KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TRƯỜNG LỚP 12
Năm học 2010-2011

Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH 12 THPT –
(Đề thi có 06 trang)
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Họ và tên thí sinh: Ngày tháng năm sinh: Số báo danh Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 1: Họ tên, chữ ký giám thị 2:
Chỉ dẫn:
1. Đề thi gồm 06 trang. Thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trước khi làm bài.
2. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi (ghi câu trả lời vào các ô được đánh số phía
dưới đề của mỗi phần).
3. Thí sinh giữ gìn cẩn thận bài làm.
4. Nếu thí sinh làm sai, dùng thước gạch, không dùng bút tẩy màu trắng. Thí sinh
chỉ được dùng bút một màu xanh hoặc đen để làm bài. Không dùng mực màu đỏ.


Điểm bằng số: Điểm bằng chữ:
Họ tên, chữ ký GK 1: Họ tên, chữ ký GK 2:
Số phách
SECTION A : PHONETICS

I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others
1.
A. receive B. achieve C. increase D. creative
2. A. cost B. most C. host D. post
3. A. mammal B. material C. saddle D. manage
4. A . further B. fertile C. heard D. mother
5. A. knocked B. missed C. organized D. finished

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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2 A. can’t help B. would rather C. would prefer D. had better
14. She________ me a very charming compliment on my painting.
A. made B. showed C. look D. paid
15. You look tired. Why don’t we________and have a good rest?
A. call its name B. call on C. call it a day D. call off
16. “Can you________ me a favor, Bill?” Peter said.
A. put B. do C. make D. get
17. He managed to keep his job ________ the manager had threatened to sack him.
A. despite B. although C. therefore D. unless
18. You should make a(n) ________ to overcome this problem.
A. impression B. effort C. trial D. apology
19. Thanks to my friends’________ remarks, my essays have been improved.
A. construction B. constructive C. construct D. constructor
20. You need more exercise – you should________ jogging.
A. try on B. hold up C. carry out D. take up
21. All of us won’t go camping________ the weather stays fine.
A. unless. B. so C. but D. however
22. I clearly remember________ you about this before.
A. telling B. tell C. to tell D. told
23. Don’t touch that wire or you’ll get an electric________.
A. fire B. shock C. current D. charge
24. ________ stamps, my brother collects coins.
A. Besides B. Except C. Beside D. Near
25. The manager________ him for a minor mistake.
A. charged B. accused C. blamed D. complained

Mistakes Correction Mistakes Correction
26. 27.
28. 29.
30. 31.
32. 33.
34. 35. III. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a
word that fits in the space in the same line.

Meteorologists are scientists who study the weather and make
weather……………… (36)
In order to make a……………(37) reading, meteorologists must take a
lot of things into………………………(38). In fact, the data requires is
collected several times a day from………………(39) different sources
all over the world. To gather this……………… (40), special types of
…………………(41) are used.
This data is of course………………… (42) to everybody. The
reports
and…………………… (43) that meteorologists give are usually
very
reliable.………………(44)
to take their advice could in some cases be
a matter of life or……………… (45).

36. PREDICT
37. SUCCEED
38. CONSIDER
39. COMPLETE

work (52) ______ you have had lots of training. Then you have to go through several (53)
___ before you can be selected. If you think you would be good at chocolate tasting then try
to develop your taste buds by tasting different chocolate (54) ______ blindfold. See if you
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4can tell what type of chocolate it is. If you get a job like this, you will not be well-paid but
most tasters enjoy their job so much that (55) ______ is not very important.

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

II. Read the passage and then decide which word (a, b, c or d) best fits each space.

BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM - A WOMAN IN BUSINESS
Bette Nesmith Graham had always wanted to be an artist, but in the 1940s, she was a (56)
______ mother with a child to (57) ______. She learned typing and found work as a
secretary. She was an efficient employee who was (58) ______ of her work and tried to find
a better way to correct typing. She remembered that artists painted over their mistakes, so
why not typists?
With this idea in (59) ______, Graham put paint, the same colour as the office stationary,
into a bottle and took her brush to work. She used this to correct her typing mistakes and her
boss never (60) ______. Soon everyone in the office was using it.
In 1956, Graham started the Mistake Out Company from her home. Her kitchen (61)______
a laboratory in which she mixed up an improved product (62) ______ her food mixer.
Although she worked (63) ______ hours, she made little money. Then, one day she made a
mistake at work that she couldn't correct, and her boss sacked her. She now had the time to

However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are
hopeful in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well especially if the parents
are very supportive of their children.
Michael Smiths is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by
taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons. Although Michael's
father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra, he never makes Michael enter music
competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael's friend, Winston Maier, however, is not so lucky. As both his parents are
successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as
successful as they are, and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very
unhappy when he does not win. "When I was at your age, I used to win every competition I
entered," Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his
parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
66. The main idea of the passage is ________.
A. how parents should make a child a musician.
B. how parents should bring up a child
C. what differences there are between two kinds of parents.
D. what aim of a child can be much earlier to each.
67. Michael is lucky because________.
A. his parents help him in a sensible way C. his family is rich enough to have a car
B. his father is a musician in an orchestra D. he is free to do anything that he likes best
68. Winston's parents set so high a standard for him that________.
A. he has to do his best to do everything C. he has made great progress in music
B. he is afraid that he may disappoint them D. he often wants to kill himself some day
69. It is one of parents' mistakes if________
A. they want their child to be a musician
B. they don’t care for their child's education much
C. they help their child to win music competitions
D. they make their child try to achieve too much.
70. According to the author's opinion, ________.

Write a composition about the following topic (150-200 words)
What are the differences between a traditional Vietnamese family and a modern
Vietnamese family?

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