ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 CHUYÊN TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN & HÀ NỘI AMSTERDAM NĂM HỌC 2017-2018

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1. The more money you earn, the more _______________________ you have to pay to the government.

2. On my last holiday, I had terrible _______________________ as a consequence of eating some bad fish.

3. Many people are more interested in _________________________ than in earning large amounts of

money.

4. Don’t forget to put some money in the _________________________ or the traffic wardens will give you

a ticket.

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5. When I was young, my parents used to tell me _________________________ about witches and giants

and other strange creatures.

III – Give the correct forms of the words given to complete the sentences.

1. A male employee working in the post room of a large company in the United Kingdom received a

______________________ for wearing jeans to work. (suspend)

2. The next time you go to the supermarket, don’t forget to buy the biggest bottle of kitchen cleaner you can

to ______________________ your work surfaces. (infect)

3. She was severely______________________ by the long illness she had. (weak)

4. She hadn’t been famous as a______________________ until her 17th novel was published. (novel)

5. Levels of ______________________ were certainly not below average, yet cutting boards and dishcloths

were found to contain bacteria in far greater number than elsewhere in the home. (clean)

IV – Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences.

1. Ever since John broke the window, he’s been in the teacher’s ________________ books.

Rumour has it that he quit the country leaving nothing but ________________ debts behind.

Poor Mark! I feel really ________________ about his being laid off on his birthday.

2. It is very difficult to fully ________________ certain pieces of jazz music until you’ve heard them a good

few times.

Although I’m always ready to lend a hand, Marta never really seems to ________________ the things I

do for her.

Given the market for decorative antiques, I’d say that the value of the beautiful vase is set to

________________ considerably in the next few years.

3. The Smiths were pretty quick off the _____________ to sell when they heard house prices were falling.

I think that what you said to Rita about her taste in furniture really hit the ________________

Poverty and unemployment have certainly left a ________________ on this area.

4. With less than a minute of the football match to go, Phil managed to ________________ the ball into the

back of the net.

I think the best course of action would be to jump into the car and ________________ for Bristol as soon

as possible.

Louise has been asked to _________ an investigation into what went wrong on the night of the accident.

5. Initially, few companies saw any potential in computers designed for the ________________ rather than

the office environment.

Although extremely independent, and well able to look after themselves, cats are generally classified as

________________ animals.

Over the years, the proportion of foreign stories in this newspaper Has declined as people have become

more engrossed in ________________ issues.

V – Choose one given verb and give a correct preposition or adverb to make suitable phrasal verbs to fill in the

gaps below. Remember to use the correct forms of the verbs and each verb once only. There are two extra verbs.

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1. We expect that the accused __________________________ his actions in the highest court in the land.

2. If you can ___________________ me a little longer, I’ll try to explain the reasons behind our actions.

3. The naughty boy __________________________ with the last of the sweets at the party last week.

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4. I suppose I would spend a lot of time just _______________________ with friends in the town centre.

5. I don’t have much money these days, so it’s hard __________________________ my music collection.

B. READING

I – Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.

Less than a third of advertising executives believe their campaigns help to sell products - a survey has

revealed. Instead, they are plagued by self-doubt and insecurity and dream of (1) _______ it all up for another

career. In spite of their ‘whiz-kid’ (2) _______, the survey of 600 advertising employees from 50 agencies found

the industry weary from (3) _______. Forty percent of women said sex (4) _______ was rife and 73 percent

described advertising as a ‘terrible career’ for working mothers because of its unpredictability and 12-hour days.

Although spending on advertising by major companies has increased, only 28 percent of advertising employees

were prepared to say that they (5) _______ believed the campaigns were (6) _______. Dominic Mills, the editor

of the industry’s trade magazine campaign, which (7) _______ the survey, was shocked by the results, “it is (8)

_______ to think that so many people in advertising believe their efforts are falling (9) _______ of the mark but

this is (10) _______ what people privately think” she said. Between 1990 and 1992 a fifth of people in the

advertising industry lost their jobs. Asked what job they would most like to do instead, the survivors said they

would become barristers, writers, actors or artists.

