SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS

TỈNH ĐĂK NÔNG NĂM HỌC 2010-2011

Khóa thi ngày: 10/3/2011
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian: 150 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề)
Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp trên đề thi

I. PRONUNCIATION:( 3ms)
Question 1 : Choose the one ( A, B, C or D ) whose stress pattern is different from that of
the rest in the same line .(1.5ms)
1. A. number B. happy C. behind D. yellow
2. A. station B. hotel C. thousand D. village
3. A. income B. arrive C. depend D. police
4. A. Saturday B. favorite C. interested D. eleven
5. A. good-looking B. afternoon C. engineer D. understand
6. A. develop B. cinema C. movement D. history
Question 2 : Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
rest. (1.5ms)
1.A. faced B. fixed C. wicked D. raised
2.A.enough B although C. cough D. rough
3.A. teenage B. manage C. damage D. luggage
4.A. watches B. oranges C. figures D. classes
5. A comprise B. divide C. primary D. religion
6.A. plays B. stays C. says D. rays
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.(8ms)
A. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D . (3ms)
1.We feel very………………… to day.
A. happy B. happiness C. happily D. happen
2. I’ve looked …………… some new words in the dictionary.
A. at B. for C. up D. on
3. Solar energy doesn’t cause ………………...
A. pollution B. polluted C. pollute D. pollutant
4. Where ……………… you go if you have a car?
A. would B. have C. will D. did
5. ………………….. is a person who installs and repairs water pipes.
A. Electrician B. Carpenter C. Blacksmith D. Plumber
6. It is getting cold. You ‘d better not……………. without a coat.
A. go out B. to go out C. going out D. have gone
out.
7. Nothing will prevent him …………… succeeding.
A. in B. at C. from D. on
8. The teacher with …………… we studied last year no longer teaches in our school.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. that
9. They made me ………….. on the floor.
A. lie B. to lie C. lying D. lay
10. Nothing can be done right now, ………………?
A. can they B. can’t they C. can it D can’t it
11. Did you like the book that I gave you?
- ………….. the novels that I’ve read, I enjoyed this one most.
A. for all B. all of C. of all D. from all
12. What would you like for dinner ?
- ………….. we’re both so tired, why don’t we order a pizza.
A. However B. Since C. Moreover D. Although
B. Give the correct form of the words in the brackets.(2.0ms)
1.You must be ………………………..…….. when you open that door. (care)
2. We can see many ………….…….…… on TV everyday. (advertise)
3. I watch the news everyday because it ‘s very ………….…………… (inform)
4. He didn’t feel happy because he worked …………….…………….. (success)
5. Our school has a lot of ……………..…………….……. teachers. (qualify)
6. She received a lot of …………………….….. from her mother. (encourage)
7. He was very …………………..……..… of the work he had done. (pride)
8. The childen are more ………………..…..………. in cartoons. (interest)
C.Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.(1m)
1. I’ve just finished read the book you gave me.
A B C D
2. I think I’ll throw in these newspapers because they are too old.
A B C D
3. The group leader suggested to organizing a show to raise money.
A B C D
4. Do you know the woman she lives next door ?
A B C D
D. Supply the correct from of the verb in the brackets.(2ms)
1. What would you do if you (be) ……………… in my position?
2. She dislikes (ask) …………..…… to do something by others.
3. You (not tidy) ……………… this room for a week.
4. Listen to these foreigners! What language they (speak) …………………?
5. I wish I (live) ………………in a big city. It’s so boring in the country.
6. Stay here till the light (turn) ………………green.
7. The last time he (see) ……………… in the public, he (wear) ……………… a grey suit.
8. I’d rather (be) ……………… unemployed than (work) ……………… for him.
III. READING COMPREHENSION.(4ms)
A. Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage.Use only ONE word in
each space.(1,5ms )
Football is the (1)……………. popular sport in the world. When we think of football, we
think of Pele’, the world’s greatest football (2)…………… He was born(3) …………… Brazil
in 1940. He (4)………………. up with football. At the age of ten, Pele’ stopped going to school,
and he began to (5)……………….. football seriously. He started playing for a professional team
in Santos, Brazil when he was only 15, and became famous through out the world (6)
………………… the age of 18.
B. Read the text below. Then decide letter A, B, C or D that best fits each space.(1.25ms)
We know that every year less than 100 people are attacked by sharks and about 5 to 10 of
these people die. But, let’s look at the other side of the story – How many sharks do people kill?
Well I think you already know this: People kill many more sharks. Every year, people hunt and
kill thousands of sharks. One reason people kill sharks is for sport; they hunt them just for fun.
Some people started to have contests to see who kill the most sharks or the bigger sharks.
Another reason that people kill sharks is for food. In some countries, such as the United States
and Great Britain, shark meat is a popular food. In other countries, such as China, people use
shark fins to make soup. Because so many people like to eat shark, fishing boats catch a lot of
sharks to sell for food.

