Tài liệu hướng dẫn ôn thi vào lớp 10 môn Tiếng Anh

PRACTICE TEST 1
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress pattern is different from the others’.
1. A. recognise	B. appearance	C. disclaimer	D. successful
2. A. appreciate	B. associate	C. authority	D. necessary
3. A. recorder	B. nominate	C. addition	D. important
4. A. oversea	B. volunteer	C. discover	D. engineer
5. A. invasion	B. foundation	C. government	D. investment 
II. Choose the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
6. At school Jane had a good academic record, and also at sports.
A. excelled	B. surpassed 	C. achieved 	D. fulfilled
7. The criminal was sentenced to death because of of his crime.
A. the severity 	B. the complexity	C. a punishment	D. the importance
8. The state laws limit the speed motorists are permitted to drive.
A. which	 	B. at which	C. that	D. where
9. Stricter anti-pollution laws can higher prices for consumers.
A. make	 	B. result from	C. be due to	D. lead to
10. Three quarters of the day in idleness.
A. was spent	 	B. were spent	 C. was going	D. were taking
11. Only when you become a parent what true responsibility is.
A. you will understand	B. will you understand	
C. you understand	D. don’t you understand
12. When the police investigate a crime, they evidence such as fingerprints, hair, or clothing.
A. look after	 	B. look for C. look up for 	D. look into
13. Prices are rising quickly everywhere. The seems to go up every day.
A. standard of living 	B. quality of life	C. annual income	D. cost of living
14. A person of age may suffer from defects of vision.
A. every	 	B. certain 	C. some	D. any
15. Put all the toys away someone slips and falls on them.
A. provided that 	B. unless 	C. in case 	D. so long as
16 on the bus the other day, I bumped into Alice.
A. Travelling 	B. Having travelled	C. I was travelling	D. When I fravelled
17. “Do you your new roommate, or do you two argue?
A. get used to 	B. on good terms with	C. keep in touch with	D. get along with
18. Children must be taught to between right and wrong.
A. distinguishable B. distinguishing	C. distinguished	D. distinguish
19. Tom had a lucky escape. He killed.
A. could have been 	B.must have been	C. should have been	D. had been
20. I’d rather you too much time surfing the Internet.
A. not spend	B. not to spend 	C. didn’t spend 	D. don’t spend
21 .Don’t to conclusions; we don’t yet know all the relevant facts.
A. run	 	B. jump	C. rush	D. hurry
22. Tom things round the house, which is annoying.
A. is always leaving 	B. has always left	C. is leaving	D. always leaves
23. Only three of the students in my class are girls; are all boys.
A. others 	B. other students	C. the others	D. the other
24. your motorbike broke down in the desert, would you be able to mend it yourself?
A. Provided that 	B. Supposing 	C. In case 	D. Given
25. If Lucy’s car down, she would be here by now.
A. didn’t break 	B. hadn’t broken	C. wouldn’t have broken	D. doesn’t break
26. Neither Jim nor his brothers to school. Their father teaches them at home.
A. have never been	B. has ever been 	C. have ever been	D. ever go
27. It’s too late now that the holiday’s over, but I wish we somewhere else.
A. went	 	B. have gone	C. were going	D. had gone
28. “It’s so noisy here. Let’s go somewhere else, ?”
A. will we	 	B. shall we	C. aren’t we	D. do we
29. Is English the most popular language in the world?
A. be spoken	 	B. to speak	C. to be spoken	D. speaking
30. “Will you on my dog while I go to the canteen?”
A. give	 	B. keep an eye	C. watch	D. take care
III. Choose the underlined word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs to be corrected.
31. After he had researched his paper and wrote it, he found some additional data that he should have included. A B	 C	 D 
32. Because of the light, the city looked differently from the way that I had remembered it.
 A	 B	 C D 
33. While the wife tasted all of the main courses, her husband started to prepare the desserts.
 A	 B C	 D
34. Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
 A B	 C	 D
35. Have a headache, an upset stomach, and a bad case of sunburn did not put me in a good mood for the evening. A	 B	 C	 D 
36. Most young people prefer the city, as there wasn’t many to do in the country.
 A	 B	 C D
37. In order to do a profit the new leisure centre needs at least 2.000 visitors a month.
 A B	 C	 D
38. ‘Would you rather came in the morning or the afternoon?’
