Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi trường lớp 10 THPT môn: Tiếng Anh

work)  in an office on the top floor where I (7. just, meet)  an important customer. I (8. retire)  in five years. I think I (9. go)  and live in the country. I (10. be)  with the firm for twenty years by then. 
I (11. be)  still working at eight o' clock yesterday evening. I (12. work)  since early morning. We (13. work)  very hard at the office lately as we (14. negotiate)  an important contract. 
Tomorrow I (15. fly)  to Milan. It (16. still, rain)  like this when I (17. get)  back, I (18. wonder) ? I hope not, because I (19. take)  a few days off as soon as I can. I (20. work)  non-stop for over three weeks.
ANSWER
I. Tenses & forms (.5 x 20 = 10 pts)
1. became 	2. was working 	3. had ever been 	4. joined/had joined	
5. have been	6. work	7. have just met 	8. retire	
9. will/shall go 10. will/shall have been 11. was	12. had been working	
13. have been working 14. are negotiating 15. am flying	16. will still be raining	
17. get 	18. wonder	19. am going to take	20. will have been working
B. WRITTEN TEST
II. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition or an adverbial particle.
Sir James succeeded (1) the hereditary title in 1969. His father died (2) injuries received in a road accident. Although Sir James takes pride (3) his ancestry, he's no snob.
Sheila's very strict (4) the children in her class. She's particularly strict (5) punctuality. However, her relationship (6) the children is a happy one.
Hello, John. Good to see you. Come in for a few minutes and sit down. I suppose you want to see Jane. She’s upstairs but she will soon be (7)  in a few minutes. In fact you are lucky to find her (8)  as she’s just dressing herself (9) to go out with her friend. Anyway, I am glad you called (10)  because I’d like to talk to you. 
My French isn’t very good but it’s enough to get  .
Business has fallen a lot lately: turnover is down 15% last year.
The old man told me to give from his daughter, but I just had to see her again.
Why is that man hanging outside our house? Do you think he’s a burglar?
It was not going to be easy to explain the lipstick which his wife had found on his collar.
He is now the head of his class.
Don’t lean the stove.
You will have to wait here Thursday.
His face is familiar me.
This soup tastes iodine.
ANSWER
II. Preposition & adverbial particle(1.0 x 10 = 10 pts)
1. to 	2. from 3. in 	 4. with 5. about 6. with 	7. down 8. in 	 9. up	10. in 
11. by 12. off 13. in 14. about 15. away 16. at 17. against 18. till/until 	19. to 	20. of
B. WRITTEN TEST
I. WORD FORM: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word at the end of the sentence.
Eddie just can't stop working and relax any more, he's turning into a real . WORK
. people are often critical and sarcastic. CONTENT
Tests have shown that people's blood pressure goes up when they are in red colored .SURROUND
Insecure people often do things just to avoid other people's .APPROVE
Most of us think we have a rational and well-balanced . on life. LOOK
There has been a . increase in recovery from 	leukemia in the last 30 years. MIRACLE
Faulty electrical . are a relatively common cause of fires in offices, factories and hotels. APPLY
Without color dyes people would find a lot of processed food rather . APPETITE
Because he said so little in meetings, his colleagues thought he was . to his work, but actually he was just timid. COMMIT
Some hardwood is produced on . so that natural forests are not destroyed. PLANT
ANSWER
I. Word form (1.0 x 10 = 10.0 pts)
1. workaholic	2. discontented	3. surroundings	4. disapproval
5. Outlook	6. miraculous	7. appliances	8. unappetizing	
9. uncommitted	10. plantations
B. WRITTEN TEST
II. Read the text and then fill in the blank with the correct form of the word chosen from the 	box. 
able 	accuracy 	believe	confide 	express
ignore	know 	loaf 	three 	understand
Seven-year-olds fail test
A study by the National Foundation for Educational Research of 3400 seven-year-old pupils shows an (1) .of basic math and English which is simply (2) . . The results, which were published recently, show that one in seven children lack basic (3) .of math and cannot even do simple multiplication, such as 5 x 5. The results also show that a (4) .of the children in this age group cannot count up to 100 and do not know what (5) .such as half and a quarter, refer to. Moreover, only half of the children had any (6) .of the decimal system for money and only one in thirty could (7) .read the temperature on a thermometer. Finally, only one in seven could say what the cost of three 50p (8) .is.
