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TRƯỜNG THPT TIÊN LỮ
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI NĂM 2009
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
I. PHONETICS
A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the others.
01. A. chorus B. technicolor C. chopstick D. character
02. A. pair B. fair C. stair D. faith
03. A. cheese B. cheer C. peer D. career
04. A. horses B. tongues C. places D. faces
05. A. walked B. danced C. laughed D. studied
B. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the
others.
06. A.event B. hero C. teacher D. championship
07. A. backgroundB. humane C. romantic D. depend
08. A. wonderful B. cartoon C. visual D. passive
09. A. audience B. tournament C. embarrassed D. violent
10. A. joyfulness B. emotion C. favourite D. beautiful
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
A. Supply the correct form of the words.
11. She was very __________ at being delayed. (anger)
12. Both musically and __________ it is very effective. (lyrics)
13. His foolish mistakes __________ all of us. (amusement)
14. Why are you so __________ ? My little sister drove me crazy.
(frustrate)
15. Ann gave a brilliant __________ as Juliet in the school play.
(perform)
B. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct forms of the verbs.
16. My cousin and I __________ (watch) a movie on TV last night when

A. that B. when C. which D. in which
30. She study hard _______ her parent’sexpectation.
A. meeting B. to meet C. meet D. met
31. We would stay at home _______.
A. If it is snowing B. If it is going to snow
C. If it would snow D. If it was snowing
32. If you’re too ill to come, _______.
A. I’ll come over and see you. B. I wouldn’t have done all this for
you.
C. I asked someone else. D. I could come over and see you.
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33. All the rooms in this small hotel are _______, and that would make it
too expensive to stay in.
A. air-condition B. air-conditioning
C. air conditioners D. air-conditioned
34. He was _______ the “golden kite” for being the best film director.
A. rewarded B. given C.awarded D.enjoyed
35. When I _______, everyone _______.
A. arrived / had left B. had arrived / left
C. would arrive / haves D. arrived / has left.
36. I remember _______ him once in my life.
A. to meet B. Meeting C. to have met D. met
37. He couldn't have known what was in the letter _______ he had
written it himself.
A. until B. if C. unless D. if only
38. It is an _______ book. I am _______ in it.
A. interesting / interested B. interesting / interesting
C. interest / interested D. interested / interested
39. Hoang is really _______ about going to Ho Chi Minh City. It will be
an _______ experience for him.

49. _______ is yours, the red one or the green one.
A. When B. which C. what D. When
50. He is _______ to do such work.
A. not enough strong B. strong not enough
C. not strong enough D. enough strong
51. “I did my best,” she said, “so why are you angry _______ me?”
A. with B. on C. for D. of
52. They all laughed because the film was very _______.
A. amuse B. amusing C. amused D. amusement
53. Tim _______ go fishing with his father when he was young.
A. used to B. has used to C. is used to D. was used to
54. It’s no good _______ your father about your failure.
A. to tell B. tell C. telling D. told
55. The boy fell into the water and was _______.
A. missed B. killed C. destroyed D. drowned
III. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap of the
passage.
Tropical forests have [56] __________ us with many sorts of
plants for food, medicine and industry. They also reduce [57]
__________ and droughts, keep water clean, and slow down the
Greenhouse Effect.
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However, the tropical forests are being [58] __________ to make
rooms for things like farms, ranches, mines and hydroelectric [59]
__________. About twenty million hactares [60] __________ each year
– an area more than twice the size of Australia.
56. A. given B. supplied C. provided D. B and C
57. A. floods B. water C. rain D. pollution
58. A. destroying B. destroyed C. endangering D. endangered

69. Silent films didn’t become available until the late 1920s.
» It was not until
B. Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning as the one
in italics.
70. The picnic was cancelled because it rained.
A. If it didn’t rain, the picnic wouldn’t be cancelled.
B. If it hadn’t rained, the picnic wouldn’t have been cancelled.
C. If it didn’t rain, the picnic wouldn’t have been cancelled.
D. If it hadn’t rained, the picnic wouldn’t be cancelled.
71. If I knew his telephone number, I would phone him.
A. I didn’t know his telephone number, so I couldn’t phone him.
B. Because I don’t know his telephone number, I can’t phone him.
C. I don’t know his telephone number. That why I can’t phone him.
D. I knew his telephone number, and I could phone him.
72. “I think smoking in restaurants should be banned,” he says.
A. He doesn’t think smoking in restaurants is permitted.
B. He doesn’t like smoking in restaurants.
C. He advised everybody not to smoke in restaurants.
D. He thinks the government should ban smoking in restaurants.
73. It’s ages since I last saw you.
A. I haven’t seen you for a long time.
B. I didn’t see you since ages.
C. I haven’t seen you since a long time.
D. I didn’t see you for ages.
74. The building has been designed by a famous architect.
A. A famous architect designed the building.
B. A famous architect has been designed the building.
C. A famous architect has designed the building.
D. A famous architect was designed the building.
C. Use the words given to complete a refusal letter.