Ôn tập tuyển sinh lớp 10 – TUYỂN 20 BỘ ĐỀ
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence: (2.5pts)
1. ____________there have been many changes in his life, he still remains a nice man to everyone.
A. However
B. Despite
C. Because
D. Although
2. She complains noisily about anything _________________she doesn’t like.
A. what
B. that
C. about which
D. whose
3. You seem to be quite good _________________physics.
A. for
B. about
C. at
D. to
4. Our house needs to be _________________.
A. painting
B. paint
C. painted
D. paints
5. If you saw a UFO, what __________________you do?
A. will
B. would
C. can
D. did
6. “Would you like a glass of green tea?” – “______________________”
A. No, let’s not B. No, I don’t.
C. No, thanks.
D. No, I wouldn’t.

III. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting: (0.75pt)
1. “Can you help me with my homework?” – “I wish I could but I couldn’t”
A
B
C
D
2. The new film has been attracted a lot of people all over the world.
A
B
C
D
3. We want to spend our holiday in a villa by the sea and enjoying sea food.
A
B
C
D
IV. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage: (2.0pts)
Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young children.
(1)_________________are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, and some learn in evening classes.
A few learn English by (2)________________or just by (3)________________to the language on television or
among their friends. Most people must work hard to learn English. (4)________________do all these people
want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question.
Young children learn English at school to study better at their subject. Many adults learn English
because (5)______useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their (6)______studies, because some
of their books are written (7)_____English at college and university. Other people learn English because they
want to read English newspapers or magazines for (8)_________and entertainment.
1. A. The others B. Others
C. Another
D. Each other
2. A. them

D. information
V. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow are True or False: (1.0pt)
“My name if Phil. I’m from Canada. I’m living in a flat in HCM city, where I am taking a Vietnamese
course. It’s my first time abroad. I am sharing the flat with another student called Dev. We have known each
other for just some months, since we entered the class. Dev is from Germany. We study in the same group. Dev
had studied Vietnamese before he came here. So he can speak a little Vietnamese. We go to class in the
morning, so in the afternoon we have time to work in groups. Dev helps me a lot not only in my study but also
in my daily life. We often practise speaking Vietnamese and do our homework together. Thanks to his help, I
have made big progress in speaking and listening as well. Last week we had a test and I did a really good job.
Our papers will be returned tomorrow. And I hope that we will get good marks. I’m very happy to have a friend
like Dev.”
1. This is the first time Phil has been in a foreign country.
2. Dev, Phil’s new friend, is Canadian.
3. Phil can now speak better Vietnamese then Dev can.
4. In Phil’s opinion, Dev is a helpful friend.
VI. Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence: (1.0pt)
1. There are a lot of _________________at tourist attractions in Ho Chi Minh city. (sightsee)
2. He felt ____________________because he lost the match.
(disappoint)
3. She drives ______________________, so she has never caused an accident.
(care)
4. Teachers now give more _______________to their students in classroom activities. (free)
VII. Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before them: (2.0pts)
1. The children are excited about going to the circus.
→ The children are looking_____________________________________________
2. She talks too much in class.
→ I wish____________________________________________________________
3. When did you start learning English?
→ How long_________________________________________________________
4. The teacher said, “Let us elect Ha Long Bay to be one of the World Wonders.”

B. energy-saveC. energy-saving
D. energy-saved
7. Picture books ________________young children like most of all are kept on the lower
shelves.
A. who
B. which
C. whose
D. where
8. Mary opens the door ____________________greets her guests.
A. and
B. or
C. so
D. without
9. ___________________he tried hard, he couldn’t lift up the package.
A. When
B. Because
C. Unless
D. Although
10. How many people are there ____________________the earth?
A. in
B. over
C. on
D. to
11. We are here to provide good service _____________________the public.
A. for
B. to
C. with
D. from
12. “May I introduce myself? I’m Nicky” – “_______________________”.
A. That’s right, I am.

