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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
HẢI DƯƠNG KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút
Đề thi gồm: 05 trang

Học sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi.
Phần trắc nghiệm: Phương án chọn chỉ cần viết chữ cái A, B, C hoặc D.
I. PHONETICS
Part 1. (5 points) Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. parachute B. change C. attachment D. challenge
2. A. examine B. determine C. disciplined D. mine
3. A. pleasure B. breathe C. healthy D. leather
4. A. missed B. watched C. brushed D. planned
5. A. president B. because C. research D. newspaper
Part 2. (5 points) Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. industry B. interest C. suburb D. equality
7. A. medicine B. decide C. distance D. patient
8. A. arrangement B. relationship C. scientist D. improve
9. A. minority B. vegetables C. estimate D. necessary
10. A. comfortable B. potentially C. politics D. national
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1. (10 points) Choose the word or phrase A, B, C or D which best completes each sentence.
11. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shops usually ________.

A B C D
25. The political candidate talked as if she had already elected to the presidency.
A B C D
26. Louis is the more capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part in the play.
A B C D
27. Are you accustomed to hear airplanes over your house?
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A B C D
28. John found a cat which leg was broken.
A B C D
29. An increasing number of offices and schools uses computer programmes as daily routine.
A B C D
30. A goose’s neck is a little longer than it of a duck, and not so gracefully curved as a swan’s.
A B C D
Part 3. (10 points) Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
31. It is difficult to give a speech without (PREPARE).
32. Thank you for your postcard. It was very (THINK) of you to send it.
33. A (TIRE) boy asked me how to get to the nearest station.
34. We all like her because she's always polite and (CONSIDER).
35. He was turned down for the job because he was not (QUALIFY).
36. Did your parents give you (PERMIT) to take a trip with friends ?
37. He was an (INFLUENCE) writer because he persuaded many people to see the truth.
38. The rise in house price will (ABLE) him to sell his house for a large profit.
39. We had the phone (CONNECT) because we are moving tomorrow.
40. Don't (ESTIMATE) the power of revision in the days and hours before an examination.
III. READING
Part 1. (15 points) Read the passage below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each blank.

suitable word for each blank. (There are more words than blanks, so you won't use them all).
A. appearing B. almost C. locked D. amount
E. most F. number G. used H. source
The earth has a tremendous (56) _________ of water, but almost all of it is in the oceans. The oceans cover about
70% of the earth's surface. They contain about 97% of all the water on earth, and are the (57) _________ of most
precipitation that falls on earth. Oceans water is too salty to be (58) _________ for drinking, agriculture or industry. But
the salt is left behind during evaporation and the precipitation that falls on earth is usually water.
Only about 3% of the water on earth is fresh water and (59) _________ of it is not easily available to man . It
includes water (60) _________ in glaciers and icecaps, more than 2% of the earth's water. About half of 1% of the earth's
water is beneath the earth's surface. Rivers and lakes contain only about one- fifth of 1% of the earth's water.

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Part 3. (10 points) Read the following passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
In the exploration of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in
adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in
phonology - hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often "fossilizes" into permanent error patterns that
no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes,
amount of exposure, quality of teaching, and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best
circumstances.
Many explanations have been advanced for children's superiority: they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive
conversation between parents and children), make errors unself-consciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to
conform, are not set in their ways, and have no first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based
on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation
explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age.
Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and
Chinese-born students at the University of lllinois who had spent at least ten years in the United States. The immigrants
were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical error. The immigrants who
came to the United States between the ages of 3 and 7 performed identically to American-born students. Those who
arrived between the ages of 8 and 15 did worse the later they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the

A. He doesn't want to get married to her because she's very poor.
B. He doesn't want to get to marry her because of she being poor.
C. He doesn't want to be got married to her because that she is very poor.
D. He doesn't want to get married her because of the fact that she's poor.
68. Life / Vietnam /year 2050 / be /very / different / what / today.
A. Life of Vietnam in the year of 2050 will be very different from what is today.
B. Life in Vietnam in the year 2050 will be very different from what it is today.
C. Life in Vietnam in year 2050 will be very different with what it is today.
D. Life for Vietnam in the year 2050 will be very different to what is it today.
69. It/ stupid / him/ give up/ job/ need /money.
A. It was stupid for him giving up the job when he needed the money.
B. It was stupid to him to give up the job because he needed the money.
C. It was stupid with him when he gave up the job because he needed the money.
D. It was stupid of him to give up the job when he needed the money.

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70. I / suggest / our family / try / cut down / expenses.
A. I suggest that our family try to cut down on expenses.
B. I suggest our family to try to cut down on expenses.
C. I suggest that our family should try cutting down in expenses.
D. I suggest to our family to try to cut down on expenses.
71. I apologise / mistake / make / office.
A. I apologise to the mistake made in my office.
B. I apologise for the mistake to be made by my office.
C. I apologise for the mistake made by my office.
D. I apologise when the mistake was made in my office.
72. Many people / nowadays / find/ difficult / exist / money / they / earned.
A. Many people nowadays find it to be difficult to exist in their money they earned.
B. Many people nowadays find difficult when existing on the money they have earned.

81. He wished he hadn’t told her what I was about to do that evening.
- He regretted
82. The children should be working by now.
- It is time …
83. Neither I nor my sister likes boxing.
- I don't
84. We have never met anyone more generous than Mrs Jones.
- Mrs Jones is
85. It’s two months since Mr. Thu last smoked a cigarette.
- Mr. Thu hasn't
Part 3. (10 points) Complete the passage with the suggested words.
THE THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Nowadays people / more aware / wildlife / all over / world / danger // Many species / animals / become / extinct / we / not
make / effort / protect them // There / reasons / this // In / cases / animals / hunt / fur / other valuable parts / bodies // Some
birds / parrots/ caught alive / sold / pets // For / animals / birds / problem / habitat / place / they live / disappearing //
More land / used / farms / houses / industry / there / fewer open spaces / there once // Farmers / use / powerful
chemicals / help them / grow better crops / but / chemicals pollute / environment / harm wildlife // The most successful
animals / earth /human beings / soon / only ones left / we / solve / problem//
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