(Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO GIA LAI KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2008 ĐỀ THI DỰ BỊ Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 180 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề) (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả các loại từ điển Giám thị không được giải thích gì thêm ___________________________________________________________________________________ I. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (8.0 ps) Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. 1. The woman was _____ from hospital yesterday only a week after her operation. A. ejected B. expelled C. evicted D. discharged 2. _____ further rioting to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers. A. Should B. Did C. Were D. Had 3. Unfortunately our local cinema is on the _____ of closing down. A. verge B. hint C. edge D. threat 4. All courses at the college are offered on a full-time basis unless _____ indicated. A. further B. otherwise C. below D. differently 5. Your argument _____ that Britain is still a great power, but this is no longer the case. A. outlines B. presupposes C. concerns D. presents 6. The construction of the new road is _____ winning the support of local residents. A. thanks to B. reliant on C. dependent on D. responsible to 7. Although he didn’t actually say he wanted a radio for his birthday he did _____ pretty strongly. A. imply B. suggest C. mention D. hint 8. Because of cutbacks in council spending, plans for the new swimming pool had to be _____. A. stockpiled B. overthrown C. shelved D. disrupted 9. Don’t let that old rascal take you _____ with his clever talk – none of it is true. A. along B. in C. about D. down 10. People living abroad are not _____ to enter for this competition. A. enabled B. permissible C. capable D. eligible 11. David is captain of the school basketball team, _____ his father before him. A. similar to B. just like C. such as D. as well as 12. The scheme is too expensive to be ____ at the present moment. A. compatible B. liable C. feasible D. accessible 13. He was very upset when the boss passed him ___ and promoted a newcomer to the assistant’s job. A. by B. up C. over D. aside 14. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a _____ writer. A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific 15. The case against the bank robbers was ……………… for lack of evidence. A. discarded B. dismissed C. refused D. eliminated 16. Please _____ from smoking until the plane is airborne. A. refrain B. exclude C. resist D. restrain 17. We’re planning a holiday in Hong Kong when Peter retires but I don’t know whether it’ll really ever come _____. A. on B. out C. off D. round 18. No matter how angry he was, he would never _____ to violence. Số phách (do chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi) ………………………… (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 2 A. resolve B. resource C. exert D. resort 19. The best soil was _____ away by a torrential rainstorm. A. gushed B. flowed C. flooded D. washed 20. Five readers _____ the correct solution to our recent competition. A. communicated B. qualified C. submitted D. subscribed Part 2: Read the following passage. One word has been omitted each line. Put an oblique stroke (/) where the word should be and write the missing word in each blank. 0 is an example. Professional sport / played for money - lots of money. One team tries 00. ____is____ to beat the other - as in football, or one person tries to beat another 21. __________ a tennis match or golf tournament. Why they really want to win? 22. __________ Not just to show are better, stronger and fitter, but usually, and 23. __________ this is most important, to make lot of money - sometimes many 24. __________ thousands pounds. The losers often get little or nothing for playing 25. __________ the same game. They work as hard play as long. Is this fair? 26. __________ Wouldn’t it be better have professional sport where winners and 27. __________ losers make same money? In other words where winning or losing 28. __________ the game itself is more important the money you make, where it 29. __________ is only a competition of fitness and skill and about money? 30. _________ Part 3: Fill each gap in the following passage with the correct form of the word in brackets THE OLYMPIC GAMES The word “Olympic” comes from the name of the town Olympia in Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were always held. The first (31) _____ (record) Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C; the Games took place every four years after that date until they were abolished by a Roman emperor in A.D. 394. It was not until 1875, when (32) _____ (archaeology) discovered the ruins of the Olympic Stadium in Greece, that interest in the Games was (33) _____ (new). Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French scholar and educator, (34 ) _____ (propose) that the Games should be revised as an (35) _____ (nation)competition to (36) ______ (courage) both sport and world peace. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. Like their classical (37) ____ (predeceed), the athletes were men only women were (38)_____ (admit) to the Games in 1900. Since that time, the Games have been held at four-year intervals as in ancient Greece. However, since Coubertin’s dream of world peace has not been realized, the two World Wars prevented (39) _____ (that) of 1916, 1940, and 1944. The Olympic Games have been confined to amateur athletes despite a few recent (40) ____ (except). There are (41) _____ (press) on the Olympic authorities to admit other (42) ____ (profession) to the Games. Such a step would damage the entire concept of the Olympics. The (43) _____ (follow) words appear on the score-board at every Olympic (44) ______ (open): “The (45) ____ (many) important thing is not to win but to take part.” In contrast, the aim of every nation is to win. Part 4: Fill each blank in the passage with one suitable preposition. Computers are being given elocution lessons so that they can announce the comings and goings (46) ________ French trains (47) _______ regional accents. Computer-controlled synthesised voices are said to be more reassuring (48) _______ passengers than man-made announcements (49) ________ railway staff. According (50) ________ a survey, travellers