 A B C	 D
39. Everyone ought to know the basic steps that follow in case of an emergency.
 A	 B C D
40. It announced today that an enquiry would be held into the collapse of a high-rise apartment block in 
 A	 B	 C	 D
Kuala Lumpur last week.
41. Some of the earth’s most valuable resources are found in only few places.
 A	 B	 C D
42. Not until I was on my way to die airport that I realised I had left my passport at home.
 A	 B	 C	 D
43. There are less infectious diseases these days thanks to medical advances.
 A B	 C	 D
44. A number of tourists is going to return the evaluation form distributed by the fravel agent.
 A	 B	 C D
45. The film was a bit boring but at the end, the main characters had a happy ending.
 A	B	 C 	D 
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an emnty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to' my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys.
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is, by hiding. They may hide in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they leave their children alone.
46. The phrase "an empty house” in the passage mostly means...................
A. a house with nothing inside
B. a house with no people inside
C. a house with too much space
D. a house with no furniture
47. One thing that the children in the passage share is that....................
A. they all watch TV
B. they all wear jewelry
C. they spend part of each day alone
D. they are from single-parent families
48. The phrase “latchkey children" in the passage means children who....................
A. look after themselves while their parents are not at home
B. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys
D. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere
49. What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears? 
A. Talking to the Longs	B. Hiding somewhere	C. Lying under a TV	D. Having a shower
50. It's difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because....................
A. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons
C. there are too many of them in the whole country
D. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone 
V. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each numbered space.
SCHOOL LUNCH
 Research has shown that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school do not eat (51) ....................in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (52) ....................meals at lunchtime. Children can (53) ....................to bring their own food or have lunch at the school canteen.
 One shocking (54) ....................of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared by parents. There are strict (55) ....................for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one (56) ....................of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a daừy item and starchy food like bread or pasta. Lunchboxes (57) ....................by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. Children (58) ....................twice as much as they should at lunchtime.
 The researcher will provide a better (59) .................... of why the percentage of overweight students in Britain has (60) .................... in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (61) ....................parents, but it can remind them of the (62) ....................value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small changes in their children’s diet can (63) ....................their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (64) ....................at this age, and parents are the only ones who can (65) ....................it.
51. A. appropriately 	B. properly 	C. probably 	D. possibly
52. A. give 	B. provide 	C. make 	D. do
53. A. prefer	B. manage 	C. want 	D.choose
54. A. finding	B. number 	C. figure 	D. factor
55. A. standards	B. procedures 	C. conditions 	D. ways
56. A. piece	B. portion 	C. bowl 	D. kilo
57. A. examined	B. found 	C. taken 	D. investigated
58. A. take	B. contain 	C. consume 	D. consist
59. A. understanding 	B. knowledge 	C. view 	D. opinion
60. A. increased	B. expanded 	C. extended 	D. added
61. A. criticise	B. instruct 	C. order 	D. tell
62. A. nutritional	B. healthy 	C. positive 	D. good
63. A. damage	B. predict 	C. destroy 	D. affect
64. A. behaviours	B. styles 	C. attitudes 	D. habits
65. A. prevent	B. define 	C. decide 	D. delay
V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
One of the most popular foods around the world today is pizza. Pizza restaurants are popular everywhere from Beijing to Moscow to Rio, and even in the United States, the home of the hamburger, there are more pizza restaurants than hamburger places. This worldwide love for pizza is a fairly recent phenomenon. Before the 1950s, pizza was a purely Italian food, with a long history in southern Italy. The origins of pizza are somewhat uncertain, though they may go back to the Greeks (pita bread) or even earlier. Under the Roman Empire, Italians often ate flat cừcles of bread, which they may have flavored with olive oil, cheese, and herbs. By about the year 1000 A.D. in the area around Naples, this bread had a name: picea. This early kind of pizza lacked one of the main ingredients we associate with pizza: the tomato. In fact, tomatoes did not exist in Europe until the sixteenth century, when Spanish explorers bought them back from South America. The Spanish showed little interest in tomatoes, but southern Italians soon began to cultivate them and use them in cooking. At some point in the 1600s, Neapolitan tomatoes were added to pizza, as it was known by then.
66. The information that pizza restaurants can be found everywhere from Beijing to Moscow, to Rio and in the United States is given in the passage to.....................
