TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN DU
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
M«n: TiÕng Anh – Thêi gian: 90 phót
(§Ò bµi gåm cã 04 trang)
Hä vµ tªn häc sinh:…………………………… Lớp:………
Question I : Listen to people phoning their friends. Cross where each person is.(2,5ps)
Kathy Bill Susan Terry Mr Lee Helen
in the garage
x
in the bathroom
in the bedroom
in the kitchen
in the living room
he/she has gone out
Question II: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. (2ps)
1. It is two years since I last (see) him.
2. Last night, the fire broke out when everyone (sleep).
3. We understood the problem after the teacher …… (explain) it to us.
4. Growing flowers (be) my father’s hobby.
5. Do you know the man who ………. (smoke) there ?
6. What would you do if you (be) a millionaire ?
7. What ……… (happen) to you yesterday?
8. Tom met Mary in 1995 and they ………(be) good friends since then.
Answer:
1…………………… 2……………………… 3…………………… 4……………………
5………………… 6……………………… 7…………………… 8……………………
Question III: Put the words in the brackets into the correct form. (1,5p)
1. He said good morning to me in a …… (friend) way.
2. Bill failed the exam because of his (lazy).
3. The coffee is too ……… (heat) to drink now.
4. The village is very quiet and (peace) .

13. One way to improve your English is to practise it daily.
A. effective B. effect C. effectively D. effectional
14. If I were you, I ……… swimming every week.
A. will go B. go C. would go D. went
15. The hotel ……… we stayed last month, is the most expensive one in Samson.
A. which B. when C. that D. where
Question V: Fill in the numbered space with the most appropriate preposition. (1ps)
1. He went (1) doing it in spite of our protests.
2. His father couldn’t prevent him (2) going out late with his friends.
3. Are your children interested (3) playing sports?
4. We usually get bored (4) watching such a bad film like this.
5. We had lunch and then went out (5) a walk by the river.
Answer:
1- 2 3- 4 5
Question VI: Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning. (2ps)
1. The room was so dark that we couldn't see anything.
> The room was too …………………………………………………
2. It is over ten years since she came to teach English at my school.
> She has
3. If you don’t pay me back my money, I will tell the police.
> Unless
4. People said that she is the best singer in town.
> She
5. “ Where did you go last night ?” Mary asked John.
> Mary
6. The weather is too bad, we can’t go camping.
> If the weather
7. In spite of having a happy family life, she wanted to do something exciting.
> Although she ………………………………………………………………
8. No one in my class can run as fast as Jack?

to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, pick up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his
mother’s house.
Exercise: Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D.
1. How did the man order the flowers?
A. By wire. B. By letter.
C. By e-mail D. By telephone.
2. Why was the girl crying?
A. She missed her mother. B. She didn’t have enough money to buy a rose.
C. She lost her money. D. She wanted to change another rose.
3. How was the girl’s mother?
A. She was living in the cemetery. B. She looked after the cemetery.
C. She was visiting the cemetery. D. She was dead.
4. Why did the man change his mind? - Because
A. the flower shop couldn’t deliver the flowers in time.
B. his mother’s home was near here.
C. he was moved by the girl’s love for her mother.
D. the flower shop ran out of flowers.
5. The best title for this story is
A. The flower shop. B. A man and a little girl.
C. Flowers for mother. D. A dead mother.
Question X: Write a paragraph of about 120 words to answer the question below. (3ps)
Will you go on to college/ university or will you go out to work after school ? Why ?
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