Đề tuyển sinh môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 Chuyên năm 2017 – Trường PT Năng Khiếu TPHCM

ĐỀ TUYỂN SINH 10 ANH CHUYÊN – 2017 – TRƯỜNG PT NĂNG KHIẾU TP-HCM
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions from 1 to 5.
1. A. picturesque 	B. plentiful 	C. adequate 	D. skeptical
2. A. fertilizer 	B. calculator 	C. category 	D. minority
3. A. cupboard 	B. canoe 	C. climate 	D. message
4. A manual 	B. generous 	C. sociable 	D. religious
5. A. document 	B. orphanage 	C. character 	D. requirement
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions from 6 to 10.
6. A. DRAUGHT 	B. AUDIENCE 	C. THOUGHT 	D. APPLAUD
7. A. SUFFICE 	B. ACCOMPLICE 	C. COWARDICE 	D. PREJUDICE
8. A. TREASURE 	B. CENSURE 	C. CLOSURE 	D. LEISURE
9. A. BEFALLEN 	B. RECALL 	C. INFALLIBLE 	D. INSTALL
10. A. SEIMOLOGY 	B. CONCEIVE 	C. CONCEITED 	D. SEIZURE
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer in each of the following questions from 11 to 25.
11. Bob Dylan extended the vocabulary of popular music......politics, and literary influences into his lyrics.
A. by incorporating social 	B. incorporating the social
C. when he incorporated socially 	D. having socially incorporated
12. Janie’s parents died when she was just a baby, so I......family she ever had.
A. was all the 	B. have the whole 	C. was the whole 	D. have all the
13. “Was Mary any help with your assignment?” ~ “Actually, ......me extra reference material was very useful.”
A. that she gives 	B. her giving 	C. she was giving 	D. she gave
14. ......that Mr. Jones is planning to run for governor ths year.
A. Word is it 	B. Word has it 	C. Word has 	D. The words are
15. “Where did you find this old thing?” ~ “My husband stumbled......out the attic.”
A. on it when was he clearing 	B. it on while he was clearing
C. it while he cleared 	D. on it when clearing
16. I find it difficult working for others because I......my own business.
A. would always have 	B. have always had 	C. was used to having D. have always been having
17. ......political ambitions, corporate career and family to care for, Jane has no time for socializing.
A. What with her 	B. It’s not only her 	C. For all her 	D. That’s just her
18. “Would you like to help me organize a surprise birthday party for your father?” ~ “..........!”
A. Would I never 	B. Would I ever 	C. I would ever 	D. I would never
19. As......a talented piano player, Jack is also an excellent composer.
A. much as being 	B. well as he is 	C. much as he is 	D. well as being
20. I really detest it when Mr. Hodgson speaks to me......my boss.
A. only if he was 	B. as if he were 	C. as though he 	D. like he is
21. When Peter heard he had eventually been hired, he was ......with joy.
A. come over 	B. assigned himself 	C. beside him 	D. beside himself
22. In this hospital ward, Paul is the more dedicated doctor.......
A. of both 	B. of the two 	C. out of two 	D. of two
23. The new train compartment’s bunk beds are thirty centimetres......the existing one.
A. as wide as those of 	B. wider than of 	C. wider than those of 	D. as wide as
24. Herbert doesn’t talk to your friends from abroad because he is prejudiced......foreigners.
A. on 	B. against 	C. from 	D. about
25. I can see that there’s no point in waiting for the sales assistant, so I ......leave.
A. would just 	B. may as well 	C. might well then just 	D. hed better just to
 Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D which is CLOSEST in meaning to the first sentence of each questions from 26 to 30.
