®Ò thi häc sinh giái cÊp tØnh cÊp thcs m«n tiÕng anh Thêi gian: 150 phót Hä vµ tªn: . A. vocabulary and grammar. I. Circle the best answer among A,B,C,D to complete each of the following sentences (3.0pts) 1. Ther is enough . about aspects of American life here. A.information B.annoucement C.declaration D.qualification 2. The house in pink was built by my father a year ago. A.painting B.painted C.was painted D.paint 3. Never force children to do what they want. Try to them. A.cool B.ask C.threaten D.persuade 4. This is a picture of Mount Rushmore the heads of four American presidents are carved into the rock. A.where B.why C.when D.what 5. You can raed the instructions how to repaire it in the . A.booklet B.manual C.leaflet D.poster 6. If he . more carefully, he . so many mistakes. A.work/doesn’t make B.work/won’t make C.worked/didn’t make D.worked/wouldn’t make 7. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good for her to improve her English. A.opportunity B.possibility C.advantage D.experience 8. Famous designers often make their own styles . clothes with their own labels .them. A.on/at B.of/from C.of/on D.in/on 9. If you can give a reasonable . for your bad behavior last night, I’ll forgive you. A.explained B.explanation C.explanations D.was explained 10. What aspects of learning English .? A.you find to be difficult B.do you find to be difficult C.do you find difficult D.you find difficult II.Put the right form or tense of each verb in brackets (3.0pts) 1. When I (1.come) to see Mr Brown last afternoon, he (2.play) soccer with his friends and his two children (3.listen) to English songs. 2. The Aodai (4.mention) in poems and songs for centuries, and nowadays they (5.wear) by many Vietnamese women at work. 3. When he met her, he asked her if she (6.go) out with him that day. 4. After (7.leave) school, he earns his living by singing. 5. I wish that I (8.know) how to mend this broken motorcyle. 6. Nothing (9.give) to you if you (10.not study) hard. 1 Your answers: 1 6 . 2 . 7 . 3 . 8 . 4 . 9 5 . 10 . III. Identify which one of the underlined parts of the following sentences is incorrect, then correct the mistake (3.0pts) o. Do you think friends are necessary for us or it’s only a waste of times to have friends. A B C D Ex o.C . a waste of times -> a waste of time 1. I wish my relative don’t live too far from me. A B C D 2. Would you mind if I take some photos on the way to the city center. A B C D 3. The city is modernized for the last two decades so you will see it is much different from A B C what you saw last time. D 4. What is impressed you most at the exhibition you went to last Sunday. A B C D 5. The stamp collector said that he was collecting stamp because he would attend a stamp A B C contest next year. D 6. They never understand what their teacher says, don’t they? A B C D 7. If there will be too much exhaustfume in the air, our breath will be badly affected. A B C D 8. By whom was the famous song “White Christmas” write? A B C D 9. He was watching T.V when somebody knocks at the door. A B C D 10. He used to working full time, but he is a part-time worker. A B C D Your answers: 1 6 . 2 7 3 8 . 4 9 . 2 5 10 . B. SPEAKING: Put the intercharges in the box in order to have meaningful conversation (2.0pts) A. Nothing yet, but I’ve got a couple of leads. One is working as an intern for a record company ’ mostly answering phones. Or I can get a landscaping job again. B. That’s great! Anything interesting? C. Yeah, but a lanfscaper earns more money than an intern. And you get a great tan! So, what will you be doing at the amusement park? D. Sure, it does. E. Three days? Woo, the equipment must be high-tech! Tracy: Good news ! I’ve found a summer job! Mark: (1) Tracy: Yes, working at an amusement park. Doesn’t that sound fantastic? Mark: (2) Tracy: So, have you found anything? Mark: (3) Tracy: Being an intern sounds more interesting than landscaping. And it’s probably not as hard. Mark: (4) . Tracy: Actually I have two jobs. I’ll be working at a place called Children’s World. Then I have to go to a training programme for three days before I start to find out how everything works. Mark: (5) . Tracy: Yes, a lot of computers and interesting devices. C. READING: Read the passage and do the following tasks (3.0pts). A lot of peoplelike to play their records as lonely as possible. The result is that the rest of the family and the neighbors often complain if they don’t like the music. One answer to this problem is to wear headphones, but headphones are usually uncomfortable. An armchair which as a record-player system built into has just been designed by a British engineer, Stephen Court. The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with a high back. However, each of the two sides of the chair has three loudspeakers inside to produce middle and high sounds. Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of loudspeakers in a hollow space under the seat. Anyone who sits in the chair fears sounds coming from all round his/her head. Because we cannot tell exact source from which sounds come, it doesn’t matter that they come from underneath or behind. It is the higher sounds coming from the sides of the chairs that create a stereo effect.These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener’s ears. 3 Consequently, it takes only a little power to make the misic sound very loud. Only a small amount of sound leaks out from behind the chair into the room to disturb others. a. Answer true (T) or false (F) for each of the following statements (1.0pts). 1.Some people like to play their records as loudly as possible. 2. If you don’t want to disturb other people in the familywhile you are listening to music, you can wear headphones. 3. If you sit in the armchair, you can hear sounds coming from all round your head. 4. It is higher sounds coming from the underneath of the chair that create a stereo effect. 5. Other people are completely not disturbed when you listen to music on the armchair. b. Use the suggestions to make questions, then answer them (2.0 pts) 1. some people/like/the music/ others/ listen to? 2. By whom/ the armchair/ which a record-player system built into/ designed? What/ armchair/ look like? Your answers: 1 . . 2 . . . . D. WRITING I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original one (3.0 pts). 1. It was such a hard cake that I couldn’t eat it. - The cake 2. When she is asked about her exam result, she hates it. - She hates 3. It’s a pity her brother can’t speak English as fluently as a native speaker. - Her brother wishes 4. He said: “Do you know the name of the person who invented radio?” 4 - He asked 5. It was a four-hour flight from Ho Chi Minh city to Bangkok. - It took 6. Practise speaking everyday or you cant improve your English. - If 7. Mr Tan is going to decorate our house tomorrow. - We . 8. My mother doesnt usually go to work without having breakfast. - My mother isnt used 9. Although John took a taxi, he still arrived late for the meeting. - Despite 10. She last wore that dress at her sisters wedding. - She hasnt II. Saving energy is your duty. Do you agree or disagree? Write a passage of about 120 words to express your own opinion. Tiết kiệm năng lợng là trách nhiệm của bạn. Em đồng ý hay không đồng ý với ý kiến trên? Hãy viết một bài văn khoảng 120 từ để trình bày ý kiến của mình (3.0 pts) Your answers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . his living by singing. 5. I wish that I (8.know) how to mend this broken motorcyle. 6. Nothing (9.give) to you if you (10.not study) hard. 1 Your answers:. want. Try to them. A.cool B.ask C.threaten D.persuade 4. This is a picture of Mount Rushmore the heads of four American presidents