Đề thi vào lớp 10 môn Tiếng Anh (Chung) năm 2015 trường THPT Chuyên Lê Hồng Phong, Nam Định

For the last few years, my children have been going to a summer camp in Northern Greece called Skouras Camp. They always seem to have a good time, so if you’re wondering what to do with the kids for three weeks this summer, you can send them to this beautiful camp on the shores of the Aegean Sea. If your children, like mine, are keen on adventure, sports and good company, the Skouras Camp will keep them busy all day doing the things they most enjoy. Skouras is an international camp with children from all over the world. My children have made friends with children of their own age from Poland, China, Denmark and the United States. Naturally, they get lots of opportunities to practice their English as this is the only language spoken. The Camp is in one of the most beautiful parts of Chalkidiki. It is huge (120,000 square meters) and is just a stone’s throw away from the clear, blue Aegean Sea. It takes the children just five minutes to walk to the golden sandy beach. The programme is packed with exciting activities such as horse riding and table tennis. Other sports include basketball, volleyball and athletics. The Camp ends with a sports contest in the last week which all parents are invited to attend.

In the past, importance was not given to shoes being comfortable or fashionable. These early foot coverings were probably animal skins, which people tied round their ankles during cold (1)______. We still use leather today, but other materials such as silk, plastic, or cotton are also popular, depending (2) ______ what is in fashion.

It was only one hundred and fifty years ago that people began to wear a different shoe on each foot. Formerly, the two shoes had been straight instead of shaped and (3) ______ be worn on the left or the right foot. All shoes used to be made by hand, but now, (4) ______ there are shoemakers still using their traditional skills, most shoes are now machine-made in large factories. The introduction of sewing machines allowed the shoe industry to produce a large (5) ______ of cheaper shoes for a wider range of buyers.

Television first appeared some fifty years ago in the 1950s. Since then, it has been one of the (1) ___________________ popular sources of entertainment for both the old and the young. Television offers cartoon for children, world news, music and many other (2) ___________________. If someone is interested in sports, for (3) __________________, he can just choose the right sports channel. There he can enjoy a broadcast of an international football match as it is actually happening. Television is also a very useful way for companies to advertise their products.

It is not too hard for us to see why (4) ___________________ is a TV set in almost every home today. And, engineers are developing interactive TV which allows communication (5) ___________________ viewers and producers.