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TUYấ̉N TẬP Đấ̀ THI HSG 6,7,8,9 TRấN TOÀN QUễ́C

Phòng GD vũ th đề THI học sinh giỏi năm học 2007 -2008

môn tiếng anh 6

A Pronunciation :

Choose the word having the underlined letters pronounced differently from the others

3 A above B glove C love D move

7 A cost B most C post D roast

10 A cow B now C how D show

B.Vocabulary & grammar

I Choose the best answer

1 His lips aren’t full They are _ ( fat, weak, thin, long)

2 Lemonade, apple juice, soda and _ are cold drinks ( beans, noodles, vegetables, iced tea)

3 We have English on Tuesday and on Saturday We have it _ a week ( once, twice, two times, three times)

4 Lan and Nam often listen to music in _free time ( your, his, her, their)

5 Mai doesn’t like playing soccer She _ plays soccer ( always, usually, never, often)

7 They would like some milk _ dinner ( in, at, for, of)

8 Minh often goes _ in the mountains on the weekend ( walking, travel, walk, to walk)

9 She listens to music _ a week ( two days, always, twice, every )

10 _ I help you? Yes I’d like some beef ( Do, Am, Would, Can)

II Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the verb in brackets

1 My sister always( wear) nice clothes for work Today she (wear) a blue jacket and shirt

2 Why you (buy) so much food ? ~ Because we ( have) a party tonight,

3 That film ( come) to the local cinema next week You ( want) to see it?

4 It ( not rain ) right now The sun ( shine ) and the sky is blue

5 Alice ( not take) the bus to school every day She usually ( walk) instead

III Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets

1. There are four _in my house Bookshelf.

2. The photocopy is between the _ and the drugstore Bake

5. We must be when we cross the road care

9. Air is a big problem in many cities in the world pollute

IV Find and correct the mistakes

1 My mother is going to the market with my

2 Mr Minh rides his bike to work at the moment

3 How many homework does Lan have every day?

4 The Browns are traveling to Ho Chi Minh City in

train

5 I'm twenty-one year old and I' m a student

6 A lot of my friends play soccer, but not much of them play tennis

7 Minh and his father are going to plant trees in the garden now

8 Are they many students in your class?

C Reading

I Complete the passage Fill in each gap with a suitable word given

finishes are students has big in yard grade on street

Here is a photo of my school It’s a (1) _ school It is (2) the city It’s on Nguyen Hue (3) In my school,there is a big (4) and there (5) a lot of trees around it My school (6) three floors and forty classrooms with 1,700(7) My classroom is (8) the second floor I’m in (9) 6, class 6A Our class starts at 7.00 and (10) at 11.30

II Read the passage and then fill True(T) or False(F) for each sentence below

It’s six o’clock in the evening Many people are at home They are having dinner They are watching T.V They are listening tomusic But Mrs Bich is going to the work She’s a doctor and she works at night in the hospital Today she’s late The hospital isnot in her neighborhood so she usually goes by car Mrs Bich is in her car now She’s driving fast She should slow down but shemust be at work by six thirty A policeman stops her “ You are driving too fast !” he says You are going to have an accident It’ssix thirty Mrs Bich is not at the hospital She’s at the police station Her car must stay there for fourteen days

1 Many people are not working 6 She is late for work

2 Mrs Bich comes home every evening at six 7 She is a dangerous driver

3 Mrs Bich is a night doctor 8 A policeman doesn’t keep her car

4 The hospital is near her house 9 She arrives at the hospital at 6.30

5 She goes to work by motorbike 10 She isn’t going to drive her car for two weeks

III Read the passage and answer the questions:

Salina lives in a village in Africa Her day starts at 4 o’clock She gets up, and she walks three kilometers to the river She collects some water, and carries it back to her house The water is very heavy It isn’t clean but there isn’t any water in the village Salina doesn’t go to school She can’t read or write She helps her mother in the house

 Questions:

1 Where does Salina live?

2 What does Salina do after she gets up?

3 Is the water clean?

4 Can Salina read?

5 Where does Salina help her mother?

6 What does she collect?

7 Does Salina go to school?

8 Is the water very heavy?

D Writing:

I Choose the best answer

1 newspaper/ a / day / I / read / every //

a I read newspaper every day b I read a newspaper every day

c I read every day a newspaper d I every read a day newspaper

2 Lunch / a / grandfather / after / always / sleep / has

a Grandfather always has a sleep after lunch b Grandfather has always a sleep after lunch

c Grandfather always has sleep after a lunch d Grandfather always sleep after has a lunch

3 famous / reading / I / people / about / like / books

a I like reading books about people famous b I like reading about famous people books

c I like reading about people famous books d I like reading books about famous people

4 listen / I / the / my / car / radio / usually / in / to

a I usually listen to the radio in my car b I listen usually to the radio in my car

c I usually listen to my radio in the car d I usually listen in my to the radio

5 face / eyes / big / Lan / round / black / a / and / has

a Lan has a round face and big black eyes b Lan has round face and a big black eyes

c Lan has a round face and black big eyes d Lan has round face and a black big eyes

6 there / house / many / of / your / how / cans / are / food / in ?

a How many food of cans are there in your house? b How many cans food are there of in your house?

c How many cans of food there are in your house? d How many cans of food are there in your house?

II Rewrite each of the following sentences, beginning with the words given

1 Does your have twenty-five students? Are there ?

2 How much does a bowl of noodles cost?  How much is ?

3 The work is very hard and he can’t do it  This work is too

4 Mr Minh has a daughter, Lan  Mr Minh is

5 What is the width of this river?  How ?

6 My mother often drives to work  My mother often goes

7 What is the price of a cake and an orange?  How ?

8 That book belongs to Nam That is

The end PHÒNG GD – ĐT HOÀI NHƠN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM 2008 – 2009 MÔN : Anh 6 - Thời gian : 90 phút I Chọn đáp án thích hợp nhất (A,B,C,or D)để hoàn thành các câu sau (Ghi đáp án vào ô trả lời bên dưới bài tập).( 2,0 ms) 1 Nam English on Monday and Friday A not have B isn’t have C don’t have D doesn’t have 2 We go to school at in the morning. A a quarter to seven B seven to a quarter C seven quarter D a quarter seven to 3 Do children have math on Monday ? -………

A Yes, they have B No, they don’t C Yes, they don’t D No, they not have

4 Mr Nam gets up at 7.00 and eats

A a big breakfast B the big breakfast C big breakfast D a breakfast big

5 Is her school the park ?

A in front of B next C in front to D near to

6 Is this her ? A erasers B books C an eraser D eraser

7 Tan likes weather because he can go swimming

8 straight across the road

9 I hope the can repair our car quickly

10 The Bakers dinner at the moment

11 fruit does your father produce?

