PHÒNG GIÁO DỤC CHÂU THÀNH
TRƯỜNG THCS THỊ TRẤN
ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG HUYỆN
Thời gian : 60 phút
Năm học : 2007-2008
I. READING:
1.Fill in the blanks with the words given. There is ONE extra word you do
not need to use.(1 m)
lines mentioned unique occasions changing
white slit patterns symbol
Ao dai, the traditional dress of Vietnamese women, has been (1)_________
In many poems, novels and songs. it is a long silk tunic that is(2)________ oh
the sides and worn over loose pants. Vietnamese women usually wear it,
especially on special (3)________ such as Tet, Teachers’ day, or Wedding
Anniversary. Nowadays, some fashion designers have made it more and more
beautiful by (4)_________ the traditional Ao Dai.
Some of them print (5)_______ of poetry on it, or they add the (6)________
such as sun, stars, crosses, and stripes to the Ao Dai. The Ao Dai becomes the
national clothing , just like Kimono in Japan. Every morning thousands of
schoolgirls in (7)_______ Ao Dai make the streets look nicer. Vietnamese
women continue to wear this(8)________ and fashionable dress.
2/ Read the passage and answer the statements with true (t) false(f) not
given(n)(1.5ms)
Parents speak in a different way to young children. They are not aware of
doing this, but they actually change the way they speak. When a baby says its
first words, its parents speak very clearly to it. They stop making the kinds of
errors which are usually so common in ordinary speech, they also speak to the
baby in a slightly higher voice, finally, they usually ask simple questions and
do not use many statements.
1. Parents often speaks to young children in a very kind way.
2. Most parents know they change their way of speaking to their children.

b. It’s not a good idea to travel during the rush hour.
 It’s better to avoid _______________________________
c. He would go hunting when he was in Africa.
 He used to ____________________________
d. It’s a pity that I can’t speak Spanish.
 I wish _____________________________
e. Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.
 Beast___________________________________
f. “ What do you usually do in free time?” the examiner asked
 The examiner asked me ___________________________________
g.“ I am sorry I broke your vase”, said Tom to Mary.
 Tom apologised _______________________________
ÑAÙP AÙN
I.READING
1./ 1.mentioned 2. slit 3.occasions 4, changing
5. lines 6. patterns 7.white 8.unique
2./ 1.T 2F 3T 4T 5N 6F
II. WRITING:
1. The teacher wanted his students to listen the news carefully.
2. The teacher told that there would be an examination the following
week.
3. The students said that they were not happy to hear that news.
4. One of the students told the teacher that it would be Christmas the
following week.
5. She said she was not ready for the examination.
6. Other students said that they would be happier if the teacher delayed
the exam.
7. The teacher said that the time would not be changed.
8. The teacher said that the students had to follow the school plan.
9. All the students were made sad by the news.