ubnd tỉnh bắc ninh
sở giáo dục và đào tạo
đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh
năm học 2009 - 2010
Môn thi : TIếNG ANH lớp 12 THpt
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi 14 tháng 4 năm 2010
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(Chú ý: Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi này)
(Đề thi gồm có 06 trang)
PART I. PRONUNCIATION - VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR (10 PTS)
Question 1: Circle the word whose boldfaced part is pronounced differently from that of the other three.
( 0.5 pt)
1. A. private B. typical C. enterprise D. dynamic
2. A. council B. downward C. launch D. accountant
3. A. association B. message C. language D. marriage
4. A. secure B. police C. council D. socialize
5. A. youth B. clothes C. although D. youths
Question 2: Circle the word whose stressed syllable is different from that of the other three.(0.5 pt)
1. A. economy B. economics C. peninsula D. advisory
2. A. industry B. dramatic C. enormous D. demeanor
3. A. urbanized B. embryo C. concentrate D. cohabit
4. A. Atlanta B. mechanize C. continue D. mechanic
5. A. asset B. civic C. antique D. favorite
Question 3: Circle the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence.(2 pts)
1. The focusing properties of an optical lens depend on the fact _____ the velocity of light is smaller in
glass then in the air.

12. I reminded him twice, so as to _________ that he wouldn’t forget.
A. check B. take care C. watch out D. make sure
13. He’s very _________ about his private life. He’s got no secret.
A. trustworthy B. direct C. open D. sincere
14. It was a _________ mistake. I wasn’t trying to cheat you.
A. genuine B. truthful C. sincere D. frank
15. It’s not very _________ to speak with your mouthful.
A. tactful B. gentle C. polite D. educated
16. The manager is _________ He can’t see the long-term benefits of installing a computer.
A. petty B. narrow-minded C. intolerant D. absent-minded
17. He told me that he would be here _________ a moment.
A. on B. for C. at D. in
18. I’m sure they were __________ lies.
A. telling B. speaking C. talking D. saying
19. The boys’ father built them a large sand box _________ .
A. to play in it B. to play in C. to play in there D. in which to play
20. The impact of two vehicles can cause a lot of _________ to both.
A. damagings B. damaging C. damages D. damage
Question 4: Each line in the following passage contains a mistake. Pick out the mistake (in line order)
and correct it. (0) has been done for you as an example.(1 pt)
Yesterday afternoon, Frank Hawkins is telling me about his
experiences as a young man. Frank is now a head of a very large
business company, but as a boy he use to work in a small shop. It
was his job to repair bicycle and at that time he used to work
fourteen hours a day. He saved money for years and in 1938 he
bought a small workshop in his own. During the war Frank used
to do spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers.
By the end of the war, the small workshop have become a large
factory where employed seven hundred people. Frank smiled
while he remembered his hard early years and the long road to

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summer alike. The spectacular new marina (2)______________ sea-
goers to make a stopover in the heart of the town, which is right next
to the fishing harbour. Within easy reach of Paris, it has been
designated as a town of art and history. The (3)______________
white-brick buildings remind one that Dieppe was entirely
(4)______________ after the great fire in 1649. The
(5)______________ of the town centre, (6)______________
respecting the original (7)______________, lends a special charm.
The castle museum, dominating the town, seemingly watches over its
people. Its views across the valley are particularly
(8)______________. Dieppe has an intense (9)_____________ life
and is the birthplace of “Coast to Coast”, a France-British meeting of
choreographers and dancers. “I can recommend without
(10)____________ a visit to this wonderful town.”
2. able

3. character
4. build
5. restore
6. stylistic
7. architect
8. impress
9. culture
10. hesitate
Question 6: Supply the correct form of the VERBS in bracket. Write your answers in the numbered
spaces. (2.0 pts)
I (1- walk) ______________ along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the North of
England, (2- look)______________ for somewhere (3- make)_______________ a phone call. My car (4-
break)______________ down outside the town and I wanted to contact the A. A. The street (5- run)