12 When it becomes hot , people often feel

13.The sign says “ No smoking “ You smoke

14 I’m playing table tennis _ you like table tennis ?

15 There is an English examination Friday , 11th December

16 What time _ back ?

17 The students have got news about their exams

18 The boy looks a little thin , he is strong

19 Mary and _ would like to join the English Club speaking

20 There _ any milk in the glass

II Cho dạng đúng của từ, động từ trong ngoặc (3ms)

Example: 0 Phong ( get ) up at 5 o’clock get getsgets

1 My brother (1)( not live) in Hanoi He (2)(live) in Ho Chi Minh City

2 Our school (3)( have) a small garden There(4) ( be) many flowers in it

3 What time your son(5) ( get up) every morning ?

4 Your parents(6) ( go ) to work every day ?

5 Nam (7)( wash) his face at 6.15.

6 We (8)( not have) breakfast at 6.30 every morning

7 She can (9)(speak) English

8 He(10) (eat) a lot of meat?

9 Where Mai (11)(be) now? She(12) (play) in the garden

10 Look! She (13)(come)

11 What there (14)(be) (15)(drink) for dinner?

YOUR ANSWERS

III Đọc đoạn văn sau, chọn đáp án thích hợp nhất cho mỗi chỗ trống (2ms)

I live in a house near the sea It is (1) old house, about 100 years old and (2) very small Thereare two bed rooms upstairs (3) no bathroom The bathroom is down stairs (4) the kitchen and there is

a living room where there is a lovely old fire place There is a garden (5) the house The garden (6) down to the beach and in spring and summer (7) flowers every where I like alone (8) my dog, Rack, but we have a lot of visitors My city friends often stay with (9)

I love my house for (10) reasons: the garden, the flowers in summer, the fee in winter, but the best thing

is the view from my bedroom window

IV Điền một từ thích hợp vào mỗi chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau: (2ms)

My brother lives in HCMC He -(1)- a teacher of math He goes to work (2) Monday to Saturday.The school starts (3) 7.00 in the morning and (4) at eleven fifty After work, he comes back (5) and has lunch at (6) quarter past twelve In the afternoon, he (7) the housework and playsgames In the (8) after dinner he watches T.V or (9) books He goes to bed at half (10) eleven

YOUR ANSWERS

1 2 3 4 5.

V Đọc đoạn văn sau, hoàn thành bảng tóm tắt thông tin bên dưới: (2ms)

I’m Linh, Pham Thuy Linh I am a new student of 7A class in Nguyen Du Secondary School I am thirteen and I come from Hoa Binh I have a brother and a sister They are 500 students at a high school in Hoa Binh I live with my aunt at 20 Le Loi Street She often brings me to school by motorbike every day It is more than two kilometers from my aunt’s house to my school It takes us ten minutes to go there My telephone number is 5871374

SURVERY FORM

Family name: ……… …………

Name(s): ………

Age: ………

Grade: .………

School: ………

Brothers and sister:……… ………

Address………

Telephone number: ……… …

Distance……… ………

How to travel: ……

Time: ten minutes

VI Đoạn văn sau có 10 lỗi sai Tìm và sửa lỗi sai: (2ms) Example: live  lives Miss Lien live in a small house on Hanoi She teaches English at a school there She usually is breakfast in seven in the morning and she has dinner at twelve o'clock in the canteen of the school She teaches his students in the morning She teaches them dialogues on Wednesdays to Fridays On Mondays, she teach them grammar On the evening, she usually stays at home and listens books She sometimes goes to the movie theatre She always go to bed at ten o'clock YOUR ANSWERS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 VII Viết lại các câu sau sao cho ý nghĩa không đổi bắt đầu với từ đã cho:(2ms) 1 Does Phong’s school have forty classrooms ? → Are ………

2 Phuong has a brother, Nam →Phuong is ……….………

3 My father usually drives to work →My father usually goes ……….…

4 This house is small

→ It is

5 The bookstore is to the right of the toystore → The toystore

VIII Sắp xếp những từ sau thành câu hoàn chỉnh:(2ms) 1 house/ a/ Minh/ lake/ a/ lives/ in/ near ………

2 yard/ front/ school/There/ big/ of/ is/ our/ in/ a

3 many/ right/ the/ museum/ Are/ flowers/ the/ there/ to/ of/? ………

4 next/ photocopy/ What/ store/ there/ the/ is/ to /? ………

5 hospital/ father/ in/ the/ city/ My/ a/ works/ in ………

6 there/ family/ many/ in/ are/ How/ Linh’s/ people/ ? ………

7 his/ friend/ in/ family/ My/ Hanoi/ doesn’t/ with/ live ………

8 brushes/ six/ gets/ her/ o’clock/ Hoa/ at/ up/ teeth/ and ………

9 on/ floor/ classroom/ the/ is/ Our/ first ………

10 Minh’s/ six/ There/ in/ rooms/ house/ are ………

IX Viết một đoạn văn ngắn (khoảng 80 đến 100 từ ) kể về gia đình của em: (3ms) ………

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SELECTION ENGLISH TEST

School year 2007- 2008

LEVEL 6

Time allowed: 90 minutes

I VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (35 points)

Part 1:Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D (15 points)

1 My father is man

2 I’m tired I’d like

A sit down B sitting down C to sit down D to sitting down

3 Do you have any toothpaste? I’d like a large

4 Choose the word having the underlined letter pronounced differently:

5 Bangkok is capital of Thailand

6 There are girls in his class

7 she plays the piano!

A How beautiful B How beautifully C What good D What well

8 On we often go out

A nights of Saturday B Saturday nights

9 I don’t want much sugar in coffee Just , please

10 The weather is today than yesterday

A much better B very better C too better D so better

11 A Always they do their homework B They always do their homework

C They do their homework always D They always do their homeworks

12 Minh is from Viet Nam He’s

A a Vietnamese B Vietnamese C a Vietnamese man D the Vietnamese man

13 Choose a word that has different stress pattern:

14 What the weather like in the summer?

15 It’s very hot Why go swimming?

16 At an intersection, you slow down

17 Which word has the final sound /s/:

18 Don’t move You have a leg

19 If there aren’t any trash cans, we should put it in a bag and

A take it to our home B take it to home

C take it home D take it back our house

20 This is a photo of Miss Lan’s house To the right of house there is a well

21 Choose the word having the underlined letter pronounced differently:

22 How much is this of soap?

23 Our roads are dangerous places We

C mustn’t be careless D Both B & C are correct

24 Make sure is no traffic

25 Let’s eat here The seems very good

26 There’s a good film the Rex Cinema tonight

27 Don’t electricity

28 The boy suffered a very bad toothache

29 book is this, yours or mine?

30 “Who that horrible noise?”

“It’s Nam practising the violin.”

