Choose the best answer from the four choices A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.. Choose the appropriate sentence from the box below to fill in each gap to complete the following co
Trang 1Sở GD & ĐT Nghệ An Đề Thi Chọn HSG Cấp Trường 2008 - 2009
Trường THPT Anh Sơn 1 Môn: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
I PHONETICS
A Identify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from that of the rest.
01 A machine B school C stomach D chemistry
02 A description B question C attraction D information
03 A although B without C thank D these
B Find the word that has stressed syllable different from the others.
07 A manage B shortage C village D teacher
08 A remain B convenient C volunteer D memorable
09 A maintain B marine C challenge D device
10 A important B community C organize D diseases
II VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR
A Choose the best answer from the four choices (A, B, C, or D) to
complete each sentence.
11 I am going to have my eye _ tomorrow.
12 Nobody could hear her _ she spoke too quietly.
13 Keep silent! My father _ in his room.
A is sleeping B was sleeping C has slept D will be slept
14 I’d like to contribute _ the school Red Cross fund.
15 Hoang Anh Tuan _ injury to win the Olympic silver.
16 In my father’s _, it is essential to eat vegetable every day.
17 He showed us the house _ he was born
18 Madrid is famous _ its pulls.
19 Life here is much easier than it _.
20 Will you _ after the party.
A call me off B get me on C take me up D pick me up
21 Last summer, we had _ holiday in Spain
A a two week’s B a two – weeks C two – week D a two – week
22 Amy, _ car had broken down, was in a very bad mood.
23 He _ ever goes to bed before midnight.
24 He retired early _ ill – health.
A on behalf of B on account of C believe D imagine
25 You _ better be careful not to miss the train.
B Choose the appropriate sentence from the box below to fill in each gap to complete the following conversation.
Ann: Goodbye everyone! [26]
Jolly: Where are you going?
Ann: To Australia [27]
Jolly: When are you coming back?
Ann: Well, [28] Jolly: It sounds great! [29] Ann Thanks [30]
a I’ll send you postcards
b We’ve going on a two – week tour of Australia
c I’m taking my family to visit the Great Barrier Reef
d I’m going on holiday
e Have a good time!
C Complete the passage with the suitable words from the box.
In most of Europe, farmers’ homes and [31] are generally located within a village, and tools and animals are [32] there Every morning, the farmers and farm [33] leave their [34] to work their land or tend their animals in distant [35] and return to the village at the end of the day Social [36] is thus centripetal; that is, it is focused around the [37]
center, the village Only in certain parts of Quebec has this
pattern been [38] in North America.
III ERROR IDENTIFICATION
39 How did you manage getting here so quickly?
Trang 240 Ms Baker, she spent her life working with the health and welfare of the
families of worker, is an successful woman in the world
41 Because of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1972, the United States
begin to realize the true value of the Luisiana territory
A Because B begin C the true value D territory
42 I remember to be given a toy drum on my fifth birthday.
43 You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinking.
IV READING
A Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
LOOKING FOR A JOB
I finished university six month [44] , I’ve got a degree in
business administration I enjoyed the course very much [45] I
realize I should have studied a lot harder! A few of my friends have [46]
got full-time jobs but most, me, are still waiting [47]
something suitable to turn up Meanwhile, I make sure that I keep myself
busy I look through the job advertisements [48] the
newspapers every day and I also ask all the people I know to tell me if they
hear of any vacancies [49] they work What I am looking for is
something challenging and I would certainly be happy to move to another city
or even work abroad for a while The [50] is not so important at
this stage, provided I earn enough to live on, because I don’t want to
continue [51] to depend on my parents , although they are [52]
generous to me At the moment, I’m working in a nearby
restaurant two evenings [53] week, washing up and generally
helping out, which brings a little money The other people working there are
very friendly, and many of them are in the same [54] as me, so
we have lots of to talk [55] .
B Choose the words or phrases that best complete this passage.
