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<b> SỞ GD- ĐT THỪA THIÊN HUẾ </b> <b>ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI</b>

<b>TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN CHÍ THANH </b> <b>LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 2005- 2006</b>

<b>Môn : TIẾNG ANH</b>

Thời gian: 150 phút

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không kể thời gian
giao đề)

<b>I.VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR.</b>

<b>Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C </b>
<b>or D next to the correct word or phrase.</b>

1. He refused to give up work,...he ‘d won a million pounds.

A. despite B. however C. even though D. as though
2. They were ...for smuggling jewellery into the country.

A. jugded B. arrested C. accused D. warned
3. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shops usually ...

A. drops B. lowers C. sinks D. reduces

4. Have you got time to discuss your work now or are you ...to leave?
A. thinking B. planned C. around D. about

5. I don’t see any ... in arriving early at the theatre if the show doesn’t start until 9 o’clock.

A. cause B. aim C. point D. reason

6. Would you mind ... these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard?
A. making B. doing C. getting D. giving
7. She did all the work ... her own.

A. by B. on C. for D. with

8. ...Tom , he can’t possibly go alone - he is far too young.

A. As if B. As for C. As D. As far as

9. I have to leave before seven and so ...

A. leave you B. you have C. you do D. do you
10. By half past ten tomorrow morning I ...along the motorway.

A. will drive B. am driving C. drive D. will be driving

<b>Part 2: Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word </b>
<b>that fits in the space in the same line</b>

People are fascinated by robots. Some of them look like FASCINATION
(1)...dolls to play with . Most of them look like other machines MECHANIC
of today's high technology. Serious research on(2)... INTELLIGENCE
robots began in the 1960s in several countries . Now we are on the fifth

(3)... ...of robots. The first robots were very expensive. They GENERATE
cost $ 500,000 when a (4) ...could do the same work for $ 15 WORK

an hour .One of the(5) ...of robots is that they can work in ADVANTAGEOUS
situations that are(6) ...or harmful for human workers. DANGER

Japan leads the world in the(7) ...of robots . They have DEVELOP
12,000 working and(8) ...30,000 per year, most of them for PRODUCTION
export. Nissan, a (9) ...automobile company , spent $ 600 JAPAN

million on robots for a new factory in the United States .It will be the most

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<b>Part 3: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use</b>

<b>only one word in each space. After each space you are given a clue to the kind of</b>

<b>word that is missing.</b>

<b>A POP STAR</b>

John Lennon was (0)<b>born</b> in Liverpool in 1940. He was always
( adjective)...on music and played in pop
group(2) ...(preposition) school and Art college .

John ( 3)...(verb) married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son ,
(4) ...( relative pronoun) name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group
(5) ...(past participial) “ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs
(6) ...

( auxiliary verb) written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them .
They (7) ...(modal verb) scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and
lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8)...
(preposition) “ The Beatles” and John was (9)...(adjective) richer than he had
ever thought.

Having achieved world - wide success, John started to make records
(10) ... (preposition) his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when

(11) ... ( possessive adjective) marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had
met Yoko Ono,( 12) ... ( relative pronoun) he married the following year. John lost weight
and grew his hair long , as can (13) ...( auxiliary verb) seen on the covers of the
records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.

Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ...(article) most
talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his
fans, outside his New York department , the whole world (15)...(auxiliary verb)
shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he
died.

<b>II. READING</b>

<b>Part 1: Fill in each numbered space with ONE suitable word</b>
<b>An unforgettable birthday</b>

It was the day of my grandmother’s 80th_{birthday when the sitting room ceiling fell down .All the}

family were there , at my uncle Phillip’s house, ...(1) was a large , old building situated in a
small , peaceful village north- west (2) ...Oxford . We (3) ...already finished
lunch and , as (4) ...was such a beautiful afternoon, we were all outside (5) ...
the garden , drinking coffee and catching (6)...on all the family news . Grandmother,
(7) ... ...was rather deaf ,was (8)...usual, telling stories about her
childhood in Manchester, (9)...in the sunshine , laughing children and barking dogs
chased each (10) ...around.

