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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN NGOẠI NGỮ NĂM 2004
BÀI THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI: 150 PHÚT

Question 1: find suitable articles to fill each blank
London’s Big Ben, by (1)…River Thame, has become famous throughout (2)… word. It is not (3).. clock, as many as people think, but (4)… huge inside (5)… clock-tower. (6)… Government awarded (7)… contract for making it to Frederick Dent. In 1858, (8)…bell was finished, and (9)… members suddenly decided to christen it Big Ben after Sir Benjamin Hall, one of their colleagues who was growing very stout and who has just made (10)… long and witty speech.
Question 2: find suitable words to fill each blank
Leonard da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy, in 1452. When he (1…) still a boy, his parents (2…) him to Verrochio, an artist in Florence, who (3…) him how to paint. The young Leonard also (4…) about sculpture, music, mathematics and science. By the time he was a young man, he was already a famous artist and musician. He then (5…) to move from Florence to Milan, where he (6…) not only as an artist but also as a musician, engineer and inventor. His paintings (7…) famous and artists from all over Europe (8…) to Milan to study them. Leonard also became a well-known scientist. He (9…) plants, animals and the flight of birds. On paper, he (10…) aeroplanes and many other things that were not (11…) until much later. In 1499, Milan was invaded by France, so Leonard (12…) and (13…) around Italy. Eventually he (14…) to France where he (15…) his last year.
Question 3: Choose the one best answer A-B-C or D to complete the following passage.
Chocolate
Chocolate, one of the most popular food in the world, has a history as rich as its flavour. Chocolate (1) from the beans of a special tree, a (2) that has grown in the American countries for (3) four thousand years. As long ago as (4) century, Indian families drank chocolate at wedding parties (5) other important ceremonies. (6), chocolate was not known in Europe until 1528, (7) the Spanish explorer Hemando Cortes brought it to Spain.
Drinking chocolate soon became (8) in Spain and quickly (9) to the rest of Europe. Three hundred years later, a scientist in Holland (10) loved chocolate learned (11) to make chocolate into sweets. (12), people who liked chocolate could it as well as drink it. (13) the years passed, people in other countries began to make many (14) chocolate today the making of chocolate has become a very big industry.
There are many (15) why chocolate become popular. People (16) its rich, delicious flavour. Some people drink that chocolate is (17) more delicious when it is made with other things, (18) fruits and nuts. Also, chocolate maker can (19) chocolate in different shapes that are pleasing to (20). And also, eating chocolate has a helpful physical effect. The sugar and fat in chocolate give people quick energy.
1 A goes
B comes
C turns
D changes

2 A animal
B plant
C flowers
D bean

3 A at least
B at last
C at first
D at all

4 A twelfth
B twelve
C the twelfth
D the twelve

5 A on
B and
C with
D of

6 A Although
B For example
C However
D because of

7 A when
B why
C then
D because

8 A important
B popular
C helpful
D dangerous

9 A sent
B got
C spread
D changed

10 A he
B who
C which
D where

11 A why
B what
C how
D who

12 A above all
B and also
C first of all
D after that

13 A as
B For
C with
D because

14 A kinds
B kinds of
C all kinds of
D all kinds

15 A reasons
B causes
C question
D conditions

16 A want
B like
C make
D buy

17 A very
B even
C so
D quite

18 A as well as
B so that
C such
D such as

19 A make
B take
C put
D change

20 A find
B watch
C look at
D notice


Question 4: find suitable words to fill each blank