Đề thi tuyển sinh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 THPT Chuyên Nguyễn Trãi - Ngày thi 30-6-2011 - Năm học 2011-2012 - Sở Giáo dục và Đào tạo Hải Dương

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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYªN
NGUYỄN TR·i NĂM HỌC 2011 - 2012
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Ngày thi: 30 tháng 6 năm 2011
(Đề thi gồm: 04 trang)
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phonetics 
Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others in each group (5 points). 
1. A. chemical 	B. terrify 	C. satisfy 	D. behavior
2. A. material	B. atmosphere	C. explosion	D. divide
3. A. entertain 	B. machine 	 	C. available 	D. development 
4. A. inhabitant	B. geography	C. maintenance	D. arrested
5. A. similar	B. industry	C. passenger	D. entirely
grammar – vocabulary – language functions 
I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence (20 points).
6. Everyone congratulated Peter _______ winning the tournament .
 A. for 	B. on 	C. about 	D. with 
7. He prefers staying at work late _______ work home with him.
 A. than taking 	B. than take 	C. to taking 	D. to take 
8. Be patient _______ you won't succeed.
 A. or	B. because	C. though	D. when
9. We live in a friendly community and everyone gets _______ each other very well.
A. up to	B. on with	C. down to	D. out of
10 _______ have you been able to play the piano?
A. When	B. How many times	C. Since when	D. Why
11. Jack always offers _______my bags when I go shopping, but I always refuse _______.
A. to carry/ to help	B. carrying/ helping	
C. to carry/ to be helped 	D. carrying/ to be helped
12. _______ students in my school have a good command of English.
A. Most	B. The most	C. The most of	D. Almost
13. She was unable to warn her mother that she would be late because the telephone was_______.
A. off work 	B. out of order 	C. off duty 	D. out of work 
14. Peter and I have much pleasure _______ accepting the invitation to Mary’s birthday party.
A. on 	B. about C. for 	D. in 
15. Her guest apologized for causing her so much _______
A. trouble 	B. complication 	C. damage 	D. problem 
16. I regret_______ my friend Hoa to my birthday party.
A. not to invite 	B. not invite 	C. not inviting 	D. I didn’t invite 
17._______ all the teachers, I would like to wish you a happy new year.
A. Instead of	B. On behalf of	C. In place of	D. On account of
18. Will you empty the basket for me, please?
A. Yes, certainly.	B. Yes, please.	C. No, thanks.	D. No, I don’t.
19. Don't worry. This is nothing that _______ you.
A. matters 	B. causes 	C. concerns 	D. influences 
20. I think this book will be bought by people _______ in Asian history.
A. who they are interested 	B. are interested 
C. interested 	D. they are interested
21. I don't agree with _______ you have just said.
A. what	B. who	C. which	D. that
22. This reference book is _______ as expensive as the one over there.
A. double 	B. twice 	C. much 	D. a lot
23. What do you think about the parks in Paris ? Are they bigger _______ in Ha Noi ?
 A. than that 	B. than those 	C. as that 	D. as those
24. _______ I have these postcards please ?
 A. Should 	B. Do 	C. Will 	D. Can 
25. Florida is famous for its tourist attractions. Its coastline offers excellent white sand beaches. _______ , it has warm, sunny weather.
A. Otherwise 	B. Furthermore 	C. Nevertheless D. On the other hand
II. Provide the correct form of the words in brackets in the sentences (10 points).
26. When the police found the thief, they also found the (STEAL) merchandise .
27. Water pollution has (DANGER) animals' life.
28. John looked in silent (ADMIRE) at the wonderful scenery of the countryside.
29. Traveling in a plane for the first time was a (MEMORY) experience. 
30. We don’t understand why many people are still (AWARENESS) that our neighbors are doing great damage to the surroundings.
31. There are (VARY) ways of doing this exercise. 
32. I could never be a teacher. I'm far too (PATIENT). 
33. I was kept (WAKE) last night by the noise. 
34. My uncle is a keen amateur (NATURE).
35. We could see some strange (EXPRESS) on her face. 
III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (5 points).
36. I borrowed some milk from a neighbor of us since we didn’t have enough for breakfast.
 A B C D 
37. You really must be more careful when you do your exercises because you did six elementary mistakes 	 A B C
in this one.
D
38. My brother is going to work for a company which name is not familiar to everyone.
 A B C D
39. There are thirty chairs painting green in the room.	
 A B C D
40. Because of the light, the city seemed differently from the way I had remembered it.
	A	 B	 C	 D
READING
I. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each space (10 points).
