Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh cấp thị xã (thành phố) Trà Vinh 8 (2009-2010)

PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THỊ XÃ TRÀ VINH
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Đề chính thức
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP CẤP THỊ XÃ
NĂM HỌC: 2009 – 2010
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút
Chữ kí Giám khảo 1:___________ Chữ kí giám khảo 2:_____________
Số phách
(Do HĐ thi ghi)
ĐIỂM BÀI THI
Bằng số Bằng chữ
Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy đề thi
I. Listening (3pts)
A. Listen and fill in the blanks.
1. Phi is good at ______________
2. Na is good at ______________
B. Listen to the tape and write T (True) or F (False).
1. Phi got nine marks for the test yesterday.
2. Phi’s teacher and parents feel very pleased with her achievement.
_____
_____
C. Listen and answer the questions.
1. Do Phi and Na help each other to progress?
_________________________________________________________________________
2. How do their friends feel about them?
_________________________________________________________________________
II. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition “into, in, on, at, out, about, with, to” (1pt)
1. I couldn’t meet Mrs. Chi because she’s ____________.
2. The canoe overturned and everyone fall _____________the deep water.

3. Nam talked ____________his friends about his recent vacation.
4. Mr. Jones is very interested ____________ the history of Viet Nam.
III. Look and read. Choose the correct words and write them on the lines. (1pt)
a museum a worker scissors libraries
a factory knives an airport an engineer
1. People make things here, for example, cars and computers ________________.
2. This is a person whose job involves designing and building engines, road, bridges
____________.
3. This is a place where you can see objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific
_____________.
4. These are made of metal. You cut food like bread and fruit with them
______________.
IV. There are four mistakes in the following paragraph. Underline the mistakes and
correct. (2 pts)
In 1783, two French brothers build the first balloon to take people into the air. One
hundred and twenty years early, in 1903, the Wright brothers built the first plane with an engine
and flied in it. This was in the United States. Then, in 1918, the US Post Office began the first
airmail service. Aeroplanes changed a lot in the next thirty years. Then, in 1950s, aeroplanes
became many faster because they had jet engines. In 1976, Concorde was building in the UK
and France. It is the fastest passenger plane in the world and it can fly at 2500 kilometers an
hour, so the journey in London to New York is only four hours. Today, millions of people travel
by aeroplane, and it is difficult to think of a world without them.
Ex: 0. build – built
1. ____________________ 2. ____________________
3. ____________________ 4. ____________________
V. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense to complete the passage. (3pts)
There (be)_____________ a fire in the Blue Hotel last night. The Fire Brigade was
called. When they (arrive)_______________, the hotel had already blazed for about an hour.
The hotel (destroy)______________ almost completely. Eighteen people (take)_____________
to hospital because they (get)______________ severe burns. The police (not

find)______________ the cause of the fire yet.
VI. Read the story and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2,5 pts)
Mum and Michael arrived home at midnight after a visit to Grandmother’s. There was no
(1)____________ and there were no stars in the sky, so it was a dark night, and there were no
lights on in the house. Mum looked in her bag for her (2)____________ to open the door, but it
wasn’t there. And it wasn’t in the pocket of her coat. But Michael had a small torch in his bag.
He (3)____________ it on and they looked everywhere again.
“What are we going to do?” whispered Mum. “Dad’s at uncle John’s house tonight and
all the windows downstairs are (4)______________. I don’t want to camp outside all night!”.
Suddenly, they heard a man. He (5)_____________ the door. “Who’s there?” he asked. It was
Dad! “It’s only us!” laughed Mum. “Oh” said Dad. “I came home early from Uncle John’s. I
was in bed. Come in. It’s cold and dark outside.” “We know!” said Michael and laughed.
VII. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same.
(3pts)
1. France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
 The Statue_____________________________________________________________
2. Children like picture books very much.
 Children are____________________________________________________________
3. Walking in the rain gives my brother pleasure.
 My brother enjoys_______________________________________________________
4. Hoa said: “I will help my mum with housework this weekend.”
 Hoa said she____________________________________________________________
5. He failed the exam because of his laziness.
 Because he_____________________________________________________________
6. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
 It_____________________________________________________________________
VIII. Read the story and write some words to complete the sentences about the story. Not
more than 4 words. (1,5 pt)
WILLIAM’S DAD LOSES HIS NEW CAR
One evening after work, William’s dad was going home in his old blue and white car

when suddenly it stopped. He couldn’t start it again. There was a lot of traffic behind him on the
road. A policeman came and, together, they pushed the car off the road. “That’s enough!”
William’s dad thought. “I must have a new car. I’m going to buy the silver one that I saw
yesterday”.
So on Saturday, he bought a new car. William and his dad wanted to try it so they drove
into the town. After half an hour, they decided to stop because they were hungry. They found a
place for the car in a small, quiet street and left it there.
They had a snack in a cafeù and then they decided to drive home again. Outside in the
street, William’s dad said, “Where’s the car? Which road is it in?”.
“I don’t know!” said William.
They spent fifteen minutes looking for it. Then they found a policeman and said, “We
can’t find our car!”.
The policeman looked at them and said, “I’ll help you find your car, but is it blue and
white one?”
“No”, said William’s dad.
“Good!” said the policeman, “because I remember you and your old car!”.
They looked in all the roads near the cafeù and soon found the new silver one.
*Example: William’s dad was going home when his old car stopped.
1. The colors of the old car were _______________________________.
2. On the road behind the old car, there was __________________.
3. ______________________ and a policeman pushed the old car off the road.
4. William’s father decided he had to get a __________________.
5. William and his father went into _________________ in the new silver car.
6. They left the new car in a _________________ and walked to a cafeù.
IX. Use these suggested words or phrases to write complete sentences. (3pts)
1. She / feel / tired / work / very hard.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. teacher / you / say // when / he / ask you / plan / future / What?
______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
3. It / take / me / two hours / clean / the room.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Brother / decide / spend / all summer vacation / study / World Heritage Sites / Viet Nam / last
night.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Walk / brother / see / accident / yesterday / While / I / an / we / my / school / and.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
6. sister / a lot / baby / use / when / be / My / she / younger / cry / a.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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