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(1)SỞ GD- ĐT VĨNH PHÚC TRƯỜNG THPT BÌNH SƠN đề thi chọn đội tuyển hsg lỚP 12- năm 2010 Môn: Tiếng Anh Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút SECTION A - PHONETICS I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A orchestra B orchard C school D chemical A pool B soon C stood D shoot A knowledge B know C promise D often A possessive B hesitate C design D basic A says B plays C days D raise II Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others: A appear B audience C government D talented A inspire B resign C dangerous D exchange A producer B consume C companion D situation A direction B community C garbage D utility 10 A secondary B expectation C supervision D sociologist SECTION B - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D: 11 He says he’s been to _ restaurant in town A many B every C all D most 12 The purpose of the examination was to _ the students’ knowledge A try B inspect C prove D test 13 The discovery was a major _ for research workers A breakthrough B breakdown C break-in D breakout 14 So far, many beautiful buildings _built in Bangkok A were B have been C are D had been 15 _I’m sure he would have eaten it A Had he been hungry B Unless he had been hungry C However he had been hungry D As if he had been hungry 16 Because it rained very heavily all day they had to _ the garden party until the following Saturday A pre-arrange B postpone C re-arrange D preserve 17 _ we had driving in the country! A How wonderful day B What wonderful day C What a wonderful day D What the wonderful day 18 What you think of your new bookkeeper? He works _ his figures never need _ A such efficiently that / to check B such an efficient that / to be checked C so efficient that / checking D so efficiently that / to be checked 19 The patient _ to listen to his doctor’s advice A refused B hindered C lacked D resigned 20 If _ it would stop raining for a morning, we could cut the grass A ever B just C even D only Lop12.net (2) 21 There was nothing special about his clothes _ from his flowery tie A but B except C other D apart 22 I will recommend _ to the director A the student to speak B that the student speaks C that the student speak D that the student speaking 23 I wanted some coffee but there was _ in the pot A any B no C none D nothing 24 Today _ seems more expensive than usual A most of everythings B almost everything C most of everything D almost everythings 25 The bank is on _ side of the street A another B other C the other D the rest 26 Do you believe that ghosts _? A exist B are existed C are existing D are being existed 27 Why don’t you buy bananas when they are much _ apples? A less expensive than B not expensive than C expensive than D expensive lesser than 28 This house _ five rooms A consists B consists of C is consisted D is consisted of 29 He will take us to the town _ we can see old temples A which B where C that D at it 30 The more we learn, _ A we become wise B we become wiser C the wiser we become D wiser we become II There is one mistake in each of the following sentences Find and correct it 31 Are you leaving? Yes, but I wish I don’t have to go 32 He is the world champion We all know how well he is at boxing 33 My dog as well as my cats eat twice a day 34 He could not make anybody believing that he was innocent 35 Nobody nkows what the reason of the explosion was 36 It was clear that the young couple were capable in taking charge of the restaurant 37 I’d better you explained to her why we can’t go 38 Walk along the street, he met a pretty girl 39 It is her job to wipe the tables cleanly 40 Of the two boys, Tom is the tallest III Give the correct forms of the words in brackets 41 To my _, the monkey peeled a banana and offered it to me (AMAZE) 42 Switzerland and Austria are both _ countries (MOUNTAIN) 43 He left the room without _ (EXPLAIN) 44 I’ll always remember that journey- it was an _ experience (FORGET) 45 My teacher is very _ about the history of Vietnam (KNOW) 46 She wanted to have her skirt _ (LONG) 47 She has one of the biggest _ in Britain (COLLECT) 48 I am sorry about my _, but I hate being kept waiting (PATIENT) 49 The gas from the chemical factory was extremely _ (HARM) 50 The evening was _ spent playing and talking (ENJOY) SECTION C - READING Lop12.net (3) I Read the following passage and then choose the best answer from A, B, C or D According to the census of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 persons In the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than twenty seven million Nearly one fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-body males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still untamed, forest covered every portion, except here and there a