ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH Năm học 2003-2004 A.VOCABULARY (30 points) I.Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 1.I didn’t go to the party as I felt a bit under…………………… A. the weather B. the water C.the clouds D. the blankets 2. I disagree. My ideas are entirely oppsite………………………yours. A. to B. from C. of D. against 3.The more………………… we walk the longer it will take us to get home. A. slowest B. slower C. slowly D. slow 4.Would you…………….opening the window, please? A. care B. mind C. like D. help 5. I’ll ……………… you just one more story before you go to sleep. A. speak B. tell C. say D. talk 6.Your car is very………………… It hardly seems to use any petrol at all. A. economical B. economic C. ecumenical D. ecological 7.By appearing on the soap powder commercails, she became a ……………… name. A. housewife B. housekeeper C. house D. household 8. I’m in a terrible…………………. I don’t know what to do. A. problem B. quandary C. loss D. trouble 9.How you invest your money is none of my……………………… A. affair B. business C. matter D. care 10.If the level of VAT is……………… this year, small businesses will be affected. A. raised B. risen C. arisen D. raising II.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words of the words in parentheses. 1.Jane felt very … ……………… when she saw the police car. ( RELIEF ) 2.They reached the hotel just as ………………………… fell. ( DARK ) 3.When Jack left home, he began to enjoy his………………… ( INDEPENDENT ) 4.You are……………… to choose how to spend the evening. ( FREEDOM ) 5.Our house is ………………… by several burglar alarms. ( PROTECTION ) 6.You should go to a doctor and have a thorough………………… ( EXAMINE ) 7.The phone doesn’t work. It’s been …………………… ( CONNECTION ) 8.Linda has a rapid……………………… from her illness. ( RECOVERED ) 9.This road is much………………….…… than I thought. ( LENGTH ) 10.The radio gave them a ……………….…… about the storm. ( WARNER ) III.Complete these sentences using one of the best words from the box. Four of the words aren’t used. worried invention influential attentive preparation appointment grateful natural practical careful excitement entertainment happy work 1.When you have a party, you have to do a lot of……………………………. 2.The ………………… of the telephone revolutionized communication between people. 3.She has to go to hospital to have a serious operation. She feels……………………… 4.She is very good at fixing things around the house .She is……………………. 5.People are born, grow up and finally die. It’s………………………… 6.I can’t see you at five because I have another……………………. 7.A good adventure film is full of………………………. 8.She sent me a present after. I helped her to pass the exam. She fells………………… to me. 9.He has a lot of power in his office. He is very ……………………………. 10.Students should listen to what the teacher is saying in class. They should be……………… B.GRAMMAR ( 20 points ) I.Put each verb in brackets into the most suitable tense. 1.I (think )…………………….of selling my car but I ( not decide )….…………………… yet. 2.Penny ( live )…………………… here ever since she ( arrive )…………………… from England. 3.I usually ( drink )……………………coffee but yesterday I (give up )… ……………………. 4.Decorating is difficult, but I (finish)…………………… painting the kitchen and now I (do) ……………………………. .the living room. 5.This exercise ( look )…………………….difficult . You ( do ) ………………………one like this before? 6.I’m afraid that you can’t talk to Jack now. He (get ) ……………………very dirty playing football and he ( have )……………………… a bath. 7.I (wait )…………………… for you here for ages! Why (you not phone )………………… me earlier? 8.( You visit )……………………this country before? When ( you come )………………… here for this first time? 9.( You still do )……………………… your homework? I ( finish )…………………. mine ages ago. 10.We (live)………………… in Scotland for two years and then we (move) ………………… to Northern Ireland. C.READING ( 25 points ) I.Put ONE suitable word in each space. I have recently taken up cooking as a hobby. A lot (1)……………………. my friends find this very amusing as I am not very (2) …………………… at it yet. It’s much (3)…………… difficult (4)………………………. I thought it was. There are so ( 5) …………………… things to remember to do and it’s very easy to (6) …………………….mistakes. Last week I invited several people round so I could try out a new (7)…………………… . Everything was ready in the kitchen, so I relaxed with my guests and we (8)…………………… a drink. But I’m not (9) …………………………. to giving dinner