SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10

AN GIANG NĂM HỌC 2024 – 2025

ĐỀ THI THỬ LẦN 20 Đề thi môn: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN)
(Đề thi này gồm có 08 trang) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

PART 1: LISTENING
PART 2: LANGUAGE FUNCTION (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
16. –Teacher: “You’d better help your mother do the household chores.” – Students: “_______.”
A. I’d love to B. Thank for your advice
C. It’s rubbish D. I have no clue.
17. –“Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?” –“__________.”
A. sorry, for this inconvenience B. I have no clue
C. not at all D. sorry, I’m the new comer here.
18. Are you thinking of flying business class?" "______"
A. No, economy. B. I'm flying there to attend a party.
C. No, I'd like an aisle seat. D. No, I'm just on business.
19. -“How can this dress be so expensive?” -“ ”
A. What an expensive dress! B. You are paying for the brand.
C. Yes, it’s the most expensive. D. That’s a good idea
20. - George: “________.” - Michelle: “Thank you for your compliment.”
A. This is a present for you B. You’ve done your work
C. I’m glad that you’re well again D. You look pretty in this dress
PART 3: SYNONYM AND ANTONYM (0.5 pts - 0.1/ each)
Task 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following sentences.
21. Even though the mountain was very steep and the climb was hazardous, several adventurous
tourists managed to reach the top.
A. causing a lot of risk B. bringing excitement
C. costing a lot of money D. resulting in depression
22. Because the jury had reached a deadlock, the jungle called for retrial.
A. impasse B. verdict C. disagreement D. reduction
23. My neighbor plays music at 2 AM and it’s getting on my nerves.
A. to make someone feel nervous A. to make someone feel sad
C. to be annoying someone more and more D. to avoid someone you don’t like much
Task 2: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following sentences.
24. My first impression of her was her impassive face.

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 A. respectful B. emotional C. solid D. fractious
25. We left New York when I was six, so my recollections of it are rather faint.
A. clear B. explicable C. unintelligible D. ambiguous
PART 4: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (2.0 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following
sentences.
26. By the time you finish your job, everyone ________ home.
A. has gone B. will have gone C. had gone D. was going
27. It can take up to more than six months to ________ a man to do this specialized work.
A. raise B. train C. learn D. practise
28. James was looking for a(n) ________ to visit that wonderful island once again.
A. opportunity B. necessity C. destiny D. possibility
29. Diana took a course in shorthand and typing ________ applying for a secretary job
A. on account of B. with a view to C. with a reason for D. for fear of
30. Pollutants in this over are increasing________. Something must be done about it immediately.
A. chillingly B. utterly C. rigorously D. alarmingly
31. David was so ________ by the beauty of Ha Long Bay that he instantly decided to move there.
A. captured B. captivated C. accumulated D. beckoned
32. Jackie has given such a great ________ that other dancers in the audience admire him so much.
A. performance B. result C. score D. action
33. ________ to Jim myself, I can’t tell why he would do such terrible things.
A. Not to be speaking B. Not to have spoken
C. Because of not being spoken D. Not having spoken
34. Many species of fish have ________ ways of protecting their eggs from predators.
A. ingenious B. indicative C. inspiring D. ingenuous
35. Jukan is one of the many young, ________ artists to be taken on recently by an important
gallery.
A. up-and-coming B. bottom-up C. top-down D. out-and-out
36. All fossil fuels are ________ resources that can not be replaced quickly.
A. unlimited B. non-renewable C. renewable D. available
37. At no time in history ________ such a diligent and brilliant fellow.
A. has Peter and his classmates ever met B. have Peter and his classmates
C. Peter and his classmates ever met D. Peter and his classmates had ever met.
38. New York and Tokyo are two of the most ________ populated cities in the world.
A. greatly B. densely C. variously D. closely
39. The ________ child is forever asking questions. He's incredibly curious.
A. acquisitive B. acquitted C. inquisitive D. exquisite
40. At the end of the broadcast, the TV station received a________ of complaints.
A. hurricane B. tsunami C. tornado D. torrent
41. ________, he couldn't solve that mathematical puzzle.
A. As intelligent as was he B. Intelligent as he was

