KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010- 2011 pdf

LISTENING: 20 marks Listen carefully and answer the questions below.. PART 3 : Listen to the conversation and answer the questions using short answers - 10 Marks.. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

SỞ GIÁO DỤC – ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI TỈNH

THỪA THIÊN HUẾ LỚP 12 THPT NĂM HỌC 2010- 2011

Thời gian: 180 phút ( Không kể thời gian giao đề)

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I LISTENING: ( 20 marks)

Listen carefully and answer the questions below Each part will be read aloud three times

PART 1 : People are talking about local businesses Blacken TRUE (T) or FALSE (F) - (5

Marks)

1 a The girl goes to Muscles every morning to exercise T F

2 a Sylvester’s is the best clothing store in town T F

3 a Uncle bob’s is very close to the man’s house T F

4 a The only place the woman brings her broken car to is Sancken Automotive T F

5 a The musicians who play at the Blue Room are very disappointing T F

b The place is too small and the tables and chairs are uncomfortable T F

PART 2 : Fill in the blanks the words you hear from the tape - (5 Marks)

Sandra Cisneros was (1) in Chicago, Illinois in 1954 1

Her father was a Mexican and her mother was Mexican (2) 2

She had six (3) and the family was very poor She attended 3

Loyola University in Chicago and (4) her first creative 4

writing class there in (5) After graduating from college in 5

1976, she attended the writing (6) at University of Iowa In 6

1980, she published her first collection of (7) , Bad Boys 7

And in 1984, she published her first (8) , The House on 8

Mango Street This book made her (9) , and many more 9

books followed In 1995, she (10) a McArthur Foundation

Fellowship, often called the “genius grant” She had come a long way

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PART 3 : Listen to the conversation and answer the questions using short answers - (10 Marks)

1 a What does George hate more? Math or English?

b Does his friend prefer English?

2 a What kind of music does Erica like?

b What kind of music does her friend like?

3 a What does the woman invite her friend to do?

b Can the man eat pizza?

4 a What do the man and the woman do all the time?

b What do they think about bicycling?

.5 a What is the man thinking about?

b What would the woman rather have?

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II VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR: (30 marks)

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence

Circle your answers (0.5 x 15 = 7.5 marks)

1 My hands were so cold that I couldn't……….my coat buttons

2 I don't think that purple shirt ………with your yellow skirt

3 I'm …… money every week to buy a new bicycle

A making for B getting over C putting aside D turning in

4 I have been planting trees all day and I'm ……

A worn out B taken in C run down D grown up

5 He always felt that he was living in the ……of his famous father

A dusk B gloom C shadow D mist

6 Helen’s parents were very pleased when they read her school ………

7 In Britain, children start ……… school at the age of five

A kindergarten B secondary C nursery D primary

8 It’s time for break The bell has ………

9 I bought these shoes in the sale They were a real ………

10 If you put your money in the bank, it will earn ten per cent ………

A investment B profit C deposit D interest

11 Edward was named after one of his father ‘s distant ………

A family B brothers C members D relations

12 Jane and Brian got married a year after they got ………

A divorced B proposed C engaged D separated

13 Graham works well in class but, but his ……… could be better

A rudeness B behaviour C politeness D acting

14 Julie had a terrible ……… with her parents last night

15 Parents have to try hard to understand the younger ………

A generation B people C adolescents D teenagers

16 My father likes to be called a senior citizen, not an old age ………

A person B relative C gentleman D pensioner

17 It is hard to get ……… parts for this car if something goes wrong

A extra B spare C additional D emergency

18 Don’t touch the wire! You’ll get an electric ………

19 This knife is really ……… I’ll have to sharpen it

20 Don’t forget to ……… your alarm clock for 6.30

Part 2: Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the

sentence to be correct Circle your answers (0.5 x 5 = 2.5 marks)

1 We sent a present for the children living next door

(A) (B) (C) (D)

2 Penny took three exams and managed to succeed them all

(A) (B) (C) (D)

3 Items of luggage whose weight exceed 50 kilograms will not be allowed on the ferry

4 The unemployment rate has increased considerably since last year Another two millions

are jobless

5 The President often contradicts himself He often says something which doesn’t agree

with what he says earlier

Part 3: In the text below some lines are correct but some have a word that should not be

there Indicate the correct lines with a tick () For the incorrect lines, write the words that should not be there (0.5 x 15 = 7.5 marks)

A HOLIDAY IN SCOTLAND

Some friends of mine decided to go on holiday

to Scotland They asked me if I was wanted to go too

but I had already arranged to go to Italy I told them

so that I had been to Scotland before, so they asked

me to give them some ideas I advised them to take up

warm clothes and raincoats " If I were like you, I'd

always carry umbrellas!" I told them " I doubt that

whether you'll have any sunny days." I didn't see

them again until was after their holiday They were all

very sun-tanned, and they told to me that they had

had very hot weather " If we had been taken your

advice, we would have made a terrible mistake," they

said " Luckily we were told us before we left that it

was very hot in Scotland It is said to they have been

the hottest summer ever!

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Part 4: Read the text and use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line (1 x 10 = 10 marks) SCHOOL REPORT Margaret started English Literature this term, and I’m afraid that her (1) ……… to the subject has not been entirely (2) ……… She has not show much enthusiasm and does not always pay (3) ……… ……… in class Her assignments are often (4) .……… ……… , because she is so untidy, and because of her (5) ……… ……… to check her work thoroughly She failed to do any (6) ……… …

before the end of term test, and had poor results She seems to

have the (7) ……… ……… idea that she can succeed without

studying She has also had many (8) ……… ……… and has

frequently arrived late for class This has resulted in several

(9) ……… ……… Although Margaret is a

(10) ……… ……… student in some respects, she has not had

a satisfactory term

INTRODUCE SUCCESS ATTEND READ FAIL REVISE

MISTAKE ABSENT

PUNISH GIFT

III READING COMPREHENSION: ( 25 marks)

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Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space

Circle your answers (0.5 x 10 = 5 marks)

SPELLING

Spelling presents a major problem to many students – and, indeed, native speakers – of English This is (1) surprising when you consider just how illogical the English spelling (2)

is The spelling of such basic words as right, through, once, and who seems to (3) no relation to their (4) And how can the words go, sew, and though all rhyme with each

other?

