PHÒNG GD- ĐT THANH LIÊM
TRƯỜNG THCS LIÊM PHONG
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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
( Time:150 minutes)

I. Choose the word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group (1,0 pts)
1. A. thought
B. ought
C. though
D. bought
2. A. cost
B. celebrate
C. call
D. candy
3. A. evidence
B. gemstone
C. pencil
D. meteor
4. A. windy
B. shift
C. ring
D. tide
5. A. studied
B. existed
C. suggested
D. provided


C. vegetables
D. physical
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45III Give the correct tenses /form of the verbs.( 2PTS)
Nowadays, a lot of important inventions (1- carry out) by scientists (2- work) for large industrial
firms. However, there (3 – be) still opportunities for other people (4 – invent) various things. In Britain,
there is a weekly TV program which (5 – attempt) to show all the devices which people (6 – invent )
recently. The people (7 – organize) the program receive information about 700 inventions per year.
New ideas can (8 – develop) by private inventors. However, it is important (9 – consider) these
questions : Will it work? Will it (10 – want)? Is it new?
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10.
IV. Điền đúng dạng của từ được in hoa để hoàn thành câu. (1,0đ)
1. We have two postal ___________________ a day.
(DELIVER)
2. He left the room without ___________________ .
(EXPLAIN)
3. Playing tennis is one of his favorite ______________ .
(ACT)
4. We started our trip on a beautiful ______________ morning.
(SUN)

could bought food,”said Nam. “ It was very cold and wet
6/ ___________
in the mountains. It is one of the wetter places in the country.”
7/ ___________
Nam stayed in the mountains since six weeks. It was hard work,
8/ ___________
But he says it was the best thing he has ever did. He is hoping
9/ ___________
to return next year to do any more work there
10/ __________
VI. Complete this passagewith a suitable word( 1,0 pts)
Learning a language is, in some way, like (1) _____ how to fly or play the piano. There (2) _____
important differences, but there is a very important similarity. It is this: learning how to do such things
needs lots (3) ______ practice. It is never simply to “know” something. You must be able to “do”
things with what (4) ______know. For example, it is not enough simply to read a book on (5) ______to
fly an airplane. A (6) ______ can give you lots of information about how to fly, but if only read a book
and then try to (7) _______without a great deal of practice first, you will crash and kill (8) _____. The
same is true of (9) ________ the piano. So you think it is enough simply to read about it? Can you play
the piano without having lots of (10) _______ first
VII. Read the text and decide which answer A,B,C or D best fits each numbered blank (2.0pts)
Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go ...
(1) ... their own language and other languages, arithmetic, history, science, and all the other subjects.
That is quite true; but why do they learn these things? And are these thing all that they learn at school?
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time ... (2) ... they will be big and will
have to work ... (3) ... themselves. Nearly all they study at school has some practical use in their life,
but is that reason ... (4) ... they go to school?
There is more in education that just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to
learn, ... (5) .. when we have left school we can continue to learn. A man who really knows ... (6) ... will
always be successful, because ... (7) ... he has to do something new which he has never had to do ...
(8)......., he will rapidly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other



8. A. ago
9. A. teaching
10. A. and

B. later
B. teach
B. that

C. before
C. to teaching
C. but

D. after
D. to teach
D. so

Your answer:
1

2

3

4

5

6

It's hours ............................................................................................................. .
2. We did not go on holiday because we did not have enough money.
If we ............................................................................................................. .
3. It was so late that nothing could be done.
It was too ......................................................................................................... .
4. She left the room without saying any word.
She didn't ............................................................................................................................... .
5. As I get older, I want to travel less.
The older ............................................................................................................................. .


6. My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last year.
I was ................................................................................................................. .
ĐÁP ÁN + BIỂU ĐIỂM HSG 9
I. I.(5 × 0,2 = 1,0pt)
1
C

2
B

3
D

4
D

5
A



5. frightening
6. friendly

7. solution
8. carefully

9. arrangement
10. skillful

V. .( 10 × 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1. interested -> interesting
2. him -> his
7. wetter -> wettest
8. since -> for
VI. .( 10 × 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1. learning
2. are
6. book
7. fly
VII.( 10 × 0,1 = 1,0pt)
1
B

2
B

3
A


2. When was more land in Cambridge used for college building?
In the 14th centery and in the 15th centery.
3. When did the town really
In 1845

5. how
10. practice
9
d

10
C


4. Why do many visitors to Cambridge ask "Whereis the university"?
Because there is no wall to be found around the university.

IX. 6x 0.2= 1.2 pts
1. It's hours since Mary rang.
2. If we had had enough money, we would / could have gone on holiday.
3. It was too late to do anything / late for anything to be done.
4. She didn't say a word as she left the room.
5. The older I get, the less I want to travel.
6. I was allowed to go abroad alone for the first time last year.