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TRƯỜNG THPT TÂN KỲ ĐỀ THI ĐỀ XUẤT THI CHỌN HSG GIỎI TỈNH – LỚP 12 THPT
NĂM HỌC 2008 – 2009 MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 180 phút
PART I: PHONETICS
A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. great B. bread C. break D. veil
2. A. border B. embroider C. embark D. bomb
3. A. owl B. cow C. arrow D. powder
4. A. dew B. knew C. sew D. few
5. A. initial B. written C. privilege D. minor
6. A. foreign B. continent C. scholarship D. almost
7. A. hasty B. nasty C. tasty D. late
8. A. diaper B. diamond C. diary D. diameter
9. A. organise B. promise C. paradise D. realize
10. A. bought B. sought C. drought D. fought
B. Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each group.
11. A. impressive B. composition C. manufacturing D. competition
12. A. detective B. completely C. regional D. campaign
13. A. technology B. interactive C. consider D. attachment
14. A. calculate B. attitude C. voluntary D. achievement
15. A. agriculture B. apprentice C. associate D. disposal
PART II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
A. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
1. Books are no longer the only _____ of stories and information.
A. source B. style C. basis D. site
2. You’ll have to _____ a better idea than that if you want to win.
A. come in for B. get down to C. bring out D. come up with
3. Would it be _____ for you to see me tomorrow morning ?
A. fit B. successful C. possible D. worth
4. You would look up a word in a dictionary if you didn’t know what it _____.

A B C D
4. Tom’s very good at science when his brother is absolutely hopeless.
A B C D
5. They visited these beautiful views while they lived in England.
A B C D
C. Give corect form of the words given below.
1. He boss told him off because he had behaved __________. (RESPONSIBLE)
2. The knife is very blunt. It needs __________. (SHARP)
3. He doesn’t agree with the __________ that there is life on other planets. (BELIEVE)
4. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant __________. (SLEEP)
5. She divorced him because of his __________ to the children. (KIND)
PART III: READING
I. Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Best known (1) __________ his Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein has been acknowledged (2)
__________ one of the greatest scientists in human society. Born in Germany in 1879, Einstein did (3)
__________ in all his school subjects, with the (4) __________ of mathematics, which was his (5)
__________ subject.
While (6) __________ as a clerk in Switzerland, Einstein produced the Special Theory of
Relativity. This theory states that mass, length and time change depending on (7) __________ a person
looks at them. In 1915, Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity. This new theory created a
controversy (8) __________.
Many scientists did not agree with him. In the end, simple experiments (9) __________ Einstein
to be correct. Einstein was (10) __________ the Nobel Prize for his work in physics.
II. Read the passage below and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
The loss of the jobs and persistent unemployment in the industrial countries is due mainly to
changes in technology. It is thought to be misleading to blame job losses on the shift of corporations from
the industrial countries to the Third World.
The present technological developments have been compared to a Third Industrial Revolution.
The first coming in the 19

5. What do we infer is the author's attitude to the technology?
A. It has improved our purchasing power B. It has improved our quality of life.
C. It has created more jobs D. It is not responsible for the recession.
PART IV: WRITING
Rewrite these sentences, beginning with the words given in such a way that they remain the same
meaning as the old ones.
1. Nobody can deny that she has a beautiful voice.
It
2. Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.
Scarcely
3. If I had worked hard, I would have failed the exam.
Tom regretted
4. They kept his passport so that he couldn't leave the country.
They prevented
5. He’s getting someone to mend the window.
He is having
6. The villagers couldn’t do anything in the terrible flood.
It was
7. He not only failed in his exam but also had a road accident.
Not only
8. It is pointless to have that old typewriter repaired.
That old typewriter is
9. People think Columbus found America before others.
America
10. We couldn’t go out because the weather was so cold.
It was
B. Composition. (120 - 150 words)
“Today traffic transportation causes a lot of the serious problems”. Find some main reasons and give
your solutions.
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B
12
C
15
A
PART II: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
A. (15 x 1 pt for each = 15 pts)
1
A
4
B
7
A
10
C
13
D
2
D
5
A
8
A
11
D
14
D
3
C
6

4
misunderstanding
2
sharpening
5
unkindness
3
belief
PART III: READING
I. (10 x 1 pt for each = 10 pts)
1
for
3
poorly
5
favourite
7
how
9
proved
2
as
4
exception
6
working
8
because
10
awarded