PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO THANH BÌNH TRƯỜNG THCS BÌNH THÀNH ĐỀ THAM KHẢO thi HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 A. LISTENING: (2 ms) Listen to the CD player three times, Then decide ehether these statement are True ( T) or Falss( F). 1. Ba and his family had a day trip to his friend’s home village. ______ 2. His home village is about 60 kilometers to the south of Hanoi_______ 3. Before reaching a big old banyan tree, they traveled between the green paddy fields. _____ 4. People like going there for their weekends.______ 5. Everyone felt tired and hungry. ______ 6. They didn’t have a snack at the house of Ba’s uncle. ______ 7. They had a thirty-minute walk to visit Ba’s uncle. ______ 8. Everyone enjoyed the fresh air and had a picnic on the mountain. ______ 9. Liz had a lot of photos to show the trip to her friends _______. 10. Liz doesn’t want to go there again.________ B. READING I. Read the passage and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D: ( ms) Many years ago, an English family was living in China. One evening an important Chinese officer came to visit them. It got later ang later, and he still didn’t go, so his hostess invited him to have a dinner with them. But she had a little food in the house, so she quickly went to the kitchen and spoke to her Chinese cook. “ It is all right. You will have a very good dinner,” said the cook. When they all sat down to eat, the lady was very surprised, because there was a lot of food on the table. After dinner, the hostess ran to the kitchen and said to the cook, “ How did you make such a good meal in half an hour ?” “I didn’t make it madam,”he said, “ I sent one of the servants to the officer’s house, and he brought back the officer’s dinner.” 1. The Chinese officer was invited to have a dinner because…………………………………… A. the hostess had much food in the kitchen. B. he didn’t go home when it got too late. C. he was very hungry and had no food. D. the hosttess wanted him to stay longer. 2. When the Chinese officer accepted her invitation, the hostess felt……………………… A. happy B. surprised C. excited. D. worried. 3. The dinner was………………………………………………. A. surprisingly good. B. rather poor. C. terrible. D. not very bad. 4. Actually, the dinner came from………………………………… A. the hostess’s kitchen. B. a restaurant. C. the cook’s house. D. the officer’s house. 5. One of the servants was sent to the officer’s house to…………………………… A. tell the officer’s wife that he wouldn’t come home for lunch. B. get some more food. C. get the officer’s dinner. D. find out what the officer liked for dinner. II. Read the following passage and circle the best option A,B,C or D: (2 ms) Tet is a national and ………( 1)………………. festival in Vietnam. It is occasion for every Vietnamese to be reunited to think …………( 2)………… their past activities and hope for good luck …………( 3)…………. the year to come. Before Tet all houses are white washed and…………(4)………… with yellow apricot flowers and colorful lanterns. Everybody is looking…………(5)…………… to a more favorable life. …………(6)………. the New Year’s Eve, children are smartly dressed. They are hoping to …………(7)…………………. money put in small red envelopes as they are wishing longevity to their grandparents and parents. Wrong doings ………(8)……… be absolutely avoided on these days. 1. A. traditional B. modern C. music D. summer 2. A about B. to C. after D. for 3. A. in B. at C. on D. when 4. A. decorate B. decorates C. decorating D. decorated 5. A. at B. for C. after D. forward 6. A. In B. At C. On D. To 7. A. receive B. buy C. sell D. make 8. A. should B. need C. ought D. have C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: I. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences: ( 2ms) 1. You arrive at a party at 8.00 p.m. What you say? A. Good night C. Good evening B. Goodbye D. Good afternoon 2. Someone offers you a drink. You don’t want it. What you say? A.Thank you. C. No, please. B. Please. D. No, thank you. 3. He has a …………………experience of marketing in Europe. A. grand C. large B. wide D. great 4. I remember………………… him in London. A. of meeting C. meet B. to meet D. meeting 5. Mary said she would come…………………. A. tomorrow C. last day B. the following day D. the day before 6. Don’t look at me…………………. that. A. as C. for B. with D. like 7. It’s raining. Let’s go…………… A. inside B. outside C. insides D. outsides 8. Jenny’s not here now. Can I take a(n)……………………… ? A. message B. advices C. news D. information . …………………… is a telephone you can carry around with you. A. Mobile phone B. Public telephone C. Telephone directory D. answering machine 10. I would love ……………… them again. A. see B. to see C. seeing D. sees II. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (2 ms) Linda ( 1)………… ( come) from England. She (2)……………….( come) to Paris six months ago to learn French. She (3)……………. learning French at school in England when she was eleven so she (4)…………………… ( learn) it for nearly 10 years. She just (5) …………… (take) an exam. If she passes, she (6)………………… ( move) into the next class. She (7)…………… ( be) excited today because her parents (8) …………………… (come) tomorrow to stay with her for a few days. III. Complete each sentence with a correct preposition: (2 ms) 1. Jack is very good …………… repairing things 2. The bad weather prevented us ……………………. going out. 3. I’ll come over to pick her ……………………. 4. I agree ……………… you completely. 5. He was absent ……………. work yesterday because he was ill 6. You will soon get accustomed ……………. English cooking. 7. This desk is made………… wood. 8. My cat is very fond ……………. fish. 9. I always come to school ……………. foot. 10. The sign says “ One way”. You cannot go………… that street. IV. Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences. (3ms) 1. We have to follow all of Uncle Ho’s ___________( teach ). 2. Buy me some _____________( color ) pencils, please. 