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NĂM HỌC 2016-2017.

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 10
Ngày tháng 4 năm 2017
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
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(Đề thi gồm có 16 trang)

Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài trên tờ giấy thi

I. LISTENING (50pts)
Part 1: You are going to hear a conversation between a hotel receptionist and a customer
who has come to make a booking. Complete the table below with NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (10pts)

Length of stay: (1) ………………………….

Number of rooms to book: (2) ………………………….
Price inclusive of: (3) …………………………..
Full name: (4) …………………………..
Post code: (5) …………………………
Address: 273, Stanton Court, London.

Part 2: You will hear part of an interview with an actress who is talking about her recent
work. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10pts)
1. What does Jenny say about the last six months of her life?
A. She feels she doesn't belong in this showbiz world.
B. She's had too much to learn.
C. She's been incredibly busy.
D. I has been a little in awe

2. Why does Jenny use the football metaphor when talking about the cast of her new movie?
A. to give an idea of teamwork.
B. to show how hard they have all been working on the film.
C. to say something about the plot of the film.
D. to say how attractive it is.

3. And how does she view her role in the football team when asked?
A. the mother of the group.
B. the serious one.
C. the goal keeper
D. a minor, supporting role.

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4. How did she find working with a famous actor on the film set?
A. she was determined not to let it affect her work.
B. she felt relaxed around him.
C. she didn't find him very professional.
D. She felt rather nervous.

5. Why was Jenny criticized for her comments about Broadway? B. she was only repeating
something she had previously stated.
A. she was too aggressive in her comments about Broadway.
B. she said that there weren’t enough women working on Broadway.
C. she was too aggressive in her comments about Broadway.
D. she shouldn't have criticized something she profits off herself.

Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………

Part 3: You will hear a talk about biofuels and the environment. Listen and decide the
following statements are True (T) or False (F. (10pts).

6. A few people are worried about the boom in biofuels.

7. Biofuel producers might not know about the possible problems.
8. Environmentalists believe that increased production of corn and soya will lead to the
destruction of rain forests.
9. Biofuels might have little or no impact on food prices.
10. The author of the report says that biofuels should be part of a group of measures to fight
global warming.

Your answers:
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………

Part 4: You will hear a talk about Australian domestic travel. Listen and complete the
following sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FOR EACH GAP. (20pts).

Industries that benefit from tourism (11) ……………….., (12) ……………… and (13)
………………
14. The state or territory in which the highest number of overnight trips was made
was .....................

15. The state or territory in which the lowest number of overnight trips was made
was .....................

16. People travelling from state to state spent more than those travelling .....................

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The TWO cheapest states or territories to travel to
were (17).................... and (18).....................
19. The category of people who spent the most on travel in Australia in 2002
were …………….
20. The category who spent the most on souvenirs were ………………………..

Your answers:
11. …………… 12. …………… 13. …………… 14. …………… 15. ……………
16. …………… 17. …………… 18. …………… 19. …………… 20. ……………

PART II: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (50pts)

I. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank in the following sentences. (20pts).
1. The old house was ____________ furnished and we had to buy almost everything new.
A. thinly B. sparsely C. mildly D. rarely
2. He was given the France post even though his French is decidedly ____________.
A. fluent B. untidy C. rusty D. disheveled
3. The company has a lot of problems but they all seem to ____________ to money.
A. boil down B. cook up C. lead over D. reason out
4. Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will_________.
A. pull through B. pull up C. pull back D. pull out
5. This ticket _______ you to a free meal in our new restaurant.
A. confers B. entitles C. grants D. credits
6. Making private calls on the office phone is severely _________ on in our department.
A frowned B criticized C regarded D objected
7. The government has made no ___________ in the fight against inflation; indeed, the
situation has worsened recently.
A headway B effect C avail D triumph
8. He was so mean that he couldn’t bear to _________ the smallest sum of money for the
charity appeal.
A pay off B part with C give in D let out
9. It had been a trying afternoon, __________ at about six o’clock in the television
breaking down.
A leading B culminating C arriving D finalizing
10. Dr Smith uses student volunteers as _________ for his experiments.
A subjects B models C cases D agents
11. Wasn’t it yourself ________the door open?
A. to leave B. to have left C. who left D. that should leave
12. My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on television, but she rose to the
______wonderfully.
A. event B. performance C. incident D. occasion
13. The train service has been a ______ since they introduced the new schedules.
A. shambles B. rumpus C. chaos D. fracas
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14. Is an inexperienced civil servant ________to the task of running the company?
A. capable B. skilled C. eligible D. suited
15. John’s got very _______feelings about taking on more responsibility at the moment.
A. puzzled B. jumbled C. mixed D. muddled
16. The storm ripped our tent to _______
A. slices B. shreds C. strips D. specks
17. When he examined the gun the detective’s suspicion turned into ________.
A certainty B confirmation C reality D conclusion
18. Few pleasures can equal __________ of a cool drink on a hot day.
A it B that C such D this
19. I’ll just __________ an eye over these figures before you type them.
A cast B fling C toss D throw
20. His emotional problems_________ from the attitudes he encountered as child, I think.
A stem B flourish C root D sprout

Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
11. …………… 12. …………… 13. …………… 14. …………… 15. ……………
16. …………… 17. …………… 18. …………… 19. …………… 20. ……………

II. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your
answers in the space provided in the column on the right. (10pts)

1 … had no alternative but to plead guilty over the charges. The Minister was
2
cautioned and fined $1,000 for disturbing the peace.
3
And finally, the police, acted on a tip-off, arrested Ben Nutt and Tito
4
5 Anderson yesterday in a downtown Miami hotel. The two men has been on
6
the run for three weeks following Nutt’s dramatic escape from Miami State
7
8 Penitentiary. Anderson, on trying for the bank robbery at the time Nutt broke
9
out of prison, allegedly mastermind his cousin’s escape. Nutt was convicted
10
11 of fraud six months ago and sentenced to ten years in prison. He did a
12
sensation at his trial where, having been found guilty of the charges brought
13
14 against him, he vowed that when he was released from prison he would
personally ‘deal with’ those people who had testified against him.
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 Fortunately, one of the witnesses appeared in the court during Nutt’s trial
was harmed while the two men were at the loose. An inquiry into Nutt’s
escape is to be held on …

Your answers:
LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
III. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition. (10pts)
1. Before the ship could move ……….., the crew had to wait for a late passenger.
2. The doctor was called ……………. urgently while at the party.
3. I was so tired last night that I dropped …………… in front of the TV.
4. And he made…………….. with all the money he had been given.
5. To help your heart Mr. Jones, I suggest you keep …………… all fatty foods for a few
months.
6. Kathy was two hours late and we had to stand …………… in the cold waiting for her.
7. There were two pilots on the flight to Australia and they changed ………….. after half
the flight was completed.
8. If the children play………….. while we are out Kathy, put them to bed and don't let
them watch TV in their rooms, OK?
9. I have a splitting headache and I certainly don't feel ……………… to going to watch a
concert.
10. It seemed unfair that my father would return home from work exhausted and take it
………on us poor children. That's what I remember most from my childhood.

Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………

IV. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided.
(10pts).
What kind of (0) ……educational…. Experience and background should EDUCATION
we be giving our children? In a (1) ……………………..western economy, COMPETE
they need to be well-informed and (2)……………… In a complex ever- KNOW
changing modern world, it is (3) …………….that the task of preparing the ARGUE

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next generation cannot be carried out within the (4) TRADITION
……………….classroom framework, because acquiring a proper education
in this way is simply (5) …………….. This is where computer-aided POSSIBLE
learning steps in, providing children with the skills that they will need in
tomorrow’s world, in a one-to-one learner-centered environment. There are
those who claim, however, that (6) ……………exposure to computers may EXCEED
prove to be harmful rather than (7) ………………..to children and that it is BENEFIT
more (8) ……………..for education to take place in the classroom. They PRODUCE
say that, although computers seem to hold a(n) (9) ……………….. appeal RESIST
for some people, particularly young children, it is (10) …………….for
children to have a person, rather than a machine, for a teacher. PREFER

Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
PART III: READING (60pts)
I. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your
answers in the numbered box. (15pts)
Saving Latin
Try telling the Reverend Reginald Foster that Lantin is a dead language. The response
will be an 1. ________ rant from a teacher who has dedicated a large 2.______of his life to
keeping the forerunner of the English and Romance languages alive. A man on a mission, he
speaks only in Latin to his students, 3.________the language to life with his dramatic
recitations.
But Reverend Foster is not alone. Latin plays a special part in Italian cultural heritage,
and politicians and academics have 4. ________concerns that enthusiasm for Latin in
schools appears to be on the 5.________because of the popularity of English. Some purists
even feel this is 6.______their national 7. ______. They have a point; in my experience
Italians seem obsessed with using English words, and will 8._________an English word into
a sentence even when a perfectly good native word will 9.__________.
But need we really fear for Latin just yet? Maybe not. Even if it is on its last
10._______, it has survived for over 2,000 years.

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1. A. impassioned B. impassive C. unenthusiastic D. apathetic
2. A. volume B. chapter C. act D. scene
3. A. getting B. putting C. bringing D. setting
4. A. conveyed B. voiced C. uttered D. sounded
5. A. wane B. fall C. ebb D. drop
6. A. deteriorating B. eroding C. disintegrating D. eating
7. A. advancement B. ontogenesis C. retrogression D. identity
8. A. slip B. push C. cast D. post
9. A. answer B. satisfy C. suffice D. content
10. A. laughs B. leases C. lengths D. legs

Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………

II. Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered blanks
provided below the passage. (15pts)

The early years of MTV

The popular TV music channel MTV was launched in 1981 in the US 0. __with__ the
intention of playing 1.______ but music videos. It was a brilliant marketing concept, as it
came at little cost while 2.____extremely attractive to record companies and advertisers.
The videos were guided by an air-host 3. _______ as a VJ-the term is a conflation of
‘video’ and ‘disc jockey’. The VJs are now a 4.________of the past, but 5._________their
heyday, they were MTV, attaining cult status. It was 6._________presenters on the station
that Russell Brand and Alex Zane got their career breaks.
MTV changed the way we experience music: we 7._______ records instead of just
listening to them. Record companies were quick to appreciate this, and acts such as Madona
and Boy George, 8._________appeal was as much about their good looks 9._______their
music, went global. Such 10._________the music video’s impact that film directors at the
height of their careers were attracted to the medium.

Your answers:
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1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………

6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………

III. In this part of the test, you are going to read a short text, then answer the questions
following each text by choosing the best answer to each question A,B,C or D. (15pts.)
Continents and ocean basins represent the largest identifiable bodies on Earth. On the
solid portions of the planet, the second most prominent features are flat plains, elevated
plateaus, and large mountain ranges. In geography, the term "continent" refers to the surface
of continuous landmasses that together comprise about 29.2% of the planet's surface. On the
other hand, another definition is prevalent in the general use of the term that deals with
extensive mainlands, such as Europe or Asia that actually represent one very large landmass.
Although all continents are bounded by water bodies or high mountain ranges, isolated
mainlands, such as Greenland and India-Pakistan areas are called subcontinents. In some
circles, the distinction between continents and large islands lies almost exclusively in the size
of a particular landmass.
The analysis of compression and tension in the earth's crust has determined that
continental structures are composed of layers that underlie continental shelves. A great deal
of disagreement among geologists surrounds the issue of exactly how many layers underlie
each landmass because of their distinctive mineral and chemical composition. It is also quite
possible that the ocean floor rests on the top of unknown continents that have not yet been
explored. The continental crust is believed to have been formed by means of a chemical
reaction when, lighter materials separated from heavier ones, thus settling at various levels
within the crust. Assisted by the measurements of the specifics within crust formations by
means of monitoring earthquakes, geologists can speculate that a chemical split occurred to
form the atmosphere, sea water, and the crust before it solidified many centuries ago.
Although each continent has its special features, all consist of various combinations of
components that include shields, mountain belts, intracratonic basins, margins, volcanic
plateaus, and block vaulted belts. The basic differences among continents lie in the
proportion and the composition of these features relative to the continent size. Climatic zones

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have a crucial effect on the weathering and formation of the surface features, soil erosion,
soil deposition, land formation, vegetation, and human activities.
Mountain belts are elongated narrow zones that have a characteristic folded sedimentary
organization of layers. They are typically produced during substantial crustal movements,
which generate faulting and mountain building. When continental margins collide, the rise
of a marginal edge leads to the formation of large mountain ranges, as explained by the
plate tectonic theory. This process also accounts for the occurrence of mountain belts in
ocean basins and produces evidence for the ongoing continental plate evolution.