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 C. So intelligent was he D. Although he is intelligent
42. Things would have been better ________ to my advice.
A. you not listened B. were you listened C. had you listened D. if you listened
43. Neil Armstrong was the first man to ________ foot on the moon.
A. try B. step C. set D. walk
44. "You ________ things. Can't you be more careful?" sad Tom's mother.
A. always lose B. are losing C. always lost D. are always losing
45. Family relationships later ________ a great significance in his life.
A. took on B. kept on C. built up D. made up
PART 1: WORD FORM (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
46. This knife is very blunt. It needs …………………………..……... (sharp)
47. Her ………………………………….. has made her a lot of enemies. (speak)
48. From the hotel there is a ………………………………….. view across the canyon. (breath)
49. Deforestation and excessive farming have ………………………………….. the soil. (poor)
50. ………………………………….. are unpleasant, but it will be nice when we get into the (move)
new house.
51. That child is ………………………………….. because they have not had enough good (nourish)
food to eat.
52. Is this mark on my skirt ………………………………….. or not? I should more careful (notice)
drinking coffee!
53. The singer gave an ………………………………….. performance and the audience gave (ordinary)
him a standing ovation for more than five minutes.
54. The ………………………………….. scenery of Suffolk was the inspiration for the (picture)
painter John Constable.
55. I don't doubt the ………………………………….. of this new gadget, but we simply don't (effect)
have the money to buy it.
PART 2: ERROR CORRECTION (0.5 pts – 0.1/ each)
There are 05 errors in the following passage. Identify the errors, write the line number
and correct them. Write your answers in the numbered spaces below. Number (00.) is
done as an example.
1 It is very difficult to success in the music business; nine out of ten bands that
2 release a first record fail to produce a second. Surviving in the music industrial
3 requires luck and patience, but most of all, it requires an intricate knowledge of how
4 a record company functions. The process begin when a representative of a
5 company's Artist and Repertoire (A&R) department visits bars and night clubs,
6 scouting for young, talented bands. After the representative identifies a promised

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 7 band, he or she will work to negotiate a contract with that band. The signing of this
8 recording contract is a slow process. A company will spend a long time
9 investigating the band itself as well as current trends in popular music. During this
10 period, it is important that a band reciprocates with an investigation of its own,
11 learning as many as possible about the record company and making personal
12 connections within the different departments that will handle their recordings.

Line Error Correction

1 success  succeed
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PART 3: PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Supply each space with a suitable preposition or adverbial particle to complete each of the
following sentences.
61. There has been a steady decrease ……………the number of visitors.
62. These old houses are going to be pulled ……………soon.
63. Take the number 7 bus and get ……………at Forest Road.
64. Do you think we will find a solution ……………the problem.
65. This child is sad; he is getting bored ……………that film.
66. Your son seems to be uninterested ……………my lessons.
67. Ben began to get increasingly irritated ……………her questions.
68. There was an accident this morning. A bus collided ……………a car.
69. There were maybe 60 or 70 people there ……………any rate, we must have enough chairs for all.
70. We find your complaints ……………the quality of our services totally unjust and disrespectful.
PART 1: READING (2 pts - 0.1/ each)
Task 1: GUIDED CLOZE TEST
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following
passage.
HOW TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS OUR LIFE?
Without transportation, our modern society could not (71) ________. We would have no
metal, no coal and no oil nor would we have any (72) ________ made from these materials.
(73) ________ we would have to spend most of our time (74) ________ food and food would
be (75) ________ to the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhood.
Transportation also (76) ________ our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a
doctor to the (77) ________ of a sick person, even if the patients’ lives on an isolated farm. It
can take police to the (78) ________ of a crime within a moments of being noticed.

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Transportation (79) ________ teams of athletes to compete in national and international sports
contests. In time of (80) ________ transportation can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by
floods, families and earthquakes.
71. A. establish B. exist C. take place D. happen
72. A. producers B. production C. products D. productivity
73. A. Even B. Besides C. Although D. However
74. A. rising B. taking C. buying D. raising
75. A. connected B. focused C. limited D. related
76. A. influences B. makes C. affects D. effects
77. A. way B. part C. body D. side
78. A. scene B. place C. location D. site
79. A. brings B. fetches C. enables D. gets
80. A. disasters B. accidents C. problems D. wars
Task 2: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question below.
No one can calculate the quantity of solid waste that has been dumped in the world’s
oceans, but the total certainly exceeds many millions of tons. For example, from 1880 to 1895,
75 percent of the solid waste from New York City was dumped untreated into the Atlantic
Ocean. Although it is now prohibited by law, the dumping of solid waste, including wastewater
sludge, industrial waste, and high-level radioactive waste were common in the United States
until 1970. Cruise ships and huge floating fishing factories still regularly dispose of their solid
waste products directly into the ocean.
The earth naturally recycles water and refreshes the land in what is called the
hydrological cycle. The hydrological cycle not only renews the supply of water, but cleans it as
well. The process begins as heat from the sun causes sea water, 97 percent of the earth’s total
water reserve, to evaporate and form clouds. Because water evaporates at lower temperatures
than most pollutants, the water vapor that rises from the seas is relatively pure and free of the
contaminants, which are left behind. Next, water returns to us as rain, which drains into
streams and rivers and rushes toward the sea.
Chemicals, petroleum products, and other dangerous substances such as radioactive
materials remain in the ocean, polluting it permanently. The polluted ocean water kills fish or
makes them dangerous to eat, posing health problems for those who consume them. It kills the
tiny sea creatures that are the source of food for larger fish, sharks, and whales. It also spoils a
source of great beauty and pleasure when some solid waste is thrown onto beaches during
storms. Discharged petroleum products are frequently found on beaches and they not only ruin
the beach, the petroleum residue kills hundreds of shore birds. Nonpoint pollutants are dumped
into lakes, rivers, and streams that may be far away from any ocean. However, these pollutants
flow, eventually, into the oceans. They can come from a variety of sources, from road salt to
agricultural pesticides. One source of nonpoint pollution is runoff from farming, including
fertilizers, manure, and pesticides. Another source is industrial runoff, including heavy metals,
phosphorous, and many other chemicals. Urban runoff (oils, salts, various chemicals) and
atmospheric fallout of airborne pollution are other sources of nonpoint pollutants that reach the

