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Đề thi học sinh giỏi lớp 11
Môn: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài 180 phút


Part one: Pronunciation
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.
1. a. education b. special c. economy d. uncommon
2. a. population b. average c. favorite d. Station
3. a. visited b. ended c. collected d. stopped
4. a. snow b. crowd c. brown d. down
5. a. please b. bread c. instead d. head
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
6. a. advance b. ancient c. cancer d. annual
7. a. theory b. tragedy c. invent d. government
8. a. finish b. wealthy c. protect d. healthy
9. a. simplicity b. pollution c. activity d. electricity
10. a. mathematics b. statistics c. academy d. mechanic

Your answer:
1………………. 2………….. 3………….. 4……………. 5……………….
6……………… 7…………. 8………….. 9……………. 10……………...

Part Two: Vocabulary and grammar
I. Choose one best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence
1. .................. wildlife needs the cooperation of the public.
a. safe b. safely c. safeguard d. safeguarding
2. Iraq is very ........................ oil.
a. richness of b. rich in c. of rich in d. getting rich in
3. My father used to ............. me to the zoo when we .................. in the city.
a. took/had lived b. taking/were living
c. take/lived d. taking/are living
4. Farmers get rid ..........weeds by praying.
a. off b. of c. out d. away
5.I remember ............ you about this three times.
a. tell b. to tell c. telling d. told
6. But for the flat tire, we ...............in time
a. will are b. would arrive c. had arrived d. would have arrived
7. Farmers ................... the soils with fertilizers.
a. enlarge b. enrich c. enclose d. enter
8. He has lived in ...............United Kingdom.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
9. Tom has got a brother...........in a bank in London.
a. to work b. worked c. working d. to have worked
10. Conservation is ............. safeguarding and preservation of natural resources.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article

Your answer:
1………………. 2………….. 3………….. 4……………. 5……………….
6……………… 7…………. 8………….. 9……………. 10……………...

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form
1. If only I …..(have) a mobile. I am tired of queuing outside the public telephone box.
2. ………that house ……….(build) two and a half years ago?
3. …………you…………..(learn) a foreign language before?
4. If he had obeyed his mother, he ………..(not make) a terrible mistake like that.
5. I remember ………..(take) to that place once.
6. She ……….(live) in this nice town since she started her current job.
7. Don’t worry! I ………(give) you a hand.
8. The President …………..(not decide) what to do yet.
9. Either my sister or I ……….(be) going to visit our uncle tomorrow.
10. The film was very sad. It made me……….. (cry).

Your answer:
1………………. 2………………. 3……..………..
4………………. 5………………. 6………………
7……………….. 8…………...….. 9………………. 10……………...

III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.