Đề ôn thi vào lớp 10 Chuyên Tiếng Anh năm 2023 (Đề 7)

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Kì thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 (khối chuyên)

Năm học 2006 – 2007

Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

Tải đề thi

I. Phonetics. (1,0 point)

a. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?

1.	A. borrow	B. prow	C. growth	D. low
2.	A. nature	B. natural	C. native	D. nation
3.	A. near	B. fear	C. rear	D. pear
4.	A. loud	B. mouth	C. southern	D. boundary
5.	A.prohibit	B. exhibition	C. dishonest	D. dishonor

b. Which word has the different position of stress from the others?

6.	A. education	B. compulsory	C. intelligent	D. technology
7.	A. decision	B. redundant	C. assistant	D. management
8.	A. theory	B. delicious	C. generate	D. confidence
9.	A. faithfully	B. sincerely	C. completely	D. extremely
10. A. vegetable		B. interesting	C. volleyball	D. detective

II. Vocabulary and Grammar. (3,0 points)

a. Circle the best one (A, B, C or D) and write it in the blank to complete the sentence.

11.	We locked the door to __________our dog from getting away.
A. prevent		B. keep	C. block	D. stop
12.	If we go by the side-roads we can __________ most of the traffic.
A. be away		B. avoid	C. keep away	D. keep distant
13.	The child was too tired to walk any further so I had to _________ him.
A. take		B. bring	C. bear	D. carry

14. As the year passed, Joe’s memories of his terrible experience__________ away, and he began to lead a normal life again.

A. faded

B. backed

C. passed

D. got

15. The new code of practice doesn’t _______________ from the old one although there are some important changes.

A. different

B. differ

C. difference

D. differentiate

16. This cheese has gone _____________ . We’ll have to throw it away.

A. contaminated

B. decayed

C. muddy

D. stale

17. The ____________________________his doctor is to get a certificate to say that he can still drive a car.

A. time only my father visits

B. only time my father visits

C. time my father only visits

D. time my father visit only

18. They were such good friends. I am surprised they ______________ and no longer speak to each other.

A. broke out

B. shut out

C. fell out

D. put out

19. Scientists _____________ a carefully controlled experiment on the mystery virus.

A. carried over

B. measured out

C. carried out

D. put up

20. His writing is so bad that I can’t _____________ what he writes.

A. make out

B. make off

C. make up

D. make for

21. Her father died when she was small so she was ____________ by her aunt and uncle.

A. brought up

B. grown up

C. looked over

D. taken after

22. Don’t ________________! I haven’t finish explaining yet.

A. hang up

B. hold on

C. hang on

D. call up

23. The two schoolboys were so angry with each other that they had a_________ fight.

A. sit down

B. sit up

C. stand up

D. knock-down

24. There is no time to do anything but ____________ important points.

A. touch

B. run

C. go

D. pick

b. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition or particle.

25. Helen had great admiration ___________ her history teacher.

26. I was ___________ the impression that you liked Indian food.

27. Your performance this term contrasts very favorably ________ last term’s.

28. You are perfectly capable _________ making your own bed, I would have thought.

29. We met at the hotel completely ___________ a coincidence.

30 -31. You should try to cooperate ___________ that organization _________

every way.

32. What is his attitude ___________ the plan?

c. Complete the text with words formed from the words in capitals.

Dear Sir or Madam,
I traveled last week on a Transworld Airbus from
London Gatwick to Copenhagen. This was the (33)
___________ journey of a holiday in Denmark, a (34)	OUT
___________ tour arranged through a company called	PACK
“Sunset”. My (35) ___________ was due to leave at	FLY
8.20 a.m. on Tuesday 25^th November, but did not in fact
leave until 20.30, a delay of more than eight hours. The
reason given was that vital (36) _________________
work had to be carried out. Although all passengers was	MAINTAIN
given a free meal, no other offer of (37) ___________
was given. Such long delay is totally (38) ___________	ASSIST
and I feel justified in circumstances in requesting some	ACCEPT
forms of financial (39) _________________ . I have
written to the tour (40) _____________ who denied	COMPENSATE
responsibility and advised me to write to you.	OPERATE
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
John Brown

III. Write. (3,6 points)

a. Put these words in order to complete the following sentences.

41 -42. If / down / in / there / will / you / forests / be / floods / cut / trees /, / big / the / every year / the/.

_____________________________________________________

43 -44. With / the / civilization / , / ever / fewer / advance / people / live / in / now / forests / , / but / are / more valuable / forests /than.

