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SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH
THỪA THIÊN HUẾ LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010- 2011

ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 180 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)

ĐIỂM
CHỮ KÝ GIÁM KHẢO 1 CHỮ KÝ GIÁM KHẢO 2 PHÁCH
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I. LISTENING: ( 20 marks)
Listen carefully and answer the questions below. Each part will be read aloud three times.
PART 1 : People are talking about local businesses. Blacken TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) - (5
Marks).
1 a The girl goes to Muscles every morning to exercise. T F
b It’s cheaper than other places. T F
2 a Sylvester’s is the best clothing store in town. T F
b The clothes there are really well-made. T F
3 a Uncle bob’s is very close to the man’s house. T F
b Sometimes they eat there three times a day. T F
4 a The only place the woman brings her broken car to is Sancken Automotive. T F
b She really trusts the staff there. T F
5 a The musicians who play at the Blue Room are very disappointing. T F
b The place is too small and the tables and chairs are uncomfortable. T F
PART 2 : Fill in the blanks the words you hear from the tape - (5 Marks).


b. What would the woman rather have?
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II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: (30 marks)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence.
Circle your answers. (0.5 x 15 = 7.5 marks)
1. My hands were so cold that I couldn't……….my coat buttons.
A. open B. remove C. put out D. undo
2. I don't think that purple shirt ………with your yellow skirt
A. suits B. goes C. fits D. wears
3. I'm …… money every week to buy a new bicycle.
A. making for B. getting over C. putting aside D. turning in
4. I have been planting trees all day and I'm ……
A. worn out B. taken in C. run down D. grown up
5. He always felt that he was living in the ……of his famous father.
A. dusk B. gloom C. shadow D. mist
6. Helen’s parents were very pleased when they read her school ……….
A. report B. papers C. diploma D. account
7. In Britain, children start ………. school at the age of five.
A. kindergarten B. secondary C. nursery D. primary
8. It’s time for break. The bell has ………
A. gone off B. struck C. rung D. sounded
9. I bought these shoes in the sale. They were a real ……….
A. cheap B. economy C. bargain D. purchase
10. If you put your money in the bank, it will earn ten per cent ……….
A. investment B. profit C. deposit D. interest

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4. The unemployment rate has increased considerably since last year. Another two millions
(A) (B) (C) (D)
are jobless.
5. The President often contradicts himself. He often says something which doesn’t agree
(A) (B)
with what he says earlier.
(C) (D)

Part 3: In the text below some lines are correct but some have a word that should not be
there. Indicate the correct lines with a tick (). For the incorrect lines, write the words
that should not be there. (0.5 x 15 = 7.5 marks)
A HOLIDAY IN SCOTLAND

Some friends of mine decided to go on holiday
to Scotland. They asked me if I was wanted to go too
but I had already arranged to go to Italy. I told them
so that I had been to Scotland before, so they asked
me to give them some ideas. I advised them to take up
warm clothes and raincoats. " If I were like you, I'd
always carry umbrellas!" I told them. " I doubt that
whether you'll have any sunny days." I didn't see
them again until was after their holiday. They were all
very sun-tanned, and they told to me that they had
had very hot weather. " If we had been taken your
advice, we would have made a terrible mistake," they
said. " Luckily we were told us before we left that it
was very hot in Scotland. It is said to they have been
the hottest summer ever!

frequently arrived late for class. This has resulted in several
(9) ……… ……… . Although Margaret is a
(10) ……… ……… student in some respects, she has not had
a satisfactory term.

INTRODUCE
SUCCESS
ATTEND
READ
FAIL
REVISE

MISTAKE
ABSENT

PUNISH
GIFT

III. READING COMPREHENSION: ( 25 marks)

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Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space.
Circle your answers. (0.5 x 10 = 5 marks)
SPELLING
Spelling presents a major problem to many students – and, indeed, native speakers – of English.
This is (1) ______ surprising when you consider just how illogical the English spelling (2) ______
is. The spelling of such basic words as right, through, once, and who seems to (3) ______ no
relation to their (4) ______ . And how can the words go, sew, and though all rhyme with each
other?

(7) ______ that not all of his discoveries are as dramatic (8) ______ that. (9) ______ you are
prepared to put in a great deal of hard work and careful research, treasure hunting is much less
romantic (10) ______ it sounds. Just sailing around in the hope of finding something would (11)
______ a waste of time. Martin (12) ______ a great deal of time in museums and libraries looking
at old maps and shipping records. (13) ______ this way, he can work out (14) ______ ships have
sunk and where, and it is only then that he can begin to look (15) ______ them.
1. …………… … ………. 2. ………… …… ………. 3. …………… … ……….
4. …………… … ………. 5. ………… …… ………. 6. ………… …… ……….
7. …………… … ………. 8. ………… …… ………. 9. ………… …… ……….
10. ……………… ………. 11. ………… …… ………. 12. ………… …… ……….
13. ……………… ………. 14. ……………… ………. 15. ……………… ………. 5

Part 2 Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the following questions: (1 x 5 = 5
marks)

All at once Hazel was coming in through the French windows, pulling off gardening gloves, and
Bill was entering through the door, both at once. So I only had time to take one quick look at her
before I turned to face him. All very confusing. What that first glimpse showed me was that time
had thickened her figure but didn’t seem to have made much difference to her face. It still had good
skin and youthful outlines. She was holding a bunch of roses – must have been cutting them in the
garden while waiting for me. The gardening gloves lent a delightfully informal touch. It was quite
an entrance, though Bill spoilt it a bit by making his at the same time.
Bill seemed longer and thinner. His tightly massed hair had a tinge of grey. Apart from that,
twenty years had done nothing to him, except deepen the lines of thoughtfulness that had already,
when I knew him, begun to spread across his face. Or was that all? I looked at him again, more
carefully, as he looked away from me at Hazel. Weren’t his eyes different somehow? More inward
looking than ever? Gazing in not merely at his thoughts, but at something else, something he was

D. He was talking about the past.
5. In the end the writer found Bill’s conversation
A. monotonous
B. convincing
C. thought-provoking
D. instructive

IV. WRITING: ( 25 marks) 6

Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible
in meaning to the sentence printed before it. (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

1. It's a long time since we spoke to your sister.
We .
2. "Why don't you leave now. That's what I'd do."
If .
3. Jill was the only person who came late.
Everyone .
4. This matter is so complicated that we don't know how to deal with it.
So .
5. It's a pity you didn't ask us to spend the time with you.
If only .

Part 2: For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in
meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given. This word must not be
altered in any way. (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
1. I'm afraid that we haven't got any eggs left. (run)

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