parties and I suddenly remembered that the chicken was still in the freezer. We had to wait two hours (10)……… ……………dinner! II.Read the passage and decide which is the best answer. Cirle the letter next to the word you choose. The first one has been done for you. LAUREL OR HARDY? He was a music-hall comedian in England before he went to America in 1910. In those (0)… he often (1)…Chaplin. He made his first short film in 1918 but did not (2)…to establish himself in the competitive (3)…of the screen comedy. The first film he made with his famous fat(4) was called Putting pants on Philip in 1927. Many critics (5)…that he was the more creative (6)… of the partnership. The humorist Leo McCarey (7)…him a rare comic who was intelligent (8)…to make up his own gaps. (9)…, he was remarkably talented, while his partner was (10)…so and this is the key to understanding their relationship. As a (11)…, throughout their carrer together he (12)…on being paid twice as much as his friend because he believed he was (13)…twice as much. While he wrote the films and (14)…part in their creation, his partner was in their creation, his partner was incapable of creating anything at all – it was amazing how he managed to find his (15)…to the studio. 0. A.time B.periods C.days D.weeks 1. A. copied B. followed C.resembled D.liked 2. A.succeed B.reach C.days D.weeks 3. A.job B.field C.position D.place 4. A.pair B.Colleague C.partner D.match 5. A.persist B.claim C.refuse D.review 6. A.person B.member C.actor D.piece 7. A.considered B.said C.described D.saw 8. A.even B.quite C.enough D.also 9. A.Although B.Moreover C.However D.So 10. A.less B.leat C.little D.hardly 11. A.fact B.conclusion C.matter D.result 12. A.persisted B.insisted C.kept D.demanded 13. A.valued B.making C.was D.had 15. A.car B.road C.route D.review D.WRITING (25 points) I.Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same. 1. I started writing this letter two hours ago. → I’ve 2. I used to own a bicycle. → I don’t 3. This cheese tastes terrible! → This cheese has 4. I haven’t seen John for two years. → I last 5. What’s your opinion of this painting? →What do you 6. The beef tastes better than the pork. → The pork 7. Is the price very high? → Does 8. What sort of job does Ducan have? → What does 9. Mary hasn’t finished work yet. → Mary is 10. She hasn’t been to Paris before. → This is the first time II.Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√). If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Cars became popular as a quick and comfortable way of getting around. This is still true when you will drive along a quiet country road or a modern motorway. As far as you getting from one place to another in the city is concerned, it is a different story. Whenever I want to get up anywhere in a hurry, I leave the car at home and go on foot. If often turns out to be much more quicker. I still make the mistake now and again of thinking the car is an effcient means of a transport. The other day my wife was feeling a bit under the weather. She had been having a terrible headache for some long 0.√ 1……………………… 2……………………… 3……………………… 4……………………… 5……………………… 6……………………… 7……………………… 8………………… time and she decidedshe couldn’t take it any more and asked from me to give her a lift to the doctor,whose surgery is in the center part of the town.We live in a suburd in the old quarter of the city and it is twenty minutes away on foot. On the way back, however, it is all up hill and I must to admit it can be exhausting, especially on a hot day. Reluctantly I got the car out of the garage and we set it off, me muttering about the wonders of taxis.My heart was sank as we hit the first traffic jam – I knew we were beginning a long journey. 9………………… 10……………………… 11……………………… 12……………………… 13……………………… 14……………………… 15……………………… 16……………………… 17……………………… . ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH Năm học 2003-2004 A.VOCABULARY (30 points) I.Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to. ( not decide )….…………………… yet. 2.Penny ( live )…………………… here ever since she ( arrive )…………………… from England. 3.I usually ( drink )……………………coffee but yesterday I (give up )… ……………………. 4.Decorating. meaning remains the same. 1. I started writing this letter two hours ago. → I’ve 2. I used to own a bicycle. → I don’t 3. This cheese tastes terrible! → This cheese has 4. I haven’t seen John for