đề thi hsg tĩnh Thanh hoá

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
THANH HOÁ
Kỳ thi chọn HỌC SINH GIỎI THPT, THCS
Năm học 2010- 2011

 Đề chính thức

Môn thi: Tiếng Anh. Lớp 12
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
Ngày thi: 24 / 3/ 2011
Đề thi này gồm 05 trang.

Question 1:
a. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. ( 5p)
1. A. creative B. creation C. creature D. create
2. A. insect B. percent C. wetland D. extinct
3. A. helps B. arrives C. likes D. laughs
4. A. frightened B. stamped C. walked D. watched
5. A. serious B. thousand C. found D. around
b. Pick out the word that has the stress syllable differently from that of the other words.(5p)
1. A. biologist B. endangerment C. priority D. vulnerable
2. A. survive B. product C. reserve D. enact
3. A. bamboo B. panda C. parrot D. wildlife
4. A. universal B. horizontal C. potential D. preferential
5. A. subsequent B. undergo C. enterprise D. government
Question 2: Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence ( 20p)
1. But for the rain we ........................... our destination ages ago.
A. reached B. would reach C. would have reached D. had reached
2. I was offered lamb or chicken, .................. I like.
A. neither of that B. neither of which C. of that neither D. of which neither
3. David: You really have a nice dress, Kathy. I’ve never seen such a perfect thing on you.
Kathy: ................................. . I bought it at the shop near my house yesterday.
A. I’m sure you like it B. I suppose it is not bad
C. I’m glad you like it D. I myself like it very much
4. My son didn’t feel well. ................., he didn’t go to work yesterday.
A. However B. Therefore C. So D. But
5. Don’t let me disturb you; please get .................. your writing.
A. on with B. in with C. with D. in
6. I don’t like this chocolate. I like .................. chocolate.
A. some others B. another C. some other D. one other
7. Her blouse didn’t fit her well. ................................
A. So her skirt didn’t B. So didn’t her skirt
C. But her skirt didn’t D. But her skirt did
8. Physics and mathematics interest him almost ……….
A. alike B. the same C. similarly D. equally
9. I admit I suffer from a …………..of patience with such people.
A. shortage B. lack C. emptiness D. limit
10. Don’t start the next page .................. you have finished the last test question.
A. until B. while C. when D. since
11. They turned …………at the party, despite the awful weather.
A. round B. in C. back D. up
12. - “Do you like frog’s legs?”
- “……………them, I don’t really know.”
A. Never try B. Not to have try
C. Never having tried D. Never had tried
13. The ..........between the rich and the poor countries of the world is increasing.
A. space B. gap C. distance D. interval
14. Although he was completely _______ as a furniture-maker, he produced the most beautiful chairs.
A. unable B. uneducated C. incapable D. untrained
15. My grandmother takes better photographs than ......................
A. my B. I take C. me D. me take
16. There were many big trees, between me