Đề kiểm tra kiến thức vào lớp 10 THPT chuyên môn Tiếng Anh - Tháng 4 - Năm học 2015-2016

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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA KIẾN THỨC 
NGUYỄN HUỆ VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN 
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (ĐIỀU KIỆN) 
Ngày thi: ___ tháng 4 năm 2016 
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút 
(Đề thi gồm 06 trang) 
- Thí sinh điền đáp án vào khung kẻ trống trong đề. 
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất kỳ loại tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển và điện thoại. 
- Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm. 
Họ & tên: 
SBD: 
Phòng thi số: 
Học sinh trường THCS: 
ĐIỂM 
(Thống nhất) 
GIÁM KHẢO 1 
(Điểm/họ tên/chữ ký) 
GIÁM KHẢO 2 
(Điểm/họ tên/chữ ký) 
PART ONE: PHONETICS – GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (55 pts) 
I. Questions 1-5: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the 
others by circling A, B, C or D and write your answers into the box below. (5.0 pts) 
1. A. drive 
2. A. laughed 
B. drink 
B. decided 
C. sky 
C. started 
D. ride 
D. invented 
3. A. crash B. handbag C. dangerous D. sandwich 
4. A. born B. robber C. politic D. orange 
5. A. hour B. honorable C. honest D. history 
Your answers: 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
II. Questions 6-25: Circle the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences 
and write your answers into the box below. (20 pts) 
6. All the boys are good at cooking, but ______ is as good as the girls. 
A. either B. neither C. every D. none 
7. Instead of ______ about the good news, Peter seemed to be indifferent. 
A. exciting B. being excited C. to excite D. to be excited 
8. She nearly lost her own life ______ attempting to save the child from drowning. 
A. at B. with C. in D. for 
9. She was happy ______ a few of her friends sent her birthday cards. 
A. although B. because C. while D. so 
10. Daisy wrote ______ report on the Vietnam war. 
A. ten - page B. a ten - page C. ten pages D. ten - pages 
11. He does not know how to ______ the central heating so the room is cold. 
A. stop B. shut C. operate D. hold 
12. The ______ man kept on looking at his watch while he was waiting for the bus to arrive. 
A. impatient B. smart C. lonely D. quiet 
13. Some journalists were waiting for the ______ singer. 
A. sensible B. rich C. powerful D. famous 
14. Smoking is an ______ habit. 
A. illegal B. ordinary C. unhealthy D. admirable 
15. What a ______!. 
A. new small nice house B. nice small new house 
C. new nice house, that is small D. new nice and small house 
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16. Don’t forget to give Mr. Brown my message, _______? 
 A. do you B. are you C. shall you D. will you 
17. He spends hours ______ the Internet every day. 
A. surfing B. visiting C. clicking D. downloading 
18. Horse-riding is ______ expensive ______ cycling. 
A. more - than B. most - than C. as - than D. more - as 
19. My teacher can write a beautiful poem in ______. 
 A. little than half an hour B. a little than half an hour 
 C. less than half an hour D. least than half an hour 
20. Can you explain the difference ______ these two words? 
A. from B. of C. to D. between 
21. I regret ______ you the story. I really didn’t know it would make you disappointed. 
A. tell B. telling C. to tell D. told 
22. I was made ______ hard when I was at high school. 
A. studying B. studied C. to study D. study 
23. We got on the plan and waited about ten minutes before it ______. 
A. take off B. land C. took off D. landed 
24. The ______ in some countries get allowance from the government. 
A. unemployed B. unemployment C. unemploying D. unemploy 
 25. By the time we ______ there, I’m afraid they ______. 
 A. will get – will have left B. get – have left 
 C. will get – have left D. get – will have left 
Your answers: 
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 
III. Questions 26-35: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences and write 
your answers into the box below. (10 pts) 
26. She has made a _______ decision to send her son the countryside with her parents. (SURPRISE) 
27. He didn’t give any _______ for his absence. (EXPLAIN) 
28. The jacket didn’t fit me very _______. (GOOD) 
29. I wish you every _______ in your new job. (SUCCEED) 
30. You look more _______ in your new dress. (BEAUTY) 
31. We found the new fashion very _______. (COLOUR) 
32. Few people can _______ without water for more than a week. (EXISTENCE) 
33. Tourism has _______ agriculture as the nation’s main industry. (REPLACEMENT) 
34. _______, the best thing to do is to call them before you go. (PROBABLE) 
35. People like love stories with happy _______. (END) 
Your answers: 
26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 
IV. Questions 36-45: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense and write your answers 
into the box below. (10 pts) 
- It’s time we (36-turn) _______ on the central heating. It (37- get) _______ colder every day. 
