Đề tuyển sinh Lớp 10 môn Tiếng Anh - Chuyên đề: Đọc hiểu đoạn văn

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1. ĐỀ TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 MÔN TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN ĐỀ ĐỌC HIỂU ĐOẠN VĂN ĐỀ 01 To do well at school, college or university you usually need to do well in exams. “All students hate exams” may be a generalization, but it is fairly true one. Certainly, all of the students I’ve known disliked doing exams, None of them thought that the exam system was fair; to do well in a exam you simply had to be able to predict the questions which would be asked, This was the case as regards tow students in my class at college. Both of them were exceptionally bright, but in the final year “exam” neither of them got an a grade. In fact, they both got Cs. The exam had tested us on questions which had come up the previous year. They had both assumed that the same questions wouldn’t come up again, and hadn’t prepared for them. 1) Students need to do well in exams ___. a. In order to do well at school. b. Because they need to do well at school. c. So that to do well at school. d. Therefore they have to do well at school. 2) The statement “ All students hate exams” is ___. a. extremely true b. completely true c. quite true d. very true 3) Which of the following sentences is not true? a. All of the students the writer has known thought that the exam system was unfair. b. To do well in an exam you simply had the ability to predict the questions which would be asked. c. None of the students the writer has known disliked doing exams.
2. 2. Most people learn English by ___. a. themselves b. hearing the language on television c. working hard on the lesson d. speaking English to their friends 3. Where do many boys and girls learn English? a. at home b. in the office c. in evening class d. at school 4. Teenagers learn English because ___. a. It’s useful for their higher studies b. it’s one of their subjects. c. They want to master it. D. a and c are correct. 5. Why do many adults learn English? a. Because they want to see movies in English. b. Because they need it for their job. c. Because they are forced to learn. d. Because it’s not difficult to learn. ĐỀ 03 More than two hundreds years ago, the term “ environmental pollution” was quite strange to people. They lived healthy, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are happening to the environment. Actually it is man that is destroying the surroundings with many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle. Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying it. Is it worth talking a lot about pollution?
3. c. treat wastes from their factories safely d. do not want to spend money on treating the wastes safely 6. It’s harmful for our health ___. a. if rubbish is pleaded over our sea b. If we don’t scatter our rubbish c. if we spend time on gathering rubbish d. if rubbish is buried ĐỀ 04 It is estimated that about 200 million people who use the Internet computer network around the world. The Internet allows people to work at home instead of traveling to work. The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in many part of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. E.mail allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. People can use the Internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of time. It is possible to use the Internet for education – students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive e.mail or talk their problems through “ on line” rather than attend a class. 1. The Internet allows people ___. a. to stay at home and rest b. not to work c. to travel to work d. to work at home 2. To a business, the Internet is ___ to communicate with customers. a. a cheap way b. a very expensive way c. an inconvenient way d. a difficult way 3. E. mail can be use to send ___. a. documents b. information
4. 3. Where is hydroelectric power derived from? a. rivers and ocean b. lakes and streams c. rivers and streams. 4. What percentage of the electricity used in the United States does hydroelectric power provide today? a. 33% b. 35 % c. 4 % 5. What are scientists studying? a. ways to have electricity from the energy of ocean. b. ways to change the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves into electricity. c. a and b are correct. ĐỀ 06 Education is not an end, but a mean to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of education them; our purpose is to fit them for life. So it is very important to choose a suitable system of education which will really prepare children for life. When we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability, and, secondly, that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work, or to scorn someone else’s. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society. 1. Education is a mean ___. a. to reach one’s goals
5. Children’s education is changing rapidly today. In the past, teachers made children sit still for hours. They made them memorize all sorts of things. In other words, children had to go on repeating things until they knew them by heart. Today, many teachers wonder if it possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for themselves. 1. What did teachers make children do in the past? A. stand for hours B. memorize everything C. repeat their homework D. sit for days 2. Children in the past were made to learn everything A. by head B. by hand C. by hair D. by heart 3. Nowadays, many teachers say that they only A. give children more homework B. make children learn C. help children D. teach children at home 4. Today, the modern learning method is A. Letting children play computer games B. making children read a lot of books C. doing homework for children D. letting children discover things for themselves ĐỀ 08 I often hear or read about “natural disaster”- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano the state of Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest; terrible earthquakes all over the world; huge fires; and so on. But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “the London Killer Fog” of 1952. It began on Thursday, December 4th when a high –pressure system (warm air) cover southern England. With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed. Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity was
6. traditional Christmas dinner consists of roast turkey with potatoes and various other vegetables. Before the dinner, people usually pull crackers-small rolls of paper that have gifts, jokes, and party hats inside. 1. People usually decorate the Christmas tree A. on December 24 B. on December 25 C. several weeks before Christmas D. about a week before Christmas 2. The most important day of the holiday is A. the day before Christmas B. the day after Christmas Day C. Christmas Eve D. Christmas Day 3. Children open the presents A. on the Christmas morning B. on the Christmas afternoon C. on Christmas Eve D. on December 24 4. Which of the following is the traditional Christmas dinner? A. Roast turkey and potatoes and bread B. Roast potatoes, tomatoes with turkey and various vegetables C. Roast turkey with tomatoes and various other vegetables D. Roast turkey with potatoes and vegetables ĐỀ 10 Pollution is the process of making air, water, soil etc dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use. For example: * Air pollution is where there are gases in the air that is harmful, these gases come from object or buildings like harmful smoke from factories, vehicles, automobiles. (cars, trucks, planes, boats) and many more.
7. are renewable natural resources because they grow naturally when we use them. Non- renewable natural resources are important things in the environment that do not come back naturally. For example coal and natural gas. 1. What does the world “environmentalists” in line 3 mean? A. living things B. people who protect the environment C. people who destroy the environment D. people who pollute the environment 2. One example of renewable natural resource is A. sunlight B. coal C. oil D. natural gas 3. One example of renewable natural resource is A. fish B. tree C. water D. coal 4. All of the following things are renewable natural resource except . A. Air B. gas C. silver D. animal 5. What does the word “them” in line 7 refer to? A. materials B. environmentalists C. renewable natural resources D. non-renewable natural resources ĐỀ 12 Christmas Two popular traditions at Christmas are: decorating the home and singing the Christmas carols. The home is the center of the Christmas celebration. Inside, an evergreen tree is usually placed in the corner of the Living room. Children and their parents wrap string of colorful lights around the tree, they hang ornaments on the branches . A star or angle often crowns the top. Careful- wrapped gifts are placed beneath. Outside, families often string lights around the windows and wind light around trees and shrubs in the front yard. As the families decorate their homes, they often put on Christmas record. Almost every family has at least one favorite album or compact disc. School children of all ages perform Christmas concerts for their parents and communities. On Christmas’ Eve,