Đề Thi chọn Học Sinh Giỏi Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 tỉnh Thanh Hóa chọn lọc, có đáp án

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Thanh Hóa

Đề dự bị
Question 1: (10 points)

kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12 THPT
Năm học 2005 - 2006

Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng A

(Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)

Đề thi gồm 04 trang

A. Which of the following word is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. Explain
b. Explanation c. Explanatory
d. explicable
2. a. structuralist b. Fashionable c. Spontaneous
d. mountainous
3. a. comfort
b. Honour
c. Title
d. admire
4. a. satisfactory
b. Opportunity c. Compulsory
d. anniversary
Objectionable
5. a. photographic b.
c. Imaginable

d. orginal
B. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest.
1. a. hatred
b. Asked
c. Laughed
d. typed
2. a. tooth
b. Smooth
c. Theory
d. author
3. a. earn
b. Learn
c. search
d. clear
4. a. chain
b. Entertain
c. bargain
d. complain
5. a. jobs
b. Bags
c. days
d. Shops
Question 2: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets:
1. - Where is Jane ?
- She is on holiday. She ( go ) to Italy.
2. I've hung out my clothes. It's lovely and sunny. If it ( stay ) like this, they ( be )
dry in two hours.
3. Tony ate nothing for lunch because he (diet) . He said he ( try ) to lose ten kilos.
4. There's someone behind us. I think we ( follow ) .

5. I won't let you go until I ( tell ) the whole truth.
6. I ( know ) I ( do ) well in my exam even before I ( receive ) the official result.
Question 3:
a- Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition.
1. Let's drink .. his success !
2. It's unwise to drink .. excess.
3. Some people are allergic . wine .
4. The wind is blowing gently the lake.
5. He's generous . money. He's generous .. giving money to charities.
6. Tom is devoted his work and he is well-qualified it , too.
7. Sometimes our teachers punish us by making us stay . after class.
8. .......good weather I often go out .......my mother.
9. The novels ....... Shakepeare is popular .......... adults.
10. Share these ...... yourselves said the mother ....... two children.
b- Find out the mistake and correct it.
1. The artist whom pictures we saw yesterday is also a concert pianist.
2. The eyes of some fish enable them to see what is going on in the water
around them and in the rir above the surface.
3. He was taken from school as if his father was too poor.
4. What do you buy fowers ? because today is Marys birthday.
5. Yesterday, they have been working har all day so that they couldgo home
early.
6. The gas from the chemical factory was harm.
7. He insisted in seeing the documents.
8. Can I look for a word in your dictionary ? I left mine at home.
9. Mathematics are his favourite subject.
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10.She asked if I knew who was he.

Question 4: Supply the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. The manager handed in his … after being accused of dishonesty.
( resign )
2. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant… ( sleep )
3. She was the only visitor …… into the sick room.
( admission)
4. It is thoroughly dishonest and ….. to cheat in an exam.
( honour )
5. She divorced him because of his ….. to the children.
( kind )
6. The evening was ……… spent playing cards and talking.
( enjoy )
7. People who live in cities spend their lives in an atmosphere of…noise.(continue)
8. Therefore, many people who are badly-educated feel they are ….. ( fail )
9. Aeroplanes, cars, buses, machines of all kinds are …… noisy. ( increase )
10. The thing I hate about John is his …….
( rely )
Question 5: Fill in the numbered blanks with a suitable word.
Most ...1....us go a little crazy when we jet off ....2.... holiday but some, it
would seem, go completely mad. They see giant rats eating through their laggage
and even love their mother in law ...3.....back of the stolen caravan. So says Would
Cover Direct, the holiday insure.
There just ....4....of the claims the company ....5....received in the past twelve
months.
A director said : “ One of our policyholders skied into a tree ....6...he was on
holiday and made a claim .....7....injuries. What he did montion was that
he .....8....blind and in the process of testing a new rada system for blind skiers”.
But what.....9....you were in the Mediterrannean in August and had
had .....10.....sun for the day ? Take a dip in the pool, sit in shade for a while or a
phone your holiday insurance company requesting repartriation.......11......you are “