As regards English, more than a quarter have not learnt to read with any (9) .and have problems with the alphabet; meanwhile another 25% are (10) .to spell easy words, like can, man and hot.
ANSWER
II. Word form (1.0 x 10 = 10.0 pts)
1. ignorance	2. unbelievable 	3. knowledge	4. third	5. expressions	
6. understanding 7. accurately 	8. loaves 	9. confidence 	10. unable
B. WRITTEN TEST
IV. There are 10 errors in the paragraph. Find and correct them. Some lines have more than one mistake.
BODY LANGUAGE
Body language imparts meaning with the use of words. It is the type of non-verbal communication. There are certain recognized distinctions like types of body language: voluntary/involuntary and universal/cultural. The first distinction is often fuzzy in instance, a smile can be voluntary or involuntary. However, with the second distinction, smiles aren’t universal. They are interpreting the same across all cultures. Nodding and head shaking, however, are cultural. In Turkey, the former is replaced by raising the eyebrows. It was thought that body language has its roots in animal communication. However, great apes raised in captivity are quite proficient for reading human body language.
ANSWER
IV. Error correction (1.0 x 10 = 10 pts)
L1:	1. with (the) 	→ without	
 	2. the (type) 	→ a 
L2:	3. like (types) 	→ between	
L3: 	4. in (stance) 	→ for 	
L4: 	5. with (the) 	→ by 	
	6. aren’t (universal) 	→ are 	
L5: 	7. interpreting (the) 	→ interpreted 	 
L6:	8. was (thought) 	→ is 
L7: 	9. However 	→ Indeed	
	10. for (reading) 	→ at
B. WRITTEN TEST
V. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
A.
Communication
Throughout our lives, right from the moment when (1) .infants we cry to express hunger, we are engaging in social interaction of one form or another. Each and every time we encounter (2) .human beings, some kind of social interaction will take place, (3) .it's getting on a bus and paying the fare for the journey, or socializing with friends. It goes without saying, therefore, that we need the ability to communicate. Without some method of transmitting intentions, we would be (4) .a complete loss when it came to interacting socially.
Communication involves the exchange of (5) ., which can be anything from a gesture to a friend (6) .boredom to the presentation of a university thesis which may (7) .ever be read by a handful of others, or it could be something in (8) .the two. Our highly developed languages set us apart from animals. (9) .for these languages, we could not communicate sophisticated or abstract ideas. Nor could we talk or write about people or objects not immediately present. (10) .we restricted to discussing objects already present, we would be unable to make abstract generalizations about the world.
ANSWER
V. (0.5 x 20 = 10.0 pts)
A.
1. as	2. fellow	3. whether	4. at	5. information	
6. signaling	7. only	8. between	9. but	10. Were
B. WRITTEN TEST
V. Fill in the blank with ONE suitable word.
B
Scientists are still curious about the effects of the oceanographic phenomenon called El Nino, which (1) . in the south-west Pacific Ocean. There is no doubt, however, about the reason for its occurrence. Every few years, a rise in surface temperatures (2) . to a temporary decrease in trade winds makes sea levels rise, and waves head north-east up the coast of South America. El Nino is noted (3) .its effect on local climates, but recent research has shown that it is also (4) .for wider atmospheric changes, resulting, for example, (5) .temporary drought in the Sahel or failure of the maize harvest in Zimbabwe.
Now scientists involved in oceanographic research are working on a new theory, that El Nino can produce changes (6) .ocean patterns that may last for decades. Computers at the Naval Research Laboratory in Mississippi, fed with 	the latest satellite (7) .on sea temperatures and wave heights, show that the giant waves that roll across the Pacific may be the result of a previous El Nino, which will (8) . to affect the circulation of the North Pacific for years to come.
The 1982 El Nino, the strongest of the 20th century, is (9) .of causing the flooding of the Mississippi basin in 1993, with the loss of life and serious (10) .to crops and property that resulted.
