Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh - Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi Lớp 10 năm học 2009-2010

 love to see my niece but unfortunately, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to visit you next week.
3. I will go for a camping trip with my school students on the occasion of my school anniversary.
4. What a pity! I wish I could give Leslie a hug on that day. Thank anyway for more.
5. Remember to send some photos of Leslie on her birthday for me
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 10
NĂM HỌC 2009 - 2010
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10 
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I. Choose the best answer from the four options to complete each sentence.
1. After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building .................
A. sent faithfully flowers all week to the cemetery.
B. sent to the cemetery each week flowers faithfully.
C. sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery each week.
D. sent each week faithfully to the cemetery flowers.
2. Because the first pair of pants did not fit properly, he asked for .....................
A. another pants	B. others pants	
C. the others ones	D. another pair
3. The committee has met and ..............................
A. they have reached a decision	B. it has formulated themselves some opinions
C. its decision was reached at	D. it has reached a decision
4. Alfred Adams has not ................................
A. lived lonelinessly in time previous	
B. never before lived sole
C. ever lived alone before	
D. before lived without the company of his friends.
5. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; ....................
A. he should study last night	
B. he should have studied last night
C. he must have studied last night	
D. he must study last night
II. There is ONE underlined word or phrase in each sentence below that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 
1. The penguin chicks cannot go into the water to get themselves own food until they have waterproof coats of feathers like their parents.
2. Balloons rise into the air because they contain a gas who is less dense, or lighter, than air.
3. Silver is too soft to use by itself, so it is mixed with another metal to make themselves harder.
4. Dreaming, like all other mental processes, it is a product of the brain and its activity.
5. Jack London, whom was known for his stories of Alaska, lived there during the Klondike gold rush.
III. Choose the word that could replace the underlined word without a change of meaning. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet.
1. Each grain of wheat contains three basic components: the germ, the endosperm, and the bran.
A. admits	B. involves	
C. includes	D. implies
2. William Faulkner is regarded by many as the greatest North America novelist of the twentieth century.
A. considered	B. concluded	
C. determined	D. distinguished
3. Map reading is a skill which is acquired through practice.
A. produced	B. found	
C. gained	D. maintained
4. The length of an X-ray wave is incredibly small: less than one ten-millionth of a millimeter.
A. considerably	B. unbelievably	
C. notably	D. sufficiently
5. Deerlike figures made from willow shoots are the oldest evidence of human habitation in the Grand Canyon.
A. dispute	B. proof	
C. exhibit	D. clue
6. New research suggests a link between nearsightedness and high intelligence.
A. connection	B. joint	
C. cause	D. effect
7. The use of lasers in surgery has become relatively commonplace in recent years.
A. absolutely	B. relevantly	
C. almost	D. comparatively
8. Over 40,000 horses and burros still roam wild in the western United States.
A. untamed	B. savagely	
C. unopposed	D. recklessly
9. The introduction of credit cards radically modified North Americans’ spending habits.
A. resolved	B. devoted	
C. reduced	D. altered
10. Manhattan has many stylish shops.
A. lavish	B. modern	
C. fashionable	D. fine
IV. Fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Visiting Grandmother
Chris and Katie love to visit Grandmother’s ...........(1). She lived .................(2) the edge of a small village in a ............(3) cottage that .............(4) out over ........... (5)sea. 
	Every summer ...................(6) they ...........(7) spend a week at the cottage, sleeping in tiny rooms..............(8) sloping ceilings ...........(9) creaking floorboards.
	On ...........(10) days there was ..............(11) plenty to do. Chris liked going .........(12) to the ...............(13) to search ..........(14) crabs in the rock pools. Katie .............(15) went to a nearby farm to help ..............(16) out and exercise ...........(17) horses.
	On wet days they .............(18) indoor playing card .................(19) or helping Grandmother to bake ............(20) and cakes.
V. Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.
As computers have become powerful tools for the rapid and economic production of pictures, computer graphics has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing fields in computer science. It is used routinely in such diverse areas as business, industry, art, government, education, research, training, and medicine.
