Đề thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 THPT chuyên môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2011-2012 - Sở GD&ĐT Ninh Bình (Có đáp án)

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 	 ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN
 TỈNH NINH BÌNH	 NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012	
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC
 Môn: Tiếng Anh 
 Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
 	 Đề thi gồm 4 phần, 5 trang	 
ĐIỂM BÀI THI
HỌ VÀ TÊN, CHỮ KÝ CỦA 
GIÁM KHẢO
SỐ PHÁCH
(Do Chủ tịch Hội đồng chấm thi ghi)
Bằng số: .................................
Bằng chữ: ...............................
Giám khảo số 1: 
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Giám khảo số 2: 
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PART A: PHONETICS: 
I/ Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. 
1. 	A. steak	B. bread	C. break	D. great 
2. 	A. described	B. encouraged	C. behaved	D. published
3. 	A. picture	B. question	C. machine	D. march 
4. 	A. similar	B. silence	C. examiner	D. filter 
5. 	A. figures	B. oranges	C. classes	D. watches
Your answers:
1. 	 2.  	 3.  	 4.  	 5. 
II/ Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the rest of the same group.
1.	A. linguistics	B. pollution	 C. generous D. commercial
2.	A. distinguish 	B. classify	C. terrify	D. interest
3.	A. associate	 B. operate	C. decorate	D. recognize
4.	A. tropical	B. dangerous	C. government	D. biology
5.	A. impression	B. wonderful	C. minority	D. vocabulary
Your answers:
1. 	 2.  	 3.  	 4.  	 5. 
PART B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: 
I/ Choose the best answer from the four options to complete each of the sentences.
1. When  a dictionary, you need to be able to understand the symbols and the 
 abbreviations it contains.
	A. having used	B. use	C. used	D. using
2. How can I know  book is yours? They are so alike.
	A. what	B. which	C. this	D. the
3. . Paul brings the money for lunch, we’ll go right down to the restaurant.
	A. As soon as	B. Thanks to	C. Besides	D. Until
4. If I  you, I’d take some rest before the game tomorrow. 
	A. am	B. could be	C. were	D. would be
5. You have never been to Nha Trang, ? 
	A. have you	B. haven’t you	C. you have	D. you haven’t
6. I find the time of English meals very strange. I’m not used . dinner at 5 pm.
	A. to have	B. having	C. to having	D. have
7. Three of those we invited to the party did not .
	A. set off	B. turn up	C. see off	D. set up
8. The secretary to . I talked didn’t know where the meeting was.
	A. which	B. who	C. that	D. whom
9. Can you .. me a favour, please ?
 	A. make	B. do	C. try	D. help
10. I remember . him say the grass needed .
	A. to hear/cutting B. hearing/to cut C. to hear/to be cut	D. hearing/cutting	
Your answers:
1. 	 2.  	 3.  	 4.  	 5. 
6. 	 7.  	 8.  	 9.  	 10. ..
II/ Give the correct form/tense of the verb in brackets to complete each of the sentences.
1. If the weather had been nicer, we  (go) sailing last weekend. 
2. We were made  (finish) all the work by our boss.
3. When is Allen planning to retire? He .. (work) for the company for thirty years now. 
4. The shark attacked him when he  (paddle) on his surfboard. 
5. This book  (write) by a famous writer 10 years ago. 
6. Smoking  (not - allow) here. 
7. Where  you first  (meet) your husband? 
8. Are you looking for Jack? I think that he  (read) in the library. 
9. When we went back to the shop, the book we wanted  (sell). 
10. The film star wore dark glasses to avoid  (recognize). 
Your answers:
1. . 2. .	 3. . 4. . 
5. . 6. .	 7. . 8. . 
 	 9. .	 10. ...
III/ Fill in each of the blanks a suitable preposition.
1. This computer isn’t capable . running this software. 
2. The New Year is celebrated . midnight on January 1st. 
3. The town is famous . its historical buildings.
4. My mother is very keen . growing flowers. 
5. The children have all worn . their shoes. 
6. A football match is divided . two halves.
7. These exercises are too difficult for the students to do  mistakes.
8. Were you surprised .. the grade you received? 
9. I find it hard to live .. my own in a big city.
10. Watching television too much may discourage people  taking exercise.
Your answers:
1. 	 2.  	 3.  	 4.  	 5. 
6. 	 7.  	 8.  	 9.  	 10. ..
IV/ Give the correct word form to complete each of the following sentences.
