ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NK 2010 – 2011 ĐỢT 1 Môn : Tiếng Anh ppsx

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NK 2010 – 2011- ĐỢT 1
Môn : Tiếng Anh . Khối lớp 11& 12
Thời gian làm bài : 90 phút.
Chữ ký của Giám khảo Điểm Số phách Số thứ tự
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Học sinh làm bài bằng cách viết A, B, C, hay D vào phần ANSWER hay viết từ ngữ vào phần chừa
trống của đề thi. Viết rõ ràng, sạch sẽ.

I. Phonetic: (10ms)
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.(5m)

1. A. current. B. turn C. fun D. under
2. A. further B. fertile C. heard D. mother
3. A. mountain B. southern C. mouth D. count
4. A. tiny B. island C. river D. wind
5. A. coast B. lost C. most D. whole

Answer: 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____

II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest. (5m)
6. A. disappear B. engineer C. education D. attachment
7. A. consume B. reflect C. local D. between
8. A. curtain B. enclose C. contain D. remember
9. A. distance B. glorious C. exciting D. journey
10. A. trememdous B. enormous C. serious D. describe

Answer: 6. ____ 7. ____ 8. ____ 9. ____ 10. ____

II. Vocabulary: (10m)
Read the following passage. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage. (10m)

A. ON THE MOON
In 1969, the first astronauts from Earth (1) on the Moon. They had ( 2) for the
trip for a long time and knew their mission (3) doing things that had never been done
before. The astronauts wore special heavy boots to ( 4) them from floating off into space.
On the Moon, they had time to take Moon rocks and soil (5) before returning to Earth.
1. A. landed B. flew C. went D. ran
2. A. managed B. planned C. prepared D. tried
3. A. included B. involved C. aimed D. concerned
4. A. help B. prevent C. avoid D. make
5. A. models B. pieces C. brands D. samples

B.
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is (1) ____ in the
southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern
Ocean. At 14.4 million km2 (5.4 million sq ml), it is the (2) ____ continent in area (3) ____ Asia,
Africa, North America, and South America. Some 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, (4) ____
averages at least 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mile) in (5) ____.
6. A. situated B. occupied C. lay D. resided
7. A. five-largest B. fifth-largest C. largest-fifth D. largest-five
8. A. on B. from C. after D. throughout
9. A. that B. which C. where D. on which

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10. A. depth B. thickness C. length D. width

Answer:: 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____ 7. ____8. ____9. ____ 10. ____

III. GRAMMAR: (25ms)
A. Write the verbs in the correct forms: (5m)
1. We were a few minutes late, so the film ___________________ (start) when we got to the cinema.
2. He wishes that he _____________________ (work) harder, but it is too late now.
3. The man who ___________________________ (rescue) had been in the sea for ten hours.
4. Pupils are made ____________________________ (work) hard at school.
5. It ___________________________ (rain) for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on.

B. Write a correct preposition into each blank: (10m)
1. We stopped at a small village _____________ the way to London.
2. I haven't seen her since she left home _____________ work this morning.
3. You had better take ______________ your coat if you' re too hot.
4. Mr. Johnson is _____________ charge of the department.
5. The thieves broke the door down ______________ a hammer.
6. Buon Me Thuot is well-known ___________ its coffee.
7. Vietnam is __________ the top exporters of rice.
8. The bridge is still ___________ construction now.
9. The women's liberation varied ___________country _____________ country.
10. The building is 508 meters ___________ height.

C. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning: (10m)
A. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one (6m)
1. I think you should tell the police about the accident.
If __________________________________________________________
2. The fire was brought under control thanks to the night watchman.
If it hadn't ____________________________________________________
3. She never seems to succeed even though she studies much.
Much ________________________________________________________

B. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals and the meaning stays the same. (4m)

1. There has been a rumor that the president is ill. (IT)
______________________________________________________________
2. I don’t personally care if they come or not. (MATTER)
_______________________________________________________________
IV. READING COMPREHENSION: (15m)
A. FILL IN EACH GAP WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORD IN CAPITAL LETTERS. (5m)
Physical exercise is important for maintaining
physical (1) __________________ and can contribute positively to 1. FIT
maintaining a healthy (2) ___________________; building and 2 WEIGH
maintaining healthy bone density, muscle strength and joint mobility;
promoting physiological well-being; reducing surgical risks; and

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(3) __________________ the immune system. 3. STRONG
(4) __________________ and regular aerobic exercise has also 4. FREQUENCY
been shown to help prevent or treat serious and life- threatening chronic
conditions such as high blood (6) __________________, obesity, 5. PRESS
heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, insomnia, and depression.

