PRACTICE TEST 080

(BỘ ĐỀ ÔN THI VÀO LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2020-2021)

A. PHONETICS
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. typhoon B. goose C. blood D. stool
2. A. approaches B. sprinkles C. garnishes D. refuses
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 each of the following questions.
3. A. money B. machine C. history D. mother
4. A. elephant B. sympathy C. solution D. animal
B. VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
5. Our form teacher couldn't come to the party’, _______was a pity.
A. that B. which C. what D. this
6. After two years’ hard work, she ___ in finding a job.
A. managed B. succeeded C. was able D. achieved
7. He is one of the most ____ people I have ever met. He never says anything interesting.
A. bore B. bores C. bored D. boring
8. I have got two sisters, _____of whom is married.
A. both B. all C. neither D. none
9. - “Shall I put the books on the floor?”
- “No, I want to keep _______
A. tidy the room B. the room tidily C. the room is tidy D. the room tidy
10. There’s somebody behind us. I think we______________ .
A. are following B. follow C. have followed D. are being followed
11. A lot needs______ to the house before anyone can move in. 
A. doing B. be done C. to do D. done
12. I __________ when he came last night.
A. have read B. am reading C. read D. was reading
13. She was_________ she could not say anything.
A. too surprised at the news that B. such surprised at the news
C. very surprised at the news D. so surprised at the news that
14. It rained ___________ three days without stopping.
A. during B. for C. since D. while
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
15. - Peter: “ Thank you very much for all that you’ve done!”
- Nick: “______. ”
A. No matter B. Yes, I’m proud of it C. It’s not worth it D. Don’t mention it
16. - Mai: “ Shall we go to the Ethnology Museum this weekend?’
- Susan: “______. ”
A. Nothing more to say B. Yeah. It sounds interesting
C. Why ask that question? D. No. You must be kidding
C. SYNONYM AND ANTONYM:
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.
17. Before our modern age, people had a more physical and active lifestyle.
A. clever B. moving C. bright D. smart
18. All teachers should be aware of the real challenges that visually handicapped pupils have to face.
A. images B. tasks C. positions D. difficulties
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.
19. We still remember looking at the brilliant stars in the clear night sky
A. dim B. moving C. bright D. smart
20. The boy on the soccer team were hungry after the game , so they went o eat pizza
A. bumpy B. happy C. starving D. full
D. READING
Read the followingpassage 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.
It is usually very hard to become familiar (21)______ the culture of a foreign country. If you live a
long time in that country, you will find out how little you really know about its culture. Books are
often of little use (22)______ they concentrate on differences between your own culture and that of the
foreign country. A lot of information they contain is not correct. It is even difficult for us to become
(23)______ of the culture of our own country. A recent (24)______ showed that British people did not
know what was really typical of their country! They listed stereotypes when they were asked to
(25)______ the things they thought were typical of Britain.
21. A. with B. about C. for D. on
22. A. instead B. but C. despite D. because
23. A. interested B. amazed C. aware D. famous
24. A. novel B. survey C. cartoon D. interview
25. A. inform B. draw C. describe D. assist
Read the followingpassage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions.
Francis Bacon, one of the most important philosophers of England, was born in London and educated
at Cambridge University. When he was only 15, he went to France to work for the English
ambassador. Two years later he went back to England to study law. At the age of twenty- three he was
chosen to parliament. His ideas about how scientist should study things in nature help to bring the
modern way of thinking called the scientific method.
One of the Bacon’s best known books was his Essays. Each Essay was a short piece of writing in
which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying, conversation, friends
and healthy living. In many of his books, Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they
really existed in nature and then tried to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it was. Later,
by doing experiments, the scientist could see that any one cause would always have the same result.
This method, which is called inductive reasoning, is used by all the scientists today, but it was new in
Bacon’s time.
26. From the passage we know that ________
A. Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England.
B. Francis Bacon had good education.
C. Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15.
D. Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23.
27. It can be known that Francis Bacon was famous for _______.
A. inventing the scientific method B. his books
C. his essays D. being a member of parliament.
28. His essays gave many useful lessons on all of the following EXCEPT_______.
A. studying B. conversation C. friends and healthy living D. fighting
29. The phrase “ inductive reasoning” in the last paragraph means _______.
A. to discover general laws from particular facts or examples.
B. to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case.
C. to study things as they used to be.
D. to study things in a particular way.
30. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bacon was a learned man.
