PHÒNG GD-ĐT HIỆP HÒA KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VĂN HÓA CẤP HUYỆN
Năm học: 2012-2013
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút.( Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 21 tháng 4 năm 2013
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. (5 ps.)
1. A. looked B. watched C. stopped D. carried
2. A. bath B. father C. theater D. health
3. A. study B. success C. surprise D. sugar
4. A. children B. charity C. charm D. champagne
5. A. angry B. danger C. language D. passage
6. A. when B. where C. whole D. while
7. A. socket B. notice C. enroll D. mobile.
8. A. engineer B. excited C. experiment D. enlarge.
9. A. equipment B. improvement C. comment D. development
10.A. overhead B. teammate C. speaker D. bean.
II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (10 ps.)
1. Someone… tickets were free.
A. said me B. said me that C. told me D. told to me
2. When she lived in the countryside, she ……………….in the river.
A. was swimming B. used to swim C. has swum D. is used to swimming
3. Saigon ……………more than three hundred years ago.
A. was built B. has been built C. was building D. built
4. It is nearly ten years ……………….I saw her.
A. when B. since C. for D. while
5. Would you mind if I……………a photo ?
A. take B. took C. would take D. am going to take
6. Last week I ……………my children to the biggest zoo in town.
A. got B. brought C. fetch D. took
7. They ……………me if I could speak Japanese.
A. told B. said C. asked D. talked
8. Are you proud…………….your country and its tradition ?

There used to be a Church near the post office in my town
2. While / I / write / letter /, phone / ring
While I was opening the letter, the phone rang
3. I / be / very pleased / see / Tom / again / after / long time.
4. You / look / thinner . You / lose / weight ?
5. You / think / you / make / radio / work again ?
6. I/ buy/ book/ 5 days ago.
7. A man/ said/girl/ there/ cafe/ nearby.
8. When/ I/ see/ Nancy/ yesterday/ she/ drive/ car.
9. They / know / each other / 3 months.
10. Nam's teacher / teach / him / he / come / here / 2000.
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1. There used to be a Church near the post office in my town
2. While I was opening the letter, the phone rang
3. I am very pleased to see Tom again after a long time.
4. You look thinner . Have you losen weight ?
5. Do you think you will make the radio work again.
6. I bought the book 5 days ago
7. A man said to the girl there was a cafe nearby
8. When I saw Nancy yesterday she was driving a car
9. They have known each other for 3 moths.
10. Nam’s teacher have taught / have been teaching him since he came here in 2000
IV. Use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses to complete the following sentences. (10 ps.)
1. Mary spent hours ( repair ) her bike.
2. They advised him ( not/ cross ) the street aganist the red lights.
3. He and his sister (not/ meet) my friends since last Christmas
4. She (work) here since she left school ?
5. Everyone ( read) this novel, let us ( discuss) it.
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6. I ( know) her for six years, when I met her, she (work) in a Law office.

A B C D
6. The collect of stamps made him become famous in the country
A B C D
7. Let’s practise listening to English programs in the radio.
A B C D
8.What about play tennis in stead of going to the cinema ?
A B C D
9. Don’t turn on the TV, please. I am so tired to watch it .
A B C D
10. They turn in the radio to listen to some news.
A B C D
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1. B to me - for me
2. C will - would
3. D on March - in March
6. A collect
- collection
7. D in the radio
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The film
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1. Henry asked me if I could lend him some money
2. Neither of the chairs are comfortable
3. The date of the meeting will have to be changed again
4. It took Peter three hours to repain his house.
5. They moved here six years ago.
6. It’s the most romantic novel I have ever read.
7. Barbara is the hardest worker/ Bafbara works the hardest
8. It’s two years I haven’t met him.
9. Richard is a good cooker
10. The film ends dramatically
VIII. Read the passage and choose the best answer in the blanket. (10 ps.)
For many people, traveling by plane is an exciting experience. Others, however, find the whole idea
quite terrifying, (1) flying is not more dangerous (2) any other form of travel and some
experts say it is considerably safer. It is known, however, that most accident occurs (3) taking off and
landing when a (4) decisions are vitally important.
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The people (5) job it is to look (6) the passengers, the stewards and stewardnesses play
an important part in helping passengers to (7) safe and comfortable. Indeed for many passengers being
(8) such care of is all part of the total experience. (9) other form of travel involves waiting for
people in quite the same (10) , with food, drink, newspapers, magazins, music, and even video films.
1. A . although B. too C. and D. because
2. A . than B. as C. then D. with
3. A. while B. during C. for D. through
4. A. leader’s B. chief’s C. driver’s D. pilot’s
5. A. whose B. which C. their D. that
6. A. for B. up C. after D. round
7. A.feel B. rest C. experience D. lie
8. A. given B. kept C. shown D. taken