strip of cultivated soil, the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two thirds of the people clung to the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied 51 In the United States of America in 1800 A one out of every twenty five Americans was a black slave B one out of every four Americans was a black slave C one out of every three Americans was a black slave D one out of every five Americans was a black slave 52 Free white men in America numbered A about four fifths of the population B about four and one half million C 5,308,483 D less than one million 53 Two thirds of the American people A lived where the wants of civilized life could not be supplied B lived in Washington C lived on the seaboard D lived within fifteen miles of tidewater 54 The struggle to tame the American continent had been going on A about two hundred years B about fifty years C a little more than a century D since 1750 55 This description of the United States in 1800 suggests that A most of the new nation was undeveloped B the people of the new nation had succeeded in taming the continent C strips of cultivated land were everywhere D settler were beginning to mine the valuable minerals of the new continent II Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gap in the following passage Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (56) _? Do I leave and start work or beginning a training (57) _ ? The decision is yours, but it may be (58) _ remembering two things: there is more unemployment (59) _ who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (60) _ will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs If you decide to go (61) _ into a job, there are many opportunities for training Getting qualifications will (62) _ you to get on more quicky in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (63) _ you earn Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (64) _ possibility This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (65) _ practical work experience 56 A after B later C then D past 57 A school B class C course D term 58 A worth B necessary C important D useful 59 A between B among C with D through 60 A notes B papers C arts D skills 61 A straight B just C direct D rather Lop12.net (4) 62 A make 63 A where 64 A also 65 A getting B help B while B again B making C let D give C when D what C another D always C taking D doing SECTION D - WRITING I Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one 66 The train couldn’t run because of the storm The storm………………………………………………………………………………… 67 “I was not there at the time,” he said He denied…………………………………………………………………………………… 68 Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t well at school In …………………………………………………………………………………………… 69 They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again The date……………………………………………………………………………………… 70 John has not had his hair cut for over six months It is………………………………………………………………………………………… 71 The postman was bitten by our dog Our dog……………………………………………………………………………………… 72 I can’t cook as well as my mother does My mother………………………………………………………………………………… 73 A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning There is……………………………………………………………………………………… 74 Why don’t you ask her yourself? I suggest…………………………………………………………………………………… 75 I didn’t realized who he was until later Only later…………………………………………………………………………………… III Write about 150 - 200 words on the following topic: Give advantages and disadvantages of watching television Lop12.net (5) KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12 I II 1.B 6.A 2.C 7.C SECTION A (2 points) 3.B 4.D 5.A 8.D 9.C 10.A SECTION B (8 points) I (4 points) 11.B 15 A 12.D 16 B 13 A 17C 14 B 18 D II (2 points) 31 don’t - didn’t 32 well - good 33 eat - eats 34 believing - believe 19 A 20 D 21 D 22 C 23 C 24 B 25 C 26 A 35 reason - cause 36 in - of 37 better - rather 38 walk - walking 39 cleanly - clean 40 tallest - taller 42 mountainous 43 explanation 46 lengthened 47 collections 50 enjoyably SECTION C (4 points) 52 D 53 C 54 A 55 A 57 C 58.A 59 B 60 D 64 C 65 A SECTION D (6 points) 44 unforgetable 48 impatience III (2 points) 41.amazement 45 knowledgeable 49 harmful 51.D 56 B 63 B 27.A 28 B 29 B 30 C 61 A 62 B I (3 points) 66 The storm prevented/stopped the train from running 67 He denied being/ having been there at the time 68 In spite of his intelligence, he doesn’t well at school 69 The date of the meeting will have to be changed again 70 It is over six months since John had his hair cut 71 Our dog bit the postman 72 My mother can cook better than I 73 There is an eight o’clock train every morning a train which leaves at eight o’clock every morning 74 I suggest you (should) ask her yourself 75 Only later did I realise who he was III (3 points) Lop12.net (6)