LUYỆN THI VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN ANH MOCK TEST

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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:​ Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.
no
01: Not until we have choice _____ the business down.
A. Close we B. we will close C. will we close D. we close
02: Rebecca didn’t deserve _____ punished quite so severely, if you ask me.
A. Be B. Being C. to be D. To being
03: After the investigation, the accident was put down to human _____
A. Mistake B. wrong C. error D. slip
04: Do you think the generation _____ between parents and teenagers is getting wider?
A. Split B. divide C. crack D. gap
bear a grudge against
05: Are you still bearing a _____against Peter because of his criticism about your singing?có ác cảm/thù hận ai
A. Dislike B. grudge C. contempt D. scorn
06: We took the most _____ route while travelling to Paris
A. Forward B. Regular C. Direct D.even
07: It isn’t easy to obtain admission to this university, to say _____ of the costs you have to incur.
A. Nothing more B. only a little C. not so much D. but a few
08: The poor man was _____ of everything after he was evicted from the apartment and having his
properties confiscated.
A. Removed B. possessed C. Deprived of D.acquired
09: Mrs McCathy was given a hard _____ by her husband who left her with four children to look after
A. Problem B. worry C. deal D. time
10: Nobody took any _____of his opinions, which infuriated him.
A. Attention B. regard C. notice D. cognition
11: I said Ricardson but I meant Richardso. It was just a _____ of the tongue
A. Slip B. mistake C. fault D. lapse
12: The inaccurate information _____ us into thinking that it was a half-price flight to HCM.
A. Misconducted B. Misfired C. Misinformed D. Misled sb into st: khiến ai
nhầm cái gì đó
13: She doesn’t _____ to be an expert, but certainly she knows a lot.
A. Claim B. impress C. inform D. argue
14: People under 18 aren’t _____ for membership in this association
A. Viable B. eligible C. permissible D. Legal
15: He couldn’t have been in his right _____ saying that he can fly. to be in one's right mind: tỉnh táo
A. Minds B. Brains C. Senses D. thoughts
16: You may think I am an old man, but I can assure you I am still _____ strong

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 A. Doing B. running C. making be D. going strong: dẻo dai, tồn tại

17: That constant noise from the adjacent room is _____ me from work
A. Distracting B. dispersing C. disturbing D. disrupting
18: As soon as you cross the army gates, you will have to _____ yourself to the superiors’commands.
A. Abide B. devote C. submit D. comply
19: If you tell him he isn’t a good musician, that will be nothing _____ of a humiliation to him
A. Less B. short C. more D. bigger
20: Mike’s tendency towards forgetting is a _____ joke among his friends. standing joke: trò đùa dai dẳng
A. Continuing B. lasting C. constant D. standing
21: “When was your son made _____ ?” “It was right after the strike the union had organized”
A. Useless make sb B. redundant : cho nghỉ việc
C. unoccupied D. idle
22: Don’t push me into helping you in the garden now. I am completely _____ and feel like having a
short snap.
A. Filed up B. worn off C. let out beD. done in : very tired

23: I am fed up with your constant interfering in my love life. Why don’t you _____ your own business?
A. Beware B. care C. mind D. watch
24: With the new law had been _____ on by the Parliament, there would have been a great
dissatisfaction in the lower social groups.
A. Accepted B. admitted C. adopted D. agreed
25: He paused, afraid lest he _____ too much.
that
A. Didn’t say B. say C. hadn’t been saying D. said
26: If you _____ sit down, I will give you an account of what happened. yêu cầu lịch sự có thể dùng will/would
A. Will B. Would C. Could D. Might
27: _____ a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner.
A. Finding B. We found C. Having found D. found
28: Be careful not to _____ your finger with that needle
A. Prick B. bite C. scratch D. sting : chích (ong, rắn)
29: After his death, she went to the hospital to collect his personal _____
A. Affairs b. objects C. effects D. extras
30: Mary was a _____ opponent, and I respected her for that.
A. Formidable B. threatening C. forbidding D. dreadful
II. GUIDED CLOZE TEST: Choose the word or phrase that best fits each space in the following
passage.
For those people who go out in search of adventure, a long-distance flight in a hot-air balloon is a
particularly exciting (01) _____. Indeed, a round-the-world balloon trip is widely regarded as the (02)
_____ challenge. One well-known adventurer, David Hemplemann-Adams, would not agree, however.
Recently, he became the first man to (03) _____ the North Pole in a hot-air balloon, a more significant
(04) _____ in his eyes. Given that the distance and altitudes (05) _____ are comparatively modest, you
might wonder why the trip from Canada to the Pole, should present such a challenge.

