ĐỀ THI CHỌN HSG TIẾNG ANH- ĐÁP ÁN 2010

SECTION A - PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. orchestra B. orchard C. school D. chemical
2. A. pool B. soon C. stood D. shoot
3. A. knowledge B. know C. promise D. often
4. A. possessive B. hesitate C. design D. basic
5. A. says B. plays C. days D. raise
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others:
6. A. appear B. audience C. government D. talented
7. A. inspire B. resign C. dangerous D. exchange
8. A. producer B. consume C. companion D. situation
9. A. direction B. community C. garbage D. utility
10. A. secondary B. expectation C. supervision D. sociologist
SECTION B - VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D:
11. He says he’s been to _____ restaurant in town
A. many B. every C. all D. most
12. The purpose of the examination was to _____ the students’ knowledge.
A. try B. inspect C. prove D. test
13. The discovery was a major _____ for research workers
A. breakthrough B. breakdown C. break-in D. breakout
14. So far, many beautiful buildings _____built in Bangkok.
A. were B. have been C. are D. had been
15. _____I’m sure he would have eaten it.
A. Had he been hungry B. Unless he had been hungry
C. However he had been hungry D. As if he had been hungry
16. Because it rained very heavily all day they had to _____ the garden party until the following
Saturday.
A. pre-arrange B. postpone C. re-arrange D. preserve
17. _____ we had driving in the country!
A. How wonderful day B. What wonderful day

C. What a wonderful day D. What the wonderful day
18. What do you think of your new bookkeeper?
He works _____ his figures never need _____
A. such efficiently that / to check B. such an efficient that / to be checked
C. so efficient that / checking D. so efficiently that / to be checked
19. The patient _____ to listen to his doctor’s advice
A. refused B. hindered C. lacked D. resigned
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KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TRƯỜNG
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
(Đề thi gồm có 4 trang, Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi)
20. If _____ it would stop raining for a morning, we could cut the grass
A. ever B. just C. even D. only
21. There was nothing special about his clothes _____ from his flowery tie.
A. but B. except C. other D. apart
22. I will recommend _____ to the director.
A. the student to speak B. that the student speaks
C. that the student speak D. that the student speaking
23. I wanted some coffee but there was _____ in the pot
A. any B. no C. none D. nothing
24. Today _____ seems more expensive than usual.
A. most of everythings B. almost everything
C. most of everything D. almost everythings
25. The bank is on _____ side of the street.
A. another B. other C. the other D. the rest
26. Do you believe that ghosts _____?

A. exist B. are existed C. are existing D. are being existed
27. Why don’t you buy bananas when they are much _____ apples?
A. less expensive than B. not expensive than
C. expensive than D. expensive lesser than
28. This house _____ five rooms.
A. consists B. consists of C. is consisted D. is consisted of
29. He will take us to the town _____ we can see old temples.
A. which B. where C. that D. at it
30. The more we learn, _____.
A. we become wise B. we become wiser
C. the wiser we become D. wiser we become
II. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
31. Are you leaving? Yes, but I wish I don’t have to go.
32. He is the world champion. We all know how well he is at boxing.
33. My dog as well as my cats eat twice a day.
34. He could not make anybody believing that he was innocent.
35. Nobody nkows what the reason of the explosion was.
36. It was clear that the young couple were capable in taking charge of the restaurant.
37. I’d better you explained to her why we can’t go.
38. Walk along the street, he met a pretty girl.
39. It is her job to wipe the tables cleanly.
40. Of the two boys, Tom is the tallest .
III. Give the correct forms of the words in brackets
41. To my _____, the monkey peeled a banana and offered it to me. (AMAZE)
42. Switzerland and Austria are both _____ countries. (MOUNTAIN)
43. He left the room without_____. (EXPLAIN)
44. I’ll always remember that journey- it was an _____ experience. (FORGET)
45. My teacher is very _____ about the history of Vietnam. (KNOW)
46. She wanted to have her skirt _____. (LONG)
47. She has one of the biggest _____ in Britain. (COLLECT)