So, for both of these reasons, people are killing many sharks. Some biologists are getting
worried that the number of sharks is getting too small. That’s why many biologists think we
should stop killing so many sharks, and instead try to protect them – or else some day they may
all be gone. Some countries have already passed some laws to help protect sharks. The United
States, for example, has passed laws that limit the number of sharks that people can kill or food
or for sport. So even though some people like to hunt sharks, we do need protect them.
1. The number of sharks in the world is........................
A. getting bigger B. getting smaller
C. being killed D. getting worried by some biologists
2. How many sharks are hunted and killed every year?
A. many B. five to ten C. thousands D. one hundred
3. Why do biologists wants to protect sharks?
A. Because of the number of sharks that were killed.
B. Because sharks fins can be used in medicine. C. Because they want to learn more about
sharks
D. Because they are afraid some day sharks may become extinct.
4. Why do people want to kill sharks ?
A. shark meat is a popular food B. they are afraid of sharks
C. they get their enjoyment from killing sharks
D. “shark meat is a popular food” and “they get their enjoyment from killing sharks “
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. The governments prohibited people from killing sharks.
B. Laws have been passed in sharks’ defence.
C. People are killing many sharks for some reasons D. People like to hunt sharks
C. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions: (1.25ms)
There is only one ocean. It divided into five different pasts: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian,
Antarctic and Arctic Oceans. There are also many other smaller seas, gulfs and bays which form
part of them. Altogether they cover seventy-five percent of the earth’s surface. For centuries,
people have been challenged by the mysteries that lie beneath the ocean. However, today’s
scientists have overcome many of the challenges of the depth by using modern devices. They
send submarines to investigate the seabed and bring samples of marine life back to the surface
for further study. Satellite photographs provide a wide range of information, including water
temperature, depth and undersea populations. If modern technology did not exist, we would
never have such precious information.
*questions:
1. How do scientists now getover the difficulties of the depth?
→…………..………………………………………………………..……………………….
 …………………………………………………………………………………………..…
2. What percentage of the earth’s surface is covered by seas and oceans?
→…………..………………………………………………………..……………………….
3. What can submarines do to help scientists know about the undersea world?
→…………..………………………………………………………..……………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………..…
4. What can we learn from the satellite photos?
→…………..………………………………………………………..……………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………..…
5. What is the best title for this passage ?
→…………..………………………………………………………..……………………….
IV. WRITING (5ms)
A. Rewrite the following sentences so that the second sentence has a similar meaning to the
first, beginning with the given words. (2ms)
1. “ I must go to school now”, Nam said.
Nam said he …………………………………………………………………...
2. I didn’t arrive in time to see her.
I wasn’t ………………………………………………………………………...
3. “ Don’t forget to buy some milk, Andy”, said Clare.
Clare reminded ………………………………………………………………...
4. They believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
The man was ……………………………………………………………………..
5. It isn’t necessary for you to call for help.
You …………………………………………………………………………….
6. I will call the police if you don’t leave me alone.
Unless ………………………………………………………………………….
7. It’s a pity I didn’t take my doctor’s advice.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………..
8. We will have a vacation that lasts for three months.
We will ………………………………………………………………………...
B. Use the word in bracket to rewrite the sentence that has the same meaning as the first
one. Do not change the given word.(1.5ms)
1. It’s waste of time to try and explain anything to Tony. ( worth)
→………………………………………………………………..……………………….
2. We won’t get to the airport in less than 30 minutes. (least )
→………………………………………………………………..……………………….
3. I didn’t find it any hard to translate this passage. (difficulty)
→………………………………………………………………..……………………….
4. “ Why don’t you relax for a while?”. She said to me. ( take )
→………………………………………………………………..……………………….
5. They have to rebuild many houses because of the earth-quake. ( rebuilt).
→………………………………………………………………..……………………….
6. We couldn’t get to work because it rained heavily. ( prevented)
→………………………………………………………………..……………………….
 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI VĂN HÓA CẤP TỈNH
BẮC GIANG NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh; Lớp: 9 Phổ thông
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC Ngày thi: 30 tháng 3 năm 2013
Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề

Số phách
ĐIỂM Bằng số: Chữ ký giám khảo 1: ..............................................................
BÀI THI Bằng chữ: ................................ Chữ ký giám khảo 2: ............................................................... ..........................
- Đề thi gồm 05 trang, thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi.
LƯU Ý:
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.

I.  Listening
Part 1. You will hear a conversation twice.
For questions 1-5, put a tick  next to the right answer. (5 pts)
1. In addition to paper books, what did the little girl make with paper at school?
A. an animal B. a person C. a building
2. What thing did she NOT talk about when making the object in Question 1?
A. paper B. glue C. scissors
3. What did the girl do after school?
A. She rode her bicycle. B. She watched television. C. She went to the store.
4. Who did she meet and play with at the junior high school?
A. her teacher B. her cousins C. her father
5. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. at a house B. at school C. at a park
Part 2. You will hear a tour guide talking about a day trip.
Listen and complete questions 6 -10. You will hear the information twice. (5 pts)
TRIP TO CHESTER
Coach leaves: 9.15 a.m
Arrives Chester: (1)
Morning visit: (2)
Price of family ticket: (3) £
Lunch in: (4)
Afternoon visit: (5)
Part 3. Listen to Patrick talking to his mother about a photo of his old school friends. What is
each person wearing? For questions 11-15, write a letter A-H next to each person. You
will hear the conversation twice. (5 pts)
Example: 0 Peter ___D___
People Their clothes
 1. Martin ______ A. coat
2. Joanna ______ B. dress
3. Amy ______ C. hat
4. James ______ D. jacket
5. Robert ______ E. jeans
F. shirt
G. sweater
H. trousers
II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others by circling A, B, C or D.
(5 pts)
1. A. perform B. campus C. mountain D. equal
2. A. distinguish B. appliance C. opinion D. politics
3. A. cover B. although C. freedom D. ancient
4. A. experience B. encourage C. mystery D. convenient
5. A. efficiency B. communicate C. territory D. environment
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences by circling A, B, C or D. (10 pts)
1. - “Would you like to have noodles, spaghetti or something different?” - “______.”
A. Anything will do B. Yes, please
C. Never mind D. I don’t mind
2. If I ______ be somebody else, I ______ to be a film star.
A. could / would B.can / would like C. could / would like D. can / like
3. Opposite our house there is a large park, ______ there are beautiful trees and flowers.
A. where B. in that C. which D. that
4. We have done a lot of work on tenses lately and we now ______ most of the rules.
A. were understanding B. are understanding
C. understand D. will understand
5. – “Your hairstyle looks terrific, John!” - “ ______.”
A. I’m glad you like it B. I don’t know
C. No, you are wrong D. Excuse me
6. We delayed our departure ______ the weather condition.
A. in spite of B. on account of C. instead of D. on behalf of
7. During the rush hour the traffic ______ in the city centre is terrible.
A. condensation B.accumulation C. concentration D. congestion
8. If a bomb goes off, it ______.
A. fails B.explodes C. strikes D. misses its objects
9. Mike is not feeling well so we gave him ______ to do than you.
A. fewer B. little work C. less work D. least works
10. Our friends won a big prize when he took part in the ______ on TV last week.
A. game show B. news C. music program D. weather forecast
IV. Rearrange these following sentences to make a complete conversation. (5 pts)
A. And we shouldn’t cut many trees or burn too much coal or gas. We should recycle things,
save power and water.
B. Yes, you’re right.
C. I see. So now we keep the paper in our bag.
D. Look! There’s a lot of waste paper on the floor.
 E. What should we do to prevent pollution now?
F. That’s good. Do you know anything about pollution?
G. Yes, I do. Pollution is very harmful to our Earth.
H. Let’s pick up and put it into the trash can.
I. That’s a good idea.
J. Why don’t we recycle it? We can save a lot of it and we don’t pollute the environment.
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______
V. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. (5 pts)
1. I asked him to put ________ the lights if he was the last to leave the room.
2. The village has changed a lot thanks ________ the knowledge the children brought home.
3. The boys got ________ the garden by climbing ________ the fence.
4. I turned ________ the job because it was badly paid.
5. My grandparents live ________ 34 Hai Ba Trung Road, in a flat ________ the top floor.
6. What do you buy these eggs ________?
7. Look after the baby while I am ________.
8. She wanted to know what aspect ________ learning English I found most difficult.
VI. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in capital letters. (5 pts)
1. Earth Hour is a __________________ event organized to raise people’s awareness about the need
to take action on climate change. (WORLD)
