De HSG Anh lop 12 2006 Du bi

Sở giáo dục và Đào tạo kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12 THPT
Thanh Hóa Năm học 2005 - 2006
Môn thi: Tiếng anh - Bảng A
Đề dự bị (Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút - không kể thời gian giao đề)
Đề thi gồm 04 trang
Question 1: (10 points)
A. Which of the following word is stressed differently from the rest.
1.
a.
Explain
b.
Explanation
c.
Explanatory
d.
explicable

2.
a.
structuralist
b.
Fashionable
c.
Spontaneous
d.
mountainous

3.
a.
comfort
b.
Honour
c.
Title
d.
admire

4.
a.
satisfactory
b.
Opportunity
c.
Compulsory
d.
anniversary

5.
a.
photographic
b.
Objectionable
c.
Imaginable
d.
orginal

B. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1.
a.
hatred
b.
Asked
c.
Laughed
d.
typed

2.
a.
tooth
b.
Smooth
c.
Theory
d.
author

3.
a.
earn
b.
Learn
c.
search
d.
clear

4.
a.
chain
b.
Entertain
c.
bargain
d.
complain

5.
a.
jobs
b.
Bags
c.
days
d.
Shops

Question 2: Supply the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets:
1. - Where is Jane ?
- She is on holiday. She ( go ) to Italy.
2. I`ve hung out my clothes. It`s lovely and sunny. If it ( stay ) like this, they ( be ) dry in two hours.
3. Tony ate nothing for lunch because he (diet) . He said he ( try ) to lose ten kilos.
4. There`s someone behind us. I think we ( follow ) .
5. I won`t let you go until I ( tell ) the whole truth.
6. I ( know ) I ( do ) well in my exam even before I ( receive ) the official result.
Question 3:
a- Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition.
1. Let`s drink ….. his success !
2. It`s unwise to drink ….. excess.
3. Some people are allergic ……. wine .
4. The wind is blowing gently …… the lake.
5. He`s generous ……. money. He`s generous ….. giving money to charities.
6. Tom is devoted …… his work and he is well-qualified …… it , too.
7. Sometimes our teachers punish us by making us stay ……. after class.
8. .......good weather I often go out .......my mother.
9. The novels ....... Shakepeare is popular .......... adults.
10.“ Share these ...... yourselves” said the mother ....... two children.

b- Find out the mistake and correct it.
The artist whom pictures we saw yesterday is also a concert pianist.
The eyes of some fish enable them to see what is going on in the water around them and in the rir above the surface.
He was taken from school as if his father was too poor.
What do you buy fowers ? – because today is Mary”s birthday.
Yesterday, they have been working har all day so that they couldgo home early.
The gas from the chemical factory was harm.
He insisted in seeing the documents.
Can I look for a word in your dictionary ? I left mine at home.
Mathematics are his favourite subject.
She asked if I knew who was he.
Question 4: Supply the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. The manager handed in his … after being accused of dishonesty. ( resign )
2. His health was seriously affected and he suffered from constant… ( sleep )
3. She was the only visitor …… into the sick room. ( admission)
4. It is thoroughly dishonest and ….. to cheat in an exam. ( honour )
5. She divorced him because of his ….. to the children. ( kind )
6. The evening was ……… spent playing cards and talking. ( enjoy )
7. People who live in cities spend their lives in an atmosphere of…noise.(continue)
8. Therefore, many people who are badly-