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TRƯỜNG THPT PHÚ XUYÊN A NĂM HỌC 2021-2022

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH- LỚP 10
Thời gian làm bài:150 phút

* Học sinh làm trực tiếp trên đề thi

* Đề thi có 11 trang, thang điểm 20.
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* Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
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I. PHONETICS (2/20 points)
Part 1: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently
from that of the others.
1. A. none B. income C. welcome D. computer
2. A. great B. grade C. plate D. surface
3. A. spoon B. noon C. good D. bamboo
4. A. mouths B. months C. pays D. hays
5. A. crabbed B. practiced C. learned D. wicked
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
6. A. argumentative B. developing C. psychological D. hypersensitive
7. A. affect B. expand C. charity D. effective
8. A. purest B. future C. mature D. figure
9. A. preservation B. inspiration C. disposable D. popularity
10. A. counterpart B. obedience C. aggressive D. tradition
Your answers:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (8/20 points)

Part 1: Choose the best answer from the four options to complete each sentence
below. (4/20 points)
11. Such was the heat of April that every air conditioner in our company has been ____
up.
A. plucked B. seized C. irked D. Cranked
12. I seem _________ more about him than anyone else.
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A. knowing B. to knowing C. to know D. knew
13. Police have discovered that ____ money was used to pay for the good.
A. copy B. false C. fake D. counterfeit
14. I haven’t seen Jane for nearly ten years, _______ I had got married and had two
children.
A. during which time B. at that point
C. for that duration D. in that time
15. Phillips asked the teacher to _______ him from lessons that day as he was not feeling
well.
A. excuse B. pardon C. relieve D. detract
16.________, everyone from the office was at the wedding reception.
A. Entirely B. Practically C. Principally D. Utterly
17. The region's indigenous peoples _______ that they be included in discussion about
environmental issues and development.
A. stroke B. enthuse C. demand D. modify
18. Her business must be going rather well, ....... by the car she drives.
A. deducing B. deciding C. inferring D. judging
19. Tom’s normally very efficient but he’s been making a lot of mistakes ______
A. of late B. for now C. in a while D. shortly
20. You also have to go ______ an extensive training program, including taking courses
at a nautical college.
A. down B. through C. up D. By
21. When his father learned of the new complication, he left and didn't turn ________.
A. down B. right C. up D. around
22. To any country, _________ Day is an important historical, political or cultural event
associated with its current status.
A. Independent B. Dependence C. Depend D. Independence
23. She did seem rather unhappy, but I just ________ the pressure she was under at work.
A. bet it on B. put it down to
C. put it at risk D. give it a miss
24. I didn't really feel like memorizing all these definitions. It was only the risk of getting
another bad mark that made me _________myself.
A. exert B. absorb C. endeavour D. deploy
25. You can’t believe a word that woman says – she is a _____ liar.
A. dedicated B. devoted
C. commited D. compulsive
26. We've made some great improvements over the past three months, but we're still not
out of the _______ .
A. jungle B. bush C. dark D. woods
27. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is ________ the law.
A. beyond B. over C. above D. onto
28. When the children _________ their toys, I donated them to charity.
A. outlasted B. outdated C. outgrew D. outwore
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 29. On the way to Cambridge yesterday, the road was blocked by a fallen tree, so we had
to make a
A. deviation B. digression C. detour D. departure
30. I didn’t want to make a decision ________, so I said I’d like to think about it.
A. in one go B. there and then C. at a stroke D. on and off
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Part 2: There are five mistakes in the passage. Find and correct them. (1/20 points)
( Line 1) Our little boy Sam goes to play at the next-door farm, and sometimes we collect
him at the end of the meal. Whichever the weather, and however far from the farmhouse
they are working, our neighbours come home in midday to their dinner and sit down at the
family table. The meal is hot, exhibited the staple diet of the English – roast meat, root
vegetables, potatoes in gravy, and afterwards a fruit pie. If the children are home, they too
participate, as do grandparents, siblings, nieces and nephews. These meals are remarkable
for their silence, which is a peculiar contented, sociable silence, quite distinct from the
silence of the lone commuter eating pizza on the tram. It is lain like a cloth across the table,
and provides a soft, clean background to the gentle sound of eating. Above this silence, the
members of the family communicate in wordless ways - helping the children for food,
passing the ketchup, grunting and nodding when the pudding appears. This speechless
conversation includes the newborn and the senile, and binds the whole family in a web of
mutual dependence. Isolation is overcome, and anxiety stifled in the small, including
gestures of the table.

