Đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp trường THPT Thuận Thành số 1 năm học 2012 – 2013 môn: Tiếng anh lớp 10

rs and seas overnight. 
8. Are you fond-----------------working with them? 
9. It is difficult to imagine what our lives would be like -----------------computers. 
10. It took John a long time to find a job after he left school. -----------------the end, he found a job as 
a waiter. 
III) Fill in each blank with a suitable word. 
Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals ______ live in water. Dolphins are______ the most 
intelligent animals on earth. Although they can be found in______ oceans in the world, dolphins prefer 
coastal waters and bays. The size of dolphins vary greatly. The smallest dolphin is just about 50 kg in 
_________and 1.2 meters in length while______ largest one can weigh up to 8,200 kg and is 100 meters 
________Dolphins eat ______fish. A female dolphin gives birth ______one calf every two years after a 
______period of eleven or twelve months. A dolphin can normally live from twenty five to sixty five 
years and some species of dolphins can even live longer. Dolphin populations are at risk ______to the 
pollution of their habitat and accidental entrapment in fishing nets. 
IV)The four underlined words or phrases are marked A, B, C, or D. Identify the one underlined 
 expression that is not correct. Find out and correct it. (1p) 
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1. It hopeless to try and find any privacy in the flat so I go out for a walk. 
 A B C D 
2 . It was so an easy question that every one could answer it correctly. 
 A B C D 
3. The house it has green shutters is for sale. 
 A B C D 
4. She got angry when they started to asking about her private life. 
 A B C D 
5. People think computers never do any mistakes, but in fact, they do 
 A B C D 
V) In this letter each line has a word which should not be there. Write your answers on the numbered 
blanks. Example – 0: enjoying (1 p) 
Dear Roberto, 
 Thank you for your letter. I am glad to hear you are enjoying well . When 
I will have some free time, perhaps I’ll come to London to see you, and then 
we can go out for a meal together somewhere. I’ve just got come back from a 
trip to Lisbon. My father has just been opened a big new factory in Portugal, 
and he had wanted me to help him with marketing. Lisbon is said to be a very 
pretty beautiful city, but I didn’t have the chance to see much of it! Dad always 
makes me work hard! We had went to lots of business meetings, and I met all 
the staff. I would have been some more useful if I had learned 
Portuguese in stead of French at school! but luckily they are all speak very 
good English. In fact, Dad’s partner was invited me to lunch, and promised to 
teach me Portuguese, so maybe I’ll be accept his offer next time. 
On my way home the plane was delayed for four hours because of fog. I think 
Samantha was waiting at the airport all that time for me. It must be true love! 
Keep in touch, 
Best wishes, 
Thomas 
 0 => enjoying 
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VI. Give the correct form of the verbs in bracket 
1. Alice (take) ____ ____________________to the dentist many times. 
2. He (do) ___________ ____________nothing before he saw me. 
3. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He (read) __ ____________for 
two hours. 
4. What you (do)_______ _______ at this time yesterday? 
5. (finish) ___ __________ reading the book , I went to bed. 
6. The lamps (make) _ ____________ in China are very cheap. 
7. He says as if he (come) _____ ________ back from London. 
8. My lawyer advised me (not say) __ ______ anything further about the accident. 
9. He wore dark glasses to avoid (recognize)______being recognized________ . 
10. We were made ___________ (do) all the cleaning in the house. 
C. Reading comprehension 
 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the 
correct answer to each of the questions 
 Bill Jarvis took over our village news agency at time of life when most of us only want to relax. He 
just thought he would like something but not too much to do, and the news agency was ready-made. The 
business produced little enough for him, but then Bill was a chap who only wanted the simplicity and 
order and regularity of the job. He had been a long-serving sailor, and all his life had done everything by 
the clock. 
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 Every day he opened his shop at six a. m to catch the early trade; the papers arrived on his door-
step before that. Many of Bill's customers were city workers, and the shop was convenient for the station. 
