SECTION A - PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: 1. A. architect B. parachute C. headache D. psychology 2. A. dealt B. dreamt C. heal D. threaten 3. A. possession B. address C. guess D. mess 4. A. measure B. please C. bees D. physical 5. A. geology psychology C. classify D. photography II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others: 6. A. writer B. carefully C. origin D. compete 7. A. director B. machinery C. excellent D. encourage 8. A. intelligent population C. opportunity D. economics 9. A. unspeakable B. accomplish C. emotional D. tendency 10. A. address B. millionaire C. believe D. mislead SECTION B - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D: 11. ……… of all of us who are here tonight, I would like to thank Mr. Jones for his talk. A. On behalf B. On account C. In person D. Instead 12. When the teacher came in. they pretended …………. A. to read B. reading C. being reading D. to be reading 13. He has just taken an examination…………chemistry. A. on B. about C. for D. in 14. She is objecting to……….money on the project. A. me invest B. my investing C. invest D. me invested 15. we insisted that a meeting……… as soon as possible. A. be held B. is held C. were held D. will be held 16. He put a …………against the tree and climbed up to pick the apples. A. scale B. staircase C. grade D. ladder 17. You’re looking very pale. Do you ……… sick? A. fall B. faint C. feel D. become 18. You will become ill ……… you stop working so hard. A. until B. when C. unless D. if 19. Could you lend me some money? I’m very ……… of cash at the moment. A. down B. scarce C. low D. short 20. His parents never allowed him ……… A. a smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. some smoke 21. The station clock is not as ……… as it should be; it is usually between one and two minutes fast. A. strict B. certain C. true D. accurate 22. “Why John’s mother upset with him?” - “He hasn’t done his homework, nor ……… to.” A. he intends B. he does intend C. intends he D. does he intend 23. Be quiet! It’s rude to ………. People when they are speaking. A. interfere B. interrupt C. prevent D. introduce 24. He ……….walking for several hours and was very tired. A. is B. has been C. had been D. will be 25. I can’t help you, and he can’t help you,………. NHL SỞ GD-ĐT NGHỆ AN TRƯỜNG THPT ANH SƠN 3 KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2008-2009 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12 Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Đề thi gồm có 3 trang) A. neither B. too C. also D. either 26. You’ll ……… yourself a lot of time if you take a car. A. spend B. make C. save D. spare 27. Mike was the ……… in his family; all his brothers were much taller. A. shortest B. lowest C. slightest D. least 28. If you know what you want, you should have no difficulty ……… A. to get B. getting C. at getting D. on getting 29. By the end of this year, we …………English for seven years. A. will learn B. will have learnt C. will be learning D. are going to learn 30. No sooner …………the rain……… A. had we started than …came B. we started when…came C. did we start that…came D. we had started that….would come II. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it. 31. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester. 32. They are going to have to leave soon, and so do we. 33. The closest it gets to summer, the longer the days are. 34. The King was too happy that he decided to build a pagoda of lotus shape over water. 35. Under no circumstances I will leave you alone in this country. 36. Many people believe that writing letters are a nice way of keeping in touch. 37. It is necessary that a new school was built here. 38. If you hadn’t eaten that ice-cream, you wouldn’t have been in hospital now. 39. Most of the food what elephants eat is brought to their mouths by their trunks. 40. Steve differs with his father in physical appearance. SECTION C - READING I. Read the following passage and then choose the best answer from A, B, C or D. Although speech is the most advanced form of communication, there are many ways of communicating without using speech. Signals, signs, symbols, and gestures may be found in every known culture. The main function of a signal is to impinge upon the environment in such a way that it attracts attention, as for example, the dots and dashes of a telegraph circuit. Coded to refer to speech, the potential for communication is very great. Less adaptable to the codification of words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning quickly and more difficult to describe than either signals or signs because of their intricate relationship with the receiver’s cultural perceptions. In some cultures, applauding in a theatre provides performers with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such as waving and handshaking also communicate certain cultural messages. Although signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are very useful, they do have a major disadvantage. They usually do not allow ideas to be share without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver. As a result, means of communication intended to be used for long distances and extended periods are based on speech. Radio, television, and the telephone are only a few. 41. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Signs, Signals, and Symbols B. Gestures C. Communication D. Speech 42. What does the author say about speech? A. That it is the only true form of communication. B. That it is dependent upon the advances made by inventors. C. That it is necessary for communication to occur. D. That it is the most advanced form of communication. 