1. What does this passage mainly discuss?

A. Continental drift and division
B. Various' definitions of the term "continent"
C. Continental structure and crust
D. Scientific analyses of continental crusts
2. According to the passage, how do scientists define continents?
A. As masses of land without divisions
B. As extensive bodies of land
C. As the largest identifiable features
D. As surficial compositions and ranges
3. In the passage, the word "bounded" is closest in meaning to
A. covered
B. convened
C. delimited
D. dominated
4. The author of the passage implies that the disagreement among scientists is based on the
fact that
A. each continent has several planes and shelves
B. continents have various underlying layers of crust
C. continents undergo compression and experience tension
D. continents have different chemical makeup
5. The word "specifics" in the passage is closest in meaning to
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A. specialties
B. speculations
C. exact details
D. precise movements
6. The word "it" in the passage refers to
A. a chemical split
B. the crust
C. the atmosphere
D. sea water
7. The author of the passage implies that
A. it is not known exactly how the continental crust was formed
B. geologists have neglected the exploration of the ocean floor
C. scientists have concentrated on monitoring earthquakes ,
D. the earth's atmosphere split into water and solids
8. According to the passage, what are the differences in the structure of continents?
A. The proportional size of continents to one another
B. Ratios of major components and their comparative size
C. The distinctive features of their elements
D. Climatic zones and their effect' on the surface features
9. In the passage, the phrase "This process" refers to
A. continental collision
B. mountain ranges
C. the rise of margins
D. plate tectonic theory
10. The author of the passage implies that
A. the process of mountain formation has not been accounted for
B. mountain ranges on the ocean floor lead to surface mountain building.
C. faulting and continental margins are parts of plate edges
D. the process of continent formation has not been completed
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
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6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
IV. Read the text and do the following tasks. (15 points)
For questions 1-6, choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-F from the
list of headings below.
I. Differences between languages highlight their impressiveness
II. The way in which a few sounds are organised to convey a huge
range of meaning
III. Why the sounds used in different languages are not identical
IV. Apparently incompatible characteristics of language
V. Even silence can be meaningful
VI. Why language is the most important invention of all
VII. The universal ability to use language
1. Paragraph A ____________
2. Paragraph B ____________
3. Paragraph C ____________
4. Paragraph D ____________
5. Paragraph E ____________
6. Paragraph F ____________
THIS MARVELOUS INVENTION
A. Of all mankind’s manifold creations, language must take pride of place. Other
inventions-the wheel, agriculture, sliced bread-may have transformed our material existence,
but the advent of language is what made us human. Compared to language, all other
inventions pale in significance, since everything we have ever achieved depends on language
and originates from it. Without language, we could never have embarked on our ascent to
unparalleled power over all other animals, and even over nature itself.
B. But language is foremost not just because it came first. In its own right it is a tool of
extraordinary sophistication, yet based on an idea of ingenious simplicity: ‘this marvelous
invention of composing out of twenty-five or thirty sounds that infinite variety of expressions
which, whilst having in themselves no likeness to what is in our mind, allow us to disclose to
others its whole secret, and to make known to those who cannot penetrate it all that we
imagine, and all the various stirrings of our soul’. This was how, in 1660, the renowned

