SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH 10 CHUYÊN/2007-2008 KHÁNH HÒA Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút PART A: LISTENING SECTION I: * Listen and fill in the gaps: (10m) There are many species of animals in danger of extinction. The Indian Crocodile is one. It’s found in (1) _________, Sri Lanka, and Burma. There are very few (2) __________ now because they are hunted for their skins which are made into handbags, purses, shoes, and (3) __________. The African Elephant is also in danger. This (4) _________animals is hunted only for its tusks. These tusks are (5) ___________ a lot of money and are made into ornaments, necklaces, and knife-handles, among other things. Many women like wearing (6) ___________ and stoles. Harp seal coasts are very beautiful. They are made from the skins of the pups. The hunters do not (7) ___________ the pups, but club them to death in order not to (8) _____________ the skins. The adult Harp seal is hunted for its oil which is used for making lubricants and (9) _________ and, of course, the Harp seal population is (10) _________fast. SECTION II: • Listen to these people talking about their friends. Look at the example. Complete the other boxes: (10m) Name Donna Colin Janet Age late teen Build good figure Height fairly tall Hair color black Hairstyle long, wavy Face Heart-shaped, turned- up nose, full lips Eyes blue, long eyelashes Complexion olive-skinned Distinguishing features dimples page 1 Dress Personality lively, talkative SECTION III: You are going to hear a lecture about immigration to the United States. Listen and fill in the blanks in the following sentences. (20m) 1. Immigrants to the U.S. came from ____________ different countries. 2. The Kennedy originally came from _____________. 3. The U.S. has over ____________ ethnic restaurant 4. The most popular of these are ___________ and _________. 5. About ____________ % of Americans have ancestors from northern Europe. 6. The first big wave of immigrants in the 19 th century came from ____________. 7. Laborers from __________ and __________ built the Transcontinental Railroad. 8. Many Germans came after ___________. 9. The biggest wave of immigrants came in ____________. 10. There were fewer immigrants after the early 1900’s because ____________. PART B: I/ Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest (5 m). 1. A. says B. plays C. rays D. stays 2. A. appeared B. formed C. imagined D. vanished 3. A. exchange B. champagne C. teacher D. children 4. A. sensitive B. benefit C. pretty D. remedy 5. A. oranges B. figures C. classes D. watches Answers: 1. ________ 2. _______ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________ II/ Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern. (5m) 1. A. appliance B. activity C. adventure D. average 2. A. chemical B. effective C. experience D. biology 3. A. primary B. satisfy C. variety D. remedy 4. A. compulsoryB. population C. occasionally D. immediate 5. A. favorite B. government C. influence D. identify Answers: 1. ________ 2. _______ 3. ________ 4. ________ page 2 5. ________ III. Choose the word/phrase that the best completes each sentence or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentences if it is substituted for the underlined part. (30m) 1. What you have to do is to . a new idea that will enable us to make a lot of money. a. think over b. think out c. think about d. think up 2. As I was a stranger in that country I was not . with some of their customs and didn't understand why people were laughing at me. a. addicted b. attracted c. acquainted d. acquired 3. The telephone connection was very poor and we only heard a . account of what the reporter was describing. a. gesticulated b. gambled c. garrulous d. garbled 4. Everyone went outside the building . the false alarm. a. because of b. in front of c. on top of d. instead of 5. Oh no! I failed all my exams last week. I'm . dead when my parents see my final report card. a. as good as b. as long as c. as soon as d. as much as 6. Actually I had . it to her before we set out. a. mention b. mentions c. mentioning d. mentioned 7. I must admit I . thought how the story would finish before I read the book. a. haven't b. hadn't c. aren't d. couldn't 8. The teacher found it quite . to try and teach the children because they refused to listen to a word she was saying. a. festive b. futile c. feeble d. fatuous 9. His attempt to make fun of the situation was considered to be in bad taste and . in the extreme. a. fertile b. frequent c. febrile d. facetious 10. No sooner . I shut the door, when the telephone rang. a. have b. did c. will d. had 1………. 2……… 3……… . 4……… . 5……… . 6……… 7………. 8……… 9………. 