SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THỪA THIÊN HUẾ
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
( Đề thi gồm 05 trang)
KÌ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 CHUYÊN QUỐC HỌC
Môn : TIẾNG ANH - Năm học: 2008 - 2009
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
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I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ( 30 points)
Part 1: Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D (10 points)
1. It is the most beautiful building ................... the world.
A. around B. of C. in D. at
2. If you come to the cinema, ................... your friend with you.
A. bring B. get C. invite D. take
3. I’m sorry I missed the meeting yesterday. I didn’t ................... well.
A. feel B. fell C. felt D. feeling
4. We discussed the problem but we ................... a final decision.
A. don’t reach B. won’t reach C. hadn’t reached D. didn’t reach
5. Tom, write carefully and don’t ................... any mistakes!
A. do B. have C. give D. make
6. Sue can’t come to the party ...................she’s broken her leg.
A. although B. because C. because of D. so
7. ................... rush hour, the roads in the city are very busy.
A. While B. During C. Through D. On
8. Kate ...................a great time in France and doesn’t want to come back.
A. is having B. has C. had D. had had
9. If you ................... forty cigarettes a day, you would cough a lot.
A. smoke B. smoked C. would smoke D. smoking
10. When I went back to my home town after many years, I was surprised that it ....................
changed so much.
A. has B. had C. was D. is

were so good that they were (7) ...................................... , but at least I feel I
have given the fast food chains a try. I would like to be able to say that we go
out to dinner once a week. (8) ....................................... , this is not the case.
We either seem to be too busy, or decide that it’s more (9) ............................
to have a family meal at home, which is probably for the best! But one thing
is certain, I am still as (10) ...................................... about food as I ever
was, and intend to remain so!
PERFECT
EXPENSE
DISAPPOINT
LUXURY
WILLING
DETERMINE
LIKE
FORGET
FORTUNATE
SATISFY
ENTHUSIASM
II. READING COMPREHENSION: ( 35 points)
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D: (15 points)
HEDGEHOGS THREATEN WILDLIFE
There are so many threats to the wildlife on our planet nowadays that we are rarely surprised
when we are (1) .............. about another one. (2) .............., some people might find it difficult to
(3) ..............that small creatures (4) ..............hedgehogs would be the cause, rather than the
victims, of one of these threats. One resident of an island which (5) ..............off the west coast of
Scotland (6) ..............how this extraordinary situation has come about. It appears that
hedgehogs are not native to the islands. They were introduced by a gardener who thought they
(7) ..............be an effective way of controlling the slug population. There are now so (8)
..............hedgehogs on the island that they are putting many rare birds at (9) ..............because
they eat birds’ eggs. The hedgehogs, it seems, are (10) .............. , so what are the local people

a lake where you could hire a boat and row out across the water. (6) ................................ had
once been a village in the valley, but the valley had been flooded in order
(7) ................................ create a reservoir for a city many miles away. When the water was
clear, you could still make out the top of the church spire and the walls of houses.
(8) ................................ we were returning home that night, my father discovered that he had
lost his treasured fountain pen. About two weeks later, he announced that in spite
(9)................................the gloomy weather, we were going back to the lake for the day. We were
surprised, but said nothing. We set (10)................................ about nine in the morning, and as
(11)...............................as we arrived at the lake, we headed (12) ................................ the spot
where we had had our picnic on the previous occasion. As we were deciding whether to hire a
boat for the afternoon or (13) ................................ , my father gave a shout. There, lying on the
ground, was a pen. There was (14)................................doubt at all in my mind that
(15) ................................ was the pen he had lost two weeks beforehand.
Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions. (5 poínts)
Meetíngs can waste a great deal of time. But you can make your meeting run more
smoothly by following a few simple rules. First, have an agenda. This will help keep you focused
on what is important. Next, decide who needs to be involved. More people means less efficient
discussion. Finally, keep the discussion moving. Thank each speaker as he or she finishes and
move on to the next speaker. This encourages people to make their remarks short. And don’t
forget: what happens after a meeting is more important than what happens during the meeting.
The skills used then are more professional and less procedural. So no matter how well you run a
meeting, it is the work that gets done after the meeting that is important.
1. What is one way to run a meeting well?
A. Watch how your manager run meetings. B. Minimize the number of participants.
C. Let the group make decisions. D. Let everyone speak.
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2. What is the purpose of a meeting agenda?
A. To keep the speakers organized. B. To allow free discussion
C. To send to others in advance D. To keep focused on improtant items
3. How should you receive other people’s comments at a meeting?

10. The football players’ training is still going on. finished
The football players ……………………………..........................…………………………………..
Part 2: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct,
and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (

) by the
number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word by the number.
( 15 points)
ADVENTURE IN PERU
0 I’ve just been to see a film is called Touching the Void. It’s
00 about two climbers who decided to go climbing in the mountains
1 in Peru. It took them two days to reach the mountain they
0 … is….
00 …….
1 ………..
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2 had been decided to climb because it was in such a remote place.
3 They left a companion and the most of their supplies at a base camp,
4 optimistically thinking about they would be back in a couple of
5 days. After a difficult climb, they reached at the top of
6 the mountain. It was then that everything started to go wrong.
7 Because of one climber had broken his leg, he had to be
8 lowered down the mountain by means of a rope. His leg it was so
9 much painful that he couldn’t stand on it. After a very exciting bit
10 of the film, which I won’t describe, he found by himself alone
11 at the bottom of a crevasse. He managed to climb out and eventually
12 crawl to safety. The cold was so intense that he got frostbite in his hands,
13 but he was carried on, dragging himself down a glacier and across rocks.
14 When he arrived at the base camp, his friends were too amazed to see him.
15 They couldn’t believe that in despite his broken leg, he had managed to

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