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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
Đề thi gồm: 05 trang

Học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.
Phần trắc nghiệm: Phương án chọn chỉ cần viết chữ cái A, B, C hoặc D.
I. PHONETICS
Part 1. (5 points) Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. parachute B. change C. attachment D. challenge
2. A. examine B. determine C. disciplined D. mine
3. A. pleasure B. breathe C. healthy D. leather
4. A. missed B. watched C. brushed D. planned
5. A. president B. because C. research D. newspaper
Part 2. (5 points) Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. industry B. interest C. suburb D. equality
7. A. medicine B. decide C. distance D. patient
8. A. arrangement B. relationship C. scientist D. improve
9. A. minority B. vegetables C. estimate D. necessary
10. A. comfortable B. potentially C. politics D. national
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1. (10 points) Choose the word or phrase A, B, C or D which best completes each sentence.
11. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shops usually ________.

A. drops B. lowers C. sinks D. reduces
12. Phone me before ten; ________ I’ll be too busy to talk to you.
A. unless B. whether C. otherwise D. if
13. The only access ________ the island is by ship or boat.
A. from B. to C. in D. at
14. When we woke up, everything ________ snow.
A. was covered B. were covered by C. was covered with D. covered with
15. Angie warned ________ anyone what she had told me.
A. that I didn’t tell B. that I told not C. me to tell not D. me not to tell
16. He opened the letter without ________ to read the address on the envelope.
A. worrying B. caring C. fearing D. bothering
17. ________ you do, please don't tell Mike that we've lost his book.
A. However B. What C. Whatever D. Which
18. Beneath the streets of a modern city ________ of walls, columns, cables, pipes, and tunnels required to satisfy the
needs of its inhabitants.
A. where exists B. the existing network
C. the network’s existence D. exists the network
19. ________ the sense of smell can provide us with important signals, it is not nearly as useful as hearing.
A. Although B. However C. Still D. Despite
20. ________ around us gives us vital information about our environment.
A. The sounds are heard B. Hearing the sounds
C. That the hearing of sounds D. What ever the sounds are heard
Part 2. (10 points) Each of the following sentences has one error marked A, B, C or D. Identify the errors.
21. The capital of Yemen is situating 2,190 metres above sea level.
A B C D
22. Dogs that are trained to lead a blind must be loyal, intelligent, and calm.
A B C D
23. Carnegie Hall was the first building in New York designed special for orchestral music.
A B C D
24. The destructive effects of air pollution on plants can be long lasting as well widespread.

A B C D
25. The political candidate talked as if she had already elected to the presidency.
A B C D
26. Louis is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part in the play.
A B C D
27. Are you accustomed to hear airplanes over your house?
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A B C D
28. John found a cat which leg was broken.
A B C D
29. An increasing number of offices and schools uses computer programmes as daily routine.
A B C D
30. A goose’s neck is a little longer than it of a duck, and not so gracefully curved as a swan’s.
A B C D
Part 3. (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
31. It is difficult to give a speech without (PREPARE).
32. Thank you for your postcard. It was very (THINK) of you to send it.
33. A (TIRE) boy asked me how to get to the nearest station.
34. We all like her because she's always polite and (CONSIDER).
35. He was turned down for the job because he was not (QUALIFY).
36. Did your parents give you (PERMIT) to take a trip with friends ?
37. He was an (INFLUENCE) writer because he persuaded many people to see the truth.
38. The rise in house price will (ABLE) him to sell his house for a large profit.
39. We had the phone (CONNECT) because we are moving tomorrow.
40. Don't (ESTIMATE) the power of revision in the days and hours before an examination.
III. READING
Part 1. (15 points) Read the passage below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each blank.