- I hate (38 – read) _______ about sport, but I don’t mind (39 – learn) _______ about music. What about 
(40 – have) _______ a music page 
- The computer is broken. It will have to (41-repair) _______. 
- If she (42 - not have to) _______ walk home in the rain, she (43-not catch) _______ a terrible cold last 
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Friday. 
- The first Olympic Games (44 - take) _______ place at Olympic in Ancient Greece, nearly three thousand 
years ago. They (45-hold) _______ every hour years. 
Your answers: 
36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 
V. Questions 46-55: Fill each gap with a suitable preposition to complete each of the sentences. (10 pts) 
46. Did the children account ________ 45% of the total population affected the tsunami. 
47. You remind me of your uncle. We used to work ________ each other. 
48. Take the bus, and get ________ in front of the library 
49. We’re always proud ________ your success. 
50. Shall we go for a picnic tomorrow? It depends ________ the weather. 
51. ________ heat from the sun, there would be no life on earth. 
52. My mother is very keen ________ growing flowers. 
53. We must wait ________ Friday for the final exam results. 
54. What time did you arrive ________ the party? 
55. It was careless ________ him not to lock the gate last night. 
Your answers: 
46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 
PART TWO: READING (25 pts) 
I. Questions 56-65: Choose the words in the box to fill in each blank in the following passage. (10 pts) 
but like grow like from enough heat it in into 
Have you ever seen a greenhouse? Most greenhouses look (56) _______ a small glass house. Greenhouses 
are used to (57) _______ plants, especially in the winter. Greenhouses work by trapping (58) _______ from 
the sun. The glass panels of the greenhouse let in light but keep heat (59) _______ escaping. This causes the 
greenhouse to heat up, much like the inside of a car parked (60)_______ sunlight, and keeps the plants warm 
(61)_______ to live in the winter. 
The Earth’s atmosphere is all around us. It is the air that we breathe. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere 
behave much (62)_______ the glass panels in a greenhouse. Sunlight enters the Earth’s atmosphere, passing 
through the blanket of greenhouse gases. As (63)_______ reaches the Earth’s surface, land, water, and 
biosphere absorb the sunlight’s energy. Once absorbed, this energy is sent back (64)_______ the 
atmosphere. Some of the energy passes back into space, (65)_______ much of it remains trapped in the 
atmosphere by the greenhouse gases, causing our world to heat up. 
Your answers: 
56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 
II. Questions 66-75: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each 
numbered blank and write your answers into the box below. (10 pts) 
English has for more than a century and (66)_______ half (67)_______ called a world language. The 
number of people who speak it (68)_______ their mother tongue has been estimated at between three 
hundred million and four hundred million. It is recognized as an (69)_______ language in countries 
(70)_______ 1.5 billion people live. In China, the importance attached to (71)_______ English is such that 
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a televised teaching course drew audiences of up to one million. But this spread of English thorough the 
world is relatively recent. In the (72)_______sixteenth century English was spoken by just under five 
million people. The (73)_______of English in North America was the (74)_______ step in its worldwide 
expansion. The United States is a huge commercial market and his has tended to promote the English 
language in many other nations. About eighty percent of the data stored on the world’s computer 
(75)_______ believed to be in English and nowadays insufficient knowledge of English can be a problem 
in business. 