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 Part of the (06) _____ was that such a flight had not even been attempted for over a century. In
those days, such expeditions were huge events, with a nation's pride (07) _____ on their success, and
so resources were (09) _____ to them. Although he eventually managed to secure a substantial
sponsorship deal from an insurance company, Hemplemann-Adams had the added challenge of
having to (10) _____ sufficient funds for his trip.
Then, of course, he had to face major survival concerns, such as predicting the weather (11) _____
and coping with the dangerously low temperatures. But most challenging of all was the incredibly
complex problem of navigation. As the earth's magnetic field gets stronger, only the most (12) _____
of satellite-linked navigation systems can (13) _____ that one has got to the Pole. Without them, the
chances of getting anywhere near it are extremely (14) _____. Not to mention an even greater
problem that (15) _____ on Hemplemann-Adams' mind: getting back!
01: A. campaign B. prospect C. motiong D. engagement
02: A. ultimate B. extreme C. utmost D. eventual
03: A. meet B. reach C. attain D. fulfil
04: A. recognition B. acquisition C. achievement D. realisation
05: A. engaged B. regarded C. involved D. connected
06: A. appeal B. beauty C. charm D. allure
07: A. leaning B. resting C. waiting D. standing
08: A. commended B. confided C. confirmed D. committed
09: A. bargain B. purchase C. transaction D. deal
10: A. elevate B. lift C. raise D. build
11: A. tendencies B. conditions C. circumstances D. elements
12: A. sophisticated B. refined C. cultured D. educated
13: A. approve B. confirm C. reinforce D. support
14: A. thin B. slight C. slim D. tight
15: A. pushed B. stressed C. pressed D. weighed
III. READING:
PASSAGE 1: Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions.
A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, that provides
information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are
the Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns
knows, these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television
news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate
indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a
certain location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or
factory workers, depending or which area the newspeople select. Second, television interviews tend
to attract outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who
may feel intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it
is to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercise great care in the wording of
questions. An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it.
It must also be specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even
questions that are less structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicit the type of information

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desired. Surveys can be indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done
properly and the questions are worded accurately.
There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of
survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people
find it more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written
questionnaire. In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probe for a subject's
underlying feelings and reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and
more consistent.
01: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The history of surveys in North America
B. The principles of conducting surveys
C. Problems associated with interpreting surveys
D. The importance of polls in American political life
02: The word "they" in line 6 refers to _____
A. North Americans B. news shows C. interviews D. opinions
03: According to the passage, the main disadvantage of person-on-the-street interviews is that they
_____
A. are not based on a representative sampling
B. are used only on television
C. are not carefully worded
D. reflect political opinions
04: The word "precise" in line 11 is closest in meaning to _____
A. planned B. rational C. required D. accurate
05: According to paragraph 3, which of the following is most important for an effective survey?
A. A high number of respondents
B. Carefully worded questions
C. An interviewer's ability to measure respondents' feelings
D. A sociologist who is able to interpret the results
06: The word "exercise" in line 12 is closest in meaning to _____
A. utilize B. consider C. design D. defend
07: The word "elicit" in line 14 is closest in meaning to _____
A. compose B. rule out
C. predict D. bring out
08: It can inferred from the passage that one reason that sociologists may become frustrated Tiếng
Anh with questionnaires is that
A. respondents often do not complete and return questionnaires
B. questionnaires are often difficult to read
C. questionnaires are expensive and difficult to distribute
D. respondents are too eager to supplement questions with their own opinions

