Gợi ý giải môn
Anh tuyể n sinh
lớp 10 năm học 2007-
2008 tại TP-HCM.
KỲ THI TUYỂN
SINH LỚP 10 THPT
NĂM HỌC 2007-2008
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh - khóa
ngày 20-6-2007
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
(1-3) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others (0.6 pt)
1. A. set
B. head
C. heat
D. dead
2. A. machine
B. inspiration
C. exchange
D. champagne
3. A. pleased
B. erased
C. increased
D. amused
(4-20) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each
sentence (3.8 pts)
4. The examination will be held ________ June, 2007.
Giám thị gọi thí sinh vào phòng thi tại Hội đồng thi Trường THCS
Độc Lập (quận Phú Nhuận) ngày 20-6-2007
A. in
B. on

C. to spending
D. spending
11. Passover ________ in Israel and by all Jewish people.
A. is hold
B. is celebrating
C. celebrates
D. is celebrated
12. “When will Mr. Ba retire? He began ________ for the company thirty years ago.”
A. to be worked
B. to working
C. will work
D. to work
13. If Ba were rich, he ________ around the world.
A. should travel
B. travelled
C. could travel
D. must travel
14. They are still playing on the field ___________ it is raining heavily.
A. though
B. because
C. but
D. despite
15. Study harder _________________.
A. if you will pass the exam
B. and you will pass the exam
C. unless you pass the exam
D. or you will pass the exam
16. The girl wishes she ____________ in Nha Trang for the festival next week.
A. will stay
B. could stay

22. Ho Chi Minh City will ___________ temperatures between 25oC and 30¬¬oC tomorrow.
A. experience
B. arrive
C. achieve
D. occur
(23-30) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the
following passage (1.6 pts)
Mr. Brown and some (23) __________________ conservationists are on a very dirty beach now.
Today they are ready to make the beach a clean and beautiful place again. After listening to Mr.
Brown’s instructions, they are divided (24) ____________ three groups. Group I needs to walk
along the shore. Group 2 should check the sand, (25) _________ group 3 has to check among the
rocks. Garbage must be put into plastic bags, and the bags will be (26) __________ by Mr.
Jones. He will take the bags to the garbage (27) _________. Each member will be given a map to
find the right place. They won’t eat the picnic lunch (28) __________ by Mrs. Smith until the
whole area is clean. (29) _________ are eager to work hard so as to refresh this (30) ________
area.
23. A. voluntary
B. volunteers
C. volunteering
D. volunteer
24. A. in
B. to
C. into
D. onto
25. A. or
B. and
C. because
D. though
26. A. selected
B. chosen

37. We are trying to have a(n) ______________ world. (POLLUTE)
38. I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of _______________ to better my
knowledge. (COURAGE)
(39-42) Read the dialogue and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or
False (0.8 pt)
Mrs. Lan: What’s the matter, Mrs. Linh?
Mrs. Linh: I’ve just received my latest electricity bill. It’s so enormous.
Mrs. Lan: Let me see. It’s 350,000 VND. What an enormous bill it is!
Mrs. Linh: I paid 200,000 VND last month. I don’t know why it’s higher this month.
Mrs. Lan: Which counter is installed in your house?
Mrs. Linh: The usual mechanical counter was replaced with an electronic counter at the
beginning of this month. It is said to run more exactly and be more convenient for the power
officials to record monthly electricity numbers.
Mrs. Lan: I don’t know what happens. The usual mechanical counter is still used in my house.
Why don’t you complain to the Power Department of Ho Chi Minh City about it?
Mrs. Linh: Thanks for your advice. I am writing a complaint letter right now.
39. The bill Mr. Linh received last month was lower than the latest one.
40. Mrs. Linh has spent 550,000VND on electricity in the last two months.
41. Mrs. Lan insisted that the electrical counter is wrong.
42. Electricity numbers are recorded every month.
(43-46) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed
before them (1.6 pts)
43. Ba said, Why don’t we stop eating chicken to avoid being infected with bird flu?”
Ba suggested that chicken shouldn’t
44. The last time she went out with him was 9 months ago.
It is
45. There was too much snow for us to go out.
There was such
46. Miss Huong Tram is the best student in this class.
Nobody