Đề Thi Tuyển Sinh Lớp 10 THPT Chuyên Tỉnh Quảng Nam Năm Học 2015-2016

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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN QUẢNG NAM Năm học 2015-2016 Khóa ngày: 03/6/2015 ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
Môn: TIẾNG ANH (chuyên)
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi này gồm 09 trang, được đánh số từ 1-9. Thí sinh kiểm tra cẩn thận số trang trước khi làm bài.
..........................................Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy đề thi này...............................................
SECTION ONE: PHONETICS (0.5 pt)
Question 1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the others. Write your answers in the box numbered below. 0 has been done for you as an example. (0.3 pt) 0. A. many B. bad C. man D. manage 1. A. eight
B. freight C. height D. weight
2. A. nature
B. exchange C. parade D. basis 3. A. honor B. hobby C. household D. humor 0 1 2 3 A
Question 2. Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress
in each of the following questions. Write your answers in the box numbered below. 0 has
been done for you as an example. (0.2 pt) 0. A. enormous B. humorous C. generous D. dangerous 1. A. efficiency B. mausoleum C. communicate D. mysterious 2. A. creature B. garbage C. damage D. typhoon 0 1 2 A
SECTION TWO: USE OF ENGLISH (3.5 pts)
Question 1. Choose the best answer (marked A, B, C or D) to finish each of the
following sentences. Write your answers in the numbered box below. (0) has been done
as an example. (1.2 pts)
0. It is 6 years ______ we moved to Chicago. A. when B. since C. that D. after
1. For most households, lighting ______ for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity bill. A. accounts B. applies C. asks D. prepares
2. I do not know why my uncle is ______ doubt ______ everything he sees. A. with / about B. in / of C. of / for D. in / with
3. They received ______ advice from their parents that they became successful. A. so good B. such a good C. so good an D. such good
4. She asked me how long ______. 1 A. I have been waiting B. have I been waiting C. had I been waiting D. I had been waiting
5. Some families are moving to the countryside to ______ their children away from city
life and using broadband Internet connections to work from home. A. raise up B. make up C. bring up D. rise up
6. Newspapers have become part of a daily ______ in most lives but little is known of
the immense history of this learning tool. A. routine B. event C. activity D. occurrence
7. Tuan is an active student. He has taken ______ in different charity activities in his town. A. place B. part C. apart D. care
8. ______ where to find the key, the boy could not open the safe. A. Knowing not B. Knew not C. Not knowing D. Didn't know
9. Tom: Can I have your order, please?
Mary: ______ .
A. Two chickens, please
B. I'll do it right away C. Yes, sir
D. Just do whatever you want
10. Peter: Take care of yourself.
Daisy: ______ . A. I will B. Yes, I do C. Not bad D. You're welcome
11. ______ you pay in advance, you must give us a 10 percent deposit. A. If B. Provided C. Supposing D. Unless
12. She never let you cook the meals, ______? A. didn't she B. doesn't she C. did she D. does she 0. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 B
Question 2. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
part in each of the following questions. (0) has been done for you as an example. (0.3 pt)
0. Primary education in the United States is compulsory.
A. free of charge B. required C. excellent D. easy
1. When being interviewed, you should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying or asking you. A. be related to B. be interested in C. pay all attention to D. express interest to
2. The bread has become stale and I can not swallow it. A. gone up B. gone off C. gone down D. gone away
3. I just want to stay at home and watch TV and take it easy. A. sleep B. sit down C. eat D. relax 0 1 2 3 B 2
Question 3. 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
in the corresponding numbered boxes. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). (1.0 pt)
A LATE NIGHT
Thank you for the book which you had sent me for my birthday last week. I am 0. had
certain I will really enjoy reading it as the book is one I have been intending to 00. 
buy ever since it was being published about two and a half years ago. On 01. ...............
