ĐỀ THI MINH HOẠ LỚP 10

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC: 2023-2024

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 10 Ngày thi:
(Đề có 8 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(Không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên: …………………………………………………….
SBD: ………...…………………….

LEXICO
Question 1. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
The Polar Bear is an …………………..species.
A. endanger B. endangered C. danger D. dangerous
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.
Question 2. A. climb B. time C. live D. mind
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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3. A. altitude B. stimulate C. company D. decision
Question 4: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
Ted and Kate are talking about the school curriculum.
- Ted: "Swimming should be made part of the school curriculum."
- Kate: “___________. It is an essential life skill”
A. I can’t agree with more B. Oh, that's a problem
C. You can make it D. Not at all
Question 5. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
Since the beginning of April, Sam Son Flower Festival has attracted thousands of
________to the beach.
A. customers B. clients C. guests D. visitors
Question 6. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
I can’t go out this morning. I’m up to my _______ in reports.
A. noise B. lips C. ears D. eye
Question 7. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
Hoa is a brilliant student. It’s difficult to _______pace with her if you don’t try very hard.
A. pay B. give C. make D. keep
GRAMMAR
Question 8. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
Wearing oversized clothes ………………… a popular trend among Newtonians recently.
A. has become B. have become C. has became D. have became
Question 9. A Tokyo newspaper - television company has organized the climb in 1975.
A. Tokyo B. company C. has organized D. in
Question 10. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence.
My dad bought a …………………….. table yesterday.
A. big wooden new C. new big wooden
B. big new wooden D. new wooden big

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest
in meaning to each of the following questions
Question 11: Visitors are not allowed to stay in the hospital after 9 p.m.
A. Visitors mustn’t stay in the hospital after 9 p.m.
B. Visitors can stay in the hospital after 9 p.m
C. Visitors needn’t stay in the hospital after 9 p.m.
D. Visitors should stay in the hospital after 9 p.m.
Question 12: They last saw each other six months ago.
A. They haven’t seen each other for six months .
B. They haven’t seen each other since six months .
C. They have seen each other for six months.
D. They didn’t see each other six months ago
Question 13: Mary said: “How long did you stay there last year, Peter ?”
A. Mary asked Peter how long had he stayed there the year before.
B. Mary asked Peter how long he would stay there the year before.
C. Mary asked Peter how long he had stayed there the year before.
D. Mary asked Peter how long would he stay there the year before.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best
combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
Question 14: My brother is away on business. He can’t help me.
A. If my brother were not away on business, he couldn’t help me.
B. If my brother had not been away on business, he could have helped me.
C. As long as my brother is not away on business, he can help me.
D. If my brother were not away on business, he could help me.
Question 15: Lan said some shocking words on her facebook. Then, everyone knew her.
A. Were Lan to say some shocking words on her facebook, everyone would know her.
B. Not until everyone knew her did Lan say some shocking words on her facebook.
C. Had Lan said some shocking words on her facebook, everyone would have known
her.
D. Only after Lan had said some shocking words on her facebook did everyone know
her
.
READING
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 16 to 20.
(16)_______ children have an imaginary friend - that is a friend they have invented. It
was once thought that only children who had difficulty in creating relationships with others
had imaginary friends. In fact, having an imaginary friend is probably a common aspect of a
normal childhood as many children with lots of (17)_______friends also have an imaginary
friend. The imaginary friend may help some children cope (18)_______emotional
difficulties, but for many, having an imaginary friend is just fun.
There is no firm evidence to say that having an imaginary friend (19) _______ us
anything about what a child will be like in the future. One piece of research, though, has
suggested that adults who once had imaginary friends may be (20) _______more creative
than those who did not.
(Adapted from First Certificate in English, Cambridge University Press)
Question 16: A. many B. much C. any D. a lot
Question 17: A. reality B. real C. really D. realistic
Question 18: A. at B. on C. in D. with
Question 19 A. speaks B. talks C. tells D. says
Question 20: A. many B. most C. much D. quite

