SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH YÊN BÁI ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (đề có 08 trang) KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA Năm học 2009 2010 Môn thi Tiếng Anh Thời gian 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày[.]
SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH YÊN BÁI ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (đề có 08 trang) • • • KỲ THI LẬP ĐỘI TUYỂN HỌC SINH GIỎI QUỐC GIA Năm học 2009 -2010 Môn thi : Tiếng Anh Thời gian : 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) Ngày thi : 30/12/2009 Điểm thi Họ, tên chữ kí giám khảo Bằng số: Giám khảo 1: Bằng chữ: Giám khảo 2: Số phách (do chủ tịch HĐCT ghi) PART I : LISTENING (3 points) Phần nghe có bài, nghe lần, lần cách 10 giây Trước nghe thí sinh có phút để đọc Mở đầu kết thúc phần nghe đoạn nhạc Question I: Listen to people talking about their countries and fill in the missing information(1 point) Person Her country has a population of _ Most people come from Her country has a lot of _ People in her country play rugby and _ Person His country has a population of about _ It has a lot of mountains, rivers, lakes and _ In his country, the famous drink is Person His country has a population of about It has a lot of wide open People live in ranches, small towns and 10 _ Question II: Listen to a university lecturer and the tasks that follow (2 points) a Choose the best answer Students should complete their work on the 1950s A if they want to be allowed to continue attending lectures B because they will appreciate the information about the 1960s more C otherwise they face the possibility of being failed for their coursework According to the lecturer, the "baby boom" happened A because of a relaxed attitudes in the sixties B during a time of war C because people felt more secure In the sixties, the USA had seventy million A teenagers B babies C adults According to the lecturer, compared to the 1950s, the 1960s were A less conservative B more conservative C just as conservative According to the lecturer, literature changed the way women A over 40 were treated by society B viewed issues of race in society C felt about their roles in society The rate of crime in the sixties A rose 9% during the decade B was times higher than in the fifties C was times lower than in the fifties What happened at the start of the 1960s? A the first heart transplant B the introdution of internet C the invention of lasers Page of b Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word In October 1962, US President Kennedy met advisors to discuss which proved that the Cubans were installing nuclear missiles, presumably to use against the US Kennedy was faced with three choices; to try to resolve the crisis diplomatically; to block the delivery of further weapons into Cuba; or to attack Cuba Kennedy chose the option, which prevented the build-up of more missiles and led to the withdrawal of existing ones Most agreed that a 10 was narrowly avoided by Kennedy's decision PART II : LEXICO - GRAMMAR (6 points) Question I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence by choosing the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase (1 point) It is usually impossible to tell the difference between twins A identity B similar C identical D alike The man was with murder and was sentenced to life in jail A accused B charged C suspected D protected She took a drink from her glass of water and then her speech A proceeded B persisted C resumed D restored He was taken by the thief's disguise A away B down C in D through The construction of the new road is on winning the support of local residents A dependent B thanks C reliant d responsible When I talked to the manager, he said he could me a few minutes A let B spare C hear D provide The author had been qualified as a doctor but later gave up the of medicine for writing A practice B procedure C treatment D prescription The problem has been about by the increase in global warming A thought B brought C written D caused Although not everybody came, turned up A a great deal B a large quantity C a large amount D a large number 10 Her letter was unexpected, it arrrived completely out of the A red B black C white D blue Your answers: 10 Question II : Read the passage and fill in each blank with the correct form of the words (1 point) Last year, I resigned my post as a Head of Department at a large comprehensive school After 23 years of teaching, I had simply enough of a job which is becoming increasingly (1.problem) As a Departmental Head, I saw at close hand the effect of the government's increased (2.involve) in educational matters; the job is now ten times more (3.bureau) than it was when I started out Not contented with loading teachers down with paperwork, the government also imposed standard national tests on pupils as young as six, a fact that has left many teachers (4.enchant) with their profession There is also the growing (5.aggress) of the pupils, including the girls There are frequent little acts of (6.rude) which teachers have become almost (7.power) to stop, now that the right to discipline pupils has been all but taken from them There is restlessness and sheer (8.bore) of children brought up on a diet of computer games and violent videos Some people dismiss any link between computer games and a (9.reduce) in attention span, but few of them are teachers When I started out, I enjoyed teaching history, my chosen discipline, to (10.respect) pupils Now I so every Tuesday evening, teaching history to local pensioners Your answers: 10 Page of Question III : There are ten mistakes in the following passage Underline and correct them in the space next to the line number Put a tick (√ ) next to the correct lines (1 point) When man first learned how to make fire He began to use fuel for the first time The first fuel he used was probably wooden As time passed, man eventually discovered that substance such as coal and oil would burn Coal was not used very wide as a source of energy until the 19th century With the coming of the Industrial revolution, it was soon realised that production would double if coal were using instead of wood Nowadays, many of the huge factories and electricity engineering stations would be able to function if there were no coal In the last twenty or thirty years, however, the use of coal has declined As a result, there were changes in the coal industry It is believed that more people 10 would use coal if oil and gas are not so readily available There is more 11 than coal enough in the world for man's needs for the next two hundred 12 years if our use of coal will not