Sở GD & ĐT Quảng Ninh Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12
Đề thi chính thức Năm học 2007-2008

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A. Listening: Listen to the CD and do the tasks. You will listen twice.
Part 1. Questions 1-8: Two students have classified the authors as writers of cookery, sports or travel
Listen to the conversation and complete the table. Write C for Cookery, S for Sports and T for Travel.
Name of Author
C: Cookery
S: Sports
T: Travel
Peter Adam
S T
Stephen Bau
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Pam Cambell

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Part 3. Questions 15-18: Complete the sentences below. Write no more than three words for each answer
15. There is a new road work on .………………………………………………………………………
16. Do not use Blackwell Street because workmen are…………………………………………………
17. When you pass the roundabout, go along Brown Crescent into .……………………………………
18. It’s wise to use the .…………………………………………………………………………………
B. Lexico- grammar:
Part 1. Choose the best answer to complete each space.
1. It never………………her to put away the book before she finished it.
a. seemed to b. appeared to c. occurred to d. worked on
2. My uncle is in.......................... of 60 engineers and workers.
a. management b. leadership c. direction d. charge
3. They decided to………….the meeting as the director was away.
a. put up b. put forth c. call down d. call off
4. He’s a drinker and can nearly be found in the hotel bar…………………
a. full b. strong c. high d. heavy
5. ………………..being very clever, he was unable to pass the test.
a. Despite b. In spite c. Although d. Even though
6. You……………..to have a lot of new friends at the summer camp.
a. are surely b. are certainly c. are bound d. make sure
7. It’s the first time……………..their director.
a. I meet b. I met c. I’ve met d. to meet
8. According to a recent survey, most people are on good……………………with their neighbors.
a. relations b. acquaintance c. relationship d. terms
9. ………………..you find yourself in any difficult situations, just let me know.
a. Do b. Should c. Even if d. Although
10. The car burst into…………….but the driver managed to escape.
a. heat b. flames c. fire d. burning
Your answers:

It is only a minor health problem, even in developing
countries, due to the use of other vaccines. 2. ………….
Lapses in local control programs, however, can have serious
consequences such as the more recent epidemic in Zimbabwe. 3. ………….

The most frequent victims of this are persons who
closely associated with raising livestock 4. ………….
or working in industrial processing of animal bones, 5. ………….
hair and skin
It is caused by a bacterium normally present in 6. ………….
various types of the soil.
Animals become infected by feeding about on soils
where the bacterium is in its growth phase. 7. ………….
Human anthrax results not from contact with the soil but
from touching up the tissues of infected animals. 8. ………….
Part 4. Use the correct forms of the words in the brackets
1. I was late because I………………….how much time I would need. (estimate)
2. Although we were in danger, Ann seemed quite………….. (concern)
3. Dolphins are……………………curious animal. (nature)
4. The……………of the trains and the buses causes frustration and annoyance. (frequent).
5. The local TV company was stopping………….to ask their opinion about the new shopping center. (pass)
6. This matter is very………………..Don’t discuss it outside the office. (confidence)
7. The store welcomes foreign……………..wherever they come from. (visit)
8. “This is a good essay” said the lecturer, “I find your arguments ……………..” (convince)
9. I admire her……………..beauty. She’s old but she’s still beautiful. (Time)
10. Last year, the head injury…………..her for life. (deaf)
Your answers:
1……………….. 3……………….. 5……………….. 7……………….. 9………………..
2……………….. 4……………….. 6……………….. 8……………….. 10………………..
C. READING:

a. firewood b. dung cake c. solar power d. agricultural waste
6. According to the passage, the adjustable mirror is most useful
a. at midday b. during the winter
c. When the firewood is lacking d. to improve taste and nutrition
7. It can be inferred from the passage that the solar oven might prove most useful to a family in an agricultural
society because
a. it will save time b. it is easy to construct
c. it does not attract insects d. it cooks all kinds of food
Your answers:
1……………….. 3……………….. 5……………….. 7………………..
2……………….. 4……………….. 6………………..
Part 2. Choose from the list A-H the best phrase to fill in each of the blanks
A. played in its country of origin E. tend to be played everywhere
B. should be regarded F. vary from place to place
C. will naturally introduce G. describe how games are played
D. have decided between alternative rules H. are often ignored
Card game rules
Card playing has brought pleasure to millions of people for some six centuries and is popular the world
over, so it is sot surprising to discover that thousands of games have been invented. There is a widespread
belief that all card games have official rules but the situation is complex and this idea is best ignored. Widely
played games (1) .in much the same way. National and regional games have official rules published……………
by an organization devoted to the game, but these (2) .in local and family play. Of course, it is essential………
to establish a set of rules for club or tournament play, but these (3) ..as the rules of the club, not the rules………
of the game. In homes, people play cards for enjoyment and (4) and drop rules to suit their tastes. It is………
because tastes (5) .and generation to generation that card games evolve. Games that no longer evolve……
become extinct.
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No book can do more than 6) ., or are said by other books to be played. Nor should it expect to.………
The only important thing is that everybody playing around the same table at the same time should be following
the same rules.

14.a. from b. of c. for d. since
15.a. out b. away c. off d. up
Your answers:
1……………….. 4……………….. 7……………….. 10……………….. 13………………..
2……………….. 5……………….. 8……………….. 11……………….. 14………………..
3……………….. 6…………….. 9……………….. 12……………….. 15………………..
D. Writing:
Part 1. Write a new sentence using the word in brackets. Do not alter the word in any way.
1. She always has a good relationship with the children (gets)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. You’d feel better if you had a quiet holiday. (do)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. He got married without his parents’ knowledge. ( unaware)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. I find Harold’s behavior quite incomprehensible. ( loss)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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