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

…………………………… NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020

ĐỀ THI SỐ 04 ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Chuyên)
(Đề thi này gồm có 08 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
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A. LISTENING (1 pt)
Part 1. You will hear part of an interview with a girl called Elena, a young
film-maker who wrote, directed and starred in her own film. For each question, choose the
correct answer A, B or C.
1. What does Elena say about the character she played in her film?
A. She has a very similar personality to Elena’s.
B. She worries too much about people.
C. She is easily hurt by other people’s actions.
2. What message does Elena want her film to communicate?
A. Value your background.
B. Believe in your own abilities.
C. Be realistic about the choices you make.
3. While filming the atmosphere was _______.
A. difficult because it was hard to get people to work.
B. sad because o f the subject matter of the film.
C. close because the difficulty of the work brought them together.
4. What does Elena say about filming?
A. The days tended to start and end at the same time.
B. They had to work every day of the week to get the film finished.
C. She filmed a similar number of scenes each day.
5. What did Elena find most challenging about making the film?
A. controlling large groups of actors when filming.
B. telling people what she wanted them to do.
C. having so many different jobs to do herself.
Part 3: Questions 14-19. You will hear some information about a special science lesson. For
each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
SPECIAL SCIENCE LESSON
This school will speak to an astronaut working on the International Space Station!
* The lesson:
7th August at 9.20 a.m.
for the whole school
will take place in the (6) …………………………
all questions and answers sent and received by (7) ………………………….
* The astronaut:
name: Harry Burton
length of time on Space Station: (8) ………………………….
work Harry is doing: experiments on sleep while living in space.
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* The Space Station:
travels at (9) …………………………miles per hour
takes 90 minutes to go round the (10) ………………………….
I. TRẮC NGHIỆM NGÔN NGỮ (3,5 điểm)
PART 1: PHONETICS (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Task 1: 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. narrow B. power C. browse D. allow
12. A. dishonor B. historic C. honesty D. rhythm
Task 2: Choose the word (A, B, c or D) whose main stress pattern is different from that o f the
rest in each of the following questions.
13. A. primary B. compulsory C. occasion D. appliance
14. A. escape B. lotion C. prefer D. review
15. A. discourage B. document C. general D. politics
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. A: Look at this beautiful butterfly! B: ___________
A. Why can’t you? B. Where? I don’t see it.
C. No, it’s your turn. D. I'll take it, don’t worry.
17. A: Shall we go out tomorrow night? B: ___________.
A. I’m sorry I can’t, I’m busy. B. Of course you can come.
C. Yes, I am going out now. D. No, thanks to you.
18. A: That’s really kind of you. B: ___________ .
A. You did too. B. Very well thanks. C. You’re welcome. D. My pleasures.
19. A: I’m sorry for shouting at you. B: ___________
A. It’s OK. B. So do I. C. I still can’t hear you. D. I am too.
20. A: John’s going to London. B: ___________
A. Often? B. Yesterday? C. By train? D. Already?
PART 3: SYNONYM AND ANTONYM (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Task 1: 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. Remember to drop me a line while you are away on business.
A. give me a ring B. write to me C. call me D. drop in me
22. He disapproved of the behavior his sons displayed during the church service this week.
A. comment B. support C. blame D. like
23. The dim lights made it hard to see, so Ben squinted to make out the stranger's face in the
distance.
A. faint B. muted C. weak D. strong
Task 2: 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. At the managers' meeting, the group decided against the new project as a viable option and
decided on another direction to ensure success for the company's fall line.
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 A. impractical B. feasible C. practical D. positive
25. The couple tried to converse in the busy restaurant, but they couldn't hear themselves speak so
they went elsewhere.
A. talk B. stop talking C. chat D. communicate
PART 4: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (2.0 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
26. No one knows exactly _______.
A. how did speech begin B. how speech began
C. how the beginning of speech D. of how beginning speech
27. _______ one or more units of living substance called protoplasm.
A. All living things consist of B. In all living things consisting of
C. Although all living things that consist of D. All living things consisting of
28. I think you’ll find that the inconvenience of the diet is _______ by the benefits.
A. outranked B. overthrown C. overbalanced D. outweighed
29. The marathon, first staged in 1896, ______ the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who carried
news of victory from the battle at Marathon to Athens.
A. commemorating B. was commemorated C. commemorated D. commemorates
30. Neither my dad nor my mum _______ of the idea.
A. convinced B. have convinced C. was convinced D. were convinced
31. He was brave; _______ soldier fought so bravely in that battle.
A. no others B. no another C. no other D. no others
32. My mother ______ when she found out that I’d forgotten to do the washing-up again.
A. stood her ground B. hitthe ceiling C. felt off color D. made my blood boil
33. Jones: “It seems to me that the summer is nice here.” Tam: “_______. It’s really lovely.”
A. You’re exactly right B. You’re dead wrong C. I couldn’t agree less
D. You couldbe right
34. The quality of the young artist’s painting is beginning to gain _______ throughout the world.
A. knowledge B. understanding C. recognition D. familiarity
35. I took a course in shorthand and typing with a(n) _______ to applying for a secretarial job.
A. purpose B. intention C. view D. project
36. Have you got a new battery for the radio? This one's ____ .
A. stale B. worn C. flat D. off
37. Careful when you drink from that cup. The rim is _______.
A. split B. dented C. scratched D. chipped
38. I had a small accident with the car. One of the wings is a little ____ .
A. stained B. dented C. jammed D. cracked
39. Someone spilt red wine on the carpet and now it's _______ .
A. worn B. scratched C. cracked D. stained
40. I can't open the window. I think it's _____ .
A. run out B. stained C. stuck D. loose
41. That knife's no good. It's _____ .

