ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌCSINHGIỎI VĂN HÓA CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2009-2010 MÔN TIẾNG ANH THỜI GIAN: 20 PHÚT (không kể thời gian phát đề) A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (20 ĐIỂM) Choose the correct answer 1/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. a) strength b) Northern c)fourteenth d) with 2/ Choose the word whose main stress pattern is differently from that of the others a) mausoleum b) mathematics c) correspond d) minority 3/ There are rice fields on……………side on the river. a) either b) none of c) both of d) two 4/ Half of the students in this class……….from Arabic- speaking countries. a) is b) has been c) have been d) are 5/ a) The number of students at that university…… .approximately 10,000. a) were b) have been c) is d) are 6/ I………for mushrooms but I………… any. a) am looking / don’t find b) were looking / weren’t finding c) have looked / didn’t find d) have looked / haven’t found 7. As the conversation went on, he became……… a) talkative b) more talkative c) more and more talkative d) the most talkative 8. In the 1980s jeans finally became high fashion clothing. ………of jeans went up and up. a) Buying b) Selling c) Sales d) Making 9/ I love this city. The ………… of the city impresses me a lot. a) view b) places c) faces d) sight 10/ The living room and the dining room are ……… by a short wall where there are many decorative plants. a) separated b) parted c) divided d) broken B. .LISTENING COMPREHENSION.(20ms) I. True or False.(10ms) 1. Mr Lam wants to learn English. 2. He wants to learn in the intermediate level. 3. Courses begin first week of November at 18 Trang Thi Street 4. Mr Lam can learn English in early November. II. Listen carefully and choose A or B.(10ms) 1. a. Mr Lam wants to learn English in early evening. b. Mr Lam wants to learn English in late evening. 2. a. There are many well-qualified teachers in Academy of Language. b. There are many well-qualified teachers in Foreign Language Council. 3. a. Chinese is taught at 108 Trang Thi Street. b. Chinese is taught at 12 Nam Trang Street. 4. a. There are many weekend classes at 108 Trang Thi Street. b. There are many weekend classes at 12 Nam Trang Street. B.READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING.(60ms). I. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. (10ms) 1. We spent one hour painting the school gate It took………………………………………………………………… 2. Let’s go swimming. Why……………………………………………………………………. 3. Did they return those books to the library? Were…………………………………………………………………… 4. How long ago have you learnt English? How long ago…………………………………………………………. 5. We enjoy playing football. We are………………………………… ……………………………… 6. Thang fell because of the banana. The banana………………………………………………………………. 7 . Lan had his brother fix the ball Lan had the ball…………………………………………………………. 8. You have to correct this exercise carefully. This exercise……………………………………………………………. 9. He is too weak, so he can’t lift the box. If…………………………………………………………………………. 10.Our house is older than all other houses in the road. Our house is the………………………………………………………… II. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10ms) Dear Thuy, We are having an .(1) . time in Hoi An . The streets here are so (2) that cars are not allowed to the center of the .(3) .Therefore we have to (4) .The houses are very (5) . but beautiful. However, I don’t like the way they do business here. It seems that every house has a shop to sell (6) and other stuffs. The people are very . (7) and helpful. The food looks funny but it .(8) quite nice. I haven’t (9) anything for you. But I will buy you some little (10) lanterns. See you next week. Love. Mathew. III. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage. (10ms) I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She (1.live) ……….in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she (2.come)………….to England the next year. If she (3. come)………………, she (4. get ) ……… a surprise. We now (5. live)………… in a beautiful new house in the country. The work on it had begun before my sister left. The house (6. complete ) ………….five months ago. In my letter, I (7. tell)……… her that she could stay with us. The house (8. have)………….many large rooms and there (9.be)……………… a lovely garden. It is very modern house, so it (10. look………….strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district. IV. Choose the best answer for each space to complete the passage below. (10ms) Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be (1)__________, but they don’t want to look exactly (2)___________ every body else. Not all clothes are (3)___________for work or school, perhaps they’re not enough (4)____________,or simply not (5)_________. It is easy to buy the (6)_____________size, and what your trousers are too (7)_____________ especially if you’re a little bit (8)_____________. Very (9)_____________clothes make you feel(10)__________, but when you have (11)___________in the washing machine, the you have the same problem! If you buy light (12)___________clothes, then they might not be(13)__________enough for winter. If your shoes (14)__________and if you aren’t (15)_______ for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible! 1. A. of fashion B. fashioned C. fashionable D. fashion 2. A. alike B. like C. similar D. same 3. A. fitted B. suitable C. comfort D. equal 4. A. format B. strict C. uniform D. suited 5. A. comfort B. comfortingC. comforted D. comfortable 6. A. false B. mistake C. wrong D. error 7. A. straight B. close C. stiff D. tight 8. A. slim B. overweight C. thin D. enormous 9. A. loose B. lose C. loosened D. lost 10. A. thinB. slim C. narrow D. spare 11. A. lessened B. reduced C. decreased D. shrunk 12. A. of cotton B. in cotton C. cotton D. cottoned 13. A. warm B. cold C. hot D. cool 14. A. tight B. enclosed C. firm D. waterproof 15. A. worn B. clothed C. dressed D. fitted V. Fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the words in brackets.(10ms) 2. There are many __________________ buildings on this mountain. (impress) 3. The children are ______________in picture books. (interest) 4. All the dancers wore_____________ costumes. (tradition) 5. We live in a rather rich______________.(neighbor) 6. I find your magazine very_______________.(inform) 7. Faraday is one of the greatest________________in history. (invent) 8. Surface mail is much_______________than airmail.(cheap) 9. The lady is always _______________about something.(complaint) 10. Some of us use water ________________. (waste) 11. Television, dishwasher and refrigerator are electrical________________.(apply) VI. Write a paragraph from 60 to 80 words about the topic “secondary school childen should wear uniform”(10ms) KEYS A Mỗi đáp án đúng 2 điểm 1. b 2. d 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. d 7. c 8. c 9. b 10. a B. (UNIT 4/ LESSON: READ IN TEXTBOOK ENGLISH 9) One correct answer gets 5ms. I .1T 2T 3F 4T II. 1B 2A 3B 4A C. I One correct answer gets 1m. 1. It took us one hour to paint the school gate. 2. Why don’t we go swimming 3. Were those books returned to the library 4. How long ago did you learn English. 5. We are fond of playing football. 6. The banana made Thang fall. 7. Lan had the ball fixed 8. This exercise has to be corrected carefull. 9. If he were strong, he could lift the box. 10. Our house is the oldest house in the road II. One correct answer gets 1m. 1- excellent(interesting) 6- souvenirs 2- narrow 7- friendly 3- town 8- tastes 4- walk 9- bought 5- old 10-colorful III. One correct answer get 1m 1. lives/ is living 6. was completed 2. would come 7. told 3. comes 8. has 4. will get 9. is 5. are now living 10. looks IV. One correct answer gets 1m. 1.C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D 6. C 7.D 8.B 9.A 10. B 11. D 12. C 13.A 14.D 15.C V. One correct answer gets 1ms 1. impressive 2. interested 3. traditional 4. neighborhood 5. informative 6. inventors 7. cheaper 8. complaining 9. wastefully 10.appliances VI. A suitable writing gets 10ms . ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VĂN HÓA CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2009-2010 MÔN TIẾNG ANH THỜI GIAN: 20 PHÚT (không kể thời gian phát đề) A. PHẦN TRẮC