SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KY THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN
HAI PHONG Năm học 2020-2021
À CHÍ , DE THI MON: TIENG ANH (Chuyén) -
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PART ONE: PHONOLOGY
| Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group (5 pts)
1 A.seedbed B feedback C attendee D committee
2 A carriages B whistles C costumes D assures
3 A poultry B salmon C shoulder D calcium
4 A.enrich B enlarge C enlist D enterprise
5 A crooked B sacred C washed D jagged
6 A danger B ransom C ancient D manger
7 A bargain B gelatin C fragile D margarine
8 A protect B profess C proverb D profound 9 A chauffeur B brochure C parachute D charter
10 A beardie B rehearse C hearsay D endearment
II Choose the word whose main stress position is placed differently from that of the others in each group (5 pts) 1 A destroy B involve C distract D comment
2 A conquest B canteen C parade D campaign
3 A severe B diverse C fertile D mature
4 A overhear B overcharge C overcoat D overact 5 A prestigious B ascertain C construction D substantial 6 A intellectual B stability C geocentric D interference 7 A spontaneity B centenarian C argumentative D metabolism 8 A domineering B interrupt C reconcile D picturesque 9 A inoffensive B disheartening C uncritical D implausible 10 A archaeology B continental
PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
| Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences (10 pts)
1 There are no problems with Dan He seems after in a proper way
A to be looking B to have looked C to have been looked D to look
2 In hot and sunny weather, man acclimatizes by eating less, drinking more liquids, and A skin changes that darken B experiencing a darkening of the skin
C his skin may darken D darkening their skin 3 Trade from bad to worse and staff redundant now
A have gone - is made B has gone - are being made
C went - have made D had gone - are made
4 Nancy: “Would you mind posting this letter for me on the way to the shopping mall, Betty?”
Betty: “ "
A No problem Give it to me before | go C Never mind You don't have to do it now
C photosynthesis D entrepreneur
" B Yes, | post it for you
D It is very kind of you to say so
5 _ snow that covers the top of the mountainis _ beautiful sight
A.Ø-a B, The - a G.Ø-Ø D The - the
6 Itis a federal law vaccinated before entering the first grade,
A for children be B, that children willbe C that children be
7 The campers were asked to throw all recyclable trash into b
A the green big plastic bag B the big plastic bag green C the green plastic bag D the big green plastic bag
8, There was no one downstairs, so the woman tured off the lights and decided that she things
A must have imagined B can't have imagined
C should have imagined D needn't have imagined
9, Of the two films we watched last night, “The Avengers"is_
A more interesting B as interesting C the more interesting —_D the most interesting 40 If you need to the teacher's attention, just put your hand up
A pull B obtain C take
D requires children to be
D attract
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: Although being invisible B Even though it invisible
Gn Despite invisible D Although invisible
ce tend to become less _ to new ideas as they grow older
8 eae B available C attractive D hospitable
» The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a(n) guarded secret
4 A closely B deeply C highly D entirely
Extensive forests, abundant wildlife, and spectacular mountain are among the attractions of Glacier National Park
A scene B scenery C sights D views ‘
15 The two small companies are going to due to economic crisis
A mix B meet C merge D blend
16 My sunbumt skin made me feel rather for the first few days of the holiday A self-confident B self-centred C self-conscious D self-contained 17 The girl was over the when she won a scholarship to study in the United States
A sky B sun C moon D planet
18 This speech needs to be set our country in the 1970s
A with regard to B with a view to C inconsideration of D in the context of
19 Daisy really liked the dress she found for her sister's wedding However, she decided to for a better deal A sell out B, shop around C ring up D shell out
20 The fumes were so thick that she was for breath
A heart-to-heart B body and soul C flesh and blood D skin and bone
Il Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences (10 pts) 1 (EXPOSE) to direct sunlight for long periods of time is dangeroys to our skin
2 Alack of fertilizer had (POOR) the soil
3 _Incritical situations, they often lose because they play so (PROFES$IQN)
