THÀNH CÔNG CỦA TRÒ LÀ THƯỚC ĐO NĂNG LỰC CỦA THẦY – A GUIDE TO SUCCESS!
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KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2024-2025
[ĐỀ LUYỆN 03]
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Đề thi có 3 trang)
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
Điểm: …………. Số câu đúng: ………../40 Họ và tên: ………………………………………………………………….
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.
1: A. custom
B. adjust
C. culture
D. costume
2: A. flowers
B. rulers
C. proofs
D. fingers
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the
other three in position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
3: A. program
B. regard
C. service
D. impact
4: A. popular
B. media
C. creation
D. audience
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
5: Linda wants to invite Liz for a dinner.
Linda: “Would you like to have dinner with me?”
Liz: “____________.”
A. I'm very happy
B. Yes, so do I
C. Yes, it is
D. Yes, I'd love to
6: The fire alarm of the building has been tested since this morning, ______?
A. is it
B. hasn't it
C. did it
D. doesn't it
7: As planned, Kelvin and Martha ______ married in June.
A. are getting
B. has got
C. was getting
D. will have got
8: We will create a stable, prosperous and highly ______ ASEAN Economic community.
A. compete
B. competition
C. competitor
D. competitive
9: Whole-grain food products can now ______ in most large supermarkets across the world.
A. purchase
B. to purchase
C. which purchase D. be purchased
10: We're having terrible weather for our holiday. I just can't ______ it for much longer.
A. take up
B. put on
C. get up with
D. put up with
11: Cinderella danced ______ than any other girls at the ball.
A. more graceful       B. so graceful            C. such gracefully      D. more gracefully
12: Parents should lend a sympathetic ______ to their children when they have problems.
A. hand
B. ear
C. eye
D. paw
13: They are not allowed ______ jeans at school.
A. wear
B. to wear
C. wearing
D. worn
14: More and more investors are pouring ______ money into food and beverage start-ups.
A. 0 (zero article)
B. the
C. an
D. a
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
15: Educators are complaining that students rely on social media so much that they lose the
ability to think critically.
A. insist on
B. appear on
C. depend on
D. decide on
16: He did his work reluctantly because he did not like the culture of this company.
A. slowly
B. inefficiently
C. unwillingly
D. successfully
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
17: This boy is poorly-educated and doesn't know how to behave properly.
A. uneducated
B. knowledgeable C. ignorant
D. rude
18: My cousin tends to look on the bright side in any circumstance.
A. be pessimistic
B. be optimistic
C. be confident
D. be smart
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
19: It is important that the patient stays in bed until he fully recovers from the operation.
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A. operation
B. stays
C. important
D. until
20: If we had more time now, we would certainly finish the project to time.
A. the
B. certainly
C. had
D. to
21: He passed the exams with high scores, which did his parents happy.
A. passed
B. with
C. did
D. scores
Read the following passage 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.
The rise of Google and other search (22) ______ has changed the way we remember
information., according to researches. (23) ______ we now have access to all the information we
could possibly want at the touch of a button, we no longer need to store so much information in
our heads. It's been suggested that this is actually changing the way our brains store and recall
information. We're quite likely to forget information that we believe we can find online and more
likely to remember (24) ______ that we might not be able to access on the internet. We are now
better at remembering where we can get hold of the information than we are at remembering the
information itself. Interestingly, the brain is a malleable organ, (25) ______ changes according to
our circumstances. So, it's not just Google that can change the way we remember things. We have
always looked to “experts" to remember things for us. And even in more informal ways, long-term
couples also learn to (26) ______ on each other for remembering information. Now, where did I put
my keys?
22: A. fields
23: A. Therefore
24: A. something
25: A. who
26: A. put

B. engines
B. Although
B. anything
B. whose
B. focus

C. farms
C. Because
C. everything
C. where
C. look

D. ways
D. However
D. everyone
D. which
D. rely

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.
History books recorded that the first film with sound was The Jazz Singer in 1927. But
sound films, or talkies, did not suddenly appear after years of silent screenings. From the earliest
public performances in 1896, films were accompanied by music and sound effects. These were
produced by a single pianist, a small band, or a full-scale orchestra; large movie theatres could
buy sound-effect machines. Research into sound that was reproduced at exactly at the same time
as the pictures - called "synchronized sound" – began soon after the very first films were shown.
With synchronized sound, characters on the movie screen could sing and speak. As early as 1896,
the newly invented gramophone, which played a large disc carrying music and dialogue, was used
as a sound system. The biggest disadvantage was that the sound and pictures could become
unsynchronized if, for example, the gramophone needle jumped or if the speed of the projector
changed. This system was only effective for a single song or dialogue sequence.
In the "sound-on-film" system, sound was recorded as a series of marks on celluloid which
could be read by an optical sensor. These signals would be placed on the film alongside the
image, guaranteeing synchronization. Short feature films were produced in this way as early as
1922. This system eventually brought us "talking pictures".
27: The passage is mainly about the ______.
A. research into sound reproduction.
B. development of sound with movies.
C. disadvantages of synchronized sound. D. history of silent movies.
28: According to the passage, films using sound effects were screened ______.
A. as early as 1922 B. in 1927
C. before 1896
D. as early as 1896
29: The word "screenings" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to " ______."
A. projections
B. revelations
C. demonstrations D. diversions
30: Which of the following is not mentioned as a producer of sound to accompany movies?
A. a Jazz Singer
B. a single pianist
C. a gramophone
D. a small band
31: The phrase "These signals" in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
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A. sounds
B. marks
C. series
D. sensors
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct answer to each of the questions.
After twenty years of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business
schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard's MBA School has
shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have
seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in
Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of
lower enrollment rates is expected to continue.
There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first
one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not
guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities. Many
of the entry- level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degrees
in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the
question, “Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?” The
second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entrylevel jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the
new demands.
32: What is the main focus of this passage?
A. Jobs on Wall Street
B. How schools are changing to reflect the economy
C. Types of graduate degrees
D. Changes in enrollment for MBA schools
33: The word “their” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. schools
B. years
C. decreases
D. people
34: Which of the following business schools has shown an increase in enrollment?
A. Princeton
B. Harvard
C. Stanford
D. Yale
35: Which of the following descriptions most likely applies to Wall Street?
A. a center for international affairs
B. a major financial center
C. a shopping district
D. a neighborhood in New York
36: The word “struggling” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. evolving
B. plunging
C. starting
D. striving
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.
37: I last saw my aunt and her husband years ago.
A. I saw my aunt and her husband for years.
B. I haven't seen my aunt and her husband for years.
C. I have seen my aunt and her husband for years.
D. I didn't see my aunt and her husband years ago.
38: “Why were you absent last week?” the teacher asked Tom.
A. The teacher asked Tom why he was absent the week before.
B. The teacher asked why Tom has been absent the week before.
C. The teacher didn't know why Tom was absent the previous week.
D. The teacher asked why Tom had been absent the week before.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.
39: It is not necessary for you to water these plants every day.
A. You can't water these plants every day. B. You needn't water these plants every day.
C. You would water these plants every day. D. You must water these plants every day.
40: We cut down many forests. The Earth becomes hot.
A. The more we cut down forests, the hotter the Earth becomes.
B. The more forests we cut down, the hotter the Earth becomes.
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C. The more we cut down forests, the Earth becomes hotter.
D. The more forests we cut down, the Earth becomes hotter.
____HẾT____

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