§Ò THI CHäN HäC SINH GIáI

M¤N THI: TIÕNG ANH -LíP 10

Thêi gian: 180 phót

SECTION 1: PHONETICS
Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.
1 .A. realized B. worked C. watched D. missed
2. A. promise B. devise C. surprise D. realize
3. A. measure B. treasure C. pressure D. pleasure
4. A. power B. cow C. snow D. crowd
5. A. warm B. wash C. wall D. walk

Part 2. Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently.

6. A. careful B. treasure C. appoint D. mountain
7. A. department B. architect C. develop D. ambition
8. A. experience B. satisfaction C. university D. individual
9. A. struggle B. vaccine C. effort D. idea
10. A. Japanese B. fabulous C. cultural D. interest

Section 2. grammar and Vocabulary

1. Supply the appropriate form and tense of the verbs in brackets.
Farmers, as you may (1) ...... (know), (2)……………(have) a hard time of it in Britain lately, and
(3)…………. (turn) to new ways of earning income from their land. This (4)………….(involve) not only
planting new kinds of crops, but also some strange ways of making money, the most unusual of which has
got to be sheep racing. Yes, you (5)……………… (hear) me correctly! A farmer in the west of England
now(6)…………… (hold) sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100,000 people (7)
……………….. (turn up) to watch the proceedings. 'I (8)……………. (pass) the farm on my way to the
sea for a holiday,' one punter told me, 'and I (9)………….. (think) I'd have a look. I (10)……………….
(not/believe) it was serious, to tell you the truth.' According to a regular visitor, betting on sheep is more
interesting than betting on horses. 'At proper horse races everyone(11)……………..(already/study) the
form of the horses in advance, and there are clear favorites. But nobody (12)…………… (hear) anything
about these sheep! Most people (13)………….. (find) it difficult to tell one from another in any case.' I
(14) …………(stay) to watch the races, and I must admit that I (15)………….. (find) it quite exciting. In a
typical race, half a dozen sheep (16)……………… (race) downhill over a course of about half a mile.
Food (17)……….. (wait) for them at the other end of the track, I ought to add! The sheep (18)
………………. (run) surprisingly fast, although presumably they (19)………… (not/eat) for a while just to
give them some motivation. At any rate, the crowd around me(20)…………. (obviously/enjoy) their day
out at the races, judging by their happy faces and the sense of excitement.

1……………… 5……………… 9……………… 13……………… 17………………

2……………… 6……………… 10……………… 14……………… 18………………
3……………… 7……………… 11……………… 15……………… 19………………
4……………… 8……………… 12……………… 16……………… 20………………

2. There are 10 mistake in the passage. Find them and correct them.
A newspaper make its money from the price people pay for it and also from the advertisements it
carries. A popular newspaper with a circulation of over five millions daily makes a lot of money. Less
seriously newspapers are probably read just for entertainment. They have big headings above the new

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stories, funny cartoons to look at and sensational photos of violent. The gossip columns are full of stories
of private live of famous people. No one takes the political views of such papers seriously. On an other
hand, in a free country where there is no censorship, serious papers are read principle for their news, sent
to themselves by their correspondents round the world and by the big news agencies. People also read
these papers for their revisions of new books, films and plays and for their editorials what present the
opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment.

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6……………….. 7……………….. 8……………….. 9……………….. 10………………..

3. Complete the text with a suitable preposition in each space.

David Peters, the Scottish long-jumper, has been awarded a knighthood …(0) in… recognition of
his services to charity and the world of athletics. Sir David, as he will be known, will be knighted by the
Queen in a ceremony next week. Mr Peters, who retired (1) …………..athletics last year, had a talent
which was, quite simply, out (2)……… the ordinary. All his performances were, without exception,
characterized by great effort and determination. He seemed to thrive (3)……………difficult situations, and
it was when (4)…………. pressure, that he produced his greatest performances. (5)…………later years, he
became increasingly prone (6)…………. injury, and last year, his talents were evidently (7)………….
decline, he failed to regain his Olympic long-jump title, and promptly retired. At his best, however, his
jumping was sometimes beyond belief, and in his greatest year, 2000, he broke the world record no fewer
than four times. In the late 1990s he was single-handedly responsible (8)……………. bringing British
athletics out of a severe slump with his inspirational performances and personal charisma. Peters was
capable (9)…………….. great generosity, and once, famously, failed a jump deliberately in order to let his
great rival, Aravan Sijipal, win on his farewell appearance. When being interviewed, Peters was also an
exception to the rule, for he always tried to praise others rather than blow his own trumpet. A deeply
religious man, he was(10) ………..dispute with the athletics authorities on more than one occasion for his
refusal to compete on Sundays.

