Trường THPT HƯƠNG VINH ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KHỐI 12

Môn: Tiếng Anh

Thời gian : 180 phut

I. LISTENING
A. Listen to the story twice and decide which of the following sentences are true and which ones are false.
1. The speaker wanted to rush into the room where their guests were when she heard the crash. (T)
2. The speaker’s family vase was nearly 200 years old. (F)
3. The vase was not valuable. (F)
4. Mrs. Kim was the person who broke the vase. (F)
5. The speaker’s mother told Mrs. Kim that the vase was worthless because Mrs. Kim was her guest and she
wanted her to be welcomed. (T)
6. The vase was in fact the speaker’s family’s most precious treasure. (T)
7. The speaker’s mother advised her never to tell a lie. (F)
B. Listen to two doctors’ opinions and fill in the numbered blanks.
Dr. Jones : In my opinion, the dead must help the living. There is no question about it. When people die, they
(1)............................. have any use for their organs. If we don’t use their healthy hearts or lungs, we
(2).............................to save the lives of other people who need healthy organs. In fact, it is so
important to do this that I believe we must do it all the time. Every time there is
(3)............................., we should use all the organs we can, even if the person did not
(4)............................. before death.
Dr. Tesfaye : I understand (5)............................., Dr. Jones. But in my country, we have the opposite point of view.
We believe that it is wrong to (6)............................. the dead body, take out the heart and then put it
into someone’s else’s body. Taking out parts of a dead person’s body is a terrible thing to do.
When you do that, you (7)............................. that person’s body. When I die, I want my body to be
treated with (8)............................. and respect, and not cut open so that my organs can be put into
other people.

Key:
1. no longer 2. miss the chance 3. a death 4. give permission
5. your position 6. cut up 7. violate 8. dignity

* PART ONE : PHONOLOGY ( 20 marks )

A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each groups:( 10 marks )
1. A. bank B. monster C. monk D. function
2. A. nuisance B. duly C. knew D. cruise
3. A. mouths B. cloths C. booths D. months
4. A. sacred B. spectacular C. sachet D. salad
5. A. gauge B. laundry C. haunted D. plausible
6. A. learned B. ragged C. wretched D. panicked
7. A. idiot B. idiom C. recipient D. foetus
8. A. climber B. lamb C. timber D. debt
9. A. individual B. lukewarm C. jewel D. canoe
10. A. chooses B. houses C. rises D.horses
B. List the words given in columns to their stress parterns:( 10 marks )
pathetic, extravagant, vegetarian, variety, emphatically, contributor, preferential, prerequisite,
wholesaler, cinematographer

