TRƯỜNG THCS HOÀ TÂN ĐỀ THI HS GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN 08-09 HUYỆN CHÂU THÀNH MÔN: TIẾNG ANH TỈNH ĐỒNG THÁP THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI: 150 PHÚT HỌ VÀ TÊN GV: HUỲNH THỊ BẢY I. CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: (3ms) 1. If she finishes work early, she ____ home. a. will go b. would go c. could go d. went 2. If the weather ____ , we / ll go for a walk. a. clears b. will clear c. be clear d. cleared 3. Galileo said that the earth ___ round. a. be b. is c. being d. were 4. Fiona says that she is getting ____ today. a. marry b. marrying c. marriage d. married. 5. Ralph said he was sure it ____ . a. will rain b. was going to rain c. rains d. would be raining 6. I have started talking _____ at the community college. a. classes b. periods c. hours d. programs 7. Just a moment. Let me look at my _____ . a. schedule b. class c. syllabus d. plan 8. “ How many ___ can you speak?” “Only Arabic and English”. a. conversations b. languages c. communications d. speeches 9. It is parent / s responsibility to ensure children / s regular ____ at school. a. attend b. attendance c. attendant d. attendants 10.Students who complete the training successfully will ___ a diploma. a.be awarded b. award c. awarded d. awards 11.We have rooms for 2,000 students ____ campus. a. in b. on c. at d. among 12.She was asked to read out the list of ___ for the award for best actor. a. candidates b. candidate c. candidacy d. candidacies II. PRONUNCIATION : (2ms) *Choose the word which is pronounced differently from the others: 1. a. took b. school c. food d. choose 2. a. clothed b. impressed c. enjoyed d. worked 3. a. please b. pleasure c. easy d. teacher 4. a. comprise b. divide c. primary d. religion 5. a. what b. when c. where d. who 6. a. danger b. angry c. language d. passage 7. a. around b. how c. bought d. found 8. a. beach b. clean c. instead d. leave III. READING : (4ms) Read the following passage, then fill in each blank with a suitable word: There is little doubt that one of the chief roles of the horse in art, just ____ (1) in life, is that of our servant and companion. We can have a very little idea of ____ (2) a horse feels in its natural state. Left to itself, ____ (3) is unlikely that it would pull a plough, take a soldier _____(4) a dangerous situation in battle, ___ (5) do most of the other things that have attracted painters and writers to the animal ever ____ (6) tha dawn of history. The horse is controlled ____ (7) the wishes of its owner. When we describe it, we say it has ___ (8) virtues and qualities we most admire in ourselves and it is as the symbol ___ (9) these qualities that it has so often ___ (10) praised by painters and poets. Then we must consider the horse / s own beauty, speed and strength. ___ (11) truth, the picture we ___ (12) most frequently moved by, in both art and literature, is actually a single image that combines all the advantages of the animal and its rider. An outstanding example of ___ (13) is provided by the school of sculpture and painting in ____ (14) the authority and personality of individualsis emphasised by the ___ (15) that they are ____ (16) horseback. IV. FINISH EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MEANS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE SENTENCE PRINTED BEFORE IT: (7ms) 1. All his suits were made in Paris. _ He 2. They last visited me five years ago. _ They haven / t 3. She doesn / t usually stay up so late. _ She / s not used 4. We spent five hours getting to London. _ It took 5. The police has just released John. _ John 6. I / m afraid I haven / t got time to listen to you. _ I wish 7. She can / t have any more children because of her age. _ She is too 8. They believe he is mad. _ He 9. She bought that house in 1973. _ She has 10.We arrived too late to see the first film. _ We didn / t 11.John began playing the piano ten years ago. _ John has 12.Sarah is better at chemistry than Susan. _ Susan isn / t 13.Sally is the cleverest student in the class. _ Nobody 14.We can / t afford to buy the car. _ The car V. LISTENING : ( 4ms) *Listen the passage, then decide the following statements are true (T) or false(F) 1. Alexander G . Bell was born in England.  2. He was born in 1848.  3. He emigrated to Canada in 1865.  4. He went to Boston when he was twenty – three.  5. He was a dreamer.  6. Graham Bell worked with the deaf in Boston.  7. He experimented with the electrical tranmission of sound by day.  8. Graham Bell invented the telephone.  ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HS GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2008- 2009 I. 3 điểm ( Mỗi câu 0,25) 1a, 2a, 3b, 4d, 5b, 6a, 7a, 8b, 9b, 10a, 11b, 12a II. 2 điểm ( Mỗi câu 0,25) 1a, 2c, 3b, 4d, 5d, 6d, 7c, 8c III. 4 điểm ( Mỗi câu 0,25) 1. as 2. how / what 3. it 4. into/ to/ through 5. and/ or 6. since 7. by 8. the/ those 9. of 10.been 11.in 12.are 13.this 14.which 15.fact 16.on IV. 7 điểm ( Mỗi câu 0,5) 1. He had all his suits made in Paris. 2. They haven / t visited me for five years. 3. She / s not used staying up late. 4. It took us five hours to get to London. 5. John has just been released by the police. 6. I wish I had time to listen to music. 7. She is too old to have any children. 8. He is believed to be mad. 9. She has lived in that house since 1973. 10.We didn / t arrive in time. 11.John has been playing the piano for ten years. 12.Susan isn / t as good at chemistry as Sarah. 13.Nobody in the class is clever than Sally. 14.The car is too expensive for us to buy. V. 4 ñieåm ( Moãi caâu 0,25) 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T *Tape : Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty – three he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston. Though Bell was dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone. . TRƯỜNG THCS HOÀ TÂN ĐỀ THI HS GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN 08- 09 HUYỆN CHÂU THÀNH MÔN: TIẾNG ANH TỈNH ĐỒNG THÁP THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI: 150 PHÚT HỌ VÀ TÊN GV: HUỲNH. electrical tranmission of sound by day.  8. Graham Bell invented the telephone.  ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HS GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2008- 20 09 I. 3 điểm ( Mỗi câu 0,25) 1a, 2a, 3b, 4d, 5b, 6a, 7a, 8b, 9b, 10a,. practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This