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MÔN TIẾNG ANH 10 (HỆ 10 NĂM) - Thời gian: 45 Phút

ĐÁP ÁN
Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others. (0.5 point)
Question 1: A. parent
B. rent
C. ailment
D. attachment
Question 2: A. passionate
B. imitate
C. donate
D. dedicate
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. (0.5 point)
Question 3: A. invention
B. phenomenon
C. development
Question 4: A. muscle
B. cancer
C. special

D. opportunity
D. disease

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (1.5 points)
Question 5: I’m writing to apply _______ a job as a volunteer kitchen helper in your Peace Village Centre.
A. in
B. for

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of
the following questions. (0.5 point)
Question 11: Even the best invention may have drawbacks. A laptop, for example, is expensive so many people
cannot afford it.
A. advantages
B. disadvantages
C. shortcomings
D. weaknesses
Question 12: We’re seeking for the talented musician to join our entertainment company.
A. good
B. famous
C. great
D. gifted
Mark the letter A. B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions. (0.5 point)
Question 13: When the baby was born, I became the sole person who earns money to support my family.
A. dependent
B. babysister
C. breadwinner
D. godfather
Question 14: Nutritious snacks provide an important contribution towards your child’s daily nutritional needs.
A. Inexpensive
B. Uncooked
C. Unhealthy
D. Unpacked

Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (1 point)
Health and fitness are not just for young people. They are for anyone willing to accept the (15)______ for a good
diet and regular exercise. With age, there is a tendency to feel that the body is no longer able to (16)______.
Aches and pains are considered normal. Instead of pushing the body to do more, activities become limited. Yet

In the 1980s, personal computers became popular for many tasks, including book-keeping, writing and printing
documents, calculating forecasts and other repetitive mathematical tasks. As computers have become less
expensive, they have been used extensively in the creative arts as well. Sound, pictures, and videos are now
created and edited by computers. They have also been used for entertainment, with the video game becoming a
huge industry. Computers have been used to control mechanical devices since they became small and cheap
enough to do so. Today, it is almost rare to find a powered mechanical device not controlled by a computer.
Perhaps the most famous computer-controlled mechanical devices are robots. Industrial robots have become
common in mass production.
Question 19: The text is about_________.
A. computer application
B. the invention of computers
C. robots
D. the invention of microprocessor
Question 20: Which is not referred in the text?
A. films
B. mathematics
C. agriculture
D. industry
Question 21: Thanks to _________ computers have become inexpensive.
A. robots
B. microprocessors
C. scientific calculations D. military
Question 22: The word “extensively” has a close meaning to __________.
A. inexpensively
B. effectively
C. uncontrollable
D. widely
Complete the sentences with the correct tenses of the verbs given in the brackets. (1 point)
Question 23: I haven’t heard (not/ hear) from him since we finished school.
Question 24: When you called me yesterday, I was having (have) breakfast.