D. well
16. A. available
B. given
C. freely
D. ready


17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

A. price
A. were
A. whose
A. they
A. worldwide

B. money
C. cost
D. fee
B. have been
C. will be
D. are
B. whom
C. who
D. which
B. there
C. only

In the summer of 1959, something went wrong with the power plant that provides New
York with electricity. For a great many hours, life came almost to a standstill. Trains refused to
move and the people in them sat in the dark, powerless to do anything. Lifts stopped working, so
that even if you were lucky enough not to be trapped between two floors, you had the unpleasant
task of finding your way down hundreds of flights of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and
Fifth Avenue in an instant became as gloomy and uninviting as the most remote back streets.

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30.
31.
32.

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F
When there was no electricity, life in New York seemed to stop.
______
Trains in New York could move without electricity.
______
When your lifts stop, you are lucky if you are not strapped.
______
In this paragraph, Broadway is a famous theater in New York.
______

______
______
______
______

(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before
them:

D. houses
(4-13) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
4. They all made the same comment, quite independent ______________each other.
A. with
B. of
C. from
D. on
5. It’s no good ________________the teacher about your failure.
A. to tell
B. tell
C. telling
D. told
6. If Nam is as sick as you say, he __________________see a doctor.
A. better
B. could
C. would rather
D. had better
7. Do you know what time the train _______________to Paris?
A. reaches
B. gets
C. arrives
D. stops
8. I’ll cook the breakfast if you really want me to, but I’d rather you _____________it.
A. cooked
B. to cook
C. will cook
D. cooking
9. Have you got time to discuss your work or are you ______________to leave?
A. thinking
B. planned

in
my
school
(18)___________________doing
this
new
subject
(19)__________________it has helped us very much in learning other ones, especially English.
By using effective tools on the internet (20)___________________Google, we can easily find
necessary data in (21)___________________ to do a better task in our study.
14. A. informations B. information C. informatics
D. informative
15. A. among
B. included
C. in
D. inside
16. A. includes
B. contains
C. involves
D. consists
17. A. ran
B. run
C. operated
D. B and C
18. A. enjoy
B. enjoyed
C. love
D. A and C
19. A. so that
B. because

A
B
C
D

(25-28) Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence:
25.
26.
27.
28.

Smoking can cause ___________________diseases. (respire)
In ___________________to air pollution, big cities are faced with overcrowding. (add)
It rained ___________________for three days. (continue)
We looked for her but she had ___________________into the crowd. (appear)

(29-32) Read the passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False.
Write True or False in your answer sheet:
The Internet has rapidly developed and become part of our daily life. It's a very fast and
convenient way to get information. People use the Internet for many purposes: education,
communication, entertainment and commerce. The Internet helps people communicate with friends
and relatives by means of e-mail or chatting.
However, the Internet has limitations. It is time-consuming and costly. It is also dangerous
because of viruses and bad programs. On the other hand, the Internet users sometimes have to suffer
various risks such as spam or electronic junk mail, and personal information leaking. So, while
enjoying surfing, be alert!
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30.
31.
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(1-3) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. increase
B. jeans
C. treasure
D. creature
2. A. watches
B. factories
C. practices
D. oranges
3. A. laughed
B. weighed
C. ploughed
D. played
(4-13) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
4. The moon is the only place in ______________that human beings have visited.
A. the air
B. sky
C. space
D. atmosphere
5. They received _______________advice from the teachers that they made a lot of progress men.
A. such good
B. so good
C. such a good D. so good an
6. No parking is allowed in front of this hotel, ______________?

12. Alice is not satisfied ______________her preparations for the birthday party.
A. in
B. out
C. with
D. on
13. _______________________, he will die.
A. If the child is sent to the hospital
B. Unless the child is sent to the hospital
C. Because the child is sent to the hospital
D. So the child is sent to the hospital
(14-21) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
Long ago a lot of people (14)____________________the moon was a god. Other people
thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big
(15)_________________cheese! The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was
really another world. They wondered (16)___________________it was like. They dreamed of
going there. On July 20, 1969, that dream came (17)____________________. Two American
men landed on the moon. (18)____________________names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin
Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered
(19)_____________________dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they
walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could
(20)___________________there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off.
The two men dug up dirt and (21)___________________rocks to bring back to earth for study.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

A. thought

20.
21.

