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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 - THPT
THANH HÓA Năm học 2010 - 2011
Môn thi: Tiếng anh – ĐỀ A
Đề chính thức (Thời gian: 180 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm có: 05 trang
QUESTION I ( 10 points)
a- Choose one word which has underlined part different from the others. Identify
your answer by choosing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. A. folk B. milk C. walk D. half
2. A. performed B. interviewed C. finished D. delivered
3. A. stomach B. church C. toothache D. chemistry
4. A. sun B. sort C. success D. sure
5. A. plough B. laugh C. enough D. cough
b- Choose one word whose stress partern is different. Identify your answer by
choosing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1.A. farmer B. farewell C. factory D. fairy
2.A. government B. fortunate C. parliament D. condition
3.A. facilitate B. government C. psychiatrist D. ability
4.A. appoint B. gather C. threaten D. vanish
5.A. remedy B. exercise C. pollution D. surgery
QUESTION II. Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets . (15 points)
1. You look extremely exhausted. What you ( to do ).
2. They (to come ) from Japan, though they ( to live ) in Vietnam just now .
3. I (to share) a flat with him when we were students. He always (to complain)
about my untidiness.
4. By the end of this week, my illness (to cost) me $100.

QUESTION IV. Choose the best answer from A , B, C or D to complete the following
sentences. (15 points)
1. Your hair is too long now. It needs…………
A. to cut. B. cutting C. being cut D. to be cutting
2. Your house has ……… nice furniture.
A. such B. such a C. so D. so a
3. …………. it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.
A. Because B. Despite C. Although D. Inspite
4. He was very upset by the ……… of his English examination.
A. result B. failure C. effect D. success
5. “Who should go to see him?” – I suggest that Mary to see him.
A. go B. goes C. would go D. went
6. They would ……… go by air than spend a week travelling by train.
A. always B. rather C. prefer D. better
7. It was Sunday. shop was open, all the others were closed.
A. Some B. An C. A D. One
8. He liked to sit ……. the river and fish.
A. at B. next to C. beside D. along
9. we find new sources , we will soon run out of energy.
A. If B. When C. Unless D. Only
10. The number of people………… will be travelling next week will cause
difficulties for the airport.
A. who B. which C. whose D. whom
11. The meeting hall … they had the press conference is very large.
A. to which B. on which C. in which D. which
12. The traffic in town was very ……… and I arrived home earlier than expected.
A. light B. weak C. little D. few
13. A person who is addicted drugs needs professional medical help.
A. with B. to C. of D. by
14. He regretted hard. It was too late.

similar 7 . Most of us 8 met someone that we’ve immediately felt relaxed with,
9 if we’ve known them for years. However, usually it really does take you years to
10 to know someone well enough to consider him 11 best friend.
To the majority of 12 this is someone we trust completely and who
understands us 13 than anyone else. It’s the person you can turn 14 for impartial
advice and a shoulder to cry on 15 life gets you down.

QUESTION VII (10 points)
a- Find out the mistake and correct it.
1. I read something about Tararino's new film on that magazine.
2. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already.
3. When there are low sales, companies often decide developing new products.
4. The direct sources of fresh water in lakes are rain, melted snowy and ice.
5. Many women have reached high positions in business but there are still little
women in government.
b- Read the passage and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
The three phrases of the human memory are the sensory memory, the short-term
memory and the long-term memory. This division of the memory into phrases is based
on the length of time of the memory.
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Sensory memory is instantaneous memory. It is an image of memory that enters
your mind only for a short period of time; it comes and goes in under a second. The
memory will not last longer than that unless the information enters the short-term
memory.
Information can be held in the short-term memory for about twenty seconds or as
long as you are actively using it. If you repeat a fact to yourself, that fact will stay in

B. is at the foot of.
C. depends on .
D. is below.
QUESTION VIII. ( 15 points)
a- Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings.
1. Arthur said he was sorry he had hurt her feeling.
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Arthur apologised
2. I am amazed by the mistakes he makes.
What

3. He is my friend as well as yours.
Not only
4. The police let him leave after they had questioned him.
He was
5. Nga is pleased to meet her aunt again soon.
Nga is looking
6. He is too old to have more children.
He is so
7. Their teacher is making them study hard.
They are
8. Do all the washing, please !
Let
9. The children may use the school swimming pool during the holidays.
There is no
10. "I'm very busy. I'll ring you tomorrow," Susan said to me.
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐÁP ÁN - HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM
THANH HÓA ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 -THPT
Năm học 2005 - 2006
Môn : Tiếng Anh - Bảng A - Đề chính thức

Question I (10 points)
a- 1. B 2. C 3. B 4.D 5.A

b- 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C

Question II (15 points)
1. have you done ( have you been doing)
2. come / are living
3. shared/ was always complaining ( always complained)
4. will have cost
5. will be practising
6. goes
7. should arrive (arrive)
8. to be kept
9. sent
10. turns ( will turn )
11. travelled / slept
12. passed
Question III. (10 points)
1. sleeplessness
2. unmanageable
3. impurity
4. refreshments

3. developing  to develop
4. snowy  snow
5. little  few

b- 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C

Question VIII. (15 points)
a-
1. Arthur apologised for hurting her feeling / having hurt her feeling.
2. What amazes me is the mistakes he makes.
3. Not only is he your friend, but he’s mine, too/ but he’s also mine /but he’s mine, as well.
4. He was allowed to leave after he had been questioned by the police.
5. Nga is looking forward to meeting her aunt again.
6. He is so old that he can't have more children.
7. They are being made to study hard by their teacher.
8. Let all the washing be done.
9. There is no doubt that the children can use the school swimming pool during the
holidays.
10. Susan said to me that she was very busy so she would ring me the following/next
day.
b-
1. I think everybody should think about the environment and how we (could) protect it.
2. Thank you for your invitation to your wedding at the beginning of December.
3. Not until he saw me, did he remember that he had left his hat at the office.
4. My teacher of English suggested (that) the tasks (should) be prepared carefully.
5. He still remembers being taken to the zoo every Sunday.
- Tổng điểm toàn bài: 100 points

22. turns ( will turn )
23. would have saved
passed
Question III. Gồm có 10 câu , mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
11. certainty
12. mislaid
13. impurity
14. refreshment
15. possession
16. inhabitants
17. behavioural
18. disadvantages
19. prevention
20. musical
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Question IV. Gồm có 15 câu, mỗi câu đúng được 1 điểm.
1. B 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.B 8.C 9.C 10.A 11.A 12.A
13.D 14.C 15.D
Question V.Gồm có 10 từ, mỗi từ đúng đợc 1 điểm.
1. between 2. against 3. from 4. for 5. in 6. after 7. since
8. As 9. in 10. to
Question VI. A. Gồm có 15 từ, mỗi từ đúng đợc 1 điểm.
1.A 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.A 8.A
9.B 10.A 11.D 12.B 13.A 14.C 15.D
B. Gồm có 5 câu, mỗi câu đúng đợc 1 điểm.
1.C 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.C 10