sở giáo dục và đào tạo thanh hóa
đề chính thức
đề thi này gồm 04 trang
kì thi vào lớp 10 chuyên lam sơn
năm học 2012 - 2013
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
(Môn chung cho tất cả các thí sinh)
Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 18 tháng 6 năm 2012

part A: phonetics (5 points)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line . (3 pts)
1. A. awful B. show C. wonderful D. drawing
2. A. watched B. cooked C. finished D. managed
3. A. too B. food C. blood D. soon
II. Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest in the same line. (2 pts)
1. A. cover B. injection C. condition D. contact
2. A. weather B. typhoon C. highland D. ladder
part b: grammar (10 points)
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form/tense.
1. John and I ............ (be) pen-pals for nearly three years.
2. Don’t make so much noise. I .......... (study).
3. My sister .......... (brush) her teeth twice a day.
4. Nam is living far from his home now. He wishes he .......... (visit) his family.
5. To avoid .......... (recognize), the film star wore dark glasses.
6. Unless you are more careful, you .......... (have) an accident.
7. If I .......... (know) his address, I’d give it to you.
8. My bicycle isn’t here anymore. It .......... (steal).
9. It suddenly........... (pour) with rain while we ......... (go) to the beach.
part c: multiple choice (10 points).
Choose the best option to complete the sentences below.
1. Listen carefully. I’m going to give you .......... advice.
A. a few B. some C. few D. little
2. She spoke quietly to him .......... nobody else could hear a word.
A. because B. if C. although D. so that
3. How many people took part .......... the contest?
A. in B. from C. with D. to
4. The bed .......... I slept in was very soft.
A. which B. where C. who D. whom
5. Take the number 7 bus and get .......... at Forest Road.
A. up B. down C. outside D. off
6. I always enjoy .......... very much.
A. me B. myself C. mine D. I
7. Could you pass me .......... parcel next to you?
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
8. Nobody called on the phone, ..........?
A. did he B. didn’t he C. did they D. didn’t they
9. Helen: “Congratulations! Jane: - “..........”
A. You are welcome B. What a pity! C. Thank you D. I’m sorry
10. We didn’t ........... to the station in time to catch the train.
A. get B. reach C. arrive D. make
part D: word formation (5 points)
Put the words in the brackets in the right form
1. That company has 2,000 ......... (employ)
2. Conservationists .......... that we should preserve the tropical rainforest in the world. (belief)
3. She is .......... than her elder sister. (lazy)
4. He looked at me .......... when I interrupted him. (angry)
5. The weather was wonderful, so we had a very ......... holiday (please)
part e: reading (15 points)
I. Read the passage below and choose the best option to fill in the blanks. (10 pts)
Jeans are very popular with young people all (1).......... the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of (2)........... . But they haven’t always been popular. The story of