Kỳ thi tuyển sinh vào Lớp 10 THPT môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2023-2024 - Sở GD&ĐT TP. Hồ Chí Minh (Có đáp án)

 C. I can't agree with you more. D. That's OK. We've just started.
II. Look at the sign or the notice. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 15 and 16. (0.5 pt) 
 15. What does the sign say?
 A. You can't use water for free here.
 B. You can't touch the faucet in use.
 C. Don't turn off the water tap.
 D. Don't leave the water tap on after use.
 16. What does the notice tell us about?
 CREATIVITY CONTEST
 A. Candidates will design their future in 300 words.
 Word limit: 300 B. Candidates will talk about their city in the future in 5 hours. 
 C. Candidates will create their future city within 300 minutes. 
 Topic: Our Future City
 D. Candidates will write about their future city within 300 words.
 Submission Deadline: 
III. Choose14:00, June the word 6th, 2023(A, B, C or D) that best fits each space in the following passage. (1.5 pts) 
 Good evening. Welcome to our Fun Science Program. This week we have received a lot of questions about 
life on the moon. We have talked to some experts and these are what we have (17) _______out. There is no 
water or air on the moon. It is all silent (18) _______ there is no air. Of course there will be no music, no 
sounds. There are no rivers and no lakes. At night it is very cold. The (19) _______ goes down to 151°C below 
zero. But during the day it rises to 100°C above zero.
There are great round holes on the moon. They are called craters. There are more than 30,000 of them. There 
are also high mountains. The (20) _______ mountains on the moon are about 26,000 feet or 8,000 meters.
 And here is something very interesting for you (21) _______: on the moon you weigh one sixth of what you 
weigh on the earth. If you weigh 50 kilos, on the moon you will weigh only a little more than 8 kilos. You will 
be able to jump very high, (22) _______ higher than any high jump Olympic champions. You can take very 
long steps as well. And... Maybe you won't sleep very well because one day on the moon lasts two weeks. So, is 
there life on the moon? I'll leave the question for you to answer yourselves in the group discussion.
17. A. found B. known C. brought D. learned
18. A. but B. because C. though D. while
19. A. temperature B. climate C. weather D. heat
20. A. strongest B. deepest C. highest D. tallest
21. A. knowing B. known C. know D. to know
22. A. more B. only C. even D. very
IV. Read the following passage. Decide whether the statements from 23 to 26 are True or False and 
choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the statements in the questions 27 and 28. (1.5 pts)
Of all the holidays, I think the best is Mother's Day. It is very special to a rather big family like mine. I realize 
how much Mother has done for years, and all the wonderful things she has done for her children. So this year 
Father, my two sisters and I, the only boy in the family, decided to make Mother's Day a special occasion for 
our Mother. Father took a holiday from his office; my sisters and I came home from school after lunch. We 
planned to make it a day just like Christmas. We decorated the house with colorful flowers, candles and a small 
greeting over the fireplace. Mother usually did so at Christmas by herself. My sisters dressed themselves in their 
best. Father wore the new tie that Mother had bought for him on his birthday. I was so excited with the idea that 
I was the person who bought Mother a new silk hat from the money Father had secretly given to me before. We 
wanted to give Mother a big surprise. We hired a motor car which would take us all for a beautiful drive into the 
country nearby. Mother rarely had a treat like that. She is busy cooking and cleaning almost all the time. And of