S GD&T NGH AN
( thi gm 05 trang)
K THI CHN HC SINH GII CP TNH LP 12
NM HC 2012 - 2013
Mụn thi: TING ANH LP 12 THPT - BNG B
Thi gian lm bi: 150 phỳt
Họ v tên thí sinh:
Ng y tháng năm sinh:
Số báo danh
Học sinh trờng:
Số phách
Họ và tên, chữ ký giám thị 1:

Họ và tên, chữ ký giám thị 2:

Chỉ dẫn:
1. Đề thi gồm 05 trang. Thí sinh kiểm tra số trang trớc khi làm bài.
2. Thí sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề thi (ghi câu trả lời vào các ô đợc đánh số phía dới
đề của mỗi phần).
3. Thí sinh giữ gìn cẩn thận bài làm.
4. Nếu thí sinh làm sai, dùng thớc gạch, không dùng bút tẩy màu trắng. Thí sinh chỉ đ-
ợc dùng bút một màu xanh hoặc đen để làm bài. Không dùng mực màu đỏ.
5. Giám thị không giải thích gì thêm.
6. Thí sinh không đợc sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu nào kể cả từ điển.
d phũng
SỞ GD&ĐT NGHỆ AN
(Đề thi gồm 05 trang)
KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12
NĂM HỌC 2012 - 2013
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12 THPT - BẢNG B
Thời gian làm bài: 150 phút

ĐIỂM HỌ TÊN, CHỮ KÍ GIÁM KHẢO SỐ PHÁCH
Bằng số:…………………………………
Bằng chữ:……………… ……………….
Giám khảo 1: ………………………………………
Giám khảo 2: ………………………………………
SECT I O N A – PH O N ETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. breath B. break C. thread D. tread
2. A. believes B. pencils C. contents D. tables
3. A. ragged B. wicked C. naked D. packed
4. A. cherish B. chorus C. chaos D. scholar
5. A. hysteria B. hypocrite C. hypocrisy D. hydroplane
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the others.
6. A. discover B. invention C. difficult D. important
7. A. animal B. bacterial C. habitat D. pyramid
8. A. considerate B. photographer C. community D. circumstance
9. A. scenery B. festival C. atmosphere D. location
10. A. opposite B. geography C. compulsory D. endangert
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Se c tion B – voc a bular y a n d gra mma r
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
11. You should not burn _______. You had better dig a hole and bury it.
A. dishes B. lab C. garbage D. shift
12. Should an object be let off in the cabin of a spaceship, it _______ .
A. floated B. is floating C. will float D. would float
13. Either John or his children ____ breakfast each morning.
A. make B. makes C. made D. to make
14. ASEAN also works for the _______ of peace and stability in the region.
A. promote B. promotion C. promotional D. promoter

15. Jane is ______ age as Mary.
A. as same B. the most same C. the same D. more same
16. Don’t share the matter with anyone else. Please keep it in ______
A. private B. possession C. property D. tongue
17. Hardly ______ attack people.
A. have snakes B. do snakes C. snakes do D. snakes will
18. I never listen to _____ radio. In fact I haven't got ____ radio.
A. a/a B. a/the C. the/the D. the/a
19. It took me a very long time to ______ the shock of her death.
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A. turn off B. take on C. get over D. keep up with
20. You are not _______ to say anything unless you wish to do so.
A. obliged B. willing C. equal D. attracted
21. Are there enough apples for us to have one _______ ?
A every B. each C self D individually
22. Do you get your heating _______ every year?
A. checking B. check C. be checked D. checked
23. Body language is a potent form of _______ communication.
A. verbal B. non-verbal C. tongue D. oral
24. We _____ last night, but we went to the concert instead.
A. must have studied B. might study C. should have studied D. would study
25. Both Ann and her sister _______ her mother.
A. take after B. take place C. take away D. take on
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
II. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
26.

Caroline refused taking the job given to her because the salary was not good.
27.
While the brows were away on holiday, their house was broke into.
28.
Two out of three people striking by lightning survive.

29.
Why don’t you congratulate our son about passing his final exam?
30.
There is such few ink that it will be impossible to finish addressing the envelopes.
31. I found it wonderfully to travel abroad.
32.
The notebook lists every opportunities for handicapped workers in the area.

33.
I don't know why is the elevator not working properly today.
34.
In the end, she quit the job because it was too bored.
35. Every candidate under considering for a federal job must undergo a thorough medical
examination.
Mistake Correction Mistake Correction
26. 31
.
27. 32.
28. 33
.
29. 34
.
30
.