Part 2: Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets (10 points)

1 Mary likes attending the English contests (SPEAK)

2 My neighborhood is for good and cheap restaurants (FAME)

3 I like the city life because there are many kinds of (ENTERTAIN)

4 Lan’s classroom is on the floor (TWO)

5 These children like weather (SUN)

6 Lan speaks English than me (WELL)

7 The Great Wall of China is the world’s structure (LONG)

8 What’s Mary’s ? - She’s British (NATION)

9 We should not waste and water (ELECTRIC)

10 Let him do it (HE)

Part 3: Supply getsthe getscorrect getsform getsof getsthe getsverbs getsin getsbrackets gets(10 getspoints)

1 The sky is very dark I think it (rain)

2 David his hands He the television set (wash/ just repair)

3 Come to see me at 5 this afternoon I home until 4.30 (not arrive)

4 ., please! The baby (not talk / sleep)

5 It hard We can’t do anything until it (rain / stop)

6 Would you mind on the light? I hate in a dark room (turn / sit)

II READING (25 points)

Part 1: Put these sentences in the right order to complete the passage Number 1 has been done for you as

an example (10 points)

A For example, you can get hot dogs

B a famous fast food restaurant Do you

C Today fast food is very

D the same as one in MacDuff’s in Tokyo!

E a fast food restaurant, you can

F and boxes MacDuff’s is the name of

G You can even take it home

H know that a beefburger in MacDuff’s in London tastes

I get different kinds of food cheaply and quickly

J or beefburgers in paper bags

K popular throughout the world In

Dear Mum and Dad,

Hi I’m on (0) ho_liday_ in Vietnam with Ted and Booby We (1) arr _ in Dalat yesterday It is a

very beautiful city and is (2) kn _ as the city of Eternal Spring Dalat is very famous for its (3) water _, lakes and flower gardens The first two days the weather was fine, warm and sunny, so we did some (4) sight _ I took a lot of photographs On Thursday we went shopping Everything was cheap, so

we bought lots of (5) sou _ and two nice sweaters for you In the evening we had (6) d _ at a lovely little restaurant and then went to a coffeehouse to (7) e _ Trung Nguyen Coffee Last night we

went to the theater and didn’t get back (8) un _ 11pm So, we got up late this morning and (9) dec _ to have a relaxing day at the hotel So, that’s(10) wh _ I’m now.

Love,

Mark

III Writing: Make meaningful sentences using the following cues (20 points)

1 What time / Nga / get / morning?

ĐỀ THI HSG 7 NĂM 2008-2009

Question I: Choose the word that has a different the stressed syllables from the others of each group:

5 A mounted B dated C enjoyed D handed

Question II: Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group:

Question III: Put the verbs into correct tense or form:

11. Last night we (not stay) at home, but we (go) to the cinema

12. Hoa (keep) _ her teeth very careful She (brush) _ her teeth twice a day

13. I’d like (go) fishing I (go) _ fishing when I (have) _free time

14. _You (do) _ your homework yesterday?

15. When _you ( buy ) _this comic ?- I (buy) it two days ago

Question IV: Complete the blank with one suitable word:

English is my mother tongue Besides, I can speak French and Spanish I studied the two languageswhen I was at high school Now, I am still learning Spanish at the University As for me, mastering aforeign language is not easy After studying a language, practice is very necessary and useful Traveling tothe country where the target language is spoken is very helpful, but if you cannot speak the language wellenough you will certainly have troubles I also frequently go to the movies, watch television, listen to theradio in the language I am trying to learn Reading is another good way to learn Books are good, but Ipersonally think newspapers and magazines are better However, getting some knowledge of the language

is the most important thing Grammar and vocabulary should be mastered first

16 How many languages can the writer speak?

17 The writer has learnt Spanish _

A in Spain B at high school C at University D B and C

18 Traveling may cause troubles if _

A you cannot speak the language well enough

B you can speak the language well enough

C you can speak the language bad enough

D you can communicate in the target language

19 Some useful ways to practice your target language are _

A reading books in the language B listening to the radio and watching TV in the language

C seeing films in the language D all are correct

20 According to the writer, what should be mastered first?

A Vocabulary B Vocabulary and grammar C Writing skill D Reading skill

Question V: Choose the incorrect words underlined (A, B, C or D) and correct them:

21.My father along with his friend are drinking tea in the living room.

26 _ my students are familiar with this kind of school activities.

27 Peter with I _ your proposal

A don’t accept B doesn’t accept C am not accept D are not accept

28 17.19 You have made _ mistakes in your writing

A so much B a lot of C little of D much of

29 She had worked _ she made herself ill

A such hard that B such hardly that C so hardly that D so hard that

30 I go _ work _ bus

31 I like living here _ it’s near the shops

32 We arrived on time _ the traffic was bad

A although B even C in spite of D despite

33 It was _ we could not go out

A such cold that B so cold thatC very so cold D too cold that

34 Tom gets: How are you feeling today ? Mary gets: _.

A Yes B Thank you C I’m sorry D Not too bad

35 California, with the population of more than 23 million, is _ populous state in the US

36 Peter sometimes helps me _ my homework

37 He had spent _ writing an essay about his childhood

A a large number of time B a great deal of time

Question VII Insert the correct form of the words in brackets: (2 ms)

39 He has the………to become a professional football player (able)

40 Give me something to drink please! I’m dying of……… (thirsty)

45 Well, I think that the prices in Dong Thap supermarket are ……… (reason )

46 Mrs Pike is ……… she can’t have a child of her own (Child)

47 The ……… of the moon for the earth causes tides (attract)

48 Several toxic gases are very ……… to our health (harm)

Question VIII Rewrite the sentences in a way that is has similar meaning to the original sentences:

50 Shall we go to the movies ?

→ Let's _

51 Ba is a quick swimmer

→ Ba swims _

52 I don't like pork They don't like pork

→ I don't like pork, and

53 Lan has a toothache

→She should _

54 The green dress is cheaper than the black dress

→ The black dress _

55 Let’s come to my house after school.

I/ Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others 5

II/.Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital ( 15 Points ).

5/ In the countryside, people often know all the people in their NEIGHBOR6/ You must be careful when playing video games because they can be ……… ADDICT

9/ This dictionary is very for you to learn English USE

III/ Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.(5 points)

1/ I bought this dress at the on Hang Bai street

A clothes’ store B store of closes C clothes store D closing store2/ Isn’t it easy to learn English well ? - ………

3/ There are two churches in the town and ………of them are extremely old

4/ My joke made the whole class ………

5/ Mr Nam ……… to work yesterday

6/ The news on TV last night ……… very good.

