Don’t blame him for your stupid mistakes.. They were too shocked at the news that they all sat there without saying a word.. They sat there without saying a word although they were very
Trang 1SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO DAKLAK KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG MÔN TIẾNG ANH Trường THPT Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
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Name: Class: _
A- MULTIPLE – CHOICE: (80 MARKS)
I- Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1 A population B pollution C property D probably
4 A throat B theneceforth C thrive D thresh
6 A interfere B itinerary C introductionD intrude
9 A dartboard B board C blackboard D cupboard
II- In three of these words the first syllable is stresses In the fourth word the stress is not put on the first syllable Find and circle the word in which the first syllable is not stressed:
11 A mountainous B foreigner C determined D aspect
13 A arrangement B luggage C helium D cellar
15 A pressure B introduce C hesitant D pleasure
17 A magician B prisoner C pressure D warranty
19 A access B answering C accident D acquisition
20 A psychologyB piston C purse D pocket
III- Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence:
21 The house stood by itself in the middle of a field It was completely _
22 He needed $800 but his capital was _ up in shares he borrowed it from the bank
23 She opened the packet and emptied the _ into a saucepan
24 Tell your brother to come _, because it’s going to rain in a minute or two
25 The girl’s father _ to buy her a car if she passed her examination
26 After a half – hour’s _ by rowing – boat, we reached the island
27 The girl in the shop was _ how to use a new kind of electronic cooker
A proving B establishing C exposing D demonstrating
28 I _ him to arrive in time for dinner
29 Britain _ a welcome to all tourists
30 Everything in the supermarket is marked with a price _
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31 In China an ancient medical treatment _ as acupuncture is sometimes used during surgery
32 Acupuncture is _ by _ needles into various parts of the body
A made / insert B made / inserting C done / insertD done / inserting
33 Western doctors _ Chinese hospitals have been startled to see patients _ serious operations without a conventional anesthetic
A that visit / underwent B visited / undergoing
C visiting / undergoing D which have visited / undergoing
34 “If you can’t lend me the money, I think I’ll ask Fred.” “Don’t bother He has than I do.”
35 “I think I failed the test.” “In my opinion, the _ was the most unreasonable.”
A examination third question B question third of the examination
C third examination question D examination of the third question
36 “How can you keep such long hours?” “Well, now I _ at night so isn’t hard for me.”
A am used to working B used to working
37 “Sandra is a miserable person.” “Of course she is She’s jealous _ everyone.”
38 _ the harvest, farmers are busy _ their work on the field
A During / doing B While / to do C As / do D Between / in doing
39 He went on doing it _ our protests
A owing to B because C in spite of D instead of
40 If there _ no floods last year, the crop _ better now
A were / would be B had / would have been
C had been / would be D was / would have been
V-The four underlined words or phrases are marked A, B, C, or D Identify the one underlined expression that is not correct Circle and correct it
41 The capital city, Lome, is on the coast close with the Ghanaian border
A B C D
42 One day I heard that a TV company looking for a casting agent and I applied for and got the job
A B C D
43 I use it like a diary and it has an alarm which I can set to remind me about meetings with others
A B C D
doctors in the team
44 It hopeless to try and find any privacy in the flat so I go out for a walk
A B C D
45 The irony was that I used to spend hours doing up my face so that I’d look younger
A B C D
46 More than 600 million individual bacteria lives on the skin of humans
A B C D
47 Under no circumstances I will leave you alone in this country
A B C D
48 Thomas remembers as a talented artist of his time
A B C D
49 The curricula of American public schools are set in individual states; they do not determine by the
A B C
federal government
D
50 Barum opened his own circus in 1871 and become the most famous showman of his time
Trang 3VI- Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D nearest in meaning to the one in italic:
51 My son dislikes other people criticizing him
A My son doesn’t like if you criticize him
B Criticizing him is not my son’s hobby
C My son is afraid of being criticized
D My son can’t stand if other people criticize him
52 Don’t blame him for your stupid mistakes
A It isn’t his fault that you made stupid mistakes
B Don’t let him blamed for your stupid mistakes
C He was not to blame because you have made so many mistakes
D He doesn’t make mistakes so you are to blame
53 The news was so shocking to them that they all sat there without saying a word
A They were too shocked at the news that they all sat there without saying a word