There have been attempts in the (5) to reform English spelling The playwright George Bernard Shaw was an enthusiastic (6) for a more phonetic approach In a clever illustration

of the absurdity of English spelling he suggested that the word fish be (7) by the letters

“ghoti”: the gh from enough, the o from women, and the ti from nation When he died in 1950 he

(8) a large part of his estate to promote spelling reform

So why do we persist in spelling words the way we do, despite the efforts of reformers like Shaw? One reason is that we are too (9) with the words as they are currently spelled It is certain that any change in the rules would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to enforce Another is that there is (10) a variety of regional accents within the English speaking world that it would be unfair to select just one as the standard model for spelling

1 A just B hardly C nearly D strongly

2 A system B procedure C method D schedule

3 A hold B keep C carry D bear

4 A voice B speech C vocation D pronunciation

5 A history B years C past D ages

6 A campaigner B demonstrator C champion D candidate

7 A described B represented C signed D written

8 A willed B left C gave D divided

9 A accustomed B used C friendly D familiar

10 A many B quite C such D so

Part 2: Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word

Write your answers in the space provided (1 x 15 = 15 marks)

THE TREASURE HUNTERS

Have you ever dreamed of finding hidden treasure and wondered what you (1) if you were lucky enough (2) find a fortune? Well, for Martin James, a professional hunter it 3) all in a day's work, because that is how he (4) a living During his highly successful career, he (5) discovered over 80 different shipwrecks, including one of the biggest cargoes of gold that has ever (6) found However, Martin would be the first to point (7) that not all of his discoveries are as dramatic (8) that (9) you are prepared to put in a great deal of hard work and careful research, treasure hunting is much less romantic (10) it sounds Just sailing around in the hope of finding something would (11) a waste of time Martin (12) a great deal of time in museums and libraries looking

at old maps and shipping records (13) this way, he can work out (14) ships have sunk and where, and it is only then that he can begin to look (15) them

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Part 2 Read the passage and choose the correct answer for the following questions: ( 1 x 5 = 5 marks )

All at once Hazel was coming in through the French windows, pulling off gardening gloves, and Bill was entering through the door, both at once So I only had time to take one quick look at her before I turned to face him All very confusing What that first glimpse showed me was that time had thickened her figure but didn’t seem to have made much difference to her face It still had good skin and youthful outlines She was holding a bunch of roses – must have been cutting them in the garden while waiting for me The gardening gloves lent a delightfully informal touch It was quite

an entrance, though Bill spoilt it a bit by making his at the same time

Bill seemed longer and thinner His tightly massed hair had a tinge of grey Apart from that, twenty years had done nothing to him, except deepen the lines of thoughtfulness that had already, when I knew him, begun to spread across his face Or was that all? I looked at him again, more carefully, as he looked away from me at Hazel Weren’t his eyes different somehow? More inward looking than ever? Gazing in not merely at his thoughts, but at something else, something he was keeping hidden or perhaps protecting

Then we were chattering and taking glasses in our hands, and I came back to earth For the first ten minutes we were all so defensive, so carefully probing, that nobody learnt anything Bill had forgotten me altogether, that much was clear He was engaged in getting to know me from scratch, very cautiously so as not to hit a wrong note, with the object of getting me to contribute a big sub-scription to his African project I kept trying to absorb details about Hazel, but Bill was talking earnestly about African education, and the strain of appearing to concentrate while actually thinking about his wife proved so great that I decided it would be easier just to concentrate So I did I let him hammer away for about ten more minutes, and then the daughter, who seemed to be acting as parlourmaid, showed in another visitor Evidently we were to be four at lunch

1 What effect had time had on Hazel and Bill?

A They had both lost weight

B They were more withdrawn

C They hadn’t changed at all

D They had changed in subtle ways

2 When they all started talking, the writer

A relaxed at last

B stopped dreaming

C spoke most to Hazel

D began to remember things

3 The writer found the first part of their conversation

A sentimental

B irritating

C uninformative

D trivial

4 Why did Bill speak seriously?

A He wanted some money from the writer

B He did not remember the writer

C His wife was present

D He was talking about the past

5 In the end the writer found Bill’s conversation

A monotonous

B convincing

C thought-provoking

D instructive

IV WRITING: ( 25 marks)

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Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible

in meaning to the sentence printed before it (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

1 It's a long time since we spoke to your sister

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2 "Why don't you leave now That's what I'd do." If

3 Jill was the only person who came late Everyone

4 This matter is so complicated that we don't know how to deal with it So

5 It's a pity you didn't ask us to spend the time with you If only

Part 2: For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence, but using the word given This word must not be altered in any way (1 x 5 = 5 marks) 1 I'm afraid that we haven't got any eggs left (run)

2 Let me tell you what I think you should do (advice)

3 The numbers of cars on the roads must be reduced (down)

4 Come on Thursday or Friday It' s all the same to me (difference)

5 Amanda has improved a lot this term (progress)

Part 3: Write a short essay on the following topic Your essay should be between 200-250 words long (15 marks) In some countries, teenagers have jobs while they are still students Do you think this is a good idea? Support your opinion by using specific reasons and details ………

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