De thi chon doi tuyen HSG 12- THPT Xuan Mai

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Đề THI CHọN Đội tuyển học sinh giỏi lớp 12
Năm: 2008-2009
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
(Đề thi gồm 5 trang – Thí sinh làm bài vào đề thi)


Họ và tên:…………………………………………………….. Lớp:……………………….

PART I. Trắc nghiệm

I. PHONETICS. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. weather B. unique C. highland D. ladder
2. A. experience B. hurricane C. volcano D. material
3. A. dependence B. prepare C. prediction D. forecast
4. A. tidal B. ancient C. amount D. heavy
5. A. tropical B. commercial C. disatrous D. extensive

II. VOCABULARY. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) which can best replace the underlined word/words.
6. Germination of seeds begins with the absorption of water, the swelling of the whole seed, and the cracking of the seed coat.
A. outer B. entire C. wet D. stiff
7. The object is to make our reseearch readable and understandable.
A. comprehension B. comprehensible C. comprehensive D. comprehend
8. The home of Helen Keller was a crossroads where people gathered to discuss art, politics, and the state of the world.
A. huge rural estate B. national monument C. central meeting place D. quiet refuge
9. The American Medical Assiciation has called for the sport of boxing to be banned.
A. forbidden B. regulated C. reorganised D. encouraged
10. The Litlle Foxes, a drama by Lillian Hellman, was first introduced in New York in 1939.
A. play B. novel C. music D. dance
11. The policy of separation of church and state has limited direct government support of private schools in the United States.
A. restricted B. reversed C. demanded D. imposed
12. In the twentieth century, drug markedly improved health throughout the world.
A. recently B. consistently C. supposedly D. noticeably
13. We finally managed to get her to join us in our games.
A. persuade her B. convince her C. insist her D. A and B
14. Their attempt to gain a seat in the Parliament came to a success in the end.
A. showed off B. went off C. came off D. broke off
15. The most dramatic example of static electricity is lightning.
A. examination B. distance C. instance D. purpose
16. Surveying is the science of calculating exact distances and directions between points of the Earth’s surface.
A. precise B. local C. obscure D. great
17. Bone and ivory are light, strong, and accessible materials for Inuit artists.
A. available B. beautiful C. economic D. natural
18. Ants follow scent trails so precisely they can locate their nests without hesitation.
A. build B. find C. clean D. fill
19. Although its takeoff in April in 1981 was besets with delays, the space shuttle Columbia returned triumphantly two days later from the its mission in the Earth’s orbit.
A. staff B. rescue C. funding D. launching
20. In the first decades of the 20th century,the individual gene could not be seen, but could be worked with fruitfully.
A. blindly B. completely C. productively D. carefully
III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES. Choose the most suitable answer.
21. “Did you finish the report?”. – Yes, but I wish I had known…………………….
A. how hard it would be B. how hard would it be C. how would it be hard D. how would it be
22. “Why did Bob get into trouble?” – “