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P 12 THPT CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
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HƯỚNG DẪN THÍ SINH LÀM BÀI THI
(Giám thị hướng dẫn cho thí sinh 5 phút trước giờ thi)
A. CẤU TẠO ĐỀ THI: Đề thi gồm có 4 phần chính:
I. NGỮ ÂM (Phonetics): Gồm có 2 phần (10 câu)
II. TỪ VỰNG VÀ NGỮ PHÁP (Grammar and Vocabulary): Gồm có 4 phần (60 câu)
III. ĐỌC HIỂU (Reading comprehension): Gồm có 3 phần (30 câu)

3. A. informative B. competitive C. insensitive D. imitative
4. A. abandon B. constable C. frequency D. habitat
5. A. annoyance B. develop C. tomorrow D. sacrifice
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here:
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________
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II. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. Write your answers
in the space provided. (30 pts)
1. "Some sugar?" ~ "_____"
A. No, no me! B. No, I don't. C. Thanks, I'd like. D. Yes, please.
2. I _____ the table for supper.
A. lied B. layed C. led D. laid
3. When Claudia saw such fantastic furniture, she couldn’t resist ____ a chest of drawers.
A. to buy B. bought C. buying D. buy
4. I want to know ____ drugs.
A. that you take B. if you take C. what you take D. do you take
5. Jeremy needed a long time to____ smoking.
A. get over B. get rid of C. get on D. get down
6. “Jasmine spent New Year’s Eve alone.” ~ “She ____ lonely!”
A. must had felt B. must feel C. must be feeling D. must have felt
7. You _____ come tomorrow if you have something else to do.

22. I walked away as calmly as I could _____ they thought I was a thief.
A. in case B. or else C. to avoid D. owing to
23. I am afraid I’m rather _____ about the existence of ghosts.
A. skeptical B. partial C. adaptable D. incapable
24. In an effort to increase his newspaper’s _____, the editor introduced a weekly competition.
A. propaganda B. distribution C. circulation D. dispersion
25. _____ the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn.
A. Akin to B. Prior to C. In addition to D. With reference to
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26. Well, we did have a terrible row but we’ve _____ it up now.
A. turned B. cleaned C. sorted D. made
27. The zoo _____ by the time we reach there.
A. closes B. will close C. will have closed D. is closing
28. They arrived at the little village only to find it _____.
A. deserted B. deserting C. is deserted D. deserts
29. _____ of the brothers wants to give in. Both are as stubborn as mules.
A. Both B. Either C. Neither D. Each
30. I didn't really want to see the film, but my sister was so _____ to go that I finally agreed.
A. willing B. sincere C. keen D. energetic
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here:
1. ___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________ 4. ___________ 5. ___________
6. ___________ 7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9. ___________ 10. ___________
11. ___________ 12. ___________ 13. ___________ 14. ___________ 15. ___________
16. ___________ 17. ___________ 18. ___________ 19. ___________ 20. __________
21. ___________ 22. ___________ 23. ___________ 24. ___________ 25. ___________
26. ___________ 27. ___________ 28. ___________ 29. ___________ 30. __________
Part 2: Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting. Write
your answers in the space provided. (20 pts)
1. The Girl Scouts, (A) found by Juliette Gordon Low (B) in 1912, (C) has grown to a current

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8. Jonathan takes _____ his father, you know. They are both very intelligent.
9. When I opened the envelope, I was delighted to find a cheque _____ $500.
10. They used to say of Errol Flynn that you couldn’t count _____ him: he would always let you
down.
Write your answers here:
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ___________
Part 4: Supply the correct form of the words in bracket. Write your answers in the space
provided under this passage. (20 pts)
THE HISTORY OF TOYS
When did the first toys come into (1) _____ (EXIST) and what led to their development? Did
they represent an attempt by adults to make children happy, or did they arise from the various playful
(2) _____ (ACTIVE) of children themselves? As everyone knows, the young (3) _____
(FREQUENT) copy the (4) _____ (BEHAVE) of their elders, and, in their play, they often adopt
objects used by adults for entirely different purposes. These objects (5) _____ (COURAGE) the
child’s (6) _____ (IMAGINE) and lead to games in which everyday articles often play unusual and
(7) _____ (EXPECT) roles.
It is rather surprising that for an (8) _____ (EXPLAIN) of the origin of toys, we cannot turn
to folk stories. However, no traditional tale (9) _____ (RELATE) to the origin of toys exists, and so
our (10) _____ (KNOW) is restricted to archaeological study and limited evidence from documents.
Write your answers here:
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________
6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________ 10. ___________
III. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1: Read the following passages and choose the best answer. (20 pts)
A. The rules of etiquette in American restaurants depend upon a number of factors: the physical
location of the restaurant, e.g., rural or urban; the type of restaurant, e.g., informal or formal; and certain
standards that are more universal. In other words, some standards of etiquette vary significantly

after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman
invasion of 1066.
Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended
even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English
began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade),
colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and
grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the
primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in
English. Two-thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main language of
technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are
more than 700 million English users in the world, and over a half of these are nonnative speakers,
constituting the largest number of nonnative users than any other language in the world.
6. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. the number of nonnative users of English.
B. the French influence on the English language.
C. the expansion of English as an international language.
D. the use of English for science and technology.
7. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?
A. in 1066. B. around 1350. C. before 1600. D. after 1600.
8. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the
world EXCEPT _____.
A. the slave trade. B. the Norman invasion.
C. missionaries. D. colonization.
9. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “constituting”?
A. looking over. B. setting down. C. doing in. D. making up.
10. According to the passage, approximately how many nonnative users of English are there in the
word today?
A. a quarter million. B. half a million. C. 350 million.D. 700 million.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) here: