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TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN DU
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
M«n: TiÕng Anh - Thêi gian: 90 phót
(§Ò bµi gåm cã 04 trang)

Hä vµ tªn häc sinh:…………………………… Lớp:………

Question I : Listen to people phoning their friends. Cross where each person is.(2,5ps)

Kathy Bill Susan Terry

Mr Lee Helen
in the garage
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in the bathroom
in the bedroom
in the kitchen
in the living room
he/she has gone out

Question II: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. (2ps)
1. It is two years since I last (see) him.
2. Last night, the fire broke out when everyone (sleep).
3. We understood the problem after the teacher …… (explain) it to us.
4. Growing flowers (be) my father’s hobby.
5. Do you know the man who ………. (smoke) there ?
6. What would you do if you (be) a millionaire ?
7. What ……… (happen) to you yesterday?

8. Tom met Mary in 1995 and they ………(be) good friends since then.
Answer:
1…………………… 2……………………… 3…………………… 4……………………
5………………… 6……………………… 7…………………… 8……………………
Question III: Put the words in the brackets into the correct form. (1,5p)
1. He said good morning to me in a …… (friend) way.
2. Bill failed the exam because of his (lazy).
3. The coffee is too ……… (heat) to drink now.
4. The village is very quiet and (peace) .
5. That is the most (interest) novel I’ve ever read.
6. John has never had any accidents. He always drives very (care).
Answer:1………………… 2………………… 3………………………
4…………………… 5 6……………………
Question IV: Choose the best answer by circling A,B,C or D to complete these sentences. (3ps)
1. Smoking is …… to your health.
A. damaging B. harmful C. interesting D. useful
2. The three friends all ……… for the same job.
A. request B. applied C. intended D. referred
3. I remember ……… a dozen of eggs but I can’t find them now.
A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought
4. On a summer Sunday, most of the roads are crowded cars.
A. of B. for C. with D. at
5. The book, ……… consists of four parts, has been translated into French.
A. which B. on which C. in which D. to which
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6. There are people who can’t help ……… when they see that man.
A. laugh B. to laugh C. laughed D. laughing
7. Human beings must stop the environment.

A. to pollute B. polluting C. polluted D. being polluted
8. She can speak English than her sister.
A. gooder B. better C. more good D. more well
9. It took her an hour and a half ………. this work.
A. finish B. to finish C. finishing D. finished
10. He left Hanoi ………. Hue last weekend.
A. for B. to C. in D. from
11. If you ……… more slowly, he would have understood you.
A. spoke B. spoken C. had spoken D. would speak
12. The boy to ………. you gave your bicycle, was delighted.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. that
13. One way to improve your English is to practise it daily.
A. effective B. effect C. effectively D. effectional
14. If I were you, I ……… swimming every week.
A. will go B. go C. would go D. went
15. The hotel ……… we stayed last month, is the most expensive one in Samson.
A. which B. when C. that D. where

Question V: Fill in the numbered space with the most appropriate preposition. (1ps)
1. He went (1) doing it in spite of our protests.
2. His father couldn’t prevent him (2) going out late with his friends.
3. Are your children interested (3) playing sports?
4. We usually get bored (4) watching such a bad film like this.
5. We had lunch and then went out (5) a walk by the river.
Answer:
1- 2 3- 4 5

Question VI: Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (2ps)
1. The room was so dark that we couldn't see anything.
> The room was too …………………………………………………

2. It is over ten years since she came to teach English at my school.
> She has
3. If you don’t pay me back my money, I will tell the police.
> Unless
4. People said that she is the best singer in town.
> She
5. “ Where did you go last night ?” Mary asked John.
> Mary
6. The weather is too bad, we can’t go camping.
> If the weather
7. In spite of having a happy family life, she wanted to do something exciting.
> Although she ………………………………………………………………
8. No one in my class can run as fast as Jack?
> Jack can

Question VII: Choose the most appropriate answer to finish the following passage.(1,5ps)
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Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son learnt to play chess by(1) his parents in their home. His parents surprised
that Son understood how (2) because little Truong Son was only three years old at that time. Although
chess is a difficult game, a month later he beat his parents at their (3) game. At the (4) of four,
Truong Son took (5) the national young chess championship. Then at seven, he won a silver medal
at the (6) -nine national chess championship. Now he is Vietnam’s youngest champion.
1. A. watch B. watching C. watched D. to watch
2. A. play B. playing C. played D. to play
3. A. likely B. lovely C. favourite D. enjoy
4. A. age B. aging C. aged D. old
5. A. part on B. part in C. part of D. care of
6. A. under- B. above- C. for- D. at-
Question VIII . Pick out the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the

rest(1,5 p)
1. A. crime B. criminal C. prime D. crisis
2. A. liked B. laughed C. earned D. missed
3. A. climate B. china C. among D. appear
4. A. down B. know C. narrow D. snow
5. A. prison B. rice C. price D. prize
6. A. breakfast B. break C. bread D. head

Question IX: Read the passage and do the exercise below.(2ps)
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lives two hundred miles
away. As he got out of his car, he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was
wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother but I only have seventy-five cents, and a
rose costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, “Come in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the
little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers.
As they were leaving, he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my
mother.” She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave. The man returned
to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, pick up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his
mother’s house.

Exercise: Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D.
1. How did the man order the flowers?
A. By wire. B. By letter.
C. By e-mail D. By telephone.
2. Why was the girl crying?
A. She missed her mother. B. She didn’t have enough money to buy a rose.
C. She lost her money. D. She wanted to change another rose.
3. How was the girl’s mother?
A. She was living in the cemetery. B. She looked after the cemetery.
C. She was visiting the cemetery. D. She was dead.
4. Why did the man change his mind? - Because

A. the flower shop couldn’t deliver the flowers in time.
B. his mother’s home was near here.
C. he was moved by the girl’s love for her mother.
D. the flower shop ran out of flowers.
5. The best title for this story is
A. The flower shop. B. A man and a little girl.
C. Flowers for mother. D. A dead mother.


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Question X: Write a paragraph of about 120 words to answer the question below. (3ps)
Will you go on to college/ university or will you go out to work after school ? Why ?