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TỔ NGOẠI NGỮ
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
MÔN TIẾNG ANH
KHỐI 11
Năm học : 2008 - 2009
Điểm Chữ ký GK 1 Chữ ký GK 1
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A. STRUCTURE – GRAMMAR :
B. READING:
PART 1 - Give the correct word – form for each sentence using the suggestions. ( 1 m )
Write the answers after the numbers.
1. Lasers are used as ……..................…… accurate scalpels. MIRACLE
2. He stepped on some ………............……… glass. BREAK
3. What is your ……………............……… for this problem ? ARGUE
4 Be careful. The streets are ………....................... after the rain. SLIP
5. The police are trying to find some more ………............…… PROVE
6. She received a lot of ……………............… from her mother. COURAGE
7. There is no real ………............… between men and women. EQUAL
8. His bad ……............…… made his parents upset. BEHAVE
9. Tropical diseases are …………............… rare in Europe. COMPARE
10. All the newspapers praised the ……............… of the firemen. BRAVE
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. ……………… 9. …………… 10. ……………..
PART 2 - Read the text and choose the best option fo each blank. ( 2 m.s )
Write the answers after the numbers.
SPORTS IN SCHOOLS.
For many young people, sport is a popular part of school life and (1) ………… in one of the
school teams and playing in matches is very important. (2) ………… someone is in a team it

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means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away (3) ……………
home, as many matches are played then.
It can also (4) …………… travelling to other towns to play against other school teams
and then (5) …………… on after the match for a meal or a drink. Sometimes parents, friends or
other students will travel with the team to (6) ……………… their own side.
When a school team wins the match, it is the whole school feels proud, (7) ………… only
the players. It can also mean that a school (8) …………… well-known for being good at certain
sports and pupils from that school may end up playing (9) ………… national or international
teams so that the school has some really (10) ………… names associated with it !
1- A. having B. being C. taking D. putting
2- A.If B. As C. Then D. So
3- A. at B. on C. for D. from
4- A. evolve B. permit C. involve D. cancel
5- A. being B. staying C. leaving D. spending
6- A. support B. play C. fight D. enable
7- A. but B. however C. and D. not
8- A. turns B. makes C. comes D. becomes
9- A. up B. to C. for D. besides
10- A. famous B. old C. new D. common
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. ……………… 9. …………… 10. ……………..
PART 3 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph. ( 2 m.s )
Write the answers after the numbers.
THE WILDLIFE
A- Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, but these
chemicals pollute the environment and harm wildlife.
B- There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are hunted for their fur or
other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught alive and sold as
pets.

C- The most successful animals on earth – human beings will soon be the only ones,
unless we can solve this problem.
D- Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in danger.
Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become extinct if we do not make an
effort to protect them.
E- For animals and birds, the big problem is that their habitat – the place where they
live – is disappearing. More land is used for farms, houses or industry, and there are fewer
open spaces than there once were.
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
PART 4 - Read the text and Reorder the sentences to make a full paragraph. ( 2 m.s )
Write the answers after the numbers.
Air pollution is a cause of ill health in human beings. In a lot of countries, there are laws
limiting the amount of smoke that factories can produce. Although there is not enough
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information on the effects of smoke on the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution
causes lung diseases.
The gases from the exhausts of cars have also increased air pollution in most cities. The
lead from petrol produces a poisonous gas that often collects in busy streets surrounded by high
buildings. Children who live there cannot think as quickly as other children, and are clumsy
when they use their hands.
There are long-term effects of pollution. If the gases in the atmosphere continue to
increase, the Earth’s climate may become warmer. A lot of ice near the Poles may melt and
causes serious floods.
1. The passage is about …………………….
a. air pollution b. ill health c. exhaust d. Earth’s climate
2. Some governments have passed ……………………. to reduce the air pollution.
a. human b. smoke c. laws d. buildings
3. Doctors ……………………. that air pollution causes lung diseases.
a. thought b. believed c. realized d. proved
4. The word “…………………….” in the passage means “air in or around a place”.

a. atmosphere b. smoke c. pollution d. climate
5. Air pollution in most cities mainly causes by gasses from ……………………. .
a. home smoke b. exhaust of cars c. factories d. natural gases
6. Poinsonous gas is ……………………. to children’s health.
a. harmful b. harmless c. harmfully d. harmlessly
7. Children effected by poinsonous gas find it ……………………. to use hands.
a. easy b. difficult c. comfortable d. useful
8. What will happen if the Earth becomes warmer ?
a. There will be floods. b. There will be laws about pollution.
c. The children will be clumsy. d. The gases will increase.
9. Many serious floods happens because the earth’s temperature ……………………. .
a. decreases b. increases c. changed d. is controlled
10. Air pollution effects dirrectly to the ……………………. .
a. children b. governments c. buildings d. Earth’s weather
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. ……………… 9. …………… 10. ……………..
PART 5 - Read the text and Use the suggestions to put in the correct positions. ( 1 m )
Write the answers after the numbers.
There are 1-.................................. that make it difficult for me to understand. First,
2-...................................... as they are spelled, so when I learn new words through reading. I
sometimes do not understand them when they are spoken. Second, 3-...................................
have a wide range of accents. A British accent is very different from a Texas one. Third, there
are a lot of 4-........................................ These expressions also differ depending on the area a
speaker is from. Finally, there are 5-..................................... These sounds are difficult for me
to distinguish./.
A- native speakers
B- sounds that do not exist in my native language
C- several things of spoken English
D- idioms and slang expressions
E- many words are not pronounced

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1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
PART 6 - Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word. ( 2 m.s )
Write the answers after the numbers.
conditions insurance power according little
labour first problems who wages
Agriculture in the West and South of the United States has traditionally been supported by
migrant workers (1) ................... migrate or move from area to area (2) ...................... to the crops
that need harvesting. Many Chinese, Filipino, and Mexican immigrants became migrant workers
when they (3) ..................... arrived in the United States. Often they had (4) .................. with the
English language or no skills that they could immediately use in the new country.
A person looking objectively at the (5) .................. of these workers might say that their
way of life was (6) .................... better than slavery. They were housed in sub-standard
conditions, received (7) ................... far below minimum, and had no medical or (8) ....................
benefits. The migant workers had no (9) ..................... unions that could bargain for better wages,
better hours, or improved working conditions. They had no money or no(10) ....................... with
which to bargain with their employers.
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. ……………… 9. …………… 10. ……………..
PART 7 - Read the text, Use the suggestions to put in the correct positions and Give the
correct word-forms ( O – is done for you as an exmple ). ( 2 m.s )
Write the answers after the numbers.
Estimate
Germany influence develop proficient originate
entertain office former communicate particular
As (0)................... 300 – 400 million people speak English as their first language. One
recent estimate is that 1.9 billion people, nearly a third of the world’s population, have a basic
(1) .................... in English. English is the dominant international language in (2)................,
science, business, aviation, (3)..................., diplomacy and the Internet. It has been one of the
(4).............. languages of the United Nations since its founding in 1945.

English (5).................. in England, and is West Germanic language which developed from
Old English, the language of the Anglo – Saxons. As a result of the Norman Conquest and other
events in English history, it has been heavily (6)...................., more than any others (7)....................
language, by French and Latin. From England it spread to the rest of the British Isles, then to the
colonies and territories of the British Empire ( both outside and inside the current Commonwealth
of Nations ) such as United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and others, (8) .................
those in the Anglophone Caribbeans. As a result of these historical (9).................. English is the
official language ( sometimes one of several ) in many countries (10).................. under British or
American rule, such as Pakistan, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and the Philippines.
0. Estimated
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. ……………… 9. …………… 10. ……………..
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PART 8 - Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word.
Write the answers after the numbers. ( 2 m.s )
Money is something we (1) ……………..... for granted in our life. Some of us may wish
we had more it, maybe in the (2) ……………..... coins, notes or cheques. It is hard to imagine
(3) ……………..... people would manage (4) ……………..... money. In the earliest periods of
human history, people used to exchange goods (5) ……………..... . They would exchange things
they had lots of for (6) ……………..... they were in (7) ……………..... of . For example, they
might offer food (8) ……………..... tools. This method of exchange, which is known as barter
has many (9) ……………..... . Certain goods may be difficult, or may be impossible to divide
into smaller units. It can also be very difficult to know the worth of something (10)
……………..... with other goods.
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. ……………… 4. …………… 5. ………………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. ……………… 9. …………… 10. ……………..
C. WRITING:
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