4 The referee's (PART) in the game was admirable
5 Our efforts to persuade her proved (FRUIT) - she accepted to come in the end!
6 Acrowd of (STAND) gathered at the scene of the crash, leading to a hold-up on the motorway
7, You don't need to read the instruction manual since the use of the camera is (EXPLAIN)
8 We (ESTIMATE) how long it would take to get to the stadium, so we were ten minutes late for the event 9 You can't get burnt with these dishes because they are (HOT)
10 After taking an IQ test, students will be (QUALIFY) separated into three different classes
Ill Fil each blank with a suitable preposition or adverb particle to complete each of the following sentences (10 pts) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ws 10
Advances technology will result more leisure time for working people A lot of young people are seen this new hairstyle, which seems to be catching They agreed to the policy the understanding that it would be theiy benefit
Peter won't do anything asking his mother first She's really got him her thumb
Just look at these old photographs | came - them when | was clearing an old bookcase That conservationist is going to bring abook _ widlife habitat next month
my point of view, the changes the education system have been to good effect
Anne is sorry to let you for not attending your party tonight but she's in bed acold He was wounded the shoulder by a bullet fired e upstairs window
The stores marked the products just before selling them a discount
IV The following passage contains 10 mistakes Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes Number 0 is an example (10 pts)
0 Line 1: number — amount
LINE RAIN MAKING ‹(O CO ~I G@ Cn + G hộ —
When it rains, it doesn't always pour During a typical storm, a comparatively small number of the locking up moisture in each cloud reaches the ground like rain So the idea that human intervention - a rain dance, perhaps - might encourage the sky to give out a little additional water has been around in prehistoric times More recently, would-be rain-makers have attempted direct intervention, by lobbing various chemicals out of aeroplanes in the effort to wring more rain from the clouds, a practice knowing as ‘cloud seeding’
Yet such techniques, which were first developed in the 1940s, are notoriously difficult to evaluate It is hard to
ascertain, for example, how much rain would have fallen anyway So, though much anecdotal evidence of the advantages of cloud seeding, that has led to its adoption in more than 40 countries around the world, as far as
scientists are concerned, results are still inconclusive That could be about to changing For the past three years, researchers have been carrying on the most extensive and rigorous evaluation of a revolutionarily new technique which will substantially boost the volume of rainfall
The preliminary findings of their experiments indicate that solid evidence of the technique's effectiveness is now within the scientists’ grasp
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PART THREE: READING
| Read the passage below and choose the correct answer to each of the questions (10 pts)
Federal Express is a company that specializes in rapid overnight delivery of high-priority packages The first company of its type, Federal Express was founded by the youthful Fred Smith in 1971, when he was only 28 years old Smith had actually developed the idea for the rapid delivery service in a term paper for an economics class when he was a student at
Yale University The term paper reputedly received a less-than-stellar grade because of the infeasibility of the project that Smith had outlined The model that Smith proposed had never been tried; it was a model that was efficient to operate but at the same time was very difficult to institute
Smith achieved efficiency in his model by designing a system that was separate from the passenger system and could,
therefore, focus on how to deliver packages most efficiently His strategy was to own his own planes so that he could create
his own schedules and to ship all packages through the hub city of Memphis, a set-up which resembles the spokes on the
wheel of a bicycle With this combination of his own planes and hub set-up, he could get packages anywhere in the United States ovemight
What made Smith's idea difficult to institute was the fact that the entire system had to be created before the company
could begin operations He needed a fleet of aircraft to collect packages from airports every night and deliver them to
Memphis, where they were immediately sorted and flown out to their new destinations; he needed a fleet of trucks to deliver
packages to and from the various airports; he needed facilities and trained staff all in place to handle the operation Smith had
a $4-million inheritance from his father, and he managed to raise an additional $91 million dollars from venture capitalists to
get the company operating
When Federal Express began service in 1973 in 25 cities, the company was not an immediate success, but success did come within a relatively short period of time The company lost $29 million in the first 26 months of operations However, the tide was to tum relatively quickly By late 1976, Federal Express was carrying an average of 19,000 packages per night and had made a profit of $3.6 million
1 The most appropriate title for this passage is 8 A The Capitalization of Federal Express
B The Importance of Business Studies
C The Implementation of a Successful Business D The Problem and Frustrations of a Business Student 2 What is stated in the passage about Smith's term paper?
