\ 1 SỞ GD&ĐT NGHỆ AN KÌ THI CHỌN HOC SINH GIỎI TỈNH CẤP TINH SECTION B: PHONETICS I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. Write your answer in the space provided. 1. A. pressure B. pleasure C. leisure D. measure 2. A. hatred B. naked C. asked D. wanted 3. A. forget B. forgo C. forgive D. forever 4. A. adventure B. future C. mature D. figure 5. A. ensure B. encounter C. envious D. enslave 6. A. passage B. massage C. damage D. hostage 7. A. educate B. editor C. edition D. edible 8. A. profit B. congress C. contrary D. promote 9. A. mechanize B. enterprise C. security D. upset 10. A. ginger B. gesture C. gymnasium D. goal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II. Pick out the word that differs from the other words in the position of the main stress. Write your answer in the space provided. 1. A. coincide B. preferential C. misunderstand D. economics 2. A. admirable B. graduate C. implement D. intensity 3. A. acquaintance B. insecure C. respectful D. untrustworthy 4. A. etiquette B. circumstance C. colleague D. diversity 5. A. familiarity B. unfriendliness C. technology D. associate 6. A. disapprove B. accidental C. corporation D. proportion 7. A. possibility B. complementary C. unpredictable D. documentation 8. A. register B. disorder C. interest D. imitate 9. A. according B. bewildered C. necessary D. available 10. A. millennium B. congratulate C. promotional D. drastically 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. Write your answer in the space provided. 1. It is necessary that an employee _______ his work on time. A. finish B. finishes C. finishing D. finished 2. He was arrested for having ______. A. set fired on my house B. set my house to fire C. set my house on fire D. made my house go in flames 3. Peter is very tall. He really ______ from the rest of his class. A. stands out B. sits out C. sits up D. stands up 4. The police carried out a _______ search for the missing diplomat. \ 2 A. thorough B. through C. throughout D. thoughtful 5. It was felt that the new bonus for increased production would provide an ______ to work overtime. A. incitement B. attraction C. initiative D. incentive 6. The suggestion to leave the camp at once was strongly ______ by the climbers who were afraid of the approaching snowstorm. A. opposed B. complained C. quarreled D. resigned 7. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is ______ starring in a new musical. A. actually B. recently C. currently D. lately 8. When he heard how well the new company was doing, he took a calculated _______ and invested all his money in it. A. venture B. opportunity C. chance D. risk 9. What ______ the smoke and the noise, the party made me feel quite ill. A. because of B. through C. owing to D. with 10. ______ further rioting to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers. A. Should B. Did C. Were D. Had 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II. Read the following text and fill in each numbered blank with the appropriate form of the words in brackets. Write your answer in the space provided. Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their predecessors, but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed to run on (1)______ (alternate) sources of power, such as electricity, (2)______(compress) natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission option presently available. Although electric vehicles will not be (3)______(true) practical until a powerful, compact battery or other (4)______(depend) source of current is available, transport experts foresee a new (5)______(assort) of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, (6)______(three-wheel) neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys. As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on (7)______(structure) systems to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in (8)______(transport) centers might be reserved for electric cars. Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a (9)______(vary) of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three- wheelers, small cars, or electric/ gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on (10)______(automate) freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by freeway today. 1. ……………………… … 4. ………………………… 7. ……………………… … 10. …………………… … 2. ……………………… 5. ………………………… 8. ……………………… \ 3 … … 3. ……………………… … 6. …………………………. . 9. ……………………… … III. There are 10 mistakes in the passage. Find them and correct them. LINE TEXT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. Recently, he said that he would give $100 million to help people in India who have HIV virus. The Indian government was unhappy about this, however. It said that Mr. Gates' gift would make panic in India because people would think that the problem of HIV/AIDS in India was getting worse. Mr. Gates was not worried by this reaction, however. "There is a big, big problem with AIDS in India," he said. "And we have seen in other country what happens with AIDS if you don't take early actions." While he was being in India, he visited an AIDS hospice in Delhi. Early, the Indian government said that it was very unhappy with a report who predicted that 20 million to 25 million Indians would probably have the virus by 2010. The report also said that India would soon be the country with the largest number AIDS cases. On the moment, South Africa has most cases of AIDS in the world. A new, shocked report says that Eurasia - India, China and Russia - will soon have the same kind of AIDS pandemic that is destroying sub-Saharan Africa. LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION I. Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below. Write your answer in the space provided. Drunken driving, sometimes called America’s socially accepted form of murder, has become a national epidemic. Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past decade. A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.01 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an \ 4 acceptable part of the American macho image and judges were lenient in most court, but the drunken slaughter has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant. Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18 - 20-year-old drivers was more than double, so the state recently upped it back to 21. Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programmes to help young people to develop “responsible attitudes” about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink. Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also penalizing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A tavern in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was “obviously intoxicated” and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy. As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the “noble experiment”. They forget that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no solution. 