BQ GIAO DUC VA DAO TAO. CONG HOA XA HOI CHUNGHIA VIET NAM TRUONG DAL HOC SU PHAM TP.HCM Doc lip - Ty do - Hanh phic pE THI TUYEN SINH VAO LOP 10 CHUYEN NAM HOC 2014 — 2015 MON: TIENG ANH ‘Thdi gian: 120 phat (Ding cho hoc sinh thi vao lép chuyén tiéng Anh) (Thi sink khong duge sit dung ti ligu — Can b9 coi thi khong gidi thich gi thém) A. MULTIPLE CHOICE I. PHONOLOGY (10 points) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three. 1. A. facsimile B. catastrophe C. simile D. reconcile 2. Aepoch B. stomach C. lichen D. attach 3. A-equation B. devotion C. technician D. optician 4. A. voyage B. advantage C. camouflage D. mileage 5. A. serpent B. sergeant C. termite D. verdant Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three. 6 A. infamous B. interview C. influence D. infinitive 7, Avmillennium B. atmosphere C. supervise D. psychopath 8 A.archacology —_B. archipelago C, gerontocracy D. monosyllable 9. A. architecture B. agriculture C. hyperbole D. hypermarket 10, A.kindergarten —_B, salamander C. referendum D, mischievous M1. VOCABULARY, PREPOSITIONS & STRUCTURES (30 points) Make the best choice. 1. The baby across the room to his mother. A. rushed B. crawled C. crept D, rolled 2, She felt much happier in the company of _ people. ‘A. same-thinking B. like-minded C. like-thinking D, same-minded 3. Nowadays, with the help of the computer, teachers have developed a approach to teaching, A. multilateral B, multilingual C, multiple-choice D, multimedia 4, Susan got a feeling that Tom liked her, but she soon realized that was just ‘A. pinky thoughts C. blessing thoughts B. wishful thinking D. imaginary thinking 5. His trip abroad was cut because of his sudden illness, ‘A. down B. short C. back D.up 6. When assessing his progress, you must in mind that this is his first term in office, A. take B. think C. bear D. consider 7. Weare __ aware of the lack of food supplies. Avery B. very much C.alot D. lots 8. Due to ever more spreading poaching, there a dramatic decline in the number of elephants over the last decade. A. was B.is C. bas been D. had been Page 1 of 79, Our boss would rather during the working hours. ‘A. we didn’t chat B. we don’t chat C. us not chat D. us not chatting 10. You so many dishes. There are only three of us for lunch, ‘A. woulda’t have cooked C. needn’t have cooked B, couldn't have cooked D, didn’t need to cook 11. The salary of a computer programmer is a teacher. ‘A. as high twice as C. as high twice as that of B. twice as high as, D. twice as high as that of 12, ____ admire her achievements, I don’t really like her. A. Even B. Much as C. Because D. As much. 13. She was much happier A. on those days C. on early days B. in those days D. in this day and age 14, The new rule _into effect at the beginning of next month. A. takes B. makes C. comes D. assumes 15. His statement is not with yours. In fact, there are major differences. A. compared B. similar C. agreed D. consistent 16. I'd sooner they deliver the new furniture tomorrow. ‘A. won't B. wouldn’t C. didn’t D. shouldn’t 17. My job is stressful enough; I don’t want to any more responsibility. A. take over B. take in C. take up D. take on 18. Itis imperative that your Facebook password confidential. ‘A. need keeping C. needs to be kept B. need to keep D. needs being kept 19. Motorists of speeding may be banned from driving for a year. A. convicted B. arrested C. charged D. judged 20. We on our close friend on the way here, That’s why we are a bit late. A. visited B, paid a visit C. dropped in D. came across 21, We have what action to take. A. yet decided C. yet not decided B. yet to decide D. been deciding yet 22, Mary: I will never go mountaineering again. Linda: Me p A.cither? B. neither C. too D.so hanks for everything. ! A. Hey, no sweat B, Not to mention C. With pleasure D. Never mind 24. It must be true, I heard it straight from the mouth, ‘A. dog’s B. camel’s C. horse's D. cats 25. Isuggested the problem another way. A. his tackling C. him he should tackle B. him to tackle D. him that he tackled 26. The instructor blew his whistle and . A. off the runners were running C. off were running the runners B. off ran the runners D. off did the runners run Page 2 of 727. The team captain blamed in the last game. ‘A. the referee for their loss . the referee about their loss B. the referee on their loss D. their loss for the referee 28. _, the stranger knew my name. ‘A. What surprised me was C. Iwas surprised that B. To my surprise D. My surprise was 29, What a great cook you are! ‘A. How greatly you are cooking! C. So greatly are you cooking! B. How great of you in cooking! D. Aren’t you a great cook! 30. The student was very bright. He could solve the difficult math problem. ‘A. He was such bright student that he could solve the difficult math problem. B. The student was very bright that he could solve the difficult math problem. C. He was so bright a student that he could solve the difficult math problem. D. So was the bright student that he could solve the difficult math problem. IIL ERROR IDENTIFICATION (20 points) Choose the underlined part that needs correction. 