B. Bacon did a lot of philosophy.
C. The inductive reasoning was used in Bacon’s time.
D. Bacon gave scientists a lot of useful advice.
E. WRITING
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correcting in each of the following questions.
31. I was tired after walking so far, so I stopped taking a rest.
A B C D
32. He put on his coat and leaves in a hurry.
A B C D
33. Only seventeen on one hundred business calls get through to the correct person on the first attempt
A B C D
34. New universities are being establish at a slower rate nowadays due to the lack of funds.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
the original sentence in each of the following questions.
35. “Would you like to come to my party?” said Frankie.
A. Frankie invited me to his party. B. I invited Frankie to my party
C. Frankie asked me to my party. D. Frankie said I could come to his party
36. People rumoured that her husband had died in the battle.
A. Her husband is rumoured to die in the battle.
B. Her husband died in the battle, and it is the truth.
C. People knew that her husband died in the battle.
D. Her husband was rumoured to have died in the battle.
37. I found it difficult to communicate in English.
A. I didn’t like to communicate in English.
B. I was not used to communicating in English.
C. Communicating in English was no difficulty for me.
D. I preferred communicating in English.
38. She worked very hard. She could not please her step mother.
A She worked very hard in order to please her step mother.
B. Although she worked hard, she could not please her step mother.
C. She worked very hard, so that she could please her step mother.
D. Unless she worked very hard, she could please her step mother.
39. Juniper was kayaking in the ocean. He saw a humpback whale at that time.
A. Juniper saw a humpback whale which was kayaking in the ocean.
B. Juniper was kayaking in the ocean when he saw a humpback whale.
C. Before kayaking in the ocean, Juniper saw a humpback whale.
D. Without kayaking in the ocean Juniper saw a humpback whale.
40. The bridge was very low. The ship couldn’t go under it.
A. It was a very low bridge, and big ships could go under it
B. The bridge wasn’t low enough for the ship to go under it.
C. It was a low bridge because the ship couldn’t go under it
D. The bridge was so low that the ship couldn’t go under it.
_____The end_____
 KEY PRACTICE TEST 080
(BỘ ĐỀ ÔN THI VÀO LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2020-2021)
A. PHONETICS
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. typhoon B. goose C. blood D. stool
2. A. approaches B. sprinkles C. garnishes D. refuses
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 each of the following questions.
3. A. money B. machine C. history D. mother
4. A. elephant B. sympathy C. solution D. animal
B. VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND COMMUNICATION
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
5. Our form teacher couldn't come to the party’, _______was a pity.
A. that B. which C. what D. this
6. After two years’ hard work, she ___ in finding a job.
A. managed B. succeeded C. was able D. achieved
7. He is one of the most ____ people I have ever met. He never says anything interesting.
A. bore B. bores C. bored D. boring
8. I have got two sisters, _____of whom is married.
A. both B. all C. neither D. none
9. - “Shall I put the books on the floor?”
- “No, I want to keep _______
A. tidy the room B. the room tidily C. the room is tidy D. the room tidy
10. There’s somebody behind us. I think we______________ .
A. are following B. follow C. have followed D. are being followed
11. A lot needs______ to the house before anyone can move in. 
A. doing B. be done C. to do D. done
12. I __________ when he came last night.
A. have read B. am reading C. read D. was reading
13. She was_________ she could not say anything.
A. too surprised at the news that B. such surprised at the news
C. very surprised at the news D. so surprised at the news that
14. It rained ___________ three days without stopping.
A. during B. for C. since D. while
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
15. - Peter: “ Thank you very much for all that you’ve done!”
- Nick: “______. ”
A. No matter B. Yes, I’m proud of it C. It’s not worth it D. Don’t mention it
16. - Mai: “ Shall we go to the Ethnology Museum this weekend?’
- Susan: “______. ”
A. Nothing more to say B. Yeah. It sounds interesting
C. Why ask that question? D. No. You must be kidding
C. SYNONYM AND ANTONYM:
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.
17. Before our modern age, people had a more physical and active lifestyle.
A. clever B. moving C. bright D. smart
18. All teachers should be aware of the real challenges that visually handicapped pupils have to face.
A. images B. tasks C. positions D. difficulties
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.