10……… page 3 11. The witness . everyone that he hadn't had anything to do with the crime. a. convinces b. is convincing c. convinced d. has convinced 12. Any arguments he put up in his defense were regarded as a . by people who were determined to see him convicted. a. cloud b. smokescreen c. confusion d. fog 13. By then of course it was too late because the damage had already been done to his career, which . everything else he did for the rest of his life. a. overtook b. overcame c. overran d. overshadowed 14. The flight has been put off from Nha Trang to Ho Chi MInh City .To put off means ______________. a. destroy b. postpone c. cancel d. wait 15. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a ________________. a. tip b. fee c. fare d. commission 16. Another word for fortune is ________________. a. rich b. lucky c. foreign d. good 17. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good ______ for her to improve her English. a. opportunity b. possibility c. advantage d. experience 18. All his children speak ____________ English. a. flowing b. fluent c. easy d. well 19. If a bomb goes off, it ____________. a. explodes b. fails c. misses its object d. strikes 20. We went to the airport to ____ off the friend who was leaving for London. a. tell b. say c. join d. see 21. I wish you_____ leave now. Can’t you stay a bit longer? a. don’t have to b. didn’t have to c. won’t have to d. hadn’t to 22. If only I_____ play the guitar as well as you! a. would b. shall c. could d. might 23. The party, at______ I was the guess honor, was extremely enjoyable. a. which b. that c. who d. where. 11……… 12………. 13………. 14……… 15………. 16………. 17………. 18………. 19……… 20………. 21………. 22………. 23……… page 4 24. I need to find some kind of chemical that will . the weeds in the garden. a. keep off b. keep out c. keep down d. keep on 25. You can tell by the way she talks and behaves that she . her mother. a. takes to b. takes in c. takes back d. takes after 26. The theatre was . to display in the entrance some of the excellent newspaper reviews the play had received. a. deluded b. developed c. demanded d. delighted 27. As the hospital had been careless with its hygiene procedures, the patient found she had been . with a harmful virus. a. detected b. rejected c. infected d. suspected 28. There is a new company regulation to remove the danger of passive smoking, which . all employees from smoking at their place of work. a. prohibits b. promotes c. professes d. protests 29. This is a sort of shortened version of what happened and has been . to fit into the newspaper. a. adopted b. attuned c. abbreviated d. added 30. It was quite obvious from the secretive manner in which he left the shop and the . looks he kept giving that he hadn't paid for the items of clothing. a. furtive b. fugitive c. furious d. famous 24………. 25………. 26……… 27………. 28……… 29……… . 30……… IV. WORDFORM: * Give the correct form of the word (10m) 1. We should use paper as _________________ as we can. ECONOMY 2. They live in a _______________ area in the north-east of the country. MOUNTAIN 3. His sudden _______________ must be a shock to his family. DIE 4. You shouldn’t _______________ others if you also have a lot of mistakes. CRITIC 5. There are over 50 _______________ in the talent contest. COMPETE 6. Television is one of the cheapest forms of ______________. ENTERTAIN 7. My teacher ______________ me to take this examination. COURAGE 8. The ring is not valuable. In fact, it is almost ______________. WORTH 9. I’m full of ________________ for my English teacher. ADMIRE page 5 10. That was an _________________ remark. NECESSITY It would have been better to keep silent Your answers: (1) …………… (2) …………… (3) …………… (4) ………………. (5) ……………. (6) ……………. (7) …………… (8) ……………… (9) ……………. (10) …………… V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentences to be correct. Then correct them. (10m) 1. If he would speak (A) more slowly (B) , I could (C) understand him (D) 2. Kangaroo, that (A) can be seen (B) everywhere in Australia (C), have long tails(D) 3. After living(A) in London for (B) two months, my brother got used to drive (C) on the left. (D) 4. Linh wishes (A) that she is given (B) a teddy (C) bear at Christmas. (D) 5. Hoang has (A) felt (B) much better when (C) he took (D) the pill 6. I suggested (A) that you writing (B) to them to (C) accept their offer. (D) 7. They asked (A) me where was I (B) going to spend (C) my vocation that summer.