Së GD&§T NghÖ An K× thi TUYÓN sinh VµO líp 10

trêng thpt chuyªn phan béi ch©u

N¨m häc 2008-2009
§Ò chÝnh
M«n thi: TiÕng anh
Thêi gian: 150 phót (kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)

§iÓm b»ng sè: ......................…………................ Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1: ......................…………................ Sè ph¸ch

§iÓm b»ng ch÷: ......................…………............. Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 2: ......................…………................

SECTION A: PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. Write
your answers (A or B, C, D) in the numbered spaces.
1. A. answer B. ask C. watch D. disaster
2. A. surgeon B. agent C. engine D. regard
3. A. basic B. preserve C. design D. physical
4. A. sword B. sweet C. swear D. swing
5. A. kite B. dioxide C. decide D. determine
Your answers:
1. C 2. A D 3. D A 4. A 5. D

Choose the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others. Write your answers
(A or B, C, D) in the numbered spaces.
6. A. museum B. musician C. competent D. computer
7. A. divide B. decide C. notice D. invent
8. A. primary B. material C. collection D. pagoda
9. A. persuade B. standard C. prevent D. conserve
10. A. nature B. culture C. measure D. mature
Your answers:
6. C 7. C 8. C A 9. B 10. D

SECTION B: LEXICO–GRAMMAR
Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers (A or B, C, D)
in the numbered spaces.
11. The boy screamed for help but he couldn’t _________.
A. hear him B. make him heard C. make himself hear D. make himself heard
12. Your house looks so new and strange, doesn’t it? ~ Well, _________.
A. It's being painted B. It's been painted C. It's painted D. It was painted recently
13. There were many scientists at the meeting, several of _________ were very young.
A. them B. which C. who D. whom
14. Like many other countries in the world, Vietnam is “on the _________”.
A. progress B. start C. begin D. move
15. The more time you spend practicing English, _________ command of it you will have.
A. the better B. the fewer C. the more D. the less
16. The Roberts are on the way to London _________ a bus.
A. by B. on C. in D. with
17. They were very _________ about keeping so much money in the house.
A. dangerous B. willing C. risky D. nervous
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18. Arthur assured me that he was going to come, but he hasn’t _________ yet.
A. turned in B. turned up C. turned on D. turned round
19. _________ I had turned the corner, I began to run.
A. Scarcely B. Just C. Hardly D. Once
20. The noise ________ from the boat engine might disturb sea animals.
A. which come B. came C. coming D. has come
21. Young people are always eager to do good things that ________ the community.
A. trust B. provide C. fulfill D. benefit
22. “Was the test long?” ~ “Yes, John was the only one ________ it”.
A. to finish B. finished C. could finish D. has finished
23. Is there any chance ________ the machinery repaired?
A. having B. of having C. for having D. have
24. A cool drink________ him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. refreshed C. relieved D. recovered
25. It is important that she ________ what you say.
A. understand B. understands C. understood D. has understood
Your answers:
11. D 14. C 17. D 20. C 23. D
12. C 15. A 18. C 21. D 24. B
13. D 16. C 19. D 22. A 25. A

The passage below contains 10 mistakes. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your answers
in the numbered spaces.
How many times have you come back from what meant to be a relaxing holiday and said, “If
only I stayed at home”? Why are holidays often more stressful than staying at home? It is not actually
very surprising that foreign travel is tired and it is not just because of the distances involving. A
successful trip needs planning and very careful preparation – this is a hard work. Having set up, you
will probably have to spend hours in stuffy airports because endless delays. Flying, as everyone know,
is itself a stressful experience for most people. Finally, you arrive in an unfamiliar environment with
perhaps no knowledge whatsoever about the local language. It is almost like becoming a child again:
one feels so helpless and stupid. Imagine not to be able to explain what you want to eat to a waiter or
where you are staying to a taxi driver!
Your answers:
Mistakes Corrections Mistakes Corrections
26. meant 26. was meant 31. up 31. off
27. stayed 27. had stayed 32. because 32. because of
28. tired 28. tiring 33. know 33. knows
29. involving 29. involved 34. about 34. of
30. a hard work 30. hard work 35. to be 35. being

Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters. Write your
answers in the numbered spaces.
36. He has been one of the most effective ________ in the “Keep our city clean” campaign.(ACTIVE)
37. He was born blind, despite this ________ he still managed to become a famous singer. (ABLE)
38. She is very proud that she is one of the __________ staff. (EDIT)
39. A ________ is a person who climbs mountains as a sport or job. (MOUNTAIN)
40. You must learn to __________ between politeness and real kindness. (DIFFERENT)
41. He spoke __________ about the need to protect the tigers’ natural habitat. (PASSION)
42. He’s quite a (an) _________ person. He plays sports everyday. (ENERGY)
43. After having drunk a lot of wine, he came back home__________. (STEADY)
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44. Einstein’s __________ established his reputation all over the world. (PUBLISH)
45. After the shells are removed, the beans are crushed and __________. (LIQUID)
Your answers:
36. activists 38. editorial 40. differentiate 42. energetic 44. publication(s)
37. disability 39. mountaineer 41. passionately 43. unsteadily 45. liquified

SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION

Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your answers in
the numbered spaces under this passage.
objection making suggestion joking recommendations
surprised doing changes connection scared
apology usually threat explain surprisingly
We all welcomed the teacher’s suggestion that we should do something else after the last
exercise. (46)_______ the teacher gives us very good advice and we have faith in all her (47)_______.
So we were rather (48)_______ when she asked us to make small (49)_______ in the form of words
like suggest, advise, and so on. In fact, one of the students seemed to have a strong (50)_______ to the
idea because there was such a clear (51)_______ between these words and the words we had just
studied. “I’ll jump out of the window if we go on (52)_______ this”, he said. The teacher smiled
because she knew the student was only (53)_______ and then asked: “Are you making a promise or
that a (54)_______?” There was a great deal of laughter as we listened to the student’s (55)_______.
Your answers:
46. Usually 48. surprised 50. objection 52. doing 54. threat
47.recommendations 49. changes 51. connection 53. joking 55. apology

Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered spaces provided
under this passage.
Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in
England were made (56)________ tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Some of
the Swedish copper money (57)_______ more than 30 pounds. It must have been inconvenient. When
people wanted to (58)_______ a big bill, they had to use an ox-cart.
After (59)_______ many different metals and sizes, countries began to make coins of gold and
silver. The (60)_______ of the coins depends upon the weight of the metal used. Today few coins are
(61)_______ their weight. But even gold and silver coins were inconvenient if you had to buy
(62)_______ valuable. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use
paper to represent the (63)_______ amount of money in metal. The first paper money looked more
(64)_______ a note from one person to another than the paper money used today. Paper money is so
convenient that it is (65)_______ used more and more.
Your answers:
56. of 58. pay 60. value 62. something 64. like
57. weighed 59. trying 61. worth 63. same 65. being

Read the following passage and answer the questions. Write your answers (A or B, C, D) in the
numbered spaces provided under the passage.
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real
than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to
language. Human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for
much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.
When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, but imperfectly. Even
today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well
before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will
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learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a
special effort to learn to write; in the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not
acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read
or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disregard the latter. One
advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any
civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.
66. The author of the passage argues that ________
A. writing has become too important in today’s society.
B. speech is more basic to language than writing.
C. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write.
D. all languages should have a written form.
67. According to the passage, writing ________
A. is imperfect, but less so than speech. B. represents speech, but not perfectly.
C. developed from imperfect speech. D. is represented perfectly by speech.
68. In the author’s judgment ________
A. writing has more advantages than speech.
B. speech is essential but writing has important benefits.
C. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does.
D. writing is more real than speech.
69. In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ________
A. people who learn the rudiments of speech. B. people who speak many languages.
C. intelligent people who couldn’t write. D. severely handicapped children.
70. According to the author, one mark of civilized society is that it ________
A. affirms the primacy of speech over writing.
B. affirms the primacy of writing over speech.
C. teaches its children to speak perfectly.
D. keeps written records.
Your answers:
66. B 67. B 68. B 69. C 70. D

SECTION IV: WRITING

Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.
71. If anyone succeeds in solving the problems, it will probably be him.
 He is the most likely person to succeed in solving the problems.
72. "Try to go to bed earlier", the doctor said to Mrs. White.
 The doctor suggested that Mrs. White (should) try to go to bed earlier.
73. It seems that no one predicted the correct result .
 No one seems to have predicted the correct result.
74. The painters have decorated the whole of the first floor.
 We have had the whole of the first floor decorated by the painters
75. It was easy for us to pass the exams.
 We had no difficulty in passing the exams
76. If he hadn’t advised us, we wouldn’t have decided to spend our holiday there.
 Had it
77. This is the fastest way to get to the city center.
 There
78. Please don’t give me an injection.

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 I’d rather you didn’t give me an injection
Use the following sets of words or phrases to write complete sentences.
79. Scientists / think / to use / rise / fall / tide / produce / electricity.
  Scientists are thinking of how to use the rise and fall of the tide to produce electricity
80. However / hard / life / be / we / have to / best / succeed.
 However hard life is, we have to try our best to succeed
81. More / 15 million people / world / think/ affected / AIDS / by 1997.
 More than 15 million people in the world were thought to be affected by AIDS by 1997
82. Shakespeare / works / inspire / many writers / English playwright.
  Shakespeare's works have inspired many writers in English playwright
83. It / recommend / English learners / study / English / English / speak / country.
  It is recommended that English learners study English in English speaking countries
Write an essay (about 150-200 words) on the following topic:
“The role of a good friend in one’s life”

___THE END___

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