Đề thi vào 10 chuyên Lam Sơn ( Số 2)

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Thanh Hoá
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Đề thi có 04 trang
kỳ thi vào lớp 10 THPT chuyên Lam sơn
Năm học 2008-2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (dành cho học sinh thi vào chuyên Anh )
Thời gian : 150 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề )
Ngày thi : 16 tháng 06 năm 2008


Question I: Phonetics (5points )
Part A: Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest of the group ( 3points )
1. A. bear
B. near
C. dear
D. fear

2. A. with
B. both
C. thing
D. think

3. A. money
B. mother
C. donkey
D. other

Part B : Choose a word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the group (2points).
1. A. transform
B. office
C. failure
D. holiday

2. A. effort
B. effect
C. deafness
D. speaker

Question II : Verb forms (12 points )
Give the correct form of the verb given in brackets.
1. Look! They (put) sugar in their grapefruit before they eat it.
2. The race (start) as planned if the weather clears.
3. Tom was tired because he (study) hard all day.
4. George (fall) off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling.
5. Before you (leave), don’t forget to shut the windows.
6. If I (know) we would have (wait) so long, I (bring) along a book.
7. It is raining now. It (rain) for 2 hours.
8. I knew I (not be) the first (arrive), because I saw smoke (rise) from the chimney.
Question III: Word forms (10 points).
Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters.
1. Tom is a friend of mine. He is …………. FRIEND
2. How ………..of you to break that cup! CARE
3. His long ………….made us bored and sleepy. SPEAK
4. He never takes his father’s……….. ADVISE
5. Although they are poor, they are living……. HAPPY
6. He draws cartoons for a ………magazine. HUMOUR
7. Tom spoke ……because he was so excited. BREATHE
8. This car is really……….. LUXURY
9. The ……staff consists of ten experienced journalists. EDIT
10. I am bored. I need some…….in my life. EXCITE
Question IV: Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences (15 points).
1. Whenever we meet, we stop ……………..
A. talking
B. to talking
C. to talk
D. talk

2. Are your plans for this weekend still ………………..?
A. the same
B. same
C. like
D. alike

3. …………. you run quickly, you are likely to be late.
A. If
B. Unless
C. Since
C. However

4. You should spend more time …….. speaking English.
A. to practise
B. practising
C. to practising
D. practise

5. Before he joined the army, Danny always went out at night. He never …… stay in.
A. would
B. used to
C. use to
D. was used to

6. We always spend our summer holidays ………….
A. in the sea
B. in the beach

 C. at the country
C. at the seaside

7. He says he enjoys job as a baker, but it has taken him over a year to ….. to working at
night.
A. be use
B. get used
C. used
D. getting used

8. My brother refused ………… me $10.
A. lending
B. lend
C. to lend
D. to lending

9. You should go and get ……….. rest before tonight’s performance.
A. lot of
B. some
C. many
D. few

10. The new office block ……….. well with its surroundings.
A. blends in
B. stands out
C. shapes up
D. sets off

11. Whole villages have been ………… by the floods.
A. run down
B. mopped up
C. called off
D. wiped out

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