ANSWER
B. (0.5 x 20 = 10.0 pts)
1. occurs 	2. due 	3. for 	4. responsible 	5. in 
6. in 	7. information 8. continue 	9. suspected 	10. damage
B. WRITTEN TEST
VI. Finish the second sentence without changing the meaning by using the words given at the 	 beginning or one word at the end of the sentence. 
Just after solving one problem, I was faced with another.
Hardly 
Getting specialized qualification will benefit you. 
It will be in 
We have to repay the loan, now that we have promised to.
We are.
‘Oh, just a minute, was it Leonardo or Michelangelo who painted the Mona Lisa?’
He couldn’t remember ..
The company will well make a profit next year.
I wouldn’t be surprised 
Don’t forget to contact me if you come here. 
Don’t forget to get ...
The defense contributed enormously to the team's success. MADE
I don’t agree with prohibiting smoking in bars. FAVOR
..
Chess is much more skilful game than backgammon. DEAL
..
I was just about to leave the house when I heard the phone ring. VERGE
..
ANSWER
VI. Sentence transformation (2.0 x 10 = 20.0 pts) 
Hardly had I solved one problem than I was faced with another.
It is/will be in your interests to get/that you get a specialized qualification.
We are obliged to repay the loan. / We are committed to repaying the loan.
He couldn’t remember if it was Leonardo or Michelangelo who (had) painted the Mona Lisa?
I wouldn’t be surprised if the company made a profit next year.
Don’t forget to get in touch with me if you come here.
The defense made an enormous contribution to the team's success.
I’m not in favor of prohibiting smoking in bars.
Playing chess requires a good/great deal more skill than playing chess.
I was on the verge of leaving/going out of the house when I heard the phone ring.
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Së GD - §T B¾c Giang
Tr­êng THPT T©n Yªn 2
§Ò thi häc sinh giái cÊp tr­êng
n¨m häc 2007-2008
 M«n: TiÕng Anh-Líp 10
Thêi gian lµm bµi: 150 phót (kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Chó ý: - Häc sinh lµm bµi trùc tiÕp vµo ®Ò thi.
	 - §Ò thi gåm 05 trang. Häc sinh kh«ng ®­îc sö dông bÊt cø tµi liÖu nµo kÓ c¶ tõ ®iÓn hay b¶ng ®éng tõ bÊt quy t¾c.
	Hä vµ tªn : .................................................. 
Líp :....................
	Sè b¸o danh:................................................... §iÓm: ...................
PhÇn I: Phonetics
 Chän mét tõ mµ phÇn g¹ch ch©n cã c¸ch ph¸t ©m kh¸c nh÷ng tõ cßn l¹i. X¸c ®Þnh Câu tr¶ lêi b»ng c¸ch khoanh trßn ®¸p ¸n A, B, C hay D (10®) 
 1.	A. says B. decay 	C. clay D. day
 2. 	A. sport	B. doctor	C. wrong	D. boss
 3.	A. four	B. sport	C. sock	D. walking
 4. 	A. school	B. noon	C. cook	 	D. food
 5. 	A. pity 	B. tiny 	C. hidden D. forbid
 6. 	A. sugar	B. school	C. sunny	D. seafood
 7. 	A. brochure	B. chemist	C. Christmas	D. character
 8. 	A. talked 	B. arrived	C. missed	D. watched
 9. 	A. talk	B. daughter	C. subtract	D. walk	
 10. 	A. plays 	B. cleans	 C. speaks	D. understands
PhÇn II: vocabulary and grammar
 Bµi 1: Chän mét ®¸p ¸n ®óng nhÊt ®Ó hoµn thµnh mçi Câu sau. X¸c ®Þnh Câu tr¶ lêi b»ng c¸ch khoanh trßn ®¸p ¸n A, B, C hay D (30®) 
