SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI – NĂM HỌC 2016-2017

TRƯỜNG THPT NGỌC TẢO Môn: Tiếng Anh 10

Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi gồm có 07 trang)

Họ và tên thí sinh: .....................................................................................................................................................................

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HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÝ GIÁM THỊ SỐ PHÁCH

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CHỈ DẪN:
1. Đề thi gồm 06 trang. Thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trước khi làm bài.
2. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi (ghi câu trả lời vào các ô được đánh số phía dưới đề
của mỗi phần).
3. Thí sinh giữ gìn cẩn thận bài làm.
4. Nếu thí sinh làm sai, dùng thước gạch, không dùng bút tẩy màu trắng. Thí sinh chỉ được dùng
bút một màu xanh hoặc đen và cùng một màu mực để làm bài. Không dùng mực màu đỏ.
5. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
6. Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.

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 SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI – NĂM HỌC 2016-2017
TRƯỜNG THPT NGỌC TẢO Môn: Tiếng Anh 10
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút
ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC (Đề thi gồm có 07 trang)

ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÝGIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH

Bằng số: ………………… ……………………………….
Bằng chữ: ………………. ……………………………….

SECTION A – PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1.0
PT)
1. A. break B. meant C. breakfast D. head
2. A. naked B. walked C. beloved D. needed
3. A. ceremony B. necessary C. complicated D. specific
4. A. pagoda B. tradition C. syllable D. presentation
5. A. communicate B. funeral C. fortunate D. repute
Your Answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others. (1.0 PT)
6. A. achievement B. memorial C. university D. historical
7. A. interesting B. surprising C. amusing D. exciting
8. A. pollute B. damage C. depend D. erode
9. A. representative B. examination C. destination D. mausoleum
10. A. regular B. television C. meaningful D. international
Your Answer:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

SECTION B – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. (4.2 PTS)
11. - John: " I was refused to the job". -Mary: "__________"
A. Better luck next time B. Fine, thanks C. Congratulation! D. That was kind of
them
12. –Jean: “Today is my 16th birthday” – Peter: “_________”
A. I don’t understand B. Many happy returns C. Take care D. Have a good time
13. It is recommended that he __________ this course.
A. took B. takes C. take D. taking
14. Brenda: “Do you think it will rain? Carol: “Oh! ___________.”
A. I hope not B. I don’t hope so C. I don’t hope D. It’s hopeless
15. “Let’s all be very careful what we say at the meeting tomorrow. I don’t want anyone putting their
______ in their mouth.
A. tooth B. word C. hand D. foot
16. I’d rather you __________ at my party last night.
A. be B. were C. had been D. have been
17. __________will Mr Forbes be able to regain control of the company.
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 A. In spite of his hard work B. With hard work
C. Only if he works hardly D. Only with of his hard work
18. Barbara didn’t mention __________about her progress report at work, but I’m sure she is.
A. concerning B. to concern C. being concerned D. to be concerned
19. Everyone was going away on holiday this week, __________?
A. wasn’t it B. wasn’t be C. weren’t they D. wasn’t she
20. __________my key, I wasn’t able to bet into the room.
A. Losing B. I had lost C. I lost D. Having lose
21. I meant to do the ironing but I didn’t __________ it.
A. come up to B. face up to C. come up with D. get round to
22. It’s not worth __________ out now. It is much too late.
A. going B. it go C. to go D. it going
23. He has a __________ pair of boot.
A. beautiful big red leather Spanish riding B. big beautiful red Spanish leather riding
C. beautiful big red Spanish leather riding D. beautiful red big Spanish leather riding
24. When I __________ Tom tomorrow, I __________ him of that.
A. will see / will remind B. see/ will remind C. will see / remind D. see/ remind
25. A number of political prisoners. __________ since Independent Day.
A. released B. has been released C. was released D. have been released
26. The children made __________ a little poem and wrote it in the card.
A. off B. over C. up D. for
27. Children are always ______ about Tet holiday.
A. excited B. interested C. keen D. concerned
28. There is a ______ mood everywhere on New Year's Day.
A. popular B. good C. optimistic D. festive
29. In Britain and America, it is ______ for everybody to sing 'Auld Lang Syne' on New Year's Eve.
A. tradition B. traditional C. traditionally D. traditionalism
30. I shook hands and ______ a few words with the manager.
A. uttered B. expressed C. exchanged D. converted
31. Jane is a very sociable girl. She likes parties and ______.
A. rituals B. ceremonies C. traditions D. celebrations
Your Answer:
11. 14. 17. 20. 23. 26. 29.
12. 15. 18. 21. 24. 27. 30.
13. 16. 19. 22. 25. 28. 31.

