Së GD & §T Thanh Ho¸ ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HS GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2008-2009 Trêng THPT CÈm thñy 1 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Hệ 3 năm ( Bài số 4 ) Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút Họ và tên: Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. A lot of people (kill) by aids recently, and I wish nobody (die) any more. 2. He kept (ring) up and (ask) for an explanation and she didn’t know what (do) about him. 3. - You look exhausted. - Yes, I (play) tennis, and I (not play) for many years so I’m not used to it. 4. Since his wife (die) he (take) to (smoke) a lot. 5. It …… (be) my birthday tomorrow. 6. I …… (not play) football since I …… (break) my leg. 7. I …… (telephone) Bill as soon as I …… (get) home this evening. 8. It was eleven o’clock and we … (just go) to bed when the telephone …(ring). 9. I….(think) your father’s health… (improve) so much since I….(see) him last. Question 2: Fill each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters Part 1 1. ACT a. We must take …………. before things get worse. b. Don’t worry about the volcano. It’s been ………… for years. c. She said she wanted to be a television ………………. . 2. BASE a. My grandfather only had a very …………… education. b. The organization is run on a voluntary ……………… 3. CONTINUE a. His latest book is a ………… of his previous one. b. The train service was …………. because it wasn’t used by many people. c. Peter couldn’t get much work done as he was ………… being interrupted by people telephoning him. 4. COMPARE a. I’m just a beginner in …… with her. b. What happened two years ago is not really ……. in the situation now. Part 2 Camping is the …1…(idea) kind of holiday for many young people. What could be nicer ? Just imagine spending … 2…(end) day under the sun, by the sea or under the mountains without any …3…(responsible). All you need to do is to find a …4…(suit) site and pitch the tent. Those who like to be …5…(adventure) can go hiking in the mountains. Others looking for a …6…(please) and relaxing holiday, will find it by the sea. Camping is also an …7…(economy) alternative to hotels and …8…(expense) restaurants. In addition, cooking can be fun on the .9 …(tradition) camp - fire. It’s not so surprising then, that camping is gaining in …10…(popular). Question 3: a- Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below. 1- Each birthday is an occasion for various members of the family and friends … (together / to gather / to show ) 2- The essay …( reminds/ remembers / makes ) him of his family members and friends. 3- … (Rush-hours / Traffic-lights / Traffic-jams) usually happen in the busiest areas of the city. 4- We heard the birds … (sang / singing / to sing) a beautiful song. 5- He tries to avoid … (took / take / taking) his lesson. b- Correct the mistake in the following sentences. 1- Here she comes the new employee. 2- She isn’t thought she is a nine year old girl. 3- Can you remember when did he left ? 4- We bought a new furniture for the living-room. 5- We saw several kinds birds at the wildlife preserve. Question 4: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space. Part A. Television is one of man’s most important …1… of communication. It brings …2… and sounds from the …3… into millions of homes. A person with a TV set can sit in his house and …4… the President …5… a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought and watch statement try to bring about peace …6… TV, home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands. In …7… to all these things, TV …8… its viewers a steady streams of programmes …9… are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides many …10…entertainment programmes than any other kind. Part B. A good memory is a great (1) …… in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by …….2……. what he hears when he is a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live ……3…… with their ……4……. seem to learn …….5……. languages almost as easily as …… 6…… . In school, it’s not so …….7…… to learn a second language because the pupils have so little ……8…… for it, and they are busy ……9… other ……10…… as well. The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something ……12…… we know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our ……13…… . That is why it is …… 14…… to learn words in sentences, not by ……15…… , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word means when we first use it… Question 5: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition. 1. Since graduating ………. school she has got very interested ……… environmental issues. 2. I’m going to discuss it ……… them tomorrow. 3. Don’t laugh ……… her or she’ll get angry. 4. It’s hard ……… me to get used ………. foreign food. 5. Foreigners who visit my country are always impressed ……… how polite and friendly everyone is. 6. I dreamed ………… prehistoric monsters last night. 7. Everyone praised him ……… doing so well on the exam. 8. The river divides the city …… two parts. 9. There has been a university in Oxford …… more than eight hundred years. 10. They have been married ………2001. 11. From 1992 …… last year we had a flat in the center of town. 12. Can you wait for a few minutes ….… I’m ready ? 13. I haven’t spoken to Bill ….… we were at school. Question 6: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. The cake is so hard that I can’t eat it. It is ………………………………………………………………… 2. Because of the bad weather, we had to stay at home. Because the ……………………………………………………… 3. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol. Carol congratulated ………………………………………………. 4. He felt ill to get up. He did not ………………………………… 5. I was sitting next to a boy in the exam. He told me the answers. The boy I ………………………………………………………. 6. The days get colder and colder. Each day ………………………… 7. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t. Learning to drive is …………………………………………. 8. If I take the job I’ll have to move to London. Taking the job will ……………………………………………… 9. They say the doctor has made a serious mistake. The doctor ……………………………………………………. 10. I prefer tennis to football. I ‘d rather ………………………………………………………. 11. Nobody has heard of John since he went to live in America. John ……………………………………………………… 12. It was dark when we arrived because the journey took a very long time. ……… so ……… that ……… 13. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol. Carol congratulated ………………………………………………. 14. He felt ill to get up. He did not ………………………………… 15. I was sitting next to a boy in the exam. He told me the answers. The boy I ………………………………………………………. 16. The days get colder and colder. Each day ………………………… 17. I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn’t. Learning to drive is …………………………………………. 18. If I take the job I’ll have to move to London. Taking the job will ……………………………………………… 19. A week ago today we were in China. This ………………………………… 20. Mary hasn’t finished her work yet. Mary is ………………………………. . 3. - You look exhausted. - Yes, I (play) tennis, and I (not play) for many years so I’m not used to it. 4. Since his wife (die) he (take) to (smoke) a. (kill) by aids recently, and I wish nobody (die) any more. 2. He kept (ring) up and (ask) for an explanation and she didn’t know what (do) about him. 3.