A. stay
A. got up

B. remain
B. gave up

C. be
C. picked up

D. All are correct
D. set up

(22-24) Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting:
22. If there were flying saucers, there would be traces of their land.
A
B
C
D
23. The boy hated having get up very early in the morning.
A
B
C
D
24. We think that Mother’s Day should celebrate nationwide.
A
B
C

Jeans are the symbol of youth and independence.
______

______
______ ______
______
______

(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before
them:
33.

What’s Mary’s date of birth?
When ________________________________________________________

34.

We couldn’t get nearer because of the police.
The police wouldn’t _____________________________________________

35.

The news was so good that she smiled happily.
It was ________________________________________________________

36.

Peter is proud of being a good computer programmer.
Peter takes ____________________________________________________


B. on
C. to
D. about
6.
Traveling _________________public transports is the way to save energy.
A. on
B. in
C. by
D. at
7.
Nearly all ________________is derived from the sun, either directly or indirectly.
A. earth
B. energy
C. heat
D. form
8.
Mrs. Brown has gone on a diet. _________________, she hasn’t lost any weight.
A. Because
B. Therefore
C. However
D. so
9.
We ___________________from Tam since he went to America for his further study.
A. not hear
B. didn’t hear C. don’t hear
D. haven’t heard
10.
If you are well -prepared for the exam, you _________________it well.
A. will do
B. would do

then
deletes
(19)________________changes files. The damage is generally activated by using the computer’s
clock. Then any program that is saved may (20)_______________exposed to the virus, including
programs spread through telephone connectives. Because of the increasing incidents of virus
infection, businesses and agencies are becoming (21)_______________in sharing software.
Security needs to be increased and protection programs are being developed.
14.
A. useful
B. using
C. usefully
D. use
15.
A. about
B. in
C. at
D. of
16.
A. computers B. newspapers
C. magazines D. books
17.
A. weakly
B. strongly
C. quickly
D. slowly
18.
A. themselves
B. itself
C. himself
D. yourself

D
My father is going to have his car service before we have a trip to Vung Tau.
A
B
C
D

(25-28) Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence:
25.
26.
27.

28.

One of the most famous tourist __________________in Hue is Hoi An.
(attract)
______________________, he never said that he was innocent.
(interest)
Acting is very _________________.You’ve got to really push yourself if you want to
succeed.
(compete)
If we keep on ___________________the sea, marine life will be endangered.
(pollute)

(29-32) Read the passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False.
Write True or False in your answer sheet:
When a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood strikes, time is often a critical factor
in providing needed food, water and shelter for people who are suddenly homeless and exposed
to the elements. Ideally, the erection of a shelter should take a short time. The emergency use of
tents has been the conventional answer to these situations. However, in many cases, those left

“Why don’t we delay the picnic until next Sunday?” Hoa said.
Hoa suggested the ___________________________________________

36.

The last time we had a party was last Christmas.
We haven’t ________________________________________________


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(1-3) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. instead
B. head
C. eat
D. weather
2. A. replace
B. raise
C. badly
D. save
3. A. caused
B. promised
C. advertised
D. raised
(4-13) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
4. The heavy rain prevented us ________________playing soccer.
A. about
B. off

