SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO
TẠO HÀ TĨNH
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ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN HÀ TĨNH
Năm học: 2009 - 2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi : 26/.27-06-2009
Thời gian gian: 120 phút( không kể thời gian phát đề)
( Thí sinh làm vào tờ giấy thi được phát kèm đề thi này)
Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the rest
1. A. hope B. stop C. slope D. cope
2. A. technical B. attention C. event D. talent
3. A. encounter B. enter C. enlarge D. entrust
4. A. call B. count C. centre D. cable
5. A. pure B. durable C. cure D. pursue
Part 2: Pick out the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the others:
1. A. passage B. enjoyable C. moment D. matches
2. A. associate B. together C. traveler D. protected
3. A. weather B. Electric C. absorb D. potential
4. A. preference B. attraction C. advantage D. discover
5. A. escaping B. eruption C. delicate D. explain
Part 3: Choose the correct word or phrase underlined to complete the sentence
1. What __________your sister like? She is funny and intelligent.
A. is B. does C. was D. did
2. If I knew you __________busy, I wouldn’t disturb you.
A. were B. had been C. are D. would be
3. The man __________towards us is an engineer.
A. coming B. comes C. is coming D. to come
4. If you had come to the party, you __________her.

20. Can you __________a pound note? I need some coins for the telephone box.
A. exchange B. change C. give D. offer
21.What __________advice she gave us !
A. so good B. such good C. a good D. good
22.My dog as well as my cats ________twice a day.
A. eat B. eats C. has eaten D. have eaten
23.When I came into the class, I realized I knew _____________.
A. them all B. all them C. they all D. all of they
24.Do it right now, ___________ ?
A. do you B. aren’t you C. will you D. don’t you
25.We ________for her for ten minutes.
A. wait B. waited C. are waiting D. have been waiting
26.His father is not interested in tennis and ___________.
A. he doesn’t, either B. so doesn’t he
C. neither does he D. neither is he
27.The little girl wasted half an hour ___________for her picture book.
A. look B. looking C. to look D. looked
28.__________does it take you to do the washing ?
A. How fast B. What time C. How long D. How often
29.Your hair is long. Are you going to __________ ?
A. have it cut B. have cut it C. be cutting it D. have it cutting
30.Would you like tea or coffee? – I ________drink tea than coffee.
A. would like B. would prefer C. would rather D. would wish
31.It is high time you _____________more attentive in class.
A. are B. were C. must be D. have been
32.He was _________that we turned off the TV set immediately.
A. so bad singer B. such bad singer C. such bad a singerD. so bad a singer
33.I wish you _____________that! It’s really annoying habit.
A. won’t do B. couldn’t do C. wouldn’t do D. don’t do
34. “I’m sorry about that!” – “_____________!”

A. as such B. such C. such as D. so
49. It is time you.......... hard for the exam.
A. to revise B. revise C. revised D. revising
50. I live in Dalat, ........... is one of the most beautiful cities of Vietnam.
A. who B. where C. which D. that
Part 4: Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following
sentences
1. Nowadays laser beams can be used to treat _____________.
2. Thousands of ______ are working hard to find out remedies to swine flu.
3. Only five ____________ were shorlisted for the interview.
4. Peter drives very _______________. He’s hardly had a minor accident.
5. My father has lately _________________ in giving up smoking.
6. After the earthquake, very few people were found to be _____________.
7. Your son is very naughty. He has cut himself again, and it is______ badly.
8. The doctor tried to ___________ the soldier’s wound in a fierce battle.
9. She is a studious pupil. She always listens _____ to her teachers’ lessons.
10. Whenever there are food ________ people immediately preserve food.
DEAF
SCIENCE
APPLY
CARE
SUCCESS
LIVE
BLOOD
HEALTH
ATTENTION
SHORT
Part 5: There is a mistake in each of following sentence find and correct it
1. He spent two hours to translate this text into English yesterday morning.
2. We are going on a trip to a countryside with our classmates next month.

hotel.
18. I have eaten too many of those greasy bacon pies, and now I feel sickly.
19. He was upset last Monday morning by her bad attitudes.
20. My brother is not old enough for driving a car.
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Part 6: Choose the best answer to fill in each of the gaps in the text below
There’s now increasing concern about the world's energy resources, particularly
about those involving fossil (1)_______. In less than a hundred years we shall probably
(2)_____ all the present (3)_____ of oil and gas. The world's coal (4) ____ should last
longer but, once used, these can not be (5) _______.
It is important, therefore, that we should develop such (6) _____ sources of energy
as solar
energy and nuclear energy as well as water and wind (7)_______ (classed as (8)_______
energy).Until these energy (9)____ are widely used, it is important for the developed
countries to reduce energy (10)_______ as much as possible.
1. A. fuels B. powers C. forms D. energies
2. A. end B. complete C. total D. exhaust
3. A. findings B. productions C. amounts D. sources
4. A. reserves B. stores C. mines D. contents

Secondly, we should brush our teeth with a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least
twice a day once after breakfast and once before we go to bed. We can also use wooden
toothpicks to clean between our teeth after a meal.
Thirdly, we should eat food that is good for or teeth and our body: milk, cheese, fish,
brown bread, potatoes, red rice, raw vegetables and fresh fruit. Chocolate, sweets,
biscuits and cakes are bad, especially when we eat them between meals. They are
harmful because they stick to our teeth and cause decay.
1) Good teeth help us _______.
a) be nice b) have good eyesight c) chew our food d) be important
2) When food and germs collect in a small crack, our teeth _________.
a) become hard b) begin to decay
c) send poison into the blood d) make us feel quite ill
3) A lot people visit a dentist only when __________.
a) their teeth grow properly b) they have holes in their teeth
c) they have toothache d) they have brushed their teeth
4) We ought to try to clean our teeth __________.
a) once a day b) at least twice a day
c) between meals d) before breakfast
5) We shouldn’t eat a lot of _________.
a) red rice b) fresh fruit c) fish d) chocolate
6) Sweets are harmful because they make our teeth ___________.
a) black b) ache c) bad d) cracked
Part 9: Rewrite the following sentences, begin as shown and keep the meaning
unchanged
1. The flight from Bangkok to London lasted for more than twelve hours.
It took _________________________________________________________________
2. No decision on the issue has been made yet.
Nothing ________________________________________________________________