Họ và tên thí sinh: Số báo danh: SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THÁI BÌNH ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 2010-2011 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề gồm 04 trang; Thí sinh làm bài vào Phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm Mã đề: 483 I. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others. Câu 1: A. entrance B. consultant C. ambitious D. photographer Câu 2: A. prepare B. dependence C. prediction D. forecast Câu 3: A. tuition B. materialism C. philosophy D. centenarian Câu 4: A. particular B. capacity C. altogether D. eventually Câu 5: A. processor B. compliment C. essential D. interview II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others. Câu 6: A. plough B. laughter C. naughty D. caught Câu 7: A. reserve B. observe C. conserve D. preserve Câu 8: A. eternal B. comfortable C. capable D. syllable Câu 9: A. foot B. boot C. smooth D. tooth Câu 10: A. procedure B. mature C. figure D. adventure III. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that corresponds with how to pronounce these underlined parts in each following group. Câu 11: education, mute, subtract, subsidy, further, pure A. 5 B. 4 C. 3 D. 6 Câu 12: hay, quay, prayer, mayor, bay A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1 Câu 13: route, anxious, fought, rough, ground, routine, counterpart A. 6 B. 3 C. 5 D. 4 Câu 14: technology, team, suggestion, mixture, initiate A. 5 B. 3 C. 4 D. 2 Câu 15: luxury, exhausted, excuse, exhibit, excellent, maximum, expand A. 4 B. 5 C. 2 D. 3 IV. Choose the one word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences. Câu 16: She listened so attentively that not a word_______. A. she had missed B. she missed C. she didn't miss D. did she miss Câu 17: What chemical is this? It's _______ a horrible smell. A. giving down B. giving over C. giving off D. giving up Câu 18: _______ air is to man, so is water to fish. A. Since B. Like C. Just D. As Câu 19: His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view. He is very_______ . A. open - minded B. narrow- minded C. kind - hearted D. absent - minded Câu 20: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _______ to be dead. A. to appear B. by appearing C. have been appearing D. to be appearing Câu 21: Tom: "I'm sorry. I won't be able to come". - Mary: “_______”. A. Well, never mind B. Great C. Oh, that's annoying D. Sounds like fun Câu 22: To solve this problem, it is advisable _______ . A. a drastic measure to be adopted B. that to adopt a drastic measure C. that a drastic measure be adopted D. that a drastic measure is adopted Câu 23: Staying in a hotel costs _______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week. A. twice as much as B. twice more than C. as much as twice D. twice as Câu 24: _______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion. A. When the Moon B. The Moon which C. That the Moon D. The Moon Câu 25: Learning English isn't so difficult once you_______ . A. get down with it B. get down to it C. get on it D. get off it Câu 26: _______, we tried our best to complete it. A. Thanks to the difficult homework B. Difficult as the homework was C. Despite the homework was difficult D. As though the homework was difficult Câu 27: The doctor gave the patient _______ examination to discover the cause of his collapse. A. a thorough B. a whole C. a universal D. an exact Câu 28: George wouldn't have met Mary_______ to his brother's graduation party. A. hadn't he gone B. if he has not gone C. if he shouldn't have gone D. had he not gone Câu 29: I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _______ . A. I have not been invited B. I'm not invited C. I will not be invited D. I was not invited Câu 30: In most_______ developed countries, up to 50% of_______ population enters higher education at some time in their lives. A. / B. the/ C. /the D. the/ a Câu 31: _______ non-verbal language is _______ important aspect of interpersonal communication. A. the/ B. A/ the C. /an D. The/a Câu 32: Jane wasn't in when I arrived. I suppose she _______ I was coming. A. can't have forgotten B. may forget C. must forget D. must have forgotten Câu 33: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?” Laura: “_______ ”. A. There's no doubt about it B. Of course not. You bet C. Well, that's very surprising D. Yes, it's an absurd idea Câu 34: We bought some _______ . A. German lovely old glasses B. old lovely German glasses C. lovely old German glasses D. German old lovely glasses Câu 35: The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several_______ . A. celebrities B. celebrates C. celebrations D. celebrated Câu 36: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday,_______ ? A. wasn't she B. wasn't it C. didn't you D. didn't I Câu 37: The policeman_______ him to appear as a witness. A. let B. discouraged C. made D. compelled Câu 38: John has a monthly bank _______ sent to him so that he knows how much there is his account. A. balance B. statement C. overdraft D. cheque Câu 39: If you had taken my advice, you _______ in such difficulties now. A. won't be B. hadn't been C. wouldn't be D. wouldn't have been Câu 40: On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she came_______ again. A. round B. up C. over D. forward Câu 41: One's fingerprints are _______ other person. A. different from those of any B. different from C. differ from any D. different from any Câu 42: I have told you not to do it_______ . A. a hundred times B. hundred times C. hundreds of times D. many hundred times Câu 43: A good friend is _______ will stand by you when you are in trouble. A. a person that B. who C. one who D. people who Câu 44: On _______ he had won, he jumped for joy. A. telling B. he was told C. having D. being told Câu 45: In a few hours, we_______ the test, and we’ll go home and rest. A. will be finishing B. will have finished C. are finishing D. have finished Câu 46: Can you list the problems _______ poor and _______ countries? A. facing/ overpopulated B. face/ overpopulate C. facing/ overpopulating D. face/ overpopulation Câu 47: Jane: “It's going to rain”. Mary: “_______”. A. I don't hope so B. I hope not so C. I don't hope so D. I hope not Câu 48: Nowadays children would prefer history _______ in more practical ways. A. be taught B. to teach C. to be taught D. teach Câu 49: Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex. A. publicly said B. openly criticized C. rightly claimed D. publicly supported Câu 50: When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty _______ paintings were destroyed, including two by Picasso. A. worthy B. priceless C. worthless D. valueless V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. Câu 51: His boss (A) has asked (B) him to respond (C) immediately (D) this fax. Câu 52: The (A) diameter of the Sun is more than (B) one hundred times (C) greater than (D) the Earth. Câu 53: Foreign students who are doing (A) a decision about which (B) school to attend (C) may not know exactly where the choices (D) are located. Câu 54: The (A) reason he wants to take a leaving (B) of absence is that he (C) needs a complete (D) rest. Câu 55: It is the writing (A) English that (B) causes difficulties (C) to foreigners (D). VI. