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Sở GD- ĐT Thừa Thiên Huế ĐÊ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI ĐỀ NGHỊ

Trường THPT Nguyễn Chí Thanh LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2008-2009

Môn: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian : 150 phút

I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR.

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence . Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase . (15 M)

1. The doctor allowed him to go home on ....................that he still stayed in bed.

a. condition b. provided c. providing d. situation

2. During the ...................the audience strolled and chatted in the foyer

a. interruptionb. pause c. gap d. interval

3.This machine works very well so long as no one ...............with it .

a. opposes b. interrupts c. interferes d. hinders

4. We all laughed at his ..........................of the teacher.

a. mimic b. imitation c. copy d. image

5. Excessive exercise can ......................a loss of appetite.

a. result from b. result in c. affect d. bring up

6.As it was so hot in the office he .............his tie.

a. loosened b. left c. let d. slackened

7. I didn't want to discuss the matter but he insisted on bringing it ........................

a. out b. up c. over d. about

8. We may win , we may lose - it's the ..............of the draw!

a. luck b. chance c. odds d. strike

9.The water worker's claim for a 10 percent pay rise has been under..................by the government.

a. regard b. inquiry c. consideration d. application

10. "We have won a great victory ...... our enemy", the captain said.

a. over b. upon c. above d. on

11. She wore a .........................ring on her left hand

a. bridal b. wedding c. marriage d. bride’s

12. Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention...........

a. limit b. span c. duration d. time

13. I like the coat but was rather ...............off by the price.

a. set b. put c. shaken d. held

14. The police have warned tourists to look .................. for pickpockets in the town center.

a. out b. down c. up d. forward

15. The old ship will be towed into harbor and .....................................................

a. broken in b. broken up c. broken off d. broken down

Part 2: The word in capital at the beginning of each of the following sentences can be used to form a related word that fits suitably in the blank space . Fill each blank in this way. (30 M)

1. SENSITIVE This poem shows the wonderful ......................... of the poet.

2. ENJOY The evening was .................spent playing cards and talking .

3. MISERABLE Thousands of people are living in ..................... after the earthquake.

4. RELIABLE The thing I hate about John is his ...........................................

5. COMPLAIN We have a lot of . ...............................from customers today.

6. UNDERSTAND There must be some ...................I thought I ordered the smaller model.

7.QUALIFY She left school with good ......................................................

8. ECONOMY Burning coal is an ................... way of heating a house. Gas is more expensive .

9. END I wrote .......................letters of application, but got no reply.

10. SLEEP His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant .....................................

11. EXPLORE There are very few .....................places left on earth. Man has been nearly anywhere.

12. REFER She made no .........................to our conversation of the night before.

13. LOW Some Vietnamese universities have ......................... their standard of entry in some subjects to admit more students.

14. PICTURE The old fishing village is very ...............................

15. HISTORY It is usually forbidden to destroy.............................buildings.

II. READING

Part 1: Fill in each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word. (20 M)

The world population has (1)....................................increasing dramatically. According to a United Nations chart of world population (2)......................., the world population suddenly multiplied in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. At the (3) ...................................of the Christian era, the (4) ........................world population was 200 to 300 million. It took (5) ......................than 1,800 years (6) ...................the world population to reach one billion. Then in (7)...................... than one hundred years, the figure doubled (8) ................two billion by 1930. By 1975, when it reached 4 billion, it (9) ...................doubled again in less than fifty years. The United Nations projected an increase (10)................more than six billion by the year 2000 and by 2050, ten billion.

Part 2: Read the following paragraph about the invention of computers. (10 M)

The electronic computer is the most significant invention since the steam engine. While the industrial revolution previously changed the nature of manual work, the computer revolution is now changing the world done by brain. Nowadays micro- computers are manufactured in hundreds of thousands and are constantly being equipped with more and more ingenious devices. Contrary to popular belief, computers themselves can’t make mistakes . The answer will always be correct if the programme fed into the computer is correct.

Which words in the paragraph have the following meanings? Write the correct word from the paragraph in each blank.

1. produced (in a factory) ____manufactured_____

2. instruments (especially ones cleverly thought out) _____________________

3. very important change in methods of working _____________________

4. set of instructions to carry out something _____________________

5. something made or used for the first time _____________________

6. clever( involving new equipment, methods or ideas) ____________________

III. WRITING

Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.(20 M)

1. Thanks to Minh’s report. I was able to finish my project on time.

Had............................................................................................................................

2. We regret to inform you that your application hasn’t been successful.

Much to.....................................................................................................................

3. There weren’t nearly as many people there as I had expected.

There were far...........................................................................................................

4. He never has enough money.

He is always .............................................................................................................

5. The car has leather seats.

The seats...................................................................................................................

6. People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to.

The...........................................................................................................................

7. She was not only bad -tempered but very lazy.

As well .....................................................................................................................

8. It is not a habit of mine to sleep in the afternoon.

I am ..........................................................................................................................

9. It was the Chinese who introduced rice planting into Vietnam.

The Vietnamese owe.................................................................................................

10. The truth only came out on the publication of the general’s personal diaries.

Only when.................................................................................................................

Part 2: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given .

1.It was too cold for anyone to work. (30 M)

It was ...............................................................................................................work

2. Mary was very surprised when she heard she had passed the exam

Came

It .................................................................................................................passed the exam.

3. She looks great with that new her hairstyle.

Wonders

Her new hairstyle..........................................................for her.

