Đề thi thử vào Lớp 10 THPT môn Tiếng Anh (Chuyên) (Có đáp án)

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1. Đề thi thử chuyên Anh vào lớp 10 PART ONE: PHONOLOGY A. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question. (5 points) 1. A. massage B. carriage C. voyage D. dosage 2. A. dimension B. expansion C. confusion D. tension 3. A. increase B. ink C. pink D. thank 4. A. apology B. classify C. testify D. verify 5. A. beloved B. naked C. ploughed D. learned B. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. (5 points) 1. A. obvious B. notorious C. credulous D. numerous 2. A. dialect B. diagram C. diagonal D. diamond 3. A. Europe B. monument C. province D. minority 4. A. obsolete B. complete C. compete D. deplete 5. A. consent B. obstinacy C. condolence D.equality PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR A. Choose the best answer. (10 points) 1. She loved tennis and could watch it till the came home. A. sheB. everyoneC. horsesD. cows 2. Could you close the window? There is a bit of a . A. currentB. windC. draughtD. breeze 3. Thousands of steel were used as the framework of the new office block. A. beamsB. girdersC. stakesD. piles 4. The ceiling fans were on, but unfortunately they only the hot, humid air. A. stirred upB. poured throughC. turned intoD. cutback 5. He set one alarm-clock for five o'clock and the other for five past so as to that he did not oversleep. A. assureB. ensureC. insureD. reassure 6. When Tim was eating a cherry, he accidentally swallowed the A. nutB. stoneC. seedD. core 7. It was only he told me his surname that I realised that we had been to the same school. A. thenB. untilC. as soon asD. when 8. He got an excellentgrade in his examination the fact that he had not worked particularly hard. A. on account ofB. becauseC. in spite ofD. although 9. Their eventual choice of house was by the time Peter would take to get to the office. A. relatedB. consequentC. determinedD. dependent 10. It turned out that we rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours. A. hadn'tB. should haveC. mustn'tD. needn't have B. Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence. (5 points) 1. His busy schedule made him completely (access) ___ to his students. 2. He works for UNESCO in a purely (advice) ___role.
2. Rock carving suggest that Stone Age people were hunting whales for food as early as 2200 B.c. Such (1) hunting is still practiced today in a number of (2) including the Inuit people of Greenland and North America. Whaling became big business from the seventh century as the (3) for whalebone and whale oil rose, and humpback and sperm whales were hunted in (4) large numbers. But just as stocks of these species began to fall, the explosive harpoon-gun was (5) .This weapon, together with the development of steam-power ships, (6) the whalers to hunt the fast-moving fin and blue whales. In 1905 the whaling (7) moved to the waters of Antarctica. The introduction of massive factory ships enabled the whales to be processed at sea. As a result, the blue whale had (8) disappeared by the 1950s. In 1946 the International Whaling Commission was established to maintain the declining whale populations. Quotas were (9) but these were often (10) and numbers continued to fall. Hunting of many species continued until 1986 when the IWC finally responded to international pressure and a ban on commercial whaling was introduced. 1. A. survivalB. essentialC. basicD. subsistence 2. A. groupsB. societiesC. racesD. nationalities 3. A. demandB. desireC. requestD. reliance 4. A. repeatedlyB. frequently C. continuallyD. increasingly 5. A. inventedB. discovered C. assembledD. applied 6. A. managedB. employedC. enabledD. empowered 7. A. linesB. troopsC. staffD. fleets 8. A. virtuallyB. possiblyC. uniquelyD. commonly 9. A. madeB. setC. placedD. done 10. A. refusedB. deniedC. ignoredD. exempted B. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. (10 points) Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists may not sound like much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice Age, when huge glaciers covered Europe and most of Britain. Nobody knows (1) what would happen in a warmer world, but we (2) know some things. Heat a kettle and the (3) inside it expands.The (4) of the world has climbed more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have (5) by at least 10 cm. But (6) as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, (7) it may have taken the ocean thirty years to swell. This (8) that the global warming we are now experiencing is a result only of the carbon dioxide we have dumped into the atmosphere (9) to the 1960s. Since then, the (10) of fossil fuels has increased rapidly. Scientists (11) for the United nations and European governments have been warning that (12) the Dutch and the people of East Anglia will need to do will (13) to build more extensive sea defenses. Many of the world's great cities are (14) risk, because they are (15) at sea level. Miami, (16) entirely built on a sandbank, could be (17) away. But the effect of rising sea levelswill be much (18) for the developing countries. With a meter rise in sea levels, 200 million could become homeless. There are other fears too, (19) to a recent United Nations report. The plight of the hungry in northern Africa could (20) , as rainfall in the Sahara and beyond is reduced by 20 per cent. C. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the foilowing questions: (5 points) 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 turned