______________________________________________________

45-46. I / think / trash / to / of / we / the / should / to / environment / burn / garbage / protect / reduce / produce we / the / amount.

______________________________________________________

47-48. The / problem / view / computer / important / universe / of / about / the / is / it / has / and / will / to/ man’s / of/ himself / what / and / do / his / all / place / most / the / done.

_______________________________________________________

49-50. Suddenly / , / a huge / thrown / away / up / , / gas / and steam / was / dust / the / cloud / fifteen / into / the / of / sky / , / ash / miles / and / fell / on / farms / rocks / and villages / to / twenty / miles / from / volcano.

______________________________________________________

b. Circle the incorrect part (A. B, C or D) in the following sentences and then correct them.

51-52. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester.

______________

53 -54. The recent developments in the field of robotics has been extremely beneficial to those who are

physically handicapped.

______________

55-56.

Reports on the rise in hotel costs come from authority sources in the industry.

______________

57-58.

Because the 70 years old building was structurally unsafe and too expensive to repair, it had

to be demolished.

______________

59-60.

The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to deteriorate from rain.

______________

c. Rewrite the following sentences using the words in bold, in such a way that it means the same as the one given. Do not alter these words in any way.

61 -62. You can stay with us for a few day. (put)

____________________________________________________________________________________

63 -64. They suspended Jackson for the next two matches. (banned)

____________________________________________________________________________________

65 -66. New drugs are being discovered which are helping the fight against this disease. (discovery)

____________________________________________________________________________________

67 -68. Mary breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that her money hadn’t been stolen. (relieved)

____________________________________________________________________________________

69 -70. Jane bought the expensive coat without thinking about it first. (spur)

____________________________________________________________________________________

71 -72. Everyone played a part in the football team’s success. (contributed)

____________________________________________________________________________________

73 -74. If a group is so small that it cannot maintain a self-contained unit within the society, it may be assimilated. (occur)

____________________________________________________________________________________ 75 -76. It is highly likely that language conflict will lead to political conflict if one linguistic group blocks the social mobility of another. (likelihood)

____________________________________________________________________________________

IV. Read. (2.4 points)

a. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.

The word jeans comes from a kind of material that was made in Europe. The material (77)

____________ jeans, was named after sailors from Genoa in Italy, because they (78) _____________ clothes made from it. In the 18^th century jean cloth was made completely (79) _____________ cotton and workers at that time loved (80) _____________ it because the material was very strong and it did not wear (81)

_____________ easily. In the 1960s, many university and college students wore jeans. (82) _____________

made different styles of jeans to (83) _____________ the 1960s’ fashions: embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. In the 1970s more and more people started wearing jeans because they became (84)

_____________ . In the 1980s jeans finally became high fashion (85) _____________ , when famous designers started making their own styles of jeans, with their own labels (86) _____________ them. Sales of jeans (87) _____________ up and up. But in the 1990s the worldwide (88) _____________ situation got worse, and the sale of jeans stopped growing.

b. Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

Interpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know and we (89)_____________ as much on what they seem to be telling us, as on the (90) _____________ words they say. Facial (91) _____________ and tone of voice are obvious ways o showing our (92) _____________ to something, and it may well be that we unconsciously (93) _____________ views that we are trying to hide. The art of being tactful lies in (94) _____________ these signals, realizing what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not embarrassed in any way. For example, we may understand that they are (95)_____________ reluctant to answer our questions, and so we stop pressing them. Body movements in general may also (96) _____________ feelings and interviewers often (97) _____________ particularly attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the room and sits down. However, it is not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many employers want to know relates to the candidate’s character (98) _____________ and psychological tests, and the further problem of whether such tests actually produce (99) _____________ results. For many people, being asked to take part in such a test would be an objectionable intrusion into their private lives. Quite (100) _____________ from this problem, can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a conscientious employee or a valued colleague?

89.	A. estimate	B. rely	C. reckon	D. trust
90.	A. others	B. real	C. identical	D. actual
91.	A. looks	B. expression	C. image	D. manner
92.	A. view	B. feeling	C. notion	D. reaction
93.	A. express	B. declare	C. exhibit	D. utter
94.	A. taking down	B. putting across	C. picking up	D. going over
95.	A. at least	B. above all	C. anyhow	D. in fact
96.	A. display	B. indicate	C. simply	D. infer
97.	A. have	B. show	C. make	D. pay
98.	A. quirks	B. mannerisms	C. traits	D. points
99.	A. faithful	B. regular	C. reliable	D. predictable
100. A. different		B. apart	C. away	D. except

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