HỘI CÁC TRƯỜNG CHUYÊN VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẮC GIANG ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 10 NĂM 2016 Thời gian làm bài 180 phút (Đề này có 15 trang, gồm 125 câu)[.]
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VÙNG DUYÊN HẢI VÀ ĐỒNG BẰNG BẮC BỘ
TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẮC GIANG
ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT
ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH
KHỐI 10 NĂM 2016
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Đề này có 15 trang, gồm 125 câu)
PART A LISTENING (40 points)
Section 1 (10 points)
You will hear a radio interview with a man who works on an international camp
Circle the correct answer for each question.
1 If you want to apply for the Camp you must:
A be a student
B be at least twenty-four years old
C speak more than one language
2 In a Camp tent you can expect to
A mix with other nationalities
B share with five other people
C know the other people
3 What do you have to take to the Camp?
4 As a Camp member you should
A be a good singer B join in performances C be good at acting
5 The Camp fees must be paid
A in dollars B by cheques C before the Camp starts
Section 2 (10 points)
You will hear a radio program, decide whether these following statements are True (T) or False (F) Write T/F in the space given.
1 When his father left, Matt lived with five other members of his family
2 Matt's mother encouraged her sons to be creative
3 As a Child, Matt loved to pretend he was someone else
4 His first success came when he met Ben Affleck
5 Matt doesn't devote all his time and energy to acting
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You will hear an interview with a man called Lucas Doran, who is talking about his job as a zookeeper Listen carefully and complete the sentences
ZOOKEEPER
Lucas used to enjoy looking after the (1) _ when he
first worked at the zoo
Every morning, Lucas checks to see if any monkeys are (2) _ or if any babies have been born
Every morning, Lucas also cleans the monkeys’ cages and replaces the (3)
_
The monkeys eat many different things, but are especially fond of (4)
_
Lucas once injured his (5) _ when a gorilla escaped from
its cage Lucas particularly likes talking to the (6) who come to the zoo
Lucas says that giving the monkey food such as (7) is unsuitable
Lucas once took a box of baby monkeys home by
(8) _
Lucas is now taking a course in (9) so that he
can further his career
Lucas’s ambition is to visit a (10 ) _ for wild
animals in Africa to tsee the work done there
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Exercise 1 (20 points)
Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences.
1 speaking, everything is going on as well as we have predicted
A Unsuccessfully B Impossibly C Generally D Unfortunately
2 We’d better hurry There’s a to Uncle Timothy’s patience
3 Mick has been in trouble with the police a few times, but now he as promised his parents that he will turn over
A a new page B a new leaf C a corner D the towel
4 I can’t afford to buy a new coat this winter I’ll ave to the one I have
5 The unpleasant smell in the restaurant _ me off my dinner
6 Although he was completely as a furniture maker, he produced the most beautiful chairs
A unable B untrained C incapable D uneducated
7 The President visited the area to see the devastation
A on first hand B at first hand C on first hands D at first hands
8 Because of road works, traffic is restricted to one in each direction
9 They are going to tear down those old warehouses to for a big new hotel
10 He enjoyed the dessert so much that he accepted a second _ when it was
offered
11 As an ecotourism , the park provides visitors with beautiful landscape
12 In spite of our big effort, we have not managed to enough money for
renovation of the school buildings
13 Nobody took any _ of the warning and hey ent swimming in the contaminated water
A information B noice C attention D sight
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A the photocopy machines C should the photocopy machines
B the photocopy machines should D does the photocopy machines
15 I was immensely to hear that none ofmy relatives was kill in the bus
accident
16 Mr Roboson’s job is to teach the young officers _ their duty in the right way
17 dangerous the situation is, Jim always indulges himself in it head first
A In spite of B However C No matter what D Though 18.The Internet has led to the faster and more effective _ information
A spread B coverage C dissemination D expansion
19 “I saw you studying at the library last night.” “You I wasn’t there.”
A wouldn’t have B have C might have D can’t have
20.By 1890, there were over 60 steamboats on the Mississippi River were quite luxurious
A many of which B many of them C which many D many those
Answer:
Exercise 2 (10 points) There are ten mistakes in the passage Find and correct all of them Write the answer in the space given.
