Dear Sir/ Madam,
1. I would like to express (my) concern about the increasing number of karaoke bars in the/ our city.
2. There are a lot of reasons that/ why I object to these/ those places.
3. Firstly, the owners take too much money from those people who come to sing.
4. Secondly, they cause/ are causing too much noise in/ to the neighborhood.
5. Thirdly, there are a number of pupils who/ that play truant just to go to those places to sing.
6. Last but not least, these bars do harm to the appearance of the city because of their ugly flashing light.
7. I (also) want to say (that) I am not an old fashioned person.
8. I hope (that) the authority will take this matter into careful consideration.
9. I do not mean to ban them, but there should be an/ some effective way to control this kind of entertainment places.
10.I look/ am looking forward to seeing the city council doing something about this matter.
Yours truly, Thomas Cruise.
• Tổng điểm bài thi : Tổng số câu đúng/ 10.
THE END
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ĐỀ SỐ 11
SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 – THPT CHUYÊN LAM SƠN
THANH HOÁ Năm học 2004-2005
Đề chính thức Môn:TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề.) Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. It …… (be) my birthday tomorrow.
2. I …… (not play) football since I …… (break) my leg.
3. I …… (telephone) Bill as soon as I …… (get) home this evening.
4. It was eleven o’clock and we ….. (just go) to bed when the telephone ..…(ring).
5. I….(think) your father’s health…..(improve) so much since I….(see) him last.
Question 2: Fill each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters 1. ACT
a. We must take …………. before things get worse.
b. Don’t worry about the volcano. It’s been ………… for years.
c. She said she wanted to be a television ………. . 2. BASE
a. My grandfather only had a very ……….. education.
b. The organization is run on a voluntary ………..
3. CONTINUE
a. His latest book is a ………….. of his previous one.
b. The train service was …………. because it wasn’t used by many people.
c. Peter couldn’t get much work done as he was ………… being interrupted by people telephoning him.
4. COMPARE
a. I’m just a beginner in …….. with her.
b. What happened two years ago is not really ……. in the situation now.
Question 3:Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
1. There has been a university in Oxford ..…… more than eight hundred years.
2. They have been married ………2001.
3. From 1992 …… last year we had a flat in the center of town.
4. Can you wait for a few minutes ….….. I’m ready ? 5. I haven’t spoken to Bill ….….. we were at school.
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Question 4: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
A good memory is a great (1) …… in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by …….2……. what he hears when he is a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live ……3…… with their ……4……. seem to learn …….5…….
languages almost as easily as ……..6…… . In school, it’s not so …….7…… to learn a second language because the pupils have so little ……8…… for it, and they are busy ……
9….. other ……10…… as well.
The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something ……12…… we know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our ……13…… . That is why it is ……14…….. to learn words in sentences, not by ……15…… , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word means when we first use it…
Question 5:
a- Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
1- Each birthday is an occasion for various members of the family and friends …..
(together / to gather / to show )
2- The essay …( reminds/ remembers / makes ) him of his family members and friends.
3- … (Rush-hours / Traffic-lights / Traffic-jams) usually happen in the busiest areas of the city.
4- We heard the birds … (sang / singing / to sing ) a beautiful song.
5- He tries to avoid … (took / take / taking ) his lesson.
b- Correct the mistake in the following sentences.
1. Here she comes the new employee.
2. She isn’t thought she is a nine year old girl.
3. Can you remember when did he left ?
4. We bought a new furniture for the living-room.
5. We saw several kinds birds at the wildlife preserve.
Question 6: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. Nobody has heard of John since he went to live in America.
John ………..
2. It was dark when we arrived because the journey took a very long time.
……… so ……… that ………..
3. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol.
Carol congratulated ……….
4. He felt ill to get up.
He did not ………..
5. I was sitting next to a boy in the exam. He told me the answers.
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The boy I ……….
6. The days get colder and colder.
Each day ………
7. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t.
Learning to drive is ……….
8. If I take the job I’ll have to move to London.
Taking the job will ………
9. A week ago today we were in China.
This ………..
10. Mary hasn’t finished her work yet.
Mary is ……….
Họ và tên thí sinh: ……….. Số báo danh: ...
Chữ ký của giám thị: 1...
2...
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ SỐ 11
SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐÁP ÁN - HDC ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 – THPT LAM SƠN
THANH HOÁ Năm học 2004-2005
Môn: TIẾNG ANH( Đề chính thức )