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Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi
Môn: Tiếng Anh 10- Năm học: 2010- 2011
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
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A. Phonetics
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.( 1p)
1: A. any B. can C. handbag D. sad
2: A. beat B. leather C. red D. headmaster
3: A. cheat B. Christmas C. chemist D. chaos
4: A. reason B. easy C. plays D. sincerely
5: A. plough B. around C. country D. mouth
6. A. thanks B. with C. through D. healthy
7. A. compare B. dear C. share D. wear
8. A .hoped B. finished C. crooked D. walked
9. A. wonderful B. monthly C. sorrow D. sunset
10. A. Mathematician B. American C. musician D. fashion
B. Grammar and vocabulary
I) Circle the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following sentences.( 2p)
1: John ___________ to return my book the next Friday.

A. suggested B. promised C. proposed D. reminded
2: - "Would you like to join our volunteer group this summer?"
- "______"
A. Do you think I would? B. I wouldn't. Thank you.
C. Yes, you're a good friend. D. Yes, I'd love to. Thanks.
3: Not until he came into light, ___________him.
A. I only recognized B. did I recognized
C. I didnt recognize D. did I recognize
4: I was very tired; ______, I determined to walk on to the next village.
A. therefore B. however C. and D. for
5: I remember _____ you. I distinctively gave you $50 last week.
A. pay B. to pay C. paid D. paying
6: _____ more carefully, he wouldnt have been in the hospital now.
( B èF) A. Had he driven B. If he drove D. If he drives D. If he hadnt driven
7: More than 50 films _____ in Hanoi since June.
A. show B. were shown C. have been shown D. has been shown
8: You must lend me the money for the trip. _______, I wont be able to go.
A. Consequently B. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Although
9: The youths nowadays have many things to do in their ______ time.
A. leisure B. entertainment C. fun D. amusement
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10: He always ______ the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast.
A. writes B. makes C. works D. does
11: Although the exam was difficult, ______ the students passed it.
A. most of B. none of C. a few D. a lot
12: She has a part-time job; she works _____ day.
A. each other B. every other C. one the other D. the other every
13: She _______the money so that no one would be able to find it.
A. disclosed B. conveyed C. let on D. hid
14: John was made ______ out side because he was making a noise.

A. go B. going C. to go D. gone
15: My watch had stopped so I had no way of knowing the right_______ .
A. hour B. time C. moment D. o’clock
16: How often do you go swimming, Linda? - ………………………………
A. I guess I’m OK B. once a week C. about one hour D. last night
17: “ _________ eating out tonight? ” _ “ That’s a good idea.”
A. Would you B. How are you C. Are they D. How about
18: 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.
19: As soon as you _________that, I’d like you to go to bed.
A. have done B. did C. will do D. will have done
20: The government hopes to _________ its plans for introducing cable TV.
A. turn out B. carry out C. carry on D. keep on
II) Give the correct form of the words in the brackets. (2p)
1. We were told to stay seated and ______ fast EN______________ our seat belts. ( fast)
2. At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parents of the __ DIS ableD______children.
(able)
3. Computer is a personal ___communicatOR__which helps you to interact with other
computers.
( communicate)
4. After the earthquake, the city was badly destroyed and many people became___ homeLESS
_______. ( home)
5. Books in the home are a wonderful source of _____ know LEDGE___ and pleasure. (know)
6. He is much loved and highly ___ respect ED_____ teacher. ( respect)
7. A lot of plants and animals could be used as medicines against cancer, AIDS, heart disease and
many other ____ sick NESSES______________(sick).
8. You may be surprised at the large _______variETY________ of animals that live in Nairobi
National Park. (various)
9. There are two things that make humans ____ differ ENT____from all other animals.

(differ)
10. Our life is______ gradual LY_______ improved. ( gradual)
III) Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. (1p)
1.Our team was very excited ___about________ going to the final match.
2.Bill seems unhappy in his job because he doesn’t get ___on_ well with his boss.
3. _____In__ my opinion, the third examination question was the most unreasonable.
4. Both Ann and her sister look __ after_____ her mother.
5. She’s never satisfied ____ with_____what she has.
6. She was unable to warn her mother that she would be late because the telephone was __out__of
order.
7. As you know, we cannot clean __up______our polluted rivers and seas overnight.
8. Are you fond___ of _____ working with them?
9. It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like __without______computers.
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10. It took John a long time to find a job after he left school. __In__ the end, he found a job as a
waiter.
IV) Fill in each blank with a suitable word.(2p)
Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals ___that/ which___ live in water. Dolphins
are__among__ the most intelligent animals on earth. Although they can be found in___all___ oceans in
the world, dolphins prefer coastal waters and bays. The size of dolphins vary greatly. The smallest
dolphin is just about 50 kg in ___length____ and 1.2 metres in length while___the___ largest one can
weigh up to 8,200 kg and is 100 metres __long___. Dolphins eat ___mainly____fish. A female dolphin
gives birth ___to___ one calf every two years after a ___ ges tation___ period of eleven or twelve
months. A dolphin can normally live from twenty five to sixty five years and some species of dolphins
can even live longer. Dolphin populations are at risk ___due___to the pollution of their habitat and
accidental entrapment in fishing nets.

