Đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 trường THPT chuyên môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2017-2018

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 
TUYÊN QUANG 
ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2017-2018 
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) 
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút 
 (Không kể thời gian giao đề) 
 Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi. 
Điểm bài thi Chữ ký của giám khảo Số phách 
(Do Chủ tịch Hội đồng 
chấm thi ghi) 
Bằng số Bằng chữ 
- Giám khảo số 1 : ................................................... 
- Giám khảo số 2 : ................................................... 
I. PRONUNCIATION (0,5 point) 
Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest by circling 
the corresponding letter A, B, C or D to indicate your answers. 
1. A. hurricane B. damage C. travel D. Japan 
2. A. typhoon B. proof C. floor D. childhood 
3. A. minerals B. months C. doors D. answers 
4. A. teacher B. machine C. change D. charity 
5. A. enjoyed B. moved C. celebrated D. called 
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE (3,5 points) 
Part 1: Choose one best word or phrase to complete the sentence by circling its 
corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 
1. He’s very ____________. He always gives presents on people’s birthdays. 
A. generous B. rude C. shy D. open 
2. Can you get me a magazine at the ____________, please? 
A. jeweller’s B. newsagent’s C. butcher’s D. bakery 
3. Go ____________ the High Street and turn left at the garage. 
A. past B. through C. along D. over 
4. They ____________ karate when they were very young. 
A. went B. played C. did D. made 
5. Laura is very tired. ____________, she has to finish her homework before going to bed. 
A. Although B. Because C. However D. But 
6. The family ____________ when the mailman came. 
A. was sleeping B. is sleeping C. has slept D. slept 
7. Simon: “Do you mind if I close the door? It is very cold today.” - Anna: “____________” 
A. Never mind. B. Yes, please. C. All right. D. Yes, I do. 
8. Jane: “I like the smell of pineapples.” - Sue: “____________ ” 
A. So do I. B. Neither do I. C. I like neither. D. So I do. 
9. We are going to ____________ our wedding anniversary next week. 
A. take B. get C. hold D. celebrate 
10. “Never say that again, ____________?” 
A. won’t you B. do you C. don’t you D. will you 
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC 
(Đề thi có 08 trang) 
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Part 2: Complete the email by filling in each gap with ONE correct preposition. 
Hi Charlie, 
This is just to let you know I’m back from my trip and I’ll be in office (1) __________ Monday. It was 
all great, apart from the last part of the journey home. You know, I hadn’t booked a Eurostar ticket 
home from Brussels (2) _________ advance – there are always so many trains, but I really regretted 
it. I arrived (3) _________ the station at about six in the evening and then met an old friend (4) 
__________ chance – I hadn’t seen him (5) _________ years, so of course we had a coffee and chatted (6) 
__________ a while. Then I tried to book a ticket at the machine but it was (7) __________ of order, so I 
went to the sales desk. The girl behind the desk told me they had no tickets left for the trains that 
evening. I couldn’t believe that so I asked to speak (8) __________ the person in charge of sales. She 
told me that it was true, because of problems with flights, but said I might find tickets (9) __________ 
sale on the Internet. So I went to an Internet café and got a ticket, but it was first class and it was 
for the last train. (10) __________ the end, I got home at about 3.00 a.m! Next time I go on holiday, I’ll 
make sure I book all my tickets before I leave! 
Your answers: 
1. ________________ 2. ________________ 3. ________________ 4. ________________ 5. ________________ 
6. ________________ 7. ________________ 8. ________________ 9. ________________ 10. ________________ 
Part 3: Give the correct form of the words in the brackets to fill in the gaps. Write your 
answers in the spaces provided. 
You are unlikely to know his face or his name, but he has changed 
our lives forever. Tim Berners-Lee was (1) _______________ for the 
(2) __________ of the World Wide Web, the information super 
highway which has (3) __________ revolutionized the way we 
communicate. One of the most (4) __________ people of this century, 
he works at the Massachusetts College of (5) __________ where he 
leads research into further (6) __________ of the Web. 
After (7) __________ Queen’s College, Oxford in 1976 with a degree in 
physics, he was (8) __________ as a programmer for a small Dorset 
firm. “He was one of the (9) __________ people I have ever met,” says 
his ex-boss. He could always (10) __________ any problem. Tim 
makes no money from the Web, believing it should be free for 
anyone to use. 
RESPONSIBILITY 
INVENT 
COMPLETE 
CREATE 
TECHNICAL 
DEVELOP 
LEAVE 
EMPLOY 
CLEVER 
SOLUTION 
Your answers: 
1. _______________________ 2. _______________________ 3. _______________________ 4. _______________________ 
5. _______________________ 6. _________________________ 7. _______________________ 8. _______________________ 
9. _______________________ 10. _______________________ 
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Part 4: There are FIVE mistakes in the following passage. Underline the words that need 
correction and write them in the space provided. The first one has been done as an example. 
