SỞ GD&ĐT LONG AN ---------------ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi có 8 trang) VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT CHUYÊN LONG AN NĂM HỌC 2015-2016 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH (CHUYÊN) Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) Thí sinh làm bài trên phiếu trả lời (Answer sheet), không làm bài trên đề thi này. I. LISTENING: (2 points) PART 1: There are 5 questions in this part. For each question there are three pictures and a short recording. Listen to each recording twice. Choose the correct picture (A, B or C) and write it in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (1 point) Trang 1 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí PART 2: You will hear a conversation between a man, Marco, and his wife, Sarah, about a film they have just seen at the cinema. Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, write the letter (A) for YES, if it is not correct, write the letter (B) for NO in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (1 point) A B YES NO Trang 2 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí 1. Sarah was 2. Marco and Sarah agree 3. Marco feels 4. Sarah was during 5. expecting to enjoy the film. that the city in the film that the length of upset about how the film some was made of London. it rather boring. the audience behaved the film. Sarah was disappointed with the way the main actor performed. II. READING: (2 points) PART 1: Read the following passage, then choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. 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Trang 4 John over N an the VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí interested in playing the cello because 4. Paul irst became f A. he admired B. he wanted C. he was not very D. he did not want to do 5. What do we someone to play his father played good A. His B. It was C. His brother ’s achievements D. He wanted slow with. ’s in his group. father at playing because wanted. development? has played little part in it. he lacked gave it to be the piano. what his parents learn ’s about musicalHuw parents ’ attitude music different determination. him an aim. ’s.from his brother PART 2: You are going to read an article about an underwater museum. Five sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from the sentences A-F the one which fits each gap (1-4). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (1 point) UNDERWATER WORLD If you want to dive by ancient sailors, of Europe ’s only in clear blue the tiny island underwater of waters, and find swim rich over marine the liferemains Ustica o. This is the island, place to60km g from thrown aw the Italian coast, (0)museum. D . The clear waters attract some of the world’s best underwater divers. The International Academy of Underwater Sciences, which was set up to encourage underwater exploration, is based in Ustica. (1)____. Dr Honor Frost, a Bristish underwater archaeologist and Golden Triden winner, believes that Ustica shows that some underwater remains are best life in the surroundings where they have been preserved for centuries. (2) ____. According to Frost, the establishment of the underwater museum has made an interesting area of sea floor, together with the objects which fell to it in antiquity, safe for future study. (3) ____ For example, it is puzzling that only iron anchors of quite a late date seem to have been lost there, despite local evidence of sea trade during a period nearly four thousand years ago, when stone anchors would have been in use. Among the anchors and other remains there are an extraordinary number of Roman millstones, which were widely traded throughout the ancient world. (4) _____. A Many questions remain to be answered about the museum site. B However, this section of the museum, although already accessible to diving visitors, still contains material of interest to researchers. Trang 5 C D Made VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí anic of volc rock, they were carried by corn ships heading o the ports from ofRome the north t African coast. Only here sea can divers floor explore centuries This gives divers F This month it presented the experience been exhibits pots and such millstones, as ancho which fell ago. E which have labelled rs, of its Golden awarded underwater without Trident water annually since disturbing archaeologyimportant sites. awards, equivalentthe under of the Nobel prizes 1960. III. USE OF ENGLISH: (4 points) PART 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer A, B, C, or D in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (0.5 point) one 1.No A. 2. has cleaned have Space A. they travel B.’t they haven seemed unthinkable 3.……………. giraffe A. the street ……………….? this week, A/ ø 5. ø / the 6. A. that of C. all human The A. 7. A.
