SỞ GD – ĐT THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO

MINH LỚP 10
ĐỀ THI THỬ SỐ 24 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút

Họ và tên học sinh:

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. chemistry B. kitchen C. watch D. catch
2. A. invited B. wanted C. ended D. liked

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress is different from the others in each
group.
3. A. economic B. activity C. disappointed D. scientific
4. A. detective B. romantic C. national D. adventure

III. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence.
5. One of the essential things that children, when grown up, need to acquire is _______________.
A. life skill B. shopping habit C. blame game D. laziness
6. _______________ Saturday afternoons we usually play basketball.
A. On B. In C. At D. To
7. We had a picnic on the river _______________ before going home late in the evening.
A. side B. bank C. part D. place
8. My _______________ is playing tennis and collecting coins.
A. work B. hobby C. free time D. duty
9. It took us two hours _______________ the village by bus.
A. to come B. to reach C. to get D. to arrive
10. You should calm _______________ and we will find out the best solution.
A. about B. up C. down D. from
11. He wishes he _______________ younger again.
A. is B. would C. could be D. be
12. Since he arrived, he _______________ a lot about life on a farm.
A. was learning B. had learned C. has been learning D. learned
13. “Shall we eat out this evening?” – “_______________.”
A. Yes, we shall. B. How do you do?
C. Yes, let’s! D. You’re welcome.
14. “_______________” - “It’s nice of you to say so!”
A. We have no other choices. B. What you did was so stupid.
C. I’d like to stop you doing so. D. Have a nice trip to Hue.

IV. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the following picture or sign.

15. What does the sign mean?

A. You mustn’t drive after drinking.
B. You shouldn’t drink after taking medicines.
C. You must be careful with drunk drivers.
D. You must drive carefully.

16. What does the sign mean?

A. Accident-prone areas.
B. Areas with no pedestrians.
C. Pedestrian crossing is not allowed.
D. Pedestrians must not turn left.

V. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Camping is an activity in which people live temporarily in the outdoors. Campers (17)__________ in
fishing, hunting, swimming, and wildlife watching. It provides physical benefits when it involves hiking
around a campsite, and many people believe that camping (18)__________ youngsters feel more
confident.
People throughout the world enjoy hiking to wildness campsites. This activity is called backpacking
(19)__________ it involves carrying such essential camping gear as the tent, food, clothing, and sleeping
bag on the back in a bag (20)__________ a backpack. Backpacking is best suited for (21)__________
who are in good physical conditions as it may require walking several miles.
The key to any enjoyable camping trip is planning. A decision (22)__________ where to camp
depends on personal preference, but planning the trip before leaving helps campers avoid accidents.
17. A. participate B. take C. enter D. get
18. A. enables B. allows C. makes D.
causes
19. A. although B. because C. so D. but
20. A. mentioned B. told C. known D. called
21. A. anyone B. those C. someone D.
Everyone
22. A. for B. with C. on D. in

VI. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False.
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to
the country for summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year around. Some have a cottage
built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the time.
English villages are not all like, but in some ways they are not very different from one another.
Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen for many miles
around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it. Country life
is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought through pipes into each house. Most
villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they cannot find in the
village shops.
23. The town isn't so beautiful as the country.
24. English villages are completely alike.
25. It is not far from most villages to some small towns.
26. People can buy everything in the village shops.

Read the passage again and choose the most suitable item.
27. The main topic of the passage is __________________________.
A. to encourage people to live in the country. B. to introduce English villages.
C. to compare towns with villages. D. to describe the quiet life in the country.
28. The word "they" refers to __________________________.
A. villages B. towns C. people D. holidays

VII. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
29. I'm ________________ that we will have a vacation abroad this week. (delight)
30. He __________________ packed his school things and left immediately. (hurry)
31. How to boost up self-__________________ is what the lecture aims at. (confide)
32. We took _______________food like chicken salad with grapes last weekend. (picnic)
33. Though he has final exam tomorrow, it looks as if he was _______________. (worry)
34. Sophia did her best to provide _______________ atmosphere in her home. (relaxation)
VIII. Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.
35. went / was / It / swimming /such /weather /we / good / that /. //
 It was
36. attraction / the / photos / around / sightseers / and / walked / Many / tourist / took /. //
 Many

IX. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the
same as the sentence printed before it.
37. They made me wait for the door for twenty minutes.
 I was
38. He is sorry that he can't see Audrey on her trip to London.
 He wishes
39. I always find it strange to travel by air.
 I'm not
40. I had to spend two days travelling to that town.
 It took