7/ Lan did not know the world Hoa didn’t ………

A so B neither C either D too 8/ The boss wants his ……… to type some letters A secretary B novelist C journalist D musician 9/ If he eats all that food, he eats………

A quite much B too many C quite many D too much 10/ Mr Robinson speaks Vietnamese very………

A skillfully B good C fluently D best IV/ Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences.( 10 points) 1/ We can’t go out now because it (rain ) ………

2/ They (meet) their teacher at the moment 3/ We (visit ) ……….the museum at the moment We (visit ) ………… it once a year 4/ Hai ( not write ) ……… to her parents last week She ( phone ) … …… them 5/.Duy ( not visit)… ………the museum with his class last Sunday because he (catch ) …… a cold 6/ How much it ( cost ) ……….to mail a latter to England ? 7/ Take these pills and you ( feel ) ……… better then, Ha V/ Each sentence below contains an error Underline it and write the correct answer in the space provided ( 10 points ) 1 From at nine in the morning until four afternoon Mr Tuan works in A B C the fields with his father D 2 There is fewer work in the evening than there is in the morning A B C D 3 My Dad always has a three-weeks vacation A B C D 4 Mr Ba soon got used to travel to work by bicycle A B C D 5 The doctor says you should spend a little time to play video game A B C D 6 The public library in the city has thousand of good books A B C D 7 What does the new student like ? - Oh, she is tall and beautiful A B C D 8 Ba is in class 7A and he enjoys the school very much A B C D 9 My father always has a lot of houseworks to do A B C D 10 There is a ten-floors building in front of my house A B C D 1

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VI/ Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.(20points)

Americans like sport very much One of the (1) popular kinds of sports in Autumn is football All the high schools(2) universities have their own teams.

In winter the most popular kind of sports (3) basketball There is usually a match every evening

in one school gymnasium or another In some parts of the United States there is a lot of (4) and ice.Many people like skiing and skating

In the other two (5) , millions of Americans enjoy baseball The schools have their games in (6) , but the most important professional games are played during summer Many people listen to the games (7) the radio, watch them on television or read about them (8) the newspapers.Some also play tennis or golf and others (9) fishing They like to stay outdoors (10) it is warmduring the months of June, July and August

VII: Use the words given to complete the following sentences

1 you / better / eat / too / candies / because / they / not good / your teeth

VIII/ Read the following passage then choose the best answer to fill in the blank.

In the United States of America, the national language is (1) English Four hundred years ago, some English people came to North America to live and they brought (2) language to this country

Now in the USA, people speak (3) English Most of the words are the (4) in American and British English, but the American say some English words not as people (5) in England Canada is (6) to the North of the United States of America It is the larger (7) the United States In

Canada, many people (8) English because they also came from England many years (9) But in some parts of Canada, people speak (10) because they came from France

4 A various B similar C same D like.

IX/ Use given words to rewrite the second sentence that the meaning not change:

1 It took Mr Hoang half an hour to walk to work yesterday

6 Mai usually works hard

Mai is usually a………

7 There are eight hundred stamps in Hoa’s collection

Ngày thi : 26 /5/2007 Thời gian : 150 phút ( Không kể phát đề )

I Choose the right word or phrase that completes the sentence ( Chọn đáp án thích hợp nhất )( 2 ,0 ms )

1 This film is _ than the one we saw last week

2 She is a singer nor an actress

3 You can’t speak Russian _

A Either can I B Neither can I C Neither can’t I D.I can’t neither

4 I know that he in the library at this moment

A works B worked C is working D was working

5 His choice of words very good

A is B are C be D being

6 "Let's go dancing ?"

"Yes, let's"

A will we B don’t we C do we D shall we

7 She made ……… mistakes on her last examination

A a little B few C little D none

8 " did he go out?"

"A few minutes ago"

A how long B when C how much time D how many times

9 His father is a very good friend of

A them B their C theirs D themselves

10 The children are playing in the schoolyard

A happy B happily C happier D happiness

11 It's very kind you to say so!

A in B to C for D of

12.The United States has a of around 250 million

13 Peter got quickly and went to school

A dress B dressed C dressing D dresses

14 I am ready and ………

A she isn't too B neither is she C so is she D she is too

15 …… she plays the piano!

A How well B How good C What well D What good

16 He became most famous ……… the fairy tales

17 Qui Nhon City is………Ho Chi Minh City

18 How long will it you to get there

19 He is one of the _ in the world

20.This book is different _ the one I had

Learning another language ! Learning English ! Why do all these people want to learnEnglish ? It is difficult to answer that quetion Many boys and girls learn English at schoolbecause it is one of their subjects They study their own language , and mathematics andEnglish ( In England , or America , or Australia , many boys and girls study their ownlanguage , which is English and mathematics and another language , perhaps French , orGerman , or Spainish )

Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work Teenagers often learnEnglish for their high studies , because some of their books are in English at the college oruniversity Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines inEnglish

1 According to the writer ,

A only adults learn English B no children like learning English

C English is only useful to teenagers D English is popular in much of the world

2 Many people learn English by

A watching videos only B hearing the language in the office

C talking with the film star D working hard on their lesson

3 Many boys and girls learn English because

A English can give them a job B it's included in their study courses

C.their parents make them D.they have to study their own language

4 In America or Australia many school children study

A English as a foreign language B English and Mathematics only

C such foreign languages as French , German , and Spainish

D their own language and no foreign language

5 Many adults leanr English because

A their work is useful B they want to go abroad

C most of their books are in English D it helps them in their work

Most of the people (3) in high rise flats in different parts of the island.The business district is very modern with (4) of high new office buildings.Singapore also has some nice older sections In China town, there (5) rows ofold shop houses The Government buildings in Singapore are very (6) and datefrom the colonial days

Singapore is famous (7) its shops and restaurants There are many goodshopping centers Most of the (8) are duty free Singapore's restaurants (9) Chinese, Indian, Malay and European food, and the (10) are quite reasonable

always (6) home with an empty bag "You must give up fishing ! " my friends(7) _ : " It's a waste of (8) " But they don't realize one important thing I'm (9) interested in fishing I am only interested sitting on the boat and doingnothing at (10)

The modern father looks (1) _ his children and helps in the house , even ifhis (2) _ does not go out to work The division (3) the roles of the mother(4) the father is no longer very clear , and dad does his share of child care : He canchange the baby , (5) _ the children and make the dinner This new image(6) the father is , of course , completely different from the still dominant ,traditional dad , who represents authority , is the (7) _ of the household and(8) all the "important" decisions His wife is responsible for the domestic side offamily (9) _ while he (10) _ the one who advises or punishes asnecessary

YOUR ANSWERS

PARTVI Read the following passage carefully , and then decide whether the following

statements are true (T) or false (F) ( Đọc đoạn văn sau rồi chọn những câu dưới đây là dúng (T) hay sai (F) ).( 2,0ms)

London, the capital of Great Britain, is situated on the Thames River It is the largest city

in Europe with a population of over 8 million It is divided into four parts: the City,Westminster, the West End and the East End

The city is small in area but it is the commercial heart of London Many banks andoffices are situated there The Tower and St Paul's Cathedral is very large and fine Itwas built in 1710 The famous English architect Christopher Wren planned and built St.Paul's Cathedral If the city may be called the commercial heart of London, Westminster isthe center of the administration We can see the Houses of Parliament there It is abeautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben Westminster Abbey

is opposite the Houses of Parliament

The West End with the best and most expensive clubs, restaurants and theatres,beautiful houses and parks is the place where rich people live Working people live in theEast End where there are no parks or gardens and no fine houses.