1, Aloha is a Hawaiian word meaning “love”; which can be used to say hello or goodbye. A B D 2, During our tour of the refinery, it-was seen that both propane and gasoline were produced A B ic in large volumes D 3, The computer software industry is one of the most competitive markets in today’s B iG A technological advanced society. D 4, Not until much later did she realize her long — known partner had been lying her. B cg 5. One of the eee who are being considered for the job are from this Seni 6. My alee written, auucirve can put_up him fora few days while he is in Ho Chi Minh - A B iG D 7. Although both of them are trying to get the scholarship, she has the highest grades. 8. Chocolate is gual bya ee process of cleaning, blending ut roasting cocoa beans, which must be ground and mixed ai sugar. Z 2 9. Owing to their i skills, highly competitive athletes have been known to win contests and pen even when suffered from injuries, physical disorders and infections. tosis about time that the satin helped the semploument fied some jobs. B . Page 3 of 7IV. READING COMPREHENSION (20 points) Read the following passage and choose the best answers to the questions. MARK TWAIN Samuel Clemens, better known as the writer Mark Twain, is regarded as the father of American literature and his most famous book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is often called "The Great American Novel”. He was born on 30" November 1835. The date was notable because it was the day of a visit by Hailey's comet and, by strange coincidence, Twain was to die the day after its next visit to earth seventy four years later. Samuel and his siblings (although there were six children born to the family only three survived childhood) were brought up in the Missouri port town of Hannibal. Mr Clemens senior, a local attorney and judge, had moved the family there when Samuel was four years old. At the time, Missouri was a slave state and Samuel became very familiar with the institution of slavery during his childhood; it was a theme he would later explore in some depth in his writing. He also immortalised his home town of Hannibal by using the town as the thinly disguised setting for his two most popular books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tragedy struck the family when Samuel was cleven when Mr Clemens senior died of pneumonia, Within a year Samuel had terminated his schooling and entered the world of work. He started out as a printer’s apprentice at the local town paper and by 1851 he had advanced to typesetter. He also began contributing articles and humorous sketches for the newspaper. At the age of 18 he lef Hannibal and worked as a newspaper printer in New York, Philadelphia, St Louis and Cincinnati. He used his free time in the evenings after work judiciously by spending many hours in local libraries in order to widen his education. By the time he was 22, Samuel had returned to his hometown in Missouri where he leamed to be a Mississippi steamboat pilot. It was from this experience that he took his pseudonym ‘Mark Twain’, a term utilised on river boats to signify that it is safe to navigate the river to certain depths. When riverboat traffic on the Mississippi was halted at the start of the American civil war, Samuel and his brother Orion set off to travel across America. Some of his experiences would later form the basis for his early writings. After unsuccessfully trying his hand at silver mining, he returned to the newspaper business and began writing in eamest. It was not long before his work began to be appreciated within literary circles, He was soon settled enough to marry and he and his wife Olivia first lived in New York, but came to eventually make their permanent home in Hartford, Connecticut. It was here and at their summer home that Mark Twain would write his greatest works, Twain became very wealthy from his writing but lost much of it through bad investment, He was only able to recover from financial ruin through the help and advice of his friend, the financier, Henry Huttleston Rogers. It was also Rogers that Twain tumed to for support when his daughter and later his wife died. Rogers’ own death in 1906 was a great personal blow to Twain, Mark Twain's final years were lived quietly. He died at the age of 74 just one day after the visit of Hailey’s comet and is buried in his wife's family plot in Elmira, New York, When US President William Taft heard of his death, he said, “Mark Twain gave pleasure — real intellectual enjoyment ~ to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come. His humour was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen, He has made an enduring part of American Literature.” 1, Samuel Clemens’ birth was noteworthy in that ‘A. he was one of seven children. B. he came from an important family. C. it coincided with the appearance of Hailey’s comet. D. he was the only-surviving child in the family. 