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09: According to the passage, one advantage of live interviews over questionnaires is that live
interviews _____
A. cost less B. can produce more information
C. are easier to interpret D. minimize the influence of the researcher.
10: The word "probe" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _____
A. explore B. influence C. analyze D. apply
PASSAGE 2: ​Choose the most suitable sentence from the list A-G below that fits best with the
article. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
TONGUE TRICKSTER
Never mind the tongue twister – here’s the tongue trickster.
Frank Parsons reports on the craze for a strange type of food.
Imagine drinking a glass of pure, freshly-squeezed lemon juice with nothing added. It’s enough to
ngập ngừng
turn your stomach. (01) _____
E I watch as one-by-one they down the drink, tentative at first , and then
smiling broadly as they declare, “It tastes just like grandma’s lemonade.” Fifty or so people crowd
around a table on the rooftop terrace of Larry’s small butsang trọng
swish apartment. I edge my way forward
and arrive at the table that positively groans with the array of food piled high. (02) _____ A My host
appears at my shoulder, and say,” Here, have this”. This turns out to be a small red berry the size of a
blueberry, but slightly elongated, the shape of a coffee bean. He looks at the expression on my face. “
It’s known as the miracle food, just put it in your mouth.” he instructs, “ and chew it slightly to
seperate the pulp from its seed. (03) _____
D I obey his command and then discreetly spit the remains
into my hankerchief while his glance is averted. “Done”, he asks, turning back to me. I nod. He grabs a
glass of lemon juice from a passing waiter and offers it to me. “Now drink”. I take a small sip and close
my eyes. The guests are right. (04) _____
B My host states knowingly I have experienced first-hand the
phenomenon of the Synsepalum Dulcificum, or the Miracle Fruit. This small berry has the amazing
effect of causing bitter of sour foods to taste as sweet as sugar candy. (05) _____
C When it comes into
contact with acidic foods, like vinegar, it starts to act like a sweetener. A native fruit of West Africa,
the fruit was discovered by western explorers around 1725. (06) _____ G Left uncultivated, the miracle
fruit grows in bushes reaching six meters in height. It produces crops twice yearly, usually after the
rainy season, and has attractive white flowers.
A. 2 These range from wedges of fruit, strong cheeses and pickles to plates of Brussel spouts.
B. 4 It’s like I’ve been transported to childhood, sitting on the porch with Grandma and her
delicious homemade pop.
C. 5 According to scientists the result happens because of a protein called miracullin
D. 3 Then push it around your mouth like you’d do with a piece of gum for sixty seconds.
E. 1 Yet that is what the guest of host, Larry Walters, are given on their arrival at one of his tasting
parties in an upmarket district of New York.
F. Not everyone is a fan of the berry’s strange effect, howver.
G. 6They first noticed its distintive property when they saw local people chewing the berry before a
meal.
IV. OPEN CLOZE TEST:​ Supply each blank with one suitable word.
PASSAGE 1: linh dương
Mammals have brains. So they can feel pain, experience fear and react in disgust. If a wildebeest
did not feel pain, it would carry on grazing as lions chewed it hind leg first. If an antelope did not
experience fear, it would not (01) break
_____ into a sprint at the first hint of cheetah. If a canine did not
experience disgust, it would not vomit; it would not be, as the (02)saying
_____ goes, sick as a dog.
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part
Pain, fear and disgust are (03) _____ of the mammalian survival machinery provided by tens of
millions of years of (04)evolution
_____. Homo sapiens
con người has, however, only been around for about 200,000 years.
So all three emotional states (05) owe
_____ something to mammal origins. If bipedal mammal members of
the Garrick club or Millwall feel those emotions, then (06) _____ so do deer, foxes and dogs. The
argument is about how "aware" or "conscious" non-human mammals might be during these
emotional experiences. When an animal knows it is being chased and starts to run, is it obeying some
instinct (07)inherited
_____ from ancestors that knew when to get out of the danger zone or does it actually
"know" to be afraid?
gasp: thở hổn hển
That might be the wrong question. A human startled by a strange shape in a darkened corridor
experiences a pounding heart, lungs (08) gasping
_____ for air, and a body in recoil. This is the well-known
flight or fight reaction. A human appreciates the full force of fear and has already started to counter
the danger a fraction of a second before the brain has time to absorb and order the information
presented by the menacing figure. This is because mental calculations are too slow to cope with
surprise attack. Pain (09)precedes
_____ logic. Touch something hot and you withdraw your hand even before
you have time to think about doing so. Once again, the wisdom is (10) _____ the event.
after
PASSAGE 2:
RELAXATION
True relaxation is most certainly not a matter of flopping down in front of the television with a
welcome drink. Nor is it about drifting (01) _____
into an exhausted sleep. Useful though these responses
to tension and over-tiredness (02) _____can be, we should distinguish between them and conscious
relaxation in (03) _____ of quality and effect. (04) Regardless
term _____ of the level of tiredness, real relaxation is a
state of alert yet at the same (05) time
_____ passive awareness, in which our bodies are (06) _____ at rest
while our minds are awake. at rest: bất động

