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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG NĂM 2008 - Đề thi môn : Tiếng Anh – Lớp Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (Thí sinh làm vào đề thi) Trường THCS Nguyễn Trãi I Complete these sentences with provided words : ( marks ) themselves enough invented dangerous used to encouraging heart message orphanage received Learners always try to learn new words by …………………… Hoa …………………………….a letter from her friend yesterday He spends his free time doing volunteer work at a local ………………… Mr Tam wanted to talk to Mrs Ha but she went out So he left a ………………… 5.You must not let children play in the kitchen because it is a …………………………place I ‘ve just watched the movie Romeo and Juliet They killed…………………… My mother …………………….look after her younger sister when she was a child We are having a plan to help them by …………… …….them to things Alexander Graham Bell ………………………… the telephone in 1876 10 Ba is very young He isn’t old ……………………… to drive a motorbike II/ Rewrite the following sentences that they mean almost the same as those printed before (4 marks) “Please turn down the radio for me” said my father My father asked me ……………………………………… …… My bother is short He can’t reach the top shelf My brother is ……………………………………………………………… She sings more beautifully than her sister Her sister …………………………………………………………… How about planting trees ? Would you like …………………………………………………? Mrs Nga is a good English teacher She teaches………………………………………………………… My sister wants to take part in out door activities at school My sister enjoys…………………………………………………………………………………… I was absent from class yesterday because I was sick Why ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….? You want to get good marks You should try harder In order to ………………………………………………………………………………………………… III Using the correct verbs in the blankets ( marks) She ( teach) French in this school three years ago I ( not finish) my homework yet …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What would you advise me ( do) ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hurry up ! We ( miss) our bus ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hoa is not old enough ( be) in my class ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Don’t (make) so much noise ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… They get used to ( do) morning exercise ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… If you want to speak English well, you have to try ( practice) speaking with your partners …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… IV Fill in the blankets with suitable prepositions ( 2mark) …………… Saturday night , I went to bed …………… 11 o’ clock He is an engineer but he’s unemployed ……………… the moment It is very different ………………….the present shopping area He bought some soap ………………his way to work Ba is very interested …………….doing experiments My grand mother died ……………… 1977 ……………… the age of 79 V Read the passage Then answer the questions ( 2,5 marks) How Nam has improved his English ? “ … In the first year of lower secondary school I have some difficulties in learning English My pronunciation of English words was very bad and my English grammar was worse I did not know how to improve them One afternoon after the lesson, my teacher of English told me to wait for her outside the classroom She took me to the school library and showed me cassettes of pronunciation drills kept in the glass bookcase She also told me how to use an English – English dictionary to improve my English grammar “ Now I think you know what you should “ She said I made much progress and only one year later I won the first prize in the English Speaking Contest held for secondary school students in my hometown “ Questions: What difficulties did Nam have in learning English in the first year? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Who wanted to meet him one afternoon ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Where did they go after that? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What did she tell him to improve his English grammar? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Did he fail the first prize in the English Speaking Contest? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… V Use the cue words to make each sentence in the letter ( 2,5 marks) Dear Tim, I/ glad/ tell/ you/ going/ join/ Y & Y Green Group ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… We / having/ environment month ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… We/ going/plant trees / flowers / in the school garden/ water/ every afternoon/ class ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I / hope/ we/ give / more green color/ city/ earn some money/ school Y & Y …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… It/ interesting/ useful / isn’t it? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I’m looking forward to hearing your news Love, Lan ...1 She ( teach) French in this school three years ago I ( not finish) my homework yet …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What would you advise me ( do) ? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hurry up ! We ( miss) our bus ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Hoa is not old enough ( be) in my class ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Don’t (make) so much noise... ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… They get used to ( do) morning exercise ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… If you want to speak English well, you have to try ( practice) speaking with your partners