ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH CHUYÊN ANH LỚP 10
NĂM HỌC 2014 – 2015
THỜI GIAN: 120 phút

PART I: (2.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence.
1. The plane will ................. at 6.30 so you must be there at 6.00.
A. take after B. take down C. take off D. take up
2. She spent ................. her free time watching TV.
A. a lot B. most C. a few D. most of
3. We were having dinner ................. the telephone rang.
A. when B. while C. until D. since
4. I asked Hoa if .................
A. she enjoys her music class B. she will enjoy her music class
C. did she enjoy her music class D. she enjoyed her music class
5. There is no ................. that her has been here.
A. thing B. existence C. evidence D. signature
6. They want to know .................
A. which grade was I in B. which grade was I on
C. which grade I was in D. which grade I was on
7. The journey to the village is very .................
A. interested B. interesting C. disinterested D. interest
8. Hurry up ................. you will be late for the bus.
A. so B. and C. or D. but
9. It’s so hot. Why don’t we go swimming? .................
A. Yes, we do B. No, we don’t C. That’s a good idea D. Yes, thanks
10. The man ................. sell cars.
A. who we know B. who we knows C. which we know D. that we knows
11. Everything is expensive here, .................?
A. is it B. isn’t it C. are they D. aren’t they
12. My son loves music. At the moment he ................. to play the piano.
A. learn B. learns C. will learn D. is learning
13. Mount Everest is the world’s ................. mountain.
A. high B. higher C. highest D. highly
14. This is the first time I ................. to play badminton.
A. have tried B. am trying C. was trying D. would be try
15. You ................. eat these mushrooms. They are poisonous.
A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. can’t D. may not
16. If there were flying saucers, there ................. traces of their landing.
A. would be B. will be C. are D. is
17. This chair needs ................. It’s almost broken.
A. to fix B. fix C. fixing D. fixed
18. Could you show me where ................. the tickets?
A. get B. to get C. will get D. getting
19. I wish I ................. more attention to English lessons at school last year.
A. had paid B. paid C. have paid D. pay
20. She ................. go fishing with her father when she was young.
A. used to B. is used to C. was used to D. used to going

PART II. (1.0 pt) Fill each gap in the passage with ONE suitable word.
A hundred years ago, most people traveled on foot, by train, or on horseback. Railways made (1) ................. possible to travel rapidly over long distances. (2) ................. were also becoming popular after the invention of air – filled tire, which made cycling a lot more comfortable. Buses, trams and underground railways (3) ................. invented, and cities all over the (4) ................. already had traffic jams. There were very (5) ................. private cars and city streets were still full of horses.
What a difference a hundred years have made? Nowadays we have got used (6) ................. the problem of private cars, and some cities are (7) .................noisy and polluted that in many places vehicles have been banned from the city center. (8) ................. will we travel in a hundred year’s time? Perhaps by then there will be only personal helicopters. (9) ................. may be no need to travel to work or school in the future, since everyone will have a computer at home. There might even be more (10) ................. walking and horse-riding, for pleasure and exercise.

PART III (1.0 pts) Read the text below and choose the correct answer (