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6……………….. 7……………….. 8……………….. 9……………….. 10………………..

Section 3. Reading:

1. Read the article carefully. Match these chapter headings 1- 6 with the appropriate parts of the article,
marked A - F, and put your answers in the boxes below. You do not need one of the chapter headings..

The Life and Work of J. Tolkein.

Many authors become masters of a particular genre of fiction. But very few can claim to have had such an
effect that they virtually have created the genre for themselves. One such author is J R R Tolkein. From his
prolific imagination was created not only Middle Earth; the stage for his giant fantasy The Lord of the
Rings, but also a whole genre of fantasy fiction which has since become known as "sword and sorcery".

Before Tolkein's work was published, fantasy was set in what was very near to the present for the authors.
Also, the genre was very close to horror, and authors such as Lovell and Bram Stoker moved easily
between the two. The the great American writer Edgar Allen Poe had recently brought out a work of what
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we would today call horror stories, but he had entitled it Tales of Mystery and Imagination, suggesting that
he thought of it as fantasy.

Tolkein's distinctive contribution was to create a pseudo-medieval world and to populate it with wise
wizards, bold knights, and a massive cast of other characters, including dwarfs, elves, and most of the other
creatures of our folk memory. He also created his own contribution, the hobbit. Hobbits were small people,
who had distinctive hairy feet. They were characterised by honest common sense and rather complex social
lives. In all his works, it is evidently the hobbits with whom Tolkein sympathizes the most.

What made Tolkein's work so compelling was that it was a perfectly realized work of fantasy. Every detail
in his stories rings true. This is because Tolkein spent so much time working and thinking about Middle
Earth that the actual part which we have on paper is only a fraction of his research. His later books show
clearly to what extent he had created this entire world, complete with detailed maps and even the languages
of the major protagonists.

However, although Middle Earth is a towering work of fantasy, it has roots in reality. The Middle Earth of
Tolkein is close to his own native Oxfordshire, both in the landscape of the Shire, and above all in the
reactions and behaviour of its characters. The ethos is that of pre-war England, possibly because Tolkein
could conceive of no other mode of behaviour, but more probably because his book can be read on many
levels, and in only the most basic of the levels is the great struggle between light and darkness completely.

It must be remembered that Tolkein was writing in a time when one Great War had just finished, and
another was about to begin. In his book, he stresses the bravery, and endurance of the small people without
whom victory is impossible. This was the lesson that Tolkein felt had to be learned from the horrors of the
Great War - the decisions which shape the destiny of nations are taken by an elite group, but they are
implemented by the common people of the country.

1. How to make fantasy seem real. 5. The real Middle Earth

2. A new best-seller. 6. A new fantasy creature.

3. Fantasy before Tolkein 7. The experience of war

4. The Master of Middle Earth.

Example:
Paragraph A- 4

Part B: …………….
Part C: …………….
Part D: …………….
Part E: …………….
Part F: …………….

2. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the following questions:

All at once Hazel was coming in through the French windows, pulling off gardening gloves, and Bill
was entering through the door, both at once. So I only had time to take one quick look at her before I

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turned to face him. All very confusing. What that first glimpse showed me was that time had thickened her
figure but didn’t seem to have made much difference to her face. It still had good skin and youthful
outlines. She was holding a bunch of roses – must have been cutting them in the garden while waiting for
me. The gardening gloves lent a delightfully informal touch. It was quite an entrance, though Bill spoilt it a
bit by making his at the same time.
Bill seemed longer and thinner. His tightly massed hair had a tinge of grey. Apart from that, twenty
years had done nothing to him, except deepen the lines of thoughtfulness that had already, when I knew
him, begun to spread across his face. Or was that all? I looked at him again, more carefully, as he looked
away from me at Hazel. Weren’t his eyes different somehow? More inward looking than ever? Gazing in
not merely at his thoughts, but at something else, something he was keeping hidden or perhaps protecting.
Then we were chattering and taking glasses in our hands, and I came back to earth. For the first ten
minutes we were all so defensive, so carefully probing, that nobody learnt anything. Bill had forgotten me
altogether, that much was clear. He was engaged in getting to know me from scratch, very cautiously so as
not to hit a wrong note, with the object of getting me to contribute a big subscription to his African project.
I kept trying to absorb details about Hazel, but Bill was talking earnestly about African education, and the
strain of appearing to concentrate while actually thinking about his wife proved so great that I decided it
would be easier just to concentrate. So I did. I let him hammer away for about ten more minutes, and then
the daughter, who seemed to be acting as parlourmaid, showed in another visitor. Evidently we were to be
four at lunch.

