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<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>Họ tên TS: ................................................................. PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO NINH PHƯỚC. Số BD: ........................... Chữ ký GT 1: .......................... KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP HUYỆN NĂM HỌC 2012-2013 Khóa ngày: 27/10/2012 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Cấp THCS Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian phát đề). (Đề chính thức). ĐỀ: (Đề thi gồm 05 trang. Thí sinh làm bài ra Tờ bài làm) SECTION I: Phonics. A. Choose the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.. A. stops A. filled A. honest A. postcard A. chemical. B. sends B. destroyed B. honor B. television B. chicken. C. knows C. worked C. hour C. festival C. church. D. learns D. prepared D. hair D. promise D. nature. B. Choose the words with the different stress pattern from the others. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.. A. Vietnamese A. electrical A. contact A. mention A. below. B. American B. convenient B. visit B. design B. under. C. Italian C. traditional C. improve C. prefer C. behind. D. Australian D. fashionable D. download D. inspire D. above. SECTION II: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 1. Let me ______ for the meal, you paid last time . A. to pay B. pay C. paying. D. paid. 2. Liz is ______ in Vietnamese culture. A. to interest B. interests. D. interested. C. interesting. 3. Tom ______ last night when the telephone ______. A. slept / rang. B. slept / was ringing. C. was sleeping / rang. D. was sleeping / was ringing. 4. Remember to ______ the light when you go out of the room. A. turn on. B. turn off. C. turn up. D. turn down. 5. He wanted to know ______ . A. whether I would come back the following day. B. whether I would come back tomorrow. C. whether I will come back the following day. D. whether I will come back tomorrow. 6. He is ______ an excellent student ______ he can solve any exercises. Page 1 of 5.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> A. so / that. B. either / or. C. such / that. D. neither / nor. 7. If he worked more slowly, he ______ so many mistakes. A. wouldn’t make B. won’t make C. didn’t make. D. doesn’t make. 8. He worked _________ than his workmates. A. more careful B. more carefully. D. as carefully as. C. more carefully than. 9. Razali Maryam visited Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, the Museum of History and the Temple of Literature, ______ many beautiful parks and lakes in Ha Noi. A. such as B. as much as C. as well D. as well as 10. We are asked to read the instructions carefully ______ doing the exercises. A. before B. after C. in front of D. from 11. I wish I _____ the examination. A. can pass B. can’t pass. C. could pass. D. couldn’t pass. 12. I prefer _____ books to ______ television. A. read / watch B. read / watching. C. reading / watching. D. reading / watch. 13. My bag's gone. I've been ________. A. stolen B. robbed. C. taken. D. bought. 14. Listen carefully. I'm going to give you _________ advice. A. some B. less C. a little. D. few. 15. I usually lend him my money because he can’t _________ his small salary. A. believe in B. live on C. live with D. refer to 16. The bridge __________ at present. A. is built B. is being built. C. has built. D. has been built. 17. I don’t have time to take you to visit beauty spots ________ I’m so busy. A. if B. when C. because D. but 18. The girl is ______ friendly _______ everyone wants to make friends with her. A. so / as B. so / that C. such / as D. such / that 19. Ninh Thuan _____ the most ideal destination in Vietnam in the future. A. be B. is C. will be. D. will being. 20. I ______ going fishing with my father when I was young. A. used to B. have used to C. am used to. D. was used to. SECTION III: Read the text below and decide which answer A, or B, C, D best fits each space. Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be (1) ___________, but they don't want to look exactly (2) ___________ everybody else. Not all clothes are (3) ___________ for work or school, perhaps because they are not (4) ___________ enough, or simply not (5) ___________ It is easy to buy the (6) ___________, and find that your trousers are too (7) ___________, especially if you are a little bit (8) ___________ Very loose clothes make you feel slim, but when they have shrunk in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light (9) ___________ clothes, then they might not be (10) ___________ enough for winter. Page 2 of 5.