26. Her test results would have been better if she had paid more attention to her teacher.
A. It’s time she paid more attention to her teacher or else she may fail the test.
B. She’d rather pay more attention to her teacher so as to do well in the test.
C. She had better pay more attention to her teacher paid more attention to her teacher
D. As she didn’t pay attention to her teacher, her test results were not very good.
27. Harry can’t have seen Denise at the fair as she was at the beach.
A. If Harry had gone to the beach, he would have seen Denise there.
B. Denise was at the beach, so I’m sure Harry didn’t see her at the fair.
C. Harry wasn’t able to see Denise because he was at the beach.
D. There’s no way that Harry saw Denise at the beach because he was at the fair.
28. There are hardly any problems at work.
A. The problems at word are serious.
B. There are no problems at work.
C. There are very few problems at work.
D. Nothing can be done about the problems at work.
29. They should have done all the listening exercises.
A. They should do all the listening exercises soon.
B. They still ought to do all the listening exercises.
C. It would be better if they did all the listening exercises.
D. All the listening exercises ought to have been done.
30. We were already late for the show by the time we found the taxi.
A. We eventually found a taxi to go to the show, which had already begun.
B. It took a long time to find a taxi but the show began later than expected.
C. The taxi was late, so we missed the start of the show.
D. We found a taxi in order not to be late for the show.
 Read the four texts below. There are TEN questions about the texts. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate which text tells you the answer to each of the questions from 31 to 40. The same text may be used more than once.
A.
 The idea that bars should be forced to close because of the smoking ban is utterly unconvincing. In other cities where smoking bans were enacted, post-ban bar profits went up. There are more more people unwilling to go into the smoke-filled bars as they exist today than there are smokers unwilling to go into smoke-free areas.
 It is also foolhardy to assert that smokers who light up in bars would choose not to frequent the smokeless bars. Smokling, like television, is an activity that can be done at home, at any time. Listening to live music is the real draw of the bar scene – not ubiquitous cigarettes – and someone who miss out on listening to Austin’s live music because they’d rather stay home and light up a cigarette is a pretty sad sack.
B.
 As a non-smoker, when the smoking ban was first proposed, the prospect of being able to eat a meal or have a drink with some friends without being drowned in the off-puffing smell of smoke was wonderful. It was only when I started to look at the specifics that I realized that perhaps this ban wasn’t entirely ethical and good-willed.
C.
 I genuinely believe that over the past few years, smokers have become more understanding and considerate to our rightly health-concious society and the question ‘do you mind if I light up?’ is more prominent than ever.
 As a student, much of my social life is spent with friends in both bars and restaurants. Those of my friends who do smoke have become more accustomed to ‘smoke-free’ or ‘smoking areas’ within these establishments. The non-smokers amongst us have also become used to theses disciplines.
 I believe that by being tolerant of each other’s rights to enjoy a relaxing social life, we should be able to avoid the need of an unfair ban that affects smokers and non-smokers alike.
D.
 I feel that this impinges upon people’s rights and no one should be forced to give up something they don’t want to. Personal health and safety has to do with the individual – not the public.
 Passive smoking is the same as car-fume inhalation, just a little lighter on the lungs, but the long-term effects are just as prominent; it is just so idiotic and not sensible. Ancient Indians smoked the pipes as do the modern eastern Islamic countries and is part of a tradition and yet, why aren’t they being banned when they equally contain just as many powerful toxins that are inhaled and exhaled as regular cigarettes?
 In which text does the writer 
31. argue that smoking is a tradition that shouln’t be banned?
32. compare cigarettes and pipes?
33. claim smokers have recently become more respectful?
34. hint a smoking ban may lack moral basis?
35. argue that bars won’t be affected by smoking ban?
 Which text is saying the following?
36. An individual’s well-being is private.
37. Smokers and non-smokers need to respect each other.
38. Politeness is important between smokers and non-smokers/
39. In some places, establishments made more money after smoking ban was passed.
40. At first, the thought of a smoking ban was nice.
 You come across this article about antibiotics in a medical magazine at your doctor’s office. Read the article carefully and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 41 to 50.
A WORLD WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS?
 “Doctor, my throat’s been a bit sore and I’ve had a light cough for over a week. Can you prescribe some antibiotics to clear it up?”