Your answers:

Line Mistake Correction

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

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Part 3: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word given in brackets.
(2/20points)
Colton Millay has been given 16 years and dishonourable (36) (CHARGE) _____
after selling Secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as a Russian spy. A panel heard
(37) (TESTIFY) _____ on Monday and recommended a 19-year sentence for Millay,
which was dropped to 16 years because of a pretrial (38) (AGREE) _____ Millay, 24,
pleaded guilty to attempted espionage. Military (39) (PROSECUTE)_____said Millay
was fed up with the army and the US, and was willing to sell secretsto an enemy agent
even if that would (40) (DANGER) _____his fellow soldiers. At Monday’s (41)
(PROCEED) ____, defence attorneys said Millay was an (42) (EMOTION) _____
stunted attention-seeker and was a candidate for rehabilitation. Defence witness Dr
Veronica Harris, a psychiatrist, testified Millay had the emotional (43) (CAPABLE)
_____ of a five-year-old and suffers from low self-esteem, mild depression, alcoholism
and narcissism. Millay came to FBI attention in 2011 after he sent an email to a Russian
(44) (PUBLISH) _____ seeking information about the military and called the Russian
embassy. The agent who conducted the FBI investigation reported that Millay “expressed
his (45) (DISGUSTING) _____ with the US military” and was willing to sell information
on the Warlock Duke jamming system the US military uses to sweep roadside bombs. In
court Millay said, “I know I’ve made a terrible mistake. My worst enemy is myself.
Your answers:
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
Part 4: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the following questions.
(0,4/20 points).
46. When he passes the entrance exam with flying colours, his parents will be on nine
clouds
A.feeling extremely unhappy B. extremely light
C. feeling extremely airy D. extremely happy
47. Being practical, Americans avoid taking jobs which are beyond their ability.
A. out of B. far from C. within D. Inside
Part 5: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s)
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word (s) in each of the following questions.
(0,6/20 points)
48. Mary is planning to tie the knot with her German boyfriend next June.
A. get married B. say goodbye C. get together D. fall in love
49. In some Asian countries like Viet Nam or China, money is given to the newly-married
couple as a wedding present.
A. gift B. donation C. souvenir D. contribution
50. That young writer has conquered several writing competitions in California.
A. taken part in B. carried off C. held D. Appeared

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 Your answers:
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
III. READING (7/20 points)
Part 1: The reading has six paragraphs A-F. Choose the most suitable heading
for paragraph B-F from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate
numbers (i-x) in space 51-55. There are more headings than paragraphs, so you
will not use them all.
HIGH-TECH CRIME - FIGHTING TOOLS
A. Crime- fighting technology is getting more sophisticated and rightly so. The police need
to be equipped for the 21st century. In Britain we’ve already got the world’s biggest DNA
databases. By next year the state will have access to the genetic data of 4.25 m people:
one British-based person in 14. Hundreds of thousands of those on the database will
never have been charged with a crime.
B. Britain is also reported to have more than £4 million CCTV (closed circuit television)
camera. There is a continuing debate about the effectiveness of CCTV. Some evidence
suggests that it is helpful in reducing shoplifting and car crime. It has also been used to
successfully indentify terrorists and murderers. However, many people claim that better
lighting is just as effective to prevent crime and that cameras could displace crime. An
internal police report said that only one crime was solved for every 1,000 cameras
in London in 2007. In short, there is conflicting evidence about the effectiveness of
camera, so it is likely that the debate will continue.
C. Professor Mike Press, who has spent the past decade studying how design can contribute
to crime reduction, said that, in order for CCTC to have any effect, it must be used in a
targeted way. For example, a scheme in Manchester records every license plate at the
entrance of a shopping complex and alerts police when one is found to belong to an
untaxed or stolen car. This is an effective example of monitoring, he said. Most schemes
that simply record city centers continually- often not being watched - do not produce
results. CCTV can also have the opposite effect of that intended, by giving citizens a
false sense of security and encouraging them to be careless with property and personal
safety. Professor Press said: “All the evidence suggests that CCTV alone makes no
positive impact on crime reduction and prevention at all. The weight of evidence would
suggest the investment is more or less a waste of money unless you have lots of other
things in place”. He believes that much of the increase is driven by the marketing efforts
of security companies who promote the crime-reducing benefits of their products. He
described it as a “lazy approach to crime prevention” and said that authorities should
instead be focusing on how to alter the environment to reduce crime.
D. But in reality, this is not what is happening. Instead, police are considering using more
technology. Police forces have recently begun experimenting with cameras in their