1 London is the capital of Great Britain

2 London is the largest city in the world

3 The East End is one of the four parts of London

4 The Tower is a commercial heart of London

5 Westminster is the center of education

6 The Houses of Parliament have a tower and a very big clock called Big Ben

7 You can find the most expensive clubs in the East End

8 Rich people live in the West End

9 You can go to parks in the East End

10 Working people don't live in London

Ví duï : My height is one metre forty centimetres

 I am one metre forty centimetres tall

1 The souvenir shop is on the left of the hotel

The hotel ………

2 What interesting films they are ! >How ………

3 I often walk from my house to the zoo in fifteen minutes

9 Nga is my friend I ………

10 I never go to school late I ………

VIII Write a short paragraph about your school ( about 120 words ) ( Viết một đoạn văn khoảng 120 từ nói về trường của bạn )( 3,0 ms)

I Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:

8 A engineer B excited C experiment D exhibition

9 A comment B equipment C improvement D development

10.A overhead B teammate C speaker D bean

II Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences:

1 Someone… tickets are free

A said me B said me that C told me D told to me

2 When she lived in the countryside, she ……….in the river

A was swimming B used to swim C has swum D is used to swimming

3 Saigon ………more than three hundred years ago

A was built B has been built C was building D built

4 It is nearly ten years ……….I saw her

5 Would you mind if I………a photo ?

6 Last week I ………my children to the biggest zoo in town.

A got B brought C fetch D took

7 They ………me if I could speak Japanese

8 Are you proud……….your country and its tradition ?

9 Do you collect stamps or other things ? - Yes, I am a stamp………

A collecting B collector C collect D collection

10 There were ……… flowers that I couldn’t dicide what to buy

A so many B so few C so little D so much

11 She doesn’t like Spainish………she has to study the language

12 It took him six years to ………as a doctor and now he is a good doctor

13 She asked me………

A if I like pop music or not B whether I like pop music or not C if I likedpop music or no D if I liked pop music or not

14 My brother and I ………

A am having a wonderful time here B am having a wonder time here C are having a wonderful time here D are having a wonder time here

15 Don’t shout, dear I can’t ………….the shout !

16 He laughs ………of her funny face

17 What are you ………? - My pen, I’ve lost it

A looking B looking for C looking after D looking at

18 Why don’t you ……… with you university study ?

19 Of my parents, my father is ………

A the stricter B the strictest C strict D stricter

20 Who is going to ………the phone ?

III Build sentences based on the words given:

1 There / used / be / Church / near / post office / my town

2 While / I / open / letter /, phone / ring

3 I / be / very pleased / see / Tom / again / after / long time

4 You / look / thinner You / lose / weight ?

5 You / think / you / make / radio / work again ?

6 I/ buy/ book/ 5 days ago

7 A man/ said/girl/ there/ cafe/ nearby

8 When/ I/ see/ Nancy/ yesterday/ she/ drive/ car

9 They / know / each other / 3 months

10 Nam's teacher / teach / him / he / come / here / 2000

IV getsUse getsthe getscorrect getsform getsof getsthe getsverbs getsin getsparentheses getsto getscomplete getsthe getsfollowing getssentences gets:

1 Mary spent hours ( repair ) her bike

2 They advised him ( not/ cross ) the street aganist the red lights

3 He and his sister (not/ meet) my friends since last Christmas

4 She (work) here since she left school ?

5 Everyone ( read) this novel, let us ( discuss) it.

6 I ( know) her for six years, when I met her, she (work) in a Law office.

7 They’d rather (walk) than (go) by car

V Complete the following sentences with the correct form of words with the capital words at the beginning of sentences:

1 NEIGHBOR I know all the boys who live in my………

2 FRIEND People in the countryside is………

3 FLY All …….…between Paris and Hanoi have been cancelled due to fog

4 HIGH Do you know the ………of S.t Paul’s Cathedral ?

5 KNOW Taxi drivers have to have a very good ………… on the street names

6 COMFORT The hotel was large and ………

7 CHILD During his the family lived in Cornwall

8 WEIGH Every woman nowadays seems to want to loose

9 HELP It’s a nice shop and the assisstants are all polite and very

10 LUCK The keys were locked inside the car , aside window was open

VI Find the mistakes in the following sentence and correct them ( one mistake in each sentence ) :

1 You know , it is difficult to me to make him understand what I mean.

4 Let’s gathering somewhere for a coffee after this wonderful meeting.

VII Complete the second sentence so that it has a similer meaning to the first:

1 “ Can you lend me some money? “ Henry said to Susan

VIII Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket:

For getsmany getspeople, getstraveling getsby getsplane getsis getsan getsexciting getsexperience getsOthers, getshowever, getsfind getsthe getswhole getsidea getsquite gets terrifying, gets(1) gets getsflying getsis getsno getsmore getsdangerous gets(2) gets any getsother getsform getsof getstravel gets getsand getssome getsexperts gets say getsit getsis getsconsiderably getssafer getsIt getsis getsknown, getshowever, getsthat getsmost getsaccident getsoccurs gets(3) gets taking getsoff getsand getslanding gets when getsa gets(4) gets decisions getsare getsvitally getsimportant.

The getspeople gets(5) gets getsjob getsit getsis getsto getslook gets(6) getsthe getspassengers, getsthe getsstewards getsand getsstewardnesses getsplay getsan gets important getspart getsin getshelping getspassengers getsto gets(7) getssafe getsand getscomfortable getsIndeed getsfor getsmany getspassengers getsbeing gets

(8) gets such getscare getsof getsis getsall getspart getsof getsthe getstotal getsexperience gets(9) gets getsother getsform getsof getstravel getsinvolves getswaiting getsfor gets gets people getsin getsquite getsthe getssame gets(10) gets gets, getswith getsfood, getsdrink, getsnewspapers, getsmagazins, getsmusic, getsand getseven getsvideo getsfilms.

