SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10

…………………………… NĂM HỌC 2019 - 2020

ĐỀ THI SỐ 02 ĐỀ THI MÔN TIẾNG ANH (Chuyên)
(Đề thi này gồm có 08 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

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A. LISTENING (1 pt)
Part 1. You will hear an interview with a girl called Maria Shaw, who went on an outdoor
adventure trip with girls from her school. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B
or C.
1. Maria didn’t think she’d find the trip hard because _______.
A. she’d had experience o f cam ping with her family.
B. she’d always cycled a long way to school every day.
C. she’d been on walking trips with the school.
2. What was Maria worried about during the first day’s activities?
A. She wouldn’t complete everything in time.
B. She’d be very cold while she was there.
C. She wouldn’t manage to sail in the right direction.
3. What made the climb up the rocks so slow?
A. The group kept slipping on the slopes.
B. Several students fell and hurt themselves.
C. Parts of the climb were extremely steep.
4. When M aria’s group got to the top of the rocks, they _______.
A. were given a talk on the environment.
B. to o k photos of each other.
C. ate a big meal.
5. Maria says that by the end of the trip the girls were _______.
A. feeling keen to go home again.
B. working together better.
C. cooking food for each other.
Part 2. You will hear a boy called Josh talking to his class about a trip he recently went on.
For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered spaces.
JOSH’S WHEATHER CENTRE TRIP
- Josh went to the Weather Centre with his (6) ………………………. .
- Josh says the Centre first reported strong winds in (7) ………………………..
- The Centre later put forecasts in (8) ………………………. for everyone to see.
- Lots of weather information now comes from (9) ………………………. according to Josh.
- Josh thinks people need to know how much rain there'll be.
- Josh says that his local (10) ………………………. about the weather always needs to know.
I. TRẮC NGHIỆM NGÔN NGỮ (3,5 điểm)
PART 1: PHONETICS (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)