3. have been used more effectively? If viewing surveillance is a form of power, what limits are placed on its operation by the democratic and legal processes? 2. When we meet in Hull, Norris and I travel to his home, where there are 10 cameras focused on various parts of the high street. While I pay the cab driver, Norris is switching off the burglar alarm. Aha! So he's not against using modern technology to prevent crime? Of course not. Nor does he appear enthusiastic when I ask if he would like to get rid of all CCTV cameras tomorrow 3. I've never been convinced, though', he continues, 'that there could be a simple solution to crime. One of my main complaints is that the last government invested 80% of the crime¬prevention budget on technology which was never properly evaluated. 4. Norris and Armstrong felt it was high time to do some evaluating themselves. They spent days, nights, and weekends in three different control rooms - one in a poor, multi-racial inner-city area, one in a prosperous country town and one in a major city center.'In a busy street', says Norris, 'there are hundreds of issues to focus on. So how do you decide who's a likely trouble-maker and who's not? The answer, in all cases, is that it's based on crude stereotypes' 5. Norris is slightly surprised that a country where the concept of Big Brother has become part of the language should accept so many'little brothers and sisters'to the point where its citizens are, he says, the most filmed in the world 'without any democratic or legal controls'. To which I point out that most people assume that if they've done nothing wrong then they have nothing to fear. 6. State concern? What has the state got to do with it?'Peoplethinkofa camera operator watching over them kindly but all the information is being stored. Real-time images can be connected to computers to be analyzed.' 7. What he sees as the possible long-term implications can best be summed up by the penultimate paragraph of the book: 'The history of the 20th century should remind US that democratic institutions are not assured.They can be, and have been, captured by totalitarian regimes of both left and right. We should not trust in the myth of a benevolent government, for while it may be only a cynic who questions the benign intent of their current rulers, it would surely be a fool who believed that such benevolence! is assured in the future.' A 'No, probably not,'he replies after a pause. They can be effective in limited circumstances - in car parks, for instance. And with the new generation of speed cameras, we have a chance to reduce pedestrian deaths in urban areas.Their use on railway crossings seems highly sensible and when cameras allow the police to find a bomber, a mugger or a murderer then none of us could say it wasn't a social good. B Norris disagrees.'We all have something to hide,'he says.'People have affairs. People hide their true feelings about others. Are these really matters of state concern?’ C Answers to these and many other questions are to be found in Norris and Armstrong's book, The Maximum Surveillance Society: The Rise of CCTV. I decided to meet one of them in person. D So where is all this leading? Should we be alarmed about what is likely to happen in the future - not tomorrow or the next day, perhaps, but some years from now? E In other words the targets are men rather than women, young men rather than middle- aged or elderly men. If you're a young man in a baseball cap, then your every move is likely to be under observation. 'Older
4. ANSWER KEY ĐỂ SỐ 4 PART 1: PHONOLOGY A. 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. C B. 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B PART II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR A. Choose the best answer. 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. C 9.C 10. D B. Supply the correct form of the word provided in brackets in each sentence. 1. His busy schedule made him completely inaccessible to his students. 2. He works for UNESCO in a purely advisory role. 3. The sun and the moon are often personified in poetry. 4. I've never known such a quarrelsome person. 5. I don't care if you had had too much to drink. Your behaviour last night was indefensible. C. Choose the right verbs provided in the box, then use the most suitable forms of the verbs to fill in the numbered blanks. 1. The red car has just drawn up in front of our house. Are we expecting anyone ? 2. His condition is worse than before. I think we should call in a doctor. 3. I've won a million pound ! I don't believe it! I simply can't take it in ! 4. Could you slow down, please. I don't like driving so fast on country roads. 5. I'm sorry. I'm late. The car has broken down again. I've left it about a mile down the street. D. From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), identify the one that is not correct. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10.C E. Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets. 1. You must tell me the truth. I insist on being told the truth. 2. Had Thompson caught the ball, we would have won the game 3. Don't worry. We shall/will have finished the report by 11 o'clock. 4. Fred was pleased to be admitted to the college. 5. There were some people rowing on the river. 6. Alex has a test tomorrow that he needs to study for. He should not be watching TV right now. 7. Were I to know the answer, I would tell you right away. 8. By the end of last year he had read four Shakespeare plays and by next year he will have read two more. PART III: READING A. Read the passage and then decide which word (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space. 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C B. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists may not sound like much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice Age, when huge glaciers covered Europe and most of Britain. Nobody knows (1) exactly / precisely what would happen in a warmer world, but we (2) do know some things. Heat a kettle and the (3) water inside it expands. The (4) temperature of the world has climbed more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have (5) risen by at least 10 cm. But (6) just as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, (7) So it may have taken the ocean thirty years to swell. This (8) means that the global warming we are now experiencing is a result only of