Đề luyện thi vào Lớp 10 chuyên Tiếng Anh Global Success - Đề 43 (Có đáp án)

 Three hundred and fifty years before the first men looked down on the 
 amazingly beautiful surface of the moon from close quarters, Galileo’s newly built 
 telescope (1) him to look at the edge of the hitherto mysterious 1. ABLE
 sphere. He saw that the apparently (2) surface was not divinely 2. LIVE
 smooth and round, but bumpy and imperfect. He realized that although the 
 moon might appear (3) , resembling a still life painted by the hand of a 3. ACT
 cosmic 4. ART
 (4) , it was a real world, perhaps not very different from our own. 5. ACHIEVE
 This amounted to a great (5) hardly to be expected in his day and age, 6. CONCLUDE
 although nowadays his (6) may appear to some to be trivial and (7) 7. SIGNIFY
 .
 Not long after Galileo lunar’s observations, the skies which had previously been so 8. ELUDE
 (8) revealed more of their extraordinary mysteries. Casting 9. STRIKE
 around for further wonders, Galileo focused his lens on the (9) 
 planet of Jupiter. Nestling next to it, he saw four little points of light circling the 10. FORTUNE
 distant planet. Our moon it appeared, perhaps (10) in the eyes of 
 those fearful of what the discovery might mean, was not alone!
III.In the following passage, some numbered lines contain a word that shouldn’t be there. Tick (√) the 
sentences that are correct and write the words that shouldn’t be there in the numbered space. 
 KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE
 Personal space is a term that refers to the distance we like to keep between 0 √_ 
 ourselves and other people. When someone we do not know well gets too close that 00 
 we usually begin to feel uncomfortable. If such a business colleague comes closer someone 1 
 than 1.2 meters, the most common response is to move away. Some interesting 
 studies have been done in libraries. If strangers will come too close, many people 2 
 get up and leave the building, others use to different methods such as turning their 3 √ 
 back on the intruder. Living in cities has made people to develop new skills for 4 
 dealing with situations where they are very close to strangers. Most people on so 5 
 crowded trains try not to look at strangers; they avoid skin contract, and apologize if 6 
 hands touch by a mistake. People use newspapers as a barrier between themselves 7√ 
 and other people, and if they do not have one, they stare into the distance, making 8 
 sure they are not looking into anyone’s eyes. 9 
PART III. READING 10 √ 
I.Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank. 
 In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase into happiness. The researchers have 
come up a number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.
 First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in other 
words, happiness (1) in families. And happiness seems to correlate quite strongly with the 
main dimensions of personalities: extroverts are generally happier, neurotics are less so.
 Second, people often report good social relations as a reason for their happiness. In particular, 
friends are a great (2) of joy, partly because of the agreeable things they do together, partly 
because of the way friends use positive non-verbal (3) such as caressing and touching, to 
affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (4) relationships can also form the basis of lasting 
happiness.
 Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (5) overall satisfaction, and vice versa - perhaps this 
is why some people are happy in boring jobs: it (6) both ways. Job satisfaction is caused not 
only by the essential nature of the work, but (7) by social interactions with co-workers. 
Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause of unhappiness.
 Fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (8) than most other 
causes of happiness. Activities (9) sport and music, and participation in voluntary work and A great number of these plants were true ferns, reproducing themselves without fruits or 
seeds. Others had only the appearance of ferns. Their leaves had organs of sexual reproduction and 
produced seeds. Although their “flowers” did not have corollas, these false ferns (today completely 
extinct) ushered in the era of flowering plants. Traces of these floras of the earliest times have been 
preserved in the form of fossils. Such traces are most commonly found in shale and sandstone rocks 
wedged between coal beds.
 Today only tropical forests bear living proof of the ancient greatness of ferns. The species that 
grow there are no longer those of the Carboniferous period, but their variety and vast numbers, and 
the great size of some, remind us of the time when ferns ruled the plant kingdom.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Plant reproduction B. How to locate fossils
C. An ancient form of plant life D. Tropical plant life
2. The word “Others” refers to .
 A. plants B. pillars C. trees D. fronds
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of the plants described in the passage?
