Đề thi chọn HSG cấp trường môn Tiếng Anh THPT Nguyễn Huệ, Thừa Thiên Huế năm học 2016 - 2017 có đáp án
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Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 12 tỉnh Hà Tĩnh năm học 2011 - 2012
I. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. (15 points)
1. These figures give you some idea of the cost of ..... your car for one year.
A. controlling B. handling C. managing D. maintaining
2. It can take up to three months to ..... a man to do this specialist work.
A. guide B. raise C. train D. learn
3. In today's paper it ..... that we shall have an election this year.
A. says B. admits C. expresses D. proposes
4. I had to pay ..... on a carpet I bought in through the Customs today.
A. taxes B. rates C. fines D. duty
5. Tropical diseases are comparatively ..... in Europe.
A. scarce B. rare C. slight D. few
6. The ..... charged by the architect for the plans of the new building were unusually high.
A. hire B. price C. fees D. sum
7. It takes a great deal of ..... for the class to make a trip abroad.
A. arrangement B. organisation C. expense D. business
8. You shouldn't eat so many sweets. They're ..... for you.
A. bad B. unhealthy C. unsuitable D. disagreeable
9. I wondered whether you would like to ..... to the theatre tomorrow.
A. visit B. go away C. go out D. walk out
10. Do you think he is ..... of doing the job?
A. capable B. competent C. able D. suited
11. I bought these shoes in the sale. They were a real ..........
A. cheap B. economy C. bargain D. purchase
12. If you put your money in the bank, it will earn ten per cent ..........
A. investment B. profit C. deposit D. interest
13. Edward was named after one of his father 's distant ..........
A. family B. brothers C. members D. relations
14. Jane and Brian got married a year after they got ..........
A. divorced B. proposed C. engaged D. separated
15. Julie had a terrible .......... with her parents last night.
A. row B. discussion C. argue D. dispute
Part 2: Read the text and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (10 points)
Margaret started English Literature this term, and I'm afraid that her (1) INTRODUCE ............... to the subject has not bee entirely (2) SUCCESS ................. She has not show much enthusiasm and does not always pay (3) ATTEND ............... in class. Her assignments are often (4) READ............ , because she is so untidy, and because of her (5) FAIL........ to check her work thoroughly. She failed to do any (6) REVISE ............ before the end of term test, and had poor results. She seems to have the (7) MISTAKE ............. idea that she can succeed without studying. She has also had many (8) ABSENT.............. and has frequently arrived late for class. This has resulted in several (9) PUNISH......... . Although Margaret is a (10) GIFT ........... student in some respects, she has not had a satisfactory term.
Part 4: The following sentences are badly constructed. Rewrite them in better style and correct any grammatical errors. (5 points)
All students must pay their fees, except foreigners, to the university bursar.
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Swimming is a sport to any healthy person I would recommend.
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The president said that the new education programme was essential addressing a large audience in the provincial capital yesterday.
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Talks have begun to plan a railway linking the provincial capitals between the representatives of the provincial assemblies.
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The advertisement said that they wished to employ a secretary for an expanding company with good shorthand and typing speeds at their head office.
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II. READING
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the following questions:
All at once Hazel was coming in through the French windows, pulling off gardening gloves, and Bill was entering through the door, both at once. So I only had time to take one quick look at her before I turned to face him. All very confusing. What that first glimpse showed me was that time had thickened her figure but didn't seem to have made much difference to her face. It still had good skin and youthful outlines. She was holding a bunch of roses – must have been cutting them in the garden while waiting for me. The gardening gloves lent a delightfully informal touch. It was quite an entrance, though Bill spoilt it a bit by making his at the same time.
Bill seemed longer and thinner. His tightly massed hair had a tinge of grey. Apart from that, twenty years had done nothing to him, except deepen the lines of thoughtfulness that had already, when I knew him, begun to spread across his face. Or was that all? I looked at him again, more carefully, as he looked away from me at Hazel. Weren't his eyes different somehow? More inward looking than ever? Gazing in not merely at his thoughts, but at something else, something he was keeping hidden or perhaps protecting.
Then we were chattering and taking glasses in our hands, and I came back to earth. For the first ten minutes we were all so defensive, so carefully probing, that nobody learnt anything. Bill had forgotten me altogether, that much was clear. He was engaged in getting to know me from scratch, very cautiously so as not to hit a wrong note, with the object of getting me to contribute a big subscription to his African project. I kept trying to absorb details about Hazel, but Bill was talking earnestly about African education, and the strain of appearing to concentrate while actually thinking about his wife proved so great that I decided it would be easier just to concentrate. So I did. I let him hammer away for about ten more minutes, and then the daughter, who seemed to be acting as parlourmaid, showed in another visitor. Evidently we were to be four at lunch.
1. What effect had time had on Hazel and Bill?
A. They had both lost weight. B. They were more withdrawn.
C. They hadn't changed at all. D. They had changed in subtle ways.
2. When they all started talking, the writer
A. relaxed at last. B. stopped dreaming.
C. spoke most to Hazel. D. began to remember things.
3. The writer found the first part of their conversation
A. sentimental. B. irritating. C. uninformative. D. trivial.
4. Why did Bill speak seriously?
A. He wanted some money from the writer. B. He did not remember the writer.
C. His wife was present. D. He was talking about the past.
5. In the end the writer found Bill's conversation
A. monotonous B. convincing C. thought-provoking D. instructive
Part 2: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable word for each space.
According to a magazine article I read recently, we (1) ......... live in an age of increasing leisure. Not only are more and more people reaching (2) ......... age with their taste for enjoyment and even adventure relatively (3) ......... but the working week is becoming shorter and the opportunities for (4) ......... are becoming greater and greater all the time. Not to mention the fact that people (5) .........to spend less time travelling to work or may even be working from home. What I can't understand, however, is who these people are. As far as I can (6) ......... the whole thing is another one of (7) ......... journalistic fictions. I admit that there are a lot of retired people (8) ......... but I am not sure that all of them are dashing about learning hang-gliding or sailing single-handed (9) ......... the world. My own parents seem to (10) ......... most of their time gazing at the television. And as for the shorter working week, I wish someone (11) .........remind my company about it. I seem to be working longer and longer hours (12) ......... the time. The little leisure time I have is eaten into by sitting in the traffic jams or waiting for trains to (13) ......... up at rain-swept platforms. I haven't noticed any dramatic improvements in my (14) ......... either, but perhaps I just have to wait until I get my (15) .........
1. A. presently B. at the moment C. now D. at this time
2. A. retirement B. their C. later D. third
3. A. present B. survived C. free D. intact
4. A. this B. longer C. leisure D. people
5. A. use B. tend C. have D. demand
