®Ò thi häc sinh giái huyÖn n¨m häc: 2007 – 2008. M«n :TiÕng Anh Thêi gian lµm bµi 90 phót( Kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò ) I. Complete the sentences with the most suitable words. 1, A person with whom one became friendly by coresponding is a A. writer B. pen-name C. pen-friend D. pen-writer 2. My pen-pal and I are far away from each other but we always . A. keep on B. keep in touch C, get on D. write on 3. It seems difficult for me to have a trip at present. A. abroad B. outside C. above D. on 4. Mr Poole has lived in Viet Namfor many years. He the hot climate. A. used to B. gets used to C. is used to D. B and C are correct 5 .You can’t smoke here. It’s .the law. A. according B. again C. against D. opposite 6. “Can I smoke here?” I’d rather you . A. don’t B. can’t C. didn’t D. couldn’t 7. It’s a pity you didn’t go on a trip with us. We all wish you with us. A. go B. could go C. went D. had gone 8. Mrs White is very She goes to church every day. A.religion B. religioner C.religious D. region 9. They will hold Seagames 24 Thailand. A. from B. in C. at D. on 10. VietNam women today prefer to wear modern clothing at work because it is more A. convenience B. inconvenience C. convenient D. inconvenient 11. He is an of the “Vietnam News” office. A. edid B. editor C. edtion D. editorial 12. He will be in Singapore from Monday Friday. A.in B. up to C. at D. on 13. It’s too to call anyone at midnight. A. covenience B. inconvenience C. convenient D. inconvenient 14. They named their son a favorite singer. A. before B. at C. after D. under 15. Nguyen Du is a famous .in VietNam. A. musican B. poet C. poetry D. poem 16. You should do morning exercise to .good health. A. enjoy B. enjoyment C. enjoyable D. enjoyably 17. The of video games become very rich. A. players B. inventors C. builders D. workers 18. I need to cut this papers. Can you give me the .over there. A. stapler B. paper clip C. copy paper D. scissors 19. Lan is intelligent beautiful. A. so/that B. too/to C. not only/but alsoD. enough to 20. I didn’t like it in the city first. But now .there. A. I’m used to living B. I used to lives C. I’m used to live D. I used to living 21. He drinks .wine A. many B. much C. any D. few 22. The wall of the room was made .thick glass. A. by B. from C. in D. of 23. it’s time you to study harder to pass the final exam. A. to try B. tried C. try D. will try 24. Father is repairing the roof .the rain won’t come in. A. which B, that C. so that D. because 25. This shirt costs 85.000 VND A. approximative B. approximation C. approximately D. approximate 26. If you want to attend the course, you .pass the examination. A. have to B. has to C. had to D. could 27. The stamp collection made him famous in the country. A. to be B. be C. been D. being 28. My father .teaching in a small village 10 years ago. A. starts B. is starting C. started D. has started 29. Unless you hurry, we catch the bus. A. can B. can’t C. must D. mustn’t. 30. Whose motorbike did you borrow last night?’’ he asked A. He asked me whose motorbike did I borrow last night. B. He asked me whose motorbike had I borrowed last night. C. He asked me whose motorbike I had borrowed last night. D. He asked me whose motorbike I had borrowed the night before. 31. They have to take that French course , .they ? A. haven’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. hasn’t 32. They have never any experience of living in the country. A. had B. wished C. done D. made 33. If a bom goes off, it will . A. explode B. fails C. strikes D. misses its object 34. Do you . my turning the televition on now? A. want B. object C. mind D. disapprove 35. Take this road and you will at the hotel in five minutes. A. arrive B. come C. find D. reach II. Complete the sentences by filling in each blank with the correct form of the word in capital. 1.We are very impressed by the .of your town’s people. FRIEND 2. This handbook gives us information about ASEAN. ADD 3. We could see some strange .on her face. EXPRESS 4. You should write a letter of .to that institue. INQUIRE 5. Some designers have the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it. MODERN III.Reading: A: Each lines of the following passage contains one unnecessary word. Find and write it. Number 0 is given as an example. There are have about 3,000 living languages in the world 0 have today, but only 6 of them ones are major languages of the 1 world. two upper thirt of the world’population speak those 2 languages.More over than 400 million people speak English 3 as their first or native language. Another than 400 million 4 speak as a second language. Nobody can knows exactly 5 how many do people speak it as a foreign language. Chinese 6 is the only language with more speakers than the English 7 This is that because of the huge population of Chinese. It is 8 true that English is the best most widespread language on the 9 Earth. It must is the language of business, technology, sports 10 and aviation. B. Fill in each gap with a suitable word. Mr Martin went (0) into his usual noffice shop one morning, and (1) on one of the seats at the counter. Many other people came in also, but most (2) .them didn’t stay long. After fifteen minutes, a young man and a young woman came in . There (3) only an empty seat at the counter, one on Mr Martin’s left and the other (4) his right. The woman sat on one, and the (5) man on the other, but Mr Martin immediately offered to change places with the man so that he and the young woman could be (6) “Oh, that isn’t (7) .” the young man said.but Mr Martin insisted when the young man and the young woman were side (7) side.The young man said to her, “Well, this kind gentleman wanted (9) .to sit together, so may I introduce myself. My name’s Tom. What’s (10) .? 1 . 2. . 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. . 10 . IV.Writing : Write a sentence which means the same as the first sentence. a. I don’t like you to come to class late. I’d rather . b. What a pity! he can’t come here. If only c. He loves to learn English. He d. “I’d take a taxi, If I were you.” Peter said to me Peter suggests . e. He is repairing my computer. I . f. “ How long have you learnt English?” She ask me She asked . g. Lan hasn’t written to Maryam for a month. Lan didn’t h.Who was she invited to the party by? Who . h. Because the weather was cold, they had to cancel their picnic. The weather i. They asked him “Shall we go to the stadium tomorrow” They advised him . (Lu ý: C¸n bé coi thi kh«ng gi¶i thÝch g× thªm) Answer key I. C©u 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 §¸p ¸n C B A D C C B C B C B B D C B C©u 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 §¸p ¸n A B D C A B D B C C A B C B D C©u 31 32 33 34 35 §¸p ¸n A A A C A II: 1. FRENDLINESS 2: ADDITIONAL 3: EXPRESSIONS 4: INQUIRY 5: MODERNIZED III: Reading: A: 1. ones 2. upper 3. over 4. than 5.can 6. do 7. the 8. that 9. best 10. must B: 1. Sat 2. of 3. was 4. on 5. young 6. together 7. necessary 8.by 9. us 10. yours IV. Writing: 1. I’d rather you didn’t come to class late. 2. If only he could come here. 3. He loves English to be learnt. 4. Peter suggests taking a taxi. 5. I am having my computer repaired by him. 6. She asked me how long I had learnt English. 7. Lan didn’t write to Maryam a month ago 8.Who invited her to the party? 9.The weather was cold so they had to cancel their picnic. 10. They advided him to go to the stadium the following day (Mçi c©u 1 ®iÓm, lÊy 70 c©u chia cho 7 ra thang ®iÓm 10)