Đề thi học sinh giỏi hay tuyệt

sở gd&đt hoà bình đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12 THPT
Đề chính thức năm học 2009-2010
Môn: Tiếng Anh

C. LEXICO- GRAMMAR


I. Circle the word or phrase which best completes these sentences. (2.0pts).

1. John reminded me __________ his motorbike by 8 o’clock.
A. please return B. not forget to turn C. remember to turn D. to return
2. ___________ for a job for a long time before you got it?
A. Were you looking B. Had you looked
C. Have you looked D. Have you been looking
3. Not a word _______ since the exam started.
A. had she written B. she wrote
C. she had written D. she has written
4. It was _______ that everyone answered it correctly.
A. so simple question B. such a simple question
C too simple question D. a more simple question
5. We can reclaim land by irrigating deserts, draining swamps, and _______.
A. to push back the sea B. then push back the sea
C. we push back the sea D. pushing back the sea
6. _______ for twelve hours, I felt marvelous.
A. Having slept B. Have slept
C. Having been slept D. Have been slept
7. No sooner _______ the corner than the wheel came off.
A. the van turned B. did the van turn
C. the van had turn D. had the van turned
8. She was the first in her family _____________ a college education.
A. get B. getting C. to get D. gotten
9. ____________ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United State.
A. Founding B. Founded
C. Being founded D. It was founded
10. The teacher said “Time is up”. It means “Time is ___________”.
A. started B. increased C. shortened D. finished
11. I’m sure he is lying, but it’s going to be hard to ____________ his story.
A. believe B. disbelieve C. unbelieve D. imbelieve
12. We were made _______ hard when we were at school.
A. to study B. study C. studying D. studied
13. The factory is said _______ in a fire two years ago.
A. being destroyed B. to have been destroyed
C. to have destroyed D. to destroy
14. There’s no lead in this kind of petrol. It is _______ petrol.
A. leadless B. unleaded C. de-leaded D. non-lead
15. He had a portrait _______ as a birthday present for his daughter.
A. painting B. paint C. painted D. to be painted
16. By the end of this year my father _______ in this company for 12 years.
A. will work B. will have been working
C. has been working D. has worked
17. –“Would you mind giving me a hand with this bag?”
-“ _____________________”
A. Yes, I’ll do it now. B. No, not at all. C. Well, I’d love to D. Yes, I am.
18. She was worried about ____________.
A. being robbed B. robbing C. being rob D. be robbing
19. This test_______ of multiple-choice questions.
A. consists on a number B. consists in a number
C. consists of a number D. consists to a number
20. I suddenly remembered that I _______ to bring my keys.
A. having forgotten B. have forgotten C. forgot D. had forgotten

II. Write the correct form of the bold-typed words in the following passage. Write your answers in the space provided in the column on the right. (2.0 pts)

A career in computers

When the boom in the information technology (IT) industry was at its height in the late 1990s, it was easy for (1. gift) young computer (2. program) to get jobs without having any formal qualifications