HSG Anh 11 + Key

ĐỀ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI VÒNG TRƯỜNG
KHỐI 11 NĂM HỌC 2008-2009
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
Ngày thi……… tháng………… năm 2008
Thời gian: 120 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)

Question I. Choose the best answer. (10p)

1.Her parents were very ………………… because she was out so late that night.
A. responsible B. sorry C. worried D. overcome
2.From the hotel there is a good ……………… of the mountains.
A. vision B. view C. sight D. picture
3.Since he was a boy, one of his ……………. has been stamp-collecting.
A. hobbies B. cares C. sports D. professions
4.Most people were no longer listening to his long …………………..story.
A. irritable B. boring C. tiring D. annoying
5.There`s someone at the door …………………… it.
A. I`m answering B. I answer C. I`ll answer D. I answered
6.If I`m tired in the evening………………….to bed early.
A. I`d go B. I`d have gone C. I went D. I`l I go
7.If you require any more …………………. about the holiday, please telephone us.
A. description B. information C. news D. fact
8.You will become ill…………… you stop working so hard.
A. until B. when C. unless D. if
9.Oh, no! My wallet has been ………………. .
A. robbed B. picked C. stolen D. theft
10.We watched the cat …………..the tree.
A. climbed B. climb C. had climbed D. was climbing
11.He told his father a long and……………..story to explain his lateness.
A. inconceivable B. unconvincing C. unimaginable D. incredulous
12. He …………..me to believe that they had left the district.
A. made B. led C. assured D. confirmed
13.We sat on after the meal, ……………the taste of the fine brandy.
A. indulging B. sensing C. sipping D. savoring
14.That minister`s ………… of party politics is well-known to the public.
A. disgust B. objection C. dislike D. opposition
15.At school he had a good academic record, and also ……………………. at sports.
A. prevailed B. achieved C. surpassed D excelled
16………………some countries have ruined their agriculture, squandering move on uneconomic factories, the Ivory Coast has stuck to what it is good at.
A. After B. During C. When D. While
17.Old houses have a……………..to be draughty.
A. tendency B. habit C. problem D. characteristic
18.He lost his job……………….no fault of his own.
A. through B. by C. with D. over
19.He was completely ………………..by her tale of hardship.
A. taken away B. taken down C. taken in D. taken up
20.The lecture was rather boring, but the……………..discussion proved fruitful.
A. subsequent B. latter C. consecutive D. Successive

Question II. Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only ONE word in each space. (5p)

English has for more than a century and a half been (1)….. a world language. The number of people who (2) ………….. it as their mother tongue has been (3) …at between three hundred million. and four hundred million. It is (4) …….. as an official language in countries where 1.5 billion people live. In China, the importance (5) ..…. to learning English is such that a (6) ..… teaching course drew audiences of up to 100 million.
However, this spread of English throughout the world is relatively recent. In the late sixteenth century English was (7) ………… by just under five million people. The arrival of English in North America- was the key step in its world-wide expansion. The United States is a huge commercial market and this has (8) …….. to promote the English language in many other nations. About eighty per cent of the data (9) …............on the world`