Đề thi chuyên Amsterdam

 Phát âm (Pronunciation)

I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the others in each group. (5 pts.)

1, A, Cave B, Have C, Behave D, Pave

2, A, Receipt B, Recall C, Recollect D, Recover

3, A, Card B, Heard C, Hearth D, Heart

4, A, Abuse B, Refuse C, Fuss D, Future

5, A, Adventure B, Future C, Mature D, Figure

 Trọng âm (Stress)

II/ Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from
that of the others in the list. (5 pts.)

1, A, Admirable B, Accessible C, Compatible D, respiratory

2, A, Humane B, Unite C, Colleague D, canteen

3, A, Descent B, Dissent C, Discontent D, content

4, A, Eradicate B, Kilometer C, Characterize D, communism

5, A, Technical B, Origin C, Agriculture D, cathedral

PART B: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR

Chọn đáp án chính xác

I/ Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write
your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provideD, (15 pts.)

1, A number of oil tankers have been laid ……………. recently.

A, on B, down C, up D, in

2, The inscription on the tombstone had been worn ………by the weather and
could scarcely be reaD,

A, away B, off C, out D, on

3,…………….. second thoughts, I’d rather not go out tonight.

A, With B, In C, On D, Under

4, The new hairdryer does not comply ……………… British safety

standarD,

A, to B, with C, against D, on

5, Many books were not available to the public because of government …

A, omission B, inhibition C, compensation D, censorship

6, The woman accused of shoplifting was found not guilty and was ………

A, excused B, liberated C, acquitted D, interned

7, He is an ……………authority on the subject.

A, prominent B, expert C, eminent D, quality

8, My car was so old that I could only sell it for ……….

A, rubbish B, scrap C, debris D, waste

9, Not only ……………… in the project, but he also wanted to become the
leader.

A, did Jack involve

B, had Jack been involved

C, was Jack involved

D, Jack was involved

10, I felt a bit ……………..and seemed to have more aches and pains than
usual.

A, out of sorts B, on the mend

C, over the worst D, under the fevers

11, The school was closed for a month because of a serious ……………of
fever.

A, outcome B, outburst C, outset D, outbreak

12, I don’t think he’s ever been there, ………………?

A, do I B, has he C, have I D, hasn’t he

13, They had a four-day holiday, then began work..

A, on end B, out of bounds C, in proportions D, in carnest

14, He is a tough politician – he knows how to ……………..the storm.

A, run down B, keep up

C, ride out D, push back

15, On entering the nursery I stumbled on the wooden blocks

………………..all over the carpet.

A, plunged B, scattered C, settled D, tossed

II/ Fill in the blank with a suitable noun to form the idiomatic expression.
Write your answer in the box provided (5 pts.)

1, I’d like to take __________ of this opportunity to explain the difficulty

I’ve met.

2, She decided to set _______ to these letters because they weren’t necessary.
3, Don’t have ____________ in what he says. He is a liar.

4, For generations our people got _________ over many enemies and drove
them away.

5, He left home without taking ________ of anybody.

III/ Give the correct form of the word given in parentheses. Write your
answer in the box provided (10 pts.)

1, The attack in the city center last night (example) the kind of behavior
amongst young people that many object to.

2, This matter is very (confidence). Don’t discuss it outside the office.

3, You shouldn’t interrupt someone in (sentence).

4, I want to make sure all my (depend) will be financially secure if I’m

incapacitated in any way.

5, There was a heavy (pour) yesterday afternoon which completely ruined the
church Garden Party,

6, There is a risk factor with all medication, but honestly the risk with this
particular drug is (neglect).

7, A (dominate) friend is one who likes power.

8, Suddenly without (provoke), the dog sank its teeth into my leg.

9, Street-fights are an everyday (occur) in this area of the city

10, I really believe that it would be a major mistake to (crime) any drugs that
are currently illegal.

IV/ Match the verb in box A with the word(s) in box B to form a phrasal
verb, and then fill it in each blank to complete the sentence. Be sure to use
the correct verb tense and form. Write your answer in the box provideD, (5
pts.)
Box A: put, apprise, go, crease, stem, fall, pull, center, brood, carry

Box B: from, over, away, off, on, of, up, back on, through, in for

1, The problem _____ the government’s lack of action.

2, The argument is ____ whether or not to lower the age limit.

3, Don’t waste time _______ your past failures.

4, I’m afraid there is no milk left; we have to ________  dried milk for our
teA,

5, Tom got _____ by the music and wouldn’t stop singing.

6, I’m going to stay at university and try to ________ getting a job for a few
years.

7, Her husband has been ___________ the good news about their son.