B. FILL IN EACH NUMBERED BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD. (10m)
News media are the means or methods by which people leam what is happening in the city, in the
country and in the (1) _________________. The news media can be classified (2) ______________
two general categories: the categories of print (3) ______________ and electronic media. Print
media use the written (4) _________________ to communicate news to readers. Electronic media
use air waves to (5) _________________ news into homes, offices and public places.

Print media art usually (6)______________into magazines and newspapers. Most newspapers

print news daily. For example, the newspapers "The New York Times" is (7) _________________
weekly, for instance, Newsweek and Time magazines are published once a week. The
electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. (8) ________________ news is
news that you listen to. In the United States many radio stations (9) ________________ five
minutes of news every hour. Television news is news that you not only listen to but also watch.
In Canada and the United States, for example, many people watch an hour of news on TV at six
o'clock in the evening. In the future, new categories of news media will develop, even today
computers are beginning to (10) __________________ the transmission and reception of news.

V. WRITING: (10m)
Identify the one underlined expression that is not correct. Circle and correct it.

1. Ceramics can be (A) harder, (B) light and more (C) resistant to heat than (D) metals.
2. (A) Light can (B) travels from the Sun to the Earth (C) in eight minutes (D) and twenty seconds.
3. Mosquitoes will (A) accepts the (B) malaria parasite at (C) only one stage of the parasite's
(D) complex life cycle.
4. (A) The price of silver (B) rose to $50.05 per troy ounce in January 1980 (C) and then fell to
$10.80 (D) two month later.
5. (A) In 1821 Emma Williard (B) open the doors of the first school in the United States
(C) to offer college-level courses (D) for women.
6. (A) First of all there (B) was a signal failure, then the train in front of (C) us broke (D) downward.
7. Emmy was (A) determined (B) to succeed and (C) final achieved (D) what she wanted.
8. (A) Being (B) a actress (C) means that I work late so it's important that I create space
(D) for myself at the beginning of each day.
9. (A) Use e-mail means you can choose when (B) to reply, unlike the telephone, which
interrupts (C) whatever you happen to be doing (D) when it rings.
10. (A) To live in India is to be (B) partly of a way of life (C) totally unlike anything (D) else

Answer:: 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____ 7. ____8. ____9. ____ 10. ____

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ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NK 2009 -
2010
Môn : Tiếng Anh . Khối lớp 11& 12
ĐÁP ÁN

I. Key: 1B 2D 3B 4C 5B 6D 7C 8A 9C 10C (10m)

II. Key:A: 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D (10m)

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Key B: 6A 7B 8C 9B 10B

III. (25m)
A Key: 1. had started 2. had worked 3. was rescued 4. to work 5. has been raining (5m)

III. B Key: 1. on 2. for 3. off 4, in 5. with (10m)
6. for 7. among 8. under 9. from - to 10. in
III. C. A. Key: (10m)
1. If I were you, (1m) I would tell the police about the accident. (1m)
2. If it hadn’t been for the the night watchman, (1m) the fire wouldn’t have been brought under control. (1m)
3. Much as she studies / may study, (1m) she never seems to succeed. (1m)
III. C. B. Key:
1. It has been rumored (1m) that the president is ill. (1m)
2. It doesn’t matter to me (1m) if/whether they come or not (1m)

IV. (15m)
A Key: (5m)

1. fitness 2. weight 3. strengthening 4. Frequent 5. pressure


IV. B Key: (10m)
1. world. 2. into 3. media 4. material 5. send
6. divided 7. published 8. Radio 9. broadcast 10. influence

V. Key: (10m)
1. B (lighter) 2. B (travel) 3. A (accept) 4.D (months)
5. B (opened) 6. D (down) 7. C (finally) 8. B (an)
9. A (using) 10. B (part)
Tổng điểm số: 70 điểm / 90 pht