Trêng thcs Liªm ThuËn §Ò kiÓm tra thö vµo líp 10 thpt n¨m häc 2008-2009 (thêi gian lµm bµi 60 phót) Hä vµ tªn: …………………………………………………………… Líp .……… §iÓm .………………………………………………………………………………………… --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - I. Circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each line.(1.0point) 1. A. but B. cut C. sun D. put 2. A. skill B. fine C. dinner D. since 3. A. easy B. seat C. learn D. eat 4. A. close B. pop C. cold D. rose II .Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.(1.0point) 1. Last summer my family went to Vung Tau, where my aunt is living there. A B C D 2. After living in London for two months, my brother got used to drive on the left. A B C D 3. Linh wishes that she is given a teddy bear at Christmas. A B C D 4. That old house will replace by a modern building. A B C D 5. The manager asked me if I speak any other languages. A B C D 1; .………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… III. Complete the sentences with the suitable form of the words. (1.0point) 1. His son’s ………………………………………………… has not improved much. (BEHAVE) 2. We can see many …………………………………………………on TV every day. (ADVERTISE) 3. She spoke so ………………………………………………… that we couldn’t understand her. (QUICK) 4. You must be ………………………………………………… when you open that door. (CARE) IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct forms. (2.0points) 1. I (eat) bread every morning. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. At this moment we (do) an exercise on tenses. .………………………………………………………………………… 3. My mother is in the kitchen; she (make) some cakes. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. What we (have) for dinner tonight? .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Children (love) playing with sand. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. I (talk) about him when he suddenly (come) in. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. I (stay) at this hotel since that February. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. I wonder what I (do) at this time tomorrow. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… VI. Rewrite the following sentences with the words and phrases given.(2.0points) 1. “Please turn up the volume, Nga” said her grandmother. --> Nga’s grandmother asked her . 2. There are two books on the table. -->The table . . 3. They plan to travel to LAOS next month. -->They are going . . 4. Nam is very young .He can’t drive a car. -->Nam is not . . 5. He said, “I am a teacher of English.’’ --> He said that 6. If Tom studies hard, he won’t fail the exams. --> Unless 7. “What are you doing?” She asked me. -->She asked me . 8. It’s cold in this room. May I close the windows? -->Would you mind ? VII. Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions.(2.0points) 1. He lives that house the second floor. 2. A: Can I speak Mrs Smith, please? B: I’m afraid she isn’t . She went half an hour ago. 3. Her parents were very proud her when she got the scholarship. 4. This suit is different the one I saw yesterday. 5. The passage is written English. VIII. Read the text carefully and then decide the following statements are true (T) or false (F). The great English scientist Isaac Newton, whose theory of gravitation is well- known throughout the world, was born in the little village Woolthorpe, not far from his own town of Cambridge, on December 25th, 1642. His father was a farmer who died when Newton was fourteen years old. His mother, uncle and grandmother took care of him. When still young, Newton was more of a mechanic than a scholar. His neighbors thought he would probably become a well- known clockmaker, become he had already made a clock his neighbors had never heard of before. It worked by water. Besides the water clock Newton also made a sundial. When he grew older, he became interested in mathematic and physics. His first physical experiment was carried out in 1658, when he was 16 years old. On June 5th, 1661 Newton entered the University of Cambridge where he studied mathematics and soon became famous at the age of 21. When Newton was 22 years old, he began studying the theory of gravitation. In 1669 he was appointed professor and began giving lectures on mathematics at Cambridge. Isaac Newton died in 1727 at the age of 85. 1. Newton was not a physicist, he was a mathematician. 2. He was born in the town of Cambridge. 3. When young he was very intelligent. 4. He wasn’t very interested in mathematics until he grew older. 1. 2. 3. 4. . already made a clock his neighbors had never heard of before. It worked by water. Besides the water clock Newton also made a sundial. When he grew older, he. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. I (talk) about him when he suddenly (come) in. .…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. I (stay) at this hotel since that February. .……………………………………………………………………………………………………