8, She swims so well that she really should _____ the competition

9, I almost _________ when I heard Tim was going to be playing Romeo in

the school play.

10, He is in a critical condition in hospital, so we’re all praying he’ll_______

phrasal verb là dạng bài rất hya gặp trong các phần như điền từ,
chữa lỗi sai.
Chữa lỗi sai của câu

V/ Underline ten mistakes in the following sentences and correct them. Write
the correction in the box provided (5 pts.)

1, Neither of the scout leaders know how to trap wild animals or how to
prepare them for mounting.

2, At the start of the seminar, they gave us a number of handouts and a little
nice folder to keep them all in.
3, Stephen Crane’s story is a clinical portrayal of a man as an animal trapped
by the fear and hunger.

4, Time is precious. Let us do the most of it to enrich our knowledge.

5, Nora hardly never misses an opportunity to play in the tennis tournaments.

6, Because of the snow storm and the road blocks, the air force dropped food
close the city.

7, They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.

8, Our new neighbors had been living in Arizona for ten years before moved
to their present house.

9, Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our
large, industrial cities today.

10, When I entered the room, I found my younger brother stand on the
kitchen table.

PART C: READING

Bài đọc số 1

I/ Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank.
Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided (14 pts)

What is the world largest desert? I’m sure the first that (1).... to mind is the
legendary Sahara – but that’s 3rd It’s actually the desert on the Antarctic
(2)...., measuring just under 14,000,000kms2, closely followed by the Arctic
desert. Most people living away from deserts associate this kind of (3).... with
sand, but only 10% of deserts are actually made up of sanD (4)....

The term desert’ in fact describes a (5).... which receives almost no (6)....,
meaning rainfall, snow, ice or hail. The term can also apply to regions where
there is greater evaporation of (7).... than rainfall. In other words, more water
is absorbed back into the (8).... than stays on or within the ground, So, in
(9)..... deserts, you’re mainly talking about ice sheets and a little rock, not
sand, of course. The surface of many other deserts is comprised of loose rock
where the finer particles of dust and sand have been (10)....away.

It may surprise you to know that deserts exist all over the (11)...., from the
Kalahari in Africa to the Great Victoria in Australia and so on, and that they
…12,.. just over a fifth of the earth’s land areA, The world’s largest hot
desert, the Sahara, actually …13,.. temperatures of 122 Fahrenheit degrees.
Other arid deserts may not be so hot but in common with the Sahara, they …
14,.. considerably at night.

An issue that is worrying geologists, governments and the people that live on
the edges of deserts is the way they are spreading. You might think that the
reason for this is drought – but lack of rain is not the cause.

Điền từ vào chỗ trống

1, A, jumps B, leaps C, rises D, springs

2, A, country B, continent C, territory D, pole

3, A, terrain B, plain C, horizon D, nature

4, A, hills B, dunes C, piles D, slopes

5, A, base B, landscape C, ground D, soil

6, A, wildlife B, agriculture C, precipitation D, alteration

7, A, moisture B, drops C, dampness D, drizzle

8, A, setting B, atmosphere C, environment D, surroundings

9, A, extreme B, Mediterranean C, typical D, polar

10, A, left B, disappeared C, blown D, removed

11, A, globe B, sphere C,atlas D, orb

12, A, contain B, expand C, cover D, cross

13, A, obtains B, reaches C, stretches D, raises

14, A, cool B, fall C, freeze D, decrease

Bài đọc số 2 đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 HN – Ams

II/ The passage has eight phrases left out. Decide which phrase (A-L) from
the list should go in each gap. Write the letter in the space provideD, There
are more phrases than gaps. Write your answer in the box provideD, (8 pts.)

RECYCLING PLASTICS

One of the most difficult wastes to recycle is mixed plastics, (1)

Plastic manufacturers turn their own offcuts into granules that are melted
down for reuse. They can also reuse any single, pure thermoplastic materials,
(2)

The British firm Meyer-Newman of Gwent recycles complete telephones into

new ones. But mixed plastics have unpredictable properties and low
structural st

So it is difficult to make a material with good and predictable properties from

mixed plastic wastes. One answer is compatibiliser. This is an octopus-like
molecule in which each arm represents a section of different polymer, that in
turn (4)

Stirred into a mixture of molten plastic, cach arm of the octopus grabs and
reacts chemically with a molecule of the one polymer in the mixture. The
result is an alloy rather than a mixture. It is strong because of intra-molecular
bonding and has highly predictable properties, so it is potentially reusable.
During the past two or three years, many plastic manufacturers have (5)_

