Sở Gd & ĐT Bắc giang trờng thpt tân yên 2 đề chính thức Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trờng năm học 2010 2011 Môn thi: Tiếng anh lớp 10 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút điểm Bằng số: bài thi Bằng chữ: Chữ ký giám khảo 1: Chữ ký giám khảo 2: L u ý: - Đề thi gồm 06 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi. - Thí sinh không đợc sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển. SECTION: PHONETICS (10 POINTS) Part I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (5 pts) 1. A. wrong B. top C. sport D. job 2. A. great B. beach C. reach D. seat 3. A. use B. refuse C. cut D. tutors 4. A. although B. without C. thank D. this 5. A. school B. character C. chemistry D. machine Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______ Part II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (5 pts) 6. A. cartoon B. open C. paper D. answer 7. A. technology B. illustration C. definition D. economic 8. A. electricity B. education C. mathematics D. laboratory 9. A. arrive B. happen C. return D. pollute 10. A. teacher B. doctor C. ability D. worker Your answers: 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______ SECTION B: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (40 POINTS) Part I. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. (20 pts) 11. - Would you like another cup of coffee? - ___________. A. No, I wouldnt B. Yes, I would C. Yes, please D. No, lets not 12. I wish I _________ at Hoas birthday party yesterday. A. was B. were C. had been D. would have been 13. This bike needs ___________. It has broken down all the time. A. to repair B. repairing C. to be repaired D. B & C 14. Dont let children see ________ films. A. horror B. horrifying C. horrified D. horrible 15. Hoa: How are you today, Lan? Lan: ____________. A. Fine, thanks B. Bye, bye C. Im 10 years old D. I like you 16. I prefer Jazz ___________ Rock music. A. than B. to C. more D. over 17. He showed us the house _________ he was born. A. which B. where C. in where D. in that 1 Số phách 18. That boy tried to avoid __________ some of my questions. A. answer B. to answer C. answering D. answered 19. Madrid is famous ________ its pulls. A. as B. with C. of D. for 20. She doesn’t like her job. It is so __________. A. bore B. boring C. bored D. boringly 21. By the time you return here next year, the city _______ lots of changes. A. will have B. has had C. will have had D. will be having 22. Oranges are expensive this season, and ________. A. apples are B. apples too C. apples the same D. so are apples 23. ___________ will there be World Cup again? - In four years. A. Where B. What C. Why D. When 24. ___________ do you always go to school? - By bus. A. What B. How C. Which D. Who 25. Mothers have long used folk songs to _______ babies to sleep. A. delight B. sing C. buzz D. lull 26. Trinh Cong Son was a famous __________ in Vietnamese music. A. teacher B. writer C. singer D. composer 27. Tom is not used to _______ up early. He is late for school very often. A. get B. got C. getting D. having got 28. There is no _________ to call the police immediately. A. need B. point C. use D. want 29. He was made _________ all the house work. A. doing B. to do C. do D. done 30. If I were you, I _________ a train home. A. will take B. would take C. would have taken D. would be take Your answers: 11. _______ 12. _______ 13. _______ 14. _______ 15. ________ 16. _______ 17. _______ 18. _______ 19. _______ 20. _______ 21. _______ 22. _______ 23. _______ 24. _______ 25. ________ 26. _______ 27. _______ 28. _______ 29. _______ 30. _______ Part II. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (10 pts) Your answers 31. Cuc Phuong is one of the most famous (nation) ______ parks in Vietnam. 32. Tim is one of the (participate) ______ on the boat trip on lake Michigan. 33. Van Cao was known as a very talented (music) _________ and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people. 34. Linh (invitation) ______ me to her birthday party last Sunday. 35. Thousands of hectares of forest are (destroy) ______ each year. 36. The dictionaries are with the other (refer) _______ books. 37. There is a great (similar) _____ between Harry and his twin brother. 38. The (conclude) _______ is that the plan will fail. 39. The American War of (depend) _______ was won in 1776. 40. Music adds (joyful) ________ to the atmosphere of a festival and make a funeral more solemn and mournful. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 2 Part III. Find one mistake in each sentence below by circling the letter A, B, C or D. (10 pts) 41. They visited these beautiful views while they lived in England. A B C D 42. He objected for his secretary’s coming to work late . A B C D 43. It was so bad weather that we couldn’t go out. A B C D 44. I lived in this city since I was a small girl. A B C D 45. My husband told me buying him a new pair of glasses when I went to Germany. A B C D 46. If today is Sunday, we’d go to the beach. A B C D 47. Mount Pinatubo, that is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. A B C D 48. My father suggested to fill all buckets with water. A B C D 49. Tom enjoys festivals in Vietnam despite he doesn’t understand Vietnamese culture very much. A B C D 50. Please give me a few sugar and some biscuits if you have any left. A B C D Your answers: 41. _______ 42. _______ 43. _______ 44. _______ 45. ________ 46. _______ 47. _______ 48. _______ 49. _______ 