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KÌ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT
Khóa ngày 21 tháng 6 năm 2010
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 60 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
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Họ và tên thí sinh: ..............................................; SBD:......................................................
Giám thị 1: .........................................................; Giám thị 2: ............................................

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.
(from 1 to 3).
Câu 1: A. near
B. bear
C. hear
D. dear
Câu 2: A. the
B. mother
C. think
D. this
Câu 3: A. try
B. my
C. rely
D. quickly
Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B,C,D) that needs correcting to become
an exact one. (from 4 to 6).
Câu 4: I look forward to hear from you soon.
A
B C

D
Câu 5: The old man walk slowly to the park.
A
B
C D
Câu 6: Mrs. Ha are worried about her water bill.
A
B
C
D
Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes
the underlined part or has a close meaning to the original one. (From 7 to 31)
Câu 7: - Where does she live?
- She _____ in Dak Nong province.
A. live
B. living
C. lives
D. lived
Câu 8: Neil Armstrong, ___ first walked on the moon, lived in the USA.
A. whose
B. that
C. whom
D. who
Câu 9: She wishes she ___ speak all languages.
A. will
B. can
C. could
D. must
Câu 10: Mr. Hung is my teacher. He _______ us for two years.
A. has taught

B. teaches
C. taught
D. is teaching
Câu 11: She enjoys ________ on weekends.
A. to cook
B. cook
C. cooking
D. cooked
Câu 12: They ________ their homework last night.
A. want to finish
B. are finishing
C. were finishing
D. finished
Câu 13: I am going to visit my grandfather ________Sunday.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. until
Câu 14: These exercices are _______. We cannot do them.
A. difficult
B. easy
C. difficulty
D. easily
Câu 15: If the rice paddies are ______, the rice plants will die.
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A. pollute
B. to pollute
Câu 16: - Have you seen her recently?


C. polluted

D. polluting

- No, I haven’t seen her ______ 2003.
A. since
B. from
C. till
D. for
Câu 17: What _________ last weekend?
A. were you done
B. were you doing C. did you do
D. have you done
Câu 18: They ______ to Thailand tomorrow.
A. will return
B. were returning
C. have returned
D. return
Câu 19: Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, _________comes
from Malaysia.
A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. that
Câu 20: If you get up early, you_________late.
A. weren't
B. wouldn't be
C. aren't
D. won't be

Câu 21: I think we should burn trash to reduce the amount of garbage we produce to
protect________.
A. environment
B. environments
C. the environment D. an environment
Câu 22: It’s very hot, _____I go swimming.
A. such that
B. and
C. so that
D. so
Câu 23: Tet is a festival which _______ in late January or early February.
A. occur
B. occurs
C. to occur
D. occuring
Câu 24: She usually goes to school ______ foot.
A. with
B. by
C. in
D. on
Câu 25: Mr. Ba bought a new car last month, ______?
A. does he
B. doesn’t he
C. did he
D. didn’t he
Câu 26: The festival _______ in Hue city every two years.
A. is held
B. are held
C. is being held
D. held

Câu 27: He _____ ill since Monday.
A. was
B. have been
C. is
D. has been
Câu 28: Jean clothes _______ completely from cotton.
A. was made
B. make
C. will make
D. are made
Câu 29: If we_________enough time, we’ll study this exercise more carefully.
A. had
B. have
C. will have
D. would have
Câu 30: The man who met you this morning is ______ doctor.
A. a
B. the
C. an
D. none
Câu 31: Rice _______ in tropical countries.
A. is grown
B. grown
C. are grown
D. grows
Read the passage and do the exercises that follow by circling the corresponding
letter (A,B,C or D) of the correct answers. (from 32 to 36).
Man discovered fire many thousands years ago. The first time he saw fire was
probably when a tree was struck by lightning. He soon learned how to make fire for
himself. However man probably made his fire by rubbing two sticks together.

Fire was very important to man. He needed fire to keep himself warm at night.
He used fire to cook his food. He used fire to frighten away enemies and wild animals.
In some parts of the world he used fire to signal messages. Red Indians, for example,
used fire to make smoke signals. In some other countries people lit fire to warn their
friends of danger.
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Fire was very also used to give light. Before the invention of oil lamp, men used
burning sticks as torches. And before man discovered gas and electricity, he hung
small fires in wire baskets from posts to light the streets.
One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a
candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve
equal parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts
left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was
a wind blowing on the candle, the flame burned too quickly.
Câu 32: Man probably first made fire________.
A. from wire baskets hung on poster
B. by rubbing two sticks together
C. from a candle
D. from a tree struck by lightning
Câu 33: Man probably first used fire_________.
A. to tell the time
B. to send signal
C. to keep warm at night
D. to light the streets
Câu 34: Fire was used by Red Indians_________.
A. to burn down trees
B. to send messages
C. to make gas and electricity

D. to frighten away enemies
Câu 35: The first street lights were_________.
A. large bonfires
B. small fires in hanging baskets
C. candles
D. burning trees
Câu 36: The candle clock burned for________.
A. twelve hours
B. one hour
C. twelve days
D. a day
Choose the word whose stress partern is different from the rest. (from 37 to 38).
Câu 37: A. money
B. lesson
C. collect
D. children
Câu 38: A. control
B. remote
C. label
D. receive
Choose the best sentence that has the closest meaning to the given one. (From 39 to 40)
Câu 39: He finished his exercises on time
A. His exercises are finished on time
B. His exercises were finished on time
C. His exercises were finish on time
D. His exercises was finished on time
Câu 40: What a pity! You aren't here with us now.
A. I wish you aren't here with us now
B. I wish you weren't here with us now
C. I wish you would here with us now

D. I wish you were here with us now
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