SỞ GD & ĐT HẢI DƯƠNG
TRƯỜNG THPT NINH GIANG
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ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI
Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH - Khối 10
Thời gian làm bài : 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm 80 câu trắc nghiệm


PART 1: PHONETICS
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest ones
Question 1:
A. merchant
B. sergeant
C. commercial
D. term

Question 2:
A. colonel
B. journal
C. touring
D. adjourn

Question 3:
A. obstacle
B. obscure
C. obsession
D. oblivious

Question 4:
A. amuses
B. purses
C. blouses
D. pleases

Question 5:
A. Valentine
B. imagine
C. discipline
D. determine


PART 2: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one
Question 6: It is very difficult to…………the exact meaning of an idiom in a foreign language.
A. convert
B. convey
C. exchange
D. transfer

Question 7: Deborah is going to take extra lessons to………….what she missed while she was away.
A. catch up on
B. cut down on
C. put up with
D. take up with

Question 8: I have English classes …………day - on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
A. all other
B. each other
C. every other
D. this and the other

Question 9: She was ………………she could not say anything.
so surprised at the news that
C. so surprised of the news that
B. such surprised at the news that
D. so that surprised for the news

Question 10: On the second thought, I believe I will go with you to the theater.
Upon reflection
C. For this time only
B. After discussing with my wife
D. For the second time

Question 11: ………..be needed, the water basin would need to be dammed.
Hydroelectric power should
C. Hydroelectric power
B. When hydroelectric power
D. Should hydroelectric power

Question 12: There is a huge amount of ………associated with children’s TV shows nowadays.
A. produce
B. manufacturing
C. merchandising
D. sales

Question 13: It’s essential that every student …………the exam before attending the course.
A. pass
B. passes
C. would pass
D. passed

Question 14: All………….is a continuous supply of the basic necessities of life.
A. what is needed
B. for our needs
C. the thing needed
D. that is needed

Question 15: I decided to go to the library as soon as I…………….
finish what I did
C. finished what I did
B. would finish what I did
D. finished what I was doing

Question 16: ………………..in the street yesterday was very friendly.
The mounted police, who I saw
C. Who is the mounted police I saw
B. The mounted police I saw whom
D. The mounted police whom I saw

Question 17: “Please speak up a bit more, Jason. You’re hardly loud enough to be heard from the back”, the teacher said.
A. visible
B. audible
C. edible
D. eligible

Question 18: The replacement of shops such as the groceries’ and chemist’s by cafes…………..the housewives with insufficient facilities for shopping.
A. leave
B. have left
C. has left
D. to have left

Question 19: Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead through the use of chemicals, …………. ancient Peruvians did through natural processes.
A. because
B. whereas
C. even though
D. whether or not

Question 20: Issues from price, place, promotion, and product are………….of marketing strategies planning, despite growing calls to expand the range of issues in today’s more complex world.
these that are among the most conventional concerns
among the most conventional concerns
they are among the most conventional concerns
those are among the most conventional concerns
Question 21: It’s a formal occasion so we’ll have to…..............to the nines- no jeans and pullovers this time!
A. hitch up
B. put on
C. wear in
D. get dressed up

Question 22: Please cut my hair …………….the style in this magazine.
A. the same length as
B. the same length like
C. the same long like
D. the same