V)The four underlined words or phrases are marked A, B, C, or D. Identify the one underlined
expression that is not correct. Find out and correct it. (1p)
1.The capital city, Rome, is on the coast close with the Ghanaian border.  close to

A B C D
2. One day I heard that a TV company looking for a casting agent and I applied for and got the job.
A B  was looking C
D
3. 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. other
4. It hopeless to try and find any privacy in the flat so I go out for a walk.  It is
A B C D
5. More than 600 million individual bacteria lives on the skin of humans.  live
A B C D
6.Thomas r emembe rs as a talented artist of his time.  is r emembered
A B C D
7. Brown opened his own circus in 1871 and become the most famous showman of his time.
A B became C D
8. It was so an easy question that every one could answer it correctly.
A  such B C D
9. The house it has green shutters is for sale. which
A B C D
10. She
got angry when they started to asking about her private life.

ask
A B C D
VI) Fill in the gap with a, an, the or X(zero). (1p)
Music plays __an___important role in our daily lives. It would be impossible for __a___day to go
without music. Music serves many functions within our society: It is used to entertain, relax, motivate,
persuade, teach, treat diseases, unite, promote patriotism, and so on.
Music on special occasions is essential. At__the__ Olympic sports events, it is interesting to observe
how__X__ music is played. Entertainment is _an__obvious function, but further, music at such events

helps create __an__exciting atmosphere. __the__use of _X_national anthems is to promote
__the__feelings of patriotism, thus encouraging __X__athletes to make great efforts
VII) In this letter each line has a word which should not be there. Write your answers on the
numbered blanks. Example – 0: enjoying (1 p)
Dear Roberto,
Thank you for your letter. I am glad to hear you are enjoying well . When 0 => enjoying
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I will have some free time, perhaps I’ll come to London to see you, and then
we can go out for a meal together somewhere. I’ve just got come back from a
trip to Lisbon. My father has just been opened a big new factory in Portugal,
and he had wanted me to help him with marketing. Lisbon is said to be a very
pretty beautiful city, but I didn’t have the chance to see much of it! Dad always
makes me work hard! We had went to lots of business meetings, and I met all
the staff. I would have been some more useful if I had learned
Portuguese in stead of French at school! but luckily they are all speak very
good English. In fact, Dad’s partner was invited me to lunch, and promised to
teach me Portuguese, so maybe I’ll be accept his offer next time.
On my way home the plane was delayed for four hours because of fog. I think
Samantha was waiting at the airport all that time for me. It must be true love!
Keep in touch,
Best wishes,
Thomas
1 will
2. got /come
3 been
4 had
5 pretty
6 had
7 some
8 are

9 was
10 be
VIII. Give the correct form of the verbs in bracket (1p)
1. Alice (take) ____has been taken____________________to the dentist many times.
2. He (do) ___________had done____________nothing before he saw me.
3. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He (read) __has read/ has been
reading____________for two hours.
4. What wereyou (do)_______doing_______ at this time yesterday?
5. (finish) ___Having finished__________ reading the book , I went to bed.
6. The lamps (make) _made____________ in China are very cheap.
7. He says as if he (come) _____came________ back from London.
8. My lawyer advised me (not say) __not to say______ anything further about the accident.
9. He wore dark glasses to avoid (recognize)______being recognized________ .
10. We were made ___to do__________ (do) all the cleaning in the house.
C. Reading comprehension
I) Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions ( 2p)
Another common blues instrument that flourished in the rural South during the 1920s and 1930s
was the blues harp or harmonica. It was played mainly in bands called jug bands that commonly
performed on street corners, in saloons, and at country stores. Jug bands used 5 a variety of instruments
including the banjo, guitar, washboard, kazoo, fiddle, jugs, and blues harp. In these bands, the blues harp
was used primarily for melodic and rhythmic support. The earliest evidence of the harp used as a solo or
lead instrument in the jug bands was in the late 1920s, as heard in the recordings of George 10 "Bullet"
Williams. Other good harp men, such as Sonny Terry, Little Walter, and Sonny Boy Williamson,
followed Williams, revolutionizing the harp's role as a lead instrument.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. twentieth-century music of the South
B. a change in the role of the blues harp
C. good harp men of the traditional blues harp
D. the variety of instruments in jug bands

