ĐỀ THAM KHẢO TS 10 (2021) – AV9

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: (0.5 point)
1. A. cancel B. arcade C. calculate D. decorate
2. A. threatened B. impressed C. continued D. enjoyed
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others: (0.5 point)
3. A. economic B. discovery C. reality D. environment
4. A. receipt B. insist C. forget D. cottage
III. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2.5 points)
5. Those buckets must be filled ___________ water for future use.
a. into b. on c. with d. by
6. Easter is a joyful festival which happens ______ around the same time ____ Passover.
a. at/on b. at/to c. on/as d. at/as
7. The Internet is now ____________ not only in cities, but also in the countryside.
a. careful b. available c. helpless d. interested
8. My aunt Judy is the woman ______ is holding Jack.
a. who b. which c. when d. where
9. ___________ the sign was right in front of him, he didn’t notice it.
a. Because b. Therefore c. Though d. since
10. “I’m taking my final exam next week” - “ ________________”
a. Congratulations b. Well done c. Good luck d. That’s wonderful
11. At what age are children able to _____________ between right and wrong?
a. differ b. distinguish c. tell d. prevent
12. “Let’s go to Vung Tau for the weekend”. – “ _______________”
a. That’s a good trip b. Yes, let’s not c. thank you d. I prefer to go to My Tho
13. The last tsunami caused a lot of ___________ to the countries along the Pacific coast.
a. eruptions b. disasters c. damage d. violence
14. Don’t waste your time ____________ that electric fan. It’s too old.
a. Repair b. repairing c. to repair d. repaired.

IV. Look at the signs. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each sign. (0.5 point)
15. This sign means___________________________________________________________
- This school isn’t safe for children.
- You don’t need to behave well with everyone.
- You have to take off your shoes here.
- You have to behave well to create a safe school.

16. This sign means:____________________________________________

-It is convenient for mothers to cook in the kitchen with their babies.
-The kitchen is a dangerous place to be there.
-Letting children play in the kitchen is dangerous.
-Children mustn’t be in the kitchen all the time.

V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence: (1.5 points)
17. The evidence was not really ______________
persuasive enough. ( persuade)
18. Many ______________
sight-seers walked around the tourist attraction to take photos (sight) sight-seer(n) khách tham quan
19. Please give ______________
generously ( generosity)
20. The weather there can be a bit ____________.
unpredictable One minute it’s sunny and the next minute it’s pouring
down. ( predict)
21. The journey to Egypt last year ____________
inspired him to write a short story. ( inspiration)
22. Traveling to the countryside is becoming ____________
increasingly popular nowadays. ( increase)
VI. Read the passage carefully and choose the best item to complete each blank: (1.5 points)
The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an
employee? The schools teach a great many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or
electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing
that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee (23) _______. But very few students bother to
learn it. This basic skill is the ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking. This
means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate with people and
to (24) _______ your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will both understand what you are
driving and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough by itself. You must have something to say in the
first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (25) _______ your ability to make other people
understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one’s thoughts is one skill that the school can (26) _______ teach. The foundations
for skill in expression have to be laid early: an interest in and an ear (27) _______ language;
experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of
verbal expression. If you do not have these foundations (28) _______ your school years, you may
never have an opportunity again.
23. A. of knowing B. how to know C. knowing D. to know
24. A. transfer B. interpret C. present D. represent
25. A. on most B. much on C. most on D. on much
26. A. truly B. quite C. really D. hardly
27. A. for B. by C. if D. in
28. A. when B. for C. of D. during

VII. Read the following passage carefully, then do task A and task B: (1.5 points)
Environment is something new to many people because they simply think that it is the place where they are
living. Actually it is everything around us including the sea, land, air with all the creatures and so on. Anything
we can imagine may belong to the environment! Therefore, people may feel shocked when they learn that we
are polluting the environment at the moment we are breathing out. It doesn’t mean that in order to keep the
environment clean and unpolluted, we have to stop breathing. Of course, it is impossible. What we really need
to understand is that our activities all affect the environment and we should have little impact on the
environment. We never know whether we are doing right or wrong to the environment until the disasters
happens. We have learnt many lessons from our wrong doings. However, some could not be repaired because
the damage was so great. It is time we realized that we are only a part of the environment, not the boss.
True or False
29. According to the author, the environment is the place where we are living. false
30. We can stop breathing if the environment is extremely polluted. false
31. We are not sure whether or not we are doing the good thing to the environment. true
32. It can be inferred that people did lots of bad things to the environment. true
Choose the correct answer:
33. The sentence “We have learnt many lessons from our wrong doings” means:
A. People have suffered from consequences of what they had done to the environment.
B. People have learnt many things from the environment.
C. Wrong doings have helped people learn many interesting lessons.
D. People have learnt many things from wrong doings.
34. The main purpose of the passage is :
A. To remind people about the danger of nature.
B. To make people be aware of the importance of the environment.
C. To help people distinguish between right and wrong.
D. To confirm the importance of people to nature.
VIII. Rearrange these sentences: (0.5 point)
35. for two weeks/ the rest of the world./The festival lasts/ and attracts people from/ all over Ireland and
 The festival lasts________________________________________________________________________
36. of the Earth/are the result of /Tidal waves /in the underwater movement /an abrupt shift
 Tidal waves________________________________________________________________________
IX. Rewrite the following sentences using the given words: (1.0 point)
37. The hospitality of local people impressed the tourists.
 The tourists ...................................................................................................................................
38. Someone broke into Tom’s house last night.
Tom had ........................................................................................................................................
39. The furniture was too heavy for us to move.
It was such ...................................................................................................................................
40. I met the old man at the school-gate. He is Nam’s father.
The old man ..................................................................................................................................