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TRƯỜNG THPT THẠCH THÀNH I ĐỀ THI CHỌN GVG CẤP TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2010 – 2011 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian 180 phút không kể thời gian giao đề Question 1 5 points: Pick out the word which is

TRƯỜNG THPT THẠCH THÀNH I

ĐỀ THI CHỌN GVG CẤP TRƯỜNG

NĂM HỌC 2010 – 2011

Môn: Tiếng Anh

( Thời gian 180 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)

Question 1 ( 5 points): Pick out the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1 A calculator B language C comprehend D institute

2 A challenge B counter C guardian D explain

3 A astonished B obstacle C disposal D apparent

4 A advertiser B history C difficulty D activity

5 A alternative B impetus C ancestry D divident

Question 2 ( 5 points):Choose the underlined word that has different pronunciation from others.

1 A sound B touch C down D accound

2 A design B preserve C basic D physical

3 A occupation B occasion C shake D miraculous

4 A concerned B received C attached D concealed

5 A winding B windy C finish D spin

Question 3 ( 10 points): Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form

1 Not (to know)………… the language and ( to have)………….no friends in the country, he found it impossible to get a job

2 He found a tree ( to lie)……… across the road

3 I am used to (to stand)……… in queues

4 I felt the house ( to shake)………

5 I (never see)……….a film that interested me so much as the one I saw last week

6 There (be)……… great changes in our village in the past few years

7 Right now Alex is in the hospital He (treat)………….for a bad burn on his hand and arm

8 I am not used to (get)………up early I’d rather (stay)……… in bed a bit longer

9 The statue (break)……… white it (move)………to another room in the museum

10 I am going to Hyde Park to hear people making speeches

~ You’ll be too late By the time you get there, they (finish) ……….their speeches

11 He said he (be)……….sorry as he (give)………me so much trouble

12 They (warn)………… not to make so much noise and (disturb)……….others in the room, but they still did

13 Come in, I am sorry (keep)……….you (wait)………

14 I think they should let him (go)………

Question4 ( 10 points): Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1.The film………several scences that might upset young children

A admits B involves C contains D displays

2 They talked for three days before finally……… to a decision

A reaching B coming C bringing D arriving

3 I am not in the least……….about his opinion

A.aware B concerned C interested D regarded

4 Their aim is to………up a new political party

5 I phoned the bank to………how much money there was in my account

6 …………he had no money for a bus, he had to walk all the way home

7 I looked everywhere but I could not find……… at all.

8 It was………… and we had to wallk quickly to keep warm

9 I do my best to practise the piano every day………….it is difficult sometimes

10 He has been waiting for this letter for days, and at……… it has come

11 You asked me to……….you to post that letter

12 He was busy when I phoned but I hung……….until he was free

13 It is hot in the day-time but the temperature……… sharply at night

14 The children threw snowballs at……… on their way to school

A themselves B another C each other D their own

15 It happened……….we were asleep last Friday night

16 The plate was right on the……… of the table and could have been knocked off at any moment

17 I am not sure how old he is but he must be………for 70

A going by B getting up C getting on D getting off

18 My watch had stopped so I had no way of knowing the right………

19 I absolutely………with everything that has been said

20 We’re in good time; there’s ………to hurry

A unnecessary B no purpose C no need D impossible

Question 5(10 points): Fill in the gap with one suitable preposition.

1 She tried to set………a few minutes each day for her exercises

2 Such relaxed days were few and far……….in her hectic life

3 How exactly did you set……….training the horses to work so well together

4 The man who lives opposite us sometimes comes……….for a cup of coffee

5 We had agreed……….the need for firm action

6 The other day I came……… a really beautiful old house in the back street of Birmingham

7 I could tell her was pleased……… the expression on his face

8 He took the trouble to write……… the complete list for us

9 The man was very concious………his bald head

10 John stared the boy………the face

Question 6(20 points): Fill in each gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph.

