GV TRẦN HỒNG HÀ – TRƯỜNG THPT MARIE CURIE – HÀ NỘI

ENGLISH 10
ĐỀ BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO SỐ 12
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. challenge B. address C. reserve D. effective
2. A. income B. most C. loneliness D. progress
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word which differs from the other three in the position of the
main stress in each of the following questions.
3. A. allow B. mature C. because D. women
4. A. aware B. local C. favour D. traffic
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Success only comes to those who have enough _______ and will.
A. allowance B. project C. courage D. expenses
6. Several girls have to suffer loneliness and _______ at home and at school.
A. homesickness B. homework C. emotions D. violence
7. In some companies, there is still _______. Female workers do not get as much money as male ones though they do
the same job.
A. good payment B. wage discrimination
C. equal opportunities D. non-stop changes
8. Discrimination is unfair _______ based on gender, age, or race.
A. education B. habit C. treatment D. feeling
9. As a working mother, Mrs. Pike has got some certain _______.
A. disadvantages B. disadvantage C. disadvantaging D. disadvantaged
10. Mary used to dream _______ becoming a pilot though she was aware _______ gender preference in favor of
males.
A. in - out B. of - of C. over - for D. on - in
11. Most _______ women do not have enough _______ time for leisure.
A. Ø - a B. the - Ø C. Ø - the D. Ø - Ø
12. Where’s Peter? - I guess he _______ home to do homework.
A. may keeps B. may be keeping C. may kept D. may be kept
13. The school regulations _______ strictly by all students.
A. must be followed B. must be following
C. must follow D. must following
14. It _______ that girls perform worse at school than boys.
A. should _______ not have said B. should have said
C. should _______ not be said D. should not said
15. Years ago, many parents thought that girls _______ to school.
A. should _______ to be allowed B. should not be allowed
C. should _______ to be allowing D. should be allowing
16. A high price _______ to win equality.
 A. must pay B. must be paid C. must be pay D. must be paying
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs to correct on each of the following
questions.
17. She has no relatives and close friends. She stays home, doing housework and suffering lonely
A. no B. close friends C. doing D. lonely
18. Do you think that married women shouldn’t be pursue a career?
A. Do B. married C. shouldn’t be D. pursue
19. Will be you talk to your parents about your decision?
A. Will be B. talk C. about D. decision
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following
exchanges.
20. - I think married women should not go out for work.
- ________
A. Will they? B. I quite disagree. C. Agreement. D. Don’t you?
21. - Women are more hard-working than men though they are physically weaker.
- ________
A. I can’t agree more. B. I guess so.
C. Impossible! D. Absolutely not!
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions.
22. She got achievements thanks to her courage.
A. cowardice B. will C. bravery D. determination
23. Success comes from hark work and strong will.
A. Unhappiness B. Ejection C. Achievement D. Failure
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions.
24. Nobody can prevent us from pursuing our interest.
A. keeping away B. taking up C. bringing up D. looking after
25. We cannot get rid of gender discrimination due to our people’s concepts and beliefs.
A. prevent B. increase C. eliminate D. preserve
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best
fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.
The attitude against women had its (26) _______ from the beginning of mankind’s history when men lived in
caves and went hunting for food. The task of hunting needed great strength of body. (27) _______, the best place for
women was not in forests, but at home where they could satisfactorily do their job, such as doing household chores
and looking after children. In our modern time, there are more and more jobs which do not need the strength of (28)
_______. It is a consequence that women have played a/an (29) _______ important role in the society. However,
there are still many places, especially in Asian countries. Most illiterates are females. A man often expects his wife
and daughters to stay at home, serve him, and obey him in all things. Women are considered as (30) _______ to men.
Young girls are educated to tolerate and accept intimate partner violence as a part of tradition.
26. A. evolution B. origin C. organization D. effect
27. A. Therefore B. But C. Nevertheless D. And
28. A. brains B. heads C. will D. muscles
29. A. increasingly B. extensively C. tiringly D. repeatedly
30. A. inferior B. superior C. major D. higher
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions from 31 to 35.
The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is a civil society movement founded in 1999. The organition aims to end
discrimination in education because education is a basic human right.
Since then, the movement GCE has grown significantly. Today, GCE represents over 100 national and international
organizations. Some important progress has been made, including 40 million more children in school. However, there
are a lot of needs to be done to realize the right to quality education for all; especially in the places where there is
gender inequality in education. Many girls are also denied the chance to develop literacy skills. Poverty, the rising
costs of education, and financial burden on families have stopped females’ participation in education. 53% of the 61
million children out of primary schools are girls. Two thirds of the world’s 758 million adults without literacy skills
are women. Girls and women continue to be face with preventions from their homes, communities, schools and
education systems. Child marriage and early pregnancies negatively affect participation of adolescent girls and
women in education.
31. The purpose of GCE is _______.
A. to protect civil rights B. to found society movement
C. to end discrimination in education D. to improve basic human right
32. Which adjective can be used to describe the work of GCE?
A. considerable B. meaningless C. nonsense D. wasteful
33. We can learn from the text that _______.
A. Everybody realizes the right to quality education for all
B. The issue of gender inequality in education has been ended by GCE
C. All families have a burden for their daughters to carry
D. Some girls cannot participate in education because of the rising costs of education
34. The number of illiterate women _______ that of illiterate men.
A. is the same as B. doubles C. is less than D. is twice less than
35. Which is not referred as a reason to prevent females from going to school?
A. Early pregnancies B. Child marriage
C. Literacy skills D. education systems
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following
questions.
36. Brenda Berkman failed the physical test. She kept silent and went away.
A. Brenda Berkman had kept silent and gone away before she failed the physical test.
B. After failing the physical test, Brenda Berkman kept silent and went away.
C. Despite failing the physical test, Brenda Berkman kept silent and went away.
D. If Brenda Berkman failed the physical test, she would keep silent and go away.
37. She pursued her education. Gender differences cannot prevent her.
A. Gender differences cannot prevent her from pursuing her education.
B. Due to gender differences, she stopped pursuing her education.
C. Because of the prevention of gender differences, she could not pursue her education.
D. Her pursuing of her education lead to gender differences.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that Is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of
the following questions.
38. We will plan some projects to help those disadvantaged girls.
A. Some projects will be planned to help those disadvantaged girls.
B. Those disadvantaged girls will plan some projects.
C. Those disadvantaged girls will need no plan and help.
D. Some projects will help those disadvantaged girls with plans.
39. We must do something soon to stop family violence.
A. Family violence must be done something soon.
B. It is family violence that must be stopped
C. Something must be done soon to stop family violence.
D. Though something must be done, we cannot stop family violence.
40. Will they teach Japanese in our school this school year?
A. Is our school taught Japanese this school year?
B. Is Japanese taught in our school this school year?
C. Will our school be taught Japanese this school year?
D. Will Japanese be taught in our school this school year?