"FLYING AUNTIES"
Few passengers on the British Airways flight to Hong Kong which took off from London Airport on Saturday 7th
August, were (41)________ that their flight was setting a record for the company. In fact their plane was carrying 112
"unaccompanied minors" - the largest (42)________ of children travelling without parents or guardians ever to have
flown on a (43)________ flight. Most of these children, aged from six (44)________, were returning to Hong Kong after
taking three-week English (45)________ at various language schools as (46)________ an exchange scheme.
The children were not left to their own devices, (47)________ Airlines rules say that children under twelve can only
fly if accompanied (48)________ an adult. So, a group of three "aunties" and "one uncle" flew with them to
(49)________ them entertained and (50)________ with any problems that might arise. They are part of a British Airways
team known as the "flying aunties". These are BA employees who volunteer, in their own time, to (51)________ an
escorted service for unaccompanied minors to both European and long-haul (52)________. Once in the air, there is a
range of activities available to the youngsters (53)________ computer games, colouring books and soft drinks on tap. In
(54)________, the children have the "aunties" all to themselves - for such members of (55)________ do not take on other
duties.
41. A. realised B. thought C. aware D. known
42. A. number B. amount C. count D. quantity
43. A. unique B. solo C. single D. lone
44. A. upwards B. forwards C. afterwards D. backwards
45. A. classes B. lessons C. studies D. courses
46. A. linked to B. long as C. part of D. along with
47. A. however B. although C. altogether D. moreover
48. A. from B. by C. with D. at
49. A. hold B. get C. help D. keep
50. A. manage B. deal C. solve D. bother
51. A. provide B. produce C. pretend D. present
52. A. departures B. routes C. destinations D. arrivals
53. A. regarding B. composing C. containing D. including
54. A. further B. addition C. extra D. plus
55. A. staff B. crew C. team D. group
Part 2. (5 points) There are 5 blanks in the passage below. From the words given in the box, choose the most

suitable word for each blank. (There are more words than blanks, so you won't use them all).
A. appearing B. almost C. locked D. amount
E. most F. number G. used H. source
The earth has a tremendous (56) _________ of water, but almost all of it is in the oceans. The oceans cover about
70% of the earth's surface. They contain about 97% of all the water on earth, and are the (57) _________ of most
precipitation that falls on earth. Oceans water is too salty to be (58) _________ for drinking, agriculture or industry. But
the salt is left behind during evaporation and the precipitation that falls on earth is usually water.
Only about 3% of the water on earth is fresh water and (59) _________ of it is not easily available to man . It
includes water (60) _________ in glaciers and icecaps, more than 2% of the earth's water. About half of 1% of the earth's
water is beneath the earth's surface. Rivers and lakes contain only about one- fifth of 1% of the earth's water.

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Part 3. (10 points) Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
In the exploration of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in
adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in
phonology - hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often "fossilizes" into permanent error patterns that
no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes,
amount of exposure, quality of teaching, and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best
circumstances.
Many explanations have been advanced for children's superiority: they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive
conversation between parents and children), make errors unself-consciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to
conform, are not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based
on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation
explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age.
Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and
Chinese-born students at the University of lllinois who had spent at least ten years in the United States. The immigrants
were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical error. The immigrants who
came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to American-born students. Those who
arrived between the ages of 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the

worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to their age of arrival.
61. The passage mainly discusses
A. adult differences in learning a foreign language.
B. children's ability to learn a language.
C. the age factor in learning languages fast.
D. research into language acquisition.
62. According to the passage, young children learn languages quickly for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. they make many mistakes. B. they want to talk.
C. their approach is flexible. D. they frequently repeat words.
63. The word "set" in line 10 could best be replaced by
A. formed. B. changed. C. stable. D. fixed.
64. In the experiment in the passage, the psychologists discovered
A. most students had lived in the U.S. for more than 10years.
B. older students were unable to learn English.
C. young students learned English best.
D. students who arrived late were worst of all.
65. According to the passage, what was the purpose of examining a sample number of immigrants?
A. To compare different age groups
B. To detect differences in nationalities
C. To confirm different language characteristics
D. To measure the use of grammar
IV. WRITING
Part 1. (10 points) A, B, C and D are 4 sentences which are written using the given words. Choose the most
appropriate sentence A, B , C or D.
66. It / hot / soup / that / she / not / eat.
A. It is so hot a soup that she can't eat it.
B. It is such a hot soup that she can't it.
C. It is too hot soup for her to eat.
D. It is such hot soup that she can't eat it.
67. He / not want / get / marry / her / because / she / poor.

