KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 PTTH CHUYÊN NGOẠI NGỮ NĂM 2006

BÀI THI MÔN : TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài : 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

PHẦN I: NGỮ PHÁP (30 điểm)

1. Em hãy viết dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc. (10 điểm)

1. Please be quiet. I (1. try)_________ to read the paper.

2. The fire (2. spread)____________ to the next building before the firemen (3.

arrive)____________.

3. By the time he gets back I (4. finish)______________my work, and then I (5.

help)_____________ him with his.

4. He (6. drive)__________________ for hours before they (7. catch)_________________

him.

5. I (8. wait)__________________until he (9. finish)_______________his next novel.

6. For the last two years, he (10. write)_________________a history of the Civil War.

2. Em hãy điền vào mỗi khoảng trống trong các câu sau một từ hoặc một cụm từ thích

hợp nhất đã cho sẵn trong khung. Gạch chéo ( x ) vào chỗ trống nếu thấy không cần

thiết phải dùng một trong những từ hoặc cụm từ đó. (10 điểm)

a/an the some any a lot of

Peter anh Alison haven’t got (11)______________ children. (12)________________children

would be (13)_____________ problem for them at the moment as they have

(14)________________ work to do and they don’t have (16)________________interesting

hobbies. I think one of them should have (17)______________hobby. Their lives consist entirely

of (18)_______________ work. (19)_____________ people live like that. They aren’t even

interested in (20)_______________ travel. Sad, isn’t it?

3. Em hãy đọc đoạn văn dưới đây và khoanh tròn vào một đáp án đúng (A, B, C hoặc D)

cho mỗi khoảng trống đã được đánh số. 0 làm ví dụ. (10 điểm)

Most people know the names_(0)_ the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and _(21)_ good

friend Dr. Watson. But perhaps you don’t know _(22)_ facts about Sherlock Holmes.

The first Sherlock Holmes story _(23)_ written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1886. Conan

Doyle was a doctor and he _(24)_ only write his books when he wasn’t busy _(25)_ sick people.

In the stories, Sherlock Holmes and Watson lived _(26)_ 221B Baker Street. Hundreds of

people from all over the world _(27)_ write to Sherlock Holmes at that address every week

asking _(28)_ his help. The building is now a bank, and _(29)_ is a secretary in the bank _(30)_

reads all Sherlock Holmes’s letters!

20. A. from B. with C. of D. by

21. A. his B. its C.their D. the

22. A.that B. these C. this D. those

23. A. has B.is C. was D. to be

24. A.must B.may C.could D.can

25. A.for B.by C.of D.with

26. A.at B.by C.on D.in

27. A.never B.still C.yet D.always

28. A.for B.to C.with D.about

29. A.here B.she C.there D.this

30. A.she B.which C.and D.who

PHẦN II. ĐỌC HIỂU(40 điểm)

1. Em hãy đọc hiểu đoạn văn dưới đây và khoanh tròn vào một đáp án đúng nhất (A,B,C

hoặc D) cho mỗi khoảng trống đã được đánh số. (5 điểm)

I had a very bad day yesterday. Everything_(31)__wrong. In the morning, my alarm clock

didn't_(32)_ off so I woke up an hour latr. I was in such a hurry that I_(33)_ my hand while I was

making breakfast. Then I ran out of the house to catch the 8.30 bus, but of course I missed it. I

was very nervous because my teacher_(34)_angry if anyone is late for class. I ran three miles to

the school only to_(35)__ that it was Sunday.

31. A. went B. was C.game D.got

32. A. ring B.strike C.go D. shout

33. A.injured B.burned C.broke D.twisted

34. A.gets B.becomes C.turns D.makes

35. A.think B.discover C.feel D.see

2. Em hãy đọc đoạn văn dưới đây và khoanh tròn vào một đáp án (A,B,C hoặc D) cho

mỗi khoảng trống đã được đánh số.(15 điểm).

