Đề thi vào lớp 10 và đáp án

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(Đề thi có 02 trang)
kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 thpt
Năm học 2014 - 2015
Môn thi: tiếng anh

Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)



I/ (1,0 point) Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. Write the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

1.
A. wanted
B. decided
C. needed
D. washed

2.
A. eats
B. stops
C. lives
D. cooks

3.
A. many
B. fat
C. man
D. cat

4.
A. husband
B. humour
C. hurry
D. hundred

5.
A. century
B. structure
C. infectious
D. question


II/ (3,0 points) Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Write the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

1. This machine _______ used since last week.

A. has been
B. is
C. was
D. will be

2. If he _______ hard, he will pass his math test next week.

A. study
B. studies
C. studied
D. is studying

3. We _____ go swimming together when we ______ in the village.

A. used to/lived
B. used to/live
C. are used to/lived
D.get used to/lived

4. My brother got wet ________ he didn’t bring the umbrella with him.

A. but
B. so
C. because
D. and

5. Mai made a big beautiful cake _______ her mother’s birthday.

A. by
B. in
C. at
D. on

6. They say that solar energy doesn’t cause _________.

A. pollution
B. pollute
C. polluted
D. pollutant

7. Peter fell over while he _______ basketball.

A. is playing
B. was playing
C. played
D. plays

8.The people _______ live in England speak English.

A. whom
B. which
C. who
D. whose

9. Be _______! He is looking at you.

A. carefully
B. care
C. careful
D. carelessly

10. According to the weather _______, it will be raining tonight.

A. forecasting
B. forecasted
C. forecaster
D. forecast

11. Jane speaks English _______ than you do.

A. more fluently
B. more fluent
C. more faster
D. more better

12. Let’s go out for a walk, _________ ?

A. don’t we
B. do we
C. shall we
D. will we

13. He made an interesting speech in the opening _______.

A. competition
B. ceremony
C. preparation
D. solidarity

14. Due to the bad weather, the flight to Manchester was _______.

A. taken off
B. cut down
C. turned down
D. put off

15. Nam: “Congratulations on your success!” Hoa: “__________.”

A. You’re welcome
B. No, thanks
C. That’s very kind of you
D. Yes, of course


III/ (1,0 point) Read the following passage then answer the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

Mark Twain was a famous American writer. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens and “Mark Twain” was his pen name. He was born in a small town on the Missouri River in the USA. The boy had many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories.
When he was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the profession of a printer. He always wanted to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. Then he left the boat and lived in California. Here he began writing short stories under the name of Mark Twain. He sent them to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much. His best novel “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer” was published in 1876.
Who was Mark Twain?
Where was he born?
How old was he when his father died?
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