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SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VỊNG TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT
CÀ MAU NĂM HỌC 2011-2012

Mơn thi: Tiếng Anh
Ngày thi: 13 – 11 – 2011
(Đề thi gồm có 8 trang) Thời gian: 180 phút (Khơng kể thời gian giao đề)

Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi này

ĐIỂM
TOÀN BÀI THI
Giám khảo 1

(Họ, tên và
chữ ký)
Giám khảo 2

(Họ, tên và
chữ ký)
SỐ PHÁCH
(Do Chủ tòch HĐ
ghi)
Bằng
chữ

Bằng
số
ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC
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7. _ “Stop laughing!”
_ “I can’t ______!”
A. help it B. resist
C. do anything against it D. hold myself
8. It takes years to ___________ as a doctor.
A. practice B. pass
C. complete D. qualify
9. A device called a laser _____ through metal and other material very easily.
A. cutting B. that cuts
C. cuts D. it will cut
10. There was _____ new in his letter.
A. a great many B. hardly any
C. a great deal of D. a large number of
PART II: (1.0 pt)
The passage below contains 10 errors. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your
answers in the space provided below. (0) has been done as an example.
The evening meal at Bateman’s bay brings together three generation: 18 months-old
Same, his sister-Nina, their parents-Rubina and Haleem and the grandparent. Sometimes there
are other family members as good. “ People catch up with each other at meal times,” say
cousin Samreen. “ we usually eat quite later, about 8.30 or 9.00 p.m., because we wait for
everyone to get in. It’s importance to have a table that’s lays out, although during the week it’s
usually just a couple of dish. Weekends are a bit more special!” Rubina will normally cook a
ricy dish, a meat curry and sometimes a salad.
Your answers:
0/ bay  Bay
1/ 6/

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8………………… PART IV: (1.0 pt)
Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION. Write your answers in the numbered
blanks provided below the passage
This is, of course, a day of joy and gladness (1)______ us all- but particularly for my
wife and me. We have seen our dear daughter married (2)______the man she loves and to
whom we know we can entrust her (3)______confidence. But I am sure you will understand
me when I say that this joy is mixed with a touch (4)______ sadness, for us. When you have
had someone you love living with you (5)______ twenty years, have seen her grow
(6)______from babyhood to childhood, and (7)______childhood to womanhood, it is not easy
to get used (8)______the idea that she is not going to live there any more. Yet this does not
prevent us (9)______wishing them well (10)______ all our hearts.
Your answers:
1/ 6/
2/ 7/
3/ 8/
4/ 9/
5/ 10/

PART V: (2.0 pts)
Supply the correct form of the VERBS in the brackets to complete the passage. Write
your answers in the space provided under this passage.
My friend Paul and Ellen (1. just/return) from their honeymoon in Europe. Before they
(2. leave) New York, I (3. give) them my brother’s address in Switzerland in the hope that
they (4. visit) him and his family.
When I (5. go) (6. call) on the newly-weds last Tuesday night, they (7. tell) me how
much they (8. enjoy) travelling around Europe and that we (9. soon/look) at the color slides

the information given in the passage.
In practically any country in the world, you are (1) _______ to find a market
somewhere. Markets have been with us since (2) ________ times, when people became self-
sufficient and needed to exchange the goods they produced. For example, a farmer might
have exchanged a cow (3) ________ tools and so on. But just as times have (4) _________,
so have market practices. So, whereas in early times the main activity(5) ________ with
markets would have been “ bartering”, meaning the exchange of goods as described above ,
today most stall- holders wouldn’t be too (6) _______ on accepting potatoes as payment, for
instance, instead of cash.
In contrast, what might be a common sight in a modern market is a certain amount of
“haggling”, where customer and seller eventually (7) ________ on a price, after what can
sometimes be quite a heated debate. This has become so popular in certain places that many
people think that this is what makes the (8) ________ atmosphere of a market. But just as no
two people are the same, no two markets are the same either, and so behavior which is
expected in one market in one country may not be (9) _______ in another. Even within one
country, there are those markets where you could haggle quite easily and those where you
would be (10) __________ not to try!
1/ A. safe B. confident C. definite D. sure
2/ A. ancient B. antique C. old D. past
3/ A. into B. by C. for D. over
4/ A. changed B. turned C. developed D. differed
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5/ A. associated B. relating C. connecting D. attached
6/ A. fond B. keen C. eager D. pleased
7/ A. confirm B. consent C. approve D. agree
8/ A. sole B. single C. only D. unique
9/ A. acceptable B. convenient C. comfortable D. receptive
10/ A. informed B. advised C. noticed D. suggested

PART III: (1.5 pts)

C. more working D. more taxes
5. This text is about_______
A. diseases that smokers get
B. how much smoking costs the UK
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C. how much the UK get if everyone stopped smoking
D. taxes which are not paid by smokers
PART IV: (1.5 pts)
Read the following passage and complete the numbered blanks with the words in the
box. The telephone is a modern convenience without which life would be quite difficult.
Imagine not being able to dial 999 for an ambulance or to report (1)______robbery. The vital
importance of the telephone (2)______ summoning help in an emergency cannot be over
estimated.
To a businessman, the telephone is his lifeline. He has to be (3)______ constant, direct
contact with his suppliers and clients through telephone calls. A breakdown in
communication can mean loss of business opportunities. (4)______, people in business
normally (5)______ more than one telephone in (6)______ a phone goes out of order due to
a faulty line or other technical fault.
The telephone is, of course, (7)______a must for the average person in his or her
everyday life. A person uses the telephone to make appointments, enquire(8)______ services
and products, and make social contact with friends and associates. Keeping in touch
(9)______the telephone is a necessary and important part of modern living because busy
working lives and other commitments leave people (10)______ little time for visiting each
other regularly.

1. You’re tired because you stayed up very late last night. (if)
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2. I can’t describe people as well as you can. (better)
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3. Would you like to go for a coffee in ten minutes or so? (about)
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4. People claim that he is the best tennis player of our times. (said)
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5. This office is too small for two people. ( enough)
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PART III: (4.0 pts)
Write a paragraph about 250 words expressing your own opinion about the topic:
“The pleasure of reading”

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