ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI cấp trường tiếng Anh lớp 11 (Đồng Tháp)

SỞ GD-ĐT ĐỒNG THÁP KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG
TRƯỜNG THPT TRƯỜNG XUÂN NĂM HỌC 2011-2012
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 11
Thời gian thi: 120 phút
Ngày thi: 30-05-2012
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I/. LEXICO – GRAMMAR:
PART 1: Circle the letter A, B, C or D that corresponds to the word or phrase that best completes each
sentence. (10 points)
1. Neil Armstrong was the first man to ___________ foot on the moon.
A. try B. step C. set D. walk
2. Thomas Edison ________ many new appliances using electricity during his long career.
A. invented B. inventing C. who invented D. was invented
3. _________ further riot to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers.
A. Should B. Did C. Were D. Had
4. Jack doesn’t like ________ such gossip and fallacy in sport.
A. to take himself on B. to get himself along C. engage himself in D. indulge himself of
5. New York and Tokyo are two of the most _______ populated cities in the world.
A. greatly B. densely C. variously D. closely
6. It can take up to more than six months to _______ a man to do this specialized work.
A. raise B. train C. learn D. practise
7. The longest movie I have ever seen in this cinema ________ for three hours.
A. stayed B. got C. lasted D. spent
8. James was looking for a(n) ________ to visit that wonderful island once again.
A. opportunity B. necessity C. destiny D. possibility
9. “Who is Susan getting married to?” _ “Some guy__________ since her childhood.”
A. who she has known B. have known her C. that have known her D. she has been known
10. “I had to take a taxi from the party last night.” _ “Oh. That’s too bad. You __________ my car.”
A. could have used B. was able to use C. could be use D. can use

11. Jackie has given such a great _________ that other dancers in the audience admire him so much.
A. performance B. result C. score D. action
12. The president has made many visits to Japan, ________ began today.
A. whose recent one B. the most recent of which C. which D. the most recent one
13. “Is it difficult to keep fish as pets?” _ “No, there isn’t much _________ care of them.”
A. to taking B. having taken C. to have taken D. taking
14. __________ to Jim myself, I can’t tell why he would do such terrible things.
A. Not to be speaking B. Not to have spoken
C. Because of not being spoken D. Not having spoken
15. If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable _________ because it seems too good to be
true.
A. doubt B. suspicion C. reservation D. disbelief
16. By the time we ________ the top of mountain, I think the rain will have stopped.
A. arrive B. come C. get D. reach
17. _________ people who were waiting for the bus under the rain down there are getting soak-wet.
A. Some B. Any C. Most of D. None
18. All fossil fuels are ________ resources that can not be replaced quickly.
A. unlimited B. non-renewable C. renewable D. available
19. She came to the airport only to find out that she _______ her passport at home.
A. would have left B. has left C. was leaving D. had left
20. At no time in history _________ such a diligent and brilliant fellow.
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SỐ PHÁCH:
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A. has Peter and his classmates ever met B. have Peter and his classmates
C. Peter and his classmates ever met D. Peter and his classmates had ever met.
PART 2: The following passage has some grammar as well as spelling errors. Underline the errors and
write the correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. Put a tick if there is no error
on that line. (10 points)
A well-known scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described

