Đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 năm 2009 môn tiếng Anh thời gian làm bài: 60 phút

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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 NĂM 2009 
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút; 
(40 câu)
I.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 
A. change	B. charity	C. chopstick	D. character
A. depend	B. poet	C. equal	D. region
A. think	B. thick	C. this	D. thanks
A. about	B. south	C. young	D. count
A. wanted	B. shouted	C. helped	D. needed
II.Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.
A holiday in America can be _________cheap.
	A. surprise	B. surprised	C. surprising	D. surprisingly	
The surgeons tried their best to save his life, but unfortunately the operation was_________.
	A. succeeded	B. successful	C. unsuccessful	D. success
Eric hasn’t found a flat yet, _________he still lives with his parents
	A. if	B. although	C. therefore	D. so	
If there _________gravity, water wouldn’t run downhill.
	A. was	B. is	C. were	D. are
We haven’t seen any _________films recently.
	A. interested	B. interesting	C. interest	D. interestingly
I think I_________my door key. I can’t find it anywhere.
	A. lost	B. have lost	C. am losing	D. will lose	
Jim wants to live _________of his parents.
	A. dependent	B. dependently	C. independent	D. independentl	
Although they are poor, they still live _________.
	A. happy	B. unhappy	C. happily	D. happiness	
We won’t go out _________it stops raining.
	A. if	B. unless	C. when	D. as
The phone _________suddenly when Joan was doing the housework.
	A. rang	B. was ringing	C. had rung	D. is ringing
How many languages are there _________the world?
	A. through	B. over	C. for	D. in	
The boys looks very proud _________his success at school.
	A. of	B. at	C. about	D. on	
In spite of _________late, he arrived in time.
	A. he started	B. his being started	C. he was started	D. starting	
It’s time the children _________here now.
	A. are	B. are being	C. were	D. to be	
I won’t go _________you explain everything to me.
	A. unless	B. although	C. because	D. if	
III.Choose the words or phrases that needs correction.
I haven’t seen her when we left school.
 	 A B C 	 D
People know that they should save energy, so they still waste it.
	 A B C 	 D
After have a bath, he ate supper.
	A 	B C 	 D
Would you mind if I open all of the windows.
	 A B C D
She always wears modern and fashioned clothes when she is at work.
	A 	 B C D
IV.Find the best choice to complete the passage below.
Garbage is what someone leaves behind that they do not want to use anymore. It can also be called (26)______ or rubbish. A definition of garbage is anything left behind at a place (27)______ you used to be, but are not anymore. In modern home and businesses, however, garbage is normally separated and put where it can be (28)______ and taken to a place designed to hold, burn, or recycle garbage.
Smoke is a cloud of very small, solid parts. It is made when (29)______ something. Smoke can be bad because if it goes into the lungs of a person, it can kill them. Most people think that they are always able to see smoke, but it can also be (30)______. (a thing that a person is not able to see)
A. waste	B. save	C. safe	D. stone
A. it	B. that	C. which 	D. where
A. wrapped	B. organized	C. collected	D. picked
A. firing	B. fighting	C. burning	D. chopping
A. invisible	B. unmovable	C. unspeakable	D. insensible
V.Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
In biology and ecology the environment is all of the natural materials and living things on the Earth. This is also called the natural environment. Some people call themselves environmentalists. These people think that harmony with the environment is important. They think we must protect the environment. The important things in the environment that we value are called natural resources. For example fish, sunlight, and forests. These are renewable natural resources because they grow naturally when we use them. Non-renewable natural resources are important things in the environment that do not come back naturally. For example coal and natural gas.
What does the world “environmentalists” in line 2 mean?
	A. living things	B. people who protect the environment
	C. people who destroy the environment	D. people who pollute the environment
One example of renewable natural resource is_________.
	A. sunlight	B. coal	C. oil	D. natural gas
One example of renewable natural resource is_________.
	A. fish	B. tree	C. water	D. coal
All of the following things are renewable natural resource except_________.
	A. Air 	B. gas	C. silver	D. animal
What does the word “them” in line 6 refer to?
	A. materials	B. environmentalists
	C. renewable natural resources	D. non-renewable natural resources
VI.Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences.
The weather is too terrible for you to go out.
=> If the weather 	
All the students have to take the final exam.
=> The final exam	
Please don’t repeat what I said.
=> Would you mind	
I can’t swim as well as my friend can.
=> My friend	
They didn’t have a map, so they got lost.
 => Because