II. Choose the correct options among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as or best suited to
complete the given one. (0.6 PT)
32. She did not study hard enough to win the scholarship.
A. Winning the scholarship did not make her study harder.
B. She studied hard but she could not win the scholarship.
C. She could have won the scholarship if she had studied harder.
D. It was very hard for her to win the scholarship.
33. No matter how hard Fred tried to lose weight, he did not succeed.
A. It did not matter whether Fred could lose weight.
B. However hard Fred tried, he could not lose weight.
C. It was hard for Fred to lose weight because he never succeeded.
D. Fred tried very hard to lose weight and succeeded.
34. Soil erosion is a result of forests being cut down carelessly.
A. That forests are being cut down carelessly leads to soil erosion.
B. That forests are being cut down carelessly results from soil erosion.
C. Soil erosion results in forests being cut down carelessly.
D. Soil erosion contributes to forests being cut down carelessly.
32. 33. 34.

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III. Identify the errors in the following sentences then correct it. (1.0 PT)
35. It was not until (A) 1937 when (B) the southernmost source of the (C) Nile River was discovered. ( D)
36. That (A) Columbus was not the first man to set (B) foot on the New World were (C) unknown to ( D)
many people.
37. The discovery (A) of (B)gold in 1849 brought (C) California nationwide attentive. ( D)
38. Platinum is a rare(A) and value (B) metal, white in color, (C) and easy ( D)to work.
39. I couldn’t (A) understand what was happening (B), so I asked the boy sit next to (C) me for help. ( D)
Your Answer:
Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
35. 38.
36. 39.
37.

III. Fill in the each gap with the most correct forms of the block word on the right. (1.2 PTS)
40. The ___________ thing she had was her mother’s ring, which was given to her (VALUE)
before her mother passed away.
41. UNF stands for ________ flying object (IDENTIFY)
42. It is usually forbidden to destroy _________ buildings. (HISTORY)
43. The hurricane caused terrible ___________ along the coast. (DESTROY)
44. His busy schedule made him completely ________ to his students. (ACCESS)
45. We call the act of cutting down or burning the treesin an area __________. (FOREST)
Your Answer:
40. 42. 44.
41. 43. 45.

SECTION C – READING
I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (2.0 PTS)
PEER PRESSURE
One of the strongest influences on children today (46) ______ that of their peers. What their
classmates think, how they dress and how they act in class and out of it (47) _______ the behavior of
nearly every child at school. In their efforts not to be different, some children go so far as to hide their
intelligence and ability in case they are made (48) ________ of. Generally, children do not want to stand
(49) _____ from the crowd. They want to fit in, to be accepted. In psychological terms, the importance of
(50) _____ pressure cannot be over emphasized. There is a lot of evidence that it has great bearing on all
aspects of children's lives, (51) ________ the clothes they wear, the music they listen to and their attitude
to study to their ambitions in life, their relationships and their sense. (52) _____, as children grow up into
adolescents, individuality becomes more acceptable, desirable even, and in their search for their (53)
_____ personal style, the teenager and young adult will begin to experiment and be more willing to run
the (54) _____ of rejection by the group. Concern about intellectual prowess and achieving good exam
results can dominate as the atmosphere of competition develops and worries (55) _______ the future
override any fears of appearing too brainy.
Your Answer:
46. 48. 50. 52. 54.
47. 49. 51. 53. 55.

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II. Read the passage and circle the best answer to fill in the blank. (1.0 PTS)
People have been playing football for over 3,000 years. Nobody can tell where it
(56)__________for the first time. There is evidence that it was played in (57) _____________, China,
Rome and Greece. However, the birthplace of soccer is Britain (both England and Scotland).
Football was violent, so it was a war game. The first football game (58)_____________in the
East of England. King Edward III tried to ban football, but the game was too popular. Even Queen
Elisabeth I couldn’t stop it, although soccer players were jailed (59)__________ a week.
The Football Association was founded in 1983. In 1880s, students at Oxford University created a
slang word for the world (60)_________. They shortened it to “ soc” and added “ er”. So, the word soccer
was created.
56. A. playing B. are played C. is played D. was played
57. A. Japan B. Japans C. Japanes D. Japanese
58. A. take place B. took place C. takes place D. taking place
59. A. since B. in C. while D. for
60. A. associating B. association C. associate D. associated
Your Answer:
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
III. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers. (2.0 PTS)
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the
contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United
States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an
important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century,
Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail
Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband, John,
the second President of the United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During
these centuries, women remained invisible in history books.
Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female
authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur
historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of
sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by
keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women’s
organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and
souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women’s
history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and
the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials
for later Generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century,
most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of History, just as much of
mainstream American history concentrated on “great men.” To demonstrate that women were making
significant contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote
biographies, or else important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were
involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not
representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to
be untold in the American histories being published.
61. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The role of literature in early American histories
B. The place of American women in written histories
C. The keen sense of history shown by American women
D. The “great women” approach to history used by American historians
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62. The word “contemporary” in the 1st paragraph means that the history was
A. informative B. thoughtful C. written at that time D. Fault finding
63. In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ________
A. a woman’s status was changed by marriage
B. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored
C. only three women were able to get their writing published
D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women.
64. The word “celebratory” in the 2nd paragraph means that the writings referred to ________
A. related to parties B. religious C. serious D. full of praise
65. The word “they” in the 2nd paragraph refers to ________.
A. efforts B. authors C. counterparts D. sources
66. In the 2nd paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?
A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities
B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.
C. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
D. They were printed on poor-quality paper.
67. On the basis of information in the third paragraph, which of the following would most likely have
been collected by nineteenth-century feminist organizations?
A. Newspaper accounts of presidential election results
B. Biographies of John Adams
C. Letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem
D. Books about famous graduates of the country’s first college
68. What use was made of the nineteenth-century women’s history materials in the Schlesinger Library
and the Sophia Smith Collection?
A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia
B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.
C. They were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United States.
D. They provided valuable information for twentieth- century historical researchers.
69. In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century
“great women” EXCEPT ________
A. authors B. reformers C. politicians D. activists for women’s
rights
70. The word “representative” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ________
A. typical B. satisfied C. supportive D. distinctive
Your Answer:
61. 63. 65. 67. 69.
62. 64. 66. 68. 70.

SECTION D – WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one. (2.0 PTS)
71. I advise you to revise you lesson carefully for the 2nd term tests.
You’d ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
72. We find it extremely difficult to make ends meet these days.
It is extremely ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

73. Why don’t you meet to discuss the date of opening ceremony?
 I suggest .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74. I would prefer you to deliver the letters on Tuesday.

 I’d rather......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
75. I’m sure that her success made her parents feel wonderful.
 Her success .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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76. You mustn’t leave the iron switched on for a long time.
 On .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
77. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.

 If ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78. You can eat as much as you like for $5 at the new lunch-bar.

 There is no ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

79. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it.

 It was ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

80. I only recognised him when he came into light.

 Not until .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

II. Complete the second sentence using the word given (DO NOT CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN)
so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. (1.0 PT)
81. You’d better start revising for the exam TIME
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
82. The terrible scream frightened me. BLOOD
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
83. All the witnesses said the accident was my fault. BLAME
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
84. Because I have already seen the film twice, I didn’t want to see it again. HAVING SEEN
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
85. They have already decided the date of their marriage. MIND
 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
III. Write a paragraph of about 150 words giving your opinion to the statement “School students
should be allowed to use smartphone at school” (1.5 PTS)
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