4 A getsleader’s gets B getschief’s C getsdriver’s D getspilot’s

IX Read the following passage then answer the questions below:

Every year people in many countries learn English Some of them are young children Others areteenagers Many are adults Some learn at school Others study by themselves A few learn English just byhearing the language in films, on telivision, in the office or among their friends Most people must work hard tolearn English

Why do all these people learn English? It’s not difficult to anwer this question Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work.Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college

or university Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magezines in nglish

1 According to the writer English is learn by

A young children B adults C teenagers D all are correct

2 In the line 2 of the second part, the word “it” refers to

A.country B young childen C.English D question

3 Where do many boys and girls learn English?

A at home B at school C in evening classe D in the office

4 Why do adults learn English?

A Because they want to see movies in English B Because they need it for their job

C Because they are foced to learn it D Because it’s not difficult to learn

5 What of the following is NOT mentioned in the passge?

A Children like reading English newspapers B People in many countries learn English

C English is one subject in school D Some books are written in English

-The

Năm học : 2008 - 2009 Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 8

Thời gian:150 phút

§Ò BµI I-Choose the words that has the underline pronounced differently from the others Identify your answer

by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper.

II- Choose one word that has a different stress position from the others Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper.

7.A comfortable B commercial C generous D demontrate

8.A experiment B assistant C sociable D equipment

III- Choose from the four options given (marked A,B,C or D) one best answer to complete each of the following sentences Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper.

11 David’s school ………… is very bad this term

12 People go to a ……… to look at the famous works of art

13 I’d like to go ……… very much

14 Hoa is reading short stories ………… Jack London

15 John ………… Susan to go out with him but her parents didn’t let her out

16 This book is ……… that I try to read it from beginning to end at one time

A so interesting B so interested C such interesting D too interesting

17 “Let it be” is a famous song ……… It is one of the best works by this band

A singing by the Beatles B was sung by the Beatles

C sung by the Beatles D sang by the Beatles

18 He ………… the train ticket at home

19 She was ………… of watching television

20 My mother ………… me that I should wake up earlier

21 Our teacher asked us ……… in class

A not to talk B to not talk C no talk D without talking

22 Peter broke his leg when he fell ………… his bike

23 You should ……… your lesson before the examination

24 Hung is ……… do the crossword puzzles

A intelligent enough to B intelligent enough

C enough intelligent D enough intelligent to

25 Her math result is ……… than hern English result

26 His father is very proud ……… him

27 Yesterday I came ………… your brother when I was going to school

28 Students should work ………… to make their parents happy

29 Keep all dangerous things out of children’s …………

30 When I was young, I used ……… on a farm

IV- Supply the correct form of the word in Capital letters for each gap in the following sentences Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper.

31 This coffee is too to drink heat

32 I can’t tell the ……… between the twins differ

33 A fairy appeared and…………changed Miss Tam’s rags into beautiful clothes magic

34 He drove ………… and he had an accident care

35 I feel so that I’m going to bed sleep

37 How many are there in a year in Vietnam ? celerbrate

38 have warned the local people of the disaster science

V- Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each gap Identify your answer by writing the corresponding word or phrase on your answer paper.

These days most people, especially young girls, like(36)…….slim Our grandparent’s tastes were different(37)

……ours but nowadays(38)……seems to enjoy(39)…….fat people The only thing(40) ……is wrong with this

is what a(41)…….said to me the other days: “I don’t mind (42)…… these foods if they will help me(43)

………weight but why do they taste so awful ?” The reason(44)…….this is that the manufacturers have toinclude a lot of vitamins to satisfy the law,so the only sensible advice I could give my friend was “Eat normalfood, but (45)………less.”

44.A.friend of mine B my friend C friend of me D friend of my

VI- Read the following passage, then answer questions 46-50 After each question there are four options marked A,B,C or D Choose the correct answer by writing down its corresponding letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet.

It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner come home from work She walks into the living room and looks at her three children They are 14,13 and 9 years old They are watching TV The living room is

a mess.There are dirty socks on the floor and cookies on the sofa Games and toys are everywhere.Rene is

angry,“This place is a mess” she tells her children, “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening I’mnot going to do housework!”Rene doesn’t do housework She doesn’t clean or wash dishes She deosn’t wash clothes, either Every evening she sits on the sofa and watches TV.

After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the house is dirty All the children’s clothes are dirty.Every garbage basket is full The house is a mess

Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big surprise The kitchen is clean The children clean the kitchen !

The next day, the living room is clean, and the children are washing their clothes Rene tells the children

“OK, I’ll do the housework again But you have to help me.”

Now Rene and her three children do the housework together Then they all sit on the sofa and watch

TV !

49 When Rene came home from work, she found the house ………

A clean and dirty B dirty and tidy C dirty and untidy D clean but untidy

50 Rene told her children ………

A to do the housework B she couldn’t do housework

C not to do housework D she wouldn’t do housework

51 TWo weeks later, the house was ………

A very clean B a mess C tidy D rather dirty

52 Some days later, the house was clean again because ………

A she couldn’t let it that way B her children did housework

C her chidren didn’t do housework D she did housework again

53 Now Rene does housework again because ………

A her children help her B they can watch TV together

C her children wash their clothes D her chidren don’t do it

VII- Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one.

54 The movie was very bad I couldn’t see it

- The movie was not ………

55 “Shut the door but don’t lock it”, he said to us

VIII- Use the suggested words and phrases to make a full sentence.

61 Those buses / not going / airport / neither / taxis

62 You / not / want / sell / house last year ?

63 He / stop / smoke / save / money

64 My brother / not drive / carefully / I

65 It / difficult / prevent / people / park here

THE END

đề thi chọn đội tuyển anh _ 9

Môn tiếng anh (150 phút)

-QuestionI:Choose the word that has the underlined parts pronounced differently from the others (5p)

Question II Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others (5p):

4 A potential B delicate C apprentice D astonished

Question III Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence (10p):

1.The teacher gave back the papers which marked

2 Mrs Ramsay was accustomed in this rickety house

3 Neither Mary nor her two brothers _ superstitious

4 If my candidate had won the election, I _ happy now

5 I _ very well with my father now, we never have any arguments

6 People have different ways of preparing _

7 Lack of sleep can have a noticeable _ your performance at work

8 I’ve got to see the dentist for a check - up tomorrow; I just hope I don’t need to _

A have anything done B be done something to C let anything be done D make something done

9 He climbed up the tree _ to pick the apples before the wind blew them off

10 Next summer, we’re _ a swimming pool built in our garden

Question IV Each of the following sentence has one mistake Identify and correct the mistakes(10p):

1.These televisions are very expensive for us to buy at this time, but perhaps we will return later

2 Because they had spent too many time considering the new contract, the students lost the opportunity to

3 After she had bought for herself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle

6 The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the proposal.

Question V Provide the correct form of the words in brackets (10p):

1 My tooth was really , so I went to see the dentist (pain)

2 She extremely about the history of art (know)

3 I’m afraid you aren’t suitably _ for the job (qualification)

4 Thousands of people are living in after earthquake (miserable)

5 She has an command of the language (impress)

6 You can always rely on Barbara She is very _ (depend)

7 I watch the news everyday because it’s very _ (inform)

8 A holiday in America can be _ cheap (surprise)

9 I am thankful to my teacher who always gives me lots of _ to better my knowledge (courage)

10 Many chemicals have a _ effect on the environment (disaster)

Question VI Read the passage and choose the best option(10 p)

