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PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC CHÂU THÀNH
CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA
VIỆT NAM
TRƯỜNG THCS HÒA THẠNH
Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc
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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2009 – 2010
Môn thi : Tiếng Anh
Thời gian : 90 PHÚT
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(Học sinh không phải chép đề vào giấy thi)
ĐỀ
I/ Fill in each numbered gap with one word. (4Ms)
Clothes today are very different (1)………………... the clothes of the 1800s. One
difference is the way they look. For (2)…………………, in the 1800s all women (3)
……………….. dresses. The dresses all had long skirts. But today women do (4)
…………………… always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear (5)
……………….. skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another difference (6)
…………………. 1800s and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, clothes (7)
…………………… made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton,
wool, silk or linen. But today, (8)…………………. are many kinds of man made cloth.
A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon, or polyester.
II/ Supply the correct form of verbs in brackets. (4Ms)
1. I wish that I ( know) how to mend this shirt.
2. Jeans ( make) about two hundred years ago and now they ( sell) in every
corner of the world.
3. A new cloth shop just ( open) near my aunt’s house.
4. My brother is an architect. He loves ( design) new buildings.
III/ Make sentence from the words or phrases provided. (4Ms)
1. last weekend / my family / two - day trip / home village.

2. we / start / the journey / very early / morning.
3. after three hours / travel / bus / we / reach / old banyan / entrance / the
village.
4. we / want / get a good seat / arrive / the cinema / early.
IV/ Change these sentences into the Opposite Voice. (2Ms)
1. They built the house over 100 years ago.
2. Oil has been discovered at the North Pole.
V/ Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possiple in the original sentence. (6Ms)
1. She last wore that dress at her sister’s wedding.
 She hasn’t ___________________________________________________________
2. It isn’t necessary for students to wear uniforms today.
 Students_____________________________________________________________
3. Tom will be eighteen next week.


 It’s Tom’s ___________________________________________________________
4. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year.
 Why ______________________________________________________________?
5. I started the job 6 years ago.
 I’ ve ________________________________________________________________
6. The electricity was off because it was stormy.
 Because of ___________________________________________________________
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ANSWER KEY

I/ Fill in each numbered gap with one word. (4 Ms)
1. from
2. example / instance

3. wore
4. not
5. short
6. between
7. were
8. there
II/ Supply the correct form of verbs in brackets. (4 Ms)
1. knew
2. were made / are sold
3. has just been opened
4. designing
III/ Make sentence from the words or phrases provided. (4 Ms)
1. Last weekend my family had a two - day trip to our home village. .
2. We started the journey very early in the morning.
3. After three hours traveling by bus, we reached an old banyan at the
entrance to the village.
4. We wanted to get a good seat, so we arrived at the cinema early.
IV/ Change these sentences into the Opposite Voice. (2Ms)
1. The house was built over 100 years ago.
2. They have discovered oil at the North Pole.
V/ Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as
possiple in the original sentence. (6Ms)
1. She hasn’t worn that dress since her sister’s wedding.
2. Students don’t have / need to wear uniforms today.( Students needn’t wear
uniforms today)
3. It’s Tom’s the eighteenth birthday next week.
4. Why don’t we go abroad for our holiday this year.
5. I’ve made the job for six year.

6. Because of the storm, the electricity was off.