Së GD & §t NghÖ an K× thi häc sinh giái trêng n¨m häc 2008-2009
Trêng thpt yªn thµnh 2 M«n thi: TiÕng Anh líp 12. SBD:………
Thêi gian: 180 phót (kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)
Section A - Phonetics.
I.Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A.De'cember B.'Driver C.'Doctor D.'Teacher
2. A.'Television B.'Bicycle C.'Tractor D.Ma'chine
3. A.'Forest B.For'get C.'Family D.'Famous
4. A.'Living B.'Drinking C.Re'member D.'Dancing
5. A.Oc'tober B.'Saturday C.'Holiday D.'Summer
1.De'cember 2. Ma'chine 3. For'get 4. Re'member 5. Oc'tober
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
6. A.Tour B.Pour C.Court D.Short
7. A.Attend B.Appoint C.Action D.Avoid
8. A.Purse B.Nervous C.Surprise D.Worse
9. A.Wishes B.Headaches C.Finishes D.Alice's
10.A.Fought B.Caught C.Bought D.Plough
6.A 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.D
Section B - Vocabulary and grammar
I.Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
11.If you're not too tired, we could have a ..of tennis.…………
A.match B.play C.game D.party
12.He has just bought .expensive new furniture.……………
A.an B.some C.these D.those
13.Let's go for a walk, we?…………
A.will B.won't C.shall D.shan't
14 ..it not been for the intolerable heat in the hall, they would have stayed much longer.………
A.If B.But C.Should D.Had
15.Fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas produce carbon dioxide when .…………
A.are burned B.they burned C.burned D.are they burned
16.It's an hour since he ., so he must be at the office now.…………

12.B 16.D 20.D 24.C 28.C
13.C 17.B 21.B 25.A 29.A
14.D 18.A 22.A 26.B 30.B
II.There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
31.Tom usually does as less work as he can.
32.Many bridges were covered with wooden roofs to protect it from rain.
33.I wish I knew you ten years ago.
34.It was evident that the grass had been cutting.
35.We heard on the radio that it will rain tomorrow evening.
36.I was annoying by the salesman who came to my door last week.
37.Children enjoy to tell and listening to ghost stories, especially at night.
38.The physician appeared nervously when he talked to the patient.
39.Not only did he broke two glasses, but also he left the table dirty.
40.Most of the roads are in very bad shape and need repaired.
Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
31. less little 36. annoying annoyed
32. it them 37. to tell telling
33. knew had known 38. nervously nervous
34. cutting cut 39. broke break
35. will would 40. repaired to be repaired/
repairing
Section C - Reading
I.Fill in each numbered gap with one suitable word.
Last summer I .(41) a week at a big hotel in London. It was one of those modern hotels where (42)… … … …
room is the same size and (43) the same furniture, and looks just (44) every other room. My room was 311… … … …
on the third (45) One night, quite late, I got back to the hotel (46) .a very good dinner with some friends. I… … … …
walked into the lift and (47) the button. When the lift (48) , I got out and walked to my room - or what I… … … … …
(49) was my room. ..(50) I opened the door I saw an astonishing scene. A man was pointing a revolver (51)… … … …
a woman sitting in an armchair, and the woman was saying in a frightened (52) : … … … "Please don't shoot me!" I
turned round, ran along the corridor and (53) the stairs - I daren't wait (54) the lift - and found the night… … … …

reasons for this. In some cases, animals are (64) for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some… …
birds, (65) as parrots, are caught (66) , and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problem is that… … … …
their habitat - the (67) where they live - is (68)… … … …. More (69) is used for farms, for houses or industry,… …
and there are fewer open (70) than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow… …
better (71) , but these chemicals pollute the environment and (72) wildlife. The most successful animals on… … … …
earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (73) , unless we can (74) this problem.… … … …
60.A.danger B.threat C.problem D.vanishing
61.A.marks B.more C.species D.forms
62.A.disappeared B.vanished C.empty D.extinct
63.A.harm B.safe C.protect D.serve
64.A.hunted B.chased C.game D.extinct
65.A.like B.such C.or D.where
66.A.lively B.alive C.for life D.for living
67.A.spot B.point C.place D.site
68.A.exhausting B.departing C.escaping D.disappearing
69.A.earth B.land C.soil D.area
70.A.spaces B.air C.up D.parts
71.A.products B.fields C.herbs D.crops
72.A.spoil B.harm C.wound D.wrong
73.A.survived B.over C.missing D.left
74.A.answer B.calculate C.solve D.explain
60.A 61.C 62.D 63.C 64.A
65.B 66.B 67.C 68.D 69.B
70.A 71.D 72.B 73.D 74.C
Section d - writing
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first one.
75.We arrived too late to see the first film.
->We didn't ..……………………………………………………………………
( arrived early enough/ in time to see the first film.)…
76."I'm sorry that I broke the glass," said Peter.

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