Đề thi vào 10 Chuyên Tiếng Anh Phổ thông năng khiếu Hồ Chí Minh năm 2017 Mã A525694

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ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA TPHCM Đӄ THI TUYӆN SINH LӞP 10 TRƯỜNG PHỔ THÔNG NĔNG KHIӂU Nĕm hӑc 2017-2018

HӜI ĐӖNG TUYӆN SINH Môn thi: TIӂNG ANH (chuyên) _______________________ Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Đề thi có 11 trang: (cho cả 2 phần trắc nghiệm và tự luận) - phần trắc nghiệm 07 trang không kể thời gian phát đề - phần tự luận 04 trang) ________________________________

Mã đӅ thi: 567 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 1 to 20 1: Between 1950 and 1970, the seal population of Canada had been ______ by between 50% and 75%. A. dumped B. unveiled C. averaged D. depleted 2: If a stock’s earnings drop for one year, investors believe earnings will ______ back in the following year. A. stir B. rule C. bounce D. emit 3: This drug’s main ______ is that it can cause unbearable itching and flushing. A. cultivation B. shortcoming C. negative D. delay 4: The new law met with widespread popular opposition and was ______ revoked. A. widely B. barely C. subsequently D. respectively 5: A million pounds in the ______ rate for an ordinary player in today’s inflationary market. A. running B. going C. making D. setting 6: The European Union would do well to ______ diplomatic relations with countries that do not respect human rights. A. break up B. break off C. cut down D. cut off 7: The students, under the direction of their professor, have been working ______ on their innovation. A. back and forth B. high and low C. around the clock D. back to front 8: The inmate was ______ a life sentence for kidnapping. A. assigning B. serving C. doing D. allocating 9: Sporting goods stores have managed to ______ on emerging fitness and consumer trends. A. exploit B. capitalize C. commemorate D. forage 10: More than five million people die from ______ diseases each year. A. waterspout B. waterline C. watercourse D. waterborne 11: Allowing children to have ______ in their choices will make them more willing to study. A. counteraction B. prowess C. capability D. flexibility 12: The carpenter tried to ______ the sound of the banging by wrapping a thick cloth over the hammer. A. rev B. survey C. muffle D. smoothen 13: Jeremy gave up his office job to ______ a career as a fitness trainer. A. embark B. devise C. pursue D. construct 14: Look, that car’s just burst ______ flames. A. through B. to C. into D. with 15: Trevor enjoys ______ a sweat at the gym during his lunch hour. A. putting on B. turning out C. going on D. working up 16: I’ll be ______ all day if I don’t have a cup of coffee when I wake up. A. prone to B. at liberty C. in vain D. on edge 17: Whale sharks grow to 20 m in length and are listed as ______ to extinction. A. risky B. hazardous C. sensitive D. vulnerable 18: When gadget developers focus their new products on a large market, it’s easier for them to ______ development costs. A. patent B. conduct C. emerge D. justify

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19: The ______ to overthrow the government was found out and the instigators were imprisoned. A. conception B. conspiracy C. pretext D. subversion 20: A tornado warning has just been ______ in central Texas. A. emerged B. issued C. reported D. estimated Read the four texts below. There are ten questions about the texts. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate which text tells you the answer to each of the questions from 21 to 30. The same text may be used more than twice. A Chocolate comprises a number raw and processed foods that are produced from the seed of the tropical cacao tree. Native to low land, tropical South America, cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Central America and Mexico, with its earliest documented used around 1100 BC. The majority of the Mesoamerican peoples made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs.

B Cacao trees are small, understory trees that need rich, well-drained soils. They naturally grow within 20 degrees of either side …