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I _______ ” C. have when sued it_____ published his advice! taken D. would Trang 6 ta VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí PART 2: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (1 point) FAMOUS EXPLORER Captain James Cook (0)…….. is today for being one of Britain’s most famous explorers of the 18th century. Cook was (1)……… most other explorers of the same period as he did not come from a wealthy family and had to work hard to (2)…….. his position in life. He was lucky to be (3)……. by his father’s employer, who saw that he was a bright boy and paid for him to attend the village school. At sixteen, he started (4)……… in a shop in a fishing village, and this was a turning (5)…….. in his life. He developed an interest in the sea and eventually joined the Royal Navy in order to see more of the world. Cook was (6)……. by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps, and quickly became an expert in these subjects. He was also one of the first people to (7)………. that scurvy, an illness often suffered by sailors, could be prevented by careful (8)……… to diet. It was during his voyage to the Pacific Ocean that Cook made his historic landing in Australia and the (9) ……….. discovery that New Zealand was two separate islands. He became a national hero and still (10)……. one today. 1. A. different B. contrary C. distinct D. unlike 2. A. manage B. succeed C. achieve D. fulfil 3. A. remarked B. viewed C. glanced D. noticed 4. A. trade B. work C. career D. job 5. A. moment B. instant C. point D. mark 6. A. keen C. fascinated D. enthusiastic 7. A. regard B. estimate C. catch D. realise 8. A. attention B. Organisation C. observation D. selection 9. A. serious B. superior C. major D. leading 10. A. remains B. stands C. maintains D. keeps B. eager PART 3: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (1 point) COFFEE Coffee is made from the beans that grow in the fruits of the coffee plant. There are usually two beans in each fruit and harvesting is done (1)…… hand. Trang 7 The VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí word“coffee” derives from the “qahwah Arabic”, a word(2) …… was orginally used for wine, but which came to mean coffee. Coffee beans (3) …… to be chewed before it was discovered that they (4) …… be boiled with water (5) …… make a drink. Coffee drinking began in Arab countries in the 14th century and did not (6) …… common in Europe (7) …… the 17th century. At (8) ……, coffee was sold by chemists, but it (9) …… little impact until the first coffee shop opened and instructions about (10) …… to roast and grind the coffee were published. PART 4: For questions 1-10, give the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. There is an example at the beginning (0). (1 point) LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS Humans have long been fascinated by (0. OUT) …outer… space, and have wondered if there are intelligent life-forms (1. ELSE) ………, which we might be able to contact. (2. NATURE) ……, we’ve all seen space creatures on our TV and cinema screens, but “aliens” like these owe more to the (3. CONVENIENT) ……… of using human (4. ACT) …………… to play the parts than to any real form of (5. SCIENCE) ……… investigation. However, many serious space (6. RESEARCH) ……… are now beginning to turn their attention to the question of what alien life might (7. ACTUAL) ……… look like. One early result is Arnold the Alien, (8. DESIGN) …………… by biologist, Dougal Dixon. This strange being, (9. LIKE) ……… humans, has its eyes, ears and limbs in groups of three instead of pairs but, despite its odd (10. APPEAR) ………, its behaviour is not very different from our town. PART 5: For questions 1-5, 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 three and six words, including the word given. Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (0.5 point) 1. Jackie hasn’t been swimming for five years. (SWIMMING) The last______________________________________________ was five years ago. 2. Please don’t go there now. (RATHER) I _______________________________________________________ go there now. 3. They left early because they didn’t want to get caught in the traffic. (AVOID) They left early in order_______________________________________in the traffic. 4. It would be difficult for me to finish the work by the weekend. (DIFFICULTY) I______________________________________________ the work by the weekend. 5. I thought I might run out of cash, so I took my cheque-book with me. (CASE) I took my cheque-book with me_________________________________out of cash. Trang 8 VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn bản pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí For questions 6-10, finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. Write your answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. 6.I really think you ought to acquire a few manners. It’s high time____________________________________________________________ 7.The decorators We have finished the whole of the first floor. have_______________________________________________________________ .If you want my advice, I would forget about buying a new house. If I ___________________________________________________________________ 9. People who ’t beenhaven abroad Nobody 10. who shouldn ’t criticise foreign customs. ___________________________________________________________ She did not thank us for our help when she left. She left ________________________________________________________________ IV. WRITING: (2 points) Describe one In your paper, of your you should - who he/she - how long you have looks - what qualities You should you who you admire most. write: is. - what he/she - why teachers write him/her. like. he/she admire known has. him/her at least 120 most. words. --------HẾT--------Giám thị coi thi không giải thích gì thêm H ọ v à tê n thí …………………………Số sinh: b á o danh: …………………..Chữ k ý…………… Ch ữ k ý giá mị 1:th ……………….. Trang 9