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.. Use the words given in capitals at the end of
Trang 1SỞ GD- ĐT THỪA THIÊN HUẾ ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI 12
TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN CHÍ THANH
Môn : TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 150 phút
I.VOCABULARY & 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
1 He refused to give up work, he ‘d won a million pounds
2 They were for smuggling jewellery into the country
3 At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shops usually
4 Have you got time to discuss your work now or are you to leave?
5 I don’t see any in arriving early at the theatre if the show doesn’t start until 9 o’clock
6 Would you mind these plates a wipe before putting them in the cupboard?
7 She did all the work her own
8 Tom , he can’t possibly go alone - he is far too young
9 I have to leave before seven and so
10 By half past ten tomorrow morning I along the motorway
Part 2: Read the text below Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line
People are fascinated by robots Some of them look like FASCINATION
(1) dolls to play with Most of them look like other machines MECHANIC
of today's high technology Serious research on(2) INTELLIGENCE robots began in the 1960s in several countries Now we are on the fifth
(3) of robots The first robots were very expensive They GENERATE
cost $ 500,000 when a (4) could do the same work for $ 15 WORK
an hour One of the(5) of robots is that they can work in ADVANTAGEOUS situations that are(6) or harmful for human workers DANGER
Japan leads the world in the(7) of robots They have DEVELOP
12,000 working and(8) 30,000 per year, most of them for PRODUCTION
export Nissan, a (9) automobile company , spent $ 600 JAPAN
million on robots for a new factory in the United States It will be the most
(10) advanced factory of its kind TECHNOLGY
Trang 2Part 3: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only one word in each space After each space you are given a clue to the kind of word that is missing
A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940 He was always ( adjective) on music and played in pop group(2) .(preposition) school and Art college
John ( 3) (verb) married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son , (4) .( relative pronoun) name was Julian At that time, John was a member of a group (5) .(past participial) “ The Beatles” Many beautiful songs (6) ( auxiliary verb) written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them They (7) (modal verb) scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style Soon, everyone had heard (8) (preposition) “ The Beatles” and John was (9) (adjective) richer than he had ever thought
Having achieved world - wide success, John started to make records (10) (preposition) his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11) ( possessive adjective) marriage to Cynthia came to an end He had met Yoko Ono,( 12) ( relative pronoun) he married the following year John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ( auxiliary verb) seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) .(article) most talented of all “The Beatles” He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York department , the whole world (15) (auxiliary verb) shocked More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory He was only forty when he died
II READING
Part 1: Fill in each numbered space with ONE suitable word
An unforgettable birthday
It was the day of my grandmother’s 80th birthday when the sitting room ceiling fell down All the family were there , at my uncle Phillip’s house, (1) was a large , old building situated in a small , peaceful village north- west (2) Oxford We (3) already finished lunch and , as (4) was such a beautiful afternoon, we were all outside (5) the garden , drinking coffee and catching (6) on all the family news Grandmother, (7) was rather deaf ,was (8) usual, telling stories about her childhood in Manchester, (9) in the sunshine , laughing children and barking dogs chased each (10) around
Suddenly, (11) was a tremendous crash We all looked round in astonishment, wondering that what on earth had (12) Uncle Phillip and my father ran into the house , and then my sister and I (13) There , the most extraordinary sight met our eyes The sitting - room was (14) ruins and the air was thick with dust, Uncle Phillip was standing in the (15) .of the room, holding Tabatha , his cat , who looked terrified “It was one of the problems of living in a house as old (16) .this”, he
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III.WRITTING
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence
1 That meal was excellent !
What
2 I don’t really want to visit the museum
I ‘d rather
3 Please don’t smoke in this area of the restaurant
Customers are requested
4 “ I ‘m sorry, Angela” said Martin , “ I’m afraid I ‘ve damaged your car”
Martin apologised
5 Although he took a taxi, Peter arrived late for the concert
In spite
6 Daisy finds it easy to make friends
Daisy has no
7 Mary regretted buying the second- hand car
Mary wished
8 Tony finally managed to get a good job
Tony finally succeeded
9 Charles lives near his aunt’s house
Charles doesn’t
10 It was such a dirty beach that we decided not to stay
The beach
11 I don’t really want to have lunch yet
I ‘d rather
12 It looks like rain to me
I
13 The people who were there didn’t notice anything unusual
No- one
14 She left university five years ago
It is
15 The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road
The gate is closed so that
Trang 4ĐÁP ÁN I.VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1 (10 points) one point for each correct answer
Q # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Key C B A D C D B A B D
Part 2 (10 points)
Part 3 (15 points) one point for each correct answer
II READING
Part 1 (18 points) one point for each correct answer
8 as 9 while 10 other 11 there 12 happened / occurred 13 followed
14 in 15 corner / middle / centre 16 as 17 for 18 would /could / might
III WRITING
Part 1 (15 points) one point for each correct answer
1 what an excellent meal ( that /it was)
2 I ‘d rather not visit / go to the museum
3 Customers are requested not to smoke in this area of the restaurant
4 Martin apologized to Angela for damaging / having damaged her car
5 In spite of taking/ having taken / the fact that Peter had taken a taxi, he/ Peter arrived late for the concert
6 Daisy has no problem (s)
difficulty (in) making friends trouble
7 Mary wished (that) she had not bought the second - hand car
8 Tony finally succeeded in getting a good job
9 Charles doesn’t live far from his aunt’s house
10 The beach was so dirty / such a dirty one/ place that we decided not to stay
11 I ‘ d rather not eat/ have ( my) lunch yet
12 I think (that) it will/ might/ may / is going / likely to rain
13 No- one there noticed anything strange
14 It is five years since she left university/ was at university / was a university student
15 The gate is closed so that the children can not / are unable to / will not run into the road