11. The ......... need help from the rich
A. rich	B. young	C. poor	D. injured
12. She didn’t ......... to cry when she was small.
A. use	B. used	C. uses	D. using
13. The .............. can’t talk with people.
A. deaf	B. blind	C. injured	D. dumb
14. This is the book, .......... is very interesting.
A. which	B. who	C. whom	D. when
15. Tomorrow Mai and I ............ to Ha noi.
A. are going	B. am going	C. is going	D. will go
16. She looks different. Has she ......... her hair cut?
A. have	B. has	C. had	D. having
17. My mother is a doctor .......... works in Tan Yen hospital.
A. who	B. which	C. whom	D. when
18. His homework has been ............
A. do 	B. did	C. doing	D. done
19. Manh has passed his exams, ........... is good news.
A. who	B. where	C. why	D. which
20. Next week my class is going for a ............ in Ha Long Bay.
A. tour	B. trip	C. excursion	D. travel
21. My class decided ............. the zoo.
A. visit	B. to visit	C. visited	D. visiting
22. Hung practises .......... English everyday.
A. speaking	B. speak	C. spoke	D. speaks
23. I don’t like......................water. I prefer fruit juice.
 A. the B. a C. any D. some
24. ..........................you swim? – Yes, I learned how to swim when I was seven. 
 A. can B. able to C. must D. when
25. If he .........................her, she could have had an accident.
 A. didn’t warn B. hadn’t warned C. warned D. doesn’t warn
26. Julia had a great holiday. She enjoyed..........................
 A. oneself B. himself C. myself 	D. herself
27. We tried a lot of hotels, but ..................of them had any free rooms.
 A. neither B. none C. no 	D. not
28. Ann is very busy these days. She has ..................free time.	
 A. a little B. little C. a few 	D. few
29. If I ...................you, I wouldn’t talk to him any more.
 A. be B. am C. was D. were
30. He was unwilling to explain the reason ..................his absence.
 A. for B. why C. of 	D. that
31. Give me a word.........................with “S”.
 A. begins B. began C. begin D. beginning
32. It’s not worth ......................out now. It is much too late.
 A. to go B. it go C. going D. it going
33. It’s at least a month since ...................................John.
 A. I last seeing B. I have last been C. I last see D. I last saw
34. They invited ........................dinner with them.
 A. us for having B. us to have C. that we have D. our having
35. He dislikes to .....................the crossword puzzle in the newspaper every day.
 A. fill B. make C. do D. answer
36. ........................me to phone them before I go out.
 A. Mention B. Make C. Remember D. Remind 
37. Music can express one's anger, love, hate and ................
	 A. friendness B. friendly C. friendship D. friends
 38. How long ago ......... Minh?
	 A. did you see B. see C. have you seen D. you saw
39. Let's get her ............. us some water.
	 A. bring B. brings C. to bring D. bringing
 40. I have just bought ............... interesting book.
	 A. some	 B. the	 C. a	 D. an
 Bµi 2: Chia ®éng tõ trong ngoÆc ë thêi vµ thÓ thÝch hîp råi ®iÒn vµo chç trèng ë trong mçi Câu d­íi ®©y (10 ®iÓm).
 41. Water .............................at 100o C. (boil)
 42. Let’s go for a walk. It ................................raining 2 hours ago. (stop)
 43. Normally my sister ............................work at 5 p.m. (finish)
 44. ..............................you..............................any good film lately? (see)
 45. I .............................Tom and Nancy a few days ago. (meet)
 46. Jane .........................for me when I arrived. (wait)
 47. Grandpa.........................to the radio in the living-room now. (listen)
 48. At 8 o’clock yesterday evening, I .......................dinner with (have)
some of my old friends. 
 49. This is a big factory. Five hundred people .........................here. (employ)
 50.The letter.........................a week ago and it.....................yesterday (post, arrive)
 Bµi 3: Cho d¹ng ®óng cña nh÷ng tõ ë cuèi mçi Câu (10 ®iÓm). 