The job sounded interesting; with a fashion house (1)……… the city center

The telephone conservations I (2)……….had with them were relaxed and friendly, and the letter from the boss had also been a friendly (3)……… He had invited me to visit the office and join some of them for lunch The appointment was (4)…………twelve o’clock

I naturally thought long and hard about (5)……… to wear In the fashion business,

of course, you was expected to be smart The question was (6)……… to be businesslike, or fashionable There was something (7)………… to think about, too I had to get there (8)……… train and bus The journey was over two hours, and that effects the clothes you choose

In the end, I decided (9)……….wear my most expensive colthes There were a pair of boots, a pair of fashion jeans which had cost me a week’s salary, a hand-made sweater and a cost

I was not (10)……… satisfied with my appearance, but at (11)……… every thing was new and expensive

In fact, I realised (12)……… my arrival that I had chosen exactly the wrong clothes The men in the office (13)………….wearing dark suits and ties The women in business suits

The boss was just (14)………friendly as his letter had been We looked (15)………… the office, chatted about the business, and finally went out for lunch They had chosen a smart restaurant nearby, where the boss was (16)………well known The restaurant manager greeted him (17)……….name then he caught sight of me He shook his head apologetically, and smiled Sorry, he said, the house rules were quite (18)……… No one in jeans would

be admitted

I (19)……….the way out, and we started looking for somewhere (20)………… to eat

Question 7(15 points): Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to fill in each blank.

If you can roll the ball, you can play bowls Every one can play: young and old, men and women, the fit and the not fit It is the one out door game that (1)……… is a sport for all What other sport can grandparents play on (2)……….terms with their grandchildren? What other game is so simple that you could take it u today and be (3)………in the national championships tomorrow?

Simple? Perhaps that’s not the (4)………word There are bowls players in their thousands who will tell you that, although bowls is a game that anyone can (5)………in five minutes, it takes a lifetime to (6)……… it they are the people who have (7)…………a passionate interest in the game (8)………… for outsiders, bowls is another world, and a strange and puzzling one They see a bowls game in (9)……….and wonder what is going on What the players are trying to do is easy to explain Their (10)……….is to roll their bowls, called woods, as near as possible to the little white ball, called the jack If one of your bowl

finishes nearer to the jack than your (11)………., you score one point and he or she scores nothing If you have the two nearest, you score two, and (12)………… The skill (13)…………in rolling a bowl that weighs around 2 kilos across about 40 metres so that it stops only a very short (14)………… from the target is that as (15)……… as the skills required in other sports

1 A exactly B really C precisely D accurately

3 A competing B entering C getting D going

5 A Catch on B see through C find out D pick up

7 A assembled B produced C developed D grown

9 A performance B movement C practice D action

11 A competitor’s B.opponent’s C contestant’s D opposer’s

12 A further B so on C moreover D as follows

13 A involved B connected C relating D belonging

15 A respectable B impressive C appreciative D favourable

Question 8 (10 points): Give the correct form of the word in the bracket

JOB INTERVIEWS

Interviews are an imperfect method of choosing the best people for job, yet human (1.be)

……like to examine each other in this way One of the many problems of (2 select)…….as it commonly practised is that the forms filled in by (3 apply)……… often fail to show people as they really are This means that you can follow all the best (4 advise)……….when

completing your form and still find that you are (5 success)………… at the next stage- the

interview Success (6 similar)………in the race cass where interviews are automatic, a candidate with an (7 adequate)………form may do surprisingly well

Of course your form needs to show that you have (8 confident)………in your (9 able)……… to do the job, but do not try to turn yourself into someone else – a person you have to pretend to be at the interview Realism and (10 honest)………are definitely the best approach

Question 9 (10 points): Rewrite each sentence, starting as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.

1.She urged her husband to write the letter

She urged that………

2 If I had known she was sick, I would have visited her

Had………

3 Provided you keep my car carefully, you can use it

So long as………

4 You really should be able to dress yourself by now

It’s high time you ………

5 I wish I hadn’t told him what we were planing to do that evening

I regret………

6 I have never eaten with knives and forks before

It’s the………

7 I have a six o’clock deadline for this work

This work………

8 Chrismas won’t be the same if we don’t have any snow

I’ll be………

9 “I think the whole idea’s ridiculous”, he said

He dismissed………

10 He regretted ot inviting her to his birthday party

He wished………

Question 10 (5 points): Use the suggestions to complete each of the following sentences

1 They/ waiting for/ important visitor

2 She/ going/ open/ new secondary school

3 We/ wait until/ see/ train

4 When/ train stops/ band/start playing

5 As soon as she arrive/ at/ school/ children will begin cheering

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