Së GD & §T Thanh Ho¸ ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN HS GIỎI NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
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( Bài số 4 ) Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
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Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. A lot of people (kill) by aids recently, and I wish nobody (die) any more.
2. He kept (ring) up and (ask) for an explanation and she didn’t know what (do) about him.
3. - You look exhausted.
- Yes, I (play) tennis, and I (not play) for many years so I’m not used to it.
4. Since his wife (die) he (take) to (smoke) a lot.
5. It …… (be) my birthday tomorrow.
6. I …… (not play) football since I …… (break) my leg.
7. I …… (telephone) Bill as soon as I …… (get) home this evening.
8. It was eleven o’clock and we ….. (just go) to bed when the telephone ..…(ring).
9. I….(think) your father’s health…..(improve) so much since I….(see) him last.
Question 2: Fill each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters
Part 1
1. ACT
a. We must take …………. before things get worse.
b. Don’t worry about the volcano. It’s been ………… for years.
c. She said she wanted to be a television ………………. .
2. BASE
a. My grandfather only had a very …………….. education.
b. The organization is run on a voluntary ………………..
3. CONTINUE
a. His latest book is a ………….. of his previous one.
b. The train service was …………. because it wasn’t used by many people.
c. Peter couldn’t get much work done as he was ………… being interrupted by people telephoning him.
4. COMPARE
a. I’m just a beginner in …….. with her.
b. What happened two years ago is not really ……. in the situation now.

hears when he is a small child, and some children like boys and girls who live ……3…… with their ……4……. seem to
learn …….5……. languages almost as easily as ……..6…… . In school, it’s not so …….7…… to learn a second language
because the pupils have so little ……8…… for it, and they are busy ……9….. other ……10…… as well.
The best ……11…… for most of us to remember things is to join them in our mind with something ……12…… we
know already, or which we easily remember because we have a picture of it in our ……13…… . That is why it is ……
14…….. to learn words in sentences, not by ……15…… , or to see, or to do, or to feel what a word means when we first
use it…
Question 5: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
1. Since graduating ………. school she has got very interested ……… environmental issues.
2. I’m going to discuss it ……… them tomorrow.
3. Don’t laugh ……… her or she’ll get angry.
4. It’s hard ……… me to get used ………. foreign food.
5. Foreigners who visit my country are always impressed ……… how polite and friendly everyone is.
6. I dreamed ………… prehistoric monsters last night.
7. Everyone praised him ……… doing so well on the exam.
8. The river divides the city …….. two parts.
9. There has been a university in Oxford ..…… more than eight hundred years.
10. They have been married ………2001.
11. From 1992 …… last year we had a flat in the center of town.
12. Can you wait for a few minutes ….….. I’m ready ?
13. I haven’t spoken to Bill ….….. we were at school.
Question 6: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed
before it.
1. The cake is so hard that I can’t eat it.
It is …………………………………………………………………
2. Because of the bad weather, we had to stay at home.
Because the ………………………………………………………
3. “You’ve passed your driving test, Ron! Well done !” said Carol.
Carol congratulated ……………………………………………….
4. He felt ill to get up.

This …………………………………..
20. Mary hasn’t finished her work yet.
Mary is ……………………………….