- 1 -ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI 12 – VÒNG TRƯỜNG
MÔN : TIẾNG ANH- Năm học 2010-2011
Thời gian: 180 phút

I. PHONETICS: 10 pts
A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the other
words (chọn từ mà phần gạch dưới có cách phát âm khác với các từ kia)
1. A. naked B. sacred C. needed D. walked
2. A. pens B. dogs C. boots D. lies
3. A. moon B. mood C. blood D. soon
4. A. angry B. ask C. hat D. bad
5. A. easy B. please C. pleasure D. teacher
B. Underline the stressed syllable of the following words (gạch dưới những âm tiết nhấn của các
từ sau)
influence – accuracy – elementary – humanity – employee
II. VOCABULARY: 20 pts
A. Give the right form of word given in brackets (cho dạng đúng của từ)
1. Her sudden ………………………………… gave us a big surprise (arrive).
2. Do you like this new ………………………………… of apples (vary).
3. I was late because I ………………………………… how much time I’ll need (estimate).
4. My son could never be a teacher. He’s far too ………………………………(patient).
5. ………………………………… covers the sky at night (dark).
6. Vietnam declared its ………………………………… in 1945 (depend).
7. I’m ………………………………… of spiders (terror).
8. I couldn’t sleep for a week. I suffered from constant …………………………………
(sleep).
9. Small children are very ………………………………… in their behaviour. They just

III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES : 25pts
A. Find the part that needs correcting (tìm lỗi sai cần sửa).
1. Mrs Taylor smokes usually 20 cigarettes a day and her health is
A B C
badly affected.
D
2. Many habits such as smoking, staying up late, and overeating can be
A B C
harm to our health.
D
3. There can’t be enough rice this year for the country because of bad
A B C
whether.
D
4. Jimmy felt happily when he heard the interesting news.
A B C D
5. We are talking about the old man and his dog which are living next
A B C
door to us.
D
B. Put the verbs in the correct tense:

1. When my father (1)………………………………… (retire) next month, he(2)
………………………………… (teach) for 30 years.
2. He heard the clock (3) ………………………………… (strike) six and knew that it
was time for him (4) ………………………………… (get) up.
3. I wish I (5) ………………………………… (know) you needed the book. I (6)
………………………………… (buy) it for you in London.
4. Ask your friends (7) ………………………………… (sit) on the same bench (8)
………………………………… (exchange) the papers you and they (9)

 It can’t
……………………………………………………………………………………………
10. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
 Had it not
………………………………………………………………………………………
11. Mathen didn’t listen to what his doctor told him (NOTICE).

………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………
12. I found this film quite disappointing (LET)

………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………
13. Don’t you regret not learning to swim? (WISH)]

………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………
14. I’d like to express my thanks for everything you have done for me (THANKFUL)

………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………
15. You didn’t think carefully enough before you decided (OUGHT)

………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………
III. READING COMPREHENSION:
A. Cloze Test: Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word:
How are things with you? Since I saw you last, I’ve been ill. By the (1)
………………………………… I arrived home after seeing you on Monday, I had an
awful headache.
+ Like technical difficulties, studio audiences are just another common feature of
television life, and yet to many of us, they remain a mystery. Watching them getting excited on
game shows, for example, we sit back and ask ourselves - just who are these people?
2

+ Of all the audiences for live entertainment, the studio variety is widely considered to be
the lowest of the low. I have heard it said that even people who work in television, treat studio
audience with scorn-or, as an cameraman put it, “like cattle”.
3

I had assumed that studio audiences were made up of silly people desperate for two
seconds of fame. But there’s no such thing as a typical studio audience. They come from all
classes, professions, and income groups. Television tries to attract different types of people for
different types of programmes.
4

Those of us who prefer to watch television from can’t see why anyone would want to
watch television from a studio . Why would anyone bother to apply for tickets, travel long
distances, and suffer hours of boredom in the discomfort of a studio just to watch they can see at
home?
5

One theory is that people hope that for a second they might appear on television. I didn’t
believe this until I spoke to Angela. Why had she come? “It was a chance to appear on
television”. Another theory is that people are curious to take a look behind the scenes. But the
most common explanation. I heard was simply a case of “a friend gave me a ticket”.
a. Studio audiences consist of all kinds of people
b. For some people, being a studio audience is freferiable to watching TV at home.

8. A. where B. while C. when D. what
9. A. also B. again C. another D. always
10. A. getting B. making C. taking D. doing
V. WRITING: 20 pts
Write a short passage (from 80 to 100 words) about the topic:
“ In what ways is television useful for your study?”

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