Câu 59: You should have persuaded him to change his mind.. Câu 60: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.. The high rate of unemployment depends on the
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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)
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Mã đề: 356
I Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others
Câu 2: A philosophy B materialism C centenarian D tuition
Câu 5: A ambitious B entrance C photographer D consultant
II Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others
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: luxury, exhausted, excuse, exhibit, excellent, maximum, expand
Câu 12: education, mute, subtract, subsidy, further, pure
Câu 13: route, anxious, fought, rough, ground, routine, counterpart
Câu 14: technology, team, suggestion, mixture, initiate
Câu 15: hay, quay, prayer, mayor, bay
IV Choose the one word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences
Câu 16: In most _ developed countries, up to 50% of _ population enters higher education at
some time in their lives
Câu 17: I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _
A I have not been invited B I'm not invited C I will not be invited D I was not invited
Câu 18: Nowadays children would prefer history _ in more practical ways
Câu 19: The policeman _ him to appear as a witness
Câu 20: Learning English isn't so difficult once you _
Câu 21: Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex
A publicly supported B rightly claimed C openly criticized D publicly said
Câu 22: One's fingerprints are _ other person
A differ from any B different from C different from those of any D different from any
Câu 23: Staying in a hotel costs _ renting a room in a dormitory for a week
Câu 24: When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty _ paintings were destroyed, including two
by Picasso
Câu 25: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday, _ ?
Câu 26: _ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical
illusion
Câu 27: _ air is to man, so is water to fish
Câu 28: _, we tried our best to complete it
A As though the homework was difficult B Thanks to the difficult homework
C Despite the homework was difficult D Difficult as the homework was Câu 29: The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several _
Câu 30: What chemical is this? It's _ a horrible smell
Câu 31: If you had taken my advice, you _ in such difficulties now
Câu 32: _ non-verbal language is _ important aspect of interpersonal communication
Câu 33: John has a monthly bank _ sent to him so that he knows how much there is his account
Câu 34: Can you list the problems _ poor and _ countries?
A facing/ overpopulating B face/ overpopulation C facing/ overpopulated D face/ overpopulate Câu 35: I have told you not to do it _
A many hundred times B hundreds of times C hundred times D a hundred times Câu 36: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
Laura: “ _ ”
Câu 37: His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view He is very _
A kind - hearted B narrow- minded C absent - minded D open - minded Câu 38: Tom: "I'm sorry I won't be able to come" - Mary: “ _”
Câu 39: On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she came _ again
Câu 40: On _ he had won, he jumped for joy
Câu 41: We bought some _
Câu 42: To solve this problem, it is advisable _
A that to adopt a drastic measure B that a drastic measure be adopted
C that a drastic measure is adopted D a drastic measure to be adopted Câu 43: She listened so attentively that not a word _
Câu 44: Jane wasn't in when I arrived I suppose she _ I was coming
A can't have forgotten B must forget C may forget D must have forgotten Câu 45: A good friend is _ will stand by you when you are in trouble
Câu 46: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _ to be dead
A by appearing B to be appearing C have been appearing D to appear Câu 47: Jane: “It's going to rain”
Mary: “ _”
Trang 2A I don't hope so B I hope not so C I hope not D I don't hope so
Câu 48: In a few hours, we _ the test, and we’ll go home and rest
A will have finished B are finishing C will be finishing D have finished
Câu 49: The doctor gave the patient _ examination to discover the cause of his collapse
Câu 50: George wouldn't have met Mary _ to his brother's graduation party
A if he has not gone B hadn't he gone C had he not gone D if he shouldn't have gone
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: His boss (A) has asked (B) him to respond (C) immediately (D) this fax
Câu 52: It is the writing (A) English that (B) causes difficulties (C) to foreigners (D)
Câu 53: The (A) diameter of the Sun is more than (B) one hundred times (C) greater than (D) the Earth
Câu 54: 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
Câu 55: The (A) reason he wants to take a leaving (B) of absence is that he (C) needs a complete (D) rest
VI Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the printed one
Câu 56: I wish you hadn't said that
A I wish you not to say that B It would be nice if you hadn't said that
C I hope you will not say that D If only you didn't say that
Câu 57: Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted
A He's too friendly to be trusted B He may have friends, but he's not 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: “You're always making terrible mistakes”, said the teacher
A The teacher complained about his students making terrible mistakes
B The teacher realized that his students always made terrible mistakes
C The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes
D The teacher made his students not always make terrible mistakes
Câu 59: 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 persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen
D You didn't persuade him to change because of his mind
Câu 60: When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high
A The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime
B The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate
C The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is
D The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher
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: The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in _
A the sun's radiation reaching earth B the building of greenhouse
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 the earth is steadily cooling down
C past increase in carbon dioxide volume and global temperatures have often not corresponded
D growing produce in greenhouses has been only marginally profitable
Câu 63: What does the scientific community think about the greenhouse effect?
A It finds it an important mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from greenhouse
B It sees it as a useful agricultural technique
C It considers it a promising scientific issue
D It regards it as an established scientific fact
Câu 64: One thing that all atmospheric scientists apparently agree about is that _
A global temperatures are continually rising
B greenhouse affects the earth's temperature significantly
C the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing
D the glass of greenhouses has reduced the need to burn fuel
Câu 65: The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed to produce the greenhouse effect by _
A preventing heat radiation from escaping the earth's atmosphere
B dissipation into outer space
C being burned on the ground
D being widely used for agricultural purposes in greenhouse
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: How many American workers are involved in telecommuting?
A Fewer than estimated in USA Today B More than 8 million
C More than predicted in Business Week D Fewer than last year Câu 67: The author mentions all of the following as concerns of telecommuters EXCEPT _
A the fact that the work space is in the home B the oportunities for advancement
C the different system of supervision D the lack of interaction with a group Câu 68: The word "resistance" could best be replaced by _
Câu 69: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is _
Câu 70: 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
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
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Câu 72: A exchange B interchange C correspondence D communication
Câu 79: A interrupt B interchange C intercept D interfere
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