Sở GD & ĐT Hà Nội
ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
Trường THPT Ngọc Tảo
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.

Jolly: It sounds great! (29)……………………………………………………….
Ann. Thanks. (30)……………………………………………………………….

a. I’ll send you postcards.
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.

Peter told us that it was (59)_____to stay under a tree in a rainstorm, (60)_____when there is
lighting, so we ran to a nearby store to wait (61)_____the rain stopped.
From (62)_____we were standing, we could see that the (63) ______ was empty. Before
the rain had started, there had been people everywhere but now (64)______was playing
basketball or football or doing (65)_____or sitting on the park (66)______reading the morning
papers or chatting with their friends.
We stood in the (67)_____of the store for nearly twenty minutes before the rain finally
stopped and the sun came (68)_____again from behind the clouds. Within a few minutes the park
was (69) _____of people again but now the air was cooler and big (70) ____of rainwater could
be seen everywhere.
56. A hitting B kicking C playing D throwing
57. A greatly B heavily C severely D very big
58. A and B so C but D yet
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.

78. “ Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work”
He reminded………………………………………
79. How many books did they buy yesterday?
How many books……………………………………
80. I'm sorry I didn’t go to University
I regret………………………………………………
81. He prefers plain water to coffee.
He’d rather…………………………………………
82. Although he wasn’t experienced, he got the job.
Despite……………………………………………….
83. She didn’t say a word as she left the room.
She left the room……………………………………
84. They are going to repair my car tomorrow.
I am going to have…………………………………….
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!