De tuyen sinh truong Nguyen Trai

sở giáo dục và đào tạo
hải dương
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đề thi dự bị
kì thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 thpt chuyên nguyễn trãI - năm học 2008-2009
môn thi: tiếng anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
Ngày thi: 28 tháng 6 năm 2008
(Đề thi gồm:4 trang)


(Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào giấy thi. Phần trắc nghiệm chỉ cần ghi phương án chọn A, B, C hoặc D. Phần tự luận làm đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của đề bài.)


Question I: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words in each group. (5 pts)
1. A. caught B. laughter C. daughter D. taught
2. A. height B. eight C. weight D. vein
3. A. smoke B. so C. snow D. soft
4. A. of B. leaf C. wife D. deaf
5. A. bus B. bury C. up D. sun

Question II: Choose the best option from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.
(15 pts)
1. I came _______an old friend while I was walking along the street.
A. across B. into C. over D. for
2. Everyone _______Tom was invited to the party.
A. as B. from C. but D. for
3. The chemistry book _______was a little expensive.
A. I bought B. that I bought it C. I bought that D. what I bought
4. If you _______ my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess now.
A. take B. will take C. took D. had taken
5. I am late because my alarm clock didn’t _______this morning.
A. come on B. ring out C. go off D. turn on
6. His speech was very boring. What he said was _______ meaningless.
A. complete B. quite C. most D. total
7. If it _______ so late, we could have some coffee.
A. wasn’t B. isn’t C. weren’t D. not be
8. Your sister used to visit you quite often,_______?
A. didn’t she B. doesn’t she C. wouldn’t she D. hadn’t she
9. We were hurrying because we thought that the bell _______.
A. had already rang B. has already rang C. had already rung D. have already ringing
10. My doctor suggested _______on a diet to lose some weight.
A. me going B. me to go C. I am going D. I should go
11. Students seem to be made _______a lot of homework.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
12. Could you tell me how far _______from here to the next petrol station?
A. is it B. it is C. it was D. was it
13. The delighted bride looked_______ on her wedding day.
A. happy B. sad C. unhappy D. gloomy
14. It is the height of the tourist season now so_______ the rooms in the hotels are reserved.
A. almost B. almost of C. most of all D. almost of all
15. Cheese is made from_______ .
A. rice B. milk C. wood D. stone

Question III: Each of the following sentences has one mistake. Identify the mistakes. (10 pts)
1. While they were away at the beach, they allowed their neighbors use barbecue grill.
A B C D
2. The sun hadn’t hardly set when the mosquitoes began to sting so annoyingly that we had to run off
A B C D
from the picnic grounds.
3. A series of debates between the major candidates were scheduled for the Labour Day weekend.
A B C D
4. After talking to her for about 15 minutes, he continued doing his homework.
A B C D
5. The teacher as long