Đơn vị dự thi: THPT Chuyên Bắc Ninh
MÔN THI: Anh
KHỐI 10
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A. PHONETICS (10p)
Question 1: Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the other words. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below (5p)
1.  A. random             B. canal              C. many              D. explanatory
2. A. good              B. moon              C. food              D. ballon
3.  A. provide             B. product          C. production        D. procedure
4.  A. kite               B. bite              C. Christian          D. Christ
5. A. voltage             B. voyage            C. massage           D. dosage
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Question 2: Choose the word whose stress pattern is differently from those of the other words. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below (5p)
1. A. argumentative B. psychological
C. contributory D. hypersensitive
2. A. atomic B. brilliant
C. determined D. ambitious
3. A. trigonometry B. explanatory
C. immediately D. democracy
4. A. photograph B. payroll
C. accent D. regretful
5. A. majority B. ceremony
C. astronomy D. investiture


B. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (20p)
Question 3: Give the correct tense/ form of the verbs in the brackets. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below (10p)
1. It’s time we (go). If we (not leave) now, we (miss) the train.
2. I know I (not write) to you before, but I (be) so busy recently that I (not have) time for writing letters. I (telephone) you instead, but I (forget) your number.
3. Why didn’t you tell me you could lend me the money? I (not borrow) it from the bank.
4. He is walking (hurry) to the place where his ex-wife, a famous naturalist now (lie) (bury) among the animals she (love) so much.
5. We will see Alice at the corner, she (wait) for us when we (arrive).
6. He resents (be) (tell) what (do).
7. Her mother (go) abroad last month, so it (not be) her you see at the theater last Sunday.
Question 4: The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. (0) has been done as an example. Write your answers in the numbered blanks below (5p)
After an absence in thirty years, I decided visiting my old school again. I had expected to find changes, but no a completely different building. As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address. The grimy, red brick fortress with their tall windows that had looked up grimly on the playground and playing fields had swept away. In its place stood a bright, modern block risen from the ground on great concrete stilts. A huge expanse of glass extending across the face of the building, and in front, there was a well-kept lawn where previous there had been untidy gravel yard.

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Question 5: Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION or PARTICLE. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage. (5p)
1. We’re all very obliged …………… you
2. When the wound has healed ....... you can remove the plaster.
3. Withou a fridge, fresh food will go ...... very quickly.
4. I’m faithful …………… my principle.
5. I haven’t heard ........ Mandy since she wrote in July.
6. This service is free …………… charge.
7. They went ahead contrary ……………… my advice.
8. The weather was fine, and everyone was making ..... .. the coast.
9.We’re going ....... Tom’s car tomorrow.
10. Have a card................your sleeve.


C. READING (20p)
Question 6: Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the numbered blanks provided below the passage. (10p)
In addition to the great ridges and volcanic chains, the oceans conceal another form of undersea mountains: the strange guyot, or flat-topped seamount. No