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ĐÒ chÝnh thøc

®Ò thi nµy gåm 04 trang

k× thi vµo líp 10 chuyªn

n¨m häc 2012 - 2013

M«n thi: TiÕng Anh

(M«n chung cho tÊt c¶ c¸c thÝ sinh)

Thêi gian lµm bµi: 90 phót (kh...

Hà An · Accepted Answer

part A: phonetics (5 points)

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line . (3 pts)

1. A. awful B. show C. wonderful D. drawing

2. A. watched B. cooked C. finished D. managed

3. A. too B. food C. blood D. soon

II. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest in the same line. (2 pts)

1. A. cover B. injection C. condition D. contact

2. A. weather B. typhoon C. highland D. ladder

part b: grammar (10 points)

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form/tense.

1. John and I ......have been...... (be) pen-pals for nearly three years.

2. Don’t make so much noise. I ....AM STUDYING...... (study).

3. My sister ......BRUSHES.... (brush) her teeth twice a day.

4. Nam is living far from his home now. He wishes he .....VISITED..... (visit) his family.

5. To avoid .....being recognized..... (recognize), the film star wore dark glasses.

6. Unless you are more careful, you ....WILL HAVE...... (have) an accident.

7. If I ....to know...... (know) his address, I’d give it to you.

8. My bicycle isn’t here anymore. It ....has been stolen...... (steal).

9. It suddenly......poured..... (pour) with rain while we .....were going.... (go) to the beach.

part c: multiple choice (10 points).

Choose the best option to complete the sentences below.

1. Listen carefully. I’m going to give you .......... advice.

A. a few B. some C. few D. little

2. She spoke quietly to him .......... nobody else could hear a word.

A. because B. if C. although D. so that

3. How many people took part .......... the contest?

A. in B. from C. with D. to

4. The bed .......... I slept in was very soft.

A. which B. where C. who D. whom

5. Take the number 7 bus and get .......... at Forest Road.

A. up B. down C. outside D. off

6. I always enjoy .......... very much.

A. me B. myself C. mine D. I

7. Could you pass me .......... parcel next to you?

A. a B. an C. the D. no article

8. Nobody called on the phone, ..........?

A. did he B. didn’t he C. did they D. didn’t they

9. Helen: “Congratulations! Jane: - “..........”

A. You are welcome B. What a pity! C. Thank you D. I’m sorry

10. We didn’t ........... to the station in time to catch the train.

A. get B. reach C. arrive D. make

part D: word formation (5 points)

Put the words in the brackets in the right form

1. That company has 2,000 ....employees..... (employ)

2. Conservationists ......believe.... that we should preserve the tropical rainforest in the world. (belief)

3. She is ....lazier...... than her elder sister. (lazy)

4. He looked at me .....angrily..... when I interrupted him. (angry)

5. The weather was wonderful, so we had a very .....pleasant.... holiday (please)

part e: reading (15 points)

I. Read the passage below and choose the best option to fill in the blanks. (10 pts)

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1).......... the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of (2)........... . But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans started (3)........... two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth (4).......... in Genoa was called “jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman (5)......... in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (6).......... they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (7).......... with gold miners; farmers and cowboys. Six years (8)..........., Levis began making his pants with blue cottonm (9).......... called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (10)......... jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

1. A. in B. on C. over D. about

2. A. youth B. young C. younger D. youngest

3. A. lots B. much C. most D. almost

4. A. make B. makes C. making D. made

5. A. in B. on C. at D. with

6. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So

7. A. famous B. popular C. good D. wonderful

8. A. late B. later C. latest D. last

9. A. cloth B. clothing C. cloths D. clothes

10. A. wear B. wearing C. wore D. worn

II. Read the passage below and choose the best option to complete the sentences. (5 pts)

Every day of the year throughout the world, about twenty million paper bags and newspapers are screwed and thrown away.

Making paper requires a lot of wood pulp and the work of millions of workers. Many countries have had plans to recycle waste paper to save money and labor. In the countries where there is the cooperation of the public, paper mills recycle as much as sixty percent of waste paper. There simple work is to take away the ink, crush it up and make it into pulp again. For every ton of recycled newsprint, twelve trees can be saved. We can insist that the more paper people save, the more trees are preserved.

1. ___________ is used for making paper.

A. Paper bag B. Newspaper C.Wood pulp D. Waste paper

2. To save money and labor, many countries ____________ .

A. encourage people to use less paper B. have plans to recycle waste paper

C. persuade people not to cut down trees D. make plans to produce pulp

3. How much waste paper do paper mills recycle?

A. 6 % B. 16 % C. 60 % D. 66 %

4. The word “it” in line 7 refers to __________.

A. wood pulp B. waste paper C. newsprint D. ink

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Millions of paper bags are thrown away every day.

B. Making paper requires a lot of labor.

C. One ton of recycled paper saves twelve trees.

D. People plant more trees in order to make more paper.

part f: writing (15 points)

I. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. (5 pts)

1. “Can you lend me your pen, Jane?” , said Peter.

- Peter asked..........................Jane if she could lend him her pen.................................

2. She started working as a secretary five years ago.

- She has .............................been working as a secretary for five years...................................

3. We grew those trees ten years ago.

- Those trees .....................were grown by us ten years ago.....................................

4. No one in the group is younger than Mai.

- Mai is .........................the youngest in the group.........................................

5. The luggage is too heavy for her to carry.

- The luggage is so.............is so heavy that she can’t carry it....................................

II. Use the words and phrases below to make complete sentences. (5 pts)

1. Noise/traffic/prevented/me/go to sleep

=> The noise of the traffic prevented me from going to sleep

2. My father/use/smoke/when/he/young

=> My father used to smoke when he was young

3. It/five years/Peter and Jane/move/London.

=> It’s five years since Peter and Jane moved to London

4. His brother/enjoy/fish/lake.

=> His brother enjoys fishing in the lake

5. you/clean/the glass windows/yet?

=> Have you cleaned the glass windows yet?

III. Rearrange the words to make complete sentences (5 pts)

1. I/the/enjoyed/the/really/firework/displayed/which/on/was/National Day.

=> I really enjoyed the firework which was displayed on the National Day

2. the/not free/to/I/so/today/we/can’t/go/beach/am

=> I am not free today, so we can’t go to the beach

3. Jim/in/evening/on/Monday/Singapore/arrived

=> Jim arrived in Singapore on Monday evening

4. you/do/grammar/grammar/exercises/books/should/more/in

=> You should do more grammar exercises in grammar books

5. why/we/stay/don’t/an/English/with/family?

=> Why don’t we stay with an English family?Câu trả lời: part A: phonetics (5 points)