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 helmets. The footage will be stored on police computers, along with the footage from
thousands of CCTV cameras and millions of pictures form numberplate recognition
camera used increasingly to check up on motorists.
E. And now another type of technology is being introduced. It’s called the Microdrone and
it’s a toy-sized remote-control craft that hovers above streets or crowds to film what’s
going on beneath. The Microdrone has already been used to monitor rock festivals, but
its supplier has also been in discussions to supply it to the Metropolitan Police, and Soca,
the Serious Organized Crime Agency. The drones are small enough to be unnoticed by
people on the ground when they are flying at 350ft. They contain high-resolution video
surveillance equipment and an infrared night vision capability, so even in darkness they
give operators a bird’s -eye view of locations while remaining virtually undetectable.
F. The worrying thing is, who will get access to this technology? Merseyside police are
already employing two of the devices as part of a pilot scheme to watch football crowds
and city parks looking for antisocial behaviors. It is not just about crime detection: West
Midlands fire brigade is about to lease a drone, for example, to get a better view of fire
and flood scenes and aid rescue attempt; the Environment Agency is considering their
use for monitoring of illegal fly tipping and oil spills. The company that makes the drone
says it has no plans to license the equipment to individuals or private companies, which
hopefully will prevent private security firms from getting their hands on them. But what
about local authorities? In theory, this technology could be used against motorists. And
where will the surveillance society end? Already there are plans to introduce smart water
containing a unique DNA code identifier that when sprayed on a suspect will cling to
their clothes and skin and allow officers to identify them later. As long as high-tech tools
are being used in the fight against crime and terrorism, fine. But if it’s another weapon to
be used to invade our privacy then we don’t want it.
List of Headings
i The spy in the sky vi Lack of conclusive evidence
ii The spread of technology vii Cars and cameras
iii The limitations of camera viii Advantages and disadvantages
iv The cost of camera ix A natural progression
v Robots solving serious crimes x A feeling of safety
Example: Paragraph A ix
Your answers:
51. Paragraph B __________ 52. Paragraph C __________
53. Paragraph D __________ 54. Paragraph E __________
55. Paragraph F __________

