KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011 - ĐỀ B potx

SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG NĂM HỌC 2010 -2011
NGHỆ AN MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Điểm Họ tên, chữ kí giám khảo Số phách
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Bằng chữ :
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I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the three ones
in each group.
1. A. beat B. dream C. bread D. meat
2. A. repair B. special C. letter D. forget
3. A. sell B. sit C. some D. sure
4. A. worked B. laughed C. decided D. finished
5. A. church B. scholar C. catch D. children
6. A. holiday B. arduous C. student D. calendar
7. A. annual B. basic C. average D. capacity
8. A. age B. together C. college C. change
9. A. biology B. discovery C. philosophy D. clockmaker
10. A. temperature B. nuclear C. reduce D. produce
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II.Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. Music is clearly different language.
A. with B. from C. in D. of
2. I wish I had enough money a computer.
A. buying B. to be buying C. buy D. to buy
3. catch up with his studies, he worked through the Summer.
A. In order to B. To C. For D. A & B
4. When I was a little boy, I hide and seek with my friends.
A. was playing B. used to play C. am playing D. was being played
5. you the entrance university exam when graduate from high school?
A. Will / take B. Do / take C. Can / take D. Are / take
6. While I was staying at your house yesterday, my father in the rice field.

A. was working B. worked C. is working D. will work
7. You will have from what you have done today!
A. to suffer B. suffering C. to be suffered D. suffer
8. John tennis once or twice a week.
A. usually play B. is usually playing C. usually plays D. has usually played
9. I’m sure I locked the door. I clearly remember it.
A. locking B. to lock C. locked D. to be locking



10. What would you do if you a million pounds.
A. win B. won C. will win D. A & C
11. Could you me twenty dollars until next paydays ?
A. let B. provide C. borrow D. lend
12. If Mai hadn’t been wearing a seat belt, she injured.
A. has been B. would has been C. would be D. would have been
13. Neither Canada nor Mexico that citizens of the United States have passport.
A. require B. to require C. requiring D. requires
14. The bus wouldn’t stop you ring the bell.
A. when B. if C. if not D. unless
15. Dalat, we visited last Summer, is one of the most interesting places of interest in
Viet Nam.
A. where B. that C. which D. at which
16. He is worker I’ve ever met.
A. the most clever B. the most cleverest C. the cleverest D. more clever
17. She’s been working in this bakery for a long time. She the heat.
A. used to B. uses C. is used to D. used
18. I always remember the stories told by my grandmother when she was alive.
A. which is B. which were C. which was D. which are
19. the broken bikes yet?

A. Have- repaired B. Has- been repaired C. Were- repaired D. Have- been repaired
20. It was Mr. Jack donated his blood to that poor farmer.
A. where B. that C. who D. whose
Your answers :

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III. Identify the mistakes marked by A, B, C or D.
1. The car was driving very fast when another one suddenly was crossing the road.
A B C D
2. The flower is such beautiful that I must stop to admire it.
A B C D
3. He would rather playing music than listen to others do.
A B C D
4. We’d like to sit on the banks of the river instead of walk aimlessly.
A B C D
5. I go to school in order to I can get more knowlege.
A B C D
6. It takes me two days to finish my work last week.
A B C D
7. The doctor tells us not to talking so loud in the hospital.
A B C D


8. I gave my son the money since last week.
A B C D
9. If you don’t do this, you would be punished.

A B C D
10. The man, who house we’ve just visited, is an artist.
A B C D
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IV. Read the following passage, then choose best answer.
One of my hobbies is collecting stamps. I have been a collector since I was about
seventeen years old, and this year, I have reached my sixtieth birthday.
I began collecting stamps in the Summer of 1962. I was very sick and I had to be off
school for a couple of months. I was really bored. So my grandfather brought me a stamp album
with a lot of stamps. I took to it immediately. I was fascinated by the beautiful colors and the