B They sat there without saying a word although they were very shocked
C They all sat there in silence because they were so shocked by the news
D Sitting there without a word because they were very shocked
54 I picked up quite a lot of Chinese by watching Chinese films
A I learnt at fair amount of Chinese by watching Chinese ilm
B Chienese film have supplied me a lot of Chinese
C Picking up a lot of Chinese, I watched Chinese films
D Watching Chinese films is a good way of learning Chinese
55 Was the play as interesting as you expected it to be or was it boring?
A Did the play satisfy you with its content?
B Are you satisfied with the play?
C Did you like the play as much as you do?
D Did the play live up to your expections or it was boring?
56 In spite of hating cats, i have some in my family
A Having cat, though, I have some in my family
B Having some cats in my family although I hate them
C Despite the fact that I hate cats, I have some in my family
D Although the fact that I don’t love cats, I still keep them in my mind
57 “I will go immediately if you don’t apologize.” She said to her son
A She would like to go now that her son didn’t apologize her
B Not apologizing his mother, the mother decided to go immediately
C The mother wanted to leave home because the son was not so good
D She threatened to go unless her son apologized
58 You shouldn’t have let the windowns open at night
A It was your reponsibility not to lock the windowns last night
B Don’t forget to lock the windows last night
C It was careless of you to leave the windows open last night
D You have to leave the windows close beore going to bed
59 You will get wet if you go out without an umbrella
A Unless you go out with an umbrella, you will get wet
B Without an umbrella will make you get wet
C Going oit without an umbrella is not good for you
D Getting wet will happen i you don’t go out without an umbrella
60 It looks like rain to me
A I think it’s going to rain
B I like to look at the rain
C It will rain, I like to look at it
D It is going to rain, isn’t it?
Trang 4VII- Read the passage and choose A, B, C, or D for each of the following blanks:
MUSIC – A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Music is universal – it is produced by all cultures Some scientists believe that music came before speech and (61) _ as a development of mating calls In fact, there is (62) _ theory that the (63) _ languages were chanted or sung rather than spoken Indeed, in some cultures, music is a form of (64) _ history The Aboriginal Australian, for example, use music as a mean to (65) _on stories o the land and spirits to the next (66) _
New evidence suggests that music does not just (67) _ the feel – good factor but it is also good for the brain A study of intellectually (68) _children showed that they could recall more (69) _after it was gi\ven to them in a song than after it was read to them a story
Researchers also report that people (70) _ better on a standard intelligence (71) _after listening to mazart The so called “Mozart effect”, has also been (72) _by findings taht rats (73) _up on Mozart run faster through a complex network of paths or passages, (74) _as a maze Overall, it seems that in most instances who suffer from any form of metal (75) _ benefit from listening to music
64 A enjoying B making C recording D stating
68 A disabled B inactive C incapable D disordered
71 A form B scheme C demonstration D test
VIII- Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answer A, B, C or D to questions below:
We have just got past the Customs Officer, Bijou and I was relieved the country’s laws on importing animals were so loose By the look of surprise I have received from fellow passengers, I had feared they might be strict The most amusing thing was that everyone officially concerned, at he airports and in the air, had referred to Bijou as “a live dog”, for I could not imagine a dog other than a live one travelling anywhere But regulations are meant to be obeyed, so “live” he was
I had been given a box for him to travel in if he needed it, called a “Courtesty Kennel”; and it was this box that had brought the sleepy light of suspicion to the eyes of the Customs Officer when I had stood before him He had thought, as his question made clear, that I was trying to bring ina colour TV set or something similar, subject to a high rate of duty When he found the box contained only a dog – “Ah, a live dog!” he exclaimed with some disappointment – he waved me away with the rest of the passengers going through unchecked
Outside the Arrival hall we joined the queue for a taxi Being a party of only one, human at any rate, I was not too popular with the drivers, who probably made more out of groups, unless it was Bijou thay did not like, and we had to wait until everyone else had departed At last I was courted for my trade, and I selected from the queue now lacing me a large blue car, whose drivers offered to take me to a “hotel comfortable”, and Bijou and I got in We had driven less than a hundred meters when a policeman on a motor – cycle stopped us The driver and he began a furious argument through a taxi window Now if there is anything that annpys Bijou, it is the sound of human voices raised in anger, and he tries to drown the voices with barking He did that now The policeman orfered us out
The driver turned to me, “The dog must get out, sir” he said “In our country it’s illegal to carry them in taxi Never mind, we’ll put him in the back with your cases I’m sorry about this, but we”ll son…”
Trang 5So Bijou, with much loss of dignity, was banished to the back The policeman , red in the face, drove of.