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, ,C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 21 to 25.
Different cultures follow their own special customs when a child's baby teeth fall out. In
Korea, for example, they have the custom of throwing lost teeth up on the roof of a house.
According to tradition, a magpie will come and take the tooth. Later, the magpie will return
with a new tooth for the child. In other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam, children
follow a similar tradition of throwing their lost teeth onto the roofs of houses. Birds aren't
the only animals thought to take lost teeth. In Mexico and Spain, tradition says a mouse takes
a lost tooth and leaves some money. However, in Mongolia, dogs are responsible for taking
teeth away.
Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture and are considered guardian angels of
the people. Tradition says that the new tooth will grow good and strong if the baby tooth is
fed to a guardian angel. Accordingly, parents in Mongolia will put their child's lost tooth in a
piece of meat and feed it to a dog. The idea of giving lost teeth to an angel or fairy is also a
tradition in the West. Many children in Western countries count on the Tooth Fairy to leave
money or presents in exchange for a tooth. The exact origins of the Tooth Fairy are a
mystery, although the story probably began in England or Ireland centuries ago. According
to tradition, a child puts a lost tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. In the wee
hours, while the child is sleeping, the Tooth Fairy takes the tooth and leaves something else
under the pillow. In France, the Tooth Fairy leaves a small gift. In the United States,
however, the Tooth Fairy usually leaves money. These days, the rate is 1 USD to 5 USD per
tooth, adding up to a lot of money from the Tooth Fairy!
(Source: Reading Challenge 2 by Casey Malarcher & Andrea Janzen)
Question 21: What is the passage mainly about?
A. Customs concerning children's new teeth B. Traditions concerning children's lost
teeth
C. Animals eating children's lost teeth D. Presents for young children's lost teeth
Question 22: The word “their” in paragraph 1 refers to _______ .
A. countries' B. houses’ C. roofs’ D. children's
Question 23: According to paragraph 2, parents in Mongolia feed their child's lost tooth to a
dog because _______ .
A. they hope that their child will get some gifts for his or her tooth
B. they believe that this will make their child's new tooth good and strong
C. they know that dogs are very responsible animals
D. they think dogs like eating children's teeth
Question 24: The word "origins" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______ .
A. beginnings B. families C. reality D. endings
Question 25: According to the passage, which of the following NOT true about the tradition
of tooth giving in the West?
A. Children put their lost teeth under their pillows.
B. Children give money to the Tooth Fairy.
C. Lost teeth are traditionally given to an angel or fairy.
D. Children hope to get money or gifts from the Tooth
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, ,C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 26 to 32.
How do children learn about wildlife? And is what they learn the sort of thing they
should be learning? It is my belief that children should not just be acquiring knowledge of
animals but also developing attitudes and feelings towards them based on exposure to the
real lives of animals in their natural habitats. But is this happening?
Some research in this area indicates that it is not. Learning about animals in school is
often completely disconnected from the real lives of real animals, with the result that
children often end up with little or no understanding or lasting knowledge of them. They
learn factual information about animals, aimed at enabling them to identify them and have
various abstract ideas about them, but that is the extent of their learning. Children’s
storybooks tend to personify animals as characters rather than teach about them.
For direct contact with wild and international animals, the only opportunity most
children have is visiting a zoo. The educational benefit of this for children is often given as
the main reason for doing it but research has shown that zoo visits seldom add to children’s
knowledge of animals - the animals are simply like exhibits in a museum that the children
look at without engaging with them as living creatures. Children who belong to wildlife or
environmental organizations or who watch wildlife TV programmes, however, show
significantly higher knowledge than any other group of children studied in research. The
studies show that if children learn about animals in their natural habitats, particularly through
wildlife-based activities, they know more about them than they do as a result of visiting zoos
or learning about them in the classroom.
Research has also been done into the attitudes of children towards animals. It shows that
in general terms, children form strong attachments to individual animals, usually their pets,
but do not have strong feelings for animals in general. This attitude is the norm regardless of
the amount or kind of learning about animals they have at school. However, those children
who watch television wildlife programmes show an interest in and affection for wildlife in its
natural environment, and their regard for animals in general is higher.
(Adapted from New English File)
Question 26. What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Zoos: The Best Opportunity to Learn About Animals
B. Methods of Learning About Animals at School
C. Learning About Animals at School
D. Research on Learning About Animals
Question 27: The word “disconnected” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. separated B. removed C. divided D. disagreed
Question 28: What opinion does the writer express in the second paragraph?
 A. What children learn about animals at school is often inaccurate.
B. The amount of acquired knowledge about animals at school is adequate.
C. Children’s storybooks are an effective way of teaching them about animals.
D. Children’s learning about animals at school has the wrong emphasis.
Question 29: The word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to _______.
A. ideas B. storybooks C. children D. animals
Question 30: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Children’s storybooks give factual information about animals.
B. The writer raises the issue of the outcome of what children learn about animals.
C. Learning about animals in their natural habitats teaches children more about animals
than other methods.
D. Zoo visits have less educational benefit than they are believed to have.
Question 31: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that children’s attitudes to animals
_______.
A. depend on whether or not they have pets
B. differ from what adults might expect them to be
C. based on how much they know about the animals
D. are not affected by what they learn about them at school
Question 32: The word “regard” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. opinion B. respect C. attitude D. thought
WRITING
Question 1. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning.
t’s nobody’s fault that the meeting was canceled.
Nobody _____________________________________
Question 2. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning.
Under no circumstances should you phone the police
The last ______________________________________
Question 3. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning.
Her success went beyond her expectations.
Never _________________________________________
Question 4. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning.
He worked very hard but he was unable to make both ends meet.
Hard working ________________________________________
Question 5. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning.
It is fairly unlikely that he will be convicted of the offense
There _______________________________________________
Question 6. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning.
Do phone us when you arrive at the airport, even if it is late. (how)
No matter _______________________________________________

PART B: SKILLS
LISTENING 1: Listen to some information about volunteering. Circle the best answer
A, B, or C. You will listen TWICE.
Question 51. What is GreenHelp?
A. An organization
B. An event
C. An application
Question 52. What was Edward doing when he came up with the idea of GreenHelp?
A. He was volunteering to plant trees.
B. He was organizing a volunteering event.
C. He was studying.
Question 53. GreenHelp was initially created by ____________.
A. 3 people
B. 10 people
C. 15 people
Question 54. At the moment, what CAN’T users do on GreenHelp?
A. Get alerts for nearby volunteering activities
B. Create volunteering activities
C. Search volunteering activities
Question 55. What is true about GreenHelp?
A. It’s connected with big organizations.
B. It currently has more than 10,000 volunteering activities.
C. It encourages more people to volunteer.
LISTENING 2: For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write ONE or
TWO WORDS or A NUMBER or A DATE or A TIME.
You will hear a man called Jack Pindar talking to a group of students about his job as a
radio presenter.

Radio Presenter

At university Jack studied: Question 0. history

Before the show Jack Question 56. ________________________

drinks:

Jack’s favourite part of the Question 57. ______________________

job is:

Jack was embarrassed when Question 58. ____________________________

he couldn’t remember a…:

If Jack wasn’t a radio Question 59. ______________________________

presenter he would be a…:

Jack will be doing a charity Question 60. __________________________

show at … at the weekend.

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