Đề thi tuyển sinh lớp 10 trung học phổ thông thành phố Hồ Chí Minh môn thi (chuyên): Tiếng anh

aning away and re-forming ever since the Earth took shape. 
 A B C D 
IV. READ THE PASSAGE AND CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT 
FOLLOW. (1PTS) 
 Television’s contribution to family life in the United States has been an equivocal one. For while it has, 
indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By 
dominating the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family from 
another, a quality that depends to a great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games, recurrent 
jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates. 
 “Like the sorcerer of old,” writes Urie Bronfenbrenner, “the television set casts its magic spell, freezing 
speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as the enchantment lasts. The primary danger of 
the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces — although there is danger there — as in the 
behavior it prevents : the talks, games, the family festivities, and arguments through which much of the child’s 
learning takes place and through which character is formed. Turning on the television set can turn off the 
process that transforms children into people.” 
 Of course, families today still do special things together at times: go camping in the summer, go to the zoo on 
a nice Sunday, take various trips and expeditions. But the ordinary daily life together is diminished — that 
sitting around at the dinner table, that spontaneous taking up of an activity, those little games invented by 
children on the spur of the moment when there is nothing else to do, the scribbling, the chatting, the quarreling, 
all the things that form the fabric of a family, that define a childhood. 
 Instead, the children have their regular schedule of television programs and bedtime, and the parents have 
their peaceful dinner together. But surely the needs of adults are being better met than the needs of children, 
who are effectively shunted away and rendered untroublesome. 
 If the family does not accumulate its backlog of shared experiences, shared everyday experiences that occur 
and recur and change and develop, then it is not likely to survive as anything other than a caretaking institution. 
1. Which of the following best represents the author’s argument in the passage? 
A. Television has negative effects on family life. 
B. Television has advantages and disadvantages for children. 
C. Television should be more educational. 
D. Television teaches children to be violent. 
2. The word it in the passage refers to....... 
A. dominating B. time C. television D. quality 
3. Why is Urie Bronfenbrenner quoted in paragraph 2? 
A. To present a different point of view from that of the author 
B. To provide an example of a television program that is harmful 
C. To expand the author’s argument 
D. To discuss the positive aspects of television 
4. The word freezing in the passage is closest in meaning to........ 
A. controlling B. halting C. dramatizing D. encouraging 
5. Urie Bronfenbrenner compares the television set to ........ 
A. a statue B. an educator C. a family member D. a magician 
6. Which of the following would be an example of what the author means by a special thing that families do? 
A. Going on vacation in the summertime B. Playing cards together in the evening 
C. Reading to the children at bedtime D. Talking to each other 
7. The thing that “form the fabric of a family” in paragraph 3 are........ 
A. special things B. ordinary things 
C. television programs D. children 
8. The word it in the passage refers to ........ 
A. the television B. the family 
C. its backlog D. an institution 
9. According to the author, what distinguishes one family from another? 
A. Doing ordinary things together B. Watching television together 
C. Celebrating holidays together D. Living together 
10. It can be inferred from the passage that a caretaking institution is one in which care is given ........ 
A. charitably B. lovingly 
C. constantly D. impersonally 
V. SUPPLY THE APPROPRIATE FORMS OF THE WORDS IN THE BRACKETS. (1.5 PTS) 
1. Joining this project is a ...... Just do it. (BRAIN) 
2. There are a lot of......... articles in this newspaper. Why not read it? (NEWS) 
3. My cousin is a.....person. He is aware of all the latest fashions and wanting to follow them. (FASHION) 
4. The burglar gained entry to the building after......the alarm. (ABILITY) 
5. Whatever happens, don't let this failure ....... you. (HEART) 
6. Your carelessness may do......harm to people. (CALCULATE) 
7. The....listed for the pills meant that she couldn't take them because she may be allergic to some of the 
chemicals in them. (INDICATE) 
8. We were defeated because we were...... (NUMBER) 
9. It is ........summer, but it's rather autumnal today. (THEORY) 
10. This type of ......screen enables drivers to have a clear view even when it is smashed. (SHATTER) 
1. brainwave / brainstorm | 2. newsy | 3. fashionable | 4. disabled | 5. dishearten | 
6. incalculable | 7. indications | 8. outnumbered | 9. theoretically | 10. Shatterproof 
VI. SUPPLY EACH BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD. (1.5PTS) 
 The human race is not the only one species of beings in the living (1)..... Many other species exist on this 
planet. However, human beings have a great influence on the (2)...of the world. They are changing the 
environment by building cities and villages where forests (3)......stood. They are affecting the water supply by 
using water for industry and agriculture. They are changing (4)......conditions by cutting down trees in the 
forests and are destroying the air by adding pollutants to it. 