Example: Because of-> Because
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Because of different tree species adapting to different climates and
soil types have evolved over millennium, many kinds of forests occupy the earth today The primitive forests of several hundred million years ago consisted of less kinds of trees In fact, the earliest
‘trees’, which grew nearly 500 million years ago, were like giant club mosses They lack true roots and consisted of a confused mass
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specialized branches that climbed at rocky ground Fifty million years later came the dense forests of tree ferns that prevailed tropical climates of that era He forerunners of modern conifers-trees that bear cones – were on the scene 300 million years ago, when plant life abundant colonized marshy land, building the tremendous coal and oil reserves so important today By the time the dinosaurs roamed the earth some 180 million years before, seed bearing trees that shed their leaves in winter evolved; from these have sprung our present deciduous forests
Answers:
_ _ _ _ _ Exercise 3 (10 points)
Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition(s) or particle(s)
1 Although Mark said that he’d been there at 8.00, he didn’t turn _ until 10.00
2 He said he would make me a rich man, but I saw _ him immediately
3 We don’ know yet how we’ll solve the problem, but I‘m sure someone comes _
a solution soon
4 Don’t let anyone talk you _ buying a new car There’s nothing wrong with your present one
5 Before the exam I have to brush _ the subject I haven’t studied accounting for a long time
6 He looks like an English man, but his foreign accent gave him
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8 I can’t remember the name of the hotel we stayed at _ the top of my head
9 Dave didn’t understand what Mrs Smith was getting so he asked her to explain t again
10 As they came under heavy fire, the captain ordered his men to fall
Answer:
Exercise 4 (20 points)
Give the correct form of the word in capital in the following passage.
FOOD MILES
In Britain, what is described as ‘food miles’, the distance which food is transported from the place where it is grown to its point of sale, continues to rise This has major economic, social and environmental consequences, given the traffic congestion and pollution which
(1 VARIABLE) follow.
According to (2 PRESS) groups, the same amount of food was travelling 50 per
cent further than twenty years ago What’s more, the rise in the demand for road haulage over this period has mostly been due to the transport of food and drink The groups assert
that the increase in the number of lorry journeys is (3 EXCEED) and that many of these are far from (4 ESSENCE)
In the distribution systems employed by British food (5 RETAIL) , fleets of lorries bring all goods into more (6 CENTRE) located warehouses for redistribution across the country (7 LOGIC) as this might appear, the situation whereby some goods get sent back to the same areas from which they came is (8 AVOID)
In response to scathing (9 CRITIC) from environmentalists, some food
distributors now aim to minimize the impact of food miles by routing vehicles, wherever
possible, on motorways after dark This encourages greater energy (10 EFFICIENT)
whilst also reducing the impact on the residential areas through which they would otherwise pass
Answer:
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PART C READING (60 points)
Exercise 1 (15 points)
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits each blank in the following passage.
For those people who go out in search of adventure, a long-distance flight in a hot-air balloon is a particularly exciting (1) Indeed, around-the-world balloon trip is widely regarded as the (2) challenge One well-known adventurer, David Hempleman Adams would not agree, however Recently, he became the first man to (3) the North Pole in a hot-air balloon, a more significant (4) in his eyes Given that the distance and altitudes (5) are comparatively modest, you might wonder why the trip from Canada to the Pole, should present such a challenge
Part of the (6) was that such a flight had not even been attempted for over a century In those days, such expeditions were huge events with a nation’s pride (7)
on their success, and so resources were (8) to them Although he eventually managed to secure a substantial sponsorship (9) _ from an insurance company, Hemplemann-Adams had the added challenge of having to (10) _ sufficient funds for his trip
Then, of course, he had to face major survival concerns, such as predicting the weather (11) _ and coping with the dangerously low temperatures But most challenging of all was the incredibly complex problem of navigation As the earth's magnetic field gets stronger, only the most (12) _ of satellite-linked navigation systems can (13) _ that one has got to the Pole Without them, the chances of getting anywhere near it are extremely (14) _ Not to mention an even greater problem that (15) _ on Hemplemann-Adams' mind: getting back!
4 A recognition B acquisition C achievement D realization
5 A engaged B regarded C involved D connected
8 A commended B confided C confirmed D committed
9 A bargain B purchase C transaction D deal
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12 A sophisticated B refined C cultured D educated
13 A approve B confirm C reinforce D support
Answer:
Exercise 2 (15 points)
Read the text and think of a word that best fits each gap Use ONLY ONE word in each gap.
