SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT

QUẢNG NGÃI NĂM HỌC 2018 – 2019

Ngày thi: 06/06/2018
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(Đề thi gồm 03 trang. Học sinh làm bài trên giấy thi).
PART A: READING COMPREHENSION (5.0 pts)
Section I: Choose ONE correct word in the box to fill in each blank. (2.5 pts)
Traditionally, members, greetings, preparations, important,
lucky, wearing, known, which, for
Tet is the most (1).... celebration for Vietnamese people. It is officially (2).... as
the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival, (3).... is usually in late January or early February.
Vietnamese people usually make (4).... for Tet holiday several weeks beforehand – going
shopping, tidying up and decorating houses and making offerings of flowers and fruits
on the family altars. As for family (5).... who are living apart from their families on
business or for studies, Tet is also a good chance offering them free time to get together,
visiting their relatives, friends and acquaintances as well. (6)...., on the New Year's Eve,
the whole family get together (7)....the reunion dinner served with various kinds of
traditional dishes and specialities. During the three days of Tet holiday, everybody is
always (8).... their new clothes, giving one another the season's (9).... and paying mutual
visits. Children are possibly most happy to have a good time leaving off school, enjoying
themselves, eating full meals of Tet food, cakes and sweets and what’s more, getting
(10).... money from their parents and elders.
Section II: Read the passage and decide if the statements are TRUE (T) or FALSE
(F).(1.25 pts)
THE ISLAND OF PETULIA
Petulia Island is only 5.5 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres at its widest point. It
lies in the middle of Lake Donika, and is 3,900 metres above sea level. Petulia has had a
small number of inhabitants for over four centuries. The sun here is extremely hot during
the day but temperatures at night regularly fall well below freezing. The water of Lake
Donika is 10 degrees Celsius all year round.
Before the introduction of motorboats in the 1970s, travelling from Petulia to the
nearest port could take over 20 hours. This journey was therefore made only once a year
to buy salt. Motorboats have now cut the journey time down to three hours, bringing new
trade and tourists to Petulia.
Petulian local inhabitants highly respect their customs and traditions. They have
recently voted against a hotel development plan, so there will be no hotels on the island.
Instead tourists are placed with a family as guests.
11/ People have lived on the island for over four centuries.
12/ There is a big difference between day-time and night-time temperatures on the island.
13/ The islanders have sold their salt to other countries since the 1970s.
14/ It takes three hours to reach Petulia from the nearest port by motorboat.
15/ It is likely that there will be a tourist hotel on the island soon.
Section III: Read the passage and answer the questions below.(1.25 pts)
TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS IN GREAT BRITAIN
Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain,

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traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries.
Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.
It has been the law for about three hundred years that on Sundays all theatres are
closed, no letters are sent, and only a few papers are published.
Most of English people like gardens. Up to this day, an English family still prefers
a house with a garden to a flat in a modern building with central heating, as their great
grandparents did hundreds of years ago! Sometimes in big cities where each piece of
land is a rare and precious treasure, the garden in front of the house is just a box of
flowers in a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass!
Great Britain is especially rich in holidays and local traditions, which are quite
different among Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Christmas is a great English
national holiday, but it is not officially observed in Scotland, except by bank clerks, and
all local shops and factories are still working during this time.
16/ Where are traditions more highly appreciated than in other countries?
17/ What are Englishmen proud of?
18/ Are theatres open on Sundays in Britain?
19/ Do English families like houses with gardens more than expensive flats?
20/ Who in Scotland celebrate Christmas?
PART B: WRITING (5.0 pts)
Section IV:Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning.(2.0 pts)
21/ It takes me ten minutes to walk to my office.
==> I spend………
22/ The novel is so interesting that Alice has read it several times.
==> It is ………
23/ The truck driver was careless, so the railway accident happened.
==> Because the truck driver …………
24/ They are building a new hospital in this small town.
==> A new hospital .......….
25/ She started learning English seven years ago.
==> She has ………………
Section VI: Many people say that students should be required to wear uniforms at
school. This, they argue, would bring about self-confidence, equality and a friendly
atmosphere among school students. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this
statement? Write at least 100 words to state your argument. (1.0 pt)
____________ THE END____________
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