2. Solar energy, wind power and water power are __________________ sources of energy.
(ALTERNATE)
3. The Internet is used for many purposes: education, communication, entertainment and
____________________. (COMMERCIAL)
4. In Western countries, electricity, gas, and water are not luxuries but __________________.
(NECESSARY)
5. Some designers have modernized the Ao dai, the traditional dress of Vietnamese women, by
printing lines of _________________ on them. (POETIC)
VII. Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets to complete the following sentences.
(5 pts)
1. Don’t be surprised when you see how thin Matin is. He (be) extremely ill. 1. _______________
2. The ideas (present) in this book are not really interesting. 2. _______________
3. Scarcely she (leave) the office when they arrived. 3. _______________
4. Should you agree to help us with the housework, we (finish) everything on
4. _______________
Saturday.
5. - “I left a cookie on the table but now it’s gone. What happened to it?”
5. _______________
- “I don’t know. One of the children (eat) it.”
VIII. Each of the following sentences contains ONE error. Underline and correct it. (5 pts)
1. It has been suggested that he saves money for his study tour abroad.  _____________________
2. The next important question we have to decide is when do we have
 _____________________
to submit the proposal.
3. Although she smoked, drank and never took exercise, but she lived
 _____________________
to be 100.
4. The receptionist said me that the hotel had been fully booked.  _____________________
5. A lunch of soup and sandwiches do not make me interested.  _____________________
IX. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. (10 pts)
Another strong earthquake shook Bac Tra My District in Quang Nam Province at 1.34 p.m
on Thursday, September 27th, 2012. Over 200 houses faced cracks (1) ______ the quake.
Financial aid (2) ______ provided to families whose houses faced cracks. (3) ______ the
earthquake was strong, it was still milder than the 4.1 magnitude quake on September 23rd.
On Thursday, a delegation from the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention
and Control was sent (4) ______ survey the earthquake belt in Bac Tra My District. The
delegation (5) ______ houses and schools in the area affected by the quakes, inspected the Song
Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant and met with authorities in Bac Tra My District.
Frequently recurring earthquakes spread panic among people in Bac Tra My District,
many of (6) ______ are from ethnic minority groups living in resettlement areas around Song
Tranh 2 Hydropower Plant. Several households abandoned (7) ______ homes and set up
temporary camps elsewhere in fear.
A press conference was (8) ______ on September 28 th at the People’s Committee office in
Quang Nam Province to reassure the (9) ______ on the safety of the Song Tranh 2 Hydropower
Plant.
The district authorities have now organized three courses to raise awareness and
knowledge of (10) ______ best to cope with earthquakes.
Your answers: 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. _________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
X. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts)
SPRING FESTIVAL
From (1) ______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that
spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (2) ______ Christians
remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Easter, however, is not the (3) ______ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the
end of the winter by making (4) ______ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu
festival of Holi. In some villages children are (5) ______ round bonfires by their mothers to
protect them (6) ______ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (7) ______ in
water when celebrating their New Year, which (8) ______ in the middle of April. In Antigua in
Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (9) ______ colourful,
but (10) ______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.
1. A. earliest B. latest C. previous D. old
2. A. which B. when C. because D. by then
3. A. single B. one C. only D. lonely
4. A. giant B. tremendous C. extreme D. huge
5. A. gone B. carried C. brought D. run
6. A. in B. out of C. against D. from
7. A. through B. one other C. each other D. mutually
8. A. falls B. appears C. happens D. occurs
9. A. the same B. as C. not less D. equally
10. A. instead of B. on behalf of C. in spite of D. place of
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______
XI. You are going to read an article about a sailing race. Choose the most suitable heading
from the list A - H for each paragraph from 1 – 5 of the article. There are two extra
headings which you do not need to use. There has been an example for you. (5 pts)
EX: Paragraph 0: D
A. The consequences of poor performance E. Benefiting from the power of nature
B. An unexpectedly demanding way of life F. Cooperating to overcome the power of nature
