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(1)SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG TỈNH LỚP THCS
CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh Ngày thi: 01 – 03 – 2009
(Đề thi gồm cĩ trang) Thời gian: 150 phút (Khơng kể thời gian giao đề) Học sinh làm vào đề thi này
ĐIỂM
TOÀN BÀI THI (Họ, tên chữ ký)Giám khảo 1 (Họ, tên chữ ký)Giám khảo 2
SỐ PHÁCH
(Do Chủ tịch HĐ ghi)
Bằng chữ Bằng số
SECTION I: VOCABULARY,GRAMMAR & READING (13.0 pts)
PART I: (2.5 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence Circle the letter you choose.
1 My house is quite close ……… the church It’s ……… the beach
A to/to B with/near C to/by D with/by
2 If only I……… a new watch Mine is too old
A have B had C would have D could have
3 Our former teacher _ Nam on his contribution to the program
A addressed B awarded C complimented D congratulated
4 As it was Christmas, the _ at the church was much larger than usual
A audience B convention C congregation D grouping
5 I spoke to two counter assistants, ……….was extremely rude
A one of them B one of who C one of whom D both of them
6 She asked me ………
A where did I come from? C where did I come from
B where I came from? D where I came from
7 He made his first trip to Dalat ……… October 2003
A in B on C since D from
8 It is our policy to ……… forests and increase forestation
A protect B safe C protest D prevent
(2)9 The holidays at the seaside……… We really had a good time there
A made us happily B made us happiness
C made we happy D made us happy
10 I’ll fail the test ……… I learn these words
A provided that B if C unless D as long as
PART II: (1,0 pt) Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest Circle the letter you choose.
1 A clothes B gone C drove D ghost
2 A brother B they C the D think
3 A height B neighbor C eight D weigh
4 A increase B devise C realise D surprise
PART III: (2.0 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the spaces provided.
1 The Internet has _ developed and become part of our life (INCREASE)
2 The AO DAI is the _ dress of Vietnamese women ( TRADITION) She was really impressed by the beauty of the city and by the of its people (FRIENDLY)
4 Many of my students enjoy the web in their free time ( SURF) Look at the two and you will see they are the same in some ways (DICTIONARY)
6 I usually spend hours on the river without anything ( CATCH) He suggests posters on energy saving and hanging them around their school ( MAKE)
8 Most children learn their first language and sometimes other languages as well (EASE)
Your answers:
1 _ _
2 _ _
3 _ _
(3)PART IV : (2.0 pts): Identify the words or phrases ( A, B, C, or D) that must be changed for the sentence to be correct Circle the letter you choose.
1 Stay in bed all day is not good for our health, isn’t it?
A B C D
2 You know , the room is so dirty that it needs clean without delay
A B C
D
3 Drinking alcohol is prohibited at school There is a prohibit against selling A B C
alcohol for people under the age of 18 D
4 It is obvious that parents always protective their children from dangers
A B C D
5 When our parents are sick, we took turn to look after them carefully
A B C D
6 He used to working full time, but now he is a part-time worker
A B C D I will come and stay with you and your family on March
A B C D
8 I would like to inform you that the representatives have been arrived this A B C
morning and they are all very happy D
PART V: (2.0 pts) Read the following passage and circle the answers A, B, C or D which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage.
Many people buy and use copied programs for their computer This illegal copying of computer software has become a huge industry because the software is much cheaper than the original programs
(4)still losing a lot of money By using this kind of software, computer owners risk damaging their computer Illegally copied software can carry computer viruses which could wipe out information stored on the computer’s hard driver
1 Computer software is _
A part of all computers B poor quality
C pirated programs D program used by a computer
2 People buy pirated software because it is _
A reality available B good quality
C inexpensive D easy to use
3 Pirated software is found _
A world wide B only in Asia
C only in the West D in every few countries
4 In some countries, owners of illegal software have _ A asked their government to stop the pirating
B been forced to pay money
C given their software to the police D asked police to help them
5 According to the passage, software can damage computers
A all B no
C illegal D hard driver
PART VI: (1.5 pts) Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word from the box There are more words than needed Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.
Environmental pollution is a term that (1)……… to all the way by which man pollutes his surroundings Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, (2) ……… the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with (3)……….many fertilizers and pesticides Man also pollutes his surroundings (4)……… various other ways (5)……… , people ruin natural beauty by scattering litter on the land and in the water They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing (6)………
A even B in C refers D too
E problems F noise G waste H poisons
(5)Your answers:
1 _ _
2 _ _
3 _ _
PART VII: (2.0 pts) Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word, A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.
The Millennium Dome in Greenwich (1) to celebrate the end of the second Millennium It (2) in 1999 It is a huge construction, large enough
to fit Wembley Stadium inside-twice! 100,000 m2 of fabric (3) across 43
miles of cable inside its km circumference At its centre the Millennium Dome (4) a height of 50m
Fifteen different exhibitions (5) within the Dome These (6) to show the progress mankind (7) during the second Millennium In addition, up to six live show (8) in its central arena every day by a cast of about 200 performers
1 A was built B built
C had built D had been built
2 A completed B was completed
C has completed D has been completed
3 A were stretched B are being stretched
C will be stretched D have been stretched
4 A reaches B was reached
C is reached D reached
5 A housed B house
C were housed D are housed
6 A design B are designed
C were designed D had been designed
7 A made B had made
C was made D has made
8 A performed B were performed
(6)SECTION II: WRITING (7.0 pts)
PART I: (2.5 pts) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
1 If anyone succeeds in solving the problem, it will probably be him
He is the most Laurence hasn’t seen his sister since she left for Japan
Laurence last _ The president is the statesman I admire of all
There is no _ No sooner had he arrived than things went wrong
Immediately after his People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to
Smoking cigarettes is _ Although the weather was too bad, the school children managed to come to class on time
In spite of John only understood very little of what the teacher said
John could hardly ‘You’d better not lend any more money, Elizabeth,’ said Paul
Paul advised _ The film was so boring that we left before the end
(7)10 Maria got a bad cough because she began smoking cigarettes
If Maria _ PART II: (4.5 pts)
“In about 150-180 words, write a composition about the benefits of the Internet.”