Đề thi thử vào lớp 10 môn tiếng anh đề số 20

Question 1: Choose the word whose part underlined is pronounced differently from the others in each group.

1. A. needed B. worked C. stopped D. booked
2. A. thick                      B. thorough                C. healthy                  D. weather
3. A. like                                    B. lively                      C. live                         D. life
4. A. cook                       B. blood                      C. school                    D. look
5. A. feat                                    B. great                       C. seat                                    D. fear
6. A. flame                     B. hate                                    C. page                       D. adventure
7. A. sugar                     B. settle                      C. surprise                 D. sentence
8. A. helped B. liked C. watched D. hated.
9. A. good                       B. book                       C. foot                         D. food

10. A. lie B. height                    C. weight                   D. pie

Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in  brackets.

1. There (be) no guests at all since I left.
2. I am sorry about the noise last night. We (have) a party.
3. In a few minutes’time, When the clock (strike) six, I (wait) here for three hours
4. She (sleep) for 10 hours! You must wake her
5. By this time next year I (save) $ 250.
6. I distinctly remember (pay) him. I gave him two dollars
7. The teller was made (lie) down on the floor
8. Cattle ( allow) to graze on the village  common.
9. Nothing ( do) about this problem for months

Question 3: Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete sentences

1. He is ..........active in spite of his old age.                                                  ( wonder)
2. .............is a very serious problem in many countries                               (employ)
3. He suffered from constant .................                                                        ( sleep)
4. After the explosion, only two people were left .......                                 (live)
5. Her husband's death made her life ...........                                                            (mean)
6. There are more and more people concerning about ..........pollution      (environment)
7. Is Buddhism the country's ..........religion of Thailand?                           (office)
8. I watch the news everyday because it's very ...........                               (inform)
9. I try to speak clearly when I meet a ............                                              ( foreign)

10. Many pupils at ..........school have already choosen a career.                 ( second)

Question 4:   Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word

The country is (1).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2) .......... the summer holiday though they can't live (3) ............. all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4) .......... that they can go there whenever they (5) ..........find  the time.

English villages are not alike, but (6)............. some ways they are not very different from (7) ...................other. Almost every village (8) ...........a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) ............seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10).......... people are buried.

Question 5: Read the text then answer the question below.

Education in England

Every child in Great Britain between the age of five and fifteen must attend school. There are three main types of educational institutions: primary (elementary) schools, secondary schools and universities.

State schools are free, and attendance is compulsory. Morning school begins at nine o'clock and lasts until half past four. School is open  five days  a week. On Saturdays and Sundays there are no lessons. There are holidays at Christmas, Easter and in summer. In London as in all cities there are two grades of state schools for those who will go to work at fifteen: primary schools for boys and girls between the ages of five and eleven, and secondary schools for children from eleven to fifteen years.

The lessons are reading, writing , the English language, English literatute, English history, geography, science, Nature study, drawing, painting, singing, woodwork and drill (physical training).

1. What are three main types of educational institutions?
2. What are the two grades of state schools for those who will go to work at fifteen?
3. What subjects do children study at school?
4. Are state schools free?
5. When do pupils have holidays?

Question 6:Choose the best answer

1. Prevention is better than ...............

A. treatment              B. pills                        C. cure                        D. doctors

2. This device shows a similarity ............the one I have.

A. of                            B. from                       C. to                            D. on

3. Have you had much experience ...............computers?

A. with                       B. for                           C. in                            D. about

4. There is a possibility .............rain tomorrow.

A. for                          B. of                            C. in                            D. with

5. Poverty and  poor health often go hand ...........hand.

A. in                            B. for                           C. on                           D. into

6. ..................I get your car, I'll leave.

A. As soon as             B. As though              C. By the time           D. Now that

7. The picture ............Lawra painted is being shown in an exhibition.

A. that                                    B. which                     C. why                        D. who

8. This is ................man of all I've ever known.

A. best                        B. better                     C. good                       D. the best

9. Don’t ever do that again, ....................?

A. will you                 B. won't you               C. don’t you               D. do you

10. If she talked less, people ...............her more.

A. will like                 B. like                         C. Liked                     D. would like

11. No one ............Kathy knows very much about it.

A. and                         B. as                            C. but                          D. however

12. It's raining, ......................I can't go to the beach.

A. so                           B. or                            C. but                          D. and

13. ....................is good news.

A. Not news               B. Nor news               C. A news                  D. No news

14. The puzzle had so ..........pieces that we couldn’t finish it.

A. many                     B. much                      C. little                       D. few.

15. London is ..............capital of England.

A. an                           B. a                              C. the                          D.x

Question 6: a) Find out  the  spared word  in each sentence.

1. Would you rather to stay with us for some days?
2. The money was stolen never found.
3. Water is too hot for us to drink it
4. He didnt let me to get my book
5. I want you to speak the Vietnamese.

b/ Use the following sets of words and phrases to write complete sentences.

1. I/ apologise/ him/ not able/ arrive/ on time.
2. Look! / sun / set / mountains
3. In my life/ I / never be/ Pac Bo Cave.
4. Difficult/ get/ touch/ manager/ company.
5. My uncle/ give up/ smoke / one year.

Question8 : Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same.

1. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year

- Why ..............................................?

2. He stole some money and was arrested for it

- He was.........................................................

3. "Have you done this sorts of work before" She asked me

She asked me if........................................

4. You're the worst guitarist in the world.

Noone..........................................................

5. Although the fish appears to be harmless, it is quite dangeruos.

Contrary........................................................

6. "You can leave early" Mr Minh said to Hai

Mr Minh .......................................................

7. I have no advice, which I can offer you.

I have no  ......................................................

8. People did not discover AIDS until 1981.

Not until........................................................

9. People think that the owner of that house is abroad

The owner .....................................

10. “ I think you should go by train, Peter” ,she said.

She advised............................

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