So we did, but only until the motor – cyclist was out o sight The we stopped again, and Bijou rejoined
me Soon we reached the hotel
76 What does the passage tell us about importing a dog to that country?
A The regulatión made it dificult to impỏt a dog
B If the dog was hidden in a box, no one worried about it
C There seemed to bo no control on the arrival of a dog
D The officials were araid of dogs, so they refused to let them in
77 Regarding Bijou, the writer wondered
A what other kinds of dog travelled by car
B why so many officials were worried about the dog
C whether other people minded travelling with a dog
D why it was necessary to say he was alive
78 Why was the Customs Officer suspicious?
A he believed the writer wanted to avoid paying duty
B He had doubts about the health o the dog
C Because the dog’s ower preferred not to open the box
D He asked a quesyion which the passenger could not answer
79 In the end the writer had a choice of taxis because
A other people reused to ride with him B he was the only traveller left
C he threatened to report the drivers D the others in a queue went by bus
80 When the taxi pulled up the second time
A the dog was tired o running
B the policeman pretened not to see what was happening
C Bijou was brought into a taxi
D the driver had arrived at the hotel
B- WRITING (20 MARKS)
I- Rewrite without changing the meaning o the original sentences;
1 You may be disqualified you don’t obey the regulations
→ Failure
2 He appears to have been waiting a long time
→ It
3 Whatever you say, I’ll never change my mind
→ For
4 You should have read the instructions
→ You are
5 We were late because it rained so heavily
→ But II- Rewrite, using exactly the words provided:
1 Teaching doesn’t really suit her (cut)
→
2 The rate o inflation has fallen steadily during recent months (decline)
→
3 Not many people attended the concert (poorly)
→
4 Final years students don’t have to attend lecturers (optinal)
→
5 Dickens’ last novel was unfinshed when he died (without)
→
THE END
Trang 6ĐÁP ÁN KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG MÔN TIẾNG ANH NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
A- MULTIPLE – CHOICE: (80 MARKS)
41 C (close to) 42 B (was looking) 43 D (other) 44 A (It is)
45 B (making) 46 C (live) 47 B (will I) 48 A (is remembered)
49 C (are not determined) 50 B (became) 51 D 52 A 53 C 54 A
B- Writing: (20 MARKS)
I- Rewrite without changing the meaning o the original sentences;
1 Failure to obey the regulations may lead / result in disqualification
2 It appears that he has been waiting a long time
3 For all you say, I’ll never change my mind
4 You are supposed to have read the instruction
5 But for the downpour / heavy rain, we would have been in time
II- Rewrite, using exactly the words provided:
1 She isn’t really cut but for teaching
2 There has been a steady decline in the rate of inflation
3 The concert was poorly attended
4 Lectures are optional or final year students
5 Dickens died without finishing / having finished his last novel
THE END