Đề thi chính thức vào 10 môn Anh trường THPT Nguyễn Tất Thành năm 2015

1/12/2024 6:00:00 AM

Đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 trường THPT Nguyễn Tất Thành năm học 2015, có giải thích đáp án chi tiết.

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

  • night
  • slight
  • tighten
  • wisdom
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
  • drought
  • cough
  • doubt
  • about
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
  • sewage
  • steward

  • shipwreck
  • waist

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

  • typhoon
  • festival
  • machine
  • mistake

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

  • compliment
  • mechanic
  • government
  • poisonous

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

  • disappear
  • congratulate
  • disastrous
  • appliance

You can get a running-up nose if you _____ or an allergy.

  • had a cold
  • caught cold
  • will catch cold
  • have a cold

Nepal was _____ by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on Tuesday, just weeks after the devastating quake that killed more than 8,000 people.

  • stuck
  • beaten
  • defeated
  • hit

The ideal tiger territory is a large forested area with rich vegetation for cover, plentiful water to drink and cool off in, and _____ deer, swine, and other large mammals to eat.

  • abundant
  • dangerous
  • fierce
  • extinct

Your car is very _____. It hardly seems to use any petrol at all.

  • economy
  • economical
  • economic
  • economically

It's crucial that everybody _____ the ceremony.

 
  • attends
  • must attend
  • has to attend
  • attend

_____ you cut down your sugar intake, you'd have lost weight by now.

 

  • Had
  • If
  • Were
  • Should

The teacher was absent today, _____.

  • but the class was cancelled.
  • and the class was cancelled.
  • so that the class was cancelled.
  • so the class was cancelled.

Sam warned _____ the air conditioner on all night.

  • me not leaving
  • me not left
  • me not to leave
  • me to not leave

She hasn't changed her mind, _____ ?

  • did she
  • isn't she
  • has she
  • hasn't she

It’s against the law to kill the black rhinoceros. They _____ extinct.

 
  • became
  • have become
  • become
  • are becoming

I’m really sleepy today. I wish I _____ too much time on computer games last night.

  • didn't spend
  • hadn't spent
  • wouldn't spent
  • don't spend

Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentence. 

Singapore national swimming head coach and Olympic bronze medalist Sergio Lopez said that Vien was an excellent swimmer _____ has been improving leaps and bounds.

  • which
  • whose
  • who
  • whom

Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentence. 

_____ he worked with the deaf for many years and patented many devices to help them, Alexander Graham Bell will mainly forever be remembered for inventing the telephone.

  • Even though
  • In spite of
  • Despite
  • Because

Tom: "I didn't understand what the girl said."

Peter: "_____."

  • So did I
  • I did too
  • I did either
  • Neither did I

Teacher: "Your English is very good, Nam."

Nam: "_____".

  • Yes, of course. I know it is perfect.
  • Thanks. Are you telling lies?
  • Thanks for your compliment. It's certainly encouraging.
  • No, I don't like it.

Would you mind _____ your radio a little, please?

  • turning out
  • turning down
  • to turn down
  • to turn out

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

Around 1750, electricity experiments became popularly as entertainment at the court of the French King, Louis XV.

  • electricity
  • experiments
  • popularly
  • entertainment

Choose the underlined part that needs correction. 

The keyboard with alphabet keys is enough easy to use to give program instructions to the computer.

  • is
  • enough easy
  • program instructions
  • computer

Choose the underlined part that needs correction. 

Some people take vitamin E to relieve muscular cramps, to extend life span, and fighting skin problems.

  • take
  • life span
  • and fighting
  • problems

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

Albany, a city on the Hudson River, was the capital of New York State since 1797.

  • a
  • on
  • was
  • the

Choose the underlined part that needs correction in the following sentence. 

Sequoyah, that worked on the alphabet for twelve years, finally completed it in 1823.

  • that
  • worked on
  • finally complete
  • in

Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space.

The world around us is very colorful. The place be very dull if there was no color. People like to surround themselves with things. Many years , people wanted to make themselves as colorful as the things they . They did this by making patterns on their bodies and themselves.

they learned to make cloth to cover their bodies, they tried to find ways and means of coloring it brightly. In time, they discovered the method of dyeing their .

People knew how to their clothes even before they knew to read or write. that time, men did not know how to make dye, so they got their colors from what they could find them.

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.

Man discovered fire many thousands of years ago. The first time he saw fire was probably when a tree was struck by lightning. He soon learned how to make fire for himself. However, man probably made his first fire by rubbing two sticks together. Fire was very important to man. He needed fire to keep himself warm at night. He used fire to cook his food. He used fire to frighten away enemies and wild animals. In some parts of the world, he used fire to send signal messages. Red Indians, for example, used fire to make smoke signals. In some other countries, people lit fires to warn their friends of danger. Fire was also used to give light. Before the invention of the oil lamp, men used burning sticks as torches. And before man discovered gas and electricity, he hung small wire baskets from posts to light streets. One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve equal parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was a wind blowing on the candle, the flame burned too quickly.

The best title for the passage can be _____.

  • the discovery of fire
  • the use of fire
  • the danger of fire
  • the comparison of fire and candle
How were the streets lit before gas and electricity were invented?
  • from a tree struck by lightning
  • from wire baskets hung on posts
  • from two sticks together
  • from a candle

Man probably used fire to do a lot of things EXCEPT _____.

  • to tell the time
  • to make swords
  • to send signal
  • to keep warm at night

Red Indians used fire _____.

  • to make gas and electricity
  • to frighten away enemies
  • to burn down trees
  • to send signal messages

According to the passage, man used the following to give light:

  • oil lamp
  • wire baskets
  • candle
  • all are correct

The first street lights were _____.

  • large bonfires
  • burning trees
  • candles
  • small fires in hanging baskets
How did man count the time from the candle clock?
  • He marked it in twelve parts.
  • He counted the burned parts.
  • He took a twelve-hour burning candle.
  • He made it burn in the wind.

The candle clock burned for ____.

  • one hour
  • a day
  • 12 hours
  • 12 days

The candle clock did not work well because _____.

  • it was easily blown away
  • it made flame
  • the wind could make it burn faster
  • the flame burned too quickly

The word “danger” most closely means _____.

  • threat
  • accident
  • fault
  • incident

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

“Why don’t we go somewhere for a change?” said Mary.

=> Mary suggested ...........

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

The fridge was so heavy that we couldn’t move it. => The fridge was ..........

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

The information I got from the assistant was so confusing that I didn’t know what to do. (SUCH)

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Do not change the word given.

Everyone thinks Alan will accept the job within the next few days. (EXPECTED)

=> Alan ............

Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Do not change the word given.

It is not very likely that Angela will be given the leading role. (CHANCE)

=> Angela has .............