C. A solution that seems to work G. It’s not what people think
D. The terrible consequences of making a H. No way out if you don’t like it
mistake
Paragraph 0:
Imagine for a moment, spending the night on board of a large yacht, being roughly
woken in the pitch dark and ordered on deck. Every so often you will be totally drenched, very
suddenly, in salt water. You will be sharing the same cramped space with 14 other people for a
whole year. Your stomach, when not affected by seasickness, will be hit by the competitive
tension and nervousness that afflicts all sportspeople. You will be obliged to concentrate
without cease. The slightest loss of focus could cost someone their life.
Paragraph 1:
For the eight crews taking part in the Round-the-world yachting race, this has been daily
life since they left Britain eleven months ago. Now, after racing 50,000 across kilometers of
ocean, they are soon due home. While most of us have worked, slept, taken a holiday, these
crews have sailed and sailed, day after day, night after night, in weather conditions that would
test any human. This is the reality of ocean yacht racing, which bears little resemblance to the
popular image of sailing - the quick sprint around a lake before returning ashore for a meal and
a warm bath.
Paragraph 2:
Racing 20-metre yachts around the world is a story of unrelenting hard work, pushing
yourself to the limits of endurance. But it is also a story of the vastness and beauty of the sea, of
seeing the sun rise and set on hundreds of desolate horizons, and of the supreme satisfaction of
arriving somewhere knowing that wind alone has taken you there.
Paragraph 3:
Unlike the captains, who are professional sailors, the crews all consist of amateur
volunteers who have actually paid for the privilege of taking a year off from their work and
enduring these difficult conditions. On board London Light the ages range from 21 to 65. For
the youngest member, Susan Porter, the trip is about the excitement of both the racing and the
elements “Being able to pitch yourselves as a team against a storm gives you a huge sense of
achievement”, she says
Paragraph 4:
Jerry Wallace, a marketing director, found sailing a refreshing change from the selfish
individualism of business. Although he was prepared for the discomfort, the mental stress of
long distance racing was not what he has anticipated, “A grand Prix driver has a few hours of
focus, a footballer 90 minutes, but we have been racing for 11 months. This is something I
didn’t really appreciate before I start.”
Paragraph 5:
Inevitably, there are tensions. The kind of people who choose to take part in races like
this tend to motivated and strong-willed. On a trivial level, there are the usual arguments about
things like cleaning, tidying, personal hygiene, even the way people snore. Row on a boat must
be addressed immediately. Left to develop, they get much worse. On London Light they have
done this by having a meeting where problems can be discussed and resolved by majority vote.
Cooperation is the key, and everyone can have their say. The London is one of the few boats
that has never lost any crew early because of a personality clash.
Your answers: 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. ________
XII. Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the first one,
beginning with the given words. (10 pts)
1. Children learn a lot about how to behave in a situation like this.
 Only
__________________________________________________________________________.
2. You can use it as long as you like, and it will not wear out.
 No matter
_____________________________________________________________________.
3. You needn’t make an appointment to see the personnel manager.
 There’s
_______________________________________________________________________.
4. The train journey from London to Bristol takes two hours.
 It is a
_________________________________________________________________________.
5. If you don’t believe in it, you will never be able to do it.
 Believe
_______________________________________________________________________.
6. The patient recovered more rapidly than expected.
 The patient made
_______________________________________________________________.
7. You practice a lot, and you will play well.
 The
more______________________________________________________________________.
8. The Prime Minister resigned because of his sudden illness.
The Prime Minister’s
_____________________________________________________________.
9. Be sure to say goodbye to your grandmother before you leave.
 Be sure not
____________________________________________________________________.
10. Your car might break down on the rough mountain road, so take plenty of spare parts.
 In case
________________________________________________________________________.
XIII. Use the given word to write the second sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible
in meaning to the original sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. (5 pts)
1. I’d love to be really intelligent! (wish)