Moreover, it is as natural (07)for

_____ a healthy person to be relaxed when moving as resting. (08) _____
Being
relaxed in action means we bring the appropriate energy to everything we do, (09) _____so as to have a
feeling of healthy tiredness by the end of the day, (10) _____ than one of exhaustion.
rather
V. ERROR IDENTIFICATION:​ Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
01: If you sure ​that (A)​ you are right, you ​would (B)​ ​not (C)​ mind an independent examination ​of (D)
the case are
02: Fifty percent of the people alive today ​have (A)​ never made a phone call, ​but (B)​ thirty percent
still (C)​ have no electricity connections to ​their (D)​ homes.
03: The farmer should not ​have been (A)​ so careless ​as (B)​ to leave the door of the house unbolted
when (C)​ he ​had gone (D)​ to bed.
04: A ​census (A)​ of the island ​revealed (B)​ a population of ​only (C)​ 10,000 ​people (D)​.
05: The engineer, who is renowned for his ​ingenuity (A)​, has ​designed (B)​ a ​very unique (C)​ cooling
system for our new plant ​in (D)​ Spain.
VI. WORD FORMS:​ Supply the appropriate forms of the words in the brackets.
01: Many of those recycled boxes and plastic packages are ending up in _______ (LAND) landfill
dimwit
02: The rabbit managed to _______ the wolf by setting a trap. (WIT)
inlaid ngày có thể mặc đồ bình thường đi làm
03: There was a time when dress-down Fridays were as _______ as we got, but the rise in startup
culture has made creating a relaxed workplace a big priority. (LAY)
atypically
04: You should take your daughter to the Doctor. She has been acting _______ recently (TYPE)
05: It was 12 p.m when I was across the _______ shipping lane and content to leave it to the windvane
steering and go below. (WEST) western bằng lòng

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06: We export wheat because our supplies are _______ (ABOUND) abounding
07: The generous sponsor helped to make the occasion a _______ success. (SOUND) sound
08: She left the visit early on the unlikely _______ that she had a friend to meet (TEXT) context
09: The gunman escaped on a motorcycle being ridden by an _______ (COMPLY) accomplice
10: The wining teams are as _______ - Team 778, 937 and 677. (FOLLOW) follows

VII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: Rewrite the following sentences without changing the
meaning. You have to use the exact word given in brackets for each sentence.
01: Ann is proud of her ability to speak five languages fluently. (PRIDES)
→ Being able to speak five languages fluently is what she prides herself in .
02: Please come as early as possible. (BETTER)
→ You should come the sooner the better .
03: “You have done an excellent job, Lucie,” said the teacher. (CONGRATULATED)
→ The teacher congratulated Lucie on her excellent job .
04: They say that the computer is playing important part in modern life. (ROLE)
→ The computer is said to be playing an important role in modern life .
05: Shortly before my eighteenth birthday, I will go to university. (STUDENT)
→ By the date of my eighteenth birthday, I will have gone to university .
06: You can get the best discounts at our shop. (OFFERED)
→ It is only you who is offered the best discounts at our shop .
07: People who haven’t seen his performances are in no position to be critical. (PERFORM)
→ Nobody who hasn't seen him perform is in position to be critical/ nobody is in position to be critical without seeing
. him
perform
08: She didn’t try very hard to get to know other people in the course. (EFFORT)
→ Little effort did she make to get to know other people in the course .
09: Staying on late at work is becoming less of a problem for me. (USED)
→ I am getting used to staying on late at work .
10: These two brands of ketchup are almost the same. (HARDLY)
→ There’s hardly a difference in the two brands of ketchup .

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