ĐỀ THI ANH VÀO CHUYÊN PBC NA 2009-2010

Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An

Kì thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10
Trường THPT chuyên Phan Bội Châu
Năm học 2009 - 2010

Đề thi chính thức


 (Đề thi này có 4 trang)

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)


SECTION I: PHONETICS

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronouned differently from that of the others.
1.
A. teacher
B. clear
C. reason
D. mean

2.
A. technique
B. chemical
C. attach
D. chemistry

3.
A. spaces
B. houses
C. couples
D. cabbages

4.
A. cost
B. host
C. most
D. post

5.
A. sort
B. sure
C. sing
D. sit


II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.
1.
A. environment
B. electricity
C. consumer
D. pollution

2.
A. experience
B. advance
C. linguistics
D. intermediate

3.
A. important
B. generate
C. villager
D. interested

4.
A. destroy
B. receive
C. problem
D. mistake

5.
A. mysterious
B. temperature
C. encourage
D. experience


SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps.
1. The famous................of The Red Cross is the white flag bearing a red cross.

A. sign
B. signal
C. symptom
D. symbol

2. I am very................to you for giving me the advice on how to study effectively.

A. thanking
B. helpful
C. grateful
D. kind

3. They looked very unhappy because they lost the match................one goal.

A. by
B. for
C. with
D. from

4. This is one of the exceptions................the rule.

A. of
B. to
C. on
D. about

5. Have you considered................for that position of sales manager?

A. applying
B. to apply
C. looking
D. to look

6. You look tired. ................hard all day?

A. Are you working
C. Do you work
B. Have you been working
D. Did you work

7. Last night thieves................goods to the value of $10,000 from Goodbuy Supermarket in Elm Lane.

A. robbed
B. stole
C. burgled
D. shoplifted

8. The policeman................me the way.

A. told
B. said
C. explained
D. directed

9. He is................a very old man but in fact he is only fifty.

A. evidently
B. apparently
C. obviously
D. actually

10. From the hotel, there is a good................of the mountains.

A. vision
B. sight
C. picture
D. view


II. Fill in each gap with the correct form of the given words.
1. The Times is a serious and................newspaper. (INFORM)
2. This company treats all its................equally. (EMPLOY)
3. Our firm closed down because of................situation. (ECONOMY)
4. ................have been investigating selenium’s role in the body since 1957. (RESEARCH)
5. During the festival................were hanging from every tree. (DECORATE)
6. Last week, Mrs. Thu had some................check the wire system in her house. (ELECTRIC)
7. I don’t know what’s the matter with Tommy lately. His................seems to be getting worse and worse. (BEHAVE)
8. It is becoming................difficult to find a job nowadays. (INCREASE)
9. My brother and I were sent to................school when we were seven. (BOARD)
10. Exercises should not be seen as a................task. (DEMAND)

III. There are TEN mistakes in the passage. Find them out and correct them.
One of the most urgent environment problems in the world today is the short of clean water. Having clean drinking water is a base human right. But acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage has made many sources of water undrink. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich