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.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. to
5. ___________ the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish families often enjoy the Seder.
A. In
B. On
C. Over
D. At
6. Wearing uniforms help poor students feel equal _________ others.
A. up

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
C. is staying
D. can stay
17. On the way to school, Long often stops _________ a newspaper.
A. to buy
B. buy
C. buying
D. bought
18. The cooker ________ is displayed at Nguyen Kim Supermarket looks modern.
A. why

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
C. collected
D. elected
27. A. dump
B. yard
C. area
D. place
28. A. happened
B. provided
C. achieved
D. shown
29. A. Them all

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
ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ NGHỊ
1. C 22. A
2. C 23. D
3. C 24. C
4. A 25. B
5. B 26. C
6. D 27. A
7. B 28. B
8. C 29. B
9. B 30. C
10. C 31. C