Đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 trường thpt chuyên năm học 2012-2013 môn: Tiếng anh (chuyên) thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

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ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
 (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
 Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ đề thi 
Điểm bài thi
Họ, tên, chữ ký của giám khảo
Số phách
(Do Chủ tịch Hội đồng chấm thi ghi)
Bằng số
Bằng chữ
- Giám khảo số 1 :
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- Giám khảo số 2 : 
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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. claimed	B. warned	C. occurred	D. existed
2. A. flights	B. signs	C. films	D. days 
3. A. loose	B. food	C. choose	D. floor
4. A. fast	B. maths	C. card	D. farm
5. A. health	B. ready	C. peaceful	D. heavy
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE (5,5 points)
Part 1: Choose one best word or phrase to complete the sentence by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. (2,5 points)
1. Mary: How long are you going to stay in London?
 Bob: _____________ .
 A. For another three weeks	B. Last week	C. It took three weeks	 D. For the last three weeks 
2. My family are going to go to Da Lat on holiday this weekend. Could you please ___________ our garden for us while we are away?
 A. look at 	B. look for 	C. look after 	D. look on
3. They are really ____________ with watching the same programmes on TV again and again.
 A. fed	B. bored	C. boring 	D. put up
4. In preparation for the next sport event, a tennis ____________ is being built in the city centre.
 A. court	 	B. course 	C. pitch 	D. ring
5. She prefers going out ____________ at home.
 A. than to stay 	B. to staying	C. rather than stay	D. rather than to stay 
6. That ____________ boy won the highest prize in the international piano competition.
 A. ten-year-olds	B. tens-year-old	C. ten-years-old	D. ten-year-old 
7. The man decided to go out ____________ it was raining heavily outside.
 A. but	B. despite	C. so 	D. although
8. It's no use ____________. Let’s do something!
 A. wait	B. to wait	C. waiting	D. waited
9. The old man wants to go back to the village ____________ he was born.
 A. where	B. Ø	C. what	D. when
10. Let's go out for a drink, ____________?
 A. do we	B. don't we	C. shall we	D. will we
11. Take the bus, and get ____________ in front of the library.
 A. down	B. out	C. off	D. at
12. Nobody knows what the____________ of the explosion was.
 A. source	B. cause	C. reaction	D. reason
13. Your brother is very tall. What is his exact____________?
 A. size	B. length	C. measure	D. height
14. The plane____________ off and landed on time safely despite the fog.
 A. went	B. flew	C. took	D. put
15. Minh: This dictionary is for you. I hope you’ll find it useful.
 Mai: ____________.
 A. No problem	B. Thanks. I’ll do it	C. Yes, please	 D. Thanks. It’s very kind of you
16. The harder he worked, ____________ he earned.
 A. the much	B. more	C. the more	D. the most
17. Peter: Thank you very much for a lovely party.
 Mai: ________________
 A. You’re welcome.	B. Thanks.	C. Cheers.	D. Congratulations!
18. The weather is very nice today, so we ____________ bring umbrellas with us.
 A. couldn’t	B. needn’t	C. can’t	D. mustn’t
19. Tom: Excuse me. Could you tell me the time, please?
 Laura: ____________.
 A. It’s ten past nine	B. I’ve to go now	C. Here you are	D. I’ve forgotten it
20. To keep the room clean, please ____________ your shoes before entering the room.
 A. turn off	B. turn down	C. take off	D. put on
21. He ____________ his father’s characteristics but he looks like his mother.
 A. looks after	B. takes after	C. takes on	D. puts on
22. I am too tired to go on ____________ any longer. I do need a short rest now.
 A. to walk	B. to walking	C. walk	D. walking
23. You’d better not ____________ late at night. You’ll get very tired the next morning.
 A. stay up	B. get up	C. going to bed	D. wake up
24. You should start to work hard right now to pass the exam. It is better late than ____________.
 A. ever	B. never	C. none	D. no
 25. She always ____________ aerobics every afternoon in order to keep fit.
 A. takes 	B. goes	C. makes	D. does
Part 2: Fill in the gap with ONE correct preposition. (1 point) 
1. What did you think _________ the film? Did you enjoy it? 
2. She usually leaves __________ work at 6.30 every morning.
3. It’s important for us to prevent factories __________ discharging untreated wastes into rivers.
4. Could I speak _________ Betty, please?
5. You must complete this answer sheet _________ pencil.
6. _________ first, our team played rather badly but then they tried their best and won the game in the end.
7. Vietnamese women often wear Ao Dai, our long traditional dress, _________ special occasions.
8. Nam: What’s the time?
 Hai: It’s nearly four o’clock now. It’s ten _________ four, to be exact.