2. The word ‘immortalised’ in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to A. enlivened B. standardised C. animated D. eteralised Page 4 of 73. Mark Twain’s home town A. wasa slave state. B. is where he was born. C. was used as a backdrop in his works. D. was close to a Missouri port. 4, In 1851 Mark Twain had A. trained as a printer. B. commenced his writing career. C. stopped going to school D. finished his apprenticeship, 5, While working as a newspaper printer in other cities, Mark Twain ‘A. educated himself. B. had a lot of free time. C. got his riverboat license. D. started using a different name, 6. The word ‘judiciously’ in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to A. judicially B. critically C. sensibly D. decisively 7. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about Mark Twain’s family? ‘A. His elder brother is an attorney. B. His family moved to Hannibal in 1839. C. His fathor suffered from pneumonia, D. His family was in financial difficulties after his father’s death. 8. During the American Civil war Mark Twain ‘A. made a fortune silver-digging. B. could no longer work on the river. C. travelled the world with his brother. D. resumed his work as a typesetter. 9. Mark Twain’s financial situation A. was stable throughout his life. B. tended to fluctuate C. never fully recovered after bad investments. D. resulted in his eventual total ruination, 10. The word ‘enduring’ in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to A. withstanding B. long-suffering C. prevailing D. long-lasting V. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (20 points) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from I to 10. Studies show that most people tend to be overconfident when assessing their abilities and their rates of accuracy. In one famous study, participants were asked to (1)____their driving abilities, ‘The results revealed that over eighty percent of the people (2)___believed they were in the top thirty percent of safe drivers. In another study, participants were given limited stock market information and then asked to predict whether stocks would (3)__or fall. While most participants believed they had answered (4) about sixty-five percent of the time, they were correct only about forty-seven percent of the time, Psychologists warn that overconfidence can greatly (5)___one’s ability to make sensible decisions. This is because oftentimes people who (6)____ themselves as highly successful in one realm of life mistakenly overestimate their ability in situations involving a great amount of (7)___. In situations that rely more on luck than ability, it is easy to see why overconfidence is viewed 8), However, research (9) that overconfidence is not always a bad thing. In studies involving human competition for resources, overconfidence (10) ___ to an individual’s success when each participant's real strength was unrevealed. These results might explain why overconfidence is a key human trait, surviving through generations of evolution, 1. A.infer B. clarify C. assess D. justify 2. A. interrogated B. surveyed C. witnessed D. challenged 3. A.climb B. advance Curise D. increase Page 5 of 74. A. accurately B. erroneously C. realistically D. literally 5. A-enhance B. decline C. exhaust D. impair 6. A.view B. test C. take D. estimate 7. A. accident B. harmony C. chance D. stability 8. Avrationally B. negatively C. affirmatively D. hastily 9. A. explains B. contains C. approves D. reveals 10. A. validated B. contributed C. submitted D. affixed B, WRITTEN TEST L. WORD FORMS (20 points) Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. Innovation in Racing Car Design The AIGP racing car is revolutionary in its shape, fuel and material, (ay ____, racing cars have been designed to have a shape that causes wind HISTORY 2. to press the car down so that it grips the road firmly. But, RESIST @) __, this shape creates air pockets behind the car which slow down FORTUNE other drivers. The A1GP has been designed to (4) these undesirable air MINIMUM pockets, thus creating more opportunities for pursuing drivers to (5), s TAKE From the spectators’ viewpoint, this guarantees a much more exciting race ‘The AIGP runs on a biofuel made from sugar, which means that there are fewer harmful (6) » It is constructed from lightweight, stress-absorbent EMIT materials that help to reduce the physical strain on the driver. Also, the seat and safety harness in the AIGP have been designed to provide a secure and comparatively comfortable driving position, Test drivers remarked positively on this. Finally, the A1GP is an (7). car. This means that drivers can take AFFORD up the sport without the need to (8) __ that they have a virtually SURE ), source of financial support, such as generous levels of corporate LIMIT (10), So this is a great advantage. SPONSOR Il, OPEN CLOZE TEST (30 