SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỒNG NAI
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10
Khố ngày 22, 23/06/2006
Mơn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
I. Choose the word having the different stress pattern. (1 pt)
1. A. pagoda
B. exchange
C. relax
2. A. gather
B. admire
C. energy
3. A. documentary
B. limitation
C. intermediate
4. A. picnic
B. novel
C. typhoon
D. visit
D. symbol
D. encourage
D. freedom
II. Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences. (3 pts)
1. Wearing uniforms encourages students to be (pride / proud / proudly) of their schools.
2. English is the language of (nation / national / international) communication.
3. Two million people in the country are living in (poverty / poor / the poor).
4. Earthquakes, tidal waves, typhoons are natural (creatures / disasters / symbols).
5. If we (will go / would go / go) on littering, our environment will become seriously polluted.
6. Tony has been running for an hour, (because / although / so) he is tired and thirsty now.
7. She has been waiting in the office (at / since / for) noon.
8. Dora will leave London (to / for / in) Paris next month.
9. Mount Pinatubo, (that / where / which) is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991.
10. Londoners are the people (who / which / whose) live and work in London.
11. Mary was tired. (Therefore / However / Because), she tried to clean her room.
12. He suggested (collected / collecting / to collect) unused clothes for the poor.
III. Match the half-sentences. (2 pts)
1. Slowly and cautiously
2. You don’t like films,
3. What would you do
4. I did it
5. If it is fine,
6. The plane landed
7. I wish
8. Paul got up late
a. because he told me to.
b. if you saw a UFO?
c. the fire fighters went up the stairs.
d. do you?
e. at 7.00 in the evening.
f. I could find a job in New York.
g. so he didn’t have time for breakfast.
h. we will come to see you.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the word(s) given. (2 pts)
a. They grow rice in tropical countries. Rice...................................................................................................
b. “Do you like football?” she said to me. She asked me if.............................................................................
c. “Where do you live?” Vi asked him. Vi asked him where...........................................................................
d. You’d better do something now. If I were you.............................................................................................
V. Read the passage and fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the list below. (2 pts)
floods, to, their, ill, influence, in, be, ice
Air pollution can make people (1) _______. Consequently, some countries pass a law to control
the quantity of smoke (2) _______ the air. Air pollution causes particular damage (3) _______ the body
by harming the lungs. Lead should not (4) _______ used in petrol because it is bad for children’s health
and make them clumsy in using (5) _______ hands. Pollution can also have an (6) _______ on the earth’s
climate. The (7) _______ may melt near the North and South Poles, resulting in very bad (8) _______.
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