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Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi tỉnh lớp 12
Năm học 2006 - 2007
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đề thi chính thức

Môn : Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề.
Ngày thi : ....../ 11/ 2006.
Họ, tên thí sinh : .................................
Ngày sinh: ........./........./.........
Nơi sinh: ..........................................
Học sinh lớp :....................................
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Đề thi này có 7 trang ( Không dùng từ điển )
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Chữ ký của giám thị
1. ...................
2. ...................
SBD:
Số phách:
§iÓm bµi thi: B»ng sè : ......... .........( B»ng ch÷ : .......................)
Ch÷ ký cña hai gi¸m kh¶o: .................. / ....................
I. Listening : ( 4 points ).
Question 1 : Listen carefully and decide the statements below are true or false and tick (
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them in the right boxes. You will listen twice (2p.)

True False
1. Cuc Phuong National Park contains over 100 square kilometres of
rainforest.
2. The best time to visit the park is during the dry season.
3. Nairobi National Park is in Kenya
4. Visitors, especially children, can go to Nairobi National Park to look
at the 1,000- year- old tree
5. An interesting feature of this park is the Orphanage.
6. Everglades National Park is in the south- eastern England
7. This park is famous for plants and animals from tropical and
temperate zones.
8. There are toxic levels of chemicals in the water because of an
increase in visitors
Question 2 : Listen and fill the missing words in the gaps. You will listen to the tape twice
Cuc Phuong, the first national park in Vietnam, was officially opened in (1)............... .
It is located 160 km south west of Hanoi spanning Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces.
The 200 square kilometer park attracts (2)............and scientists alike. In 2002,
nearly 100,000 (3)...............made their way to Cuc Phuong. Many come to see the
work being done to protect endangered species. According to (4) ............, there are
about 2,000 (5)............species of flora and 450 species of fauna.
Cuc Phuong National Park has many caves. Quen Voi, also part of the park, is where
Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed (6).................. it made its surprise attack on Thang
Long and defeated the Qing invaders in the (7)...............of 1789.
Cuc Phuong is also home to the Muong ethnic minority, who live mainly on bee
(8)..........and farming.
II. phonetics : ( 1 point ).
Question 1: Choose the word whose main stress in placed differently from the other
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
A. prediction
A. eruption
A. career
A. accelerate
A. indifference
B. judgment
B. discretion
B. bookshop
B. impossible
B. Japanese
C. intelligent
C. obliteration
C. landmark
C. assimilate
C. journalese
D. compulsion
D. proximity
D. childhood
D. opposition
D. employee
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Sè ph¸ch:
III. Vocabulary and Grammar (5 points).
Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. Circle the letter a, b, c or d (2p.)
1. If you have anything important to do, do it straight away. Don’t put it _________
A. on B. off C. over D. up
2. I won’t __________these excuses any longer! I demand to see the manager.
A. put up with B. put off against C. put up for D. put off with

3. Your car is ________ than mine.
A. very larger B. very much larger C. a lot more larger D. more larger
4. The doctor asked me to ________ my shirt.
A. put off B. take off C. take out D. put out
5. These are the ________ I work in.
A. clothing B. clothe C. clothes D. cloth
6. If you don’t like this one, try something ________
A. other B. more C. else D. another
7. How are you feeling today? ________ better, thank you.
A. More B. Much C. Very D. Many
8. You are driving and want to turn left, so you________
A. do a sign B. sign C. signal D. signify
9. Sheila couldn’t come to the party, ________was a pity
A. that B. it C. what D. which
10. She wondered ________ her father looked like now, after so many years away.
A. how B. whose C. that D. what
Part 2: Fill in each gap in each sentence with the correct form of the word in the bracket.
1. She is a __________________ of theatre programmes. (collect)
2. I believe you because I know you are __________________ (truth)
3. Do you ever suffer from _____________ (bore)
4. All of his _____________ are about love. (poet)
5. Burning coal is an _______________way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper
(economy)
6. There is a great _______________between Harry and his twin brothers
(similar)
7. Her parents_______________ her to apply for the job. (courage)
8. English is a _______________easy language for Vietnamese to learn.(compare)
9. There’s no _______________to the problem of the beginning of the universe
(solve)
10. The new movie is ________________ good. (exception)

