Đề thi HSG Tỉnh 11

Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 11 thpt
năm học 2006 - 2007
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đề thi chính thức
Môn tiếng anh
(bảng B)
Ngày thi : 27/03/2007
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút.
(đề thi có ... trang)
Chữ ký của giám thị Số Báo danh:
1. Họ và tên thí sinh:
Ngày sinh :
Số phách
2. Nơi sinh:
Học sinh trờng:
(Thí sinh trả lời ngay vào đề thi này. Nếu sai phải gạch bỏ rồi viết lại)
.......................................................................... ............... ............... ............... ........................................
Điểm bài thi: bằng số: ............................................................................................ Số phách
Điểm bài thi: bằng chữ: ..........................................................................................
Chữ ký của hai ngời chấm thi:
1. ......................................................... 2. .........................................................
I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (5 points)
1. A. champagne B. change C. chair D. teacher
2. A. why B. envy C. type D. psychology
3. A. cough B. laugh C. enough D. freight
4. A. food B. look C. took D. foot
5. A. replace B. village C. surface D. palace
II. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (10 points)
1. The film ....... when we arrived at the cinema.
A. has begun B. begun C. had begun D. begins
2. I am afraid I havent got ....... change- only 10 $ note.

A. any B. a lot C. some D. a
3. ....... I meet, she always wears a red coat.
A. however B. whoever C. whatever D. whenever
4. ....... the recent popular films, I like Home alone most.
A. Most B. Most of C. Among D. A lot
5. Sometimes we cant buy the right thing that we want ....... advertisements.
A. because of B. although C. because D. since
6. Sorry, I am late, but I had a lot of ....... to do.

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A. job B. work C. task D. labour
7. Thanks for a great weekend! We really had a/an .......
A. fun B. enjoyment C. hospitality D. good time.
8. Why don’t you do to the park ....... ?
A. in the car B. with a car C. with car D. by the car.
9. Too much rubbish is being dumped in .......
A. sea B. the sea C. a sea D. some sea
10. Interest on this account is only ....... per cent.
A. a four and a quarter B. four and a quarter C. four and quarter D. four quarter
III. Look carefully at each line. Some lines are correct, but some have a word which should not be
there. Tick each correct line, write the word in the space (15 points)
The electronic age
I recently learned how to use a computer, and 
I have many friends who they play the computer games they
at home. However, although recently I have begun to worry 1.
that in nowadays we rely too much on electronic gadgets. 2.
Once before people managed to write and think using 3.
their brains, but now many people have become so 4.

accustomed to using machines so that they can’t do 5.
any thing without them. There are many people who 6.
they depend on electronic gadgets completely. For 7.
an instance, many of my friends sit at home in the 8.
evening and watch television and instead of going 9.
out so to meet people. I think that this makes everyone 10.
feel more lonely, even though they learn a lot about 11.
people all over in the world. Of course there are many 12.
electronic gadgets that save us time, though not all 13.
of them are really necessary. I am in favour of some 14.
gadgets, but I am against of having everything in life 15.
depending on pushing a button.

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IV. Use the word in capital to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (10 points)
A modern Robinson Crusoe
After a (1) .........between two ships in the Atlantic, Alan collide
Connaught from Dudee ended up (2).... Living on a Expect
desert island. “I fell (3)...and no one noticed. board
A few hours later I found myself lying (4) ....on a exhaust
beach after swimming for miles, it was (5)...too, not freeze
warm and sunny, like Crusoe’s island. The only (6)... solve
I could find was to dig a hole in the sand as a shelter.”
After an (7)...in the weather, Alan waited to be rescued. improve
“There was little food and no fresh water. It was an (8)... health
life, and I felt ill most of the time. I suffered from (9).... lonely
too, but then I found a village on the other side of the island!”
he said. “The people had moved there after the (10) ......of destroy

their homes by a volcano. Luckily they had a radio, and a ship
soon came to rescue me”
V. Read the letter below and the preposition which best fits each space (10 points)
Dear Jones,
I am writing in reply to your advertisement (1) ......... secretaries to work (2) .........
your central offices. I had already heard (3) ......... you from a friend of mine, Jenny
Mansfield, who worked (4) ......... you a few years ago (5) ......... the sales department. I
would be interested (6) ......... applying (7) ......... a full time post. I am quite experienced
(8) ......... secretarial work, and would have little difficulty (9) ......... the duties current
job involves. I think I am quite skilled (10) ......... word-processing. I would be happy to
come for an interview at any time which is convenient for you.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully.
Anne Dale

