Đề ôn thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12

ĐỀ ÔN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI MÔN ANH 12
Question I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase. 
1. A learner driver must be .............................. by a qualified driver. 
A. connected 	B. accompanied 	C. involved 	D. associated 
2. Newspapers should try to ............................ printing statements that they cannot check. 
A. refuse 	B. neglect 	C. deny 	D. avoid 
3. What's wrong with you today? Did you get out of bed on the wrong ........................? 
A. side 	B. end 	C. foot 	D. edge 
4. As she did not understand the question, she just gave him a .............................. look. 
A. clear 	B. useless 	C. simple 	D. blank 
5. They talked for three days before .............................. to a decision. 
A. reaching 	B. coming 	C. jumping 	D. going 
6. A wedding is a good opportunity for .............................. off new clothes. 
A. wearing 	B. carrying 	C. showing 	D. putting 
7. A great .............................. of bees settled on our apple tree during a storm. 
A. swarm 	B. crowd 	C. flock 	D. buzz 
8. The chance of a repetition of these events is .............................. indeed. 
A. distant 	B. slim 	C. unlikely 	D. narrow
9. Having lost the match, the team traveled home in .............................. spirits. 
A. clod 	B. low 	C. dark 	D. deep 
10. Despite the bad weather, he ......................... get to the airport in time. 
A. was able to 	B. could not 	C. could 	D. almost 
11. Alan and Susie ......................... an argument. They are not speaking to each other. 
A. must have 	B. might have 	C. must have had 	D. might had 
12. The gun went ....................... as he was cleaning it but luckily he was not hurt. 
A. out 	B. by 	C. over 	D. off 
13. Those second-hand cell phones are selling like .......................... . If you want one, you had better buy one now before they are all gone. 
A. shooting stars 	B. fresh bread 	C. hot cakes 	D. wild oats 
14. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shop usually ...................... . 
A. drops 	B. lowers 	C. sinks 	D. reduces 
15. For a while, I was at a .............................. to know what to say. 
A. blank 	B. loss 	C. pain 	D. crisis 
16. He retired early ........................... ill-health. 
A. on account of 	B. ahead of 	C. on behalf of 	D. in front of 
17. On November 5, a lot of fireworks are ........................... off in England. 
A. gone 	B. set 	C. sent 	D. burned 
18. Though I have ..................... classes now, I have .................. free time than last week. 
A. less / fewer 	B. fewer / fewer 	C. fewer / less 	D. less / less 
19. Frank has a house on the ........................ of the city. 
A. outskirts 	B. edges 	C. suburbs 	D. limits 
20. He had qualified as a doctor but later gave up the ...................... of medicine for full-time writing. 
A. practice 	B. treatment 	C. procedure 	D. prescription 
Question II: Give the correct tense and form of the verb to fit each gap. 
He died of lung cancer. He (smoke) a lot. 
2. In some gardens, the plants (label) with their names and their optimal growing conditions. 
3. An eyewitness described how ten people (kill) in the fire. 
4. It ’ s crucial that she (arrive) before 6 o ’ clock. 
5. He will go to Ho Chi Minh City with a view to (give) a chance of promotion. 
6. The old clock wasn't ticking because it (not wind). 
7. Could you give me another pen? This pen (not write). 8
8. I don ’ t know why you (always make) noise in class, Tom. 
9. He (traffic) in drug across the border when the police caught him. 
10. By this time next month we (live) here for exactly 10 years. 
Question III: Read the passage and fill in each blank with the correct form of the word provided .
 I've been a (1. PROFESSION) ............................. writer for most of adult life and I've been writing (2. SCIENTIST) .............................. fiction for at least twenty years now. My real name is Herbert Smith but I use the (3. PEN) .............................. 'Al Macintyre' because I think a (4. NOVEL) .............................. should have a more exciting name than 'Smith'. I used to have enormous problems writing manuscripts for (5. PUBLISH) ............................... First, I would start scribbling on a huge wad of ordinary (6. WRITE) .............................. paper. Then I would jot down a few ideas in a (7. NOTE) .............................. before I started to write my first draft on the (8. TYPE) ............................... This went on till a couple of years ago when I bought my first (9. PERSON) .............................. computer. I was only interested in the word processing actually, and when I saw the first neat (10. PRINT) .............................. of my efforts on the computer, I knew it would change the way I wrote novels forever.
