Đề thi vào lớp 10 TPHCM 2015 - Key

KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG TP. HCM
NĂM HỌC 2015-2016
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 11 tháng 6 năm 2015
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề)

I. Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. (2.5 pts)
1. West Malaysia and East Malaysia ________ comprise an area of 329,758 sq km.
    A. each other               B. together                C. one another         D. both
2. We have arranged to meet each other ________ 8:00 AM this weekend.
    A.to                             B. on                         C. in                        D. at
3. Juventus did their best;_______ , Barcelona won the match and the cup.
    A. but                          B. however                C. moreover            D. otherwise
4. The examiner ______ that they keep silent during the exam.
    A. said                         B. requested              C- told                     D- admired
5. “ I promise I will study harder next term.” – “_________”
    A. Good idea              B. I hope so               C.No, thanks           D. I’m sorry I can’t
6. People speak Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil_______Malaysia
    A.at                             B . in                         C. on                       D. to
7. You should reduce _________ of water your family uses.
    A. the number             B. the quality            C. a number             D. the amount
 8. A lot of Vietnamese people who live _________ want to celebrate Tet in Viet Nam, their motherland.
    A. foreign                    B. far                         C.  aboard               D. abroad
9. Peter, bring a raincoat just _________. It looks like rain to me.
    A. in case                    B. in time                  C. in turn                 D. in spite
 10. Typhoons often ___________ in Viet Nam from June to November.
    A. predict                    B. occur                     C. pass                     D. warn

II. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.   (0.5 pt)
11. She asked me if I am able to speak any other foreign language and I said that I could speak Thai.
            A                       B                                        C                                                    D
12. AAG has confirmed the broken in some of the sections of the undersea cable.
                          A                            B                               C                      D
 III. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.5pts)
      The word  jeans (13) ______ from a kind of material that was made in Europe. It is a strong material and it does not (14)_______ out easily. In the 1960s, many univesity and college (15)_____ wore jeans. Designers made different styles of jeans to match the 1960s’ fashions; embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. In the 1970s more and more people started wearing jeans because they became (16)_______. In the 1980s jeans finally became (17) _____ fashion clothing when famous designers started (18)______ their own styles of jeans, with their own labels on them. Sales of jeans always go up and up because jeans have never been out of fashion.
13.       A. gets                         B. goes                                    C. arrives                   D. comes
14.       A. go                           B.wear                                     C. call                        D. come
15.       A. teenagers                B. pupils                                  C. students                 D. youngsters 
16.       A.higher                      B. costlier                                C. longer                    D. cheaper
17.       A. low                         B. high                                    C. up                           D. old
18.       A.doing                       B. getiing                                C.making                    D. buyingIV. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow it are True or False.  (1.0 pt)
    Are you looking for a cheap, clean, effective source of power that doesn’t cause pollution or waste natural resources? Look nofurther than solar energy from our sun. Many countries are already using solar energy. Solar panels are placed on the roof of a hous and the sun’s energy is used to heat water. The energy can be stored for a number of days, so on cloudy days you can use solar energy too. Sweeden has an advanced solar energy program. There, all buildings will be heated by solar energy; cars and buses will use solar power instead of gas by the year 2015.

19. Few countries in the world are ready to use solar energy. _______
20. We can hardly use solar energy on cloudy days. _______
21. Solar panels are used for water heating. _______
22. Some types of vehicles in Sweeden will use solar power by 2015. _______

V. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence . (1.5 pt)
23. We are worried that rivers and canals are becoming more and more ____________. [pollute]

24. TV __________ are advertisements in