Đề 1 : THI HỌC SINH GIỎI THCS Môn : Tiếng Anh I) Choose the word in each group that has the underline part pronounced differently from the rest (2,5ms): 1) a – eat b – hat c – that d – hate 2) a – brother b – money c – love d – lose 3) a – mind b – window c – find d – tidy 4) a- float b – noun c- about d – out 5) a – great b – hate c – heat d – afraid 6) a – floor b – door c – more d – too 7) a – at b – hate c – ate d – late 8) a – feel b – ill c – we d – see 9) a – spend b – pen c – she d – men 10) a – thing b – there c – their d – this II) Vocabulary (3ms): A) Complete each sentence with an antonym word (1,5ms): 1) Rice and tea aren’t imports in Viet nam. They are . . . . . . . . . in Viet Nam. 2) Nguyen Hue is a broad street. It is not a . . . . . . . . . street. 3) This movie is not interesting. It’s . . . . . . . . . . . . 4) I’m not free on Monday evening. I’m . . . . . . . . . . on Monday evening. 5) This is an old dress. It is not a . . . . . . . dress. 6) The teacher is standing outside the class. He is not standing . . . . . . . . . . the class. B) Choose the correct answer (1,5ms): 1) A person who can’t speak and hear is called . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a) a character b) a deaf c) a blind d) a deaf- mute 2) Her room seemed warmer with a nice . . . . . . . . . on the wall. a) booth b) poster c) shelf d) curtain 3) My parents will . . . . . . . . their wedding aniversity next month. a) make b) celebrate c) remember d) promise 4) The meeting was . . . . . . . in the park last week. a) revived b) held c) developed d) joined 5) If you don’t understand many words, you can . . . . . . . . . them up in the dictionary on that table. a) look b) get c) find d) finish 6) The . . . . . . . . . in Viet Nam usually begins in December and ends in July. a) football match b) football team c) football fan d) football season III) Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions (2ms): 1) Swimming is regarded . . . . . . . a very good sport for keeping fit. 2) I rely . . . . . . the buses for getting . . . . . . . and fro. 3)You should go . . . . . . foot. It’s only a question . . . . . . . . habit. 4) Turn the lights . . . . . . . We must economize . . . . . . . . . electricity. 5) The radio isn’t working because you haven’t plugged it . . . . . . . . . . 6) I’m not accustomed . . . . . . . . . getting involved . . . . . . . other people’s business. IV) Do as directed in parentheses (4ms): 1) He studied hard in his youth, and that contributed to his success in later life. (Combine into one sentence using Relative pronoun) - . 2) I can assure you I will arrange everything in time. (Change into passive voice) - . 3) Come and see me tomorrow. (Add a question tag) - . 4) The problems were so complicated that the teacher couldn’t explain in an hour. (Rewrite the sentence using “too . . .for . . . to” or “enough for”) - . 5) He showed his father the burst ball. He asked him fix it. (Rewrite a new sentence using a present participle) - . 6) a – There is too much furniture in the room. We don’t have enough space for the meeting. b – Lan was very busy. She couldn’t go to the movies with us. (Combine sentence (a) into one and sentence (b) is the same by choosing “so. . . that” or “such . . .that”) - . - . - . 7) Which is (interesting), this book or that one? Who among them is (studious) in our class? (Rewrite these sentences using the comparative or superlative) - . . 8) This building is high. It is large too. (Combine the sentence by using “both . . and”) - . V) Supply the correct verb form (2ms): 1) When those potatoes (plant)? - . 2) He (do) nothing before he (see) me. - . 3) If you (see) Mary today, please (ask) her to call me. - . 4) The little boy wishes he (become) an acrobat when he grows up. - . VI) Rewrite the following sentences without changing meaning (3ms): 1) The garage is servicing my car on Monday. - I am 2) He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps. - Sorting out his stamps 3) Traveling by plane is much more expensive the traveling by train. - Traveling by train . 4) She didn’t say a word as she left the room. - She left . 5) I don’t really want to go the museum. - I’d rather . 6) He has to park his cars in the right places. - . VII) Read the passage and answer the questions below (3ms): A lot of people go to the seaside for their holidays and the various towns try to organize entertainment for them. In one seaside holiday town in the South of England, arrangements were made for a bank to play outdoors in a public park every evening for a week. Unfortunenately, it rained the first evening, and although the band performed well, there was only one person in the audience because, though the bank was under cover, the audiences were not. The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and coat. After an hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and asked whether he had a special request “yes, I have,” said the man, “please finish as soon as you can. I’m the keeper of this park, and I want to lock the gates and go home” A) Choose the best answer (2ms) 1) What was the weather like when the band first performed? A – It was fine. B – It was rainy. C – It was stormy. D – It was sunny. 