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Đề luyện thi vào Lớp 10 chuyên Tiếng Anh Global Success - Đề 8 (Có đáp án)
 proficiency exams required by few states for high school graduation 3. _____________________
are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed and measure a 4. _____________________
person’s ability to acquire new skills but knowledge. For example, 5. _____________________
vocation aptitude tests can help you decide whether you would do 6. _____________________
better like a mechanic or musician. However, all mental tests are in 7. _____________________
some sense achievement tests because they assumption some sort of 8. _____________________
past learning or experience with certainly objects, words, or 9. _____________________
situations. The difference between achievement and aptitude tests is 10. _____________________
the degree and intention use.
 Part III: Give the correct form of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks.
 Dark black clouds in a dull sky meant one thing and one thing only: there was going to be a 
(1.thunder).. Not one of us had brought an umbrella, or even a (2.rain). So when Jack suggested 
we should go to a museum, we all agreed immediately. As we had been (3. shop)all morning we 
were now feeling very tired, it would be a (4. pleasant)...to sit down. We took a bus and arrived 
just as large shops of rain were beginning to fall.
The museum was quite (5.desert)and very peaceful. We sat down in the main hall and listened to 
the rain (6. beat).against the windows.
Suddenly, there was a great (7. disturb)..at the (8. enter) a large party of schoolboys were (9. 
lead) in by a teacher. The poor man was trying to keep them quiet and threatening to punish 
them, but they did not pay the (10.slight). attention.
Section B: Reading 
Part I: 
 The shark is a meat- eating fish and one of the most feared animals of the sea. Scientists (1) 
about 250 species of fish as sharks. These fish live in oceans (2)..the world, but they are most 
common in warm seas.
 Sharks (3).greatly in size and habits. Whale sharks, the largest kind of shark, may grow 60 
feet long. A whale shark weighs up to 15 tons, more than twice (4).much as an African 
elephant. The smallest shark may (5)..only 4 inches long and weigh less than 1 ounce. Some 
kinds of sharks live in the depths of the ocean, but (6)are found near the surface. Some 
species live in coastal waters, but others (7)far out at sea. A few species can even live in 
(8)..water.
 All sharks are carnivores (meat- eaters). Most of them eat (9)fish, including other sharks. A 
shark’s only natural enemy is a large shark. Sharks eat their prey whole, or they tear off large chunks of 
flesh. They also (10)..on dead or dying animals.
1. A. classify B. divide C. organize D. arrange
2. A. all B. through C. throughout D. over
3. A. grow B. rise C. evolve D. vary
4. A. as B. so C. very D. exactly
5. A. stretch B. measure C. develop D. expand
6. A. some others B. others C. different kinds D. some sharks
7. A. dwell B. exist C. emigrate D. migrate
8. A. fresh B. sweet C. light D. clear
9. A. uncooked B. live C. lively D. alive
10. A. eat B. swallow C. exist D. feed
Part II: Fill in each blank with a suitable word to fill in the blanks.
 Vitamins are substances required for the proper functioning of the body. In this century, 
thirteen vitamins have been (1) At Easter, British people spend over $230 million on chocolate. A massive eight per cent of all 
chocolate is bought at this time.
 (1)____. Although the large scale industrial production of chocolate began in the last century, 
the cacao plant was first cultivated by the Aztec, Toltec and Mayan civilizations of Central America 
over three thousand years ago.
 The cacao tree is an evergreen, tropical plant which is found in Africa, South and Central 
America, the West Indies and South East Asia. The fruit of this tree is melon-sized and contains 20-40 
seeds. (2)____. In English – speaking countries, they are called cocoa beans. This is a misspelling from 
the 17th century when they were also called cacoa and cocao beans.
 The Aztecs used cocoa beans as money. (3)____. This is from the world in the Aztec language, 
Nahuatl, meaning “bitter water”. (4)____. The Spanish found the drink more palatable mixed with 
cinnamon and sugar, but the recipe did not spread to the rest of Europe for another century. In the 
late 17th century, chocolate houses were set up in Europe’s capital cities, where people gathered to 
drink chocolate.
 (5)____. But in 1826, CJ van Houten of the Netherlands invented chocolate powder. (6)____.
 The age of the chocolate bar as we know it began in 1847 when a Bristol company, Fry and 
Sons, combined cocoa butter with pure chocolate liquor and sugar to produce a solid block that you 
could eat. (7)____.
 At the turn of the century, the British chocolate market was dominated by French companies. 
In 1879 the English company Cadbury even named their Birmingham factory Bournville (ville is the 
French word for town) in the hope that a little glamour would rub off. But then came Cadbury’s 
famous Dairy Milk bar which began life as a Dairymaid in 1905. (8)____.It seems that, for the time 
being at least, chocolate intake in Britain has established at about four bars each week. (9)____. The 
latest market trick is the so-called “extended line”. This is when the humble chocolate bar becomes an 
ice cream, a soft drink or a dessert, to tempt chocoholics who have grown tired of conventional 
snacks.
 At the other end of the production process, cacao farmers are still feeling the effects of a 
crash in cocoa bean prices at the end of 1980s. (10)____. Perhaps you could spare a thought for them 
as you munch your next chocolate bars.
 A. This was made by extracting most of the cocoa butter from the crushed beans.
 B. A Swiss company then introduced milk solids to the process which gave us milk chocolate.
 C. They also used them to make a drink called xocoatl.
 D. Until the last century, the chocolate drink was made from solid blocks of chocolate which had to 
be melted down in hot water.
 E. When dried they become cacao beans, which can be used to make chocolate.
 F. Clever advertising which associated it with the healthy qualities of milk from the English 
countryside quickly established the bar as a rival to the more decadent French brands.
 G. British manufacturers include up to 5 per cent vegetable fat in their chocolate, something 
forbidden elsewhere.
 H. As most cacao farmers operate on a very small scale, many were forced out of business.
 I. This has forced manufacturers to look for new ways to attract customers.
 J. In Aztec times the chocolate drink was flavored with spices and used on ceremonial occasions and 
for welcoming visitors.
 K. Only at Christmas do people eat more of the cocoa-based foodstuffs.
 Section C: Writing
Part I: Rewrite the following sentences so that they have a similar meaning with the first one.
1. “Don’t forget to phone the police”, she said
She reminded him .................................................. .................................................. ......... 

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