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* PART TWO: VOCABULARY ( 20 marks )
A. Multiple choices : Choose the best answers. ( 10 marks )
1. They live in a very .............................populated area of Italy.
A. sparsely B. scarcely C. hardly D. barely
2. Hoand Anh’s Dad..........................her against taking too much luggage on her trip.
A. encouraged B. reprimanded C. warned D. recommended
3. This isn’t a...................., is it ? If I lend youmy car, you will bring it back, won’t you ?
A. cheat B. trick C. rip- off D. deceit
4. Mr Chau was ...................................in a road accident last week.
A. injured B. destroyed C. wounded D. damaged
5. Picasso was a well – known cubist artist.
A. artistic B. celebrated C. colouful D. knowledgeable
6. I don’t want to be too.....................on Alice, I think I should tell her that her work isn’t good enough.
A. strict B. firm C. stern D. hard
7. You have to be rich to send a child to a private school because the fees are...............................
A. astronomical B. astrological C. atmospherical D. aeronautical
8. The.................of thirst is based on the concentration of salt in the blood/
A. sensation B. sentiment C. response D. impression
9. They are playing their music at .....................volume and disturbing all their neighbours.
A. utter B. supreme C. total D. full
10. He is not in this apartment. Please dial the same number but ask for ........................10.
A. expansion B. extension C. duration D. code
B. Word formation:( 10 marks )
Use the correct form of the word given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence.
1.The unresponsive audience made the lecture somewhat.............................( heart ). What a shame!
2. A list of ......................( come ) events will be posted on the notice board.
3. She’s quite an ......................................( eye )
4. Listening to that doctor’s talk was a very ..............................( rich ) experience.
5. His family suffered from his.....................................( expend )
6. We have ............................( zero ) temperatures every night in mid- winter/
7. The ........................( edit ) staff consists of ten experienced journalists.
8. The two nations finally agreed to sign a(n)..........................( aggressive ) pact to normalize their
diplomatic relations.
9. This leads to more pressure being put on the .......................( adequate ) public transport system.
10. .......................( accompany ) children will not be allowed to cross busy roads.
* PART THREE: GRAMMAR and STRUCTURE ( 20 marks )
A.Prepositions and particles: ( 10 marks )
Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition or particle to make meaningful sentences:
1.I heard you went for a new interview. How did you make.........................................?
2. You look ...................the weather. Are you ill ?
3. He has been a bit left behind and is now trying to catch ............. ..................... others.
4. Government officials are looking ................... reports that the lake is being polluted by a chemical
factory.
5. I didn’t know what to say, I was .....................a loss for words.
6. We have to go by car. We can’t take the bus....................account..............the strike.
7. Have you missed these twins ? Curiously enough, they look poles.................................
8. My mother never gives anyone a tip .........................principle.
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9. He ran ...................all the money he had inherited in less than a year.
10. My sister has been living in Hanoi.........................and .......................for the past six weeks.
B. Verb tenses and forms: ( 10 marks )
1. Do you realize that if the workmen are still there on Monday, they ( dig )..........................up the road
for a whole month ?
2. Where’s sarah ? She must be here by now.- I don’t know what ( happen )............................to her.She
( miss ) ..............................the last bus.
3. But for my parents’ attention to my study in the early childhood, I ( not / pass ) .............................all
the examinations ( become )...........................a teacher of English as I am today.
4. It ( not / be ).........................for you, I would be late.
5. By 8 o’clock this evening, the spaceship ( trave ).............................for 5 hours around the earth.
6. He’s intelligent and ( work )...................hard so far. He ( pass )......................the exam, I think.
7. It is crucial that Alfred ( stop ).........................using Keane.
8. I ( consider )..........................( take )..........................part in the next contest although I am now busy
( work )........................with a new group of students.
9. Don’t you remember ( promise ).......................( lend )........................me money when I need it ? Do
lend me some now.
10. The telephone, which is considered ( be )......................one of the most useful scientific
achievements of the century, is said ( invent )................................by A. Bell.

* PART FOUR : WRITING ( 20 marks )

A. Sentence transformation:( 10 marks )
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one
1.The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
Only by........................................................................................................................................................
2. She’s very patient and loyal, that’s the why she hasn’t left him.
If it...............................................................................................................................................................
3. In the summer, there are thousands more tourists than the locals.
In the summer, the locals are vastly..........................................................................................................
4. Apart from Philip, every one else at the meeting was a party member.
With...........................................................................................................................................................
5. Is it really necessary for me to type the application ?
Does........................................................................................................................................................?
6. I think you should buy a new pair of shoes and get rid of those trainers.
It’s ............................................................................................................................................................
7. He regrets having invited her to the party.
He wishes...................................................................................................................................................
8. He never suspected that the money had been stolen.
At no time.................................................................................................................................................
9. I left without saying goodbye as I couldn’t want to disturb the meeting.
Rather than...............................................................................................................................................
10. The spectators got so angry that they had to cancel the football match.
Such..........................................................................................................................................................
B. Key- word transformation:( 10 marks )
Rewrite the following sentences as directed by using exactly the words in brackets.
1.Five hundred pounds is too much to pay for that painting. ( worth )
...................................................................................................................................................................
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2. Could you look after my suitcase for a moment ? ( eye )
....................................................................................................................................................................
3. He’s a taxi driver, so he is thoroughly familiar with the city. ( hand )
...................................................................................................................................................................
4. Did you see Alice at the party last night ? ( catch )
...................................................................................................................................................................
5. We continued waving until the train could not be seen any more. ( sight )
...................................................................................................................................................................
6. Who will inherit the estate ? ( heir )
..................................................................................................................................................................
7. He liked to be addressed as “professor”. ( call )
..................................................................................................................................................................
8. She had completely forgotten him. ( mind )
...................................................................................................................................................................
9. To Mary’s amazement, the passport office was closed when she arrived. ( find )
.....................................................................................................................................................................
10. I’d like to express my thanks for every thing you have done for me. ( thankful )
.....................................................................................................................................................................
* PART FIVE :READING COMPREHENSION ( 20 marks )
Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word
Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 percent predicted by many scientists may not
sound like much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice Age, when huge glaciers covered
Europe and most of Britain. Nobody knows (1)....................what would happend in a warmer world,
but we (2)..................know some things. Heat a kettle and the (3)...................inside it expands. The
(4)..................of the world has climbed more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have
(5)...............by at last 10 cm.
But (6)...............as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, (7).................it may
have taken the oceans thirty years to swell. This (8)...................that the global warming we are now
experiencing is a result only of the carbon dioxide we have dumped into the atmosphere (9).............to
the 1960s. Since then, the (10)................of fossil fuels has increased rapidly. Scientists were
(11)..............for the United Nations and European governments have been warning that
(12).................the Dutch and the people of East Anglia will need to do will (13)....................to build
more extensive sea defences. Many of the world’s great cities are (14).....................risk, because they
are (15).................at sea level. Miami, (16)..................entirely built on a sandbank, could be
(17)................away. But the effects of rising sea levels will be much (18)...................for the developing
countries. With a meter rise in sea levels, 200 million could become homeless.
There are other fears too, (19)....................to a recent United Nations report. The plight of the
hungry in northern Africa could (20).................., as rainfall in the Sahara and beyond is reduced by 20
percent.

