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Đề chính thức Kì thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12- THPT
Năm học 2007-2008 (vòng 1)
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề).
Question I. (10 points)
A. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest
1.A reposed B succeeded C proved D housed
2.A prison B indiscipline C digest D scarf
3.A mediator B nativity C promote D fortune
4.A says B savior C fade D wave
5.A kite B skin C bin D pillar
B. Circle the word whose stress is different from the rest
1.A research B ability C companion D understand
2.A women B labor C independent D children
3.A career B enjoy C manufacture D community
4.A hospital B careful C needed D unable
5.A attention B scientific C experience D describe
Question II. Circle the right word of phrase to complete the sentences (15 points)
His.................................. and bad work led to his dismissal from the firm
A. unpunctual B. unpunctuality C. inpunctual D. inpunctuality
2.I wondered why he ............................ his job.
A. has changed B. changes C. used to change D. had changed
3. Last night,.............................. nothing to watch on T.V, we went out.
A. there being B. there having C. having had D. being.
4. Your hair needs.............................. You’d better have it done tomorrow
A. cut B. to cut C. being cut D. cutting
5. The bus was crammed.................... students who were making............. the central park where the festival would take place.
A. with/into B. of/out C. with/for D. in/for
6. Our roles as boss and employee have now been............................
A. conserved B. reserved C. preserved D. reversed
7. My father hasn’t had much........................with my family since he moved to New York
A. contact B. business C. connection D. meeting
8. Prizes are awarded.................the number of points scored.
A. resulting in B. according to C. adding up D. because of
9. It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver................... in the crash
A. was injured B. were injured C. have been injured D. are injured
10. ......................... that she burst into tears
A. Her anger was such B. She was so anger
C. So angry she was D. Such her anger was
11. She nearly lost her own life......................... attempting to save the child from drowning.
A. at B. in C. with D for
12. In resent years, more and more people................................. for thing with credit cards
A. pay B. have been paying C. are paying D. paid
13. They stayed for hours, which I was very................................
A. annoyed B. annoyed about C. annoying D. annoying me 14. There are different kinds of music to.................your taste
A. miss B. fit C. tight D. suit
15. We’d better.. ...............or else we will never finish it in time
A. get the ball rolling B. the ball rolling
C. roll the ball D. the ball to roll
Question III: Supply the correct form of the verb in bracket.(10 points)
One cold winter morning on December 17th, a small blue car stopped on a bridge in a provincial town in Northern Germany. Three men dressed in heavy black coats got out and stood on the bridge. While they (wait)...............(1) there, they kept on (look) ............(2) over the side. Fifteen minutes later, a motor boat (sail)..........(3