(D) 8. Even though (A) being ill (B), Phong still went (C) to school last Monday. (D) 9. My brother enjoys (A) to read (B) detective stories (C) in his (D) free time 10. Your brother (A) hardly goes (B) to work by (C) bus, doesn’t he (D)? Your answers: (1) …………… (2) …………… (3) …………… (4) ………………. (5) ……………. (6) ……………. (7) …………… (8) ……………… (9) ……………. (10) …………… PART C: READING SECTION ONE: Read the text below and decided which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. (15m) page 6 In the spring of 1891, a young Canadian named James Naismith (1) …… the staff of the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was instructed to devise an (2) ……. game that did not (3) ……… bodily contact, would not (4) ………… in damage to the gym and which every player had a (5) ……… to get in on the action. The game he invented was basketball – or basket ball as it was (6) ………… until about 1912. Naismith hung peach baskets at (7) ……… end of the gym and used a soccer ball to play with. The first game, in December 1891, was played (8) …… two team of mine men each and was not exactly a classic. He final (9) ………… was 1-0. (10) ………an off-season recreation, basketball took (11) ………. in a big way, largely because it was cheap and easy to (12) ……… up. Oddly, although peach baskets were soon (13) ……… by nets, until 1912 it didn’t (14) ……… to anyone to cut a hole in the bottom of them. Until then it was necessary (15) ……… someone to climb a ladder and retrieve the ball after each score. (1) …………… 1. A. enroll B. joined C. entered D. became (2) . 2. A. inside B. internal C. indoor D. interior (3) . 3. A. contain B. consist C. belong D. involve (4) ……………. 4. A. cause B. result C. end D. lead (5) ……………. 5. A. chance B. possibility C. challenge D. part (6) ……………. 6. A. named B. spoken C. called D. referred (7) …………… 7. A. opposite B. both C. either D. double (8) …………… 8. A. against B. among C. from D. between (9) …………… 9. A. goal B. score C. shot D. point (10) …………… 10. A. As B. Such C. Like D. Yet (11) …………… 11. A. up B. off C. out D. in (12) …………….12. A. get B. play C. get D. do (13) …………….13. A. replaced B. swapped C. exchanged D. removed (14) ……………. 14. A. think B. realize C. suggest D. occur (15) ……………. 15. A. that B. so C. for D. even SECTION TWO: Complete the text with suitable words, using the word of your own. (25m) When I was sixteen I_______ (1) to school and went to work in a butcher’s shop. The manager was a young man, only a ___________ (2) years older ___________ (3) me, and he page 7 was very ambitious. Also, he was a___________ (4) bit dishonest. When the customers asked________ (5) best steak he would sell them poor-quality beef. He used to do this to young housewives, who if the meat __________ (6), blamed_______ (7) for not cooking it properly. Sometimes, he did not give the _____ (8) change and the customers did not notice. One day, _____________ (9) before Christmas, we decided to close early because we __________ (10) sold all our meat, except for one small turkey. As I was ____________ (11) to lock the door, a woman rushed in and said that she really had __________ (12) have a ten- pound turkey. The manager tried to sell her the _________ (13) one we had left. “It’s too small”, she said. The manager said he________ (14) get another one and went to the back of the shop with the turkey. I knew we did not have_______ (15) more, so I followed him to see___________ (26) he was going to do. He pulled and stretched the turkey to _______ (17) it look bigger and then went back __________ (18) said,” Here_________ (19) are, madam. Here is a bigger one” “Yes”, she said, “but not __________ (20) bigger. I’ll take both of them”. SECTION THREE: Choose the best heading for each paragraph in the article. Choose A, B, or C. (10m) 1. Paragraph 1 A The worst language speakers in Europe. B The best language speakers in Europe. C The best and worst language speakers in Europe. 2. Paragraph 2 A British second language speakers. B A comparison of European countries. C Details of how the poll was carried out. 3. Paragraph 3 A Use of English in Europe. B Languages of travelers in Europe. C Comparison of languages spoken in Europe. 4. Paragraph 4 A Use of languages in Europe. B Reasons to learn English. page 8 C Attitudes to foreign languages. 5. Paragraph 5 A Year of languages begins in December. B Why people don't learn foreign languages. C EU initiative to teach language. Paragraph 1. …………………… The British are the European Union's worst linguists while the citizens of Luxembourg are the best, according to an EU poll published Monday. Paragraph 2. …………………… Almost two-thirds of Britons know no language apart from their mother tongue, the highest figure recorded in the 15 EU countries in the European Commission's "Eurobarometer'' survey. That compares to just 2.2 percent in Luxembourg, 12.3 percent of Danes and an EU average of 47.3 percent of people who speak no other language but their own, the poll of 16,000 EU citizens said. Paragraph 3. ………………… But British travelers to Europe need not worry. English is the most common second language in the EU, spoken by 41 percent of the bloc's citizens. In Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, at least 78 percent of people speak English as a second language. Paragraph 4. …………………. Although 47 percent of EU citizens know only their mother tongue, there is wide agreement that speaking a foreign language is a good thing. Across the EU, 72 percent of those polled believe foreign language skills are useful, 71 percent said everyone should know one