đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10

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SECTION A PHOI\ETICS

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that cf the others'

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C comptrlsion

C necgssary

C pglice

C sggery

' D mgnage

D toug[

D proviglg[

D influgnce

D prgmote

D fugniture

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SECTION B, GRAMMAR AND VOCABULAR.Y

I Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D

0? It is essential that he that contract

A reluse B refuses

C forward

C refusing

D large

D is refusing

D inactive

D may

D alternated

08 The volcano had been for years before it suddenly exploded

09 You iive in this area so you know it very well

10 There is a lot of traffrc so we are trying to find an *-_ route

A alternate B alternation C alternative

14" - "Do you know Linh, a fair-haired girl in class 9A?"

-'oYes, she is my

-_**_ neighbour What's up?"

1 1 The Internet is a vast of computers, all connected together"

12 She had been depressed all day but she started to

-

after she heard that she was promoted

A shout up B cheer up C take up D' break up

13 The new painting looks a bit out of

-

in the bedroom'

D place

D front-docr

A space B question C room

A in<loor B inside C next-door

15 She screamed and ran atrvay when she saw the mad dog corning

16 Our car is very It hardly seems to use any petrol at all

A ecunomical B economic C ecological

17 How you invest your money is none of my

20 Everybody was pleased with the

A vegetable delicious hot souP

C delicious hot vegetable soup

her

D into

D economy

D care

18 I didn't;go to the party as I felt a bit under

19 - "What rtrid you buy so much paint ?" - ((I am going to paint my room again."

D for

B" hot delicious vegetable soup

D delicious vegetable hot soup

II Use the word given in brackets to form a word that {its the space in the same line

21 The famous singer retired in 2005 but now he's making a

by releasing a new CD (conne)

22 Mum's fine after her operation, although she's stiil a little

23 More _*_, who caused the accident? (importalce)

on her feet (steady)

24 John sE:aks Spanish That's the resuit of his practice" (excel)

25 Some people oonsider it

-

to release the prisoners (safe)

26 The party t as a number of _ ideas which should appeal to many undecided voters (prngress)

27 Goocl hygiene helps to

-the

risk of infection' (minimum)

28 In many countries it is _ to smoke cigarettes under the age of 16 (legal)

29 She was severely- by the long illness she had' (weak)

30 There is a(n) bond between parents and children (break)

III Complete each of the following sentences with one of the phrasal verbs or expressions given below Make any necessary changes

brush up beat about the bush

get around a thorn in mY flesh

hard nurt pull down

tie up

jump up

a wet blanket take in

31

_-

your English before going for an interview

32 Hung is io with work the entire week that he hardly had time to relax

33 Don't br: and dance with other people

34 News very fast in this small town!

35.Theemployeeswill-thechanceof,earningsomeextramoney.

35 Binh iri

- It will not be easy to get him to agree with our idea.

37 lvts chi <loein't tike to she will tell you w'hat she thinks

38 My younger brother is He keeps annoying rne

39 H; fool,,ri most peopl into believing that he was a policeman 1 supposed they wore

the uniform

whenthey are very old

30

40 These b,uildings will be

31 )L. 33.

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SECTION C READING

I Read the prnssage and decided which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each blank'

SOUND ADVICE FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS

A recernt survey of a tranguage leamin g magazine has consulted a number of expefis in the (41) *_ of a second languagJacquisition Their advico may prove invaluable for those (42)

-i frrgr"g course One suglgeslion is that you (43)

-whether

you are likely to be successful.in

learni=ng u luogrug Did you enjoy studying leaming languages at school, for example? The mry^or

(44) *iif G yo* o* time and *ffort Therefore, you must be sure that the course on offer

iluA to u (+S) qualification Also, be realistic in your (46) ." If you don't set achievable aims, you ur., **r lik.ty to give up f)o not be deceived (47)

-thinking

that the most expensive

bear in minil that the'faster you leam a language, the more quickly you f,orget it Sandra Miller, a

French teachrer, tried to teach herself German by rolling on a (49) course' Already fluent in

four languages and with a sound knowledge of teaching methodology, her chances of (50)

progr.rr *.i" t igtt Three years on she remembers very little She feeis her biggest mistake was not

io f6Uow up her first experience o'I should have consclidated what I'd learned by continuing to study, even if it were by myself."