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ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KHỐI 12 NĂM HỌC 2007-2008

* PART ONE : PHONOLOGY ( 20 marks )
A. Pick out the word whose sound of the bold parts is pronounced differently from that of the
others in each groups:( 10 marks )
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. A
6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. D
B. List the words given in columns to their stress parterns:( 10 marks )

First syllable Second syllable Third syllable Fourth syllable

Pathetic Vegetarian Cinematographer
Extravagant Preferental
Variety
Emphatically
Contributor
Prerequisite

* PART TWO: VOCABULARY ( 20 marks )

A. Multiple choices : Choose the best answers. ( 10 marks )
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B

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 6. D 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. B
B. Word formation:( 10 marks )
Use the correct form of the word given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence.
1.disheartened 2. forthcoming 3. eyeful 4. enriching 5. over expenditure
6. sub – zero 7. editorial 8. non – aggression 9. inadequate 10. unaccompanied
* PART THREE: GRAMMAR and STRUCTURE ( 20 marks )
A.Prepositions and particles: ( 10 marks )
Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition or particle to make meaningful sentences:
1. out 2. under 3. up with 4. into 5. at
6. on / of 7. apart 8. on 9. through 10. off / on
B. Verb tenses and forms: ( 10 marks )
1............will have been digging. 2.has happened – may / might / could have missed
3. ......wouldn’t have passed – to become 4. Were I not for you...........
5. ........will have been travelling 6. has been working – is going to pass
7. .......stop / should stop 8. am considering – taking – working
9. promising – to lend 10. to be – to have invented
* PART FOUR : WRITING ( 20 marks )
A. Sentence transformation:( 10 marks )
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the printed one
1. Only by training hard evey day can you become a good athlete.
2. If it weren’t for her patience and loyalty, she would have left him by now.
3. In the summer, the locals are vastly outnumbered by the tourists.
4. With the exception of Philip, everyone else at the meeting was a party member.
5. Does the application have to be typed ?
6. It’s time you bought a new pair of shoes and get rid od those trainers.
7. He wished he hadn’t invited her to the party.
8. At no time did he suspect that the money had been stolen.
9. Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
10. Such was the spectators’s anger / was the anger of the spectators that they had to cancel the
football match.

B. Key- word transformation:( 10 marks )

Rewrite the following sentences as directed by using exactly the words in brackets.
1. That painting is not worth 500 pounds / ............worth paying 500 pounds for.
2. Could you keep an eye on my suitcase for a moment ?
3. He’s a taxi driver, so he knows the city like the back of his hand.
4. Did you catch sight of Alice at the party last night ?
5. We continued waving until the train was out of sight.
6. Who is the heir to the estate ?
7. He wants people to call him “professor”
8. He was completely out of her mind.
9. Mary was amazed to find that the passport office was closed when she arrived.
10. I’d like to say how thankful I am for every thing you have done for me.
* PART FIVE :READING COMPREHENSION ( 20 marks )
Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word
1.exactly 2. don’t 3. water 4. temperature
5. risen 6. just 7. so 8. means
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9. up 10. use 11. working 12. what
13. be 14. at 15. located 16. almost
17. swept 18. worse 19. according 20. worsen