points) Complete the passage below by writing ONE word in each gap. Trees All over the world, forests are safeguarding the health of the planet itself. They do this by protecting the soil, providing water and regulating the climate. Trees bind soil to mountain-sides. Hills where the trees (1) been felled lose 500 times as (2) soil a year as those with trees. ‘Trees catch and store rainwater. Their leaves break the impact (3) the rains, robbing (4) of their destructive power. The roots of trees allow the water (5) go into the soil, which gradually releases (6) _ to flow down rivers and refill ground-water reserves, Where (7) are no trees, the rains run in sheets of water off the land, carrying the soil with them. Land covered with trees and other plants absorbs 20 times (8) rainwater than bare earth. As (9) grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide, the main cause of the Page 6 of 7“greenhouse efieet”, (10) threatens irreversibly (11) change the world’s climate. Together, the world’s trees, plants and soils contain three times as much carbon as there (12) in the atmosphere. ~The world’s forests contain (13) ___ vast majority of its animal and plant species, ‘The tropical rainforests alone have well (14) _ half of them, (15) though they cover only about 6% of the Earth’s land surface. I, SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (30 points) Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. In some questions, you have to use the given words without changing their forms in any way. 1. No one is at all sure of their precise relations to one another. CERTAINTY 2. Please don’t talk about it publicly. MIND 3. The sequel to the film was a great disappointment to the public. LIVE 4. Worried he might miss his plane, he got to the airport early. FEAR 5. The revelations came as quite a shock to us. ABACK 6. The rising flames were so severe that it took several hours for fire personnel to bring the situation under control. Such 7. She did not feel obliged to tell him the truth, She did not feel under _ 8. It began to snow almost immediately after our arrival home. Searcely doit: 9. Thanks to Charles we won the debate. Had 10. No one knows a great deal about the operation of the nervous system. Little IV. WRITING A PARAGRAPH (20 points) In 60-80 words, write a paragraph about how to manage your time wisely as a high school student This is the end of the test. Page 7 of 7bO GIAO DUC VA DAO TAG CONG HOA XA HOLCHL GHIA VIETN, AM "TRUONG DAI HQC SU PHAM TP.HCM, D Ty do - Hanh phic O-—- BQ KY THI TUYEN SINH VAO LOP 10 CHUYEN NAM HOC 2014 - 2015 PHIEUTRALOI | MON: TIENG ANH CHUYEN HQ VA TEN THI SINH: NGAY THI: SO BAO . oKy DANH: cH KY ott | | cH KY GT2 sTT SO MAT MA DIEM SO piem CHO | | CHO KY GK1 CHO KY GK2 ‘sTT ‘SO MAT MA A. MULTIPLE CHOICE Just write A, B, C or D for the correct answer, I. PHONOLOGY (10 points) 4 1D 2D 3A 4.0 5.B 6.D TA 8.D IC 10.C Il. VOCABULARY & STRUCTURES (30 points) Ade LB 2B 3.D 4B 5B 6.C 7.B 8.C A 10.C 11.D 12.D 13.B 14.€ 15.D 16. 17.D 18.4 19.A 20.C 21.B 22.B 23.4 24.C 25.4 26.B 27.4 28.B 29.D 30.C Il, ERROR IDENTIFICATION (20 points) 247 LC 2B 3.D 4.D 5.D 6B Ee B.A 9D 10.C Page 1/4 81.Clut §: Hoc siah khéng lam bai vao phan gach chéo IV. READING COMPREHENSION (20 points). 24 1.C 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.C TA 8.B 9B 10.D “V. GUIDED CLOZE TEST (20 points) 25" 1c 2.B 3c 4A 5.D 6.A 72C 8B 9B 10.B B. WRITTEN TEST 1. USE THE CORRECT FORMS OF THE GIVEN WORDS (20 points) oul 1 2. a 4, MINIMISE / | 5. OVERTAKE HISTORICALLY | RESISTANCE UNFORTUNATELY | MINIMIZE 6. EMISSIONS, 7. 8. ENSURE % 10. AFFORDABLE UNLIMITED SPONSORSHIP. IL. OPEN CLOZE TEST (30 points) ie 1. HAVE 2. MUCH 3.0F 4. THEM 5.TO 6.1T 7. THERE 8. MORE 9. THEY 10. WHICH, 11. TO 12.18 13. THE 14. OVER/ 15. EVEN | & ABOVE oo Page 2/4St Chit ¥: Hoe sinh khong lam bai vao phan gach chéo Il, SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (30 points) 3 of 47 A with ~A. . There is no certainty about their precise relations to one another, Would you mind not talking about it publicly? - +. 4, . The sequel to the film did not live up to the expectations of the public. He got to the airport early for fear of missing his plane./that he would miss his plane. ‘We were taken aback by the revelations, ryt” font 4 Such was the severity of the rising flames that it took several hours for fire personnel to bring the situation under control, #fs- severe Airy lamar She did not feel under any obligation to tell him the truth, Scarcely had we arrived home when it began to snow. Had it not been for Charles, we would have lost the debate/wouldn't have won the debate. 0. Little is known about the operation of the nervous system. da ble e eypectation> fhe public oxcpectations as de jm 7) ead: milan im be sere flame cauly es Lite do Hey leno - Lite die! anyos Et fuch wen Me Ienaw — Page 3/4Chit $2 Hoc sinh khéng lam bai vao phan gach chéo s IV. 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