SỚ GIÁO DỤC ĐAO TẠO ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN TRÀ VINH MÔN : TIẾNG ANH – THỜI GIAN :150 phút NĂM HỌC : 1999- 2000 I . Use the correct tense of the verb in brackets(2ms) Sue: Our team ( win ) (1) tonight . Tom : They (lose) (2) last Saturday. Sue : That was because Lee (not play) (3) . Tom : Why wasn’t he on the team ? Sue : He (be) (4) ill , but he has recovered now . II . Fill in each blank with a correct preposition (2ms) 1. School finishes (5) three o’clock (6) Thursday. 2. The town hall is (7) the library and the museum. 3. He was there (8) January to March. III . Complete the following sentences (3ms) 9.We visited the school where 10. That’s the students whose 11. Tom isn’t working hard for his exams. I wish 12. My camera is being repaired at the moment . I’m having IV. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word (2ms) A grasshopper spent the summer singing and dancing in the sun . One day he __________(13) an ant hurrying by . She look very __________ (14) and hot. “ Why are you working on _________ (15) a lovely day ?” asked the grasshopper . “I’m collecting food __________(16) the winter .”, said the ant and went on her way. She ___________(17) all the other ants carrying food to their store . The grasshopper sang ________(18) song and carry on dancing . When winter came and there was snow on the ground, the grasshopper had __________ (19) to eat . He was very hungry , so he went and asked the ant to give him ________ (20) food. V. Arrange the conversation in its correct order . The first sentence has been done for you (1m) 1.Uncle Tom has just rang up . a. No , the bus is stuck behind the truck . Nothing can move . b. Is he coming for lunch ? c. But the flood was on Monday . d. He could come by bus . e. Now his truck is stuck in the mud . f. No , he’s in trouble . There’s been a flood. THE END 1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VAO LỚP 10 TRÀ VINH NĂM HỌC : 2001- 2002 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài :150 phút I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (2ms): 1. He (go) swimming every day. 2. Sue (come) here last year. 3. They (listen) to music now. 4. She (be) here next week. II. Fill in the blank with a correct preposition (1m): 5. Peter was born 1819. 6. They started 6.30’. III. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (3ms) : 7. Charles Dickens wrote the book. The book 8. I was very sad. I couldn’t say anything. I was too 9. Tom wrote the letter. It arrived this morning. Tom wrote the letter 10. He isn’t here now. I wish 11. Their house was painted last year. They had 12. She met the engineer. He works with her father. She met IV. Make an accent mark over the stressed syllables of the words provided (1m): 13. second, expensive, international, fortunately. V. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (2ms): … Alice came back to England ………… (14) bought antique shop, where she worked till last year. “ I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve never ……………(15) to Hollywood but I don’t regret that . I’m (16) healthy and active. I feel much (17) than ninety seven”. VI. Arrange the dialogue in the correct order (1m): - Oh yes! How wonderful! Where are you going after…………… - To see the tulips, of course. - Why ? - First, I’m going to Holland. THE END. 2 SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VAO LỚP 10 TRÀ VINH NĂM HỌC : 2004- 2005 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài :150 phút I.Put the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (0,5m) : 1. Tom (finish) the book last month. 2. Jeff ( love) this song. 3. He (be) there since he was 15. 4. They (play) football now. II. Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentences (2ms): 5. She enjoys (cook, cooking, cooks). 6. The test is than I thought ( hard, harder, hardly). 7. He drives as …………… as his mother. (carefully, more carefully, careful) 8. This is ……… interesting book he wrote last year. (the more, most, the most) 9. We all work very fast but Jack works …………. (fastest, fast, the fastest) 10. He is a good boy. He is always … … to help his friends (readily, ready, readiness) 11. They …… walked down the path of roses. (quickly, quickness, quick) 12. Mr. Smith ………… a lot of old coins. (collective, collected, collection) 13. This is not a place of ………… (entertaining, entertainment, entertain) 14. It was a beautiful morning ……… May. (in, on at) 15. Are you interested ………. reading books? (in, on, at) 16. He won’t leave if he ……… you. (can’t see, see, will not see) 17. Will it be ………. for you to come back tomorrow. (`convenient, con`venient, conve`nient) 18. I was late, …………… the teacher hadn’t come. (`fortunately, for`tunately, fortu`nately) 19. We ……… to start early. (`decided, de`cided, deci`ded) 20. It is …………… to understand that? (`difficult, di`fficult, diffi`cult) III. Read the passage and do the exercises: Some trees give their early flowers in February but others still wait until the end of March when it gets hotter and hotter. The sky looks like a red umbrella lined with soft young leaves. Students walk round the schoolyard picking up the red flowers and make lovely butterflies of different shapes and hearts of different sizes. Those then are put nicely in their special notebooks. Most of the red flowers disappear when the students meet again for the new school year in September. Only the red flowers in their special notebooks remain as fresh as the sweetest memories of their school days. A. Write True or False (T/F) (1 m): 21. Red flowers all appear in February. 