3. It is ____________( reason ) to regard a language as the possession of a nation. 4. We want to _____________ ( beauty ) our city. 5. ____________( Fortunate), the step mother was very cruel to Little Pea. 6. His parents are very _____________( pride ) of him. 7. Our team played ______________( successful ). We lost. 8. Everyone was __________( excite) at the soccer match. 9. You have to speak to her _____________ (gentle ). 10. Our main __________ (produce) to export are rice, coffee and rubber. V. Each line in the following passage contains ONE mistake. Find out the five mistakes in the passage and then correct them. (1m) Most people agree that computers were the most important invention (0) of the twenty century. The first business computers were introduced (1) just about thirty year ago, and now they are being used in a wide varitety of fields, from bank to space travel. Some computer manufacturers beleived that people may like to have computers in their homes, offices, and schools, so the person computer was born Line Mistakes (2) (3) (4) (5) Corrected words (0) were are (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) C. WRITING I/ Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning: (3ms) 1. The children kept talking about the show. The children continued………………………………… 2. Please don’t smoke in the kitchen. Would you mind………………………………………… 3. Please don't watch that film; it's very violent. Please stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Tam doesn't type as fast as she used to. Tam used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. How long is it since you used the car? When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 6. She last ate this kind of food in January. She hasn't . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. She said to me, “ Turn off all the lights when you go out” She ……………………………………………………… 8. Roses can’t possibly grow in such poor ground. It is impossible……………………………………………. 9. Christmas cards should be sent a week before Christmas day. You ………………………………………………………. 10. “Can you open your bag, please ?” said the customs officer. The customs officer………………………………………… II. Make all the changes and additions necessary to complete the letter, using these promts:(3ms) 1.I/ Institute’s advertisement/ Today’s TV program …………………………………………………………… 2. I/ interested/ learn English ……………………………………………………… 3. And I/ like/ some information/ Institute. ……………………………………………………… 4. I/ speak/ little English/ …………………………………………………………. 5. But/ read/ slowly/ writing/ bad. …………………………………………………………. 6. So I/ want/ improve/ reading / writing. ………………………………………………………… 7. You/ please/ provide/ information/ length of the course and fees/ beginners? ………………………………………………………………………………… 8. Course/ start / January 24th ? ……………………………………………………………………. 9. I/ supply/ record of English study/ necessary. …………………………………………………………………… 10. I/ look forward/ hear/ you/ soon. …………………………………………………………………… PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC ĐÀO TẠO THANH BÌNH TRƯỜNG THCS BÌNH THÀNH HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM ĐỀ THAM KHẢO MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 A. LISTENING: ( điểm) Listen to the CD player three times, Then decide ehether these statement are True ( T) or Falss( F). 1. F ( 0,2 đ) 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. F 10. F B. READING: (2 điểm) I. Read the passage and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D: 0,4 điểm / câu 1. B , . D , 3. A , 4. D , 5. C II. Read the following passage and circle the best option A,B,C or D: (2 điểm) (0,25đ/ câu) 1. A , 2. A , 3. A , 4. D , 5. D, 6. C, 7. A, 8.A C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: I. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences: (2 điểm) ( 0,2 đ/ câu) 1.C 2. .D 3. B 4.D 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. A 9. A 10.B II. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets: (2 điểm) (0,25 điểm/ từ) 1. comes 2. came 3. started 4. has learnt 5. has just taken 6. will move 7. is 8. will come/ are going to III. Complete each sentence with a correct preposition: (2 điểm) (0,2 điểm/ câu) 1. at 2. from 3. up 4. with 5. from 6. to 7. of 8. of 9. on 10. into IV. Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences.( điểm ) 0,3 đ/ từ 1. teachings 2. colored 3. unreasonable 4. beautify 5. unfortunately 6. proud 7. unsuccessfully. 8. excited 9. gently 10.products V. Each line in the following passage contains ONE mistake. Find out the five mistakes in the passage and then correct them (1,5 điểm) 0,3 điểm / từ Line Mistakes Corrected words (1) twenty twentieth (2) year years (3) bank banking (4) may might (5) person personal D.WRITING I/ Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning: ( điểm) 0,3 đ/ câu 1. The children continued to talk about the show. 2. Would you mind not smoking in the kitchen. 3. Please stop watching that film ; it is very violent. 4. Tam used to type faster than she does now.When did you use the car ? 5. She hasn’t eaten this kind of food since January. 6. She asked me to turn off all the lights when I went out. 7. It is impossible to grow roses in such poor ground. 8. You should send Christmas cards a week before Christmas Day. 9. The customs officer asked me to open my bag. II. Make all the changes and additions necessary to complete the letter, using these promts:(3 điểm) 0,3 đ/ câu 1.I saw your Institute’s advertisement on Today’s TV program. 2. I am very interested in learning English 3. And I would like some information about your Institute. 4. I can speak a little English But I read very slowly and my writing is bad. 6. So I want to improve my reading and writing. 7. Could you please provide more information about the length of the course and fees for beginners? .Will the course start on January 24th ? 9. I can supply my record of English study if necessary. 10. I look forward to hearing from you soon.