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French grammarians of the Port-Royal abbey near Versailles distilled the essence of
language, and no one since has celebrated more eloquently the magnitude of its achievement.
Even so, there is just one flaw in all these hymns of praise, for the homage to language’s
unique accomplishment conceals a simple yet critical incongruity. Language is mankind’s
greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented. This apparent paradox is at
the core of our fascination with language, and it holds many of its secrets.
C. Language often seems so skillfully drafted that one can hardly imagine it as
anything other than the perfect handiwork of a master craftsman. How else could this
instrument make so much out of barely three dozen measly morsels of sound? In themseves,
these configurations of mouth-p,f,b,v,t,d,k,g,h,sh,a,e and so on-amount to nothing more thana
few haphazard spits and splutters, random noises with no meaning, no ability to express, no
power to explain. But run them through the cogs and wheels of the language machine let it
arrange them in some very special orders, and there is nothing that these meaningless streams
of air cannot do: from sighing the interminable boredom of existence to unravelling the
fundamental order of the universe.
D. The most extraordinary thing about language, however, is that one doesn’t have to
be a genius to set its wheels in motion. The language machine allows just about everybody-
from pre-modern foragers in the subtropical savannah, to post-modern philosophers in the
suburban sprawl- to tie these meaningless sounds together into an infinite variety of subtle
sense, and all apparently without the slightest exertion. Yet it is precisely this deceptive ease
which makes language a victim of its own success, since in everyday life its triumphs are
usually taken for granted. The wheels of language run so smoothly that one rarely bothers to
stop and think about all the resourcefulness and expertise that must have gone into making it
tick. Language conceals art.
E. Often, it is only the estrangement of foreign tongues, with their many exotic and
outlandish features, that brings home the wonder of language’s design. One of the showiest
stunts that some languages can pull off is an ability to build up words of breath-taking length,
and thus express in one word what English takes a whole sentence to say. The Turkish word
sehirlilistiremediklerimizdensiniz, to take one example, means nothing less than ‘you are one
of those whom we can’t turn into a town-dweller’. (In case you were wondering, this

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monstrosity really is one word, not merely many different words squashed together-most of
its components cannot even stand up on their own.)
F. And if that sounds like some one-off freak, then consider Sumerian, the language
spoken on the banks of the Euphrates some 5,000 years ago by the people who invented
writing and thus enabled the documentation of history. A Sumerian word like munintuma’a
(‘when he had made it suitable for her’) might seem rather trim compared to the Turkish
colossus above. What is so impressive about it, however, is not its lengthiness but rather the
reverse-the thrifty compactness of its construction. The word is made up of different slots,
each corresponding to a particular portion of meaning. This sleek design allows single
sounds to convey useful information, and in fact even the absence of a sound has been
enlisted to express something specific. If you were to ask which bit in the Sumerian word
corresponds to the pronoun ‘it’ in the English translation ‘when he had made it suitable for
her’, then the answer would have to be nothing. Mind you, a very particular kind of nothing:
the nothing that stands in the empty slot in the middle. The technology is so fine-tuned then
that even a non-sound, when carefully placed in a particular position, has been invested with
a specific function. Who could possibly have come up with such a nifty contraption?
Questions 7-10: Complete the summary using the list of words, A-G,
below.
A. difficult B. complex C. original D. admired
E. material F. easy G. fundamental

THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE

The wheel is one invention that has had impact on 7.___________aspects of life, but no
impact has been as 8.__________as that of language. Language is very 9.___________, yet
composed of just a small number of sounds. Language appears to be 10._______to use.
However, its sophistication is often overlooked.
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………

PART IV: WRITING (40p.)

I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence printed before it. (10pts).
1. The director’s bodyguards stood behind him, watching.
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Watchfully ………………………………………………………………….
2. We must think about ways of improving the transport system.
Thought must ……………………………………………………………….
3. I hadn’t realized the full implications of what had happened until some time later.
It was ……………………………………………………………………….
4. The police only warned Sally because it was her first offence.
Sally was let ………………………………………………………………..
5. It’s nobody’s fault that the match was cancelled.
Nobody is to …………………………………………………………………

II. Rewrite the sentences below in such a way that their meanings stay the same. You must
use the words in capital without changing their forms. (10pts)
1. She wants nothing less than to get that job. It would be a dream come true.
set
She has ………………………………………………… getting that job.
2. Harry plays tennis much better than I do.
nearly
I am not ……………………………………………… tennis player as Harry is.
3. I presume you are coming to the party Miriam.
read
Can I …………………………………………. you are coming to the party Miriam?
4. There is no doubt at all that the government will win the election.
conclusion
It is …………………………………….. that the government will win the election.
5. I wish he would stop criticizing my work.
fault
I wish he would stop …………………………………………my work.

III. Paragraph writing. (20 pts)

Should textbooks be replaced by e-books?
In about 180 words, write a paragraph to express your views. Use your experiences and
examples to support your ideas. Write your paragraph on your answer sheet.

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