SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH
KHÁNH HÒA NĂM HỌC 2009-2010
 
Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH – THCS (Bảng A)
Ngày thi: 05/04/2010
(Thời gian: 150 phút – không kể thời gian phát đề)
(30 phút Nghe + 120 phút Đọc & Viết)

I. LISTENING: (30 points)
Part 1: Questions 1 – 12
Listen, choose a word below to complete each sentence and number the picture (1-6) in
the order you hear them: aggressive, selfish, kind, impatient, jealous, generous
A. Hilary is ……………. B. Ron is ………….. C. Jim is ………………
D. Lucy is ……………… E. Pat is …………… F. Kyle is ……………..
Listen again and read the statements. Circle T for True, F for False, or U for Unknown.
T F U 7. Jim Stockdale is a successful businessman.
T F U 8. Kyle's sister always shares her candy with him.
T F U 9. The young woman is getting off the bus at the next stop.
T F U 10. Pat's friend doesn't believe that Scott and Jennifer are having lunch together.
T F U 11. The woman in the car is going to a meeting that starts in 20 minutes.
T F U 12. Mark is taking a friend to the basketball game.
Part 2: Questions 13 – 20
Some family members are discussing which gift to buy for their father. Listen and write
the gifts that they reject and the reasons why do they reject the gifts.
Rejected gifts Why was it rejected?
(13) ………………………. (14) ………………………..
(15) ………………………. too cheap
tie too cheap
(16) ………………………. (17) ……………………….
(18) ………………………. (19) ……………………….
What do they finally decide to buy? (20) ……………………….

Your answer:
31. ……….…………… 32. …………………… 33. ……………………
34. ……………………. 35. ……………………
Part 2: Circle the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the
others in the list. (5 points)
36. A. revolution B. independence C. associate D. operation
37. A. technology B. educational C. accessible D. miraculous
38. A. human B. treatment C. miracle D. disease
39. A. military B. accurate C. preferential D. delicate
40. A. occasion B. discover C. industry D. arrange
Your answer:
36. ……….…………… 37. …………………… 38. ……………………
39. ……………………. 40. ……………………
III. VOCABULARY – GRAMMAR: (60 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (15 points)
41. He drank very little …………… the police caught him as he drove home.
A. in the event B. despite C. otherwise D. in case
42. His new appointment takes …………… from the beginning of next month.
A. place B. effect C. post D. possession
43. Every …………… a license plate.
A. cars have B. cars has C. car has D. car have
44. We made the soup by mixing …………… meat with some rice.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
45. The headmaster …………… the discipline problem in his school with growing concern.
A. saw B. looked C. viewed D. reflected
46. …………… known as “Stonehenge” has never been determined.
A. That the stone circle B. The stone circle
C. There is the stone circle D. Who built the stone circle
47. The old houses were …………… down to make way for a block of flats.
A. put B. hit C. banged D. knocked

taken to (59) ……… they enjoy the experience. It is important to SURE
show them how to do things (60) ……… but they shouldn't be CORRECT
criticised too much. Although the finished result may not be quite
to your (61) ……… , the young cook will undoubtedly find it quite LIKE
the (62) ……… food he or she has ever eaten. TASTY
Kitchens can, of course, be (63) ……… places and so the absolute DANGER
(64) ……… of keeping an eye on children at all times cannot be IMPORTANT
emphasised too (65) ……… Sharp knives, for example, should HEAVY
be avoided until children are old enough to handle them safely.
Your answer:
0. …… marvellous … … 56. …………………… 57. ……………………
58. ……………………. 59. …………………… 60. ……………………
61. ……………………. 62. …………………… 63. ……………………
64. ……………………. 65. ……………………
Part 3: In most lines of the text, there is an extra word. Write the extra word or put a tick
() in the gap if a line is correct. (0) and (00) have been done as examples. (15 points)
A DAY OUT
For the last few of months I have spent every Saturday in my flat and 0.……… of ……..
have done nothing more exciting than work at home, read the 00 …….

………
newspaper and watch television. I had begun feeling bored with this 66. ..........………..
and so, last weekend I thought I would do something different. I rang 67. ..........………..
up several of my other friends and we decided to go to London for 68. ..........………..
the day. I was really excited as I hadn't never been to London since 69. ..........………..
I was ten years. We decided to go by coach as this was by far the 70. ..........………..
most cheapest means of transport that was available even though it 71. ..........………..
meant that we needed to get up very early. Once in London we 72. ..........………..
decided to take on a sightseeing tour as we wanted to see some of the 73. ..........………..
famous buildings. After the tour we bought some sandwiches and ate 74. ..........………..

Our apartment here is fine. It's (96) …………. the top floor. The beach isn't far away – we can
walk there (97) ………… five minutes. The only problem is that we have to get (98)
…………. a busy main road, which can be difficult.
We don't do much (99) ………… the day, but we go out every evening. Last night's disco went
on very late, and today we slept (100) …………. eleven.
Your answer:
0. ……..… for ..……… 91. …………………… 92. ……………………
93. ……………………. 94. …………………… 95. ……………………
96. ……………………. 97. …………………… 98. ……………………
99. ……………………. 100. …………………..
III. READING: (40 points)
Part 1: Choose the words that best fit each of the blanks in the following passage. Circle
A, B, C, or D to indicate your answer.
Can you imagine what life would be (101) ………… if there were no telephone? You
could not call (102) ………… your friends on the phone and talk to them. If fire broke (103)
………… in your house you could not call the fire department. If somebody was sick, you
could not call a doctor.
(104) ………… our daily life we need to communicate with (105) ………… We need
to do this mostly by speaking to other people and listening to (106) ………… they have to say
to us, and when you are close (107) ………… them we can do this very easily. However, our
voices will not travel very far even when we shout.
The man who (108) ………… this possible was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman,
born (109) ………… Edinburgh in 1847. Bell, a teacher of visible speech who later moved to
Canada, (110) ………… all his spare time experimenting. (111) ………… enthusiastic was he
in his research (112) ………… a means for sending speech (113) ………… electricity that he
left (114) ………… time for his day-to-day work and at one time (115) ………… almost
penniless.
101. A. as B. like C. of D. for
102. A. on B. for C. in D. up
103. A. out B. in C. up D. off