A. illustrate the popularity of pizza
B. show the limited market of pizza
C. emphasize the dominance of pizza over hamburgers
D. indicate that the hamburger market has been reduced
67. The author says that the love for pizza.................... 	
A. just stalled a few decades ago
B. has a long history
C. is quite new
D. started first in Rome
68. The origin of pizza is.....................
A. confirmed
B. thought to begin in the 1950s
C. well-known
D. uncertain
69. The early version of pizza in Naples....................
A. did not have a name
B. had a Greek name
C. did not have tomato
D. lacked many main ingredients
70. The Spanish at first	.....................
A. added tomatoes to pizza in the 1600s
B. knew tomatoes from Europe
C. grew tomatoes in farms
D. were not much keen on tomatoes
VII. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the sentence given.
71. He survived the operation thanks to the skilful surgeon.
A. He survived because he was a skilful surgeon.
B. There was no skilful surgeon, so he died.
C. He wouldn’t have survived the operation without the skilful surgeon. 
D. Though the surgeon was skilful, he couldn’t survive the operation.
72. “You should have finished the report by now, ” John told his secretary.
A. John reproached his secretary for not having finished the report.
B. John said that his secretary had not finished the report.
C. John reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time. 
D. John scolded his secretary for not having finished the report.
73. The film didn’t come up to my expectations.
A. I expected the film to end more abruptly.
B. I expected the film to be more boring.
C. The film was as good as I expected.
D. The film fell short of my expectations.
74. Unless someone has a key, we cannot get into the house.
A. We could not get into the house if someone had a key.
B. If someone does not have a key, we can only get into the house, 
C. We can only get into the house if someone has a key.
D. If someone did not have a key, we could not get into the house.
75. There ’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind.
A. Jane will change her mind though she doesn’t want to.
B. It’s useless to persuade Jane to change her mind.
C. It’s possible for US to persuade Jane to change her mind. 
D. No one wants Jane to change her mind because it’s pointless.
76. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
A. I know as much about it as she does.
B. I do not know as much about it as she does.
C. She does not know so much about it as I do.
D. I know much more about it than she does.
77. He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
A. He had tested his eyes ten months before.
B. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
C. He hasn’t had his eyes tested for ten months. 
D. He didn’t have any test on his eyes in ten months.
78. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.
B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back, 
C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss ringing back.
D. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
79. David drove so fast; it was very dangerous.
A. David drove so fast, which was very dangerous.
B. David drove so fast, then was very dangerous.
C. David drove so fast that was very dangerous.
D. David drove so fast and was very dangerous.
80. We ’ve run out of tea.
A. We didn’t have any tea.
B. We have to run out to buy some tea.
C. There’s not much more tea left.
D. There’s no tea left.
PRACTICE 2
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others’.
l. A. reasonable	B. responsible	C. thousand	D. because
2. A. typical	B. systematic	C. psychology	D. mystery
3. A. abundant	B. overhand	C. attendance	D. voluntary
4. A.energy	B. strongest	C. garbage	D. guidance
5. A. discovery	B. government	C. brotherly	D. location
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress pattern is different from the others’.
6. A. colour	B. salvage	C. saloon	D. peasant
7. A. indistinct	B. indulgence	C. volunteer	D. inductee
8. A. elephant	B. donation	C. disorder	D. civilian
9. A. clerical	B. actually	C. belongings	D. Italy
10. A. isolation	B. escalate	C. parliament	D. runaway
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
One day in 1848 a carpenter called Marshall, who worked in a saw mill on the American River in California, made a remarkable discovery. He noticed some bright yellow particles in the water, bent down to pick them up and took them to his partner, Mr. Sutter. This was the beginning of the Californian Gold Rush. Sutter was a Swiss who had come to America some years earlier to make his fortune. The Governor of California had given him permission to found a settlement in the Sacramento Valley and his determination and energy had made him rich. He had built the mill in partnership with Marshall in order to make use of the abundant natural fresources of his land.
Sutter realized the importance of the discovery and decided to file a claim so that his right to the gold would be established. So he sent a man named Bennet to San Francisco to see the Governor. He warned Bennet not to tell anyone in case people came to the valley before his claim was recognised. Bennet could not keep secret but the people of San Francisco did not believe him at first. Then the editor of a weekly newspaper there, Sam Brannan, went to Sutter’s mill to make a report. When he came back he ran through the streets of the town shouting ‘Gold! Gold!’Within a month almost the entire population, then only 800 people, had gone to look for the precious metal. Soldiers deserted the army, sailors left their ships and men gave up their jobs so as not to miss the chance of becoming rich.