______________________________________________________________________________
.
2. The police have found the stolen money in the park. (by)

______________________________________________________________________________
.
3. Sudden fires often cause serious damage. (that)

______________________________________________________________________________
.
4. There’s hardly anything he doesn’t know about whales. (knows)

______________________________________________________________________________
.
5. He enjoys walking in the rain. (pleasure)

______________________________________________________________________________
.
XIV. Use the given suggestions to complete sentences. (5 pts)
1. Many / visitors / country/ impress / beauty / Hanoi.

______________________________________________________________________________
.
2. Wear / uniforms / encourage / students / be / proud / be / students / their school.

______________________________________________________________________________
.
3. Learners / learn / how / spell / pronounce / words / use / them / writing / speaking.

______________________________________________________________________________
.
4. Malaysian / unit / currency / ringgit / consist / 100 sen.

______________________________________________________________________________
.
5. Tom / hear / pen pal / since / move / another / city?

______________________________________________________________________________
?

- THE END -
 SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 9 THCS
NINH BÌNH NĂM HỌC: 2013-2014
–––––––––– Môn: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Đề thi có 07 trang)

Chú ý: - Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này.

- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì, kể cả từ điển.

SECTION 1. LISTENING:
I. Part 1: Listen and fill in the blank with ONE word. (20 points)
Time stands still in London
Time stood still in London on May 27. Big Ben, the 147-year-old clock that is famous
around the world, ___1___ stopped for ___2___ minutes. The clock’s minute hand froze at
10.20 PM and then started moving again at 11.50 PM. ___3___ are baffled and cannot
explain why the clock stopped. It is usually very reliable and rarely loses even one second.
Big Ben is well known for both its ___4___ and its hourly chimes. It miraculously
___5___ the bombing attacks on London during World War II. It even managed to keep time
to within one and a half seconds of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). However, it hasn’t
always been so ___6___: snow caused the clock to ring in the New Year ten minutes late in
___7___.
Many people ___8___ believe Big Ben is either the name of the clock itself or of the
clock tower. In fact, it is neither. Big Ben is the name of the 13-ton bell that ___9___ on
every hour. It was ___10___ after Sir Benjamin Hall, who ordered the clock’s construction.
The official name for the tower that houses Big Ben is St. Stephen’s Tower.

Write your answers here:

1 ………….. 2........................... 3........................... 4........................... 5..........................

6 ………….. 7........................... 8........................... 9........................... 10........................

II. Part 2: Listen to a biologist, Paul Hart who tells about his trip across Africa. For each
question, choose the correct answer A, B, or C (10 points)
1. Why did Paul choose the part of Africa where he visited?
A. It is good for walking
B. It will soon change
C. He had been there before
2. How many scientists were there in Paul’s team?
A. 6 B. 7 C. 11
3. What made the team’s journey slow?
A. clearing paths through the forest
B. finding somewhere safe to camp
C. carrying heavy equipment
4. Whom was Paul angry towards to the end of the trip?
A. the local guide B. some of the team C. fisherman
5. Where was Paul asked to go on another trip?
A. Australia B. London C. Africa

Write your answers here:

1
……………. 2......................... 3.......................... 4.......................... 5.........................
. . . . .

SECTION 2. PHONETICS:
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in
each group. (10pts)
1. A. parachute B. mechanic C. Christmas D. scheme
2. A. southern B. northern C. mouths D. months
3. A. shadow B. vanish C. Danish D. Spanish
4. A. have B. many C. shadow D. thank
5. A. exhibition B. exhaust C. exhibit D. exist
Write your answers here:
1
……………. 2......................... 3.......................... 4.......................... 5.........................
. . . . .

IV. Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
(10pts)
1. A. advertise B. advertisement C. teenager D.
surrounding
2. A. economic B. introduce C. religion D. souvenir
3. A. earthquake B. literature C. disappear D. generous
4. A. preference B. disappointed C. unpolluted D.
documentary
5. A. recommend B. spectator C. individual D.
unexpected
Write your answers here:
 2. 4. 5.
1. …………… ………………. 3. …………….. ……………… ………………

SECTION 3. LEXICO- GRAMMAR:

V. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. (30 pts)
1. I can't make ________ what is happening.
A. away B. over C. out D. on
2. A ________ is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the bank robber.
A. prize B. reward C. notice D. repayment
3. This dish ________. Is it spicy?
A. smells well B. is smelling good C. is smelled well D. smells
good
4. Who was the first American person ________ on the moon?
A. walking B. who walked C. walked D. to
walk
5. She is one of the few people ________.
A. to whom I look up B. I look up
C. who look up to D. to who I look up
6. I live in Dalat, ________ is one of the most beautiful cities of Vietnam.
A. in which B. that C. which D. where
7. Neither the students nor the teacher ________ come.
A. has B have C. is D. are
8. On the way to the town, they stop ________a rest.
A. taking B. to take C. to have D. having
9. It costs about fifty dollars to have a tooth ________.
A. filling B. to fill C. filled D. being
filled
10. The roof was damaged and water ________ from the ceiling in wet weather.
A. spilled B. dripped C. drained D. dropped
11. ________little we may like it, old age comes to most of us.
A. In spite of B. So C. As D. However
12. The newspaper did not mention the ________ of the damage caused by the fire.
A. range B. amount C quantity D. extent
13. The judge ________ him fifty dollars for parking his car illegally.
A. charged B. fined C. punished D. prohibited
14. You can take a taxi ________ you don't mind waiting.
A. except B. unless C. provided D. apart
15. They live in a large ________ house on the edge of London.
A. detached B. single C. separated D. divided

Write your answers here:

1 ………….. 2........................... 3........................... 4........................... 5..........................

6 ………….. 7........................... 8........................... 9........................... 10........................
12......................... 14.........................
11 ………….. . 13.......................... . 15........................

VI. Identify the mistake in each sentence and correct it. (10pts)
1. So far Linda has been writing 5 novels on the problems teenagers have to cope with in the
A B C D
new world.

2. Pele, from Brazil, is considered one of the greatest football player of all time.
A B C D
3. Is it important that the secretary finishes the typing today?
A B C D
4. Preserving natural resources means reserved them for our future.
A B C D
5. There has been quite a few objections to the new policy.
A B C D
Write your answers here:
1 2 3 4 5

Mistake ………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..

Correction ………….. ………….. ………….. ………….. …………..

VII. Give the correct forms of the words given in brackets. (10pts)
1. The university has ________ the use of dictionaries during language examinations.
(author)
2. It is very difficult to find Mrs. Burton's shop, for it was ________ from all others in the
street. (distinguish)
3. He is very generous. Everyone admires his ________. (selfish)
4. ________ skill is the one skill that can grant you the opportunity to get a good job. (lead)
5. ________ are alarmed by the rate at which tropical rainforests are being destroyed.
(Conserve)

Write your answers here:

1
……………. 2......................... 3.......................... 4.......................... 5.........................
. . . . .

VIII. Give the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. (10pts)
1. What tune (play) ________ when we came in?
2. She was badly hurt when her car hit another car. If she (wear) ________ her seat belt, she
(not hurt) ________ so badly.
3. If you don't hurry, all the tickets (sell) ________ by the time we (get) ________ there.
Write your answers here:
1
……………. 2......................... 3.......................... 4.......................... 5.........................
. . . . .

SECTION 4. READING:
IX. Choose the best answer to complete the passage.(20 pts)
UNICEF means the United Nations Children's Fund. It serves children in (1)
________ all over the world. It helps children of (2) ________ races, nationalities, religions
and political systems in more than 140 worldwide countries. The (3) ________ of UNICEF
is to help provide a better life for children and their mothers. UNICEF (4) ________ both
long-term assistance and emergency.
UNICEF was (5) ________ in 1946 to help bring food and medicine to children who
suffered during World War two in Europe. It began (6) ________ a temporary agency, but
became a permanent part of the United Nations in 1953 (7) ________ the need for its
services around the world. UNICEF's primary concern is to help governments of developing
countries improve the (8) ________ of life for almost one billion children. UNICEF's main
office is in the United Nations, New York City, (9) ________ it also has more than 40 offices
and 100 programs worldwide. In 1965, UNICEF won the Nobel Peace Prize (10) ________
its work helping children and building brighter future.
1. A. communities B. organizations C. groups D. society
2. A. every B. all C. some D. few
3. A. view B. purpose C. opinion D. intention
4. A. receives B. gets C. takes D. gives
5. A. found B. produced C. created D. built up
6. A. like B. with C. for D. as
7. A. due to B. in spite of C. since D. for
8. A. cost B. level C. character D. quality
9. A. and B. besides C. but D. moreover
10. A. as B. with C. for D. in

Write your answers here:

1 ………….. 2........................... 3........................... 4........................... 5..........................