felling a bit hot ?” One holiday maker, ....12....was in Spain, chose the
last .....13.....was refused. Another polityholder made a claim because and ....14....
wife had missed their flight. He fail to mention that she was
prevented ....15....boarding because she had a babypig in ger hand luggage !
Question 6: Choose the correct answer .
1. I'll let you have it back next Monday without ………
a- doubt
b- fail
c- miss
d- neglect
2. He hasn't …… to me for days.
a- spoken b- said
c- told
d- talked
3. Don't try to lift that heavy suitcase or you'll …… yourself.
a- hurt
b- injure
c- ache
d- both a and b are correct
4. This mistake ……. us the game.
a- failed
b- missed c- lost
d- failing
5. Those paintings have been ……. in the store for some years.
a- laid
b- lied
c- laying
d- lying
6. The shop are aways ...... of the people at the cristmas time.
a. full

b. stupid
c. busy
d. crowded
7. The party, ..... I was the guest of honor, was extremely enjoyable.
a. by which
b. at which
c. for which
d. to which
8. I ..... my friend to lend me his caravan for my tripto the country.
a. persuaded
b. suggested
c. proposed
d. convinced
9. John swims very well......doesd his brother.
a. also
b. even
c. so
d. too
10. They would.....go by air tha n spend a week travelling by train.
a. always
b. rather
c. prefer
d. better
Question 7: Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs given below:
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put on
wear
dress

1. Help me to …… the children, will you ?
2. She ……. very well.
3. The bride is going to ……. white.
4. They …… their children in cowboy suits.
5. She always ……. black.
6. John …… his shoes and went out.
7. Get dressed and come shopping with me. I want to buy a new dress to .... at the
party.
8. She ….. the children and made sure that they ……. their overcoats before they
went out. She was afraid that they could catch cold if they were not ….. warm
clothes.
Question 8: Finish the following sentences in such way so that their meanings
remain unchanged.
1. If I met the author one day, I'd ask him to sign my copy of this book.
Were I …….
2. He always has his nose in a book and never pays attention to what I say.
If he didn't ………
3. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of
their second child.
Only when …….
4. You are under no obligation to accept their offer.
You can please ………
5. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
Martin's poor ……….
6. The Pacific Ocean is on average deeper than the Atlantic.
The average …………
7. I don't really like her , even though I admire her achievements.
Much ………..
8. There were not nearly as many people there as I had expected.
There were far ……….

9. There was no need for you to have gone to all that trouble.
You ………….
10. This is the best essay I have ever written.
Never ……….
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Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo
lớp 12- THPT
Thanh hoá

đáp án - hdc đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi

Năm học 2005-2006
Môn: Tiếng Anh ( Đề dự bị bảng B )

A- Đáp án

Question 1: ( 10 points)
A.
B.

1.b
1.a

2.c
2.b

3.d
3.d

4.c
4.c

5.a
5.d

Question 2: ( 10 Points)

1. has gone
2. stays / will be
3. was dieting / was trying
4. are being followed
5. have been told
6. knew / had done / received

Question 3: ( 20 Points)
a.
1. to
5. with / about
2. to
6. to / to
3. to
7. behind
4. above
8.in , with ,
9. by , to
10. among , to

b.
1. somebody anybody , 2. survivor - survival , 3. for - of , 4. countries
other countries , 5. ability the ability ,6. harm harmful , 7. in on , 8.
for up ,
9. are is , 10. who was he who he was.
Question 4: ( 10 Points)
1. resignation
6. enjoyably
2. sleeplessness
7. continual
3. admitted
8. failures
4. dishonourable
9. increasingly
5. unkindness
10. unreliability
Question 5: ( 15 Points)
1. of , 2. on , 3. the , 4. some , 5. has / have , 6. while /when , 7. for , 8. was , 9. if ,
10. enough , 11. because , 12. who , 13. but , 14. his , 15. from
Question 6: ( 10 Points)
1. b
6. a
2. a
7. b
3. d
8. a
4. c
9. c
5. d
10. b

