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Traditions and Customs in Great Britain Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions.. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people th

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Đề chính thức

kỳ thi học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Năm học 2009 - 2010

Môn thi : Tiếng Anh

Lớp : 9- THCS

Ngày thi : 24/ 03/ 2010 Thời gian: 150 phút

(Không kể thời gian giao đề) ( Đề thi có 08 câu, gồm 04 trang)

Question 1:

Part a- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:

1 A sensitive B benefit C pretty D remedy

2 A oranges B figures C classes D watches

3 A gabage B garage C sewage D carriage

4 A now B flow C row D know

5 A complain B ascertain C campaign D bargain

Part b- Choose the word that has the different stress from the others:

1 A dormitory B category C priority D ordinary

2 A pesticide B separate C slavery D efficient

3 A appliance B activity C adventure D average

Question 2: Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

1 I’d rather you (not wear)……….jeans to the office

2 When I first (come)……….to this village, it was a quiet place.But since then

population (double)…….and a lot of leisure facilities (build)………

3 The teller was made (lie)…………down on the floor

4 The money (steal)………in the robbery was never found

5 This building (be)…… finished by the end of 2015

6 Can’t you see that I’m busy (write)……….?

7 There’s nothing (do)……… about it now, except tell the police the truth

8 My boss is angry with me I didn’t do all the work that I (do)………last week

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Question 3: Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition:

1 Lan’s alarm clock didn’t go……….this morning, so she got up late

2 She was laid…….for weeks………a slipped disk

3.Don’t make up your mind at once, talk……….with your lawyer first

4 There is no cure……… baldness except a wig

5 He grew……… a very good player

6 That tie doesn’t go……… that suit

7 Get……….the bus at Third Street and get…………at Broadway

8 He looked down……… his less fortunate neighbors

1 Question 4: Give the correct forms of the words in brackets.

1 Chatting has become more and more……… with young Internet users (people)

2 Advertisements account for three fourths of the…………of the newspaper (come)

3 These workers got a bonus because they did their jobs……… (effect)

4 What do you ………do in the afternoon? (use)

5 You can buy electrical…………at the shop over there (apply)

6 He has been one of the most effective……….in the

“Keep Our City Clean” campaign (activity)

7 The President’s New Year Speech is going to broadcast………… (nation)

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………

8 Some people believe strongly in the……… of life on the other planets (exist)

9 His lawyer speaks more………than yours (persuade)

10 The weather in Britain is……… we don’t whether it’s sunny or rainy after five

minutes (predict) Question 5: Choose the word or phrase to complete the sentence:

1 The smaller the room is, the………furniture it needs

A fewer B smaller C more D less

2 How can I know………book is yours? They are so alike

A what B which C this D the

3 The secretary to……… I talked didn’t know where the meeting was

A which B who C that D whom

4 Nobody knows what the……….of the explosion was

A source B cause C reaction D reason

5 It looks……….it’s going to rain

A as B as like C as if D if

6 Babies have to learn how to………before they can walk

A crawl B creep C strike D stroll

7 What are the main………of this illness?

A traces B symptoms C emblems D tokens

8 My sister is very…………of spiders

A terror B terrify C terrified D terrifying

9 Stop now, you 've done……… work for one day

A too many B plenty C quite more D quite enough

10 If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a…………

A fare B tip C fee D commission

Question 6:

Part a: Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word.

An increasing (1)………of people are now going on (2)…………to Egypt The population of Egypt is about 50 million and the (3)…… is EL Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under 9 million people.Although the climate is hot and dry, (4)……….of the country is desert, the average temperature (5)……….October to March is not too high The most (6)………sights are the pyramids at Giza However, it’s also pleasant to visit Alexandria,Port Said and several (7)……….places and do as much (8)…….as possible

A (9)……to Luxor is very interesting, and there are frequent (10)……there from Rario

2 Part b: Read the following passage.Then answer the questions below.

Traditions and Customs in Great Britain

Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up

It has been a law for about 300 years that all theaters are closed on Sundays No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are pulished

To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating English people like gardens Sometimes the garden in front

of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers

Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland,Ireland and England Christmas is a great English national holiday, and in Scotland it is not kept, except by clerks in banks and all shops and factories are working

Questions:

1 How important are traditions in Britain?

2 What do Englishmen do to their traditions?

3 Which does an English family prefer, a house with a garden or a flat?

4 Find a sentence in the passage which shows that the English people like garden very much?

5 How Christmas is kept in Scotland?

Question 7:

Part a-There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence Find and correct it.

1 Not put your clothes on the bed

A B C D

2 They normally caught the early bus but today they came to visit us with a car

A B C D

3 What do you often have for the lunch?

A B C D

4 Your brother hardly goes to work by bus, doesn’t he?

A B C D

5 Kangaroo, that can be seen everywhere in Australia, have long tails

A B C D

Part b- Use the given words to make meaningful sentences.

1 It / be / such / cold day / we / decide / not / go out

2 pkease / tell / if / you / take / books / my room

3 Question 8: Rewrite the following sentences so that the meanings stay the same as the ones given.

1 If you saw a UFO, what would you do?

If a UFO………

2 I can’t sing beautifully, so I can’t join them now

I wish………

3 She couldn’t come to class because of her illness

4.He got down to writing the letter as soon as he returned from his walk

5.I have never read such a romantic story

This is………

6 Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish

Much………

7 The sea was so rough that the ferry couldn’t sail

The rough sea………

8 Their chances of success are small

It is not………

9 Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test

As long as………

10.The train journey from London to Bristol takes two hours

It is a………

A:

đáp án :

Question 1:(8 points)

Part a:

1.C.pretty 2.B.figures 3.B.garage 4.A.now 5.D.bargain

Prat b:

1.C.priority 2.D.efficient 3.D.average

Question 2: (10points)

1.didn’t wear 5.will have been

2.came/ has doubled/ have been built 6.writing

3.to lie 7.to be done

4.stolen 8.should have done

Question 3: (10points)

1 off 5 into

2 up / with 6 with

3 over 7 on / off

4 for 8 upon

Question 4: (10 points)

1.popular 6.activists

2.income 7.nationwide

3.effectively 8.existen

4.usually 9.persuasively

5.appliances 10.unpredictable

Question 5: (10 points)

1.D 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.A

Question 6: (15 points)

Part a:

1.number 6.famous

2.holiday 7.other

3.capital 8.sightseeing

4.most 9.trip

5.from 10.flights

Part b:

1.They are more important in the life of the people than in other countries

2.They are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up

3.An English family prefers a house with a garden

4.Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers

5.It is not kept (except by clerks in banks,all shops and factories are working)

1 Question 7: (7 points)

Part a:

2 D.with a car in a car

4 D.doesn’t he does he

5 A.that which

Part b:

1.It was such a cold day that we decided not to go out

2.Please tell me if you take any books from my room

Question 8: (10points)

1.If a UFO was seen,what would be done?

2.I wish I could sing beautifully, so I could join them now

3.As she was ill, she couldn’t come to class

4.No sooner had he returned from his walk than he got down to writing

5.-This is the most romantic story I have ever read

-This is the first time I have read such a romantic story

So romantic a story

6.Much as I admire his courage, I think he is foolish

7.-The rough sea made it impossible for the ferry to sail

-The rough sea prevented/kept the ferry from sailing

8.It is not likely that they will succeed

9.As long as you keep calm, you will pass your driving test

10.It is a two-hour train journey from London to Bristol

B:

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