SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

PHÚ THỌ
KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10
TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG CHUYÊN HÙNG VƯƠNG
NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Dành cho thí sinh thi vào lớp chuyên Tiếng Anh)
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi có 06 trang.

SECTION 1. PHONETICS:
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the rest by writing
your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box. (0.5 point)
1.

A. hatred B. crooked C. supposedly D. danced
2.

A. forest B. control C. product D. ecology
3.

A. industry B. translate C. construction D. satisfy
4.

A. separate B. divided C. individual D. distinctive
2. "Some sugar?" ~ "________"
A. No, no me! B. No, I don't. C. Thanks, I'd like. D. Yes, please.
3. If we hurry, we might get there ________ to catch the early train.
A. right B. in time C. on time D. before time
4. To get a passport, you must send in your birth ________ and two photos.
A. certificate B. license C. paper D. card
5. Do you know _________?
A. what it was wrong B. what wrong with it C. what wrong it was D. what was it wrong
6. Big cities like New York and Tokyo are ________ populated.
A. densely B. closely C. greatly D. variously

7. It was nine years ago ________ we started school.

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
A. that B. when C. when that D. since
8. Each of the guests ________ a box of presents.
A. are given B. is given C. were given D. give
9. To everyone’s surprise, Mr. Green ________ at the Trade Union meeting.
A. turned in B. turned over C. turned up D. turned round
10. Everyone burst out laughing. There was a lot of ________.
A. laughs B. laughter C. slaughter D. laugh
11. I had a good _______ of the exam result when I saw his daughter’s face.
A. report B. thought C. idea D. news
12. Peter is very tall. He really _______ from the rest of his class.
A. stands out B. sits out C. sits up D. stands up
13. She is ______ the best dancer in the show.
A. by far B. until then C. up now D. since now
14. She is objecting to ______ money on the project.
A. me invest B. my investing C. invest D. me invested

5. Many people do not understand the importance of the habitats to wild animals
and plants so they spoil them ____________. CONSCIOUS
6. A conversation isn’t fun unless it becomes ______. HOT
7. The thing I hate about John is his ________. HONEST
8.
Many _________ walked around the tourist attraction to take photos. SIGHT
9. He was very ______ when his cat was run over. SET
10. The lovers stood, hand in hand, gazing at the ______ sky. STAR
Write your answers here:

1. …………… 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. …………… 5. ……………

6. …………… 7. ……………. 8. …………… 9. ……………. 10. …………
III. There is one mistake in each sentence. Find the mistake and write your correction in the space
provided below. (1.0 point)
1. It would be better if we used bananas leaves instead of plastic bags to wrap food.
2. They were fortunate to have rescued from the fire before the building collapsed.
3. Never in my life I have seen such a big ship.
4. My computer has an internet connect which gives me access to all sorts of information.
5. Have you been provided enough money for the journey?
6. I wish I didn’t tell him the truth. He looks so worried now.
7. Jim’s grandfather left him 50,000 dollars, this was too big a sum to him.
8. Drying food by means of solar energy is ancient process applied wherever food and climatic conditions make
it possible.
9. We are busy to do our test now.
10. Neither my sister or my brother wants to do the cooking.
Write your answers here:

Mistake Correction


Iceland in relation to its population than in any (8) __________ country in the world.
Since Iceland is adjacent to one of the most important shipping routes (9) ___________ the United States
and England, it became very important (10) ________ the Second World War.
Write your answers here:

1. …………… 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. …………… 5. ……………

6. …………… 7. ……………. 8. …………… 9. ……………. 10. …………
II. Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space given. Write your answer (A, B, C,
or D) in the numbered box below. (1.0 point)

Michael Faraday, an English experimental physicist, was the son of a poor blacksmith. After very little (1)
_____ he was apprenticed to a bookbinder. The boy worked very hard all day and studied at night. One day a man
(2) _____ entering the shop found a boy at work binding an encyclopedia, and at the same time studying hard at
the article on electricity (3) _____ it.
The man was (4) _____ to see the boy so interested in a very difficult subject and questioned him. He (5)
_____ that Faraday, working late at night, had already been doing (6) _____ of his own, thought he was too poor
to possess anything but a home-made battery! When the man gave him four tickets for the lectures which Sir
Humphry Davy was then (7) _____ at the Royal Institute, the boy was so (8) _____ as if someone had given him
a fortune. He went to the lectures and (9) _____ notes of what he heard. At the end of the lectures, he sent his
notes to the great (10) _____ and asked him for work. Later, Davy made him assistant. This began his scientific
career.
1 A. education B. training C. practicing D. schooling
2. A. who B. on C. with D. at
3. A. in B. at C. on D. about
4. A. willing B. worried C. surprised D. surprising
5. A. found out B. point out C. made up D. turned out
6. A. thought B. research C. decision D. experiments
7. A. delivering B. blowing C. receiving D. moving
8. A. exciting B. amazing C. delighted D. amusing


4. The passage states that one solution to time management problems is to ______ .
A. consult a time management expert
B. accomplish time-consuming matters first
C. keep daily lists of priorities and check them regularly.
D. spend only a short time on each task.
5. The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses ______ .
A. mental and physical health problems.
B. another solution to time management problems
C. ways to achieve a sense of fulfillment.
D. different types of lists.

Write your answers here:
1. …………… 2. ……………. 3. ……………. 4. …………… 5. ……………

SECTION 4. WRITING:
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it. (1.0 point)

1. I should like someone to take me out to dinner.

What I should …………………………………………………………… …….……………………….
2. He said: “I wish I were a famous film star”.

He said……………………………………………………………….………… ….………….………….
3. The patient recovered more rapidly than expected.


The patient made…………………………………….………………………….………………………
4. I wasn’t surprised to hear that Mary had failed her driving test.

3. Since no one was interested, the meeting was cancelled. (interest)
 Due……………… …………………….………………… , the meeting was cancelled.
4.
Tom passed the test easily. (difficulty)
 Tom had the test.
5. I had to clear the spare room before I could start decorating it. (cleared)
 Only when start decorating it.
III. Use the prompts provided to write meaningful sentences. (0.5 point)
1. Because/ heavy rain/ many students/ be late/ class/ yesterday//.

2. Many foreigners/ be/ not/ accustomed/ cold weather/ Vietnam//.

3. We/ enjoy/ see/ places/ where/ ancient people/ live/ and/ work//.

4. Our children/ eager/ join/ camping trip/ friends/ last week//.

5. Julia/ tell/ her classmates/ she/ be/ nurse/ when she/ finish/ college/ following summer//.
_____THE END_____