TRUNG TÂM NGOẠI NGỮ ĐỀ THI THỬ TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10

AMSTERDAM NĂM HỌC 2021 - 2022

(Đề thi này gồm có 08 trang) ĐỀ THI MÔN: Tiếng Anh (Chuyên)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút Ngày thi: …. / …. / 2021
Họ và tên thí sinh: ......................................................................................... số báo danh: ....................
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SECTION I. LISTENING (1 pt – 0.1/each)
There are three parts in the listening section. You will hear each part twice. After each part,
you will have a ten-second pause to do.
Part 1. You will hear a recorded message about the Modern Art Museum in Nottingham.
Choose the correct answer from A, B, C or D for each of the following questions.
1. The galleries will open again ________.
A. on 22nd October. B. at the beginning of January.
C. on 3rd November. D. at the end of January.
2. When does the museum stay open late?
A. Tuesdays B. Wednesdays C. Thursdays D. Sundays
3. Which group can enter the museum for £1 per person?
A. groups of less than ten B. groups of more than ten that book
C. groups of ten or more children D. groups that visit on Thursdays
4. What can children do at the museum on Saturdays?
A. listen to an artist B. take part in painting and other activities
C. read about a painter's work D. design a book
5. How long does it take to walk to the bus station from the museum?
A. five minutes B. ten minutes C. thirty minutes D. thirteen minutes
Part 2. You will hear a presenter talking on the radio about the race. Fill in each blank space
with no more than two words or numbers.
Berkshire Half Marathon
Date: Sunday (6) ……………………………
Race start time: 9.30 a.m
Place: River mead Leisure Complex
Facilities at Rivermead include:
Place to leave bags
Free massage
Toilets
(7) …………………………….
The course is traffic-free and controlled by Thames Valley Police.
Facilities during the course include:
Water, sponge and drinks stations
First aid
Public support
Live (8) ……………………………
About the Mini Marathon:
Age group: 10 - 16 year olds
Distance: One mile
First prize: a pair of (9) ……………………………
Other prizes: ten shirts for the next three fastest runners.
To enter: go to the website or ask for an (10) ……………………………
Entries to be received by Friday 8th March
SECTION II. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE
Part 1: Phonetics (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)

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Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the rest in each o f the following questions.
11. A. intend B. compete C. defend D. medal
12. A. question B. potential C. social D. sure
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is different from that of the rest in
each of the following questions.
13. A. official B. mechanic C. convenience D. preference
14. A. interference B. architect C. engineer D. cigarette
15. A. endangered B. humidity C. necessary D. incredible
Part 2: Language function (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
16. David is talking to Lucy about her painting.
~ David: “What a beautiful painting!” ~ Lucy: “________.”
A. No problem B. It’s on the wall C. I’m glad you like it D. You’re welcome
17. Peter and Dane are talking about environmental protection.
~ Peter: “We should limit the use of plastic bags.”
~ Dane: “________. We can use paper bags instead.”
A. I completely agree B. It’s not true C. I don’t quite agree D. You’re wrong
18. ~ John: “Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?” ~ Peter: “_____________”
A. Sorry for this inconvenience B. I have no clue
C. Not at all D. Sorry, I’m a new comer here
19. ~ Janet: "My parents got divorced when I was 5." ~ Jean: " "
A. They shouldn't do that. B. How did it happen?
C. You must have been shocked D. Oh, I'm sorry to hear that
20. ~ Andy: ‘Where can I get a cup of coffee?’ ~ Murray: ‘_____________’.
A. No sugar, please. B. I’d like coffee.
C. There’s a cafeteria downstairs. D. I’m thirsty.
Part 3: Synonym and antonym (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in
each of the following sentences.
21. Mary incorporated all of our ideas into her report.
A. composed B. combined C. arranged D. included
22. His plans to expand the business to the Asian countries were castles in the air.
A. tending to prosper B. gaining big profit
C. little chance of success D. of no use
23. As tourism is more developed, people worry about the damage to the flora and fauna of the
island.
A. plants and animals B. mountains and forests
C. fruits and vegetables D. flowers and trees
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is opposite in meaning to the underlined part
in each of the following sentences.
24. He kept his marriage a secret for years, but eventually the truth came out.
A. was promised B. was veiled C. was revealed D. was hidden
25. There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and fanners are having trouble.
A. abundant B. adequate C. unsatisfactory D. dominant

Part 4: Lexico - Grammar (2 pts - 0.1/ each)

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following
sentences.

