ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
ĐỀ THI TIẾNG ANH VÀO LỚP 10 TỈNH NAM ĐỊNH NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
TIẾNG ANH (KHÔNG CHUYÊN) — Đề chính thức — 60 phút
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
PART A.I — Pronunciation (1–3)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (0.6p)
Pronunciation (1) · resolved / destroyed / occurred / existed
- resolved
- destroyed
- occurred
- existed
Pronunciation (2) · paper / basic / band / pay
Pronunciation (3) · happy / hour / high / hotel
PART A.II — Stress (4–5)
Choose the word with a different stress pattern. (0.4p)
Stress (4) · compare / impress / happen / extend
- compare
- impress
- happen
- extend
Stress (5) · intention / energy / position / musician
- intention
- energy
- position
- musician
PART A.III — Grammar & vocabulary (6–15)
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. (2.0p)
Your mother is cooking in the kitchen, ______?
- isn’t she
- doesn’t she
- won’t she
- is she
He worked ______ than his classmates.
- more carefully
- as carefully
- most carefully
- the most carefully
Nam is a very ______ student. He takes part in all activities organized in our school.
- empathetic
- creative
- impatient
- dynamic
New ______ about the COVID-19 will be updated on the Internet every minute.
- inform
- information
- informed
- informative
Children should play sports ______ it helps in creating a healthier generation.
- in spite of
- because of
- because
- although
If you're not sure what a new word means, ______ in your dictionary or use your electronic dictionary for help.
- look for
- look after
- look at
- look up
She was ______ first student to come to class this morning.
She ______ a living by selling vegetables in the village market.
Our source of fossil fuels such as coal or oil will soon come to an end if we don’t ______ it.
- Nam: “Would you like to come to dinner next Friday?”
- Peter: “______”
- Certainly not.
- Unfortunately not.
- Yes, I’d like to.
- I hope not.
PART A.IV — Verb forms (16–20)
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (1.0p)
My grandfather (build) ______ this house in 2015.
The traffic system in Ha Noi (upgrade) ______ by the authority since 2002.
My mother (watch) ______ TV in the living room now.
It was a nice day, so we decided (go) ______ for a walk.
Would you mind (open) ______ the window for me?
PART B.I — Cloze: Gender equality (21–25)
Choose the best word/phrase for each blank. (1.0p)
Girls and boys see gender inequality in their homes and communities every day in textbooks, in the media and among (0) ______ adults who care for them. Parents may assume unequal responsibility (1) ______ household work, with mothers bearing the brunt of caregiving and chores. The majority of low-skilled and underpaid community health workers (2) ______ take care of children are also women, with limited opportunity for professional growth. And in schools, (3) ______ girls receive less support than boys to pursue the studies they choose. This happens for a variety of reasons: The safety, hygiene and sanitation needs of girls may be neglected, barring them from regularly attending class. Discriminatory teaching practices and education materials also produce gender (4) ______ in learning and skills development. (5) ______, nearly 1 in 4 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are neither employed nor in education or training – compared to 1 in 10 boys.
(1) Parents may assume unequal responsibility ______ household work…
(2) …community health workers ______ take care of children are also women…
(3) And in schools, ______ girls receive less support than boys…
(4) …produce gender ______ in learning and skills development.
- gaps
- blanks
- spaces
- distances
(5) ______, nearly 1 in 4 girls … are neither employed nor in education…
- Because
- Although
- Therefore
- However
PART B.II — Reading: Why English matters (26–30)
Answer the questions (26–28 short; 29–30 MCQ). (2.0p)
English is the language of science, of aviation, computers, diplomacy, and tourism. Knowing English increases your chances of getting a good job in a multinational company within your home country or finding work abroad. It is also the language of international communication, the media and the internet, so learning English is important for socialising and entertainment as well as work. English may not be the most spoken language in the world, but it is the official language of 53 countries and spoken by around 400 million people across the globe. Being able to speak English is not just about being able to communicate with native English speakers, it is the most common second language in the world. If you want to speak to someone from another country, the high chance is that you will both be speaking English to do this. The British Council estimates two billion people in the world will be studying English by 2020. Learning English is important as it enables you to communicate easily with your fellow global citizens. When you study English at ELC schools, you will be making friends with people from lots of different countries, using English as your common language.
What does knowing English increase?
May English be the most spoken language in the world?
What does the British Council estimate?
What does the word “It” in the first paragraph refer to?
How many people across the globe speak English?
- two billion people
- about 400 million people
- 53 million people
- 2020 people
PART C.I — Sentence rewriting (31–35)
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same. (2.0p)
She last visited her former school five years ago.
→ She hasn’t ______.
“We will visit an astronomy museum tomorrow,” they told me.
→ They told me that ______.
I don’t have a spare ticket, so I can’t take you to the concert.
→ If I had ______.
My brother will repair the broken vase.
→ The broken vase ______.
We spend four hours doing our homework every day.
→ It takes us ______.