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

when a magnet is moved near a wire, electricity flows in the wire. With this discovery, he produced a machine
for making electricity called dynamo. Faraday then went on to show how electricity affects chemical substances.
Because Faraday believed that money should be given to the poor, when he grew old, he was very poor.
However, Queen Victoria rewarded him for his discoveries by giving him a stipend and a house. He died in
1867.
1. Which of the following statements is not true about Faraday?
A. He didn’t make use of mathematics to develop his inventions B. he just knew how to read and write.
C. He was born in a rich family. D. His father was a blacksmith.
2. Humphrey Davy hired Faraday to work as a _________.
A. chemist B. bottle washer C. scientist D. professor
3. All of the following are mentioned as Faraday’s achievements except _____.
A. his invention of dynamo B. his discovery of the effects of electricity on chemical substances
C. his invention of electric motor in 1821. D. his discovery of magnetism
4. Faraday got a stipend and a house as a reward from_____.
A. Humphrey Davy B. his father C. Queen Victoria D. his friend
5. Faraday died in _________.
A. 1867 B. 1831 C.1812 D. 1821
Question 9: Sentence transformation - a. Finish each of the following sentences in such away that it
means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (5 pts)
1. I assumed that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course.
I took it for granted that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course.
2. When the Minister was asked about the strike, he decline to comment.
Onbeingasked about the strike, the Minister declined to comment.
3. Someone rang the alarm as soon as the burglars left the building.
No sooner had the burglars left the building than someone rang the alarm.
4. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
Much to our regret, we have to / must inform you that your application hasn’t been successful.
5. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
Ratherthan disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
b. For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence, using the words given in block letters. The words must not be changed in any way. (5
pts)
1. Jenny didn’t feel like going to the party. MOOD
Jenny wasn’t in the mood for going to the party / to go to the party
2. Did Pamela say why she was so late? REASON
Did Pamela give any reason for being so late?
3. The firm is going to raise everybody’s salary. GIVEN
Everybody is going to be given a raise / rise
4. This contract is not binding until we both sign it BOUND
Neither of us is bound by this contract until we both sign it.
5. As far as I know he is still working in Bristol. KNOWLEDGE
To (the best of) my knowledge, he is still working in Bristol.
Question 10: a. Change the direct speech in these sentences into reported speech. (5 pts)
1. “Why don’t you go and push a baby-carriage?” the taxi-driver said to the other driver angrily. “You’re not fit to
drive a car.” The taxi driver asked the other driver angrily why he didn’t go and push a baby- carriage. He was
not fit to drive a car.
2. Harry said to his wife, “ I’m gong to see my mother this evening if I can get away from the office a little earlier.
Have you any massages for her?” Harry told his wife that he was going to see his mother that evening if he
could get away from the office a little earlier. He asked her if she had any messages for his mother.
3. “Let me help you with that suitcase,” Timothy said to the pretty girl at the station. “It looks a lot too heavy for
you”. Timothy asked the pretty girl at the station to let him help her with that / her suitcase. It looked a lot too
heavy for her.
4. “If you really think I said that about you,” said Charles, “I’m not surprised that you’re angry with me. But I
assure you I did not.” Charles said that if I/ she (etc.) really thought he had said that about me / her, he was
not surprised that I / she was angry with him. But he assured me/ her that he had not.
5. “We’d better bring some warmer clothes with us next time we come here,” said my father. “It gets a lot colder
in winter than I realized.” My father said we’d better bring/ take some warmer clothes with us next time we
come/ go here / there. It gets a lot colder in winter than he had realized.
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