Đề tuyển sinh lớp 10 (2008 – 2009) – ( No 1)
I. Pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1.
A.alien
B.alike
C.amount
D.appear

2.
A.jeans
B.caps
C.pants
D.shirts

3.
A.cheerful
B.machine
C.chance
D.champion

4.
A.bath
B.bathe
C.both
D.breath

5.
A.covered
B.showed
C.dressed
D.sleeved

 II. Circle the best option from A, B, C or D to fill in the blanks in the following sentences:
6. I suggest _________up the beach.
A. clean B. to clean C. cleaned D. cleaning
7. Thuy`s grandmother turned the television _________ to see the weather forecast.
A. off B. on C. up D. down
8. There is too much traffic. _________, the air is polluted.
A. Since B. Therefore C. However D. But
9. There are_______________good programms on TV that I rarely watch it.
A. such few B. such little C. so few D. so little
10. It’s important that he_____________the book for me.
A. finds B. will find C. found D. find
11. Let’s go somewhere for a drink,___________?
A. shall we B. do we C. will you D. do you
12. He never stopped______________ until his last minute of life.
A. to work B. to be working C. working D. to have worked
13. I hurried____________I wouldn’t be late for class.
A. since B. so that C. as if D. unless
14. If people _________energy, there will be no shortage of electricity.
A. save B. will save C. saving D. would save
15.The children laughed _________when they are watching a comic.
A. happily B. happy C. happiness D. unhappy
16 ________ he worked hard, he couldn’t pass the exam.
A. So B. Because of C. Even though D. Therefore
17. + Can you tell me when________________is? _ Yes. It’s on the third Sunday in June.
A. Mother’s Day B. Father’s Day C. Tree Planting Day D. Thanks giving Day
18. Miss Hanh, ________ sings very well, is my English teacher.
A. whom B. who C. which D. that
19. What would you do if you ________ me?
A. are B. have been C. were D. will be
20. Three thousand cars___________ next year.
A. produced B. were produced C. will produce D. will be produced
III. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
There has been a revolution in the world of newspapers. Not many years (21)…………., newspapers were still being produced using techniques unchanged for (22)…………....hundereds years.
The journalists gave their stories to a typist, who prepared them for an editor, who passed them on (23)………..the printer. The printer, who was a (2) …………skilled man, set up the type. (2)……….was then collected to make the pages. When the pages were completed, the printing machines could be (2)……………..
Nowadays what (2)…………? The journalist types their stories into a computer. The (28 )………………..checks their spelling, plans the pages, shape the articles. When the pages are ready, another computer may control the spelling.
(29)……………...can be no doubt about it, producing a newspaper is an entiderely different (30)……………..now.

IV. Read the text caefully, and then choose the correct answers.
To do well at school, college or university you usually need to do well in exams. All the students hate exams’ may be a generalization, but it is fairly true one. Certainly, all of the students I’ve known disliked doing exams. None of them thought that the exam system was fair; to do well in an exam you simply had to be able to predict the questions which would be asked. This was the case as regards two students in