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26. There is no ________that the new agricultural policy has been in any way disastrous.
A. indication B. indiscretion C. indecision D. inducement
27. Many young people travel all over the world, and do all kinds of jobs before they________.
A. lie down B. touch down C. put down D. settle down
28. I’m afraid we can’t raise your salary this year. The company’s operating on a very ________
budget.
A. hard B. close C. cheap D. tight
29. Animal lovers would like industrial testing on animals________to medical experiments.
A. to be limited B. to have limited C. to be limiting D. being limited
30. How I wish your mother ________long enough to see all your accomplishments.
A. could have lived B. must have lived C. might be living D. was living
31. Silence ________ the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation and
excitement.
A. dropped out of B. fell in with C. hung over D. came between
32. In all social systems, there is a minority group which is looked ________ by others in that
culture and kept ________ of mainstream society.
A. though / back B. down on / out C. back on / up D. out for / down
33. Most of us found the Mayor’s idea ________ their own candidates for royal honours a little
awkward; but he was right, of course.
A. of having the local people to nominate B. of having the local people nominate
C. of getting the local people nominate D. to let the local people for nominating
34. ________appearing every four to seven years as it used to, “El Nino” has now been appearing
consecutively for a number of years.
A. On account of B. Because of C. Instead of D. In case of
35. Anna paid $5 for her meal, ________she had thought it would cost.
A. not so much as B. not so many as C. not as much D. less as
36. I like that photo very much. Could you make an ________for me?
A. increase B. enlargement C. expansion D. extension
37. One problem for teacher is that each student has his/ her own ________needs.
A. separate B. divided C. individual D. distinctive
38. I can never follow everything he has tried to say. He ________.
A. speaks the same language B. talks a mile a minute
C. pulls my leg D. gets on like a house on fire
39. If you want to get away from the noisy city life, you can take a small boat to ________on one of
the islands.
A. the deserted beach B. deserted beach C. a deserted beach D. the beach deserted
40. I was ________in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the phone.
A. submerged B. distracted C. gripped D. engrossed
41. The first boy and girl who ________ all the questions is to receive the singer’s new album.
A. answer B. would answer C. will answer D. answered
42. In fact the criminals ________in because the front door was wide open and so they just walked
in.
A. needn’t have broken B. didn’t need break
C. didn’t need to break D. needn’t to have broken
43. Every day thousands of ________ fly the Atlantic for negotiations with American firms.
A. merchants B. dealers C. businessmen D. tradesmen
44. A cool drink________him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. relieved C. refreshed D. sailed
45. The paper was so thin that the ________of the pencil went right through it.
A. end B. point C. edge D. tail

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Part 5: Word form (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
46. She lost the case because of her ……………………………evidence. (admit)
47. He is always blamed for his ……………………………behaviour. (repect)
48. Jim is one of the most ……………………………members of the committee. (speak)
49. Ruth has gone back to college to get a teaching ……………………………. (qualify)
50. If young children don't see quick results they grow ……………………………. (heart)
51. It is ……………………………that the minister was not aware of the problem. (conceive)
52. Children are encouraged to take an ……………………………approach to learning. (investigate)
53. I'm afraid the talks were totally ……………………………. We didn't reach agreement on (produce)
anything.
54. The advent of computers was one of the ……………………………milestones in the (note)
mankind's history.
55. Many large companies still seem totally ……………………………about the environment (concern)
in the progress of manufacture their product.

Part 6: Error correction (0.5 pts – 0.1/ each)

There are 05 errors in the following passage. Identify the errors, write the line number and
correct them. Write your answers in the numbered spaces below. Number (00.) is done as an
example.
Line Passage
1 Most carnivorous plants stand lonely in the plant world not only in their unique
2 method of supplementary nutrition, but in the extraordinary degree to which the leaves
3 have become changed from our idea of a typical leaf-blade to meet this end. Some have
4 evolved into pitcher forms, often reminiscent of strange flowers, while others have
5 developed the power of move, reminding one in their actions of steel traps, mouse traps,
6 or even sea anemones. The unusual to bizarre appearance of most is curious enough,
7 but the varied and often astonishingly artful methods employed in the seduction of the
8 prey, frequently combined with added refinements of technique who may be peculiar to
9 a species, cannot fail to ascinate. Carnivorous plants occur both amongst the flowering
10 plants and in the Fungi. While some reference will be done to the principle trap types of
11 the latter, they remain a subject in themselves, and it will be the former which concerns
12 us here. On these, a number of works have already been publish in English, mainly in
13 the United States. While the majority of these have been brief works of a popular kind
14 there have been some notable exceptions. Quite apart for the interest provided by their
15 traps, it should be not forgotten that they are attractive plants in themselves; some are
16 indeed beautiful.

