Đề thi chọn học sinh giỏi lớp 12 THPT môn Tiếng Anh - Năm học 2017-2018 - Đề luyện 01

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ĐỀ LUYỆN 01
KỲ THI CHỌN HSG LỚP 12 - THPT NĂM HỌC 2017 - 2018 
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
(Thời gian làm bài 150 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề)
I. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. (10 points)
The school was closed for a month because of serious________ of fever.
A. outcome	B. outburst	C. outset	D. outbreak
The campaign raised far more than the________ of $20.000.
A. aim 	B. object	C. goal	D. target
We have a________ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope.
A. cruel	B. pessimistic	C. grim	D. fierce
Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the________ of their picnics to spoil the appearance of the countryside.
A. rest	B. remainder	C. remains	D. rester
An almost________ line of traffic was moving at a snail’s pace through the town.
A. continuous	B. constant	C. continual	D. stopping
Medieval travelers’ tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not always________.
A. credible	B. creditable	C. credulous	D. imaginable
Don’t be late for the interview, ________ people will think you are a disorganized person.
A. unless	B. otherwise	C. if not 	D. or so
My friends have just moved to a new flat in a residential area on the________ of Paris.
A. suburbs	B. outside	C. outskirts	D. side
You are being thoroughly________ in refusing to allow this ceremony to take place.
A. unrequited	B. unrepresentative	C. unreliable	D. unreasonable
 “But so”, I told him, “you are my own ______________.”
A. heart and heart	B. body and soul	C. flesh and blood	D. skin and bone 
Part 2: Use the word in capitals at the end of these sentences to form a word that fits in the blank space. (20 points)
How much does________ of this club cost?	MEMBER
She is extremely________ about the history of art.	KNOW
Traveling in big cities is becoming more and more________ every day. TROUBLE
He is completely________! Not only is he lazy but he is dishonest too.	EMPLOY
His boss told him off because he had behaved________ 	RESPONSIBLE
He won the discus event at the Olympic Games but was later________ when a medical check proved that he had been taking drugs. 	QUALIFY
Women who are slimming can never enjoy a meal without being afraid of________ their diet. 	 	ORGANISE
The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so________ one minute he goes mad when you come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you are!	 	CONSIST
It is forbidden to hunt for that kind of bird. It has been listed as one of the________ species (DANGER)
I didn’t know who it was – with a mask on she was completely________. 	RECONGNISE
Part 3: Complete each sentence with one of the idiomatic phrases given. Use each phrase once only. (8 points)
made her blood boil/ jumped out of her skin/	 had a lump in her throat/ kept her head/
lost her head/ gave me the cold shoulder/ pulled her legs/ took her breath away
Pauline completely ignored me this morning. She________.
It really________ to see her friend copy a poem she had written and then present it to her boyfriend as one that she had written for him.
Saying goodbye to her son was a very emotional occasion for her and she________ as she watched him get on the train.
The view from the top of the mountain was absolutely fantastic. It really________. 
Susan panicked when the fire broke out. She________. 
When I dropped that tray behind her, she got a shock. She almost________. 
My sister remained very calm. She________. 
Sally didn’t believe us, did she? We only joked! We only________!
Part 4: Put each verb given in brackets into an appropriate tense or form. (17 points)
Mr. Pike, who is supposed (witness)_______ the accident, (leave)_______ the town.
At this time next week they (sit)_______ in the train on their way to Paris.
He said that he watered the plants every day. He (water)_______ them. If he (have)_______ , they wouldn’t have died.
No sooner the announcement (make)_______ than everyone started complaining.
They said they never (make)_______ to do anything they didn’t want to before.
We (watch)_______ the play for nearly thirty minutes when he came.
The pop star who (take)_______ part in over 25 films always avoids (recognise)_______ by (wear)_______ dark glasses.
There’s no point (try)_______ to get Tim (lend)_______ you his car.
Not until John (receive)_______ the offer of promotion in writing he (celebrate)_______. 
 He (have)_______ trouble with the second-hand car since he bought it. He wishes he (not/ buy)_______ it.