43. Applauding was cited as an example of: A. a sign B. a signal C. a symbol D. a gesture 44. Why were the telephone, radio, and TV invented? A. Because people were unable to understand signs, symbol and signals. NHL B. Because people wanted to communicate across long distances. C. Because people believed that signals, and symbols were obsolete. D. Because people wanted new forms of entertainment. 45. It may be concluded from this passage that. A. signs, signals, symbols and gestures are forms of communication. B. symbols are very easy to define and interpret. C. only some cultures have signals and symbols. D. waving and handshaking are not related to culture. II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gap in the following passage. Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (46)……is as complicated as it is serious. It is complicated (47)……much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, (48) ……from automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. But the automobile (49)…… transportation for millions of people. Factories (50)……much of material that pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people. Thus, to end (51)…… greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things that (52)…… them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be (53)……reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Government can pass and enforce laws that (54) ……businesses and (50)……to stop or cut down on certain polluting activities. 46. A. work B. problem C. accident D. event 47. A. because B. so C. that D. while 48. A. exhaust B. fire C. gas D. liquid 49. A. carries B. takes C. affords D. provides 50. A. offer B. bring C. discharge D. cause 51. A. to B. or C. so D that 52. A. benefit B. harm C. motivate D. encourage 53. A. little B. gradually C. so D. that 54. A. require B. forbid C. prevent D. request 55. A. commercials B. surroundings C. individuals D. traffic SECTION D - WRITING I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one. 56. He’ll set down. Then his performance will improve. Once………………………………………………………………………………………… 57. It is said that he escaped to a neutral country. He…………………………………………………………………………………………… 58. Without his help we would all have died. If it ………………………………………………………………………………………… 59. In spite of the forecast it stayed fine. Although rain………………………………………………………………………………. 60. When are the council going to do something about the city’s traffic problems? It’s high time something…………………………………………………………………… 61. No matter how hard I tried I couldn’t study English well. Try as……………………………………………………………………………………… 62. I didn’t realize who he was until later. Only later………………………………………………………………………………… 63. I’m sorry now that I asked her to stay. Now I wish………………………………………………………………………………… 64. The car was so rusty that it couldn’t be repaired. The car was too……………………………………………………………………………. 65. He made a lot of mistakes because he didn’t study carefully. Had………………………………………………………………………………………… NHL II. Complete the sentences using the given words. 66. She / so busy / not come / party. 67. He / apologize / me / not reply / letter. 68. Unless / I / have / quiet room / I / not be able / do / work. 69. I / not go out / now / as / it / rain / and I / not / have / umbrella 70. The book / write / by / famous / Vietnamese author. III. Write about 150 - 200 words on the following topic: “What factors help you have a useful lesson?” ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG MÔN TIẾNG ANH - KHỐI 12 SECTION A (2 points) I. 1.B 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.C II. 6.D 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.B SECTION B (7 points) I. (4 points) 11.A 15. A 19. D 23. B 27.A 12.D 16 D 20 C 24 C 28 B 13 D 17C 21 D 25 D 29 B 14 B 18 C 22 D 26 C 30 A II. (3 points) 31. their - his / her 35. I will - will I 38. have been - be 32. do - are 36. are - is 39. what - which 33. closest - closer 37. was - be / should be 40. with - from 34. too - so SECTION C (3 points) I. 41.D 42. D 43. C 44. B 45. A II. 46. B 48. A 50. C 52. A 54. A 47. A 49. D 51. B 53. B 55. D SECTION D (8 points) I. (3 points) 56. Once he settles / has settled down, his performance will improve. 57. He is said to have escaped to a neutral country. 58. If it hadn’t been for his help we would all have died 59. Although rain was forecast it stayed fine 60. It’s high time something was / were done about the city’s traffic problem by the council. 61. Try as hard as I might I couldn’t study English well. 62. Only later did I realize who he was. 63. Now I wish (that) I hadn’t asked her to stay 64. The car was too rusty to repair / to be repaired 65. Had he studied (more) carefully he wouldn’t have made a lot of mistakes NHL would have made (a) few mistakes II. (2 points) 66. She was so busy that she didn’t / couldn’t come to the (my / his / your) party. 67. He apologized to me for not replying to my / the letter. 68. Unless I have a quiet room, I will not be able to do any work. 69. I won’t go out now as it is raining and I don’t have an umbrella. 70. The book was written by a famous vietnamese author. III. (3 points) NHL . days are. 34. The King was too happy that he decided to build a pagoda of lotus shape over water. 35. Under no circumstances I will leave you alone in this country. 36. Many people believe that. usually do not allow ideas to be share without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver. As a result, means of communication intended to be used for long distances and extended periods are. say about speech? A. That it is the only true form of communication. B. That it is dependent upon the advances made by inventors. C. That it is necessary for communication to occur. D. That it is