50. _______ SECTION C: READING (30 POINTS) Part I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable word in the box (10 pts) Computers are helpful in many ways: First, they are fast. They can work with information much more quickly than a person. ____(51)____, computers can work with lots of information at the _____(52)____ time. Third, they can keep _____(53)_____ for a long time. They do not forget the way _____(54)____ do things. Also, computers are almost always correct. They ____(55)____ not perfect, of course, but they don’t usually make mistakes. These days, _____(56)____ is important to know something about computers. There are a number of ways to ____(57)____ Some companies have classes at work. Also, most universities offer day and ____(58)___ courses in computer science. Another way to learn is ____(59)___ a book. There are many books about computers in bookstores and libraries. Or you can learn from a friend. After a few hours of practice you can work with ___(60)___ you may not be an expert, but you can have fun. Your answers: 51. _______ 52. _______ 53. _______ 54. _______ 55. ________ 56. _______ 57. _______ 58. _______ 59. _______ 60. _______ Part II. Read the passage below and then circle the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts) Although most families in the United States enjoy a high ____(61)____ standard, many American women have to work ____(62)____ at home and in their offices. Despite their husbands' ____(63)____ of the housework, women have to do ___(64)___ of the housekeeping tasks. In single-parent families, the mothers may not have ____(65)____ children to take care of, but they have to ____(66)___ their families alone and have to provide for all the ___(67)___ money. Therefore, the ____(68)____ mothers have to work very hard to earn their living. Moreover, in spite of the fact that the single mothers have all the ____(69)____ conveniences at their homes, they find that bringing ___(70)____ their teenage children alone is not easy. 3 learn same it from computers information second night to are 61. A. live 62. A. hardly 63. A. share 64. A. best 65. A. few 66. A. raise 67. A. homecoming 68. A. dependent 69. A. expensive 70. A. up B. living B. hard B. need B. most B. much B. earn for B. house warming B. lonely B. saving B. of C. lives C. fast C. refusal C. fewest C. many C. keep C. household C. alone C. comfortable C. with D. lived D. equally D. responsibility D. least D. some D. nurse D. housekeeping D. single D. modern D. on Your answers: 61. _______ 62. _______ 63. _______ 64. _______ 65. ________ 66. _______ 67. _______ 68. _______ 69. _______ 70. _______ Part III. Read the passages below and then circle the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts) Passage 1: Jack London was the famous American novelist and short story writer. He was born in San Francisco in 1876. He quit school at fourteen to become a sailor. He was a self-taught student, he finished his high school and college education during six months. He led an adventurous but poor life. His view point was in favour of the poor and socialism. He read a lot of books of Karl Marx. He was influenced by Marxist Party theory and the October Revolution. In 1885, he joined the Socialist Labour Party but in the last years of his life, he moved away from the working class and in 1916 he left the party. In 1916, he committed suicide because of despair dream. He used an overdose of morphine and drowned himself in the sea. He was an adventure novelist, a socialist reformer and a prominent socialist who often signed under the line “Yours for the revolution, Jack London” 71. Jack London quit school in ___________. A. 1876 B. 1890 C. 1895 D. 1916 72. He had a/an _________ life. A. rich and adventurous B. poor and quiet C. adventurous and poor D. rich and quiet 73. He was in favour of ___________. A. self teaching B. capitalism C. the rich and the poor D. the poor and socialism 74. Why did he commit suicide? A. Because he left the party. B. He used to have a dream. C. Because of socialism. D. Because of despair of life and disillusion with American dream. 75. Jack London died at the age of _________. A. 39 B. 40 C. 41 D. 42 Your answers: 71. _______ 72. _______ 73. _______ 74. _______ 75. ________ Passage 2: It is very important to have healthy teeth. Good teeth help us to chew our food. They also help us to look nice. How does a tooth go bad? The decay begins in a little crack in the enamel covering of the tooth. This happens after germs and bits of food have collected there then the decay slowly spreads inside the tooth. Eventually, poison goes into the blood, and we may feel quite ill. How can we keep our teeth healthy? Firstly, we ought to visit our dentist twice a year. He can fill the small holes in our teeth before they destroy the teeth. He can examine our teeth to check that they are growing in the right way. Unfortunately, many people wait until they have 4 toothache before they see a dentist. Secondly, we should brush our teeth with a toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste at least twice a day- once after breakfast and once before we go to bed. We can also use wooden toothpicks to clean between our teeth after a meal. Thirdly, we should eat food that is good for our teeth and our body: milk, cheese, fish, brown bread, potatoes, red rice, raw vegetables and fresh fruit. Chocolate, sweets, biscuits and cakes are bad, especially when we eat them between meals. They are harmful because they stick to our teeth and cause decay. 