bristle when they hear announcements (51) ________ the refined tones adopted (52) ________ airports. What they like best is a deep voice (53) _______ a touch (54) _______ regional homeliness, even when they know it comes (55) _______ an (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 3 electronic throat. Apparently, not even the voice (56) _______ the stationmaster can produce the effect as well as computers. Experiments to find the perfect electronic announcer were started two years ago when the station (57) _______ the Champagne town of Rheims was used (58) _______ tests. Those were considered a success but (59) ______ trying out the voice (60) _______ other stations it was found that the reassuring effect was increased if regional accents were added. The generalised use (61) _______ synthetic announcers will be put (62) _______ effect (63) _______ the next few months but the reason is not entirely psychological. The synthesiser is considered more reliable and flexible. It will not depend (64) ______ recorded messages: the announcements will be put together (65) _______ computer keyboards just before they are needed. Part 5: Look at the passage below, in most lines of the passage there is one word which is not in the correct form. Put a tick () in the right or wrong space to indicate your choice. Give the correct form of the word in the space provided. THE UNCERTAINTY OF SCIENCE Right Wrong Science no longer holds any absolute truths. Even the 0 ___ () __ __________ disciplin of physics, whose laws once went unchallenged, 00. ________ _discipline__ has had to submit to the indignity of an Uncertainty Principal. 66. ________ __________ In this climate of disbelief, we have begun to doubt even 67. ________ __________ fundamental propositions, and the old distintion between 68. ________ __________ natural and supernatural has become meaningless. I 69. ________ __________ find this tremendously exiting. The picture of science as 70. ________ __________ a jigsaw puzzle, with a finite number of peaces that would 71. ________ __________ one day all be slotted neatly into place, has never been 72 _________ __________ appealing. Experiance indicates that things are not like that 73. ________ __________ at all. Every new developement in the microscope reveals 74. ________ __________ farther minute detail in structures once thought to be 75. ________ __________ indivisable. Each enlargement in the power of the telescope 76. ________ __________ adds thousands of galaxies to a list allready so long that it is 77. ________ __________ meaningless to all but mathematicians. Even researche into what 78. ________ __________ once seemed to be simple behavour patterns has a way of going 79. ________ __________ on forever. 80. ________ __________ II. READING (8.0 ps) Part 1: Read the passage and then decide which word best fits each space. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. WHITE LIES Very (81) ______, newborn babies are not beautiful. They are wrinkled or bald, or they have an angry (82) _______ on their faces that seems to say, "Go away! I (83) ______everybody." But (84) ______ a parent, that bald, wrinkled, mean-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When that proud father or mother asks you, "Well, what do you think - isn't she beautiful?" what are you going to (85) ______? Is this the time for the truth? Of course (86) ______! You look that proud father in (87) ______ eye and say, "Yes, she is! She's a (88) ______ beauty. She's one in a million. She's going to be a movie star! I can tell! She's as pretty as a (89) ______." This is what we (90) ______ in English a white lie. White lies don't hurt people; they aren't cruel or angry words. People use them to make a difficult situation (91) _______ easier. When people (92) (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 4 ______ dates, forget their homework, or taste something new that they don't (93) _______ like while eating at a friend's house, they tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don't want to (94) ______ someone's feelings. It is important to be honest. But many people feel that being kind and (95) ______ is sometimes more important. 81. A. often 82. A. impression 83. A. feel hate 84. A. for 85. A. say 86. A. neither 87. A. his 88. A. genuine 89. A. flower 90. A. name 91. A. far 92. A. refuse 93. A. genuinely 94. A. hurt 95. considered B. usually B. looking B. am hating B. to B. tell B. no B. an B. real B. fairy B. call B. more B. reject B. especially B. wound B. considering C. Occasionally C. Appearance C. hate C. with C. speak C. never C. the C. true C. painting C. express C. a little C. deny C. particularly C. damage C. considerable D sometimes D expression D can hate D as for D utter D not D one D exact D picture D know D little D disregard D specially D injure D considerate Part 2: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word The causes of headaches, (96) _____ they are the common kind of tension or migraine headaches, or any other kind, are usually the same. During period of stress, muscles in the neck, head, and face are contracted (97) _____ tightly that they exert tremendous pressure (98) _____ the nerves beneath them. Headaches take many forms from a constant, dull pain to an insistent hammering. Although at (99) _____ 50% of American adults are estimated (100) _____, suffer one or more headaches per week, it is the 20 million migraine sufferers (101) _____are in special difficulties. Migraines, which are mostly suffered by women, can involve tremendous, unrelieved pain. Migraines, which may also (102) _____ caused by stress, can occur in people who bottle up their emotions and who are very conscientious in their performance. Escaping (103) _____ stressful situation, (104) _____open with one's feeling, and lowering one's expectations can help reduce the stress and so cut down on those headaches which cannot be "help" aspirin an (105) _____ non- prescription painkillers. Part 3: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question from the four choices given. What is the most widely spoken language in the world today? Well, if you mean what language is spoken as a first or second language by the most people and what language is spoken in the greatest number of countries, then the answer is English. An estimated billion and a half people in the