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> 1. A. of fashion 2. A. alike 3. A. fitted 4. A. formal 5. A. comforting 6. A. false 7. A. straight 8. A. slim 9. A. of cotton 10. A. warm. B. fashioned B. like B. suitable B. strict B. comfort B. mistake B. close B. overweight B. in cotton B. cold. C. fashionable C. similar C. comfort C. uniform C. comforted C. wrong C. long C. thin C. cotton C. hot. D. fashion D. same D. equal D. suited D. comfortable D. error D. tight D. enormous D. cottoned D. cool. SECTION IV: Fill in the blanks with ONE word provided from the box. When, was, different, to, so, village, go, study, wasn't, lived, left, on, moved, from, I930s. When I was young I (1) _________ in Scotland, in a village near the sea. Life was very (2) _________ then. It was the (3) _________, so there (4) _________ any TV, but my family had a radio, and we listened (5) _________ it every evening. My parents didn't have a car, (6) _________ I went to school by bicycle - six miles every day. But I didn't (7) _________ very hard and (8) _________ school when I was fourteen. There weren't any cinemas near our (9) _________, so every Saturday I met my friends (10) _________ the beach and we played football all day. (11) _________ I was fifteen my parents sold our house and the family (12) _________ to England. I never went back to my village, but I can still hear the sea in my head.. SECTION V: Read the text and then type the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps. There is an example at the beginning:. (0) ENGLAND. ENGLISH. One of the primary benefits of learning (0) English is that it is (0) ENGLAND often (1) ____________ the language of global business. The (1) CONSIDER international business community often (2) ____________ it for (2) USE (3) _________, even among (4) ____________ who do not speak (3) COMMUNICATE the same native language. Speaking and (5) ____________ (4) PERSON English can let a person more (6) ____________ communicate (5) UNDERSTAND with others and find more job (7) ____________ not only in his or (6) EASY her home country, but around the world as well. There (8) (7) OPPORTUNITY ____________. also. many. (9). ____________. informative (8) BE publications printed in English, which means it is often an (9) PROFESSION essential language for anyone (10) ____________ in science or (10) WORK research. Page 3 of 5.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> SECTION VI: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the original sentence. 1. Don’t talk in class, please.  Would you mind ………………………………..? 2. She wins at last because she gets over difficulties.  If she ……………………………………………. 3. The test is so hard that no one can do it.  The test is too …………………………………... 4. The video clip is so meaningful that we have ever seen.  It is such ………………………………………… 5. “Do you have a laptop now?”, the teacher said to me.  The teacher asked ……………………………….. 6. “You shouldn’t spend your weekend in the city”.  She advised ……………………………………… 7. It was silly of me not to buy that book.  I wish ………………………………………………….. 8. A new school for disabled children is going to be built here.  They …………………………………………………… 9. He went to school in spite of his illness.  Although ……………………………………………………. 10. Learning English is not easy.  It is ………………………………………………………….. SECTION VII: Use the sets of words to write meaningful sentences so that they together can make a complete letter. Make all the changes and additions if necessary. Hi Jeff, I’m writing this e-mail from sunny Rome. 1. I / get / some / brilliant news! 2. Last Saturday / I / get married! 3. My wife's name / Laura / and / she / come / Sicily. 4. She / photographer / and / she / work for 'Amica', / a famous / Italy / magazine. 5. We / meet / at a party / in Milan / about a month ago. 6. One week later / we decide / get married! 7. We / didn't have / big wedding / - only her parent / and / a few friends. 8. We / come back / to Rome / two day ago. At the moment we’re staying in Laura's apartment because it's bigger than mine and nearer Laura's workplace. Come and visit us! I'm sure you'll like Laura and she wants to meet all my friends. Page 4 of 5.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> SECTION VIII: Each of the following sentence has one mistake. Identify them. There is an example at the beginning (0) C. 0. How long have you knew each other? A B C D 1. After driving for twenty miles, he suddenly realized that he has been driving in the wrong direction. A B C D 2. The man, of whom the red car is parked in front of our house, is a famous physician in this town. A B C D 3. If you want to be healthy, you should break down your bad habits in your lifestyles. A B C D 4. He studied very hardly, so he passed the exam easily. A B C D 5. Neither the coach nor the players was pleased with the referee’s decision last week. A B C D 6. Jane as well as Nam enters to the gifted school, and so Lan does. A B C D 7. My family spent a fascinated holiday in Singapore last summer. A B C D 8. The building consists about two hundred rooms. It can contain thousands of people A. B. C. D. 9. Tom and Mai are going to have a two-months course in communication in England. A B C D 10. I am thinking about my exercises. Please do not make so many noise. A B C D THE END. Page 5 of 5.

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