1 A young man from Germany naming Levi Strauss arrived in California in 1850. He went 
there to sell things to the miners. He saw that the miners needed strong pants, so he began to 
make it. He used cloth that people made tents from. He put rivets on the pockets to make them 
strong because the men put rocks in their pockets. These pants are very strong and lasted a 
5 long time. The pants became very popular immediately. Later Mr. Strauss started making 
Jeans from cotton cloth from Nimes, France. People called this cloth Denim. Denim was 
popular in the fifteen century. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ship. 
Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word “Jeans” comes from the words “Genoa”. 
Mr. Strauss made the first Jeans in the United States, but the idea and the kind of cloth came 
10 from Europe. The name came from France and Italian. Jeans were always blue until 
presently. People used indigo to dye them. Indigo is the older dye of all in the world. Most 
Jeans have blue threads going across and white threads going up and down. These two colors 
make denim look different from other kinds of cloth. 
III. READING COMPREHENSION (4 points) 
Part 1: Read the following passage and circle the best answer to the questions. 
America's foods began to affect the rest of the world - not only raw staples such as wheat and 
corn, but a new American cuisine that spread throughout the world. American emphasis on 
convenience and rapid consumption is best represented in fast foods such as hamburgers, French 
fries, and soft drinks, which almost all Americans have eaten. By the 1960s and 1970s, fast foods 
became one of America's strongest exports as franchises for McDonald's and Burger King spread 
through Europe and other parts of the world, including Russia and China. Traditional meals 
cooked at home and consumed at a leisurely pace - common in the rest of the world, and once 
common in the United States - gave way to quick lunches and dinners eaten on the run as other 
countries mimicked American cultural patterns. 
By the late 20th century, Americans had become more conscious of their diets, eating more 
poultry, fish, and fresh fruits and vegetables and fewer eggs and less beef. They also began 
appreciating fresh ingredients and livelier flavor, and cooks began to rediscover many world 
cuisines in forms closer to their original. In California, chefs combined the fresh fruits and 
vegetables available year-round with ingredients and spices sometimes borrowed from immigrant 
kitchens to create an innovative cooking style that was lighter than traditional French, but more 
interesting and varied than typical American cuisine. Along with the state's wines, California 
cuisine eventually took its place among the acknowledged forms of fine dining. 
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1. Fast foods such as hamburgers, French fries, and soft drinks _____________ 
A. are traditional meals of the US people. 
B. are popular because of their nutritious values. 
C. became more popular than meals cooked at home in China. 
D. became popular with other European and Asian countries. 
2. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the word cuisine? 
A. cooking B. style of cooking C. cookery D. cook 
3. What is the main idea of the first paragraph? 
A. America’s cuisine used to have an influence on many countries. 
B. Fast foods became one of America’s strongest exports. 
C. Mc Donald’s and Burger King are American food suppliers successful in Europe. 
D. Traditional meals cooked at home and consumed at a leisurely pace are not common in the US. 
4. Which of the following statements is true? 
A. By the late 20th century, fast foods had lost their popularity in the USA. 
B. Americans used to eat more poultry, fish, and fresh fruits and vegetables than they do now. 
C. Cooking styles of other countries began to affect America’s by the late 20th century. 
D. Fewer eggs and less beef in American diet made them fitter. 
5. An innovative style of cooking was created in California _____________ 
A. to attract more immigrants to the state. 
B. and made the state’s wines well-known. 
C. by borrowing recipes from immigrant kitchens. 
D. by combining the local specialities with immigrants’ spices. 
Part 2: Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. 
My name’s Tom and I have a dog (1) ____________ Buster. One day last summer, I was watching 
TV in my house (2) ____________ Buster ran into the living room. I knew that something was wrong 
because Buster was jumping up and down and (3) ____________ a lot of noise. When I asked Buster, 
“What is wrong?”, he started running to (4) ____________ front door. I followed him outside. He 
wanted to get out of our garden so I followed him into the street. 
He stood in front of the house next to ours. Buster started making a lot of noise once again. 
The I saw what the problem was. I could see a (5) ____________ through the kitchen window. I ran 
back home and called my mum. My mum phoned for help and a fire engine soon arrived. The old 
woman (6) ____________ lives in the house wasn’t hurt. She was upstairs when the firemen arrived. 
That night I gave Buster (7) ____________ big bowl of his favourite food! 
Your answers: 
1. _______________________ 2. _______________________ 3. _______________________ 4. _______________________ 
5. _______________________ 6. _______________________ 7. _______________________ 
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Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. 
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a 
disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes 
which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents 
expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children. 
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are 
ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents 
are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his 
parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for 
him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows 
very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never 
makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, 
however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a 
standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for 
every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always 
afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy. 
1. One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to _____________. 
A. push their child into trying too much B. help their child to become a genius 
C. make their child become a musician D. neglect their child’s education 
2. Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they _____________. 
A. force their children into achieving success B. themselves have been very successful 
C. understand and help their children sensibly D. arrange private lessons for their children 
3. Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents? 
