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TỈNH QUẢNG NINH DUYÊN HẢI BẮC BỘ LẦN THỨ VI

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10
Thời gian: 180 phút

PART 1: LISTENING (15 marks)

I. Listening Activity Number 1: (5 marks - 0.5 marks/ correct answer)
1. explorer 2. boats 3. 1492 4. voyage 5. trade
6. money 7. colony 8. titles 9. gold 10. celebrate

II. Listening Activity Number 2: (5 marks - 1 mark/ correct answer)

1. Penny Ryan 2. 24 March 1982/ 3. Black town/ 4. 7690 3275 5. monthly/ every
March 24, 1982 Black Town month/ once a
month

III. Listening Activity Number 3: (5 marks - 1 mark/ correct answer)

1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. D

PART 2: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (35 marks)

I. Choose the correct answer. (10 marks - 0.5 marks/ correct answer)
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D
11. A 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. D

II. Find ten mistakes in this passage and correct them. (5 marks - 0.5 marks/ correct answer)
Line Mistakes Corrections
1 2 strict strictly
2 4 that which
3 6 receiving received
4 7 masses mass
5 8 so such
6 9 high height
7 11 little few
8 11 depend depending
9 12 and or
10 13 slow slowly

III. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. (5 marks -
0.5 marks/ correct answer)
1. up 2. after 3. through 4. out of 5. off
6. up to 7. down with 8. over 9. down on 10. up with

IV. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words given. (5 marks - 0.5
marks/ correct answer)
1. misdiagnosis 6. inexhaustible
2. liven 7. deforestation
3. invariably 8. breathlessly
4. guidelines 9. downsized
5. crystalline 10. belies
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V. Fill in each of the following blanks with ONE suitable word. (10 marks - 1 mark/ correct
answer)
1. ones 6. type/ sort/ kind
2. make/ produce/ create 7. rising/ returning
3. put 8. opened
4. powered/ driven 9. sinks
5. operated/ ran 10. Thus/ Therefore

PART 3: READING (30 marks)

I. For questions 1-10, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. (10 marks - 1 mark/ correct answer)

1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. C

II. Read the passage and answer the questions following. (10 marks - 1 mark/ correct answer)

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. A

III. The following reading passage has six paragraphs, 0-5. Choose the correct heading for
paragraphs 1- 5 from the list of headings below. Paragraph 0 has been done for you as an
example. One of the heading will not be used. (5 marks - 1 mark/ correct answer)
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. E 5.G

IV. You are going to read an article about a woman who shops for clothes for film stars. Five
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from sentences A-F the one which fits each
gap (1-5). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
(5 marks - 1 mark/ correct answer)

1. B 2. F 3. E 4. C 5. A

PART 4: WRITING (20 marks)

I. Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it. (5 marks - 1 mark/ correct answer)
1. It came as a surprise to us that Brian had become a monk.
2. Hardly ever does Mike use his tape recorder.
3. Help yourselves to any food you like.
4. It is doubtful whether it will stop raining till afternoon.
5. Mark hates being told what to do.

II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words,
including the word given. (5 marks -1 mark/ correct answer)
1. forget to take Darren's views into account
OR: forget to take into account Darren's views
OR: forget to take account of Darren's views
2. does she come up with
3. is still under the impression
4. have you made up your mind
OR: have you made your mind up
5. in the (mistaken) belief
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