LUYỆN THI VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN ANH MOCK TEST

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Ngày: 15/11/2018
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
01. The leaders, sensing that war was _____, prepared their defences
a. Immediate b. immune c. immense d. imminent
02. There is a lot of friendly _____ between the supporters of the two team.
a. Contest b. rivalry c. contention d. defiance
03. He read through it quickly so as to get the _____ of it before settling down to a thorough
study.
a. Detail b. run c. core d. gist
04. Despite the high divorce rate, the _____of marriage remains popular.
a. Practice b. habit c. institution d. state
05. He drove fast and arrived an hour_____ of schedule.
a. In advance b. ahead c. abreast d. in front
06. They were awaiting official_____ of the news they had heard from a friend.
a. Recommendation b. statement c. confirmation d. announce
07. In my opinion, standards of workmanship have_____ over the past twenty years.
a. Aggravated b. diminished c. deteriorated d. eroded
08. He tries to _____himself with everyone by paying them compliments.
a. Gratify b. please c. ingratiate d. like
09. The ruling party is worried in case they lose_____ control of the City Council in the
forthcoming elections.
a. Overall b. whole c. unanimous d. mass
10. The accusation left him quite _____with rage
a. Dumb b. silent c. speechless d. mute
11. The local medical officer reported a serious _____of food-poisoning.
a. State b. incident c. outbreak d. event
12. He cannot _____ignorance as his excuse; he should have known what was happening in his
own department.
a. Insist b. plead c. refer d. defend
13. After three weeks off work, David found that time was beginning to _____.
a. Relax b. drag c. delay d. extend
14. He has been offered the job_____ to his passing a medical examination.
a. Confirmatory b. provisional c. subject d. depend
15. The unscrupulous salesman_____ the old couple out of their life savings.
a. Deprived b. swindled c. robbed d. extracted
16. The civil rights movement was in its_____ in the 1960s.
a. Top b. heyday c. summit d. pitch
17. Your argument _____that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case.
a. Outlines b. presupposes c. concerns d. presents
18. Under the circumstances, it _____be best to wait for a few weeks.
a. Seemed b. ought c. might d. should
19. Before the group of doctors would give their opinion they wanted to _____with each other.
a. Confess b. confirm c. confer d. confide
20. An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation_____
a. Indeed b. eventually c. whatsoever d. apart
21. Whenever she catches a cold, she gets a _____all over her face.
a. Lump b. rash c. blemish d. sore
22. I recognize his face, but his name _____me.

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 a. Escapes b. deludes c. fails d. misses
23. The Government has decided to spend billions of dollar on yet _____ agricultural subsidies.
a. Extra b. other c. more d. additional
24. I know William has been disobedient, but don’t be too _____on him.
a. Heavy b. strong c. hard d. strict
25. Automation in factories has made many_____ workers redundant.
a. Fabrication b. hand c. manual d. making
26. I’d prefer to postpone that decision_____ I hear from my uncle.
a. Before b. except c. in case d. in spite
27. This museum has more visitors than_____ any other in the world.
a. Really b. practically c. actually d. utterly
28. Although they had only been invited for lunch they stayed_____ until suppertime.
a. On b. out c. in d. up
29. I am never free on Tuesday evenings as I have a_____ arrangement to go to the cinema with
a friend.
a. Long-standing
b. Long-lived
c. Long-range
d. Long-lasting
30. Because of his poor health, it took him quite a long time to throw_____ his bad cold.
a. Off
b. Away
c. Down
d. Over
II. GUIDED CLOZE TEST: Choose the word or phrase that best fits each space in the following passage.
The fact that genetic information in animals and plants is carried by something (01) _____ DNA is
now regarded as (02) _____ knowledge. Before the 1950s, however, (03) _____ was known about
DNA or how it worked. One of the (04) _____ moments in science occurred in 1953, when Francis
Crick and James Watson at Cambridge University discovered the structure of DNA. They said that
DNA was (05) _____ to two spiral staircases going up and down at the same time. Scientists all over
the world (06) _____ this “double helix” model immediately. The discovery was, of course, the (07)
_____ of years of hard work, and Crick and Watson were not the only scientists who had been (08)
_____ out research in an attempt to find out what DNA (09) _____ like. Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind
Franklin at King’s College, London, had also been (10) _____ on the problem. They used x-ray analysis
of DNA, (11) _____ Crick and Watson preferred to build models. One day, without (12) _____ a word
to her , Wilkins showed Franklin’s results to Watson, and those results which (13) _____ him to
discover the real structure of DNA. In 1962, Wilkins, Crick and Watson were (14) ____ the Nobel
Prize for their work. Rosalind Franklin, who had died four years earlier, was not even (15) ____ at the
ceremony.
01: A. referred B. known C. called D. described
02: A. normal B. general C. usual D. ordinary
03: A. little B. hardly C. tiny D. few
04: A. broadest B. largest C. tallest D. greatest
05: A. same B. similar C. alike D. resembled
06: A. allowed B. agreed C. admitted D. accepted
07: A. effect B. reason C. result D. finish
08: A. making B. doing C. holding D. carrying
09: A. appeared B. looked C. existed D. compared
10: A. thinking B. trying C. seeking D. working
11: A. whereas B. however C. unlike D. despite
12: A. telling B. dropping C. saying D. giving
13: A. aided B. helped C. assisted D. provided
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14: A. awarded B. presented C. donated D. celebrated
15: A. suggested B. responded C. mentioned D. admitted