foreign language and 69 percent said everyone should speak English. Paragraph 5. ………………… The reasons given why people do not learn languages were lack of time, lack of motivation and the cost of language lessons. The poll conducted in December, marks the launch of the European Year of Languages, an EU initiative to promote language learning. PART D: WRITING Use the underlined words to complete the second sentences in such a way that their meaning original meanings are unchanged: (20m) page 9 1. It’s Huong ‘s job to look after her little brother. responsible  Huong ……………………………………………………………………………. …… 2. Tom missed the ferry because his car broken down. if  Tom ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. I haven’t decided yet whether to move or not. mind  I haven’t ………………………………………………………………………………… 4. It’s unlikely that I’ll see you again this week. probably  We ……………………………………………………………………………………… 5. You’ll hurt yourself if you are not careful. or  Be ……………………………………………………………………………………… 6. They decided to build a new school immediately. should  They decided that a ……………………………………………………………………… 7. You’re going to fast for me. keep  I ………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. Martin has to wear glasses to read the newspaper. without  Martin …………………………………………………………………………………… 9. Lan moved here in 1980. living  Lan ……………………………………………………………………………………… 10. Nam likes staying in hotels but he prefers camping. as much as  Nam doesn’t …………………………………………………………………………… page 10 [...]... the underlined part (30m) 1d 2c 3d 4a 5a 11c 12b 13d 19a 20d 21b 22c 29c 6d 28a 15c 16b 23a 8b 24b 17a 9d 10d 30a 27c 14b 7b 25d 18b 26d IV WORDFORM: • Give the correct form of the word (10m) 1 economically 2 mountainous 5 competitors 4 criticize 7 encouraged 6 entertainment 9 admiration 3 death 8 worthless 10 unnecessary V Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for... MAKING SCHEME AND KEY TO THE ENTRANCE TEST OF ENGLISH 10 PART A: LISTENING (40M) page 12 SECTION ONE: * Listen and fill in the gaps: (10m) 1 India 2 left 3 belts 4 enormous 5 worth 6 fur coat 7 shoot 8 damage 9 cosmetics 10 decreasing SECTION TWO: (10m) • Listen to these people talking about their friends Look at the example Complete the other boxes: (10m) Name Age Donna late teen Colin early 30’s (0.5m)... 1 A – spoke 2 A – which 4 B – was/ were given 5 C – since 7 B – I was (10m) 3 D – driving 6 B – (should) write 8 A – Despite/ In spite of 9 B – reading 10 D – does he PART C: READING SECTION ONE: page 14 Read the text below and decided which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space (15m) 1B 2C 3D 4B 5A 6C 12C 13A 14D 7C 8D 9B 15C 10A 11B SECTION TWO: Complete the text with suitable words, using the... black long, wavy Heart-shaped, turned- (0.5m) well built (0.5m) slim (0.5m) average (0.5m) fair (0.5m) blonde (0.5m) short (0.5m) neat (0.5m) long face, thin lips, sunburned/ well Eyes up nose, full lips blue, long eyelashes straight nose (1m) thick eyebrows made up pale grey eyes (0.5m) with thin eyebrows (1m) Complexion Distinguishing features olive-skinned dimples scar on chin (0.5m) beauty spot... 9 Ireland 10 the Civil War 12 laws were made to restrict immigration PART B SECTION I: (10m) I/ Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced differently from the rest (5 m) 1 A says 2 D vanished 3 B champagne 4 C pretty 5 B figures II/ Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern (5m) 1 D average 2 A chemical 3 C variety 4 B population 5 D identify III... if his car hadn’t broken down 3 I haven’t made up my mind whether to move or not 4 We probably won’t see each other again this week 5 Be careful or you will hurt yourself 6 They decided that a new school should be built immediately 7 I can’t keep up with you 8 Martin can’t read the newspaper without wearing his glasses 9 Lan has been living here since 1987 10 Nam doesn’t like staying in hotels as much... seemed/ were 9 just/ shortly 4 little/ tiny/ wee 7 themselves 10 had 8 correct/ right/ exact 11 about/ going/ ready/ trying 12 to 13 small/ little/ only 14 would 16 what 17 make 18 and 15 any 19 you/we 20 much SECTION THREE: Choose the best heading for each paragraph in the article Choose A, B, or C (10m) 1C 2B 3A 4C 5B PART D: WRITING Use the underlined words to complete the second sentences in such a... luyện 4 kỹ năng ( 20m; mỗii kỹ năng 5m) LANGUAGE USE & STRUCTURES ( informal / friendly letter): Cần đa dạng và sử dụng từ phù hợp với cấu trúc của bức thư ( thân thi n, ngôn ngữ đơn giản, kết cấu chặt chẽ, nêu được ý kiến thi t thực.) (10m) …………………….THE END………………………… page 16 . the excellent newspaper reviews the play had received. a. deluded b. developed c. demanded d. delighted 27. As the hospital had been careless with its hygiene. the underlined part. (30m) 1. What you have to do is to . a new idea that will enable us to make a lot of money. a. think over b. think out c. think