how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun in turn, orbit around
the centre of a vast collection of stars calling our galaxy. At the end of the lecture,
a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: “That you have told us
is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant
tortoise.” The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, “What is the tortoise
standing on?” “You’re very clever, young man, very clever,” said the old lady.
“But its tortoises all the way down!”
Many people would find the picture of our universe as an infinite tower of
tortoises rather ridiculous, but why do we think we know better? What do we
know about the universe and how do we know it? Recently breakthroughs in
physic, made possible in part by fantastic new technologies, suggest answers to
some of our oldest questions. One day these answers may seem as obviously to
us as the earth orbitting the sun – or perhaps as ridiculous as a tower of tortoises.
Only time (whatever that maybe) will tell.
PART 3: Give the correct forms of the words in brackets to complete the blank space. Write your
answers
in the numbered boxes below. (10 points)
1. Among recognized ________, maps are rarer than stamps but they have their avid enthusiasts and
admirers. (COLLECT)
2. _________ about the company’s future meant that few people wanted to invest money in it.
(CERTAIN)
3. A holiday in America can be ________ cheap. (SURPRISE)
4. Everyone likes him because he has a really good sense of __________. (HUMOROUS)
5. That was one of the most ________ situation in my life. (EMBARRASSMENT)
6. In their last summer vacation, they went to rural areas to help _________ children learn to read and
write. (ADVANTAGE)
7. There will be totally twenty five _________ to participate in the game show. (CONTEST)
8. There is a great _________ of food and medicine in those underdeveloped African countries.
(SHORT)
9. ___________, Vietnamese kids say best wishes to their grandparents and they would give the kids

lucky money in red envelopes at Tet. (TRADITION)
10. The heat from the sun is a clean and __________ source of energy, which can not be used up.
(LIMIT)
ANSWERS:
1……………… 1……………… 3……………… 4………………
5……………… 6……………… 7……………… 8………………
9……………… 10………………
PART 4: Complete each blank space with the correct verb form / tense. Write your answers in the
numbered boxes below (10 points)
a/. The airplane in which the football team (TRAVEL) _____1_____ crashed soon after (TAKE OFF)
_____2_____.
b/. Do you know who was the first man (SAIL) ______3______ across the Atlantic?
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1………… …
2 …orbits ……
3……………….
4……………….
5……………….
6……………….
7……………….
8……………….
9……………….
10………………
11………………
12…… ………
13……………….
14……………….
15…………….….
c/. It is essential that each bike (LOCK) ______4_______ carefully indoors.
d/. His (TAKE) _____5______ ill suddenly last night took me by surprise.

e/. That guy admitted (STEAL) _______6______ the gold watch.
f/. Had you listened carefully to the instructions, you (NOT, BE) _______7______ that confused now.
g/. (OPEN) _______8_______ the door, he saw a terrible mess some burglar had just made.
h/. John didn’t mention (INVOLVE) _______9_______ in the robbery, but knew he was.
i/. More than twenty miners were reported (KILL) _______10______ in the accident.
ANSWERS:
1……………… 1……………… 3……………… 4………………
5……………… 6……………… 7……………… 8………………
9……………… 10………………
PART 5: Complete each blank space with one correct preposition or partition. Write your answers in
the numbered boxes below (10 points)
a/. Many endangered animals in this reserve are ______1______ great threat of extinction.
b/. Our major sources of energy – coal, oil and gas – are going to run _____2_____ soon.
c/. I classify the stamps ______3______ categories.
d/. Your parcel will be sent to this address ______4_______ no more than 24 hours.
e/. It is not easy for them to work out alternative solutions ______5______ such a problem.
f/. He explained the rules very clearly ______6_____ them to make sure they knew exactly what to do.
g/. “Could you please show me how to dance the Rumba” _ “It’s quite easy. Now, let’s get _____7_____
it.”
h/. He soon got fed up _____8______ such fallacy that he heard every day.
i/. “Can I speak to Mr Kevin Legreen, please?” _ “Ok. Just hold _____9_____, I’m trying to put you
_____10______.
ANSWERS:
1……………… 1……………… 3……………… 4………………
5……………… 6……………… 7……………… 8………………
9……………… 10………………
II/. READING:
PART 1: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word from the box. Changes in word forms can be made
where necessary. Write your answers in the numbered boxes below (10 points)
SKILL AGREE BELIEF PHOTOGRAPH VALUE

