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

4. He is believed to be mad.
5. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get the money.
II. ( 10 pts: 2pt/ item)
1. All this land belongs to her.
2. Eva isn’t interested in organized activities very much.
3. Daily running (quickly) improves your breathing (quickly).
4. There are not enough resources for so many people.
5. We won’t get home unless it stops snowing.
LISTENING TAPESCRIPT
Section I.
Mary: Hello, John
John: Hello, Mary.
Mary: How is your latest book going?
John: Oh, you mean the one I am writing on the Loch Ness monster? Well, it is going rather slowly at
present.
Mary: Oh, dear. Why’s that?
John: Well, the inspiration’s there but everything is wrong. One day I tire myself out with the writing
but the next day I can hardly keep myself awake. On top of that my work processor keeps breaking
down.
Mary: Perhaps you need to take a week off.
John: Well, I am going up to Scotland to do some research for the book next week.
Mary: That should be nice, especially if you see the monster! But you’ll still have your mind on your
work the whole time.
John: That’s true. In fact at this stage seeing the monster would be a mixed blessing as I’d have to
rewrite and revise large chunk that I’ve already done. But going away gives the engineer a good
chance to see where the trouble is. By the time I get back, my machine should be free of all its
gremlins, even if I’m still under the weather.
Section II.
Mike: Hello, I’m Mike. Jill has just phoned to say that she is coming to visit me. She should arrive just
after four o’clock.
So here I am at the Tourist Information Office. I wanted to call at lunchtime but they were closed and
I’ve had to wait until two o’clock. They’ve given me some leaflets and I’ve bought myself a local paper.
I want to find somewhere good for us to go tonight. Jill used to be mad on music and dancing. And me, I
was always keen on sport, well watching it on television, anyway. Jill was the one who went in for all
the exciting things like skiing down mountains.
There are plenty of restaurants, but the food isn’t always all that good and I probably can’t afford it
anyway.
Oh dear, I don’t know what to choose. Ah, this looks good. There is a guided tour of the local television
studios. If you’re lucky you can actually see some of the stars filming new episodes of soap operas and
things. What does it say here in the small print? “Small group only, who have to watch from behind the
screen.” That sounds OK to me as long as there aren’t loads of other people, in which case they
probably won’t let anyone watch at all.
Oh, yes, there’s the Science Museum. Jill says she doesn’t like science but I’ve been on about taking her
there for years and she is quite keen on the hands- on exhibit. There’s a room where all the walls are
distorted and painted with misleading lines, and the furniture is all the wrong shapes and sizes. It
deceives your eyes and the funny thing is that you stumble about and bump into things. Jill says it
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