Đề thi học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh 10 THPT Việt Đức - Hà Nội năm 2010-2011( có đáp án)

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ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI Năm học 2010- 2011
MÔN ANH VĂN- KHỐI 10
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút (Không kể thời gian phát dề)
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PART ONE : Multiple choice questions (Questions1 to 50) A. PHONOLOGY (10points)
1. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question. 1. A. massage B. carriage C. voyage D. dosage 2. A. dimension B. expansion C. confusion D. tension 3. A. increase B. ink C. pink D. thank 4. A. apology
B. classify C. testify D. verify 5. A. beloved
B. naked C. ploughed D. learned
2. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 6. A. philosopher B. patriot C. atmosphere D. habit 7. A. pollute B. severe C. tragic D. humane 8. A. economical B. personality C. preparatory D. entertainment 9. A. interrupt B. interview C. intervene D. interstellar 10. A. mechanic B. terrific C. Arabic D. Pacific
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (25points)
Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D to complete each sentence.
11. My mother used to ………. research in this library when she was a student. A. make B. do C. making D. doing
12. Let’s go to the beach this weekend, ………… ? A shall we B. do we C. don’t we D. will we
13. I wish he ……….. that. A. doesn’t say B. didn’t say C. hasn’t said D. hadn’t said
14. My father has gone away. He’ll be back ……… a week. A. for B. at C. until D. in
15. Don’t do this all at once; Do it little .................... little. A. by B. to C. from D. with
16. In ten year’s time the population of the world…................... to 500 million. A. grows B. is growing C. has grown D. will have grown
17. We didn’t ...............to the station in time to catch the train. A. get B. reach C. arrive D. approach
18. I don’t think that purple shirt .............. with your yellow skirt. A. suits B. fits C. goes D. wears
19. We had to stop for gasoline at a filling ............... . A. garage B. service C. station D. pump
20. How could you have .......................... him for your brother? A. confused B. considered C. thought D. mistaken
21. He ordered them …….. it again. A. don’t do B. not do C. not to do D. didn’t do 1
22. Quite soon, the world is going to ...................... energy resources. A. run out of B. get into C. keep up with D. come up again
23. We decided not to go camping because of the ………rain. A. great B. strong C. heavy D. extra
24. Mary works at a supermarket. She ………. $ 5 an hour. A. pays B. brings C. takes D. earns
25. The students have got ……….. news about their exams. A. many B. some C. few D. a few
26. “ Why don’t you ask Helen for help? I think he is always ready.” – “ __________ .” A. Yes, please
B. I hope so C. I hope not D. That is a good idea
27. “Thank you for a lovely evening.” –: “____________” A. Don’t mention it B. I’m glad you enjoy it C. Yes, I’d like that
D. Yes, that would be very nice
28. “ I’m afraid I can’t come to your birthday party this weekend!” – “……………………………”
A. What a shame ! B. What a pity ! C. Me too. D. What’s happened?
29. We don't allow ................. in the classrooms. A. people smoke B. smoke C. people to smoke D. to smoking
30. What a dangerous thing to do! You .................. have been killed! A. may B. can C. must D. might
31. By the time I applied, all the holiday vouchers ................. used up. A. had been B have been C. were D. are
32. I felt as if I ................... a confidence. A. have betrayed B. would betray C. had betrayed D. am betraying
33. His job was to………….out the good apples from the bad ones. A. sort B. find C. choose D. share
34. The book …………consists of 4 parts, has been translated in French. A. which B. in which C. to which D. on which
35. If we want to ……….up with them we’d better be hurry. A. come B. arrive C. approach D. catch C. WRITING (15points)
1. Read the passage and then decide which word (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space. (10 points) WHALING
Rock carving suggest that Stone Age people were hunting whales for food as early as 2200 B.C.
Such (36) ________ hunting is still practiced today in a number of (37) ________ including the Inuit
people of Greenland and North America.
Whaling became big business from the seventh century as the (38) ________ for whalebone and
whale oil rose, and humpback and sperm whales were hunted in (39) ________ large numbers. But just as
stocks of these species began to fall, the explosive harpoon-gun was (40) ________. This weapon, together
with the development of steam-power ships, (41) ________ the whalers to hunt the fast-moving fin and blue whales.
