ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA TP HỒ CHÍ MINH CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM TRƯỜNG PHỔ THÔNG NĂNG KHIẾU Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc -------- KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 – NĂM HỌC 2005 – 2006 Môn: TIẾNG ANH _ Thời gian: 150 phút -----oOo----- I. PRONUNCIATION A. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. (5 marks) 1. A. burst B. bury C. burn D. burg 2. A. soap B. hope C. sold D. soup 3. A. what B. hot C. most D. salt 4. A. chain B. champion C. champagne D. channel 5. A. breathe B. breath C. myth D. mythical B. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from the others. (5 marks) 1. A. elevate B. liquefy C. separate D. represent 2. A. bother B. include C. injure D. struggle 3. A. comfort B. migrant C. typhoon D. nature 4. A. contact B. annoy C. transmit D. escape 5. A. tragedy B. gallery C. departure D. festival II. READING A. In this section you will find after the passage a number of questions, each with four suggested answers. You must choose the one which you think fits best. Give one answer only to each question. (10 marks) WHICH CAREER? 1. MEDICINE A medical career means years of studying and dedication and although it is a prestigious career, doctors must be prepared to sacrifice some of their private life. To become a doctor you need to spend years at university before working in a hospital. During the first few years of a medical career a doctor has to be on call day and night. Then, depending on the area of specialization, for example they could choose to become a surgeon, a doctor may start to make a lot of money. This ability to make money and the fact that doctors have a high standing in society explains why many parents want their children to become doctors. 2. TEACHING You will never become rich if you choose to enter the teaching profession, but teaching can be a very rewarding career and of course there are the long vacations. You should be prepared to work with children who may not be interested in school, as well as those who want to study. Becoming a teacher is more than just getting a teaching qualification at university, it requires a certain talent to get your ideas across to young people whilst making it enjoyable. This is probably the teacher’s hardest task, making lessons fun, but still making sure students are learning. 3. PLUMBING Although it is a very important job, many young people do not think of plumbing as a possible career choice. Yet society always needs plumbers and there is often a shorteage of good, qualified people around which means they can change high prices for their services. Not only can plumbers earn good money, they are also guaranteed constant work and they can choose to work the hours that suit them. In fact being a skilled worker is very advantageous in today’s society. Young people should accept that a university education does not always guarantee a reasonable income, being a good plumber does. 4. AVIATION Though it is consisdered a glamorous, high-paying job, being a pilot is very demanding work. First the training is very extensive and pilots must have passed a medical before they can even start to learn. Pilots who want to get a commercial license need to spend hundreds of hours flying and pass an exam. It is a very responsible job as the lives of hundreds of people may depend on the pilot’s ability to think and act quickly under pressure. Also, a pilot has to spend a lot of time traveling away from home and family, which may account for the fact that there are so few women commercial pilots. It is an ideal job for a person who wants stable family life. 5. THE ARMY Once the army was strictly a man’s world which women could not enter. But times have changed and many women see army life as a challenging and interesting career. Recruiting centers advertise the army as a place where soldiers can learn a valuable trade, such as engineering or computing, which will be useful if they choose to leave the army. Soldiers must also be willing to travel, even though many of their destinations will be dangerous, but if you enjoy it, an army career will certainly guarantee you a job for life. 1. Which career used to be only for men? A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 2. Which of the jobs is considered to be the least pretigious? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 5 3. Which job is highly rated by parents? A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 5 4. If you want to make a lot of meny which profession should you avoid? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 5 5. For which two careers do you have to go to university? A. 1 and 2 B. 1 and 4 C. 2 and 5 D. 1 and 5 6. Which career promises steady work? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 7. For which careers must you make sacrifices in your family life? A. 1 and 2 B. 2 and 4 C. 1 and 4 D. 2 and 5 8. If you like traveling which jobs should you consider? A. 1 and 2 B. 2 and 3 C. 3 and 4 D. 4 and 5 9. For which job must you pass a medical? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 10. If you had young children which profession should you consider? