HSG 11 Quang Binh 1008-2009

Sở GD- ĐT QUảNG BìNH Kỳ THI CHọN HSG CấP TỉNH LớP 11 THPT
Đề CHíNH THứC NĂM HọC: 2007-2008 (kHÔNG CHUYÊN)
Thời gian: 150 phút
A. PHONETICS:
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part is pronounced differntly from those of the other words.
(5,0ms)
1. A. question B. protection C. aviation D. expection
2. A. leaf B. deaf C. of D. wife
3. A. pull B. during C. pure D. cure
4. A. wrapped B. wicked C. passed D. walked
5. A. account B. bound C. count D. though
II. Choose the word whose streesed syllable is different from the others. (5,0ms)
1. A. harvest B. circumstances C. produce D. ceremory
2. A. recommend B. entertain C. fortunate D. disappear
3. A. amount B. mental C. intend D. opinion
4. A. property B. introduce C. mechanize D. powerful
5. A. basket B. blossom C. fireword D. perhps
B. VOCABULARY AND STUCTURES.
I. Choose the best word or phrase from A,B, C or D to fill each blank. (15,0ms)
1. It's no use.......................over slipt milk.
A. for crying B. in crying C. to cry D. crying
2. ............................asked me, I'd have told you the answer.
A. If you B. Had you C. You had D. Unless you
3.She refused to eat meat under any........................
A. circumstances B. occasion C. opportunity D. reason
4. Can you deliver this letter....................hand?
A. by B. with C. in D. to
5. This ring is only made of plastic so it's quite........................
A. valuable B. invaluable C. worthless D. priceless
6. No sooner had he sat down to lunch.................there was a knock at the door.
A. when B. that C. as D. than

7. You will become ill...............you stop working hard.
A. until B. when C. unless D. if
8. I was just...................to go out when you telepnoned.
A. about B. around C. thiking D. planned
9. I remember..............the chairs into the living room, but where are they now?
A. bring B. to bring C. bringing D. brought
10. I'm not ashamed...........what i Did, in fact I'm quit proud.................it
A. of/of B. of/about C. in/of D. with/of
11. It is raining outside, and Tom bought this umbrella with him..............he wouldn't get wet.
A. so as to B. in order C. so that D. inorder to
12. the film.......................on TV last night was very interestin.
A. shows B. showing C. shown D. was shown
13. I dont't think the red dress.................her
A. suits B. matches C. cheers D. agrees
14. She used to................her living by working as a typist
A. win B. earn C. raise D. support
15. All the boys are good at cooking, but ....................is as good as the girls.
A. either B. neither C. every D. none
II. Substitute the underlined word or phrase with the one of the prasal given in the box. Remember to make
any changes necessary. (5,0ms)
1. He is like his father in may ways. They are both gentle, soft-spoken man.
2. Taking care of the children can be a demanding job
3. We called in the vet as a new disease suddenly started among our cattle
4. Oil, coal and gas are being consumed so quickly that supplies will shortly be finished.
5. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be heard all over the town
III. Put the verbs given in brackets into the appropriate tenses or forms.
1. Does that road need (broaden).............
2. This time next year I probably (live)...............on the other side of the world
3. If you (tell).......me about that earlier. I (not be) ......in trouble now
4, She is considered (be)...............the finest pianist of her generation

