TRUNG TÂM BỒI DƯỠNG VĂN HÓA
HANOI-AMSTERDAM
ĐỀ THI THỬ VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN THPT
Năm học: 2015 - 2016
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
(Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy này)
(Không được dùng bất cứ loại từ điển hay tài liệu nào)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
(5 pts.)
1. A. Cave B. Have C. Behave D. Pave ___
2. A. Receipt B. Recall C. Recollect D. Recover ___
3. A. Card B. Heard C. Hearth D. Heart ___
4. A. Abuse B. Refuse C. Fuss D. Future ___
5. A. Adventure B. Future C. Mature D. Figure ___
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in the list.
(5 pts.)
1. A. Admirable B. Accessible C. Compatible D. respiratory ____
2. A. Humane B. Unite C. Colleague D. canteen ____
3. A. Descent B. Dissent C. Discontent D. content ____
4. A. Eradicate B. Kilometer C. Characterize D. communism ____
5. A. Technical B. Origin C. Agriculture D. cathedral ____
PART B: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in
the box provided. (15 pts.)
1. A number of oil tankers have been laid ……………. recently.
A. on B. down C. up D. in
2. The inscription on the tombstone had been worn ………by the weather and could scarcely be read.
A. away B. off C. out D. on
3. ………………second thoughts, I’d rather not go out tonight.
A. With B. In C. On D. Under

provided. (5 pts.)
1. I’d like to take ______________ of this opportunity to explain the difficulty I’ve met.
2. She decided to set _____________ to these letters because they weren’t necessary.
3. Don’t have ____________ in what he says. He is a liar.
4. For generations our people got ___________ over many enemies and drove them away.
5. He left home without taking ______________ of anybody.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
III. Give the correct form of the word given in parentheses. Write your answer in the box provided. (10
pts.)
1. The attack in the city center last night (example) the kind of behavior amongst young people that many object
to.
2. This matter is very (confidence). Don’t discuss it outside the office.
3. You shouldn’t interrupt someone in (sentence).
4. I want to make sure all my (depend) will be financially secure if I’m incapacitated in any way.
5. There was a heavy (pour) yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the church Garden Party.
6. There is a risk factor with all medication, but honestly the risk with this particular drug is (neglect).
7. A (dominate) friend is one who likes power.
8. Suddenly without (provoke), the dog sank its teeth into my leg.
9. Street-fights are an everyday (occur) in this area of the city.
10. I really believe that it would be a major mistake to (crime) any drugs that are currently illegal.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
IV. Match the verb in box A with the word(s) in box B to form a phrasal verb, and then fill it in each
blank to complete the sentence. Be sure to use the correct verb tense and form. Write your answer in the
box provided. (5 pts.)
A put, apprise, go, crease, stem, fall, pull,
center, brood, carry
B from, over, away, off, on, of, up, back on,
through, in for
1. The problem ____________________________ the government’s lack of action.

in the box provided. (14 pts)
What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that …1… to mind is the legendary Sahara – but that’s 3
rd
.
It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic …2…, measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the
Arctic desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of …3… with sand, but only 10% of
deserts are actually made up of sand …4….
The term ‘desert’ in fact describes a …5… which receives almost no …6…, meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail.
The term can also apply to regions where there is greater evaporation of …7… than rainfall. In other words,
more water is absorbed back into the …8… than stays on or within the ground. So, in …9… deserts, you’re
mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is
comprised of loose rock where the finer particles of dust and sand have been …10… Away.
It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the …11…, from the Kalahari in Africa to the Great
Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they …12… just over a fifth of the earth’s land area. The world’s largest
hot desert, the Sahara, actually …13… temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees. Other arid deserts may not be so
hot but in common with the Sahara, they …14… considerably at night.
An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on the edges of deserts is the way
they are spreading. You might think that the reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause.
1. A. jumps B. leaps C. rises D. springs
2. A. country B. continent C. territory D. pole
3. A. terrain B. plain C. horizon D. nature
4. A. hills B. dunes C. piles D. slopes
5. A. base B. landscape C. ground D. soil
6. A. wildlife B. agriculture C. precipitation D. alteration
7. A. moisture B. drops C. dampness D. drizzle
8. A. setting B. atmosphere C. environment D. surroundings
9. A. extreme B. Mediterranean C. typical D. polar
10. A. left B. disappeared C. blown D. removed
11. A. globe B. sphere C. atlas D. orb
12. A. contain B. expand C. cover D. cross

B. developed their own compatibilisers
C. which has never been achieved despite substantail government investment in research
D. often used in wrappers and containers
E. they could be used in high-grade, high-cost applications such as car bumpers
F. it does not have sufficient rigidity
G. for example, car bumpers made from one material instead of up to seven
H. always been sceptical about recycling plastics
I. as manufacturers do not want to be seen to be using recycled plastics in their quality products
J. for example, steel suspension systems and car bodies
K. such as polythene that are not chemically cross-linked
L. the different plastics in the mixture are not bonded at a molecular level
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
PART D: WRITING
I. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its meaning stays the same.
(8 pts.)
1. I don’t understand one word of this document.(head)
I can’t _____________________________________________________________________.
2. Erika didn’t mention her illness at all. (reference)
Erika made _________________________________________________________________.
3. Did anything about his behavior seem unusual to you? (strike)
Did anything about his behavior _________________________________________________?
4. He was arrested when they caught him driving a stolen car. (act)
Being ______________________________________________________________________.
5. She was just as good as they had thought. (up)
She definitely ________________________________________________________________.
6. Tony didn’t feel like dancing that night. (mood)
Tony _______________________________________________________________________.
7. You’re going to enjoy tonight! (treat)
You’re _____________________________________________________________________!
8. Why do you think you are allowed to criticize me like that? (gives)

1. exemplified/exemplifies 2. confidential 3. mid-sentence
4. dependants 5. down-pour 6. negligible
7. domineering 8. provocation 9. occurrence
10. decriminalize
IV. (5 pts.)
1. Stems/ Stemmed from
2. centered on
3. brooding over
4. fall back on
5. carried away
6. put off
7. apprising/ apprised of
8. go in for
9. creased up
10. pull through
V. (5 pts.)
1. know => knows
2. little nice => nice little
3. the fear => fear
4.do => make
5. never => ever
6. close => close to
7. what did happen => what happened
8. moved => they moved ormoving
9. are => is
10. stand => standing
PART C
I. (14 pts.)
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. A
8. B 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A