Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An
Kì thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10
Trờng THPT chuyên Phan Bội Châu
Năm học 2009 - 2010
Đề thi chính thức
(Đề thi này có 4 trang)
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
SECTION I: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronouned differently from that of the others.
1. A. teacher B. clear C. reason D. mean
2. A. technique B. chemical C. attach D. chemistry
3. A. spaces B. houses C. couples D. cabbages
4. A. cost B. host C. most D. post
5. A. sort B. sure C. sing D. sit
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. environment B. electricity C. consumer D. pollution
2. A. experience B. advance C. linguistics D. intermediate
3. A. important B. generate C. villager D. interested
4. A. destroy B. receive C. problem D. mistake
5. A. mysterious B. temperature C. encourage D. experience
SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps.
1. The famous of The Red Cross is the white flag bearing a red cross.
A. sign B. signal C. symptom D. symbol
2. I am very to you for giving me the advice on how to study effectively.
A. thanking B. helpful C. grateful D. kind
3. They looked very unhappy because they lost the match one goal.
A. by B. for C. with D. from
4. This is one of the exceptions the rule.
A. of B. to C. on D. about

drinking water is a base human right. But acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage has made many sources of
water undrink. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is
one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich various of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species
do not exist anywhere else in the world. But they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of industrial effluent
which pour into the lake everyday. Even where law existed, the government did not have the power to enforce
them. Most of industries simply ignore the regulations. Mediterranean Sea occupies 1% the world’s water surface.
But it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes
a few miles off-shore.
SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Choose one of the half-sentence endings from the list (A-K) to complete each blank in the passage. Number
zero (0) has been done for you.
A new generation of “intelligent” buildings can be seen (0) K Today, many of the buildings that people
work in (1) These decisions enable the buildings to (2)
If a fire should start in one, for example, the building’s alarm system sends a message to a computer, which
immediately instructs (3) The computer can also (4) Then it operates doors to contain the fire,
(5) The building can also take care (6) In the case of a faulty air-conditioner, for example,
(7)
But an intelligent building does more (8) Twenty-four hours a day, it checks (9) It adjusts
the condition of each to suit those working inside during the day, (10)
A. than just react to emergencies
B. the building will telephone the service engineers and tell them what has gone wrong
C. and turns off some of the systems at night
D. lighting, heating and ventilation
E. can make their own decisions
F. the telephone system to call the fire department
G. of breakdowns
H. tell the employees what to do
I. while at the same time allowing people to escape
J. look after themselves and the people inside them
K. in cities all around the world

C. food, energy sources and minerals
B. minerals and oil
D. ocean currents and waves
2. The sea serves the needs of man as
A. it provides man with food
C. it provides man with modern technology
B. it offers oil and other valuable sources
D. both A & B
3. We can conclude from the passage that
A. the sea resources have largely been used up
B. the sea, in a broad sense, hasn’t yet been developed
C. the problems that prevent us from fully exploiting the sea have already been solved
D. by the year 2050s, the technology will be good enough to exploit all the sea resources
4. The word Oriental people in the fourth paragraph means
A. people in Asia B. people in Africa C. European people D. American people
5. The best title for this passage is
A. Sea food
C. Sea Harvest
B. Technology for Exploiting the Sea
D. Man and the Sea
SECTION IV: WRITING
I. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings.
1. His disabilities did not prevent him from sailing around the world.
Despite
2. I am amazed by the mistakes he makes.
What
3. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
As long as
4. The police didn’t at all suspect that the judge was the murder.
Little

Sở GD&ĐT Nghệ An
Đáp án đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10
Trờng THPT chuyên Phan Bội Châu
Bản chính thức
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
SECTION I: PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronouned differently from that of the others. (5ms)
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others. (5ms)
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B
SECTION II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. (10ms)
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A
6. B 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. D
II. Fill in each gap with the correct form of the given words. (10ms)
1. informative 2. employees 3. economic 4. researchers 5. decorations
6. electricians 7.behavior/ behaviour 8. increasingly 9. boarding 10. demanding
III. There are TEN mistakes in the passage. Find them out and correct them. (10ms)
Mistakes Corrections Mistakes Corrections
1. environment 1. environmental 6. various of 6. variety of
2. the short 2. the shortage 7. do not exist 7. that do not exist
3. base 3. basic 8. Most of 8. Most
4. has made 4. have made 9. 1% 9. 1% of
5. undrink 5. undrinkable 10. Mediterranean Sea 10. The Mediterranean Sea
SECTION III: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Choose one of the half-sentence endings from the list (A-K) to complete each blank in the passage. (10ms)
1. E 2. J 3. F 4. H 5. I
6. G 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C
II. Fill each blank in the following passage with one suitable word. (10ms)
1. almost/ nearly 2. lives 3. provide/ supply 4. banks 5. water

+ Flexibility.
Total Marks: 100ms : 10 = 10ms
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