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SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI ĐỀ NGHỊ KÌ THI OLYMPIC ĐBSCL
SÓC TRĂNG Năm học 2008 – 2009
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Đề chính thức
Môn : Tiếng Anh –Lớp 12
(Thời gian làm bài 180 phút, không kể phát đề)

I. LISTENING (3 points)
PART 1: Listen to a talk and circle A,B,C or D to indicate the correct answer.
1. What is the main topic of the talk?
A. How to become young entrepreneurs.
B. How to meet rich, famous people.
C. How to become wealthy people.
D. How to have qualities of rich people.
2. Who is the audience?
A. Young entrepreneurs.
B. University students.
C. Rich businesspeople.
D. Famous millionaires.
3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the talk?
A. The rich have qualities that make them different.
B. Not all the qualities that rich people have are good.
C. Meanness is one quality people should have to get rich.
D. Rich people’s appearance is very different from ours.
4. What did Matthew Freud do to get money when young?
A. He helped his friends with their homework.


PART 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answers
(A, B, C or D) in the spaces provided under this part.

1. They say he inherited his money from a ______ relative he had never met.
A. faraway B. remote C. distant D. far
2. The discovery of penicillin was a significant medical ______.
A. breakthrough B. innovation C. revolution D. novelty
3. As the day wore ______, I began to feel more and more uncomfortable in their company.
A. in B. on C. out D. off
4. It was a rough _______ and a lot of people on the ferry were seasick.
A. travel B. voyage C. trip D. crossing
5. I was thinking of going out, but on _______ thoughts, it might be better to stay in.
A. strong B. second C. good D. deep
6. One of my classmates is always putting me _______ in public. It’s so embarrassing!
A. up B. off C. through D. down
7. Turn to page 35 to find out at a _______ which courses are available to you.
A. glance B. stare C. glimpse D. look
8. The aircraft experienced severe _______ during the final approach, but the pilot kept his
cool and landed it safely.
A. instability B. wavering C. turbulence D. unsteadiness
9. Frank has been the _______ of the local history museum for over ten years now.
A. escort B. dean C. curator D. conductor
10. With our help, she finally came _______ after having passed out for five minutes.
A. back B. round C. by D. down
11. I know his name is ‘Jim’, but it was just a ______ of the tongue when I called him ‘Tim’.
A. slide B. skid C. skim D. slip
12. Increased traffic _______ has led some local councils to start charging drivers to enter
city centres.
A. congestion B. blockage C. stoppage D. obstruction

booking and we would have to wait for a table to become free. I
suspected that they had given our table to anyone else, but I
didn’t say anything. Then we were kept waiting for an hour
without an apology, because they did take our order. We both
chose soup as a starter and my friend ordered a steak like a
main course. I thought I would be a bit more adventurous, and
decided to try something called Ossobuco, if I wasn’t quite sure
what it was. To cut a long story short, a soup was almost cold,
my friend’s steak was uncooked at the middle and my
Ossobuco turned out to be a plate of bone within a very acidic
sauce. So, we called the manager and told we would not pay
because the meal had been substandard. But in the end we paid
because we had eaten it all, but we won’t be going there again! 0. but – so
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vehicles, wherever possible, on motorways after dark. This encourages
greater energy (10. EFFICIENT) whilst also reducing the impact on the
residential areas through which they would otherwise pass. 0. economic

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PART 4: Complete the news report. Put each verb in brackets into the correct form. Write your
answers in the spaces provided below the passage.

The actress Vanessa Kemp (1. DISAPPEAR). Yesterday she (2. FAIL) to arrived at the
Prince Charles Theatre in London’s West End for her leading role in the comedy ‘Don’t look

cold outside, and there’s ice (1) ________ the roads, so don’t drive too close to the car in front of
you! There should be forty metres (2) _________ you and that car! If you’re driving (3)
________ the city this morning, pay attention to schoolchildren walking (4) ________ the road.
Remember, you might be next to a school! Traffic is moving very slowly (5) ________ the city
centre (6) ________ the moment. There was an accident last night – If you’re driving (7)
________ Central Library, the Police may stop you and ask you a few questions. That’s all for
now. More weather news every hour, (8) ________ six in the morning (9) ________ six at night.
This is the KC News Network making sure you’re up to date (10) _______ the news!

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PART 6: Insert A, AN, THE or Φ (zero article). Write on the numbered blanks.
I came home from school one day with (1) ________ headache, and took two aspirins
from (2) _______ bottle in (3) ________ medicine cupboard. They left (4) _______ curious
aftertaste in my mouth, and when my mother came home half an hour later I told her what I had
done. She shrieked and ran to (5) _______ telephone: I had taken some tablets that (6) ________
doctor had prescribed for her stomach cramps, and she had been warned that it was dangerous to
exceed (7) _______ stated doze – one tablet a day. She had broken (8) ________ bottle that
morning, and transferred (9) _______ tablets to (10) _______ empty aspirin bottle.

III. READING (4 points)
PART 1: Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Circle A,