Thursday, instead of buying for me a present, my sister took me out for a meal in 02. ..............
a restaurant which had been highly recommended her in a local newspaper. The 03. ...............
restaurant, which had been open for only two months, was about 25 kilometres 04. ...............
away and we went to there in my sister's car. The meal was excellent and we 05. ...............
thoroughly enjoyed ourselves the evening. Unfortunately, after we left the 06. ...............
restaurant, we had a problem with the car as that it would not start. We could not 07. ...............
find out what the trouble was and decided to leave it behind in the car park until 08. ...............
the following day. We asked of a waiter to call a taxi but had to wait over an hour 09. ...............
for it to arrive, and so we did not get back home until very late. I certainly did not 10. ...............
feel at all like getting up and going to work next morning.
Question 4. Use the word given in the box to the right of the text to form a word that fits
in the same numbered space in the text. Write your answers in the numbered box below.
(0) has been done for you as an example. (1.0 pt) DISAPPEARING LANGUAGES
Many of the world's languages are disappearing at an (0) _______ rate 0. ALARM
due to political or (1) _______ reason. It is estimated that as many as 1. ECONOMY
half of all known languages may disappear by 2100. The (2) _______ 2. APPEAR
of some elements of a language is a natural result of the passage of
time, but now that we all live in a (3) _______ village, this process is 3. GLOBE
speeding up. And as language is an essential part of a people's culture,
if one disappears it is a terrible (4) _______ for all humanity. 4. LOSE
Sometimes local languages co-exist with the dominant language, but
they are (5) _______ replaced as older speakers die and younger ones 5. EVENTUAL
adopt what they consider to be the more (6) _______ tongue. 6. USE
Although interest in language (7) _______ is on the rise, many people 7. PRESERVE
have an equally strong interest in stamping out (8) _______ languages. 8. MINOR
It is essential, therefore, for language (9) _______, language 9. COMMUNE
professionals, and (10) _______ to work together to try to stop them 10. GOVERN from doing this. 0. alarming 1. 2. 3. 4. 3 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
SECTION THREE: READING (3.0 pts).
Question 1: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each
numbered gap. Write your answers in the numbered box below. 0 has been done for you
as an example. (1.0 pt) AT HOME ABROAD
Every year thousands of people travel to Britain in order to improve their (0) _______ of
English. For many, however, this can be a painful experience due to the fact that it involves
(1) _______ a strange school, staying in sometimes unpleasant accommodation and living in an (2) _______ culture.
One answer to these problems is the Homestay method. With this, students are each
assigned a teacher (3) _______ to their language requirements and interests, who they then
stay with throughout their course. As well as giving individual tuition, the teacher (4)
_______ the student with information about what activities are available locally and (5) _______ them on trips.
The idea (6) _______ Homestay is for students to be totally immersed in English language
and culture. Students get between ten and twenty hours of tuition a week and are also
expected to (7) _______ the family's daily activities. The students speak English at all
times and therefore learn how to use the language in everyday (8) _______.
Homestay programmes usually (9) _______ for up to four weeks. Although costs are
higher than of regular language schools, students can feel (10) _______ that they will be
receiving top-class language teaching in a safe and pleasant environment. 0. A. standard B. degree C. measure D. ability 1. A. learning B. going C. studying D. attending 2. A. unfamiliar B. inexperienced C. unaccustomed D. unknown 3. A. right B. proper C. suited D. correct 4. A. advises B. provides C. offers D. suggests 5. A. goes B. takes C. brings D. fetches 6. A. between B. before C. beside D. behind 7. A. go along B. join in C. tie up D. connect with 8. A. positions B. parts C. situations D. backgrounds 9. A. stand B. stay C. last D. remain 10. A. confident B. reliable C. self-assured D. believed 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A
Question 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in the box numbered below. 0 has been done
for you as an example. (1.0 pt) 4 EARTHQUAKES
An earthquake is (0) ______ of the most terrifying natural phenomena. We generally think
(1) ______ the ground we stand on as solid and completely stable. An earthquake can
shatter that idea instantly when we see the ground move and buildings fall (2) ______ .We
only hear about earthquakes in the news every now and again, but (3) ______ are actually
an everyday occurrence. In fact, our planet experiences more than three million
earthquakes a year. However, the vast majority of these earthquakes are extremely weak,
and some of the stronger (4) ______ affect uninhabited places, where they go largely
unnoticed. It is only big quakes in densely populated areas that (5) ______ our attention.