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explained calmly . Meanwhile, outside, Grandmother asked (17) ...more coffee and
enquired when the cake (18)... be cut.

<b>III.WRITTING </b>

<b>Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.</b>

1. That meal was excellent !

What...
2. I don’t really want to visit the museum.

I ‘d rather ...
3. Please don’t smoke in this area of the restaurant.

Customers are requested ...
4. “ I ‘m sorry, Angela” said Martin , “ I’m afraid I ‘ve damaged your car”

Martin apologised ...
5. Although he took a taxi, Peter arrived late for the concert.

In spite ...
6. Daisy finds it easy to make friends.

Daisy has no ...
7. Mary regretted buying the second- hand car.

Mary wished ...
8. Tony finally managed to get a good job .

Tony finally succeeded...
9. Charles lives near his aunt’s house .

Charles doesn’t ...

10. It was such a dirty beach that we decided not to stay.

The beach ...
11. I don’t really want to have lunch yet.

I ‘d rather ...
12. It looks like rain to me.

I...
13. The people who were there didn’t notice anything unusual.

No- one ...
14. She left university five years ago.

It is ...
15. The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road.

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<b>ĐÁP ÁN</b>
<b>I.VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR.</b>

<b>Part 1</b>

<b>. </b>

(10 points)

one point for each correct answer

Q #

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Key

<b>C</b>

<b>B</b>

<b>A</b>

<b>D</b>

<b>C</b>

<b>D</b>

<b>B</b>

<b>A</b>

<b>B</b>

<b>D</b>

<b>Part 2. </b>(10 points)

1. mechanical 2. intelligent 3. generation 4. worker
5. advantages 6. dangerous 7. development 8. produce

9. Japanese 10. technologically

<b>Part 3. </b>(15 points) one point for each correct answer

1. keen / hooked 2. at 3. got 4. whose

5. called 6. were 7. would 8. of

9. much /far 10. on 11. his 12. whom

13. be 14. the 15. was

<b>II. READING</b>

<b>Part 1. </b>(18 points) one point for each correct answer

1. which 2. of 3. had 4.it 5.in / admiring 6.up 7.who
8. as 9. while 10. other 11. there 12. happened / occurred 13. followed
14. in 15. corner / middle / centre 16. as 17. for 18. would /could / might

III. WRITING

<b>Part 1. </b>(15 points) one point for each correct answer
1. what an excellent meal ( that /it was)

2. I ‘d rather not visit / go to the museum

3. Customers are requested not to smoke in this area of the restaurant.
4. Martin apologized to Angela for damaging / having damaged her car.

5. In spite of taking/ having taken / the fact that Peter had taken a taxi, he/ Peter arrived late for the
concert.

6. Daisy has no problem (s)

difficulty (in) making friends
trouble

7. Mary wished (that) she had not bought the second - hand car
8. Tony finally succeeded in getting a good job.

9. Charles doesn’t live far from his aunt’s house.

10. The beach was so dirty / such a dirty one/ place that we decided not to stay.
11. I ‘ d rather not eat/ have ( my) lunch yet.

12. I think (that) it will/ might/ may / is going / likely to rain
13. No- one there noticed anything strange.

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DANH SÁCH HỌC SINH DỰ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
MÔN : ANH VĂN – NĂM HỌC 2005 – 2006

STT HỌ TÊN NGÀY SINH NƠI SINH GIÁO VIÊN

BỒI DƯỠNG
1

PHẠM THỊ THU HIỀN 04/02/1988

QUẢNG

ĐIỀN-TT HUẾ

MAI ANH NGỌC
2

LÊ THỊ THANH THUÝ 01/12/1988

QUẢNG
ĐIỀN-TT HUẾ

MAI ANH NGỌC
3

TRẦN THỊ KIM DỤNG 13/08/1988

QUẢNG
ĐIỀN-TT HUẾ

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