Question IV: Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (ü). If the line has a word which should not be there, write the word. . 
English has without doubt been become the second (1) ________ 
language of Europe and the world. European countries (2) ________ 
 which have the most successfully assimilated English into (3) ________
 a daily life are England's neighbours in Northern Europe: (4) ________ 
 Ireland, the Netherlands, the Sweden, Norway, and the (5) ________
rest of Scandinavia.	 (6) ________
The situation is so very marked that any visitor	 (7) ________
 to the Netherlands will soon be aware of the pressure of	 (8) ________
 English up on daily life: television, radio and print bring (9) ________
 it into every home and the schoolyard conversations of (10) ________
 children; advertisers use it so to pep up their message	 (11) ________
, journalists take refuge in it that when their home-bred (12) ________
 skills fail them. Increasingly one hears of the view that (13) ________
 Dutch will give way to English like as the national (14) ________
 tongue of within two or three generations. (15) ________
 Question V: Fill in each blank with one suitable preposition or particle . 
1. We can only guess ..................... her reason for leaving her job. 
2. He spoke .............. such assurance that we couldn't but believe him. 
3. They were sad because the plan fell ..................... at the last minutes. 
4. Ben is a true adventurer. He has climbed this country's highest mountain, canoed ................ the continent, and hiked through the Amazon jungle. 
5. She wrote the book ................ collaboration with one of her students. 
6. You'd better write .............. the appointment in your agenda, or you'll probably forget. 
7. Mary has always looked .............. to her uncle, who is a very successful actor. 
8. I do feel .............. you, honestly! 
9. As I had put on weight, my dress was too tight so I had to let it ................. especially around the waist. 
10. I'm sorry but Dr. Ho sees patients .................... appointment only. 
Question VI: Insert the, a(n) or X (no article) where necessary .
 Even though dolphins live in (1) ______ water, they are not fish. They are (2) ______ members of (3) ______ large family of mammals, who have adapted to life in the seas and rivers of (4) ______ world. Other members of the family are (5) _________ whales and porpoises. Porpoises and dolphins are such close relatives that only (6) ________ few scientists can really distinguish between (7) _______ different species. Mammals are (8) ______ members of (9) ______ large class of animals that have (10) ______ warm blood and bear their children alive.
Question VII: Read the passage and use ONLY ONE suitable word to fill in each gap:
An Unchanging Planet?
If you think of the Earth (1.) ............. a stable and unchanging planet, think again. Nearly five billions years (2.) ............. it was first formed, the Earth is still developing in alarming ways. Unlike earthquakes that strike (3.) .............. warning, volcanoes build up over months and are usually easier to predict. But their spectacular climax is no (4.) ................. devastating. A volcano can erupt in many different ways and it can spill out a variety of materials. Mild eruptions spurt gas, steam and hot water and are (5.) .............. geysers. Larger volcanoes shoot out ash and large chunks of hot rock into the atmosphere and enormous fountains of glowing red hot lava that flow (6.) ................. the sides the volcanoes. This liquid lava quickly thickens into a steaming sticky carpet (7.) ............... can travel 150 km before it stops and turns solid. Lava floods (8.) ................. fire to and destroy (9.) ................ that stands in their way. Famously, in AD 79, the Roman city of Pompeii was covered in lava and ash, preserving buildings and some of their contents to the (10.) ............ day.
