence, a theory explains (C) the forces holding atoms together (D) in
molecules.
8. Because of a high birthrate (A) and considered (B) immigration, the United
States population in (C) the late nineteenth century increased (D) tremendously from
31 million in 1860 to 76 million ,in 1900.
9. For most of their (A) history, especially (B) since the (C) 1860’s, New York City has
been undergoing major ethnic population changes.(D)
10. Rocks have forming, (A) weaning away (B) and re-forming ever since (C) the
Earth took (D) shape.
IV. Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions that follow, (1 pts)
Television’s contribution to family life in the United States has been an equivocal one.
For while it has, indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not
served to bring them together. By dominating the time families spend together, it
destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family from another, a quality that
depends to a great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games, recurrent
jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates.
“Like the sorcerer of old,” writes Urie Bronfenbrenner, “the television set casts its magic
spell, freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as the
enchantment lasts. The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the
behavior it produces – although there is danger there – as in the behavior it prevents :
the talks, games, the family festivities, and arguments through which much of the child’s
learning takes place and through which character is formed. Turning on the television
set can turn off the process that transforms children into people.”
Of course, families today still do special things together at times: go camping in the
summer, go to the zoo on a nice Sunday, take various trips and expeditions. But the
ordinary daily life together is diminished – that sitting around at the dinner table, that
spontaneous taking up of an activity, those little games invented by children on the spur
of the moment when there is nothing else to do, the scribbling, the chatting, the
quarreling, all the things that form the fabric of a family, that define a childhood.
Instead, the children have their regular schedule of television programs and bedtime,
and the parents have their peaceful dinner together. But surely the needs of adults are
being better met than the needs of children, who are effectively shunted away and
rendered untroublesome.
If the family does not accumulate its backlog of shared experiences, shared everyday
experiences that occur and recur and change and develop, then it is not likely to survive
as anything other than a caretaking institution.
1 .Which of the following best represents the  author’s argument in the passage?
A. Television has negative effects on family life.
B. Television has advantages and disadvantages for children.
D. To discuss the positive aspects of television
4. The word freezingin the passage is closest in meaning to_____________ .
A.controlling 
B. halting                
C. dramatizing        
D.   encouraging
5. Urie Bronfenbrenner compares the television set to___________ .
A. a statue
B. an educator
C. a family member
D. a magician
6. Which of the following would be an example of what the author means by a special
thing that families do?
A. Going on vacation in the summertime
B. Playing cards together in the evening
C. Reading to the children at bedtime
D. Talking to each other
7. The thing that “form the fabric of a family” in paragraph 3 are______________ .
A. special things
B. ordinary things
C. television programs
D. children
8. The word it in the last paragraph refers to____________ .
A. the television
B. the family
C. its backlog          
D. an       institution
9. According to the author, what distinguishes one family from another?
A. Doing ordinary things together
B. Watching television together
C. Celebrating holidays together
D. Living together
10. It can be inferred from the passage that a caretaking institution is one in which care
is given_________ .
A. charitably
6. Your carelessness may do_____________ harm to people. (CALCULATE)
7. The_______________ listed for the pills meant that she couldn’t take them because
she may be allergic to some of the chemicals in them. (INDICATE)
8. We were defeated because we were_________________ . (NUMBER)
9. It is_______________ summer, but it’s rather autumnal today. (THEORY)
10. This type of_________  screen enables drivers to have a clear view even when it is
smashed. (SHATTER)
VI. Supply each blank with one suitable word. (1.5 pts)
The human race is not the only one species of beings in the living (1)_________ . Many
other species exist on this planet. However, human beings have a great influence on
the (2)______ of the world. They are changing the environment by building cities and
villages where forests (3)  ________ stood.  They are affecting the water supply by
using water for industry and agriculture. They are changing (4)________ conditions by
cutting down trees in the forests and are destroying the air by adding pollutants to it. It
can be said that human beings are changing the environment in all respects (5)_____
their actions and their habits. This has (6)____________ in two serious consequences.
The first is that many species of animals are killed. The second is that the environment
(7)_______ these animals are living is (8)________ destroyed. As a result, the number
of rare animals are decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger of becoming
(9)________ In order to make sure that these rare animals do not disappear,
(10)__________ have been made to protect endangered nature. Scientists have made
(11)_________ of these species and suggested ways to save them. Many organizations
have been set up and funds have been (12)________ . Thousands of national parks
all over the world have been established to protect endangered animals.
(13)________ have been introduced to prohibit killing endangered animals in the natural
habitats where animals are living. If people’s interference with the environment
decreases, more species will survive and (14)______ offspring. The earth will be a
happy planet where human beings, animals and plants peacefully (15)________ .
VII. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (2pts)
1. You have to accept the truth although it is hurtful. (TERMS)
Hurtful_________________________________________________________
2. The wind was so strong that we coudn’t walk. (HARDLY)
Such__________________________________________________________
3. You will start to feel better as soon as this drug is effective. (EFFECT)
The moment_____________________________________________________
4. My dad is now abroad and I am in charge of the office. (UNDER)
My dad has____________________________________________________
5. He was extremely happy because he won that scholarship. (MOON)
Had__________________________________________________________
6. He received another letter from her as soon as he found the time to reply to her.
(ROUND)
No sooner_____________________________________________________          
7. I really don’t like it when you cheated me yesterday. (RIDE)
I’d rather you____________________________________________________
8. Don’t make a fuss over such trivial things. (MOUNTAIN)
Don’t__________________________________________________________
9. We were amazed to know that he was a liar. (UNTRUTH)
To____________________________________________________________
10. Everyday television viewers witness some sort of violence or crime on their their
screens. (GOES BY)
Hardly_________________________________________________________