ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH Năm học 2003-2004 A.VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (25 points) I.Complete each sentence with a word formed from the word given. 1.When he retired, he was…………………………with a gold watch. (PRESENTATION) 2.The……………………….of this company depends on you! (SUCCEED) 3.I wish he wouldn’t keep………………………… so much. (ARGUMENTS) 4.When I spoke to her, I………………………what he wanted. (EXPLANATION) 5.I can’t………………………your reason for being late. (ACCEPTED) 6.If things go wrong, don’t be……………………. (ENCOURAGE) 7.Being able to type is a……………………… office skill. (BASICALLY) 8.Don’t send a receipt, that is………………………. (NECESSARILY) 9.She is an extremely………………………… sales representative. (PERSUASION) 10.I’m sorry, but I……………………….with you completely. (AGREEMENT) II.Put each verb into a suitable tense, or into the passive in a suitable tense. 1.I’m sorry I (not write) haven’t written to you lately but my house (break into)…………… a few weeks ago and I (feel) ………………………………rather upset since then. 2.Before we (get)……………… married, you (promise)……………………………that you (help)…. ……………… with the housework. 3.She told us that she (just phone)……………… ………… the man office and that our order (send)…………………… on the previous day. 4.I (not realize)………………………….that the electricity bill (have to pay)…………………. …………….last month and now the (cut off)……………………………… 5.Nothing (do)……………………about the hole in the road so far and so I (think)…………… ……………a letter (should write)………………………………… to the local council. 6.As soon as the house (decorate)……………………… , we (want)………… … …………………… to go away for a few days. B.READING (35 points) I.Reading the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits space. ARE YOU THE PERSON YOU’D LIKE TO BE? Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn’t have done or something you didn’t do which you should have? At one (0)… or another we probably all have. There’s no (1)… in getting depressed about it now – it’s no (2)… crying over a spilt milk. However, there may be some (3)… in thinking about exactly what happened and why because we might be able to (4) … some conclusions for the future. One thing we all do now and again is to lose our (5)… with a friend or close (6)… . The odd thing is that we more display great anger (7)…… someone we’re (8)……of than towards strangers. The explanation may be that we see friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, an opportunity to let off a bit of steam in a safe (9)……, whereas the (10)……of insulting a stranger or a (11)… at work could be far more serious. Being honest is usually (12)… of as a virtue and undoubtedly this is the (13)… On the other hand, we have all experienced occasions when we have spoken our minds to someone, (14) … them exactly what we feel, and then have found ourselves (15)… with feeling of guilt and remorse. Perhaps we should have kept our mouths shut? 0. A.occasion B.hours C.time D.day 1. A.reason B.purpose C.point D.advantage 2. A.use B.point C.value D.benefit 3. A.gain B.profit C.goodness D.worth 4. A.draw B.make C.do D.take 5. A.temper B.mind C.anger D.head 6. A.relationship B.member C.familiar D.relative 7. A.at B.with C.towards D.about 8. A.keen B.fond C.friendly D.familiar 9. A.circle B.area C.surrounding D.environment 10.A.effect B.consequences C.conclusion D.punishment 11.A.staff B.mate C.professional D.colleague 12.A.thought B.considered C.regarded D.believed 13.A.true B.case C.event D.fact 14.A.telling B.saying C.speaking D.describing 15.A.full B.heavy C.sad D.overcome II.Put one suitable word into each space John was involved in a road (1)………………………………recently. It happened at a road (2)………………………………John’s car had (3)………………………………down, and as he couldn’t (4)………………………………to start it again, he had left it in the middle of the road. He wanted to find someone to help him (5)………………………………it to the garage. Just then, a car came round the corner. John (6)………………………………at the driver but the car was going too (7)………………………………to stop. It (8)………………………… and (9)………………………………John’s car. Luckily nobody was (10)…………………… ………………….but the police decided that John was to (11)……………………………… They said that he shouldn’t have (12)………………………………the car in the middle of the road. He told them that he had (13)………………………………on his warning lights and he thought that other cars would be (14)………………………………to stop in (15)…………… ………………… Even so, he had to appear in (16)……………………………… He (17)… …………………………… that it was his (18)………………………………because he had (19)………………………………to the other driver. But he had to pay a (20)………………… ……………………… of $150. C.WRITING (20 points) I.Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Don’t change the word given. 1.My sister is not old enough to ride a bicycle. (too) →My sister 2.A knock at the door interrupted Dad’s story. (telling) →Dad 3.The total sales for this video are already over a million copies. (sold) →This video 4.After sitting in front of the computer all evening, I felt sleepy. (been) →I felt sleepy because 5.She never stops saying how much she dislikes public transport. (complaining) →She 6.The bus service in our city becomes more inefficient every year. (getting) →The bus service in our city 7.Why don’t we go to the cinema tonight? (film) →Let’s 8.Italy is where we went for a holiday last year. (on) →We went 9.Children don’t attend classes on Saturday. (school) →Children don’t 10.During his law studies he met his future wife. (studying) →While II.Study these sentences from a letter to a newspaper. Decide what is correct order of the sentences. Dear sir, a.There was so much litter on the pavement that I felt I was walking over a rubbish-heap, not along a city street. b.I think that this would be a good job for them to do. c.Then if people have a lot of litter, they can put it in the bins d.Yesterday I was walking to work, and I noticed that the street was covered in sweet wrappings, cigarette packets and old newspapers. e.It is quite easy to take your rubbish home with you instead of throwing it away. f.We hear on the radio that thousand of people are unemployed. g.I am writing to you because I’d like to say something about the problem of litter in our cities. h.Finally it would be a good idea if there were more street cleaners. i.First of all, I think that the public should stop dropping things in the street. j.Secondly, I think that the local council should put more litterbins in the street. k.What can we do about this problem? Yours faithfully, Lionel Haddock-Willis Your answers 1.g 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. . Decide what is correct order of the sentences. Dear sir, a.There was so much litter on the pavement that I felt I was walking over a rubbish-heap, not along a city street. b.I think that this. enough to ride a bicycle. (too) →My sister 2.A knock at the door interrupted Dad’s story. (telling) →Dad 3.The total sales for this video are already over a million copies. (sold) →This video 4.After. text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits space. ARE YOU THE PERSON YOU’D LIKE TO BE? Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn’t have done or something you didn’t