A. He doesn't want to get married to her because she's very poor.
B. He doesn't want to get to marry her because of she being poor.
C. He doesn't want to be got married to her because that she is very poor.
D. He doesn't want to get married her because of the fact that she's poor.
68. Life / Vietnam /year 2050 / be /very / different / what / today.
A. Life of Vietnam in the year of 2050 will be very different from what is today.
B. Life in Vietnam in the year 2050 will be very different from what it is today.
C. Life in Vietnam in year 2050 will be very different with what it is today.
D. Life for Vietnam in the year 2050 will be very different to what is it today.
69. It/ stupid / him/ give up/ job/ need /money.
A. It was stupid for him giving up the job when he needed the money.
B. It was stupid to him to give up the job because he needed the money.
C. It was stupid with him when he gave up the job because he needed the money.
D. It was stupid of him to give up the job when he needed the money.

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70. I / suggest / our family / try / cut down / expenses.
A. I suggest that our family try to cut down on expenses.
B. I suggest our family to try to cut down on expenses.
C. I suggest that our family should try cutting down in expenses.
D. I suggest to our family to try to cut down on expenses.
71. I apologise / mistake / make / office.
A. I apologise to the mistake made in my office.
B. I apologise for the mistake to be made by my office.
C. I apologise for the mistake made by my office.
D. I apologise when the mistake was made in my office.
72. Many people / nowadays / find/ difficult / exist / money / they / earned.
A. Many people nowadays find it to be difficult to exist in their money they earned.
B. Many people nowadays find difficult when existing on the money they have earned.

C. Many people nowadays find it difficult for existing in the money they earned.
D. Many people nowadays find it difficult to exist on the money they have earned.
73. They / would rather / you / come / last week.
A. They would rather you to come last week.
B. They would rather that you had come last week.
C. They would rather that you came last week.
D. They would rather you would have come last week.
74. Yesterday / Christ Jones / drive home / when / he / suddenly / start / feel ill.
A. Yesterday Christ Jones was driving home when he suddenly started to feel ill.
B. Yesterday Christ Jones drove home when he suddenly started feeling ill.
C. Yesterday Christ Jones was driving home when he suddenly started the feeling of ill.
D. Yesterday Christ Jones was driving home when he was suddenly starting to feel ill.
75. Now / things / change / so quickly / we / not even know / what / own lives / be / a few years.
A. Now things are changed so quickly we even don't know what our own lives will like in a few years.
B. Now things change so quickly that we can't even know what our own lives will like be in a past few years.
C. Now things are changing so quickly that we don't even know what our own lives will be like in a few years.
D. Now things are being changed so quickly that we won't even know what our own lives will be like in a few years
time.
Part 2. (10 points) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it.
76. After having to look everywhere, I succeeded in finding their house.
- I managed
77. He pretended to be enjoying himself, but he wasn’t really.
- He acted as …………………………………………… …… …….
78. He was annoyed because his secretary came late to work.
- He objected …………………… …….
79. It's a good thing you lent me the money or I would have had to go to the bank.
- I would have
80. It's thought that the accident was caused by human error.
- The accident is

81. He wished he hadn’t told her what I was about to do that evening.
- He regretted
82. The children should be working by now.
- It is time …
83. Neither I nor my sister likes boxing.
- I don't
84. We have never met anyone more generous than Mrs Jones.
- Mrs Jones is
85. It’s two months since Mr. Thu last smoked a cigarette.
- Mr. Thu hasn't
Part 3. (10 points) Complete the passage with the suggested words.
THE THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Nowadays people / more aware / wildlife / all over / world / danger // Many species / animals / become / extinct / we / not
make / effort / protect them // There / reasons / this // In / cases / animals / hunt / fur / other valuable parts / bodies // Some
birds / parrots/ caught alive / sold / pets // For / animals / birds / problem / habitat / place / they live / disappearing //
More land / used / farms / houses / industry / there / fewer open spaces / there once // Farmers / use / powerful
chemicals / help them / grow better crops / but / chemicals pollute / environment / harm wildlife // The most successful
animals / earth /human beings / soon / only ones left / we / solve / problem//
THE END

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