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TỔ: NGOẠI NGỮ NĂM HỌC 2016-2017.

---------- Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH KHỐI 10
Ngày tháng 4 năm 2017
Thờ i gian là m bà i: 180 phú t
(khô ng kể thờ i gian giao đề)
(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) 3 nights

Number of rooms to book: (2) 270
Price inclusive of: (3) tax
Full name: (4) Michael Firnsby
Post code: (5) WC2D5JB
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.

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 C. the goal keeper
  D. a minor, supporting role.

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.

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. …………F… 7. F… 8. …F… 9. …T… 10. …T…

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

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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
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

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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. B
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. A

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
2 was cautioned and fined $1,000 for disturbing the peace.
3 And finally, the police, acted on a tip-off, arrested Ben Nutt and Tito
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4 Anderson yesterday in a downtown Miami hotel. The two men has been
5 on the run for three weeks following Nutt’s dramatic escape from Miami
6 State Penitentiary. Anderson, on trying for the bank robbery at the time
7 Nutt broke out of prison, allegedly mastermind his cousin’s escape.
8 Nutt was convicted of fraud six months ago and sentenced to ten years
9 in prison. He did a sensation at his trial where, having been found guilty
10 of the charges brought against him, he vowed that when he was
11 released from prison he would personally ‘deal with’ those people who
12 had testified against him. Fortunately, one of the witnesses appeared
13 in the court during Nutt’s trial was harmed while the two men were at
14 the loose. An inquiry into Nutt’s escape is to be held on …

Your answers:
LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION
1 3 Acted acting 6
2 7 mastermind masterminded 7
3 12 fortunately Unfortunately 8
4 12 Appeared appearing 9
5 14 to be held being held 10
III. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition. (10pts)
1. Before the ship could move …on.., the crew had to wait for a late passenger.
2. The doctor was called …for…. urgently while at the party.
3. I was so tired last night that I dropped …off… in front of the TV.
4. And he made……off….. with all the money he had been given.
5. To help your heart Mr. Jones, I suggest you keep …away…… all fatty foods for a few
months.
6. Kathy was two hours late and we had to stand …by in the cold waiting for her.
7. There were two pilots on the flight to Australia and they changed …over.. after half
the flight was completed.
8. If the children play…after.. while we are out Kathy, put them to bed and don't let
them watch TV in their rooms, OK?

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9. I have a splitting headache and I certainly don't feel ……up… to going to watch a
concert.
10. It seemed unfair that my father would return home from work exhausted and take
it …up…on us poor children. That's what I remember most from my childhood.

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) …competitive.western economy, they COMPETE
need to be well-informed and (2)knowledgeable… In a complex ever- KNOW
changing modern world, it is (3) unarguable.that the task of preparing ARGUE
the next generation cannot be carried out within the (4) … TRADITION
traditional….classroom framework, because acquiring a proper
education in this way is simply (5) …impossible. This is where POSSIBLE
computer-aided 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) … EXCEED
excessive…exposure to computers may prove to be harmful rather than BENEFIT
(7) beneficial…..to children and that it is more (8) counter- PRODUCE
productive..for education to take place in the classroom. They say that, RESIST
although computers seem to hold a(n) (9) …unresistable….. appeal for
some people, particularly young children, it is (10) …prefered.for PREFER
children to have a person, rather than a machine, for a teacher.
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.
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 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.

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

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._nothing_ but music videos. It was a brilliant marketing
concept, as it came at little cost while 2._also_extremely attractive to record companies
and advertisers.
The videos were guided by an air-host 3. _know as a VJ-the term is a conflation of
‘video’ and ‘disc jockey’. The VJs are now a 4._part of the past, but 5.__in_their heyday,

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they were MTV, attaining cult status. It was 6._by_presenters on the station that Russell
Brand and Alex Zane got their career breaks.
MTV changed the way we experience music: we 7.__broke_ records instead of just
listening to them. Record companies were quick to appreciate this, and acts such as
Madona and Boy George, 8.__whose_appeal was as much about their good looks
9.__as_their music, went global. Such 10._was_the music video’s impact that film
directors at the height of their careers were attracted to the medium.

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

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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 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

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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
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

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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

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.
Watchfully ………………………………………………………………….
2. We must think about ways of improving the transport system.
Thought must be given to ways of improving the transport system
3. I hadn’t realized the full implications of what had happened until some time later.
It was only later that I realised the full implications of what had happened.
4. The police only warned Sally because it was her first offence.
Sally was let … off with warning because of her first offence.
5. It’s nobody’s fault that the match was cancelled.
Nobody is to be blame for the cancellation of the match.

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 …set her heart on… getting that job.
2. Harry plays tennis much better than I do.
nearly
I am not … nearly as good a… tennis player as Harry is.
3. I presume you are coming to the party Miriam.
read
Can I …read the truth…. you are coming to the party Miriam?
4. There is no doubt at all that the government will win the election.
conclusion
It is …a conclusion….. that the government will win the election.
5. I wish he would stop criticizing my work.

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fault
I wish he would stop …finding faults on 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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