KY THI OLYMPIC TRUYÊN THÔNG 304 LÂN THƯ XIII TAI THANH PHÔ HUÊ ĐÊ THI MÔN TIÊNG ANH LỚP 10 Mã A819415

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ĐỀ THI MÔN TIÊNG ANH LỚP 10

Thời gian làm bài 180’

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. she B. everyone C. horses D. cows

2. Could you close the window? There is a bit of a _____.

A. current B. wind C. draught D. breeze

3. Thousands of steel _____ were used as the framework of the new office block.

A. beams B. girders C. stakes D. piles

4. The ceiling fans were on, but unfortunately they only _____ the hot, humid air.

A. stirred up B. poured through C. turned into D. cut back

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. assure B. ensure C. insure D. reassure

6. When Tim was eating a cherry, he accidentally swallowed the _____.

A. nut B. stone C. seed D. core

7. It was only _____ he told me his surname that I realised that we had been to the same school .

A. then B. until C. as soon as D. when

8. He got an excellent grade in his examination _____ the fact that he had not worked

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particularly hard .

A. on account of B. because C. in spite of D. although

9. Their eventual choice of house was _____ by the time Peter would take to get to the office.

A. related B. consequent C. determined D. dependent

10. It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours .

A. hadn’t B. should have C. mustn’t D. 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. 3. The sun and the moon are often (person)_________ in poetry. 4. I’ve never known such a (quarrel) ______ person. 5. I don’t care if you had had too much to drink. Your behaviour last night was (defend) ______ .

C. Choose the right verbs provided in the box, then use the most suitable forms of the verbs

to fill in the numbered blanks. (5 points)

break call slow take draw

1. The red car has just ______ up in front of our house. Are we expecting anyone ? 2. His condition is worse than before. I think we should ______ in a doctor . 3. I’ve won a million pound ! I don’t believe it ! I simply can’t ______ it in ! 4. Could you ______ down, please. I don’t like driving so fast on country roads. 5. I’m sorry. I’m late. The car has ______ 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. (10 points)

1. Anthropologists agree that our primitive ancestors who inhabited the tropics

A B probably have natural protection against the sun.

C D

2. A good exercise program helps teach people to avoid the habits that might shorten

A B C the lives.

D

3. A thunder usually follows lightning by five seconds for every mile between the flash

A B C D and the observer.

4. Forgery, in law, is the fabrication or altering of a written document with the intent to

A B C deceive or defraud.

D

5. During the first half of the nineteenth century, immigrants to the United …