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 A. flat B. worn C. blunt D. loose
42. Don't eat that sandwich. the bread's _____ .
A. off B. stale C. rancid D. jammed
43. We need a new carpet for the bedroom. This one's ____ .
A. mouldy B. dog-eared C. smudged D. worn
44. You shouldn't eat that cheese. It's ______ .
A. flat B. mouldy C. jaded D. rown
45. I've washed these jeans many times so they're a bit _____ .
A. faded B. scratched C. worn D. filthy

II. TỰ LUẬN KIẾN THỨC NGÔN NGỮ (1,5 điểm)

PART 1: WORD FORM (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
46. What the teacher does first is to check …………………………of the students. ATTEND
47. The mechanic …………………………fixed our car, which really upset us. PROFESSION
48. His …………………………of his opponent led to his biggest failure. ESTIMATE
49. The interior decoration of the hotel presents …………………………, which is just one TASTE
of the drawbacks.
50. We all take pride in our …………………………friendship. DESTROY
51. The company went bankrupt on account of inefficient …………………………. MANAGE
52. He proposes closing down all the …………………………factories in the area. ECONOMY
53.The song always brings back her lovely …………………………memories. CHILDREN
54. The article failed to …………………………the unemployment issue. PUBLIC
55. Falling coffee prices have …………………………many Third World economies. POOR
PART 2: 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 The Internet is made up of million of computers linked together around the world
2 in so a way that information can be sent from any computer to any other 24 hours a day.
3 These computers can be in homes, schools, universities, government departments, or
4 businesses. The Internet is often described like a network of networks because all the
5 smaller networks of organizations are linked together into one giant network called the
6 Internet. All computers are pretty much equal once connected to the Internet, the uniquely
7 difference will be the speed of the connection which is dependent on your Internet Service
8 Provider and your own modem. There are many things you can do and participate in once
9 connected to the Internet. They include using a range of services in order to
10 communication and share information and things quickly and inexpensively with millions
11 of people, both young and old and from diversity cultures around the world.

Line Error Correction

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 1 00. million à millions
56. à
57. à
58. à
59. à
60. à
PART 3: 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.
61. The car slid on the icy road and crashed ………………….. the parked car.
62. I can't concentrate ………………….. what I'm doing with all that noise outside.
63. It was only ………………….. accident when I found out who the man really was.
64. Long skirts are ………………….. fashion nowadays.
65.The city council objects ………………….. vulgar art displays in public buildings.
66. I just cannot do ………………….. my mobile. I always keep it with me.
67. These are the cultural processes ………………….. globalisation.
68. Jenny is clearly ………………….. a disadvantage when it come to speaking a foreign language.
69. His mother can't put up ………………….. his terrible behavior anymore.
70. As an excuse for being late, she made ………………….. a whole story.
KỸ NĂNG NGÔN NGỮ
PART 1: READING (2 pts - 0.1/ each)
Task 1: GUIDED CLOZE TEST
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following passage.
The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the
ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to
reading and writing at a (71) _____ level for communication, or at a level that lets one understand
and communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (72) _____ in that society. The United
Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following
definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and
compute, using printed and written' materials (73) _____ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a
continuum of learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her ( 74)
_____ and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society."
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital. This
claim is made on the (75) _____ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate
people, generally have a higher socio-economic (76) _____ and enjoy better health and employment
prospects. Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher
education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (77) _____ in the
1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families.
Recent researchers, (78) _____, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more
to do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (79) _____ of