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oceans. This includes water and waste from sinks, toilets, washing machines and bathtubs. The
problem with this type of waste is that it provides massive amounts of nutrients for water plants
such as algae, so that they grow rapidly. This sudden growth causes concentration or algae
blooms, which use up the oxygen in the water. As the oxygen level of the water declines, many
organisms suffer and die, and the ocean ecosystem is radically altered. This can be prevented by
the installation of waste treatment plants that prevent waste from entering the sea, but such
facilities do not exist in many poorer countries.
81. What can be inferred about the waste dumped into the world’s oceans?
A. It’s mainly household waste B. Much of it was not treated
C. It is billions of tons D. It is primary industrial waste
82. As can be inferred from the passage, which of the following was NOT disposed into the
ocean?
A. waste from dead plants B. waste from cruise ships
C. wastewater sludge D. radioactive waste
83. Which of the following is NOT referred to as use of hydrological cycle?
A. refreshing the land B. separating water from used liquid
C. cleaning water D. renewing the water supply
84. Which of the following has similar meaning to the word “contaminants” in the second
paragraph?
A. pollutants B. rushes C. sea water D. vapor
85. What does the word “which” in the second paragraph refer to?
A. rain water B. the earth C. sea water D. water vaporizer
86. Why are chemicals, petroleum products and radioactive materials mentioned in the passage?
A. as untreated waste B. as industrial substances
C. as raw sewage D. as dangerous pollutants
87. Which of the following is NOT referred to as a result of polluted ocean water?
A. killing fish B. harming people who eat sea food
C. spoiling beach beauty D. killing shore birds
88. Which of the following is NOT an example of farming runoff?
A. manure B. pesticide C. road salt D. fertilizer
89. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. It is expensive to build waste treatment plants
B. developing countries do not need waste treatment plant yet
C. the environment of develop countries is more polluted than that of poor countries
D. the environment of industrial countries is more polluted than that of agricultural countries
90. Where is the passage most probably found?
A. in a geography book B. in a bibliography
C. in a tourism book D. in a social science report
PART 2: WRITING (2 pts)
For questions 91–100, finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the
same meaning as the first sentence.

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91. Alan worked too hard at the office, and this led to his illness.
 Alan’s illness .........................................................................................................................................................................................
92. Our hotel booking hasn’t been confirmed.
 We haven’t ............................................................................................................................................................................................

93. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.

 At no ............................................................................................................................................................................................................
94. They were late for school because they missed the first train.
 Because of ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
95. The students usually hold the concerts at the university.
 The concerts ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
96. You are allowed to play in my garden if you promise not to do anything wrong.
 So long ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
97. We didn’t find out about the meeting until he phoned us.
 Not until ....................................................................................................................................................................................................
98. You haven’t done your work, have you?
 It’s about ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
99. Betty is very happy to look after handicapped people.
 Betty is devoted ...................................................................................................................................................................................
100. He said that he had been a long way from the scene of the crime at that time.
 He denied .................................................................................................................................................................................................
For questions 101–110, 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. You must use
between two and five words, including the word given.
101. I never have enough money. (short)
 I ………………………………………………………………………. money.
102. They intend to abolish that rule. (do)
 They are ………………………………………………………………………. that rule.
103. They forced him to tell the truth. (made)
 He ………………………………………………………………………. the truth.
104. It was true I felt bored with the concert. (doubt)
 The concert ………………………………………………………………………. me.
105. We share the same hobby - pop music. (about)
 All of ………………………………………………………………………. to pop music.
106. The last Olympic Games were held in Seoul. took

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 The last Olympic Games …………………………………………………………Seoul.
107. I hate to watch late night films on TV. (stand)
 I ………………………………………………………………………. late night film on TV.
108. There’s no point in persuading Jane to change her mind. (useless)
 It’s ………………………………………………………………………. to change her mind.
109. The film didn’t certainly live up to my expectations. (short)
 The film ………………………………………………………………………. my expectations.
110. The numbers of cars on the roads must be reduced (down)
 We must ………………………………………………………………………. of cars on the roads

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