SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2007-2008
TỈNH DAK LAK KHOÁ THI NGÀY: 19/12/2007
MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12

Phần phách
Số báo danh Họ và tên học sinh: ……………………………………………………………………
Sinh ngày: …………………………………………………………………..
Nơi sinh: …………………………………………………………………..
Học tại trường: ……………………………………………………………………
Thi tại Hội đồng: …………………………………………………………………..
Chữ ký giám thò 1 Chữ ký giám thò 2 Số phách
SỞ GIÁO DỤC & ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2007-2008
TỈNH DAK LAK KHOÁ THI NGÀY: 19/12/2007
MÔN THI : TIẾNG ANH LỚP 12

Phần phách
Số báo danh Họ và tên học sinh: ……………………………………………………………………
Sinh ngày: …………………………………………………………………..
Nơi sinh: …………………………………………………………………..
Học tại trường: ……………………………………………………………………
Thi tại Hội đồng: …………………………………………………………………..
Chữ ký giám thò 1 Chữ ký giám thò 2 Số phách
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH NĂM HỌC 2007-2008
DĂK LĂK MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 12 – THPT
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( 180 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề)
( Lưu ý: Thí sinh làm bài ngay trên đề thi này.)
CHỮ KÝ CỦA 2 GIÁM KHẢO ĐIỂM THI SỐ PHÁCH
Bằng số Bằng chữ
I) LISTENING ( 3, 0 points)
Part 1: Questions 1 - 8

Mr. Ba is talking to his grandson, Nam, about his school days. Listen to their conversation and check
( v ) if the statements are true (T) or false (F), or not given (NG).
(T) (F) (NG)
1 Mr. Ba started school in 1942.
2 He went on with his higher schooling in the only high school in town.
3 He felt a bit worried on his first school days because of his being left-handed.
4 He went to school in town by bike.
5 He sometimes overslept and was late to school.
6 When studying at the school in town, he was once hit by his teacher.
7 The teachers never asked him to do any homework.
8 He thought that his school days were the happiest days in his life.
Part 2: Questions 9 - 15 .
Listen to three people, Suzan Diaz, Linda Reed and Richard Ching, talking about the disasters they
once experienced and how they were survived. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer.
9. What was Susan Diaz doing at that time?
A. She was walking up to her office on the 28
th
floor.
B She was writing some letters to her secretary.
C She was dictating some letters to her secretary.
D She was rushing to the elevator.
10. What did she decide to do as soon as she found that the elevator wasn't working?
A. To run out down the stairs. C To shout for help.
B To go up to the roof. D To wait calmly for help.
11. How many of them were rescued from the roof before the building collapsed?
A Six B Sixteen C Sixty D Twenty six
12. What was Linda Reed doing when the disaster happened?
A She was on a holiday in a small village. C She was running toward the harbour.
B She was having a rest in her hotel room. D She was watching the volcano erupting.
13. How could she escaped from the volcano eruption?

A She put on a life jacket and jumped down to the sea.
B She ran to the harbour and a helicopter rescued her.
C She managed to get on a ship just before the lava hit the town.
D She was so terrified that she couldn't do anything except looking through the window.
14. What were Mr. Ching and his wife doing when the earthquake began?
A They were having their meal. C. They were chatting with their friends.
B They were picking up plates for dinner. D. They were staying with friends in Santa Libradas.
15. What did they do to survive from the earthquake?
A They ran out of the restaurant quickly.
B They picked up everything and shouted for help.
C. They fell onto the floor and lay there for three hours.
D. They couldn't do anything but waiting for help because the ceiling fell onto them.
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II) PHONETICS ( 1, 0 points ):
Part 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer.
16/ A. purpose B. prose C. propose D. enclose
17/ A. normality B. forget C. formation D. shortage
18/ A. complex B. excavate C. excellent D. expensive
19/ A. immense B. excellent C. intelligent D. recently
20 / A. register B. region C. regularity D. religion
Part 2: Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each group. Circle A, B, C
or D to indicate the correct answer.
21/ A. development B. competitive C. immediate D. sympathetic
22/ A. vocational B. employer C. minority D. reasonable
23/ A. analysis B. destination C. presidential D. apprehension
24/ A. exploration B. facilities C. scientific D. educational
25/ A. temperature B. acquaintance C. photography D. distinctive
III. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (4, 5 points):
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate the

correct answer.
26. In some paintings, one color seems to ____ into another.
A separate B dissolve C drive D soar
27. About 120 people have been __ with the virus of bird flu since the beginning of the year.
A affected B spread C infected D threatened
28. How do you ___ with your colleagues, Miss Johnson ?
A make friends B get on C be nice D show off
29. They stared up into the sky until the noise of the rocket ___ .
A. died away B. went out C. gave up D. wore off
30. California, with the population of more than 23 million, is the most __ state in the US.
A. populous B. popular C. populated D. populating
31. Your parents are getting older. Take__ .
A. after them B care of them C them in D. up with them
32. If the road is icy. you'd be ____ advised to delay your departure.
A. rather B. better C. like D. whole
33. Could you phone me __ you have the results of the test?
A since B if C as soon as D until
34. ___ the rain the fans were hurrying to the theater to see the competition.
A No matter B However C Although D Whatever
35. This is the first time we ___ to Scotland, so it’s all new to us.
A have gone B will visit C have been flown D are traveling
36. ___ was the day before yesterday.
A. The France’s In dependence Day B. The day of the French independence
B. France’s Independence Day D. French’s Independence Day
37. The students liked that professor’s course because ___ .
A. there was little or no homework B. there was few if any homework
C. of there wasn’t a great amount of homework D. not a lot of homework
38. The facilities of the older hotel ___.
A. is as good or better than the new hotel B. are as good or better than the new hotel
C. are as good as better than the new hotel D. are as good as those of the new hotel, if not better

