Chon DT Anh 12 03-04

Sở Giáo dục & Đào tạo kỳ thi chọn đội tuyển học sinh giỏi lớp 12 - THPT
Thanh hoá Năm học 2003-2004
Đề chính thức Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian: 180 phút ( không kể thời gian giao đề.)

Question 1: Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
It (1- be) a long day, but by 9 o’clock the children (2- go ) to bed. They ( 3- clear ) away the supper things and now they ( 4- look ) forward to a couple of hours in front of the television. Unfortunately the film ( 5- be ) rather boring. Jim soon ( 6- fall) asleep and Sue ( 7- start ) to think about all her work. She ( 8- be ) sure she ( 9- hear ) a noise outside the window, so she ( 10- look ) up. A shadow ( 11- move ) slowly through the garden. Her heart ( 12- race ). She ( 13- turn ) out the light so that she (14-can ) see better. There ( 15- be ) nobody there. But she ( 16- see ) that it ( 17 - snow ) earlier that evening, and across the grass there ( 18- be ) a line of footprints. A fox (19- walk ) across right in front of their window, and now it ( 20 - look ) at her from the far corner of the garden.
Question 2: Fill each blank with the correct form of the word given in capital letters
The Cotswolds is an area of great beauty in England.
It has a number of ...... ..1........ villages and small towns with delight
lovely old buildings that have remained ............ 2.........since change
the area was a major ........3......centre several centuries ago. commerce
The countryside in the area is ...........4.......... and most of the charm
buildings there are made from an ............. 5 ...............type of attract
light stone that is particular to the Cotswolds.
In the summer, the Cotswolds can get rather .........6....... crowd
but it is always possible to find pretty places that do not
have the ..........7..... ..... of the more well-known villages and famous
towns. There is no ...........8............ of pleasant hotels and short
............9........... inns for visitors to stay in and the Cotswolds tradition
area is an excellent place for an ..........10......... weekend. enjoy
Question 3:
a- Put in suitable forms which express uncertainly or possibility.
OLDER AND WISER ?
We make decision all the time, but we .....1...... never be certain whether we are right or wrong. The work you choose to do ....2.... be suitable for you or it ...3.. not. The person you marry ...4.... be a perfect match or ....5.... be the worst possible choice. Suppose you have saved money for the future. You ....6... invest it wisely so that it grows in value or you ....7..... lose the lot in a foolish moment. You think you have a healthy diet, but the food you eat ......8...... actually be very bad for you and .....9...... be the cause of terrible illness. Perhaps you travel a lot by plane. All the flights you make are routine, but one of them ......10....... be your last. Decision! Decision! But we don’t learn from experience. Exprience is the quality that allows us to go on making the same mistakes with more confidence !
b- Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with the most suitable preposition.
We look ................. this town as our real home.
I never hold ............... the idea of using force.
He fell ................. her the moment he saw her.
Let’s try .................... the new washing machine.
Let me explain how the situation came ..............
Question 4: Fill each of the numbered blank spaces with a suitable word.
My father waved me goodbye and the bus set off. The person sitting ......1....... to me was a government engineer going to Peshawar .....2....... inspect the roads. He said that travelling by bus was .....3....... excellent way to test the roads.
We passed many villages ........4....... the way and stopped once or ......5....... to buy cold drinks,.......6........it was very hot and dusty. The countryside was brown and dry and ......7....... were long stretches ....8....... no people or villages in sight. We ......9....... to stop once at some road works, too, .......10........ made my travelling companion ......11....... happy.
Most of .......12........ were dozing in the afternoon heat when we were woken by a sudden noise, which .....13...... like a shot from a gun. As the