It may seem unlikely that monkeys or cats would be able to hear the subtleties in human

speech. After all, creatures_(36)_than humans neither speak humans languages nor comprehend

most of them._(37)_, scientiests who study hearing have found that the auditory_(38)_of animals

and humans respond to speech sounds in remarkably_(39)_ways.

Scientists see hearing in humans and higher animals_(40)_an act of computer- like

processing_(41)_ which a sound enters the ear and is broken down into components. Therse are

transported in some coded form through the nervous system to the brain,_(42)_they are put back

together_(43)_interpreted.

Scientists believe that, in large part, how speech is processed is_(44)_on its acoustical

properties. Research with_(45)_shows that they can discriminate among subtle nuanees in

speech. For example, our ears readily distinguish two similar_(46)_sound, “ba” and “da” on

the_(47)_ of differing pitch changes that occur in the first one-twentieth_(48)_a second of sound.

During the 1970's,William Stebbins conducted_(49)_ using monkeys at the University of

Michigan Hearing Research Institute which shouwed that monkeys possess a similar_(50)_to put

similar sounds into distinct categories.

36.A. less B.more C.differ D. other

37.A. Thus B.however C. most D. otherwise

38.A. Ability B. reaction C. systems D. hearing

39.A. Same B. similar C. variety D. all

40.A. Have B. by C.by D. are

41.A.from B. data C. system D. in

42.A.which B. where C. while D.when

43.A.for B. and C.without D.after

44.A.based B.depend C.relied D.relying

45.A.animals B.experiments C. evidence D.sound

46.A.wave B.kinds C.speech D.different

47.A.tone B.speech C.basis D.scale

48.A.in B. of C. fraction D.century

49.A.survey B.methods C.by D.experiments

50.A.ability B.property C.language D.hearing

PHẦN III: VIẾT: (30 điểm)

1. Em hãy viết tiếp các câu sau bằng cách sắp xếp lại trật tự các từ hoặc cụm từ đã cho

trong ngoặc mà không được thêm hay bớt bất cứ từ nào. (10 điểm)

Ví dụ: She is …………..(busy/ homework/ with/ her)

She is busy with her homework

66. We are having ………… (time/ really/ here/ at the moment/ great/ a)

We are having……………………………………………………………………….

67. the weather has been brilliant, though…………………. (clouds/ there/ in the sky/ were/

today/ some)

The weather has been brilliant, though………………………………………………

68. The hotel is not too bad, but………………( tourists/ are/ many/ there are/ and/ fed up/ too/

getting/ the staff)

The hotel is not too bad, but…………………………………………………………

69. The food, however, ……………………..( a/ and/ by/ trip/ organized/ the/ local sights/ on/

some/ the hotel/ of/ see)

Tomorrow we hope to go……………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Hãy dùng các từ gợi ý để viết thành câu hoàn chỉnh. Thay đổi và bổ sung những chỗ

cần thiết. (10 điểm)

Example: I /go/ there/ 1987

Answer: I went there in 1987

71. It / take / two hours / go / Ho Chi Minh city / air.

……………………………………………………………………………………..

72. I / work / this office / since / my friend / move / Ho Chi Minh city

……………………………………………………………………………………..

73. These English teachers / be / United States / many times

……………………………………………………………………………………..

74. We / decided / go for / short walk / before / sit down / lunch.

……………………………………………………………………………………..

75. Please give me / ring / let / me /me / know / you / come or not/

……………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Em hãy viết lại các câu sau sao cho ý của chúng không thay đổi, sử dụng những từ

cho sẵn ở đầu câu. (10 điểm).

Example: I haven’t enjoyed myself so much for years

Answer: It’s years… since 9 enjoyed myself so much…..

76. My school has five teachers of English.

There are…………………………………………………………………………..

77. It is a three hour drive from Hanoi to Haiphong

It takes…………………………………………………………………………….

78. No explanation is necessary.

It is………………………………………………………………………………...

79. He has tried hard, but he cannot master English pronunciation.

No matter…………………………………………………………………………

80. Yousr car needs repairing and respraying.

You should……………………………………………………………………….