1. Drunken driving has become a major problem in America because _______. A. most Americans are heavy drinkers B. Americans are now less shocked by road accidents C. accidents attract so much publicity D. drinking is a socially accepted habit in America 2. The word “macho” in the passage mostly means ______. A. “behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of strong and brave men” B. “showing extreme courage and admired by many people” C. “dealing with danger, pain, or difficulty with courage and confidence” D. “feeling that one is better and more important than other people” 3. Statistics issued in New Jersey suggested that _______. A. many drivers were not of legal age B. young drivers were often bad drivers C. the level of drinking increased in the 1960s D. the legal drinking age should be raised 4. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT ______. A. laws recently introduced in some states have resulted in fewer serious accidents B. twenty states raised the legal drinking age to 21 in 1960s C. reformers think educational programmes should be instituted to help young people D. some Americans speak highly of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol 5. The problem of drinking and driving is difficult to solve mainly because ______. A. alcohol is easily obtained B. drinking is linked to organized crime C. legal prohibition has already failed D. legislation alone is not sufficient 1 2 3 4 5 II. Read the following article. Five parts of sentence have been removed from it. Choose the most suitable part of sentence from the list A-G (in the box) for each numbered blank. There are two parts of sentence you do not need to use. WORLD ISSUES \ 5 Over the past thirty years or so, the methods used for collecting money from the public to aid the developing world have changed out of all recognition, (1)______, and the increasing awareness among the population that something must be done. At the beginning of this period, it would be common to put money in a collecting box, perhaps on the street or at church, or to receive a small “flag” to wear in a lapel. The 1960s saw the development of shops (2)______, donated by the public, and which also began to sell articles manufactured in the developing world in projects set up by the parents charity, to guarantee a fair income to local people. The next development was probably the charity event, (3)______ to run, cycle, swim, etc. and collected money from friends and relatives according to how far or long they managed to keep going. The first hint of what was to become the most successful means of raising money was charity record, where the artists donated their time and talent, and the process from sales went to a good cause. This was perhaps a reflection of the fact that young people felt increasingly concerned about the obvious differences between life in Europe and the United States, and that in most of Africa and Asia, (4)______, besides being clearly shown on television. The problems were becoming hard to avoid, (5)______. Why was so little being done? The huge success of Band Aid, and subsequent televised concerts, reflected the power of the media and of music in particular, but also differed in style from other events. People phoned up in their thousands on the day and pledged money by quoting their credit card numbers. After all, if you have enough money to buy CDs and a stereo player, you can afford something for the world’s starving children. A. with the money donated by the public B. along with the gravity of the problems faced C. in which participants were sponsored D. which show second-hand goods E. and which existed in a real life F. but a felling of frustration was building up G. and this concern was reflected in songs 1 2 3 4 5 III. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word. Write your answer in the space provided. There came a time, maybe 20,000 years ago, when man, instead of (1)______ merely a hunter, started to domesticate animals. The dog helped in his hunting activities, geese and ducks were kept and bred as a source of food, (2)______ was easier than (3)______ to go out and hunt them. Once humans had domesticated animals, they turned their (4)______ to plants. Instead of being nomads, drifting from place to place following the game animals, they began to create farms and thus enter (5)______ more settled way of life. Villages and towns sprang up in places where previously (6)______ had been only a hamlet. Now animals and plants began to be kept not merely for food, but also for interest’s sake or for their beauty. The first writers on animal life was Aristotle, in 33 BC, and Pliny, in 75 AD, but for many hundreds of years after Pliny the subjects of natural history, in common with many (7)______areas of knowledge, hardly progressed at all. For the most part such zoos as existed were in the hands of the dilettante nobility and were no more than second-rate menageries, without (8)______ scientific purpose. However, in the seventeenth century, naturalists began to realize that they needed a system (9)______ classifying living things because as more plants and animals were discovered, it was difficult to (10)______ track of them all. 1. ……………………… 4. ……………………… 7. ……………………… 10. …………………… \ 6 … … … … 2. ……………………… … 5. ……………………… … 8. ……………………… … 3. ……………………… … 6. ……………………… … 9. ……………………… … SECTION E: WRITING I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it. 1. It appears that they sent us the wrong information. They seem 2. In the end I had to get a lift with a colleague. What 3. The students’ riotous behaviors should have been severely punished. The students deserved 4. At 3 p.m. the visiting football team had still not arrived. There was still no 5. He had no idea at all that the police were watching him. He was quite 6. Whatever colour you choose, we can supply it . No matter 7. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting. Rather ……………… 8. Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish. Much 9. The film didn't come up to my expectations. The film fell 10. Although he was not guilty they executed him. In spite of his II. The graph shows Bus Passenger Numbers in Hanoi. Write a report describing the information given. You should write at least 150 words. \ 7 Write a composition (about 200 words) about the following topic: Being a teacher nowadays is a worthwhile and challenging job. Do you agree or not? Why/ Why not? . 1 SỞ GD&ĐT NGHỆ AN KÌ THI CHỌN HOC SINH GIỎI TỈNH CẤP TINH SECTION B: PHONETICS I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is. this, however. It said that Mr. Gates' gift would make panic in India because people would think that the problem of HIV/AIDS in India was getting worse. Mr. Gates was not worried by this. recognition, (1)______, and the increasing awareness among the population that something must be done. At the beginning of this period, it would be common to put money in a collecting box, perhaps on