Tuyển chọn đề thi vào lớp 10 chuyên Anh – Đề số 9

Tuyển chọn đề vào 10 chuyên Anh – Đề 9

ĐỀ SỐ 09

(Đề thi vào lớp 10 THPT Chuyên Lê Khiết, Quảng Ngãi, năm hoc 2007-2008)

(Thời gian: 150 phút)

A. PRONUNCIATION (10 points)

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each group. (5 points)

1. A. crop	B. concern	C. conserve	D. protect
2. A. conserve	B. advertise	C. perfect	D. reverse
3. A. cities	B. workers	C. series	D. satellites
4. A. food	B. good	C. tooth	D. tool
5. A. although	B. without	C. thank	D. these

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. (5 points)

1. A. cartoon	B. open	C. paper	D. answer
2. A. manage	B. shortage	C. village	D. teacher
3. A. remain	B. convenient	C. volunteer	D. memorable
4. A. maintain	B. marine	C. challenge	D. device
5. A. important	B. community	C. organize	D. diseases

 

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (40 points)

I. Choose the best answers to completes each sentence. (10 points)

1.The stolen jewels were______ a lot of money.

A.valued

B. cost

C. priced

D. worth

2. ______,  after trying three times, he passed the examination.

A. Lastly

B.Last of all

C. Last

D. At last

3. I don’t see any ______ in arriving early at the theatre.

A.cause

B.point

C.reason

D. aim

4. The children loved_____ the old castle.

A. discovering

B.exploring

C. hunting

D. detecting

5. This is the oldest building _____ the village.

A.of

B.by

C. in

D.to

6. These figures show a ____ in the number of unemployed people in England and Wales.

A. loss

B.lessening

C. reduction

D. lowering

7. _____ scientists have observed increased  pollution in the water supply.

A. late

B.later

C.Latter

D. Lately

8. After he had broken his leg. Henry could only go up and down stairs_____.

A. hardly

B.in difficulties

C. with difficulty

D. hard

9. You will have to_____ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.

A.put off

B.cut down

C. put out

D. put up

10. At four o’clock Mr.Hutchinson still had some _____ to do in the garden.

A. work

B.job

C.effort

D. task

II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10 points)

1. This is the first time I (read) __________  a novel (write) __________  by an American novelist.

2. The stereo (play)__________ since 6 pm. I wish someone (turn)____________ it off.

3. The new students hope (include)__________  in many of the school’s social activities. He wore a false beard (avoid)____ (recognize)  .

4. (Write)__________ the letter, she put it carefully in an envelope.

5. If you don’t hurry, all the tickets (sell)________ by the time we (get) ______ there.

III. Fill in the blank with a /an /the. Put an Ø where none is required. (5points)

1.  My father has just bought me________LG computer.

2._________ whale is_____ mammal, not________fish   

3. We are going to________ tea with________Smiths today

4. ________Titanic, one of the most famous ocean liners, sank on its first voyage across________ Atlantic.

5. For centuries, ________buildings were made of ________ stones.  

IV. Give the correct form of the verbs to complete the passage. (10 points)

compare	young	abound	employ	size
pursue	collect	prosper	tend	criticize

    Ask any adult over forty to make a (1)________ between the past and the present and most will tell you that things have been getting steadily worse for as long as they can remember. Take the weather for example. Everyone remembers that in their (2) ________ the summers were considerably hotter, and that winter always included (3)________ falls of snow just when the school holidays had started. Of course, the food in those days was far superior too, as nothing was imported and everything was fresh. (4) ________ was negligible, the money in your pocket really was worth something, and you could buy a (5) ________ house even if your means were limited. And above all, people were somehow nicer in those days, and spent their free time on innocent (6)________ making model boats and tending their stamp (7)________ rather than gazing at the television screen for hours on end. As we know, this figure of the past simply cannot be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with heath and (8)________ which prove that it is not true. So, why is it that we all have a (9)________ to idealize the past and to be so (10)________ of the presents?

V. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. (5 points)

1. It’s a small island, four miles________ the Thai coast.

2. I know her ________ sight, but I’ve never talked to her.

3. be half of everyone here tonight. I’d like to thank you your advice.

4. You can refer ________ these documents________ more information.

5. How much did he change you ________ doing________ the room?

6. She began her talk________ an apology________ the audience.

C. READING (30 points)

I. Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question. (10points)

    Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066. Until the 1600s. English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next tw’o centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.

    Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two-thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of nonnative users than any other language in the world.