Line Error Correction

1 00. lonely → alone
………… 56. …………………………………. → ………………………………….
………… 57. …………………………………. → ………………………………….
………… 58. …………………………………. → ………………………………….
………… 59. …………………………………. → ………………………………….
………… 60. …………………………………. → ………………………………….

Part 7: Prepositions and phrasal verbs (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)

Supply each space with a suitable preposition or adverbial particle to complete each of the
following sentences.

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61. He graduated ………………….Oxford university in 1990.
62. John gradually became absorbed ………………….the discussion.
63. I am sorry I pined your handbag but I mistook it ………………….mine.
64. Our new company strategy is a reaction ………………….rapidly falling sales.
65. I'm not sure if he is aware ………………….of the fact that he is going to be fired.
66. The road was impassable after the snow so we had to turn …………………..
67. He was clearly nervous; he was sitting right ………………….the edge of his chair.
68. We have a lot of work to do. Let's set ………………….organizing things straight away!
69. The government hopes the scandal will blow ………………….before the election next month.
70. The proposals for a new shopping centre have set ………………….a very heated debate in the town.

SECTION III. READING (2 pts - 0.1/ each)

Part 1. Guided cloze test. (1 pt - 0.1/ each)

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following passage.
The Dangers That Tall Buildings Pose to Birds.
Many tall office buildings leave their lights on at night, a wasteful practice that has lethal
consequences for migrating birds. Confused by the lit windows, millions of birds slam into tall
buildings and die every year, says a conservation ecologist at the Chicago Field Museum. He and
his colleagues quantified the losses by (71) ________ the number of birds that hit McCormick
Place, a 90-foot-tall glass convention center in Chicago. Over the last two years, 1,297 birds –
mostly sparrows, warblers, and thrushes – perished after f lying into (72) ________windows.
During the same period, only 192 died from hitting dark windows, (73) ________ the windows
were unlit nearly half the time during the study. The (74) ________ place an additional strain on
(75) ________ species such as wood thrushes. “This is just another pressure that the birds don’t
need,” says the ecologist. (76) ________most window collisions occur during the peak migratory
times after midnight, he (77) ________ that skyscrapers
turn (78) ________their lights from 11 p.m. (79) ________dawn during the two migration seasons,
from late March through May and from mid-August to Thanksgiving. A seasonal lights-out campaign
would also (80) ________the buildings’ electricity bills.
71. A. identifying B. burying C. tagging D. counting
72. A. illustrative B. illuminated C. illustrated D. illustrious
73. A. because B. although C. while D. whenever
74. A. windows B. facts C. deaths D. birds
75. A. declining B. extinct C. deadly D. threatening
76. A. Since B. After C. While D. Unless
77. A. admits B. implies C. suggests D. regrets
78. A. up B. over C. in D. out
79. A. and B. at C. every D. until
80. A. subtract B. reduce C. deduct D. downgrade

Part 2. Reading comprehension. (1 pt - 0.1/ each)

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question below.
Line The advent of the Internet may be one of the most important technological
developments in recent years. Never before have so many people had access to so
many different sources of information. For all of the Internet’s advantages, however,
people are currently becoming aware of some of its drawbacks and are looking for
5 creative solutions. Among the current problems, which include a general lack of
reliability and numerous security concerns, the most crucial is speed.
First of all, the Internet has grown very quickly. In 1990, only a few academics had

