Đề thi tuyển sinh vào Lớp 10 THPT môn Tiếng Anh (Chuyên)

TUYỂN SINH VÀO 10 CHUYÊN ANH
PHONETICS (20 ms)
A. Pick out the word whose underlined part has the pronunciation different from that of the other words:
birthday
father	
width
chair
architect
church
hungry
teeth
change
liked
mouth
weather
with
chemist
cheese
chair
hour
feet
cage
laughed
clothes
mother
thin
chalk
chicken
children
hope
deer
grape
played
month
think
wealthy
lunch
child
character
hand
deep
glad
stopped
B. Put an accent mark (‘) over the main stressed syllable of:
instrument 
history
celebration
solidarity
friendship
demonstrate
symbolize
celebrate
musical
socialist
VOCABULARY (20 ms)
Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the words provided:
All the .. in the discussion had an opportunity to speak. (PARTICIPATE) 
We need the active .. of all members. (PARTICIPATE)
A great .. appears in her eyes. (SAD) 
The .. of the meeting walked along the main street. (DEMONSTRATE) 
This book was of a great .. . It was translated into ten languages. (SUCCEED) 
He tried hard but he was not .. in finding the cause of the sickness. (SUCCEED) 
The crowd shouted .. when Zidane scored the first goal for the French team. (EXCITE) 
The .. made him jump out of his seat. (STRONG) 
I often walk along this street at my .. (LEISURELY) 
The .. sometimes makes you feel bored. (BATHE)
READING (60 ms)
A. Put the following sentences in the proper order (18 ms)
a. Once they cast lots to decide who would ask for a second helping at supper that evening. 
b. However, after a lot of complicated adventures, it all ends happily for the young hero, as in most of Dickens’s novels.
c. As a result of this, he got terrible punishment from the master. 
d. The boys in the orphanage where Oliver Twist lived used to be hungry. 
e. Later, he was apprenticed to learn a trade, but he was so unhappy that he ran away to London. 
f. The task fell to Oliver and he asked the master, “Please, sir, I want some more”. 
B. Read the following selection and answer the questions below (20 ms)
 Ron Hurst is a builder. Last October he was working on the roof of an old house. He finished the job and climbed down the roof. The roof was wet and he slipped. His foot hit the ladder and kicked it away from the house. The ladder fell. It fell into the long grass in the garden.
 Ron sat down on the roof. He could see a lot of people in the main road. A girl was walking along the road, and looked up at the house. Ron stood up, shouted, and waved to her. She turned away and walked quickly down the street. Then he saw some children. He waved and shouted. They turned round, smiled, and waved back to him. Then they walked away. Ron wave and shouted for an hour. Most people smiled and waved back to him. Then it began to rain. Ron was cold and wet. He was tired too.
 At last Ron had an idea. He stood up, and moved to the edge of the roof. He shouted:
 “I’m going to jump! I can’t go on! I’m going to kill myself!”
 Ten minutes later there was a fire-engine, a police car, and an ambulance outside the house. A fireman climbed up the ladder on the fire-engine.
 “Don’t jump, young man,” he said. “Don’t jump. Everything is going to be all right!”
Why did Ron slip?
What did the girl do when Ron waved to her?
How long was Ron on the roof?
Who climbed up the ladder to help Ron?
Do you think Ron wanted to kill himself?
C. GAP-FILLING (22 ms)
I arrived in London at (1) . . The railway station was big, black and dark. I did (2) . know the way to my hotel, (3) . I asked a porter. I not (4) . spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as (5) . . The porter, however, could not (6) . me. I repeated (7) . question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke (8) . slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner”, I said. Then he spoke (9) . , but I could not understand him. My teacher (10) . spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at (11) . other and smiled. 
GRAMMAR (40 ms)
A. Change these sentences to the Active Voice (20 ms)
Her cottage can be seen from the top of the hill.
A modern school began to be built near my house.
Nothing was found in his room.
Your band must be washed carefully with soap.
He was put in prison for two years because of his book.
Has the missing girl been found yet?
Were they sent to the party in time?
It has been said that there aren’t any men in the village.
What should be done to keep the torch burning?
The man is said to be the leader of the movement.
B. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbial particles (20 ms)
Mrs. Brown had a small garden (1)  her house, and in the spring she planted some vegetables (2)  it. She looked (3)  them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice.
One evening Mrs. Brown looked (4)  her vegetables and said, “Tomorrow I am going to pick them, and then we eat our vegetables!“
But early the next morning, her son ran (5)  the kitchen and shouted, “Mother, Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour’s ducks are (6)  the garden and they are eating our vegetables!“
Mrs. Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and her neighbour was very sorry, but that was the end (7)  the vegetables.
Then a few days (8)  Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs. Brown a parcel. In it was a beautiful, fat duck, and (9)  it was a piece of paper (10)  the words “Enjoy your vegetables!“
WRITING (60 ms)
A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (30 ms)
The questions are so easy that everyone can answer them. 
They’re such 
The boy will receive some money to continue his study. His parents died in a traffic accident.
The boy whose .
They are producing motorbikes in Vietnam. 
Motorbikes are .
I wasn’t there yesterday, so I didn’t know who he was.
If I 
If you do not try hard, you can’t pass the examination. 
Unless 
They spent more money, they had to work harder. 
The more ..
People thought that the cover was made of iron.
The cover .
He went to London. He had lived there when he was a boy. 
He went to London where .
Jane was absent from class because of her sickness. 
Because Jane was ..
The package was too heavy for Peter to carry.
The package was so  
B. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences (30 ms).
I hope / you’ll / able / come / us / next summer. 
If you / interested / natural beauty, / we / take you / English Lake District. 
sights here / so splendid / you can’t leave them, / once coming there. 
How pure / air / ! 
We’ll / feel stronger / healthier / if we can / stay there / long time.
There are still / lot of games / recreations / you might want / take part.
TUYỂN SINH VÀO 10 CHUYÊN ANH
PHONETICS (20 ms)
A. (10 ms – 2/ 1 w.)
 clothes /đz/
think /θiηk/
with /đ/
chemist /k/
architect /k/
character
hour
deer / diə/
glad
played
B. (10 ms – 1/ 1 w.)
 ‘instrument 
‘history
cele’bration
soli’darity
‘friendship
‘demonstrate
‘symbolize
‘celebrate
‘musical
‘socialist
VOCABULARY (20 ms – 2/ 1 w.)
participants
participation 
sadness
demonstrator
success 
successful 
excitedly
strength
strength
bath
READING (60 ms) 
1) Right order (18 ms – 3/ 1 s.)
d
a
f
c
e
b
2) Read and answer the questions (20 ms)
3) Cloze test (22 ms – 2/ 1 w.)
last
not 
so 
only
well
understand 
my 
neither 
slowly
never 
each 
GRAMMAR (40 ms) 
A. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets (20 ms – 2/ 1 v.)
B. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbial particles (20 ms/ 1 w.)
behind 
in 
after 
at 
into 
in 
of 
before 
on 
with 
WRITING (60 ms) 
Finish each of the following sentences (30 ms – 3/1 s.)
Optional
B. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences (30 ms – 5/1 s.)
I hope you’ll be able to come with us next summer. 
If you’re interested in natural beauty, we’ll take you to the English Lake District. 
The sights here are so splendid that you can’t leave them, once coming there. 
How pure the air is! 
We’ll feel stronger and healthier if we can stay there for a long time.
There are still a lot of games and recreations you might want to take part in.