De HSGTP Anh9 02-03

KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
BẬC PTCS CẤP THÀNH PHỐ
NĂM HỌC: 2002-2003
Đề chính thức Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi: 28-02-2003 Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

I. Choose the word in which the underlined part is not pronounced the same as in the others of the group: (2pts)
1. A. PLOUGHS B. LAUGHS C. COUGHS D. STOPS
2. A. LOCKED B. HOPED C. KICKED D. WICKED
3. A. FLOOD B. BUTCHER C. BRUSH D. SOME
4. A. POLICE B. COMPLETE C. INVENT D. MAGAZINE
5. A. HEART B. HEARD C. SHIRT D. RETURN
6. A. TUNE B. FOOD C. FOOT D. COOL
7. A. CLOSED B. CLOSELY C. HOUSE D. PLACED
8. A. BREATH B. BREATHE C. INSTEAD D. HEAD

II. Fill in each blank space with a preposition: (2pts)
She burst ___________________tears when she heard the news.
The Browns were ____________________vacation.
The boys looked at the animal ___________________amazement.
Do your parents take an interest ___________________your friends ?
My father prefers classical music ___________________jazz.
My friend is better ____________________English than I am.
This area is rich ____________________wildlife.
Why are you so afraid ____________________dogs ?

III. Fill in the blank space with the correct form of the word in parentheses: (2pts)
I find it _______________________(INTEREST) to go camping. I like it very much.
Ours is not one of the most ____________________(INDUSTRY) countries in the world.
We should do something to help ______________________(HOME) people.
He is very ________________________(WEALTH) and powerful.
I won’t let him use my motorbike because he rides very _________________________ (CARE).
Thanks to the _______________________(FERTILE) of the soil, there’s plenty of food on the island.
_________________________(FORTUNE), they were unable to make his dream come true.
I find your magazine very __________________________(INFORM).

IV. Fill in the blank space with the correct form or tense of the verb in parentheses: (2pts)
They were made _______________________(WORK) very hard.
She hates _______________________(LOOK) after as if she were a child.
I remember _______________________(TELL) to wait for them at the station.
If only you _______________________(BE) here now.
He ______________________(WORK) in the garden when he heard the news.
Don’t forget _______________________(TURN) the TV off when you go to bed.
If she _______________________(COME) here tomorrow, I’ll give it to her.
I don’t know where she _______________________(BE) since we last met.

V. Choose one of the words (which are listed in alphabetical order) in the box to form a new word for each blank space: (2pts)

ABLE – GOOD – GREAT – HIM LATE – REAL – REPORT – SUCCEED

When the Second World War began, Hemingway again returned to Europe as a (1)____________________. He was present at most important battles of that war and his experiences became the basis of his book, “Across the River and into the Trees”. This book was not very (2)_____________________, and many people said that Hemingway was losing his magic.
But in 1952, he wrote a short novel which is one of his (3)__________________: “The Old Man and the Sea”. The book tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman, but it is (4)____________________about man against nature. For this book, he won the Pulitzer Prize. And two years (5)______________________, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In 1965, sick and (6)_____________________to live the active life he loved, Hemingway killed (7)_____________________with one of his own shotguns. So ended the life of the man who has had one of the (8)_______________________influences on American literature in this century.

VI. Fill in the blank with the most suitable word of your choice: (2pts)
At Christmas I often get (1)____________________, but there is one present that I always like to get, and that is a book. It doesn’t (2)___________________what kind of book it is. It can be a story book, a book of poems or a book of plays; I enjoy (3)_____________________all.
I get some of my books from the public library. There is a very good one in the town (4)____________________I live and the (5)____________________knows a lot about literature. He gives me advice about literature and (6)____________________me get the book I want. But