SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO ĐẮK LẮK KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI
----------------- NĂM HỌC: 2010-2011

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12
( 180 phút không kể thời gian giao đề)
(Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này.)
CHỮ KÝ CỦA 2 GIÁM KHẢO ĐIỂM THI SỐ PHÁCH
BẰNG SỐ BẰNG CHỮ
I. LISTENING (2 points)
Part 1: Listen to a talk between a student and his teacher about the course numbers at
universities in the United States (1,0 points)
Course number Students’ levels
(1) ______or________ freshmen and sophomores
300 or 400 juniors and seniors
800 or above (2) ______________
(3)_________________ undergraduate students- a professional degree
(4) _________________ graduate students- a professional degree
Part 2: Listen to a talk and check () whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) (1,0
points)
True False
1. A lot of whales were killed in 16 years.  
2. There used to be many whales in the Bering Sea.  
3. An American found out whales in the Bering Sea.  
4. People caught whales to get their bone and oil.  
II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (8 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle A, B, C, D to
indicate the correct answer. (2,5 points)
1. Are you sure you can do it on ____________?
A. yourself B. your own C. date D. secret
2. “Is dinner ready?” - “No, Mother is ___________ it ready now.”
A. doing B. cooking C. preparing D. getting

A. must restore B. must be restoring
C. must have been restored D. must restored
17. John said that he __________ her since they__________.
A. hasn’t met – graduated B. hadn’t met – had graduated
C. hasn’t met – have graduated D. hadn’t met -graduated
18. There’s a__________ going round that the boss is getting married.
A. gossip B. news C. rumour D. word
19. I didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, I _________so much noise when I came in.
A. didn’t make B. wouldn’t make
C. couldn’t make D. wouldn’t have made
20. Peter always tells _________truth. He never tells _________lies.
A. the- the B. a- ∅ C. ∅ - ∅ D. the -∅
21. I'd prefer to stay at home tonight _________ to the cinema.
A. rather than go B. rather than would go
C. rather than will go D. rather than went
22. _________, they would have had what they wanted.
A. Supposing they were arriving at the fair early B. If they arrived at the fair early
C. Unless they arrived at the fair early enough D. Had they arrived at the fair early
23. It is necessary to be careful _________ your career.
A. when choosing B. when you will choose
C. when you chose D. when you have chosen
24. _________ is the most important thing I want to know when living far from them.
A. What are my parents B. My parents are
C. How my parents are D. That my parents are
25. _________that she burst into tears.
A. Such her anger was B. She was so anger
C. So angry she was D. Such was her anger
Part 2: Write the correct form of each bracketed word (of the following passage) in the space
provided in the column on the right. The first one has been done as an example. (2,0 points)
MEMORIES

Part 3: In the text below some lines are correct but some have a word that should not be
there. Indicate the correct lines with a tick (). For the incorrect lines, write the words that
should not be there. (1,5 points)
A VACATION IN SCOTLAND
Some friends of mine decided to go on holiday
to Scotland. They asked me if I was wanted to go too
but I had already arranged to go to Italy. I told them so
that I had been to Scotland before, so they asked me to
give them some ideas. I advised them to take up warm
clothes and raincoats. " If I were like you, I'd always
carry umbrellas!" I told them. " I doubt that whether
you'll have any sunny days." I didn't see them again
until was after their holiday. They were all very sun-
tanned, and they told to me that they had had very hot
weather. " If we had been taken your advice, we
wouldn’t have made a terrible mistake," they said.
"Luckily we were told us before we left that it was
very hot in Scotland. It is said to they have been the
hottest summer ever!
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temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at (3)_________ from the force of the
wind, rain and sun. (4)_________ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events; such as
hurricanes and droughts, even more (5)_________ and causing sea levels all around the world to
(6)_________. Environmental groups are putting (7)_________ on governments to take action to reduce the
amount of carbon dioxide which is given (8)_________ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the
problem at its source. They are in (9)_________ of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and
wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power stations. Some scientists, (10)_________,
believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we
would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.
1. A. give B. put C. take D. have
2. A. in B. at C. by D. to
3. A. threat B. danger C. risk D. harm
4. A. Concerning B. Regarding C. Depending D. According
5. A. strike B. strong C. severe D. heavy
6. A. raise B. arise C. lift D. rise
7. A. force B. pressure C. persuasion D. encouragement
8. A. off B. away C. up D. over
9. A. belief B. request C. favor D. suggestion
10. A. because B. however C. despite D. although
Part 2: Read the passage carefully. Then choose the item that best answers each of the questions below.
Circle A, B, C, or D to indicate your choice. (1,0 points)
The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the communications industry. Although Samuel B.
Morse succeeded in making the invention useful in 1837, it was not until 1843 that the first telegraph line of
consequence was constructed. By 1860, more than 50,000 miles of lines connected people east of the Rockies.
The following year, San Francisco was added to the network.
The national telegraph network fortified the ties between East and West and contributed to the rapid
expansion of the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules and routes. Furthermore, the
extension of the telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam-driven rotary printing press by Richard
M. Hoe in 1846, revolutionized the world of journalism. Where the business of news gathering had been
dependent upon the mail and on hand-operated presses, the telegraph expanded the amount of information a

exactly (1) ____________ everybody else. Not all clothes are (2) ___________ for work or school, perhaps
because they are not (3) ___________ enough, or simply not comfortable. It is easy to buy the (4)
___________ size, and find that your trousers are too tight, especially if you are a little bit (5) ___________.
Very (6) ____________ clothes make you fell slim, but when they have (7) ___________ in the washing
machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cotton clothes, then they might not be (8)
____________ enough for winter. If your shoes are not (9) __________, and if you aren’t (10) ____________
for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible!
1. A. alike B. like C. similar D. same
2. A. fitted B. suitable C. comfort D. equal
3. A. formal B. strict C. uniform D. suited
4. A. false B. mistake C. wrong D. error
5. A. slim B. overweight C. thin D. enormous
6. A. loose B. lose C. loosened D. lost
7. A. lessened B. reduced C. decreased D. shrunk
8. A. warm B. cold C. hot D. cool
9. A. tight B. enclosed C. firm D. waterproof
10. A. worn B. clothed C. dressed D. fitted
Part 4: Read the passage below carefully. Then choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
Circle A, B, C, D to indicate the correct answer. (1,0 points)
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more
popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge
gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a
cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His
experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841, Melville set out on a whaling
ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and
Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away
from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around
Cape Horn. The novel White Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.
With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following
among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of