catalogue? When discussing financial figures, would you like to have (3) _________ transferred into your
own desk-top computer?
If this can be done now – by big businesses with the money and expertise required. But in a (4) _________
years ordinary people should be able to do the same. This became clear at the Telecom Fair, a trade
exhibition and conference for the world’s telecommunications community in Geneva earlier this month.
There are facsimile machine able (5) ___________ transmit a document in six seconds (compared with the
present 60 seconds), and one that can transmit in color. There are picture phones (6) ___________ send and
display a series of stil photographs of the people talking on the line. And there are drawing pads which
allow your doodles to appear on another pad at the receiving end. The technology for integrating
communication services over a digital network is available now. But the telecommunications world has not
(7) _____ defined all the standards necessary or (8) _____ truly global network to emerge. This could take
up to ten years.
In the future, terminals will look very different from normal telephone handsets. They will (9) __________
video screens typewriter keyboards, drawing pads or printing devices. It is possible to have an intelligent
terminal which could read a credit card, send data automatically to the computer centre, and then have the
person say a few words in the telephone for the computer to recognize the voice pattern before
authorization. It should work well (10) _________ you have a heavy cold.
Question 2: Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each of the question below.(2pts)
The Sun today is a yellow star. It is fuelled by thermonuclear reactions near its centre that convert
hydrogen to helium. The Sun has existed in its present state for about 4 billion, 600 million years, and is
thousands of times larger than the Earth.
By studying other stars, astronomers can predict what the rest of the Sun’s life will be like. About 5
million years from now, the core of the Sun will shrink and become hotter. The surface temperature will
fall. The higher temperature of the centre will increase the rate of thermonuclear reactions. The outer
regions of the Sun will expand approximately 35 million miles about distance to Mercury, which is the
closest planet to the Sun. The Sun will then be a red giant star. Temperatures on the Earth will become too
hot for life to exist.
Once the Sun has used up its thermonuclear energy as a red giant, it will begin to shrink. After it
shrinks to the size of the Earth, it will become a white star. The Sun may throw off huge amounts of gases
in violent eruptions called nova explosions as it changes from a red giant to a white dwarf.

B. red giant, white dwarf, red dwarf, nova explosion
C. yellow dwarf, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf
D. white dwarf, red giant, black dwarf, yellow dwarf
9. The word “there” in line 17 refers to
A. our own planet B. the outer surface of the Sun
C. the core of the black dwarf D. the planet Mercury.
10. Which of the following best describe the tone of the passage?
A. alarmed B. pessimistic C. comic D. objective
Question 3: Put these sentences in the right order to complete the text. Number 1 has been done for you
as an example. (1pt)
A. is also an international city where you can eat food from
B. wonderful beaches! When they think of Sydney, many people think
C. opened in 1973 for music, theatre and dance. Near
D. building look like sails on Sydney Harbour. It was
E. the Opera House is one of the longest
F. all over the world, or just visit some of the thirty
G. Sydney is the oldest and biggest city, with 3,7 million
H. buildings are the centre for much of Australian business. It
I. people. It is a busy modern city and its high rise
J. of the Sydney Opera House. The roof of this beautiful
K. bridges in the world- the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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PART III: WRITING (5 PTS)
Question 1: Rewrite the following sentences with the same meaning as the given one. Use the words
given(2pts)
1. Harry couldn’t afford this car.
This car was __________________________________________________________
2. How did you get the idea that they are rich?
What made __________________________________________________________

(2pts)
Dear John.
1 .I /get/ postcard/ you/ this afternoon.
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2. I/ pleased/ you/ able/ come/ next week.
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3. not worry/ accommodation. There/ big hotel/ corner/ my street.
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4. I/ use/ stay/ that hotel/ before/ move/ my flat.
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5. I/ sure/ you/not/ bored/ because/ this/ ineresting town.
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6. I/ go/ college/ afternoon/ so/ we/ meet/ evening.
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7. Mr Smith/ my lecturer/ teach /I/ start/ course.
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8. I/ introduce/ him/ you/ come here.
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9. you/ think/ good idea?
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10. I/ have/ good time/ this town/ hope/ you/ enjoy yourself/ too.
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Write to me soon.
Love
Jack.
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Question 8: Replace the underlined verbs with the phrasal verbs with TAKE(0.1 x 10 = 1pt)
1. take after 2. take on 3. take up 4. take off 5. take in
6. take part 7. take away 8. take out 9. take over 10.take place
PART II: READING (5 PTS)
Question 1: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each
space.(0.2 x 10= 2pts)
1. others 2. garage 3. them 4. few 5. to
6. which/ that 7. yet 8. a 9. have 10. if
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Question 2: Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each of the question below.(0.2 x 10
= 2pts)
1. D 2. A 3.B 4. A 5D 6.C 7B 8.C 9.A 10D
Question 3:Put these sentences in the right order to complete the text. Number 1 has been done for you
as an example. (1pt)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
G I H A F B J D C E K
PART III: WRITING (5 PTS)
Question 1. Rewrite the following sentences with the same meaning as the given one. Use the words
given. (0.2 x 10= 2pts)
1. This car was too expensive for Harry to buy/ This car was so expensive that Harry couldn’t buy it.
2. What made you think that they are rich?
3. The older my grandmother is, the more intolerrant she becomes.
4. When I arrived in Canberra, I wrote a letter to my parents.
5. He hates people laughing at his face/ He hates being lauged at his face (by people)
6. I was about to leave the house when the telephone rang.
7. Everything in the house is said to have been stolen (by the thief).
8. So fast did he run that nobody could catch up with him.
9. Nam apologized Huong for not catching (not having cauhgt) the ball for her sister the day before.
10. At no time are pupils allowed to leave the classroom.
Question 2: Rewrite the following sentences. Use the words given. (0.2 x 5= 1pt)