ôn luyện anh văn 12 (dành cho HS giỏi-bảng B)

Sở Giáo dục và đào tạo
thanh hoá
Đề chính thức
Kỳ thi chọn học sinh giỏi
LớP 12 THPT, BTTHPT, LớP 9 THCS
Năm học 2007-2008
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh – lớp 12 THPT
Ngày thi: 28 tháng 3 năm 2008
Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề thi)
Đề thi gồm 04 trang.

Question 1:
a- Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. health B. bread C. appear D. heavy
2. A. sugar B. since C. storm D. symptom
3. A. arrived B. experienced C. failed D. discovered
4. A. pronounce B. round C. sound D. pour
5. A. walls B. rewards C. sticks D. spectators
b- Choose the words with the different stress pattern from the others :
1. A. basketball B. wonderful C. education D. trustworthy
2. A. surround B. restrict C. remove D. manual
3. A. planet B. affect C. annoy D. excuse
4. A. famous B. climate C. language D. attend
5. A. extensive B. decorate C. distinguish D. acquaintance
Question 2: Put the verbs given in brackets into their appropriate tense or form
1. It is imperative that the letter (send)....... at once.
2. By this time tomorrow, we (travel)........ to Nha Trang.
3. Up to now , we (complete)....... four tests.
4. The students (punish)....... yesterday is my brother .
5. I think the play (perform)....... now.
6. I didn’t do the test well. I (prepare)......... it very carefully at home.
7. It has been suggested that the government (assist)….......……the poor in improving their
living condition.
8. By the time he…(become) heavy weight boxing champion, he …(win) over thirty fights.
9. He looked frightened as if he ........(see) a ghost.
Question 3: Supply the correct forms of the words in the capital letters
1. Their ………. has lasted a life time. friend
2. Everyone has a number of ..… but none has many true friends. acquaint
3. Cats are supposed to have nice ………… . live
4. The evening was ……….. spent playing and talking . enjoy
5. The cost of ……….. must be paid by the buyer . carry
6. After his illness , he started worrying that he was ………… . weigh
7. He lives in an attractive….part of Sydney RESIDE
8. We must learn about keeping the environment ………… . pollute
9. He finds it difficult to accept ……from others. CRITICISE
10. The film is entertaining but full of historical…….. ACCURATE
Question 4: fill in the blank with a suitable preposition
1. He has been ill ....... flu for a week .
2. I’m ......... any having more meetings.
3. She will remain here ........ the rest of the day.
4. A good friend always stand for you when you are ........ trouble.
5. Jim managed to climb into the house ......... means ........... a ladder he found.
6. I’d like to thank you, .............. behalf ............ everyone who was rescued .
7. Julia has nothing ........... common ........... Bill, they are quite different.
Question 5 :Fill in each numbered blank one missing word.
Speech is one of the most important ...1...of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be ...2...by other people, we have to speak a language, that is , we have to use combinations of ...3.... that everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
Learning a language properly is very ...4... . The basic ...5.... of English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to speak it quite ...6... . But the more words you know, the more idea you can...7...and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the ...8....thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we