9. They are living in a small house _________ the foot of the mountain in the North of Vietnam.
10. _________ cold weather, it is very nice to sit by the fire.
Part 3: Give the correct form of the words in the brackets to complete the following sentences. (1 point)
1. It is my great ________________________ to meet you at this important meeting. (PLEASE)
2. All the pupils have done the exercises without any ________________________. (DIFFICULT)
3. Investing money in the stock market isn’t a good ________________________ now. (CHOOSE)
4. Water has no colour. It is a ________________________ liquid. (COLOUR)
5. There are a lot of ________________________ newspapers nowadays. (DAY)
6. He failed the exam as the result of his ___________________. (LAZY)
7. Children need to have a good ________________________. (EDUCATE)
8. Talking to _____________________ in English is a good way to practise our English. (FOREIGN)
9. I don’t understand this lesson because some points are so _____________________. (CLEAR)
10. Ha Long Bay is now becoming a great tourist _____________________ in Vietnam. (ATTRACT)
Part 4: Supply the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. (1 point)
1. I (move) ________________________ to Berlin in 2009, three years before my sister’s birth. 
2. For the past 2 years, I (share) ________________________ a flat with two other people to save money to open my own business. 
3. We don't feel safe in our town at night because it (become) _______________________________ so dangerous. There's a mugging or robbery every week now. 
4. We can go out now. It (not rain) ________________________ any more.
5. When I first (tell) __________________ Tom the news, he (not believe) ____________________ me at all. He (think) ____________________ I (joke) ________________________.
6. We (meet) ________________________ each other since we were at elementary school.
7. Marry (not visit) ________________________ her grandparents in the countryside for nearly three years. She has been busy studying for the coming entrance exams to university.
III. READING COMPREHENSION (3,0 points)
Part 1: Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word to complete the paragraph. (1 point)
COMPUTERS
Computers can do all sorts of different jobs easily and very quickly. Many people use computers at home, as (1) ___________ as at work and at school. We can use computers to (2) ___________ letters and reports; or to store lots of information, (3) ___________ as lists or addresses; or to (4) __________ complicated maths; or to design things like cars.
Most of the work you do on a computer can be seen on its screen. If you want to, you can also print work out on paper. The personal computers of today are as powerful (5) ___________ the computers that filled a whole room 50 years (6) ___________ . A computer can look up the electronic equivalent of a whole library of books (7) ___________ a split second, and display information from any page of any of the books.
The first computers could only do calculations. Now you can draw, paint, (8) ___________ games and even make music on a computer. You can also receive information and (9) ___________ messages to other computers on the Internet. These (10) ___________ go along the telephone lines. Computer signals are converted into telephone signals by a modem.
Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each gap by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C or D. (1 point)
Many parents are worried (1) __________ the bad effects of television (2) __________ their children. Firstly, there are a lot of violent films (3) __________ may lead to crimes. Secondly, advertising is not always good for children. They see (4) __________ many advertisements for sweets, ice creams and toys that these make them want to go and buy unnecessary things at once. Thirdly, sitting in front of a television (5) __________ for a long time is bad for your eyes. About one (6) __________ of children (7) __________ glasses. (8) __________, watching television is not creative. (9) __________ is very important for children to do something creative and athletic (10) __________ playing some musical instrument, painting pictures, or playng football. 
1.
A. for
B. about
C. at
D. to
2.
A. with
B. for
C. on
D. in
3.
A. which
B. when
C. this
D. where
4.
A. much
B. far
C. such
D. so
5.
A. tool
B. set
C. box
D. equipment
6.
A. three
B. third
C. thirds
D. thirdly
7.
A. take
B. have
C. put on
D. wear
8.
A. However
B. Whatever
C. Finally
D. But
9.
A. It
B. There
C. That
D. This
10.
A. so as
B. such 
C. like
D. such that
Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the following questions. (0,5 point)
In the United Kingdom we each use about two hundred steel food and drink cans every year. Steel cans are popular because they are convenient, easy to store and unbreakable. But when you have finished with a can what do you do with it? Do you throw it away and forget all about it? Probably! But behind the scenes there are people whose job is to make sure that the steel is never wasted. In fact, recycling or re-using steel cans is so successful that every day of the year more than five million cans start new lives in new steel products.
After you have thrown away your can, what happens? Well, first of all it is collected by those who empty your dustbin each week and taken to a tip or dump, together with all the other household rubbish. Then the rubbish is stored and the steel cans are taken separately to a special factory which then find its way back into your home in the form of knives and forks, garden equipment and, of course, food and drink cans. So the next time you open your favourite drink, just remember where your can may have been! 
