ĐỀ SỐ 11
ĐỀ LUYỆN THI VÀO LỚP 10
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or
phrase
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of western China. Today, they are ___(1)___
extinct. The reason is that they cannot find enough food. Pandas eat ___(2)___ leaves. They do not
like another food. The bamboo grows very slowly. It can take 10 years for a bamboo to grow from a
seed to a big plant. Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every 60 years. Pandas ___(3)___
wait many years for their food to grow. While the bamboo is growing, pandas do not have enough
leaves to eat.
China and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are trying to save the panda. In 1979 they began to set
up special parks ___(4)___ pandas live. Scientists come here to study the panda’s eating and mating
habits. By learning more about the panda’s habits, scientists can save it from ___(5)___.
1.
A. being
B. becoming
C. having
D. making
2.
A. banana
B. cabbage
C. grass
D. bamboo
3.
A. must
B. should
C. ought
D. might
4.
A. what
B. because
C. where
D. when
5.
A. appearance
B. destruction
C. extinction
D. damage
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
6.
In spite of poverty, we manage to raise our children properly.
A. give up
B. go up
C. make up
D. bring up
7.
She decided to find a job to earn money instead of just living at home and being a housekeeper.
A. lend
B. make
C. borrow
D. raise
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions.
When many people think of women in Asian culture, they think of a male dominated society
where women don’t have as many rights as their male counterparts. However, the Filipino are
different. Filipino women have always enjoyed greater equality than women in other nations in
Southeast Asia.
For starters, Filipino women today serve as heads in the family arrangement, handing the
money, acting as religious mentors and even arranging marriages for their sons and daughters. This
is a sharp contrast to women being subjugated to their husbands.
This does not mean that they have equality everywhere. In the workplace, Filipino women
are paid less and are often hired for lower positions even if they are qualified to earn more money.
On the home front, women carry a heavy burden in the homes in order to support them financially
while men keep their money and are not obligated to the family.
Thankfully, strides are being made to equalize this perception of inequality. Human
Resources Managements are seeing to it that a lot more women hold high ranking positions in large
and small organizations. More women are holding managerial positions in banks, government, and
multinational companies.
Even though they have had a female president, involvement in politics is not considered
women’s business, and many women still hold to the tradition that a woman cannot take a higher
position than her husband. Part of this mindset is due to the effect of colonization on Filipino
women.
Like women in many parts of the world, Filipino women have had to fight for their proper
place in their society. They have worked hard to extend themselves beyond the confines of their
homes and show that they have the strength and power to control business and politics.
8.
In order to have equality in every sector in society, women have to _________.
A. vote a female president
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