The news spread across America to Europe and thousands of people joined in the search. Those who went by ship had to sail round Cape Horn to reach California but some chose the overland route across America and wagon trains were formed for travellers to make the journey. Even then there were some who were prepared to cross the terrible desert of Death Valley in order to reach the gold a few days before the rest
The Gold Rush proved a disaster for Sutter himself. For years he tried to evict the prospectors from his property so that his family might enjoy the wealth of his land, but his busmess was ruined. The prospectors did a great deal of damage, and killed one of his sons, and at the end of his life he was a poor man who continually stopped people in the street to tell them that Gold is the Devil.
11. The story took place.........................
A. in the 19th century	B. After World War I 	
C. during World War I	D. in the 18th century
12. Who was Marshall?
A. A Swiss 	B. A carpenter
C. The Governor of California	D. A newspaper reporter
13. How did Marshall learn about the gold?
A. He found it in the water by accident.
B. His partner told him about it.
C. He found it when he was in Sacramento Valley to try his luck.
D. He got the information from a newspaper.
14. During the period of the Californian Gold Rush........................	.
A. Sutter went to California to make his fortune
B. Marshall built up a mill on the American River
C. Bennet was sent to San Francisco to see the Governor
D. Sam Brannan sent a reporter to Sacramento
15. Sutter became rich........................	
A. when he found gold	B. before he found gold
C. before he came to California 	D. in San Francisco
16. When Bennet told people there was gold in the Sacramento Valley, ........................
A. people rushed there immediately to look for gold
B. they did not believe him
C. Marshall was angry and fired him
D. he was punished for not keeping the secret
17. What was the population of San Francisco when the Gold Rush started?
A. 180 families 	B. 200 families 	C. 800 people 	D. 1,800 people
18. How did people make the journey to California at that time?
A. They sailed round Cape Hom and then crossed the desert of Death Valley.
B. They crossed America by ưain.
C. They travelled across America on wagon trains.
D. All of the above.
19. Sutter didn’t enjoy the wealth of his land because.........................
A. he failed to get helping hands
B. he was denied the right to the gold
C. all his sbns were killed
D. his business was ruined
20. What do you think the story told us?
A. How to make a fortune with this precious metal
B. How gold was discovered in California
C. Gold does not always lead to happiness 
D. Why some people do not like gold
IV. Read tile following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each numbered space.
	Without transportation, our modem society could not (21) ........................We would have no metal, no coal and no oil, nor would we have any (22) ........................made from these materials. (23) ........................, we would have to spend most of our time (24) ........................food and food would be (25) ........................to the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhoods.
 Transportation also (26) ........................our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a doctor to the (27) ........................of a sick person, even if the patient lives on an isolated farm. It can take police to the (28) ........................of a crime within moments of being notified. Transportation (29) ........................ teams of
athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of (30) ........................ transportation can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by floods, famines and earthquakes.
21. A. exist 	B. happen 	C. take place 	D. establish
22. A. production 	B. products 	C. productivity	D. producers
23. A. Even 	B. However 	C. Although 	D. Besides
24. A. buying 	B. taking 	C. raising 	D. paying
25. A. limited 	B. related 	C. focused 	D. connected
26. A. makes 	B. affects 	C. influences 	D. effects
27. A. part 	B. way 	C. body 	D. side
28. A. scene 	B. location 	C. place 	D. site
29. A. brings 	B. gets 	C. enables 	D. fetches
30. A. problems 	B. wars 	C. accidents 	D. disasters
V. Choose the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
31. The price of petrol went up only a few days after the official denial that ...................an increase in the price of petrol.
A. there would be	B. there would have	C. there is	D. had
32. Tom...................missed the train so as to go fishing on his own.
A. intensively 	B. deliberately 	C. decisively 	D. objectively
33. Pride often makes us think and feel that we are....................
A. meticulous 	B. applicable	C. superior	D. inferior
34.	You should not reveal something that has been told you...................
A. in tears 	B. in a word	 	C. in case	D. in secret
35.	Paul sold everything he owned and went to live in Tahiti. Without warning, ...................
A. off the cuff	B. out of the blue	
C. like a flash in the pan	D. once in a blue moon
36. It’s your own fault. You..................them to go out on their own; they are still new here.
A. mustn’t have allowed	B. can’t allow
C. shouldn’t allow	D. shouldn’t have allowed
37. .................., the young woman was visibly very happy after the birth of her child.