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Part 2: Choose the best answer from the four options to complete each of the
numbered blanks in the following passage (from 56- 65). Write your answer in the
right box below. (2/20 points)
The popular image of student life is of young people with few responsibilities enjoying
themselves and (56) ____ very little work. This is often not true. Many older people now
study at college or university, sometimes (57) ____ a part-time basis while having a job
and looking after a family. These students are often (58) ____ motivated and work very
hard. Younger students are often thought to be lazy and careless about money but this
(59) ____ is changing. In Britain reduced government support for higher education means
that students can no longer rely on having their expenses (60) ____ for them. Formerly,
students received a grant towards their living expenses. Now most can only get a loan
(61) ____ has to be paid back. Since 1999 they have paid over £1 000 towards tuition (62)
____and this amount will increase up to a maximum of £3 000. In the US students already
(63) ____ pay for tuition and room and board. Many get a financial aid package which
may (64) ____ grants, scholarships and loans. The fear of having large debts places
(65)____ pressure on students and many
take part-time jobs during the term and work full-time in the vacations.
56. A. producing B. carrying C. doing D. making
57. A. for B. with C. on D. at
58. A. highly B. mainly C. absolutely D. adequately
59. A. position B. state C. situation D. condition
60. A. paying B. paid C. pay D. to pay
61. A. whether B. what C. which D. who
62. A. money B. fees C. allowances D. charge
63. A. had better B. should C. may D. have to
64. A. Include B. consist C. Compose D. belong
65. A. large B. generous C. considerate D. Considerable
Your answers:
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64. 65.
Part 3: You are going to read four different opinions from leading scientists
about the future of fuel. For questions 66-75, choose from the writers A-D. The
writers may be chosen more than once. (2/20 points)
A. Howard Bloom, Author
Even though most people are convinced that peak oil has already passed, to me, peak oil
is just a hypothesis. There is a theory that carbon molecules can be found in interstellar
gas clouds, comets and in space ice, and if this is the case, our planet could ooze oil
forever. And even if we stay earthbound, those who say we have raped the planet of all its
resources are wrong. There's a huge stock of raw materials we haven't yet learned to use.
There are bacteria two miles beneath our feet which can turn solid granite into food. If
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bacteria can do it, surely we creatures with brains can do it better. As far as the near future
of energy is concerned, I believe the most promising alternative fuels are biofuels, such as
ethanol. It's an alcohol made from waste products such as the bark of trees, woodchips,
and other 'waste materials'. And that's not the only waste that can create energy. My friend
in the biomass industry is perfecting an energy-generation plant which can run on human
waste. We produce that in vast quantities, and it's already gathered in centralised
locations.
B. Michael Lardelli, Lecturer in Genetics at the University of Adelaide
Nothing exists on this planet without energy. It enables flowers and people to grow
and we need it to mine minerals, extract oil or cut wood and then to process these into
finished goods, so the most fundamental definition of money is as a mechanism to allow
the exchange and allocation of different forms of energy. Recently, people have been
using more energy than ever before. Until 2005 it was possible to expand our energy use
to meet this demand.
However, since 2005 oil supply has been in decline, and at the same time, and as a
direct result of this, the world's economy has been unable to expand, leading to global
recession. With the world's energy and the profitability of energy production in decline at
the same time, the net energy available to support activities other than energy
procurement will decrease. We could increase energy production by diverting a large
proportion of our remaining oil energy into building nuclear power stations and investing
in renewable forms of energy. However, this is very unlikely to happen in democratic
nations, because it would require huge, voluntary reductions in living standards.
Consequently, the world economy will continue to contract as oil production declines.
With energy in decline, it will be impossible for everyone in the world to become
wealthier. One person's increased wealth can only come at the expense of another person's
worsened poverty.
C. Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell
People are understandably worried about a future of growing energy shortages,
rising prices and international conflict for supplies. These fears are not without
foundation. With continued economic growth, the world's energy needs could increase by
50% in the next 25 years. However, I do not believe that the world is running out of
energy. Fossil fuels will be able to meet growing demand for a long time in the future.
Taking unconventional resources into account, we are not even close to peak oil. The
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recovered from reservoirs. At present, just over a third is recovered. We can also improve
the technology to control reservoir processes and improve oil flow. However, these
projects are costly, complex and technically demanding, and they depend on experienced
people, so it is essential to encourage young people to take up a technical career in the
energy industry. Meanwhile, alternative forms of energy need to be made economically
viable. International energy companies have the capability, the experience and the
commercial drive to work towards solving the energy problem so they will play a key
role. But it is not as simple as merely making scientific advances and developing new
tools; the challenge is to deliver the technology to people worldwide. Companies will
need to share knowledge and use their ideas effectively.
D. Craig Severance, blogger
What will it take to end our oil addiction? It's time we moved on to something else.
Not only are world oil supplies running out, but what oil is still left is proving very dirty
to obtain. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred precisely because the easy-to-obtain
oil is already tapped. If we don't kick oil now, we will see more disasters as oil companies
move to the Arctic offshore and clear more forests. The cheap petroleum is gone; from
now on, we will pay steadily more and more for our oil — not just in dollars, but in the
biological systems that sustain life on this planet. The only solution is to get on with what
we will have to do anyway - end our dependence on it! There are many instances in which
oil need not be used at all. Heat and electricity can be produced in a multitude of other
ways, such as solar power or natural gas. The biggest challenge is the oil that is used in
transportation. That doesn't mean the transportation of goods worldwide, it's the day-
today moving around of people. It means we have to change what we drive. The good
news is that it's possible. There are a wide range of fuel efficient cars on offer, and the
number of all-electric plug-in cars is set to increase. For long distance travel and freight,
the solution to this is to look to rail. An electrified railway would not be reliant upon oil,
but could be powered by solar, geothermal, hydro, and wind sources. There is a long way
to go, but actions we take now to kick our oil addiction can help us adapt to a world of
shrinking oil supplies.
Which writer:
66. believes oil will be available for many more years
67. believes that from now on, less oil is available
68. believes there are ways to obtain energy that we have not yet discovered
69. sees a great potential in natural fuels

