KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10

I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 

1. a. looked                           b. crashed                             c. stopped                             d. lived

2. a. mind                             b. bike                                  c. fit                                      d. tidy

II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D)whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group

3. a. attend                            b. struggle                             c. reduce                               d. reward

4. a. chemical                       b. sociable                            c. illegal                                d. primary

III. Choose the word / phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the space in each sentence. 

5. Wide _________appeared in the ground during the drought.

      a. tools                            b. faucets                              c. cracks                               d. pipes

6. In some parts of the country raw ________is pumped straight in the ocean. 

      a. treasure                       b. junkyard                           c. foam                                 d. sewage

7. The thieves took three pieces of __________ jewelry. 

      a. great                           b. valuable                            c. effective                            d. enormous

8. Many of the workers have been __________by machines.

a. reused                         b. reduced                             c. replaced                            d. realized

9. I think the government should                                       and fine anyone littering in the streets.

        a. prohibit                     b. allow                                c. permit                               d. control

10. ___________ you leave your address or telephone number, we will not be able to contact you.

a. If                              b. Unless                              c. If not                                 d. When.

11. It's a global problem - what can we do ___________it? 

a. about                     b. with                                  c. by                                     d. of

12. She avoided __________at him when she spoke.

a. look                      b. looking                             c. looked                               d. to look

13. If anyone ____________for me, please tell them I'll be back in the office at 4 o'clock. 

      a. rang                            b. will ring                            c. rings                                  d. has rung

14. "Could you give me a lift home tonight?" "_______________!" 

      a. Wonderful thing!        b. Sure thing!                        c. Good thing!                      d. Bad thing!

IV.Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for the following picture or sign.   

15. This sign says:

a. You can’t cut down the small tree 

b. You mustn’t cut down the tree with an axe.

c. Deforestation is prohibited here. 

      d. Smoking isn’t allowed here.

16. This sign says:

a. You can’t use water here

b. You should save water

c. You mustn’t turn on the faucet

      d. You aren’t allowed to turn off the faucet. 

V. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. 

            The negative (17) ________of marine pollution are two-fold. Marine creatures and plants are affected by the harmful substances in the dumped materials. The wastes that are (18) ______into the oceans tend to have toxic substances, which soak in all the oceanic oxygen. This leads to a marked reduction of oxygen available to mammals and other fishes causing them to die in their natural habitat. Every year more than one million seabirds are being killed by ocean pollution. In addition, the increased (19) ______of plastic on the ocean surface has resulted in more serious problems. Most of the plastic debris (broken pieces of sth) that reaches the ocean remains floating for years (20) _______ it does not decompose