Question 7: ( 10 Points)
1. dress
5. wears
2. dresses
6. put on
3. wears
7. wear
4. dress (ed)
8. dressed / put on / wearing
Question 8: ( 10 Points)
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1. Were I to meet the author one day I would ask him to sign my copy of this
book.
2. If he didn't have his nose in a book, he might ( sometimes) pay attention to
what I say
3. Only when Alice and Charles had ( had) their second child, did they decide to
move to a bigger house.
4. You can please yourself (yourselves) about whether you accept their offer or
not.
5. Martin's poor health doesn't stop ( prevent ) him from enjoying life.
6. The average depth of the Pacific Ocean is greater than that of the Atlantic.
7. Much as I admire her achievements, I don't really like her.
8. There were far fewer people there than I had expected.
9. You didn't need to have gone to all that trouble.
10. Never have I written such a good essay ( a better essay than this ).
Hớng dẫn chấm:
- Thang điểm chấm: 20
- Tổng điểm toàn bài: 100 points

Tổng điểm những phần làm đúng
- Điểm bài thi =
5

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Sở giáo dục và Đào tạo
Thanh Hóa

Đề dự bị
Question 1: (10 points)

kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12 THPT
Năm học 2005 - 2006

Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng B

(Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)

Đề thi gồm 04 trang

A. Which of the following word is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. Explain
b. Explanation c. Explanatory
d. explicable
2. a. structuralist b. Fashionable c. Spontaneous
d. mountainous
3. a. comfort
b. Honour
c. Title

d. admire
4. a. satisfactory
b. Opportunity c. Compulsory
d. anniversary
Objectionable
5. a. photographic b.
c. Imaginable
d. orginal
B. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from
the rest.
1. a. hatred
b. Asked
c. Laughed
d. typed
2. a. tooth
b. Smooth
c. Theory
d. author
3. a. earn
b. Learn
c. search
d. clear
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4. a. chain
b. Entertain
c. bargain
d. complain
5. a. jobs

b. Bags
c. days
d. Shops
Question 2: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets:
1. - Where is Jane ?
- She is on holiday. She ( go ) to Italy.
2. I've hung out my clothes. It's lovely and sunny. If it ( stay ) like this, they ( be )
dry in two hours.
3. Tony ate nothing for lunch because he (diet) . He said he ( try ) to lose ten kilos.
4. There's someone behind us. I think we ( follow ) .
5. I won't let you go until I ( tell ) the whole truth.
6. I ( know ) I ( do ) well in my exam even before I ( receive ) the official result.
Question 3:
a- Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition.
1. Let's drink ….. his success !
2. It's unwise to drink ….. excess.
3. Some people are allergic ……. wine .
4. The wind is blowing gently …… the lake.
5. He's generous ……. money. He's generous ….. giving money to charities.
6. Tom is devoted …… his work and he is well-qualified …… it , too.
7. Sometimes our teachers punish us by making us stay ……. after class.
8. .......good weather I often go out .......my mother.
9. The novels ....... Shakepeare is popular .......... adults.
10.“ Share these ...... yourselves” said the mother ....... two children.
b- Find out the mistake and correct it.
1. What happens if somebody gets left behind when the coach leaves ?.
2. Water has been vital to the development and survivorof civilization.
3. It was wrong for you to say so.
4. Extreme prtriots always believe that their coutries is better than any coutries.
5. I think he has ability.

