đề thi TS 10 chuyên anh THSP Thực hành (2012-2013)TP HCM

THI 10 CHUYÊN ANH THSP THƯC HÀNH – CHUYÊN ANH 2012 (120PH)
A. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
I. Phonology (10points)
Choose the word whose underlined-part is pronounced differently from the other three.
1. A. weird B. wear C. beard D. merely
2. A. changeling B. channel C. chase D. chamber
3. A. iron B. ironic C. rhinoceros D. rhythm
4. A. education B. optician C. session D. occasion
5. A. saviour B. favour C. devour D. tumour
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three.
6. A. jeopardize B. recipe C. coincide D. emigrate
7. A. geneticist B. accidental C. preferential D. economics
8. A. create B. tattoo C. mature D. relic
9. A. infamous B. imperfect C. horizon D. cathedral
10. A. enthusiastic B. satisfactory C. purification D. tuberculosis
II. Vocabulary and Structures (30 points)
1. One of the problems local authorities have to deal with is the ____________of plastic containers.
A. dispersal B. disposition C. disposal D. dissolution
2. The police signalled the driver to ____________and stop.
A. pull over B. put in C. pass by D. pick up
3. Could you _______the names of the people who are not coming to the party?
A. cut down B. cross out C. sign up D. keep up
4. We are moving out soon because our house is going to be knocked _______when the new road is built.
A. off B. out C. away D. down
5. Many elderly people have to live on the money they _______when they were working.
A. laid up B. put back C. set up D. put aside
6. He got an excellent grade in the exam ______the fact that he worked particularly hard.
A. in spite of B. on account of C. because D. although
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. In spite of his poor education, he was the most _______speaker.
A. articulate B. ambiguous C. attentive D. authoritarian
9. Her parents accused her of ____________.
A. not trying hard enough B. trying hard not enough
C. trying not hard enough D. trying not enough hard
10. He tried to make out that the fake painting he had _______genuine.
A. been B. being C. to be D. was
11. Keep your ticket ______ you have to show it to an inspector.
A. if B. in case C. unless D. supposing
12. They used pesticide to ______ the insects in the paddy field.
A. get rid of B. get out of C. get away with D. get in the way with
13. `Do you know Janet Wilson?`- I remember the name, but I can`t recall ______.`
A. what does she look like B. what she looks like
C. what she does look like D. like what she looks
14. Colonists______ in isolated areas of Northern America were almost totally self-sufficient.
A. living B. lived C. who living D. who live
15. She ______ drive to the station every day but then she suddenly decided to walk instead.
A. was used to B. had used to C. was using to D. used to
16. The interviewer told Kate that she would earn $40, 000 a year ______ the job.
A. had she to offer B. had she to be offered C. were she to offer D. were she to be offered
17. Diana hoped to become a friend of ________ shares her interests.