Câu 56: You should have persuaded him to change his mind.. Câu 59: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.. The unemployment rate is as high as the crime
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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian: 90 phút (Không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề gồm 04 trang; Thí sinh làm bài vào Phiếu trả lời trắc nghiệm
Mã đề: 210
I Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others
Câu 1: A photographer B entrance C ambitious D consultant
Câu 2: A essential B processor C compliment D interview
Câu 3: A dependence B prepare C prediction D forecast
Câu 4: A capacity B altogether C particular D eventually
Câu 5: A philosophy B tuition C materialism D centenarian
II Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others
Câu 6: A comfortable B syllable C eternal D capable
Câu 8: A observe B conserve C reserve D preserve
Câu 10: A procedure B mature C figure D adventure
III Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that corresponds with how to pronounce these underlined
parts in each following group
Câu 11: education, mute, subtract, subsidy, further, pure
Câu 12: route, anxious, fought, rough, ground, routine, counterpart
Câu 13: hay, quay, prayer, mayor, bay
Câu 14: luxury, exhausted, excuse, exhibit, excellent, maximum, expand
Câu 15: technology, team, suggestion, mixture, initiate
IV Choose the one word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences
Câu 16: _, we tried our best to complete it
A As though the homework was difficult B Despite the homework was difficult
C Difficult as the homework was D Thanks to the difficult homework
Câu 17: On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she came _ again
Câu 18: To solve this problem, it is advisable _
A that a drastic measure be adopted B that to adopt a drastic measure
C a drastic measure to be adopted D that a drastic measure is adopted
Câu 19: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday, _ ?
Câu 20: A good friend is _ will stand by you when you are in trouble
Câu 21: George wouldn't have met Mary _ to his brother's graduation party
A had he not gone B hadn't he gone C if he shouldn't have gone D if he has not gone
Câu 22: If you had taken my advice, you _ in such difficulties now
A hadn't been B wouldn't have been C won't be D wouldn't be
Câu 23: _ non-verbal language is _ important aspect of interpersonal communication
Câu 24: _ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical
illusion
A The Moon which B When the Moon C The Moon D That the Moon
Câu 25: In most _ developed countries, up to 50% of _ population enters higher education at
some time in their lives
Câu 26: On _ he had won, he jumped for joy
Câu 27: John has a monthly bank _ sent to him so that he knows how much there is his account
Câu 28: What chemical is this? It's _ a horrible smell
Câu 29: I have told you not to do it _
A a hundred times B hundreds of times C many hundred times D hundred times Câu 30: Staying in a hotel costs _ renting a room in a dormitory for a week
A twice as B twice more than C twice as much as D as much as twice Câu 31: The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several _
A celebrations B celebrated C celebrates D celebrities Câu 32: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
Laura: “ _ ”
A There's no doubt about it B Yes, it's an absurd idea
C Well, that's very surprising D Of course not You bet Câu 33: Jane wasn't in when I arrived I suppose she _ I was coming
A must have forgotten B may forget C must forget D can't have forgotten Câu 34: In a few hours, we _ the test, and we’ll go home and rest
A are finishing B have finished C will have finished D will be finishing Câu 35: I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _
A I will not be invited B I was not invited
C I'm not invited D I have not been invited Câu 36: Tom: "I'm sorry I won't be able to come" - Mary: “ _”
A Sounds like fun B Well, never mind C Oh, that's annoying D Great Câu 37: His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view He is very _
A open - minded B narrow- minded C absent - minded D kind - hearted Câu 38: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _ to be dead
A by appearing B to be appearing C to appear D have been appearing Câu 39: _ air is to man, so is water to fish
Câu 40: Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex
A openly criticized B rightly claimed C publicly supported D publicly said Câu 41: When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty _ paintings were destroyed, including
two by Picasso
Câu 42: Nowadays children would prefer history _ in more practical ways
Câu 43: The policeman _ him to appear as a witness
Câu 44: One's fingerprints are _ other person
A differ from any B different from C different from those of any D different from any Câu 45: Jane: “It's going to rain”
Mary: “ _”
A I don't hope so B I hope not C I don't hope so D I hope not so Câu 46: The doctor gave the patient _ examination to discover the cause of his collapse
Câu 47: We bought some _
A lovely old German glasses B German old lovely glasses
C old lovely German glasses D German lovely old glasses Câu 48: Learning English isn't so difficult once you _
Trang 2A get on it B get down with it C get down to it D get off it
Câu 49: She listened so attentively that not a word _
A did she miss B she had missed C she missed D she didn't miss
Câu 50: Can you list the problems _ poor and _ countries?
