§Ò tuyÓn sinh líp 10 (2008 – 2009) – ( No 1)
I. Pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A.alien B.alike C.amount D.appear
2. A.jeans B.caps C.pants D.shirts
3. A.cheerfu
l
B.machine C.chance D.champion
4. A.bath B.bathe C.both D.breath
5. A.covered B.showed C.dressed D.sleeved
II. Circle the best option from A, B, C or D to fill in the blanks in the following sentences:
6. I suggest _________up the beach.
A. clean B. to clean C. cleaned D. cleaning
7. Thuy's grandmother turned the television _________ to see the weather forecast.
A. off B. on C. up D. down
8. There is too much traffic. _________, the air is polluted.
A. Since B. Therefore C. However D. But
9. There are_______________good programms on TV that I rarely watch it.
A. such few B. such little C. so few D. so little
10. It’s important that he_____________the book for me.
A. finds B. will find C. found D. find
11. Let’s go somewhere for a drink,___________?
A. shall we B. do we C. will you D. do you
12. He never stopped______________ until his last minute of life.
A. to work B. to be working C. working D. to have worked
13. I hurried____________I wouldn’t be late for class.
A. since B. so that C. as if D. unless
14. If people _________energy, there will be no shortage of electricity.
A. save B. will save C. saving D. would save
15.The children laughed _________when they are watching a comic.
A. happily B. happy C. happiness D. unhappy
16 ________ he worked hard, he couldn’t pass the exam.

questions wouldn’t come up again, and hadn’t prepared for them.
31. Students need todo well in exams…………………
A. in order to do well at school.
B. Because they need to do well at school .
C. So that to do well at school
D. Therefore they have to do well at school
32. The statement All the students hate exams is………………………….
A. extremely true B. completely true
C. quite true C. very true.
33. Which of the following sentences is Not true ?
A. All of the students the writter have known thought that the exam systerm was unfair.
B. To do well in an exam you simply had the ability to predict the questions which would be
asked.
C. None of the students the writter have known disliked doing exams.
D. All the students hate exams’ is fairy true generalization
34. Why did the two students in the writers class get C garades in the final exam?
A. Because the exam was really difficult.
B. Because they didn’t prepare for the questions that had come up the previous year.
C. Because they were dull students.
D. Because the questions weren’t in their lessons.
35. The writers main purpose of writing the passage is to………………………………
A. describe the importantance of exams.
B. discuss how exams effect on the students.
C. explain the equality in examinations.
D. criticize the exam system.
V: Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one:
36. They had bad marks because they were lazy.
They
were
37. “Don’t go to bed too late”. My mother said to me.

A. pollution air B. air pollution C. air polluting D. air
polluted
10- Would you like to have lunch with us ?
A. all right B. Yes, I would C. No, I wouldn’t like D. Yes, I’d love
to
11- Don’t make noise in class,_________?
A. do you B. do I C. will I D. will you
12-The man ______ son I often go to school with is a famous doctor
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
13- I finished _____ the book and went to bed
A. to read B. reading C. read D. reads
14- A large number of the passengers _______ the bus here when it stops.
A. get in B. get out C. get off D. get at
15- If only you ______ here with me now.
A. would be B. will be C. were D. are
III. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A,B,C,D) that needs correcting:
16- That old house will replace by a modern building.
A B C D
17- One of the most important skill of learning English is listening.
A B C D
18- The manager asked me if I speak any other languages.
A B C D
19- Those kids are preparing with a picnic eagerly at the moment.
A B C D
IV. read the passage and correct if these statements are True or False:
A combination of water, salt, air pollution, sun, sand, and wind is destroying the huge statue
just outside Cairo. This five hundred year – old statue, which has the body of a lion and the face of
a human being, is too badly damaged to be completely saved. First, there is not a good drainage
system around the statue and too much water has been running into the stone statue for several
years. As a result, tiny pieces of salt have been left on the stone and have damaged it. Second, air

33- waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater. (tide)
34- Five million of champage bottles will be next year. (production)
35- We think that Mother’s Day should be celebrated (nation)
VII. Rewite the sentences so that they mean almost the same as the ones printed before them:
36- Mrs White 's son isn’t old enough to drive a car.
 Mrss White 's son
37- The manager didn’t explain the project more carefully.
 The project
38- Although he was ill, he did well in the exam.
 In spite of
39- Tom doesn’t go to the library to do research any more.
 Tom
40- Jack said , “ I don’t have much time to enjoy myself”.
 Jack told Tom that
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