35.
Sect i o n C – re a ding
I. Read the following passage, and then choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
Napoleon Bonaparte’s ambition to control all the areas around the Mediterranean Sea led
him and his French soldiers to Egypt. After loosing a naval battle, they were forced to remain there
for three years. In 1799, while constructing a fort, a soldier discovered a peace of stele (a stone
pillar bearing an inscription) known as the Rosetta stone, in commemoration of the town near the
fort. This famous stone, which would eventually lead to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian
hieroglyphics dating to 3100 B.C was written in three languages: hieroglyphics (picture writing),
demotic (a shorthand version of Egyptian hieroglyphics) and Greek. Scientists discovered that the
characters, unlike those in English, could be written from right to left and in other directions as
well. The direction in which they were read depended on how the characters were arranged. Living
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elements (animals, people, and body parts) were often the first symbols, and the direction that they
faces indicated the direction for reading them.
Twenty-three years after the discovery of the Rosetta stone, Jean Francois Champollion, a
French philologist fluent in several languages, was able to decipher the first word - Ptolemy - the
name of an Egyptian ruler. This name was written inside an oval called a “cartouche”. Further
investigation revealed that cartouches contained names of important people of that period.
Champollion painstakingly continued his search and was able to increase his growing list of known
phonetic signs. He and an Englishman, Thomas Young, worked independently of each other to
unravel the deeply hidden mysteries of this strange language. Young believed that sound values
could be assigned to the symbols, while Champollion insisted that the pictures represented words.
1. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Napoleon’s Great Discovery B. Deciphering the Hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone
C. Thomas Young’s Great Contribution D. The importance of Cartouches
2. Napoleon’s soldiers were in Egypt in 1799 because they were __________
A. celebrating a naval victory B. looking for the Rosetta Stone.
C. waiting to continue their campaign D. trying to decipher the hieroglyphics

3. Why was the piece of newly discovered stele called the Rosetta Stone?
A. It was shaped like a rosette B. It was to honor Napoleon’s friend Rosetta.
C. The town near the fort was called Rosetta D. The fort was called Rosetta.
4. The person who was responsible for deciphering the first word was __________
A. Champollion B. Thomas Young C. Ptolemy D. Napoleon
5. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT __________.
A. cartouches contained names of prominent people of the period.
B. Champollion and Thomas Young worked together in an attempt to decipher the hieroglyphics
C. one of Napoleon’s soldiers discovered the Rosetta stone
D. Thomas Young believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
II. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage.
More and more people are discovering that sharing and talking about their favorite books with
others can be as rewarding as the act of reading (41)_____. For people who feel that they are too
busy to sit down with a book, a book club helps them schedule time to read, others have gained self-
confidence by (42)_____ in or leading a discussion. And most people enjoy the chance to
(43)_____ new friends.
A successful book club should have a group that is small enough so even the quiet people can
be heard but also big enough for many different (44)_____. The best arrangement is a (45)_____ of
ages, sexes, and backgrounds for more reading variety and livelier discussions.
The book club could (46)_____ in one subject or type of book, like mysteries, science fiction,
or biographies. Or the members could read books of all types, as long as the book is highly
recommended by someone who thinks it would be (47)_____ discussing.
Some book clubs meet in places like bookstores, public libraries, or restaurants, but most have
their meetings in members’ homes. This approach simply (48)_____ more privacy and time for
longer meetings.
To make the meeting go smooth, a leader should be (49)_____ . The leader will usually start the
discussion by asking what the author’s main idea was. Book club members should never be afraid
to offer their opinions, even if they don’t like a book. They just need to be prepared to explain
(50)_____they didn’t like something.

41. A. it B. itself C. themselves D. oneself
42. A. participating B. taking C. talking D. sitting
43. A. do B. make C. form D. gather
44. A. characters B. issues C. attitudes D. opinions
45. A. mixture B. range C. number D. lot
46. A. focus B. talk C. specialize D. concentrate
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47. A. valuable B. busy C. worth D. useful
48. A. offers B. supplies C. encourages D. takes
49. A. called B. named C. suggested D. appointed
50. A. what B. why C. how D. where
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
III. Fill in each numbered gap with one suitable word.
Books are written to provide knowledge and good books enrich the mind. By putting ourselves
(51)_________ the influence of superior mind, we (52)__________ our mental powers. Through
good (53)__________ we learn that people everywhere are the (54)__________, in all ages and in
all classes. (55)__________ knowledge improves our love (56)__________ others and helps us to
live in peace with them. We also (57)__________ that the world has made not only for man alone
but (58)__________ every creature that can feel hunger and thirst, warmth and cold.
Though it may be possible for us to travel (59)__________ the world and see the things
happening today, it is not possible for us to see the things that happened in the past. But good books
(60)__________ us to see not only into the most remote regions of the world today but also the
world in which our ancestors lived.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
Sect i o n D – writ i n g
I. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
61. Sally finally managed to get a job.

→ Sally finally succeeded
62. We couldn’t get nearer because of the police.
→ The police
63. Somebody repaired her car yesterday.
→ She
64. She and I have never been there before.
→ Neither
65. The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister.
→ Had it not
II. Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in
such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change
the form of the given word(s).
66. If the patient hadn’t been treated, he would have died. (without)
→
67. “It was my fault to break your vase yesterday” said Jane to her brother. (admitted)
→
68. She can’t afford to buy the car . (so)
→
69. He is too old, but he still does his gymnastics every morning. (despite)
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70. Tim looks nothing like his father. (take)
→
III. Write a composition about 150 – 200 words on the following topic:
“Written books are not needed because we can read almost everything on the Internet”. Do you
agree or disagree with this statement?
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