Water goes from the ocean, lakes and rivers into the air.. Nature’s recycling process for water is called the water cycle.. Water on Earth gets stored in oceans, lakes, rivers, ice and e
Trang 1UBND TỈNH TIỀN GIANG CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc
KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10
Khóa ngày 01 tháng 7 năm 2009
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Chuyên
Đề thi gồm 12 câu, 04 trang
Thời gian làm bài : 120 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
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QUESTION I: Listen to the 2 conversations from the CD two times, then complete each sentence below with the information you have heard (1 pt)
Part A
1 Brenda is ……… to New Orleans
2 Ted asks Brenda if she has been to ……… yet and she says she has already been to several ones there
3 Actually, Brenda has gone on a riverboat tour ……… times this week
4 Because there’s a terrific show at the Saenger Theater, Brenda suggests ………
Part B
6 He is a(n) ………
8 The man advises the girl to ……… ……… sometime
QUESTION II: Listen to the 8 different students from the CD talk about how they organize their word learning two times, then state whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE: (1 pt)
1 Her notebook is for the translation only
2 The man has a notebook In it he categorizes words into groups and tries to complete one page a day
He often learns it while phoning someone
3 The girl learns vocabularies by seeing them everywhere all over her house She thinks that way is a problem
4 If this man remembers the new words, he puts them into his right pocket If he does not remember them, they stay in his left pocket
5 This girl enjoys reading easy English of stories in simple books She explains some difficult words in the books
6 The picture dictionary helps him to learn the vocabularies and also helps to pronounce the words when he is not sure of their pronunciation
7 He learns the new words by listening to them from a cassette recorder when driving
8 With a pencil she marks the word she looks up to indicate that she has already dealt with it and this reminds her to try to learn it the next time
QUESTION III: Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others (0.5 pt)
Đề chính thức
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QUESTION IV: Pick out the word whose underlined syllable is pronounced differently from the others (0.5 pt)
QUESTION V: Pick out the word that is of different topic from the others (0.5 pt)
QUESTION VI: Write the suitable form of the word in parentheses (0.5 pt)
1 It’s hard to understand what he says His reasoning is ……… ( logical )
2 Mark Twain sold out a great number of ……… during his lifetime ( publish )
3 Finally, Mr Dawson accepted his children’s …… ( persuade )
4 In Western countries, there is a …… in price of goods in January ( reduce )
QUESTION VII: Write the correct tense and form of the verbs in parentheses (0.5 pt)
Tony Diep ( 1 bear ) in Hue in 1966 He went to England to study at the University of Oxford in 1992 He met Lucy Lan while they ( 2 study ) together at the university They got married in
1999 and ( 3 inhabit ) in London since then They have two daughters They ( 4 come ) back to Viet
Nam for their career in a fortnight’s time
QUESTION VIII: Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given in such a way that they have exactly the same meaning as the original ones (1 pt)
1 John smoked a lot a year ago, but now he doesn’t smoke any more
® John used
2 I last saw her 10 years ago
® I haven’t
3 Tom is always late for school
® Tom never
4 I ’ll only help you if you promise to try harder
→ Unless
5 We spend five hours getting to London
→ It takes
6 The villagers have lived in difficulties due to the bad flood
→ Because the
Trang 37 Charles lives quite near his aunt’s house
→ Charles doesn’t
8 She asked, “ Did you come here with your son yesterday, John ? ”
→ She asked John
QUESTION IX: Match each half-sentence in column A with its suitable one in column B , using
“THEREFORE” or “HOWEVER” to build a complete sentence (1 pt)
1 Some people say we are improving the
environment
2 Tam seems capable as a mechanic
3 Ben used to be an active person
4 It was cold and wet in the afternoon
5 The children had finished all their chores
6 They couldn’t catch any fish this
morning
7 We have run out of gas
8 Our refrigerator is full of food
a He took part in every activity held by the school
b Others think the situation is worse than it was 20 years ago
c Tom put on his swimming suit and went to the beach
d They are going to have beans for dinner again
e I wouldn’t trust him with my motorbike
f We can’t ride my bike
g They could watch their favorite program on TV
h We will have to go to the market
i We use the microwave oven to cook dinner
j His brother has never been able to master another language
QUESTION X: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word (1 pt)
Why did English become the international language ? In the middle of the nineteenth century, French was the ( 1 ) language Then Britain became very powerful in the world England ( 2 ) colonies in North America and India in the seventeenth ( 3 ) By 1900 England also had colonies in other parts of Asia, Africa, and the South Pacific The people in the ( 4 ) had to use English Slowly
it became more important than French internationally After the Second World War, the United States became very ( 5 ), and even more people began to learn English
Is English a good international language ? It has more words than any other language The ( 6 )
is simpler than in the other languages However, English spelling is ( 7 ) Foreigners all have trouble spelling English So do native speakers !
language Moreover, none of them has ever become ( 8 ) Some people don’t want to study English,
but it is the international language There is no way to change it now
QUESTION XI: Read the passage then pick out one best option for your answer (1 pt)
Maybe you recycle cans, glass, paper and metal Did you know that nature recycles, too? One of the things nature recycles is water Water goes from the ocean, lakes and rivers into the air Water falls from the air as rain or snow Rain and snow eventually find their way back to the ocean Nature’s recycling process for water is called the water cycle The water cycle has four stages: storage, evaporation, precipitation and run-off Water on Earth gets stored in oceans, lakes, rivers, ice and even underground
Trang 4Water goes from storage into the atmosphere by a process called evaporation When water evaporates, it changes from a liquid into a gas, called water vapor Water vapor goes up into the atmosphere Water returns
to Earth as precipitation in rain or snow by changing into drops of water when the air gets cold enough Clouds are collections of water droplets Most precipitation falls into the oceans and goes right back into storage
Water that falls on land always flows from higher places to lower ones - This flow is called run-off Water from land flows into streams Streams join together to make rivers and eventually the water flows into storage in the ocean, then the water cycle starts all over again
1 What can nature recycle ?
2 In recycling, where does water go from ?
C From the ocean into lakes, rivers and ponds D From oceans, lakes and rivers into the air
3 What is nature’s recycling process for water called ?
4 In what way, does water go from storage into the atmosphere ?
5 When water evaporates, how does it change ?
C From a gas into a liquid called water vapor D From a liquid into a gas called water vapor
6 How does water form and return to Earth ?
A Water boils and evaporates into the air
B Water ice melts into water and runs off on land
C Water vapor precipitates into droplets and then they fall
D Water freezes to clouds and water droplets and falls to Earth
7 On land, how does water flow ?
8 In the end, where does water flow into ?
QUESTION XII: Writing (1.5 pts)
Write an exposition ( about 200 words ) giving comparisons of country life and city life
_ The end
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