In 1905 the whaling (42) ________ moved to the waters of Antarctica. The introduction of massive
factory ships enabled the whales to be processed at sea. As a result, the blue whale had (43) ________
disappeared by the 1950s. In 1946 the International Whaling Commission was established to maintain the
declining whale populations. Quotas were (44) ________ but these were often (45)________ and numbers
continued to fall. Hunting of many species continued until 1986 when the IWC finally responded to
international pressure and a ban on commercial whaling was introduced. 36. A. survival B. essential C. basic D. subsistence 37. A. groups B. societies C. races D. nationalities 2 38. A. demand B. desire C. request D. reliance 39. A. repeatedly B. frequently C. continually D. increasingly 40. A. invented B. discovered C. assembled D. applied 41. A. managed B. employed C. enabled D. empowered 42. A. lines B. troops C. staff D. fleets 43. A. virtually B. possibly C. uniquely D. commonly 44. A. made B. set C. placed D. done 45. A. refused B. denied C. ignored D. exempted
2. Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the following questions(5points)
All at once Hazel was coming in through the French windows, pulling off gardening gloves, and Bill
was entering through the door, both at once. So I only had time to take one quick look at her before I
turned to face him. All very confusing. What that first glimpse showed me was that time had thickened her
figure but didn’t seem to have made much difference to her face. It still had good skin and youthful
outlines. She was holding a bunch of roses – must have been cutting them in the garden while waiting for
me. The gardening gloves lent a delightfully informal touch. It was quite an entrance, though Bill spoilt it
a bit by making his at the same time.
Bill seemed longer and thinner. His tightly massed hair had a tinge of grey. Apart from that, twenty
years had done nothing to him, except deepen the lines of thoughtfulness that had already, when I knew
him, begun to spread across his face. Or was that all? I looked at him again, more carefully, as he looked
away from me at Hazel. Weren’t his eyes different somehow? More inward looking than ever? Gazing in
not merely at his thoughts, but at something else, something he was keeping hidden or perhaps protecting.
Then we were chattering and taking glasses in our hands, and I came back to earth. For the first ten
minutes we were all so defensive, so carefully probing, that nobody learnt anything. Bill had forgotten me
altogether, that much was clear. He was engaged in getting to know me from scratch, very cautiously so as
not to hit a wrong note, with the object of getting me to contribute a big subscription to his African project.
I kept trying to absorb details about Hazel, but Bill was talking earnestly about African education, and the
strain of appearing to concentrate while actually thinking about his wife proved so great that I decided it
would be easier just to concentrate. So I did. I let him hammer away for about ten more minutes, and then
the daughter, who seemed to be acting as parlourmaid, showed in another visitor. Evidently we were to be four at lunch.
46. What effect had time had on Hazel and Bill? A. They had both lost weight. B. They were more withdrawn.
C. They hadn’t changed at all.
D. They had changed in subtle ways.
47. When they all started talking, the writer A. relaxed at last. B. stopped dreaming. C. spoke most to Hazel. D. began to remember things.
48. The writer found the first part of their conversation A. sentimental. B. irritating. C. uninformative. D. trivial.
49. Why did Bill speak seriously? 3
A. He wanted some money from the writer.
B. He did not remember the writer. C. His wife was present.
D. He was talking about the past.
50. In the end the writer found Bill’s conversation A. monotonous B. convincing C. thought-provoking D. instructive PART 1 : MCQ TEST 1A 2C 3A 4A 5B 6A 7C 8C 9B 10C
11B 12A 13D 14D 15A 16D 17A 18C 19C 20D
21C 22A 23C 24D 25B 26D 27B 28B 29C 30D
31A 32C 33A 34A 35D 36D 37B 38A 39D 40A
41C 42D 43A 44B 45C 46D 47B 48C 49A 50A 4 5
Document Outline

• A. PHONOLOGY (10points)
  • A. may B. can C. must D. might