Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Khánh Hòa năm học 2009-2010

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 13 I plan to finish the book before the end of the week. 
 By the end ........................................................................................... 
 14 Somebody does Holly’s homework for her. 
 Holly has ............................................................................................. 
 15 I didn’t write to you because I didn’t have your address. 
 If I ........................................................................................................ 
II. Complete the sentences with the correct answer. (15 marks) 
 1. She hasn’t got a car, ............? 
 A does she 	B has she 	C hasn’t she 
 2. I offered ............ her, but she wanted to try on her own. 
 A to help 	B help 	C helping 
 3 She’s been waiting ............ five o’clock. 
 A since 	B for 	C from 
 4. Did you enjoy ............ at the party? 
 A you 	B yourself 	C by yourself 
5. The wreck ............ a week ago. 
 A was discovered 	B was discovering 	C has been discovered 
 6. She had ............ beautiful voice! 
A such 	B so 	C such a 
 7. I can hear someone ............ . 
 A to scream 	B screams 	C screaming 
 8. He ............ in Canada when he was a child. 
 A used to live 	B has been living 	C was living 
 9. She ............ me where she was going. 
A told 	B told to 	C said 
10. They didn’t allow us ............ out in the evening. 
A going 	B to go 	C go 
11. You ............ so much junk food. 
A shouldn’t eat 	B can’t be eating 	C had better eat 
12. The fourth time I tried I ............ break the record. 
A could 	B am able to 	C managed to 
13. If you ............ me I wouldn’t have gone there. 
A have warned 	B had warned 	C would have warned 
14. She ............ me, because she was there too and she was wearing her glasses. 
A can’t have seen 	B couldn’t have seen 	C must have seen 
15. You ............ her that question — it was rude! 
A shouldn’t have asked 	B mustn’t have asked 	C couldn’t have asked 
III. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. (10 marks) 
 1. I knew he ............... (cry) when I saw him because his eyes were red. 
 2. What plans have you made for the summer? Where ............... (you /spend) the holiday? 
 3. I’m on a diet and by the end of the month I ............... (lose) six kilos. 
 4. They ............... (live) in the same house since they were born. 
 5. The film ............... (already/start) when we arrived at the cinema, so we missed the beginning. 
 6. Come on! We ............... (be) late for school. 
 7. This time tomorrow I ............... (watch) my favourite programme on TV. 
 8. He usually ............... (spend) most of the day talking on the phone. 
 9. In thirty years’ time people ............... (live) underwater. 
 10. If you ............... (give) me your number, I would have called you. 
C. VOCABULARY 
I. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word. (10 marks) 
 1. ..............., we didn’t have time to go sightseeing. FORTUNE 
 2. She’s still ...............; she’s been looking for a job for ages. EMPLOY 
 3. When he saw the wreck he knew he had made an incredible ............. . DISCOVER 
 4. Musical ............... was provided in the evening. ENTERTAIN 
 5. The mystery is still ...............; nobody knows exactly what happened. EXPLAIN 
 6. He might come, but it is highly ............... that he will bring his girlfriend. LIKELY 
 7. Don’t touch that mushroom! I think it is …………………. POISON 
 8. We ............... go away at weekends, but we’re usually at home. OCCASION 
 9. There has been a lot of ............... recently about pollution of the sea. DISCUSS 
 10. He is very ............... of the young journalist. SUSPICION 
II. Complete the sentences with one word. (15 marks) 
 1. Turtles don’t have babies; they l................. eggs. 
 2. The scuba divers are e................. a shipwreck near those rocks. 
 3. She never loses her t.................; she keeps calm whatever happens. 
 4. Stop m................. about and come over here to help me. 
 5. I can’t c................. on my work when you play that music so loud. 
 6. This problem is too c................. — I can’t solve it. 
 7. I love your new earrings. When did you have your ears p.................? 
 8. Ricky Martin isn’t just a good singer, but also a t................. actor. 
 9. This chair is very u.................; it’s given me a bad back. 
 10. They’re t.................. an exam at school tomorrow. 
 11. Don’t believe him! He’s only p................. to be in trouble. 
 12. Someone has s................. fire to the computer lab! Call the fire brigade! 
 13. Unicorns never existed; they’re just m................. creatures. 
 14. Don’t tell anyone else about this; it’s a s................. between you and me. 
 15. I need to take some t................. off work to relax a little. 
D. PRONUNCIATION (20 ms)
Do they rhyme or not? If they rhyme write R in front of the number blank. If not, write N on the space provided. (10 marks) e.g. _R_ night – light . _N_light – late. 
___ 1 date – late 
___ 2 flood – should 
___ 3 feed – read 
___ 4 dare – repair 
___ 5 slim – seem 
___ 6 carry – scary 
___ 7 rich – reach 
___ 8 drown – brown 
___ 9 wave – five 
___ 10 keep – tip 
___ 11 card – hard 
___ 12 sail – fail 
___13 pass – splash 
___ 14 dirt – skirt 
___15 lay – bay 
___16 tide – hide 
___17 shoot – put 
___18 tip – keep 
___19 pool – pull 
___20 steer – clear 
E. READING (20 ms)
Read this magazine article and do the exercises that follow. 
THE FUTURE OF COMPUTERS 
 1 It is becoming more and more difficult to imagine what our life would be like without computers. They have become essential everywhere: air travel depends on them, the publication of books and magazines depends on them, most communication systems cannot function without them. Computer chips even control your fridge, ___________________ (A). 
 2 Computers can already recognise people’s voices, fingerprints and even eyes. They can make calculations a million times faster than the human brain. They can store vast amounts of information and “remember” it within seconds. They can read out texts for people with eyesight problems. _____________________ (B) They can produce films, music and artwork. They can play chess and defeat human chess champions. 
 3 Still, computers are not able to think creatively and cannot feel. They depend on human programmers and, although they can evaluate information according to logical rules, these rules have to be programmed into them. No computer is capable of having an original thought, ______________________________ (C). 
 4 However, the processing power of computers is doubling every 12 months. In thirty years’ time, an average home computer will be as powerful as 1,000 human brains. This will give people the opportunity to use computers to do more and more of the jobs that only humans can do at present and might mean an easier life for all of us. On the other hand, it is highly likely that by then, ___________________________ (D). The machines of the future will be able to think and feel just as humans do: they will be able to feel happy or sad and to express their thoughts and feelings whenever they want to. 
 5 People will be able to scan their brains into computers so that the machines of the future ______________________ (E) but not human bodies. And it is possible that they will feel the need for a body and, as a result, become sad and depressed. There is no knowing what they might choose to do then, but we can only hope it will be for the best. 
I. Match these headings with the paragraphs of the article: (10 marks) 
 a Computers in the future 
 b Worries about the future 
 c What computers can already do 
 d Computers are everywhere 
 e What computers cannot do yet 
II. Now put each of these phrases in the right place in the article. (10 marks) 
 1 but most human beings make millions of such thoughts in their lifetime. 
 2 They can talk. 
 3 will actually have human brains, 
 4 computers will have become fully conscious. 
 5 television, microwave oven, lift and air conditioner. 
F WRITING (65 marks) 
1. Write a short article for a magazine about the future of Earth. Use these notes to help you: 
 1 the situation now – pollution; animals in danger; global warming 
 2 what life on Earth will be like in 100 years’ time if we go on like this 
 3 what we should do 
Write about 100 words. (25 ms)
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2. Where were you five years ago?
 Where do you think you will be in five years? Write about 300 words (40 ms)
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