Earlier this morning when some classmates and I were [56] _
basketball in the park near our school, it suddenly began to rain [57]
_ We immediately grabbed our basketball and ran for shelter At first
we stood together under a tree [58] _ then it began to thunder Peter
told us that it was [59] _ to stay under a tree in a rainstorm, [60]
_ when there is lighting, so we ran to a nearby store to wait [61]
_ the rain stopped
From [62] _ we were standing, we could see that the [63]
_ was empty Before the rain had started, there had been people
everywhere but now [64] _ was playing basketball or football or doing [65] _ or sitting on the park [66] _ reading the morning papers
or chatting with their friends
We stood in the [67] _ of the store for nearly twenty minutes before the rain finally stopped and the sun came [68] _ again from behind the clouds Within a few minutes the park was [69] _ of people again but now the air was cooler and big [70] _ of rainwater could be
seen everywhere
56 A hitting B kicking C playing D throwing
57 A greatly B heavily C severely D very big
59 A danger B in danger C a danger D dangerous
60 A specially B especially C mostly D chiefly
64 A nobody B none C no people D somebody
65 A exercise B nothing C breathing D jogging
66 A chairs B sofas C stools D benches
69 A filled B full C crowded D plenty
70 A ponds B puddles C reservoirs D springs
C Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answers.
They called New York “the Big Apple” Maybe it is not exactly like an apple, it’s certainly very big There are too many people, that’s the problem The streets are always full of car and trucks, you can never find a place to park
If you have enough money, you can take a taxi New York cabs are yellow They look all the same But the drivers are very different Some were born and raised in New York, but many are newcomers to the United States
A few drive slowly, but most go very very fast Cab driving is difficult job It can be dangerous too Thieves often try to steal the drivers’ money Drivers sometimes get hurt
If you don’t want to take a taxi, you can go by bus or you can take the subway The subway is quick and it’s cheap, but parts of it are old and dirty
Lights don’t always work and there are often fire on the track On some
subway lines, there are new, clean, silver trains But you can’t see the color
of the old trains easily There is too much dirt and too much graffiti, inside and out side
Trang 371 What is the problem in New York ?
A it has too many aples B it is too big
C it looked like an apple D it is too crowded
72 What does a cab mean ?
73 Cab drivers in New York _
C can be attacked by thieves D were all born in New York
74 The world “track” can best be replaced by _.
75 Subways in New York _.
A are quick but dirty B have no lights
V WRITING
A Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first.
76 When did you last ride a bike?
» How long
77 The trip was so interesting that we couldn’t forget it.
» It
78 “Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work.”
» He reminded
79 How many books did they buy yesterday?
» How many books
80 I'm sorry I didn’t go to University
» I regret
81 He prefers plain water to coffee.
» He’d rather
82 Although he wasn’t experienced, he got the job.
» Despite
83 She didn’t say a word as she left the room.
» She left the room
84 They are going to repair my car tomorrow.
» I am going to have
85 You can’t travel on this train if you don’t have a reservation.
» Unless
B Composition:
Write a paragraph to tell about your recent journey (no more than 150
words)
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ANSWER KEY
I PHONETICS (10 points)
01 A 02 B 03 C 04 B 05 D 06 A 07 A 08 C 09 C 10 C
II VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR (28 points)
C 31 outbuildings 32 housed 33 labourers 34 village
35 fields 36 life 37 community 38 preserved III ERROR IDENTIFICATION (5 points)
IV READING (32 points)
A 44 ago 45 although 46 already 47 for 48 in
49 where 50 salary 51 having 52 very 53 a / per
54 situation 55 about
V WRITING
A (10 points)
76 How long is it since you rode the bike?
77 It was such an interesting trip that we couldn’t forget it.
78 He reminded me to go to supermarket after work.
79 How many books were bought yesterday?
80 I regret not going to University.
81 He’d rather plain water than coffee.
82 Despite his inexperience, he got the job.
83 She left the room without saying a word.
84 I am going to have my car repaired tomorrow.
85 Unless you have a reservation you can’t travel on this train.
B (15 points)
+ Useful language: spelling, vocabulary, connectors (5 points) + Grammar: tense (past tense), structures (5 points)
+ Content: creative, understandable (5 points)