Đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp tỉnh Tiếng anh lớp 12 chuyên - Năm học 2015-2016 - Sở GD & ĐT Bắc Ninh

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NĂM HỌC: 2015 – 2016 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 12 (CHUYÊN) Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)

Ngày thi: 24 tháng 3 năm 2016

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Điểm bài thi Giám khảo 1 Giám khảo 2 Số phách Bằng số: Họ tên: Họ tên:

Bằng chữ: Chữ ký: Chữ ký:

* Ghi chú: Đề thi gồm 13 trang. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi.

PART ONE: PHONETICS: (10 pts) I. Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others (5 pts) 1. A. kerosene B. tinsel C. pessimism D. mussel 2. A. considerate B. candidate C. associate D. adequate 3. A. scowl B. frown C. sprout D. dough 4. A. bombard B. discard C. mustard D. retard 5. A. intellectual B. situation C. digestion D. Greenwich

Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other three (5 pts) 6. A. mischievous B. miscellaneous C. intimacy D. veterinary 7. A. infamous B. inventory C. negligence D. congenial 8. A. impotent B. ignorant C. admirable D. affidavit 9. A. primate B. asset C. innate D. preface 10. A. monetary B. paralysis C. protagonist D. analogous

Your answers:

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART TWO: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (60 pts) I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences (20 pts) 11. You can’t believe a word that woman says – she is a _____ liar. A. dedicated B. devoted C. committed D. compulsive 12. There can be no _____ fixes or magic solutions to the problem of unemployment. A. fast B speedy C. quick D. sudden 13. When you come down the hill, do drive slowly because it is not _____ obvious where the turning is. A. immediately B. directly C. instantaneously D. quite 14. At her trial in 1431, Joan of Arc was accused of being in _____ with the devil. A. cooperation B. association C. league D. conjunction 15. The flights are full at the moment, so you’ll have to _____. A. run a stroke of luck B. get a better luck C. be down on your luck D. take pot luck 16. I heard ______ that Jack has been dropped from the basketball team.

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A. in the woods B. on the grapevine C. under your feet D. on the olive branch 17. Many habitats change ________ the types of plants and animals that live there. A. with respect to B. in respect for C. as for D. as against 18. Unfortunately some really ill animals have to be _______ by our center. A. put down B. turned over C. passed away D. taken out 19. John first dabbled _____ buying old maps for his collection. A. in B. on C. at D. for 20. It’s a matter of urgency to put right at once but nothing suitable _____ to mind. A. returns B. emerges C. sprouts D. springs 21. When my father was a young student, they were taught to memorize information and _____ it for exams. Thankfully, those teaching techniques have become outdated. A. pinpoint B. dock C. regurgitate D. revise 22. He was arrested for trying to pass _____ notes at the bank. A. counterfeit B. fake C. camouflaged D. fraudulent 23. Living in the countryside is a far cry from reading about it. It _____. You have to deal with _____ poverty and go through the bad patch. A. is of crass stupidity/ grueling B. is no mean feat/ grinding C. goes against the grain/ abject D. dwindles away to nothing/ extreme 24. He had his money _____ in a secure bank account. A. hammered away at B. jabbered about C. slaved away D. squirreled away 25. The train service has been a _____ since they introduced the new schedules. A. shambles B. rumpus C. chaos D. fracas 26. ‘The film was pretty bad, wasn’t it?’ – ‘Yes, I think it was _____’. A. exemplary B. excruciating C. expeditious D. explicit 27. When the forces on an object are balanced, you can say that the object is in _____. A. collusion B. equilibrium C. collision D. incubation 28. There were a number of strong candidates for the post but Peter’s experience _____ the scales in his favor. A. weighted B. tipped C. balanced D. overturned 29. We …