1. What effect had time had on Hazel and Bill?

A. They had both lost weight. B. They were more withdrawn.
C. They hadn’t changed at all. D. They had changed in subtle ways.

2. When they all started talking, the writer

A. relaxed at last. B. stopped dreaming.
C. spoke most to Hazel. D. began to remember things.

3. The writer found the first part of their conversation

A. sentimental. B. irritating. C. uninformative. D. trivial.

4. Why did Bill speak seriously?

A. He wanted some money from the writer. B. He did not remember the writer.
C. His wife was present. D. He was talking about the past.

5. In the end the writer found Bill’s conversation

A. monotonous B. convincing C. thought-provoking D. instructive

Section 4: Use of English

1. Read the passage and choose the word hat best fits each numbered gap

Medical science has made enormous advances in the 20th century. Most of the great “killer”
diseases have been 1_______, and almost everyday a new drug appears on the market. But the medical
profession is 2_______ a crisis of confidence. Surveys 3_______ that less than 40% of people really trust
their family doctors. People are 4_______ away from conventional medicine to look for alternative
5_______ of treatment.
The main reason for this is that conventional medicine has 6_______ to satisfy the needs of the
7_______ of people. In spite of the apparent progress made by medical science, we are actually less
8_______ than our parents or grandparents. Medical students are taught that diseases are 9_______ by
germs, viruses and toxins. Therefore treatment must 10_______ on attacking these things.

1. A. won B. defeated C. erased D. broken

2. A. experiencing B. holding C. bearing D. living
3. A. indicate B. lead C. describe D. point

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4. A. growing B. taking C. turning D. coming
5. A. ways B. makes C. forms D. fashions
6. A. missed B. stopped C. lost D. failed
7. A. lot B. majority C. most D. largest
8. A. healthy B. nutritious C. fine D. wholesome
9. A. caused B. made C. brought D. involved
10. A. aim B. function C. concentrate D. find

2. Read the following passage fill in the blank ONE suitable word.

Too Good to be True

Some say you can do it in seven days, others promise success in 24 hours, or you may prefer to
you’re your time and do it in 5 weeks. What are we talking about? Believe it or not, these periods
(1)_____________ time refer to language learning courses that promise excellent results in less time than
it takes to say 'Bonjour'! However, the advertisements of these companies are not necessarily
(2)_____________ best guide and if you don't know what to look for in a good course you could be left
with little (3)____________ than a large bill.
A complaint was recently made to a consumer rights group (4)_____________ WhizzLearn
Systems, a language school chain, and the company has been forced to remove its claim that its technique
is ten times better than any (5)_____________ method. The Managing Director of WhizzLearn Systems
said "(6)_____________ we still believe our claim is true, we are willing to change our advert. But the
fact remains, if you spend 3 hours (7)_____________ day for 5 weeks on our language course you will
soon be speaking the language. What we (8)_____________ have done was to make (9)_____________
clearer in the advert. Then we wouldn't (10)_____________ had these annoying complaints".

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6……………….. 7……………….. 8……………….. 9……………….. 10………………..

3. Use the correct forms of the words in the brackets.

1. I was late because I _____________ how much time I would need. (estimate)
2. Although we were in danger, Ann seemed quite _____________. (concern)
3. Dolphins are _____________ curious animal. (nature)
4. He has few friends because he is so _____________. (society)
5. It's a _____________ possibility, but I don't suppose it will happen. (theory)
6. Do you feel _____________ to the new job? ( attract)
7. He felt _____________ certain about his success. ( tolerate)
8. “This is not a good essay” said the lecturer, “I find your arguments ____________.” (convince)
9. I admire her _____________ beauty. She’s old but she’s still beautiful. (Time)
10. Last year, the head injury _____________ her for life. (deaf)

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6……………….. 7……………….. 8……………….. 9……………….. 10………………..

