TT BỒI DƯỠNG VĂN HÓA HANOI - AMSTERDAM ĐỀ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN THPT Điểm Chữ kí GK Năm học : 2018-2019 Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) Thời gian làm bài : 120 phút Số phách: ( Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy nay) (Không được dùng bất cứ loại từ điển hay tài liệu nào) PART A: PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts.) 1. A. orchid B. orchestrate C. orchard D. chiropody 2. A. swallow B. switch C. sweet D. sword 3. A. scenic B. extinct C. decrease D. coexist 4. A. cantaloupe B. catastrophe C. recipe D. apostrophe 5. A. triathlon B. linger C. taekwondo D. finalist II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in each group. (5 pts.) 1. A. architecture B. manufacture C. influential D. manifesto 2. A. immigration B. diagnostic C. innovative D. universal 3. A. floppy B. embrace C. cotton D. idol 4. A. complain B. destroy C. terrify D. imagine 5. A. telegraph B. telegraphy C. diplomat D. competent PART B: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR I.Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (20 pts.) 1., the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties. A. By and large B. Altogether C. To a degree D. Virtual 2. What the company needs is a actor who can take on a variety of roles. A. variable B. changeable C. diverse D. versatile 3. Is an inexperienced civil servant to the task of running the company? A. capable B. skilled C. eligible D. suitable 4. The salesman told me that this kind of medicine would make me more intelligent, but I think I ve been A. blackmailed B. conned C. libeled D. slandered 5. Mrs. Dickson was given in of her services to the special school. A. spite B. recognition C. sight D. help 6. TV advertising in the late afternoon tends to young children. A. target B. point C. focus D. aim 7. He traveled for 20 years and then he decided to return home. A. farther away B. far from it C. far and wide D. farthest of all 8. No matter how angry he was, he would never to violence. A. refuse B. resort C. resist D. resolve 9. Can I your brains for a moment? I can t do this crossword myself. A. have B. pick C. mind D. use 10. If you want to be a rock star, talent helps, but what it really.... down to is luck. A. boils B. revolves C. centers D. refines 1
11. That argument is no good: it won t A. hold water B. blossom C. make water D. pass water 12. If you get measles, you will.in spots. A. break out B. break up C. break D. break down 13. You haven t heard all the fats, so don t to conclusions. A. dash B. jump C. spring D. fly 14. The thick fog out any possibility of our plane taking off before morning. A. ruled B. struck C. stamped D. crossed 15. Jack was to the fact that he couldn t take his holiday in June. A. accepted B. compiled C. agreed D. resigned 16. It during our conversation that Anita was extremely unhappy. A. emanated B. revealed C. divulged D. emerged 17. She insisted that the reporter her as his source of information. A. not mention B. doesn t mention C. hadn t mentioned D. didn t mention 18. Look, will you stop in and let me finish my sentence! A. plugging B. pushing C. butting D. moving 19. We put his rude manner ignorance of our British customs. A. up to B. down to C. off at D. up with 20. I would rather you the office phone for personal purpose. A. shouldn t have used B. shouldn t use C. not to use D. didn t use 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 II. Fill in each blank with the correct form of one word from the box to complete the following passage. Write your answer in the box provided. (10pts.) access appear commit deny exclude immerse infant institute lonely - see One of the most challenging aspects of the science anthropology come from its fieldwork. Certainly, in its 1 as a profession, anthropology was distinguished by its concentration on so-called primary societies in which social 2 appear to be fairly limited and social interaction to be conducted almost 3 face-to-face. Such societies, it was felt, provided anthropologists with a valuable 4 into the workings of society that contrasted with the many complexities of more highly developed societies. There was also a scene that the way of life represented by these smaller societies were rapidly 5 and that preserving a record of them was a matter of some urgency. The 6 of anthropologists to the first-hand collection of data led them to some of the most 7 places on earth. Most often they worked alone. Such lack of contact with other people created feelings of intense 8 in some anthropologists, especially in the early stages of fieldwork. Nevertheless, this process of 9 in a totally alien culture continues to attract men and women to anthropology, and is 10 the most effective way of understanding in depth how other people see the world. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 III. Write one word that can be used in all three sentences. Write your answers in the numbered spaces provided. (5 pts) 1. a) a. It was widely believed in the Middle Ages that some people could turn into werewolves when the moon was. b) To feed her three babies, she was forced to work time in a Chinese takeaway. c) The cost of the stay includes board and unlimited use of our sports facilities. So feel free to pamper yourself. 2
