Së gd & ®t thanh hãa
trêng thpt hËu léc i
®Ò thi Häc sinh giái khèi 10
Năm học: 2009-2010
Môn thi:TiÕng Anh
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề này có 70 câu, gồm 03 trang.
Question I.
Choose a word that the way of spelling underline sound is different from the others
1. A. bread B. clean C. speaker D. bean
2. A. healthy B. army C. dry D. lyrical
3. A. seats B. friends C. books D. forests
4. A. change B. gentle C. religions D . integral
5.A. challenging B. chemistry C. church D. chocolate
Question II. Put in the correct tense of each verb in bracket:
1. I decided (stay)............... at home last night.
2. He (not begin)............ to learn Russian if he had known the difficulties.
3. I (not invite)............to party very often.
4. You (finish)..... your test yet ?
5. By the time I got home yesterday, my parents (go).... to bed.
6. The meeting ( finish) ........at 6 p.m yesterday.
7. What (you/ do) ....when he came ?
8. The sun (rise) .............in the East.
q uestion III. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letter.
1. What the lecturer has told us was very............ INTEREST
2. If he was driving more................., he would not cause an accident. CARE
3. Some people had food .............and they didn’t enjoy their visit. POISON
4. She is a ...................learner. She often gets high mark. SUCCESS
5. He is in the government; he is a well-known ........... SPEAK
6. It is too dark to see ......................... CLEAR
Question IV. Choose the best answer.

Question. VI
Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. We spent the evening to play chess last night.
2. The first World Cup was hold in Uruguay in 1904.
3. I like pop music because it helps me relaxing.
4. Mai is really exciting about going to London.
5. If it will rain, I’ll stay at home and watch TV.
Question VII.
Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition
1. Tan is interested ...........studying astronomy.
2. Paul borrowed a book .............the library.
3. I was surprised ...............his reaction to what I said.
4. Please take care ...........my children while I’m away.
5. He is standing .............front of a large audience.
6. What is the main reason .............the decrease in whale populations ?
7. When I saw Mary I congratulated her ......... her success in the exam.
8. Do you know any songs ............ Van Cao ?
QuestionVIII
Rewrite the following sentences that keep the same meaning
1. Mary didn’t begin to read until she was eight.
It wasn’t................................................................................................
2, You wouldn’t speak English well if you didn’t have more practice.
Unless you................................................................................................
3, They are cleaning the school yard.
The school yard .........................................................................................
4,Can you speak English at the club ?
Can English...........................................................................................
5, A bull was blocking the road, so we didn’t arrive on time.
If a bull hadn’t ................................................................................................
6, How long have you met him ?

carry logs ...3......their trunks. They also use their trunks ......4.......drinking water, bathing,
eating and communicating. There are two ........5......of elephants : the African
elephant ...6........the Indian elephant. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and
weighs as .....7.....as 12, 000 pounds. The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall,
and ....8.......up to 800 pounds.
------------------------ The End -------------------------
Hä vµ tªn thÝ sinh:.............................................. Sè b¸o danh..........................
§¸p ¸n ®Ò thi HSG tiÕng Anh 10.
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Question I. 1,5points (5x 0,3)
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B
Question II. 2,4 points (8x 0,3)
1. to stay 2. would not have begun 3. am not invited 4. Have you finished
5. had gone 6. finished 7. were you doing 8. rises
Question III. 1,8points (6x 0,3)
1. interesting 2. carefully 3. poisoning 4. successful 5. speaker 6. clearly
Question IV. 2,4 points (10 x 0,24)
1.c 6.b
2.d 7.b
3.b 8.d
4.c 9.b
5.a 10.a
Question V. 2,4 points (8x 0,3)
1.be 5.learn
2.that(which) 6.is
3.go 7.where
4.of 8.are
Question VI. 1,5points (5x 0,3)
1.to play -> playing
2.hold -> held