ĐỀ CHUYÊN ANH LỚP 10

A.PHONETICS (10 Points):
I. Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the otthers (5 points)
1. A. country B. noun C. sound D.count
2. A. cushion B. push C. full D. rude
3. A. broad B. coat C. soap D. road
4. A. played B. worked C. borrowed D. learned
5. A. enough B. tough C. cough D. though
II. Choose the word with different stress pattern by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, D (5 points)
1. A. demonstration B. psssion C. exhibition D. oppostion
2. A. ability B. personality C. familiarity D. opportunity
3. A. theater B. collect C. gather D. theory
4. A. embroider B. enable C. escape D. equal
5. A. alien B. capture C. gemstone D. typhoon
B.VOCABULARY-STRUCTURES-GRAMMAR (40 points)
III. Circle the best one (A, B, C, D to complete the following sentences. (15 points)
1. Take ………… actions you think you should.
A. however B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever
2. Don’t forget ……….. me a call when you arrive.
A. give B. giving C. given D. to give
3. He doesn’t work as hard as he …….. last year.
A. was B. did C. didn’t D. wasn’t
4. What do you usually ………… for delivering things?
A. demand B. charge C. cost D. price
5. “I’ll call ……….. you at 6 o’clock” said James.
A. by B. up C. out D. in
6. …………. of the shop, my friend, Nam went in.
A. Coming out B. On coming out C. When coming out D. As I came out
7. Helen asked me ………..the film called “Star Wars”.
A. have I seen B. have you seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen
8. …………..the fighting stopped, travel across country has been quite safe.
A. When B. Since C. After which D. Unless
9. There has been a great ……… in his English.
A. escalation B. increase C. improvement D. rise
10. I was wakened by the sound of someone ………. on the door.
A. crashing B. bumping C. knocking D. hitting
11. The ………. of the poetry competition will be known today.
A. decision B. result C. effect D. choice
12. The visit of the president will increase the ……….between the two countries.
A. understanding B. peace C. quietness D. knowledge
13. She had done more work in one day than her husband ……….in three days.
A. do B. may do C. could do D. done
14. You are going to come to the party,………….?
A. aren’t you B. do you C. will you D. won’t you
15. David ………across his wife’s diary when he tied up their sleeping room.
A. came B. went C. gone D. passed
IV. There are 10 errors in the following passage. Indentify and correct them. Write your answers in the numbered spaces. (10 points)
Thanksgiving Day is celebrating with lot of axcitement and merry-making in America. Celebrating the fourth Thursday in the month in November every year, it is a time about communal thanksgiving, feeling gratitude, delicious family feasts (Carved turkeys, Pumpkin Pie, Corns, Cranberry Sauce are the tradition dishes adorning the dinner tables in almost every house) It is a time to rememberring the pilgrims. The original pilgrims celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks. The feast popularly known like the ‘First Thanksgiving Day Feast’ was holding as a gesture of thanks with almightty God. It was celebrated in a year 1621. Ater the United States gained dependence, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate.
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V. Fill in the blank in the sentences below with a suitable preposition. (5 points)
1. Poor health may be a bar……………………………. sucesss.
2. Don’t build too much hope …………………………. other’s help.
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