II. READING
Part 1: Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle letter A, B, C or D next to the answer you choose. (10 points)
	If you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little (1)_______ it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2)_______ even environmental ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (3)_______ – it’s the way society choose to use and (4)_______ them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-renewable natural (5)_______ We (6)_______ well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (7)_______ of our annual consumption is in the (8)_______ of packaging, and this (9)_______ about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (10)_______ Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (11)_______ is growing fast.
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (12)_______ than coal and one (13)_______ of ‘recovery’ strongly (14)_______ by the plastic manufacturers is the (15)_______ of waste plastic into a fuel.
1. A. evidence	B. concern	C. doubt	D. likelihood
2. A. pleasures	B. benefits	C. savings	D. profits
3. A. poison	B. disaster	C. disadvantage	D. evil
4. A. dispose	B. store	C. endanger	D. abuse
5. A. resources	B. processes	C. products	D. fuels
6. A. remove	B. import	C. consign	D. consume
7. A. portion	B. amount	C. proportion	D. rate
8. A. way	B. kind	C form	D. type
9. A. takes	B. makes	C. carries	D. constitutes
10. A. refuse	B. goods	C. requirements	D. rubble
11. A. manufacture	B. plant	C. factory	D. industry
12. A. degree	B. value	C. demand	D. effect
13. A. measure	B. mechanism	C. method	D. medium
14. A. desired 	B. argued	C. favored	D. presented
15. A. conversion	B. melting	C. change	D. replacement
Part 2: Read the following text and then fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (10 points)
	I was reading an article last week in (1)_______ the writer described (2)_______ her children has changed as they (3)_______ up. When they were small she had to (4)_______ up with noisy games in the house, or join in interminable games of football in the garden which (5)_______ her out. If the house went quiet, she wondered what the monsters were getting up to, or what crisis she would have to (6)_______ with next. She dreaded the fact that they might (7)_______ after her husband, who admitted having (8)_______ an uncontrollable child who (9)_______ most of the time showing off to his friends by breaking things or getting into fights. What was worse was that (10)_______ else thought he was a sweet child, and he got away with the most terrible things! However, she had experienced an even greater shocked with her children. They had (11)_______ out of all their naughty behavior, and (12)_______ up serious hobbies (13)_______ as chess and playing the piano. They never did anything without (14)_______ it over first, and coming to a serious decision. She had to face up to the fact that they made her feel rather childish as they got (15)_______, and that in some ways she preferred them when they were young and noisy.
Part 3: The paragraphs of the magazine article are in the wrong order. Number the paragraphs (A, B, C, D, E) (5 points)
A. On the ghost of Chaffin’s second visit to his son, he told him that he would find a will in the overcoat pocket. The coat was actually in the possession of the third brother. 
B. In 1921, a certain James Chaffin died, leaving his entire fortune to his third son, Marshal, in a will which had been written a full fifteen years earlier, in 1905, and signed in front of witnesses. His wife and two other sons were virtually cut off without a penny. Marshal was not inclined to split up the inheritance he had come into any more fairly. 
C. Once it was found, they came across a note sewn in the lining of one of the pockets saying they should look in an old family Bible. This Bible was found in the keeping of Chaffin’s widow and examined in front of independent witnesses. Sure enough, there in the Bible they discovered a later version of the will, one which divided the property and money evenly between the widow and the three sons. The will appeared to be genuine and Marshal was not prepared to challenge it in court.
D. Some people believe that the dead still keep in touch with us through our dreams. One of the most famous and extraordinary cases of contact with the dead was the so-called Chaffin Will affair. 
E. Four years went by and then, strangely, James Chaffin’s ghost started to appear before one of his other two sons. The apparition had on an old overcoat which had often worn in life. 
III. WRITING
Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it. (20 points)
1. Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new editor fell ill.
 Scarcely 	
2. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
 Rather 	
3. The value of sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.
 There has 	
4. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
 Had it not 	
5. Harriet was upset because she saw Peter with another woman.
 It was 	
6. We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
 Much to 	
7. People no longer smoke so many cigarettes as they used to.
 The 	
8. Their relationship was doomed because of their incompatibility.
 Had 	
9. You should admit that you are to blame, not to conceal it.
 I’d rather 	
10. If she had been less determined she wouldn’t have been able to get better so quickly.
 It was her 	
_________THE END__________