TUYỂN SINH VÀO 10 CHUYÊN ANH
PHONETICS (20 ms)
A. Pick out the word whose underlined part has the pronunciation different from that of the other
words:
1. birthday
2. father
3. width
4. ch air
5. architect
6. ch urch
7. h ungry
8. teeth
9. change
10. liked
mouth
weather
with
chemist
cheese
chair
hour
feet
cage
laughed
clothes
mother
thin
chalk
chicken
children
hope

3. A great ………………….. appears in her eyes. (SAD)
4. The ………………….. of the meeting walked along the main street. (DEMONSTRATE)
5. This book was of a great ………………….. . It was translated into ten languages. (SUCCEED)
6. He tried hard but he was not ………………….. in finding the cause of the sickness. (SUCCEED)
7. The crowd shouted ………………….. when Zidane scored the first goal for the French team.
(EXCITE)
8. The ………………….. made him jump out of his seat. (STRONG)
9. I often walk along this street at my ………………….. (LEISURELY)
10. The ………………….. sometimes makes you feel bored. (BATHE)
READING (60 ms)
A. Put the following sentences in the proper order (18 ms)
a. Once they cast lots to decide who would ask for a second helping at supper that evening.
b. However, after a lot of complicated adventures, it all ends happily for the young hero, as in most of
Dickens’s novels.
c. As a result of this, he got terrible punishment from the master.
d. The boys in the orphanage where Oliver Twist lived used to be hungry.
e. Later, he was apprenticed to learn a trade, but he was so unhappy that he ran away to London.
f. The task fell to Oliver and he asked the master, “Please, sir, I want some more”.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
B. Read the following selection and answer the questions below (20 ms)
Ron Hurst is a builder. Last October he was working on the roof of an old house. He finished the job
and climbed down the roof. The roof was wet and he slipped. His foot hit the ladder and kicked it away
from the house. The ladder fell. It fell into the long grass in the garden.
Ron sat down on the roof. He could see a lot of people in the main road. A girl was walking along the
road, and looked up at the house. Ron stood up, shouted, and waved to her. She turned away and walked
quickly down the street. Then he saw some children. He waved and shouted. They turned round, smiled,
and waved back to him. Then they walked away. Ron wave and shouted for an hour. Most people smiled
and waved back to him. Then it began to rain. Ron was cold and wet. He was tired too.
At last Ron had an idea. He stood up, and moved to the edge of the roof. He shouted:
“I’m going to jump! I can’t go on! I’m going to kill myself!”

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5. He was put in prison for two years because of his book.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. Has the missing girl been found yet?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Were they sent to the party in time?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. It has been said that there aren’t any men in the village.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. What should be done to keep the torch burning?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. The man is said to be the leader of the movement.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbial particles (20 ms)
Mrs. Brown had a small garden (1) ……………… her house, and in the spring she planted some
vegetables (2) ……………… it. She looked (3) ……………… them very carefully, and when the
summer came, they looked very nice.
One evening Mrs. Brown looked (4) ……………… her vegetables and said, “Tomorrow I am
going to pick them, and then we eat our vegetables!“
But early the next morning, her son ran (5) ……………… the kitchen and shouted, “Mother,
Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour’s ducks are (6) ……………… the garden and they are eating our
vegetables!“
Mrs. Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished! Mrs. Brown cried, and
her neighbour was very sorry, but that was the end (7) ……………… the vegetables.
Then a few days (8) ……………… Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs. Brown a parcel. In it was a
beautiful, fat duck, and (9) ……………… it was a piece of paper (10) ……………… the words “Enjoy
your vegetables!“
WRITING (60 ms)
A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it (30 ms)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. There are still / lot of games / recreations / you might want / take part.
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TUYỂN SINH VÀO 10 CHUYÊN ANH
PHONETICS (20 ms)
A. (10 ms – 2/ 1 w.)
1. clothes /đz/
2. th ink /θiηk/
3. with /đ/
4. ch emist /k/
5. architect /k/
6. ch aracter
7. h our
8. deer / diə/
9. glad
10. played
B. (10 ms – 1/ 1 w.)
‘instrument ‘history cele’bration soli’darity ‘friendship
‘demonstrate ‘symbolize ‘celebrate ‘musical ‘socialist
VOCABULARY (20 ms – 2/ 1 w.)
1. participants
2. participation
3. sadness
4. demonstrator
5. success
6. successful
7. excitedly
8. strength
9. strength
10. bath

A. Finish each of the following sentences (30 ms – 3/1 s.)
Optional
B. Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences (30 ms – 5/1 s.)
1. I hope you’ll be able to come with us next summer.
2. If you’re interested in natural beauty, we’ll take you to the English Lake District.
3. The sights here are so splendid that you can’t leave them, once coming there.
4. How pure the air is!
5. We’ll feel stronger and healthier if we can stay there for a long time.
6. There are still a lot of games and recreations you might want to take part in.