76. Good teeth help us to __________. A. chew our food B. be important C. have good health D. have good eyesight 77. When food and germs collect in a small crack, our teeth ___________. A. send poison into the blood B. make us feel quite ill C. begin to decay D. become hard 78. A lot of people visit a dentist only when __________. A. they begin to have toothache B. they have well brushed teeth C. they have holes in their teeth D. their teeth grow properly 79. We shouldn’t eat a lot of ________ every day. A. red rice B. fresh fruit C. chocolate D. fish 80. Sweets are harmful because they may make our teeth ___________. A. crack B. decay C. painful D. black Your answers: 76. _______ 77. _______ 78. _______ 79. _______ 80. ________ SECTION D: WRITING (20 POINTS) Part I. Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. (10 pts) 81. They didn't follow the map, so they got lost. → If … 82. The noise next door did not stop until after midnight. → It was not … 83. Turn off all switches before leaving the workshop. → All the switches … 84. My mother wrote the article last week. → The article 85. My brother prefers listening to music to watching TV. → My brother would rather 86. I’m sorry that I didn’t go to the party last night. → I wish 87. Although he was not experienced, he got thejob. → Despite 88. “If I were you, I would never smoke in the office, David.” → I advised 89. She sarted working as a secretary five years ago. → She has … 90. He rang her when he returned from the excursion → No sooner … Part II. Complete the following sentences, using the words given. (10 pts) 91. Scott/ learn/ play/ music/ when/ he/ very young//. → 5 92. Of all/ the films/ I/ see/, Titanic/ be/ the one/ I/ like best//. → 93. first World Cup/ be/ hold/ Uraguay/ 1904//. → 94. I / tell / him /the truth / if / I / be/ you//. → 95. Mr Green / used to/ take/ children/ the circus//. → 96. The pupils / learn / their lesson/ when / the principal/ come//. → 97. My father/ be / used to / get/ early/ the morning//. → 98. We / decide / go out / despite / heavy rain//. → 99. This / be / best / movie / I / see//. → 100. That/ hotel / which / I / stay / during my last holiday//. → ___________The end___________ 6 Sở Gd & ĐT Bắc giang trờng thpt tân yên 2 đề chính thức hớng dẫn chấm đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trờng năm học 2010 2011 Môn thi: Tiếng anh (lớp 10) (Bảng hớng dẫn chấm có 02 trang) Tổng điểm: 100 điểm section a: Phonetics (10 points) Part I: 5 pts (Mi cõu ỳng 1 im) 1C 2A 3C 4C 5D Part II: 5 pts (Mi cõu ỳng 1 im) 6A 7A 8D 9B 10C section B: Grammar & Vocabulary (40 points) Part I: 2 0 pts (Mi cõu ỳng 1 im) 11C 12C 13D 14D 15A 16B 17B 18C 19D 20B 21C 22D 23D 24B 25D 26D 27C 28A 29B 30B Part II: 10 pts (Mi t ỳng 1 im) 31. national 32. participants 33. musician 34. invited 35. destroyed 36. reference 37. similarity 38. conclusion 39. independence 40. joyfulness Part III: 10 pts (Mi cõu ỳng 1 im) 41D 42B 43B 44A 45B 46B 47A 48B 49B 50B section C: reading (30 points) Part I: 10 pts (Mi t in ỳng cho 1 im) 51. second 52. same 53. information 54. to 55. are 56. it 57. learn 58. night 59. from 60. computers Part II: 10 pts (Mi cõu chn ỳng cho 1 im) 61B 62B 63A 64B 65C 66A 67D 68D 69D 70A Part III: 10 pts (Mi cõu chn ỳng cho 1 im) 71B 72C 73D 74D 75B 76A 77C 78A 79C 80B section D: writing (20 points) Part I: 10 pts (Mi cõu ỳng cho 1 im) 81. If they had followed the map, they wouldn't have got lost. 82. It was not until after midnight that the noise next door stopped. 83. All the switches must be turned off before leaving the workshop. 7 84. This article was written by my mother last week. 85. My brother would rather listen to music than watch TV. 86. I wish I had gone to the party last night. 87. Despite his inexperience, he got the job. Despite the fact that he wasn’t experienced, he got the job. 88. I advised David not to smoke in the office. 89. She has worked as a secretary for five years. She has been working as a secretary for five years. She has been a secretary for five years. 90. No sooner had he returned from the excursion than he rang her. Part II: 10 pts (Mỗi câu viết đúng cho 1 điểm) 91. Scott learned/ learnt to play music when he was very young. 92. Of all the films I have seen, Titanic is the one I like best. 93. The first World Cup was held in Uraguay in 1904. 94. I would tell him the truth if I were you. 95. Mr Green used to take his children to the circus. 96. The pupils were learning their lessons when the principal came. 97. My father is used to getting early in the morning. 98. We decided to go out despite the heavy rain. 99. This is the best movie (that) I have (ever) seen. 100. That is the hotel in/at which I stayed during my last holiday. ___________The end__________ 8 . thức hớng dẫn chấm đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trờng năm học 2 010 2011 Môn thi: Tiếng anh (lớp 10) (Bảng hớng dẫn chấm có 02 trang) Tổng điểm: 100 điểm section a: Phonetics (10 points) Part I:. / used to / get/ early/ the morning//. → 98. We / decide / go out / despite / heavy rain//. → 99. This / be / best / movie / I / see//. → 100 . That/ hotel / which / I / stay / during my last. thpt tân yên 2 đề chính thức Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp trờng năm học 2 010 2011 Môn thi: Tiếng anh lớp 10 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút điểm Bằng số: bài thi Bằng chữ: Chữ ký giám khảo