66. A. a B. more C. about D. none 
67. A. be B. been C. being D. was 
68. A. as B. like C. with D. such as 
69. A. office B. offices C. official D. officious 
70. A. where B. when C. what D. which 
71. A. learn B. learning C. be learn D. being learn 
72. A. late B. latest C. lately D. later 
73. A. arrive B. arrived C. arrival D. arriving 
74. A. lock B. chain C. rope D. key 
75. A. has B. were C. are D. is 
Your answers: 
66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 
III. Questions 76-80: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Write 
your answers into the box below. (5pts) 
Many people now think that teachers give pupils too much homework. They say that it is unnecessary for 
children to work at home in their free time. Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not properly plan 
the homework tasks they give to pupils. The result is that pupils have to repeat tasks, which they have 
already done at school. 
Recently many parents complained about the difficult homework which teachers gave to their children. The 
Greek parents said that most of the homework was a waste of time, and they wanted to stop it. Spain and 
Turkey are two countries, which stopped homework recently. In Denmark, West Germany and several 
other countries in Europe, teachers cannot set homework at weekends. In Holland, teachers allow pupils to 
stay at school to do their homework. The children are free to help one another. Similar arrangements also 
exist in some British schools. 
Most people agree that homework is unfair. A pupil who can do his homework in a quiet and comfortable 
room is in a much better position than a pupil who does his homework in a small, noisy room with the 
television on. Some parents help their children with their homework. Other parents take no interest at all in 
their children’s homework. 
It is important, however, that teachers talk to parents about homework. A teacher suggests suitable tasks for 
parents to do with their children. Parents are often better at teaching their own children. 
76. According to the writer, many parents would like their children ___________. 
A. to do more difficult homework 
B. to do homework both at school and at home 
C. to have test homework 
D. to do homework at school only 
77. According to many parents, ___________. 
A. a lot of homework has not been planned properly 
B. children are too lazy to do 
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C. teachers do not set enough homework. 
D. children shouldn’t be given marks for homework 
78. Greek parents thought ___________. 
A. more time should be allowed for homework 
B. their children’s homework was useful 
C. their children’s homework was useless 
D. their children’s homework was too easy 
79. In some countries, especially in Europe ___________. 
A. teachers cannot have their children do homework at weekends 
B. few people think homework to children only at weekends 
C. most people agree that it is fair to have children do homework at home 
D. teachers are allowed to give children homework only at weekends 
80. Pick out the statement that is not true ___________. 
A. Teachers should advise the parents about how to work together with their children at home 
B. Only a small number of people think homework is fair. 
C. All parents show great interest in their children’s homework 
D. Children can do their homework at school and help each other in some schools in Britain. 
Your answers: 
76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 
PART THREE: WRITING (20 pts) 
I. Questions 81-85:Choose A, B, C or D that best fits the meaning of the given sentence. (5pts) 
81. It’s really hard to believe ____________. 
A. he would say such a terrible thing 
B. such a terrible thing he would say 
C. to say he would such a terrible thing 
D. would he say such a terrible thing 
82. Why don’t you _______________ us? 
A. go to the house party with 
B. go together the house party with 
C. go the house party with 
D. together the house party with 
83. The new teacher loves poems and makes us ___________. 
A. learn them heartily 
B. heartily learn them 
C. learn them by heart 
D. learning by heart them 
84. I’ll give you another hour ___________. 
A. making your mind up 
B. making up your mind 
C. make up your mind 
D. to make up your mind 
85. They are rich enough to own ___________. 
A. not a helicopter only, but a yacht as well 
B. not only a helicopter, but a yacht as well 
C. only a helicopter, but a yacht as well 
D. as well as a helicopter, not only a yacht 
Your answers: 
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 
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II. Questions 86-90: Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting. (5 pts) 
86. Roberto always likes (A) go (B) running (C) in the (D) summer. 
87. How (A) is the weather like (B) in winter (C) in your (D) country? 
88. On (A) Sunday I just stay at (B) home because (C) I’m usually very tiring (D). 
89. The plane delayed (A)for more than (B) one hour because of (C)the bad weather (D). 
90. They are known (A) that colds can be avoided (B)by eating the right (C)kind of food and taking exercise 
regularly. 
