Đề ôn thi chuyên anh 10 p2 2 đề

củng cố kiến thức cho học sinh giỏi chuyên 9, luyện thi vào 10, và giúp học sinh đạt kết quả cao trong các kì thi rất hay, củng cố kiến thức cho học sinh giỏi chuyên 9, luyện thi vào 10, giúp học sinh đạt kết quả cao trong các kì thi. Gồm 100 câu ngữ pháp phổ biến các em hay gặp, học sinh giỏi 9 cấp tỉnh, thi chuyên vào 10, có đáp án và giải thích chi tiết

TRUNG TÂM BỒI DƯỠNG VĂN HÓA

HANOI-AMSTERDAM

ĐỀ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN THPT

Năm học: 2015 - 2016

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy này)

(Không được dùng bất cứ loại từ điển hay tài liệu nào)

I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the

others in each group.(5 pts.)

5 A Adventure B Future C Mature D Figure _

II Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in the list (5 pts.)

1 A Admirable B Accessible C Compatible D respiratory

3 A Descent B Dissent C Discontent D content

4 A Eradicate B Kilometer C Characterize D communism

5 A Technical B Origin C Agriculture D cathedral

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 (15 pts.)

1 A number of oil tankers have been laid ……… recently

2 The inscription on the tombstone had been worn ………by the weather and could scarcely be read

3 ………second thoughts, I’d rather not go out tonight

4 The new hairdryer does not comply ………British safety standard

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5 Many books were not available to the public because of government ………

A omission B inhibition C compensation D censorship

6 The woman accused of shoplifting was found not guilty and was ………

A excused B liberated C acquitted D interned

7 He is a(n) ……….authority on the subject

A prominent B expert C eminent D quality

8 My car was so old that I could only sell it for ………

9 Not only ………in the project, but he also wanted to become the leader

A did Jack involve B had Jack been involved

C was Jack involved D Jack was involved

10 I felt a bit ……… and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual

A out of sorts B on the mend C over the worst D under the fevers

11 The school was closed for a month because of a serious ………of fever

A outcome B outburst C outset D outbreak

12 I don’t think he’s ever been there, ……… ?

13 They had a four-day holiday, then began work ………

A on end B out of bounds C in proportions D in earnest

14 He is a tough politician – he knows how to ……… the storm

A run down B keep up C ride out D push back

15 On entering the nursery I stumbled on the wooden blocks ……… all over the carpet

A plunged B scattered C settled D tossed

II Fill in the blank with a suitable noun to form the idiomatic expression Write your answer in the box provided (5 pts.)

1 I’d like to take of this opportunity to explain the difficulty I’ve met

2 She decided to set _ to these letters because they weren’t necessary

3 Don’t have in what he says He is a liar

4 For generations our people got _ over many enemies and drove them away

5 He left home without taking of anybody

III Give the correct form of the word given in parentheses Write your answer in the box provided (10 pts.)

1 The attack in the city center last night (example) the kind of behavior amongst young people that many object to

2 This matter is very (confidence) Don’t discuss it outside the office

3 You shouldn’t interrupt someone in (sentence)

4 I want to make sure all my (depend) will be financially secure if I’m incapacitated in any way

5 There was a heavy (pour) yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the church Garden Party

6 There is a risk factor with all medication, but honestly the risk with this particular drug is (neglect)

7 A (dominate) friend is one who likes power

8 Suddenly without (provoke), the dog sank its teeth into my leg

9 Street-fights are an everyday (occur) in this area of the city

10 I really believe that it would be a major mistake to (crime) any drugs that are currently illegal

IV Match the verb in box A with the word(s) in box B to form a phrasal verb, and then fill

it in each blank to complete the sentence Be sure to use the correct verb tense and form Write your answer in the box provided (5 pts.)

A put, apprise, go, crease, stem, fall, pull,

center, brood, carry

B from, over, away, off, on, of, up, back

on, through, in for

1 The problem the government’s lack of action

2 The argument is _ whether or not to lower the age limit

3 Don’t waste time _ your past failures

4 I’m afraid there is no milk left; we have to dried milk for our tea

5 Tom got _ by the music and wouldn’t stop singing

6 I’m going to stay at university and try to getting a job for a few years

7 Her husband has been the good news about their son

8 She swims so well that she really should _ the competition

9 I almost _ when I heard Tim was going to be playing Romeo in the school play

10 He is in a critical condition in hospital, so we’re all praying he’ll

V Underline ten mistakes in the following sentences and correct them Write the

correction in the box provided (5 pts.)

1 Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to prepare them for

mounting

2 At the start of the seminar, they gave us a number of handouts and a little nice folder to keep them all in

3 Stephen Crane’s story is a clinical portrayal of a man as an animal trapped by the fear and hunger

4 Time is precious Let us do the most of it to enrich our knowledge

5 Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments

6 Because of the snow storm and the road blocks, the air force dropped food close the city

7 They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them

8 Our new neighbors had been living in Arizona for ten years before moved to their present house

9 Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today

10 When I entered the room, I found my younger brother stand on the kitchen table

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PART C: READING

I Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided (14 pts)

What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara –

but that’s 3rd It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under

14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic desert Most people living away from deserts

associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sand …

4….

The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall In other words, more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground So, in …9… deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not

sand, of course The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock where the finer

particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.