2. a) At university, Catherine was a student. Needless to say, she passed all her exams with flying colors. b) This new of the car can reach 100 kph in just under 6 seconds. c) I hate it when she tries to herself on Britney Spears. She looks and sounds so unnatural. 3. a) Go down the street, turn left and the swimming pool is on your right. You can t it. b) You d better hurry up if you don t want to the post. c) Many teenagers raised in a strict environment feel they out on having fun. They should remember, however, that this kind of upbringing protects them from many problems. 4. a) Despite unforeseen difficulties, he made it a of seeing her when his ship called at New York. b) The infamous interrogator used to his gun at prisoners to make them talk. c) I think you ve missed the. I didn t say I want the car. I said I like it. 5. a) My father comes from the old of thought that believed in moral values. b) When under water, the diver spotted a large of herring swimming northwards. c) All the children were ecstatic, knowing their holidays were near. IV.There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Underline and correct them. Write your answers in the space provided in the column on the right. (10 pts) Quotations and sayings are part of our language and our way of life. As 1. the poet Emerson says, we use them by necessity, to remind ourselves to look 2. before we leap or avoid crossing our bridges before we come to them. We use 3. them in habit, often not realize we are doing so, and we all love to use an apt 4. quotation to live conversation or score a point in an argument. This booklet 5. contains over a thousand quotations, proverbs and sayings. Altogether, they 6. offer a great deal of information, advice, amusement and comfort. Emerson 7. wrote I have quotations so it is undoubtful that he would have used this book 8. but we hope that you will. That you use it to improve your knowledge, as an aid 9. to solve crossword puzzles, to enrich your own speech or simple for idle reading in 10. your spare time, it will put you on touch with some of the cleverest minds of the 11. past and present. Happy reading and quoting! 12. PART C: READING I. Read the passage below and decide which word best fits in each space. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the space provided. (10 pts.) The problems of racial minorities make the headlines occasionally when one group or another resolve to (1).. their protests against the oppressive treatment of their authorities. The native Indians have been living within the (2).. of their reserves, the Australian Aborigines have a hard (3). of integrating with the descendants of the European colonizers and the African Movement keeps (4) its war against the concealed racial discrimination in America. There are also cultures and nations whose heritage and history has only remained alive 5) chronicles and museums. Vast numbers of indigenous populations have been slaughtered by merciless invaders or persecuted by acquisitive colonizers, then, 6). of their lands, rights and properties. Many of them have (7). with their oppressors to be finally classified non-existent. One example of such a community is represented by the Ainu people the original inhabitants of the Japanese Archipelago whose independent existence was ruined by an extremely rapid assimilation with the Japanese culture. The Ainu are believed to have possessed very distinct characteristics from those that (8).. the Japanese people. They adore many spirits (9).by natural phenomena like animals, plants or 3
climatic forces. Once a year they would sacrifice a bear cub at a religious festival which was a sign of reverent worship for the gods. Now, they are claimed to be no longer existent in their pure form. By similar means, dozens of other culture have vanished leaving behind only a trait of their (10).. imprinted in the character of the societies that have absorbed them. 1. A. place B. stage C. assure D. expose 2. A. boundaries B. realms C. margins D. zones 3. A. moment B. spell C. while D. time 4. A. deploying B. engaging C. waging D. tackling 5. A. in lieu of B. in the way of C. by dint of D. for the sake of 6. A. evicted B. ousted C. removed D. deprived 7. A. exchanged B. intertwined C. incorporated D. intermingled 8. A. divulge B. typify C. relate D. sport 9. A. embodied B. displayed C. ingrained D. defaced 10. A. legacy B. heredity C. remnant D. heirloom 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I. Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer the question. (10 pts.) The goal of Internet-based encyclopedia Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is to give everyone on the planet access to information. Like other encyclopedias, Wikipedia contains lots of information: more than 2.5 million articles in 200 different languages covering just about every subject. Unlike other encyclopedias, however, Wikipedia is not written by experts, but by ordinary people. These writers are not paid and their names are not published. They contribute to Wikipedia simply because they want to share their knowledge. Encyclopedias began in ancient times as collections of writings about all aspects of human knowledge. The word itself comes from ancient Greek, and means a complete general education. Real popularity for encyclopedias came in the nineteenth century in Europe and the United States, with the publication of encyclopedias written for ordinary readers. With the invention of the CD- ROM, the same amount of information could be put on a few computer discs. Then with the Internet, it became possible to create an online encyclopedia that could be constantly updated, like Microsoft s Encarta. However, even Internet-based encyclopedias like Encarta were written by paid experts. At first, Wikipedia, the brainchild of Jimmy Wales, a businessman in Chicago, was not so different from these. In 2001, he had the idea for an Internet-based encyclopedia that would provide information quickly and easily to everyone. Furthermore, that information would be available free, unlike other Internet encyclopedias at that time. But Wales, like everyone else, believed that people with special knowledge were needed to write the articles, and so he began by hiring experts. He soon changed his approach, however, as it took them a long time to finish their work. He decided to open up the encyclopedia in a radical new way, so that everyone would have access not only to the information, but also to the process of putting this information online. To do this, he used what is known as Wiki software (from the Hawaiian word for fast ), which allows users to create or alter content on web page. The system is very simple: When you open the web site, you can simply search for information or you can log on to become a writer or editor of articles. If you find an article that interests you about your hometown, for example you can correct it or expand it. This process goes on until no one is interested in making any more changes. 1. Wikipedia is a(n). A. book B. journal C. article D. dictionary 4
2. Wikipedia is written by. A. paid writers B. millionaires C. normal people D. world experts 3. The phrase these writers in the first paragraph refers to. A. ordinary readers B. ordinary people C. encyclopedia experts D. every subject 4. The phrase the word in the second paragraph refers to. A. knowledge B. encyclopedia C. writing D. collection 5. Microsoft s Encarta is cited in the passage as an example of. A. CD-ROM dictionary B. printed encyclopedia C. online encyclopedia D. updateable online encyclopedia 6. The word brainchild in the second paragraph of the passage can be best replaced by. A. born B. child C. product D. father 7. The word approach in the third paragraph of the passage means. A. idea B. time C. method D. writing 8. The user of Wikipedia can do all of the following EXCEPT. A. have access to information B. determinate the website C. modify information D. edit information 9. We can say that Jimmy Wales. A. became very famous after the formation of Wikipedia B. is the father of Wikipedia C. made a great profit from Wikipedia D. decides who can use Wikipedia 10. Wiki software enables. A. exchanging articles B. a purchase of information C. limited access D. editing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PART D: WRITING I. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same. (10 pts.) 1. Harry was close to winning the big race. (ace) => Harry was.. 2. He is becoming quite famous as a pianist. (name) => He is 3. I m sure young children will love this new film. (appeal) => I m sure this 4. I found her explanation very difficult to believe. (implausible) => She 5. Erika said that the situation at work was like a family argument. (likened) => Erika. 6. Illiteracy has been one of the causes of poverty. (contributed) => 7. They employed more staff. They wanted to increase production. (view) =>. 8.This bike only cost him one hundred dollars. (picked) =>.. 9.We certainly will win if we exchange ideas with each other. (heads) =>.., 10. Nathan felt uncomfortable in front of the crowd. (ill) => 5
II. Write a composition about the following topic: Food-safety violations, including using improved fertilizers and toxic chemicals to produce foods, are increasing at an alarming rate. What suggestions would you give to solve these problems? You should write about 250 words. (15 pts.) THE END 6