Đề thi ĐGNL Tiếng Anh vào lớp 10 Chuyên (dành cho HS đầu lớp 9)

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

Choose the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress.

Before we get things under way, I must stress that anything that comes up during this meeting must be kept strictly _____.

The doctors don’t hold out much hope for her being able to _____ a return of the infection.

The devastation of Hurricane Harvey in 2017 was so terrible. In vain _____ avert the catastrophe.

Her doctor suggested that she ______ her working hours and ______ more exercise.

Despite their parents' efforts to limit their intake, the children have a(n) _____ appetite for sweets and often find clever ways to sneak a treat. 

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Perhaps I'm being too touchy, but there’s something about that man that rubs me up the wrong way.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

I don’t know why she takes it out on her mother. She puts all her unhappiness down to her mother, who has been the main stumbling block in her life.

Think of ONE word which can be used appropriately in three sentences.

1. When this latest evidence came to _____, he had no choice but to admit it.

2. The big windows make the room feel wonderfully _____ and airy.

3. He committed a serious assault, and I'm not going to make _____ of that. 

=> Answer:

Think of ONE word which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. 

1. Before concluding, I'd like to _____ on the excellent work done by our interns.

2. The water's not deep here - look, I can _____ the bottom.

3. I just wanted to quickly _____ base with you: did you get an email from my secretary about the meeting?

=> Answer:

Think of ONE word which can be used appropriately in three sentences. 

1. At the time, I felt his inappropriate behaviour was the last _____, but fortunately it has all blown over now and, our relationship has really got going again.

2. She sipped her soda through a _____ at the movie theater.

3. Incorporation of rice _____ into paddy soil can maintain and enhance soil fertility with a proper management.

=> Answer:

Read the passage and decide which answer best fits each gap.

Earthquakes are amongst the most destructive natural disasters. They usually 15.1attackfallhitstrike without any warning and result in a great loss of life and an enormous demolition of buildings. Additionally, they may cause devastating landslides or create gigantic tidal waves which, in fact, are colossal walls of water smashing into seashores with such force that they are 15.2conceivablepossiblepotentialcapable of destroying coastal cities. However, the vast majority of fatalities and serious injuries 15.3laybringmakecome about when buildings collapse.

Most frequently, the earthquake lasts 30 to 60 seconds, so usually there is no time to 15.4restrainevadeavertabstain the mortal upshot once the shaking starts. The savage forces of an earthquake trigger off a complex chain reaction in the building's structure when it is shaken, lifted, pushed or pulled. A building's height, its shape and construction materials are the most significant factors deciding about the survival or collapse of the structure and, consequently, about the life or death of its 15.5settlersinhabitantsburgherscitizens.

Fill in each blank with one best word.

The Chef

Being a chef is not all it's 16.1 up to be. People have an image of chefs dreaming 16.2 exotic dishes, experimenting with delicious expensive ingredients, and then creating exquisite meals with panache. That isn't really how it is. There are a lot of things to do, and most of them are done in a sweltering hot kitchen with 80 to 100 people waiting for the finished product.

Even the creative part is riddled 16.3 the difficulties posed by having to take mundane details into consideration. Firstly, for example, the items for the weekly table d'hôte must incorporate the food left in the fridge from the previous week. Secondly, the food must be something a customer might actually buy, which means that burgers are often on the menu, 16.4 the chef's disdain. The real opportunity 16.5 artistry comes when someone orders the poached salmon with dill butter, and there's not a pat of butter in the place.

Complete the text by changing the form of the word in capitals.

The game of solving difficult puzzles has always filled people with the feeling of a profound excitement. No wonder, then, that the fascination of treasure hunting has (VARIABLE) 17.1 been associated with the possibility of realizing the most (PROBABLE) 17.2 dreams. According to what the psychologists claim, there is a little boy in every treasure hunter. Yet, the chase of hidden valuables has recently become a serious venture with amateur and professional seekers (EQUIP) 17.3 with highly sophisticated devices like metal detectors, radars, sonars or underwater cameras. What raises the adrenaline level in these treasure-obsessed (FANATIC) 17.4 are legends, myths, old maps and other variety of clues promising (MEASURE) 17.5 fortunes buried beneath the earth's surface or drowned in the ancient galleys.

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

How a man uses money - makes it, saves it, and spends it - is perhaps one of the best tests of practical wisdom. Although money ought by no means be regarded as a chief end of man's life, neither is it a trifling matter, to be held in philosophic contempt, representing as it does to so large an extent, the means of physical comfort and social well-being. Indeed, some of the finest qualities of human nature are intimately related to the right use of money; such as generosity, honesty, justice, and self-sacrifice; as well as the practical virtues of economy and providence. On the other hand, there are their counterparts of avarice, fraud, injustice, and selfishness, as displayed by the inordinate lovers of gain; and the vices of thriftlessness, extravagance, and improvidence, on the part of those who misuse and abuse the means entrusted to them. "So that," as is widely observed by Henry Taylor in his thoughtful 'Notes from Life,' "a right measure and manner in getting, saving, spending, giving, taking, lending, borrowing, and bequeathing, would almost argue a perfect man."

Comfort in worldly circumstances is a condition which every man is justified in striving to attain by all worthy means.  It secures that physical satisfaction, which is necessary for the culture of the better part of his nature; and enables him to provide for those of his own household. Nor ought the duty to be any the less indifferent to us, that the respect which our fellow-men entertain for as in no slight degree depends upon the manner in which we exercise the opportunities which present themselves for our honourable advancement in life.  The very effort required to be made to succeed in life with this object, is of itself an education; stimulating a man's sense of self-respect, bringing out his practical qualities, and disciplining him in the exercise of patience, perseverance, and such like virtues.  The provident and careful man must necessarily be a thoughtful man, for he lives not merely for the present, but with provident forecast makes arrangements for the future. He must also be a temperate man, and exercise the virtue of self-denial, than which nothing is so much calculated to give strength to the character.  John Sterling says truly, that "the worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that." The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is in a physical sense what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.

What does the author imply by saying that money provides 'physical satisfaction, which is necessary for the culture the better part of his nature'?

Why must the 'provident and careful man' be a thoughtful man?

Choose the sentence CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

That he decided to retire early marked the end of his distinguished career.

Choose the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given.

I have the right to discuss the project's financial details.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between THREE and SIX words, including the word given.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between THREE and SIX words, including the word given.

Had he been a little more penitent, his appeal for mercy would not have been ignored. (DEAF)  

=> His appeal for mercy would not if he had been a little more penitent.

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.

The strike lasted twenty days before the management gave in.

=> Only after a ...............

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first.

Many creatures still survive and thrive in the harsh conditions of the deserts.

=> Harsh ..........