Đề thi thử vào Lớp 10 THPT môn Tiếng Anh (Chuyên) (Có đáp án)

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PART A: PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts.) 1. A facsimile B transfer C spacious D fax 2. A swallow B switch C sweet D sword 3. A scenic B extinct C decrease D coexist 4. A agreed B boxed C based D listened 5. A off B of C if D fly II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts.) 1. A appreciate B experience C embarrassing D situation 2. A excited B interested C confident D memorable 3. A floppy B embrace C cotton D idol 4. A complain B destroy C terrify D imagine 5. A carefully B correctly C seriously D personally PART B: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR I.Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (20 pts.) 1. The weather is going to change soon; I feel it in my _____. A. body B. legs C. skin D. bones 2. Before the invention of the Internet, people couldn’t _____ of such universal access to information. A. reminisce B. conceive C. contemplate D. access 3. ___________, Americans eat a light breakfast. They don’t eat a lot of food in the morning. A. By and large B. Fair and square C. Ins and outs D. Odds and ends 4. There has been a recommendation that Peter _____ the president of the country. A. will be elected B. be elected C. is elected D. was elected 5. For a whole month, Muslims ________eating and drinking during daylight hours. A. abstain from B. keep from C. stay from D. stand from 6. TV advertising in the late afternoon tends to _____ young children. A. target B. point C. focus D. aim 7. He traveled _____ for 20 years and then he decided to return home. A. farther away B. far from it C. far and wide D. farthest of all 8. No matter how angry he was, he would never _____ to violence. A. refuse B. resort C. resist D. resolve 9. Simon .............................in me on the understanding that I wouldn't tell anyone else. A. confided B. intimated C. confessed D. disclosed 10. If you want to be a rock star, talent helps, but what it really ……..….. down to is luck. A. boils B. revolves C. centers D. refines 11. That argument is no good: it won’t ……………… A. hold water B. blossom C. make water D. pass water 12. If you get measles, you will ……………….in spots. A. break out B. break up C. break D. break down 13. Insults roll off him like water ……………… A. down a drain B. on a tin roof C. into the river D. off a duck’s back 14. Go to the Chinese ………………and bring back a grilled pork chop. A. carry-away B. carry-on C. take-away D. fast-courses

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15. As a result of government …………….., more jobs were lost. A. cut-aways B. cut-backs C. cuttings D. drop-backs 16. No one knows precisely how much he earns a month, but $ 5.000 can’t be ................ of the target. A.far B. broad C. wide D. distant 17. She insisted that the reporter _______ her as his source of information. A. not mention B. doesn’t mention C. hadn’t mentioned D. didn’t mention 18. Look, will you stop ______ in and let me finish my sentence! A. plugging B. pushing C. butting D. moving 19. We put his rude manner ______ ignorance of our British customs. A. up to B. down to C. off at D. up with 20. I would rather you _______ the office phone for personal purpose. A. shouldn’t have used B. shouldn’t use C. not to use D. didn’t use II. Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following passage. Write your answer in the box provided. (5 pts.) Mount Mulanje in Malawi is the highest mountain in (1. CENTRE) __________________ Africa, part of a range

which comprises no fewer than twenty peaks over 2,500 meters. The range is readily (2. ACCESS)

__________________ by road and a day’s drive allow a (3. LEISURE) circumnavigation. More energetic visitors,

particularly walkers and climbers, are rewarded with an experience that is (4.FORGET) __________________.

Mulanje is a (5. BREATH) __________________ sight, visible for miles …