increase Unfortunately, however, about 13 half of the world's coal may never been used Mining much of it would be 14 very expensive even if it were possible to use new equipment 15 Question IV : Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets (1 point) The population of the world (1.increase) more in modern times than in all other ages of history combined Estimates based on research by the United Nation indicated that it (2.double) in the 25 years between 1975 and 2000, (3.reach) billion by the turn of the century No one (4.know) the limit of population that the earth can support Thomas Malthus, an English economist, (5.develop) a theory that became widely accepted in the 19th century He suggested that because world population (6.tend) to increase than the food supply, a continual strain (7.exert) upon available resource He cited wars, famines, epidemics and other disasters as the usual limitations of population growth With recent advances in science and technology, including improved agricultural methods, and great stride in medicine, some of the limiting factors in population growth (8.lessen) , with obvious results International organisations (9.recommend) programs (10.encourage) general economic development in target areas along with a decrease in birth-rates to effect a long-lasting solution Your answers: 10 Question V : Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition or particle (1 point) When I was looking through my papers, I came this picture People often look back their childhood as a happy time She was proud that she was independent her parents I did not like the film because I could not make it The plane crashed into the sea about one kilometre the shore They have not made since they had a quarrel last month This dress looked nice when it was new but now it has worn At the moment, people are buying food and water in case the storm hits the area I'm sure your single album will soon catch 10 The car is in quite good condition but you can try it before making your final decision Your answers: 10 Question VI : Insert A, AN, THE or Φ where neccessary (1 point) A popular theory explaining evolution of the universe is known as the Big Bang Model According to model, at sometime between ten and twenty billion years ago, all present Page of matters and energy were compressed into small ball only few kilometres in diameter It was, in fact, atom that contained, in the form of pure energy, all of the components of the entire universe Then, at the moment in time that astronomers refer to as T= 0, ball exploded, hurling the energy into space and expansion occured As energy cooled, most of it became 10 matters in the form of protons, neutrons, and electrons These original particles combined to form hydrogen and helium, and continued into galaxies with stars and planets Your answers: 10 PART III: READING (4 points) Question I Read the passage carefully and choose a suitable word to fill in each blank (1 point) It can take a reader 30 seconds to reach a decision about a CV So when writing a CV, you should remember you have just half a minute to the reader's interest, leave a clear impression of professionalism and indicate the likely to employers To prepare a CV which is will take time and possibly several drafts Layout, presentation and a choice of words which demonstrate both responsibility and achievements are vital components of a CV No matter how well your career background and skills the needs of an employer, your efforts could fail if you make it difficult for the reader to take in the relevant information As your message must register quickly, make the reader's task an easy one the print is well-spaced and that the key information is displayed clearly The of the CV is to generate interviews Visually, you want your CV to have a positive effect, but it is also necessary for it to the reader that you are worth meeting The style in which you present your CV is a of personal choice, but it is important that you use words which suggest an active and successful career People sometimes make a mistake of a CV as a rewrite of their job description, which results in unnecessary jargons and details In addition, issues such as salary and 10 for leaving previous employers should not be included; they are best discussed at the first interview stage A take B realise C gain D collect A resource B credit C benefit D asset A certain B efficient C capable D effective A correspond B match C coordinate D agree A Ensure B Allow C Confirm D Guarantee A incentive B purpose C result D motive A decide B prompt C convince D determine A subject B condition C situation D matter A calculating B supposing C estimating D regarding 10 A reasons B intentions D opinions D conclusions Your answers: 10 Question II Read the passage carefully and use a suitable word to fill in each blank (1 point) Since man discovered ways of treating illnesses and diseases, and has thus reduced the death-rate, the only way to control population is by lowering the birth-rate In fact, as people in modern societies began to move to towns to work in factories, they found that a smaller family was easier to So in Western Europe after the Industrial Revolution, the birth-rate did slow down as parents chose to have children More importantly, modern birth control measures have made it possible for parents to how many children to have But the birth-rate is not as easy as that There are many religious, social economic reasons some parents not want to control the of children they have For example, in some of the less developed parts of the world, many children are needed to help with farming or earning wages to supplement the family To halt the population growth in 10 areas, it is first necessary to raise the standard of living so that parents not need a large family Page of Your answers: 10 Question III: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers (1 point) The aspect of language use that is most worth changing is clarity and style of written prose Expository writing requires language to express far more complex trains of thought than it was biologically designed to so Inconsistencies caused by limitations of short-term memory and planning, unnoticed in conversation, are not as tolerably when preserved on a page that is to be perused more leisurely Also, unlike a conversational partner, a reader will rarely share enough background assumptions to interpolate all the missing premises that make language comprehensible Overcoming one's natural egocentrism and trying to anticipate the knowledge state of a reader at every state of the exposition is one of the most important tasks in writing well All this