Đề thi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 10 chuyên Quốc Học - Thừa Thiên Huế năm học 2008-2009

’t rich or famous, but he was lucky. (1) 
................................ he lost anything, he was usually (2)................................ to find it again. (3) 
................................such example was a fountain pen, a present from my mother on (4) 
................................… wedding anniversary. We had had a family day out in the mountains. My brother, 
(5) ................................ was about ten years old at the time, and I enjoyed going to a lake where you could 
hire a boat and row out across the water. (6) ................................ had once been a village in the valley, but 
the valley had been flooded in order (7) ................................ create a reservoir for a city many miles away. 
When the water was clear, you could still make out the top of the church spire and the walls of houses. (8) 
................................ we were returning home that night, my father discovered that he had lost his treasured 
fountain pen. About two weeks later, he announced that in spite (9)................................the gloomy 
weather, we were going back to the lake for the day. We were surprised, but said nothing. We set 
(10)................................ about nine in the morning, and as (11)...............................as we arrived at the 
lake, we headed (12) ................................ the spot where we had had our picnic on the previous occasion. 
As we were deciding whether to hire a boat for the afternoon or (13) ................................ , my father gave 
a shout. There, lying on the ground, was a pen. There was (14)................................doubt at all in my mind 
that (15) ................................ was the pen he had lost two weeks beforehand. 
Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions. (5 poínts) 
Meetíngs can waste a great deal of time. But you can make your meeting run more smoothly by 
following a few simple rules. First, have an agenda. This will help keep you focused on what is important. 
Next, decide who needs to be involved. More people means less efficient discussion. Finally, keep the 
discussion moving. Thank each speaker as he or she finishes and move on to the next speaker. This 
encourages people to make their remarks short. And don’t forget: what happens after a meeting is more 
important than what happens during the meeting. The skills used then are more professional and less 
procedural. So no matter how well you run a meeting, it is the work that gets done after the meeting that is 
important. 
1. What is one way to run a meeting well? 
A. Watch how your manager run meetings. B. Minimize the number of participants. 
C. Let the group make decisions. D. Let everyone speak. 
2. What is the purpose of a meeting agenda? 
A. To keep the speakers organized. B. To allow free discussion 
C. To send to others in advance D. To keep focused on improtant items 
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3. How should you receive other people’s comments at a meeting? 
A. Try to keep others from talking. B. Thank them and move on. 
C. Give them as much time as they want. D. Respond in detai to all comments. 
4. How should people state their ideas? 
A. Succinctly B. Quietly C. Wordily D. Encouragingly 
5. The author states that 
A. meetings should be held more frequently. 
B. all meetings should be in the morning. 
C. no one should receive credit for their work. 
D. the real work is accomplished after the meeting. 
III. WRITING: ( 35 points) 
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one, by using the 
word given.( Do not change the word given.) ( 10 points) 
1. There was too little time to go back home for my umbrella. not 
There ……………………………………………….........................……………………………. 
2. It was necessary to book concert tickets well in advance. be 
Concert tickets ………………………………………….........................………………………. 
3. What interests you about this city? find 
What ……………………………………………………………........................……………….? 
4. I regret not studying harder at school. only 
If …………………………………………………………….........................………………........ 
5. Could you come and collect me from the station? up 
Would you mind ……………………….......................………………………………………..? 
6. Are you interested in sports ? tell 
Can you …………………………………………........................………………………………? 
7. They had extinguished the fire by the time the fire brigade arrived. put 
The fire . ………………………………………..........................………………………………… 
8. I’m sure you were proud of your son’s success. must 
You …………………………………………………………..........................………………….... 
9 I started studying English three years ago. for 
I . ………………………………………………………...........................………………………… 
10. The football players’ training is still going on. finished 
The football players ……………………………..........................………………………………….. 
Part 2: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some 
have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick () by the number. If a line has a 
word which should not be there, write the word by the number. 
 ( 15 points) 
ADVENTURE IN PERU 
0 I’ve just been to see a film is called Touching the Void. It’s 
00 about two climbers who decided to go climbing in the mountains 
1 in Peru. It took them two days to reach the mountain they 
2 had been decided to climb because it was in such a remote place. 
3 They left a companion and the most of their supplies at a base camp, 
4 optimistically thinking about they would be back in a couple of 
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5 days. After a difficult climb, they reached at the top of 
6 the mountain. It was then that everything started to go wrong. 
7 Because of one climber had broken his leg, he had to be 
8 lowered down the mountain by means of a rope. His leg it was so 
9 much painful that he couldn’t stand on it. After a very exciting bit 
10 of the film, which I won’t describe, he found by himself alone 
11 at the bottom of a crevasse. He managed to climb out and eventually 
12 crawl to safety. The cold was so intense that he got frostbite in his hands, 
13 but he was carried on, dragging himself down a glacier and across rocks. 
14 When he arrived at the base camp, his friends were too amazed to see him. 
15 They couldn’t believe that in despite his broken leg, he had managed to reach the 
camp. 
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Part 3: Write an essay ( at least 200 words) on the following topic: (10 points) 
There have been many technological developments in the 20th century, for example in transport, 
telecommunications and health. 
 What technological development do you think has been the most important ? How has it changed 
people's lives ? Have all the changes been positive ? 
 Give reasons for your answer. 
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