A facing/ overpopulated B face/ overpopulate C facing/ overpopulating D face/ overpopulation
V Identify the one underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that must be changed for the sentence to be
correct
Câu 51: The (A) diameter of the Sun is more than (B) one hundred times (C) greater than (D) the Earth
Câu 52: His boss (A) has asked (B) him to respond (C) immediately (D) this fax
Câu 53: The (A) reason he wants to take a leaving (B) of absence is that he (C) needs a complete (D) rest
Câu 54: It is the writing (A) English that (B) causes difficulties (C) to foreigners (D)
Câu 55: Foreign students who are doing (A) a decision about which (B) school to attend (C) may not know
exactly where the choices (D) are located
VI Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the printed one
Câu 56: You should have persuaded him to change his mind
A You should persuade him to change his mind
B It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn't
C You didn't persuade him to change because of his mind
D You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen
Câu 57: Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted
A He may have friends, but he's not to be trusted B He's too friendly to be trusted
C However he seems friendly, he's not to be trusted D However friendly he seems, he's not to be trusted
Câu 58: I wish you hadn't said that
A If only you didn't say that B I wish you not to say that
C It would be nice if you hadn't said that D I hope you will not say that
Câu 59: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high
A The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate
B The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher
C The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime
D The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is
Câu 60: “You're always making terrible mistakes”, said the teacher
A The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes
B The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes
C The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes
D The teacher complained about his students making terrible mistakes
VII Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is primarily a result of mankind's burning of fuels, is thought
to act like the glass of a greenhouse It absorbs heat radiation from the earth and its atmosphere, heats that
otherwise would dissipate into space The possibility that the greenhouse effect could alter the earth's
temperature has been debated for many years Scientists have agreed that carbon dioxide is increasing but
there has been uncertainty about whether temperatures are also increasing The major difficulty in accepting
the greenhouse effect has been the absence of observed warming coincident with the historic carbon dioxide
increase
Câu 61: One thing that all atmospheric scientists apparently agree about is that _
A greenhouse affects the earth's temperature significantly
B global temperatures are continually rising
C the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing
D the glass of greenhouses has reduced the need to burn fuel
Câu 62: Doubts about the greenhouse effect seem to center on the fact that _
A it is difficult to locate and identify carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
B past increase in carbon dioxide volume and global temperatures have often not corresponded
C the earth is steadily cooling down
D growing produce in greenhouses has been only marginally profitable
Câu 63: The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed to produce the greenhouse effect by _
A dissipation into outer space
B being widely used for agricultural purposes in greenhouse
C being burned on the ground
D preventing heat radiation from escaping the earth's atmosphere
Câu 64: What does the scientific community think about the greenhouse effect?
A It regards it as an established scientific fact
B It sees it as a useful agricultural technique
C It finds it an important mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from greenhouse
D It considers it a promising scientific issue
Câu 65: The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in _
A the building of greenhouse B global temperatures
C the building of fossil fuels D the sun's radiation reaching earth
VIII Read the passage carefully, then choose the correct answer
Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material
to their employers A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are appoximately 8.7 million
telecommuters But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant
as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago
Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many
managers These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities
It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are often reluctant to accept the opportunity Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office
Câu 66: The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuters EXCEPT _
A the different system of supervision B the oportunities for advancement
C the lack of interaction with a group D the fact that the work space is in the home Câu 67: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is _
A a telecommuter B the manager of a group of telecommuters
Câu 68: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A The advantages of telecommuting B A definition of telecommuting
C An overview of telecommuting D The failure of telecommuting Câu 69: How many American workers are involved in telecommuting?
A Fewer than last year B More than predicted in Business Week
C More than 8 million D Fewer than estimated in USA Today
Câu 70: The word "resistance" could best be replaced by _
A alteration B opposition C consideration D participation
IX Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage
Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and (71) Two-way (72) depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and (73) , and an agreed convention about signalling the beginning and end of the message In speech, the coding system is the language (74) English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at (75) time may seem too obvious to (76) In fact, the signals (77) in conversations and meetings are often (78) For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to (79) , catching the chairman's eye may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting
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Trang 3like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger When (80) visual signals are not possible, more formal
signals may be needed
Câu 72: A exchange B interchange C correspondence D communication
Câu 73: A messenger B announcer C receiver D transmitter
Câu 76: A mention B notice C recognize D judge
Câu 77: A being used B using C that people use D are used
Câu 78: A non-verbal B verbal C informal D formal
Câu 79: A interrupt B interchange C interfere D intercept
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