Part 3: In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases have been underlined.
Choose the one word or phrase that would not correct (1p).
1. As a result of the Women’s Movement, women now holds positions that were once
A B C
restricted to men
D
2. The new model costs twice more than las t year’s model
A B C D
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3. Tea did not become popular in Europe until the mid-17
th
century when it has been first
A B C
imported to England and Holland
D
4. These students have improved their grades because of their participates in the test
A B C D
review class.
5. Little they knew in 1926, when the first TV broadcast began, that it would have such
A B C
an impact on people’s everyday lives.
D
IV. Reading (5 points).
Part 1: Read the following passage and choose the correct answers (1p.)
I hated almost all of my time at boarding school and, in my case, my first term was a disaster. I
found it difficult to settle down. And my unhappiness was made worse because I was so unhappy at
home. A happy home life gives you a base from which you can go into the world with confidence.
But if life at home is difficult, life at boarding school is almost impossible. Apart from having to
keep a great many rules and customs, many of which seemed to me stupid, we were never allowed
to be alone. You had to be with another boy at all times. I am extremely dependent on being alone

part of every day, so daily life at school was very hard for me, though the other boys managed fairly
well.
In the middle of the first term I developed a cough. The school nurse said it was “stomach-
cough”, what ever it may be, and gave me some pills. However, afterwards, playing football in a
snowstorm, I suddenly could not breathe properly and was taken to hospital. Almost at once I was
put in a small room with another boy who was very ill. He died and I nearly did. My main memory
of my stay at the hospital was that the night nurse to get together in my room and play cards and
chat. Keeping the light on and keeping me awake when I was seriously ill didn’t bother them.
When I had recovered I was sent home for a few weeks and missed a term.
When I returned to school, I was sent to bed early because of my illness, and so managed to
get a brief period alone every day. Later on, when I went into the senior part of the school, I was
allowed to go to school library by myself, which was a great improvement.
The day I left school, the headmaster said goodbye and asked whether it was a sad day for me.
I replied that it was the happiest day of my life. He said I would come to think of my time at the
school very differently. I said that I was sure that I would not. Though I have had unhappy days
since that day, I have found that my conclusion then- that nothing afterwards could ever be so bad
as boarding school- have been proved true.
1. When the author was sent to the boarding school, he...
A. felt better than at home
B. got used to living in the new place at once.
C. found school life uneasy
D. enjoyed his time there.
2. His illness during the first term was...
A. so serious he nearly died.
B. caused by getting cold when playing games.
C. not so bad as he had feared.
D. not treated by the school nurse.
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3. In the hospital he ....
A. felt very sorry for the other patients.

B. was afraid to bother the nurses.
C. didn’t notice whether it was night or day.
D. found the nurses’ behaviour disturbed him.
4. The result of his illness was that he .....
A. was away from school for a year.
B. was taught in the library.
C. had some private time for himself.
D. had to do his homework in bed
5. When the author was leaving school, the headmaster believed the author would
A. realize how good school life had been.
B. be unhappy after he left school.
C. be thankful to be leaving school.
D. regret his last day at school.
Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the correct answers (1p).
David Hempleman Adams is an explorer and adventurer. In April 1984, he walked
through northern Canada to the North Pole. He walked 400 kilometres in 22 days. He was 27
years old when he did it. David was the first person to walk to the North Pole by himself.
Other people travelled to the North Pole before David but they had a sled and a dog team.
David didn't have a dog team. David was a brave man to go on this adventure on his own. He
was also a lucky man because the bear and the icy water didn't kill him.
1. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
A. David drove to the North Pole.
B. No one travelled to the North Pole before David.
C. David was the first person to walk to the North Pole alone.
D. It was very cold in the North Pole.
2. David travelled to the North Pole with..................... .
A. a group of people B. a dog team
C. another person D. nobody
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. He was killed by the bear.

B. He walked to the North Pole alone.
C. He walked 400 kilometres.
D. He was 27 years old when he travelled to the North Pole.
4. The phrase "by himself" can be replaced by .................. .
A. alone B. successfully
C. with other people D. on foot
5 Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. A Lucky Man B. A Walk to the North Pole
C. Without a Dog Team D. Icy Water
Part 3: Fill in each gap the following passage with ONLY ONE suitable word (2p).
Thoroughly tired he _____________(1)down on the bed and fell asleep almost
immediately. He was _____________ (2) by the sound of heavy footsteps in the attic
above. He took his torch and crept up the steep _____________(3) of stair, opening the
attic door silently. There were some cupboards inside but otherwise the room was virtually
empty. He _____________(4)on his torch now and started to examine it carefully, but
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