You have probably never heard of Charles Burgess Fry but in the early years of this century, he has themost famous man in England He became (1) while still at the university, mainly (2) of hissporting achievements He as, at the same time, captain of the university football, cricket and athletics team andheld the world record for the long jump He was (3) a popular sport journalist He was so famous thatletters addressed to “ Mr Fry, Oxford” were delivered to him (4) any difficulty His college, although

it has a quite different name, (5) known as “ Fry’s College”

Some people have criticized Fry’s sporting (6) They point out that he lived at a time (7) standards were quite low and (8) was much easier to do well in several sports It is certainly true thatathletes at a time did not have the totally delicate approach of modern athletes However, it is only fair to judgehim (9) the standards of his (10) time There is no doubt that he had extraordinary skills and

an ability to write about sport with style and intelligence

Question VII : Fill in the blank of the following passage with ONE suitable word : (10p):

There is much more water than land (1) the surface of the earth The sea and oceans (2) nearly four-fifths of the whole world, and only one-fifth of (3) land If you traveled over the earth(4) different directions, you would have to spend much more of your time (5) on water than onroads or railways We sometimes forget that (6) every mile of land there is four miles of water.

There is much water on the surface of our earth that we (7) to use two words to describe We use theword seas to (8) those parts of water surface which (9) only a few hundreds of miles wide, theword oceans to describe the huge areas of water which are thousands of miles wide (10) very deep

Question VIII : Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question (10p):

One of the most urgent environmental problems in the world today is the shortage of clean water Havingclean drinking water is basic human right But acid rain, industrial pollution and garbage have made manysources of water undrinkable Lakes, reservoirs and even entire seas have become vast pools of poison LakeBaikal in Russia is one of the largest lakes in the world It contains a rich variety of animals and plants, including1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world But they are being destroyed by the massivevolumes of industrial effluent which pour into the lake everyday Even where law existed, the government didnot have the power to enforce them Most industries simply ignore the regulations The Mediterranean Seaoccupies 1% of the world’s water surface But it is the dumping ground for 50% of all marine pollution Almost

16 countries regularly throw industrial wastes a few miles off shore

Water is free to everyone A few years ago people thought that the supply of clean water in the worldwas limitless Today, many water supplies have been ruined by pollution and sewage Clean water is nowscarce, and we are at last beginning to respect this precious source We should do something now

1 getsAccording getsto getsthe getswriter, getsone getsenvironmental getsproblem getsin getsthe getsworld getstoday getsis gets gets gets gets gets gets

C safe water shortage D population explosion

2 getsMany getssources getsof getswater getsare getsnot getsdrinkable getsbecause getsof gets _ gets gets

3 getsWhat getsis getsserious getsproblem getsof getsLake getsBaikal getsin getsRussia? gets

A It contains a rich variety of animals and plants

B It is polluted by massive volumes of industrial wastes discharged into it

C It has 1,300 rare species that do not exist anywhere else in the world

D The government did not have the power to enforce laws and regulations

4 getsHow getsmany getscountries getsthrow getsindustrial getswaste getsinto getsthe getsMediterranean getsSea getsregularly? gets

5 getsWhat getsis getsthe getsmessage getsto getsreader? gets

A We should take action to protect our water resources

B We should take all water resources into account

C We should limit the use of water resources

D We should encourage people to use safe water

Question IX: Complete the second sentence in such a way that it is almost the same as the first (10p):

1 They’ve been living here for six years now

-> They moved

2 You should take two tablets every four hours

-> Two tablets should

3 I’m really sorry I didn’t invite her to the party

-> I really wish

4 “Do you know where Tony is ? ”- I asked my brother.

-> I asked my brother

5 “I’ll see you here tomorrow ”said Sue ‘And don’t be late’

-> Sue said she

6 People say that the bus driver was listening to his walkman at the time of the crash

-> The bus driver is said

7 They think the owner of the house is abroad

1 Most people/ think/ computers/ very modern inventions,/ products / our new/ technological/ age

2 But actually/ the idea/ computer/ be /work out/ over two centuries ago/ a man/ call/ Charles Babbage

3 Babbage/ bear/ 1791/ and grow/ be/ brilliant mathematician

4 He/ draw up/ plans/ several calculating machines/ he / call “engines”

5 But despite/ fact that/ he/ start/ build/ some/ these/ he never/ finish/ any of them

6 Over the years/ people/ argue whether/ his machines/ ever work

7 Recently, however,/ the Science Museum/ London/ finish/ build/ engine based/ one / Babbage’s designs

8 It/ take/ six years/ complete/ and/ more/ four thousand parts/ specially/ make

9 Whether/ it/ work/ not/, the machine/ be/ show/ special exhibition/ the Science Museum/ remind/ people/Babbage’s work./

Question XI : (10p) Write a paragraph of about 100 - 120 words about the following topic :

“What should we do to save energy ? ”

You getsmay getsuse getsthe getsfollowing getssuggested getsideas gets: gets

- get a plumber to check cracks in the pipes

- Take a shower instead of a bath

- Turn off the lights, the fans, air conditioner when no one is in the room

- Turn off the faucet after using

- Keep the fridge door closed or prepare food carefully before turning on the stove

- Travelling by bikes or public buses instead of using motorcycles

-The End

đề THI HSG 9

( Thời gian làm bài 150 phút)

Section I: Pronunciation

Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three.

5 A maximum B anxiety C examination D complexion

Section II: Vocabulary and Grammar

I Choose the best answer from A, B, C, D to complete each of the following sentences.

1 I am …………of making excuses for your rudeness to our friends

2 He finished the paintings …………for the exhibition

3 Hello Is that 21045? Please put me………to the manager

4 So little……… that the neighbors could not settle their differences

A they agreed B agreed did they C did they agree D they did agree

5 Which do you want, this pen or that one? – I want……

6 Twenty miles…………a long way to walk

7 It’s difficult to pay one’s bill when prices keep…………

8 After………to make a speech at the ceremony, John stayed up late to write it down

9 The dentist told him to open his mouth………

10.Venice,………has a lot of old houses built on water, is a city in Italy

II Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in capital letters.

1 Television can make things more…….… because it brings both ( MEMORY)

sounds and pictures

2.Tim is one of the … …on a boat trip on Lake Michigan (PARTICIPATE)

3.Professor Smith has joined the company in an……….capacity (ADVISE)

4.They were so alike It’s sometimes impossible to……between them (DIFFERENT)

6……….who spend most of their time in front of a computer (YOUNG)

don’t have enough time for studying and playing sports

7.We must all protect the environment to……… a better world (SURE)

for our grandfather.)

8.The …….of the trains and the buses causes frustration and annoyance (FREQUENT)

9 A label on a package of food must not be………… (LEAD)

10.Some people believe that traveling by plane is……… safer (CONSIDER)

than other form of travel

III.There are 10 mistakes in the passage Find and correct them.

