SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG
ĐẮK LẮK NĂM HỌC 2009- 2010
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(đề thi có 02 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
Họ và tên thí sinh:……………………………………. Số báo danh:………………….
I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 1: Ho Chi Minh City is the bigger city in Viet Nam
A. bigger B. in C. the D. is
Question 2: I prefer the yellow dress than the white one.
A. the yellow B. than C. one D. the white
II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the flollowing
question
Question 3: it’s dificult ________ traffic jams during rush hours.
A. to avoid B. avoided C. avoiding D. avoid
Question 4: Vietnam, ________ is in the south- east Asia, exports rice.
A. whose B. where C. that D. which
Question 5: __________ air is one of the many problems we have solve.
A. plesant B. dust C. polluted D. pure
Question 6: the Internet has helped students study more ________ .
A. luckily B. hardly C. friendly D. effectively
Question 7: if you __________ to improve your English, I can help you.
A. wanted B. will want C. want D. could want
Question 8: I don’t have enough money, but if I had, I _______ buy that schoolbag.
A. can B. could C. will D. must
Question 9: I’ll be waiting for you till you _____________.
A. is going to come B. come C. will come D. coming
Question 10: Lunar New Year holiday is the most important ___________ .
A. celebration B. decoration C. preparation D. enjoyment
Question 11: There is a meeting __________ 8: 00 AM and 2:00 PM.
A. on B. at C. till D. between
Question 12: Finally, Lan has found the document that she was looking __________ .

Question 24: People grow rice in the tropical coutries.
A. Tropical countries are grown rice B. Rice is grown in tropical coutries.
C. Tropical coutries are grown rice by poeple D. Rice is grown by tropical coutries
Question 25: Nam can hardly help you now, _________?
A. doesn’t he B. does he C. can’t he D. can he
Queston 26: I suggest ____________ canned food before a typhoon.
A. to buy B. buying C. bought D. buy
Question 27: He look very ____________ when he came to see me yesterday.
A. cheer B. cheerfully C. cheerful D. cheered
Question 28: “ Let’s have some drinks now”-“_____________________”.
A . yes, we do B. yes, let’s drink C. that’s good idea D. Yes, we drink
III. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best
answer to each of th following questions.
Every four to ten years something happens to the weather system of the Earth. Everything changes, and
scientist don’t know why. The low- perssure area moves toward the east, the high- perssure erea is very weak, and
the winds blow toward the east. A great pile of warm surface water moves toward South America. People call this
“El Nino”. It usually happens at Chritmas time, and El Nino is the Spanish name for the baby Jesus.
Usually the effects of El Nino are very mild. However, the one that started in 1982 was different from the
other recent ones. It had a very powerful effect on the world’s climate. It caused huge changes in the ocean
currunes. It caused floods in some areas and droughts into others. There were terrible windstorms and huge ocean
waves. These waves swept houses onto the sea. El Nino did billions of the dollars worth of damage. Thousands of
people lost their lives and thousands of others left homeless.
Question 29: In the time of the El Nino, the warm surface water moves _________
A. Westward B. toward South America C. Southward D. Eastward
Question 30: The weather system over the Pacific Ocean changes _________
A. Every 4 to 10 years B. every 10 years C. every year D. every 4 years
Question 31: the reason why the weather system changes ________
A. are not mysterious to scientists today. C. are still unknown to scientists nowadays
B. are known in advance by all scientists D. are easy and simple to scientists today.
Question 32: the effect of El Nino are __________ .