C. celebrate
D. is celebrated
11. ___________________the sun was shining, it wasn't very warm.
A. Because
B. When
C. While
D. Although
12. My father, _________________sense of humor distinguishes him from others, is really
considerate and generous.
A. who
B. which
C. he
D. whose
13. Ba : That's an excellent drawing, Hoa. Hoa : ________________________
A. Yes, I think so.
B. It's nice of you to say so.
C. Well done.
D. That's a good idea.
(14-21) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
Why does man want to go to other planets (14)_______________the Solar System?
Just for adventure? True, there is adventure in space travel. But a (15)_________________to
other planets would also be (16)__________________. For example, space stations could be
built that would give us valuable information about the weather.
In space stations (17)___________________around the earth, man could live and
study the cloud formation on (18)__________________surface. These formations could tell us
what weather to (19)__________________in any part of the world at any time.
(20)__________________ information would be very useful to pilots, to ship captains, and even
to farmers (21)___________________must set dates for planting and harvesting.
14. A. on
B. in

(22-24) Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting:


22. Don't throw these things away because they can be making into new products.
A
B
C
D
23. To take part active in this charity program, I suggest saving money and helping the poor
in our neighborhood.
B
C
D
A
24. I think that these ordinary light bulbs should be replaced of energy-saving bulbs.
A
B
C
D
(25-28) Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence:
25. Gas and oil ___________________always increases in cold weather. (consume)
26. If we keep on ___________________the air, more and more people will cope with
respiratory problems. (pollution)
27. Lan ran ____________________down the hall to greet her cousins. (excite)
28. ______________________are fighting to save the marine life. (Conserve)
(29-32) Read the passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False.
Write True or False in your answer sheet:
The word UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. UFOs are strange objects that
some people claim to have seen in the sky and believe UFOs are spacecraft from another planet.
Many other people consider them just as atmospheric phenomena, hallucinations or tricks of





(1-3) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. fashion
2. A. worked
3. A. cloths

B. champagne
B. promised
B. institutes

C. efficiency
C. advised
C. styles

D. grocery
D. reached
D. earthquakes

(4-13) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
4. The unit of ________________of Viet Nam is VND.
A. currency
B. paper money
C. coins
D. cheque
5. Mass _________________makes more products available.
A. production
B. improvement

11. ________________the pollution in that river is awfully bad, the water is not fit to drink.
A. Because of
B. As
C. When
D. Although
12. My friends come to stay _________________us __________________Christmas.
A. to / at
B. with / in
C. with / at
D. to / in
13. “I’m taking my entrance exam next month.” - “______________________.”
A. Congratulations
B. Well done
C. Yes, please
D. Good luck
(14-16) Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting:
14. The teacher asked us to discuss that topic but don’t make much noise.
A
B
C
D
15. The number of students who have been questioned on this matter are quite small.
A
B
C
D
16. The test was too difficult that all of us couldn’t finish it well.
A
B
C

C. such
D. this
22. A. on
B. into
C. for
D. at
23. A. being caught
B. catching
C. caught
D. to be
caught
24. A. grades
B. ladders
C. scales
D. levels
(25-28) Read the passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False.
English is one of the most popular languages in the world. It comes second in the
number of speakers after Chinese. In Viet Nam, more and more people are studying English,
considering it a key to success. However, not everyone knows how to learn English
effectively.
The best way to improve the four skills, speaking, listening, reading, and writing, is
to practice regularly. You should make use of every opportunity to speak English with
friends in class or at English speaking clubs or even with yourselves in front of the mirror.
Learning by heart all the words does not help much if you do not read a lot because you will
easily forget what you have learnt. Reading books, listening to radio and watching films are
better ways to memorize words. Besides, English learners should not be so shy because
making mistakes is unavoidable in learning foreign languages. Practicing speaking a lot is a
good way to correct your mistakes.
25.
26.

(appoint)


(33-36) Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before
them:
33.

That young scientist is working in a laboratory which has a lot of chemicals.
The laboratory __________________________________________________

34.

I don’t have enough money to buy that laptop.
If _____________________________________________________________

35.

Why not prepare the lessons carefully before taking an exam?
I suggest the lessons ______________________________________________

36.

When did they first use this kind of energy-saving bulb?
How long is ____________________________________________________
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