A. They once spread over large areas of land.
C. They coexisted with amphibians, mosses, and horsetails.
B. They varied greatly in size.
D. They clung to tree trunks and bushes for support.
4. The word “true” is closest in meaning to which of the following?
 A. accurate B. genuine C. straight D. dependable
5. The author states that fossils of early plant life are usually found in rocks located between deposits 
of . A. coal B. shale C. sandstone D. corollas
IV.Read the passage carefully then fill in the blank a suitable word. 
 As swimming became a popular recreation in England during the 1860s and 1870s, several (1)
 sports developed, roughly patterned after land sports. (2) them were water football 
(or soccer), water rugby, water handball, and water polo, in which players rode on floating barrels, 
painted to look (3) horses, and struck the ball with a stick.
 Water rugby became most popular of these sports, but somehow the water polo name 
became attached to it, and it's been attached (4) since.
 As played in England, the object of the sport was for a player to touch the ball, with both (5)
 , at the goal end of the pool. The goaltender stood on the pool deck, ready to dive on any 
opponent who was about to score.
 Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled (6) underwater fights away from 
the ball, and it wasn't unusual for players to pass out for lack of air.
 In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addiction of goalposts. The Scots also replaced
(7) original small, hard rubber ball with a soccer ball and adopted (8) that prohibited 
taking the ball under the surface or, "tackling" a player unless he had the ball.
 The Scottish game, which emphasized swimming speed, passing, and (9) work, spread 
to England during the early 1880s, to Hungary in 1889, to Austria and Germany in 1894, to France in 
1895, and (10) Belgium in 1900.
 Water polo was the first team sport added to the Olympic program, in 1900.
PART IV: WRITING
I.Write the new sentences using the given word. Do not change the word given in any way. 
1. They have discovered some interesting new information. (LIGHT)
2. They suspended Jack for the next two matches. (BANNED)
3. I really want to see her again. (DYING)
4. She was so beautiful that I couldn't stop looking at her. (EYES)
5. We are looking forward to watching the program. (WAIT)
II.Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the original one. 
1. If you changed your mind, you would be welcomed to join our class. Keys – practice 43
PART I PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other three in the following question
 1. A. exchange B. technology C. mischievious D. challenge
 2. A. finished B. declared C. linked D. developed
 3. A. accept B. succeed C. account D. accident
 4. A. compulsory B. curriculum C. substantial D. supportive
 5. A. committed B. daunted C. confided D. installed
 6. A. much B. autumn C. sunny D. summer
 7. A. dedicated B. hatched C. stopped D. influenced
 8. A. spectrum B. special C. species D. specify
 9. A. wrong B. two C. windy D. wrist
 10. A. picked B. naked C. booked D. worked
PART II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (35pts)
I. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer among four options (A, B, C or 
D). (15pts: 1pt/item)
1. He's really shy girl.
 A. by B. at C. for D. with
2. The teacher her to improve her drawing.
 A. insisted B. encouragedC. made D. persisted
3. I couldn't quite what they were doing because they were so far away.
 A. bear out B. make outC. think out D. try out
4. The meal Mary cooked tastes .
 A. well B. nice C. goodD. worse
5. at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone.
 A. ArrivingB. We arrived C. Arrived D. We were arriving
6. The people who the survey said that they had examined over 1,000 accidents.
 A. gave B. proceed C. set D. conducted
7. The judge found him of stealing and sent him to prison.
 A. evil B. innocent C. guiltyD. wicked
8. The house we have rented is . So we will have to buy some beds, chairs, tables, etc.
 A. unrestored B. unrepaired C. unfurnished D. undecorated
9. He was turned down for the job because he is .
 A. qualified B. qualifying C. unqualifiedD. qualification
10. The trouble started only the other man came into the room.
 A. whenB. until C. and then D. too soon
11. , the disaster would not have happened.