5. I didn't do the test well. I (prepare)...............it very carefully at home
6. I don't know why you always (talk) ............in class, boys.
7. Do you know the man (sit)..........over there?
8. We (finish)............our work by the time he (come) ............tomorrow
IV. Fill in each of the blanks with the correct form of the word in capitals. (5,0ms)
1. This is a good carpet, but actually very............................... EXPENSE
2. When a country......................fast,the family changes fast MODERN
3. Conversation is one of the most enjoyable forms of......................... ENTERTAIN
4. I prefer fresh food to...............................food FREZEN
5. gas and oil.............................always increases in cold weather CONSUME
C. READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A,B,C or D). (10,0ms)
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. However, the pollution (1).............is as complicated as it is serios. It
is complicated (2)............much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. For example, (3).........from
automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution. However, the automobiles (4).......transportation for
million of people. Factories (5)..........much of materials that pollute air and water, but factories give employment
to a large number of people.
Thus, to end (6).........greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop useing many things
that (7)......them. Most od the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollutioncan be (8)............reduced in
several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things
and automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws that (9)..........businesses and
(10).....to stop, or cut down on certain polluting activities.
1. A. work B. proplem C. accident D. event
2. A. because B. so C. that D. while
3. A. exhause B. fire C. gas D.liquid
4. A. carry B. take C. afford C. provide
5. A. offer B. bring C. discharge C. cause
6. A. to B. or C. so D. that
7. A, benefit B. harm C. motivate D. encourage
8. A. little B. gradually C. so D. that

9. A. require B.. forbit C. prevent D. request
10. A. commercials B. surrounding C. things D. traffic
II. There are 10 mistakes in the following paraghrap. Find and correct them. The first one has been done
for yoiu as an example. (10ms)
Example: 0: intoin
As he sat into his room, Mark looked at the photograph of Sally, and his eye began to fill with tears. He
remembered to meet her for the first time outside the library, and thought of their walks through the park and their
first kiss. It had been loive of first sight for both of them; neither of them had ever expect that it will end, but
somehow it had all gone wrong and she had left. Now, three years late, he still regretted letting her to go. At first,
he had thought he would soon get used to living with her. But week passed, then months and years anf if
anything, the pain got worst rather than better.
look after run out take after go off break out
III. Read the following passage and fill in each nembered blank with ONE suitable word. (10ms)
THE GREAT LIBRARY IN ALEXANDRIA
Today, there are libraries in almost every town in the world. Even in areas (1)............there are no libraries,
there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (2)..........But in the days when books were
copied by hand rather than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple, books took a very (3)..........time
to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest libraty (4)........all, thai in
Alexandria, had 54,000 books. In the ancient world, this number was considered huge. It was the firt time that
anyone (5)........ever collected so may boks from all around the world (6).....one roof. There are many theiories
about (7)........these books were lost. One is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the
rules of the city ordered the books to (8)....................burned. They were taken to varios places and it took six
months to burn them. (9)......happened, the collection there never recorved. We ca not even know
(10).........exactly the library contained.
D. WRITING:
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as the similar as possible in meaning to the
sentence printed before it. (10,0ms)
1. No one has lived in that house for years.
 That house..................................................................................
2. When I picked up my pen, I found that the nib had broken.

 On.............................................................................................
3. I'm certainly not going to give you any more money.
 I have no..................................
4. My boss works better when he's pressed for time.
 The less................................................................
5. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't open the door.
 Try...........................................................................
6. House prices have risen dramtically this year
 There has......................................................
7. He started in ivestigating the case a week ago.
 He has...........................................
8. "If I were you I would not trust Peter", she told John
She advised....................................................................
9. It was only when I got home that I reakised I'd forgotten my bag.
 Not until.................................................................
10. They said that John had stolen the money
They accused......................................
II. Write each sentence so that it contains the word given in capitals, and so that the meaning stays the
same. (5,0ms)
1. I can't lift table on my own. UNLESS
............................................................................................
2. It's a pity you didn't tell me earlier! WISH
............................................................................................
3. My flute is being repaired at the moment AM
............................................................................................
4. Smoking in the cinema is forbidden PERMITTED
............................................................................................
5. Mandy is excited about going to Greeceon holiday. LOOKING
............................................................................................
III. Composition (10,0 ms)

The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in population. This is causing problems not only for the
poor, developing countries, but also for industrialized and developed nations.
Describe some of problems that overpopulation causes and suggest possible solutions (Your essay should
be at least 150 words)