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the printed one. Câu 56: “You're always making terrible mistakes”, said the teacher. A. The teacher complained about his students making terrible mistakes. B. The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes. C. The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes. D. The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes. Câu 57: You should have persuaded him to change his mind. A. It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn't . B. You didn't persuade him to change because of his mind. C. You should persuade him to change his mind. D. You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen. Câu 58: I wish you hadn't said that. A. I wish you not to say that. B. If only you didn't say that. C. I hope you will not say that. D. It would be nice if you hadn't said that. Câu 59: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high. A. The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime. B. The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher. C. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate. D. The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is. Câu 60: Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted. A. He may have friends, but he's not to be trusted. B. However friendly he seems, he's not to be trusted. C. However he seems friendly, he's not to be trusted. D. He's too friendly to be trusted. VII. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is primarily a result of mankind's burning of fuels, is thought to act like the glass of a greenhouse. It absorbs heat radiation from the earth and its atmosphere, heats that otherwise would dissipate into space. The possibility that the greenhouse effect could alter the earth's temperature has been debated for many years. Scientists have agreed that carbon dioxide is increasing but there has been uncertainty about whether temperatures are also increasing. The major difficulty in accepting the greenhouse effect has been the absence of observed warming coincident with the historic carbon dioxide increase. Câu 61: The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed to produce the greenhouse effect by _______ . A. preventing heat radiation from escaping the earth's atmosphere. B. dissipation into outer space. C. being widely used for agricultural purposes in greenhouse. D. being burned on the ground. Câu 62: The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in _______ . A. the building of greenhouse. B. the building of fossil fuels. C. the sun's radiation reaching earth. D. global temperatures. Câu 63: One thing that all atmospheric scientists apparently agree about is that _______ . A. the glass of greenhouses has reduced the need to burn fuel. B. the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing. C. global temperatures are continually rising. D. greenhouse affects the earth's temperature significantly. Câu 64: Doubts about the greenhouse effect seem to center on the fact that_______ . A. growing produce in greenhouses has been only marginally profitable. B. past increase in carbon dioxide volume and global temperatures have often not corresponded. Trang 3/4 - Mã đề thi 483 Trang 2/4 - Mã đề thi 483 C. it is difficult to locate and identify carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. D. the earth is steadily cooling down. Câu 65: What does the scientific community think about the greenhouse effect? A. It finds it an important mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from greenhouse. B. It considers it a promising scientific issue. C. It sees it as a useful agricultural technique. D. It regards it as an established scientific fact. VIII. Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer. Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are appoximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular? Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities. It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are often reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office. Câu 66: The word "resistance" could best be replaced by_______ . A. consideration B. opposition C. alteration D. participation Câu 67: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is _______ . A. a statistician B. the manager of a group of telecommuters C. a reporter D. a telecommuter Câu 68: How many American workers are involved in telecommuting? A. Fewer than estimated in USA Today B. More than predicted in Business Week C. More than 8 million D. Fewer than last year Câu 69: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage? A. An overview of telecommuting B. A definition of telecommuting C. The advantages of telecommuting D. The failure of telecommuting Câu 70: The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuters EXCEPT_______ . A. the oportunities for advancement B. the different system of supervision C. the fact that the work space is in the home D. the lack of interaction with a group IX. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and __(71)__. Two-way __(72)__ depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and __(73)__, and an agreed convention about signalling the beginning and end of the message. In speech, the coding system is the language __(74)__ English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at __(75)__ time may seem too obvious to __(76)__ In fact, the signals __(77)__ in conversations and meetings are often __(78)__ For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to __(79)__, catching the chairman's eye may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When __(80)__ visual signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed. Câu 71: A. versus B. as well C. so on D. etc Câu 72: A. communication B. interchange C. correspondence D. exchange Câu 73: A. announcer B. transmitter C. receiver D. messenger Câu 74: A. like B. alike C. as D. either Câu 75: A. the B. a C. one D. all Câu 76: A. notice B. mention C. judge D. recognize Câu 77: A. using B. are used C. that people use D. being used Câu 78: A. non-verbal B. verbal C. formal D. informal Câu 79: A. intercept B. interchange C. interfere D. interrupt Câu 80: A. their B. those C. that D. these THE END . tên thí sinh: Số báo danh: SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THÁI BÌNH ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 201 0-2 011 Môn: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề gồm 04. dioxide volume and global temperatures have often not corresponded. Trang 3/4 - Mã đề thi 483 Trang 2/4 - Mã đề thi 483 C. it is difficult to locate and identify carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề) Đề gồm 04 trang; Thí sinh làm bài vào Phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm Mã đề: 483 I. Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently