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KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HOC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT DỰ THI QUỐC GIA
Khóa ngày 04 tháng 12 năm 2007
Môn: ANH VĂN
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề )
( Đề gồm 8 trang )----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PART I : LISTENING COMPREHENSION: ( 2.0 pts )
Question 1: Listen to the conversations in the tape two times then pick out ONE best
option ( A,B,C or D ) in each question:
1. The car needs replacing
A. the front tyre on the driver’s side.
B. the front tyre on the passenger’s side.
C. both of the front tyres.
D. both of the rear tyres.
2. Finally, the tourist decides to book a wake-up call at
A. 6.30 o’clock B. 7.00 o’clock
C. 7.15 o’clock D. 6.45 o’clock
3. The patient goes to see the doctor because she has got
A. a headache B. a stomachache
C. a toothache D. a backache
4. The doctor tells the patient
A. to stay in bed for some days.
B. to take some medicines.
C. to stop reading and watching telly.
D. to have her eyes tested.
Question 2 : Listen to the conversations in the tape two times then pick out the
information to complete these sentences:
1. The boarding time for the flight to Manchester will be at_____________.
2. On the flight to Barcelona, the passenger may take on board__________piece(s) of

A. old maids B. spinsters
C. maidens D. bachelors
7. She’s so………in doing her research that she never has time to relax.
A. involved B. included
C. complicated D. approved
8. I apologize. I shouldn’t……………. my temper.
A. have made B. have lost
C. have showed D. have given
Question 4 : Complete these sentences, using the suitable forms of the words in
brackets:
1. ………is one of the important factors that lead the firm to success.( managed )
2. I think he is the most………….in our village. Six members in his family died in the
last flood. ( fortunately )
3. Excuse me, Sir. I know it’s………..to call you up at two A.M. But our factory is on
fire! ( convenience )
4. All those foreign visitors can speak Vietnamese very well. There will be a big……..
to have a translator here. ( useful )
5. The natural disasters have…………..seriously the life of all people there.( effect )
6. Look at the doctor’s………….carefully before you take these tablets.( prescribe )
7. The behaviour of the woman is very…………The guard of the supermarket is having
a look on her. ( suspect )
8. Finally, the proposal of the students was………….yesterday. ( admission )
Question 5 : There are 8 errors in the passage below. Read the passage, find out these
errors then correct them.The number (o) is an example:
Social engagements follow rather definite rules of etiquette, but there are varying ( o.
degree-> degrees ) of formality and informality. Invitations for formal parties and
dinners and to such important occasions as weddings and graduations, is usually made in
writing on formal printed or engraved cards.Quite often the invitation will indicate the
type of cloth to be worn, but if this is not clear, it is perfectly permissible to telephone
the host or hostess to inquire about this.If the native costume of foreign visitors is

D. She was hurt when learning that her boyfriend had forgotten her birthday.
5. / highway / now that / take / get / build / hours / there /
A. Now that the highway has been built, it takes only two hours to get there.
B. Now that the highway has been built, it took only two hours to get there.
C. Now that the highway has been built, it is taking only two hours to get there.
D. Now that the highway has been built, it has taken only two hours to get there.
6. / stupid / it / give up / him / job / money / need /
A. It was stupid with him to give up his job when he needed the money.
B. It was stupid to him to give up his job when he needed the money.
C. It was stupid of him to give up his job when he needed the money.
D. It was stupid for him to give up his job when he needed the money.
7. / survive / we / unless / work / start / cleaner / safer / energy / sources /
A. We won’t survive so we start working on cleaner,safer sources of energy.
B. We won’t survive although we start working on cleaner, safer sources of
energy.
C. We won’t survive unless we start working on cleaner, safer sources of energy.
D. We won’t survive otherwise we start working on cleaner, safer sources of
energy.
8. / grateful / I / me / kindness / visit / last month / your factory /
A. I’m grateful for your kindness to me when I visited your factory last month.
B. I’m grateful with your kindness to me when I visited your factory last month.
C. I’m grateful of your kindness to me when I visited your factory last month.
D. I’m grateful at your kindness to me when I visited your factory last month.
PART III : READING ( 6.0 pts )
Question 7 : Read the passage below then pick out ONE best option ( A,B,C or D ) in
each question :
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I left school at fifteen. I was an academically bright lad who was urged by some of his teachers
not to leave, but I wanted out, to see life, and I didn’t want to reach beyond the expectation of the
friends who left school with me. I worked for a year in a laundry, as a van-boy delivering dry

B. had no other choice.
C. didn’t get on well with his teachers.
D. didn’t want to be different from his friends.
2. What did the writer feel while he was training to be a heating engineer?
A. He didn’t receive enough money.
B. He preferred the college to the factory.
C. He was capable of doing something better.
D. He might fail to qualify as a heating engineer.
3. What did the writer find when he attended the evening classes?
A. The behaviour of the other students annoyed him.
B. The studies were less interesting than he expected.
C. He was out of place among the other students.
D. He learned more when he studied at home.
4. What does “ it “in ‘ I put up with it for a short period.’ refer to ?
A. companionship
B. the walk
C. literature
D. the evening class
5. Why at first did the writer refuse to appear in the film?
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A. He felt he didn’t deserve it.
B. He was taken by surprise.
C. He thought someone else should be in it.
D. He wanted more time to think about it.
6. Why didn’t he go on with his poetry writing at home?
A. He was too busy with his studying at college.
B. He couldn’t earn enough for his life.
C. He didn’t want to spend all his life sitting at one place thinking and writing.
D. His parents wanted him to return to the college.
7. How did the writer’s parents react to his decision to return to school?

several were not, including a dangerously wobbly cyclist who cuts across traffic to go along the
white line in the middle of the road, and a woman stepping out into the traffic from a bus stop.
Dr McKenna is working on research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council on
how drivers judge their own driving skills. His preliminary work suggests that people usually
think that their skills are above average which of course, is a nonsense statistically .
Indeed, in one…( 7 )…survey in the US not one person from a large sample thought their skills
were below average.
He believes that one way of reducing road deaths is to get people to realize that they are not
as good as they think. He gets them to think of an accident they have…( 8 )…and then to
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