"Where is the university?" is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university.. Th[r]
(1)PHÒNG GD- ĐT THANH LIÊM TRƯỜNG THCS LIÊM PHONG
-ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
( Time:150 minutes) I Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group (1,0 pts)
1 A thought B ought C though D bought A cost B celebrate C call D candy
3 A
evidence
B gemstone C pencil D meteor A windy B shift C ring D tide A studied B existed C suggested D provided
II.Choose the word that has a different STRESS SYLLABLE from the others of each group (1,0 point)
1 A realize B improve C possible D comfortable A important B especially C prefer D influence A general B opinion C abroad D surprise
4 A comfort B nation C apply D moment
5 A medical B advise C vegetables D physical
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III Give the correct tenses /form of the verbs.( 2PTS)
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1- carry out) by scientists (2- work) for large
industrial firms However, there (3 – be) still opportunities for other people (4 – invent) various things In Britain, there is a weekly TV program which (5 – attempt) to show all the devices which people (6 – invent ) recently The people (7 – organize) the program receive information about 700 inventions per year New ideas can (8 – develop) by private inventors However, it is important (9 – consider) these questions : Will it work? Will it (10 – want)? Is it new?
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6 10
IV. Điền dạng từ in hoa để hoàn thành câu (1,0đ)
1 We have two postal _ a day (DELIVER) He left the room without _ (EXPLAIN) Playing tennis is one of his favorite (ACT) We started our trip on a beautiful morning (SUN) They left the house in a mess (FRIGHT) He said “ Good morning” in a most way (FRIEND)
(2)7 There is no easy to this problem (SOLVE) He always drives more at night (CARE)
9 Does this _ suit you? (ARRANGE)
10 He is a very _ carpenter (SKILL) V There is a mistake in each sentence , find out and correct it.(1,0pts)
Example: I haven’t saw you for two month 0/ seen
Nam is a student This year he had a very interested summer 1/ _ Holiday He traveled, with him classmates, to a mountainous area 2/ _ in Hoa Binh province They gone there to help make a road 3/ _ Through a forest among two villages “ It was very difficult 4/ _ Because there had no water to drink and no shops where we 5/ _ could bought food,”said Nam “ It was very cold and wet 6/ _ in the mountains It is one of the wetter places in the country.” 7/ _ Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks It was hard work, 8/ _ But he says it was the best thing he has ever did He is hoping 9/ _ to return next year to any more work there 10/ VI Complete this passagewith a suitable word( 1,0 pts)
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) _ how to fly or play the piano There (2) _ important differences, but there is a very important similarity It is this: learning how to such things needs lots (3) practice It is never simply to “know” something You must be able to “do” things with what (4) know For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) to fly an airplane A (6) can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book and then try to (7) _without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) _ The same is true of (9) the piano So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play the piano without having lots of (10) _ first
VII Read the text and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fits each numbered blank (2.0pts)
Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go (1) their own language and other languages, arithmetic, history, science, and all the other subjects That is quite true; but why they learn these things? And are these thing all that they learn at school?
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time (2) they will be big and will have to work (3) themselves Nearly all they study at school has some practical use in their life, but is that reason (4) they go to school?
(3)The purpose of schools, therefore, is not just (9) arithmetic, etc., (10) to teach pupils the way to learn
1 A learn B to learn C and learning D and to learn
2 A that B when C while D as
3 A for B on C with D to
4 A what B which C because D why
5 A so as B and that C so that D such that
6 A how learned B how to learn C to how learn D how learning A whenever B whichever C whatever D however
8 A ago B later C before D after
9 A teaching B teach C to teaching D to teach 10
A and B that C but D so
Your answer:
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Question VIII Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (0,8p) Cambridge
"Where is the university?" is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university The university is a city You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges Cambridge was already a developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called A bridge was built over the river as early as 875
In the fourteen and fifteen centeries more and more land was used for college buildings The town grew faster in the nineteen centry after the opening of the railway in 1845 Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000 Many young students want to study at Cambridge Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town It has become a famous place all around the world
1 Why most people come to Cambrige?
2 When was more land in Cambridge used for college building? When did the town really
(4)Question IX Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same (1,2 pts)
1 Mary rang hours and hours ago
It's hours We did not go on holiday because we did not have enough money
If we It was so late that nothing could be done
It was too She left the room without saying any word
She didn't
5 As I get older, I want to travel less
The older My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last year
(5)ĐÁP ÁN + BIỂU ĐIỂM HSG 9 I I.(5 0,2 = 1,0pt)
II.(5 0,2 = 1,0 point)
1 – B 2- D 3-A 4- C 5- B
III (10 0,2 = 2 points)
1 are caried out have invented
2 working organizing
3 are be developed
4 to invent to consider
5 attempts 10 be wanted
IV.( 10 0,1 = 1.0pt)
1 deliveries activities frightening solution arrangement explanation sunny friendly carefully 10 skillful
V .( 10 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1 interested -> interesting gone -> went had -> was him -> his among -> between bought -> buy wetter -> wettest did -> done
8 since -> for 10 any -> some VI .( 10 0,1 = 1,0pt)
learning are of you how
6 book fly yourself playing 10 practice
(6)VII.( 10 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1 10
B B A d C B A C d C
VIII .( 4 0,2 = 0,8 pt)
1 Why most people come to Cambrige?
Because they want to see the university
2 When was more land in Cambridge used for college building? In the 14th centery and in the 15th centery
3 When did the town really In 1845
4 Why many visitors to Cambridge ask "Whereis the university"?
Because there is no wall to be found around the university IX 6x 0.2= 1.2 pts
1 It's hours since Mary rang
2 If we had had enough money, we would / could have gone on holiday It was too late to anything / late for anything to be done
4 She didn't say a word as she left the room The older I get, the less I want to travel