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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 10 CẤP TRƯỜNG VÒNG 2
NĂM HỌC 2016-2017
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
 Thời gian thi: 90 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
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Part 1: Circle the letter (A, B,
C or D) next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. It's a good idea to see your doctor regularly for
................... .
A. a revision B.
a control C. an
investiagation D. a check-up
2. ................... from Bill, all the students said
they would go
A. Except B.
Only C. Apart D. Separate
3. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped
to ................... new procedures to save time and money.
A. manufacture B.
establish C. control D. restore
4. There is a fault at our television station. Please do
not .................... your television set.
A. change B.
adjust C. repair D. switch
5.
I
don’t like Anthony, he seems to take too much ______ in criticizing everyone.
A. joy B.
fascination C. pleasure D. entertainment
6. Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaintances
usually tend to be ______.
A. insufficient B.
perverse C. trivial D. imperative
7. The unscrupulous salesman ______ the old couple out of
their life savings.
A. deprived B.
swindled C. robbed D. extracted
8. _______ for Tom's
opposition, we would have agreed to the
contract.
A. Be it not B. Would it not have been
C. Should it not have been D. Had it not been
9. Sheila couldn’t attend the meeting as the date
________ with her holidays.
A. clashed B.
struck C. opposed D. occurred
10. How beautiful she is ! She is wearing a
........................................... .
A. silk pretty purple dress. B. dress silk pretty purple.
C. purple pretty silk dress. D.
pretty purple silk dress.
11. The professor broke ______________ her lecture when
she heard a cell phone ringing.
A. away B.
in C.
off D.
out
12. I could not ______________ the peak of the mountain in
the foggy weather.
A. get over B.
make out C. see
through D. go into
13. We all need friends whom we can ______________ when we
are in trouble.
A. call on B.
break off C. live
on D. go by
14. Constantly staying in cold weather may bring
______________ pneumonia.
A. in B.
about C.
up D.
on
15. Don’t let poachers get ______________ hunting animals.
They deserve to be punished.
A. off B.
out of C.
on D.
away
Part 2: Read
the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form
a word that fits in the space in the same line.
Kids watch more TV
A
study into children's television (0) viewing habits reveals
VIEW
that
children whose parents have a high level of (16) ________________ EDUCATE
tend
to watch less television than children from less educated
family
(17) _____________ . The report also suggests that a high rate of BACK
TV
watching among children in poorer (18) _________________ areas SUBURB
and
in the provinces, compared to those living in large urban centre,
is
often due to (19) _________________ and a lack of other kinds of POOR
(20)
_________________ in the area. Disco, cinema, theatre and sports ENTERTAIN
(21)
________________ offer children in urban
centre a wider range ACTIVE
of
pastimes, which leads to far (22) ______________ hours being spent FEW
in
front of the box. (23) ______________, comedies and adventure films COMMERCE
are
children's (24) ______________ programmes, while twenty per cent FAVOUR
of children said they preferred (25)
_______________ films and thrillers. VIOLENCE
Part 3 : Indicate the word or phrase
that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part
26.
I’m becoming increasingly absent-minded. Last week, I locked myself out of my house
twice.
A. being considerate of things B.
remembering to do right things
C. forgetful of one’s past D.
often forgetting things
27. Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an
early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their
personal odors.
A. classify B.
communicate with C. describe D. recognize
28.
It is such a prestigious university that only excellent
students are entitled to a
full scholarship each year.
A. have the obligation to B.
have the right to refuse
C. are refused the right
to D. are
given the right to
29.
Few businesses are flourishing in the
present economic climate.
A. growing well B.
setting up C. closing
down D. taking off
30. At fifty-five, he began life again,
determined with his pen to wipe out the debt.
A. rub out B. pay off C. bump off D. give up
Part 4 : Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
I strongly believe that it is important to (31. ___________) uniforms when students are at school.
Firstly, uniforms (32. ______________) the children to take pride (33.
___________) being students of the school they are going to because they are
wearing uniforms with (34. ____________ bearing their school’s name. Secondly,
wearing uniform helps students feel (35.
____________) in many ways. They all start from the same place no matter they
are (36._____________) or unweathy. They are really friends to one another (37.
___________) one school roof. Last but not least, it is practical (38.____________) wear uniforms. It doesn’t take you time to
think of (39. ____________) to wear
every day.
In conclusion, all students, from (40._____________)
to high schools should wear uniforms.
Part 5: Read the passage and choose the best answer
from the four options marked A, B, C or D.
Several hundred million years ago, plants similar to modern ferns
covered vast stretches of the land. Some were as large as trees, with giant
fronds bunched at the top of trunks as straight as pillars. Others
were the size of bushes and formed thickets of undergrowth. Still others lived
in the shade of giant club mosses and horsetails along the edges of swampy
lagoons where giant amphibians swam.
A great number of these plants were true ferns,
reproducing themselves without fruits or seeds. Others had only the appearance
of ferns. Their leaves had organs of sexual reproduction and produced seeds.
Although their “flowers” did not have corollas, these false ferns (today
completely extinct) ushered in the era of flowering plants. Traces of these
floras of the earliest times have been preserved in the form of fossils. Such
traces are most commonly found in shale and sandstone rocks wedged between coal
beds.
Today only tropical forests bear living proof of the ancient greatness
of ferns. The species that grow there are no longer those of the Carboniferous
period, but their variety and vast numbers, and the great size of some, remind
us of the time when ferns ruled the plant kingdom.
41. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Plant reproduction B. How to locate fossils
C. An ancient form of plant life D.
Tropical plant life
42. The word “Others”
refers to _________.
A. plants B.
pillars C. trees D.
fronds
43. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a
characteristic of the plants described in the passage?
A.They once spread over large areas of land.
B. They coexisted with amphibians, mosses, and horsetails.
C. They varied greatly in size.
D. They clung to tree trunks and bushes for support.
44. The word “true”
is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. accurate B.
genuine C. straight D.
dependable
45. The author states that fossils of early plant life are
usually found in rocks located between deposits of _______.
A. coal B.
shale C.
sandstone D.
corollas
PART 6. WRITING
Finish each second sentence so that it has similar
meaning to the first sentence, using the clues at the beginning of each
sentence.
46.
The
only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime
Minister.
→ Had it not
47. It’s more than a fortnight since anyone saw Julian.
→ Julian was
48. Turn off
all the switches before leaving the workshop.
→ All the switches
49. He got down to writing the letter as
soon as he returned from his walk.
→ No sooner
50. The value of these goods has fallen
considerably in the past week.
→ There has
THE END