KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
primary stress in the following questions. (0.5 point)
Question 3: A. happen B. arrive C. begin D. enjoy
Question 4: A. impression B. computer C. musician D. engineer

Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions. (0.25 point)
Question 5: The librarian asked the children to be silent because everyone was trying to study.
A. noisy B. boring C. quiet D. early

Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions. (0.25 point)
Question 6: Mary often wastes money in buying clothes that she just wears a few times.
A. spends B. saves C. pays D. makes

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. (2.25
points)
Question 7: The ________ rain was the cause of the flood in this town last week.
A. light B. heavy C. big D. deep
Question 8: He often ________ his grandparents on Saturdays.
A. visit B. visited C. is visiting D. visits
Question 9: Ha Long city is famous ________ its beautiful `beaches.
A. in B. of C. for D. with
Question 10: Sarah is the ________ student in this class.
A. very intelligent B. most intelligent
C. more intelligent D. less intelligent
Question 11: I ________ tennis a lot, but I don’t play very often now.
A. get used to playing B. am used to play
C. used to play D. used to playing
Question 12: The man ________ came to my house yesterday starred in a very famous film.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
Question 13: English is now an effective medium of international ________.
A. communication B. talking C. announcement D. discussion
Question 14: If it rains tomorrow, we will have to ________ the match till Sunday.
A. call off B. keep on C. put off D. carry out
Question 15: My parents always criticize me for not getting good grades at school. I wish they put
themselves in my ________.
 A. pants B. legs C. hands D. shoes
Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the
following questions. (0.75 point)
Question 16: Tom enjoyed to work on a farm when he was young.
A B C D
Question 17: The teacher who sang beautiful in our class spring festival is from England.
A B C D
Question 18: Because the house was in bad condition, so my father decided to sell it.
A B C D

Put each word in capital letters into the correct form so that It can fit the gap in each sentence below.
(1.25 points)
Question 19: Three over 23-year -old football ________________ can attend the 31st SEA Games. (play)
Question 20: She likes this website because it is ________________ for her. (use)
Question 21: ________________, the accident didn’t cause any damage to the village. (Lucky)
Question 22: Last week, my teacher ________________ me to take this examination. (courage)
Question 23: Many wild animals have lost their homes because of ________________. (forest)

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following
exchanges. (0.5 point)
Question 24: Jen and Erwin are chatting after work. Jen suggests eating out.
- Jen: “Shall we eat out tonight at Diamond Restaurant?”
- Erwin: “________”
A. That’s a good idea B. It’s very kind of you.
C. You’re welcome. D. That’s alright.
Question 25: Linda and Jane are in the living room.
- Linda: “Would you mind opening the window?”
- Jane: “________”
A. I agree with you. B. Yes, you can.
C. Not at all. D. Yes, I’d love to.
Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits
each of the numbered blanks from 26-30. (1.25points)
There are a lot of disadvantages of living in a big city, air pollution is among (26) _______most serious
problems. Firstly, air pollution comes from the factories in the city. Big cities attract a lot of both inside and
outside investments, (27) _______the number of factories is increasing quickly. This makes the air
extremely (28) _______by smoke from factories. Secondly, that there are too many transportation means
also makes this problem worse. Exhaust from cars, motorbikes is one of the factors (29) _______make the
air polluted. To conclude, air pollution, which (30) _______to make more and more people get many
serious diseases such as lung cancer, tuberculosis and so on, is a big drawback of city life.
Question 26: A. a B. an C. the D. x (no article)
Question 27: A. therefore B. however C. so D. but
Question 28: A. pollutants B. pollute C. pollution D. polluted
Question 29: A. that B. where C. who D. when
Question 30: A. results B. contributes C. expects D. brings
Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 31-35. (1.25points)
Twitter is a social network that allows users to send and receive short messages, called tweets. Tweets
can be up to 140 characters long. You can send tweets from your computer or even from your mobile
phones. While some social networking services are like Facebook or MySpace are more complicated,
Twitter is fairly simple to use. To send or receive messages you just have to create an account on Twitter.
You can only send texts to Twitter, images are not allowed. Your massages on Twitter can be private,
meaning only your friends can read them or you could make them public, meaning they can be seen by
everyone. Recently, Twitter has also been used in business. Companies use Twitter to inform people about
new products or just to post something that is on sale. Twitter has become very popular. Since its birth in
2006 over one hundred million people around the world have been using it regularly.
Question 31: This passage is about _______.
A. a new product B. a new company C. an account D. a social network
Question 32: According to the passage, Twitter is _______ to use.
A. expensive B. complicated C. simple D. cheap
Question 33: According to the passage, if you make your massages public, _______ can see them.
A. everyone B. only you C. no one D. only your friends
Question 34: You can do three following activities on Twitter EXCEPT_______.
A. send messages B. receive messages
C. send images D. introduce new products
Question 35: It can be inferred from the passage that Twitter has now_______.
A. been only nation-wide popular B. been world-wide popular
C. not been popular D. been only used in business

Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one given
before it. (1.25 points)
Question 36: “Where are you going on your holiday?” I asked them.
🠮 I asked them where___________________________________________________.
Question 37: She can’t buy a new bike because she doesn’t have enough money.
🠮 If she___________________________________________________.
Question 38: They’ve changed the date of the festival.
🠮 The date___________________________________________________.
Question 39: Despite being so young, Nham Manh Dung performed perfectly in the final football match.
🠮 Although___________________________________________________.
Question 40: It’s not worth making him get up early.
🠮 There is no___________________________________________________.

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