Đề thi học sinh giỏi

TRƯỜNG THPT LÊ QUÝ ĐÔN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI
------------------ NĂM HỌC 2008 - 2009
SECTION TWO: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (6 pts.)
Question 1. Choose the best option:(2pts)
1. She made her son ...............the windows before he could go to the movies.
A. wash B. washing C. to wash D. was washed
2. “ Why did he grow a beard?”- “To avoid ..................”
A. anyone to recognize him B. to be recognized him
C. being recognized D. recognizing
3.She finally decided ..................her children alone in the house.
A. not leave B. not leaving C. do not leave D. not to leave
4. Thank you .............me move to my new apartment last weekend.
A. to helping B. for having helped C. helping D. to help
5. The police ............... everybody .................walking alone at night.
A. told- not to B. warned - not to C. told - against D. warned- against
6. She is playing a piece of music .....................by Beethoven.
A. composed B. composing C. to compose D. composes


7. The man ...............must be intelligent and handsome.
A. who loving her B. whom loves her C. she loves D. who love her
8. Linda ................me to wait for her at the school gate.
A. tell B. told C. says D. said
Question 2. Give the correct tense of the verbs in brackets: (2pts)
In the 19th and 20th centuries, many very important discoveries was made in medicine. For example, in 1895 a German doctor named Roentgen (1. develop)...............the X-ray machine. The English scientist Sir Alexander Fleming (2. discover) ...............penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928. Antibiotics (3. be) ..............drugs that fight diseases in the body. Fleming(4. discover)..................penicillin growing in mold on an old piece of bread.
Other great improvements (5. make) ...............in the technology of medicine. Doctors (6. save) .................people’s lives by giving them a new heart or a new kidney. Hospitals have large computers and machines that (7. help) ...................sick people live better lives. Medicine today (8. be) ............very modern, but it is also very traditional in some parts of the world. In China and other Asian countries, doctors (9. use)...............acupuncture, a very old method of treating sickness and pain. Acupuncture uses needles to help the human body fight pain and disease. Doctors (10.use) ................this method for thousands of years, and some still use it today.
Question 3. Use the correct form of the words given in brackets to fill in the blanks in each sentence: (2pts)
1. She was in a very ........................... situation. She felt so stupid and didn’t know what to say. (EMBARRASS)
2. The room was ..............................with flowers and balloons. (DECORATION)
3. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the ............................? (COMPETE)
4. In Boston, she worked for the American Anti-Slavery Society and set up an ...................... for coloured children.( ORPHAN)
5. Her ............................was shown when she refused to cooperate with us. (SELFISH)
6. In an emergency room, results of X-rays, blood tests are reported to doctors ........................ (IMMEDIATE)
7. I’ve been one of the ............................ of this journal for more than ten years.(SUBSCRIBE)
8. Cheap consumer goods are ........................... in this part of the world. (ABUNDANCE)
SECCTION THREE. READING (6pts.)
Question 1. Read the following passage and fill each gap with ONE suitable word: (2pts)
For many people the language of the Internet is English. “work, wide, wed: Three English words” was the ……(1)……….of an article by Michael Specter in the New York Times a few years ago. The article went on saying : “ if you want to………(2)…… full advantage of the Internet, there is only one real way to do it: learn English”. In general, it …….(3)……….not difficult to learn to use Internet services. Although Internet services are rather easy to use, you will have considerable difficulties if you are not familiar………..(4)……. English. In fact, a good knowledge of English is one of the most important aspects ………..(5)……….help you use the Internet. Learning to use the Internet service may a few hours, a few days or some weeks, but it takes …………..(6)……….to learn a language so that you can