22. “Lovely butterflies” are made of red flowers. 23. “Hearts” are made of young leaves. 24. Students love the red flowers. B. Answer the questions (1 m) 25. Do students throw away the butterflies and hearts? 3 26. What happens when the new school year begins? C. Cloze reading (1 m) Americans do not think it necessary to hide their emotion. We show happiness with (27) smiles, gestures and … Unlike many Asians, Americans smile only around good news or happy (28). An American smiles often, but not (29) embarrassed or confused. Bad news does not (30) with a smile. IV. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it: (1.5 ms) 31. They built this house last year. This house ……………………………………. 32. Jerry drives carelessly. Nick drives more carelessly. Nick drives ……………………………………………. 33. This is the book. Sue bought the book five years ago. This is the book ………………………………………… 34. Lan is only 20 years old. She can’t do this job. If Lan ……………………………………………… 35. He is the man. He always helps the poor. He is the man …………………………………………… 36. She was drawing the pictures when the light went out. The picture was ………………………………………………. V. Write a paragraph about your summer holidays (at least 100 words) (3ms) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………… 4 SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VAO LỚP 10 TRÀ VINH NĂM HỌC : 2002- 2003 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài :150 phút I. Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense (2ms): 1. I (live) here ten years ago. 2. My grandfather (go) fishing every Sunday. 3. They (talk) on the phone now. 4. They (sing) at six yesterday. II.Fill in each blank with a correct preposition: in, on, at, from, to: 5. It was opened……………1973 for music, theatre and dance. 6. The course started………… 8 a.m. III Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it (3ms) : 7. He gave her a red rose. She………………………………………………………………………………….…… 8. The film was very good. We all liked it. It was such a ……………………………………………………………………………… … 9. Someone repaired the machine last week. We had ………………………………………………………………………………………… 10. Why don’t we go out more often? I wish we …………………………………………………………………………………………… 11. I looked at the postcard more. I missed her more. The more ……………………………………………………………………………….……… 12. I don’t have time I can’t help you. If I had ………………………………………………………………………………………………. IV. Make an accent mark over the stressed syllables of the words provided (1 m): 13. distant, broadcast, adventure, expensive V. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word (2ms): Everyone loves the sleepy grey koalas. (14)………… kangaroos, they have a pouch (a kind of pocket) on the front for their babies, (15)………………… six months here, baby koalas ride on their mother’s back. They live in eucalyptus trees, sleeping for eighteen hours, (16)…………………. eating one kilo of leaves, each day. They drink (17)…………. nothing the word koala means “no water”. VI. Arrange the dialogue in the correct order (1m): - I’d like a mushroom pizza, please. - Could we see the menu please? - What would you like? - Let’s sit here. THE END 5 SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VAO LỚP 10 TRÀ VINH NĂM HỌC : 2006- 2007 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài :150 phút I. Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence (2 ms) 1. Who …………………….the telephone ? ( built, invented, made, organized ) 2. His books are …………….read ? (costly, strongly, widely, ultimately) 3. It’s …………… to see you. (wonderful, wonderfully, wonderingly) 4. Julia has passed her exam. We’re going out to …………. (celebrate, have, open, organize) 5. If I ………………time, I’ll help you (had, has, have, having) 6. I wish I …………… there in a minute (can be, could be, will be, would be) 7. ………………we came, the women were sitting there, looking to the sea (So, When, Which, Why) 8. I starting early. (ask, command, order, suggest) II. Reading: (4ms) A/ Summer comes again. The young leaves are sprouting and then almost shade the street with many big light green umbrella, giving people a sense of peace and relax when you are exploring this small town during the hot days. Tiny flowers soon dot your green umbrella with lime shapes. A breeze will shower your hair with the flower sparkling like diamonds on the princess’s hair. If you visit the town at the beginning of December, you will see tamarinds hanging like strange lanterns. Schoolgirls in pairs or in groups of three- in white ao dai, stroll down the street enjoying their juicy tamarinds. The sun goes though the foliage just to light the innocent faces ! Their voice seems to rhyme with the twittering of the sparrows in the high branches ! Tamarinds are used in cooking and can be preserved for future use. People make no profit from the fruit, but the street has reminded people of the town, of something ancient, yet charming and nice. 1. Write T/F or DS 9. The town looks beautiful in summer. 