B field

B wondering

B review

B charge

B regarded

B sights

B about

B Shop

B quick

B making

41 A branch

42 A considering

43 A, survey

44 A, price

45 A valued

46.4, ends

47 A into

48 A Nose

49.1, rapid

50.,A', achieving

C area

C thinking

C balance

C cost

C understood

C goals

c.bv

C Push

C fast

C doing

D domain

D.looking

D assess

D valuation

D recognised

D objects

D in

D Run

D crash

D gaining

II Fill in each numbered blank ONE suitable word'

China said today that there was a heavy loss of life in the earthquake which struck Tangshan city yesterday Survivois said that Tangshan, afl industrial city of one million people 160 kilometers

east of Beijing, was (51) _ destroyed bbr***ru leaving in Beijing said it appeared that only a

small part of the on *ittioffimtitanis qSz;

_- death or injury Many of the men of Tangshan

*.r* iS:1 in the mines deep undei ttt uttt surface when the earthquake (5!) '

unfortunately, few of these miners.t3sl * survived A-lot of people uere.also working in the city,s (56) _ Regrettably, most *#El under falling concrete when the buildings

_.-1tr ctrinrie authorities have noi yet given- anf infonnation about the actual (59)

-r-of casualties, but it is thought that teRs of thousanis of people have been killed' I-Iarclly a house has

been left (60)

-_.

III Read tle following passage and choose a word in the box below to fit into each of the numbered blank Maxe som .huog.r if necessary (There are three words that you do not need

to use) Then choose the correct answer to each question below

The first sign of language for deaf people was (61) _- T ryoP in the 1500s Three men

de Ponce was the person to teach deaf people to use sign language' In apd$oU $4) - Spaniard'

Juan pablo de Bonet, wrote the first Uoot< on teaching sign language to deaf p-eople, at about the same

-_

teacher who (66) the developmenl of sign language was a

Frenchman named Abbes de L,Epese L'Epise ,rnd*rrtooa to learn the signs used by a group of deaf people in Paris He started to leam the signJhe developed a more t67)

-French

sign language'

Language tn ttitS, a rnan named Thomas Gallaudeibecame-(69) ._ in teaching deaf people, so

he travelled to Europe-io study ways of (70) _- with deaf people He was twenty seven years old

at that time, and he studied at a school foi Oeaf students for several months (71)

- , , , Gallaudet

i;;:_'rLo the United Srates and he (73)

-him

with Laurent Clerc, a deaf sign language

i**.no fro* paris As a result of his experience i, Europe, Gallaudet started the first school for the dsaf, and Clerc became the (74) _ sign language teacher in the US American Sign Language developed from &e (75) ' of rigr"

"r.O by deaf Americans and French Sign Language Today,

it

is usedby more thal500,000 deaf people in the United States and Canada

develo;t

namc

especia,lly

experience

interest

important

influence complete improve

in particular

after that

cornmunicate

mixture

anather

first

briug return

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76 Which of the following fits best as the title of the passage?

A The Importance of Sign Language

B The Development of Sign Language

C The Invention of Sign Language

D" The Popularity of Sign Language u

TT.Inwhich tountty there was thi person who confiibuted to sign languagl?

78 According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A A Spa:niard ran the first school for the deaf'

B Juan Pablo de Bonet developed French sign language'

C The sign language originated from Europe'

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D Three pr;ople co-operated to create sign langr.lage.

79 What did.'Fhornas Gallaudet contribute to the US?

A He taught the deaf people in the US.

B He established the first school for the deaf

C He and, lTis assistant invented the US sign language

D He brought the result of experiment to the US

80 What can be infered frorn the passage?

A The signLlanguage has become more popular to the deaf

B Since the development of sign language, there has been one special schgol

C The deal'know little about the sign language

D The sipi ianguage is being developed

STCTION D" WITITING

I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the oue printed bef,ore it

81 The cinema was practically empty.

There was hardly

82 The house has got everything except a large garden

The only thing .

83 Althougtr he works hard, he cannot earn enough

Hard

84 Alan was rnr:t a confident pemon, and that was why he was so shy.

Alan's

85 Jack is prcud ofthe fact that he is never late.

Jack prides irimself

86 It's very kiud of you to give me a lift.

87 Although he wasn't experienced, he got the job.

88 My mothe'r lives a long way from the supennarhet

ThEre isn't .

89 It is cheaper to send things by sea than by airmail

It costs

90 He delayerl uriting the book until tre had done a lot ofresearch

Only when

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II For each arf'the sentences, write a uew sentence as sirnilar as possible in rneaning to the original one, using the word given in CAPITALS This word must not be altered in any way

91 He does almost no rvork G{ARDLY}

92 Thanks to l.an's help, I w'as able to finish the project GOR)

9 Had

93, "How wide is lloan Kiem l,ake?" (WIIAT)

94 Thp report must be finished by Monday, (BE)

95 Did you n:I,?an tr: kick him, or did it happen by accident? (PURPOSB)

96" We haven''t received confirmation of hotei booking yet (BEEN)

97 Please do n,ot disturLr the eontestants under any circumstances (ACCOUNT)

98 Three hunrJred students entered the srrimming competition last year (PART)

) Three hundred students the swimming competition last year

99 We finally managed to persuade my dad to let us go to the concert (IN)

100 "I'm sorry, i know nothing about computer programnring," said the interviewee (H.dVING)

The end Tatal murk: 100: I0 = 10