19. We still remember looking at the brilliant stars in the clear night sky
A. dim B. moving C. bright D. smart
20. The boy on the soccer team were hungry after the game , so they went o eat pizza
A. bumpy B. happy C. starving D. full
D. READING
Read the followingpassage 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.
It is usually very hard to become familiar (21)______ the culture of a foreign country. If you live a
long time in that country, you will find out how little you really know about its culture. Books are
often of little use (22)______ they concentrate on differences between your own culture and that of the
foreign country. A lot of information they contain is not correct. It is even difficult for us to become
(23)______ of the culture of our own country. A recent (24)______ showed that British people did not
know what was really typical of their country! They listed stereotypes when they were asked to
(25)______ the things they thought were typical of Britain.
21. A. with B. about C. for D. on
22. A. instead B. but C. despite D. because
23. A. interested B. amazed C. aware D. famous
24. A. novel B. survey C. cartoon D. interview
25. A. inform B. draw C. describe D. assist
Read the followingpassage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions.
Francis Bacon, one of the most important philosophers of England, was born in London and educated
at Cambridge University. When he was only 15, he went to France to work for the English
ambassador. Two years later he went back to England to study law. At the age of twenty- three he was
chosen to parliament. His ideas about how scientist should study things in nature help to bring the
modern way of thinking called the scientific method.
One of the Bacon’s best known books was his Essays. Each Essay was a short piece of writing in
which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying, conversation, friends
and healthy living. In many of his books, Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they
really existed in nature and then tried to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it was. Later,
by doing experiments, the scientist could see that any one cause would always have the same result.
This method, which is called inductive reasoning, is used by all the scientists today, but it was new in
Bacon’s time.
26. From the passage we know that ________.
A. Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England.
B. Francis Bacon had good education.
C. Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15.
D. Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23.
27. It can be known that Francis Bacon was famous for _______.
A. inventing the scientific method B. his books
C. his essays D. being a member of parliament.
28. His essays gave many useful lessons on all of the following EXCEPT_______.
A. studying B. conversation C. friends and healthy living D. fighting
29. The phrase “ inductive reasoning” in the last paragraph means _______.
A. to discover general laws from particular facts or examples.
B. to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case.
C. to study things as they used to be.
D. to study things in a particular way.
30. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bacon was a learned man.
B. Bacon did a lot of philosophy.
C. The inductive reasoning was used in Bacon’s time.
D. Bacon gave scientists a lot of useful advice.
E. WRITING
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correcting in each of the following questions.
31. I was tired after walking so far, so I stopped taking a rest.
A B C D
32. He put on his coat and leaves in a hurry.
A B C D
33. Only seventeen on one hundred business calls get through to the correct person on the first attempt
A B C D
34. New universities are being establish at a slower rate nowadays due to the lack of funds.
A B C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
the original sentence in each of the following questions.
35. “Would you like to come to my party?” said Frankie.
A. Frankie invited me to his party. B. I invited Frankie to my party
C. Frankie asked me to my party. D. Frankie said I could come to his party
36. People rumoured that her husband had died in the battle.
A. Her husband is rumoured to die in the battle.
B. Her husband died in the battle, and it is the truth.
C. People knew that her husband died in the battle.
D. Her husband was rumoured to have died in the battle.
37. I found it difficult to communicate in English.
A. I didn’t like to communicate in English.
B. I was not used to communicating in English.
C. Communicating in English was no difficulty for me.
D. I preferred communicating in English.
38. She worked very hard. She could not please her step mother.
A She worked very hard in order to please her step mother.
B. Although she worked hard, she could not please her step mother.
C. She worked very hard, so that she could please her step mother.
D. Unless she worked very hard, she could please her step mother.
39. Juniper was kayaking in the ocean. He saw a humpback whale at that time.
A. Juniper saw a humpback whale which was kayaking in the ocean.
B. Juniper was kayaking in the ocean when he saw a humpback whale.
C. Before kayaking in the ocean, Juniper saw a humpback whale.
D. Without kayaking in the ocean Juniper saw a humpback whale.
40. The bridge was very low. The ship couldn’t go under it.
A. It was a very low bridge, and big ships could go under it
B. The bridge wasn’t low enough for the ship to go under it.
C. It was a low bridge because the ship couldn’t go under it
D. The bridge was so low that the ship couldn’t go under it.
_____The end_____