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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO PHÚ THỌ KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT CẤP TỈNH
NĂM HỌC 2012-2013
Môn: TIẾNG ANH
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề


I. Circle the letter A, B, C or D of the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. (10 pts)
1
A
popular
B
body
C
knowledge
D
comfort

2
A
bought
B
shout
C
owl
D
abound

3
A
cease
B
ease
C
meadow
D
decrease

4
A
father
B
gather
C
hang
D
plank

5
A
chase
B
amaze
C
grand
D
laziness

6
A
fill
B
till
C
title
D
mill

7
A
crimes
B
demands
C
envelopes
D
tools

8
A
morning
B
mourn
C
pour
D
tour

9
A
range
B
foggy
C
huge
D
gymnastics

10
A
fond
B
pond
C
follow
D
of

II. Find and circle the letter A, B, C or D of the word which has a different stressed syllable . (10 points).
1
A
gravity
B
pharmacy
C
family
D
invitation

2
A
seldom
B
amount
C
Sunday
D
thirty

3
A
subtraction
B
pharmacy
C
memory
D
element

4
A
thirteen
B
divide
C
married
D
decide

5
A
lengthen
B
minus
C
mosque
D.
tattoo

III. Circle the best answer to complete each sentence. (30 points)
1. Ann won`t be going to the meeting, and ………….
A. her friends won`t neither.
B. neither will her friends.

C. her friends will either.
D. her friends won`t, too.

2. Don`t worry; some day you will get ………….English.
A. used to speak B. use to speak C. use to speaking D. used to speaking
B. use to speak
C. use to speaking
D. used to speaking

3. Tom…………. that he could not attend classes next week.
A. said his teacher
B.told to his teacher
C. told his teacher
D. spoke to his teacher

4. …………. so many people been out of work as today.
A. Never before have
B. More than ever before



C. In the past, there never have
D. Formerly, there never were



5. When his wife arrived home after a hard day at work, he was sitting on the sofa, ……
A. watched TV.
B. watch TV.
C. watching TV.
 D. was watching TV.

6. The duties of the new secretary are to answer the telephone, to type letters, ………….
A. and to do the bookkeeping.
B. do the bookkeeping

 C. and do the bookkeeping.
D. and the bookkeeping.

7. The greater the demand for a product, ………….the price.
A. higher
 B. the highest
C. the higher.
D. the high

 8. American use sports …. interest in health and fitness and ……. their leisure time.
A. to express/to occupy
B. to express/ occupying

C. expressing/occupying
D. expressing/ to occupy

9. Stephen wouldn’t have had an accident ………….. too much.
A. if he didn’t drink
B. unless he would drink



C. if he hadn’t drunk
D. unless he had drunk



10. ………… people nowadays have more free time, they do not always spend it wisely.
A. Despite
B. However
C. But
D. Although

11. If I ….. this jacket back to the shop. Do you think they’d … it back? I bought it a week ago.
A. take/take
B. bring/take
C. took/take
D. brought/take


12. There are many…… on television where a team of people have to answer questions.
A. queries
B. riddles
C. inquiries
D. quizzes

13. Children have to …………. respect to their parents and teachers.
A. show
B. take
C. feel
D.