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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 – THPT Thanh Hoá
Năm học 2010-2011
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH ( BẢNG B)
ĐỀ DỰ BỊ Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)

Question I: Use correct tenses of the verbs in barackets.
1. After ( stop ) by the police. the man admitted ( steal ) the car but denied ( drive ) at
100 miles an hour.
2. There were many houses ( blow ) in the storm.
3. My father ( work ) in the factory for 30 years and he is not planning ( retire ) yet.
4. The first plane ( explode ) just as our plane ( land ) but the pilot skifully climbed up
again before touching the tarmac. All the people who (wait ) for us witnessed the
incident.
5. If you ( swim ) this afternoon, you shouldn't eat too much now.

Question II: Choose the best answer
1. The final…… of the play will take place on saturday.
A: action ; B: performance ; C: view ; D: sight
2. As it hasn't rained for several months , there were a ………of water.
A: waste ; B: shortage ; C: drop ; D: less.
3. The.… thought of exams makes her feel ill.
A: Sole ; B: Only ; C: Little ; D: mere.
4. Mordern buildings should…… with the surrounding area.
A: suit ; B: fit ; C: blend ; D: job
5. Does she have a hard time……… English ?
A: to speak ; B: speak ; C: speaking ; D: spoken.

Question III: use correct forms of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks

1. I have… big supper, I can't sleep at….night.
2. Summer is……warmest season but…….summer of 1971 was unusually cool.
3. …….statue of liberty war a gift of friendship from France to …… United States.
4. His father bought him…….bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday.

Question VII: fill in each blank with one suctable word.
Every one wants to reduce pollution but the pollution problem is ( 1 )
complicated as it is serious. It is complicated ( 2 ) much pollution is caused ( 3 ) things
that bebefit people. For example, exhaust ( 4 ) automobiles causes a large percentage
of all air pollution. But the automobile ( 5 ) transportation for millions of people.
Factories benefit much ( 6 ) the material that ( 7 ) air, and water, but factories ( 8 )
employment to ( 9 ) large number of people.
Thus to end ( 10 ) greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to
stop using many things that ( 11 ) them. Most of people do not want to do that of
course. but pollution ( 12 ) be gradually reduced in several years. We can work to find
ways to lessen the amount of pollution that ( 13 ) things as automobiles and factories
cause. Goverments can pass and enforce law that require business and individuals to
stop, or cut down ( 14 ) certain polluting activities .

Question VIII: write sentences using suggested words.
1. hight time/ stop smoking/ healthy food.
2. Only/ this way/ law/ effective/
3. after/ in plaster/ three weeks/ she ?
4. At my age/ I/ not think/ I / find/ journey/ easy.
5. today/ world/ not look/ same/ distant/ future. Số báo danh:
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9. While I (walk) to the bus-stop, I realised I ( leave ) the cooker on.
10.Why didn't you phone me ? If I ( know ) you were here, I ( come ) to see you.

Question II: Choose the best answer
1. The final…… of the play will take place on saturday.
A: action ; B: performance ; C: view ; D: sight
2. As it hasn't rained for several months , there were ………of water.
A: waste ; B: shortage ; C: drop ; D: less.
3. The.… thought of exams makes her feel ill.
A: Sole ; B: Only ; C: Little ; D: mere.
4. Mordern buildings should…… with the surrounding area.
A: suit ; B: fit ; C: blend ; D: job
5. Does she have a hard time……… English ?
A: to speak ; B: speak ; C: speaking ; D: spoken.
6. I'm sure. she is…….lies.
A: telling ; B: making ; C: saying ; D: talking.
7. Everything in the supermarket is marked with a price…….
A: notice ; B: mark ; C: tag ; D: stain.
8. You ought… this to me last week.
A: to mention ; B: to mentioned ; C: to have mentioned; D:have mentioned
9. The factory…….my father works in is very big.
A: which ; B: where ; C: how ; D: when.
10. All work is better than……at all.
A: no ; B: none ; C: some ; D: not

Question III: use correct forms of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks

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1. Linda was very……of what she had done ( shame )

them. John is one of……
6. I lent my car to that man
That's…….
7. We haven't received confirmation of our hotel booking yet.
Our hotel booking hasn't…
8. I haven't seen that man here before.
This…….

Question VI: fill in each of the blanks with " a, an, the " if necessary
1. I have… big supper, I can't sleep at….night.
2. Summer is……warmest season but…….summer of 1971 was unusually cool.
3. Love of money is…….root of all evil.
4. …….statue of liberty war a gift of friendship from France to …… United States.
5. His father bought him…….bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday. 5

Question VII: fill in each blank with one suctable word.
Every one wants to reduce pollution but the pollution problem is …( 1 )…
complicated as it is serious. It is complicated …( 2 )… much pollution is caused
…(3)… things that bebefit people. For example, exhaust …( 4 )… automobiles causes
a large percentage of all air pollution. But the automobile …( 5 )… transportation for
millions of people. Factories benefit much …( 6 )… the material that …( 7 )… air, and
water, but factories …( 8 )… employment to …( 9 )… large number of people.
Thus to end …( 10 )… greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would
have to stop using many things that …( 11 )… them. Most of people do not want to do
that of course. but pollution …( 12 )… be gradually reduced in several years. We can
work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that …( 13 )… things as
automobiles and factories cause. Goverments can pass and enforce law that require

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