39. You haven't been studying much recently and you'd better ……… if you want to pass the Cambridge
CPE exam.
A. thread your way through B. meet your Waterloo
C. pull your socks up D. change your spots
40. Donna ……… after her husband left her for a younger woman.
A. read between the lines B. lead the field C. took to the bottle D. spared the rod
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41. Mike would certainly have attended the proceedings ____ .
A. if he didn’t get a flat tire B. had he not had a flat tire
C. if the flat tire hadn’t happened D. had the tire not flattened itself
42. We had hardly sat down when she ___ plates of food for us .
A. brought B. has brought C. had brought D. would have brought
43. Because Ann was feeling unwell, ___ to miss the examination.
A. that she wanted B. the student who wanted C. and wanted D. she wanted
44. ___ her for ages, I’m not surprised she won the prize.
A. Knowing B. To know C. To be knowing D. Having known
45. Neither Jane nor her brothers ____ a consent form for tomorrow’s field trip.
A. need B. needs C. is needing D. has needed
Part 2: From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C) or (D) in each of the following sentences,
identify the one that is NOT correct. Circle the bracketed capital letter below your choice. 0 has been
done as an example.
0. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghost stories, especially in Halloween night.
( A ) ( B ) ( C ) ( D )
46. Despite of a language barrier, people have managed to communicate with others through sign
( A ) ( B )
language, in which certain motions stand for letters, words, or ideas.
( C ) ( D )
47. Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been proposed, but not one has been
( A ) ( B ) ( C )
as widely accepted as this one.

( D )
48. Made up of more than 150 countries, the organization is known as the United Nations was established
( A ) ( B ) ( C )
after World War II to preserve international peace and security.
( D )
49. Some methods to prevent soil erosion are plowing parallel with the slopes of hills, to plant trees
( A ) ( B ) ( C ) ( D )
on unproductive land, and rotating crops.
50. Paris has been well known for its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderful restaurants for above
( A ) ( B) ( C ) ( D )
one hundred years.
Part 3: The passage below contains 10 errors. Underline and correct them. Write your answers in the space
provided in the column on the right. (00) has been done as an example.
Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the hotter young film stars around at the moment. His face
has been on the covers of all the top movies and young magazines over the last few
months and he has been the subject of countless articles, rumours and showbiz gossip.
Leonard doesn’t like reading about him because “I read things about me that I’ve never
said in my life and never did" .
Leonardo DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles on 11 November, 1974. He’s a Scorpio. His
full name is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. His mother is Germany and his father Italian-
American. They called him Leonardo because when his mother was still pregnant, he
started kicking while she was stood in front of a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. His friends
call him Leo. He has a scar from when he was stinging by a Portuguese man-of-war. His
parents separated before he was born, so his mother moved to a poor neighbourhood of
Hollywood there Leo grew up . At school he was very good at imitating people, especially
Michael Jackson. This made him very popularly. His childhood hero was Poseidon, the
Greek god of the sea.
After appearance in TV commercials and episodes of Roseanne, he played the cast of
Roseanne, the TV sitcom starring Kirk Cameron. Leonard played the part of Luke, a
homeless boy. Lately, he played the part of Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries. But he

has really become famous since he acted in the film Titanic.
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Part 4: Write the CORRECT FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided on the column
on the right. (00) has been done as an example.
Our environment contains several factors that may cause
disease. Even the weather can be ( 0. DANGER). Too much cold
may result in frostbite. ( 61. EXCESS) heat may produce heat
exhaustion.

Sometimes man poisons his environment, ( 62. PRODUCE) a
new source of disease. In many ( 63. COMMUNE), factories and
motor vehicles pollute the air with ( 64. POISON) gas fumes that may
cause lung diseases. Our environment is filled with many forms of
radiant energy which make life ( 65. POSSIBLE). Radiation from the
sun provides us with heat, light, and food. But radiation from any
source may be dangerous because it can destroy body tissues. Even
the sun's rays which penetrate the atmosphere can cause
serious burns. Most ( 66. SCIENCE) believe that some effects of
radiation may be delayed and may later produce cancer.
Man is learning to protect himself against damage from
radiation. In ( 67. ATOM) energy projects, thick concrete wall
shield workers from the effects of radiation. In hospitals and
( 68. LABORATORY), X-ray( 69. TECHNIQUE ) stand out of the
range of the ( 70. RADIO ).
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IV. READING COMPREHENSION (5,5 points)
Part 1: Read the text and decide which word best fits each space by circling the letter A, B, C or D before it.
English has without a ( 71 ) ____ become the second language of Europe and the world. European countries
which have most ( 72 ) ____ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours in Northern Europe:
Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the ( 73 )____ of Scandinavia.
The situation is so ( 74 ) ____ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be ( 75 ) ____ of the pressure of
English on daily life: television, radio and print ( 76 ) ____ it into every home and the schoolyard ( 77) ____ of
children; advertisers use it to ( 78 ) ____ up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred
skills ( 79 ) ____ them. Increasingly one hears the ( 80 ) ____ that Dutch will give way to English as the
national tongue within two or three generations ...
71. A. question B. doubt C. problem D. thought
72. A. successfully B. victorious C. successful D. lucrative
73. A. rest B. additional C. remaining D. extra
74. A. plain B. open C. blatant D. marked
75. A. ignorant B. aware C. oblivious D. acquainted
76. A. guide B. bring C. shift D. haul
77. A. conversation B. head-to-head C. consultation D. dialogue
78. A. life B. energy C. enthusiasm D. pep
79. A. succeed B. fall C. fail D. fizzle
80 A. feeling B. posture C. judgment D. view