Phßng gi¸o dôc & ®µo t¹o huyÖn b¸ thíc KỲ THI GIÁO VIÊN GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN Năm học: 2013-2014 Môn : Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đê PHẦN THI KIẾN THỨC BỘ MÔN PART A PHONETICS Question I/ Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest A float B broad C goat D coat A office B promise C service D expertise A physical B mythology C rhythmic D psychological Question II Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others (5 points) A interesting B surprising C amusing D successful A understand B engineer C benefit D Vietnamese PART B GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Question III/ Choose the word or phrase to complete the sentence Your cousin is the - looking man I have ever met A most B best C better D well She lives next to me and I often speak to her on my _ to work A way B street C travel D road She kindly offered to me the way to the museum A describe B show C direct D explain In many families, the important decisions are by women A done B given C arrived D made My brother, like me, doesn’t like films _ unhappy endings A of which are B have C whose have D that have Do you mind in here? A to smoke B if I smoking C my smoking D me to smoke We you more help, but we were too busy A might have given B should give C might give D could give Encouraged by his mother, _ A art was studied in London by John B John studied art in London C the study is art in London was done by John D London was where John studied art advertising is so widespread, it has had an enormous effect on the people’s lives A Why B The reason why C Since D On account of 10 Many people read newspaper _ waiting for the bus A during B if C as they D While Question IV/ Use the correct form of each word on the right to complete the numbered spaces provided in the passage Write your answers on your answer sheet The mysteries of the skies Three hundred and fifty years before the first men looked down on the amazingly beautiful surface of the moon from close quarters, Galileo’s newly built telescope (1) _ him to look at ABLE the edge of the hitherto mysterious sphere He saw that the apparently (2) _ surface was not LIVE divinely smooth and round, but bumpy and imperfect He realized that although the moon might appear (3) _, ACT resembling a still life painted by the hand of a cosmic (4) ART , it was a real world, perhaps not very different from ACHIEVE our own This amounted to a great (5) _ hardly to be CONCLUDE expected in his day and age, although nowadays his (6) SIGNIFY may appear to some to be trivial and (7) _ Not long after Galileo lunar’s observations, the skies which had ELUDE previously been so (8) _ revealed more of their extraordinary mysteries Casting around for further wonders, STRIKE Galileo focused his lens on the (9) _ planet of Jupiter Nestling next to it, he saw four little points of light circling the 10 FORTUNE distant planet Our moon it appeared, perhaps (10) in the eyes of those fearful of what the discovery might mean, was not alone! Question V/ Give the correct forms of the words in brackets The robbers ( catch) as they .(leave) the bank Mr Taylor was angry with the newspaper agent because his Sunday newspaper (not deliver) Don't worry When you (arrive) in New York, you (pick up) by one of our drivers and (take) to the conference centre After my operation, all my hair (fall out) It's growing back now though Our dustbins (empty) every Monday When I woke up this morning, the world look like a wonderland It (snow) all night Ten people (kill) in a train crash in Sweden two days ago Question VI / Underline and correct mistakes in the following paragraph Each line has one mistake Write the correct one in the numbered blanks (0) is an example The other day, when I was in London, I ran in an old friend of mine who had been at university with me Although we hadn’t seen one another for ages and had lost touch, it was just like old times, and he told me all his new He moved to London after leaving from university, and started to train as an accountant He left after a few months because he hadn’t found it very interesting, and he didn’t feel like spending the rest of this life in an office His parents were very helpful - they didn’t try to make him to carry on training as a chartered accountant, and said they will continue to support him despite of the fact that he didn’t have a job to go to He soon found work what he really wanted - writing 2 _into_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for a TV show, after the first series, the producer let him to have his 10 own TV show even though he was relatively young, and it turned out to _ be a great success PART C READING Question VII : Put ONE suitable word in each space(15 points) Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong, who (1) born in 1990 and (2) in 1971, was a very famous jazz musician He used to be known as “ Satchmo” and this nickname stayed with him all his (3) As a child in New Orleans, he learnt to (4) the trumpet while he was living in a special home for children who (5) got into trouble with the police When he had finished his stay in the home, he (6) .various bands and then he formed his own Between 1925 (7) 1928 he made about 60 records These records made him one (8) the first solo stars in the history of pop (9) When he died, he had (10) making records and he had been touring all over the (11) .for more than forty years, and he (12) just as popular (13) he had been before He even (14) a number one pop record - What A Wonderful World – (15) the 1960s PART D WRITING Question VIII/ Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning stay the same the ones given.(10 Points) I have an appointment for a haircut this afternoon - I am "Don’t open the door please" said Mary - Mary told Staying at home would be better than going out tonight - I'd rather The last time it rained here was a fortnight ago - It My neighbors have three small children The children make a lot of noise My neighbors never apologize me My neighbors 6.They said that Mr Tuan is a good teacher - Mr Tuan 7.My French friend finds driving on the left difficult - My French friend isn't 8.I think that no city in the world is more beautiful than Paris - I think Paris 9.The flight to Moscow lasted three and half hours - It took 10 Rich as he was, he never helped the poor - No Question IX: (10 points) Write a passage about 100 - 150 words about the topic: Learning english as a foreign language - The importance of learning English nowadays - How to learn English well ... Armstrong Louis Armstrong, who (1) born in 1990 and (2) in 1971, was a very famous jazz musician He used to be known as “ Satchmo” and this nickname stayed with him all his (3) As a child... finished his stay in the home, he (6) .various bands and then he formed his own Between 1 925 (7) 1 928 he made about 60 records These records made him one (8) the first solo stars in the history... driving on the left difficult - My French friend isn't 8.I think that no city in the world is more beautiful than Paris - I think Paris 9.The flight to Moscow lasted three and