	One of the initial uses of computer graphics, and ultimately its greatest use, has been as an aid to design, generally to referred to as computer-aided design (CAD). One of its greatest advantages is that designers can see how an object will look after construction and make changes freely and much more quickly than with hand drafting. For three-dimensional rendering of machine parts, engineers now rely heavily on CAD. Automobile, spacecraft, aerospace, and ship designers use CAD techniques to design vehicles and test their performance. Building designs are also created with computer graphics system. Architects can design a building layout, create a three-dimensional model, and even go for a simulated ‘walk’ through the rooms or around the outside of the building.
	Business graphics is another rapidly growing area of computer graphics, where it is used to create graphs, charts, and cost models to summarize financial, statistical, mathematical, scientific, and economic data. As an educational aid, computer graphics can be used to create weather maps and cartographic materials. Computer art also has creative and commercial art applications, where it is used in advertising, publishing, and film productions, particularly for computer animation, which is achieved by a sequential process.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Routine uses of computers	 
B. Computer graphics applications
C. The rapidly growing field of computer science	
D. Computers as the architects of the future
2. The word ‘it’ refers to
A. computer graphics	B. computer science	
C. fields	D. computers
3. According to the passage, architects use CAD to 
A. inspect buildings	B. create graphs	
C. make cartographic materials	D. create three-dimensional models
4. According to the passage, engineers use CAD for
A. a simulated ‘walk’ through model rooms	
B. rendering machine parts
C. making cost models	
D. advertising
5. The word ‘applications’ means
A. jobs	B. creativity	
C. uses	D. layers
VI. Choose the most suitable answer from the four options marked A, B, C, or D to complete each of the numbered gaps in the passage below. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet. 
	The mathematics of the Mayas of Mexico was superior when compared to that of other cultures. They were ..............(1) for the idea zero nearly 1,000 years before anyone in Europe had .............(2). Arab traders opened up caravan routes ..........(3) the desert of the Middle East and brought with them to Europe the .............(4) of zero as a number. The Greek wrote numbers by using ..........(5) of alphabet, and with the Roman number system, it was difficult to add or subtract ..............(6) sometime four figures (for example, VII) were needed to express one number ( for example, 7). Neither the Greeks ...........(7) the Romans could ................(8) with large numbers. .................(9) contrast, the Mayas could express any number by using three symbols: the dot, the bar, and the dash. For zero, they used a shell ................(10)
1. A. famous	B. familiar	C. coincident	D. annoyed
2. A. them	B. done	C. it	D. ever
3. A. through	B. throughout	C. across	D. along
4. A. concept	B. viewpoint	C. understanding	D. learning
5. A. characters	B. letters	C. numbers	D. lists
6. A. although	B. because	C. even if	D. which
7. A. nor	B. and	C. as well as	D. or
8. A. acquaint	B. familiarize	C. deal	C. tamper
9. A. On	B. For	C. From	D. In
10. A. shape	B. size	C. form	D. picture
ANSWER
I. Choose the best answer from the four options (marked A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence .
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. C
II. There is ONE underlined word or phrase in each sentence below that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. 
1. themselves-> their
2. who -> which 
3. themselves -> itself
4. it is -> is
5. whom -> who
III. Choose the word that could replace the underlined word without a change of meaning. 
1. C
3. C
5. B
7. D
9. D
2. A
4. B
6. A
8. A
10. C
IV. Fill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. 
1. house
5. the
9. and
13. beach
17. the
2. on
6. holiday
10.fine/beautiful
14. for
18. stayed
3. stone 
7. would/could
11. always
15.often/usually
19. games
4. looked
8. with
12. down
16. clean
20. bread
 V. Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D. 
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
VI. Choose the most suitable answer from the four options marked A, B, C, or D to complete each of the numbered gaps in the passage below. 
1. B
3. C
5. B
7. A
9. D
2. C
4. A
6. B
8. C
10. A
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