Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 THPT chuyên lam sơn Thanh hoá Năm học 2004-2005 Đề chính thức Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề.) Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. It was ten oclock and I still. (not finish) my homework. 2. It (be) my birthday tomorrow. 3. I (not play) football since I (break) my leg. 4. I (telephone) Bill as soon as I (get) home this evening. 5. It was eleven oclock and we (just go) to bed when the telephone (ring). 6. I.(think) your fathers health (improve) so much since I.(see) him last. 7. This tooth(kill) me lately! So I (make) an appiontment with the dentist for Tuesday. 8. It says in the paper that they (discover) oil in Wales. They (look for) it for ages. Question 2: Fill each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters 1. ACT a. We must take . before things get worse. b. Dont worry about the volcano. Its been for years. c. She said she wanted to be a television . . 2. BASE a. My grandfather only had a very education. b. The organisation is run on a voluntary 3. CONTINUE a. His latest book is a of his previous one. b. The train service was . because it wasnt used by many people. c. Peter couldnt get much work done as he was being interrupted by people telephoning me. 4. Compare a. Im just a beginner in with her. b. What happened two years ago is not really . in the situation now. Question 3: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition. 1. There has been a university in Oxford more than eight hundred years. 2. They have been married 2001. 3. 1992 last year we had a flat in the centre of town. 4. Can you wait for a few minutes . Im ready. 5. I havent spoken to Bill . we were at school. 6. It has been raining early this morning. 7. Its nearly five years Jenny left school. 8. She was at college … …. two years and she’s been working here … …. almost three years. Question 4 : Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space. A good memory is a gread ……1…… in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by …….2……. what he hears when he is a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live ……3…… with their ……4……. seem to learn …….5……. languages almost as easily as …… 6…… . In school, it’s not so …….7…… to learn a second language because the pupils have so little ……8…… for it, and they are busy ……9… other ……10…… as well. The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something ……12…… we know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our ……13…… . That is why it is ……14…… to learn words in sentences, not by ……15…… , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word means when we first use it… Question 5 : Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Question 6: Use these words and phrases to make complete sentences. These sentences are all part of a letter. Make changes and add any necessary words. Question 7 : Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. Nobody has heard of John since he went to live in America. John ……………………………………………………… 2. It was dark when we arrived because the journey took a very long time. ……… so ……… that ……… 3. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol. Carol congratulated ………………………………………………. 4. He felt ill to get up. He did not ………………………………… 5. I was sitting next to a boy in the exam. He told me the answers. The boy I ………………………………………………………. 6. The days get colder and colder. Each day ………………………… 7. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t. Learning to drive is …………………………………………. 8. If I take the job I’ll have to move to London. Taking the job will ……………………………………………… 9. A week ago today we were in China. This ………………………………… 10. Mary hasn’t finished her work yet. Mary is ………………………………. Sè b¸o danh: . Chữ ký của giám thị: 1 2 Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo đáp án - hdc đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 THPT lam sơn Thanh hoá Năm học 2004-2005 Đề chính thức Môn: Tiếng Anh Question 1: ( 20 points ) Question 2 : ( 10 points ) Question 3: ( 15 points ) Question 4 : ( 20 points ) Question 5 : ( 15 points ) Question 6: ( 10 points ) Question 7 : ( 10 points ) Hớng dẫn chấm: - Tổng điểm toàn bài: 100 points - Thang điểm 20 Tổng những từ điền đúng, những câu viết đúng - Điểm bài thi = 5 I- Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space. A good memory is a great ……1…… in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by …….2……. what he hears when he is a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live ……3…… with their ……4……. seem to learn …….5……. languages almost as easily as …… 6…… . In school, it’s not so …….7…… to learn a second language because the pupils have so little ……8…… for it, and they are busy ……9… other ……10…… as well. The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something ……12…… we know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our ……13…… . That is why it is ……14…… to learn words in sentences, not by ……15…… , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word means when we first use it… 1. help 6. one 11. way 2. remembering 7. easy 12. which 3. abroad 8. time 13. mind 4. parents 9. with 14. better 5. two 10. subjects 15. themselves II- Word-formation 1. ACT a. We must take …………. before things get worse. b. There’s a lot of ………… outside the stadium. c. Don’t worry about the volcano. It’s been ………… for years. d. She said she wanted to be a television ………………. . 2. BASE a. My grandfather only had a very …………… education. b. The organisation is run on a voluntary ……………… 3. CONTINUE a. His latest book is a ………… of his previous one. b. The train service was …………. because it wasn’t used by many people. c. I couldn’t get much work done as I was ………… being interrupted by people telephoning me. d. After four hours’ ……………. typing I had a terrible headache. 1. a- action b. activity c. inactive d. actress 2. a. basic b. basis 3. a. continuation b. discontinued c. continually d. continuous III- Rewrite 1. Nobody has heard of John since he went to live in America. John ……………………………………………………… John has not been heard of since he went to live in America. 2. It was dark when we arrived because the journey took a very long time. ……… so ……… that ……… The journey took so long that it was dark when we arrived. 3. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol. Carol congratulated ………………………………………………. Carol congratulated Rol on passing his driving test. 4. He felt ill to get up. He did not ………………………………… He did not feel well enough to get up. 5. I was sitting next to a boy in the exam. He told me the answers. The boy I ………………………………………………………. The boy I was sitting next to in the exam told me the answers. 6. The days get colder and colder. Each day ………………………… Each day it gets colder. 7. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t. Learning to drive is …………………………………………. Learning to drive is not as difficult as I thought it would be. 8. If I take the job I’ll have to move to London. Taking the job will ……………………………………………… Taking the job will mean moving to London. 9. A week ago today we were in China. This ………………………………… This time last week we were in China. 10. Mary hasn’t finished her work yet. Mary is ………………………………. Mary is still working IV- Verb-form 1. It was ten o’clock and I still ( not finish) my homework. 2. It (be) my birthday tomorrow. 3. I ( not play) …… football since I (break)…… my leg six weeks ago. 4. I (telephone) ……. Bill as soon as I (get) ……. home this evening. 5. It was eleven o’clock and we ( just go) …… to bed when the telephone (ring) …… 6. I (think) your father’s health (improve) so much since I (see) him last. 7. This tooth (kill) …… me lately! So I (make) ……. an appointment with the dentist for Tuesday. 8. It says in the paper that they (discover) … oil in Wales. They (look for) ……. it for ages. 1. had not finished 2. is 3. have not played / broke 4. will telephone / get 5. had just gone / rang 6. think / has improved / saw 7. has been killing / have made 8. have discovered / have been looking for V- Prepositions 1. There has been a university in Oxford ……for…… more than eight hundred years. 2. They have been married ……since…… 1966. 3. The first World War lasted ……from….1914 ……until… 1918. 4. ……from…… 1992 ……until…… last year we had a flat in the centre of town. 5. Can you wait for a few minutes …until… I’m ready. 6. I haven’t spoken to Bill ……since… we were at school. 7. We usually stop for lunch ……from……one ……until…… two thirty. 8. It has been raining ……since…… early this morning. 9. It’s nearly five years ……since…. Jenny left school. 10. She was at college …for…. two years and she’s been working here …for…. almost three years. . 7. This tooth(kill) me lately! So I (make) an appiontment with the dentist for Tuesday. 8. It says in the paper that they (discover) oil in Wales. They. for it, and they are busy ……9… other ……10…… as well. The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something ……12……