Tuyển tập 353 đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 6,7,8,9,10,11,12 (có đáp án)

2. You couldn’t do anything more stupid than to give up your job now. (height)
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3. The trouble all came about because our computers crashed. (stemmed)
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4. Do you have to wear a uniform at school? (compulsory)
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5. The way many sportsmen behave in public influences their young fans. (impression)
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PART 4. READING
I. Read the text below and give the word which best fits each space. (1 point)
After living (1) …. the threat of extinction for more than 30 years, the national bird of
the United States has been granted an official reprieve, as the bald eagle and twenty- eight
other animal and plant species have been earmarked (2) …. removal from America’s list of
endangered species. The bald eagle, also known as the white-headed sea eagle, took pride of
place at the top of a list of species likely to (3) …. taken off the endangered register in the
coming years. The proposed “delistings” are being promoted by the US interior secretary to
counter a growing feeling among Republicans that endangered species laws do not work.
Charges of ineffectiveness have been (4) ….against these laws before, but more recently it has
even been suggested that the situation may actually have been (5) ….. worse by them. The
recovery of the bald eagle follows thirty-one years on the critical list. Its numbers had been
(6) …. to fewer than five hundred through the use of pesticides that reacted adversely (7) ….
its reproductive system. The number of nesting pairs is now estimated at five thousand. The
interior secretary claims that the new list was a vindication of the legislation under which the
eagle, a national symbol (8) …. originally from the Indians, and more than a thousand other
species were protected.(A spokesperson denied that it was simply a publicity stunt timed to
coincide with the swearing (9) .… of the president for his second term). Until now, few
species have (10)…. been removed from the list. When they were, it was usually because they
had become extinct.
II. Read the passage below and circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question.
(3.0 points)
The fertile valleys of the river Nile straddle the hot desert land of Egypt. Rain is
relatively scarce, and the summers are scorching hot. Nevertheless the strip of land, known as
the Cultivation, on either side of the Nile is reputed to be one of the most fertile places in the
world. Its rich black soil is the result of accumulation of silt deposited by the annual flooding
of the Nile thousands of years ago. From June to October, the river overflowed its banks.
Modern damps were then constructed to control the flooding. The floodwaters left behind a
rich sticky black mud which made it suitable for the cultivation of crops. As long as the soil
was well irrigated, two or three crops could be grown in one season.
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