Đề thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 THPT chuyên môn Tiếng Anh (Đề 1) - Năm học 2013-2014 - Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo Ninh Bình (Có đáp án)

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
TỈNH NINH BÌNH
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN
NĂM HỌC 2013 - 2014
Môn: TIẾNG ANH (Đề thi chung)
Ngày thi: 21/6/2013
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi gồm 79 câu lẻ, được in trong 04 trang.
Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi, chỉ ghi thứ tự câu hỏi và câu trả lời, không chép lại đề bài)
Họ và tên thí sinh:............................................................ Số báo danh:...................................................
Họ và tên, chữ ký:
Giám thị 1:........................................ Giám thị 2:......................................................
PART I: PRONUNCIATION (0,5 POINT)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. 
 A. looked
B. stopped
C. stayed
D. watched
 A. kindness
B. village
C. climate
D. climbing
 A. woman
B. pond
C. involve
D. borrow
 A. heart
B. house
C. home
D. hour
 A. walks	
B. pens
C. cups
D. students
PART II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (3,5 POINTS)
I. Match the utterances in column A with the right responses in column B. 
A
B
Will you empty the basket for me, please?
How are you today?
Do come in.
Where is your house?
Shall we go to the stadium now?
Will you have some more cakes?
A. It’s near here.
B. No, thank you. I’m full.
C. Yes, certainly.
D. Yes, let’s.
E. Thank you.
F. I’m fine, thanks. And you? 
II. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence. 
Peter used to....swimming every Friday when he was a student.
	A. went	B. goes	C. going	D. go
My friend....me that he was going to take a driving test.
	A. spoke	B. told	C. said	D. talk
I’m learning English....I want to get a better job.
	A. or 	B. but 	C. therefore 	D. because
She looks forward....seeing her mother coming back soon.
	A. to	B. on	C. with	D. at
He is....to ride his bike to school.
 A. not enough old	B. enough not old	C. not old enough	D. enough old
They are both goodbecause they type carefully.
 A. typers	B. typewriters	C. typists	D. typemen
He retired yesterday. He doesn't work here . 
 A. any longer	B. anymore	C. no longer	D. A and B
I got up late, ....I didn’t have time for breakfast.
	A. so	B. because	C. as D. although
I knew him .............................. I was a child.
	A. until 	B. when	C. during 	 D. after
I always wanted to be a great. .
	A. science 	B. scientific	C. scientist 	 D. scientifically
III. Supply the correct form/tense of the verbs in parentheses. 
When I got to the station, my pen pal (wait) for me.
Tom enjoys (collect) foreign stamps.
What tune (play)when we came in?
This pagoda (build) nearly one thousand years ago.
Tom (not go) out since he (27. fail) in his exam.
28. This exercise (look) difficult. You (29. do) one like this before?
IV. Use the correct form of the word given to complete each sentence. 	
I don’t agree with his.	 .	 
(choose)
We can see manyon TV everyday. 
(advertise)
She received a lot offrom her mother.
(encourage)
Do you have acostume in your country? 	 
(nation)
There are over fifty.in the talent contest.	 
(compete)
His story is very amusing. We are .....................at hearing it. 
(amuse)
V. Identify the underlined word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting. 0 is an example.
0. Helen invited me come over for lunch with them on Saturday. Answer: 0. A
 A B C D
Your new bicycle is more cheap than John’s.
 A 	 B C 	 D 
Look at the two dictionarys and you will see they are the same in some ways.	
 A	 B	 C	 D
There is no water in the house. If there is, we could cook dinner.	 
 A	 B	 C D
She did her test careful last week.	
	 A	 B	 C	 D
My father prefers watching films at home than going to the cinema.
