ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
Năm học: 2008-2009
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 10
Thời gian: 180 phút
Họ và tên: ………………………………………Lớp………………………………….

I. PHONETICS
A. Identify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. machine B. school C. stomach D. chemistry
2. A. description B. question C. attraction D. information
3. A. although B. without C. thank D. these
4. A. food B. good C. tooth D. tool
5. A. heavy B. bear C. measure D. eat
B. Find the word that has stressed syllable different from the others.
6. A. cartoon B. open C. paper D. answer
7. A. manage B. shortage C. village D. teacher
8. A. remain B. convenient C. volunteer D. memorable
9. A. maintain B. marine C. challenge D. device
10. A. important B. community C. organize D. diseases
II. VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR
A. Choose the best answer from the four choices (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence
11. I am going to have my eye…… tomorrow.
A. to test B. test C. testing D. tested
12. Nobody could hear her…… she spoke too quietly.
A. so B. however C. although D. because
13. Keep silent! My father…… in his room.
A. is sleeping B. was sleeping C. has slept D. will be slept
14. I’d like to contribute…….the school Red Cross fund.
A. on B. to C. with D. for
15. Hoang Anh Tuan …….injury to win the Olympic silver.
A. recovered B. suffered C. avoided D. overcame

b. We’ve going on a two – week tour of Australia.
c. I’m taking my family to visit the Great Barrier Reef
d. I’m going on holiday
e. Have a good time!
C. Complete the passage with the suitable words from the box
preserved housed labourers outbuildings
village life community fields
In most of Europe, farmers’ homes and (31)……………….are generally located within a village,
and tools and animals are (32)………………there. Every morning, the farmers and farm (33)
……………….leave their (34)……………….to work their land or tend their animals in distant
(35)…………… and return to the village at the end of the day. Social (36)……………is thus
centripetal; that is, it is focused around the (37)……………center, the village. Only in certain
parts of Quebec has this pattern been (38)……………in North America.
III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
39. How did you manage getting here so quickly?
A. How B. did C. getting D. so
40. Ms Baker , she spent her life working with the health and welfare of the families of worker,
is an successful woman in the world.
A. she B. her life C. welfare D. the
41. Because of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1972, the United States begin to realize the
true value of the Luisiana territory.
A. Because B. begin C. the true value D. territory
42. I remember to be given a toy drum on my fifth birthday.
A. remember B. to be C. on D. fifth
43. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinking .
A. lead B. but C. make D. drinking
IV. READING
A. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.
LOOKING FOR A JOB
I finished university six month (44)………… , I’ve got a degree in business

59. A danger B in danger C a danger D dangerous
60. A specially B especially C mostly D chiefly
61. A for B until C when D as
62. A here B where C there D place
63. A park B place C rain D shelter
64. A nobody B none ` C no people D somebody
65. A exercise B nothing C breathing D jogging
66. A chairs B sofas C stools D benches
67. A doorway B door C gate D window
68. A back B up C out D down
69. A filled B full C crowded D plenty
70. A ponds B puddles C reservoirs D springs
C. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answers.
They called New York “the Big Apple”. Maybe it is not exactly like an apple, it’s certainly
very big. There are too many people, that’s the problem. The streets are always full of car and
trucks, you can never find a place to park.
If you have enough money, you can take a taxi. New York cabs are yellow. They look all the
same. But the drivers are very different. Some were born and raised in New York, but many are
newcomers to the United States. A few drive slowly, but most go very very fast. Cab driving is
difficult job. It can be dangerous too. Thieves often try to steal the drivers’ money. Drivers
sometimes get hurt.
If you don’t want to take a taxi, you can go by bus or you can take the subway. The subway
is quick and it’s cheap, but parts of it are old and dirty. Lights don’t always work and there are
often fire on the track. On some subway lines, there are new, clean, silver trains. But you can’t
see the color of the old trains easily. There is too much dirt and too much graffiti, inside and out
side.
71. What is the problem in New York ?
A. it has too many aples B. it is too big
C. it looked like an apple D. it is too crowded
72. What does a cab mean ?

85. You can’t travel on this train if you don’t have a reservation.
Unless……………………………………………………
B. Composition:
Write a paragraph to tell about your recent journey (no more than 150 words)
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Good luck to you!
ANSWER KEY
I.PHONETICS (10 points)
1. A 2. B 3.C 4.B 5D
6.A 7.A 8. C 9.C 10.C
II. VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR (28 points)
A.
11. D 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.D
16.B 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.D
21.D 22.C 23.B 24.B 25.A
B.
26d 27c 28b 29e 30a
C.
31. outbuildings 32.housed 33. labourers 34. village
35.fields 36. life 37. community 38. preserved
III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION (5 points)
39. C 40.A 41.B 42.B 43D
IV. READING (32 points)
A.
44.ago 45. although 46. already 47. for 48. in
49. where 50. salary 51 . having 52. very 53. a/per
54. situation 55. about