 How many times do doctors hear this or a similar complaint? According to statistics, they encounter it about a 15 million times a year in the United States alone. In 65-70% of these cases, the doctors deem antibiotics to be the quickest and most effective remedy, and prescribe them accordingly. The problem is that the majority of throat infections and coughs result from virus (90% of cases), not bacterial infections (10% of cases). And it is a simple fact that anibiotics are absolutely useless in combating the former, and only effective in fighting the latter if properly prescribed.
 This over-prescription of antibiotics is detrimental to the patient, as antibiotics bring with them a host of undesriable side effects, including killing off good bacteria that are essential for our organs to function properly. [A] Bacteria are adapting to antibiotics, becoming more and more resistant, and there is a fear that soon they will not respond to them at all. Clinical studies have also shown that the long-term use of antibiotics can damage our DNA.
 Antibiotics are the bedrock of modern medicine. But, in just a couple of rounds, what once appeared to be miracle medicines are being beaten into ineffectiveness by the bacteria they were designed to knock out. Some even predict that in fifty years they will be completely useless. [B] However, this fifty-year-deadline will probably be shortened due to the fact that drug companies are spending less and less on research into the development of new antibiotics to combat the bacterial enemy. During the last decade, pharmaceutical companies have not shown a great deal of enthusiasm for this type of antibiotic research as they have been finding it difficult to drum up resources to fund their studies. This is partly due to the public misconception that the antibiotics we already have are invincible. Consider the number of diseases, such as polio and smallpox, which have almost been eradicated due to antibiotics. But our complacency is very risky seeing that some of these illnesses are returning in new, antibiotic-resistant forms.
 The eradication of disease is one of the two areas in which antibiotic use is of importance; the other, combating infection, may be even more crucial in saving lives. Dr. Livermore, whose grandmother died for lack of infection-killing drugs in 1845, is the Director of The Antibiotic Resistance, a non-profit medical organization. [C] According to Dr. Livermore, “If we lost our power to treat infections, a lot of modern medicine would become impossible.” He is talking about transplant surgery, for instance, or even simple stomach surgery. “It may not be over yet,” he says, “but we are certainly scraping the bottom of the barrel to find antibiotics that are effective against some of the infections caused by bacteria.”
 Due to the fact that bacterial infections are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, the medical industry knows it is in a race to say just a few steps ahead of this resistance. [D] Hospital hygiene has been massively stepped up but it is like putting a finger in a hole in the dam, only to find that the water surges out somewhere else. So the game now is to keep bacteria at bay, and the first step is to avoid antibiotic use, except when absolutely essential. We can and must do everything in our power to increase hygiene practices and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, before it’s too late and simple surgeries or infections become life-threatening.
41. What kind of patient is being depicted at the beginning of this article?
A. one who is suffering from an uncommon infection
B. one who needs serious medical attention
C. one who is misguided about antibiotics
D. one who is suspicious of doctors in general
42. How does the author characterize the use of antibiotics to treat viruses?
A. extremely expensive 	B. occasionally successfully 	C. completely ineffective D. rarely encountered
43. Why should people avoid the unnecessary use of antibiotics?
A. Some antibiotics are lethal if used incorrectly.
B. Antibiotics are not as effective as other treatments.
C. Drug companies are running out of antibiotics.
D. Antibiotics destroy vital bacteria.
44. Which word is CLOSEST in meaning to “bedrock” in paragraph 4?
A. proof 	B. basis 	C. climax 	D. result
45. What metaphor is used to describe the relationship between bacteria and antibiotics?
A. a marathon race B. long-term friendship C. a boxing match D. a military camp
46. When does the author think that antibiotics will be ineffective?
A. in a little less than fifty years 	B. in a decade
C. in fifty years 	D. in a little over a decade
47. Which word is CLOSEST in meaning to “drum up” in paragraph 4?
A. ignore 	B. support 	C. justify 	D. gather
48. What does Dr. Livermore claim?
A. We are running out of effective antibiotics.
B. Modern medicine has not benefitted much from antibiotics.
C. Bacteria do not cause deadly infections.
D. Antibiotics have been unsuccessful in combating infection.
49. At which point of the article would the following sentence best fit?
 “What is even more worrying is the damage that is being done to the human race at large.”