6 ………….. 7........................... 8........................... 9........................... 10........................

X. Read the following passage and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (10 pts)
One of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century was a method of
using natural gas for cooking and heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the
United States, usually several feet below the surface of the earth. Natural gas is most often
found in places where petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is found. Often the
natural gas must be removed before the oil itself can be reached.
For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no value.
Finally, however, people began to understand its use and to find ways of storing it and
moving it from place to place. Today natural gas is stored in large tanks and used for
lighting, cooking and heating. It has also been used for electric generators and hybrid cars
recently. In many ways natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It can be used for cooking
without making the room hot. It is cheap and can be moved easily from one place to another
through long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. natural gas is useless
B. people once wasted natural gas
C. natural gas is moved in trucks
D. natural gas is found where there is no petroleum
2. This passage as a whole is about ________.
A. discovering natural gas B. finding petroleum
C. using natural gas and petroleum D. natural gas and its use
3. Which of the following is NOT true about natural gas?
A. It is not used for heating. B. It moves through pipes.
C. It is cheap. D. It can be stored.
4. According to the passage, the easiest way to move natural gas from one place to another is
________.
A. to liquidize it and move it through pipelines.
B. to liquidize it and move it by trucks.
C. through pipelines.
D. to store it in large tanks to move.
5. How many uses of natural gas are mentioned?
A. two B. three C. four D. five

Write your answers here:

1
……………. 2......................... 3.......................... 4.......................... 5.........................
. . . . .

XI. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
word in each space. (20 pts)
Speech is one of the most important (1) ________ of communicating. It consists of
far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be (2) ________ by other people, we
have to speak a language, that is, we have to use combinations of (3) ________ that everyone
agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone
made up their own language.
(4) ________ a language properly is very important. The basic (5) ________ of
English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to (6) ________ it quite
well. But the more words you know, the more ideas you can (7) ________ and the more
precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the (8) ________ thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The
(9) ________ we say the words is also important. Our tone of voice can express many
motions and (10) ________ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.

Write your answers here:

1 ………….. 2........................... 3........................... 4........................... 5..........................

6 ………….. 7........................... 8........................... 9........................... 10........................

SECTION 5. WRITING:
XII. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the
same as the sentence printed before it. (20 pts)
1. You must submit articles for the magazine by June 18th .
The final
date ..............................................................................................................................
2. When are the council going to do something about the city's traffic problem?
It's high time
something ........ ........................... ................................. ..................................... .
3. They estimated the price, including all the costs.

Taking ....................................................................... .................................................................

4. Nothing was done about it.

Nobody ...................................... ........................... ....................................................................

.
5. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon.
I
am ........................................................................................ .....................................................
6. I didn't see her again for ten years.
Five
years .............................................. ................................. ....................................................
7. Driving on the left feels strange to me.
 I am not
used ........................................................................ .......................................................
8. I can't understand him because he speaks so quickly.
If he
didn't .............. ............................... .....................................................................................
9. Please don't make me annoyed by such silly questions.
I'd
rather ................................................. .....................................................................................
10. People think that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in the pub.
The
prisoner .............. ............................ ......................................................................................

XIII. Complete the sentence using the words given. Make all the changes and additions if
neccessary. (20 pts)
1. We / be / close friends/ because / we / have / many things/ common.
.............................................................. ...................................................................................
...
2. Passover/ celebrate/ every country/ world/?
..................................................................................................................................................
...
3. We/ decide/ go/ short walk/ before/ sit down/ lunch.
..................................................................... ............................................................................
....
4. After/ walk/ three hours/ we/ stop/ let/ others/ catch/ up/ us.
......................................................................... ........................................................................
....
5. There/ be/ more/ and/ challenges/ school children today/ early age.
......................................................................... ........................................................................
....
6. Take/ tests / another challenge/ school children.
......................................................................... ........................................................................
.....
7. It/ wrong/ you/ not/ give/ her/ chance/ talk.
........................................................................ .........................................................................
.....
8. He/ suggest/ use/ gas/ instead/ burn/ coal/ for/ cook.
........................................................................ .........................................................................
.....
9. Jack London/ bear/ January 13th/ 1876/ San Francisco/ California.
 .............................................................................. ...................................................................
.....
10. Solar panels/ install / roof/ house/ energy/ sun.
............................................................................. ....................................................................
....

____The end____