2) The band performed . . . . A – In the park. B – In a large theatre. C – On the beach D – In the middle of the room. 3) Who was the man the conductor talked to? A – He was a musician. B – He was the keeper of the park. C – He was a person who liked music much D – He was a beggar. 4) The band . . . . . . . . . . A – Performed in an hour B – Did not play well so nobody liked it. C – Couldn’t perform because they were wet. D – Had to lock the gates after the performance. B) Questions: (1m) 1) How many people listened to the band? - . . . 2) In your idea, is this show successful? Why or Why not? - . . . ------------------------------------- ĐỀ 2 THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TCS Môn :TIẾNG ANH I. From the following verbs, pick out those whose ending “ed” is pronounced /t/ (1m): Expressed suggested talked called Visited liked touched cared . . II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (2,5ms): “As he . . . . . . . . . . . . (run) to jump over the ditch, he . . . . . . . . . . . . (fall) and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (twist) his ankle. We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have) to carry him home. He now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (lie) on the sofa, and he . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(read) a book until a few minutes ago. The doctor just . . . . . . . . . . . . . (leave) and . . . . . . . . . . . . (say) as he . . . . . . . . . . .(go) out that he must . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(rest) for a week. III. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition (2ms): 1. The house is . . . . . . . . . . . . fire. Call . . . . . . . . . . . . help ? 2. . . . . . . . . . . night, we can see millions . . . . . . . stars . . . . . . . . . our heads. 3. . . . . . . . . . . an average, women live longer than men. 4. We stand . . . . . . . . . peace and are . . . . . . . war. IV. Fill in the blanks with “a”, “an”, “the” or “O” (no article) (2ms): 1. He got (1). . . . . . . . job in (2). . . . . . . . . south and spent (3). . . . . . . . . next two years doing (4). . . . . . . work he really enjoyed. 2. It was (1) . . . . . . windy morning but they hired (2) . . . . . boat and went for (3) . . . . . . . sail along (4) . . . . . . . coast. V. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate form of the words in brackets (2ms): 1. Sleeping all day, eating too much and never going out is . . . . . . . . . . (health). 2. A doctor who treats only particular illnesses is a . . . . . . . . . . . . . (special). 3. We would have a lot of . . . . . . . . . (funny) if we went there. 4. The person who’s out of work is . . . . . . . . . . . . (employ). VI. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning (4ms): 1. Theatre programmes usually have lots of information. - There 2. He has been collecting stamps for five years. - He started 3. He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps. - Sorting out his stamps . 4. The garage is servicing my car on Monday. - I am . VII. Do as directed in parentheses (2,5ms) 1. This large map belonged to my uncle. In the middle of it you can see part of the Arctic Circle (Combine into one sentence using Relative pronoun) - . . 2. They can’t put you in prison if they haven’t tried you. (Change into passive voice) - . 3. The dog was fed. It lay down by its owner’s chair. (Combine into one sentence using present participle) - . 4. He never does his homework. If he (do) his homework, he (not worry) about his examination. (supply the correct verb form) - . . 5. she was very foolish and she believed everything I told her. (Rewrite the sentence using “too” or “enough”) - . VII. Fill in the blanks with the words from the list (2ms): Grown about farm want (like) Some fruit country kinds Many people (1) . . . . . . . . . . . to live in the big cities, but (2) . . . . . . . . . . prefer to live in the (3) . . . . . . . . . . ., my aunt has a small (4) . . . . . . . . . . near my home city, she bought it (5) . . . . . . . . . . . ten years ago. At the side of the farm house, there is a (6) . . . . . . . . . . . garden. In it apple – trees are (7) . . . . . . . . . The vegetable garden is at the back of the house. My aunt rows all (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . of vegetables but see it especially fond potatoes and tomatoes. IX. Read the passage and circle the letter next to the word that best fits each gap (2ms): An increasing number of people are now (1) . . . . . . . to Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and a half million (2) . . . . . . . visited Egypt. The (3) . . . . . . of Egypt is about fifty million and the (4) . . . . . . . is El Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million people. Although the (5) . . . . . . . . . is hot and dry and most of country is desert, the average (6) . . . . . . . . from October to March ts not too high. The most (7) . . . . . . . . sight are the pyramids at Giza. However it’s also pleasant to (8) . . . . . . . Alexandria. Port said and several other places. 