The changing English language
All languages change over a period of time, for reasons which are imperfectly understood The speech is really so integral (1) _ form of human activity that it cannot
be regarded as an entity in itself For this reason, it is more exact to say that (2) generation behave linguistically in a slightly different manner from (3) _ predecessors
Young people are impatient of (4) _ they often consider to be the stilted vocabulary and pronunciation of their elders, and like to show (5) _ up-to-date they are by using the latest slang (6) , as the years go by, some of that slang becomes standard usage In any case, people slowly grow far (7) _ receptive to linguistic novelties So that by the time they reach their forties, they decry the slovenly speech of the younger generation
In this respect, language is a little (8) fashion in dress The informal clothes
of one generation become the everyday wear of the next Similarly, just as many young doctors and office workers (9) out their duties in casual clothes, so expressions which were once confined to slang and familiar conversation are assimilated (10) their normal vocabulary
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Exercise 3 (10 points)
Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the questions.
The Beatles became the most popular group in rock music history This quartet of extraordinarily talented musicians generated a phenomenal number of pieces that won gold records They inspired a frenzy that transcended countries and economic strata While all
of them sang, John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the majority of their songs Originally, Lennon and five others formed a group called the Qurrymen in 1956 with Paul McCartney joining them later that year George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney, together with Stuart Sutcliffe, who played the bass guitar, and Pete Best on the drums, performed together in several bands for a few years, until they finally settled on the Sliver Beatles in 1960 American rock musicians, such as Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, influenced Lennon’s and McCartney’s music, whose first hits consisted of simple tunes and lyrics about young love, “ Love me Do” and “ Please, Please me “ The Beatles “ US tour propelled them to stardom and led to two movies “ A Hard Day’s Night” and “ Help” filmed in 1964 and 1965 The so-called British invasion of the United States was in full swing when they took the top five spots on the single chart, followed by the release of their first film
During the 1960s, their music matured and acquired a sense of melody The lyrics of their songs became deeper and gained in both imagination and meaning Their popularity continued to grow as the Beatles turned their attention to social problems and political issues in “ Nowhere Man” and “ Eleanor Rigby” Loneliness and nostalgia come through
in their ballads “ Michelle” and “ Yesterday”, which fully displayed the group’s professional development and sophistication Lennon’s sardonic music with lyric written in the first person, and Paul McCartney’s songs that created scenarios encouraged individuals
to contribute to the character of the music produced by the group In addition to their music, the Beatles social trend that popularized long hair, Indian music, and mod dress For a variety of reasons, the musicians began to drift apart, and their last concert took place in San Francisco in 1966 The newspaper and tabloids publicized their quarrels and lawsuits, and the much idolized group finally disbanded in 1970 However, their albums had outsold those of any other band in history Although all of the Beatles continued to perform solo or form new rock groups alone, none could achieve the recognition and success that they had been to win together
1 What does the passage mainly discuss?
A The history and music of the Beatles
B The history and milestones of rock music
C The fashion and music popular in the 1960s
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2 According to the passage, how many members were in the band,formed n 1956?
3 According to the passage, which of the Beatles had the greatest musical talents?
A John Lennon and Paul McCartney
B George Harrison and John Lennon
C Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best
D John Lennon, Paul Mcartney and George Harrison
4 The author of the passage implies that the Beatles
A Competed with American Musicians
B Wrote their music as a group
C Became popular relatively quickly
D Were active in social movements
5 According to the passage, the Beatles’ fame grew as a result of
A Chuck Berry’s involvement
B Their American tour
C Two movies made in the US
D Their first two hits
6 The author of the passage implies that over time, the music and lyrics by the Beatles
A Became more complex than at the beginning of their career
B Declined in quality and political significance
C Were dedicated to women named Eleanor nd Michelle
D Made them the richest musicians in the world
7 The word ‘acquired’ is closest in meaning to
8 According to the passage, when did the Beatles experience their greatest success?
A In the late 1950s C After hir beak-up in 1970
B During the early and mid- 1960s D throughout their lifetime
9 The word “scenario” is closest in meaning to
A Sceneries B situations C life stories D love
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