Đề thi HSG cấp tỉnh các môn văn hóa năm 2010-2011

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KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 9 THCS NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
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( Lưu ý: Đề thi gồm 04 trang ).

PART A - LISTENING
I. Questions 1-10: You will listen to the tape twice
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

COMPLAINT RECORD FORM

Holiday booked in name of:
Address:


Daytime telephone number:
Booking reference:
Special offer?
Insurance?
Type of holiday booked:
Date holiday started:
Details of complaint:
First name: (1)…………....... Last name: Sharpe
Flat 4
(2) …………………………………..
Winchester SO2 4ER
(3) …………………………………..
(4) …………………………………..
Yes, from (5) …………………… company
Yes, had (6) ……………………….. Policy
(7) ………………………….............. Break
(8) …………………………………..
* no (9) ……………………............. at station
* a (10) ……………………............. was missing


PART B – LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
II. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below. Identify your answers by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet.

1. Your cousin is the ______ - looking man I have ever met.
A. most B. best C. better D. well
2. She lives next to me and I often speak to her on my _______ to work.
A. way B. street C. travel D. road
3. She kindly offered to ______ me the way to the museum.
A. describe B. show C. direct D. explain
4. In many families, the important decisions are ______ by women.
A. done B. given C. arrived D. made
5. My brother, like me, doesn’t like films _______ unhappy endings.
A. of which are B. have C. whose have D. that have
6. Do you mind ______ in here?
A. to smoke B. if I smoking C. my smoking D. me to smoke
7. We ______ you more help, but we were too busy.
A. might have given B. should give C. might give D. could give
8. Encouraged by his mother, _______.
A. art was studied in London by John B. John studied art in London
C. the study is art in London was done by John D. London was where John studied art
9. ______ advertising is so widespread, it has had an enormous effect on the people’s lives.
A. Why B. The reason why C. Since D. On account of
10. Many people read newspaper _______ waiting for the bus.
A. during B. if C. as they D. While
11. The woman ______ he fell in love left him after a few weeks.
A. with whom B. who C. to whom D. for whom
12. The larger a drop of water, ______ freezing temperature.
A. the higher its B. its higher C. higher than its D. higher of its
13. ______ was one of the most difficult tasks pioneers faced on their journeys west.
A. They crossed rivers B. By crossing rivers
C. Crossing rivers D. Rivers being crossed
14. By the end of this week my illness _______ me $100.
A. has cost B. will have cost C. cost D. will cost
15. It sounds like something wrong with the car’s engine. ______, we’d better take it to the garage immediately.
A. Otherwise B. However C. If not D. If so

III. Give the correct form of the given words in brackets to complete the following sentences. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

1. This is very (convenience)______! Can’t you practise your violin somewhere else?
2. She was a much less (industry) _______ student than her sister.
3. She’s got a job as a (manage) _______ of a dress shop.
4. There is a (short) ______ of carrots because of the bad weather.
5. During