But perhaps the most advanced, ‘Bennet’, was produced independently two
years ago, after 15 years of research, by the Dutch engineer Der Groep. His
invention is already being used widely, largely in secret (6) Bennet is made
up of short sections of several polymers representing the arms of octopus,
each is able to link the molecules of a different polymer in the mixture. The
reliable strength of the plastic alloys’ made with Bennet suggests that (7) The
vehicle recycling industry is keen to recycle more plastics. Despite the
environmental benefits, they fear that the steady increase in the use of
reclaimable plastics will make it uneconomic to recover vehicles from the
metals they contain. Some car manufacturers, such as BMW and Mercedes,
are now designing products and requesting components that are easier to
recycle: (8)

A, is characteristic of a different plastic

B, developed their own compatibilisers

C, which has never been achieved despite substantail government investment

in research

D, often used in wrappers and containers

E, they could be used in high-grade, high-cost applications such as car

bumpers

F, it does not have sufficient rigidity

G, for example, car bumpers made from one material instead of up to seven

H, always been sceptical about recycling plastics

I, as manufacturers do not want to be seen to be using recycled plastics in

their quality products

K, for example, steel suspension systems and car bodies

L, such as polythene that are not chemically cross-linked

M, the different plastics in the mixture are not bonded at a molecular level

Đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 Hà Nội Amsterdam – PART D: WRITING

Viết lại câu mà nghĩa không thay đổi

I/ Rewrite each of the following sentences using the word(s) given so that its
meaning stays the same. (8 pts.)
1, I don’t understand one word of this document (head)

 I can’t

2, Erika didn’t mention her illness at all. (reference)

 Erika made

3, Did anything about his behavior seem unusual to you? (strike)

 Did anything about his behavior

4, He was arrested when they caught him driving a stolen car. (act)

 Being

5, She was just as good as they had thought. (up)

 She definitely

6, Tony didn’t feel like dancing that night. (mood)

 Tony

7, You’re going to enjoy tonight! (treat)

 You’re

8, Why do you think you are allowed to criticize me like that? (gives)

 What do you think

Viết lại câu theo từ cho trước – dạng bài “”kinh điển” chắc chắn có
trong đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10
Viết đoạn văn 200 chữ

II/ Write about the following topic: Violence is increasing at an alarming rate
in many schools. In what ways can this problem be overcome? You should
write at least 200 words. (20 pts.)
Đáp án:

- Phát âm (Pronunciation): 1B – 2A – 3B – 4C – 5C
- Trọng âm (Stress): Đáp án: A – C – C – A – D

PART B: LEXICO AND GRAMMAR

I. 1. Đáp án: C 8. Đáp án: B

2. Đáp án: C 9. Đáp án: C

3. Đáp án: C 10. Đáp án: A

4. Đáp án: B 11. Đáp án: D

5.Đáp án: D 12. Đáp án: B

6. Đáp án: C 13. Đáp án: D

7. Đáp án: C 14. Đáp án: C

15. Đáp án: B

II. Đáp án bài điền từ đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 HN – Ams

1, advantage

2, fire

3, faith

4, victory

5, leave

III. Đáp án bài chọn dạng đúng của từ đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 HN – Ams

1, exemplified/ exemplifies

2, confidential
3, mid-sentence

4, dependants

5, down-pour

6, neglible

7, domineering

8, provocation

9, occurrence

10, decriminalize

IV. Đáp án điền phrasal verb đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 HN – Ams

1, stems/ stemmed from

2, centered on

3, brooding over

4, fall back on

5, carried away

6, put off

7, apprising/ apprised of

8, go in for

9, creased up

10, pull through

V. Đáp án chữa lỗi sai của câu – đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 HN – Ams

1, know -> knows

2, little nice -> nice little

3, the fear -> fear

4, do -> make

5, never -> ever

6, close -> close to

7, what did happen -> what happened

8, moved -> they moved/ moving

9, are/ is

10, stand -> standing

Part C: Reading

I. Đáp án: 1D – 2B – 3A – 4B – 5B – 6C – 7A – 8B – 9D – 10C –

11A – 12C – 13B – 14A
II. Đáp án bài đọc hiểu số 2 đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 HN – Ams

1–D

2–K

3–L

4–A

5–B

6–I

7–E

8–G

Part D: Writing
I. Đáp án Viết lại câu đề thi chuyên anh lớp 10 HN – Ams
1, I can’t make head or tail of this document.
2, Erika made no reference to her illness.
3, Did anything about his behavior strike you as (being) unusual?
4, Being caught in the act of driving a stolen car, he was arrested
5, She definitely came up to their expectations.
6, Tony wasn’t in the mood/ was in no mood to dance/ for dancing
that night.
7, You’re in for a treat tonight!
8, What do you think gives you the right to criticize me like that?