 It can be said that human beings are changing the environment in all respects (5)..... their actions and their 
habits. This has (6)......in two serious consequences. The first is that many species of animals are killed. The 
second is that the environment (7)...these animals are living is (8)....... destroyed. As a result, the number of 
rare animals are decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger of becoming (9)....... 
 In order to make sure that these rare animals do not disappear, (10)...... have been made to protect endangered 
nature. Scientists have made (11) ......of these species and suggested ways to save them. Many organizations 
have been set up and funds have been (12)..... Thousands of national parks all over the world have been 
established to protect endangered animals. (13).....have been introduced to prohibit killing endangered animals 
in the natural habitats where animals are living. 
 If people's interference with the environment decreases, more species will survive and (14) ......offspring. The 
earth will be a happy planet where human beings, animals and plants peacefully (15) ....... 
(1) world | (2) rest | (3) once | (4) weather | (5) through | (6) resulted | (7) where | (8) badly | 
(9) extinct | (10) efforts | (11) lists | (12) raised | (13) | Laws | (14) produce | (15) co-exist. 
VII. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING. (2PTS) 
1. You have to accept the truth although it is hurtful. (TERMS) 
 Hurtful ......................................................... 
2. The wind was so strong that we coudn't walk. (HARDLY) 
 Such ........................................................... 
3. You will start to feel better as soon as this drug is effective. (EFFECT) 
 The moment ............................................... 
4. My dad is now abroad and I am in charge of the office. (UNDER) 
 My dad has ............................................... 
5. He was extremely happy because he won that scholarship. (MOON) 
 Had .......................................................... 
6. he received another letter from her as soon as he found the time to reply to her. (ROUND) 
 No sooner ................................................ 
7. I really don't like it when you cheated me yesterday. (RIDE) 
 I'd rather you ............................................. 
8. Don't make a fuss over such trivial things. (MOUNTAIN) 
 Don't ......................................................... 
9. We were amazed to know that he was a liar. (UNTRUTH) 
 To ............................................................. 
10. Everyday television viewers witness some sort of violence or crime on their their screens. (GOES BY) 
 Hardly ...................................................... 
1. You have to accept the truth although it is hurtful. (TERMS) 
 Hurtful as the truth is you have to come to terms with it. 
2. The wind was so strong that we coudn't walk. (HARDLY) 
 Such is strong wind that we hardly could walk. 
3. You will start to feel better as soon as this drug is effectve. (EFFECT) 
 The moment this drug takes effect, you will start to feel better. 
4. My dad is now abroad and I am in charge of the office. (UNDER) 
 My dad has put me under the charge of the office as he is now abroad. 
5. He was extremely happy because he won that scholarship. (MOON) 
 Had he not won that scholarship, he would not have been over the moon. 
6. He received another letter from her as soon as he found the time to reply to her. (ROUND) 
 No sooner had he found the time to reply to her letter than another [from her] came/was round. [?] 
7. I really don't like it when you cheated me yesterday. (RIDE) 
 I'd rather you had not taken me for a ride yesterday. 
8. Don't make a fuss over such trivial things. (MOUNTAIN) 
 Don't make a mountain over a molehill. 
9. We were amazed to know that he was a liar. (UNTRUTH) 
 To know that he told untruths was amazing [to us]. 
10. Everyday television viewers witness some sort of violence or crime on their screens. (GOES BY) 
 Hardly a day goes by when television viewers don’t witness any sort of violence or crime on their screens.