 51. What is the ......................................of this tower, please? (high)
 52. The whole country is trying to get rid of ....................... (poor)
 53. They are looking for the ..................................to the problem. (solve)
 54. We should .................................this road for better use. (wide)
 55. During the past years computers have ................................our life. (revolution)
 56. It is much more ............................to buy that car. (economy)
 57. A true ............................lasts throughout life. (friend)
 58. The house is big but it is very ..................................to live in. (comfortable)
 59. He is ........... because he misses his parents. (happy)
 60. His ................................has been considered. (explain)
PhÇn iII: reading
 §äc ®o¹n v¨n sau råi chän ®¸p ¸n ®óng ®Ó ®iÒn vµo mçi kho¶ng trèng (10 ®)
 The 1990s .. (61) .. great changes in the way people communicate. People could (62) mail without going to the post office, and go .(63) without leaving home. The cause of this great change was the Internet.
The idea for the Internet  (64) .in the early 1960s in the United States. The Department of Defence wanted . (65) ., their computers together to share private information. In 1969, the ARPA net, .(66).. was an early form of the Internet, first connected computers at 4 American Universities. In 1972, scientists .(67). ARPA net with the world. They created a way to send person – to person messages using ARPA net. This was the beginning of email.
In the 1990s, two important things happened: the birth of the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1991 and the creation of the first web browser  (68) . . 1993. The web made it easier to find  (69) . on the Internet, and to move from place to place using links.
Nowadays, computers are an important part of our lives and are changing how we learn, work, shop and ..(70)...
61.
A.
sees
B.
saw
C.
has seen
D.
was seeing
62.
A.
send
B.
to send
C.
sending
D.
sent
63.
A.
shopping
B.
to shopping
C.
shop
D.
shopped
64.
A.
begins
B.
beginning
C.
began
D.
had begun
65.
A.
to connecting
B.
connect
C.
connecting
D.
to connect
66.
A.
whom
B.
who
C.
which
D.
that
67.
A.
shared
B.
was sharing
C.
had shared
D.
have shared
68.
A.
during
B.
on
C.
at
D.
in
69.
A.
information
B.
inform
C.
informative
D.
informal
70.
A.
communicating
B.
to communicating
C.
communicate
D.
to communicate
PhÇn iv: writing
 Bµi 1: T×m lçi trong nh÷ng Câu sau b»ng c¸ch khoanh trßn A, B, C hay D (10®)
71. I am very please that we should meet again soon.
 A B	 C	 D
72. Peter introduced Mai with some of his friends in London.
	 A	 B	 C D
73. The police stopped everybody enter the house.
 A	 B	 C	 D
74. The pilot and the crew divided the life preserves between twenty frantic passengers.
	 A	 B	C	 D
75. Standing among so many strangers, the frightened child began to sob uncontrollable.
	 A	B	 C D
76. Tom keeps to study hard because he intends to go to dental school.
	 A	 B C D
77. When the bell rang, the students have left the class.
	 A B C D
78. The government has decided voting on the resolution now rather than next month.
	 A B C D
79. I don’t recommend to eat in that restaurant. Its food is awful.
 A	 B C	 D
80. One of the primary cause of road accidents is driving after drinking.
 A B C	 D
 Bµi 2: H·y viÕt l¹i nh÷ng Câu sau ®©y mµ kh«ng thay ®æi nghÜa cña Câu, b¾t ®Çu b»ng côm tõ cho s½n (10 ®iÓm).
81. I started learning English 5 years ago.
=> I have .............................................................................................................
 82. This is the first time I’ve ever been to Hanoi.
 => I have never ......................................................................................................
 83. The last time I saw him was in 1995.
 => I haven’t ...........................................................................................................
 84. Harry left before we reached the hotel.
 => By the time .......................................................................................................
85. We haven’t seen Ann for years.
=> It’s years ...........................................................................................................
86. School uniform must be worn at all times by young pupils.
=> Young pupils ...................................................................................................
87. That school has four hundred pupils.
=> There ...............................................................................................................
88. The map was so old that I could not read it.
=> It was such ......................................................................................................
89. It is against the rules to park your car here.
=> You are..............................................................................................................
90. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the train.
=> If ......................................................................................................................
 Bµi 3: §æi nh÷ng Câu sau ®©y sang d¹ng bÞ ®éng (10 ®iÓm).
91. My grandfather built this house in 1950.
 => ...............................................................................................................................
92. You should clean the room every day.
 => ...........................................................................................................................
93. People advised us not to go out alone.
=> ........................................................................