1. What is the main topic of this passage?

A. The number of non-native users of English.

B. The French influence on the English language.

C. The expansion of English as an international language.

D. The use of English for science and technology.

2. The word “emerged” in line 3 could best be replaced by which of the following?

A.appeared

B. hailed

C. frequented

D. engaged

3. As used in line 3, the word “elements” is not similar to which of the following:

A. declaration

B. features

C.curiosities

D. customs

4. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?

A. in 1066

B. around 1350

C.before 1600

D. after 1600

5. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except______.

A. The slave trade	B. Colonization
C. Missionaries	D. The Norman invasion

6. As used in line 6. which of the following is closet in meaning to the word “course”?

A. Subject

B. Policy

C.Time

D. Track

7. The word “enclaves” in line 9 could be best replaced by which of the following?

A. communities

B. organizations

C.regions

D. countries

8. The word “proliferated” in line 10 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. prospered

B. organized

C. disbanded

D. expanded

9. Which of the following is closet in meaning to the word “constituting” in line 16?

A. looking over

B. sitting down

C. doing in

D. making up

10. According to the passage, approximately how many nonnative users of English are there in the world to day?

A. a quarter million	B. half a million
C. 350 million	D.700 million

 

II. These paragraphs or sentences (A – H) are not in a good order. Rearrange them into a good order (1 – 8) to make it a logical meaningful passage. (8 points)

A. Anyone can try to make a drink which tastes similar to Coca-Cola. Chemists say that it consists almost entirely of carbonated water and sugar.

B. In only a few years Coca-Cola became the national drink of the United States. The shape of the famous bottle was invented in 1961. During the Second World War, American soldiers drank three million bottles of Coca-Cola a day.

C.Coca-Cola was originally invented by John Pemberton, a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1886, he created a new kind of medicine to cure tiredness and headaches.

D. This helped spread the name and flavor of “Coke” all over the world.

E. Then a businessman bought Pemberton’s recipe for his creation. He did something to the recipe and made a really refreshing drink that appealed to many people. Demand for the drink grew.

F. But no one outside the Coca-Cola company has yet discovered what the “magic” combination of ingredients is, and a very few people – only seven, have ever known the secrete formula of Coca-Cola. Only two of them are still alive today, so they never travel on the same aeroplane.

G. Today, nearly a hundred million bottles or cans are drunk every day, in one hundred and fifty-five different countries.

H. It tasted so revolting that just about no one wanted to buy it. In the first year, Pemberton only made $50 from his creation.

III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (12 points)

LOOKING FOR A JOB

    I finished university six month (1) _______ , I’ve got a degree in business administration. I enjoyed the course very much (2)_______ I realize I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have (3)_______ got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting (4)_______ something suitable to turn up. Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself busy. I look through the job advertisements (5)_______       the newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they hear of any vacancies (6)_______ they work . What I am looking for is something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city or even work abroad for a while. The (7)_______ is not so important at this stage , provided I earn enough to live on , because I don’t want to continue (8)_______ to depend on my parents , although they are (9)_______  generous to me . At the moment, I’m working in a nearby restaurant two evenings (10)_______  week, washing up and generally helping out, which brings a little money . The other people working there are very friendly, and many of them are in the same (11)_______ as me, so we have lots of to talk (12)_______.

D. WRITING (20 points)

I. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as those printed before them. (10points)

1. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.

—> Martin’s…………………………………..

2. Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of £10.000 he was able to buy the house he wanted.

—> Had his……………………………………

3. Mary was the only student absent from class.

—> Apart …………………………………….

4. Jane hasn’t made much progress at school.

—> Jane has only………………………………

5. My parents find fault with everything 1 do.

—> No matter………………………………….

6. It’s the cheapest watch but it’s the nicest.

—> Not only ………………………………….          

7. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murder.

—> Little…………………………………….

8. “ What you have cooked is the best in the world!”, John said to his girlfriend.

—> John congratulated …………………………

9. Now that his mother was being there, they said nothing about it.

—>On ……………………………………….

10. The last storm destroyed Lan’s house.

—>It’s high time……………………………..

II. Use the suggest words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage. (10 points)

1. Jack London/ famous/ American writer.

2. He/ bear/ January 13th/l 876/ San Francisco/ California.

3. family/ poor/ he/ have/ leave/ school/ make money.

4. He/ work/ hard/ different jobs.

5. Later/ he/ return/ school/ he/ not/ stay/ long.

6. 1897/he/ go/ Alaska/ find/ gold.

7. There/ he/ find/ ideas/ books / stories.

8. He/ come/ home/ start/ write.

9. writings/ successful/ he/ become/ rich/ famous/ twenties.

10. poor health/ he/ die/1916/ age/ 40.

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