Đề luyện thi vào Lớp 10 chuyên Tiếng Anh Global Success - Đề 66 (Có đáp án)

 Question 6: Choose the most suitable word given for each space in the text. (15 pts) C. He was born in a rich family. D. His father was a blacksmith. 1. A. health B. bread C. appear D. heavy
2. A. sugar B. since C. storm D. symptom
3. A. arrived B. experienced C. failed D. discovered
4. A. pronounce B. round C. sound D. pour
5. A. walls B. rewards C. sticks D. spectators
b- Choose the words with the different stress pattern from the others: (5 pts)
1. A. basketball B. wonderful C. education D. trustworthy
2. A. surround B. restrict C. remove D. manual
3. A. planet B. affect C. annoy D. excuse
4. A. famous B. climate C. language D. attend
5. A. extensive B. decorate C. distinguish D. acquaintance
Question 2: Put the verbs given in brackets into their appropriate tense or form; (10 pts)
1. It is imperative that the letter (send)_ be sent _ at once.
2. By this time tomorrow, we (travel) will have traveled to Nha Trang.
3. Up to now , we (complete)_ have completed _ four tests.
4. The students (punish)_ punished yesterday is my brother .
5. I think the play (perform)_ is being performed now.
6. I didn’t do the test well. I (prepare)_ should have prepared_ it very carefully at home.
7. It has been suggested that the government (assist) _ assist_the poor in improving 
 their living condition.
8. By the time he became (become) heavy weight boxing champion, he had won (win) over thirty fights.
9. He looked frightened as if he _ had seen_ (see) a ghost.
Question 3: Supply the correct forms of the words in the capital letters (10 pts)
1. Their _ friendship _has lasted a life time. FRIEND
2. Everyone has a number of accquaintances but none has many true friends. ACCQUAINT
3. Cats are supposed to have nice _lives_. LIVE
4. The evening was enjoyably _spent playing and talking . ENJOY
5. The cost of _ carriage must be paid by the buyer . CARRY
6. After his illness , he started worrying that he was _underweight . WEIGH
7. He lives in an attractive_ residential part of Sydney RESIDE
8. We must learn about keeping the environment _unpolluted_. POLLUTE
9. He finds it difficult to accept _ criticism _from others. CRITICISE
10. The film is entertaining but full of historical inaccuracies . ACCURATE
Question 4: fill in the blank with a suitable preposition (10 pts)
1. He has been ill with_ flu for a week .
2. I’m against _ any having more meetings.
3. She will remain here for_ the rest of the day.
4. A good friend always stand for you when you are in_ trouble.
5. Jim managed to climb into the house by_ means _of_ a ladder he found.
6. I’d like to thank you, on behalf _of everyone who was rescued .
7. Julia has nothing _in_ common _with Bill, they are quite different.
Question 5 :Fill in each numbered blank one missing word. (10 pts)
 Speech is one of the most important 1 ways of communicating. It consists of far more than just making 
noises. To talk and also to be 2 understood _ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is , we have to 
use combinations of 3 sounds _ that everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would 
be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
 Learning a language properly is very 4 important _ The basic 5 vocabulary _ of English is not very large, 
and only about 2000 words are needed to speak it quite 6 well _ But the more words you know, the more idea 
you can_7 express and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.
 Words are the 8 main thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we _9 say the words 
is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions
and _10 show whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
Question 6: Choose the most suitable word given for each space in the text. (15 pts)
 Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to (1)_ this taboo 
question, or put it to others in moment of weakness or confidentiality, you (2)_ _ well have heard some or all of the 
(3)_ It’s the money of course, some say with a smile, as if explaining something to a small child. Or it’s the 
satisfaction of (4)_ _ well done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important (5)_ _. I worked as a 
bus conductor once, and I can’t say I (6)_ the same as I staggered along the swaying gangway trying to (7) out 
tickets without falling over into someone’s lap. It’s the company of other people perhaps, but if that is the (8) , 5. Faraday died in .
A. 1867 B. 1831 C. 1812 D. 1821
Question 9: Sentence transformation - a. Finish each of the following sentences in such away that it means 
exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (5 pts)
1. I assumed that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course.
 I took it for granted that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course.
2. When the Minister was asked about the strike, he decline to comment.
 On being asked about the strike, the Minister declined to comment.
3. Someone rang the alarm as soon as the burglars left the building.
 No sooner had the burglars left the building than someone rang the alarm.
4. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
 Much to our regret, we have to / must inform you that your application hasn’t been successful.
5. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
 Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
b. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original 
sentence, using the words given in block letters. The words must not be changed in any way. (5 pts)
1. Jenny didn’t feel like going to the party. MOOD
Jenny wasn’t in the mood for going to the party / to go to the party
2. Did Pamela say why she was so late? REASON
Did Pamela give any reason for being so late?
3. The firm is going to raise everybody’s salary. GIVEN
Everybody is going to be given a raise / rise
4. This contract is not binding until we both sign it BOUND
Neither of us is bound by this contract until we both sign it.
5. As far as I know he is still working in Bristol. KNOWLEDGE
To (the best of) my knowledge, he is still working in Bristol.
Question 10: a. Change the direct speech in these sentences into reported speech. (5 pts)
1. “Why don’t you go and push a baby-carriage?” the taxi-driver said to the other driver angrily. “You’re not fit to 
drive a car.”  The taxi driver asked the other driver angrily why he didn’t go and push a baby- carriage. He was not 
fit to drive a car.
2. Harry said to his wife, “ I’m gong to see my mother this evening if I can get away from the office a little earlier. 
Have you any massages for her?”  Harry told his wife that he was going to see his mother that evening if he could 
get away from the office a little earlier. He asked her if she had any messages for his mother.
3. “Let me help you with that suitcase,” Timothy said to the pretty girl at the station. “It looks a lot too heavy for 
you”.  Timothy asked the pretty girl at the station to let him help her with that / her suitcase. It looked a lot too 
heavy for her.
4. “If you really think I said that about you,” said Charles, “I’m not surprised that you’re angry with me. But I assure 
you I did not.”  Charles said that if I/ she (etc.) really thought he had said that about me / her, he was not surprised 
that I / she was angry with him. But he assured me/ her that he had not.
5. “We’d better bring some warmer clothes with us next time we come here,” said my father. “It gets a lot colder in 
winter than I realized.”  My father said we’d better bring/ take some warmer clothes with us next time we come/ 
go here / there. It gets a lot colder in winter than he had realized.
b. Rearrange the order of words in these sentences in such a way that each of them becomes a correctly 
expressed question. (5 pts)
1. lottery/buy /if /what /you /would /a /you /won/?  What would you buy if you won a lottery?
2. light /please /off /won’t /turn /the /you /the hall /in/?  Won’t you please turn off the light in the hall?
3. this /holiday /our /summer /for /we /go /shall /where/?  Where shall we go for our holiday this summer?
4. one /that /I /shall /dress /or /buy /this/? Shall I buy this dress or that one?
5. milk /should /buy /how /tins /of /think /you /many /do /we/?  How many tins of milk do you think we 
should buy?
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