Đề thi vào 10 Chuyên Tiếng Anh Phổ thông năng khiếu Hồ Chí Minh năm 2012-2013 - Revised Mã A979214

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ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA TP HCM TRƯỜNG PHỔ THÔNG NĂNG KHIẾU ______________________

ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 Năm học 2012 – 2013 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề _______________________________

Mã đề thi: 486 PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (5 điểm)

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.

1. Watching a baby between six and nine months old, and you will observe the basic concepts of geometry

A B C being learned.

D 2. In the beginning of the nineteenth century, the American educational system was desperate in need of reform.

A B C D 3. In fact we are far more likely to injure in the home than outside, which has probably always been the case.

A B C D 4. Parents feel that if their child becomes an artist, it will be difficult for him or her finance.

A B C D 5. As he walked, he surveyed his surroundings as eagerly as if he would enter London or Madrid, instead of the little

A B C metropolis of a New England colony.

D 6. The Bush Administration has been extremely cautious in its relation with Iran, which has consistently refused that

A B C it controls the hostages’ fate.

D 7. She won the heat and was qualified for the final of the 400 meters final.

A B C D 8. The light in the room had grown so dimly that she could no longer see well enough to read. A B C D 9. There have been several accusations of sleaze against government MPs recently and the Prime Minister is said to

A B C be very furious.

D 10. Custom officers at the ports are looking out for a gang who are smuggling great quantities of alcohol into the

A B C D country.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

11. A. TOUGHEN B. BRIGHTEN C. THOROUGH D. MIGHTY 12. A. COLLISION B. ILLUSORY C. CONCLUSIVE D. COMPREHENSIBLE 13. A. MOISTURE B. CHOIR C. COINAGE D. BOISTEROUS 14. A. SPRAYS B. SAYS C. FEY D. DAYS 15. A. BONY B. BOND C. BONE D. BOLD

Read the following article about young people and advertising and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 25.

THOSE CRAZY KIDS

Julia Day, The Guardian, Monday 11February 2002

The perception of today’s youngsters as media-savvy cynics could hardly be further from the truth. Instead, this generation of keen consumers may turn witty advertising into an endangered species. Julia Day reports

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The youth of today are cynical, media-savvy, seen it all, done it all, wouldn’t-be-seen-dead-in-the-T-shirt types who appreciate only the most achingly trendy adverts, TV shows and magazines, right? Wrong: that was so last generation.

Today’s youngsters don’t “get” clever ads, are not in the least suspicious of commercials, don’t know the difference between newspapers’ political stances, or TV channels, and they don’t mind admitting it. In short, they are not half as media, marketing and advertising literate as we might have thought, according to new research commissioned by five media groups – Guardian Newspapers, Channel 4, Carlton Screen Advertising, media buying agency OMD, and Emap Advertising.

As a result media companies and advertisers are going back to basics to arouse the interest of 15- to 24-year-olds with instant impact messages, plain product pictures, bigger posters, annoying jingles, celebrity endorsements and repetitive ads. Today’s youth are a far cry from today’s thirtysomethings who grew up as commercially-naive kids weaned on the cold war, no national commercial radio, three national TV stations, grant-funded higher education, sponsorship-free Glastonbury festivals and regular strikes and student protests.

Now a lifetime of MTV, the internet, dawn-till-dusk advertising and PlayStation gaming has created a generation so used …