Đề thi chuyên Anh, Hùng Vương- Gia Lai. _ Cao Thị Thu Trang

Sở gd & ĐT gia lai kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 chuyên
------------------- trường thpt hùng vương
Năm học: 2006 - 2007
Môn thi: tiếng anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)


A. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part. (1m)
1. A. laughed B. weighed C. watched D. washed
2. A. houses B. places C. boxes D. leaves
3. A. folk B. flow C. row D. now
4. A. chopstick B. chemical C. chat D. charity
5. A. her B. who C. hour D. home
B. USE OF ENGLISH
I/ Circle the best answer among A,B,C,D of the following sentences. (1,8ms)
6. Please turn the radio _______________. It’s too loud.
A. on B. off C. up D. down
7. I’m really _____________ going to my friend’s party on Saturday. I haven’t been out for ages.
A. enjoy B. expecting C. looking for D. looking forward to
8. My mother often gives me advice _______________ water.
A. to save B. how to save C. on how to save D. about how to save
9. She’s always ______________ so to me.
A. says B. say C. to say D. saying
10. Don’t wait for me. I ____________ late. It depends on the traffic.
A. will be B. might be C. must be D. can be
11. This part of the river is safe enough _____________________________________ .
A. for the children to swim in. B. for the children to swim in it.
C. to the children swim in it. D. to the children swim in.
12. The book _____________ the school library is very interesting.
A. borrowed in B. borrowed from C. borrows from D. borrows at
13. She isn’t wearing her coat ________________ it is very cold now.
A. because B. so C. although D. however
14. Tom: How about going out for dinner tonight?
Mary: ___________________________.
A. Oh, thank you B. Yes, please
C. I’m afraid not D. No, I don’t want to
II/ Use the verbs in the brackets in their proper tenses (1,4ms)
a/ The children (15. make) __________________ a lot of noise now. I (16. be) _____________ afraid they
(17. wake up) ____________________ my father, who (18. sleep) _____________ in the next room.

b/ A: Where is Hoa?
B: I (19. not see) _____________________ her today.

c/ Tom: Where were you at 8 o’clock last night?
Mary: I (20. dance) ___________________ at my friend’s party.

d/ A: ______________ the newspaper (21. come) _______________________?
B: Yes, Tom is reading it.
III/ Use the words in the brackets in their proper forms. (1m)
The newspaper is a common means of (22. communicate) _________________. You can find out the news in your city or in the world. You can also find out the (23. day) _________________ weather forecast. In (24. add) ___________________, newspapers offer financial news, employment, (25. advertise) ________________, (26. entertain) ____________________, and T.V and radio guides.
C. READING
I/ Fill in each blank space with ONE suitable word (1,6ms)
Among the festivals celebrated (27)___________________ some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival, also known (28)___________________ the Mid-August Festival. Large (29) __________________ of small round moon cakes (30) ____________ eaten on this day, and children (31)__________________ carrying colourful paper lanterns which come in all shapes; the more popular (32)________________ are shaped like fish, rabbits and butterflies. (33)_____________ to them the moon shines brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival. As the moon (34) ________________, tables are placed outside the house and women make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess.

II/ Read the passage and answer the questions below. (1m)
There are