Unit 5. The media

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
KHÁNH HÒA NĂM HỌC 2009-2010
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Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH – THCS (Bảng A)
Ngày thi: 05/04/2010
(Thời gian: 150 phút – không kể thời gian phát đề)
(30 phút Nghe + 120 phút Đọc & Viết)
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I. LISTENING: (30 points)
Part 1: Questions 1 – 12
Listen, choose a word below to complete each sentence and number the picture (1-6) in the order you hear them: aggressive, selfish, kind, impatient, jealous, generous


A. Hilary is ……………. B. Ron is ………….. C. Jim is ………………


D. Lucy is ……………… E. Pat is …………… F. Kyle is ……………..
Listen again and read the statements. Circle T for True, F for False, or U for Unknown.
T F U 7. Jim Stockdale is a successful businessman.
T F U 8. Kyle`s sister always shares her candy with him.
T F U 9. The young woman is getting off the bus at the next stop.
T F U 10. Pat`s friend doesn`t believe that Scott and Jennifer are having lunch together.
T F U 11. The woman in the car is going to a meeting that starts in 20 minutes.
T F U 12. Mark is taking a friend to the basketball game.

Part 2: Questions 13 – 20
Some family members are discussing which gift to buy for their father. Listen and write the gifts that they reject and the reasons why do they reject the gifts.
Rejected gifts
Why was it rejected?

(13) ……………………….
(14) ………………………..

(15) ……………………….
too cheap

tie
too cheap

(16) ……………………….
(17) ……………………….

(18) ……………………….
(19) ……………………….

What do they finally decide to buy? (20) ……………………….

Part 3: Questions 21 – 30
Write A WORD or A NUMBER in the spaces.
CURRENT ACCOUNT OVERDRAFT APPLICATION FORM
Surname: (21) …………………………………
First name(s): (22) …………………………………
Current Account no: 39261916
Address: 24, Kilverton Drive
(23) ………………………………… SA3 9ER
Tel: 0458 88320
Date of birth: (24) …………………………………
Work: Culver Engineering
30, (25) …………………………………, Carbury.
Tel: 091279509
Number of years in job: approx. 3 years
Current salary: (26) …………………………………
Outgoings: Mortgage: (27) …………………………………
Credit cards: £45 (28) …………………………………
£19 storecards
Personal loans: (29) …………………………………
Overdraft facility approved? Y / N
Overdraft limit: (30) …………………………………

II. PHONETICS: (10 points)
Part 1: Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. (5 points)
31. A. pronounce
B. other
C. won
D. ton

32. A. headache
B. flame
C. shame
D. shadow

33. A. research
B. resent
C. recent
D. reservoir

34. A. guilty
B. suitcase
C. suitable
D. recruit

35. A. idiom
B. ideal
C. idle
D. idiot

Your answer:
31. ……….…………… 32. …………………… 33. ……………………
34. ……………………. 35. ……………………

Part 2: Circle the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the others in the list. (5 points)
36. A. revolution
B. independence
C. associate
D. operation

37. A. technology
B. educational
C. accessible
D. miraculous

38. A. human
B. treatment
C. miracle
D. disease

39. A. military
B. accurate
C. preferential
D. delicate

40. A. occasion
B. discover
C. industry
D. arrange

Your answer:
36. ……….…………… 37. …………………… 38. ……………………
39. ……………………. 40. ……………………

III. VOCABULARY – GRAMMAR: (60 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (15 points)
41. He drank very little …………… the police caught him as he drove home.
A. in the event B. despite C. otherwise D. in case
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