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(1)De thi hoc sinh gioi (De 3)
Phòng giáo dục đào tạo Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp - THCS
Sầm sơn Năm học 2007 2008
M«n thi: TiÕng Anh
(Test 3) Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Question I: Phonetics (5 points)
a, Pick out word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a race b iron c ruin d run
2 a peace b mean c heat d break business b bustle c hundred d number
b, Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest a intermedate b documentary c psychedelic d communicate a scenery b dormitory c minority d territory Question II: (15 points) Put each verb in brakets into an appropriate form. 1.When we (take)………… our exams, we(have)………… a holiday
2 By the time you (finish)……… cooking they (do)……….their homework
3 I don’t think he (change)…………in the thirty years I (know)…………him Then about a year ago he (disappear)…… and I(never hear)……… from him since
5.I’m taking my daughter out tonight She (not have)……… fun for a long time
6.I (speak)………… to you about that matter after the meeting tonight
7.John (do)……….his test again at the moment because he (not pass)……… it the first time
8.I don’t appreciate (interrupt)……….when I’m speaking
9.I (do)………an exercise on the present tense at this moment and I (think) ……….that I (know)………how to use it now
Question III: Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
1 She is too with her work, so she doesn’t have time to go out with her friends
A bored B busy C fed up D tired Now that weekends have come, I feel
A relaxed B relaxing C relax D to relax She has learned English for years and she is good English now A in B by C at D for , he won the prize
A Interesting B interest C intersested D interestingly My parents can’t ……….seeing me at home all day
A stop B stand C start D hate My wife is ……….of spiders
A terror B terrifying C terrified D terrify There is ……… of fruits in Vietnam
(2)A which B for which C that D for that 10 It’s the time ………… the children to go to bed
A with B for C in D of 11 His father works much………than he does
A hard B hardly C harder D more hardly 12 This is the beach ………I spent most of my time
A which B where C that D when 13 I’d rather drive than ………
A be driven B to be driven C to be driving D to drive 14 We will start the trip ………the rain stops
A as soon as B as long as C.so that D if that
15 It is the English pronunciation that ………a lot of difficuties to Vietnamese students
A makes B causes C does D gets Question IV: (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in the bracket. The journey was long and seemed (end) His sudden must be a shock to you and your family (die) The primary education is in Vietnam (compel) Travilling in the big cities is becoming more (trouble) There's the railway line, there haven't been any trains there for ten years
(use) fresh air and good food are to your health (benefit) She is quite ? She plays the flute and the piano (music) She left school with good (qualify) He is of what he has done (shame) 10 This company treats all its equally (employ) Question V: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable preposition
1 I paid $500 ………this book
2 Mr Hai told me a long story………….his adventures Ba suffers ……….headaches
4 He is…………royal blood
5 An accident has happened ………….that family He wrote ………a foundtain pen
7 She treated me……… cake, ice-cream and tea That man was accused ………….stealing a bike He wasted little time ………… social formalities
10 I will give you a new hat …………place of the one that I damaged
Question VI:(5 points) Find out one mistake in each sentence and correct it Everything is all right , arent they ?
The more money they save ,the more rich they are I wish they visited us when they were in town She had so sore throat that she could hardly speak My father doesnt know speak English
Question VII: (10 points) Fill in the gap with one suitable word to complete the paragraph
All languages have rules (1)……….forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences In (2)……….languages, meaning is expessed through a system of characters and rules for combining those characters (3)…… spoken languasges, meaning is expsessed (4)……… a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds Word order is more important in English than it is (5)
(3)(6)……… other languages English is always changing, but it changes very slowly People invent new words, borrow words from (7)………languages, and change the meaning of words as needed For example, the English word byte was invented (8)……… computer specialists in 1959 The word tomato was borrowed from Nahuatl, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico The word meat (9) referred to food in general People learn English as well as languages by ………
listening, copying what they hear, and using the language Most schoolchildren learn their first language easily – and sometimes other laguages as (10)…………
Question VIII: (10 points) Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same
1 We arrived too late to see the first film
We didn't I was drowning, But he saved me
If he We can't afford to buy the car
The car His parents made him study for his exams
He was She knows a lot more about it than I
I don't know He prefers golf to tennis
He'd rather You remembered to post the letter, didn't you?
You didn't I'm sorry that I didn't finish my homework last night
I wish Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice
It `10 Speaking English fluently is not easy