KỲ THI KHẢO SÁT VÀO LỚP 10 THPT TP.

HÀ NỘI NĂM HỌC 2023 – 2024

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Mã đề: 106
Thời gian làm bài: 50 phút
Họ và tên:……………………………………. SBD:………………

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest
in the pronunciation of the underlined part in each of the following questions.
1. A. sociable B. ocean C. receive D. special
2. A. financial B. responsive C. application D. breadwinner
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 primary stress in the following questions.
3. A. developer B. responsible C. participate D. accidental
4 .A. dramatically B. permission C. drastically D. advantage
Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part.
5. I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry.
A. hopeless B. hopeful C. successful D. unsuccessful
6. The local authority has just introduced a new regulation to prohibit parking in the city center.
A. ban B. encourage C. protect D. threaten
Mark the letter Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word (s) OPPOSITE in meaning to
the underlined word(s)
7. Panic spread through the crowd as the flame grew larger.
A. sadness B. haste C. surprise D. calmness
8. Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.
A. restrain B. stay unchanged C. remain unstable D. fluctuate
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to each
of the following exchanges.
9. “What about using paper bags instead of plastic bags in order to protect the environment?”
A. It’s not true. B. So do I. C. That’s a great idea. D. OK. You can do it.
10. “This is a really nice hat. Thanks, Mary.” – “____________.”
A. Not at all. I’m glad you like it. B. I apologize for it.
C. Thanks for wearing it. D. Of course. Why not?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
11. When the teacher _______ the classroom, the students were laughing uncontrollably.
A. enter B. is entering C. entered D. had entered
12. Something is wrong with him today, _______?
A. isn’t it B. is something C. isn’t something D. is it
13. My parents don’t like living in this city. They wish they _______ in the countryside.
A. lived B. live C. will live D. had live

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14. She denies _______ badminton with her friends at noon.
A. to play B. playing C. plays D. play
15. I advised my son _______ to school by bike in order to protect the environment.
A. go B. to go C. going D. goes
16. If my house _______ in the forest, I would walk constantly in the green every day.
A. were B. is C. had been D. was to be
17. This house _______ by my great grandfather 100 years ago.
A. built B. was built C. is build D. has been built
18. There were _______ complaints sent to our hotel last night.
A. much B. a lot C. many D. a number
19. Some high school students often _______ helping the disadvantaged or handicapped children.
A. look after B. clean up C. make out D. participate in
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20. Light bulbs were invented _______ the 19 century.
A. in B. on C. at D. about
21. Many young graduates can’t get suitable jobs _______ they have all the necessary
qualifications.
A. although B. because C. such D. however
22. If you come to England, it will be a good ________ for you to improve your English.
A. opportunity B. advantage C. experience D. possibility
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate a mistake in the four underlined
parts of each sentence.
23. Janes could learn many useful experience from her teacher.
A. learn B. many C. useful D. from
24. My car needed to wash carefully because it was covered in mud.
A. carefully B. covered C. to wash D. becasue
Read the text carefully, and then choose the most suitable answers (A, B, C or D).
Jeans are very popular with young people all (22) ______ the world. Some people say that
jeans are the “uniform” of youth and they haven’t always been popular. The story of Jeans
started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth (24)
______ was made in Genoa was called “Jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a sale
man in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (25) ______
they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (26) ______ with gold miners, farmers and
cowboys. Six years later, Levi began making his pants with blue cotton called denim. Soon
after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began wearing jeans.
25. A. in B. on C. over D. above
26. A. that B. whom C. where D. who
27. A. Although B. But C. Because D. So
28. A. popularize B. popular C. popularly D. population

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Read the following passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer in each of the
following questions.

Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost
everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many hundreds are
now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.
Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the
ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of
extinction.
But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in
danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are
being cut down to satisfy man’s needs of timber and paper, which leads to the the flood and the
changes of temperature.
What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished? - Would our life still
exist then? The answer is that our world would be seriously threatened if it becomes true, so we
need to take actions right now.

29. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?
A. Many species would quickly become extinct.
B. The human life would be seriously threatened.
C. Species would go on dying out.
D. Tropical forests would be cut down.
30. What does the writer caution us against?
A. cutting down the tropical forests. B. hunting wild animals.
C. draining marshes. D. destroying the environment
31. Cutting down forests would result in_______
A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood
C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.
32. “To threaten” in the passage means _______
A. to pollute B. to give fear to C. to vanish D. to poison
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is the closet in meaning to the original
sentence in each of the following questions.
33. She didn’t hurry, so she missed the train.
A. If she had hurried, she wouldn’t have missed the train.
B. If she hurried, she wouldn’t have missed the train.
C. If she hadn’t hurried, she would have missed the train.
D. If she didn’t hurried, she wouldn’t missed the train.
34. The students planted a lot of flowers in the school yard last year.
A. A lot of flowers were planted by the students in the school yard last year.
B. A lot of flowers was planted by the students in the school yard last year.

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 C. A lot of flowers were plant by the students in the school yard last year.
D. A lot of flowers are planted by the students in the school yard last year.

35. I haven’t seen that man before.

A. This is the first time I have see that man before.
B. This is the first time I seen that man.
C. This is the first time I haven’t seen that man.
D. This is the first time I have seen that man.
36. The furniture was so expensive that I didn’t buy it.
A. The furniture wasn’t cheap enough for I to buy.
B. The furniture was cheap enough for me to buy it.
C. The furniture wasn’t enough cheap for me to buy it.
D. The furniture wasn’t cheap enough for me to buy.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most meaningful sentence written from the given
words in each of the following questions.
37. it / rain / torrentially all day / we / all / enjoy / the excursion.
A. It rain torrentially all day, although we all enjoyed the excursion.
B. Although it rain torrentially all day, we all enjoyed the excursion.
C. Although it rained torrentially all day, we all enjoy the excursion.
D. Although it rained torrentially all day, we all enjoyed the excursion.
38. The woman / I / want / see / away on holiday.
A. The woman whom I want to seeing was away on holiday.
B. The woman whom I wanted to see was away on holiday.
C. The woman whose I wanted to see was away on holiday.
D. The woman who I want to see was away on holiday.
39. It / better / avoid / travel / during / the rush show.
A. It’s better to avoid travelling during the rush hour.
B. It’s better avoid travelling during the rush hour.
C. It’s better to avoid travel during the rush hour.
D. It’s better avoiding to travel during the rush hour.
40. She / suggest / go / out / for / dinner / tonight.
A. She suggest going out for dinner tonight.
B. She suggest going out for dinner tonight.
C. She suggests that should go out for dinner tonight.
D. She suggests going out for dinner tonight.