A. Successful musicians. B. Unrealistic parents. 
C. Their children. D. Educational psychologists. 
4. Michael Collins is fortunate in that _____________. 
A. his father is a musician B. his parents are quite rich 
C. his mother knows little about music D. his parents help him in a sensible way 
5. The phrase "crazy about" in the passage mostly means _____________. 
A. surprised at B. extremely interested in 
C. completely unaware of D. confused about 
6. Winston’s parents push their son so much and he _____________. 
A. has won a lot of piano competitions B. cannot learn much music from them 
C. has become a good musician D. is afraid to disappoint them 
7. The word "they" in the passage refers to _____________. 
A. concerts B. violin lessons C. parents in general D. Michael’s parents 
8. All of the following people are musical EXCEPT _____________. 
A. Winston’s father B. Winston’s mother C. Michael’s father D. Michael’s mother 
9. The word "unwilling" in the passage mostly means _____________. 
A. getting ready to do something B. eager to do something 
C. not objecting to doing anything D. not wanting to do something 
10. The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that _____________. 
A. successful parents always have intelligent children 
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children 
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants 
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education 
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Part 4: Read the passage and choose the correct answers for each gap by circling its 
corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 
The next generation of telephone users will probably laugh (1) ___________ we explain how we 
used to stand next to a wall in the kitchen to (2) ___________ a phone call. Mobile communications, 
already highly advanced compared with a decade ago, will completely change communications in 
the next few years. (3) ___________ there are millions of people using mobile phones, most people 
know (4) ___________ about the mobile telecommunications industry and its technology. 
There are three types of mobile phone. These are hand portables, pocket-sized hand portables and 
transportables. The smallest and most popular are the pocket-sized hand portables. These work 
on rechargeable batteries, which allow an (5) ___________ of up to 80 minutes conversation. Mobiles 
that are fitted permanently in a vehicle do not (6) ___________ on separate batteries. They require 
and external aerial on the vehicle. This can mean a stronger signal with clearer (7) ___________. 
Transportables have a high power capability and can be used (8) ___________ anywhere. They come 
with powerful battery packs for longer, continuous use and may also be put (9) ___________ a 
vehicle, using its electrics. They (10) ___________ to be bulkier than hand portables. 
1. A. whether B. when C. while D. unless 
2. A. make B. give C. take D. do 
3. A. Although B. Because C. As a result D. In addition 
4. A. few B. some C. lots D. little 
5. A. account B. amount C. activity D. average 
6. A. carry B. create C. rely D. insist 
7. A. wave B. letter C. speech D. speed 
8. A. mostly B. hardly C. most D. almost 
9. A. on with B. into C. up with D. on to 
10. A. used B. have C. tend D. are 
Part 5: Fill in each of the blanks in the passage below with ONE suitable word given in the 
box. Each word is used once only. There is one extra word that you don’t need. Write your 
answers in the spaces provided. 
books tests fun answers calm 
ways look revision exams 
Are you about to start revising for (1) ____________? Are you worried you are studying in the 
wrong way? Then take a (2) ____________ at the tips below. They might be useful. 
First, make a list of all your exams and their dates. Add to this list all the (3) ____________ you have 
to study for each exam. Then you can begin to work out how much (4) ____________ time you have for 
each exam. Give yourself as much time as possible. Don’t imagine you will be able to do it all the 
night before. You won’t. 
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People revise in different (5) ____________. Find out the way that suits you best. When I’m revising, 
I underline all the important points. Then I write out my own list of points and make tests based on 
my notes. I don’t cheat (that’s important!) and I keep testing myself until I get the (6) ____________ 
right. 
Most importantly, stay (7) ____________ throughout the whole revision period and get a good 
night’s sleep before each exam. Exams aren’t much (8) ____________ but if you revise in the right way, 
you can succeed. Good luck! 
Your answers: 
1. _______________________ 2. _______________________ 3. _______________________ 4. _______________________ 
5. _______________________ 6. _______________________ 7. _______________________ 8. _______________________ 
IV. WRITING (2 points) 
Part 1: Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning with the given 
ones, beginning with the given words or phrases. 
1. “Would you like to stay for lunch, Claire?” Sarah said. 
Sarah invited Claire ____________________________________________________________________________________ 
2. He failed the exam because of his laziness. 
Because he ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 
3. The last time we met each other was ten years ago. 
We haven’t _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 
4. I would like the school holidays to be longer. 
I wish ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
5. He hasn’t smoked for three years. 
He stopped ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
6. Although we live in the same street, we don’t meet each other very often. 
In spite _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
7. I think John has taken my jacket. 
I think my jacket _______________________________________________________________________________________ 
8. I have never eaten at my cousin’s restaurant. He opened it last year. 
I have never eaten ______________________________________________________________________________________ 
9. I don’t live in the city so there is not much to do in the evening. 
If I _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
10. My grandfather is an airline pilot. He is sixty years old now. 
My grandfather _________________________________________________________________________________________ 
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Part 2: Write a paragraph about the benefits of living in a big city. You should write about 
100 words. 
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