A. [A] 	B. [B] 	C. [C] 	D. [D]
50. How could one best describe the tone of the article?
A. insistent 	B. ironic 	C. comforting 	D. subjective
 Read the following passage about advertising and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 51 to 60.
 The advertising industry spends $12 billion per year on ads aimed at children, (51)......young audiences with persuasive messages. According to studies, the average child is exposed to more than 40,000 TV commercials a year, according to studies. And ads are even (52)......children in schools - with corporate-sponsored educational materials and product placements in students' textbooks.
 There’s obviously been a (53)......in the way our society thinks of children. Not long ago, they were regarded as vulnerable beings that needed to be nurtured; however, today they are (54)......an economic resource that must be exploited.
 Children aren’t hard to exploit as they (55)......to trust adults even when they shouldn’t. They don’t understand the notion of intent to sell and frequently believe advertising messages. Marketers know this, and take advantage of the fact that children don’t (56)......the motives behind advertising or realize that the products advertised may not be (57)......for them.
 Nevertheless, this does not trouble advertisers and marketers. If they have any qualms, they (58)......a good job of representing them. They believe that (59)......they can make the child a brand-loyal consumer at an early age, they can (60)......the child for years to come.
51. A. exposing 	B. associating 	C. bombarding 	D. spreading
52. A. reaching 	B. viewing 	C. getting 	D. aiming
53. A. move 	B. transfer 	C. gap 	D. shift
54. A. thought 	B. regarded 	C. considered 	D. viewed
55. A. appeal 	B. tend 	C. turn 	D. respond
56. A. believe 	B. grasp 	C. control 	D. deny
57. A. available 	B. good 	C. responsible 	D. enough
58. A. do 	B. get 	C. have 	D. make
59. A. once 	B. if 	C. only 	D. when
60. A. contact 	B. own 	C. arrange 	D. conform
 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correctiion in each of the questions from 61 to 70.
61. The Professor finally found a quiet room next to a small beach, where he was assured not to be bothered and where he would be able to see various types of birds in flocks.
A. next to 	B. where 	C. not to be bothered 	D. in flocks
62. The book, taken as a whole, conveys no sense of waste or disappointment but, on the other hand, of something rather noble and achieved.
A. taken as 	B. conveys 	C. on the other hand 	D. rather noble
63. He waited to be instructed what else a rifleman could do to be less as a fish out of water in a battalion of Grenadiers.
A. to be 	B. to be less 	C. as 	D. in a
64. In the golden age of Hollywood between 1930 and 1960 there was a gap between the most popular and the best movies, but it was nowhere like as wide as it is today.
A. golden age of 	B. a gap between 	C. nowhere 	D. as it is
65. The goats they used for their mother’s business had been milked at four-thirty as was their usual custom, but now the horses have to be fed, the satlls mucked out, the few cows they kept for personal use needed to be milked.
A. used for 	B. as was 	C. have to 	D. mucked out
66. A 2012 multistate salmonella outbreak that infected nearly 500 people was traced back to illegal-size baby turtles, as were the death of a 3-week-old infant in 2017.
A. that infected 	B. traced back 	C. as were 	D. 3-week-old
67. Not for one minute we suspect that the trial judge who will sit when the case begins on December 5 will be a second Webster Thayer.
A. we suspect 	B. will sit 	C. begins 	D. will be
68. The fast growth of private trading and corruption associated with it could best be checked by individuals familiar to their localities.
A. The fast growth 	B. associated with 	C. best be 	D. to
69. If she can’t keep up payments she risks to lose her home, as thousands of families have done.
A. keep up 	B. to lose 	C. as thousands of 	D. have done
70. The course aimed at people with either a personal or professional interest in the counselling of cancer-sufferers.
A. aimed at 	B. with either 	C. interest in 	D. of cancer-sufferers
 Read the follwing passage about a fossil discovery and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 70 to 80.