1./ a. holiday b. visit c. excursion d. trip 2./ a. explorers b. voyagers c. tourist d. passengers 3./ a. people b. citizenship c. nation d. population 4./ a. principal b. head c. state d. capital 5./ a. temperature b. climate c. condition d. position 6./ a. weather b. measurement c. climate d. temperature 7./ a. famous b. know c. visited d. requested 8./ a. search b. inspect c. examine d. visit THI HỌC SINH GIỎI THCS Môn :TIẾNG ANH I. Make a cross on the letter before the word or phrase that would best complete the sentences provided (2,5ms) 1. Alice . . . . . . be a supporter than a player. a. likes b. prefer c. would rather d. had better 2. Lan is . . . . . . beautiful . . . . . . . . clever. a. so/that b. too/to c. enough/to d.not only/but also 3. You . . . . . . .not read those magazines. a. likes b. prefer c. would rather d. had better 4. This is . . . . . . . beautiful garden in the city. a. the goodest b. more c. the most d. most 5. English and French . . . . . . in many countries all over the world. a. speak b. spoken c. is spoken d. are spoken 6. They visit a lot of monuments . . . . . . the one-pillar pagoda. a. beside b. besides c. between d. among 7. Butter is made . . . . . . milk, this knife is made . . . . . . . steel. They are made . . . . . . . . Vietnam. a. from/of/in b. of/in/from c. in/from/of d.of/from/in 8. Mr Green took his children to the national theatre . . . . . . . . . a play. a. to b. for c. in d. with 9. He needs not . . . . . an eye examination. a. to have b. has c. having d. have 10. He needs . . . . . . . a rest. a. to have b. has c. having d. have II. Three words have the same sound. One word doesn’t. which one is it ? make a cross (x) on that letter. (1,5ms) 1. a. sight b. lion c. child d. children 2. a. years b. hands c.shops d. signs 3. a. manure b. measure c. pasture d. adventure 4. a. children b. chance c. change d.mechanic 5. a. takes b. inches c. oranges d. houses 6. a. played b. performed c. showed d. acted III. Choose the appropriate preposition and fill in the blanks. (2ms) 1. Jack is . . . . . . . . . the pupils and teacher is . . . . . . . . the middle of the class. 2. Daisy is . . . . . . . . . . her two classmates. 3. The Saigon market is . . . . . . . . . . . . the centre of the city. 4. Alice’s school has just set . . . . . . . . . . a workshop. 5. Tom is not enough to work . . . . . . . . . machines. 6. They are telling their father . . . . . . . . . . . . new workshop. 7. They said upper boys would make furniture . . . . . . . . . . . the canteen. IV. Use the correct word form (2ms) 1. If I had a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I would retire at 40 (choose) 2. How . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the street is ! (danger) 3. The Sword Lake is one of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . places in Hanoi. (history) 4. He devoted all his . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to writing. (live) 5. He often writes stories. He is a . . . . . . . . . . . . . (write) 6. These flowers look . . . . . . . . . . . . . (nature) 7. Please tell me about your birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (celebrate) 8. Rubber is elastic so we can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . this string. (long) V. Use the correct verb form (2ms) 1. The house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on that hill is very old. (build) 2. Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from Brazil. (export) 3. My friend was . . . . . . . . . . . . . when I came. (phone) 4. She’d rather . . . . . . . . . . . . . bananas than apples. (eat) 5. When were those potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (plant) 6. Mr Green wanted his son . . . . . . . . . . . . . .an engineer. (be) 7. She had her daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . the football match on TV. (watch) 8. He told his daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . his shirt. (mend) VI. Rewrite or combine the following sentences into a new one as directed (4ms) 1. He can get hay for cattle. He keeps grass. (Use by + present participle) - . 2. When has he bought this book ? (Change into passive voice) - . 3. Let’s get taxi. It’s a very long way. (Use “too or enough”) - . 4. Could you speak (slowly), please ? (supply the correct form of adverb) - . VII. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (4ms) 1. Without your help, the boy can’t do all these exercises. - If 2. The two packages were opened by my secretary. - My secretary . 3. How did you come there ? - I wanted to know 4. Mai may not see that film because she is very young. - Mai isn’t VIII. Read and answer the questions (2ms) Sports and games When we practise sports, we develop the parts of our body. Only by sports can we make our bone strong, our muscles big and our mind quick and active. Very often, we see weak people, it is because they never practise any sports. Sports are as necessary to us as our lessons and tasks are. If we only studied and never played any games, we should become very dull. Nowadays, there are many kinds of games such as: football, basketball, volleyball, tennis. Questions: 1. What can make our bones strong, our muscles big and our mind quick and active ? - . 2. what should we be like if we only studied and never played any games ? - . . Đề 1 : THI HỌC SINH GIỎI THCS Môn : Tiếng Anh I) Choose the word in each group that has the underline. . ------------------------------------- ĐỀ 2 THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TCS Môn :TIẾNG ANH I. From the following verbs, pick out those whose ending