4. My sister kindly lent me her car for the weekend .

Favour

My sister .....................................................................me her car for the weekend.

5. It is such a boring job that people leave after a few weeks.

Bored

People who do that job .....................................................leave after a few weeks.

6. He was offered a job but rejected it so that he could carry on with his studies.

turned

He was offered a job but ..............................................................order to carry on with his studies.

7. They mark our written work in Cambridge

marked

We ....................................................................................................in Cambridge.

8. The service given by the bank has improved recently.

Improvements

The bank.............................................................................................service lately.

9.People say that Paris is a wonderful city.

Supposed

Paris .............................................................................................. a wonderful city.

10. Do shops usually stay open so late in this country ?

usual

Is .........................................................................stay open so late in this country?

11. You are like another person I've met here recently.

Else

You remind ..........................................................................I 'vet met here recently

12. You can't blame me for your stupid mistakes

fault

It isn't ..............................................................................................stupid mistakes.

13. I learnt quite a lot of language simply by listening to the other people.

Fair

I picked .............................................................................the language simply by listening to the other people.

14. I met her while I was staying in Paris last summer.

Stay

I met her ................................................................................in Paris last summer.

15. This is the most amusing book I have ever read .

amusing

I've never read a ....................................................................................one before.

Part 3 : Read the following paragraph about oil and gas supplies . One word may be missing from each line . Put an oblige stroke (/) where the word has been omitted and write the missing word in each blank. Put a tick in the blank if there is no missing word. (24 M)

Although the world’s energy resources/ taken many millions of years to produce, we quickly beginning to exhaust these supplies. Recently a UN committee reported that world’s oil and gas supplies would about 100 years if used carefully. The report stated that there be enough oil and gas for a century only if the present demand could controlled. If the demand continued grow, the report said that fuel supplies last for less than forty years. According to the report, governments now take steps to control amounts of fossil fuel that are used.

1._________have_______

2.____________________

3.____________________

4.____________________

5.____________________

6.____________________

7.____________________

8.____________________

9.____________________

10.___________________

11.___________________

12.___________________

13.___________________

Part 4: Composition (50 M)

Write an essay of about 200 words about the following topic :

" Nowadays road accidents in Vietnam are creasing dramatically. What should we do to reduce the number of road accidents?

..................................................................................................................................

The end

Sở GD- ĐT Thừa Thiên Huế ĐÊ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI ĐỀ NGHỊ

Trường THPT Nguyễn Chí Thanh LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2008-2009

Môn: TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian : 150 phút

ĐÁP ÁN

I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Part 1: (15 M)

1. a 2.d 3. c 4.a 5. b 6.a 7.b 8. a 9. c 10.a 11. b 12.b 13. b 14. a 15. c

Part 2: (30 M)

1. sensitivity 2. enjoyably 3. misery 4. unreliability

5. complaints 6. misunderstanding 7. qualifications 8. economical 9. endless 10. sleeplessness 11. unexplored 12. reference 13. lowered 14. picturesque 15. historical

II. Reading (20 M)

Part 1: Fill in each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.

1. been 2. growth 3. beginning 4. estimated 5. more 6. for 7. less 8. to 9. had 10. to

Part 2: (10 M)

Which words in the paragraph have the following meanings? Write the correct word from the paragraph in each blank.

1. produced(in a factory) ____manufactured______

2. instruments (especially ones cleverly thought out) ____devices___________

3. very important change in methods of working ____revolution_________

4. set of instructions to carry out something ____programme________

5. something made or used for the first time ____invention_________

6. clever( involving new equipment, methods or ideas) ___ingenious_________

III. Writing

Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.(20 M)

1. Had it not been for Minh’s report, I wouldn’t have been able to finish my project on time.

2.Much to our regret we have to / must / are obliged to inform you that your application hasn’t been successful.

3.There were far fewer people there than I had expected.

4. He is always in short of money.

5. The seats are covered in leather

6. The smoking of cigarettes is not as popular/ widespread as it used to be

7. As well as being bad -tempered , she was very lazy.

8. I am not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon.

9. The Vietnamese owe the introduction of rice planting to the Chinese.

10.Only when the general’s personal diaries were published did the truth come out.

Part 2(30 M)

1. It was so cold that nobody could work

2. It came as a great surprise to Mary to hear / when she heard that she had passed the exam.

3. Her new hairstyle does wonders for her.

4. My sister did me a favour (by) lending me her car for the weekend.

5. People who do that job get so bored that they leave after a few weeks.

6. He was offered a job but turned it down in order to carry on with his studies.

7. We have our written work marked in Cambridge.

8. The bank has made improvements to its service lately.

9. Paris is supposed to be a wonderful city.

10. Is it usual for shops to stay open so late in this country?

11. You remind me of someone else I have met here recently

12. It isn't my faults that you make/ made stupid mistakes

13. I picked up a fair amount of the language simply by listening to the other people.

14. I met her during my stay in Paris last summer.

15. I've never read a more amusing book than this one before.

Part 2.

1._________have_______

2.____we are quickly____

3._________√__________

4.____that the world_____

5.____would last about___

6.____there would be____

7._________√__________

8.____could be controlled_

9.__continued to grow___

10._supplies would last___

11._governments must now

12._control the amounts__

13.________√__________

Part 4: Composition (50 M)

Write an essay of about 200 words about the following topic :

" Nowadays road accidents in Vietnam are creasing dramatically. What should we do to reduce the number of road accidents?

_______THE END________

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