Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi Tiếng Anh lớp 12 TP HCM năm học 2014-2015 Mã A154086

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KỲ THI HỌC SINH GIỎI LỚP 12 THPT CẤP THÀNH PHỐ

KHÓA THI NGÀY: 4-3-2015 – NĂM HỌC: 2014-2015

MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - THỜI GIAN LÀM BÀI: 150 PHÚT PART ONE. Multiple choice (20 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence. 1. In front of the door ______. A. a dog sat B. was seated a dog C. seated a dog D. was a dog seating 2. The Queen Elizabeth is the largest ship ______ on the Clyde. A. which has built B. to be built C. being built D. was built 3. She's such a snob; she behaves ______ the Queen. A. as if she has been B. like she were C. as if she were D. like she was 4. The boss ordered that the worker ______ the room. A. enter B. would enter C. entering D. entered 5. There had been ______information before the match started. A. such worried B. so worrying C. so much worrying D. such a lot of worried 6. By 2015 the entire railway network ______. A. will modernize B. will be modernized C. will have been modernized D. would be modernized 7. That's all for the Reading. Let's go on ______ the Language Focus. A. for finishing B. to finish C. finishing D. to be finished 8. From that distance he ______ out who was involved in the incident. A. mustn't have made B. shouldn't have made C. couldn't have made D. didn't need to make 9. So you will join them, ______? It's just my guess. A. won't you B. should you C. will you D. would you 10. The test was given ______ and everyone didn't have enough time to prepare for it. A. in the nick of time B. at short notice C. in good time D. in less than no time 11. Simon ______ in me on the understanding that I wouldn't tell anyone else. A. confided B. trusted C. confessed D. disclosed 12. It was a hot day, and many people were ______ their way to the beach. A. taking B. hitting C. making D. setting 13. So infuriated was she that she ______ out of the room. A. sailed B. stormed C. ran D. trotted 14. Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention ______. A. limit B. duration C. span D. period 15. ______ the wake of the war, there was a baby-boom. A. In B. At C. On D. By 16. She was so ______ in her work that she forgot all about her appointment with James. A. sucked B. distracted C. concentrated D. engrossed 17. The drought ______ considerable problems for farmers. A. instigated B. posed C. flexed D. pressed 18. The union threatened to ______ the workers on strike. A. call out B. fire up C. hear out D. get down 19. I'm so tired! I've been ______ with work this week! A. clogged up B. snarled up C. held down D. snowed under 20. - " ______ " - “Once beaten twice shy." A. The test was really hard. B. She's still all on her own. C. She's a timid girl. D. She was defeated again. PART TWO. Word Forms (40 pts) A. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank. (20 pts) 1. Football __________ sometimes reaches a degree that is unacceptable. (fanatic) 2. The whole story was impossibly ____________. (fetch) 3. It is the responsibility of the local government to train those ________ soldiers to get jobs. (mobile) 4. When his __________ actions were discovered, he was imprisoned. (traitor) 5. It was a successful __________ exploration; the whole journey across the North Pole took two months. (pole) 6. The __________ of local wildlife with industry is totally impossible. (exist) 7. Their parents took a(n) ___________ approach to child-rearing. (light) 8. Before you make a product on a large-scale basis, you need to consider its ______________. (market) 9. To start a new business in this field, we need an initial _________ of over $200,000. (lay) 10. Lucie is more __________ than most of her friends. (wise) B. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage. There are two extra words that you cannot use. (20pts) dedicate popular pound rough combine broke debate compete believe hot talk demand Imagine what it is like to swim four kilometers through the (1)_____________ surf and surging …