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Task 1: Choose the word (A, B, c or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from
that of the rest in each o f the following questions.
11. A. financial B. intellectual C. preferential D. potential
12. A. merchant B. sergeant C. commercial D. term
Task 2: Choose the word (A, B, c or D) whose main stress pattern is different from that o f the
rest in each of the following questions.
13. A. character B. industry C. position D. audience
14. A. witness B. compete C. trophy D. title
15. A. activity B. investigate C. diversity D. fertilizer
PART 2: LANGUAGE FUNCTION (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following exchanges.
1. Janet: “Do you feel like going to the cinema this evening?” Susan: “____________.”  
A. You’re welcome B. That would be great   
C. I feel very bored     D. I don't agree, I'm afraid
2. Bill: -“I am terribly sorry !”      Jill: -“____________.”  
A.  It’s nothing     B. Nothing   C. Don’t worry    D. Never mind !
3. Peter: “ Janet, make us some tea, will you?” Janet: “____________.”  
A. No, I won’t I’m afraid.      B. Don’t worry. Go ahead
C. Sorry, I don’t     D. I’m afraid I can’t
4. - Peter: “Do you have a minute please?”      - Tim: “____________.”  
A. Yes. But you should be brief       B. That’s just fantastic. Thank.
C. Sorry, I left my watch at home.   D. Well, it is not as good as I think
5. Hint: “I have passed all my examinations !” TMK: “____________.”  
A. My dear!                 B. Best wishes!            C. Well done! D. That’s
very well!
PART 3: SYNONYM AND ANTONYM (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Task 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following sentences.
21. This tapestry has a very complicated pattern.
A. obsolete B. intricate C. ultimate D. appropriate
22. During the Great Depression, there were many wanderers who traveled on the railroads and
camped along the tracks.
A. veterans B. tyros C. vagabonds D. zealots
23. We decided to pay for the furniture on the installment plan.
A. monthly payment B. cash and carry C. credit card D. piece by piece
Task 2: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following sentences.
24. There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.
A. ease B. attraction C. consideration D. speculation
25. Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island. The islanders even exported the surplus.
A. large quantity B. small quantity C. excess D. sufficiency
PART 4: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (2.0 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
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26. After the car crash last night, all the injured ________to the hospital in an ambulance.
A. was rushing B. were rushed C. was rushed D. were rushing
27. “The inflation rate in Venezuela is five times________my country,” he said.
A. as much as B. more than C. as many as that in D. as high as that in
28. If you don’t stop smoking, you ________the risk of developing chronic bronchitis.
A. bear B. take C. make D. run
29. If you lose your passport, you should contact the embassy without ________.
A. delay B. cancel C. postpone D. consider
30. The man ________to having stolen the car.
A. refused B. admitted C. decided D. apologized
31. Congress finally ________the law after a two-year debate.
A. verified B. adapted C. applied D. adopted
32. Phew, what a lucky escape it was! We ________have been killed.
A. can’t B. must C. might D. shouldn’t
33. My supervisor is angry with me. I didn’t do all the work I ________last week. 
A. should have done B. need to have done C. may have done D. must have done
34. This cheese isn’t fit for eating. It’s ________all over after lying in the bin for so long.
A. spoiled B. mouldy C. sour D. rusty
35. ________, the whole family slept soundly. 
A. Hot though the night air was B. Hot though was the night air 
C. Hot although the night air was D. Hot although was the night air 
36. The new office block ________well with its surroundings.
A. blends in B. stands out C. shapes up D. sets off
37. ________ native to Europe, the daisy has now spread throughout most of North America.
A. Although B. In spite of C. If it were D. That it is
38. In the United States, a primary election is a method ________ voters select the nominees for
public office. 
A. that B. is that C. by which D. by those
39. After a great deal of questioning, he decided to come clean and tell the truth.
A. admit B. confess C. agree D. deny
40. Now, don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you. Remember, it is ________.
A. confidence B. confident C. confidential D. confidentially
41. Either John or his friends ________ in the class now.
A. is B. are C. were D. have been
42. Everyone here has been to London, ________?
A. hasn’t he B. haven’t they C. have they D. has he
43. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please ________ the table?
A. settle B. put C. lay D. make’
44. She described the outer space ________ she had flown into it.
A. like B. as C. as if D. as for
45. You will have to ________ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.
A. call off B. cut down C. back out D. put aside
II. TỰ LUẬN KIẾN THỨC NGÔN NGỮ (1,5 điểm)
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PART 1: WORD FORM (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
46. John lost his job because he often behaved …………………………. towards his customers. POLITE
47. A great deal of …………………………. research has been performed in this field. SCIENCE
48. Hoang Anh was …………………………. to apply for the job. COURAGE
49. Mr. Long is a very …………………………. person, so we love him very much. CONSIDER
50. He didn’t pass the final examination due to his ………………………….. LAZY
51. Many rural areas in Viet Nam have been …………………………. in the past few years. URBAN
52. Peter fell off the ladder, but his …………………………. were not very serious. INJURE
53. The …………………………. in this city are very friendly. RESIDE
54. Those clothes look smart, but they are very ………………………….. COMFORT
55. The movie we have just watched is …………………………. good. EXCEPTION
PART 2: ERROR CORRECTION (0.5 pts – 0.1/ each)
There are 05 errors in the following passage. Identify the errors, write the line number and
correct them. Write your answers in the numbered spaces below. Number (00.) is done as an
example.
ERROR IN A PASSAGE 02
Line Passage
1 The best way to learn English is to come to class regular and do your homework.
2 If you miss several days of classes, for any reason, you cannot keep up with the others
3 students. The Language and Culture Centre is a serious academic program in intensive
4 English and wants all of its students to success. Therefore, students are expected to attend
5 all classes regularly, do all classroom assignments, meet all class requirements, and make
6 academic progress. Students who do not meet these standards may be placed on
7 probation. Students placed on academic probation with meet their teacher(s) and with
8 either or both the Associate Director and Foreign Student Advisor. Students will be
9 inform in writing of the terms and length of their probation. Students who have 30 hours
10 of absences are in danger of being placed on academic probation. Students fail to meet the
11 terms of their probation will be terminated from the LCC for the remainder of the
12 semester. This will also likely result on loss of student status with the US Immigration and
13 Naturalisation Service.