(6) ______ quite recently, nobody was sure what caused earthquakes. There is still a
certain amount of mystery surrounding them today, (7) ______ we now have a much
clearer understanding of the natural movements of rock beneath the surface of the earth
that (8) ______ the ground above shake. Enormous progress has been made over the past century.
Seismologists have identified the forces that cause earthquakes, and developed technology
that can tell us (9) ______ size. They can even say where major earthquakes are likely to
occur. Unfortunately, what they have (10) ______ yet found is a way of predicting exactly
when an earthquake is going to happen. 0. one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 3. Read the text and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the
following questions. Write your answers in the numbered box below.(1.0 pt)
We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the
contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many
disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children
develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright
child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade.
Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This
is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all
our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and
social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.
In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups; this gives
them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They
also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make
decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from
each other as well as from the teachers. 5
Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and
assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class
teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach
them the skills they need in order to do this effectively. An advanced pupil can do
advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their
best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.
1. The author argues that a teacher's chief concern should be the development of the pupil's ______.
A. intellectual abilities
B. learning ability and communicative skills
C. personal and social skills D. total personality
2. According to the passage, the word "intellectual" is closest in meaning to ______.
A. being able to think and understand things
B. being capable of doing manual work effectively
C. very good at speaking in front of big crowds
D. helpful in working in pairs and in groups
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Pupils also learn how to participate in teaching activities.
B. Group work gives pupils the opportunity to learn to work together with others.
C. Pupils also learn to develop their reasoning ability.
D. Group works provides the pupils with the opportunity to learn to be capable organizers.
4. The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ______.
A. offer advice on the proper use of the school library
B. recommend pair work and group work classroom activities
C. argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same class
D. emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
5. Which of the following statements can best summarize the main idea of the passage?
A. Bright children do benefit from mixed-ability teaching.
B. The aim of education is to find out how to teach the bright and not-so-bright pupils.
C. Children, in general, develop at different rates.
D. Various ways of teaching should be encouraged in class. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SECTION FOUR: WRITING (3.0 pts)
Question 1. Giovanni lives in Italy and plans to visit England. Make all the changes and
additions necessary to produce, from the following eight sets of words and phrases, eight
sentences which together make the letter Giovanni wishes to send to the college where 6
he hopes to study English. Note carefully from the example what kind of alterations
need to be made. Write each sentence in the space provided. (0.8 pt)
EXAMPLE: I / wonder / why you / not / reply / last letter.
ANSWER: I was wondering why you had not replied to my last letter. Dear Mr Johnson,
1. A friend / mine / recently / return / England / advise me / write / you.
__________________________________________________________________________
2. I / hope / come / England / next year / spend / some months / Cambridge.
__________________________________________________________________________
3. Perhaps / recommend / suitable English family / me / stay with.
__________________________________________________________________________
4. While / I / there / I / take / part-time course / improve / my English.
__________________________________________________________________________
5. There / be / part-time course / your college?
__________________________________________________________________________
6. If / there / be / I / be grateful / you / send / application form.
__________________________________________________________________________
7. Please / tell / much / fees / course / be.
__________________________________________________________________________
8. I / like / know / date / course / begin.
__________________________________________________________________________
Question 2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
one, using the word given in capital. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. You
must use between TWO and FIVE words, including the word given. 0 has been done for you as an example. (1.2 pt)
0. My brother is too young to drive a car. (NOT)
My brother is not old enough to drive a car.
1. The manager said I could have three days off. (PERMISSION)
The manager ______________________________________ to have three days off.
2. My watch was so badly damaged that it wasn't worth keeping. (POINT)
My watch was so badly damaged that _______________________________ keeping it.
3. It was unfair that the gymnast was given such low marks. (DESERVE)
The gymnast _________________________________________ given such low marks.
4. Teenagers aren't buying as many pop records these days. (BOUGHT)
Not so many pop records ____________________________________ these days.
5. It was snowing so they cancelled the football match . (OWING)
The football match ________________________________________ the snow.
6. When I started work, I was so inexperienced that I couldn't send a fax. (CLUE)
I didn't _________________________________ how to send a fax when I started work. 7