ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH THPT
Trường học THPT Lê Hồng Phong – HCM
Lớp học 10
Năm học 2005
Môn thi Anh văn
Thời gian 120 phút
Thang điểm 10

I. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentences (2 marks)
1. His house has been sold ______ $ 1,000,000.
A. at B. for C. in D. with
2. Bread is usually ______ wheat.
A. made of B. made with C. made by D. made from
3. Peter, can I ______ you a drink?
A. buy for B. buy to C. buy D. invite
4. It isn't quite ______ that they will come to our party.
A. sure B. exact C. certain D. right
5. ______ goes to the bus; now we will have to walk home.
A. On time B. At once C. There D. Early
6. Don't hurry! There is no need ______.
A. running B. to run C. run D. you run
7. Mike had hoped ______ his letter.
A. her to answer B. that she answer
C. that she would answer D. her answering
8. Please write your answers ______ ink.
A. in B. with C. of D. by
9. Peter was not feeling well, so we gave him ______ to do than you.
A. fewer work B. less work C. little work D. least work
10. He spent half a year ______ this house.
A. to build B. building C. built D. on building

a. Oh, I was just wondering if you wanted to go out tonight.
b. Tonight? You must be joking - it's too cold. What about coming round to
my place? We could watch TV or something?
c. Look, if you really want to go somewhere, you could come with me to the
library.
d. Hi, Michael! How are things?
e. Oh, I think it's half past eight or something. I'll just get the paper and have
a look. Just hang on for a minute.
f. Hi, Liz. Good, thanks. What's new with you?
g. Well I was thinking of going to the school library to do a bit of study.
What have you got in mind?
h. OK. Just joking. What time does it start?
i. I thought we could just go for a walk. May be down to that park near the
beach.
k. Oh, come on.
l. Watch TV? That's all you ever want to do! I want to go out somewhere.
That new Jane Fonda film is on in town. How about that

IV. Write the second sentence so that it means the same as the first (2.25
marks)
1. The last time I went to the theatre was three years ago.
It is
2. 'Who did you go to the cinema with?' she said to me.
She asked
3. We are sorry we couldn't come to your birthday party.
We are sorry not
4. 'I was born in 1983' Mary said to Peter.
Mary told
5. The milk was so hot that the boy couldn't drink it.
The milk was

a. Children like movies, but most adults do not.
b. We can learn from motion pictures.
c. Prehistoric artists showed motion in the cave paintings.
d. An American made the first movie.
e. Movies were popular in Europe at the end of the 19th century.
f. Movies are the same today as they were in 1920.
g. Inventors added sound and color to movies at the same time.
h. It is expensive to make movies.

VI. Fill each of the numbered blanks with a suitable word (1.5 marks)
The country is more beautiful than __1__ town and pleasanter to live __2__.
Many people think __3__ and go to the country __4__ the summer holidays
__5__ they cannot live __6__ all the year round. Some have a cottage __7__
in the village so that they can go there whenever they can __8__ the time.
English villages are not all alike, but __9__ some ways they are not very
__10__ from each other. Most villages are so __11__ to some small town
that people can go there to buy __12__ they can't find in the village shops.