K× thi chän §éi tuyÓn häc sinh giái quèc gia
N¨m häc 2008 2009–
Môn thi: tiÕng anh líp 12 thpt
(Đề thi gồm có 08 trang)
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
§iÓm b»ng
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§iÓm b»ng
ch÷: ..................................
Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1: ........................................
Hä tªn, ch÷ ký GK 1: .......................................
Sè ph¸ch
Part I. p honetics
Question 1: Pick out the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from that of other
words.
1. A. passion B. action C. motion D. vision
2. A. reason B. leisure C. feather D. measure
3. A. enough B. cough C. cup D. rough
4. A. guest B. least C. mess D. rest
5. A. essential B. informant C. resistance D. instant
1………………2………………3………………4……………..5………………
Question 2: Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. A. situation B. comfortable C. recently D. necessary
7. A. exhausted B. atmosphere C. suspect D. computer
8. A. excessive B. celebrate C. expensive D. instruction
9. A. energy B. primary C. facilities D. pleasure
10. A. luggage B. increase C. benefit D. argument
6………………7………………
8………………9……………..10………………
Part II . Lexico – grammar.
Question 1: Choose the best option among A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

small town and I have spent all my life there. I …(4)… ( already want) to live in big city and so
when my company …(5) ( offer) me a job in their London office, I grabbed at the chance. But
according to a program I …(6)…( just hear) on the radio, more and more people …(7)… (stop)
working in London recently, and a lot of large companies have chosen to move away from the centre .
Of course I..(8)…( tell ) my parents that I am moving and they (9)..( accept )my decision, but when I
told my friends they seemed rather shocked. Since then I…(10)… (hope) secretly that the company
would tell me that the move was off.
1. ……………………2. ………………… 3 …………………. 4. ………………. 5. ……………..
6. ……………... ……7. ………………. ...8……………….. 9. ……………… 10. ……………
Question 3: In most lines of this passage, there is one unnecessary word. It is either incorrect
grammatically or does not fit the sense of the passage. Tick each correct line. If a line has a
word which should not be there, write the word in the space in the column on the right. (0) has
been done as an example.
A study into family of health conducted in California comes
up with some interesting conclusions, though these might not be
0. of
0.
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acceptable to everybody. The main conclusion is so that for a
family to remain healthy, both the relationship between husband
and wife play a major role. The family perhaps surprising
aspect of this research, however, is that statistically the
healthy family is as optimistic, church-going, and let by a
traditional male. And perhaps not so much surprisingly, what
promotes the health of the husband and does not necessarily
promote the health of the wife too., and vice versa. For
example, when it comes to expressing emotions, thus it is
generally assumed that giving us an outlet to feeling is healthy.
But according to the study, there may be benefits for one party but
not for the other. If the wife talks to more than the husband

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Question 4: Write the correct form of each word in the space provided in brackets.
1. Please .............. our letter of the 14
th
. We have not had a reply. (know)
2. Keith’s exam results turned out to be .............. (disaster)
3. Jackie suffered as a child from a very strict .............. (bring)
4. I think it’s sheer .............. to get married in church if you don’t believe in god. (hypocrite)
5. These countries are .............. in imports of raw cotton. (prefer)
6. Sam was accused of stealing some .............. documents. (confidence)
7. You do not have to go. Your decision must be entirely .............. (volunteer)
8. Going swimming everyday would have very .............. effects. (benefit)
9. He felt .............. certain about his success. (tolerate)
10. Do you feel .............. to the new job? (attract)
1. .................................................. 6. ..................................................
2. ................................................. 7. .................................................
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3. ................................................ 8. ................................................
4. ............................................... 9. ................................................
5. .............................................. 10. .................................................
Part II I. READIN G
Question 1: Choose the most suitable word for each space
Someone once described that age we live in as that of a vanishing world, one in which the
familiar is constantly disappearing for ever and technological change if often difficult to …(1)…with.
So it should come as no surprise to most of us to hear that yet another part of everyday life is …(2)…
to go forever. Still, when I read recently that within the next decade money as we …(3)…it will
probably cease to exits in technologically advanced countries, I had to read the article twice to make
sure it wasn’t April 1
st
…(4)…to Professor Gerry Montague of the Institute for Economic Reform, the

not a human being but poor Mother Earth and her creatures who were ruthlessly plundered. It is true
that the Indians were expropriated or exterminated, but this was not, as it has always been in Europe,
a matter of the conqueror seizing the wealth of the conquered, for the Indian had never realized the
potential riches of his country. It is also true that, in the Southern states, men lived on the labor of
slaves, but slave labor did not make them fortunes; what made slavery in the South all the more
inexcusable was that, in addition to being morally wicked, it didn’t even pay off handsomely.
Thanks to the natural resources of the country, every American, until quite recently, could
reasonably look forward to making more money than his father, so that, if he made less, the fault must
be his; he was either lazy or inefficient. What an American values, therefore, is not the possession of
money as such, but his power to make it as proof of his manhood; once he has proved himself by
making it, it has served its function and can be lost or given away. In no society in history have rich
men given away so large a part of their fortunes. A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less
guilty than an American renter who had inherited wealth but is doing nothing to increase it; what can
the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?
1. Which of the following can be concluded from the first paragraph?
A. Those who have a lot of money enjoy real freedom.
B. Money is made either consciously or unconsciously.
C. Some European acquire money and power without even being conscious of it.
D. Some people not only want to get rich but wish others to be poor.
2. To an American, money means …………
A. The freedom to do whatever he likes B. proof of ability and manhood
C. diligence and efficiency D. both B and C
3. The author seems to believe that the natural resources in the U.S. are …………
A. poor B. limited C. rich D. on the increase
4. In the passage, the word “fortunes” (Para.2 and 3) is used twice. What does it mean?
A. luck B. good opportunities C. wealth D. power
5. In the author’s opinion, an American renter …………
A. should feel more guilty than a poor American
B. should feel content with this inherited wealth
C. is even lazier and more inefficient than a poor American