III. READING:
PASSAGE 1: Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions.
William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wrote under the pseudonym of O. Henry, was born in
North Carolina. His only formal education was to attend his Aunt Lina's school until the age of fifteen,
where he developed his lifelong love of books. By 1881 he was a licensed pharmacist. However,
within a year, on the recommendation of a medical colleague of his father's, Porter moved to La Salle
County in Texas for two years herding sheep. During this time, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
was his constant companion, and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later incorporated
into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for three years, and during this time the first
recorded use of his pseudonym appeared, allegedly derived from his habit of calling "Oh, Henry" to
a family cat.
In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He worked as a draftsman, then as a bank teller for the First
National Bank. In 1894 Porter founded his own humor weekly, the "Rolling Stone", a venture that
failed within a year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In the meantime, the First
National Bank was examined, and the subsequent indictment of 1886 stated that Porter had
embezzled funds. Porter then fled to New Orleans, and later to Honduras, leaving his wife and child
in Austin. He returned in 1897 because of his wife's continued ill-health, however she died six
months later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment in
Ohio. At the age of thirty five, he entered prison as a defeated man; he had lost his job, his home, his
wife, and finally his freedom. He emerged from prison three years later, reborn as O. Henry, the
pseudonym he now used to hide his true identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in jail, and after
re-gaining his freedom, went to New York City, where he published more than 300 stories and gained
fame as America's favorite short story writer. Porter married again in 1907, but after months of poor
health, he died in New York City at the age of forty-eight in 1910. O. Henry's stories have been
translated all over the world.

1. Why did the author write the passage?

A. because it is a tragic story of a gifted writer
B. to outline the career of a famous American
C. because of his fame as America's favorite short story writer
D. to outline the influences on O. Henry's writing
2. According to the passage, Porter's Father was....
A. responsible for his move to La Salle County in Texas
B. the person who gave him a life-long love of books
C. a medical doctor
D. a licensed pharmacist
3. The word "allegedly" in line 9 is closest in meaning to .....
A. supposedly B. reportedly C. wrongly D. mistakenly
4.Which of the following is true, according to the passage?
A. both of Porter's wives died before he died
B. Porter left school at 15 to become a pharmacist
C. Porter wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post called "Rolling Stone"
D. the first recorded use of his pseudonym was in Austin
5. The word "venture" in line 13 is closest in meaning to .....
A. challenging experiment
B. bold initiative
C. speculative action
D. sorry experience
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6. The word "subsequent" in line 14 is closest in meaning to.....
A. resulting B. police C. alleged D. official
7. Porter lost all of the following wrhen he went to prison EXCEPT his...
A. home B. wife C. job D. books
8. According to the author, how many stories did Porter write while in prison for three years?
A. more than 300 B. 35 C. at least 12 D. over 20
9. The author implies which of the following is true?
A. Porter would probably have written less stories if he had not been in prison for three years
B. Porter was in poor health throughout his life
C. O. Henry is as popular in many other countries as he is in America
D. Porter's wife might have lived longer if he had not left her in Austin when he fled.
10. Where in the passage does the author mention a habit of Porter that was to become very useful
for him later?
A. lines 7-13 B. lines 16-22 C. lines 22-28 D. lines 28-34

PASSAGE 2: Arrange the sentences so the passage makes sense.

1. The researchers used data from 3000 floating buoys which monitor the oceans worldwide
2. Scientists have been increasingly concerned by rising sea temperatures but these new
researches tell a different story.
3. Now, that may not seem like much, but trying to account for the missing energy is proving
to be enormously problematic.
4. The upper laters of Earth’s oceans have cooled significantly over the the past two years,
even though the planet as a whole is warming up.
5. They found that the oceans dropped in temperature by an unbelievable 0.02 degrees
centigrade between 2011 and 2013.
6. It is possible that volcanic eruptions are accountable for the phenomenon, but no definite
answers have been provided.
7. While this may just be part of the natural variation of oceans, climatologists are still
confounded by the massive unaacounatble loss of heat

