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(1)Phòng GD&ĐT Huyện Càng Long
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN Năm học: 2009 -2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian: 150 phút. ( không kể thời gian giao phát đề)
I Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences: (2.5 pts) I haven’t had any news of Liz _ 2003
A in B before C on D since
2 The house is small for us to live in
A very B too C such D so
3 Do you mind _ on your own?
A live B to live C living D lived
4 This is the factory _ my father used to work
A where B what C when D which
5 You must leave now you will be late for school
A unless B if C because D or
6 All of us were _ that he was successful in the final exam
A surprise B surprised C surprising D surprisingly Radium was by Marie Curie
A discover B discovered C discoverer D discovery I don’t think that film is
A bore B bored C boring D boringly
9 She was born _ June 26th , 1995.
A in B on C at D of
10 The man you met on Main Street yesterday is my new teacher
A which B when C whose D who
II Fill in each of the blanks with a suitable preposition to complete the passage: (2.5 pts)
Mark Twain is a famous American writer His name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens and Mark Twain was his pen name He was born in a small town (1) _on _ the Missouri river (2) in _ the USA The boy had many friends (3) _at _ school and when he became a writer, he described them (4) in his stories Samuel always wanted to be a sailor and (5) _at the age of twenty he found work (6) on _ a river boat After some time he left the boat and went to live (7) _in California Here he began to write short stories (8) under _ the name (9) _of _ Mark Twain He sent them (10) to _ newspaper The readers loved his stories very much
III Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word to complete the passage: (2.5 pts) ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
All English universities except Oxford and Cambridge (1) are _ fairly new London University is (2) the biggest of modern English universities and consists of a great variety (3) _of colleges and other institutions including medical schools
A university usually (4) has _ faculties and departments The (5) _most _ common faculties are medicine, law, arts, (6) _and _ science The departments include engineering, economics, etc (7) _After _ taking examinations, a university graduate is awarded (8) _with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, engineering, etc
(9) Each _ faculty is headed by one or more professors, (10) _who _ are helped by a staff of teachers called lecturers
IV Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given: (2.5 pts) Brother / buy / new computer / if / have / enough money
(2)2 Nam / not speak / English / fluent / as / friends
- Nam doesn’t speak English as fluently as his friends (do) Liz / not send / us / letter / since / she / return / USA - Liz hasn’t sent us a letter since she returned to the USA
4 Lot / trees / will / plant / along / streets / students / Ngo Sy Lien high School
- A lot of trees will be planted along the streets by the students of Ngo Sy Lien high School Tet / be / important festival / which / occur / late January / early February
- Tet is an/the important festival which occurs in late January or early February
V Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets to complete the following passage: (2.5 pts) A Mrs Quyen (1 be) is a short story writer She (2 write) _has written_ several books of short stories, and she (3 win) _has won_ several rewards for her books A few years ago, she (4 receive) received _ the prize for the most promising author of the year At the moment, she (5 write) is writing a detective story
B Linh (6 live) _lives/is living in Hanoi but her brother Minh (7 live) lives/is living _ in Hai Phong He (8 arrive) arrived _ yesterday to visit her She (9 love) loves _ her brother and is happy to be with him Tomorrow she (10 take) will take/is taking/ is going to take_ him to some interesting places in Hanoi
VI Read the passage, then put a circle round the letter of the correct word or words to use in each blank Number (0) is given as an example (2.5 pts)
Last Monday William Murphy (0) a wallet on a lonely street in Montreal He picked (1) _ the wallet and found a ticket inside He noticed the (2) _ on the ticket and immediately (3) that it was the winning ticket in a big competition The prize (4) _ million dollars! Murphy (5) the huge prize, however He took the ticket back to (6) _ owner, Laviqeur Yesterday, Laviqeur got the prize and at once (7) Murphy a million dollars as a reward “(8) a competition before, he told reporters “Now I (9) rich and I want )10) honestly.”
0 A sees B has seen C saw D is seeing
1 A up B of C off D from
2 A word B number C letter D phrase
3 A knows B is knowing C known D knew
4 A is B are C was D were
5 A not collect B not collected C didn’t collect D no collected
6 A its B his C her D their
7 A give B gives C given D gave
8 A I never have won B I have never won C I have won never D Never I have won A become B becomes C became D have become 10 A reward B to reward C rewarding D for rewarding
VII Each line of the following passage contains one mistake Correct the mistake and write your answers in the space provided (2.5 pts)
It has been saying that the British and Americans are “ two peoples separated by a common language” However, the differences among British and American English are comparatively small Despite some British irate people occasional complain about the latest American TV series of that they are unable to understand a word, it is clear that little people have serious problems In fact, it is television, films, and pop music that have helped to bring him closer together, and that minor difficulties which might occur in comprehension are probably many fewer than 40 or 50 years ago Normally, four or five American programs are finding in an evening on British television, and or of the American 20 better records are by British artist
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(3)VIII LISTEN
You will hear the text three times, then complete the text with the words you hear (2.5 pts)
On (1) weekdays… Tony and Sarah usually don’t see each other Tony’s (2) …busy with his schoolwork and his job Sarah goes to classes during the day, and she does her homework every after (3) …dinner… She also (4) …studies…… on Saturday morning and most Sundays Sarah is a real (5) …bookworm…….She and Cristina get along very well now
What about Tony? Well, Sarah and Tony (6) …spend… time together every Friday and Saturday night Sometimes they are together on Sunday afternoons
What they (7) … together ? On Friday nights Sarah and Tony usually have dinner together Every Friday they go to a different restaurant They never eat in a fast-food restaurant There are many good (8) …ethnic… restaurants in the Boston (9) ……area…… Last Friday, for (10) example they ate in a small Korean restaurant The Friday before last they had dinner in a Greek restaurant