đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi quốc gia 12

K× thi chän §éi tuyÓn häc sinh giái quèc gia
N¨m häc 2008 2009–
Môn thi: tiÕng anh líp 12 thpt
(Đề thi gồm có 08 trang)
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
§iÓm b»ng
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§iÓm b»ng
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Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1: ........................................
Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1: .......................................
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Part I. p honetics
Question 1: Pick out the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of other
words.
1. A. passion B. action C. motion D. vision
2. A. reason B. leisure C. feather D. measure
3. A. enough B. cough C. cup D. rough
4. A. guest B. least C. mess D. rest
5. A. essential B. informant C. resistance D. instant
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Question 2: Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. A. situation B. comfortable C. recently D. necessary
7. A. exhausted B. atmosphere C. suspect D. computer
8. A. excessive B. celebrate C. expensive D. instruction
9. A. energy B. primary C. facilities D. pleasure
10. A. luggage B. increase C. benefit D. argument
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Part II . Lexico – grammar.
Question 1: Choose the best option among A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1. As the evening ……….on, I became on more and more bored.
A. passed B. drew C. stuck D. wore
2. All her hard work paid………..in the end and she’s now vey successful.
A. up B. out C. back D. off
3. I would certainly ……..twice before doing something as risky as that.
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A. consider B. reflect C. think D. reckon
4. They were playing their music at ………volume and distributing.
A. utter B. supreme C. total D. full
5. I have had a ……….of misfortunes.
A. success B. continuation C. repetition D. succession
6. Only hotel guests have the……… of using the private beach.
A. occasion B. privilege C. permission D. possibility
7. The drunken soldier was ………..crazily from one side of the street to the other.
A. marching B. racing C. staggering D. scrambling
8. You can talk to him until you’re ……..in the face, but he still won’t understand.
A. white B. green C. yellow D. blue
9. I can’t understand Keith, he’s a funny sort of………..
A. individual B. figure C. human D. one
10. They have no idea at all………..
A. where he has gone B. which place he has gone
C. where did he go D. where has he gone

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Question 2: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Ever since the day I decided to move to London, I have been worrying whether the decision I
…(1)… ( take ) was the right one. As I have already sold my house and …(2)… ( arrange ) a new
job, It is too late to change my mind. However, since then I have heard a lot of negative things about
living in the capital, and lately some of them have begun to bother me. I …(3)… ( grow up ) in a fair

small town and I have spent all my life there. I …(4)… ( already want) to live in big city and so
when my company …(5) ( offer) me a job in their London office, I grabbed at the chance. But
according to a program I …(6)…( just hear) on the radio, more and more people …(7)… (stop)
working in London recently, and a lot of large companies have chosen to move away from the centre .
Of course I..(8)…( tell ) my parents that I am moving and they (9)..( accept )my decision, but when I
told my friends they seemed rather shocked. Since then I…(10)… (hope) secretly that the company
would tell me that the move was off.
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6. ……………... ……7. ………………. ...8……………….. 9. ……………… 10. ……………
Question 3: In most lines of this passage, there is one unnecessary word. It is either incorrect
grammatically or does not fit the sense of the passage. Tick each correct line. If a line has a
word which should not be there, write the word in the space in the column on the right. (0) has
been done as an example.
A study into family of health conducted in California comes
up with some interesting conclusions, though these might not be
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acceptable to everybody. The main conclusion is so that for a
family to remain healthy, both the relationship between husband
and wife play a major role. The family perhaps surprising
aspect of this research, however, is that statistically the
healthy family is as optimistic, church-going, and let by a
traditional male. And perhaps not so much surprisingly, what
promotes the health of the husband and does not necessarily
promote the health of the wife too., and vice versa. For
example, when it comes to expressing emotions, thus it is
generally assumed that giving us an outlet to feeling is healthy.
But according to the study, there may be benefits for one party but
not for the other. If the wife talks to more than the husband

does in these situations and gives him feeling of guilt, then he
is likely to become a depressed, whereas if the wife lets the
husband donate on the arguments, then she in turn will be the
one of whose mental state will suffer. The study also found that
when man donates in domestic arguments, they often end up trying
to avoid from the real issue, or to become silent and
withdrawn. This has effect of making the wife feel anxious and
depressed. As a person’s mental state there is closely linked to their
physical as well being, it is clear that the dynamics of
family relationship help to determine health in general
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Question 4: Write the correct form of each word in the space provided in brackets.
1. Please .............. our letter of the 14
th
. We have not had a reply. (know)
2. Keith’s exam results turned out to be .............. (disaster)
3. Jackie suffered as a child from a very strict .............. (bring)
4. I think it’s sheer .............. to get married in church if you don’t believe in god. (hypocrite)
5. These countries are .............. in imports of raw cotton. (prefer)
6. Sam was accused of stealing some .............. documents. (confidence)
7. You do not have to go. Your decision must be entirely .............. (volunteer)
8. Going swimming everyday would have very .............. effects. (benefit)
9. He felt .............. certain about his success. (tolerate)
10. Do you feel .............. to the new job? (attract)
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Part II I. READIN G
Question 1: Choose the most suitable word for each space
Someone once described that age we live in as that of a vanishing world, one in which the
familiar is constantly disappearing for ever and technological change if often difficult to …(1)…with.
So it should come as no surprise to most of us to hear that yet another part of everyday life is …(2)…
to go forever. Still, when I read recently that within the next decade money as we …(3)…it will
probably cease to exits in technologically advanced countries, I had to read the article twice to make
sure it wasn’t April 1
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…(4)…to Professor Gerry Montague of the Institute for Economic Reform, the

