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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: 134
I Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others
Câu 1: A centenarian B philosophy C tuition D materialism
Câu 2: A compliment B processor C essential D interview
Câu 3: A photographer B ambitious C entrance D consultant
Câu 4: A dependence B prediction C forecast D prepare
Câu 5: A eventually B capacity C particular D altogether
II Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others
Câu 6: A reserve B conserve C observe D preserve
Câu 7: A adventure B mature C figure D procedure
Câu 8: A comfortable B capable C syllable D eternal
Câu 9: A plough B naughty C laughter D caught
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: technology, team, suggestion, mixture, initiate
Câu 12: route, anxious, fought, rough, ground, routine, counterpart
Câu 13: luxury, exhausted, excuse, exhibit, excellent, maximum, expand
Câu 14: education, mute, subtract, subsidy, further, pure
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: Jane: “It's going to rain” Giang Lương Hùng
Mary: “ _”
A I don't hope so B I hope not so C I hope not D I don't hope so
Câu 17: The success of the party was mainly due to the presence of several _
A celebrations B celebrities C celebrates D celebrated
Câu 18: George wouldn't have met Mary _ to his brother's graduation party
A if he shouldn't have gone B had he not gone
Câu 19: We bought some _
C German lovely old glasses D old lovely German glasses
Câu 20: On _ he had won, he jumped for joy
Câu 21: Can you list the problems _ poor and _ countries?
A face/ overpopulation B facing/ overpopulated C face/ overpopulate D facing/ overpopulating Câu 22: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies _ to be dead
A have been appearing B to be appearing C to appear D by appearing
Câu 23: I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but _
A I'm not invited B I have not been invited C I was not invited D I will not be invited Câu 24: _ air is to man, so is water to fish
Trang 2Câu 25: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday, _ ?
Câu 26: In most _ developed countries, up to 50% of _ population enters higher education at some
time in their lives
Câu 27: Learning English isn't so difficult once you _
A get off it B get on it C get down with it D get down to it
Câu 28: Tom: "I'm sorry I won't be able to come" - Mary: “ _”
A Great B Sounds like fun C Oh, that's annoying D Well, never mind
Câu 29: His brother refuses to even listen to anyone else's point of view He is very _
A kind - hearted B narrow- minded C open - minded D absent - minded
Câu 30: _, we tried our best to complete it
C Despite the homework was difficult D As though the homework was difficult
Câu 31: Many political radicals advocated that women should not be discriminated on the basic of their sex
A openly criticized B rightly claimed C publicly said D publicly supported
Câu 32: _ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical illusion
Câu 33: When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty _ paintings were destroyed, including two by
Picasso
Câu 34: The doctor gave the patient _ examination to discover the cause of his collapse
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: Nowadays children would prefer history _ in more practical ways
Câu 37: John has a monthly bank _ sent to him so that he knows how much there is his account
Câu 38: One's fingerprints are _ other person
C different from any D different from those of any
Câu 39: She listened so attentively that not a word _
A she didn't miss B she had missed C she missed D did she miss
Câu 40: If you had taken my advice, you _ in such difficulties now
Câu 41: 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 42: _ non-verbal language is _ important aspect of interpersonal communication
Câu 43: In a few hours, we _ the test, and we’ll go home and rest
A have finished B are finishing C will have finished D will be finishing
Câu 44: John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?”
Laura: “ _ ”
C Well, that's very surprising D Of course not You bet
Câu 45: A good friend is _ will stand by you when you are in trouble
Câu 46: Staying in a hotel costs _ renting a room in a dormitory for a week
A twice as B as much as twice C twice more than D twice as much as
Câu 47: To solve this problem, it is advisable _
A that to adopt a drastic measure B a drastic measure to be adopted
Trang 3Câu 48: On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she came _ again
Câu 49: The policeman _ him to appear as a witness
Câu 50: What chemical is this? It's _ a horrible smell
A giving down B giving over C giving off D giving up
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) reason he wants to take a leaving (B) of absence is that he (C) needs a complete (D) rest
Câu 52: The (A) diameter of the Sun is more than (B) one hundred times (C) greater than (D) the Earth
Câu 53: 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 54: It is the writing (A) English that (B) causes difficulties (C) to foreigners (D)
Câu 55: His boss (A) has asked (B) him to respond (C) immediately (D) this fax
VI Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the printed one
Câu 56: Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted
A However friendly he seems, he's not to be trusted B He may have friends, but he's not to be trusted
C He's too friendly to be trusted D However he seems friendly, he's not to be trusted Câu 57: I wish you hadn't said that
A I wish you not to say that B I hope you will not say that
C If only you didn't say that D It would be nice if you hadn't said that
Câu 58: You should have persuaded him to change his mind
A It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn't
B You didn't persuade him to change because of his mind
C You should persuade him to change his mind
D You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn't listen
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 high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime
C The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher
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 realized that his students always made terrible mistakes
B The teacher asked his students why they always made terrible mistakes
C The teacher complained about his students making terrible mistakes
D The teacher made his students not always make 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: What does the scientific community think about the greenhouse effect?
A It regards it as an established scientific fact Giang Lương Hùng
B It considers it a promising scientific issue
C It finds it an important mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from greenhouse
D It sees it as a useful agricultural technique
Câu 62: 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
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Trang 4Câu 63: 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
Câu 64: Doubts about the greenhouse effect seem to center on the fact that _
A past increase in carbon dioxide volume and global temperatures have often not corresponded
B it is difficult to locate and identify carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
C growing produce in greenhouses has been only marginally profitable
D the earth is steadily cooling down
Câu 65: The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in _
A the building of fossil fuels B 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 lack of interaction with a group B the different system of supervision
C the fact that the work space is in the home D the oportunities for advancement
Câu 67: How many American workers are involved in telecommuting?
A More than predicted in Business Week B Fewer than estimated in USA Today
Câu 68: It can be inferred from the passage that the author is _
C the manager of a group of telecommuters D a reporter
Câu 69: The word "resistance" could best be replaced by _
A alteration B consideration C participation D opposition
Câu 70: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A The failure of telecommuting B The advantages of telecommuting
C A definition of telecommuting D An overview 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 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 like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger When (80) visual signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed
Trang 5Câu 72: A exchange B communication C interchange D correspondence
Câu 73: A announcer B receiver C messenger D transmitter
Câu 76: A notice B recognize C mention D judge
Câu 77: A being used B that people use C are used D using
Câu 78: A informal B formal C non-verbal D verbal
Câu 79: A interchange B interrupt C intercept D interfere
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