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educational systems worldwide includes a basic (80) _____ around communication through test and
print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.
71. A. important B. adequate C. adaptable D. suitable
72. A. control B. comfort C. part D. honor
73. A. associated B. worked C. appropriated D. related
74. A. ability B. knowledge C. behavior D. performance
75. A. basics B. ways C. foundations D. grounds
76. A. status B. request C. condition D. state
77. A. actually B. dramatically C. extremely D. accurately
78. A. therefore B. however C. consequently D. additionally
79. A. main B. majority C. focus D. demand
80. A. concept B. content C. contact D. context
Task 2: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question below.
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helped to preserve it, and
that the easiest way to do it was to expose the food to sun and wind, In this way the North American
Indians produced pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the
Scandinavians made stock fish and the Arabs dried dates and apricots.
All foods contain water – cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% wave,
potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60%
depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to
bad is checked.
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in
California, South Africa and Australia. The methods used carry, but in general the fruit is spread out
on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are
exposed to the fumes of burning sulphur before drying. Plums for making prunes, and certain varieties
of grapes for making raisins and currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins
of the fruit slightly and remove their wax coating, so increasing the rate of drying.
Nowadays most of foods are dried mechanically; the conventional method of such dehydration
is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 1100C at entry to
about 450C at exit. This is usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish.
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated
horizontal steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes.
In the first case, the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into
small, though still relatively coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber
as a fine powder. Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the
ingredients are dried separately and then mixed.
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans of frozen, and
they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to climbers,
explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives
because it takes so little time to cook them.
81. What is the main idea of the passage?
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 A. Water: the main component of food. B. Advantages of dried foods.
C. Mechanization of drying foods. D. Different methods of drying foods.
82. The phrase “do this” in the first paragraph mostly means .
A. moisten foods B. expose foods to sun and wind
C. produce pemmican D. remove moisture from foods
83. The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. motivated to develop B. reduced considerably
C. put a tick D. examined carefully
84. In the process of drying certain kinds of fruits, sulphur fumes help .
A. remove their wax coating B. kill of bacteria
C. maintain their color D. crack their skin
85. Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is .
A. dipping them in an alkaline solution
B. spreading them out on trays in drying yards
C. putting them in chambers and blowing hot air through
D. pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder
86. What does the word “which” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
A. Foods B. Things C. Vegetables D. Chambers
87. The final product of the process of drying liquids that uses the first method will be.
A. small flakes B. fine powder C. dried soup D. recognizable pieces
88. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. People in India began to use drying methods centuries ago.
B. Dried foods have several advantages over canned or frozen foods.
C. Fruit is usually dried by being laid out on trays in the sun.
D. Liquids are not dried in the same way as fruits and vegetables.
89. According to the passage, dried foods are most useful for .
A. people who are on the move B. housewives who have little storage space
C. explores who are underweight D. soldiers who are not in battle
90. This passage is mainly .
A. analytical B. fictional C. argumentative D. informative
PART 2: WRITING (2 pts)
Task 1: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (1.0 pt – 0.2/ each)
Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that their meanings remain unchanged,
using the words given.
91. I find his handwriting very hard to read.
@ I have ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
92. Success depends on your hard work.
@ The harder ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
93. “Don’t forget to tidy up the final draft before submission,” the team leader told us.
 The team leader reminded .........................................................................................................................................................................................
94. “Why don’t you invest more money in my company?” my friend said to me.

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 My friend persuaded ........................................................................................................................................................................................................
95. “If you don’t pay the ransom, we’ll kill your boy,” the kidnappers told us.
 The kidnappers threatened ........................................................................................................................................................................................
96. The company didn’t decide to replace this model. (intention)
@ ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
97. In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club. (regrets)
@ ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
98. They helped us a lot when we were in trouble. (assistance)
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
99. I offered to help her but she refused. (turned)
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
100. Mary didn't feel like going to the party. (mood)
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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