Business was tailing off by ten o'clock, so at eleven sharp Bill closed for lunch. It was hard luck on 
anybody who wanted a paper or magazine in the afternoon, for most likely Bill would be down on the 
river bank, fishing, and his nearest competitor was five kilometers away. Some time in the afternoon, the 
evening papers landed on the door-mat, and at four o'clock Bill reopened. The evening rush lasted till 
seven, and it was worthwhile. 
 He lived in a flat above the shop, alone. Except in very bad weather, you always knew where to 
find him in the afternoons, as I have said. Once, on a sunny afternoon, I walked home along the river 
bank from a shopping trip to the village. By my watch it was three minutes past four, so I was astonished 
to see Bill sitting there on his little chair with a line in the water. He had no luck, I could see, but he was 
making no effort to move. 
 "What's wrong, Bill?" I called out from the path. For answer, he put a hand inside his jacket and 
took out a big, golden object. For a moment I had no idea what it could be, and then it suddenly went off 
with a noise like a fire engine. Stopping the bell, Bill held the thing up and called back: "Ten to four, you 
see, and this is dead right." He stood up then and began to wind in his line. I had never known anyone 
carry a brass alarm clock round with him or her before. 
1. Bill Jarvis became a newsagent when ________ 
A. He needed the money. 
B. He was quite an old man. 
C. He decided to take things easy. 
D. He gave up clock repairing. 
2. What does the passage tell us about the news agency? 
A. It was an easy job with fixed hours. 
B. It was a very profitable business 
C. It was opened specially for Bill Jarvis 
D. It belonged to the railway and was part of the station. 
3. Why did Bill open the shop so early in the day? 
A. He liked to do as much as possible before he went to work. 
B. Bill was never sure of the time. 
C. The shop had to be open when the morning papers came 
D. It was then that he did a lot of business. 
4. We understand from the passage that the shop closed for lunch ________ 
A. At eleven o'clock more or less. 
B. At exactly eleven o'clock. 
C. Before eleven o'clock. 
D. Always after eleven o'clock. 
5. You might say "hard luck" to someone who ________ 
A. has just heard some very good news. 
B. puts great effort into whatever he or she tries. 
C. is less fortunate than he or she ought to be. 
D. fails through his or her own fault entirely. 
6. Why was the writer on the riverbank that afternoon? 
A. He was going to do some shopping in the village. 
B. He was fishing. 
C. He was going to get the evening paper. 
D. He was on his way home from the village 
7. Why was the writer surprised when he saw Bill Jarvis? 
A. He thought it was late for Bill to be still fishing. 
B. Bill had not caught anything, and that seemed strange. 
C. He thought Bill was ill, because he was not moving at all 
D. He was surprised because Bill stayed in his flat in the afternoons. 
8. From the information given in the passage, who- or what - do you think was wrong? 
A. The bell was; it must have gone off at the wrong time. 
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B. The writer's watch was fast. 
C. Bill was; he had dropped off to sleep 
D. Bill's clock was wrong; it was very old. 
9. All of the following are true about Bill Jarvis EXCEPT __________ 
A. he lived alone 
B. He had ever worked as a sailor 
C. He was a newspaper man 
D. Fishing was his past time 
10. What did Bill Jarvis often bring with him when he went fishing? 
A. a clock 
B. a gold 
C. a newspaper 
D. a fire engine 
D. Writing 
1. Tom is the most industrious pupil. 
 No other pupil _____________________________________________________________ 
2. The last time I played football was in 1971. 
 I ________________________________________________________________________ 
3. I only bought the dog because my children wanted a pet. 
 If _______________________________________________________________________ 
4. The weather was so beautiful that we went swimming. 
 It was ____________________________________________________________________ 
5. I am really sorry I didn’t invite her to the party. 
 I really wish _______________________________________________________________ 
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the given 
word. 
1. She owns all this land now. (belongs) 
 All _____________________________________________________________________ 
2. Organized activities don’t interest Eva very much. ( interested) 
 Eva_____________________________________________________________________ 
3. Mary is so young that she can’t join our club. (too) 
 Mary is too young to join our club. 
4. Do you like meat more than fish? (prefer) 
 Do______________________________________________________________________? 
5. He hasn’t got the intelligence to be a programmer ( intelligent) 
 He ______________________________________________________________________ 
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