mysterious names of faraway places.
Now I have one of the largest collection French stamps in the country. It is really an
interesting hobby and has given me hours of enjoyment. People think it must be very alone but
it isn’t at all. You can go to fairs and exhibitions and meet other peole who share the same
interest. It needn’t be expensive, either.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. the advantages of stamp collecting.
B. stamp collecting as a hobby of an old man.
C. the reason the old man began to collect stamp.
D. one of the largest French stamp collection.
2. The old man has been collecting stamps for
A. twenty three years B. thirty three years
C. forty three years D. fifty three years
3. What does it in line 5 refer to?
A. the stamps B. the stamp album
C. the school D. the hobby of collecting stamps.
4. Collecting stamp is a hobby which the author finds…………
A. enjoyable B. time- consuming C. costly D. boring
5. According to the passage, stamp collecting is not lonely because…………
A. collectors can join clubs for them.
B. collectors can meet other people sharing the hobby at fairs and exhibitions.
C. collectors can travel around the world.
D. stamps come from many countries in the world.
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V. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.
Tomorrow I’m going (1)…………. to Viet Nam with my Australian husband. My
family…(2)…… to Australia 25 years ago when I was only 5. I …(3)………. back to Viet
Nam with my mother 10 years ago and we stayed there for only a fortnight. I am
very…(4)……. about the trip tomorrow. We are going to spend …(5)…… months visiting my
relatives as well as my friends and…(6)……… around. If we still have time and money we
…(7)…… some other South East Asian countries …(8)……… Thailand and Singapore. I used
…(9)………to these countries on business but this time will be …(10)……… because it is our
holiday.
1. A. to fly B. flying C. to be flying D. fly
2. A. moves B. moved C. has moved D. will move
3. A. go B. have gone C. went D. am going
4. A. excited B. exciting C. to excite D. to be exciting
5. A. a little B. much C. a few D. so
6. A. travel B. travelling C. to travel D. to be travelled
7. A. visited B. would visit C. will visit D. visit
8. A. like B. for C. from D. as
9. A. going B.to go C. to be gone D. go
10. A. different B. differently C. difference D. differ.
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VII. Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
Ernest Hemingway, one …(1)…… the greatest writers in American literature, was born in
America (2)…………1899. He was the second of the six…(3)……… As a young man he
was (4)………. active. In 1918 he …(5)…… his country and went to work …(6)……. a
driver in Italy where he was badly …(7)…… He began his …(8)……. career in 1922 and
stayed in Paris in the same year. In 1954 he …(9)……. a Nobel Prize. Later in his life, he
became very ill and returned to…(10)…… in America until his death 1961.
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VII. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1. Why don’t we go to the cinema tonight?
Let’s………………………………………………………………
2. I have to spend an hour finishing my homework.
It takes……………………………………………………………
3. Although he was sick, he went to school yesterday.
In spite of…………………………………………………………
4.Japanese cars are more expensive than Vietnamese cars.
Vietnamese cars……………………………………………………



5. Nga can play guitar very well.
Nga is………………………………………………………………

6. He started learning English three years ago.
He has………………………………………………………………
7. Knowing English is very useful.
It is …………………………………………………………………
8. Mai is a good student. Her parents passed away last year.
Mai, whose…………………………………………………………
9. A robot can do housework.
Housework ………………………………………………………
10. There will be a shortage of water unless it rains.
If ……………………………………………………………………
VIII. Composition
“ What do you often do when you have free time?” Write an essay (about 120- 150 words) to
answer this question.
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ANSWER

I. Identify the word whose underlined is pronouned differently from the three one in
each group. (1 point for 1 correct answer x 10 = 10 points)
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. A
II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
(1 point for 1 correct answer X 20 = 20 points)
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. D 14.D 15. A 16. C 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. B
III. Identify the mistakes marked by A, B, C or D.
(1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points)
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. B
IV. Read the following passage, then choose the best answer.
(2 points for 1 correct answer X 5 = 10 points)
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B

V. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.
(1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points)
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. A
VII. Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
(1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points)
1. of 2. in 3. children 4. very/quite/really 5. left
6. as 7. wounded /injured 8. writing 9. won 10. live/ settle
VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence.
(1 point for 1 correct answer X 10 = 10 points)
1. Let’s go to the cinema tonight?
2. It takes me an hour to finish my work.
3. In spite of her sickness, he went to school yesterday.
4.Vietnamese cars are not as expensive as Japanese cars.
5. Nga is a good guitarist.
6. He has learnt English for three years.
7. It’s useful to know English.
8. Mai, whose parents passed away last year, is a good student.
9. Housework can be done by a robot.
10. If it doesn’t rain, there will be a shortage of water.
IX. Writing. (20 points)
- contents : 30%
- grammar & vocabulary : 30%
- style :40%

TOTAL : 100 points / 5 = 20 points