SỞ GD VÀ ĐT THANH HOÁ ĐỀ LUYỆN THI HỌC SINH GIỎI KHỐI 12

TRƯỜNG THPT NÔNG CỐNG 1 NĂM HỌC 2011- 2012

I. Choose the best answer to fill in the gap .

Have you ever asked yourself what you are doing for ? If you have ever had the time to (1)....... this taboo
question , or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality , you (2)...... well have heard some or all of the (3).....
. It’s the money of course , some say with a smote , as if explaining something to a small child . Or it is the satisfaction of
(4).... well done , the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important (5)....... I worked as a bus conductor once ,
and I can’t say I (6)..... the same as I staggered along the swaying way trying to (7)..... out tickets without falling over into
someone’s lap . It is the company of other people perhaps , but if that is the (8)...... , what about farmers ? Is it the
conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job ? Work is power and a sense of status say those
(9)....... have either attained these elusive goals, or feel aggrieved that nobody has yet recognized their leadership (10)..... .
Or we can blame it all on someone else , the family or the taxman . I suspect , and I say this under my (11)..... , that most of
us work rather as Mr. Macabre lived , hoping for something to (12)........ up . We’ll win the pools , and tell the boss what we
really think . We’ll scrape together the (13)...... and open that little shop we always dreamed of , or go (14)...... the world , or
spend more time in the garden . One day we’ll get that (15)....... we deserve , but until then at least we have something to
do . And we are so busy doing it that we won’t have time to wonder why .
1. A. propose B. meditate C. consider D. launch
2. A. might B. can C. will D. should
3. A. below B. rest C. following D. latter
4. A. a work B. a job C. a task D. an effort
5. A. deal B. position C. job D. engagement
6. A. enjoyed B. wished C. hoped D. felt
7. A. make B. run C. issue D. give
8. A. one B. case C. question D. former
9. A. people B. must C. who D. to
10.A. qualities B. status C. property D. requirements
11.A. oath B. suspicion C. breath D. pressure
12.A. move B. turn C. ease D. end
13.A. resources B. opportunities C. rest D. money
14.A. round B. over C. into D. to
15.A. ambition B. station C. vocation D. promotion
III .Put one suitable word into each space.
Exam advice
In Part Thee of FCE Speaking you work together with a partner. You have to do a (1)…. task which usually (2)…
about 3 minutes. One possible task is
‘problem(3)……’ ,which means you have to look at some (4)……. information and then (5)…….the problem with your
partner. You may be shown
photos , drawing, diagrams, maps, plans, advertisements or computer graphics and it (6)……that you study them carefully .
If necessary ,check you know exactly what to do by (7)……asking the examiner to(8)…….the instructions or make them
clearer.
While you are doing the task ,the examiner will probably very(9)…….and you should ask your partner questions and
make(10)……if she or he not saying much If either of you have any real difficulties the examiner may decide to step in and
(11)…….Normally , however ,you will find plenty to say ,which helps the (12) …..to give you a fair mark. This mark depends
on you success in doing the task by (13)……with your partner ,which includes taking (14)………in giving opinions and
replying appropriately ,although in the end it may be possible to ‘agree to (15)……….’
1. A. general B. dangerous C. game D. engine
2. A. space B. musician C. center D. importance
3. A. seen B. sit C. sure D. seem
4. A. question B. nation C. correction D. pollution
5. A. cost B. most C. post D. cold
III Choose the word with the main stress placed differently that of the others in each group. Circle it.
1. A. national B. complain C. alone D. accept
2. A. success B. amount C. system D. receive
3. A. community B. protection C. develop D. company
4. A. social B. electric C. contain D. important
5. A. provide B. service C. combine D. account
a. Fill in the gap with one suitable word
Stephen arrived in Bluff Ville (1) ............the early morning , and walked (2) ...........the bus station through the town
centre, looking for somewhere to stay . There was a huge old-fashioned hotel ,(3)............. it was obviously closed . The
windows (4)............... street level were covered (5)............... sheets of corrugated iron (6)................. there must have been
many travellers passing (7).............. Bluff Ville , but now the motorway (8).............. the south passed the town several miles
(9)............... and so very few people stopped . Stephen found the telephone (10)............. a run-down bar ,and called the
nearest motel , (11)............... turned out to be seven miles away on the motorway . He asked the barman , (12)...............
was reading a comic book , how (13)............. a taxi would cost to take him (14)............... the motel . The man stared hard
at Stephen (15)................ he said ,‘No taxi here , haven’t been any (16).............. more than ten years .’ Stephen suddenly
realised that he should have listened (17)............... the bus driver’s warning about the town . In (18)............ of his curiosity
to find the person (19).............. had sent him the mysterious letter. Stephen felt (20)............... miserable that if there had
been a bus back to New York, he would have taken it .
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I. Choose the best answer to fill in the gap .
Have you ever asked yourself what you are doing for ? If you have ever had the time to (1)....... this tabbo
question , or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality , you (2)...... well have heard some or all
of the (3)..... . It’s the money of course , some say with a smote , as if explaining something to a small child . Or it
is the satisfaction of (4).... well done , the sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important (5)....... I
worked as a bus conductor once , and I can’t say I (6)..... the same as I staggered along the swaying way trying to
(7)..... out tickets without falling over into someone’s lap . It is the company of other people perhaps , but if that
is the (8)...... , what about farmers ? Is it the conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job ?
Work is power and a sense of status say those (9)....... have either attained these elusive goals, or feel aggrieved
that nobody has yet recognized their leadership (10)..... . Or we can blame it all on someone else , the family or
the taxman . I suspect , and I say this under my (11)..... , that most of us work rather as Mr. Macabre lived ,
hoping for something to (12)........ up . We’ll win the pools , and tell the boss what we really think . We’ll scrape
together the (13)...... and open that little shop we always dreamed of , or go (14)...... the world , or spend more
time in the garden . One day we’ll get that (15)....... we deserve , but until then at least we have something to do .
And we are so busy doing it that we won’t have time to wonder why .
1. A. propose B. meditate C. consider D. launch
2. A. might B. can C. will D. should
3. A. below B. rest C. following D. latter
4. A. a work B. a job C. a task D. an effort
5. A. deal B. position C. job D. engagement
6. A. enjoyed B. wished C. hoped D. felt
7. A. make B. run C. issue D. give
8. A. one B. case C. question D. former
9. A. people B. must C. who D. to
10.A. qualities B. status C. property D. requirements
11.A. oath B. suspicion C. breath D. pressure
12.A. move B. turn C. ease D. end
13.A. resource B. opportunities C. rest D. money
14.A. round B. over C. into D. to
15.A. ambition B. station C. vocation D. promotion

