KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 Đề thi môn :Tiếng Anh (Thời gian làm bài:180 phút) PART A: LISTENING You will hear someone talking about Spring School in HoChiMinh city. Listen to the tape 3 times then fill in the missing information to complete the following sentences. 1. Spring School is an school in Ho Chi Minh city. 2. Around live and study at the school. 3. About from District 1 regularly attend classes. 4. Organization for Educational Development co-operated with Spring School to set up English classes in . 5. The school requires to help organize their fund –raising dinner held annually in PART B:PHONETICS I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. Identify your answer by circling the corressponding letter A,B,C or D. 6. A. classical B.composer C.answer D.serious 7. A. humans B.dreams C.concerts D.songs 8. A. depend B.temperate C.dental D.telephone 9. A. spoon B.wool C.noon D.bamboo 10.A. excursion B.further C.burial D.turtle II.Choose one word whose stress pattern is different.Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C.or D. 11.A.musician B.museum C.competent D.computer 12.A.conversation B.isolation C.traditional D.situation 13.A.capital B.activity C.different D.opera 14.A.affect B.effective C.expand D.charity 15.A.family B.probably C.animal D.minority PART C:VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I.Choose the best answer from the four options to complete each sentence below. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C.or D. 16.My mother is busy her housework. A.at B.with C.on D.in 17.It was a difficult question that we couldn’t answer it. A.so B.such C.very D.too 18.I don’t think Frank is old to stay at home alone. A.so B.too C.enough D.even 19.Your bicycle goes much faster than because it’s a lot lighter. A.mine B.him C.us D.their 20. all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong. A.Although B.Because C.Because of D.in spite of 21.We arrived the station just in time to catch the train. A.at B.in C.to D.for 22.I’d like to introduce you to Mrs. Chi, husband you used to work with. A.whom B.whose C.which D.who 23.I like to study sea life .Marine biology is a subject. A.fascinated B. boring C.bored D.fascinating 24.You said the test was too difficult, ? A.weren’t you B. wasn’t it C.didn’t it D. didn’t you 25.You should your lesson before the exam. A.read B.write C.revise D.check 26.Three people were seriously in the road accident yesterday. A.injured B.broken C.damaged D.pained 27.Don’t be too hard on him; he’s doing the job . A.he can as best B.as he can best C.as best he can D.best as he can 28.I phoned him ten minutes ago ,but he wasn’t . A.out B.in C.on D.away 29.We have just visited HaLong Bay .It has A.beautiful scenery that is much B.many landscapes C. many beautiful sceneries D.much beautiful scenery 30.Mary’s house is the hair salon.Do you think you can find it? A.along B.near to C.against D.next to 31.John decided golf at weekends. A.to begin B.to commence C.to take up D.to start up 32.It to me whether we meet them or not . A.makes no difference B.makes not a difference C.is indifferent D.is not a difference 33.We saw wild animals while on vocation. A.a few B.much C.little D.sum 34.They will be at the party. A.present B.presents C.presenting D.at present 35. “Where do you live now?” – “I live in Hanoi; my A.parents too do . B.parents do. C.parents do,too . D.parents also do. 36. “Why are you driving so fast?” – “I’m ” A.must be hurry. B.in hurry . C .in a hurry . D.hurrying. 37.She burst tears. A.out of B.into C.for D.in 38.He was accused stealing a motorbike. A.in B.of C.to D.with 39. The building he lives is very old. A.which-in B.where-in C.where-on D.that-within 40.I don’t know about English literature. A.many B.much C.a few D.little 41.He to HoChiMinh city last year and I him since then. A.moved-didn’t see B.moves-haven’t seen C.moved-haven’t seen D.moved-hadn’t seen 42.Neither the animals nor their keeper prepared for the storm. A.to be B.were C.was D.be 43.A number of students volunteered to the job. A .having B.has C.to have D.have 44.Everybody was that he passed the exam. A.surprised B.surprising C.surprise D.surprises 45.I’ll let you know if I out what’s happening. A.find B.finds C.found D.had found II.Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences 46.There are many good programmes on VTV2. DOCUMENT 47.Newspapers and magazines present information . VISION 48.It is a good book because it is very . INFORM 49.Lasers can be used to treat DEAF 50.Watching Wildlife World programmes makes us more RESPONSIBLE aware of our global PART D:READING I.Choose the best answer from the four options to complete each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C.or D. Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30,1960 ,in Villa Fiorito,province of Buenos Aires, Argentina .He was (51) in an underprivileged family and spent his adolescence playing football in the street of his(52) . He made his debut at the(53) of 16 and throughout his professional career he played 692 (54) games scoring 352 goals.He played 90 games for the Argentina National Team and scored 33 goals, 8 of (55) were in world cups. His first team was called Estrella Roja (Red Star) and was (56) by his father for the neighbourhood boys.One of the players was Gregorio “El Goyo” Carrizo,(57) played in the lower divisions of Argentinos Juniors, and who helped Diego to be part of the team called “Los Cebollitas” (the small onions).With only 14 years of age ,he(58) the public at his first game with the team and gained (59) and respect as a player.With “Los Cebollitas” he (60) a winning spree of over one hundred games. 51.A.risen B.raised C.grown D.shown 52.A.neighbourhood B.colleagues C.frienship D.populariy 53.A.old B.oldest C.elderly D.age 54.A.office B.officer C.official D.officially 55.A.it B.that C.which D.what 56.A.found B.founded C.set D.fixed 57.A.who B.that C.he D.whom 58.A.enjoyed B.fascinate C.interested D.astonished 59.A.famous B.reputation C.achievement D.strength 60.A.kept B.played C.held D.napped II.Read the passage below and choose the best answer for the quesions from 61 to 65. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C.or D. An English man living near Sheffield recently had a most unlucky day’s fishing.He was standing on a low bridge when he had the misfortune to knock his tin of bait into the river.Leaning over the side of the bridge, he tried to hook the tin and pull it out of the river.As he did so,his car keys fell out of his pocket and disappeared in the water. Page 3 Feeling thoroughly annoyed with himself and his luck ,the fisherman leant over the bridge to try to see where his keys had gone.As he did so, the bridge collapsed and he fell into the river. This was the last straw .The fisherman crawled out of the river and went back to his car. There he discovered that he had locked the doors and could not get in. His anti-thief had immobilized his car.There was nothing left for him to do but walk sadly home. 61.How did the tin of bait get into the river? A.The passage does not say. B.The fisherman knocked it in accidentally. C.It was probably blown in by the wind D.It fell in when the fisherman fell in. 62.When did the fisherman first lean over the bridge? A.When it broke. B.When his keys fell in. C.When the tin of bait fell in. D.A few minutes after he first started fishing. 63.What was the last straw, according to the passage? A.Having to walk home B.Being unable to get into his car. C.The loss of his car keys . D.The collapse of the bridge. 64.What is the meaning of “misfortune”? A. bad luck B. good luck C. accidentally D. a clumsy act 65.What is the meaning of “thoroughly”? A. slightly B.at last C.through D.extremely PART E:WRITING I.Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words as necessary.Do not change the form of the given word. 66.He is talking to the girl with long hair. (whom) 67. “You had better go to see the doctor immediately,” Jone said. (advised) 68.She liked Paris very little and Rome less. (worse) 69.I called my uncle for some advice. (order) 70.He used to get up very late. (habit) II.Use the following sets of words and phrases to write a letter from Jenny to Diana. Dear Diana, 71.Thank you /much/your letter/arrive/few days ago. 72.It/be lovely/hear/you. 73.I/be sorry/I not write/such /long time/but I/be very busy. 74.As you know/we buy/new house/September. 75.It/be/very bad condition/and it need/alot/work. 76.We finish/most/ it now/and it look/very nice. 77.Peter and I/decide /give/house-warming party/May 3 rd 78.You think/you/able/come? 79.Please give me/ring/let/ know /you/make it. 80.I/really/look forward/see you again. Love, Jenny The end . KÌ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 10 THPT NĂM HỌC 2 010- 2011 Đề thi môn :Tiếng Anh (Thời gian làm bài:180 phút) PART A: LISTENING You will hear. the river. This was the last straw .The fisherman crawled out of the river and went back to his car. There he discovered that he had locked the doors and could not get in. His anti-thief had immobilized his. D.in 17.It was a difficult question that we couldn’t answer it. A.so B.such C.very D.too 18.I don’t think Frank is old to stay at home alone. A.so B.too C.enough D.even 19.Your bicycle goes much faster