DE THI HSG 2008-2009

Sở GD&ĐT Tuyên Quang Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp
tỉnh lớp 12 THPT
Năm học 2007-2008
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Đề chính thức Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 135 phút (Không kể thời
gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm 09 trang
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I. Listening
Youll hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8,
choose the best answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, or C.
1. You overhear this man in a shop.
He wants to change some paint because...
A. he doesnt like the color.
B. he thinks there is something wrong with it.
C. he finds it makes him ill.
2. This woman is complaining at a railway station enquiry office.
She is angry because...
A. her train is late
B. her train has been cancelled.
C. she thinks the train service is very poor.
3. These two people are having an argument.
Are they arguing about...
A. the climate?
B. the weather outside?
C. the snowfall in recent years?
4. This is a conversation between a man and a woman.
Is the man...
A. a policeman?

B. a garage mechanic?
C. a judge or other official in a court of law?
5. The speaker in this extract is a very keen gardener.
He is talking about his success in growing...
A. a type of fruit.
B. a type of vegetable.
C. some flowers.
6. In this extract you are listening to someone speaking to quite a large group
of people.
Is he giving...
A. a history lecture?
B. a talk at a gardening club?
C. advice to medical students?
7. This extract comes from a talk on the radio.
Is this speaker describing...
A. a piece of music?
B. a magnificent building?
C. a formal garden?
8. In this extract you can hear someone speaking on the phone.
She wants to book some theatre tickets but she finds that...
A. the performance is fully booked.
B. the performance has been cancelled.
C. she can no longer have a special discount.
II. Vocabulary and grammar
Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete sentences by circling the
corresponding letter A, B, C or D
9. It’s difficult to________luxuries when you are used to having them.
A. cut down on B. cut down at C. cut off on D. cut
down into
10. I missed the seven o’clock news on the radio this morning. I ________up

too late.
A. came B. turned C. grew D.
woke
11. Government should _________international laws against terrorism.
A. bring up B. bring about C. bring in D.
bring back
12. The advanced course in literature ________French.
A. turned off me B. turned me away C. turned me off D.
turned me against
13. When we fly to Ho Chi Minh city, we’re going to _________over in Da
Nang to visit some friends.
A. stop B. come C. arrive D. go
14. He died ____heart failure______Thursday night. His wife is still
suffering_____shock.
A. for/ at/ for B. of/ on/ from C. from/ on/ from D. at/
on/ from
15. They succeeded ________escaping________the burning house.
A. on/ off B. in/ from C. in during D. on/
from
16. It never occurred _______me to ask him_____proof________his
identity.
A. for/ for/ of B. to/ for/ of C. to/ for/ for D.
for/ for/ for
17. He is not independent_______any means. He depends______his father
for everything.
A. by/ on B. by/ upon C. at/ on D. A
or B is correct
18. Scientists can’t agree on_______related to other orders of insects.
A. that fleas are B. how fleas are C. how are fleas D.
fleas that are

19. Fish have nostrils__________are used for smelling, not for breathing.
A. they B. what C. whom D.
that
20. It is believed________causes insomnia.
A. too much caffeine B. that too much caffeine
C. it is too much caffeine D. too much caffeine
21. The stimulation that infant animals receive affects their
behaviour______they become adults.
A. during B. since C. because D.
when
22. _______sighting an approaching car, some drivers tend to speed up.
A. When slowing down instead of B. Instead when slowing
down at
C. hen instead of slowing down D. Instead of slowing
down when
23. Ballet dancers, ________actors, must spend many hours a day practicing
before a performance.
A. like B. the like C. the same D.
same as
24. The man was in_________health that the family began to consider
whether he could continue to live in his home.
A. such bad B. too bad C. such worst D. so
badly
25. ______other cells in the body, nerve cells are not healed or replaced
when they are damaged or destroyed.
A. Different B. Unlikely C. Unlike D.
But
26. More ivory obtained from elephants in Africa_________those in Asia.
A. rather than B. more than C. than from D. as
well as

27. He pretended________me as she passed me in the street.
A. not seeing B. not to be seen C. not see D. not
to see
28. You________out yesterday without a coat. No wonder you caught cold.
A. shouldn’t have gone B. haven’t gone
C. hadn’t gone D. mustn’t have gone
29. If you________late, you would know what we are talking about now.
A. were not B. have not been C. had not been D. are
not
30. Never before_________in an earnest attempt to resolve their differences.
A. have the leaders of these two countries met
B. the leaders of these two countries have met
C. have the leaders of these two countries meet
D. met the leaders of these two countries
31. The number of chromosomes in a cell_________from species to species.
A. varies B. vary C. varying D. to vary
32. Many parts of our beautiful city ______to look like mini garbage dumps.
A. is starting B. do started C. are starting D. has
started
33. The interviewer told her that he would earn $ 45000 a
year,_________she to be offered the job.
A. were B. should C. lest D. would
34. It sounds like you let people take advantage of you. _________, you
need to learn to be more assertive.
A. Otherwise B. If only C. What if D. If so
35. They are ugly and expensive. _________people buy them.
A. Already B. Yet C. Thus D. Hence
Part 2: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Of the 530 students (36-apply)___ (37-admit)___ to the Mathematics
Faculty of Oxford University ten-year-old Ruth Lawrence, from

Hudderfield, (38- win)____the highest marks. Ruth’s parents, computer
experts, (39- realize) their child had an usual gift for mathematics (40-
coach) _____her at home. Ruth also (41- like)_____history, geography and
(42- play)________the piano. The enrolment of ten-year-old mathematical
genius in Oxford University creates problems both for Ruth and her
lecturers. A special program (43- draw)_______up her in which study (44-
combine)_______with elements of play.
Ruth Lawrence is not without ambition: she (45- dream)_______ of
becoming a doctor of sciences and professor of mathematics.
Answers: 36_____________________
41_____________________