Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào Lớp 10 chuyên - Năm học 2017-2018 - Sở GD & ĐT Gia Lai (không chuyên)

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO GIA LAI 
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC 
(Đề thi có 06 trang) 
KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN 
NĂM HỌC 2017-2018 
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH (Không chuyên) 
Ngày thi: 06 / 6 / 2017 
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút 
 (không kể thời gian giao đề) 
Lưu ý: - Thí sinh không được ghi bất kỳ thông tin gì vào phần này. 
 - Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi này. (Hãy đọc kỹ các phần hướng dẫn làm bài) 
Điểm bài thi 
Bằng số: ........................... 
Bằng chữ: ........................... 
Họ tên và chữ kí giám khảo 
GK1: ........................... 
GK2: ........................... 
SỐ PHÁCH 
(Do HĐ chấm thi ghi) 
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A. PRONUNCIATION (0.5 mark) 
Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) whose underlined part differs from the other three in 
pronunciation in each of the following questions. 
1. A. wanted B. greeted C. needed D. smoked 
2. A. capture B. damage C. sale D. blanket 
3. A. children B. child C. line D. sign 
Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in 
each of the following questions. 
4. A. primary B. official C. tropical D. practical 
5. A. exist B. install C. planet D. prevent 
B. USE OF ENGLISH (3.5 marks) 
Choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions. 
6. We spent half a year ________ the hotel by the sea. 
 A. to build B. built C. building D. with building 
7. Laura ________ around the yard while Maryam ________ in the pagoda. 
 A. walked/prayed B. was walking/prayed 
 C. was walking/was praying D. walked/was praying 
8. The ________ on the table is a gift from my friend on my birthday. 
 A. lamp reading B. read lamp C. reading lamp D. reading lamps 
9. Nam finds his new shirt very ________. It will be his favorite one. 
 A. comfortable B. comfortably C. uncomfortable D. uncomfortably 
10. She asked me ________ I liked pop music. 
 A. if B. that C. do D. did 
11. He’ll show the photos he has taken ________ his parents. 
 A. for B. with C. from D. to 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
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12. She ________ a famous singer but she is now working as a hair stylist in my town. 
 A. is used to be B. is used to being C. used to be D. used to being 
13. He’s never gone to school on Sunday, ________? 
 A. has he B. is he C. hasn’t he D. isn’t he 
14. You can ask that man to find out where ________. 
 A. does John live B. is John living C. John is living D. did John live 
15. Our lives ________ since the Internet was invented. 
 A. improve B. improved C. have improved D. are improving 
16. These vegetables are poisonous; they are ________. 
 A. eatable B. edible C. inedible D. eaten 
17. ________ that river is awfully polluted, its water is not fit to drink. 
 A. Because of B. Because C. In spite of D. Although 
18. If we don’t find ________ sources of power, we will use up all the fossil fuels in the near future. 
 A. effective B. efficient C. natural D. alternative 
19. Paul was ________ disappointed with his examination results that he was sad all week. 
 A. too B. enough C. so D. such 
20. Of the three shirts, this one is the ________. 
 A. prettier B. most prettiest C. prettiest D. most pretty 
21. - Hoa: “You’re a great dancer, Lan” - Lan: “Thanks, Hoa. ________.” 
 A. That’s very nice of you to say so. B. I’m an awful dancer. 
 C. Let’s have a celebration. D. Well done. 
22. Many people were injured when the building ________. 
 A. collapsed B. destroyed C. struck D. erupted 
23. A lot of trees ________ in the garden at the moment. 
 A. is grown B. is being grown C. are grown D. are being grown 
24. The city ________ we came to visit was very beautiful. 
 A. where B. which C. what D. whose 
25. If the weather ________ worse, we won’t go to the beach. 
 A. will get B. got C. gets D. would get 
Choose the underlined part (A, B, C, or D) that needs correction in each of the following questions. 
26. I must have my shoes clean before the interview. 
 A B C D 
27. Although his broken legs in the crash, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded. 
 A B C D 
28. These days few vegetables are eaten than in the past. 
 A B C D 
29. The professor who course I am taking is excellent. 
 A B C D 
30. He reminded me to come on time for the interview tomorrow. 
 A B C D 
31. The journey took a long time because the train travelled so slow. 
 A B C D 
32. The aim of these courses are to improve students’ language skills. 
 A B C D 
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 
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33. I am not used to drive on the left in England. 
 A B C D 
34. The rain yesterday was such a heavy that I couldn’t go to the beach. 
 A B C D 
35. He is not a professional musician, so he can play the guitar quite well. 
 A B C D 
Use the word given in capital letters in brackets to form a word that best fits in the blank to 
complete each of the following questions. 
36. He has won the scholarship, which makes his parents very ________ of him. (PRIDE) 
37. I ________ this morning, and was late for school. (SLEEP) 
38. Women nowadays have more ________ to participate in social activities. (FREE) 
39. We left the town ________ before the lava hit it. (SAFETY) 
40. We should make the most efforts to stop ________. (FOREST) 
C. READING COMPREHENSION (3 marks) 
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the questions. 
 Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a light in 
the sky. And others thought it was a big ball of cheese. 
 Then telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They 
wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there. 
 On July 20, 1969 that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names 
were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. 
 The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the 
men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the 
moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off. 
 The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for 
study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to 
know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft. 
 Next day the landing craft roared as the two men took off from the moon. They joined Michael 
Collins in the spaceship that waited for them above the moon. Then they were off on their long back 
to earth. 
 Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had 
set up. And they left footprints that may last forever. 
 (Adapted from Vinh Ba,“Huong dan on tap va lam bai thi tieng Anh”) 
1. The story tells ________. 
 A. about the first men to walk on the moon. 
 B. how men found footprints on the moon. 
 C. what the men brought back from their trip to the moon. 
 D. who had left footprints on the moon before the two men landed there. 
26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 
36. 
37. 38. 39. 40. 
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2. A telescope ________. 
 A. makes balls of light seem brighter. B. turns the moon into another world. 
 C. makes many of men’s dream come true. D. makes faraway things seem closer. 
3. The men brought rocks and dirt from the moon because ________. 
 A. they wanted something to show they were there. 
 B. people wanted to use them to learn about the moon. 
 C. they wanted to keep them as souvenirs. 
 D. they might sell them to scientists. 
4. The American’s machines will most likely stay on the moon until ________. 
 A. someone takes them away. B. a storm covers them with dust. 
 C. rain and wind destroy them. D. they become rusty and break to pieces. 
5. The next people who go to the moon most likely could ________. 
 A. find that the machines have disappeared. 
 B. leave the first set of footprints on the moon. 
 C. find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked. 
 D. find that dust has wiped off the two men’s footprints. 
Read the following passage and choose the correct word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits 
each of the numbered blanks. 
THE HISTORY OF FARMING 
 Before people started farming, they went to the forest to (6) ______ plants or fruit they could eat. 
This meant that people were moving all the time to find food. But about 12,000 years ago, in the 
Middle East, people (7) ______ to grow food. These people were the first farmers. Farming made it 
possible for people (8) ______ in one place and slowly their villages got bigger. 
 Some people in the villages became free to do other work, like making clothes, because the 
farmers could grow food for everyone. Unfortunately, farming was difficult when the weather was 
bad and then some people did not get (8) ______ food to eat. 
 Today, farmers can grow more food and it travels thousands of kilometres from (10) ______ it is 
grown to our homes. 
(Adapted from Cambridge Key English Test, book 4) 
6. A. look at B. look on C. look for D. look up 
7. A. began B. begin C. begun D. begins 
8. A. to stay B. stay C. staying D. to be stayed 
9. A. enough B. all C. many D. too 
10. A. where B. that C. when D. this 
Read the following passage and fill in each numbered blank with an appropriate word in the box. 
A. population B. comes C. without D. quality E. problems 
Water is necessary for life. People can live only a few days (11)________ it. Yet nearly 25 
million people die each year because of it. Both industrial nations and developing countries are 
worried about (12)________ and quantity of water in the world. 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 
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 Even though people, animals, agriculture, and industry use a lot of water, there is more than 
enough on the Earth. Water covers about three-quarters of the Earth’s surface. However, 97.4 percent 
of it is salt water. Three-fourths of the Earth’s fresh water is frozen in glaciers and in the great polar 
ice caps. Most of the water we use (13)________ from rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere. Less than 
one percent of the Earth’s water is usable, and we use it over and over again. 
 One of the (14)________ about water is distribution. Water is not always distributed where the 
large (15)________ centers are. Some regions get enough rain. But it is all in one or two short rainy 
seasons. 
D. WRITING (3 marks) 
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence 
printed before it. 
1. It took us 3 hours to open the door because we had lost the key. 
 We spent ................................................................................................................................................................... 
2. Although the weather was bad, we had a wonderful holiday. 
 Despite .................................................................................................................................................................................. 
3. During their dinner, he told his wife about his failure in his work. 
 While .......................................................................................................................................................................... 
4. Lan found it difficult to accept the situation. 
 Lan had .................................................................................................................................................................................. 
5. It is interesting to go swimming in the river in the summer. 
 Going ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 
6. My friend cannot run as fast as me. 
 I can .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 
7. The exercise was so difficult that we couldn’t do it. 
 The exercise was not ........................................................................................................................................................ 
8. I am sorry I don’t have time to come and help you with your homework. 
 I wish ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 
9. No one can find the answer to the question. 
 The answer ............................................................................................................................................................................ 
10. The farmers had applied new technology in their fields and the output of rice was raised. 
 Thanks to .............................................................................................................................................................................. 
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Look at the following sets of words and phrases. Make all the changes and additions necessary to 
produce complete sentences. 
11. John / one / people / who / read this novel / the end.// 
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11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 
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12. Thank you / very much / remind/ me / meeting / this afternoon.// 
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13. She / used / stay / her uncle / when / she / child.// 
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14. Life / earth / year 2100 / be / very different / what / it / today.// 
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15. The thief / said / broken / house / the front door / last night.// 
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________THE END________