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70. believes the fuel crisis will cause the poor to become poorer
71. sees energy and the economy as intrinsically linked
72. believes we should reduce our dependence on oil immediately
73. believes that people need to be attracted to working in the energy industry
74. believes that it is unlikely that governments will invest a lot of money into alternative
energy
75. believes that future oil recovery will lead to more environmental disasters
Your answers:
66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
Part 4: Read the text below and fill the missing space with ONE word only (from
76- 85).(2/20 points)
The relationship between the modern consumer and his or her rubbish is a complex one.
Getting rid of rubbish has come to mean a great deal more than simply consigning
breakfast leftovers (76)______ a plastic bag. With the (77)______ of recycling, rubbish
has now invaded many people’s personal lives to an unprecedented degree. There was a
time, in living (78)______, when rubbish collection was a simple matter – but today’s
household rubbish, (79)_____ being discarded, has to be filed and sorted into colour-
coded containers according to its recycling (80)______What is more, we are (81)_____
out in a rash of irritation by the suggestion that, if rubbish collections(82)___________
________to become more infrequent, people would then make the effort to cut down on
shopping and recycle more. We might be excused for wondering how this would be
(83)________. Can people realistically buy fewer eggs or tubes of toothpaste than their
lives require? Recycling is (84)________ to be good for us. But for some, it’s just a
(85)________ of rubbish.
Your answers:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
81. 82. 83. 84. 85.
IV: WRITING (3/20 points)
Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the
sentencebefore it.
86. If you changed your mind, you would be welcomed to join our class.
➔ Were you
87. Maybe Jones received the job.
➔ Jones_________________________________________________________
88. She’ d sooner her kids didn’t smoke.
➔ She’d prefer___________________________________________________
89. A number of carpenters are good with making furniture.
➔ Many a_______________________________________________________
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90. Sue plays the piano very well. She is only 8 years old.
 Sue__________________________________________________________
91. Louise is an expert in all aspects of the business except marketing.
 With__________________________________________________________
92. Although we had small problems with operating the machine at first, we managed to
overcome them.
➔ In the face _______________________________________________________
93. The children quickly ran towards the playground as soon as their mother stopped the
car.
➔ Scarcely _______________________________________________________
94.. I hate it that I always have to face my boss’s harsh criticism when things go wrong.
➔ I object _______________________________________________________
95. Looking back, I have a feeling that they gave the deceptive information about the
case.
➔ In my books, ___________________________________________________
96. That this celebrity keeps her own affairs away from public attention is of great
importance.
➔ It is advisable that this ___________________________________________
97. It is rumoured that the employer is considering raising wages.
➔ The employer __________________________________________________
98. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.
 Only _________________________________________________________
99. If we tried to make him hit the books in earnest, we would be wasting of time.
 There was no _________________________________________________
100. I didn't showed up in time to see her off.
 I wasn't________________________________________________________

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