 Jutus Erus, a 30year-old, sharp-eyed Turkana tribesman, spends three months a year (71)......the dry, bone-rich riverbeds around Lake Turkana, in northern Kenya. It is a scrubby, desotale landscape, (72)......the locals are desparately poor and the land is barren. However, it is hallowed ground to scientists (73)......of clues it offers to early human history.
 One scorching summer day (74)......the final week of Jutus’ exploration, at a (75)......called Lomekwi, he found a white object, just an inch or two across, (76)......out of a patch of brown mudstone. Beckoning the expedition’s co-leader, Meave Leakey, he asked her opinion. By nightfall, they realized that they had uncovered the partial (77)......of a humanlike skull.
 To their surprise, the fossil turned out to be a (78)......new species and its discovery reignited one of paleontology’s greatest debates. Did we (79)......in direct steps from a common apelike ancestor between 6 million and 4 million years ago? Or did our family tree sprout several branches, some of (80)......petered out?
71. A. hunting 	B. scouting 	C. seeking 	D. watching
72. A. whose 	B. where 	C. although 	D. but
73. A. in spite 	B. composed 	C. in case 	D. because
74. A. at 	B. until 	C. during 	D. after
75. A. sight 	B. ground 	C. situation 	D. site
76. A. coming 	B. protruding 	C. falling 	D. sticking
77. A. reside 	B. discovery 	C. pieces 	D. remains
78. A. largely 	B. roughly 	C. totally 	D. mainly
79. A. evolve 	B. walk 	C. enhance 	D. spread
80. A. them 	B. whom 	C. which 	D. these
 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the questions from 81 to 100.
81. All candidates will be......as soon as a decision has been made.
A. adorned 	B. implicated 	C. dismantled 	D. notified
82. A. The license......you to drive heavy vehicles.
A. entitles 	B. enlists 	C. enriches 	D. entails
83. A. John turned......bald at the age of 25.
A. unintentionally 	B. deliberately 	C. dramatically 	D. prematurely
84. A. Emeralds are graded on their......and colour.
A. brevity 	B. gravity 	C. dignity 	D. calrity
85. To......a call outside the office you have to dial 9 first.
A. put 	B. do 	C. place 	D. have
86. It is a well-known fact that many herbs are believed to have medical......
A. legacies 	B. infidelities 	C. identities 	D. properties
87. It is such an amazing exhibition that I could......at the artifacts for hours.
A. glance 	B. gaze 	C. screen 	D. view
88. They had no choice but to......their old gas stove and buy an electric one.
A. contribute 	B. discard 	C. bewilder 	D. dispose
89. We shouldn’t underestimate the harmful......of CFCs on the environment.
A. inclusion 	B. instinct 	C. impact 	D. intention
90. The American habit of having a big breakfast is quite......to Europeans.
A. alien 	B. apt 	C. awesome 	D. adverse
91. I souldn’t have ordered this steak – it’s so salty that it’s......
A. indelible 	B. innate 	C. inept 	D. inedible
92. Prices listed in this catalogue are subject to change without......
A. notice 	B. presentation 	C. stress 	D. observation
93. This small enterprise is......to a much larger one.
A. alternated 	B. adapted 	C. attributed 	D. affiliated
94. The teacher gave a lecture about the importance of......the benefits of a good education.
A. reaping 	B. selecting 	C. intercepting 	D. gathering
95. When Michael stayed out till 4 in the morning, her parents decided it was time to......
A. lay down the law 	B. let sleeping dogs lie 	C. turn over a new leaf 	D. let bygones be bygones
96. Everyone at the party was taken......by Desmond’s vulgar behaviour.
A. about 	B. aside 	C. aback 	D. apart
97. Damages from the latest hurricanes have been......at millions of dollars.
A. earmarked 	B. accessed 	C. estimated 	D. esteemed
98. The aging star envied younger actors who were still in ......
A. full bloom 	B. their element 	C. their prime 	D. good standing
99. The population in the southern part of this country is......Catholic.
A. specifically 	B. predominantly 	C. subsequently 	D. disparagingly
100. This course will familiarize students with word processing and other computer......
A. applications 	B. progressions 	C. incentives 	D. submissions
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