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 B. Choose the best ending for each paragraph (10 marks) Ex: 0  A 0. Fog is a major cause of accidents on highways in some areas. Every year many thousands of people lose their lives because fog can dangerously reduce visibility. The drivers can not see very far ahead so they …………………. A. do not have time to avoid accidents. B. go faster to avoid accidents. C. have more time to read the signs. D. don’t have time to have accidents. 1. The idea of a car that knows where to go may seem impossible. However, new technology may soon make this possible. Cars will have computers to tell drivers which roads have the least traffic. That way the drivers will not waste time in traffic jams. There will also be less pollution because the car engines will be running less. These new cars will be known as……………. A. ‘expensive cars.’ B. ‘fast cars.’ C. ‘traffic cars’ D. ‘smart cars.’ 2. Scottish people like to think that golf is a Scottish sport. The game did not come from Scotland, however. It was first played in Holland in the 14 th century. Only later did it become ………… . A. popular with the Dutch B. popular in Scotland C. a real sport. D. an Olympic sport 3. When Chiristopher Columbus sailed west from Spain in1942 he wanted to reach Asia. He did not know there was another continent in between Europe and Asia. In fact, when he died he still believed that the land he had found was ……………… A. Asia. B. America C. Spain D. another continent 4. In the past, many people in western Ireland and the Scottish Highlands spoke Gaelic as their first language. Now only a few people speak Gaelic, and they are mostly from the older generation. The younger people…………… A. hardly understand any English B. don’t like to speak with strangers. C. often don’t even understand Gaelic. D. don’t often speak with the older generation 5. When Europeans first arrived in North America in 1620 the forests were full of bears. There were more than half a million of these wild animals. Then the Europeans began to cut down the forests where the bears lived. They also began to hunt the bears. By 1900, there were very few bears left. Now, however, the bear population is about 200,000. The bears have begun to multiply again, thanks to …………. A. better hunting methods. B. better food for them. C. better laws to protect them. D. better laws to protect European. 6. The dog was the first domesticated animal. Very early in human history, people learned that a dog could help with hunting. Dogs also were good company for early man. We can say that the dog is man’s “best friend” and his …………… A. worst enemy. B. only friend. C. latest friend. D. oldest friend. 7. For many years, alligator skim was popular in the United States for making fashionable leather shoes and purses. From 1870 to 1965 at least ten million alligators were killed in the United States for leather. Then, in 1967, the government made laws against hunting aligators. After that the alligator population began to grow again. Now there are……… A. no more alligators in the United States. B. fewr alligators than there were in 1967. C. more alligator skins for making shoes and purses. D. nearly two million alligators in the United States. 8. It used to be fashionable for women to have very small waists. They often wore tight clothes around their middles to make them thinner. A woman with a very thin waist was said to be “wasp-waisted” because her body looked like the body of a wasp. The wasp is an insect with ……… A. a large head and small body. B. a very thin middle. C. tight clothes around its middle. D. long, thin legs. 9. The tulip is a flower that originally grew in Turkey. In the 17 th century it became very popular in Holland. Some Dutch merchants became very rich by importing tulips. They sold them to the ……………… A. Dutch at high prices. B. Turkish at very high prices. C. Turkish at very low prices. D. Dutch at very low prices. 10. Most flowering plants bloom in the spring or summer. But there are some plants that also have flowers in the winter. One of these is the peony. Certain kinds of peonies can produce beautiful red or pink flowers even …………… A. on the warmest days of the year. B. when other flowers are blooming. C. on the coldest days of the year. D. when it has no leaves. III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY A. For questions 31-45, read the tes below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0) . (15 marks) Ex: 0. A. goes B. makes C. sets D. does When the Moscow State Circus (0) … goes… on its annual tour of Europe, the younger members of the circus are still expected to (1) ………… with their education. The circus usually (2)…………. For a few days in each town, so how do the young performers manage? One twelve-year-old gets up at the crack of (3) …………… to practise her act before (4) …………… off to school. She returns at lunchtime to her family’s caravan and more practice. Not only does she work (5) …………… but she also has to make a whole new (6) …………… of friends each time she moves on. ‘It’s exhausting work but I like the circus (7) ……………,’ she says. ‘The worst (8) …………… is when I make new friends and have to leave them, although I try to (9) …………… by letter.’ The Russian who runs the circus makes (10) …………… that all the children get a proper education. When the circus first arrives in Britain, he (11) …………… the traveller education service and gives them the (12) …………… of all the children, and when they will be in certain towns and cities. ‘It’s a fantastic (13) ……………,’ he says. ‘I receive a (14) …………… when we reach the next town telling us where to meet. We are then accompanied to the school and introduced to the head teacher. It works like (15) ……………… 1. A. progress B. maintain C. continue D. further 2. A. slows B. stops C. places D. moves 3. A. dawn B. morning C. day D. light 4. A. following B. leaving C. heading D. directing 5. A. strict B. difficult C. strong D. hard 6. A. form B. gathering C. set D. collection 7. A. life B. way C. living D. type 8. A. section B. piece C. part D. side 9. A. keep in view B. keep in touch C. keep in line D. keep in mind 10. A. sure B. definite C. important D. time 11. A. connects B. notices C. reaches D. contacts 12. A. facts B. details C. quantities D. demands 13. A. system B. habit C. plan D. order 14. A. sign B. signal C. message D. word 15. A. lighting B. clockwork C. new D. wildfire B. choose the word or phrase that best completes the blank in each sentence. (25 marks) 1. I think you’re wrong – this bill is …………… A. much too high B. high too much C. much high too D. too much high 2. A total of 298 people, 226 of them children, have now been confirmed …………… in the floods. A. dead B. deadly C. dying D. to die 3. His father’s disapproval of the venture simply made him all the more …………… to prove that he could make a success of it. A. determine B. determining C. determined D. to determine 4. My letter …………… have arrived yesterday, but it didn’t. A. must B. may C. should D. can 5. The Earth and Pluto are …………… believed to have a single moon. A. only the two planets B. the only two planets C. the two only planets D. the two planets only 6. Art critics do not agree on …………… qualities make a painting great. A. why B. whose C. what D. how 7. Half of the planet will be covered in green vegetation and …………… half will be a huge blue ocean. A. another B. other C. one another D. the other 8. I’m not planning to buy anything, but I’ll take my credit card just …………… . A. so B. that C. the same D. in case 9. He had made excellent progress and was in the Southern Ocean, only …………… A. 900 miles north of Antartica. B. 900 miles of north Antartica. C. north of 900 miles Antartica. D. north of Antartica 900 miles. 10. The parents left a phone number with the baby – sister in case a problem …………… with the children. A. occurred B. would occur C. occurs D. will occur 11. I’d rather to save my money …………… than spend it on rubbish like that. A. more B. other C. rather D. better 12. It is probable that …………… two doctors will treat this rare condition in the same way. A. no B. not C. none D. neither 13. …………… when the vault will be opened. A. Not even the bank president knows B. Even not the bank president knows C. The bank president even not knows D. The bank president not even knows 14. We must do this exercise …………… we have been taught. A. by the way B. on the way C. in the way D. as the way 15. He is said to be …………… . A. the wealthiest man alive B. the alive wealthiest man C. the man wealthiest alive D. the wealthiest alive man 16. Having a(n) ………… mind, she always wants to learn what she can about new subjects. A. sensitive B. inquiring C. questionable D. insincere 17. Anyone found …………… on the final exam will be given an incomplete grade in the course. A. stealing B. cheating C. deceiving D. tricking 18. Steve was still hungry so he took another ………… of meat and vegetable. A. helping B. recipe C. course D. flavor 19. He enjoys ………… activities like painting and playing music. A. abstract B. creative C. powerful D. classic 20. In 1900, at the ………… of the century, there were very few cars in the world. A. turn B. birth C. finish D. change 21. Most young people in the Western world have ………… to a decent education. A. entrance B. reach C. access D. opportunity 22. The examination was by no ………… easy, and in fact I doubt if I have passed it. A. means B. way C. case D. degree 23. I knew that something ………… was going on as soon as I walked into the room. A. vast B. massive C. odd D. huge 24. They said they could order it for me be cause they didn’t have my size in ………… . A. shop B. hold C. store D. stock 25. A …………… of wind blew all my papers off my desk. A. breeze B. draft C. puff D. gust C. Choose the lettered part that contain a mistake. (10 marks) 1. One story says that Robin Hood was captured and made work as a porter at the court of King Edward II. A B C D 2. I found my new contact lenses strange at first, but I got used to them at the end. A B C D 3. The climbers have been missed since Wednesday evening and this is giving cause for concern. A B C D 4. She made it clearly that under no circumstances would she cancel the trip. A B C D 5. Peper was fainted during the lesson and when he came round he round he found himself in the sick room. A B C D 6. The audience was completely carried away by the very wonderful performance of the soloist. A B C D 7. He broke the window because there was not other way to get into the house. A B C D 8. Every man, woman and child in this line are required to sign the forms in order to complete the registration A B C D process. 9. The papers in the wastebasket should be empty into the trash can outside. A B C D 10. Five miles bevond the hills were a fire with its flames reaching up to the sky. A B C D . …………… . A. the wealthiest man alive B. the alive wealthiest man C. the man wealthiest alive D. the wealthiest alive man 16. Having a(n) ………… mind, she always. READING A. In this section you will find after the passage a number of questions, each with four suggested answers. You must choose the one which you think fits