Đề thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 THPT chuyên năm học 2015 - 2016 môn thi: Tiếng Anh (đề dự bị)

UBND TỈNH HÀ NAM
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
 ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN
NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016
ĐỀ DỰ BỊ
 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (Không chuyên) 
 Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
 (Đề gồm có 3 trang; thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này) 
Điểm của bài thi
Họ tên, chữ ký giám khảo
Số phách
Bằng số:
Giám khảo số 1:
Bằng chữ:
Giám khảo số 2:
Part I. Phonetics (1point) 
Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest (0.6 point)
1. A. city	B. pretty	C. twenty	D. reply
2. A. mention	B. nation	C. question	D. action
3. A. worked	B. wanted	C. stopped	D. asked
Circle the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in the group (0.4point)
4. A. doctor	B. picture	C. decide	D. garden
5. A. activity	B. shampoo	C. geography	D. wonderful
Part II. Choose the word, phrase or expression which is the best to complete each sentence (2points)
1. She was sick yesterday, she was absent from school.
A. since	B. so	C. because	D. but
2. . Friday morning, there is a meeting between 11a.m and 1p.m.
	A. In	B. For	C. On	D. At
3. The article was posted by Jimhello on Tuesday,?
	A. didn’t it	B. wasn’t it	C. was it	D. did it
4. Tet is a festival occurs in late January or early February.
	A. whom	B. when	C. where	D. which
5. My sister is very fond eating chocolate candy.
	A. at	B. about	C. of	D. with
6. My house looks very large and beautiful. It is ................ house.
 A. a seven-room	B. a seven-rooms	C. seven room	D.seven rooms
7. The ao dai has been mentioned in poems, novels and songs by poets, writers and ........... for many years.
 A. music
 B. musical
 C. musician
D. musicians
8. My mother .......................... me not to stay up too late at night. 
 A. advised	B. suggested	C. insisted	D. forced	
9. That story is interesting that I’ve read it four times.
	A. so much	B. such	C. such	D. too
10. They have lived in Ho Chi Minh City 1998.
	A. since	B. for	C. to	D. of
Part III. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets (1 point)
a) In the summer, the Sun usually (1- shine) brightly.
b) If I (2- be)... you, I (3- study) overseas.
c) Her brother (4- talk).... to his friend on the phone at the moment. They (5- not contact).to each other since they left school.
Part IV. Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed to make the sentence correct (1point)
1. This picture was painting by Mr Nam last year.
 A 	 B 	 C 	 D 
2. That’s the man who he lent me the book.
 A 	 B 	 C D 
3. I met a lot of interesting people while I was staying at Ha Noi city.
 A B C D
4. If I were you, I didn’t buy that expensive motobike.
 A 	 B 	 C	 D 
5. Children should not spend too much time on computer games so they can become tired or dizzy. A B C D
Part V. Read the passage and choose the best word to fill in each blank (2points)
 subjects know to friendship what 
 find us in has better 
	English is a very useful language. If we (1)......................................English we can go to any countries we like. We will not (2)............... it hard to make people understand (3).........................................we want to say. English also helps (4).................... to learn all kinds of (5)...................................... . Hundreds of books are written in English everyday (6) .. many countries. English (7) also helped to spread ideas and knowledge (8)...................................................all corners of the world. Therefore, the English language has helped to spread (9). understanding and (10). among countries of the world. 
Part VI. Read the passage and then choose the correct answer each question (1 point)
 Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self- educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light was the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture, camera and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died in 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.
1. Thomas Edison was..
A. a discoverer	B. a teacher	C. an explorer	D. an inventor
2. In 1854 Edison’ family ..
	A. moved to Port Huron, Michigan.	B. bought a new house in Milan, Ohio.
	C. decided to settle in Milan, Ohio. 	D. sent him to a school in New Jersey.
3. The word “self-educated” in the passage mostly means..
	A. “having been well taught”	B. “having had good schooling”
	C. “having taught himself”	D. “having had a high education”
4. Edison died at the age of.
	A. 76	B. 84	C. 47 	D. 74
5. Which of following statements is NOT true about Edison?
	A. He invented the motion picture, camera.	B. He didn’t go to school at all.
	C. He made numerous inventions.	 D. He worked very hard.
Part VII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (1 point)
1. If he doesn’t work harder, he’ll lose his job. 	
à Unless........................
2. You have read this novel, haven’t you?	
à Have you.......................?
3. It was raining hard, so we had to cancel the game. 
à We had to........................
4. What a pity! I don’t have enough money to buy that book.
à I wish ............................
5. Mr. Brown’s team has lost the game. He looks very sad.
àMr. Brown whose............................
Part VIII. Rearrange the following words in their correct orders to make meaningful sentences (1 point)
1. plays/ did / Shakespeare write / how many/ ?/ 
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2. since / I / last saw / it’s ages / Joe. 
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3. been / married / for ten / they / have / years. 
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4. working / here / for six / she’s / been / months. 
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5. for a / learning English / I’ve been / long time.
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