Tuyen chon de thi vao lop 10 chuyen co dap an tham khao

Kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 chuyên THPT
Năm học 2008- 2009
Môn: Tiếng Anh

Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. A. experiment B. exhibition C. precaution D. assistant
2. A. equally B. ceremony C. charity D. minority
3. A. economics B. mathematics C. photography D. nationality
4. A. slavery B. acquaintance C. position D. priority
5. A. comfort B. comment C. control D. visit
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
6. A. stationed B. belonged C. established D. studied
7. A. oranges B. figures C. classes D. watches
8. A. theatre B. death C. anything D. weather
9. A. butter B. summer C. butcher D. jumper
10. A. inhabitants B. politics C. questions D. kidnaps
Circle the best one A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
11. I`ve decided ________________ here any longer. Tomorrow I am going to look for somewhere else. A. not staying B. to stay C. not stay D. not to stay
12. The world population now is estimated __________ 7,000,000,000.
A. on B. at C. in D. for
13. Could you stop ________ so much noise? I’m doing my homework.
A. making B. to make C. make D. made
14. The content of the novel was exciting, but I didn`t find the______________ very interesting. A. figures B. people C. persons D. characters
15. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please ______________ the table. A. lay B. settle C. make D. put
16. __________ this point, Vietnam has made a lot of progress.
A. In B. At C. To D. On
17. Henry will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he __________ dinner.
A. is finishing B. finishes C. will finish D. has finished
18. In the past, most people believed that the world’s resources could never be used ________ .
A. out B. down C. up D. away
19. We decided to pitch the tent on __________ bank of the river. A. another B. other C. the others D. the other
20. When we got home, dinner __________ so we had a drink first and waited.
A. was preparing B. was being prepared
C. is being prepared D. has been prepared
21. You’d better drive. I’m too __________ for such traffic.
A. experienced B. experiencing C. inexperienced D. experiential
22. One of the greatest __________ in the 20th century was the electronic calculating machine.
A. achieve B. achievements C. achievable D. achievement
23. Jack has lived in Ha Noi for 2 years. Now he is accustomed ________ eating Vietnamese dishes.
A. with B. to C. on D. up
24. He could run in a race ________ over twenty-six miles.
A. from B. of C. for D. with
25. Even a champion high jumper can jump up to seven and a half feet _______ the ground.
A. over B. up C. off D. out
Choose A, B, C or D to replace the underlined word(s) in each sentence.
26. Out of all the countries in the world, India brings out the most number of films each year.
A. creates B. produces C. exhibits D. gives
27. As the result of bad business and narrowed markets, many corporations will be wiped out and many people
will lose their jobs.
A. eliminated B. cleaned C. damaged D. disappeared
28. Looking up into the sky at sunset, one can see a lot of flocks of birds flying one after another came back