1. What is the writer trying to do in the text?
A. advertise canned drinks.	B. describe the steel industry.
C. provide some information.	D. describe rubbish collection.
2. Why should somebody read the text?
A. to discover what happens to old cans.	B. to find out more about how steel is made.
C. to understand how rubbish is collected.	D. to learn about the soft drink industry.
3. How do we know that re-using steel is very successful?
A. Every person uses 5.000 cans a year.	B. Over 5.000.000 cans are recycled daily.
C. All cans and tins are now made from steel.	D. It reduces the amount of waste collected.
4. After being taken to the tip, empty cans _____________
A. are turned into high quality steel.	
B. are washed and sent back to our homes.
C. are separated from rubbish and sent to a factory to be recycled.
D. are made into knives, forks and garden equipment.
5. What does the writer suggest about our action with old cans?
A. We are more interested in what happens to them.
B. We are making things difficult for the dustbin people.
C. We could help by sending them to the factory.
D. We should be more careful where we throw them.
Part 4: Fill in each gap with one word from the box. There are more words than needed. (0,5 point)
book
taken
cheaply 
similar
choose
run
same
expensively
A new restaurant with a difference has opened in High Street next to the Royal Theatre in Bristol. It is called “Starters” and is (1) _________________ by Carol and Philip Wells who opened a (2)_______________ restaurant in London last year. Instead of a traditional three-course meal, customers can choose whatever they want from a list of over a hundred starters of the first course. The list also includes recipes from all over the world, and customers are recommended to (3)________________ at least three starters to make a satisfying meal.
Prices vary depending on what you have, so it is possible to eat quite (4) ________________ if you don’t want to spend a lot of money. The new restaurant has becoming very popular and it is best to (5) ________________ a table in advance to avoid waiting.
IV. WRITING: Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning with the given, beginning with the given words or phrases. (1 point)
1. I am very happy to give you a lift home.
I don’t mind ________________________________________________________________________
2. The powerful earthquake destroyed the whole city.
The whole city ______________________________________________________________________
3. “I will come with you as soon as I’m ready,” the man said to me.
The man told _______________________________________________________________________
4. Although our football team tried very hard, they failed to score a goal in the match last weekend. 
In spite _____________________________________________________________________________
5. Listening to English songs is very interesting to me.
I find it _____________________________________________________________________________
6. I am not very good at English so I can’t study in an English speaking country.
If I ________________________________________________________________________________
7. I don’t have a car to travel to work every day.
I wish ______________________________________________________________________________
8. He is the most intelligent student in the school.
No one _____________________________________________________________________________
9. They are not old enough to drive.
They are too ________________________________________________________________________
10. The boy is excellent at playing the piano. His father is a famous pianist.
The boy whose _______________________________________________________________________
_____________THE END_____________
ĐÁP ÁN, HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM 
ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN 
NĂM HỌC 2012-2013.
Each correct answer: 0,1 point.
I. PRONUNCIATION: (0,5 point) 
1. D
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE: (5,5 points)
Part 1: (2,5 points)
1. A
6. D
11. C
16. C
21. B
2. C
7. D
12. B
17. A
22. D
3. B
8. C
13. D
18. B
23. A
4. A
9. A
14. C
19. A
24. B
5. B
10. C
15. D
20. C
25. D
Part 2: (1 point)
1. of / about
2. for
3. from
4. to
5. in
6. At
7. on
8. to
9. at
10. In
Part 3: (1 point) 
1. pleasure
2. difficulty
3. choice
4. colourless
5. daily
6. laziness
7. education
8. foreigners
9. unclear
10. attraction
Part 4: (1 point) 
1. moved	2. have shared / have been sharing	3. is becoming / has become	4. Is not raining	5. told – didn’t believe – thought – was joking	
6. have met 	7. hasn’t visited
III. READING COMPREHENSION (3 points)
Part 1: (1 point) 
1. well
2. write
3. such
4. do
5. as
6. ago
7. in
8. play
9. send
10. messages
Part 2: (1 point) 
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. C
Part 3: (0,5 point) 
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. D
Part 4: (0,5 point)
1. run
2. similar
3. choose
4. cheaply
5. book
IV. WRITING: (1 point) 
1. I don’t mind giving you a lift home.
2. The whole city was destroyed by the powerful earthquake.
3. The man told me that he would come with me as soon as he was ready.
4. In spite of our team’s trying very hard, they failed to score a goal in the match last weekend.
 (In spite of the fact that our football team tried very hard, they failed to score a goal in the match last weekend)
5. I find it interesting to listen to English songs.
6. If I were good at English, I could study in an English speaking country.
7. I wish I had a car to travel to work every day.
8. No one in the school is more intelligent than him (he is).
9. They are too young to drive.
10. The boy whose father is a famous pianist is excellent at playing the piano.