De thi hsg truong 12

Đề thi học sinh giỏi trường lớp 12

I. PHONETICS: Odd one out.
A. Stress: Pick out the word whose main stressed syllable is different from the rest.
1. A. provide
B. famous
C. program
D. credit

2. A. national
B. translation
C. erosion
D. production

3. A. carry
B. prefer
C. husband
D. logic

4. A. borrow
B. benefit
C. aspect
D. activity

5. A. people
B. paper
C. purpose
D. police

Answer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


B. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
6. A. made
B. graduate
C. dirty
D. damage

7. A. missed
B. rented
C. watched
D. booked

8. A. minister
B. against
C. house
D. president

9. A. pretty
B. get
C. send
D. well

10. A. feat
B. great
C. seat
D. beats

Answer:
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.


II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY:
Choose the best answer among the four options given to complete each sentence.
11. Since their clothes were wet, they ..................... in the rain .
A. must have walked
B. should have walked
C. need have walked
D. can have walked.

12. I`m going to have Mike ....................... my computer to see what is wrong.
A. look at
B. to look at
C. looked at
D. looking at

13. My hair was too long, so I went to the hairdresser`s ..........................
A. to have it cutted
B. to have it cutting
C. to have it to be cut
D. to have it cut

14. Teachers usually know exactly who cheats in the exam ....................... what to do with their students.
A. but
B. however
C. although
D. and

15. I`m sure he is lying , but it`s going to be hard to ..................... his story.
A. disbelieve
B. believe
C. unbelieve
D. nonbelieve

16. I love this necklace . I ..................... it for nearly 30 years now.
A. am having
B. have been having
C. have
D. have had

17. There were two small rooms in the beach house, ...................... served as a kitchen.
A. the smaller of which
B. the smallest of which
C. the smaller of them
D. smallest of that

18. ....................... his parents allow him or not, John intends to go to the party.
A. Whether
B. While
C. Although
D. Despite

19. ...................... people know the town better than old Jack here.
A. The few
B. Only the few
C. Only few
D. Few

20. She apologized ...................... not coming earlier .
A. in
B. by
C. for
D. to

21. We .................... the money to your account within three working days.
A. have been transferred
B. will transfer
C. transferring
D. will be transferred

22. No part of Great Britain is .......................... from the sea.
A. more than 70 miles
B. more 70 miles than
C. 70 miles more than
D. than more 70 miles

23. When they ......................... home from the concert, they found that somebody ........................ into it.
A. came / had broken
B. come / breaks
C. came / broke
D. came / breaking

24. " John is going to get the promotion soon " Anna said.
( Anna informed that John .................... the promotion soon.
A. is going to get
B. was going to get
C. were going to get
D. would get


25. " Yes, OK. I`ll buy some more cakes " he said.
( He .................... to buy some more cakes.
A. offered
B. agreed
C. suggested
D. wanted

26. He will take the dog out for a walk as sooon as he ........................ dinner.
A. finishes
B. finish
C. will finish
D. will have finished

27. Luckily , by the time we got there, the painting .........................
A. didn`t sell
B. hadn`t sold
C. wasn`t sold
D. hadn`t been sold

28. It was a service .................... I