Đề thi Chuyên Tiếng Anh tỉnh Trà Vinh, THPT Chuyên Nguyễn Thiện Thành năm 2020

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO

TRÀ VINH

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC

(Đề thi có 05 trang)

KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN

NĂM HỌC 2020-2021

MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút, không kể thời gian phát đề

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress is placed differently from others. (0.5 point)

1. A. honest B. punctual C. ancient D. unique

2. A. religion B. institute C. assembly D. mechanic

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each group. (0.5 point)

1. A. dropped B. worked C. played D. passed

2. A. solar B. solid C. moral D. horrid

III. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences. Circle the answer A, B, C or D. (2.0 points)

1. If she __________ a good salary, she __________ independent of her parents.

A. earns/can be B. earn/will be C. earns/won’t be D. earn/would be

2. Jim bought some detective novels which __________ to Linda yesterday.

A. is given B. were given C. give D. gave

3. No one sings better than his wife, __________?

A. doesn’t she B. don’t they C. does she D. do they

4. Her parents did not let her __________ all chores, but she was made __________ a lot.

A. to do/to study B. do/study C. do/to study D. to do/study

5. I thought he would find the girl whom he was looking for at the hotel, but she had __________ the day before.

A. left over B. checked out C. gone up D. run down

6. Students often enjoy doing outdoor activities in a __________ way.

A. creativity B. create C. creative D. creatively

7. __________ rain or snow, there are always more than five hundred fans at the concert.

A. In spite of B. So C. Despite D. Both A and C

8. - Jack: “You’re a great chef, Laura. I wish I could do half as well as you.”

- Laura: “__________”

A. Never mind.

B. I also think so!

C. Thanks, Jack. That’s a nice compliment!

D. My mother also told me that.

IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting (1.0 point)

1. They (A) wish the weather (B) was sunny and cool at the beach (C) so that they (D) could go swimming.

2. Sally’s introduction was (A) enough interesting to get me (B) curious about (C) what she (D) had to say further.

3. The authority (A) advised the (B) local labour (C) work for foreign companies (D) near the city.

4. It is the first time I (A) found this job (B) because there are (C) too many applicants for each job (D) advertised in the newspapers.

V. Read the following passage and circle the most appropriate answer (A, B, C or D) to the questions. (1.0 point)

Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero, a Florentine notary and landlord, but lived on the estate and was treated as an illegitimate son.

In 1483, Leonardo da Vinci drew the first model of helicopter. It did not look very much like our modern day “copter”, but the idea of what it could do was about the same. Leonardo was an artist and sculptor. He was very interested in motion and movement and tried to show it in his art. In order to show movement, he found it helpful to study the way things moved.

One subject he liked to study was birds and how they flew. He spent many hours watching the bird and examining the structure of their wings. He noticed how they cupped air with their wings and how the feathers helped hold the air. Through these studies, Leonardo began to understand how birds were able to fly.

Like many other men, Leonardo began to dream of the day when people would be able to fly. He designed a machine that used all the things he had learned about flight, and thus became the first model of helicopter.

Poor Leonardo had only one problem, however. He had no way to give the necessary speed to his invention. You see, motors had not yet been invented and speed was an important part of the flying process. It would be another four hundred years before the engine was invented and another fifty years before it was put to the test in an airplane.

Leonardo’s dream of a helicopter finally came to pass in 1936. The Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist, Leonardo died on May 2, 1519, and was buried in the cloister of San Fiorentino in Amboise.

1. What is the author’s main point?

A. An overview of one of Leonardo da Vinci’s many skills.

B. The invention of the helicopter.

C. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 and died in 1519.

D. Birds cup air with their wings and use feathers to help hold the air.

2. The word “It” in the second paragraph refers to __________.

A. the first model helicopter B. Leonardo da Vinci

C. 1483 D. copter

3. What two things did birds have that Leonardo da Vinci noticed helped them to fly?

A. cups and feathers B. wings and feathers

C. wings and beaks D. feathers and talons

4. What was the main problem with Leonardo’s invention?

A. He was illegitimate. B. The birds lost their feather.

C. He couldn’t draw. D. Motors were not invented yet.

VI. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (1.0 point)

Fashions have always (1) __________ with time. No doubt Roman girls worried about having the latest hairstyle and boys in Ancient Egypt wanted to have sandals that were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.

Looking back over recent times, there seems to be two main differences in the way fashions have changed compared to earlier times. Firstly, far more people have a choice of clothes (2) __________ to them. There are few places in the world where the trainers, the caps or the T-shirts of teenagers do not change from one year to the next. Secondly, (3) __________ are replaced within a much shorter time than they used to be. For instance, in the 1960s, dresses had the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.

In the early years of the 21st century, the shops are full of long skirts and coloured scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that the really fashionable people look no different (4) __________ the rest of us, because it is only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before.

1. A. exchanged B. changed C. placed D. moved

2. A. available B. popular C. possible D. valuable

3. A. forms B. types C. styles D. shapes

4. A. about B. on C. for D. from

VII. Read the passage and complete the blanks with one suitable word in each blank. (1.0 point)

When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be friendly. When you put one (1) __________ in front of your mouth, you mean “Be quiet”. Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages. Once an Englishman was in Italy, he could speak a little Italian. One day, while he was walking in the street, he felt (2) __________ and went into a restaurant.

When the waiter came, the Englishman opened his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he meant to say, “Bring me something to eat”. But the waiter brought him a lot of things to (3) __________: first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was ready to leave the restaurant. When another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And his sign was clear (4) __________ for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last, the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

VIII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. (0.75 point)

1. He was very sorry that he didn’t meet Linda on her trip to Paris. (regret)

He greatly regretted _________________________________________________________________________

2. She always feels scared when travelling by train. (make)

Travelling _________________________________________________________________________________

3. “I am sorry, Mary. I broke your bicycle,” said Peter. (apologize)

Peter apologized ____________________________________________________________________________

IX. Build the sentences using the suggested words. (0.75 point)

1. No one/ leave/ classroom/ until/ guilty student/ admit/ steal/ money.

_________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Teachers/ ask/ my parents/ if/ they/ encourage/ me/ spend/ three weeks/ take part/ summer course/ New York.

_________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Mary/ allow/ relative/ use/ barbecue grill/ when/ she/ be/ away/ beach.

_________________________________________________________________________________________

X. Write an essay about the following topic. (1.5 points)

Write an essay about the benefits of learning a foreign language. Include reasons and any relevant examples to support your answer. Write an essay of about 150 -180 words.

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