A. Despite tired	B. Though tired	C. Tired although she was	D. She was tired
38. On a cold winter’s evening, there’s nothing nicer than to sit in front of a ..................fire.
A. roaring	B. sparkling 	C. burning 	D. glittering
39. The 15 banks were likely to..................about $530 million of the bad assets.
A. turn off	B. write off	C. take off	D. show off
40. ..................of the two restaurants provides facilities for the handicapped.
A. Both	B. None	C. Neither	D. Not either
VI. Use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in each of the spaces in the following passage.
A growing world population and the (41. DISCOVER) .................. of science may alter this pattern in the future. As men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer people die every year; and in (42. CONSEQUENTIALLY) ..................the population of the world is (43. STEADY) .................. increasing. In 1925 there were about 2.000 million people in the world. By the end of the century there may well be over 4.000 million.
 When numbers rise the extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought under (44. CULTIVATE) .................., or land already fanned made to yield larger crops. In some areas the (45. ACCESS) .................. land is largely so (46. INTENSE) ..................cultivated that it will be difficult to make it provide more food. In some areas the population is so dense that the land is parceled out in units too tiny to allow for much (47. IMPROVE) ..................in farming methods. Were a large part of this (48. FARM) .................. population drawn off into industrial (49. OCCUPY) .................., the land might be farmed much more (50. PRODUCE) .................. by modem methods.
VII. Insert in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage.
One of the worst journeys I have ever experienced occurred a few weeks ago. I had (51) .................. a cheap flight to Switzerland so the ticket could not be changed in any way. If I (52) ..................the
flight, I would not be entitled to (53) ..................the ticket for any alternative journey.
 (54) ..................I reached the railway station, I was told that unfortunately the ưains were running late; this meant I would miss the connecting train for the airport. A loudspeaker announcement helpfully advised us that an extra train would be provided, (55) ..................we need not worry. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The extra train did not (56) ................... I inquired about buses, but the last (57) ..................for the airport had left! There was only one solution; I decided to (58) ..................a taxi. Dragging my suitcases
behind me I hurried outside and found a taxi. ’It’s a long way. It'll (59) ..................you a lot.' the taxi driver warned me. I knew that, but the taxi (60) ..................would be cheaper having to buy another plane
ticket.
VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one, using the word provided. You must use between TWO and FIVE words, including the word given. Do not change the word given.
61. Michael laughed when I told him the joke.	I
The joke that ..........................................................................................................................made him laugh.
62. John could not find the right house.	FIND
John was..................................................................................................................................the right house.
63. I don’t really want to see her in hospital.	HER
I’d rather ........................................................................................................................................in hospital.
64. Susan regretted buying the second-hand car.	BOUGHT
Susan wished ......................................................................................................................the second-hand car.
65. The judges had never seen a prettier flower display.	FLOWER
It was ....................................................................................................................that the judges had ever seen
66. Although he took a taxi, Peter still arrived late for the meeting. 	TAXI
In spite..................................................................................................., Peter still arrived late for the meeting.
67. “ Why don’t you open a bank account?”	SHOULD
My friend .........................................................................................................................open a bank account
68. How old do you think is this house?	WAS
When do you ........................................................................................................................................built?
69. My friend didn’t leave the car keys, so I couldn’t pick him up at the bus station.	LEFT
If my friend ..........................................................................., I could have picked him up at the bus station.
70. She didn’t realize the man was her relative until she saw his photograph.	SAW 
It was only when she......................................................................................she realized he was her relative.
IX. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it, beginning with the word(s) given.
71. "Why don’t you put a better lock on the door, Barry?” said John. 
John..................................................................................................................................................................
72. It is essential that Professor Van Helsing is met at the airport.
Professor Van Helsing.....................................................................................................................................
73. My French friend finds driving on the left difficult.
My French friend isn’t.....................................................................................................................................
74. The shop repaired the refrigerator for my sister last week.
My sister..........................................................................................................................................................
75. He hasn’t ridden a horse before.
It’s...................................................................................................................................................................
76. I would prefer you not to talk loudly in here.
I’d rather.........................................................