Đề đề nghị thi học sinh giỏi olympic Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2008-2009

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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỒNG THÁP Trường THPT Chuyên Nguyễn Đình Chiểu

ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI OLYMPIC ĐỒNG BẰNG SÔNG CỬU LONG

Năm học 2008 – 2009

I. LISTENING: (3m/ 20) Listen to two texts and choose True or False in 30 minutes

Text 27: Listen to part of conversation between two characters. Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F) ?

TRUE FALSE 1. Alan Turner speaks to Liza Carter. 2. Sylvie Dubois is French. 3. She lives In England now. 4. She's on holiday in Canada. 5. She works for an airline company.

TRUE FALSE 6. Sebastian knows Susan. 7. Sebastian knows Henry. 8. Susan is Sebastian's secretary. 9. Henry and Susan work in a bank. 10. Sebastian works for an Insurance company.

TRUE FALSE 11. David walks to work. 12. David's work is near his home. 13. Peter is a student. 14. Peter pays to park his car. 15. David wants to know about the

man in the blue jacket.

II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: (7m/ 20) A. Choose the best answer. (2 m/20) 1. It's distressing to see small children ____ in the street. A. pleading B. imploring C. begging D. entreating 2. It never ____ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered. A. crossed B. came C. sprung D. paned 3. ____ I am aware, there were no problems during the first six months. A. Except that B. So much as C. Much more than D. As far as 4. He's very amusing, and I like his ___ of humour. A. meaning B. feeling C. mind D. sense 5. She ____in business as a dressmaker. A. set, off B. set up C. set out D. set down 6. Although he was completely ____ as a furniture-maker, he produced the most, beautiful chairs. A. unable B. untrained C. incapable D. uneducated 7. After a thorough search, the police ____ most of the missing jewels. A. retreated B. refreshed C. recorded D. recovered 8. Because of road works, traffic is restricted to one ___ in each direction. A. lane B. row C. alley D. path

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9. A trick in the mining industry is ____ to bring about a shortage of coal in the near future. A. causing B. resulting C. threatening D. prospering 10. We expected him at eight but he finally ____ at midnight. A. came to B. turned out C. turned up D. came off 11. The marathon runner _____ for almost one hour when she _____ to the pavement. She received immediate medical attention. A. has been running / collapses B. were running / collapse C. had been running / collapsed D. will have running / will collapse 12. The teacher asked his students to go ____ charter three. A. over B. to C upon D. off 13. We are in no hurry, so take your ______ . A. attention B. concentration C. good care D. time 14. More men than women are _____ A. left-handing B. left-handed C. hand-left D. hand-lefting 15. One must obey the law, __________ A. however he is old or young B. however old or young he is C. whatever he is old or young D. whatever old 01 young he is 16. We have nothing to do with your trouble. A. have no intention of B. have no relation to C. have no knowledge of D. have no good time 17. He earns _____ he used to last year. A. twice as much as B. twice as many as C. as much twice as D. as much as twice 18. We have managed to organize a meeting this afternoon. A. set on B. set off C. set up D. set away 19. In our modern time, people communicate by telephone, radio, television , and computer. A. talk to each other A. give and receive information C. combine together D. have a date 20. ____ every industry in our modern word requires the work of engineers. A. Wholly B. Hardly C. Only D. Virtually

B. Fill in each numbered space with a suitable word: (1m/20)

It was a cold night. The train travelled through some very lonely countryside. There was 1. ______ sign of human life and the station at Brest seemed like an oasis. The passengers__________ advised to get off the train because they were going to there 3. _____ a long time. The customs officers had to do their duties, searching the entire train looking mainly 4. _____ illegal literature. They found quite a lot, …