Every time you buy a new kettle or toaster, the quality of the design is influential, encouraging you to choose one kettle or toaster over the others.. Good design works well.[r]
(1)SỞ GIÁO DỤC-ĐÀO TẠO
VĨNH PHÚC KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 9-THCSNĂM HỌC: 2003- 2004 Đề thi môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) ( Đề thi có 04 trang)
Câu I- Trong câu, chọn từ có phần gạch chân có cách phát âm khác với những từ lại.
1 A poor B four C door D course A days B says C ways D plays A thank B month C than D youth A pull B input C food D good A noon B soon C moon D book
Câu II- Chọn từ cụm từ điền vào câu sau đây.
1 “I’ll call _you at o’clock,” said James
A by B up C for D in
2 If you require any more _about the holiday, please telephone us A description B information C news D fact A copy of our spring brochure is _with this letter
A combined B attached C delivered D enclosed Too much exercise can be harmful but walking is good _you
A for B by C to D with
5 The salesman showed us _the washing machine
A for using B how to use C the working of D to work This ticket _one person to the museum
A permits B admits C enters D allows We had _reached the church when we saw everyone leaving A quite B enough C rather D almost Traveling to Paris _air is quicker than driving
A by B on C over D through On holiday I _always on the beach when the weather is fine
A am B was C were D be
10 Is it far too hot today for you _the garden
A to dig B digging C for digging D have dug 11 “Thank goodness you have come, _!” she exclaimed in relief A finally B at the end C lastly D at last 12 Our neighbors _their hedge cut once a year
A make B C have D fix
13 It was a magnificent car which must have belonged to a very _person A plentiful B wealthy C expensive D luxurious
14 Heavy snowfalls have _all trains
A cancelled B postponed C delayed D omitted 15 Susan _visits her grandmother every Wednesday
A often B usually C ever D sometimes 16 This is a challenging position in the car industry for a qualified _ A engineer B engine C mechanical D machinery 17 His first novel was much more exciting _any he has written since
(2)A to B as C so D than 18 Jane and Margaret _to live next door to each other at one time A have used B used C were used D have used 19 There is a car-park _to the station
A across B by C close D right 20 There was _enough cake for all of us to have a very small slice A just B quite C really D hardly
Câu III- Chia động từ ngoặc đơn thích hợp.
1 My school (be) _finished by the end of 2007
2 I remember (wake) _up one night and (see) _the switch on fire It was lucky that I did If one of us (not wake) _up, we (kill) _ The progress (make) _by our class last month surprised our parents I (have) _my house (paint) _ That’s why there is all this mess It’s the first time he (drive) _a car so he (feel) _nervous
Câu IV- Viết lại câu sau sử dụng từ từ, bao gồm từ cho sẵn. Không thay đổi dạng thức từ cho.
Ví dụ: I last saw him at my 21st birthday party.
since I my 21st birthday party.
Trả lời: I haven’t seen him since my 21st birthday party.
1 “You’ve broken my radio, Frank!” said Jane
accused Jane her radio My car really needs to be repaired soon
must I really repaired soon Susan regrets not buying that house
wishes Susan that house I could never have succeeded without your help
you I could never have succeeded me I thought I might run out of cash, so I took my cheque-book with me
case I took my cheque-book with me _out of cash Linda’s plan for a picnic have been spoiled by the weather
fallen Linda’s plan for a picnic _because of the weather The bread was too stale to eat
fresh The bread to eat Perhaps Brian went home early
may Brian home early I can’t possibly work in all this noise!
impossible It work in all this noise! 10 The thief suddenly realized that the police were watching him
watched The thief suddenly realized that he _by the police
Câu V- Đọc đoạn văn sau chọn từ điền vào chỗ trống đánh số.
(3)In some (6) _you have to pay if you don’t (7) _motoring laws and this can sometimes cost you a lot of money For instance, you have to pay immediately if you are stopped by a police office for taking no notice of traffic lights, speed (8) _or if you allow children (9) _the age of twelve to (10) _in the front seat of a vehicle
1 A include B make C mean D contain
2 A should B can C is D has
3 A miss B hide C lose D pass A that B those C their D them A once B example C general D fact A counties B positions C ways D routes A B allow C obey D continue A marks B spots C limits D numbers A under B lower C over D behind 10 A follow B pass C travel D wait
Câu VI- Điền từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống đoạn văn đây.
In that part of the world, it was snobbish to own an English car My contact there, a successful businessman, had decided to prove his success by getting, not (1) _an English car, a vastly expensive antique Rolls Royce, (2) _also a right- hand drive one The car had (3) _to be shipped specially from England The instructions were in English, with the instruments in miles rather (4) _kilometers, and degrees Fahrenheit (5) _of degrees Centigrade My friend was immensely proud (6) _it A real, English Rolls Royce, he said, was the (7) _of fashion His friends, he said, would be green (8) _envy
The car arrived, and two days (9) _we had to make a trip to a town three hours (10) _away We set off in the hot morning sun, getting admiring (11) _from people in the street My friend spoke enthusiastically of his car It was (12) _a pleasure to drive, he said, that he (13) _not imagine why everyone (14) _not by one
Out (15) _the open road, we went faster The air was hot now, and my friend tried to switch on the air-conditioning (16) _he could find a heater I told him that, in England heaters were more necessary than air-conditioning He would not (17) _me He tried all the other switches, but kept returning to the heater The outside air, which was already uncomfortably hot and dry, was made (18) _hotter, and was blown into the car again and again, he tried the switches Again and again a blast of hot air hit us It was painful to breathe “I’m sending this car (19) _back to the makers,” he gasped! “There’s (20) _badly wrong with the air-conditioning!”
Câu VII- Đọc đoạn văn sau chọn câu trả lời cho câu hỏi sau.
Design is the act of making something better Everything, no matter how ordinary, has been designed
That some objects give us no special pleasure or are not fashionable does not alter fact that somebody decided what they would look like, what they would and how they would be used
(4)Some objects look very good but not work well Take the Alessi kettle, with it’s curved handle and two-tone whistle It looks very exciting but the handle can get too hot to touch Compare this with the familiar Russell Hobbs automatic electric kettle It has been in production since the late 1950s, works perfectly and looks good
Poor designs are easy to find If you cannot see what is at the back of the kitchen cupboard without getting down on your hands or knees, that is bad design If you catch your sleeve on a door handle, that is bad design If you cannot understand how to use the controls on your cooker without searching for the instruction book– and if, when you find the book, you still cannot work the timing switch, that is unpardonably bad design
The question is: how, when these kinds of faults are so obvious, have some designs ever reached our homes?
The answer is that in most cases, bad designs emerge because not enough energy and time is given to thinking through all the different questions that should be asked about the product
Kitchen cupboard makers will say that they are making cupboards as economically as possible This kind of “cheapness” is one of the main reasons for the absence of good design in our homes To make a cupboard where the shelves swing out to display the contents when the door is opened is more expensive
1 What does the passage say that good designers think about?
A how thing will be used B what people are used to C what is fashionable D what will influence people Things which are excellently designed
A work perfectly B last a long time
C always get chosen by shoppers D both work well and look good What was wrong with the Alessi kettle?
A It was too round B It was unreliable
C The design was impractical D The design was old- fashion In what ways are some cookers badly designed?
A The handle sticked out too far B It is difficult to find the controls
C Using the timing switch is a confusing process D The instruction books have no diagrams
5 Why badly designed things get made and sold? A They are quicker and cost less to make
B Manufacturers pay low wages to designers
C Designers not know enough about manufacturing processes D There are too few good designers