UNICEF means the United Nations Children’s Fund. It serves children in (41) _______ all over the world. It helps children of (42) _______ races, nationalities, religions, and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (43) _______ of UNICEF is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers. UNICEF (44) _______ both long-term assistance and emergency.
UNICEF was (45) _______ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who suffered during World War II in Europe. It began (46) _______ a temporary agency, but became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (47) _______ the need for its services around the world. UNICEF’s primary concern is to help governments of developing countries improve the (48) _______ of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF’s main office is in the United Nations, New York City, (49) _______ it also has more than 40 offices and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (50) _______ its work helping children and building brighter futures. 
41. A. communities 	B. organizations 	C. groups 	D. society 
42. A. every 	B. all 	C. some	D. few
43. A. view	B. purpose	C. opinion	D. intention
44. A. receives 	B. gets	C. takes 	D. gives
45. A. found	B. produced	C. created	D. built up
46. A. like	B. with	C. for	D. as
47. A. due to 	B. in spite of	C. since 	D. for
48. A. cost	B. level	C. character	D. quality
49. A. and	B. besides	C. but	D. moreover
50. A. as	B. with	C. for	D. in 
II. Read the following passage and fill each numbered blank with one suitable word (10 points)
 Most of people think of computers (51)_______ very modern inventions, products of our new technological age . But actually the idea for a computer was worked out over two centuries years ago by a man (52)_______ Charles Babbage . 
 Babbage was born in 1791 and (53)_______ up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculating machines (54)_______ he called "engines ". But despite the fact that he (55)_______ building some of these, he never finished any of them. (56)_______ the years people have argued whether his machines would ever work. Recently, (57)_______, the science museum in London has finished building an engine (58)_______ on one of Babbage's designs. It has (59)_______ six years to complete and more than four thousand parts have been specially made. (60)_______ it works or not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum to remind people of Babbage's work. 
III. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D (10 points)
Computer programmer David Jones earns $ 35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he can not find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the expanding home computer market each month.
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards. He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus driver. His company has to pay $ 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “ I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said.
“I suppose $ 35,000 sounds a lot but actually that’s being pessimistic. I hope it will come to more than that this year.” He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother $ 20 a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”
David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”
61. Why is David different from the other young people of his age?
A. He is well paid. 	
B. He is not unemployed.
C. He does not go out much. 	
D. He lives with his parents at home.
62. David’s greatest problem is
A. making the banks treat him as an adult. 	
B. inventing computer games.
C. spending his salary. 	
D. learning to drive.
63. He was employed by the company because
A. he had worked in a computer shop. 	
B. he had written some computer programs.
C. he works very hard. 	
D. he had learnt to use computer at school.
64. He left school after taking O levels because
A. he did not enjoy school.
B. he wanted to earn a lot of money.
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
D. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
65. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. You have to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it (10 points). 
66. “Why don’t you decorate your room with wallpaper?” Thanh said to me.
- Thanh suggested.
67. I met Elton John in London while I was going on holiday last summer.
 - London 
68. It is often said that that writer never revised anything he wrote.
- That writer 
69. One of the students agreed to post my letters for me.
- I got
70. The librarian will lend you up to five books at any time.
 - You can ..	
II. Use the suggested words and phrases to write complete sentences of a passage (10 points).
71. There / be/ more / and / challenges / school children today / early age. 
72. For example / elementary pupils / have / work harder / finish many types / homework. 
73. Teachers / parents can help / many ways. 
74. Teachers / be / more ready / give timely comments / feedbacks / encourage / pupils. 
75. At home / parents also need / care more / place / time / children / do homework. 
76. There / be enough space / work comfortably / good light / no distraction / such / television / phone calls.
77. Take / tests / another challenge / school children. 
78. Some parents worry/ children / become stressed / tests.
79. However/ teachers can help / prepare more carefully / tests / be / more confident / pass/ them. 
80. Teachers try / make sure / pupils really enjoy / experience / that / they / able / do / best.
III. (10 points) There are some environmental problems in your school. They are the throwing of trash, lack of greens and noises from traffic on the road nearby. You think something needs to be done about this situation. Write a letter to the headmaster to complain about this. Your letter should include:
- The reason for writing
- The environmental problems in your school
- Your suggestions and the actions you wish to be taken.
- The appropriate ending
Begin and end your letter as follows: 
15 Tran Phu Street 
Hai Duong City 
June 30th, 2011
The Headmaster
Nguyen Trai Junior High School
45 Tran Hung Dao Street
Hai Duong City 
Dear Mr Minh,
..
Yours sincerely,
Nguyen Van An
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