familiar coins and banknotes will soon be replaced entirely by credit cards of various kinds. And the
shop of the future (the ‘retail outlet’ ads Prof. Montague puts it) will be …(5)… directly to the
network of banking computers. The assistant will simply key in your bank account code number and
the amount you have spent, and thank you politely. You won’t have to dig deep in your …(6)…for
change or pretend at the pub that you have left your money at home. You may not even have a number
for your account as such, as the computer may by then be able to read your handprint. So no more
credit card frauds either. But I am afraid that I shall …(7)…money. I have felt strongly attached to it,
ever since I received my first pocket money when I was five, and kept it in a money- box. Even if my
credit card of the future will able to tell me exactly how much …(8)…power I have left in the
computer files, even if it lights up and plays a happy (or sad) tune at the same time, nothing will be
able to replace the sheer pleasure I gained from …(9)…the coins in my money -box. Not to …(10)…
the other obvious problems which will be caused by an absence of real money-like how to start a
football match, for example!
1. A. keep B. manage C. cope D. survive
2. A. about B. almost C. ready D. tending
3. A. earn B. know C. use D. need
4. A. Thanks B. Contrary C. According D. Accustomed
5. A. taken B. alone C. responsible D. linked
6. A. pockets B. wallet C. cheque book D. cash
7. A. miss B. spend C. waste D. borrow
8. A. more B. financial C. economical D. spending
9. A. rattling B. withdrawing C. estimating D. throwing
10. A. tell B. confront C. guess D. mention
1. …… ..2. ……. . 3. …… …4. …… ..5. ……… 6. …….. 7. …….. 8. …… ..9. ……. 10. ……
Question 2. Read the following passage and choose the best option.
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To a European, money means power, the freedom to do as he likes, which also means that,
consciously or unconsciously, he says: “I want to have as much money as possible myself and others
to have as little money as possible.”
In the United States, wealth was also acquired by stealing, but the real exploited victim was

not a human being but poor Mother Earth and her creatures who were ruthlessly plundered. It is true
that the Indians were expropriated or exterminated, but this was not, as it has always been in Europe,
a matter of the conqueror seizing the wealth of the conquered, for the Indian had never realized the
potential riches of his country. It is also true that, in the Southern states, men lived on the labor of
slaves, but slave labor did not make them fortunes; what made slavery in the South all the more
inexcusable was that, in addition to being morally wicked, it didn’t even pay off handsomely.
Thanks to the natural resources of the country, every American, until quite recently, could
reasonably look forward to making more money than his father, so that, if he made less, the fault must
be his; he was either lazy or inefficient. What an American values, therefore, is not the possession of
money as such, but his power to make it as proof of his manhood; once he has proved himself by
making it, it has served its function and can be lost or given away. In no society in history have rich
men given away so large a part of their fortunes. A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less
guilty than an American renter who had inherited wealth but is doing nothing to increase it; what can
the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?
1. Which of the following can be concluded from the first paragraph?
A. Those who have a lot of money enjoy real freedom.
B. Money is made either consciously or unconsciously.
C. Some European acquire money and power without even being conscious of it.
D. Some people not only want to get rich but wish others to be poor.
2. To an American, money means …………
A. The freedom to do whatever he likes B. proof of ability and manhood
C. diligence and efficiency D. both B and C
3. The author seems to believe that the natural resources in the U.S. are …………
A. poor B. limited C. rich D. on the increase
4. In the passage, the word “fortunes” (Para.2 and 3) is used twice. What does it mean?
A. luck B. good opportunities C. wealth D. power
5. In the author’s opinion, an American renter …………
A. should feel more guilty than a poor American
B. should feel content with this inherited wealth
C. is even lazier and more inefficient than a poor American

D. will take to drink if he does nothing to increase his wealth

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Question 3: Fill in each blank with the most suitable word.
This winter, in offices and workplaces throughout the country, people are (1) .............. risk of
becoming a health danger to their colleagues. These are the people, (2) ..............are carrying flu but
noble to the end, have dragged (3) .............. into work in spite of the high temperature, headache, sore
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