1. The child’s illness is not as  as you thought. He will get well soon. 	(hope)
2. It is music that makes people 	(excite) 
3. Nobody likes him because he is very 	(friend)
4. As one of your , I just wanted you to win the prize. 	(support)
5. Don’t worry. I’ll try to finish this work  	(success)
6. The discussion made a deep  upon the pupils.	(impress)
7. I like this machine because it works very  	(effect)
8. Smoking is  to our health. 	(harm)
9. I don’t want my money back, I want a  	(replace)
10. A lot of colorful lighting  the garden. 	(beauty)
Your answers:
1. . 2. .	 3. . 4. . 
5. . 6. .	 7. . 8. . 
 	 9. .	 10. ...
PART C: READING:
I/ Read the following passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each numbered 
 space. 
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea quite terrifying, (1).. flying is no more dangerous (2)  any other form of travel and some experts say it is considerably safe. It is known, however, that most accidents occur (3) . take-offs and landing when a (4).. decisions are vitally important.
The people (5) ...... job it is to look (6) ..... the passengers - the stewards and stewardesses - play an important part in helping passengers (7) ..... that being (8)..... such care of is all part of the total experience. (9)..... other form of travel involves waiting on people in quite the same (10) ., with food, drinks, newspapers, magazines, music, and even video films.
1.	A. although	B. too	C. and	D. because
2.	A. so	B. as	C. than	D. with
3.	A. while	B. during	C. for	D. through
4.	A. leader’s	B. chief’s	C. driver’s	D. pilot’s
5.	A. whose	B. which	C. their	D. that
6.	A. for	B. up	C. after	D. down
7.	A. feel	B. rest	C. hear	D. taste
8.	A. sent	B. kept	C. shown	D. taken
9.	A. Any	B. No	C. All	D. Not
10. A. way	B. kind	C. sort	D. part 
Your answers:
1. 	 2.  	 3.  	 4.  	 5. 
6. 	 7.  	 8.  	 9.  	 10. ..
II/ Read the following passage and choose the correct answer. 
Our demand for water is constantly increasing. Every year there are more and more people in the world. Factories turn out more and more products and need more and more water. We live in a world of water. But almost all of it - about 97% - is in the oceans. This water is too salty to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing. Only about 3% of the world's water is fresh. Most of this water is not easily available to man because it is locked in glaciers and icecaps. 
There is as much water on earth today as there ever was or will ever be. Most of the water we use finds its way to the oceans. There, it is evaporated by the sun. It then falls back to the earth as rain. Water is used and reused over again. It is never used up. Although the world has plenty of fresh water, some regions have a water shortage. Rain does not fall evenly over the earth. Some regions are always too dry, and others too wet. A region that usually gets enough rain may suddenly have a serious dry spell and another region may be flooded with too much rain.
1. According to the passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT .....................
A. We need more and more water.	
B. Factories also need more water.
C. Most of the world’s water is locked in glaciers and icecaps.
D. The population of the world is increasing every year.
2. The phrasal verb “turn out” in line 2 is closest in meaning to .....................
A. sell 	B. close	C. switch	D. produce
3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The vast majority of the world’s water is ocean water.
B. Ocean water is salty enough to be used for drinking, farming, and manufacturing.
C. Most fresh water is locked in glaciers and icecaps.	
D. The percentage of fresh water is very small.
4. It is implied in the second paragraph that ..........................
A. The amount of water on earth is always the same.	
B. Water will be exhausted.
C. Water can be used once only.	
D. Most of the water we use is salty water from the oceans.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that ........................
A. no region in the world suffers from a lack of fresh water.
B. rain does not fall equally everywhere on earth.
C. the world has plenty of fresh water in comparison with salty water.	
D. a region that usually gets enough rain never has a dry spell.
Your answers:
1. 	 2.  	 3.  	 4.  	 5. 
PART D: WRITING: 
I/ Use the following sets of words to write complete sentences.
1. She / not pass / coming exam / unless / she / work / hard.
........
2. Going on a trip / interesting / than / staying at home.
........
3. He / live / far / office / he / can’t / go / work / bicycle.
........
4. I / not see / Susan / since / we / leave / school.
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5. It / be / kind / you / invite / me / your home.
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II/ Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as 
 the sentence printed before it. 
1. The actress will ask the photographer to take some photos.
The actress will have ... 
2. People say that she works 16 hours a day.
She is said . 
3. Because of the heavy rain, we had to stay at home. 
Because it...
4. Last year I got many bad marks.
I wish .
5. I ride bicycle to school in twenty minutes.
It takes ..
6. He had hardly left the office when the phone rang. 
No sooner ..
7. “I am sorry I couldn’t come to your party, Nina”, said Mary.
Mary apologized ..
8. It was such a cold night last night that we decided not to go out. 
It was so 
9. “Who is going to London with me tomorrow?” said Mark. 
Mark wondered ...
10. Although it was dangerous, they tried to climb the mountain.
In spite of ..
THE END