SỞ GIÁO DỤC - ĐÀO TẠO
HẢI DƯƠNG
KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN
NGUYỄN TRÃI - NĂM HỌC 2009 - 2010
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Ngày thi: 8 tháng 7 năm 2009
(Đề thi gồm: 04 trang)
(Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào giấy thi. Phần trắc nghiệm chỉ ghi số câu hỏi và phương án
chọn A, B, C hoặc D. Phần tự luận làm đầy đủ theo yêu cầu của đề bài)
Question I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence (10 pts)
1. He took his seat quietly_____ their conversation.
A. in order that not to disturb B. so as to disturb
C. so as not to disturb D. in order not disturb
2. The ________noise startled the woman.
A. frightened B. frighten C. frightening D. fright
3. His shoes are very dirty. They need________ .
A. cleaning B. cleaner C. to clean D. clean
4. His pronunciation causes me a lot of________ .
A. difficulties B. difficult C. difficulty D. difficultly
5. _____ time you put your toys away.
A. It’s the B. There’s C. It’s D. There is a
6. I caught ________of a lion lying under the tree, and my heart jumped.
A. view B. scene C. look D. sight
7. The students are used to ________in the school library.
A. work B. working C. worked D. being worked
8. I’d rather ________until Jill comes back. Let’s go home.
A. not to wait B. not wait C. have not waited D. I didn’t wait
9. We tried a lot of hotels, but ________of them had any free rooms.
A. neither B. none C. no D. not
10. You want to address an envelope to a whole family. You write:_____ .

4. A. medicine B. decide C. distance D. patient
5. A. design B. exist C. install D. ethnic
Question IV: Provide the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts)
1. The _____ are scheduled to take off at 15:00 and 15:30. (FLY)
2. It was the most _______ visit to Hue Citadels. (EDUCATE)
3. There were 50 ______in the talent contest. (COMPETE)
4. Sorry about the mistake, I ____ the instructions you gave me. (UNDERSTAND)
5. His ________has not improved much. (BEHAVE)
6. She has an ________command of the language. (IMPRESS)
7. It was extremely ________of you to leave your library books on the bus. (CARE)
8. She always listens ________to what she is told. (ATTENTION)
9. This knife is _________ . It can’t cut anything. (USE)

10. There is no easy ________to the problem. (SOLVE)

Question V. Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best
fits each space (10 points).
POLAR ADVENTURER
In March 1999, Amyr Klink, a Brazilian yachtsman and polar adventurer, became
the first man to circle Antarctica while staying south of 50 degrees latitude. He took the
most dangerous sea route in the world. Klink was already _(1)____ known because in
1984 he had rowed across the Atlantic in a small boat. The book which he wrote, based
on his _(2)____ on that trip, had by then _(3)_____ millions of copies.
For his polar adventure, Klink built his _(4)____ boat. He _(5)____ off in 1998
from South Georgia and he arrived back there 88 days later-although he _(6)____ eleven
of those days on dry land in Antarctica. He did not stop there out of necessity, but
because he wanted to see the Antarctic Peninsula.
Klink knew that his _(7)____ would be dangerous. On the way he had to be
careful to (8)_____ huge floating blocks of ice. These icebergs, as they are called, were
everywhere. As Klink knew that any rescue mission would have been impossible in the

schools, secondary schools and universities.
State schools are free, and attendance is compulsory. Morning school begins at
nine o’clock and lasts until half past four. School is open five days a week. On Saturdays
and Sundays there are no lessons. There are holidays at Christmas, Easter and in
summer. In London as in all cities there are two grades of state schools for those who
will go to work at fifteen primary schools for boys and girls between the ages of five and
eleven, and secondary schools for children from eleven to fifteen years.
The lessons are reading, writing, the English language, English literature, English
history, geography, science, nature study, drawing, painting, singing, woodwork and drill
(physical training).
1. Is it compulsory for all children in Great Britain to attend schools?
2. On which days are there lessons for children?
3. What subjects do children study at school?
4. When do children have their holidays?
5. How old are secondary school children in Great Britain?
Question VIII: Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the
same as the first. (10 pts):
1. Although his father took a taxi, he still arrived late for the meeting.
→Despite……………………………….… …
2. It is ages since she last visited her parents.
→She ……………………………… ……
3. Handicapped people find shopping in supermarkets difficult.
→It is…………………
4. It isn’t necessary to book tickets for the show in advance.
→You need …………… ……………
5. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.
→Had……………… ……………
6. The cake was so hard that I could not eat it.
→It was……………… ……………
7. We couldn’t drive because of the fog.