world speak English. One hundred years ago, the original editor of the Oxford English Dictionary launched in appeal in Britain, the United States and the former British Empire for new words. Since the end of the 20 th century, English has become the most widely used language around the world, and the editor of the OED, as the Oxford English Dictionary commonly called, are sending out a worldwide appeal as they begin the task of completely revising the OED. The Oxford English Dictionary is widely regarded as the definitive record of the English language. Now the expansive twenty-volume dictionary is to be update and the publisher is calling on the (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 5 English-speaking world to help. The English language has expanded greatly in recent years with new words, forms of uses in meaning flooding the language from around the world. The OED's principal word expert Admin Dvina said that the search for new words is being launched globally, simply because English is a worldwide language. Contributors are invited to submit printed evidence of new words from a variety of sources, including magazines, newspapers, books and song lyrics; Dictionary editors are also keen to receive words of earlier centuries that have so far escaped inclusion. 106. Which language is considered the most widely spoken in the world today? A. French B. English C. Japanese D. Russian 107. When did the original editor of the Oxford English Dictionary launch in appeal in Britain, the United States and the former British Empire for new words? A. At the end of the 20 th century. B. At the beginning of the 21 st century. C. One hundred years ago. D. In 2002. 108. Why did they send out an appeal for new words? A. Because they wanted to begin the task of completely revising the OED. B. Because English have not been spoken any longer. C. Because they were afraid that English would be dominated by French. D. All are correct 109. Why did they send out an appeal for new words globally? A. Because they were forced to do so. B. Because the Oxford English Dictionary editor could not do the task himself. C. Because of the fame of them D. Because English is a worldwide language. 110. Which sentence is not true? A. New words that have been sent to Oxford English Dictionary need printed evidence. B. In the Oxford English Dictionary, there are not words used in songs. C. The Oxford English Dictionary has twenty volumes. D. Dictionary editors are also keen to receive words of earlier centuries. III. WRITING (4ps) Part 1:Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it 111. Most students can work very hard when they feel like it. Most students are capable ________________________________________________ 112. Riding a bicycle along a pavement is against the law. You _________________________________________________________________ 113. I am amazed by the mistake he makes. What ________________________________________________________________ 114. You’re under no obligation to accept their offer. You _________________________________________________________________ 115. Paul may not be very well but he still manages to enjoy life. Paul’s poor ___________________________________________________________ Part 2: Rewrite the following sentences, using exactly the words given 116. As far as I know he’s still working in Ho Chi Minh City. KNOWLEDGE ________________________________________________________ 117. This visa is valid until December 31 st 1999. EXPIRY ______________________________________________________________ 118. He was definitely agreed to accept the job. (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 6 COMMITTED _________________________________________________________ 119. He very much surprised me when he said he loved me. BREATH ______________________________________________________________ 120. The pressure of being in the public eye has proved too much for him. COPE _________________________________________________________________ 121. The personal officer promised him that she wouldn’t tell anyone that he had been in prison. WORD ________________________________________________________________ Part 3: Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter. 1 Willow Road Cambridge CB3 2YN 1 September 1991 Dear Mrs Philips, 122. I / see / your advertisement / today’s “Cambridge News” _______________________________________________________________________ 123. I / like / apply / job / look / your two children / morning. _______________________________________________________________________ 124. At present, I be / student / local Technical College. I study English part time. _______________________________________________________________________ 125. Although I be / only twenty years old, I have / lot / experience / caring / children. _______________________________________________________________________ 126. I have brothers / sisters younger / myself / last year I work / London / Mother’s Help / ten months. ________________________________________________________________________ 127. During / time, I be / responsible / three-year-old boy / his mother be / work. ________________________________________________________________________ 128. If you think I be / suitable, please ring me / 72386 / we can arrange / time / meet. ________________________________________________________________________ 129. The best time / call be / 5p.m. / I be / always / home / that time. ________________________________________________________________________ 130. I look forward / talk / you. ________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Antoinete Desmolines . (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 1 SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO GIA LAI KÌ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12 THPT NĂM 2008 ĐỀ THI DỰ BỊ Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH Thời gian: 180 phút. ________________________________________________________________________ 128 . If you think I be / suitable, please ring me / 72386 / we can arrange / time / meet. ________________________________________________________________________ 129 . The best. angry he was, he would never _____ to violence. Số phách (do chủ tịch hội đồng chấm thi ghi) ………………………… (Đề thi gồm 6 trang) Trang 2 A. resolve B. resource C. exert D. resort 19. The best