6. The gas from the chemical factory was harm.
7. He insisted in seeing the documents.
8. Can I look for a word in your dictionary ? I left mine at home.
9. Mathematics are his favourite subject.
10. She asked if I knew who was he.
Question 4: Supply the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. The manager handed in his … after being accused of dishonesty.
( resign )
2. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant… ( sleep )
3. She was the only visitor …… into the sick room.
( admission)
4. It is thoroughly dishonest and ….. to cheat in an exam.
( honour )
5. She divorced him because of his ….. to the children.
( kind )
6. The evening was ……… spent playing cards and talking.
( enjoy )
7. People who live in cities spend their lives in an atmosphere of…noise.(continue)
8. Therefore, many people who are badly-educated feel they are ….. ( fail )
9. Aeroplanes, cars, buses, machines of all kinds are …… noisy. ( increase )
10. The thing I hate about John is his …….
( rely )
Question 5: Fill in the numbered blanks with a suitable word.
Most ...1....us go a little crazy when we jet off ....2.... holiday but some, it
would seem, go completely mad. They see giant rats eating through their laggage
and even love their mother in law ...3.....back of the stolen caravan. So says Would
Cover Direct, the holiday insure.
6

There just ....4....of the claims the company ....5....received in the past twelve
months.
A director said : “ One of our policyholders skied into a tree ....6...he was on
holiday and made a claim .....7....injuries. What he did montion was that
he .....8....blind and in the process of testing a new rada system for blind skiers”.
But what.....9....you were in the Mediterrannean in August and had
had .....10.....sun for the day ? Take a dip in the pool, sit in shade for a while or a
phone your holiday insurance company requesting repartriation.......11......you are “
felling a bit hot ?” One holiday maker, ....12....was in Spain, chose the
last .....13.....was refused. Another polityholder made a claim because and ....14....
wife had missed their flight. He fail to mention that she was
prevented ....15....boarding because she had a babypig in ger hand luggage !
Question 6: Choose the correct answer .
1. I'll let you have it back next Monday without ………
a- doubt
b- fail
c- miss
d- neglect
2. He hasn't …… to me for days.
a- spoken
b- said
c- told
d- talked
3. Don't try to lift that heavy suitcase or you'll …… yourself.
a- hurt
b- injure
c- ache
d- both a and b
4. This mistake ……. us the game.
a- failed

b- missed c- lost
d- failing
5. Those paintings have been ……. in the store for some years.
a- laid
b- lied
c- laying
d- lying
6. The shop are aways ...... of the people at the cristmas time.
a. full
b. stupid
c. busy
d. crowded
7. The party, ..... I was the guest of honor, was extremely enjoyable.
a. by which
b. at which
c. for which
d. to which
8. I ..... my friend to lend me his caravan for my tripto the country.
a. persuaded
b. suggested
c. proposed
d. convinced
9. John swims very well......doesd his brother.
a. also
b. even
c. so
d. too
10. They would.....go by air tha n spend a week travelling by train.
a. always
b. rather

c. prefer
d. better
Question 7: Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs given below:
put on
wear
dress
1. Help me to …… the children, will you ?
2. She ……. very well.
3. The bride is going to ……. white.
4. They …… their children in cowboy suits.
5. She always ……. black.
6. John …… his shoes and went out.
7. Get dressed and come shopping with me. I want to buy a new dress to .... at the
party.
8. She ….. the children and made sure that they ……. their overcoats before they
went out. She was afraid that they could catch cold if they were not ….. warm
clothes.
Question 8: Finish the following sentences in such way so that their meanings
remain unchanged.
1. If I met the author one day, I'd ask him to sign my copy of this book.
Were I …….
2. He always has his nose in a book and never pays attention to what I say.
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If he didn't ………
3. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of
their second child.
Only when …….
4. You are under no obligation to accept their offer.

You can please ………
5. Martin may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life.
Martin's poor ……….
6. The Pacific Ocean is on average deeper than the Atlantic.
The average …………
7. I don't really like her , even though I admire her achievements.
Much ………..
8. There were not nearly as many people there as I had expected.
There were far ……….
9. There was no need for you to have gone to all that trouble.
You ………….
10. This is the best essay I have ever written.
Never ……….
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