Your answers: 
86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 
III. Questions 91-95: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as 
the sentence printed before it. Use the bold words given in brackets. Do not alter the given words in 
any way. (5 pts) 
91. The demand for tickets was so great that people queued day and night. (SUCH) 
 It was 
92. I haven’t seen her for two years (LAST) 
The 
93. Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it. (ACCOUNT) 
 On 
94. Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of $10.000, he was able to buy the house he wanted. (NOT) 
Had his 
95. The house seemed to have been unoccupied for several months. (LOOKED) 
 It 
IV. Questions 96-100: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as 
the sentence printed before it. Use the bold words given in brackets. Do not alter the given words in 
any way. (5 pts) 
96. Although Judy was severely disabled, she participated in many sports. 
 Despite 
97. I’m sorry I was rude to you yesterday. 
 I apologize 
98. Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice. 
 It 
99. She liked Paris very little, and Rome less. 
 She thought Rome 
100. Turn off all switches before leaving the workshop. 
 All the switches 
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TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA KIẾN THỨC 
NGUYỄN HUỆ VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN 
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (ĐIỀU KIỆN) 
Ngày thi: ___ tháng 4 năm 2016 
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút 
(Đề thi gồm 06 trang) 
ĐÁP ÁN 
PART ONE: PHONETICS – GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (55 pts) 
I. Questions 1-5: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that 
of the others by circling A, B, C or D and write your answers into the box below. (5.0 pts) 
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. D 
II. Questions 6-25: Circle the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following 
sentences and write your answers into the box below. (20 pts) 
6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. B 
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B 
16. D 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. A 
21. B 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. D 
III. Questions 26-35: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences and 
write your answers into the box below. (10 pts) 
26. surprising 27. explanation 28. well 29. success 30. beautiful 
31. colourful/colorful 32. exist 33. replaced 34. Probably 35. ending 
IV. Questions 36-45: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form or tense and write your 
answers into the box below. (10 pts) 
36. turned 37. is getting 38. reading 39. learning 40. having 
41. be repaired 42. hadn’t had to 43. wouldn’t have 
caught 
44. took 45. are held 
V. Questions 46-55: Fill each gap with a suitable preposition to complete each of the sentences. 
(10 pts) 
46. for 47. with 48. off 49. of 50. on 
51. without 52. on 53. until 54. at 55. of 
PART TWO: READING (25 pts) 
I. Questions 56-65: Choose the words in the box to fill in each blank in the following passage. 
(10 pts) 
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56. like 57. grow 58. heat 59. from 60. in 
61. enough 62. like 63. it 64. into 65. but 
II. Questions 66-75: Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each 
numbered blank and write your answers into the box below. (10 pts) 
66. A 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. A 
71. B 72. A 73. C 74. D 75. C 
III. Questions 76-80: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). 
Write your answers into the box below. (5pts) 
76. D 77. A 78. C 79. A 80. C 
PART THREE: WRITING (20 pts) 
I. Questions 81-85:Choose A, B, C or D that best fits the meaning of the given sentence. 
(5pts) 
81. A 82. A 83. C 84. D 85. B 
II. Questions 86-90: Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting. (5 pts) 
86. B 87. A 88. D 89.A 90. A 
III. Questions 91-95: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the 
same as the sentence printed before it. Use the bold words given in brackets. Do not alter the 
given words in any way. (5 pts) 
91. It was such a great demand for tickets that people queued day and night. 
92. The last time I was her was two years ago. 
93. On account of his mother’s being there, they said nothing about it/On account the fact that this 
mother was being there, they said nothing about it. 
94. Had his aunt not died and left/given him (a legacy of) $10.000, he would not have been able to 
buy the house he wanted. 
95. It looked as if/ as though the house had been unoccupied for several months. 
IV. Questions 96-100: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the 
same as the sentence printed before it. Use the bold words given in brackets. Do not alter the 
given words in any way. (5 pts) 
96. Despite her severe disability/Despite the fact that Judy was severely disabled, Judy participated in 
many sports. 
97. I apologize for being rude/having been rude to you yesterday. 
98. It is a fact that she has a beautiful voice. 
99. She thought Rome is even more boring that Paris (is). 
100. Al the switches must be turned off before leaving the workshop. 
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