UNDERSTAND FAIL EXPECT SUCCESS IMAGINE
REPAIR
How a hobby can make you angry! Recently I decided to take up (0)_________ as a hobby. I like taking
snaps, but I am not very (1)__________. My snaps are often a complete (2) _________ for technical
reasons, or sometimes are just not very (3)__________. First I decided that to be (4) _________, I would
have to buy new equipment. Just then I had an (5) __________ piece of good luck. A friends who works
in a camera shop said he could sell me a (6) __________ camera. A customer had left it at the shop to be
(7)________, but there had been a (8) _________, and it was actually for sale. I thought this was a rather
(9) _________ explanation and so I asked him some more questions. He said he had had some (10)
_________ with the customer and she had thrown the camera at him because he disliked her photos!
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ANSWERS:
0. photography 1. ……………………. 2. ……………………. 3. …………………….
4. ……………………. 5. ……………………. 6. ……………………. 7. …………………….
8. ……………………. 9. ……………………. 10. …………………….
PART 2: Read the following passage and circle A, B, C, or D that corresponds to the answer which
best fits each blank space. (10 points)
Throughout history, man has developed (1) ________ of energy to do his work. Primitive man had only
the strength of his arms and the use of fire. He later (2) ________ how to use the energy of the wind to
move his sailing vessels. He used the energy of water to (3) ________ his mills. He tamed animals as new
sources of energy. They pulled plows and wagons. A new stage in the development of the use of energy
came with the (4) ________ of steam engine. Steam could be used to develop energy to run machines.
The discovery of electricity created an even more important way of using energy. So did the invention of
gasoline engines. Man entered into a new (5) ________ of the use of energy with the application of
nuclear energy.
Man finds many ways to release energy to do work. (6) ________, he changes the energy in a waterfall
into electricity. He can turn this electrical current into radio waves that can carry his ideas for thousands
of miles. He can release the energy in gasoline by burning it and using it to (7) _________ automobiles.
He can (8) _________ use of coal to turn water into steam and in return use the steam to (9) ________
electrical energy. The nucleus of certain atoms can produce millions of times more energy per pound of

material than can be made (10) _________ by chemical means.
1. A. sources B. resources C. invention D. use
2. A. found B. showed C. discovered D. distinguished
3. A. turn B. take C. cycle D. move
4. A. finding B. production C. construction D. invention
5. A. time B. era C. history D. step
6. A. For Example B. However C. As a result D. Nevertheless
7. A. equip B. provide C. feed D. power
8. A. make B. get C. take D. learn
9. A. generate B. invent C. supply D. bring
10. A. usable B. available C. possible D. capable
PART 3: Read the following article about ice-skating. Choose the most suitable heading from the list
A-I for each part (1-8) of the article. Write your answers in the space in the numbered boxes below.
There is one extra heading that is not to be used. (10 points)
A. Prepare yourself
B. The benefits of the sport
C. When things go wrong
D. Different skating techniques
E. A change in approach
F. The right attitude
G. Moving off
H. Holding your body correctly
I. How it all started
1…………………………….
Ice skating has a history of thousands of years. Archaeologists have discovered skates made from
animal bone. It seems that bone skates were used until the introduction of iron into Scandinavia about the
year 200 AD. Among the Scandinavian upper classes, skating was seen as an essential skill.
2. …………………………….
In the early twentieth century, skating was stylish and reserved, but at the 1924 Winter Olympics,
11-year-old Sonja Hinnies introduced a more athletics attitude which inspired a new wave of popularity.

Nowadays art and athletics are combined and modern skating is both graceful and physically demanding.
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3. …………………………….
For beginners, balance and control are all important and speed can only increase with proficiency.
The position of your body plays a great part in balance. Legs slightly bowed and the knees bent keep the
body weight centered; in effect the body leans slightly forward in this position. For skating, probably
more than any other sport or recreation, relaxation is vital.
4. …………………………….
For the skating position, the heels should almost be touching and the feet should be turned out
wards. While pushing toward with a back foot, you make a very small movement with the other foot.
Fairly easy, isn’t it? If you can keep this up for a while, you can then slowly increase the length of your
movements as you gain experience.
5. …………………………….
Knowing how to fall must be learnt among the skater’s first skills. Even the best of the
professionals fall. In order to fall without injury, you should be as relaxed as possible. In this way the
sock of hitting the ice is lessened. To get up, use your hands to get into a kneeling position, then stand.
6. …………………………….
One you have learnt to move on the ice with confidence, there are various styles to be practised-
figure skating, free styles, distance, speed, skating pairs, and so on- but the basics of them all, and by far
the best approach, it first to learn figures can soon be learn figure skating and then elementary freestyle.
With proper guidance available at most of the ice rinks, the basic figures can soon be learnt and the turns,
jumps, and spins or elementary free style will so follow.
7. …………………………….
If you look at any good of professional skater, you will see how relaxed they are and how easily
they move. To achieve this, an exercise program should be regularly practised. It can be dangerous to
skate with a stiff body and warm up exercises should at least include those for the legs, back and
shoulders, with special emphasis on the ankles and the knees. After a long or intense session, the same
exercises should be used afterwards to avoid stiffness.
8…………………………….
Skating improves balance, co-ordination, relaxation and movement. It improves heart and lung