makes writing a difficult craft that must be mastered through practice, instruction feedback and - probably most important - intensive exposure to good example There are excellent manual of composition that discuss these and other skills with great wisdom What is more relevant is how removed their practical advice is from trivia of split infinitives and slangs For example, a banal but universally acknowledged key to good writing is to revise extensively Good writers go through anywhere from to 20 drafts before releasing a paper Anyone who does not appreciate this necessity is going to be a bad writer If clear writing is wanted, then this is the course that must be followed What is the main topic of the passage? A The importance of repeated drafting in writing B The difficulties involved in producing good writing C The problems of conveying meaning to readers D The importance of reading good writing The phrase " trains of thought" is closest in meaning to A ways of thinking B connected ideas C continuous concepts D logical thingking Why does the author mention "short-term memory" ? A to suggest that memories are not always accurate B to show the problems of writing down memories C to indicate the necessity for long-term memory D to explain short-term memory inadequate for complex writing According to the passage, readers sometimes have difficulties understanding texts because A they have no knowledge of the subject matter B there is no oppoturnity for them to check their assumptions C they assume that the texts are too difficult D some ideas are unconnected in the texts It can be inferred from the passage that good writers A are self-centered B consider their readers C convey knowledge precisely D explain every point The word "exposure" in the passage could be best replaced by A access B detection C approach D persuit The author suggests that the best books about writing A contain explanations about grammar B explain colloquial expressions C include examples of good writing D concentrate on writing skills The word "banal" in the passage is closest in meaning to A weak B poor C common D modest The word "this" in the last sentence of the passage refers to A extensive drafting B practical advice C acknowledged key D intensive exposure 10 The passage supports which of the following conclusions? A Conveying meaning in writing is easier than in conversation B Writing can be learned from a good manual C There is no substitute for revision in good writing D Writing is a biological process with its own styles Page of Your answers: 10 Question IV: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers (1 point) Candidates for the bachelor of business administration degree must complete 186 quarter hours of course-work with a minimum of 372 quality points; that is, the equivalent of an average of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) Candidates must also maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in all required professional business courses and must earn a minimum grade of C or better in each course in their area of specialization For example, students majoring in accounting must earn an average of C for all courses, including not only accounting courses but also History, English, Maths and so on They must earn a C or better in each accounting course Accounting classes in which students have received a D, F or I (incomplete) must be repeated Which of the following sentences best summarizes the passage? A Business majors must complete 186 hours with an average grade of C and must earn a grade of C or better in each business course B Business majors must repeat all accounting courses in which they receive a grade of less than C C Business majors must earn at least 372 quality points in order to graduate D Business majors must earn a grade of C or better in every class that they take and must earn at least 186 points Which grade would be acceptable for a professional course? A I B C C D D F The author mentions all of the following as requirements of candidates for the bachelor of business administration degree EXCEPT A an overall average grade of 2.0 B 372 quarter hours of course work C a grade of C or better in each course of their specialization D a grade point average of 2.0 in all required professional courses Another word which is often used in place of "specialization" in this passage is A importance B degree C administration D major We can infer that a student who had completed 170 quarter hours would be a A freshman B sophomore C junior D senior Your answers: PART IV: WRITING (7 points) Question I: Rewrite these sentences so that the new one has a similar meaning as the given one(1 point) They will not officially declare their independence until next year No It was not believed until the 15th century that the earth revolves around the sun That _ Driving at that speed is dangerous, whether you are an experienced driver or not However She did not shed a teardrop when the film ended in tragedy Not There is a very little chance of their winning the tournament They are highly Question II: Rewrite each of the sentences using the given word so that the new one has a similar meaning as the one preceded You must not change the given word(1 point) My impression of her was that she was a very cute girl (STRUCK) _ Page of Nobody helped me at all (FINGER) _ We would like a copy of your new project (GRATEFUL) _ The latest sequence of the Harry Potter series did not come up to public expectations (SHORT) We not have any food left (OUT) Question III: The table below shows the changes in world population by region in 1900 and 2000 Write a report describing the information in the table in at least 150 words (2 points) Year 1900 2000 World population 1,600 million billion Asia Europe North America Africa Latin America Others 60 % 25% 5% 4,5% 3% 2,5% 54% 14% 5% 10% 8% 3% Page of Question IV: "Students should be allowed to choose their teachers" Do you agree or disagree with the idea? Write an essay of about 250 words to express your opinion (3 points) Page of THE END Page of ... administration degree EXCEPT A an overall average grade of 2. 0 B 3 72 quarter hours of course work C a grade of C or better in each course of their specialization D a grade point average of 2. 0 in... meaning to readers D The importance of reading good writing The phrase " trains of thought" is closest in meaning to A ways of thinking B connected ideas C continuous concepts D logical thingking... grade point average of 2. 0 or better in all required professional business courses and must earn a minimum grade of C or better in each course in their area of specialization For example, students