2. The blues harp is another name for the
A. harpsichord B. guitar C. harmonica D. banjo
3.The author uses the phrase "rural South" in line 1 to refer to the Southern
A. landscape B. metropolis C. countryside D. nation
4. As used in line 5, the word "primarily" could best be replaced by
A. chiefly B. peculiarly C. favorably D. advantageously
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5. According to the author, when was the harp first used as a lead instrument?
A. 1920-1925 B. 1925-1930 C. 1930-1935 D. 1935-1940
II) Choose the most suitable word or phrase for each blank to complete the following passage by
circling A, B, C or D. ( 2p)
____(1)___pollution is one of the most serious problem __ (2)__ mankind today. Air, water and
soil are necessary to the __ (3)__ of all living things. Man operates machines and motor vehicles that fill
the air __ (4)__ disturbing noise. They also dirty the air with gases and smoke. __ (5)__ can cause illness
and even death. Man ruins natural __ (6)__ by scattering junk and litter on the land and in the water.
They __(7)__ the water with chemicals and other substances. Polluted water kills fish and other marine
life. They damage the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Pollution of soil reduces the amount
of land that is available for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man's
naturally beautiful world.
It’s time people and governments all over the world __ (8) __ something about the pollution problem.
People should stop using many things that are harmful __ (9) __ the environment. Governments would
have to pass and enforce laws that require individuals and businesses to stop or cut down on certain __
(9) __ activities.
1: A. Environmentally B. Environment C. Environmentalist D. Environmental
2: A. face B. faces C. facing D. faced
3: A. survival B. survive C. survivor D. survivally
4: A. with B. in C. out D. on
5: A. bad polluted air B. badly polluting air C. bad polluting air D. badly polluted air
6: A. beautiful B. beauty C. beautifully D. beautify
7: A. poisoned B. poisons C. poison D. will poison

8: A. do B. does C. have done D. did
9: A. to B. of C. out D. in
10: A. polluted B. polluting C. pollute D. unpolluted
D. Writing
I) Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same meaning as the sentence printed
before it. ( 2p)
1. They regret ever doing business with him.
 They wish they had never done business with him
2. We didn’t finish the work because of his carelessness.
 If he hadn’t been careless/ had been (more) careful, we would have finished the work.
3. If you followed my advice, you’d be successful.
 Were you to follow my advice, you’d be successful.
4.He left without saying a single word, which is very impolite
. It was impolite of him to leave without saying a single word.
5. Working for this travel agency will not be possible without a good command of English.
 Unless you have a good command of English, you can’t / will not be able to work for this travel
agency
6. I simply fail to understand some of my friends’ attitudes to work .
 I have some friends whose attitudes to work I simply fail to understand
7. He didn't study his lessons very carefully, so he gets bad marks now.
If If he had studied his lessons very carefully, he wouldn’t get bad marks now.
8. Although Judy was severely disabled, she took part in many sports
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 Despite her severe disability, Judy took part in many sports./ Despite her being severely disabled,
Judy took part in many sports./
9. The film was so interesting that I couldn’t go to bed.
 It was such an interesting film that I couldn’t go to bed.
10. “Why didn’t you go to the club last night?”, the girl said to Jim.
 The girl asked Jim Why he hadn’t gone to the club the night before/ the previous night.
II) Rewrite the following sentences using the words given so that it means exactly the same as the

first sentence. (2p)
1. Mary is so young that she can’t join our club. (TOO)
 Mary is too young to join our club.
2. The owners of the restaurants are usually very rich.(WHO)
 The people who own the restaurants are usually very rich.
3. It was easy for us to get tickets for the concert. (NO)
 We had no difficulty (in) getting tickets for the concert.
4. They think the burglar got in through the bathroom. (THOUGHT)
 The burglar is thought to have got in through the bathroom.
5. George failed the final exam because he was lazy.(BECAUSE OF)
 George failed the final exam because of his laziness
6. He drove so badly that he kept having accidents. (A)
 He was such a bad driver that he kept having accidents.
7. Jim does not intend to give up his hobby.(INTENTION)
 Jim has no intention of giving up his hobby.
8. You didn’t come home early so the house was broken into and things were stolen. (WOULD)
 Had you come home early, the house wouldn’t have been broken into and things wouldn’t have been
stolen
9.How much are your shoes? (PRICE)
 What is the price of your shoes?
10. I’d prefer you not to drink tea at night.(RATHER)
 I’d rather you didn’t drink tea at night.
The end

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