It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area The world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122

Fahrenheit degrees Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they

…14… considerably at night.

An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way they are spreading You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause

2 A country B continent C territory D pole

3 A terrain B plain C horizon D nature

6 A wildlife B agriculture C precipitation D alteration

8 A setting B atmosphere C environment D surroundings

9 A extreme B Mediterranean C typical D polar

10 A left B disappeared C blown D removed

13 A obtains B reaches C stretches D raises

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II The passage has eight phrases left out Decide which phrase (A-L) from the list should go

in each gap Write the letter in the space provided There are more phrases than gaps Write your answer in the box provided (8 pts.)

RECYCLING PLASTICS

One of the most difficult wastes to recycle is mixed plastics, (1) Plastic

manufacturers turn their own offcuts into granules that are melted down for reuse.They can also reuse any single, pure thermoplastic materials, (2) The British firm

Meyer-Newman of Gwent recycles complete telephones into new ones But mixed plastics have unpredictable properties and low structural strength because (3) _ So it is difficult to make a material with good and predictable properties from mixed plastic wastes One answer is compatibiliser This is an octopus-like molecule in which each arm represents a section of different polymer, that in turn (4) Stirred into a mixture of molten plastic, each arm of the octopus grabs and reacts chemically with a molecule of the one

polymer in the mixture The result is an alloy rather than a mixture It is strong because of intra-molecular bonding and has highly predictable properties, so it is potentially reusable During the past two or three years, many plastic manufacturers have (5) _ But perhaps the most advanced, ‘Bennet’, was produced independently two years ago, after 15 years of research, by the Dutch engineer Der Groep His invention is already being used

widely, largely in secret (6)

Bennet is made up of short sections of several polymers representing the arms of octopus, each

is able to link the molecules of a different polymer in the mixture The reliable strength of the plastic ‘alloys’ made with Bennet suggests that (7) _

The vehicle recycling industry is keen to recycle more plastics Despite the environmental benefits, they fear that the steady increase in the use of reclaimable plastics will make it

uneconomic to recover vehicles from the metals they contain Some car manufacturers, such as BMW and Mercedes, are now designing products and requesting components that are easier to recycle: (8)

A is characteristic of a different plastic

B developed their own compatibilisers

C which has never been achieved despite substantail government investment in research

D often used in wrappers and containers

E they could be used in high-grade, high-cost applications such as car bumpers

F it does not have sufficient rigidity

G for example, car bumpers made from one material instead of up to seven

H always been sceptical about recycling plastics

I as manufacturers do not want to be seen to be using recycled plastics in their quality products

J for example, steel suspension systems and car bodies

K such as polythene that are not chemically cross-linked

L the different plastics in the mixture are not bonded at a molecular level

PART D: WRITING

I Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same (8 pts.)

1 I don’t understand one word of this document.(head)

 I can’t

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2 Erika didn’t mention her illness at all (reference)

 Erika made

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3 Did anything about his behavior seem unusual to you? (strike)

 Did anything about his behavior

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4 He was arrested when they caught him driving a stolen car (act)

 Being

5 She was just as good as they had thought (up)

 She definitely

6 Tony didn’t feel like dancing that night (mood)

 Tony

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7 You’re going to enjoy tonight! (treat)

 You’re

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8 Why do you think you are allowed to criticize me like that? (gives)

 What do you think

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II Write about the following topic:

Violence is increasing at an alarming rate in many schools In what ways can this

problem be overcome? You should write at least 200 words (20 pts.)

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TRUNG TÂM BỒI DƯỠNG VĂN HÓA

HANOI-AMSTERDAM

ĐỀ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN THPT

Năm học: 2015 - 2016

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (KHÔNG CHUYÊN)

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy này)

(Không được dùng bất cứ loại từ điển hay tài liệu nào)

PART A: PHONETICS

I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others Write your answer in the column on the right (0,5 pt.)

5 A Exhibition B Neighborhood C Hot D Humid _

II Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress Write your answer in the column on the right (0,5 pt.)

2 A Enjoyable B Convenient C Exciting D Interesting

5 A Family B Complete C Grocery D Primary

PART B: VOCABULARY 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 (1,6 pts.)

1 Is Mary a friend of ?

2 Vietnamese people are always proud Vietnam’s traditions and customs

3 London is the city I have visited several times

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4 They wish they have to work hard to earn money.

5 My little brother enjoys museumsand art galleries

A visiting B to visit C visit D visited

6 That part of the park several times this year

A is repaired B has been repaired C was repaired D repaired

7 My new car is more than the one I had before

A economic B economy C economical D economically

8 They alldayswimming and sunbathing on the beach

9 We didn’t to the station in time to catch the train

10 Do you know what time the train for London?

A gets B reaches C arrives D leaves

11 The policeman warned us there

A to not go B not to go C not go D not go to

12 She is very good tennis She never loses when playing with her friends

13 If we thewater,we will have no fresh water to use

A polluting B pollution C pollute D polluted

14 ‘Why are you driving so fast?’ ’

A being hurry B in a hurry C in hurry D hurry

15 Do you know ?

A how old is the earth B how old was the earth

C how old the earth is D how old the earth was

16 The harder you try, ………

A the most success you achieve B you achieve the more success

C the more success you achieve D the better you achieve success

II Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each of the following sentences Write your answer in the place provided below (1 pt.)

1 After the earthquake, thousands of people in this area became (home)