activity and generally strengthens the body. Combined with swimming or jogging, it provides a great
program for all-round health and fitness.
ANSWERS:
1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______
5. _______ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______
PART 4: Read the following passage and circle A, B, C or D that indicates the best answers for each of
the questions below. (10 points)
Our growing need for food, goods and energy has had many harmful effects on the environment.
Gases produced by cars, power stations and factories cause acid rain, which kills trees and damages
buildings. By using more environmentally-friendly forms of transport, we help reduce this form of
pollution.
A layer of carbon dioxide and other gases traps heat and keeps the earth at the right temperature. This is
called the green-house effect. By burning fossil fuels we are producing too much carbon dioxide, which is
causing temperatures to rise gradually. This global warming could lead to dramatic changes in climate.
A layer of gas called ozone protects the earth from harmful ultra-violet radiation. Certain chemicals used
in industry, such as CFCs have caused a hole to develop in the ozone layer. The increased levels of ultra-
violet radiation damage plants and sea life, and increase the risk of skin cancer.
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Most of the energy we use to heat and light building, run machines etc. is made by burning fossil fuels.
This energy source will eventually get exhausted, so we need to use more alternative sources of energy
such as wind and solar power that are renewable and do not pollute the air. We also avoid wasting energy
but using less electricity and water and insulating our new houses.
We are destroying our forests, which produce oxygen and provide habitats – natural environments – for
animals and birds. Deforestation also allows rain to wash away the soil, making land useless for growing
things. We pollute water by dumping waste from factories and houses, and by accidentally spilling
chemicals and oil. Chemical fertilizers damage rivers and lakes by causing a layer of tiny plants, called
algal to cover the surface of water. Organic farming does not harm water supply.
Burying rubbish in landfills cam make chemicals leak through the ground into rivers, and it uses a lot of
land. Burning rubbish adds to global warning. By sorting out rubbish for recycling we can cut down on
waste.

1. The passage is mainly about ____________.
A. Man and Nature B. how we should use the existing sources of energy
C. environmental problems D. rubbish recycling
2. Acid rain is caused by ____________.
A. gases emitted from cars and factories B. the burning of rubbish
C. the burying of rubbish D. ultra-violet radiation
3. Skin cancer may be caused by ____________.
A. the global warming B. acid rain
C. air pollution D. ultra-violet radiation
4. We should use more alternative sources of energy such as wind and solar power because they
____________.
A. are cheaper B. will not be used up and do not pollute the air
C. are easier to get D. can be recycled
5. If we destroy forest ____________.
A. animals and birds will have no place to live B. rivers and lakes will be polluted
C. wildlife and farming will be affected D. our wood supply will decrease.
III/. WRITING:
Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning to the original one.
The rewritten sentences must contain the exact word in bracket. (10 points)
1/. Not having heard the weather forecast, John was surprised at the snow. (AS)

2/. It was simply because the sea was so rough, they couldn’t get there on time. (BUT)

3/. I wish I hadn’t given that chap the car key. (REGRET)

4/. New ideas have never ever been thought of by that person. (COME)

5/. We have no seats left for the concert on December 14
th
. (BOOKED)

The End
Good luck!
GV: Lê Xuân Hồ
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