Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn tiếng anh lớp 12 Hải Phòng năm 2009 - 2010
Trang 1Sở Giáo dục - Đào tạo kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi thành phố lớp 12
Hải Phòng Năm học 2007 - 2008
Môn thi : Tiếng Anh
Hệ 3 năm -Bảng B
Thời gian: 150 phút
(Bài thi gồm 06 trang Tổng điểm: 100)
Điểm bài thi: Bằng số: _ Bằng chữ: _
Tên, đơn vị công tác của hai người chấm thi:
1: _
2: _
Số phách:
(do Chủ tịch Hội đồng chấm thi ghi)
Ghi chú: Thí sinh làm bài ngay vào đề thi này Không viết bằng bút chì, bút mực đỏ
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I Circle your choice A, B, C or D before the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from the rest (5 points)
II Circle your choice A, B, C or D before the best answer to complete each sentence (25 points)
1 He showed us the house he was born
2 Mr Smith was in a road accident
3 You can’t leave the country a passport
4 New York is famous it skyscrapers
5 The cost of the hotel room doesn’t usually the price of breakfast
6 If you want to have a pet, you must be ready to care of it for several years
7 If I were you, buy this house
Trang 2A I’d B I’ll C I’d have D I
8 The villa is conveniently about a mile from the shopping center
9 The first National Park was two years ago
10 If I hadn’t drunk so much coffee, I better
11 The park has changed so much that I cannot
12 We enjoy to classical music
13 The Eiffel Tower is still man-made structures in the world
14 The park hundred of species of endangered animals
15 Is modern English different old English?
16 Do you know who the washing machine?
17 What books Mark Twain's best works?
18 It’s essential to the environment
19 Trees, grasses and other plant life an important part in the natural circulation of water
and thus help conserve it
20 He asked me the book I borrowed from the library
21 The water in this river is for all of us to swim
22 Neither Kim nor his friends good at math
23 If you want to find an answer this question, please have a look at "Vietnam Economy 1990 - 2000" book
24 Since Le was so shocked by the sad news, she found herself with tears
A trembled B to tremble C be trembling D trembling
25 Never staying up late at night is the first thing if you want to stay young and beautiful
III Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that is incorrect (10 points)
1 He invited me to having dinner with him and his family
2 This is the school at which Uncle Ho used to studying when he was young
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3 Alike her elder sister, Jane prefers working as a model
4 Tom apologized to the postman for being unpolite to him
5 If the question were not so difficult I will be able to answer it
6 He didn't get the job despite of his experience in the field
7 He practises speaking English every day in order to he can speak it fluently
8 If I were you, I didn't buy that old building
9 His father was quite satisfied about his success
10 The teacher asked her weather she knew how to solve the problem
IV Read the 3 following passages and circle the best answer A, B, C or D ( 35 points)
Passage A:
English has for more than a century and a half (1) called a world language The number of people who speak it as their mother tongue, has been estimated at between three hundred million (2) four hundred million It is recognised as an (3) language in countries (4) 1.5 billion people live In China, the importance (5) to learning English is such that a televised teaching course drew audiences of (6) to 100 million But this spread
of English throughout the world is relatively recent In the late sixteenth century English was spoken
by just (7) five million people The arrival of English in North America was the key step in its (8) expansion The United States is a huge commercial market and this has tended to promote the English language in many (9) nations About eighty per cent of the data stored
on the world ‘s computers is believed (10) in English and nowadays insufficient knowledge
of English can be a problem in businesses
Passage B:
Revising for exams is not as easy as it looks You will need to work out which routine suits you best, and (1) _ stick to it Some people like studying at night when it's quiet, whereas others find the early morning is a (2) _ time to get things done You might enjoy (3) _ to music while you revise, but this can be unhelpful Can you really concentrate (4) _two things at once? So
Trang 4think (5) _you turn your radio on!
Your diet is also important while you are revising This may be a more than usually (6) _period of your life, when you should take extra care to eat properly No missed meals, no junk food, or endless cups of coffee! Get plenty of exercise as well If you've got fed up with (7) _ you're doing, or find it hard to concentrate, go for a walk to clear your head (8) _exercise will help to keep your body fit and your brain working (9) _ Finally, you also (10) _to take time off Go out occasionally, see your friends, make time to relax Then you will return to your studies fresh and full of enthusiasm!
Passage C:
TREES FOR LIFE Trees are amongst the biggest and longest-living things on the Earth, some dating back longer than the oldest buildings But (1) _ being nice to look at, trees also (2) _ an
important role in improving the quality of our lives
On a world-wide (3) _ forests help to slow down the effects of global warming by using
up the gas (4) _ as carbon dioxide and giving (5) _the oxygen we need to breathe At local neighbourhood level, trees also (6) _ important environmental benefits They offer shade and shelter, which in (7) _ reduces the amount of energy needed to heat and cool (8) _ buildings; at the same time, they also remove other impurities from the air we breathe Urban trees are especially important because for many people they provide the only daily (9) _ with the natural world What's (10) _ urban trees also provide home for birds, small animals and butterflies (11) _ the trees we would lose the pleasure of seeing these creatures in our cities Regrettably, (12) _ , trees in cities are now coming under (13) _ There is a limit to the level of pollution they can (14) _ and, down at street level, their roots are being seriously (15) _ by the digging needed to make way for modern telephone, television and other cables
Trang 510 A more B else C most D other
V Circle the sentence A, B, C or D nearest in meaning to the original sentence (5 points)
1 She can't possibly stay up to finish her homework tonight
A She can't do her homework tonight
B It is absolutely possible of her to stay up to finish her homework tonight
C She can't possibly get up to finish her assignment tonight
D It is impossible for her to stay up to finish her homework tonight
A Do you know what is her address?
B You know what is her address?
C Do you know what her address is?
D Can you know her address?
3 People believe that there will be severe earthquakes and tidal waves next year
A It is believed that severe earthquakes and tidal waves will have happened next year
B It is our belief that their will be severe earthquakes and tidal waves next year
C It is believed that there will be severe earthquakes and tidal waves next year
D Our belief is that there will be severe earthquakes and tidal waves next year
4 Don't forget to turn off the light before you go to bed
A Don't forget to make the light off before you go to bed
B Remember making the light off before bedtime
C Don't forget to switch the light before bedtime
D Remember to switch off the light before you go to bed
5 ''You stole my bicycle!" his neighbour said
A His neighbour told him to steal her bicycle
B His neighbour thought that he stole her bicycle
C His neighbour accused him of having stolen her bicycle
D His neighbour accused him to have stolen her bicycle
VI Complete each of the unfinished sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the sentence beforw it (10 points)
1 He can do it better than his friends
His friends
2 She didn't say a word as she left the room
She left the room
3 That is the most shocking story I have ever heard
I have
4 He got to the station late and missed the train
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5 I'm trying to eat fewer fatty foods I'm trying to cut
6 The school was founded ten years ago It is ten
7 So far I have written ten pages of my letter I am
8 " Let 's go for a walk in the park," said Andrew Andrew suggested that
9 His second attempt on the world record was successful He broke
10 I 'm sure he doesn't know that his brother is seriously ill He couldn't
VII Write a passage (of about 150 words) about the importance of fresh water in our daily life and what we should do to protect it (10 points)
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