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 ever heard of the Internet. In 1996, over 50 million people used it. Every year, the
number of people with access to the Internet doubles. The rapid growth has been a
10 problem. The computer systems which run the Internet have not been able to keep up
with the demand. Also, sometimes, a request for information must pass through many
routing computers before the information can be obtained. A request for information
made in Paris might have to go through computers in New York, Los Angeles and
Tokyo in order to obtain the required information. Consequently, the service is often
15 slow and unpredictable. Service also tends to be worse when the Internet is busiest -
during the business day of the Western Hemisphere - which is also when companies
need its service the most.
Some people are trying to harness the power of networked computers in such a
way as to avoid this problem. In 1995, a group of American universities banded
20 together to form what has come to be known as Internet II. Internet II is a smaller,
more specialized system intended for academic use. Since it is more specialized,
fewer users are allowed access. Consequently, the time required to receive
information has decreased.
Businesses are beginning to explore a possible analogue to the Internet II. Many
businesses are creating their own “Intranets”. These are systems that can only be
25 used by the members of the same company. In theory, fewer users should translate
into a faster system. Intranets are very useful for large national and international
companies whose branches need to share information. Another benefit of an Intranet
is an increased amount of security. Since only company employees have access to
the information on the Intranet, their information is protected from competitors. While
30 there is little doubt that the Internet will eventually be a fast and reliable service,
industry and the academic community have taken their own steps toward making
more practical global networks.
81. According to the passage, which of the following is true of the Internet ?
A. It tends to be unreliable. B. It has created a sense of financial security.
C. It is too expensive to access. D. It has become increasingly less popular.
82. According to the passage, which of the following statements was true in 1990?
A. The Internet was a secure means to gain information.
B. The Internet experienced enormous growth rates.
C. Internet data proved to be impractical
D. Few people were using the Internet.
83. According to the author, what is one reason why the Internet is sometimes slow?
A. Phone lines are often too busy with phone calls and fax transmissions to handle Internet
traffic.
B. Most people do not have computers that are fast enough to take advantage of the Internet.
C. Often a request must travel through many computers before it reaches its final destination.
D. Scientists take up too much time on the Internet , thus slowing it down for everyone else.
84. The word “obtained” in line 12 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. understood B. acquired C. purchased D. distributed
85. The word “harness” in line 18 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. utilize B. disguise C. steal D. block
86. According to the passage, what benefits does Internet II have over the Internet I?
A. There is no governmental intervention regulating Internet II.
B. Small businesses pay higher premiums to access to the Internet.
C. Internet II contains more information than the Internet.
D. Internet II has fewer users and therefore is faster to access.

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87. The word “analogue” in line 24 most nearly means__________.
A.similarity B. alternative C. use D. solution
88. The word “their” in line 29 refers to __________.
A. competitors B. company employees
C. Intranets D. companies
89. With which of the following conclusions would the author probably agree?
A. An Internet system with fewer users would be quicker.
B. Fewer academic communities need to create their own Internet systems.
C. The technology used by Internet creators is too complex for computer owners to understand.
D. Companies who develop their own Intranets are limiting their information data base.
90. All of the following are advantages of business “ Intranets” mentioned in the passage
EXCEPT____
A. they provide a higher level of security.
B. they share information with other company branches.
C. they are cheaper than other alternatives.
D. they move data faster.

SECTION IV. WRITING (2 pts)

Part 1. For questions 91–100, finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it has
the same meaning as the first sentence. (1 pt – 0.1/each)
91. Success depends on hard work.
 The harder ...................................................................................................................................................................................
92. I meant to post that letter before lunch.
 What I meant ..............................................................................................................................................................................
93. Peter hasn’t had his hair cut for over 3 months.
 It is over .........................................................................................................................................................................................
94. Robert is sorry now that he didn’t accept the job.
 Robert now wishes .................................................................................................................................................................
95. Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for AIDS.
 Enormous .....................................................................................................................................................................................
96. My brother prefers driving to being driven.
 My brother would rather .....................................................................................................................................................
97. You can use it as long as you like, and it won’t wear out
 No matter .......................................................................................................................................................................................
98. It’s impossible for us not to laugh when he starts singing.
 We can’t .........................................................................................................................................................................................
99. Although Judy was severely disabled she participated in many sports.
 Despite her ..................................................................................................................................................................................
100. She never seems to succeed, even though she works hard.
 However ........................................................................................................................................................................................
Part 2. For questions 101–110, 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 two and five words, including the word given. (1 pt – 0.1/each)
101. There was little paper left in the printer. (run)
 The printer had ……………………………………………………………………. paper.
102. Not many people could predict the result of the race. (managed)
 Only ……………………………………………………………………. the result of the race.
103. Simon found the recipe book very hard to follow. (difficulty)
 Simon ……………………………………………………………………. the recipe book.

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104. The ice-skater performed faultlessly and received full marks. (gave)
 The ice-skater ……………………………………………………………………. and received full marks.
105. I was just about to call you to see what time you were coming. (point)
 I ……………………………………………………………………. you to see what time you were coming.
106. Harry was disappointed to hear the news that the match had been cancelled. (came)
 News of the cancellation of the match ………………………………………………………………. to Harry.
107. Many people have blamed the hot weather for the rise in petty crime. (widely)
 The hot weather ……………………………………………………………………. for the rise in petty crime.
108. Everyone expects a lot of people to attend the rock band's farewell concert. (turn)
 A huge crowd is ……………………………………………………………… at the rock band's farewell concert.
109. Sarah's father thinks she should come home earlier in the evening. (approve)
 Sarah's father ……………………………………………………………………. staying out so late in the evening.
110. They say that a visitor to the national art gallery damaged an 18th-century painting. (alleged)
 A visitor to the national art gallery …………………………………………………an 18th-century painting.
_____ THE END _____

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