KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN BẬC THCS

Năm học: 2003 2004

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
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I. From the following verbs, pick out those whose ending ed

is pronounced /t/ (1m):
Expressed suggested talked called
Visited liked touched cared
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II. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (2,5ms):

“As he . . . . . . . . . . . . (run) to jump over the ditch,
he . . . . . . . . . . . . (fall) and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (twist) his ankle.
We . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(have) to carry him home. He
now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (lie) on the sofa, and he . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(read) a book until a few minutes ago. The doctor
just . . . . . . . . . . . . . (leave) and . . . . . . . . . . . . (say) as he . . . . . .
. . . . .(go) out that he must . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(rest) for a week.

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition (2ms):

1. The house is . . . . . . . . . . . . fire. Call . . . . . . . . . . . . help ?
2. . . . . . . . . . . night, we can see millions . . . . . . . stars . . . . . . . .
. our heads.
3. . . . . . . . . . . an average, women live longer than men.
4. We stand . . . . . . . . . peace and are . . . . . . . war.

IV. Fill in the blanks with a, an, the or O (no article) (2ms):
1. He got (1). . . . . . . . job in (2). . . . . . . . . south and spent (3). . . . .
. . . . next two years doing (4). . . . . . . work he really enjoyed.
2. It was (1) . . . . . . windy morning but they hired (2) . . . . . boat
and went for (3) . . . . . . . sail along (4) . . . . . . . coast.

V. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate

form of the words in brackets (2ms):
1. Sleeping all day, eating too much and never going out is . . . . . . .
. . . (health).
2. A doctor who treats only particular illnesses is a . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(special).
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3. We would have a lot of . . . . . . . . . (funny) if we went there.
4. The person whos out of work is . . . . . . . . . . . . (employ).

VI. Rewrite the following sentences without changing the

meaning (4ms):
1. Theatre programmes usually have lots of information.
- There ..............................................................................
2. He has been collecting stamps for five years.
- He started ........................................................................
3. He spends two hours a week sorting out stamps.
- Sorting out his stamps......................................................
4. The garage is servicing my car on Monday.
- I am .................................................................................

VII. Do as directed in parentheses (2,5ms)

1. This large map belonged to my uncle. In the middle of it you
can see part of the Arctic Circle (Combine into one sentence
using Relative pronoun)
- ....................................................................................................
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2. They cant put you in prison if they havent tried you.
(Change into passive voice)
- ....................................................................................................
3. The dog was fed. It lay down by its owners chair. (Combine
into one sentence using present participle)
- ....................................................................................................
4. He never does his homework. If he (do) his homework, he
(not worry) about his examination. (supply the correct verb form)
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5. she was very foolish and she believed everything I told her.
(Rewrite the sentence using too or enough)
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VII. Fill in the blanks with the words from the list (2ms):
Grown about farm want (like)
Some fruit country kinds
Many people (1) . . . . . . . . . . . to live in the big cities, but (2) .
. . . . . . . . . prefer to live in the (3) . . . . . . . . . . ., my aunt has a
small (4) . . . . . . . . . . near my home city, she bought it
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . ten years ago. At the side of the farm house, there
is a (6) . . . . . . . . . . . garden. In it apple trees are (7) . . . . . . . . . ..
The vegetable garden is at the back of the house. My aunt rows all
(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . of vegetables but see it especially fond potatoes
and tomatoes.
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IX. Read the passage and circle the letter next to the word
that best fits each gap (2ms):
An increasing number of people are now (1) . . . . . . . to
Egypt. Last year, for example, about one and a half million (2) . . . . .
. . visited Egypt. The (3) . . . . . . of Egypt is about fifty million and
the (4) . . . . . . . is El Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine
million people. Although the (5) . . . . . . . . . is hot and dry and most
of country is desert, the average (6) . . . . . . . . from October to
March ts not too high. The most (7) . . . . . . . . sight are the
pyramids at Giza. However its also pleasant to (8) . . . . . . .
Alexandria. Port said and several other places.

1./ a. holiday b. visit c. excursion d. trip

2./ a. explorers b. voyagers c. tourist d.
passengers
3./ a. people b. citizenship c. nation d.
population
4./ a. principal b. head c. state d. capital
5./ a. temperature b. climate c. condition d.
position
6./ a. weather b. measurement c. climate d.
temperature
7./ a. famous b. know c. visited d.
requested
8./ a. search b. inspect c. examine d.
visit

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