Section 5. Writing
1. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same.
1. Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
Without ...............................................................................................................................
2. Most of the students ignored what the teacher was saying.
Few......................................................................................................................................
3. She discovered eight new comets in the course of her work.
Her work resulted................................................................................................................
4. Jane’s husband will be returning from South America quite soon.

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 It won’t................................................................................................................................
5. The council rarely allows appeals against its decisions.
Hardly .................................................................................................................................

2. Rewrite the following sentences using the word given so that the meaning stays the same, the
word given must not be changed in any way.
1. I don’t mind whether we have the meeting today or tomorrow. (make)

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2. Dickens’ last novel was unfinished when he died. (without)
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3. All the hostages were released yesterday by the kidnappers. (let)
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4. John was shocked to hear that he had failed his driving test. (came)
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5. There’s no way we can agree to this solution. (question)
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3. “ Self-study is a very important factor in learning English well” What do you think about that
statement? Write a paragraph of about 150 words to support your ideas.

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HS GIỎI ANH 10
SECTION 1: PHONETICS
Part 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.
( 5points) ( 1p each correct answer)
1. A. 2. A. 3. C. 4. C 5. B.
Part 2. Pick out the word whose stress is placed differently ( 5points) ( 1p each correct answer)
6.C 7.B 8.A 9.D 10.A

Section 2: Grammar and vocabulary

1. Supply the appropriate form and tense of the verbs in brackets. ( 10 points) ( 0.5 p each correct
answer)

1. know 2. have been 3. have been 4. involves 5. did hear/

having/ have turning/ heard
had have turned/ are
turning
6. holds 7. have turned 8. was passing 9. thought 10. did not
up believe
11. has 13. find 14. stayed 15. found
already 12 has heard
studied
16. race 17. is waiting 18. run 19. have not 20. were
eaten obviously
enjoying/
obviously
enjoyed

2. There are 10 mistake in the passage. Find them and correct them. 5
points( 0.5 p each correct answer)
1. make→ makes 2. millions → 3. seriously → 4. violent → violence
million serious
5. live → lives 6. an other hand → the other 7. principle → principally
hand
8. themselves → them 9. revisions → 10. what → which
reviews that

3. Complete the text with a suitable preposition in each space. ( 5 points) ( 0.5 p each correct answer)
1. from 2. of 3. on 4. under 5. In/ during
6. to 7. in 8. for 9. of 10. in

Section 3: Reading

1. Read the article carefully. Match these chapter headings 1- 6 with the appropriate parts of the article,
marked A - F, and put your answers in the boxes below. You do not need one of the chapter headings. ( 10
points) ( 2 p each correct answer)

B- 3 C-6 D-1 E-5 F-7

2. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the following questions: ( 10 points) (2 p each
correct answer)
1- D 2- B 3- C 4- A 5- A

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Section 4. Use of English
1. Read the passage and choose the word that best fits each numbered gap (
5 points) ( 0.5 p each correct answer)

1.B 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.A

9.A 10.C

2. Fill in the blank with one suitable word ( 10 points) ( 1 p each correct answer)
1. of 2. the 3. more 4. against/ 5. other/ similar
about/
concerning
6. although/ 7. a/per/ 8. should/ could 9. it/ this/ 10. have
while/ whilst every things

3. Give the right form of the words in brackets ( 5 points) ( 0.5 p each correct
answer)
1. underestimated 2. unconcerned 3. naturally
4. unsociable 5. theoretical 6. attracted
7. tolerably
8. unconvincing 9. timeless 10. deafened
Section 5; Writing
1. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same. ( 5 points) ( 1 p each correct
answer)
1. Without absolute secrecy this mission would not have succeeded/ been
successful/ been a success.
2. Few students listened to/ took note of what the teacher was saying.
3. Her work resulted in the discovery of eight new comets.
4. It won’t be (very) long before/ until Jane’s husband returns from South Africa.
5. Hardly any appeals are allowed/ accepted against the council’s decisions. (Hardly
ever does the council allow appeals against the council’s decisions)

2. Rewrite the following sentences using the word given so that the meaning stays the same, the word
given must not be changed in any way. ( 5 points) ( 1 p each correct answer)
1. It doesn’t make any difference to me whether we have the meeting today or
tomorrow.
2. Dickens died without finishing his last novel.
3. The kidnappers let all the hostage leave yesterday.
4. It came as a shock to John that he had failed his driving test.
5. This solution is out of the question.
3. Writing a paragraph ( 20 points) The writing must be well organized, with good topic sentence and
supporting details, correct in grammar and uses of words.