Line Error Correction

1 00. Regular  regularly
56. 
57. 
58. 
59. 
60. 
PART 3: PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Supply each space with a suitable preposition or adverbial particle to complete each of the
following sentences.
61. The school provided me ……………. all the materials I needed for the course.
62. I think you would benefit ……………. spending a few weeks in an English speaking country.
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63. The teacher scolded the students ……………. misbehaving when she stepped out of the room.
64. I don't know where she is, I'm a little concerned ……………. her.
65. I need to translate this document ……………. German. Can you help me?
66. You need to concentrate more ……………. your written work.
67. I’m disgusted ……………. the sight of the opium-smoking den
68. Stability of government is beneficial ……………. any nation.
69. I'm afraid you can't enter the bar because you are ……………. age.
70. I'm sure he didn't mean to break the window. It must have happened ……………. accident.
KỸ NĂNG NGÔN NGỮ
PART 1: READING (2 pts - 0.1/ each)
Task 1: GUIDED CLOZE TEST
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following passage.
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is as complicated ( 71)
_________ it is serious. It is complicated because much (72) _________ is caused by things that
benefit people. For example, exhaust (73) _________ automobiles causes a large percentage of all
air pollution. (74) _________ the automobiles provide transportation for millions of people.
Factories (75) _________ much of the material which pollutes air and water, but factories give
employment to a large number of people.
Thus, to (76) _________ or greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop
using many things that benefit them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But
pollution can be (77) _________ reduced in several ways. (78) _________ and engineers can work
to find ways to lessen the (79) _________ of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories
cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that require businesses and individuals to stop, or cut
(80) _________ on certain polluting activities.
71. A. since B. because C. as D. for
72. A. pollution B. pollutant C. polluter D. polluting
73. A. in B. from C. at D. for
74. A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. But
75. A. offer B. discharge C. emit D. dissolve
76. A. increase B. pause C. cause D. end
77. A. increasingly B. gradually C. hopelessly D. dangerously
78. A. Scientists B. Doctors C. Lecturers D. Botanists
79. A. number B. figures C. amount D. numbers
80. A. down B. off C. up D. into
Task 2: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question below.
On March 25, 1911, one of the five hundred employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in
New York noticed that a rag bin near her eighth- floor work station was on fire. Workers
immediately tried to extinguish the flames. Their efforts prove futile, as piles of fabric ignited all
over the eighth floor. The manager of the factory ordered his employees to unroll the fire
extinguisher hose, but they found it rotted and useless.
The shirt factory occupied the top three floors of the ten- story Asch Building. The seventy
employees who worked on thetenth floor escaped the fire by way of the staircases or climbed onto
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the roof, where students from New York University, located across the street, stretched ladders over
to the Asch Building.
The 260 workers on the ninth floor had the worst luck of all. Although the eighth- floor
workers tried to warn them by telephone, the call did not reach them, and by the time they learned
about the fire, their routes of escape were mostly blocked. Some managed to climb down the cables
of the freight elevator. Others crammed into the narrow stairway. Still others climbed onto the
single, inadequately constructed fire escape. But that spindly structure could not support the weight
of hundreds of people, and it separated from the wall, falling to the ground and carrying many
people with it.
To combat the disaster, the New York Fire Department sent thirty five pieces of equipment,
including a hook and ladder. The young women trapped on the ninth- floor window ledge watched
in horror as the ladder, fully raised, stopped far below them, reaching only as far as the sixth floor.
Within minutes, the factory- a fire trap typical of the period’s working conditions- was
consumed by flame, killing 146 workers, mostly immigrant women. City officials set up a
temporary morgue on 26th Street, and over the next few days streams of survivors filed through the
building to identify the dead.
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire brought a public outcry for laws to regulate the safety of
working conditions. The New York Factory Investigating Commission was formed to examine the
working conditions in factories throughout the state. Their report introduced many new regulations.
The fire had occurred during an era of progressive reform that was beginning to sweep the nation,
as people decided that government had a responsibility to ensure that private industry protected the
welfare of working people.
81. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The causes of a fire in a shirt factory C. Escaping from a fire in a shirt factory
B. Working conditions in New York City D. The events surrounding a tragic fire
82. The word “ignited” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by____________.
A. became wet B. caught fire C. exploded D. spread
83. According to the passage, the fire began__________.
A. on the ninth floor C. when some rags started burning
B. when a worker dropped a cigarette D. when a pile of fabric rotted
84. Why does the writer mention the fire extinguisher hose in paragraph 1?
A. To emphasize the unsafe working conditions
B. To show the manager’s competence
C. To illustrate the factory’s modern technology
D. To explain how the fire was eventually put out.
85. How did many workers on the top floor manage to escape?
A. On the fire escape B. On the elevator C. On ladders D. On ropes
86. The phrase “Still others” in paragraph 3 refers to __________.
A. The eighth floor workers C. the routes of escape
B. The ninth floor workers D. the people in the freight elevator
87. It can be inferred from paragraph 4that__________.
A. New York had a well-equipped fire department
B. fire fighters were able to rescue the women on the ninth floor
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D. the women probably took the stairs down to the sixth floor
88. According to the passage, most of the workers who died in the fire ___________.
A. were university students C. worked on the tenth floor
B. had only worked there for a short time D. were immigrant women
89. The phrase “beginning to sweep the nation” in paragraph 6means ___________.
A. changing politics C. investigating the government
B. becoming more popular D. starting a controversy
90. Which of the following could NOT be inferred from the passage?
A. The Triangle Shirtwaist fire influenced public opinion.
B. The Triangle Shirtwaist factory was rebuilt.
C. After the fire, new regulations improved working conditions in factories.
D. Disasters can lead to a demand for reform.
PART 2: WRITING (2 pts)
Task 1: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (1.0 pt – 0.2/ each)
Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that their meanings remain unchanged,
using the words given.
91. He told me that it was wrong of me to leave early.
 He criticized ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
92. It is believed that his father died in a car accident.
 His father....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
93. When the Minister was asked about the strike, he declined to comment.
 On.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
94. The accident took place just after the workers started their work. (hardly)
 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
95. Although he took a taxi, Jack still arrived late for the conference. (spite)
 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Part 2:
Part 2: Write an essay about 180 - 200 words on the following topic. "Parents are the best
teachers". Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use specific reasons and examples
to support your answer.
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