SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI TUYỂN SINH VÀO LỚP 10 THPT

SÓC TRĂNG NĂM HỌC 2024-2025

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi: 01.6.2024
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao
đề)
Mã đề 001
A. PRONUNCIATION (0.8 point)
Part I. Choose a word whose main stress position is different from the others. (0.4 point)
1. A. encouragement B. economic C. energetic D. disappointment
2. A. despite B. dentist C. destroy D. describe
Part 2. Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
(0.4 point)
3. A. subject B. lunar C. erupt D. suffer
4. A. sure B. sight C. season D. soil
B. GRAMMAR - VOCABULARY - CONVERSATION EXCHANGES (4.6 points)
Part I. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences. (4.0 points)
5. The air now is not as pure as it ___________.
A. is used to being B. used to be C. was used to be D. is used to be
6. He draws inspiration ___________ ordinary scenes and simple places that he knows and
loves.
A. for B. in C. of D. from
7. The sales tax adds 8% ___________ the price of clothes.
A. to B. for C. on D. in
8. It was really kind ___________ you to help those poor people.
A. by B. of C. at D. to
9. I’ve studied English ___________ nearly three years.
A. in B. for C. since D. over
10. Malaysia is divided ___________ two regions, known as West Malaysia and East
Malaysia.
A. into B. in C. among D. for
11. You’d better take your raincoat with you ___________ the weather changes. It could rain
before you get home again.
A. now that B. even if C. only if D. in case
12. I had considerable difficulty ___________ her to leave.
A. persuade B. to persuade C. persuading D. for persuading
13. We spent a year ___________ this house.
A. build B. to build C. building D. built
14. ‘What’s in the newspaper today?’ ‘I don’t know. I ___________ it yet.’
A. don’t read B. haven’t read C. didn’t read D. won’t read
15. Most people you meet will polite to you ___________ you are polite to them.
A. in case B. only if C. unless D. if
16. Global communication was transformed by the ___________ of the Internet.
A. discovery B. development C. invention D. investment
17. If Luke ___________ more attention in class, he would get better results.
A. pays B. paid C. had paid D. would pay
18. Do you know ___________?

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A. what wrong was it with B. what’s wrong with it
C. what wrong was with it D. what wrong is it with
19. We must hurry. There’s ___________ time.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
20. The children, ___________ parents work late, are taken home by school bus.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
21. I think the teacher as well as his students ___________ good.
A. is B. are C. be D. to be
22. The driver was badly ___________ in the accident.
A. destroyed B. injured C. broken D. died
23. Jenifer: “ Let’s go camping”
Jack: “ ……………………………… The weather is not so good today”
A. No problem B. Just bring yourself
C. Oh, I don’t think it’s a good idea D. Yes, let’s do that
24. Tony: “ Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?” Cindy: “ ……………………”
A. Thanks, but I’m afraid I’ve got something planned
B. I’m terribly sorry. But I have to disagree.
C. Thanks. And you?
D. Sure. Go ahead.
Part 2. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences. (0.6 point)
25. She has a ____________career as a lawyer, winning many high-profile cases. (SUCCESS)
26. The _____________ performance by the orchestra left the audience in awe. (MUSIC)
27. The ___________ of this complex math problem requires careful analysis. (SOLVE)
C. READING (2.0 points)
Part 1. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits
each of the numbered blanks. (1.0 point)
Further Education
Around the age of sixteen you must make one of the most difficult decisions of your life. Do I
want to stay on at school and hopefully go on to university ______ (28)? Do I leave and start
working or begin a training ______ (29)? The decision is yours, but it may be________ (30)
remembering two things: there is more unemployment _________ (31) people who have not
been to university, and people who have the _________ (32) will have a big advantage in the
competition for jobs.
28. A. still B. later C. then D. past
29. A. school B. class C. mission D. term
30. A. worth B. necessary C. important D. useful
31. A. between B. among C. with D. for
32. A. notes B. papers C. arts D. skills
Part 2. Read the following passage and answer questions with NO MORE THAN SEVEN
WORDS for each. (1.0 point)
Education is a very important part of a child’s life, and yet an increasing number of
children are showing reluctance to attend school. It is not that they find the work too difficult
or are afraid of the teachers. No, it is because they are being bullied. School bullies can make
other children’s lives a misery and their bullying takes different forms.
Often, they will use their physical size to threaten those who are smaller and weaker
than themselves. They will frighten their victims with a beating if they don’t do as they say,
often using physical force to take money and other possessions from them. Some

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psychologists say that the desire of the class bully to dominate the others is a result of
inferiority complex or some personal unhappiness.
The bullying problem is so great that many schools have been forced to draw up an
official strategy for dealing with it. Because it is so difficult to get victims to report bullies,
and often difficult to prove their guilt, many bullies escape unpunished. We must protect our
children from this issue. They have a right to enjoy their schooldays.
33. Some children do not want to attend school because of________.
A. difficult work B. fear of bullying
C. fear of teachers D. their laziness
34. Often bullies pick on those who are________.
A. rich B. smaller than themselves
C. poor D. stronger than themselves
35. Which of the following is NOT MENTIONED as a form of bullying?
A. Using physical strength to frighten other people
B. Beating people when they do not follow what they are asked
C. Using force to take valuable things from people
D. Laughing at smaller and weaker people
36. According to the passage, bullies start to dominate the others in the class
because________.
A. they enjoy bullying B. they are happy
C. they have an inferiority complex D. they need money
37. Many bullies escape punishment because________.
A. they can be charming B. they are well-behaved
C. the victims do not report them D. they are intelligent
D. WRITING (2.6 points)
Part I. Combine the pairs of sentences, using the word given in brackets. (0.6 point)
38. Tomorrow it may be nice. We will go for a picnic (IF)
 ______________________________________________________________
39. I saw a garden. Many tall trees grew there (WHERE)
 ______________________________________________________________
40. The plants dried up. He did not water them. (BECAUSE)
 ______________________________________________________________
Part 2. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the same
meaning as the first one. (1.0point)
41. It’s a pity that you can’t stay longer.
 I wish ______________________________________________________________
42. We should do something about the air pollution.
 Something __________________________________________________________
43. Nowadays people would rather watch TV than go to the cinema.
 Nowadays people prefer _______________________________________________
44. I’ve never seen such an interesting sight before.
 This is ______________________________________________________________
45. The last time he wrote to his parents was two months ago.
 It’s ________________________________________________________________
Part 3. Rearrange the jumped words or phrases to make complete sentences. (0.4 point)
46. bring / should / mobile phones / not/ online / Students / to / classrooms/.
 ____________________________________________________________________

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47. rainy / We / go / if / is / swimming / it / tomorrow / will / not/ together.
 ____________________________________________________________________
Part 4. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions. (0.6 point)
48. People often ask how many words are there in the English language.
A. ask B. words C. are there D. the
49. If you don’t know what that word means, try to look it on in the dictionary.
A. what B. means C. to look D. on
50. In order to mastering English, you should communicate with foreigners more regularly.
A. In order to B. mastering C. communicate D. regularly

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