 A. Had you have obeyed the orders B. You had obeyed the orders
 C. You obeyed the orders D. Had you obeyed the orders
12. had booked in advance were allowed in.
 A. Only who B. Only those who
 C. Only who were those D. Only were those who
13. Traveling alone to a jungle is adventurous, .
 A. if not impossibleB. if it not impossible
 C. when not impossible D. when it not impossible
14. I the hot weather in the south.
 A. use to B. used toC. am use to D. am used to
15. The meat looked very to the dog.
 A. invited B. invite C. invitingD. invitingly happiness. A. two influenza viruses in the same animal recombining B. animal viruses recombining with 
human viruses
C. two animal viruses recombining D. two animal viruses recombining in a human
III. Read the passage and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D in the 
following questions. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your 
answer sheet. (5pts: 1pt/item)
 Several hundred million years ago, plants similar to modern ferns covered vast stretches of the 
land. Some were as large as trees, with giant fronds bunched at the top of trunks as straight as pillars. 
Others were the size of bushes and formed thickets of undergrowth. Still others lived in the shade of 
giant club mosses and horsetails along the edges of swampy lagoons where giant amphibians swam.
 A great number of these plants were true ferns, reproducing themselves without fruits or 
seeds. Others had only the appearance of ferns. Their leaves had organs of sexual reproduction and 
produced seeds. Although their “flowers” did not have corollas, these false ferns (today completely 
extinct) ushered in the era of flowering plants. Traces of these floras of the earliest times have been 
preserved in the form of fossils. Such traces are most commonly found in shale and sandstone rocks 
wedged between coal beds.
 Today only tropical forests bear living proof of the ancient greatness of ferns. The species that 
grow there are no longer those of the Carboniferous period, but their variety and vast numbers, and 
the great size of some, remind us of the time when ferns ruled the plant kingdom.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
 A. Plant reproduction B. How to locate fossils
 C. An ancient form of plant lifeD. Tropical plant life
2. The word “Others” refers to .
 A. plantsB. pillars C. trees D. fronds
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of the plants described in the passage?
 A. They once spread over large areas of land.
 B. They varied greatly in size.
 C. They coexisted with amphibians, mosses, and horsetails.
 D. They clung to tree trunks and bushes for support.
4. The word “true” is closest in meaning to which of the following?
 A. accurate B. genuineC. straight D. dependable
5. The author states that fossils of early plant life are usually found in rocks located between deposits 
of . A. coalB. shale C. sandstone D. corollas
IV. Read the passage carefully then fill in the blank a suitable word. (10pts: 1pt/item)
 As swimming became a popular recreation in England during the 1860s and 1870s, several (1) 
water _ sports developed, roughly patterned after land sports. (2) Among them were water football 
(or soccer), water rugby, water handball, and water polo, in which players rode on floating barrels, 
painted to look (3) like horses, and struck the ball with a stick.
 Water rugby became most popular of these sports, but somehow the water polo name 
became attached to it, and it's been attached (4) ever since.
 As played in England, the object of the sport was for a player to touch the ball, with both (5) 
hands , at the goal end of the pool. The goaltender stood on the pool deck, ready to dive on any 
opponent who was about to score.
 Water polo quickly became a very rough sport, filled (6) with underwater fights away from 
the ball, and it wasn't unusual for players to pass out for lack of air.
 In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addiction of goalposts. The Scots also replaced
(7) the _ original small, hard rubber ball with a soccer ball and adopted (8) rules that prohibited 
taking the ball under the surface or, "tackling" a player unless he had the ball.
 The Scottish game, which emphasized swimming speed, passing, and (9) team work, spread 
to England during the early 1880s, to Hungary in 1889, to Austria and Germany in 1894, to France in 
1895, and (10) to Belgium in 1900.