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ĐỀ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH - THPT
Năm học: 2007-2008
MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 12
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ĐÁP ÁN

I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR (45 points)

Part 1. (10 points)
Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Key
D
D
C
C
A
A
B
C
D
C


Part 2. (10 points)
membership
knowledgeable
troublesome
unemployable
irresponsibly

disqualified
disorganising
inconsistent
endangered
unrecognisable


Part 3. (8 points)
gave me the cold shoulder 5. lost her head
made her blood boil 6. jumped out of her skin
had a lump in her throat 7. kept her head
took her breath away 8. pulled her legs

Part 4. (17 points)
to have witnessed - has left
will be sitting
couldn’t have watered - had
No sooner had the announcement been made
had never been made
had been watching
has taken - being recognised - wearing
trying - to lend
(had) received - did he celebrate
has had - hadn’t bought it

II. READING (35 points)
Part 1. (15 points)
C
B
D
D
A
B
C
C
D
A
 D
B
C
C
A

Part 2. (15 points)
which
how
grow
put
wore
deal
took
been
spent
everyone

 grown
taken
such
talking
older


Part 3. (5 points)
1. D 2. B 3. E 4. A 5. C

III. WRITING (20 points)

Part 1. (10 points)
1. Scarcely had he been appointed to the post when the new editor fell ill.
2. Rather than disturb the meeting, I left without saying goodbye.
3. There has been a considerable fall in the value of sterling in the past week.
4. Had it not been for the attendance of a famous film star the party would not have been a success.
5. It was because she saw Peter with another woman that Harriet was upset / that upset Harriet.
6. Much to our regret we have to inform you that your application has not been successful.
7. The smoking of cigarettes is no longer as popular as it used to be.
8. Had they not been incompatible, their relationship might not have been doomed.
9. I’d rather you admitted that you’re to blame, and didn’t try to conceal it.
10. It was her determination which enabled her to get better so quickly.

Part 2. (10 points)

1. I felt sure that another winter in this country would kill him, weakened as he was by his last illness.
2. He missed one day of the exam. Will it be necessary for him to take the whole exam again?
3. It seems to me that my pen pal from America telephoned me while I was watching a live football match on TV last night.
4. The librarian asked Tom who had taken away the magazines from her desk to bring them back.
5. It is now time that a solution to the problem was found.
6. It looked as if the house had been unoccupied for several months of the year.
7. He made a more rapid recovery from a long illness than expected.
8. Each of the company’s employees is presented with a gold watch when they retire.
9. Only when the general’s personal diaries were published did the truth come out.
10. On being asked about the strike, the minister declined to comment.

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