Đề luyện thi vào Lớp 10 chuyên Tiếng Anh Global Success - Đề 17 (Có đáp án)

 17. What’s taking an entrance exam ___________?
 A. like B. alike C. likely D. look like
18. The kids found it hard to stay ________.
 A. unmoved B. unmoving C. still D. stuck
19. _________ he became famous did he realize the price of fame.
 A. Only until B. Not until C. Since D. Until
20. He is _________ now so he can’t afford to buy a car.
 A. out of job B. out of order C. out of work D. out of employment
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Exercise 2: Provide the correct article A/AN/THE/X (zero article) in the following gaps.
(21)________first few days after getting home from (22)______ college were okay but then I began to 
feel rather bored and lonely. My parents were busy working and (23)______most of my friends were 
either away on holiday or else had (24)________ holiday jobs. I tried to get a job myself but without 
success. I was beginning to wish I had not come home when I saw (25)_______advertisement for 
holiday courses in (26)________local newspaper. For (27)_______small fee you could try lots of 
different activities organized by (28)________ town’s youth club. Each activity lasted half 
(29)________ day and they were all exciting. I also met new people as many of (30)________ tourists 
staying in the town joined in. 
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Exercise 3: Provide the correct form of the word in bold capitals.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is (31) WORRY that 1.1 billion teenagers and people in their 
twenties and early thirties are damaging their (32) HEAR by listening to loud music. It says (33) NEAR 
half the young people in middle and high-income countries risk hearing loss because of the "(34) 
SAFETY use" of personal music (35) PLAY, including smartphones. Loud music in nightclubs, bars and 
at sporting events also increases the risk. The WHO recommends a safe (36) LIMITED of listening to 
music for just one hour a day. The WHO director for (37) INJURE prevention, Dr Etienne Krug, told 
the BBC that: "What we're trying to do is raise (38) AWARE of an issue that is not (39) TALK about 
enough." He said hearing loss is easily (40) PREVENT. 
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Exercise 4: Choose the incorrect parts and correct them.
31. Despite (A) fats and oil are nutritionally (B) important as (C) energy sources, medical research 
 indicates that saturated fats may contribute to hardening (D) of the arteries.
32. The radio telescope, invented (A) in 1932, has capabilities (B) beyond far (C) those of optical 
 telescopes in tracking (D) signals from galaxies.
33. The boat rose and fell slow (A) as (B) the huge sea swells (C) moved (D) towards shore.
34. She was determined (A) to pursue (B) a tertiary education however (C) happened to her (D). 
35. Today there is (A) an unusually (B) large amount (C) of students in the class (D). 
III. READING
Exercise 1: Questions 1 – 10 
 Clinic for internet addicts opens in US
If you have to take a quick break from reading this article to send a text message or check your 
Blackberry, then the good news is that help is at hand. almost 4,000 children in schools in Essex, England. Lead researcher Dr Gavin Sandercock said he was 
surprised (16)__________ how rarely students showered. He said: "We know (17)__________ 
children aren't getting (18)__________ physical activity because we have seen their fitness declining; 
(19)__________ the unwillingness to shower is a barrier to working up a sweat (20)__________ 
playing sport, it's something we need to tackle to promote activity at schools."
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
Exercise 3: Questions 21 – 30 
Read the text and choose the most suitable option to complete the text.
 The Internet bus
In the desert areas that surround Tucson city, USA, students spend hundreds of hours on yellow buses 
each year getting to and from their schools. But when mobile internet equipment was 
(21)____________ on a yellow school bus, the bored, often noisy, teens were transformed into quiet, 
studious individuals.
District officials got the idea during (22)____________ drives on school business to Phoenix, two 
hours each way, when they (23)____________ that, when they went in pairs, one person could drive 
and the other could work using a laptop and a wireless card. They (24)____________ if internet 
access on a school bus could (25)____________ students’ academic productivity, too.
But the idea for what students call ‘the internet bus’ really took shape when the district’s chief 
information officer (26)____________ across an article about having internet across in cars. He 
thought, “What if you could put that in a bus?”
The officials have been delighted to see the (27)____________ of homework getting done, morning 
and evening, as the internet bus (28)____________ up and drops off students along the 70-minute 
drive. (29)____________ some students spend their time playing games or visiting social networking 
sites, most students do make (30)____________ their travel time to study.
21. A. installed B. set C. included D. structured
22. A. extraordinary B. occasional C. exceptional D. few
23. A. believed B. acknowledged C. estimated D. realised
24. A. thought B. imagined C. suspected D. wondered
25. A. increase B. enlarge C. rise D. heighten
26. A. got B. looked C. came D. put
27. A. total B. amount C. number D. measure
28. A. brings B. picks C. rides D. catches
29. A. Since B. Despite C. Although D. However
30. A. progress B. work C. use D. part
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
IV. WRITING
Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences so that their meanings are close to the originals.
1. I can’t say I enjoy it when people tear my writing to pieces in front of me.
  I can’t say I enjoy having ..
2. We’ll have to make up our minds by the end of the week, won’t we?
  A decision will have to ..
3. The job received over a hundred applications.
  Over a hundred people ..
4. This story of yours isn’t true! Keys – practice 17
I – PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three in the following questions
 1.A. complainB. gatherC. productD. transcript
 2. A. mosquitoB. elephantC. dinosaurD. buffalo
 3. A. protectB. settleC. relateD. compose
 4. A. governmentB. understandC. interviewD. reference
 5.A. scholarshipB. developC. equipmentD. discourage 
 6.A. integralB. terrificC. cathedralD. museum
 7.A. appreciativeB. archeologistC. architecturalD. 
 cosmopolitan
 8. A. photographB. separateC. recommendD. hurricane
 9. A. tonightB. controlC. purposeD. involve
 10. A. enough B. awareC. supportD. swallow
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR: Total: 3 pts
Exercise 1: (Total: 1 pts: 0.05pt/each correct answer) 
1. D 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. A
6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B
16. A 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. C
Exercise 2: (Total: 0.5 pts: 0.05pt/each correct answer) 
21. The 22. x 23. x 24. x 25. an
26. the 27. a 28. the 29. a 30. the
Exercise 3: (Total: 1 pts: 0.1pt/each correct answer) 
31. worried 32. hearing 33. nearly 34. unsafe 35. players
36. limit 37. injury 38. awareness 39. talked 40. preventable
Exercise 4: (Total: 0.5 pts: 0.05pt/each correct finding + 0.05pt/each correction) 
41. A => Although/ Though
42. C => far beyond
43. A => slowly
44. C => whatever
45. C => number
III. READING: Total: 3 pts (0.1pt/each correct answer)
Exercise 1:
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C
5. A 6. B 7. Seattle 8. S14,000
9. 45 days 10. 1994 11. World of Warcraft 12. 16 or 17
Exercise 2:
13. school 14. education 15. shower 16. at
17. that 18. enough 19. if 20. or
Exercise 3:
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. A
26. C 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. C
IV. WRITING: Total: 2 pts 
Exercise 1: Total: 0.5 pts (0.1pt/each correct answer)
 1. I can’t say I enjoy having my writing torn to pieces in front of me.
 2. A decision will have to be made by the end of the week, won’t we?