Question IX: Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answer to each sentence by circling A, B, C or D 
Since the world became industrialized, the number of animal species that have either become extinct or have neared extinction has increased. Bengal tigers, for instance, which once roamed the jungles in vast number, now number only about 2,300. By the year 2025, it is estimated that they will become extinct. What is alarming about the case of the Bengal tiger is that this extinction will have been caused almost entirely by poachers who, according to some sources, are not always interested in material gain but in personal gratification. This is an example of the callousness that is contributing to the problem of extinction. Animals, such as the Bengal tiger, as well as other endangered species, are valuable parts of the world ’ s ecosystem. International laws protecting these animals must be enacted to ensure their survival-and the survival of our planet. Countries around the world have begun to deal with the problem in various ways. Some countries, in an effort to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves. They then charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining the parks, and they often must also depend on world organizations for support. This money enables them to invest in equipment and patrols to protect the animals. Another response to the increase in animal extinction is an international boycott of products made from endangered species. This has had some effect, but by itself it will not prevent animals from being hunted and killed. 
1. What is the main topic of the passage? 
A. The Bengal tiger 	B. International boycott 
C. Endangered species 	D. problems with industrialization. 
2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word ‘ alarming ” ? 
A. dangerous 	B. serious 	C. gripping 	D. distressing. 
3. The word “ poachers ” as used in the first paragraph could be best replaced by which of the following?
A. illegal hunters 	B. enterprising researchers 
C. concerned scientists 	D. trained hunters. 
4. The word “ callousness ” in the first paragraph could best be replaced by which of the following . 
A. indirectness 	B. independence 	C. incompetence 	D. insensitivity. 
5. The above passage is divided into two paragraphs in order to contrast  
A. a problem and a solution 	B. a statement and an illustration 
C. a comparison and a contrast 	D. specific and general information. 
6. What does the word “ this ” in the first paragraph refers to in the passage? 
A. Bengal tiger 	B. interest in material gain 
C. killing animals for personal satisfaction 	D. the decrease in the Bengal tiger population 
7. Which of the following could best replace the word “ allocated ” in the 2 nd paragraph? 
A. set aside 	B. combined 	C. organised 	D. taken off. 
8. The word “ defray ” in the 2 nd paragraph is closest in meaning to which of the following ? 
A. lower 	B. raise	 C. make a payment on	 D. make an investment toward 
9. What does the term “ international boycott ” in the 2 nd paragraph refer to? 
A. selling of animal products oversea. 	B. a refusal to buy animal products worldwide 
C. a global increase in animal survival. 	D. defraying the cost of maintaining national parks 
10. Which of the following best describes the author ’ s attitude? 
A. forgiving 	B. concerned 	C. vindictive 	D. surprised.
Question X : Read the following text and decide which word best fits each blank by circling the letter A, B, C or D . 
Why does English spelling have a reputation for being difficult? English was first written down when Christian monks came to England in Anglo-Saxon (1). They used the 23 letters of Latin to write down the sound of Anglo-Saxon (2) as they heard it. However, English has a (3) .range of basic sounds (over 40) than Latin. The alphabet was too small, and so combinations of letters were needed to express the different sounds. Inevitably, there were inconsistencies in the way that letters were combined. With the Norman invasion of England, the English language was put (4) .risk. English survived, but the spelling of many English words changed to follow French (5)., and many French words were introduced into the language. The result was more irregularity. When the printing press was (6)in the fifteenth century, many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages. They made little effort to respect English spelling. Although one of the short-term (7)  of printing was to produce a number of variant spellings, in the long term it created fixed spellings. People became used to seeing words spelt in the same way. Rules were drawn up, and dictionaries were put together which printers and writers could (8) to. However, spoken English was not fixed and continued to change slowly-just as it still does now. Letters that were sounded in the Anglo-Saxon period, like the ‘ k ’ in 'knife', now became (9) . Also, the pronunciation of vowels then had little in common with how they sound now, but the way they are spelt hasn't changed. No (10), then, that it is often difficult to see the link between sound and spelling. 
1. A. times 	B. centuries 	C. ages 	D. years
2. A. chat 	B. communication 	C. speech 	D. discussion
3. A. wider 	B. longer 	C. thicker 	D. deeper
4. A. in 	B. at 	C. on 	D. under 
5. A. guides 	B. plans 	C. patterns 	D. types 
6. A. discovered 	B. made up 	C. invented 	D. taken in 
7. A. actions 	B.effects 	C. conclusions 	D. meanings
8. A check. 	B. refer 	C. look 	D. see
9. A dumb 	B. quiet 	C. speechless 	D. silent
10. A. idea 	B. wonder 	C. problem 	D. mention
Question XI: Rewrite these sentences so that the new one has a similar meaning as the preceded . 
1. All the children will receive a prize, whatever their score in the competition. 
No matter ..................................................................................................................... 
2.Bill found a new job very quickly. 
It didn ’ t ..................................................................................................................... .. 
3.Except for the inspector, everyone was in uniform. 
The inspector was the .................................................................................................. 
4. The balloon went up into the air. 
Up .................................................................................................................................. 
5. I am amazed by the mistakes he has made. 
What .............................................................................................................................. 
6. Children can learn a lot about how to behave in a situation like this. 
Only ...................................................................................................................... 
7. It appears that they sent us the wrong information. 
They ......................................................................................................................... 
8. The storm completely wiped out all my crops. 
I had ........................................................................................................................ 
9. It ’ s only after a few weeks that you begin to feel at home here. 
You won ’ t ................................................................................................................ 
10. Nobody expected her to lose but she did. 
Against .....................................................................................................................
Question XII: Do not change the given word, use it to rewrite each of the following sentences so that each has as a similar meaning as the original one . 
1. It was not my intention to disturb you. (MEAN) ................................................................................................................................... 
2. Their arrival was completely unexpected. (TOOK) ................................................................................................................................... 
3. As far as I know, he is still living in Australia. (KNOWLEDGE) ................................................................................................................................... 
4. She worked very hard to earn just enough money to pay her bills. (ENDS) ................................................................................................................................... 
5. You cannot get to the village in winter because of the snow. (ACCESS) ................................................................................................................................... 
6. My father would rather I did not go out tonight. (PREFER) ................................................................................................................................... 
7. I didn ’ t agree with his idea. (FAVOUR) ................................................................................................................................... 
8. We really ought to wrap up things and go home now. (TIME) ................................................................................................................................... 
9. Tom failed the exam and so did Bill. (NEITHER) ................................................................................................................................... 
10. She has a good relationship with her neighbours. (GETS) ...................................................................................................................................
PART I: PHONETICS (1.0 P) Question I (5 x 0.1 = 0.5 p): 1.B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 
Question II (5 x 0.1 = 0.5 p): 1.B 2.B 3. D 4. A 5. B 
PART II: LEXICO - GRAMMAR: (7.5 points) 
Question I: (20 x 0.1 = 1 p) 1. B 2. D 3. A 4.D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. D 13.C 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. A 
Question II: (10 x 0.1 = 1 p) 1. must have smoked 2. are labeled/ labelled 3. had been killed 4. (should) arrive 5. being given 6. hadn ’ t been wound 7. does not write 8. are always making 9. was trafficking 10. will have been living/will have lived 
Question III: (10 x 0.1 = 1 p) 1. professional 2. science 3. pen-name 4. novelist 5. publishers 6. writing 7. notebook 8. typewriter 9. personal 10. printout 
Question IV: (15 x 0.1 = 1.5p) 1) been (2) __v___ (3) ___v___ (4) ___a___ (5) __the__ (6) __v___ (7) _very (8) __v____ (9) __up___ (10) __the___ (11) so (12) that (13) __them_ (14) ___like__ (15) ___of___ 
Question V: (10 x 0.1 = 1 p) 1. at 2. with 3. through 4. across 5. in 6. down 7. up 8. for 9. out 10. by Question VI: (10 x 0.1 = 1p) 1. the 2. x 3.a 4. the 5. x 6.a 7.the 8. x 9. a 10. x 
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