Hawaii was the last state join the United States It became the 50th state in August 21st , 1959.Hawaii is the southernmost state in the country It also is the only state making up entirely of islands.Hawaii is nicknamed the Aloha State Aloha is a greeting by the Hawaiian language It can mean

“hello” or “goodbye” Most Hawaiians would probably say that aloha is the expression of welcome.Million of tourists visit Hawaii to enjoy its mild climate and sparkling beaches Hawaii is made up of

8 majority islands and 128 islets (small islands) Honolulu, where is on the island of Oahu, is thecapital of Hawaii and its largest city About three-fourth of Hawaii’s people live on Oahu Aboutthree-fourth of Hawaii’s people live on Oahu The island of Hawaii is large of the islands It issometimes called the Big Island

Section IV: Reading

I Choose the correct answer to complete the passage.

In the modern world, there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from Entertainment industries …(1)… for your leisure time You can watch TV, listen to music, go to an art gallery or concert or, of course, read

a book Sometimes it seems that reading is …(2)… because, …(3) …you’re a fast reader, it can take a

plentiful amount of time to finish a novel, for example But in the modern world, time is something that can be in short supply

Book publishers haven’t been… (4) …to realized this and are now selling a product which needn’t take up a much of your time but still tells you an excellent story The new product is the audio book – cassette

recordings of short novels, often read by well-known personalities or the authors themselves Audio books are …(5)… new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing …(6)…

One of the attractions of audio books is that they’re… (7)… listening to the radio, only better You can listen

to what you want and when you want, and you won’t ever… (8)… anything Much of their appeal …(9)… in their flexibility For some people, audio books can be much more enjoyable way of …(10) …knowledge than reading

5 A partly B approximately C roughly D relatively

6 A ever since then B all the time C up until now D from then on

10.A grasping B catching C gaining D raising.

II.Fill in each gap with one suitable word.

An important development of English outside Great Britain occurred …(1)…the colonization of NorthAmerican American English may be considered to …(2)…the English spoken in Canada, …(3)…theCanadian variety retains some features of British pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary The mostdistinguishing differences …(4)…American English and British English are in pronunciation andvocabulary There are slighter …(5)… in spelling, pitch, and stress as well

…(6)…American English also has a tendency to be more rigid in matters of grammar and syntax, but

at the same…(7)… appears to be more tolerant of the use of neologisms Despite these differences, it isoften difficult to determine – apart from context –…(8)…serious literary works …(9)…been written inGreat Britain or the U.S./Canada or , for that matter, in Australia, New Zealand, …(10)… South Africa.Your answers:

III Read the following passage and choose the correct answers:

In the 1950s The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world Sincethen, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult

now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time They were four boys from the north of

England and none of them had any training in music They started by performing and recording songs byblack Americans and they had some success with these songs Then they started writing their own songsand that was when they became really popular The Beatles changed pop music They were the first popgroup to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves After that it became commonfor groups and singers to write their own songs The Beatles did not have a long career Their first hitrecord was in 1963 and they split up in 1970 They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because ithad become too dangerous for them - their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried totake their clothes as souvenir! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were whenthey first came out Throughout the world, many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them

1 The passage is mainly about ………

A how the Beatles became more successful than other groups

B why the Beatles split up after 7 years

C the Beatles’s fame and success

D many people’s ability to sing a Beatles song

2 The four boys of the Beatles ………

A came from the same family

B came from a town in the north of England

C were at that same age

D received good training in music

3 The word ‘sensational’ is closest in meaning to …………

A notorious B bad C shocking D popular

4 The first songs of the Beatles were ………

A written by themselves B broadcast on the radio

C paid a lot of money B written by black Americans

5 What is not true about the Beatles?

A The members had no training in music

B They had a long stable career

C They became famous when they wrote their own songs

D They changed pop music

6 The Beatles stopped their live performances because …………

A They had earned enough money

B They did not want to work with each other

C They spent more time writing their own songs

D they were afraid of being hurt by fans

7 The year 1970 was the time when …………

C they started their career D They stopped singing live

8 What the fans of Beatles often did was ………

A sing together with them B take their clothes as souvenir

C ask them to write more songs D ask them why they would separate

9 Some songs of the Beatles now ………

A are still famous as they used to be B became too old to sing

10 The tone of the passage is that of ………

Section IV: Writing

I Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the first one.

1 Please don’t interrupt me when I’m talking

III Write an essay on the following topic (about 150 – 200 words):

Some people say that there shouldn’t be examinations because they make students feel

stressed Do you agree or disagree with this idea?

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I/ Circle the best answer among A, B, C, D of the following sentences (2ms)

6 The doctor advised him to give smoking

7 This restaurant is famous Chinese dishes

8 The salesman showed us the washing machine

A- for using B- the working C- how to use D- to work

9 Have you ever had to stay for a long time?

10 It was very of you to break that coffee cup

11 Of my classmates and , Tom’s intelligent

12 Bats are fascinating . have many interesting and amazing qualities

A- animals / Therefore, they B- animals / However, they

13 It is believed causes sleeplessness

C- when too much coffee D- too much coffee that

14 The watt is named after James Watt, British engineer who developed steam engine in the 1760s

D- the/the

15 It’s too late now He failed the test He should harder then

II/ Use the words in the brackets in their proper tenses: (1,4ms)

My elder sister always complains that I am the untidiest person she (16 ever, see) and that I seldom tidy my room I (17 really, have) a nice surprise when I got to my roomyesterday because someone (18 tidy) my room carefully On the table (19 be) some flowers and a note which (20 say) “Hung, I (21 get) married in a fewweeks’ time This is the first time I (22 do) it for you and I believe it is also the last time”

C READING

I/ Fill in each blank space with one most suitable word (1,6ms)

Last week, Minh invited me (23) his birthday party I spent a long time(24) what I should buy as a present for him Finally, I chose a small, blue alarm clock After(25) for it, I asked the salesgirl to (26) it up

On the day of the party, I arrived at Minh’s house punctually at seven o’clock Minh was very(27) to see me and (28) me for the present Many of our (29) hadalready arrived We talked about the soccer (30) the previous night between France andEngland

II/ Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow (1m)

Tim was ten years old He was not a very good pupil, and he did not like having to do homework,because he preferred doing other things in his free time Frequently he did not do his homework, andwhen he did it, he always made a lot of mistakes

Then one day, his mathematics teacher looked at Tim’s homework and saw that he had got all hissums right The teacher was very pleased and rather surprised He called him to his desk and said tohim, “You got all your homework right this time, Tim What happened? Did your father help you?”

Usually Tim’s father helped him with homework, but the evening before this, he had not beenable to, because he had not been at home, so Tim answered “No, sir He was busy last night, so I had to