48. I am sorry about my _____, but I hate being kept waiting. (PATIENT)
49. The gas from the chemical factory was extremely _____. (HARM)
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50. The evening was _____ spent playing and talking. (ENJOY)
SECTION C - READING
I. Read the following passage and then choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
According to the census of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 persons. In
the same year the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic, more than
twenty seven million. Nearly one fifth of American people were black slaves; the true political
population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able-body males, on
whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent. Even after two centuries of struggle the land was still
untamed, forest covered every portion, except here and there a strip of cultivated soil, the minerals lay
undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two thirds of the people clung to the seaboard within
fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied.
51. In the United States of America in 1800
A. one out of every twenty five Americans was a black slave
B. one out of every four Americans was a black slave
C. one out of every three Americans was a black slave
D. one out of every five Americans was a black slave
52. Free white men in America numbered.
A. about four fifths of the population. B. about four and one half million.
C. 5,308,483. D. less than one million.
53. Two thirds of the American people
A. lived where the wants of civilized life could not be supplied
B. lived in Washington
C. lived on the seaboard
D. lived within fifteen miles of tidewater
54. The struggle to tame the American continent had been going on
A. about two hundred years. B. about fifty years.
C. a little more than a century. D. since 1750.

55. This description of the United States in 1800 suggests that
A. most of the new nation was undeveloped.
B. the people of the new nation had succeeded in taming the continent.
C. strips of cultivated land were everywhere.
D. settler were beginning to mine the valuable minerals of the new continent.
II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gap in the following passage.
Around the age of sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life. Do I stay on
at school and hopefully go on to university (56)_____? Do I leave and start work or beginning a
training (57)_____ ?
The decision is yours, but it may be (58)_____ remembering two things: there is more
unemployment (59)_____ who haven’t been to university, and people who have the right (60)_____
will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you decide to go (61)_____ into a job, there are
many opportunities for training. Getting qualifications will (62)_____ you to get on more quicky in
many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (63)_____ you earn. Starting work and taking a
break to study when you are older is (64)_____ possibility . This way, you can save up money for your
student days, as well as (65)_____ practical work experience.
56. A. after B. later C. then D. past
57. A. school B. class C. course D. term
58. A. worth B. necessary C. important D. useful
59. A. between B. among C. with D. through
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60. A. notes B. papers C. arts D. skills
61. A. straight B. just C. direct D. rather
62. A. make B. help C. let D. give
63. A. where B. while C. when D. what
64. A. also B. again C. another D. always
65. A. getting B. making C. taking D. doing
SECTION D - WRITING
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one.
66. The train couldn’t run because of the storm

The storm…………………………………………………………………………………..
67. “I was not there at the time,” he said.
He denied……………………………………………………………………………………
68. Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t do well at school.
In …………………………………………………………………………………………….
69. They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again.
The date………………………………………………………………………………………
70. John has not had his hair cut for over six months
It is…………………………………………………………………………………………..
71. The postman was bitten by our dog.
Our dog………………………………………………………………………………………
72. I can’t cook as well as my mother does.
My mother…………………………………………………………………………………..
73. A train leaves at eight o’clock every morning.
There is………………………………………………………………………………………
74. Why don’t you ask her yourself?
I suggest…………………………………………………………………………………….
75. I didn’t realized who he was until later.
Only later……………………………………………………………………………………
III. Write about 150 - 200 words on the following topic:
Give advantages and disadvantages of watching television.
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ĐÁP ÁN VÀ BIỂU ĐIỂM MÔN TIẾNG ANH 12
SECTION A (2 points)
I. 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.A
II. 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.C 10.A
SECTION B (8 points)
I. (4 points)
11.B 15. A 19. A 23. C 27.A

12.D 16 B 20 D 24 B 28 B
13 A 17C 21 D 25 C 29 B
14 B 18 D 22 C 26 A 30 C
II. (2 points)
31. don’t - didn’t 35. reason - cause 38. walk - walking
32. well - good 36. in - of 39. cleanly - clean
33. eat - eats 37. better - rather 40. tallest - taller
34. believing - believe
III. (2 points)
41.amazement 42. mountainous 43. explanation 44. unforgetable
45. knowledgeable 46. lengthened 47. collections 48. impatience
49. harmful 50. enjoyably
SECTION C (4 points)
51.D 52. D 53. C 54. A 55. A
56. B 57. C 58.A 59. B 60. D 61. A 62. B
63. B 64. C 65. A
SECTION D (6 points)
I. (3 points)
66. The storm prevented/stopped the train from running.
67. He denied being/ having been there at the time.
68. In spite of his intelligence, he doesn’t do well at school
69. The date of the meeting will have to be changed again
70. It is over six months since John had his hair cut
71. Our dog bit the postman.
72. My mother can cook better than I do.
73. There is an eight o’clock train every morning
a train which leaves at eight o’clock every morning
74. I suggest you (should) ask her yourself
75. Only later did I realise who he was
III. (3 points)

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