III .Put one suitable word into each space.

Exam advice
In Part Thee of FCE Speaking you work together with a partner. You have to do a (1)…. task which usually (2)…
about 3 minutes. One possible task is
‘problem(3)……’ ,which means you have to look at some (4)……. information and then (5)…….the problem
with your partner. You may be shown
photos , drawing, diagrams, maps, plans, advertisements or computer graphics and it (6)……that you study them
carefully . If necessary ,check you know exactly what to do by (7)……asking the examiner to(8)…….the
instructions or make them clearer.
While you are doing the task ,the examiner will probably very(9)…….and you should ask your partner
questions and make(10)……if she or he not saying much If either of you have any real difficulties the examiner
may decide to step in and (11)…….Normally , however ,you will find plenty to say ,which helps the (12) …..to
give you a fair mark. This mark depends on you success in doing the task by (13)……with your partner ,which
includes taking (14)………in giving opinions and replying appropriately ,although in the end it may be possible
to ‘agree to (15)……….’

1. A. general B. dangerous C. game D. engine

6. A. space B. musician C. center D. importance
7. A.seen B. sit C. sure D. seem
8. A. question B. nation C. correction D. pollution
9. A. cost B. most C. post D. cold
III.Choose the word with the main stress placed differently that of the others in each group. Circle it.
1. A. national B. complain C. alone D. accept
2. A. success B. amount C. system D. receive
3. A. community B. protection C. develop D. company
4. A. social B. electric C. contain D. important
5. A. provide B. service C. combine D. account
a. Fill in the gap with one suitable word
Put one suitable word in each space
Stephen arrived in Bluff Ville (1)in the early morning , and walked (2)from the bus
station through the town centre, looking for somewhere to stay . There was a huge old-fashioned
hotel ,(3)although it was obviously closed . The windows (4)at street level were covered
(5)in/with sheets of corrugated iron (6)once there must have been many travellers passing
(7)through Bluff Ville , but now the motorway (8)to the south passed the town several miles
(9)......... and so very few people stopped . Stephen found the telephone (10) in a run-down bar
,and called the nearest motel , (11)which turned out to be seven miles away on the motorway .
He asked the barman , (12)who was reading a comic book , how (13) much a taxi would cost to
take him (14) to the motel . The man stared hard at Stephen (15) before/as/and he said ,‘No
taxi here , haven’t been any (16)for more than ten years .’ Stephen suddenly realized that he
should have listened (17) to the bus driver’s warning about the town . In (18)spite of his
curiosity to find the person (19) who had sent him the mysterious letter. Stephen felt (20)so
miserable that if there had been a bus back to New York, he would have taken it .
* thành ngữ corrugate
corrugated iron - tôn múi
* sheet (n) - tÊm
* run-down ['rʌn'daun] - tính từ - trong tình trạng tồi tê ̣; đổ nát, xiêu vẹo, ọp ẹp
a run-down area - mô ̣t khu vực tồi tê ̣
a run-down house - mô ̣t ngôi nhà đổ nát
bị sao lãng, bị bỏ quên
kiê ̣t sức (nhất là do công viêc) ̣
be run-down - bị kiê ̣t sức
* motel [mou'tel] (n) (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) khách sạn cạnh đường cho khách có ô tô
* comic - danh từ - (thông tục) diễn viên hài
a popular TV comic - mô ̣t diễn viên hài nổi tiếng trên truyền hình
comic book - tạp chí dành cho trẻ em đăng những chuyê ̣n kể chủ yếu bằng hình vẽ .
* curiosity [,kjuəri'ɔsiti] danh từ - sự ham biết; tính ham biết
curiosity about distant lands - sự ham tìm hiểu về những vùng đất xa lạ
sự tò mò; tính tò mò, tính hiếu kỳ
he gave in to curiosity and opened the letter addressed to his sister - nó không kiềm được tính tò mò và đã mở bức thư gửi cho chị nó
* out of curiosity - vì tò mò
vâ ̣t kỳ lạ, vâ ̣t hiếm, vâ ̣t quý, cảnh lạ
the curiosities of the town - những cảnh lạ ở thành phố
curiosity shop - hiê ̣u bán đồ cổ, hiê ̣u bán những đồ quý hiếm
* curiosity killed the cat - (được nói ra với ai để anh ta khỏi tò mò nữa)
* mysterious [mis'tiəriəs] (adj) - thần bí, huyền bí ; khó giải thích, khó hiểu, bí ẩn