Đề thi tuyển sinh vào lớp 10 THPT Chuyên môn Tiếng Anh tỉnh Hưng Yên năm 2014 - 2015

One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water. Having clean drinking water is a basic human right. But acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have made many sources of water undrinkable. Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison. Lake Baikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world. It contains a rich variety of animals and plants, including 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world. But they are being destroyed by the massive volumes of industrial wastes which pour into the lake every day. Even where law existed, the government did not have the power to enforce them. Most industries simply ignore the regulations. The Mediterranean Sea occupies 1% of the world’s water surface. But it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution. Almost 16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore.

Water is free to everyone. A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the world was limitless. Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage. Clean water is now scarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source. We should do something now.

Books play a very important part in our life. There is practically no family that does not have books. We can learn many things (1)______ books. They help us in self-education and in solving problems in life. In ancient times, books were all (2)_____ by hand and few copies were made (3)______ it took a very long time to write a whole book with a pen. Sometimes several men were needed to copy a book as the work was slow. For many, many years the (4)______ of books in the world was very small. Only a few people had copies of them to read and study. Most people could not even read. Today there are more than 350 thousand public libraries in our country and everyone has the (5)_______ to use them.