ĐỀ THI CHỌN GIÁO VIÊN GIỎI HUYỆN THCS
NĂM HỌC 2009 - 2010
Môn : Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 120 phút

A/ PHONETICS
I/Choose a word that has a different pronunciation from the others of each group.
1. A. stays B. says C. ways D. days
2. A. column B. function C. number D. consume
3. A. sugar B. sight C. source D. sale
4. A. routine B. confine C. decline D. incline
5. A. walked B. stamped C. frightened D. laughed
II/Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern
1. A. reputation B. description C. suggestion D. pollution
2. A. scenery B. dormitory C. minority D. territory
3. A. begin B. cover C. return D. admire
4. A. advice B. beauty C. picture D. postcard
5. A. generous B. humorous C. precious D. mysterious
B/ VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I/ Choose the word or phrase in the brackets which best completes each sentence
I’ll show you around the city, when you (come / are coming/ will come/ will be coming) to visit me.
I went to (watch/see to/look at/ visit) some pictures by a new painter the other day.
Have you taken ( in/ over/ up/ off) a single word I’ve been saying to you?.
My brother lives on the fifteenth floor of that (block/ building/ tower/ house) of flats.
She is ( so/ quite/ very/ such) a kind person that she can never say no to anyone.
Lan is reading her English text because she has a test tomorrow. She (will/ should/ must/ can) be studying.
The product was withdrawn from sale because there was no longer any (call/ interest/ claim/ order) for it.
He was born during the war, which would (give/ make/ age/ calculate) him about 60 now.
If only I (would/ shall/ could/ might) play the guitar as well as you.
The Browns had to use all their ( expenses/ reserves/savings/ remains) to buy their new house.
The officer said he had a good ( mind/ head/ heart/ spirit) to arrest the begger.
12. Nobody arrived at the meeting late,(didn`t she/ did he/ didn`t they/ did they) ?
13.Tom can speak two languages. One is English. (Other/ Another/ The other/ Others) is French.
14. I’m sorry, I forgot (post/ to post/ posting/ posted) your letter. It is still here, in my pocket.
15. He was (so good a / what a good / so a good/ how good a) speaker! II/ Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. I came late to class. When I (enter) the teacher (finish) going over the previous lesson and (write) something on the board.
2. The man who (answer) the phone (say) he (read) all about the scandal in the newspapers a year or two before.
3. This letter has got to be in Ho Chi Minh city in two days. I’m sure if I (send) it today, it (arrive) in time.
4. The children are filthy. Where they (be)?
5. We couldn’t risk ( leave) him alone.
III/ The passage below contains 10 errors. Identify each error and correct it.
When you are being interviewed to a job, remember that it’s normally for many people to be nervous, particular in such a stress-produce situation period. There are plenty of jobs – indeed, probably most – where a few nervousness isn’t looking at askance. It does help to drying a damp brow or a clammy hand just after meeting the interviewer, but otherwise, don’t be too concern about the outward manifestations of your nervousness. Experienced interviewers will discount most physically signs of nervousness. The only one that people have a hardly time ignoring is a fidgety hand. Interviewees who constantly twist their hands or make movements that are dramatically distracting are visibly nervous.
C/ READING
I/Choose the best option(A, B, C or D) that fits the blank space in the following passage.
Environmental pollution is a term that (1)______ to all the ways by which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with (2)______ gases and smoke, (3)_____ the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the (4)_____ with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings (