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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 10 NĂM HỌC 2015-2016

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Môn: TIẾNG ANH

(Đề gồm 05 trang)

Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề.

(Thí sinh làm phần trắc nghiệm vào Phiếu TLTN, Thí sinh làm phần viết vào giấy thi.)

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SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (16 POINTS)
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. adventure

B. future

C. mature

D. figure

Question 2: A. coughed


D. joyfulness

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 6:. It was ………….we could not go out .
A. so cold that

B. such cold that

C. very so cold

D. too cold that

Question 7 : I really prefer just about anything …………..watching TV.
A. from

B. or

C. than

D. to

Question 8: We have a party tonight and Daisy is worried about ………..
A. what to wear

B. which wearing

C.that she wears

D. these wearing


B. learns

C. learning

D. to learn

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Question13: In most ………. developed countries, up to 50% of ……..population enters higher
education at some time in their lives.
A. Ø / Ø

B. the / Ø

C. Ø / the

D. the /

Question 14 : Some businesses use famous cartoon _____ to advertise their products.
A. person

B. people

C. characters

D. samples

B. Three-fifth

C. Three-fifths

D. Three-fives

Question19 The number of cars on the roads ______ increasing, so we need to build more roads.
A. is

B. was

C. were

D. are

Question 20 : There is no __________ explanation for what happened.
A. scientifically

B. scientist

C. science

D. scientific

Question 21: I can___ what he’s doing; it’s so dark down there.
A.

see through

B. make out

C. pianist

D. playwright

IV. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.
As the twentieth century began, the importance of formal education in the United States
increased. The frontier had mostly disappeared and by 1910 most Americans lived in towns and cities.
Industrialization and the bureaucratization of economic life combined with a new emphasis upon

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credentials and expertise to make schooling increasingly important for economic and social mobility.
Increasingly, too, schools were viewed as the most important means of integrating immigrants into
American society.
The arrival of a great wave of southern and eastern European immigrants at the turn of the
century coincided with and contributed to an enormous expansion of formal schooling. By 1920
schooling to age fourteen or beyond was compulsory in most states, and the school year was greatly
lengthened. Kindergartens, vacation schools, extracurricular activities, and vocational education
and counseling extended the influence of public schools over the lives of students, many of whom in
the larger industrial cities were the children of immigrants. Classes for adult immigrants were
sponsored by public schools, corporations, unions, churches, settlement houses, and other agencies.
Reformers early in the twentieth century suggested that education programs should suit the needs
of specific populations. Immigrant women were once such population. Schools tried to educate young
women so they could occupy productive places in the urban industrial economy, and one place many
educators considered appropriate for women was the home.
Although looking after the house and family was familiar to immigrant women, American

B. qualifications

C. advantages

D. method

Question 28 : The phrase "coincided with" in line 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. ensured the success of

B. began to grow rapidly

C. happened at the same time as

D. was influenced by

Question 29: According to the passage, one important change in United States education by the
1920's was that _____.
A. most places required children to attend school
B. adults and children studied in the same classes
C. new regulations were imposed on nontraditional education
D. the amount of time spent on formal education was limited
Question 30: “Vacation schools and extracurricular activities”

are mentioned in line 9 to

illustrate _____.
A. the importance of educational changes
B. alternatives to formal education provided by public schools
C. the increased impact of public schools on students
D. activities that competed to attract new immigrants to their programs.



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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word for each of the blanks from 35 to 44
SENSES
All five senses are important to us, but the two most important senses are (35) ________ the
sense of sight and the sense of hearing. Blind and deaf people must (36) ________ life difficult
because they are unable to do (37) ________ that the rest of us can do naturally. People who (38)
________their sense of taste can not enjoy food as (39) ________as they used to, whilst (40)
________ who have no sense of smell can not realize, for example , when gas is (41) _______ or
food has gone (42) _______ . In addition to our physical senses, (43) ________ is a great help in life
to have sense of humour, especially when things go wrong, and to have (44) ________ sense,
something which can not be learned from books.
Question 35 : A. probably

B. likely

C. certainly

D. possibly

Question 36 :A. think

B. consider

C. find

D. regard


D.these

Question 41 :A. losing

B. leaking

C. breaking

D. flowing

Question 42 :A. on

B. away

C. off

D. out

Question 43 :A. which

B. here

C. there

D. it

Question 44 : A. good

B. common


C. seemed

D. emerged

Choose the word or phrase OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
sentences.
Question 48 :The council demolished it.
A. made

B. did C. started

D. construct

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Question 49 :For example, you can play a ballad, then move on to something more energetic such as
rock ’n’ roll.
A. languid

B. ill

C. slow

D. soft

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underline part that needs

Question 53 : Despite there is a lot of stress and pressure in my job, I have never thought of quitting
it.
A. of quitting

B. have never thought C. there is

D. pressure

Question 54 : Education, whether it happens at school or anywhere else, is a important part in our
life
A. or

B. a important part

C. Education

D. whether

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions.
As Christmas evolved in the United States, new customs were adopted and many old ones were
reworked. The legend of Santa Claus, for example, had origins in Europe and was brought by Dutch
settlers to New York in the early 18th century. Traditionally, Santa Claus – from the Dutch Sinter
Klaas – was depicted as a tall, dignified, religious figure riding a white horse through the air. Known
as Saint Nicholas in Germany, he was usually accompanied by Black Peter, an elf who punished
disobedient children. In North America he eventually developed into a fat, jolly old gentleman who
had neither the religious attributes of Saint Nicholas nor the strict disciplinarian character of Black
Peter.
Santa’s transformation began in 1823, when a New York newspaper published the poem A Visit
from Saint Nicholas, which Clement Clark Moore had written to amuse his daughter. The poem

D. a jolly man on horseback
Question 58 : Who was Black Peter?
A. an elf accompanying Saint Nicholas
B. an elf who rode a white horse
C. one of the disobedient children
D. a popular traditional figure
Question 59 : What word is closest in meaning to attributes?
A. symbols of a person

B. natural qualities

C. effects

D. outer appearance

Question 60 : Where did the legend of Santa Claus come from?
A. the North Pole

B. Europe

C. North America

D. the City of New York

Question 61 : 1823 was mentioned as a year when
A. Clement Clark Moore wrote his first poem
B. Clement Clark Moore’s poem made him popular
C. Saint Nicholas visited New York
D. the image of Santa Claus was transformed


=> It was such ......................................................................................................
Question 69 : He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train.
=> If ......................................................................................................................
Part II. Write a short paragraph (about 120 words) about the advantages and disadvantages of the
Internet.
_____ THE END_____

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