A, Its grade was of only average standard B It was written by a student of Smith's C Smith submitted it through a delivery service D The professor thought it had great potential
3 What was a key idea of Smith's?
A That he should focus on passenger service B That passenger service had to be efficient
€, That packages could be delivered on other companies’ planes D That package delivery should be separate from passenger service 4 A*hub city" in paragraph 2 is CLOSEST in meaning to
A a large city with small cities as destinations B a city that is the final destination for many routes
C acity where many bicycle routes begin
D a centralized city with destinations emanating from it
5 It can be inferred from the passage that Smith selected Memphis as his hub city because it ; A had a large number of passenger aircraft
B was near the middle of the country
C already had a large package delivery service D was a favourite passenger airport
6 The pronoun “they” in paragraph 3 refers to Ầ
A aircrafts B airports C packages D destinations
7 Itis NOT mentioned in the passage that, in order to set up his company, Smith needed
A faculty B personnel C trucks D airplanes 8 How long did it take Federal Express to become profitable?
A One year B Two years C Three years D Six years
9 Which paragraph explains what made Smith's model effective?
A Paragraph 1 B Paragraph 2 C Paragraph 3 D Last paragraph
10 The tone of the passage in describing Smith's accomplishments is : A unflattering B unconvincing C ironic D sincere
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Harvard University, today recognized as part of the top echelon of the world's universities, came from very inauspicious
and humble beginnings
This oldest of American universities was founded in 1636, just sixteen years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Included in the Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts colony during this period were more than 100 graduates of England's prestigious Oxford and Cambridge universities, and these university graduates in the New World were determined that their
sons would have the same educational opportunities that they themselves had had Because of this support in the colony for an institution of higher leaming, the General Court of Massachusetts appropriated 400 pounds for a college in October of
1636 and early the following year decided on a parcel of land for the school; this land was in an area called Newetowne,
which was later renamed Cambridge after its English cousin and is the site of the present-day university
When a young minister named John Harvard, who came from the neighbouring town of Charlestown, died from
tuberculosis in 1638, he willed half of his estate of 1,700 pounds to the fledgling college In spite of the fact that only half of the bequest was actually paid, the General Court named the college after the minister in appreciation for what he had done The amount of the bequest may not have been large, particularly by today's standards, but it was more than the General Court had found it necessary to appropriate in order to open the college
Henry Dunster was appointed the first president of Harvard in 1640, and it should be noted that in addition to serving as president, he was also the entire faculty, with an entering freshman class of four students Although the staff did expand
somewhat, for the first century of its existence, the entire teaching staff consisted of the president and three or four tutors 1 The main idea of this passage is that
A Harvard is one of the world's most prestigious universities B what is today a great university started out small
C John Harvard was key to the development of a great university
D Harvard University developed under the auspices of the General Court of Massachusetts 2 The passage indicates that Harvard is
A the oldest universities in the world B one of the oldest universities in the world
C one of the oldest universities in America D the oldest university in America
3 _Itcan be inferred from the passage that the Puritans who travelled to the Massachusetts colony were : A rather rich
B rather undemocratic C rather well-educated
D rather supportive of the English goverment
4 Which of the following is NOT mentioned about John Harvard? A What he died of
B Where he was buried
C Where he came from
D How much he bequeathed to Harvard 5 The passage implies that
A Henry Dunster was an ineffective president
B someone else really served as president of Harvard before Henry Dunster
C Henry Dunster spent much of his time as president managing the Harvard faculty
D the position of president of Harvard was not merely an administrative position in the early years
Ill Read the following passage and fill each of the numbered blanks with ONE suitable word (10 pts)
Adolescence always has been and always will be (1) 1 very difficult time in life You are lost somewhere
(2) = es kê adulthood, but still, this is the time in life when you have to break free fram the conformity of your peers to find your self, Some people argue that it's more difficult to be young today than it (3 eat young today (3) to be Is this true, and in is i
