I. Find out ONE mistake in each sentence by circling the letter A, B, C, or D below the underlined words 1. Although (A) the weather was not perfect, a bunch of (B) people turned (C) out for the annual (D) parade. 2. After (A) the rain had let out, (B) the Mitchealls continued (C) their hike (D) up the mountain. 3. I do not know where could he have (A) gone (B) so early (C) in the (D) morning. 4. When (A) the Second World War, almost (B) a third of (C) a million people were killed. (D) 5. The ozone layer must be protected (A) because it (B) shields the earth from (C) excessive ultraviolet radiate. (D) II. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 1. A. football B. good C. school D. book 2. A. headache B. heavy C. weather D. each 3. A. start B. father C. family D. ask 4. A. love B. office C. mother D. one 5. A. later B. traveling C. language D. traffic III. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 1. A. Vietnamese B. capital C. attitude D. interesting 2. A. appearance B. memory C. behaviour D. consider 3. A. entertainment B. applicable C. conversation D. information 4. A. following B. rearrange C. suitable D. difficult 5. A. expect B. enjoy C. because D. visit IV. Read the following passage and decide which word ( marked A, B, C, and D) best fits each of the blanks by circling its corresponding letter A, B, C, and D: Tonight I am going to stay in and watch television. There is a film on that I want to see. It is __(1)__ a policeman trying to find the man who killed his brother. I saw it last year ___(2)___ the cinema. It was on late at night and I fell asleep __(3)__ the end so I cant remember __(4)___ happened. I dont __(5)___ watch much TV. There are too __(6)___stupid quiz shows and boring programs about politics. I sometimes watch the News __(7)__ I dont enjoy it. There is never __(8)___ god news - just wars and disasters. I dont think that there are __(9)__ comedy programs. They should put on more. They cheer me __(10)___and make me laugh. And, of course, Id like to see more exciting movies! Sở GD-ĐT vĩnh phúc Trờng THPT trần nguyên hãn ---------e-f--------- Kì thithử học sinh giỏi đề thi chính thức môn : tiếng anh khối 10 Thời gian thi :180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Đề thi có 04 trang ------------------------------------------------- 1 1 .A. less B. any C. all D. some 2 .A. but B. if C. because D. what 3 .A. possibly B. really C. probably D. usually 4 .A. about B. around C. amuse D. along 5 .A. below B. behind C. after D. before 6 .A. what B. that C. which D. all 7 .A. at B. by C. on D. in 8 .A. in B. on C. off D. up 9 .A. enough B. few C. extra D. fewer 10 .A. many B. lot C. much D. more V. Choose from the alternatives given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best to complete each sentence. Identify your answers by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. 1. “The reservation weren’t made on time” - “Sorry, the computers were down. It ______”. A. couldn’t be helped B. didn’t help C. couldn’t help D. wasn’t helped 2. William Bonny, _____ Billy the Kid, was a famous Wild West gunman. A. bogus B. versus C. alias D. ergo 3. Our plan to start our own business seem ______ to failure. A. doomed B. fated C. compelled D. designed 4. No one can visit her because she has a very ____ disease. A. intoxicating B. contagious C. corporal D. exasperating 5. In the last two decades, space exploration ____ great contributions to weather forecasting. A. is making B. has made C. made D. makes 6. He wrapped all his possessions up in a sheet and carried the ____ on his back. A. case B. rucksack C. bundle D. bag 7. That popular magazine has many ________. A. readership B. prescription C. subscribers D. spectators 8. We found the dance performed by the small children really _______. A. compelling B. enchanting C. gripping D. enticing 9. I hate ______ formal examinations. I find it so difficult to organize my thoughts in a limited time. A. passing B. making C. writing D. sitting 10. John tried to eat a large piece of meat too fast and began to _______ on. A. exploit B. lash C. gauge D. choke 11. You haven’t eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. You _____ be really hungry! A. might B. will C. can D. must 12. The Pyramids are perhaps the most famous of the seven _____ of the ancient world. A. structures B. spectacles C. wonders D. constructions 13. Jenny is _______ of the mistakes of others. A. tolerant B. acceptable C. cordial D. co-operative 14. The word processor _____ of a keyboard, a monitor and a printer. A. composes B. consists C. comprises D. constitute 2 15. You are not supposed to park on the hard _______ except in an emergency. A. lane B. shoulder C. leg D. area 16. He received a silver ____ for winning the contest. A. trophy B. technique C. chasm D. grant 17. The medicine made me feel dizzy. I felt as though the room ______ around and around. A. were spinning B. will spin C. spins D. would be spinning 18. The company fell deeper into the ______ and then went bankrupt. A. black B. green C. yellow D. red 19. Inflation has risen ______ years. A. current B. recent C. the latest D. the last 20. _______ the regular written work, you will be required to submit a long essay. A. Apart from B. Beside C. In addition D. Beyond VI. Complete the letter below using the words and phrases given 1 . Mary rang hours and hours ago. It is hours………………………………………… 2. You may get hungry on the train, so take some sandwiches. In case………………………………… 3. They understand more than we do. We don’t………………………………………………. 4. The Prime Minister is going to open the enquiry. The enquiry………………………………………………. 5. You had better go there immediately. She advised…………………………………………… 6. I’m grateful that you looked after my mother so well . Thank you………………………………………………… 7. This holiday is so expensive, I don’t think I can go. It is such…………………………………………… 8. The garden is too small to play football in. The garden isn’t………………………………………………. 9. When did you start working here? How long…………………………… ………………………. 10. I tried to eat the cake, but it was too sweet. The cake………………………………………………. 3 VI. Read the following passage then complete sentences that follow. According to the census of 1800, the United States contained 5,308,832 persons. In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty-seven million. Nearly one-fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted of four and a half million free white, or less than one million able-bodied males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent. Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still untamed; forest covered every portion, except here and there a stripe of cultivated soil; the materials lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clung to the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied. 1. The struggle to tame the American continent had been going______. A. a little more than a century. B. about fifty years. C. since 1750. D. about two hundred years ago. 2. Two-thirds of the American people ______. A. lived where the wants of civilized life could not be supplied. B. lived on the seaboard C. lived in Washington. D. lived within fifteen miles of tidewater. 3. This description of the US in 1800 suggests that ______. A. most of the new nation was undeveloped. B. the people of the new nation had succeeded in taming the continent. C. strips of cultivated land were everywhere. D. settlers were beginning to mine the valuable minerals of the new continent. 4. In the US in 1800 _______. A. two out of every three Americans was a black slave. B. one out of every twenty-five Americans was a black slave. C. one out of every four was a black slave. D. one out of every five was a black slave. 5. Free white men in America numbered ________. A. less than one million. B. 5,308,832 C. about four-fifths of the population. D. about four and one half million. 4 . ---------e-f--------- Kì thi thử học sinh giỏi đề thi chính thức môn : tiếng anh khối 10 Thời gian thi :180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề ) Đề thi có 04 trang. just wars and disasters. I dont think that there are __(9)__ comedy programs. They should put on more. They cheer me __ (10) ___and make me laugh. And, of