10. There are tamarind trees in every street… 11. Schoolgirls like juicy tamarinds. 12. Other people like ripe tamarinds. 2. Answer the questions: 13. Do you like eating tamarinds? 14. Have you ever been to such a beautiful street? B/ Cloze reading: … Some older people still talk about “home” and mean Britain, and you can still find (15) that really belong to Britain more (16) Australia or New Zealand. At Christmas, for example, you can (17) and send Christmas cards with pictures (18) snow and wood fires, although (19) temperature may be 25 0 C and (20) are going to spend Christmas day at the beach! III. Writing: (4ms) You have just passed an important exam. You thank your parents, your former teachers in grades 6,7,8, your teacher in grade 9, or your new teacher who taught you several months before the exam? Write a paragraph about 150 words to express your opinion. 6 SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VAO LỚP 10 TRÀ VINH NĂM HỌC : 200?- 200? MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài :150 phút I. Choose the best word from the box to complete each sentence: if provided staying equal invention looked make did not amazed enjoyable met official practice was seen 1. Have you ever ……………… a UFO? 2. She asked me …………… I liked that film. 3. I would be very happy if I ……………….a man from outer space? 4. I suggest …………… there. 5. She …………… pleased that I didn’t say a word. 6. It was a(n) ……………… day. We laughed all the time. 7. Is the Internet a wonderful ……………………of modern life? 8. You can …………… speaking English with Tom. 9. When we arrived, they all ………………………… 10.English is a(n) language in many countries. II. Reading: A. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions: The city’s main economic activity was cod fishing, the white fish found mainly in the North Atlantic. But from the 1980s less and less fish were being caught and the government effectively banned cod fishing to protect the species. This was a major blow to the region. However, the sea instead provided them with oil and gas reserves to exploit which now is the principal activity. So, what to look for when you are here? Firstly, there are two traditions. These in fact become popular tourist activities. The first is kissing the cod. Remember that fish mentioned earlier? Well, as a visitor you have to kiss one. The second is called the “screech in”. You simply have to drink a glass of Jamaican rum. Screech in English means a little scream of displeasure. You can imagine how this rum tastes. All good entertainment of the locals! Write T, F or DS (True, False or Doesn’t say): 11.The main activity now is cod fishing. 12.No more cod can be found in the sea. Answer the questions: 13.There are two tourist tradition, what are they? 14.If you visit the city, will you do that? Why or why not? B. Cloze reading: Treforest is a small town in South Wales not so far from Cardiff. It’s not a particularly impressive place and being home to the university of Glamorgan. Its population goes up (15) down according to when the students are (16). However, Treforest can be proud (17) the fact that it produced one of (18) greatest singers and performers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries – Tom Jones. III. Writing: A. Use the following cues to write full sentences. You should add more words but make no change: 7 19. My father came home late/ evening/ it/ heavily. 20. He/ tired/ happy. Then we/ a bunch of/ roses. 21. We laughed/ Dad asked: “Today’s/ mum’s birthday,/it?” 22. “Oh, yes. But/forget/prepared/for/party? 23. “She/ been/ in/ kitchen/ 6 o’clock!” 24. “Oh, no. I’ll and her.” B. What would you do if you were rich. Write a paragraph about 150 words to express your opinion. (things you would do for yourself, your family and other people) 8 . (`fortunately, for`tunately, fortu`nately) 19. We ……… to start early. (`decided, de` cided, deci`ded) 20. It is …………… to understand that? (`difficult, di`fficult, diffi`cult) III. Read the passage. telephone ? ( built, invented, made, organized ) 2. His books are …………….read ? (costly, strongly, widely, ultimately) 3. It’s …………… to see you. (wonderful, wonderfully, wonderingly) 4. Julia has passed. February. 22. “Lovely butterflies” are made of red flowers. 23. “Hearts” are made of young leaves. 24. Students love the red flowers. B. Answer the questions (1 m) 25. Do students throw away the butterflies