ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 (Năm học: 2009-2010) Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút(không kể thời gian giao đề) Full name: Class: I. Choose the word that has underlined part pronounced differently from the others. 1.A. found B. mount C. doubt D. double 2.A. dead B. heat C. meat D. lead 3.A. play B. plane C. plan D. plate 4.A. village B. manage C. courage D. stage 5.A. good B. soon C. look D.book 6.A. machine B. mechanic C. Christmas D. ache 7.A. author B.other C. with D. then 8.A. stopped B. looked C. laughed D. called 9.A. wrong B. lose C. song D. boss 10- A. cats B. lamps C. chairs D. books II- Choose the word that has the different stress from the others. 1. A. complete B. company C. commit D. combine 2. A. register B. regular C. referee D. reference 3.A. famous B. curious C. numerous D. suspicious III.Fill in each plank with ONE suitable word to complete this passage. Are the people born clever and others born (1) ………… ? or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to both these (2) …………is “yes”. To some extent, our intelligence is given at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a (3) …………. born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child lives in boring surrounding will develop his intelligence less than (4) ………… who lives in rich and varied surrounding. Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth but (5) …………. Or not he reaches those limits will (6) ………… on his environment. This wiew, no held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is something we are born with. (7) …………… we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that (8) …………… degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take children identical twins, they will very likely be (9) …………… intelligent as others. This clearly suggests that intelligence depends on (10) ………… IV. Use the correct form of the word in the brackets to complete these sentenses. 1. My mother likes this machine because it works very……………………… (EFFECT) 2. I suppose you can compare me to secretary although the ………………… isn’t a good one. (COMPARE) 3. Accidents happen because of driving ……………………………. (CARE). 4. My aunt lives in the ………………… area of the country. (MOUNTAIN) 5. How ………………this knife is ! It can’t cut anything. (USE) 6. If your work is ……………… , you will get a raise. (SATISFY) 7. Among the boys, Nam is the ………………… (BAD) 8. The world of computers is extremely ………………. (COMPETE) 9. I found the film ……………… so I turn off the TV and went to bed. (INTEREST) 10. Please, don’t be so …………… like that. (PATIENCE) V. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage. A friend of mine, Jenny (1. work) ………………. in the international sales division at an electronics firm now. She (2. just return) ………………. from a trip to Japan. She (3, ask) …………………… (4. go)…………………. to Japan because she can speak Japanese, When she (5. be) ………… a business student at London University, she (6. study) ……… Japanese for four years. She (7. never have) ……………the opportunity to use her Japanese until she (8. go) ……………. to Tokyo last year. While she was there, she (9. speak) ………… Japanese everyday and (10. enjoy) ………. every minute of it. She’s anxious to return. VI. Underline the ONLY mistake in each sentences the correct it. If the sentences are right, write T (true) . 1. There were such many people on the bus that we decided to talk 1. …………… 2. There are a few mistakes in this test. 2. …………… 3. Must I carry these books home? – No, you mustn’t. 3. …………… 4. Houses in our city are getting moderner. 4. …………… 5. These may be the goods bringing to Viet Nam from China.5. …………… 6. The verb ‘see” is an unregular verb. 6. …………… 7. Have you seen this film, haven’t you? 7. …………… 8. I wish I were on the holiday at the beach now. 8. …………… 9. Many Vietnamese woman prefer to wear modern clothing at work. 9. …………… 10. She hates laughing at by others. 10. …………… VII. Rewite the following sentences so that the second one means exactly the same the one before. 1. My brother started working for this company six years ago. My brother has ……………………………………………………………………. 2. “Please, do not smoke in this area of the restaurant” Customers are ……………………………………………………………………… 3. I don’t have time to help mom with housework. I wish ……………………………………………………………………………… 4. There is no better teacher in this school than Mr Jones. Mr Jone …………………………………………………………………………… 5. Although John was severely disabled, he participated in many sports In spite of his……………………………………………………………………… 6. Both my brother and I are too young to drive. Neither my brother ………………………………………………………………… 7. They have just built a new shopping mall there. A new shopping mall ……………………………………………………………… 8. We don’t finish the work because of his carelessness. If he ………………………………………………………………………………… 9. I wrote the report in two days last week. It …………………………………………………………………………………… 10. The Bakers used to grow vegetables in the behind garden. Vegetables ………………………………………………………………………… VIII. Complete the passage by choosing the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) . For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily life. Experts predict that before long all school and business and most families in rich parts of the world will (1) ………. a computer of some kind. Among the general public, computers rouse strong feelings people either love them (2) ……… hate them. The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and (3) ………. the home. Apart (4) ………… all the games, you can do your accounts on them, learn languages from them, write letters on them and in some places, even (5) …………. your shopping with them. Computers, they say, bring not leisure, as many (6) …………… jobs but are taken over by computerized robots as well. The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers, they say that computers bring not leisure but (7) ………. They worry, too, that people (8) …………… spend all the time talking to computers may forget (9) …………. to talk to each other. Their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take (10) ………… from human beings altogether. 1. A. own B. do C. learn D. make 2. A. to B. but C. and D. or 3. A. at B. on C. in D. to 4. A. for B. from C. with D. to 5. A. do B. make C. have D. surf 6. A. interesting B. skillfull C. pleasant D. unpleasant 7. A.unemployed B. employment C. unemployment D. employ 8. A. that B. on who C. who D. whom 9. A. why B. how C. what D. when 10. A. over B. in C. place D. off IX. Use the following suggestions to write a complete letter. A letter from Sally to inviting her friend, Mary, to stay with her. Dear Mary, 1. It/be/month/since/I/write/you. ……………………………………………………………………………… 2. And we/not meet/or see each other/three months. ……………………………………………………………………………… 3. Now here/be/suggestions/I/be/very/happy/make. ……………………………………………………………………………… 4. You/can/stay/here/me/weekend/after next? ……………………………………………………………………………… 5. I/love/have you/ Friday evening/ Monday morning. ……………………………………………………………………………… 6. I/have/lot of/news/give you/many questions/ask. ……………………………………………………………………………… 7. Please write back/me/ soon/possible. ……………………………………………………………………………… Yours Sally XI. Write a composition(about 100 words) about your favourite subject at school. ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… The end . complete this passage. Are the people born clever and others born (1) ………… ? or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to both these (2) …………is. …………. born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child lives in boring surrounding will develop his intelligence less than (4) ………… who lives in rich and varied surrounding. Thus the limits