1. A. taking B. giving C. making D. putting

2. A. image B. view C. appearance D. aspect

3. A. overalls B. overwork C. overpay D. overdose

4. A. persecution B. operation C. oppression D. discrimination

5. A. genuinely B. authentically C. correctly D. rightfully

6. A. sufficient B. capable C. effective D. proficient

7. A. carried B. conducted C. performed D. executed

8. A. shattering B. smashing C. striking D. staggering

9. A. far B. out C. beyond D. short

10. A. clearly B. clear C. conspicuously D. accurate

II – Give one suitable word to complete the passage.

Most people who move to a foreign country or culture may experience a period of time when they feel very

homesick and have a lot of stress and difficulty functioning in the new culture. This feeling is often called ‘culture

shock’ and it is important, to understand and learn how to cope with culture shock if you are to (1)

_____________________ successfully to your new home’s culture. First of all, it’s important to know that culture

shock is normal. Everyone in a new situation will go through some form of culture shock, and the extent to which

they do is determined by factors such as the difference between (2) _____________________, the degree to which

someone is anxious to adapt to a new culture and the familiarity that person has to the new culture. If you go, for

example, to a culture that is far different from your own, you’re likely to experience culture shock more sharply

than those who move to a new culture knowing the language and the behavioural (3) _____________________

of the new culture.

There are four general stages of cultural adjustment, and it is important that you are aware of these stages and

can recognize which stage you are in and when so that you will understand why you feel the (4)

_____________________ you do and that any difficulties you are experiencing are temporary, a process you are

going through rather than a constant situation.

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The first stage is usually referred to as the excitement stage or the ‘honeymoon’ stage. Upon arriving in a

new environment, you’ll be interested in the new culture, everything will seem exciting, everyone will seem

friendly and helpful and you’ll be overwhelmed with impressions. During this stage, you are merely soaking up

the new landscape, taking in these impressions passively, and at this stage you have little meaningful experience

of the culture.

But it isn’t (5) _____________________before the honeymoon stage dissolves into the second stage –

sometimes called the withdrawal stage. The excitement you felt before changes to frustration as you find it difficult

to cope with the problems that arise. It seems that everything is difficult, the language is hard to learn, people are

unusual and unpredictable, friends are hard to (6) _____________________, and simple things like shopping and

going to the bank are challenges. It is at this stage that you are likely to feel anxious and homesick, and you will

probably find yourself complaining about the new culture or country. This is the stage which is referred to as

‘culture shock’.

Culture shock is only temporary, and at some point, if you are one of those who manage to stick it (7)

_____________________, you’ll experience the third stage of cultural adjustment, the ‘recovery’ stage. At this

point, you’ll have a routine, and you’ll feel more confident functioning in the new culture. You’ll start to feel less

isolated as you start to understand and accept the way things are done and the way people behave in your new

environment. Customs and traditions are clearer and easier to understand. At this stage, you’ll deal with new

challenges with humour rather than anxiety.

The last stage is the ‘home’ or ‘stability’ stage. This is the point when people start to feel at home in the new

culture. At this stage, you’ll function well in the new culture, adopt certain features and behaviours from your

new home, and prefer certain aspects of the new culture to your own culture. There is, in a (8)

_____________________, a fifth stage to this process. If you decide to return home (9)

_____________________a long period in a new culture, you may experience what is called ‘reverse culture

shock’. This means that you may find aspects of your own culture ‘foreign’ because you are so used to the new

culture that you have spent so long adjusting to. Reverse culture shock is usually pretty mild - you may notice

things about your home culture that you have never noticed before, and some of the ways people do things may

seem odd. Reverse culture shock rarely (10) _____________________for very long.

III – Read the passage and choose which of the paragraphs A-F to fit into the numbered gaps in the following

magazine article. There is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps.

If you consider yourself to be particularly environmentally friendly, there is a community which may interest

you. Here, in a large multi-home development known as BedZED, you can find architecture which is truly green.

Buildings come with thick windows and walls, which regulate the temperature at a comfortable level throughout

the year. The south-facing windows collect heat and light from the sun, as do solar panels fitted onto the exterior.

Not only that, but BedZED is stylish, and every flat comes with a private garden.

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As far as countries in the West are concerned, the buildings that people live and work in consume far more

energy than transport, for example. However, architecture need not consume so much energy, nor produce so

much in the way of C02 emissions. The intelligent design of the housing at BedZED housing demonstrates that

buildings can be made environmentally friendly, without particularly high costs or advanced technology.

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And indeed, the BedZED community - which has some 84 homes - is really rather cost-effective because of

economies of scale: the more homes you build, the less you pay proportionately for the materials and construction