IV. OPEN CLOZE TEST: Supply each blank with one suitable word.
PASSAGE 1:
Relations between Ankara and European capitals have (01) _____ before the highly charged vote on
16 April on expanding the powers of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Western allies have argued that a vote (02) _____ the proposed constitutional change would
invest the Turkish leader with unparalleled authority and (03) _____ checks and balances at a time
when they fear he is exhibiting worrying signs of (04) _____. Erdoğan has been enraged by recent
bans on visiting Turkish officials rallying “yes” supporters in Germany and the Netherlands.
Highlighting growing friction between Ankara and the bloc, he (05) _____ the spectre of a public
vote on EU membership at the weekend.
“We have a referendum on 16 April. After that we may hold a Brexit-like referendum on the [EU]
negotiations,” Erdoğan told a Turkish-UK forum (06) _____ by the British foreign secretary, Boris
Johnson. “No matter what our nation decides we will obey it. It should be known that our patience,
tested in the face of attitudes displayed by some European countries, has (07) _____.”
The animus – reinforced last week when the leader said he would continue labelling European
politicians “Nazis” if they continued calling him a dictator – has also animated (08) _____ between
Greece and Turkey, and Erdoğan’s comments (09) _____ hours after the Greek defence minister said

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armed forces were ready to respond in the event of the country’s sovereignty and (10) _____ integrity
being threatened.

PASSAGE 2:
Anyone who has (1) _____ been to a yoga or meditation class will know the (2) _____ benefits of
something as natural as breathing. Inhale slowly and steadily, and you can relax your entire body.
Stop and focus on the flow of (3) _____ breath you take in and out, and you can quieten and focus
your mind. In (4) _____, positive breathing will help you fell calmer, (5) _____ down your blood pressure
and increase your mental alertness and energy level.

Yet, breathing is so instinctive that most of the time we’re hardly even (6) _____ of it. Of course, that’s
(7) _____ why it’s easy to develop bad habits and why many of us don’t do it as well as we (8) _____.
But with a little practice, (9) _____ it right can bring instant health benefits. These include feeling
more relaxed and being more mentally alert. You may also find theat there’s an improvement in (10)
_____ physical symptoms, such as bloating and stomach pains.

V. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

01. Preserving organism in museums one way of retaining them for (A) posterity, but almost
people (B) agree that it would be (C) nice to keep a few of them alive in the wild, too (D)
02. At the moment, which species survive, which decline to threatened (A) or even status (B)
and which succumb for (C) extinction is (D) something of a lottery
03. The (A) program WORLDMAP divides the surface area (B) of the world into cells, usually
arranging (C) in a rectangular (D) grid
04. In addition to traditional treats (A) such as strawberry shortcake, strawberry jam strawberry
tarts (B) and strawberries (C) dipped into (D) chocolate, there is strawberry pizza
05. It (A) stands to reasons (B) that in order to absorb, configure and finally form opinions about
this information-laden (C) planet, children must be supplied with certain tools (D)

VI. WORD FORMS: Supply the appropriate forms of the words in the brackets.
01. If customers are unable to keep up with their payments, banks are encouraged to show ____
and are allowed to count such losses as part of their mandatory annual payment (BEAR)
02. They could impose ____ tariffs of up to 100% on imports. (PUNISH)
03. She was one of the project's _____. (INITIATE)
04. Information will be sent_____ to any interested readers. (POST)
05. The puppy _____pulled a bit of her dress. (PLAY)
06. The soldiers were accused of _____acts against unarmed civilians. (BEAST)
07. PNG health data implicates_____ in about one-third of hospital deaths of children under five.
(NUTRITION)
08. People sometimes _____and get through to our house instead of the restaurant. (DIAL)
09. Oil is _____with water. (MIX)
10. In design and quality of manufacture the cars were totally_____ by their Italian competitors.
(CLASS)

VII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.
You have to use the exact word given in brackets for each sentence.
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1. His charming manners deceived several people, including me. (TAKEN)
I, as well______________________________________________________________________
2. As I listened to the music on repeated occasions, my respect for the composer increased.
(RESPECTFUL)
The more_____________________________________________________________________
3. In spite of her initial reluctance to take the job, she’s got on very well. (FIRST)
Reluctant_____________________________________________________________________
4. I think the hardware of that computer was infected with viruses. (OPINION)
That computer________________________________________________________________
5. Your warning helped prevent my failure in the test. (FAILED)
Had it ________________________________________________________________________
6. to me was written 3 months ago. (HEARD)
It is __________________________________________________________________________
7. Be proud of what you have accomplished so far. (ACCOMPLISHMENTS)
Take _________________________________________________________________________
8. He’s not a professional singer, but he sings expressively. (EXPRESSION)
Though no____________________________________________________________________
9. The teacher may ask why I’m absent, so tell him I’m ill. (REASON)
Should _______________________________________________________________________
10. Roger was defeated one more time by Novak in the Indian Wells tournament. (ONCE)
Novak beat ___________________________________________________________________

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