SỞ GD & ĐT LAI CHÂU KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10

THPT CHUYÊN LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN

ĐỀ THI THỬ 03
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh (môn Chuyên)
Thời gian: 150 phút
Họ và tên :……………………………………………………………….Số báo danh

Question I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.6
point)
1. A. printer B. scenic C. flight D. multiply
2. A. called B. stayed C. lived D. missed
3. A. everything B. Thursday C. think D. weather
Question II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions. (0.4 point)
4. A. cartoon B. drama C. media D. radio
5. A. capable B. beautiful C. interesting D. attractive
Question III. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions. (1.6 points)
6. When I got up yesterday morning, the sun was shining, but the ground was very wet. It _____.
A. rained B. has been raining C. had rained D. had been raining
7. The concert was _______ because of the heavy rain.
A. put out B. run out C. called off D. set off
8. Our private tutor encouraged us to ___________our best in upcoming entrance exam.
A. do B. make C. create D. take
9. As he made no reference to our quarrel, I assumed he ______ me.
A. forgave B. had forgiven C. would forgive D. was forgiving
10. My father is very talented and kind-hearted. I always ______ him.
A. look for B. look like C. look up to D. look after
11. None of the people _________ could come because they had had an appointment before.
A. was invited to the party B. were invited to the party
C. who invited to the party D. invited to the party
12. The player’s protests _________ no difference to the referee's decision at all.
A. did B. made C. caused D. created
13. She looks delighted. She________ some good news.
A. would receive B. must receive C. must have received D. can't have received

Question IV. Each of the sentences has ONE mistake. Find and correct it. (0.6 point)
14. Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex is the 8th World Heritage in Viet Nam recognized by UNESCO.
15. Foreign students who are taking a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly
where the choices are located.
16. We had to turn up their invitation to lunch as we had a previous appointment.

Question V: Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided. (0.8 point)
17. Children are taught from young to be _____________ to their elders. RESPECT
18. Many people expressed ____________ with his project as they didn’t want to disagree
destroy the old church to replace a new one.
19. Her health has ____________ considerably since we last saw her WORSE
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20. The surgeon tried their best to save his life, but unfortunately the operation was___. SUCCESS

Question VI. Read the passage and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
each gap. (1.0 point)
I was reading an article last week in which the writer described how her children has changed as they
grow up. When they were small she had to (21)____ up with noisy games in the house or join in
interminable games of football in the garden which wore her out. If the house went quiet, she
wondered what the monsters were getting up to, or what crisis she would have to (22) _________
with next. She dreaded the fact that they might (23) ________ after her husband, who admitted
having been an uncontrollable child who spent most of time showing off to his friends by breaking
things or getting into fights. What was worse was that everyone else thought he was a sweet child,
and he got away with the most terrible things. However, she had experienced an even greater shocked
with her children. They had (24.) _______ out as chess and playing the piano. They never did
anything (25)_______ talking it over first, and coming to a serious decision. She had to face up to the
fact that they made her feel rather childish as they got older , and that in some ways she preferred
them when they were young and noisy

Question VII. Read the following passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks (1.0 point)
Not everybody recognises the benefits of new developments in communications technology.
Indeed, some people fear that text messaging may actually be having a negative (26) _______ on
young people’s communication and language skills, especially when we hear that primary school
children may be at risk of becoming addicted to the habit. So widespread has texting become, however,
that even pigeons have started doing it. (27) _______ , in this case, it’s difficult to view the results as
anything but positive. Twenty of the birds are about to take to the skies with the task of measuring air
pollution, each (28) _______ with sensor equipment and a mobile phone. The readings made by the
sensors will be automatically converted into text messages and beamed to the Internet where they will
appear on a dedicated ‘pigeon blog’. The birds will also each have a GPS receiver and a camera to
capture aerial photos, and researchers are building a tiny ‘pigeon kit’ containing all these gadgets (29)
_______ bird will carry these in a miniature backpack, apart , that is, from the camera, which will hang
around its neck. The data the pigeons text will be displayed in the form of an interactive map, (30) _
will provide local residents with up-to-the-minute information on their local air quality.
Question 26: A. result B. outcome C. effect D. conclusion
Question 27: A. Therefore B. What’s more C. whereas D. That is
Question 28: A. armed B. loaded C. granted D. stocked
Question 29: A. each B. some C. few D. little
Question 30 : A. who B. which C. that D. where
Question VIII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct
answer to each question. (1.0 point)
By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can considerably increase their
children’s language development. It is surprising, but true. How parents talk to their children makes a big
difference in the children’s language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to
what the parent is reading, the child’s language skills increase. A study was done with two or three-year-old
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children and their parents. Half of the thirty children participants were in the experimental study; the other
half acted as the control group.
In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to
ask open-ended questions rather than yes-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, “What is the
doggy doing?” rather than, “Is the doggy running away?” Experimental parents were also instructed how to
expand on their children’s answer, how to suggest alternative possibilities, and how to praise correct
answers.
At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ on levels of language development, but at the end
of one month, the children in the experimental group were 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test
of verbal expression and vocabulary . Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed
an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group.
Question 31. What is the word “encourages” in paragraph 1 closest in meaning to?
A.stimulates B. conduct C. prevent D. ignore
Question 32. What does the word “they” in the second paragraph refer to?
A. Participants B. Parents C. Children. D. Questions
Question 33. During the training session, experimental parents were taught to .
A. study many experiments B. use yes-no questions
C. give correct answers D. ask open-ended questions
Question 34. What was the major difference between the control group and the experimental one in the
study?
A. The training that parents received B. The books that were read
C. The number of participants D. The age of the children
Question 35. What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?
A. Children’s language skills increase when they are required to respond actively .
B. The more children read, the more intelligent they become.
C. Two or three-year-old children can be taught to read actively .
D. Children who read actively always act six months earlier than those who don’t.
Question IX. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence
using the word given. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. (1.0 point)
36. These international students were bored with the book on local architecture. They couldn’t finish reading it.
=> So __________________________________________________________________________________.
37. The water was too dirty for us to swim in.
=> The water was not___________________________________________________________.
38. We got through the work. Even though we were interrupted non-stop.
=> In spite of____________________________________________________________________.
39. I can lend you my reference books, but you have to pay them for me by Saturday.
=> Providing _________________________________________________________________
40. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
=> But for his command_________________________________________________________.

Question X. (2.0 points)

Some people say that traffic accidents are caused by the increasing number of motorbikes.
Others blame for man’s fault. Which point of view do you agree? State at least three relevant
evidences.

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