In modem society, teenagers are pressured to mature (4) 1 I m more quickly than one or two hundr ed years ago
Today, minors at a very early stage have to make decisions regarding education, often, bearing upon their future ig In the past, children were expected to (5), - in the footsteps of their parents, (6) is to say, the son was supposed to
take up the profession of his father, while the daughter was expected to stay at home to take care of (7) domestic
duties as cooking and cleaning Furthermore, today it's much more difficult to find your place in society as cities grow, crime
increases, and the anonymity people experience grows as (8) _ ltbecomes more diffi i
ae ae g (8) more difficult to find and cultivate your own
On the (9) hand, the adolescent of today have greater opportunities than ever before In the past, if your father
was a blacksmith or a farmer, in ten years, so would you be Today, teenagers have the possibili i
dreams and ambitions, is ” 9 ene a
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, TALKING RUBBISH
_— Reduce! Re-use! Recycle! The message hits Canadian consumers through all the media As newcomers from Sri
a ị Cree the situation here with the one back home We may not be the most environmentally (1) n the world but, compared with this, we do not have a rubbish problem - yet citizens Like many shoppers in Colombo, my partner Shahid and | used to have a cane basket we took along with us to the Sund: Market or pola every week No environmentalist could have complained about it You need a good ni at the pola Tas are no supermarket carts to push around Most items - rice, flour, vegetables, fruit, biscuits, eggs - are bought bit by bit or wrapped (2) newspaper At (3) we would carry one plastic bag separately For eggs, we took a reusable plastic tray with us
When income (4) _are low, people need to buy in small quantities It is quite normal to ask for an envelope, two eggs or 100 grams of sugar The (5) is that, for the most part, urban consumers in Sri Lanka cannot afford the luxury of waste Most people do not buy more from the grocers than they know they will (6) consume They re-use (7) they can and are loath to discard bags, jars, tins or boxes that can be put to other uses
But in recent years, Westem-style supermarkets have begun to spring up in Colombo They (8) the evidence of a clean, efficient, streamlined service to customers A (9) of imported goods, dressed up in their layers of attractive, colourful packs beckons from the shelves These are the (10) products that demand your attention on the TV
Somos Along with them, Sri Lanka, like so many other developing countries, may have imported a problem that once never existed 1 A qualified B concemed C worried D experienced 2 A.with B on C.in D by
3 A maximum B most C highest D best
4 A.rates B amounts C sizes D levels
5 A point B case C example D question 6 A absolutely B purposefully C actually D completely
7 A whenever B however C wherever D whatever
8 A.sort out B rule out C hold out D try out
9 A.set B range C store D band
10 A very B just C likely D similar
PART FOUR: WRITING
| Finish the second sentence in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one (10 pts)
1 People think that city life in the 21s! century offers them a lot of advantages > City life 2 It wasn't necessary for you to go to so much trouble on my behalf = You needn't 3 She's very patient and loyal That's why she hasn't left her company > MPI cssscass 4 The workers started jumping for joy the moment the announcement of a pay rise was made => No sooner 5 His condition improved so rapidly that he was discharged from the hospital early => There was 8 : 7 8 9
The woman bears a strong resemblance to someone else that | used to know => The woman reminds Scientists in the world are trying very hard to find a cure for this infectious disease âđ Enomous
Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications => The more qualifications
The young man gave up his job to pursue his own interests despite his high salary > No matter 10 People were aware of the damage to the environment when many species had = It was the
become extinct
II Rewrite each of the sentences below in such a way that its meaning is similar to that of the original one, using the
word given in brackets Do not change this word in any way (10 pts)
1 After Covid-19, many people find it increasingly difficult to live on the money they eam (ENDS) >
2 The fridge was absolutely empty yesterday (LEFT) 2
3 “I don't approve of people who tell lies,” said Jack (EXPRESSED) =
4 Anna complained about the tourism services throughout the holiday (ENTIRE) 2 5 | felt relaxed at her house as her parents treated me so well (EASE) > 6 She's always criticizing her children in front of their friends (DOWN) > 7 John has a lot of experience in travelling, so he can arrange this trip very easily (EYES) > 8 His football team has been defeated for the eighth time this season (SUFFERED) © 9 None of us was expecting to have a fifteen-minute test on English this morning (BLUE) S 10 Jane's father became extremely angry when he knew she had broken his crystal vase (STACK) >
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