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VI. Decide which answer best fits each space (15 points).
Why read books ?
Is it worth reading books, (1) ......... nowadays there are so many other forms of (2) ..... ?. Some
people say that even (3) ..... books are expensive, and not everyone can (4) ..... books from a
library. They might add that television is more (5) ..... and that viewers can relax as they watch
their favourite (6) ..... All that may be true, but books are still very (7) ..... They encourage the
reader to use his or her (8) ..... for a start. You can read a (9) ..... of a book, or just a few pages, and
then stop. Of course, it may be so (10) ..... that you can’t stop! There are many different kinds of
books, so you can choose a crime (11) ..... or an autobiography, or a book which gives you
interesting (12) ..... .If you find it hard to choose, you can read (13) ..... , or ask friends for ideas.
Personally, I can’t (14) ..... without books but I can (15) ..... up television easily enough. You can’t
watch television at bus stops !.

1. A. in B. or C. why D. since
2. A. entertain B. entertainment C. entertained D. entertaining
3. A. paperback B. the C. so D. when
4. A. borrow B. buy C. lend D. take
5. A. excited B. excitable C. exciting D. excitement
6. A. ones B. programmes C. episodes D. cereals
7. A. too B. public C. live D. popular
8. A. imagination B. author C. index D. amusement
9. A. capital B. head C. chapter D. cover
10. A. current B. imagined C. interest D. gripping
11. A. history B. novel C. booklet D. poetry
12. A. advise B. idea C. information D. fact
13. A. announcements B. gossip C. reviews D. prefaces
14. A. do B. make C. have D. take
15. A. pick B. look C. give D. turn
VII. Read the passage, choose the one which you think fits best (5 points)
Voluntary Service Oversea (VSO) is the registered charity dedicated to assisting
development in the world’s poor countries. It is an independent non- sectarian organisation.
VSO is a direct response to an urgent need. Each year about 450 volunteers are sent to work
on projects in 36 developing countries. Each volunteer goes overseas in response to a
specific appeal from a developing country. Over the past 23 years more than 20,000
volunteers have worked abroad with VSO. Together they have contributed over 30,000 man-
years to development.
But VSO volunteers gain as well as give. They gain responsibility, experience and a
personal viewpoint on development. On their return they can make an effective contribution
to the development debate. Above all, VSO is aid that the Third World needs. For this
reason the Third World countries themselves pay almost half the cost of each VSO
volunteer.

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When VSO was established over 20 years ago, the first volunteers were school- leavers.
However, increasingly the demand was for skilled and professional people. Today, all VSO
volunteers are skilled and / or qualified people - teachers and doctors, mechanics and
electricians, accountants and civil engineers. Why do they volunteer?. To make a personal
contribution, to take on extra responsibility, to gain overseas work experience, to work
within a community often for all these reasons. The task of VSO is to match these specialists
with particular vacancies, notified to them by overseas countries. Then having made the
match, they prepare the volunteer to work for two years in a very different environment.
1. The work of VSO is concerned with...
A. helping the poor in all parts of the world
B. giving practical assistance to poor countries
C. the development of any worthwhile project.
D. increasing the need for development in the Third World.
2. To date the number of volunteers who have worked for VSO is ...
A. in excess of 23,000 B. more than 30,000
C. over 20,0000 D. about 450
3. The experience gained by VSO volunteers working abroad
A. provides the basic training they need.
B. increases their understanding of particular problems.
C. helps them to deal with their own problems.
D. encourages them to contribute to the Third World appeals
4. The majority of VSO volunteers today are...
A. over- qualified B. unskilled
C. school- leavers D. highly trained
5. People who volunteer for VSO do so....
A. for a variety for reasons B. because they have personal problems
C. in response to requests from overseas. D. because they are unemployed
VII. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the

sentence printed before it.
1. No one ever uses this room.
→ This room ...................................................................................
2. Who owns that sports car ?
→ Who does ................................................................................... ?
3. This building is said to be 2,000 years old.
→ They ...................................................................................
4. How much is that jacket in the window ?
→ What ................................................................................... ?
5. If I had seen him, I wouldn’t have gone home.
→ As I didn’t ...................................................................................
6. The teacher made the class stay in after school.
→ The class ...................................................................................
7. Her book was published last year. It became a best seller.
→ Her book, ...................................................................................
8. Helen has a good knowledge of car engines.

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