 A 	 	 B 	 C 	 D 
PART III: READING: (3,0 POINTS)
I. Choose the words in the box to fill in each blank to complete the following passage.
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	Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics. As a boy, Alexander became (41).in sounds and speech. In 1870, the Bells decided to move to America. They lived in Boston, (42). Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There, he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea, “Why do not use electricity to (43). the human voice from one place to another?” He began to work on a new invention. For years, Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, worked day (44). night. They rented rooms in a boarding house. Bell was on one floor and Watson was on another. They tried to send speech through a wire. Finally, on March 19th, 1876, Watson heard these words very clearly: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” Watson rushed upstairs, ran (45). Bell’s room and shouted: “I heard you !”
II. Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete it. 
An increasing number of people are now going on (46).to Egypt. Last year, for example about 1.5 million tourists visited Egypt. The (47)..of Egypt is about fifty million and the (48)is Cairo, a busy city of just nearly nine million people. Although the (49)..is hot and dry and most of the country is desert, the average of (50)from October to March is not too high. The most (51).sights are the pyramids of Giza. However, it is also pleasant to visit Alexandria and several other places and do as much (52)as possible in the time available. A (53)..to Luxor is an unforgettable experience. 
A. visit	B. holiday	C. trip	D. excursion 
A. people	B. citizenship	C. nation	D. population
A. town	B. head	C. capital	D. state
A. climate	B. condition	C. temperature	D. position
A. weather	B. measurement 	C. temperature	D. climate
A. famous	B. requested	C. known	D. visited
A. looking	B. sightseeing	C. inspecting	D. viewing
A. picnic	B. entertainment	C. trip	D. guide 
III. Read the text and answer the questions. 
Tropical rain forests are found in Amazon region of South America, Central America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia. Rain forests are very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about 35 percent of the total rainfall on the earth and produces about the same percentage of the world’s oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life. Saving rain forests is an international problem. One country or even a few countries can not solve the problem alone. We must work together to find a solution before it is too late.
Where are tropical rain forests found?
How much percent of the world’s oxygen does Amazon rain forest produce?
What do scientists think about the decreasing size of rain forests?
Is saving rain forests a national or an international problem?
Do you think that Viet Nam should cooperate with other countries to save the rain forests?
IV. Read the passage and fill in each blank with ONE word. 
 We moved into our new house (59).a warm September day. It is not really a new house, it was a hundred and four years (60)., but it was new to us. The house had water, gas and electricity, but for (61).reasons there was no electric light in the kitchen. We had not noticed this shortage when we had first looked over the house. It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but (62).a kitchen light. It was especially puzzling because our kitchen was a large room, perhaps (63).largest in the house. I telephoned an electrician. He came and fixed it for us and he charged us $ 85 for (64).the job. 
PART IV. WRITING: (3.0 POINTS)
I. Arrange the given words to make meaningful sentences. 0 is an example.
0. factory / careful / Mr. Tam / worker / the most / in the / is /.
 Mr. Tam is the most careful worker in the factory.
football / doesn’t / anymore / play / Peter /.
you / me / Would / finish / like / the / tonight / to / work / ? /
That / when / with / lived / used to / New York / man / work / me / I / in /.
has / years / been / for / collecting / He / stamps / five /.
II. Rewrite each of the sentences so that its meaning stays the same as the sentence printed before it. 
He drives carelessly, so he usually has accidents.
 He is such	
“Let’s use fewer plastic bags,” he said.
 He suggested.
We clean the garages everyday.
 The garages.......
III. Write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original one using the words given in bracket. 0 is an example.
 0. If she doesn’t hurry, she will miss the last train. 
 Unless she hurries, she will miss the last train. 
Would you like to go for a picnic with us this weekend? 
Could you possibly help me with this box? 
What sort of weather did you have on holiday? 
Don't forget to contact me if you come to London. 
(Unless)
(about)
(mind)
(like)
(touch)
IV. Use the given words to write meaningful sentences. You can make any additions or changes. 0 is an example.
0. It / not easy / do / this work / a short time.
 It's not easy to do this work in a short time.
I / wish / our teacher / be / here / moment.
The door / was / heavy / that / child / can / not / push / open.
Mr. Green / used / take / children / circus.
He / can't / go / work / bicycle / because / live / far / office.
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